I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"The key is that he didn't achieve anything significant abroad; he's still making money domestically, isn't he?"

"JX runs schools in China and amasses fans abroad, while Gao Xiaobo brags and makes money in China and spends it abroad. The difference is obvious."

……

Daolang closed the door, letting the child fight it himself, and said:

"Where was I? Oh, right, Zhichi said that when I receive this call from you, it means that the domestic music environment has improved, our students can now unleash their full potential, and my mission will be accomplished."

After saying that, he smiled and said, "I thought it would take several more years, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. Has the music scene really improved? What happened?"

Jiang Xinhai said, "Dao Lang, let me tell you, Yingzi has been blacklisted because of her hiring online trolls to attack Black people."

"is it?"

After hearing all this, Dao Lang remained unmoved.

He no longer cares about what happened back then.

Yingzi, and the Northern School of music scene, are not as important as his school.

While secretly admiring his magnanimity, Jiang Xinhai also said:

"Moreover, just today, Aihua Company was acquired, and the acquirer announced plans to reform it, while the Lu family, who control it, also..."

Dao Lang listened with great interest, but his face remained expressionless.

He had obviously been in the mountains for too long and had no contact with the outside world. He was completely oblivious to things like Aihua Company and the Lu family.

He devoted himself entirely to his students and had become indifferent to worldly affairs.

Seeing Dao Lang's innocent expression, Jiang Xinhai suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence.

Qin Yunchu, who was standing next to her, also noticed something.

"You just said that Zhichi told you that when the private music archive opens, it will be the time when the domestic music environment improves, right?" Jiang Xinhai asked. "Did he really tell you this a few years ago?"

“Yeah, that’s right,” said Dao Lang. “I said that a few years ago. That’s why I asked you if the environment has really improved now.”

Jiang Xinhai and Xu Xiangxiao exchanged a glance. Qin Yunchu gasped.

This seems to have happened countless times before.

When they were on the video call with Langlang, it seemed that the other party said the same thing.

"When you connect with me, it means that JX's 20 classic albums are about to be released."

In light of what JX said, "The fact that you're calling me means that the environment for Chinese music has improved."

Qin Yun Chu suddenly felt that all of this was as if JX's big hand was secretly manipulating and arranging things, ultimately leading to the result he wanted.

"The music archive opens, Aihua Company changes hands, and the Lu family dynasty ends," Qin Yun Chu murmured. "Could it be that JX planned all of this long ago? Was he determined that the moment this place opened would be the moment the music industry was turned upside down?"

After he finished speaking, the museum fell silent for a moment.

He Ling and the others were slow to react and hadn't yet understood what she was saying.

Qin Yunshang watched her from the side, and said with some concern:

"Sis, what are you talking about? Aren't you overthinking this?"

Qin Yunchu paused for a moment, then said, "Never mind, it's okay. Just consider it as me overthinking it."

Jiang Xinhai said to Dao Lang, "Luo Ling, continue. How many graduates did you say your school has?"

Dao Lang replied, "There are only about ten people here. All the schools combined have already graduated more than 600 students."

“600…” Jiang Xinhai repeated subconsciously, then asked, “What level are these 600 students?”

"They can write lyrics, compose music, play various instruments and sing, each with their own unique skills," Dao Lang said. "I've watched the recent talent shows, and I think they're about the average level of our trainees."

Actually, he held back his words. In his opinion, the contestants who stood out in recent talent shows only had good looks and no creative ability. If they were among his own students, they would be at the bottom level.

In their school's evaluation system, cultural background is a very important part. If you don't have creative ability, you must be outstanding in either singing or instrumental skills, otherwise it will be difficult to graduate.

However, his words sounded unpleasant to unsuspecting viewers.

The live stream chat was filled with angry criticism:

"Where the hell did this guy come from? So arrogant? He doesn't even care about the current talent shows?"

"No way? Zhou Qian also came from a talent show. The original singers all said his songs were good. Do you think there are 599 more like him?"

"As expected of someone discovered by JX, they're all the same in their arrogance."

"Heh, so arrogant now, but when the time comes they'll show their true colors and prove themselves to be utterly pathetic."

……

He Ling glanced at her side and thought to herself that it was fortunate Yingzi was gone.

Yingzi is a mentor on The Voice of China. If he were to fight in front of Yingzi, they could start arguing right away.

Gao Xiaobai had been in a bad mood since the beginning, and now he believed he had found a loophole in Dao Lang's words. He waved his fan and asked:

"Dao Lang, you just said that the contestants in talent shows are your average level. Can you explain clearly which talent shows you watched?"

Dao Lang, unaware that Gao Xiaobai was setting a trap for him, answered without any suspicion:

"It's music talent shows, like 'I Am a Singer,' 'The Voice of China,' and so on."

Gao Xiaobai forced a smile and said, "Wait a minute, are you sure you mean the contestants on these talent shows are the average level of your graduates?"

While Dao Lang was still confused, he continued to press, "Take 'I Am a Singer' for example, are you sure you mean the main competition, the top 16, and not the auditions?"

“What’s the point of the preliminary rounds? Too many amateurs go to the preliminary rounds, I don’t even watch them,” he said. “I’m talking about the level of the champion and runner-up, which is our average level.”

His words caused an uproar in the live stream.

"666... ​​You're really being incredibly arrogant, aren't you?"

"Come on, all talk and no action is useless. Bring out your strongest graduates and let me see if they are as good as Zhou Qian."

"Hehe, I won't comment on others, but if you say that Zhou Qian is just average among you, then I'll have to have a good talk with you."

……

Gao Xiaobo is a seasoned veteran of variety shows; he knew what the comments would say, and said with a smile:

"Dao Lang, I find it hard to believe what you're saying. If your average skill level is that high, then wouldn't all your students be at Zhou Qian's level?"

Dao Lang asked in surprise, "How did you know Zhou Qian was also one of our students?"

Gao Xiaobo: "..."

Dao Lang said, "Zhou Qian is one of our graduates. His situation is a bit special. He was discovered by Zhichi and joined Haiya Company. Later, he started his own studio and was forced to sign a contract with Aihua Company."

"As a result, he offended the senior management of Aihua Company and was sidelined for many years. After finally getting rid of his indenture, he learned about the school that Zhichi was going to start and volunteered to come to our school to continue his self-study while teaching students."

Last year, he came out of retirement early and appeared on the stage of "The Voice of China". Due to behind-the-scenes manipulation of the show, he only won the runner-up.

"After we heard the news, we realized that the music environment in China is indeed not good, so everyone stopped talking about graduation and was waiting for your call."

After that, the live stream chat was flooded with even more comments:

"The misunderstanding is cleared up. I'm sorry. I was being rash."

"Hahaha, did you hear that? Zhou Qian is from their school!"

"Wow, Zhou Qian is also from their school. No wonder he's so confident."

"Dao Lang, right? I'm a fan now, just because he's so straightforward. I always said that Zhou Qian's appearance on that show was rigged."

……

Gao Xiaobai was momentarily speechless.

Why didn't you say so sooner!

You're deliberately waiting here to embarrass me, aren't you!

"Why exactly did JX do this?" Qin Yunchu suddenly asked.

Dao Lang said, "Of course, it's to cultivate more outstanding musical talents..."

"I'm asking why he wants to cultivate more outstanding musical talents?" Qin Yunchu asked. "He's already achieved great success and made a lot of money. What does the state of the domestic music environment have to do with him?"

Why would he do something so thankless and exhausting?

Qin Yun Chu finally asked the question.

She had wanted to ask this for a long time.

Eight hundred years ago, she wanted to ask why Chen Ya had come to their company to work as a junior employee.

He's already so amazing, why would he do something like this?

Is it to get closer to me?

Wang Feng said in a deep voice, "I don't know why he did these things, but I know that he must have spent a lot of money to start these schools."

Dao Lang nodded: "Yes, our schools don't make any money at all; we're all losing money to run them."

These children all come from poor families, and their parents didn't want them to pursue music. We only managed to get them into school because we promised to provide them with a living allowance. Otherwise, they'd be helping with farm work right now.

Qin Yun Chu crossed her arms, pursed her lips, and said:

"I just want to know, why would he be willing to spend his own money to do something like this?"

A moment of silence fell over everyone.

Yes.

No normal person would ever do that.

Just as everyone was pondering, Cui Dayou suddenly spoke up:

"Leaving aside his intentions and considering only the results, these 20 schools now have 600 graduates."

If everyone were at Zhou Qian's level, and that talent were spread across all areas of the current music scene, it would raise the overall level of the Chinese music industry by a significant amount... no, even two significant amounts.

After Cui Dayou finished speaking, Xu Xiangxiao nodded and said:

"I understand. His goal is to raise the overall level of the Chinese music scene by a significant margin."

Cui Dayou smiled and nodded at Xu Xiangxiao: "Your way of thinking is excellent, very much in line with Occam's Razor."

In simple terms, Occam's Razor is "entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." Simplifying complex problems often brings us closer to the truth.

In this context, JX's educational activities will ultimately have the potential to elevate the overall level of the Chinese music scene... so his initial intention in establishing the school was indeed to elevate the overall level of the Chinese music scene.

“This has completely exceeded the scope of what a musician can do,” Cui Dayou said. “It has fundamentally changed the entire Chinese music scene.”

Cui Dayou gazed at the snow-capped mountains on the screen, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

Known as the "Godfather of Chinese Pop Music," he understands this best:

Change is always the hardest thing.

It's hard to change an individual, let alone change the world.

Even though he had heard the word "Godfather" countless times, he knew that he was merely going with the flow and was far from being able to change anything.

Aiwa Company invested a large amount of money, believing it had changed the music scene, but in reality, it was just draining the music scene's accumulated resources.

That was going with the flow, letting the good and the bad go together, not changing things.

Only JX's actions can be considered a change.

This is entropy reversal. It's an action that goes against the natural order.

The higher one's position, the more one understands the difficulties involved.

Despite being thousands of miles apart, Cui Dayou felt JX's heroic spirit.

Without uttering a word, his actions alone conveyed his determination.

Taylor stood behind the crowd, listening silently to their discussion.

She didn't understand what they were arguing about, but she knew they were talking about JX.

Seeing how shocked everyone was by what JX had done, she felt inexplicably excited.

Gao Xiaobo said, "I think this is just a beautiful fantasy. JX's original intention was good, but he may have been doing something bad."

He waved his fan, tilted his head, and said:

“Look, our country also has professional music academies. Even if they cultivate a large number of outstanding talents, they are still competing with their own country for jobs. In the current market situation, even if there are 600 Zhou Qians, can the market support them?”