94. May our friendship endure forever—cheers!
Among the three major music charts in the Dragon Kingdom—the Golden Song Downloads Chart, the Rising Winds Chart, and the Newcomer Chart—only the Rising Winds Chart required accumulated popularity points.
The other two charts were almost entirely taken over by Ji Fanxing’s songs.
In the weekly-updated downloads chart, the only entry from Fang Zhijing, “Hard to Escape the Wind and Moon,” was the live version sung by Ji Fanxing.
And on the ever-unchanging Rising Winds Chart, songs like “The Map of Mountains and Rivers,” “Invisible Wings,” and “The Red Performer” had slowly climbed their way upward.
“My God, I had no idea until I looked. The Dragon Kingdom music scene has been completely claimed by Goddess Ji!”
“I just refreshed it, and ‘The Red Performer’ has actually risen to fifth place on the Rising Winds Chart! You have to know that the lowest popularity score among the songs ahead of it is already six hundred million, and this chart has not changed in five years!”
“What did I miss?! Did the domestic entertainment music scene just come back from the dead?!”
“Ji Fanxing is really a miracle worker. I never used to listen to Chinese songs, but now I’m hooked every single day and can’t stop.”
...
Right after the finale of All-Round Song King, Ji Fanxing stirred up yet another storm online.
Inside the ten-thousand-seat stadium in Harbor City, the performance had ended, and though the fans were reluctant to leave, they had no choice but to disperse.
“Boss, Assistant Feng’s assistant is asking when to arrange a meeting with Ji Fanxing?”
Liu Qi covered the phone and glanced at the assistant waiting outside the temporary office area.
The man on the other end of the call leaned back on the sofa, his legs crossed. A reading lamp beside him cast a clear glow over the data on the tablet.
His long fingers slowly moved across the screen, and he was extremely satisfied with the results. His sharply defined jaw shifted slightly.
“If not for Feng Teng, we wouldn’t have secured such an excellent venue. We’ll still need to work with him as we move further into the Dragon Kingdom market...
But Ji Fanxing’s value is far higher than I estimated...”
He stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then looked at the radiant figure on the stage displayed on the tablet, his gaze turning keen and determined to have her.
“To gain a firm foothold in the Dragon Kingdom, Ji Fanxing will be of great use. Before we officially sign her, we absolutely cannot allow them to reach an agreement.”
He had heard that Feng Teng had specially opened a music section on the short-video platform for Ji Fanxing’s “Invisible Wings,” and that this section had already made a fortune from that single song alone.
Right now, Ji Fanxing was like a buried treasure no one had bothered to notice. Whoever managed to place such an artist in their hands would gain an obstacle that others could hardly overcome.
“As always: if we can’t make her ours, then destroy her.”
When Liu Qi heard the man’s words on the other end of the line, the image of that stubborn, spirited girl surfaced in his mind, and he could not help but feel a stir of emotion.
Such a dazzling young woman—if she were ruined just as her life had only begun, it would be a shame indeed...
“Understood, Boss.
I’ll make sure that before we officially sign Ji Fanxing, there will be no progress on Feng Teng’s side.”
The boss’s orders could not be disobeyed, but if that black-hearted old rascal made his move first, Ji Fanxing would inevitably suffer.
The netizens were right: All-Round Song King would never have reached its present level without Ji Fanxing’s contributions.
As the producer, Liu Qi felt deeply attached to the program he had helped build from the ground up. He let out a soft sigh and secretly decided to seize the chance to try persuading that stubborn girl again.
He would do his best to let her suffer as little as possible, as repayment for what she had done for All-Round Song King.
In the backstage lounge, Ji Fanxing and Ning Ze had finished removing their makeup and were preparing to pack up and leave when someone knocked at the door.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
“Come in.”
It was Hai Lan and He Hongjing, who had also already changed clothes.