The villa district.
Gong Juren's flamboyant red sports car smoothly pulled into the garage.
"Let's get this straight, you're staying in the guest room on the third floor. Don't bother me unless it's important, and maintain personal hygiene," Gong Juren said as he got out of the car, slamming the door shut with a bang.
"Is this how you treat your tenants? I'm paying you!"
Zhou Sisi couldn't help but stifle a laugh at his indignant expression.
Gong Juren remained silent.
He felt this woman had a "social bravery certificate."
Earlier at school, he had firmly refused.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Sisi had clung to his car and started crying.
Her sobbing was so heart-wrenching, and she paid no mind to onlookers.
He was a celebrity, after all. If someone with ill intentions had taken a photo and it spread online, leading to misunderstandings and being labeled a scumbag, it would be troublesome.
Helplessly, Gong Juren had agreed.
Then, Zhou Sisi got into his car and declared, "I won't shortchange you on the rent."
This infuriated him so much he almost drove his car into a wall to end it all with this shameless woman!
...
"Where are you going?"
Gong Juren took a couple of steps and saw Zhou Sisi wasn't following but walking towards the exit.
"I'm going to find Su Yu. Several entertainment companies are looking to buy copyrights from him, and I'm going to discuss it with him."
Zhou Sisi stopped.
"Are you a pig?" Gong Juren, without hesitation, delivered a blow.
Zhou Sisi: "???"
"Brother Yu and his girlfriend are spending their first night together. You're going to bother him? Aren't you afraid of being kicked out? Where's your emotional intelligence?"
Gong Juren's forehead was covered in black lines.
"That's right..." Zhou Sisi realized and couldn't help but stick out her tongue.
Immediately, she gained a new perspective on Gong Juren in her mind. This follower was indeed worthy of Su Yu's favor to be put on the field in the first match.
The details were certainly well handled.
It seemed she would have to seek his advice more often in the future.
This was the only way to ensure Su Yu remained an author under her management.
Many online literature platforms were currently inquiring about Jiangnan. Part of the reason her company sent her was to build a good relationship with Su Yu, to prevent him from jumping ship.
...
Evening.
Su Yu looked at his newly organized home and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had originally intended to hire a cleaning company.
However, Lin Yanyu felt that decorating it herself would create a sense of warmth.
After they finished packing their belongings, they went out to buy more soft furnishings and decorated it themselves.
Now, apart from the house being a bit too large, making it feel lonely for two people, everything else was fine.
"Susu, are you hungry?"
Lin Yanyu glanced at the time.
"A little," Su Yu patted his stomach. It was already eight in the evening, long past dinner time.
"I just bought some groceries. I'll cook for you!" Lin Yanyu said with a smile, rolling up her sleeves, and headed for the kitchen.
"You can cook?" Su Yu was a bit surprised as he got up to follow.
He hadn't expected a pampered lady like Lin Yanyu to know how to cook.
"Of... of course I can, why else would I buy so many ingredients? Don't come in, I can manage." Lin Yanyu blocked the kitchen door, her eyes flickering slightly.
"I'll help you chop the vegetables," Su Yu said with a smile.
"No! I don't like anyone watching when I cook!" Lin Yanyu grew a little anxious.
"Then... alright."
Su Yu could only nod helplessly and returned to the sofa.
Lin Yanyu finally let out a sigh of relief.
She closed the kitchen door.
Looking at the ingredients on the floor, she pondered for a moment, then secretly took out her phone and typed "what is the simplest dish" into a search engine.
Soon, many tutorials appeared.
She clicked on a video of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and began to watch.
"It looks quite simple..."
Scramble the eggs first, then stir-fry the tomatoes.
What was so difficult about that?
After watching the tutorial a few more times,
Lin Yanyu, full of confidence, picked up the ingredients on the floor and started preparing them.
...
Su Yu leaned back on the sofa, hearing the movements from the kitchen, and a sense of happiness welled up in his heart.
Perhaps this was the feeling of home.
While waiting, he opened a bag of snacks to fill his stomach.
Then he opened Weibo to browse the news online.
In a few more days, the first city competition would begin.
This format of competition was being held for the first time in China.
Each competition zone had one or two very famous ace producers. For example, in the first competition zone, the favorite to win was the singer-songwriter Shen Jinghong, who could write songs and had a good singing voice. However, the most popular was in Su Yu's fifth competition zone.
"Everyone, what do you think? How far can Ting Yu go this time?"
"What's there to say? Ting Yu's goal is naturally the championship!"
"Given Ting Yu's terrifying chart-topping ability, I'm afraid there's no one who can compete."
Ting Yu's fans naturally supported him.
In their eyes, the name "Ting Yu" was synonymous with being first.
After all, he had taken first place since his very first song.
And this was the case every month.
Of course, he had also taken second and third place.
It was just that the ones ranked above him were all his own songs.
When I get serious, I even beat myself!
"Don't speak too soon. Ting Yu is facing ace producers now."
"That's right. The previous ones were child's play. Now it's a battle of gods."
"Heh, Ting Yu even completely crushed the Song God before."
"Chen Shuhao doesn't have the skill of the Song God at all now. Ting Yu's popularity in March was mostly due to the buzz from Chen Shuhao's comeback."
"Do you think there's a possibility that Ting Yu gets eliminated in the first match?"
"If that really happens, it would be interesting. Fans praising him as a god, only to be eliminated in the first match, I'm afraid Ting Yu's fans will be wailing."
"Haha, maybe he'll really get eliminated?"
Online, discussions about Ting Yu's performance were divided.
This was mainly because the ace producers in this competition were all representatives selected from various cities. They were all masters of their craft and held high positions in their respective genres.
Now, everyone knew who the "traffic password" was in the Chinese music scene.
As long as it was related to Ting Yu, it generated incredible buzz.
As a result, some reputable figures in the industry couldn't help but come out to piggyback on the traffic.
Dong Lin'an was one of them.
As a professional music critic, he had millions of followers.
He was famous for his accurate predictions of competition rankings.
It was estimated that his predictions had an 80% accuracy rate.
"As per usual, pre-match analysis. I don't need to say much about Ting Yu for this competition. Everyone knows how popular he is. Ting Yu's opponent, Li Shaojun, was very skilled at writing inspirational songs. Ting Yu is being a bit overconfident this time, thinking Li Shaojun is still an ordinary producer. He has also chosen to write an inspirational song, which he has never done before, so I think Li Shaojun has a higher chance of winning."
Dong Lin'an's Weibo post was instantly pushed to the homepage.
His analysis was well-founded and logical.
Ting Yu indeed had not released any inspirational songs before.
He became famous for ancient-style music, and then love songs firmly established him among the ace producers.
Now, Ting Yu had chosen a dream-themed inspirational song.
Not only Dong Lin'an, but even many curious netizens, were beginning to suspect that Ting Yu might be too arrogant.
After all, his opponent this time, Li Shaojun, was a master of inspirational songs.
"Even Teacher Dong thinks Ting Yu is going to lose. It seems he's in trouble this time..."
"Teacher Dong's analysis is correct. Ting Yu is using his weakness to go head-to-head with someone else's strength. I can only say he's too young and impulsive."
"Young people are like this, blindly arrogant."
"The most important thing is that Li Shaojun must have stockpiled songs over the years. Ting Yu is choosing this last minute, most likely writing it on the fly. Not only is it not his specialty, but it's also a rushed song. He's bound to lose this time."
All over the internet, there were analyses of Ting Yu's chances of winning or losing.
Except for his supportive fans.
Most bystanders did not believe he would win.
After scrolling through for a while, Su Yu.
He shook his head with a smile.
What these netizens said made sense.
After all, Li Shaojun was a master of the inspirational genre, and he had never released songs of this type before.
But there was one thing they didn't know.
That was, he, Su Yu, was a cheater...