Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Xu Qingyan commented on three articles in a row before stopping, doing it too obviously would make it easy to be discovered.

The manuscript had just been sent out for not long, and the effect had yet to be seen, there was still a wait. Usually, before a celebrity's downfall, they are hit with negative news, internally called gearing up.

It's typically because the company doesn't intervene, almost giving up on the artist, that negative posts leak out. These types of purely flattering articles weren't considered negative posts.

Moreover, after impersonating the style of a fan club, Xu Qingyan rhythmically segmented and distributed the news release. Even if the staff came, they couldn't distinguish friend from foe.

After watching for a while, Xu Qingyan casually picked up the teacup on the dining table and took a sip.

On the highway, inside the nanny van.

Lin Chuan put down the thermos in his hand, wiped his mouth, and tiredness showed in his eyes. As his eyelids drooped slightly, he leveled his emotions little by little.

The agent in the front seat turned around and said to him.

"Hang in there today for this appearance, you can rest for half a day tomorrow."

"Alright," Lin Chuan laughed, "If I knew the Clone Technique, it would be great. I'd create a whole Lin Chuan boy band and then have them fly around to perform in my place."

The assistant laughed and said.

"Brother, you'd have to learn to shadow clone."

"Yeah, shadow cloning must be hard to learn," Lin Chuan joked while he reached for his phone and looked down to see a file Xu Qingyan had sent.

The name was very simple, just two characters.

"Big Fish".

He looked at the time, three hours ago.

He was stunned for a moment and didn't directly open the file named Big Fish. Instead, he sent Xu Qingyan a voice message, apologizing for not replying in time.

The assistant beside him showed displeasure and complained.

"Brother, is that really necessary?"

"Huh?" Lin Chuan, just waking up, still felt confused, "Necessary for what?"

"I just feel like you care too much about that Xu Qingyan, he's not some big shot." The assistant pushed up his glasses, sounding somewhat resentful.

"It's not like it was intentional, and besides, replying late to a message wouldn't be a big deal anyway, no need to apologize. Isn't he just good at writing songs? There are plenty of lyricists and composers these days."

Hearing this, Lin Chuan frowned slightly and turned to look at his assistant.

"Why should you only care about the big shots and not others?"

"What makes someone a big shot and someone else not? Should we be obsequious to the big shots and arrogantly disdainful to those who are not?"

The assistant felt guilty and lowered his head.

"Brother, I didn't mean that..."

Lin Chuan never spoke harshly but was very stubborn about principles. If he thought something wasn't right, he would argue until the other party conceded. Enjoy more content from empire

"Then what do you mean?"

"You have done so much for that Xu Qingyan, but he seems to take it for granted." The assistant didn't dare to look up, "So ungrateful, even asking Brother Chuan for help with a part-time job for his sister."

"It's just... I feel it's not worth it. It seems like Xu Qingyan is not someone who understands boundaries. Wasting favors on him is just a bit..."

Lin Chuan didn't interrupt the assistant but quietly waited until he finished speaking.

"Making friends is about being sincere. Since I've taken the initiative to befriend someone, if I start categorizing people into hierarchies, then sooner or later, I'll be categorized too."

"Being calculating can backfire on a person. I get along well with Teacher Xu because of his talent. He trusts me enough to ask for my advice even on trivial matters, that's what friends do."

The assistant felt even more embarrassed, but still stubbornly said.

"If he's so good at writing songs, why won't he write one for you, Brother Chuan?"

"Now, that's where you're wrong. Why should someone write you a song if you have no relationship with them?" The agent in the front seat turned around, joining the conversation.

"You've only known each other for a short while. Are you expecting him to bear his soul to you? When it comes to social niceties, it's not about who goes first or last, it's about reciprocation."

Lin Chuan nodded and shook his phone screen, saying.

"Besides, how do you know Teacher Xu hasn't written a song for me? Here it is, isn't it?"

The assistant wasn't stubborn enough to lose his job over a few words. After being reprimanded, he just stopped talking back.

"What song?" The agent casually asked, not expecting much.

"Don't know, he just sent over a demo, haven't listened to it yet." Lin Chuan opened the file, and with the poor signal on the highway and the darkness of the night outside the window...

After buffering for a while, the audio file finally finished downloading.

The intro was quiet, a melancholic piano solo, and one could tell it was played on an electronic keyboard. Yet even so, the inside of the van immediately fell silent.

The agent's expression turned instantly serious, whipping his head around.

Lin Chuan was stunned for two seconds in his seat, and even the assistant, who had just been mocking Xu Qingyan, couldn't help but look up. The quality of a song was evident from the intro.

Everyone in the van, even the driver, had some understanding of music.

"Silent waves bury the night deeply, overflowing to the edge of the sky".

The song, sung by Xu Qingyan, began softly, with many breathy notes added despite the weak singing in the chorus. His singing skills weren't great, but he still managed to convey a gentle and ethereal feeling.

After a short section, the van was left with only the faint buzz of silence.

No one laughed at Xu Qingyan's occasional breathy singing. Neither the agent nor Lin Chuan. They realized something at that moment, this song... was tailor-made for Lin Chuan.

The agent calmed himself down and said to Lin Chuan.

"Give it a try."

"Okay."

Lin Chuan too was so moved that he was at a loss for words, his thinking seemingly slow. The moment "Big Fish" played, he trembled instantly.