SWDnovel Chapter 46 Let Lu Ran Clarify
Chapter 46 Let Lu Ran Clarify
Starry Entertainment, Short Drama Department.
Lu Ran had just finished a game of "Sheep and the Sheep" and was looking at the completion screen with satisfaction.
Although he set all the levels himself, he still felt a sense of accomplishment from being able to complete them directly.
He turned off the game, browsed Weibo, and immediately noticed the negative comments about Shen Yuege.
"Tch, playing the same old trick again," Lu Ran scoffed. However, he wasn't particularly worried. He had absolute confidence in Shen Yuege's new album.
Shen Yuege is currently busy filming a music video and plans to release it together after filming is complete.
But to these clowns, these situations turned into a lack of songs to sing, which was simply a joke.
However, Legendary Entertainment's attempt to discredit him also dragged him into it, which made Lu Ran somewhat unhappy.
After logging into Wanwan Music, Lu Ran sent Shen Yuege a message using his new account: "How's the new album coming along? When are you planning to release it?"
He replied almost instantly.
Shen Yuege: "The songs are ready, and I plan to release them starting tomorrow. By the way, thank you so much for writing so many great songs for me again. I don't know how to thank you enough."
Lu Ran raised an eyebrow and typed, "You really want to thank me? Then... add more money."
Shen Yuege: "It's all about money. You're obsessed with money."
Lu Ran: "There's no way around it. It's so hard to get a wife these days. I heard that some dowries are as high as 38.8 yuan. How can I get a wife if I don't make money?"
"Oh, right, why don't you become my wife? Then I won't ask for any money."
On Lu Ran's end, he was teasing Shen Yuege using the "Tomorrow" account.
Shen Yuege suddenly fell silent.
After a long pause, she replied, "I'm sorry, I'm actually married, but I hope you can keep it a secret."
On the other end of the phone, Lu Ran looked at the message sent by Shen Yuege with some disbelief.
So you admit it already? Didn't you say I was just a tool to appease my parents? How come you dare to admit it so directly to a complete stranger online?
Lu Ran didn't know whether to say Shen Yuege was carefree or naive.
"Hehe, I was just kidding. If I married you, I'd be able to get everything for free. I don't do business that would be a loss for me."
Shen Yuege: "..."
At this moment, Shen Yuege really wanted to follow the phone line to see what kind of person was on the other end, someone who could make her feel wronged after marrying her.
However, she suppressed her anger and logged off.
Lu Ran waited for a long time, only to find that the other party's profile picture had gone black, so he also quit Wanwan Jingting.
He summoned the system panel, looked at the nearly ten million points he still had, and focused his gaze on [Master-level Singing Skills] and [Master-level Lyrics].
"Tongzi, exchange for [Grandmaster-level Singing Skills] and [Grandmaster-level Lyrics]."
[To redeem "Master-Level Singing Skills" (Permanent), 100 million popularity points are required. Confirm?]
[To redeem "Master-Level Lyricist" (Permanent), 100 million popularity points are required. Confirm?]
"confirm!"
Instantly, a wealth of knowledge about vocal techniques, emotional expression, lyrical rhythm, and word crafting flooded my mind.
At this moment, in the music field, he is already a master-level monster who excels in composing, arranging, writing lyrics, and singing.
It is essentially a combination of Zhou, Wang, Lin, and Xu from the previous life.
"Tsk, now I've really become a hexagonal warrior." Lu Ran felt the surge of musical knowledge in his mind and smiled. "From now on, if anyone questions whether I wrote a song, I'll write one for them right here and now, and scare them to death."
Just then, Liu Siqi's WeChat message popped up: "Lu Ran, are you there? There's something I want to discuss with you."
Liu Siqi sought out Lu Ran because after the release of her new song, in addition to praise, some discordant voices began to emerge.
In particular, the online trolls hired by Xu Manlin's team, after failing to boost the data for Xu Manlin's new song, began to attack Liu Siqi and Lu Ran.
"How could one person write so many high-quality songs in such a short time? There must be a ghostwriting team behind him, right?"
"I know Lu Ran. My friend used to work at Xingyao Entertainment, and he said that Lu Ran was just a nepotism hire who slacked off at work every day. I simply can't believe that someone like that could write 'By the Lake Baikal' and 'The Human World'."
"This person suddenly has such great talent. I guess it must be because Xingyao Entertainment deliberately attached the song to this person named Lu Ran for the sake of packaging."
"I suggest checking the taxes; it might be money laundering."
"Liu Siqi is the same. She will do anything to get ahead. She even hired a ghostwriter and did it so ostentatiously."
These comments were not numerous at first, but as Xu Manlin's team's new song "Dawn" entered the final production stage, the scale of the online army began to expand in order to suppress the opponent in advance.
At first, Liu Siqi didn't care much, but as time went on, it started to escalate.
Liu Siqi's team felt it was necessary for Lu Ran to clarify the situation to avoid affecting the company's reputation and Liu Siqi's image as an artist.
"So, Siqi, what do you mean?" Lu Ran sat in the coffee shop downstairs from the company, looking at Liu Siqi across from him with a slightly apologetic expression.
The reason Liu Siqi asked him to meet today was actually because of this matter.
"My team hopes you can showcase some of your creative talent in public, anything music-related, just to shut those people up." Liu Siqi said somewhat embarrassedly, "I know this request is a bit much. You've helped me so much, and I still..."
"No problem." Before Liu Siqi could finish speaking, Lu Ran interrupted her, "It's the entertainment industry, I understand. Since that's the case, there's no harm in showing off. I've been itching to do it these past few days anyway."
"Itching to show your skills?" Liu Siqi was taken aback.
"Yeah, right," Lu Ran laughed. "Actually, I've always wanted a platform to showcase myself, and now it's like a pillow being delivered to my doorstep."
Liu Siqi was surprised that Lu Ran agreed so readily, and her heart warmed: "Tomorrow afternoon, the company is having a small media event, mainly to promote my new album. There will be some media and music critics who are on good terms with me. If it's convenient for you, please come over. You don't need to prepare too much, even just playing and singing a short, unreleased melody will be fine."
"Sure," Lu Ran readily agreed.
After chatting casually for a few more minutes, Lu Ran returned to the short drama department.
Tan Yu and his friends were already having a lively discussion in the short drama department.
With "The Return of the God of War" recently topping the charts, the short drama department has already begun preparations for the filming of "The Return of the God of War 2," and they are currently discussing the script.
As for the plot of "The Return of the God of War 2", Lu Ran only gave Tan Yu and the others a general outline. As for how it would turn out in the end, let them figure it out themselves. Anyway, the company has so many screenwriters and directors, so why not use them?
Lu Ran was just about to take a nap until lunchtime when Tan Yu came over with the script:
"Brother Lu, you're back! Look at this newly revised part: the God of War discovered his daughter was being bullied, so he directly deployed an armored division to surround the other party's villa. How about that? Isn't that satisfying?"
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