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Chapter 345: A Curtain Call And A Beginning

Mo Fei was invited to appear at Chen Yijie’s concert. She started by performing “Listen to the Sea”, stunning the audience with her amazing vocal skills. Then, the two powerful singers collaborated on a Cantonese song called “Better Not to Meet”, showcasing their incredible vocal talents.

This event was naturally reported by many media outlets the following day.

However, the focus of the media reports varied. Some interviewed the audience, reporting on their praise for Mo Fei’s singing skills. Others reported on Chen Yijie’s praise for Mo Fei, and in turn, delved into Mo Fei’s history to provide a comprehensive evaluation of her.

There were also some tabloid entertainment media that put Mo Fei and Chen Yijie together, using various intersections of their interactions to piece together traces of their rumored affair. Of course, the credibility of these tabloid’s rumors was not high since the evidence they provided was too weak, lacking any concrete proof. Moreover, Chen Yijie had already been married and was a well-known good family man in the Hong Kong entertainment circle. Hence, no one believed the rumors they created.

However, these reports, along with Mo Fei’s stunning performance at the concert, all turned into astonishing momentum that reflected in subsequent record sales.

On the 13th day, Mo Fei’s new album “The Initial Dream” once again saw a significant increase in daily sales, reaching an astonishing 910,000! Although it has not yet broken one million, it currently held the top position on the daily album sales chart for the month, surpassing the second place by more than 100,000 in sales.

On the 14th day, the daily sales volume slightly declined but still maintained at 900,000. What was even more noteworthy was that “The Initial Dream” album sales broke through the shackles of ten million.

10 million is a significant milestone that marks a difference in a singer’s status. Many media outlets believe that a singer who cannot sell at least 10 million copies of an album doesn’t deserve to be called a top-tier singer!

But regardless of these differences, with more than half a month of new song period left and sales just shy of ten million, Mo Fei’s album still has a good chance of achieving platinum record (20 million sales of Chinese albums)!

Even many media already believed that it was only a matter of time before Mo Fei’s high-quality album achieved platinum status. Because even after the new song protection month was over, Mo Fei’s album couldn’t be removed from the audio-visual store. Accumulating 20 million in sales was not a problem at all!

Of course, they still enthusiastically analyzed whether Mo Fei’s album could break through the platinum standard in the first month. Now it seemed that selling 10 million in half a month was not impossible!

Because now the negative public opinion and the online water army seem to have disappeared. It was unclear whether it was because Mo Fei’s performance had shown exceptionally strong results or that after this album came out, its real quality was beyond what the water army could smear. The people who were intent on smearing Mo Fei’s reputation seemed to have given up.

On the 15th day, “Listen to the Sea” completed its comeback, becoming a new song that had already topped the charts before it even started to hit the charts. And what it surpassed was Mo Fei’s own song, “You Exist In My Song”…

It was difficult to compare which of the two songs was better, but “Listen to the Sea” was indeed a song that could showcase Mo Fei’s singing skills. Just by listening to it once, one would completely fall in love with it.

So, the strong rise of “Listen to the Sea” would never go down. In the next half month, it firmly maintained its lead over “You Exist In My Song” and even suppressed other songs released during the same period.

Now, it was just beginning!

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The rise of “Listen to Sea” also marked the end of “Mistress.”

This song dominated the charts for a month, delivering a powerful lesson and inspiration to songwriters and creators worldwide: It turns out, songs with catchy tunes can also be incredibly popular!

Despite the constant criticism and controversy, even on the last day of the new song period, this song still ranked in the top ten of the best-selling charts! Its highest ranking came very close to the first place, which was already very dazzling for Ju Jie, who could be considered a rookie singer!

However, Du Lun still felt it was not enough and was not satisfied!

“A’Jie, you didn’t listen to my advice. If you had successfully made a rumor with Mo Fei, would you have to endure all this ridicule from the media now?” In Ju Jie’s villa, Du Lun was nagging Ju Jie with an entertainment newspaper in his hand.

The big headline on the newspaper read: “‘Mistress’ Concludes Its First Month Perfectly, Dark Horse Newcomer Takes Third Place!”

“Alright, alright, isn’t it just that I didn’t get first place? What does it matter?” Ju Jie looked nonchalant.

Du Lun frowned, feeling that Ju Jie’s current indifference to his own achievements was very abnormal, but he didn’t think much about it. After all, Ju Jie usually had a casual attitude.

“There is a big difference between first place and third place. If you got first place, people will give you a thumbs up. If it’s third place, you’re bound to be laughed at. You think about it, what’s the difference between this and being a mistress?” Du Lun intentionally said some stimulating words to Ju Jie.

“What’s the big deal? Anyway, I’ve become popular now and gained popularity. When I have new songs in the future, it’s not too late to fight for the first place!” Ju Jie said confidently.

“Where do you think it’s that easy? Good songs are hard to come by. Do you think you have the monster Mu Li’ang backing you up?” Du Lun wished he could pour the tea in his cup onto Ju Jie’s face to wake him up.

Ju Jie didn’t tell anyone about the incident where “Mu Li’ang” kidnapped him that day, not even to Du Lun. He didn’t know why, but he didn’t trust Du Lun as much as he used to.

So, when Ju Jie heard Du Lun say this, he started laughing and said, “That’s not necessarily true. Maybe by chance, I might write another classic song.”

“Do you really think you can write songs?” Du Lun thought Ju Jie’s stupidity was incurable. He held his forehead and felt a headache.

“Forget it, I won’t persuade you anymore. Now that things have come to this point, let’s consider the follow-up development. I suggest you shift your focus towards variety shows. Your singing skills are still a bit lacking. If you just purely pursue a singing career, once the heat of ‘Mistress’ fades away, your popularity will also rapidly decline. After all, many fans nowadays only recognize songs and not people.”

Du Lun analyzed the development of variety shows for him: “…At present, variety shows are becoming more and more popular. Many hosts have told me that your entertainment skills have always been excellent, indicating you have a natural talent for this field. So, I suggest having Sister Ling assist with some activities and having you take on the role of the host for one or two major variety shows. This would be a good choice to maintain your popularity.”

“How could a big variety show let me be the host?” Ju Jie wasn’t naive and scoffed at the idea.

“I’m not suggesting you be the sole host. Nowadays, variety shows often have multiple hosts. You could be a co-host on a show with a team of 5 or 6 hosts. That would be perfectly fine,” Du Lun explained.

“Alright, alright, you go arrange it.” Ju Jie waved his hand, “Oh, by the way, Du Lun, there’s one more thing.”

Ju Jie took out a cell phone from his pocket and said with a frown, “I remember you bought me this phone just two months ago. Why is it so unreliable? The battery runs out in less than half a day. It almost made me miss an appointment…”

“Is the battery broken? How about you get a new phone, A’jie? You can give me this one,” Du Lun smiled.

“Sure, I’m too lazy to go out anyway. You go buy one for me, make sure it’s the latest and the most stylish!” Ju Jie said nonchalantly.