Free Web NovelChapter 446: Chapter 248: This is a Huge Misunderstanding
With this in mind, Master Yu pulled out his phone and sent a message to his assistant: "Arrange a meeting with Sujiang TV and have them move Chen Jincheng’s performance time to before mine."
He did this for a reason, of course. He wanted to give everyone a direct comparison between his and Chen Jincheng’s stage presence.
To show everyone just how vast the gap was between their live performance skills.
What celebrities fear most is performing one after another and being compared.
If he weren’t the closing act, he would have tried to get Chen Jincheng to perform after him.
That way, if the first performer’s live show was explosive and the next one was far inferior, the contrast would be even more stark, prompting the audience to relentlessly roast the second performer.
So, since he couldn’t give the closing spot to Chen Jincheng, his only option was to place his rival before him.
His assistant received the message and couldn’t help but sigh. ’Why does the boss have to have it in for Chen Jincheng?’
But as a mere employee, she could only nod in acceptance.
This sort of thing had to be handled privately. She would have to invite the program director out for dinner to discuss it. In any case, the music festival didn’t officially start until 8 PM.
Cai Xiaoyi, however, was already on her phone, searching Tiao Yin for videos related to "Can’t Help Falling in Love" and "Little Dimples."
Tiao Yin was an app she had learned to use after arriving in this country. It didn’t take long for her to find videos related to "Little Dimples."
Music immediately started playing from her phone: "Little dimples, long eyelashes..."
Instantly, everyone nearby turned to look. After all, hearing a Chen Jincheng song at this particular moment was incredibly jarring.
Cai Xiaoyi, however, paid them no mind. She was completely astonished by the videos she had found.
This song, "Little Dimples," was incredibly popular! She saw a video about that self-proclaimed "Eternal God of the Music Scene"—his song had only sold a little over two million copies, while "Little Dimples" had sold over thirteen million. That was almost seven times more.
’Isn’t that gap a little too big?’
Furthermore, lots of people online were flaming this "Eternal God," saying he couldn’t compare to Chen Jincheng.
This made her look at Chen Jincheng in confusion. "Why are you so much better than him?" she asked. "He’s the ’Eternal God of the Music Scene,’ so why aren’t you a god?"
Her words instantly made the atmosphere in the room freeze.
All the influencers and celebrities there knew about the conflict between Chen Jincheng and Master Yu. The crucial point was that "Eternal God of the Music Scene" was a title Master Yu had given himself.
Where on earth did this clueless girl come from?
Saying something like that right next to Chen Jincheng was a blatant slap in the face to Master Yu.
After the whole "Little Dimples" affair, the man had been so thoroughly humiliated online that he’d even had to disable his comments section and pretend to be dead.
"..." Chen Jincheng felt a bit awkward himself.
’Seriously, for this girl to say that at a time like this, it almost looked like he had put her up to it.’
But seeing the curious and bewildered look on Cai Xiaoyi’s face, it was clear she hadn’t said it intentionally.
Many people instinctively glanced over at Master Yu, and sure enough, his face had darkened.
Master Yu was furious, but the thought of evening the score with his specialty—stage performance—made him smile. He strode over to Chen Jincheng and said politely, "Chen Jincheng, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I hope you’ll give us a perfect performance today."
Chen Jincheng was taken aback. He hadn’t expected the guy to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, putting on such a polite act despite being furious.
He didn’t call him out in public, though. That would have made him seem petty and classless.
So, he simply smiled, nodded back, and said, "I will."
Master Yu clearly didn’t want to linger, so he left the lounge immediately.
Instantly, the other celebrities in the lounge started whispering among themselves:
"Looks like we’re in for some drama today!"
"Yeah, Master Yu is definitely going to start something."
"No doubt about it. His songs are made for competitive stage performances. When it comes to stage presence, not even Xue Qian is his match."
"Chen Jincheng is basically an internet singer. He’s no match for him when it comes to a live performance."
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Even Short Teemo and Wu Ning gave Chen Jincheng sympathetic looks.
Although they were just internet celebrities, they knew a thing or two about singing and could naturally tell who had the upper hand.
Master Yu was sure to use his most explosive song to dominate the stage, while Chen Jincheng’s song, "Girl," clearly wasn’t the type meant for a grand stage performance.
Crucially, the song’s sales weren’t even that great. It might be a hit that could liven up the atmosphere in a bar or a nightclub, but it just wasn’t suited for a major live stage performance.
Chen Jincheng overheard the hushed conversations around him, but he paid them no mind. After all, nobody knew about the existence of something like his ’game system.’
And no one could possibly know about the special attribute effects that his song "Girl" possessed.
Cai Xiaoyi, completely unaware that she had just added fuel to the fire, went back to scrolling through videos related to "Little Dimples" and soon stumbled upon "Can’t Help Falling in Love."
’Both songs are so popular.’
As she scrolled, she subconsciously glanced at Chen Jincheng.
’She realized that not only were his songs more popular than that "Eternal God" guy’s, but he was also way more handsome.’
Following a suggestion from one of the videos, she instinctively searched for his name and found even more information about him.
She was shocked to see he had 23 million fans.
’He has so many fans! That’s more than the "Eternal God," too.’
For some reason, the more she looked up his videos, the more amazing things she discovered.
For instance, he was also the owner of a media company with many female influencers signed to it. Two of them had over 20 million fans, and quite a few others had several million.
