Chapter Fourteen: Pre-release on Weibo (Please continue reading!)

[Editor Yuedian]: Jiang He, I’ve arranged for a few top authors with tens of thousands of orders to promote your chapters next Tuesday.

[Editor Yuedian]: You can update a couple of extra chapters then to boost your reader engagement.

[Jiang He]: Thanks, I appreciate it.

Chapter promotion means having other prominent authors recommend your latest chapters. For the editor to secure a few big-name authors to help promote Jiang He, it definitely required calling in favors.

Chen Jiang thought, “Once my book is published, I’ll return the favor by promoting those who helped me—paying back the kindness.”

[Editor Yuedian]: When your book’s data improves, I’ll ask the chief editor to get you a major recommendation.

“A major recommendation? Seems like this editor really has high hopes for my book,” Chen Jiang murmured.

...

At noon, Yi Yunxue prepared a sumptuous meal.

Although the portions weren’t as large as yesterday, the variety on the table was just as abundant.

“Do you usually eat this well for lunch?” Chen Jiang swallowed hard.

“Well, today’s our first day as meal buddies, right? I thought I’d make something tasty,” Yi Yunxue said, handing him the chopsticks.

Let’s eat!

While eating, Chen Jiang suddenly asked Yi Yunxue, “When is your song going to be released?”

“In the next few days. Sister Li will post a Weibo announcement using my account,” Yi Yunxue replied.

“Also, Xia Xia will help by sharing the post to promote it.”

“Before, when I released new songs, the company would get other stars to share them and hire marketing accounts to promote them. This time, it’s a lot simpler.”

Chen Jiang smiled. “You could also promote it on major short video platforms. Nowadays, it’s the era of big data.”

“Things are different now. In the past, a great song without exposure could be buried and only discovered years later.”

“But now, if your song is good, it’s impossible for it not to get exposure.”

“I know, good wine doesn’t fear a deep alley. Your song is so amazing, the listeners will definitely love it!” Yi Yunxue understood this well.

“Is your song scheduled for mid-next month?” Chen Jiang asked again.

“Yes, releasing before the New Year to catch the higher traffic during this period.” Yi Yunxue nodded.

“By the way, Sister Li called me earlier, seemed like she was asking about you.”

“About what?” Chen Jiang was curious.

“She asked if you were interested in debuting and releasing songs. She said with your looks and talent, you could easily captivate thousands of girls and become the new king of Chinese pop music.” Yi Yunxue looked at Chen Jiang with a complex expression.

“I told her you probably wouldn’t want to show yourself, but she didn’t believe it and asked me to check with you.”

“Why didn’t she just contact me directly?” Chen Jiang was puzzled.

Yesterday, he added Sister Li, Tang Xiaxia, and Uncle Wei on WeChat. She had her own friends but still didn’t reach out to him directly, which confused Chen Jiang.

But he didn’t dwell on it; after all, he had no intention of stepping into the spotlight.

Chen Jiang didn’t like being in the limelight.

Even if promoting entertainment works from his past life on Earth, he preferred to stay behind the scenes and let others with the right fate showcase them.

“She’s afraid you’ll reject her outright and wants me to feel out your mood. What do you say?” Yi Yunxue smiled faintly.

“Please thank Sister Li for her kindness, but I don’t like being in the public eye. I’m not short of money now; I just want a quiet life and to create occasionally,” Chen Jiang declined.

“Alright, I’ll tell Sister Li.” Yi Yunxue took out her phone and sent a message to Sister Li.

*Beep beep*

After the meal, Chen Jiang received a message from Sister Li.

[Sister Li]: Are you really not considering entering the entertainment industry?

[Chen Jiang]: No. I don’t need the money, nor do I want to be exposed to the public eye.

[Sister Li]: Okay, just a pity for your talent.

[Sister Li]: If you ever need help with anything related to the entertainment world, you can come to me. As long as I can help, I will.

[Sister Li]: Also, thank you. Yunxue and I have shared both honor and disgrace. The song you wrote not only helped Yunxue but helped me too.

[Chen Jiang]: Got it. If I need anything, I’ll definitely reach out! (Salute)

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Time flew by to Tuesday.

Today was the last day of December, the end of the Gregorian year 2023.

After today, a brand-new year would begin.

In the early hours, a message suddenly topped Weibo’s trending list, quickly dominating the entertainment chart.

The trending tag was: [Yi Yunxue Officially Announces New Song Release Date]

Clicking in led to a post on Yi Yunxue’s personal Weibo:

[Dear fans and music lovers, after much effort, the new song “Encounter” is completed. It will be released on major platforms mid-next month, in January of the new year. Please look forward to it!]

Though her exposure had lessened over the past few months, Yi Yunxue’s fame remained high.

Two months ago, she had already announced that her new song would be out by early next year.

Many fans had been eagerly awaiting.

Now, the new song’s promotion was finally underway.

The comment section was lively.

[Finally, my Yunxue’s new song is here! I wonder what style it will be? So excited!]

[I hope the new song is good. Yunxue’s had it rough. Hopefully, they didn’t give her a bad song this time! The company is so stingy!]

“Encounter”? Sounds like a love song?

[The meaning of “Encounter” might not be just a love song. It could be about meeting family or friends—family love, romantic love, friendship are all possibilities.]

[Have you heard? Tianxing Entertainment blocked the song originally meant for Yi Yunxue and gave the golden composer’s song to another top singer in their company. No one knows where this new song of hers came from.]

[Everyone, check it out! Tianxing Entertainment also announced the release date for Han Mei’s new song, and it’s the same day as Yi Yunxue’s!]

Seeing comments like these, many discovered that Tianxing Entertainment’s other top artist, Han Mei, had also announced her new song “Waiting for You” with the same release date.

Those in the know realized these two were at odds.

As a result, their fanbases in the comments erupted into chaos.

[Apparently Han Mei stole Yi Yunxue’s new song.]

[Their company is so biased! Scheduling the same day is one thing, but only promoting Han Mei! I noticed all their people shared Han Mei’s post, but only Tang Xiaxia shared Yunxue’s.]

[Han Mei is so disgusting! Her talent is poor, she’s just a top star because of hype. Why does she get to steal Yunxue’s song?]

[Yi Yunxue fans, don’t cry. We’ve disliked you for a long time! Han Mei earned that song through her own hard work!]

[Exactly, can’t win, so you blame Han Mei! Maybe Yi Yunxue should reflect on whether she’s working hard enough!]

[I heard Yi Yunxue’s contract with Tianxing Entertainment is about to expire. It’s normal they don’t promote her.]

At Yi Yunxue’s home, Sister Li looked at the Weibo comments and said, “Han Mei also announced her new song’s release date. What a coincidence, it’s the same day as yours.”

Yi Yunxue’s expression remained calm. She knew the other side was deliberately provoking her.

Who would believe this wasn’t intentional? The new song charts only last a month; they were clearly competing for chart dominance.

Yi Yunxue told Sister Li, “Everyone knows Tianxing and Han Mei’s intentions. In terms of talent and personal popularity, I’m confident I surpass her. I just don’t know how good her new song ‘Waiting for You’ is.”

“And Tianxing Entertainment will probably support her without reservation.”

“At that point, the main competition will be the quality of the new songs. But I have absolute confidence in the song Chen Jiang wrote. Even if her song is great, it won’t surpass ‘Encounter,’ at best it will be on the same level.”

She believed “Encounter” had reached a very high level. Whoever could write such a song had the potential to become a top-tier lyricist and composer.

Songs like this aren’t written casually.

If Tianxing Entertainment really had such a great song, they wouldn’t have given it to Han Mei, who was just a favored artist.

Wouldn’t it be better to use it to attract free-agent top stars?

So, the advantage is mine!