"Don't cry yet. Can you tell me why you want to be my disciple?" Su Yu asked curiously.
It was normal to take a disciple at Mo Yan's age, but he himself was only nineteen. Wouldn't taking a disciple make him a laughingstock...
"Because..."
Li Zhizhi briefly told Su Yu about her past.
Because her parents strictly required her to study music since childhood, her personality became rather withdrawn. Due to her personality, she was often ridiculed by classmates as a "mute" at school. She didn't dare to tell her parents or teachers, and over time, she developed depression.
She accidentally heard Ting Yu's "Chi Ling" and became interested in the ancient style music scene, where she found many friends.
Later, after listening to the song "Hai Di," she felt as if she had been redeemed. Her personality gradually became more cheerful, and her admiration for Ting Yu grew. With friends and a belief, her depression was also brought under control.
From then on, she had a dream: to become Ting Yu's disciple.
So she enrolled in Qingda University and applied for Xinghui just to meet Ting Yu.
"And... and I can pay your teaching fees, one hundred thousand yuan a month. I know you're not short on money, but this is the most I can offer."
After speaking, Li Zhizhi looked at Su Yu pleadingly, then glanced at Lin Yanyu, and finally shifted her gaze back to Su Yu.
"It's not impossible..."
Su Yu took a deep breath, not because of the hundred thousand yuan teaching fee, but because he was touched by Li Zhizhi's experience.
To suffer from depression at such a young age and to be able to overcome it on her own, this young girl had an excellent disposition.
"Really!" Li Zhizhi's eyes showed a deep surprise.
"However, there's one condition."
"Wh-what condition?"
"If you write a song that reaches the top ten on the new song chart, I'll let you be my disciple."
The top ten on the new song chart.
It wasn't difficult for Su Yu, but for a newcomer, it was as difficult as climbing to heaven!
However.
Li Zhizhi showed no fear at all. She patted her chest and promised Su Yu, "Master, don't worry, the top ten on the new song chart is on me!"
Perhaps afraid that Su Yu would go back on his word, she then scurried away.
Seeing this, Su Yu shrugged helplessly at Lin Yanyu.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Su Yu also walked towards the recording studio.
...
This time he came to Xinghui not only to record the theme song for "A Chinese Ghost Story" but also to have the Xinghui Film and Television Department finalize the filming dates for the "A Chinese Odyssey" project.
After all, "Journey to the West" had already been thoroughly analyzed by literary giants, leaving nothing unsaid.
Some said that the "Jiangnan old thief" finally acted like a decent person this time, as his novel didn't deliver any heartbreaks.
But they didn't know that although the original text didn't have many heartbreaks, the heartbreaks were in the derivative IPs.
With "Journey to the West" being so praised by literary giants and shared by major official media, many teachers included this "Journey to the West" as supplementary reading material for their students.
After reading it, they also had to write reflections as homework.
From that moment on, the name "Jiangnan old thief" was not only called by his book fans but also affectionately by many students.
Although the students were resistant to the homework, they were exceptionally fond of the stories told in "Journey to the West."
Especially the character of Sun Wukong, who was the white moonlight superhero in the hearts of those students!
At this time.
Everyone realized.
"Journey to the West" was a book that could be read countless times and was suitable for all ages.
Su Yu estimated that after the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was completed, it would be time to start filming "A Chinese Odyssey."
Taking advantage of the current popularity of "Journey to the West," he could showcase another side of the character of Sun Wukong.
...
For the past few days, the internet was still discussing the two dialect songs by An Ye Tu, and many people were speculating if he would sing in dialect again in the next performance. After all, apart from his gender and vocal tone, his origin was also unknown, and most importantly, his singing skills were exceptionally powerful.
This person was simply a bug-level existence.
Of course, besides An Ye Tu and Ting Yu, there was also Lin Yanzhi, who had recently become very popular.
After a series of publicity stunts, his popularity continued to soar.
His Weibo was filled with promotions for the movie "Linghu Zhuan," and not only that, but there was also a pre-order channel for the theme song of the same name, with the number of pre-orders exceeding eighty million.
The person who first felt threatened by Lin Yanzhi's skyrocketing popularity was naturally the top streamer, Zhang Qingyun.
His popularity had also been significantly affected by the previous "spiritual energy transforming into a horse" incident.
Being used as a meme, his idol image in the hearts of his fans was almost non-existent.
Many fans felt that by being a fan of him, they were being mocked for their poor taste.
Over time, many fans in his fan club unfollowed him and tagged Zhang Qingyun, saying they had switched to being fans of Lin Yanzhi.
Now that Lin Yanzhi had just returned to the country, becoming a fan of him meant being an early adopter.
For these traffic-driven fans, this was quite attractive.
In response, Zhang Qingyun could only use his alternate account to furiously curse at Lin Yanzhi's rapidly growing Weibo followers!
However, because his alternate account was exposed by his fans, it caused another stir.
Then there was another wave of massive fan loss.
In short, Zhang Qingyun and Lin Yanzhi had forged an enmity.
"Hmph, you're riding on Ting Yu's popularity. Don't think Ting Yu will let you off easily. Just wait, you'll get what you deserve!"
Zhang Qingyun directly posted on his main Weibo account.
Although it was discovered and deleted by his company in time, screenshots still circulated online.
"Zhang Qingyun should just collapse. He's called a top streamer in the entertainment industry, yet he can stoop to using alternate accounts to curse people!"
"I can't believe I was his fan for two years, only to find out he's this kind of person!"
"How did my Lin Ge get entangled with this mad dog that bites randomly?"
"Sigh... it's jealousy. Jealous that my Lin Ge is handsome, talented, and has the backing of a major overseas company."
"Just you wait, Lin Yanzhi's popularity will eventually surpass Ting Yu's. Then we'll see who's riding whose coattails!"
Many of Lin Yanzhi's fans went to Zhang Qingyun's Weibo to curse at him.
Some even pointed to Zhang Qingyun's fan badge.
This also indicated that most of the fans Lin Yanzhi was attracting were former traffic fans of Zhang Qingyun.
However, what he didn't expect was that the ones who rushed out to defend him were not his fans.
It was the anti-fans who called him "Brother Ma."
"Even if our Brother Ma is garbage, he's still not comparable to a cunning person like Lin Yanzhi."
"I think Brother Ma is right. Although Lin Yanzhi isn't clingy, anyone who isn't an idiot can see that Lin Yanzhi is freeloading off the popularity of Ting Yu and An Ye Tu, while pretending to be innocent."
"I stand with Brother Ma on this. He dares to蹭 Ting Yu's popularity, does he really think Ting Yu is that easy to bully?"
"Brother Ma, don't be sad. So what if those fans unfollow you? Aren't we still here? Lin Yanzhi is a hypocrite, and only those brainless fans would worship him."
"Exactly, you will always be our Brother Ma!"
"Damn it, where are Brother Ma's remaining fans? Your idol is being attacked, and you're letting us anti-fans protect him?"
Zhang Qingyun's main account was taken down by his company.
So he used his alternate account to check the comments on his Weibo.
Upon seeing these supportive comments, he couldn't help but shed tears.
He lit a cigarette and placed it in the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the heartwarming comments above, he was so moved that his hands trembled. He knew that most of these people were fans of Ting Yu and Jiangnan, but that didn't matter.
For the first time, Zhang Qingyun felt that the nickname "Brother Ma" was so warm.
With this thought, he ignored the tears streaming from his eyes, which were being irritated by the smoke. He exited his alternate account, clicked on the login interface, and re-logged into his main account, which had been taken down by the company.
Resolutely, he searched for Ting Yu and Jiangnan.
Then he pressed the "follow" buttons on both.
From today onwards!
I, Zhang Qingyun!
Will be a fan of Ting Yu and Jiangnan!!!