Chapter 83 - Compromise
Tao Lin hung up the phone, feeling a great sense of vindication.
Just now, Starry Sky's manager had called, asking her to delete the Weibo comnts.
Lin Hanyun and Zhang Xiyun were both artists of the company; for the two of them to fight like this would have a very bad impact.
If self-dia seized on this sore spot and wrote nonsense about it, it would cost a lot in public relations fees when the ti ca.
Tao Lin, however, made the excuse that it was Lin Hanyun's fans who ca over to mock, and she couldn't delete them all unless Lin Hanyun stepped forward to tell her fans to stop causing trouble.
How could the manager not know Tao Lin's thoughts? This wasn't just wanting Lin Hanyun to bow her head; it was even more so wanting to embarrass the company.
A song that the company hadn't participated in promoting at all, relying entirely on Tao Lin's personal connections to get on a few small programs, and hitching a ride on the favorable wind of 'Flying Against the Wind', had completely crushed the Lin Hanyun whom the company was heavily pushing.
This was a slap in the face.
As of right now, Starry Sky's managent was highly embarrassed, even a bit enraged from humiliation. If they wanted to, they could contact Huaxia Music to have Zhang Fanzhi's song taken down.
But the company looked at profits, and couldn't just care about montary gratification.
Now that Zhang Fanzhi had a song blowing up, her fa was rising with the tide, and to the company, this was all money.
Starry Sky Music wasn't a large company, and they didn't have many presentable singers under their na. Their goal was to force Zhang Fanzhi to compromise, not to fight to the bitter end.
Now that Zhang Fanzhi could make money, they would definitely loosen their grip appropriately.
"Delete the comnts. I'll have soone put together a promotion plan for Xiyun's song to help her make a push for the top spot."
The manager said this sentence after so hesitation, representing that Starry Sky was making a concession.
This was the result everyone discussed and arrived at during an internal company eting after Zhang Fanzhi's new song took off yesterday.
Tao Lin wasn't stupid, nor did she have the thought of resisting the company to the bitter end.
Originally, she still wanted to disgust Lin Hanyun and the people at Starry Sky a bit more, but since such a promise had been given, insisting on completely falling out would be aningless.
In the end, she agreed. While deleting the comnts, she said to Zhang Fanzhi,
"So you also have tis when you consider things this far ahead. I thought you asked to keep the comnts just to vent your anger; to think you even thought of this layer regarding the company."
Behind her, upon hearing these words, Zhang Fanzhi was expressionless, rely twitching the corner of her mouth.
She actually just wanted to vent her anger.
……
For several consecutive days, the data for 'The Initial Dream' soared, and it had already reached fourth place.
Starry Sky's manager also hadn't lied; they had indeed started promoting Zhang Fanzhi, wanting to let her sit in the top spot.
Lin Hanyun simply couldn't be pushed up no matter what, so naturally they couldn't continue wasting resources. Instead, they took them over and invested them into Zhang Fanzhi's new song.
Therefore, when Chen Ran opened the music app, he was astonished to find Zhang Fanzhi's photo on the front page. Clicking on it led directly to her new song.
"The company has started promoting it?"
Chen Ran felt quite surprised.
Was there sothing wrong with the heads of the people at Zhang Fanzhi's company?
Not pushing the song before, and only starting now.
She already had the promotion of 'Flying Against the Wind'. What was the point of coming over to add icing on the cake now?
Zhang Fanzhi called.
She had been quite busy these past two days, having to go everywhere to record programs, and even receiving an invitation to Mango Satellite TV's gala.
Over the past few days, she had relatively little contact with Chen Ran. After connecting the call, Zhang Fanzhi remained silent for a good while before saying,
"Thank you."
These past two days, even Tao Lin, who disliked Chen Ran, kept muttering that it was all because of this song's good quality, otherwise, how would they have seen the company compromise?
Zhang Fanzhi had also hesitated for a long ti before dialing the phone.
Chen Ran knew she was talking about the song and said,
"No need to be so polite, you spent money to buy the song. Besides, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Yun treat so well, acting like this makes us seem distant!"
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Fanzhi furrowed her brows.
After hearing these words, she felt a bit stifled in her heart, holding her breath and not speaking.
Chen Ran felt the atmosphere was a bit strange and asked, "I went on Huaxia Music and saw advertisents for your new song. Did you guys talk with the company?"
"We talked." Although it was just two words, Zhang Fanzhi's tone felt different from just now, becoming much stiffer.
Chen Ran asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Chen Ran scratched his head blankly; why did it suddenly feel like she wasn't happy?
He chatted for another couple of sentences and felt she was cherishing her words like gold today, looking as if she was quite unwilling to speak.
To say she was angry didn't seem quite right either. After all, Chen Ran had sowhat figured out Zhang Fanzhi's temper; if she were truly angry, she would have directly hung up the phone and wouldn't bother talking to him at all.
Now, although her words were few, she hadn't hung up.
"Could it be because of the company?" Chen Ran guessed in his heart.
If it really was a company matter, Chen Ran would be powerless to help.
After chatting for a few more sentences, Zhang Fanzhi finally hung up the phone.
Her brows were knitted as she tossed the phone to the side, keeping a straight face and remaining silently sullen.
Tao Lin said gleefully, "I just found out that the company did an internal evaluation and might loosen their grip on you a bit."
Over the past two days, Zhang Fanzhi's popularity had skyrocketed. The prices for many of her comrcial performances were not low, making the company quite a bit of money. Starry Sky also didn't want to give up such a cash cow.
Zhang Fanzhi gave an "oh" and didn't say anything else.
"You're not happy?" Tao Lin walked closer and asked.
Zhang Fanzhi raised her head and said, "I am very happy!"
Looking at her expressionless face, Tao Lin looked speechless. Do you think I'm blind?
Tao Lin originally wanted to say sothing else, then counted on her fingers and muttered,
"Last month you were on the 8th, so this month it should be the 6th. Today is the 4th, it hasn't co yet... Could it be early again? Or is it hurting again?"
Zhang Fanzhi asked, "What are you talking about?"
"What could I be talking about!" Tao Lin rolled her eyes and added,
"I'll have Xiao Qin get you so brown sugar water. The weather is cold, so put on a warm palace patch. It's not good if it's early again."
Zhang Fanzhi reacted, and just as she was about to speak, she felt a bit of discomfort in her lower abdon.
She gave Tao Lin a side glance; since when did she beco a jinx.
……
Entering mid-December, the weather grew increasingly cold.
After Chen Ran received his salary, he took so ti to buy so clothes and then sent them ho.
Chen Junhai and Song Hui had been frugal for so many years that it had beco a habit. They rarely bought clothes, holding the attitude that as long as they were wearable, it was fine.
But last year's clothes weren't as warm to wear this year. Chen Ran bought two pieces each for his parents. After sending them back, he was still scolded for being wasteful.
Although they said that, in truth, the two elders were quite happy in their hearts.
The next day, Song Hui wore them and strolled around the neighborhood. When others asked, she said her son bought them and specially sent them back for her to wear.
Then, hearing others praise her son's filial piety, she would laugh along:
"What filial piety? He works outside and rarely cos back a few tis a year..."
Chen Junhai's situation was pretty much the sa; the couple just wanted to show off their son a little.
Chen Ran couldn't stay at ho for long either; he returned to Lin City a day later.
Both programs were on the right track, and everything was in perfect order.
So ti ago, 'I Love Rembering Lyrics' broadcast the celebrity special, and the viewership rating successfully broke through 15%.
Although it was just for this one episode and it fell back down afterwards, at least there was a record.
After the viewership ratings for 'Challenge the Microphone' stabilized, it wasn't much different from 'Rembering Lyrics'; the entertainnt channel's two trump cards were rock solid.
Because it was approaching the end of the year and there were many things to do, the programs needed to record a few more episodes in advance.
For this half a month, Chen Ran was in an extrely busy state.
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