Are you trying to force me to become a star?

Chapter 84 Annual Meeting

Canglan Entertainment, fifth floor lobby.

The Canglan Annual Meeting was held around 6 PM.

Xu Jinyan pulled out a chair and sat down, and the people around the table all gave him friendly smiles.

"Hey? What are you doing sitting here?"

Old Shen saw him come from the artist department area to sit down in the music department area and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I miss you."

Ignoring his nonsense, Shen Nan turned and glanced at the artist department, then discovered the problem.

Xu Jinyan was originally sitting with Tian Xiwei, but now the person next to Tian Xiwei has changed to Nanfeng.

A knowing smile appeared on his face.

Wang Fan, who was standing to the side, glanced in that direction following Shen Nan's gaze and then saw Tian Xiwei—the artist he used to be in charge of.

His mood immediately soured. He had chosen Tian Xiwei because he was interested in her vocal potential and wanted to hone her skills, but she was poached by Xu Jinyan.

He glanced around at the people and, noticing that Chen Yunlu wasn't there, said sarcastically:

"Hey! Isn't this Director Xu? It's rare for you to come to the company!"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere at the table fell silent as everyone observed the situation. Why was Director Wang starting to cause trouble again?

Xu Jinyan glanced over and smiled.

He turned to look at Old Shen and asked, "It's been so long since you've been to the company. Who is this?"

"Ha ha ha ha"

Everyone burst out laughing.

Shen Nan glanced at Wang Fan, whose expression was unpleasant, and said without any politeness, "His surname is Wang, his given name is Fan, and his courtesy name is Director!"

The laughter around them grew louder, and Xu Jinyan also laughed out loud. "Old Shen is something else!"

He then nodded as if suddenly realizing something, and looked at Wang Fan: "Then I'll call you 'Little Wang'."

Their laughter had already attracted the attention of everyone around them.

They were all curious about what the top teachers at the music production department were talking about that made them so happy.

"Xiao Wang, I have high hopes for you, but young people can't be impatient. Take your time and work hard for a few more years. The director position... you can't rush it!"

Seeing his earnest expression, Wang Fan's face turned red and then pale.

I had planned to flatter him in public, but I didn't expect that this bastard would break down after just a few words.

Seeing that more and more people were paying attention to this place, he suppressed his anger, got up and left.

He couldn't directly turn against them, or rather, he didn't dare.

In such a gathering of all the company's most important people, especially at the annual meeting, wouldn't turning against them be a disservice to the company's senior management?

He glanced at President Fang Chao, who was chatting and laughing at the main table and looked radiant, and felt a surge of resentment.

"Director Wang's composure is truly remarkable!"

Seeing Xu Jinyan's teasing expression, Shen Nan leaned closer and whispered, "You're President Fang now, no, the company's darling. Do you think he'd dare turn against you?"

"Don't even mention that you haven't been to the company for two months; even if you don't come for a year, no one will dare to say a word."

Xu Jinyan said innocently, "I'm still a student."

Shen Nan said irritably, "You could become an associate professor now and nobody would even bother with you, let alone a student?"

He was telling the truth. Xu Jinyan debuted in May, and in just over half a year, she has already written 8 number one singles and accumulated 19 weeks as the number one single.

Now that 2015 has passed, people are amazed when they look back on the songs of the past year.

It's been a long time since we've seen such a wild newcomer in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Shen Nan then sighed, "It's a pity that you were caught up with the release of a song by pop diva Xu Xiaozhu, which prevented you from breaking the 20-week mark for the number of weeks at number one."

Xu Jinyan nodded. The song "Qilin" only won the championship for two weeks because it ran into Xu Xiaozhu's new song.

When a pop diva releases a song, as long as the song quality isn't bad, it will dominate the charts for at least a month.

He suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, Brother Tian is the most unlucky. Of the ten songs I've written so far, only two haven't won a championship, and Brother Tian has won both of them."

"Borrowing Five Hundred Years from Heaven" was only his third song at that time. He wasn't very famous, Li Tian didn't have many fans, and the song type wasn't popular, so he only managed to get third place at best.

However, with his recent song "Waiting," which benefited from his involvement and the popularity of "Singer 2015," and also had more pop elements, it still managed to beat Xu Xiaozhu and only came in second place.

Listening to his Versailles-like words, Shen Nan couldn't tell whether he was showing off or genuinely feeling sorry for Li Tian.

What does it mean to have written ten songs, with only two failing to win a championship?

Ruwen, do people say it?

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he laughed: "It's okay, although Li Tian didn't win the weekly chart, he did win the 'Singer 2015' championship!"

"By the way, were you doing this on purpose?"

"Deliberately what?"

"Didn't you see who the runner-up was?"

runner up?

Xu Jinyan thought for a moment: Oh, Hua Chenyu is the runner-up.

"Speaking of which, you young people are really quite talented. I've watched several of Hua Chenyu's performances, and his arrangements are all pretty good. He's on a roll, but it's a pity that he ran into your song in the finals."

"Huh? Why does this feel so familiar?"

"Oh right, it was the same during 'Heavenly Melody'. Hahaha..."

Xu Jinyan thought about it and smiled. It was indeed a coincidence!

Hua Chenyu: In the entire Chinese music scene, am I the only singer? Why do you always keep chasing after your senior?

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Nanfeng smiled as she looked at Xu Jinyan, who was already chatting happily with Teacher Shen, and then looked at Tian Xiwei.

"Xiaotian, didn't Teacher Xu write a song for you? Why hasn't it been released yet?"

Tian Xiwei didn't know how she was feeling at that moment. She had just been sitting and talking with Xu Jinyan.

Then Xu Jinyan said she was going to catch up with the people in the music production department, and got up and left.

[Emotional Net]: The southerly wind will arrive on the battlefield in 5 minutes! Please prepare!

A few minutes later, Nanfeng arrived in the lobby on the fifth floor and sat down next to her.

She felt inexplicably nervous: "Sister Nan, that song has been used as the theme song for a TV series, and we need to promote it. However, it will be released soon."

"oh."

Nanfeng nodded. Xu Jinyan was particularly good at writing theme songs, or rather, there was no type of song he wasn't good at.

There was no awkward silence afterwards.

Nanfeng chatted casually, asked about her experiences on set, and shared some acting tips and techniques with her.

In this process, there was no deliberate attempt to avoid mentioning Xu Jinyan's existence.

Tian Xiwei gradually relaxed and regained her usual generous and cheerful demeanor, and laughter filled the air.

"Hey, Sister Nan, when did you get here?"

Xu Jinyan returned to the artist area, moved the person next to Xiao Tian to an empty seat next to him, and sat down curiously.

Nanfeng smiled enigmatically: "I just arrived a short while ago."

Xu Jinyan scolded, "Look at you, you didn't even say anything before you came so I could go down and greet you."

Nanfeng: I don't believe you didn't deliberately hide away just now.

As for Oda, her relaxed mood turned tense again.

Actually, she was a little happy inside, after all, Xu Jinyan was sitting next to her.

She was sandwiched between the two men, listening to their familiar conversation, occasionally joining in with a few words.

Suddenly, I realized that this scene didn't seem out of place at all.

Just then, it was six o'clock.

Tian Xiwei stood up: "Sister Nan, Teacher Xu, I have to go wait in the backstage area. I have a performance to do in a little while."

"Okay, keep it up!"

After watching Xiaotian walk away, Xu Jinyan sat down in Xiaotian's seat next to Nanfeng.

He shifted his chair around, muttering to himself, "This spot seems to offer a better view of the performance?"

Nanfeng looked at her junior brother getting closer and closer, speechless, and covered her forehead with her hand.