novelraw Chapter 123 - 120: By What Right?
Chapter 123 - 120: By What Right?
The audience in Chen Jincheng’s livestream stared in astonishment at the person who had just gifted 10 Carnivals.
This guy really knew how to stir things up.
’Li Yueling’s ex-boyfriend, Li Cheng’.
Gifting under a name like that was a bold move, but he could get sued for it.
Chen Jincheng had been about to thank the gifter, but he couldn’t bring himself to say anything after seeing that name. If someone used that name privately, it wouldn’t matter.
Plenty of people called themselves Liu Yifei’s husband online.
But this situation was different. The hype was too intense, the implication too direct. If she decided to sue, she’d have a slam-dunk case. He could even end up in jail for a few months.
Indeed, Li Yueling could no longer contain her fury.
This was a deliberate, vicious jab at her sore spot.
No matter who this person was, she was determined to sue them.
Just then, however, Chen Jincheng noticed that ’Li Yueling’s ex-boyfriend, Li Cheng’ had sent a request to join the voice chat.
’Damn it, I can’t really reject it either.’
The guy gifted 10 Carnivals. Rejecting him would probably just stir up a new wave of drama.
So, he clicked ’accept’. He figured he should at least try to persuade the guy to change his username quickly.
But before he could speak, the man on the other end beat him to it. "It’s real. My name is Li Cheng. I’m the idiot who was with Li Yueling from our small town all the way to the big city!"
Chen Jincheng was stunned, and the entire livestream erupted.
’Is it really him?’
While Li Yueling had gained a lot of attention for reporting Second-Life Star, some of her own history had also been dug up. For instance, her first hit song was written for her by this very ex-boyfriend.
As for their subsequent breakup, everyone understood what had happened. When money and fame are involved, stories like this are all too common.
Li Yueling’s face changed the moment she heard his voice.
She instantly recognized it as the voice of her ex-boyfriend, Li Cheng.
’Is he crazy?’
’We already broke up, and now he’s trying to get screen time?’
At that moment, Chen Jincheng saw the voice chat status change. ’Li Yueling’s ex-boyfriend’ had turned on his camera, revealing his face.
The moment he appeared, the chat room went into an uproar, as many people recognized him.
It really was Li Yueling’s ex-boyfriend, Li Cheng.
You could still find news articles about him online.
Watching Li Cheng on screen, Chen Jincheng felt things were getting interesting.
No one would believe he had gifted 10 Carnivals just to show his face for a moment without some ulterior motive.
Unless he was hopelessly naive, anyone who’d written a hit song for his girlfriend only to be kicked to the curb after she got famous would be pissed off, right?
Now it was just a matter of seeing what Li Cheng planned to do.
"Mr. Chen, why do you think beautiful women are such good liars?" Li Cheng asked Chen Jincheng.
The viewers in the livestream immediately caught the subtext; he was clearly talking about Li Yueling.
So, this was his take on their breakup?
Faced with this question, Chen Jincheng could only reply, "Because you wouldn’t believe an ugly one if she tried to lie to you!"
The response caught Li Cheng off guard, and he didn’t know how to react for a moment.
However, Chen Jincheng’s long-time viewers in the chat immediately got it:
"Haha, isn’t that the truth? You only lose your mind because you’re lusting after her looks."
"You wouldn’t even look twice at an ugly one, so how could you get scammed!"
"If a pretty girl calls me handsome, I’ll believe it. If an ugly one does, I’ll tell her to get lost."
"..."
After a moment, Li Cheng spoke again. "Mr. Chen, I know it was a bit presumptuous of me to request to join the chat today. But I just wanted to promote my new song, *Betrayal*. It will also be released tomorrow, and I hope everyone will give it a listen."
This news sent the entire livestream into a frenzy.
Especially the drama-watchers.
A huge drama bomb just dropped.
Li Yueling was releasing her song tomorrow, and her ex-boyfriend was choosing the same day to release his. No one would believe he wasn’t targeting her.
More importantly, the title of his song, *Betrayal*, was clearly pointed.
Even Chen Jincheng was surprised to hear this.
’Why does this plot feel so familiar?’
’He writes a song that makes his girlfriend famous, only to be betrayed by her, so now he has no choice but to become a singer himself?’
’What kind of protagonist template is this?’
If his song became a hit, maybe even bigger than Li Yueling’s *Must Love*, wouldn’t that fit the template perfectly?
The crucial part was that Li Yueling’s first song was written by him. That song was what made her famous, and it was widely acknowledged to be better than any of her other songs.
Therefore, the possibility was very high.
Now, isn’t this interesting?
On Tiao Yin, Han Shangyou, who was following the matter, also found it very interesting.
This would just add another layer of hype.
...
"Mr. Chen, that’s all I wanted to say. I won’t disturb you any longer," Li Cheng said, then promptly disconnected from the chat.
By this point, Chen Jincheng saw that the viewer count in his livestream had easily surpassed 100,000 and was heading straight for 150,000.
It was clear that Tiao Yin’s traffic boost this time was no ordinary one, and it also proved that a huge number of people were paying attention to this incident.
At this time, many viewers in the chat were already asking about the sweet song.
"Weren’t you going to talk about a sweet song?"
"Come on, tell us about the sweet song!"
"..."
Seeing this, Chen Jincheng didn’t drag it out. He said straightforwardly, "Alright, let’s talk about the sweet song. As you all know, I’ve written and released two songs myself, so I have a little experience with songwriting."
"So, I’ve written a sweet song for Xiaobai. It’s called *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, and it will also be released tomorrow. I hope you’ll all give it a listen."
This announcement made the entire livestream explode.
Although everyone knew this stream had something to do with Li Yueling, no one had expected Chen Jincheng to write a song to go head-to-head with her.
Moreover, Li Yueling’s song was *Must Love*, and he was coming out with *Can’t Help Falling in Love*. It was impossible that this wasn’t a targeted move.
Just as many people wanted to ask more about *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, they found the livestream screen had gone black. The feed was gone.
Chen Jincheng had abruptly ended the stream.
This caught everyone completely by surprise.
The stream had over 100,000 concurrent viewers. Why wouldn’t he stream a little longer? How could he just end it like that?
But it had to be said, the hype online absolutely exploded.
Everyone knew tomorrow was going to be a spectacle.
Of course, the most excited person was Han Shangyou, the President of Tiao Yin. Just as he had predicted, Chen Jincheng had written a song to clash directly with Li Yueling.
He had originally wanted to use Li Yueling to draw the attention of other celebrities to Tiao Yin. Now, this series of events was destined to push the hype to its absolute peak.
This would absolutely guarantee that Li Yueling’s *Must Love* would receive an immense amount of attention the moment it was released.
Naturally, the same would be true for Chen Jincheng’s *Can’t Help Falling in Love* and Li Cheng’s *Betrayal*. And if, in the end, their two songs turned out to be even better than Li Yueling’s, things would get even more interesting. Wouldn’t that prove that as long as a work is high quality, it’s guaranteed to be seen on the Tiao Yin platform?
Han Shangyou immediately instructed his assistant, "Have the operations department start pushing trending topics for *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, *Betrayal*, and *Must Love*. Also, contact all three parties urgently to sign contracts for synchronized sales data, and have the tech department set up a real-time ranking chart."
Honestly, if the Tiao Yin platform had a digital music sales feature right now, he would have signed contracts with all three of them to sell the songs directly on Tiao Yin.
However, that was a feature they needed to develop. In the future, Tiao Yin would definitely have more and more music creators and attract many singers. This function was a must-have.
"Yes, President Han," the assistant replied immediately.
Chen Jincheng’s livestream was over, but Li Yueling was about to explode with rage.
Her ex-boyfriend Li Cheng’s song *Betrayal* already had her grinding her teeth. Now Chen Jincheng was coming at her with *Can’t Help Falling in Love*. On what grounds?
Just because he wrote *Trajectory* and *Girl*?
To be honest, neither of those two songs was as good as the one Li Cheng had written for her back then. If the song *Girl* hadn’t been associated with Chen Jincheng’s "scumbag" persona, it wouldn’t have even gotten much attention. It was basically just a viral internet song.
What made him think he could write a song to compete with her?
Her song was written by renowned composers and lyricists in the industry! Those two had written countless hits.
They weren’t even in the same league.
But what infuriated her was that with his one announcement, *Can’t Help Falling in Love* was now getting the same level of attention as her *Must Love*.
He was stealing the fruits of her labor—the hype she had painstakingly built!
’Internet celebrities are just as shameless as everyone in the industry says,’ she thought.
But a moment later, her younger sister rushed in and reported breathlessly, "Sis, you need to check the trending charts on Tiao Yin! The second Chen Jincheng announced he was releasing *Can’t Help Falling in Love* tomorrow, its popularity surpassed your *Must Love*!"
"What?" Hearing this, Li Yueling instinctively pulled out her phone, logged into Tiao Yin, and checked the trending list. Unable to contain her rage any longer, she smashed another cup. "On what grounds?!"