Ch77 - Couldn't Be More Normal

Ji Xiunian invited the two of them inside, and heated up a cup of milk for Lu Xu out of habit. When he thought of Tao Yingbo, he realised he didn’t have anything here to host him with.

“I don’t eat nor drink, Instructor Ji you really don’t have to hinder yourself.”

After they had all sat down, Lu Xu opened his mouth first. “Why would the program staff suddenly invite Qu Dehui?”

Although it was an innocent question, the fact that he had come over to sit in front of Ji Xiunian meant that he had already guessed something.

Ji Xiunian also didn’t have much to hide and directly nodded and admitted, “I was the one who suggested it to Fan ge. Coincidentally, his manager also contacted this side, and said he wanted to be a temporary mentor.”

According to their previous plan, they wanted to use Tao Yingbo’s composition in order to attract Qu Dehui’s attention.

But this kind of roundabout approach was not a 100% guarantee. It just so happened that Fan Zeng’s previous choice for a temporary mentor had met with some conflicts, so Ji Xiunian had made this suggestion.

At this moment, ‘Birth of an Idol’’s popularity was extremely high. Many celebrities wanted to brush up to the fame if they were given a chance.

Ji Xiunian had just given this suggestion when Qu Dehui’s manager came over to ask about the show’s outside guest policy. The two sides hit it off, and the collaboration was set immediately.

According to Fan Zeng’s idea, he originally wanted Qu Dehui to go to the composition group. After all, he had become famous due to his song composition skills and his extremely popular debut album was something he had produced himself.

However, Qu Dehui’s side indicated that they wished to go to the vocal group, and did not give any room for discussion.

Although they didn’t know why he so vehemently rejected the composition group, the program already had Gu Wenan and Instructor Tao, so it wasn’t impossible for Qu Dehui to join the vocal group.

“Apparently Yu Manman’s side also contacted us on their own. Fan ge thinks it’s for your reputation.”

The current Yu Manman was the queen of songs and just her popularity was already much higher than Qu Dehui’s. She not only had a heavenly voice, but also a face capable of overthrowing entire nations. Other than singing, she also acted occasionally, and could be considered as having a very full schedule.

Other people before couldn’t appoint her, but in order to be willing to work as a temporary mentor for the program, this definitely had to do with Lu Xu.

“I’m really not that clear about this ai!” To be honest, everyone at Yaoguai Entertainment treated Lu Xu well. It wasn’t just employees who had directly interacted with him, like Xiao Ai or Secretary Zhang; even Su Mubai and Yu Manman, who didn’t have much contact with him and were super famous artists, took good care of him as their junior.

Thinking of this, Lu Xu couldn’t help but smile. He made a note to ask about this in the group chat after he went back.

“I originally was going to think of some way to get him to notice our program. I didn’t think he would send himself to our front doors.” As Lu Xu spoke, he naturally glanced over at Tao Yingbo, only feeling that there were many things left in the dark.

Fan Zeng didn’t understand why the emperor of composing wouldn’t choose the composition group, but the three of them all knew why.

A person who started off by plagiarising others would be afraid of his own abilities.

Tao Yingbo felt disgusted just at the thought of Qu Dehui’s face, but he still had a question. “What can I do at that time to review his true face? I’ll do anything I can…”

As a ghostly body, others completely couldn’t see Tao Yingbo’s presence. He wanted to express his opinions, but could only convey them with the help of Ji Xiunian.

Thinking of Qu Dehui’s family background, Tao Yingbo always felt that this would be a tough fight.

But when he looked at Lu Xu’s expression, he realised he was so calm he couldn’t be any calmer.

Ji Xiunian trusted Lu Xu’s abilities to get things done and couldn’t resist asking, “Have you already figured out your plans?”

“Mn.” Lu Xu pursed his lips and clapped his hands as he said, “Things have to come in pairs. Once people have taken shortcuts and achieved their goals, it’s hard to quit. For example, if people like Qu Dehui can use someone for their first album, then they can always use someone else afterwards…”

Qu Dehui had produced many albums in the ten years since his debut, but the quality and style was never stable.

Lu Xu had gone online and read fans’ opinions. Perhaps it was due to the aura of his first album, but there wasn’t a lot of criticism. Most people believed Qu Dehui was constantly trying to break through himself by trying various styles.

But there were still netizens who didn’t hesitate to say that he was at the end of his talent—

[@National First Class Drummer Performer: He’s come out with so many albums within the past ten years, but none of them have surpassed the first one. Although his fans aren’t willing to admit this, but Qu Dehui is definitely a representative of peaking at your debut. Personally, I think it’s a bit too much to praise him for being as famous as Zhang Jiamu. After all, Zhang Jiamu’s every song is incredible. Whether it’s production or quality, Qu Dehui cannot compete with Zhang Jiamu ah]

This comment was relatively to the point, but Qu Dehui’s fans couldn’t accept it and chased the blogger around, cursing him for his perceived slander.

The poster was faced with a lot of pressure, but this Weibo status was stubbornly not deleted.

In Lu Xu’s eyes, what this poster had said was completely correct.

At the peak of his career, Qu Dehui didn’t even have the abilities to compete against Zhang Jiamu. Even more so, his most popular songs weren’t even his own originals.

Taking this kind of person to compare with Zhang Jiamu was just insulting.

“To tell the truth ah, what song god, emperor, those names are probably ones Qu Dehui’s entertainment agents came up with.” Lu Xu had hit the nail on the head. He really only thought that this person wasn’t really much of anything.

Ji Xiunian didn’t make any sound, but it was obvious he was silently acquiescing to Lu Xu’s view.

Someone who didn’t have good products who was still placed in the forefront either relied on fans or their entertainment agency.

Tao Yingbo thought this was very reasonable and suddenly felt that he had once put Qu Dehui on too high of a pedestal. It was just that thinking about his current background and composing environment, Tao Yingbo couldn’t help but feel a little worried. “Even if he used other people’s songs afterwards, this world is so big. Where would we find these people?”

Ten years was a long time. In addition, these things were usually done in private, and it was as difficult as ascending the heavens to find the other victims who had been used by Qu Dehui.

But Lu Xu unexpectedly raised his brows and immediately reminded him, “Aren’t you a part of Xiao Bai’s ghost friend circles? If you want to ask about news, there’s probably no one as connected as him.”

“!!!”

Tao Yingbo immediately became excited. If it weren’t for Lu Xu’s reminder, he would’ve forgotten his own ghostly identity.

The mortal realm was a giant world, and so was the ghostly realm.

With the constant improvement and development of the ghost network, almost all ghosts had already realised their dreams of connecting to the internet.

There were ghostly friends to be found from all corners of the world, and ghostly geniuses from all walks of life. In order to get information, one just had to find them.

“Aaaaaa, no wonder you’re Master Lu Xu.” Tao Yingbo saw that there was nothing left regarding him, so he got up and said goodbye, ready to back into a corner to send messages to his ghost friends.

As long as everyone worked together, it would be really easy to find out this information.

After sending Tao Yingbo off, Ji Xiunian turned back and saw Lu Xu carrying Ba Mei and getting ready to leave. He pretended to be unintentional as he asked, “I didn’t think you were so familiar with the things in the ghost realm…”

Even Tao Yingbo couldn’t remember for a moment that he had his own ghost friends, yet Lu Xu had immediately opened his mouth to call out their names. Ji Xiunian always felt that this was rather strange.

Lu Xu didn’t panic and merely smiled at Ji Xiunian, shrugging as he said, “You already know, I’m someone who can communicate with ghosts, and the circle is only so big. Getting to know a few ghosts is extremely normal. Wouldn’t you say so, Nian ge?”