Chapter 54: See You in September
Celebrity Chat Group.
[Luo Zhe: Hahahaha, finally someone put Mu Qingyun in his place!]
[Luo Zhe: Tang Guo is truly my idol, @Jiang Yan, come and watch the drama!]
[Jiang Yan: I saw it, it’s so refreshing!]
[Jiang Jing: I saw it too. That Tang Guo really knows how to put people down. Mu Qingyun must be furious, right?]
[Luo Zhe: Hahahaha, honestly, I have no idea how to respond to “If you think you can do better, do it yourself.” Do you guys know?]
[Luo Zhe: @Ji Xiangyang, you’re a host, a master of words—how would you reply to this?]
[Ji Xiangyang: Don’t ask me, I spent half a day yesterday trying to figure out an answer and still couldn’t come up with one!]
Early in the morning, a few members of the celebrity chat group were already discussing the hottest topic of the moment.
Luo Zhe was a singer, and the others were also in the industry, so they all had friends who were singers to some extent.
They had long heard about Mu Qingyun.
So, Mu Qingyun getting put in his place was cause for great delight in the group!
Especially for Luo Zhe, who, as someone in the music circle, deeply detested music critics.
After this incident, he practically regarded Tang Guo as his idol.
A true idol, not just a casual remark!
As the chat was heating up, a message from Su Chen appeared in the group.
[Su Chen: “If you think you can do better, do it yourself”? If I say a fridge isn’t cold enough, do I have to know how to refrigerate?]
The moment Su Chen sent his reply, the group members were stunned by his wit!
[Jiang Yan: Brilliant!]
[Ji Xiangyang: Brilliant!]
[Group Member: +1]
[……]
Before everyone had even finished scrolling, Su Chen sent another answer.
[Su Chen: If I say eggs don’t taste good, do I have to lay one myself?]
[Ji Xiangyang: @Su Chen, what is your brain made of? Come work as a host with me, will you?]
[Su Chen: Male or female?]
[Ji Xiangyang: ??]
Jiang Yan rolled her eyes in private and sent Su Chen a direct message.
[Jiang Yan: All you’re good at is talking!]
[Su Chen: Being good at talking is enough.]
[Jiang Yan: ??]
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Mu Qingyun was indeed furious at the moment!
Utterly enraged!
The worst part was that he was angry, yet couldn’t figure out how to respond.
Su Chen’s shameless style left him at a loss.
He could only sit there, running through the logic of the incident over and over again.
I said you’re arrogant, and your songs are mediocre!
And you tell me, “If you think you can do better, do it yourself”?
After much mental wrangling, he finally realized—wasn’t my original plan to use the senior musicians to put pressure on you?
How did I end up trapped by your question?
So insidious!
Once he sorted out the issue, it all became clear!
After pondering for a while, he had an idea!
He spent half an hour collecting data, another half-hour organizing it.
Finally, after comparing the data for another half-hour, he summarized everything into an analytical article.
Sent!
Since you refuse to answer directly, I’ll just name-drop Lao Jie.
Praise one, criticize the other—let’s see how you dodge this!
The article was posted as a long image.
Within, he listed the achievements of several of Su Chen’s songs, then compared them to Lao Jie’s historical records.
He criticized Su Chen for being arrogant despite only having a handful of successful songs.
He praised Lao Jie, a senior at Star Orange Entertainment, for releasing many songs while remaining modest and self-disciplined.
As an award-winning composer, Lao Jie had impressive results from the start of his career.
But he had never called himself the “Rookie King.”
They were once at the same company, one a newcomer, one a celebrated composer.
Two different approaches—character was plain to see!
Once the article was out, other media accounts quickly followed suit!
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Jiangcheng No. 2 High School, Class 1-3.
After lunch, the students lay on their desks for a midday nap.
Tang Jiayi walked over to Kong Shan’s desk and gently tapped her.
“Shanshan, wake up!”
Kong Shan, her eyes red, looked at Tang Jiayi sleepily.
“Mu Qingyun just posted on Weibo to smear Tang Guo again!”
Afraid of disturbing the other students, she whispered.
Kong Shan immediately snapped awake, her eyes still red as she took Tang Jiayi’s phone.
“Where? Let me see!”
After reading, she lowered her voice angrily:
“How can someone be so persistent in causing trouble!”
Tang Jiayi said coldly:
“That’s why it’s time to fight back!”
Kong Shan stood up at once and whispered:
“I’ll go get Jiajia!”
Tang Jiayi nodded.
After a moment’s hesitation, she sent a message to Su Chen.
“Brother Su Chen, that annoying person is smearing you again on Weibo!”
Su Chen quickly replied.
He never left Tang Jiayi’s messages unanswered!
“A small fry can’t make any waves.”
“Don’t worry, just focus on your classes!”
After closing the chat window, Tang Jiayi felt much relieved!
Since Brother Su Chen said there’s nothing to worry about, then it must really be fine!
Still, he mustn’t find out that I’m the fan club leader.
I’m going to surprise him!
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As for Mu Qingyun’s new Weibo post, Su Chen didn’t pay much attention, but someone else was getting anxious!
Lao Jie looked at Mu Qingyun’s post, his face so dark it was almost stormy.
This Mu Qingyun really is a troublemaker!
Normally, apart from singer-songwriters, composers never appear in public.
Outside the industry, he was basically invisible.
Now he was dragged directly into the fray with Su Chen.
Wasn’t this clearly stirring up trouble?
His departure from Star Orange Entertainment to join Xinghai Media with his music had always been a sore spot!
Even industry insiders rarely brought it up.
Yet here you are, digging up all these things online. One wrong move and my reputation is ruined!
Worst of all, that old bastard even tagged both himself and Su Chen.
As if he’d done something heroic, singing his own praises to the heavens.
Utterly clueless!
But since he was already being roasted over the flames, he decided to go all in.
Fuming, he picked up his phone and shared Mu Qingyun’s post.
Imitating Su Chen, he typed the same phrase:
“If you think you can do better, do it yourself!”
After a moment’s thought, he got angry about Mu Qingyun comparing him, a top composer, to a rookie.
So he added another line:
“Don’t compare just anyone to me—at least have some credentials first?”
The moment his post went out, netizens went wild!
“Pfft! Hahaha!”
“It’s that line again!”
“Mu Qingyun’s going to cough up blood this time!”
“……”
Even Su Chen couldn’t help but smile at Lao Jie’s response.
That old guy just managed to offend both sides!
Doesn’t he know?
The enemy of my enemy isn’t necessarily my friend—he could still be an enemy!
As for Lao Jie’s second sentence, Su Chen chuckled softly.
He reposted and replied on Weibo:
“Then let’s settle it in September!”