The audience erupted in a stir.

Chen Ling, with a hint of amusement, continued to ask, "Does she know?"

"... She doesn't know."

"But, I don't need her to know."

He Zhou said, "Maybe one day she'll hear this song, and she'll like it, that's enough for me."

"The reason why I chose to rearrange this song in this direction is, first, I hope that people who feel the same way as me can find resonance in this song."

"Second, I also want to tell those who are loved."

"Thank you for appearing in our lives."

•••

He Zhou ultimately advanced smoothly to the next round as the first place in his team.

Not only did the professional judges give him high scores.

The public judges' votes for him were also far ahead of all his other teammates.

After all, in terms of creative ability, and his song's storytelling, he was undoubtedly the best of the night.

The member who was eliminated from their team wanted to try something different, and he turned a fast song into a slow song.

Unfortunately, it was neither here nor there, neither set of judges liked it, so he was eliminated.

After bidding farewell to their eliminated teammate, the remaining members moved on to the first round of team collaboration.

Within ten days, the remaining four people in the team had to work together to create the same song, and then compete against the opposing team, the losing team would have to eliminate one member.

To prevent contestants from using existing works, the competing teams had to draw lots on the spot to decide the theme for their creation.

Based on the voting rankings for this round.

Chen Yi Ming's team's first opponent was Chen Ling's team.

Chen Yi Ming was still cheerful, "Jiang Ye, why don't you draw lots?"

Jiang Ye: "...?"

He actually wanted her, the unluckiest person, to draw lots.

Was Teacher Chen crazy?!

Jiang Ye weighed her options for a second, between drawing lots herself and letting the other team draw lots, she chose to let the other team draw lots.

Fate was definitely not in her hands.

It was better to hope that the other team was even unluckier than her.

Finally, after the drawing was complete, the theme for the two teams' creation was 【Memories】.

Jiang Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

There were a lot of things they could do with this theme, and the basic tone was a ballad, which was quite suitable for the members of their team.

However, their opponent team was also good at lyrical styles, under Teacher Chen Ling.

Jiang Ye had a feeling that this would be a very exciting battle.

After the recording ended, Jiang Ye went to another event.

Then Chen Yi Ming gathered his team members together to give them their tasks.

"The preparation time given to you is ten days on the surface."

He said seriously, "But you actually only have seven days to write the song."

"The last two days will be for rehearsals and practice."

"And three days before the competition, I need to review your work one last time."

"I hope that within the first three days, you can at least write the song, and then use two days to optimize and refine it, the final product presented to me must be a complete work."

"Also, you need to have a plan B, because if I think your song is completely unlistenable, you need to change it."

"Did everyone understand?"

"Understood!"

Chen Yi Ming thought while assigning tasks, the time wasn't abundant, but it wasn't extremely difficult either.

But when this plan was implemented, problems arose.

First, there was a lot of disagreement within the team about what kind of work to write.

Team collaboration easily breeds this kind of conflict.

After all, everyone has a different creative style, you want to do this, I want to do that, every creator has a bit of ego, they think their ideas are the best.

The theme of memories was also very broad, they argued for an afternoon just about where to start.

When everyone was getting heated, He Zhou suddenly spoke.

"Teacher Chen asked us to come up with a work on the first day."

"If you keep arguing, we won't get anything done."

He rarely spoke, but when he said this, the air in the room instantly quieted.

After a while, Little Chili was the first to disagree, "Then you come up with a plan."

"Two days."

He Zhou looked up and said, "Two days, everyone submits a draft, and then we'll vote internally to decide which work we'll continue working on together."

As soon as he said this, the other three people exploded.

"That's impossible!"

"Two days? He Zhou, are you crazy?"

"This is a team battle, why are you playing it like an individual battle?"

"I know this is a team battle."

He Zhou said, "But it's better to establish a direction quickly than to waste time arguing."

He stood up, "Of course, you can continue to argue, I'm going to work on it."

Everyone: "..."

•••

Jiang Ye had just gone to a magazine shoot.

When she came back, she found that the team seemed to have turned upside down.

Although the other members didn't agree with He Zhou's plan, at least He Zhou was the first to give his opinion.

They thought that it was better to let their work speak for itself than to continue arguing.

They compromised, but they were still unhappy.

Little Chili had become very close to Jiang Ye.

So, when Jiang Ye came back, she hugged Jiang Ye and cried, complaining about how He Zhou was like this.

He was usually quiet and didn't fit in.

Who would have thought that he would be a bomb.

How could there be such a terrifying demon, he was almost as scary as Teacher Chen Yi Ming.

Jiang Ye: "..."

Jiang Ye was a little surprised.

He Zhou was pretty good.

He used the most direct way to shut everyone up, avoiding endless arguments, and also, having one style to work with would definitely be better than a song with several different styles mixed together.

So, Jiang Ye comforted Little Chili, but when she finally went to find He Zhou, she had a tone of praise.

"He Zhou, you're amazing, you've taken command while I was gone."

After praising him, Jiang Ye was a little worried, "But only two days, isn't that a bit difficult?"

He Zhou: "Not difficult."

Jiang Ye: "..."

You think it's not difficult.

The others are almost going crazy.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and changed her question, "There's one day left, how are you doing?"

He Zhou nodded, "It's okay."

Jiang Ye: "Do you need me to write with you? Maybe I can give you some suggestions."

He Zhou was instantly stunned.

"You don't believe in me?"

Jiang Ye laughed, "I've written original works, okay."

She paused and hesitated, "Or, do you prefer a more private, quiet environment when you're creating?"

He Zhou: "... No."

He tried to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning up, "Thank you."

"Thanks for what."

Jiang Ye said, "After all, I also want our team to win."

Chen Ling's assistant was Mu Xing Chi.

Jiang Ye did not want to be told that Jiang Ye's team lost to her former mentor, proving that her ability was still insufficient, or something like that.

She wouldn't lose to Mu Xing Chi herself.

And her team would also win.

Compared to the other few who didn't even have any ideas, He Zhou was obviously the fastest to progress.

And judging from the creative styles of these few people, Jiang Ye was also most optimistic about He Zhou.

But to be honest, Jiang Ye couldn't help much.

After all, creating is really a very personal thing, she could only listen to the first two lines that He Zhou had written and give some suggestions as a listener.

"What have you done with the theme of memories?"

Jiang Ye asked curiously after hearing his melody, "Is it another love song?"

He Zhou's style was still quite fixed, but it was slightly different from his previous work.

"No."

He Zhou said, "This time, it's mainly about memories of youth."

"I observed the public judges in the audience last time."

"There are a lot of people our age, and a lot of teenagers, choosing this theme might resonate more with them."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Of course.

Fans are usually in this age group.

But He Zhou was quite smart, he obviously found a clue from the overwhelming votes he received from the public judges last time.

It was hard to predict the professional judges' votes, but the public's taste could be guessed.

"Not bad."

Jiang Ye said half jokingly, "I thought you would continue to write songs for your crush."

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, she felt He Zhou clearly flinch.

She blinked and asked cautiously, "Is this a topic we can't talk about?"

He Zhou: "..."

How should he respond?

The person he liked was sitting right across from him.

She was completely unaware and had no reservations, and she didn't even have any guard against her old friend.

--Or maybe it was precisely because she thought he had someone else he liked that she let go of that inherent guard.

He Zhou was silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay, we can talk about it."

"Don't worry about me gossiping, I'm not interested."

"I just think you write love songs really well."

Jiang Ye thought back to what He Zhou said during the last competition, "Although I don't know why you didn't tell her, but being liked by someone like you must be pretty happy."

He Zhou pretended to be casual and replied, "Why?"

Jiang Ye: "I felt it from your song."

She thought back and commented, "It's very gentle."

She smiled, "I believe the person you like will definitely feel it."

He Zhou lowered his head and changed a chord, then he suddenly smiled lightly, "Yeah, I hope so."

Jiang Ye asked, "Will the company plan to release your original song?"

He Zhou said, "I don't know."

He paused and said, "Probably not, I didn't sign an artist contract, the company sent me here because they didn't have anyone suitable at the time, they let me fill in the numbers."

He thought for a moment, "If this song gets a good response, the company will probably arrange for other artists to sing it, or they'll sell the copyright."

Jiang Ye couldn't help but feel sorry, "That's a shame."

Once the copyright is sold to a professional singer and becomes his single, few people will remember the original creator.

He Zhou was very calm, "I'm not a professional singer, I'm also lacking in singing skills. If there's someone better, someone more suitable to interpret this song, it's actually a good thing for me."

His dream wasn't for people to listen to him sing, but for more people to hear his songs.

"That makes sense."

Jiang Ye lay down for a while, then suddenly sat up, "Or, have you considered giving it to me?"

He Zhou was stunned.

He almost didn't understand what she meant, "What?"

Jiang Ye had checked the signed artists in her company.

Currently, there were no singers.

But it seemed like a bit of a loss to sell the copyright to another company.

She had recently taken on two OST resources, and her company had a desire for her to develop her vocal skills, and she was also considering releasing a solo EP or album.

And as the company's current biggest moneymaker, if she wanted He Zhou's song, it wouldn't be difficult.

Most importantly, she really liked this song.

Even if she ignored her friendship with He Zhou, she thought this song had a lot of potential.

If she really wanted to release it, it would be better to give it to her than to someone else.

Jiang Ye asked, "What do you think, would it be okay if I sang it?"

But after she finished speaking, she noticed that He Zhou's emotions were a bit off.

He turned his head slightly, as if he was suppressing his emotions.

Jiang Ye: "?"

Jiang Ye's tone was suddenly much more cautious, "Is it not suitable?"

After a while, she heard He Zhou speak.

"There's no one more suitable than you."

He said softly.