After the music ended, the audience finally erupted in cheers.

Praise washed over them like a tide.

The barrage didn't fall behind either.

【Wuwuwu, I'm so embarrassed to admit it, but I actually cried. I have to say, our Jiang Mei is really an amazing singer.】

【When will Jiang Ye release a solo album? I'm already looking forward to her first solo album! I'm definitely going to buy it out!】

【Sheng Rui Entertainment, are you there? Don't force me to kneel down and beg you to let them collaborate again! Oh my god, is there a more perfect combination in the world than them?！！】

He Zhou is a very talented music creator.

But Jiang Ye not only has professional singing skills, but her musical intelligence is also very high.

Even though she wasn't the original composer of the song, she could fully express the emotions and meaning of the song based on her understanding of it.

Simply put, whatever she sings, people can hear it in the song.

This perfectly aligned with He Zhou's creative thinking.

If we say He Zhou's work has a score of eighty points.

Then with Jiang Ye's interpretation, it could reach a perfect score of one hundred.

Therefore, their collaboration is a case of one plus one equaling more than two, they achieve greatness together.

The performance ended.

Jiang Ye stood up from the piano, took the microphone, and stood in the center of the stage.

He Zhou also stood up, quietly standing beside her, waiting for her to speak.

"Before the performance started, I didn't say much, because I was afraid that what I said would affect everyone's appreciation of the song itself."

"Now everyone should have their own judgment, so I can speak freely."

"When I first started collaborating with He Zhou, to be honest, we were both under a lot of pressure."

"Because everyone had high expectations for us, so we were afraid that we couldn't bring everyone a good work."

"But under that pressure, He Zhou wrote this song."

Jiang Ye emphasized, "This really surprised me."

"Even if I wasn't involved, I think this is a work that deserves to be heard by more people."

"Once, a senior told me that I showed her the hope for the future of the Chinese idol group."

"And I want to say."

"In He Zhou, I see the hope for the future of the Chinese music scene."

Jiang Ye finally understood the surprise in Gu Jin's eyes when she saw her.

Because when she heard He Zhou's work, she felt the same shock and excitement.

Jiang Ye said, looking at the audience, "Did you like this work?"

After hearing the audience's unanimous response of "yes", Jiang Ye smiled and said, "Thank you, I like it too."

The entire audience laughed.

"As young people of this generation, we seem to always hear a lot of negative voices."

"Like, the Chinese music scene is finished, like there are no good composers anymore, like the stars now are completely incomparable to those from before."

Jiang Ye said, "But I think that's not true."

She looked at He Zhou beside her, "At least a creator like He Zhou makes me see hope."

She used the word "hope" for him.

He Zhou's heart skipped a beat.

Jiang Ye: "Because of him, I believe that our generation will definitely move towards the most vibrant and prosperous direction."

She looked at He Zhou, her eyes filled with anticipation and gentle light.

He Zhou felt overwhelmed by a sense of emotion at this moment.

He had become Jiang Ye's hope without even knowing it.

He Zhou nodded heavily, as if making a promise to her, "I will."

•••

Indeed, as the staff who had worried that He Zhou wouldn't be able to talk had thought, one person who could talk in a group was enough.

With Jiang Ye's words, plus the quality of the stage was already good, this collaborative stage quickly went viral.

The program team also released the studio version of the song in a timely manner, and the song topped the new song charts on several major music platforms.

He Zhou's advancement to the next round was a sure thing, and his votes were even showing a gap like Jiang Ye's during her competition.

At the same time, his commercial value was finally seen by more people.

Several companies came to recruit him.

Some of the conditions were even tempting enough to make Jiang Ye's heart skip a beat.

Jiang Ye looked over those invitations several times, and finally asked curiously, "You really won't go? There's one company here that said they could directly package you and let you debut as a professional singer."

"No."

He Zhou was still focused on preparing his final performance, "I don't want to debut, and I don't want to be arranged or told to write certain types of songs."

Better benefits often mean stricter restrictions.

After all, there's no free lunch, he understood this.

"Then what about switching to another company to write songs for other singers."

Jiang Ye looked at another invitation, "Look, this company has a lot of big-name singers, if you go there, you might be able to write songs for them-"

"I don't really want to write songs for other people either."

He Zhou interrupted her, his tone calm, "I want to save the good works for you."

Jiang Ye was stunned.

"I really liked our last collaboration."

He Zhou said, "I don't think there's anyone more suitable to interpret my songs than you."

"And Shengrui Entertainment is also raising my contract to keep me, they should give me the best conditions without affecting my studies."

He smiled, "Don't worry."

After all, his goal was never to become famous or make money.

But to write songs for Jiang Ye, to let Jiang Ye bring his works to more people.

That's all he wanted.

He Zhou's tone was very businesslike, as if he was really choosing the most suitable person to interpret his future works.

Jiang Ye didn't think much of it, she just joked, "Are you staying for me? Then I have a lot of pressure."

He Zhou didn't respond immediately, but after a while, he nodded softly.

It's not because of you that I'm staying.

But wherever you are, I'll be there.

•••

Time flew by, and the 《Best Composer》 finals arrived.

The entire 5tars group was invited to be guest performers at the finals.

It just so happened that their third album had original songs that could be related to the theme of the show.

After the guest performance ended, the five members of 5tars were arranged to the front row of the audience.

Cheng Zhen was very happy, "Wow, we get a performance fee and free VIP seats, we're making a profit this time."

Tan Meng: "..."

Lin Zui looked around, "Where's the contestant Jiang Ye brought, the one called He Zhou? I want to see him."

Cheng Zhen: "Me too, me too!"

Tan Meng pretended to be indifferent, saying "Who knows", but she was actually quietly looking for him in the crowd.

They had heard about Jiang Ye's dedication to this contestant.

Besides her own dedication to her work, she must also have a sense of joy at discovering a good seedling.

Therefore, they were also very curious about He Zhou.

Shen Zhiyi accompanied them in looking for a while, then suddenly said, "Where's Jiang Ye? Isn't she sitting with us?"

Lin Zui: "She's an assistant, so she probably has a special seat?"

She looked forward, but she didn't see Jiang Ye beside Teacher Chen Yi Ming, she was puzzled for a moment, "Was she called away to prepare for an extra task?"

At that moment, Jiang Ye was at the backstage, outside He Zhou's preparation room.

He Zhou was doing a final check before going on stage.

Jiang Ye suddenly appeared from behind him, ready to scare him.

But He Zhou seemed to sense it and turned around.

Jiang Ye raised her hand, "Boo!"

He Zhou: "..."

He Zhou played along, "Wow, you scared me."

But he said it with a completely expressionless face, it was not convincing at all.

Jiang Ye: "..."

She pouted, and said in a small voice, "You've always been like this, can't you act a little?"

He Zhou said honestly, "... I was acting."

Jiang Ye: "Then your acting is terrible, go back and practice."

He Zhou: "..."

Jiang Ye just wanted to adjust He Zhou's nervous mood before the finals.

But looking at him now, she felt like it wasn't necessary, "You're going on stage soon, how are you feeling?"

He Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I'm okay."

"I never thought I could make it this far before I came here, I'm already quite satisfied with myself."

"From here on, I'll go as far as I can."

After all, his initial mission, to see Jiang Ye, to reunite with her, and to complete a collaborative stage with her, had already been accomplished.

He Zhou didn't have any regrets.

"You're so relaxed, even though you've made it to the finals?"

Jiang Ye asked, "Don't you want to take first place?"

He Zhou: "I'll try my best."

"That's not good enough."

Jiang Ye pretended to frown, reached out, and made a gesture of unfolding an imperial edict in the air, "By the decree of Heaven, Jiang Ye proclaims."

"He Zhou, I declare that you must bring back first place for me."

"..."

He Zhou looked at her and couldn't help but laugh, "Okay."

"Since you've given the order, I will obey, Your Majesty."

•••

The finals had a high degree of freedom in song selection, there were no theme restrictions.

So, the contestants could perform previous works or newly written ones.

All online and offline viewers would vote in real time, and then the annual champion would be decided.

The final battle for first and second place was between Little Chili and He Zhou.

Although they were now in individual battle mode, they were all once students of Teacher Chen Yi Ming.

So, the host jokingly asked Chen Yi Ming, "This is a battle within Teacher Chen's team. So, Teacher Chen, do you have a contestant you're more looking forward to winning?"

"How can you ask me that?"

Chen Yi Ming laughed, "They're both my darlings."

But Jiang Ye thought to herself.

She was different.

Even though she was a master of playing it safe, there were times when she couldn't play it safe.

This time, she would unconditionally favor He Zhou, she wanted to see him win first place.

It was time for He Zhou's final performance.

After taking the stage, he stood with his back to the audience.

The moment the sound of the reverb echoed through the speakers, He Zhou strummed his guitar, turning around on the beat.

At the same time, brilliant fireworks erupted around the stage.

The audience erupted in cheers.

He Zhou stood quietly, performing his work amidst the lively cheers.

This song was written with Jiang Ye's inspiration, a story about dreams.

The theme was cliché, but he liked it.

Because it was every step they had taken together.

This song belonged to them.

And it belonged to every young person chasing their dreams.

Grandma Jiang and He Zhou's adoptive parents were both in the audience for the finals.

Although He Zhou's parents ultimately respected He Zhou's own wishes.

But no matter what, they were still a little uneasy.

It wasn't that they didn't want to support his dreams, but they were afraid that he would get hurt on this path, and they felt sorry for him.

But after listening to He Zhou's song, they suddenly understood his thoughts.

He was still young, it wasn't wrong for him to want to go out into the world and make a name for himself.

And besides, he had done it.

In the front row of their seats, a little girl suddenly turned around.

"Uncle and Auntie, are you He Zhou's parents?"

Her eyes were bright, with a sense of pride, "Isn't He Zhou amazing?"

"Now, can you understand his decision, can you believe that he can achieve his dreams?"

Jiang Ye had specifically asked He Zhou to invite his parents to the audience, just so they could witness this moment.

Don't worry about your son.

He's amazing, he's very talented.

He Zhou's adoptive parents were stunned for a moment, then they smiled with relief.

"Of course."

"He's our child, of course, we believe in him."

They looked at the girl who had spoken, recognizing her, and they said with surprise, "You're Jiang Ye, aren't you?"

"Thank you so much for helping He Zhou all the way."

"?"

Jiang Ye shook her head, "No, Uncle and Auntie, I didn't really help him with anything."

She turned her head and looked at He Zhou on stage, smiling, "Every step He Zhou has taken to get here, he took it himself."

•••

In the end, He Zhou won the championship of the finals without a doubt.

His performance was already high, and he didn't drop the ball in the finals, winning this championship was well-deserved.

The entire audience was cheering for him.

He felt like he had walked the same path as Jiang Ye.

It was just that the roles were reversed in last year's finals, now it was Jiang Ye's turn to celebrate for him from the audience.

The good thing was that.

Jiang Ye didn't recognize him back then.

But this time, he knew exactly where Jiang Ye was.

The hostess presented him with the trophy.

Chen Yi Ming presented him with the trophy, smiling and patting his shoulder, "From the moment I first met you, I knew you had the potential to win, congratulations, keep working hard in the future."

And after He Zhou bowed to his mentor, the first thing he did was lift the trophy and wave it towards Jiang Ye in the audience.

His heart was beating wildly in his chest.

He saw that Jiang Ye was the first person in the audience to stand up and applaud for him.

The spotlight shone on him.

He Zhou started his acceptance speech.

Of course, he had prepared his acceptance speech beforehand, it was basically all clichés, thanking his parents, thanking his teachers, thanking the program team, thanking the staff, and so on.

But after saying all that, He Zhou paused, and his tone suddenly softened.

"--Finally, I also want to thank Senior Jiang Ye."

"If it weren't for you, I might not be standing here."

"You not only gave me a lot of guidance and inspiration in terms of creation."

"But you also collaborated with me to complete my most satisfying stage."

"You sacrificed your time, accompanied me... Accompanied all of us trainees, and we went through the most difficult part of the competition, and that's how I got the chance to hold this trophy."

He Zhou was usually very bad with words.

But this time, he said so much to thank Jiang Ye, it was almost the total of all the thank yous he had given before.

Finally, he looked in Jiang Ye's direction and said, "So, I think this trophy belongs not only to me, but also half to you, who helped me."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The entire venue erupted.