Old professional players stir up the heat

Seeing Zhang Lan's humble, eager-to-learn expression, Chen Mo cleared his throat slightly.

"There is nothing wrong with striking while the iron is hot, but if you keep releasing new songs like this, a problem will arise: all the songs being released will have been created by me."

"And in the process, you have completely neglected your own creative work. This is a very terrifying thing; it's like a frog in boiling water—it is slowly eroding your creative ability."

"So, to prevent this from happening, my idea is that for every new song you create, you then release one of my songs. The songs you create must also be of a certain quality."

"Of course, if there are special circumstances, some changes can be made, but they must be approved by me first."

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Lan quietly.

Creating a song takes time, so this would effectively lengthen the time between song releases.

As for the last sentence, it was him leaving himself a way out. Who knows when he might need money, or if Zhang Lan doesn't write a new song for half a year—he would definitely need to release songs.

After all, he also receives a portion of the income earned from releasing those songs.

So, it's impossible to stop releasing them forever.

Hearing President Chen's words, Zhang Lan's body trembled slightly, and a flash of clarity crossed her eyes.

She… it seemed she hadn't created any songs for a while now!

She had thrown herself entirely into those 11 songs given by Chen Mo, and was immersed in the joy brought by the success of their release.

But in the process, she seemed to have gradually lost herself, her ideals, and her pursuits.

And President Chen's words just now were like a bucket of cold water, waking her up immediately.

That's right!

How could she have neglected her own creative work? This was her original intention!

After thinking this through, Zhang Lan looked up at President Chen sitting opposite her, her eyes filled with a trace of admiration and gratitude.

"I understand, President Chen. If there is nothing else, I will head back first."

"Hmm!"

Chen Mo nodded subconsciously and watched Zhang Lan leave.

Afterward, he felt a bit puzzled. What exactly had Zhang Lan understood!

…

Zhang Lan left the office and returned to the music department of Lanpian Film and Television.

However, she was the only one in the music department, and many Rooms were vacant.

Returning to her office, she took a thick notebook out of the drawer. It was filled with inspiration she had recorded previously, but lately, because she had been dealing with President Chen's songs, she had rarely taken it out.

But President Chen's words just now had awakened her. During this period, she had been too reliant on those few songs from President Chen and had completely lost herself.

Not to mention anything else, if one day there were no more songs from President Chen, she would eventually have to create songs herself.

So she could not lose her original intention at this time.

She needed to create continuously and improve her creative ability. The songs President Chen gave her were indeed very good; each one was a masterpiece.

But she also wanted to one day create masterpiece songs like President Chen did.

Moreover, President Chen must have noticed that her state was not quite right before, which was why he called her for a meeting today.

…

In the Presidents Office, Chen Mo rubbed his aching temples. Looking at the huge office, a sense of loneliness welled up.

In such a big Group, was there no one who understood him?

He really just wanted to lose money.

While he was thinking, Shen Rou pushed the door open and walked in, holding a document in her hand.

"President Chen, this is the information uploaded by the BL Game Club. Please take a look."

Shen Rou gently placed the document in front of Chen Mo. Looking at President Chen's expression, she felt that his mood today seemed a bit off.

What happened? He was clearly in a very pleasant mood when she saw him this morning!

Hmm!

Chen Mo looked up at Shen Rou, his eyes flickering.

His loss of over 10 million today had a lot to do with Shen Rou.

If it wasn't for Shen Rou telling Zhang Lan that he was the one singing those songs, then there wouldn't have been the matter of Zhang Lan joining Lanpian Film and Television out of gratitude.

As long as Zhang Lan didn't join Lanpian Film and Television, wouldn't that 10 million plus have gone into his personal assets?

No, it wasn't just 10 million plus; there was also the subsequent revenue share from the songs, and the other 7 unreleased songs.

That was not a small amount.

"President Chen, is something wrong?"

Shen Rou asked carefully, seeing that President Chen's expression was a bit off.

"It's nothing, go ahead and get busy. By the way, it seems you haven't joined the company's morning exercises for a long time, right?"

Chen Mo withdrew his gaze and picked up the document on the desk as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, President Chen. Since moving to this building, I haven't participated in the company's morning exercises."

Shen Rou nodded slightly.

"Then join in for the morning exercises from now on. Exercising more is good for your health."

"I understand, President Chen."

"Hmm, go ahead and get back to work."

Chen Mo waved his hand slightly and ignored Shen Rou.

He lowered his head and opened the document from the BL Game Club to look at it.

The content of the document was simple, basically just things about hosting events.

For example: the selection of the venue. Yao Beiguo had previously chosen a relatively small stadium, but it was rejected by him.

Now it had been changed to the largest stadium in Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng Stadium.

As for why it was arranged this way, it was naturally to spend more money.

As for the rest, it was just some arrangements for equipment… and so on.

He continued reading further. Huh!

Chen Mo frowned slightly.

He had thought it was just a normal report, but upon seeing the things at the end, it was different.

Utilizing retired champion players to increase hype, thereby improving the club's popularity.

I told you to recruit old pro players, but I didn't tell you to use old pro players to hype up trends!

Isn't this causing trouble for me?

Why would a game club want to compete for a game championship if not to increase the club's popularity and thereby improve its monetization ability?

But Yao Beiguo had increased the club's popularity by utilizing the return of champion players.

This is unacceptable!

However, looking at the report in the document, it was clear that the BL Game Club had already implemented this matter. Even if he wanted to stop it now, it was too late.

What exactly is going on with this Yao Beiguo?

You've already managed four game clubs into bankruptcy, why isn't it working here with me?

I don't even expect you to run the club into the ground, but at least don't cause trouble for me!

Chen Mo took a deep breath. The emotions that had just calmed down erupted again at this moment.

The document in his hand had already turned into a paper ball.

Just now, because of the song matter, he had lost over 10 million. Of course, if calculated into the future, the loss would be even greater.

Now, the BL Game Club was causing trouble for him again.

Chen Mo threw the document, which had turned into a paper ball, into the trash can nearby and slumped directly onto the sofa.

But soon, he figured one thing out.

The club using retired pro players coming out of retirement to hype up trends could indeed attract a lot of people's attention.

But the people attracted were more interested in the performance of those retired pro players after their comeback on the pro stage, or whether they could win championships.

There might not be much attention on the club itself in this, and even if there was, it wouldn't be long-lasting.

As long as those retired pro players didn't achieve any results, that attention would slowly disappear.

So, for now, Yao Beiguo using pro players to hype up trends could indeed increase the club's popularity.

But as long as those few retired pro players failed on the competition stage, the popularity would disappear instantly.

And could those few retired pro players really achieve results?

Chen Mo didn't think it was possible. After all, if their strength could really keep up, why would any club be willing to let them go?