Tianze Data Operations Company sounds impressive, but in reality, it’s just a small firm with fewer than a hundred employees and annual revenue of around ten million.

A five-million-yuan contract!

That’s definitely enough to determine the company’s performance for an entire month!

At the moment, project directors—each with only a handful of subordinates—gathered in the meeting room, listening to music and discussing animatedly.

“This song…”

“The singer’s image, four out of ten.”

“Vocal skills, three.”

“Lyrics, two.”

“Arrangement, two.”

“Wait, I want to ask, is this out of five?”

“No, it’s out of ten.”

“Oh, not out of a hundred, so there’s still hope.”

“These lyrics—‘Ocean, you are all water’—is that for real?”

“Does he always write songs like this? He actually has hundreds of thousands of fans. Are his fans… all blind?”

“Boss, with Boss Clark at this level, and demanding over a hundred million clicks across all platforms within a month, this is a tough task.”

All the directors and deputy directors expressed that the pressure was immense.

“If he wasn’t at this level, do you think Boss Clark would be willing to spend five million on marketing?”

Charles Thompson tapped the table.

“Actually, his singing isn’t as bad as we think. His high notes are quite impressive.”

At this point, a deputy director spoke up.

“It’s only because his high notes are impressive that I gave him an extra point. Otherwise, it would have been a two. Also, his pronunciation isn’t standard—just a bit better than wailing, not quite noise, but close.”

“We’re not talking about professionalism here, just that his high notes are impressive.”

The team lead reiterated.

“Grace Howard, are you saying…”

But Charles Thompson seemed to have thought of something.

“Yes, we can focus on the high notes! Let this song’s reputation become polarized. Through polarization, opposition, and collision, we’ll generate buzz, gain enough popularity and clicks, and hit our targets. As for whether the singing is professional… who among ordinary people can really tell?”

“Write up the copy immediately. I’ll take it to Boss Clark for confirmation. If we pull this off, I’ll give your team a big bonus.”

“Yes, sir!”

……

Tianze Data moved quickly.

In just three days, they flew from Tianhai City to the capital of Dongzhou, then transferred by car to Venus City.

Ethan Clark made time to meet with Charles Thompson and the copywriting lead Grace Howard, finalizing the partnership.

Leave professional matters to the professionals.

Ethan Clark never thought of himself as a genius who could do everything.

If it weren’t for the various restrictions on the mysterious crystal’s energy absorption, he would have gone all out to ride the hype.

Buying songs, lip-syncing—those are just basic moves.

Now, he could only focus on marketing.

And Tianze Data didn’t let him down. As time passed, his Tiger-Panther Thunder Voice Technique made no progress, and his Innate Qi Refining Technique also stalled due to lack of medicinal support and Olivia Carter keeping watch outside. But the mysterious crystal’s energy kept growing.

Finally, on the twenty-first day after Ethan Clark signed the contract with Charles Thompson, the mysterious crystal’s energy completed another accumulation, condensing the third strand of white starlight in eighteen years.

Chapter 10: Pitch Accuracy

“Very good.”

Ethan Clark looked at the white starlight, a hint of joy in his eyes.

He was also satisfied with Tianze Data Operations Company’s capabilities.

Over a hundred million clicks in just twenty-one days—nine days ahead of the one-month contract deadline.

“Looks like my song isn’t bad at all.”

Ethan Clark smiled.

He was a very self-disciplined person. Although he’d released the song over these twenty-some days, he hadn’t really checked the comments.

After all, as a senior high school student, his studies were quite demanding.

Especially since he also had to sing, practice martial arts, and occasionally take time to coach his younger brother Logan Clark in the Innate Body Refining Technique.

Now that the first goal was achieved, he quickly logged into his account to check on his new song.

Among the platforms, XuanYin had the highest play count—thirty million.

ShaZhan and Huoyan were also in the twenty-million range.

Adding in coverage from other sites, the total easily surpassed a hundred million.

“Twenty million, thirty million plays.”

Ethan Clark nodded slightly.

You know, his previous videos were doing well if they hit a million views—most only had a few hundred thousand.

“I really do have the potential to be a pop star.”

Ethan Clark opened the comments.

The first one:

“Sorry, I’m shattered!”

Ethan Clark’s eyes lit up.

The second:

“Same here, my worldview is blown! At the same time, I feel deeply uneasy—am I falling behind the times, about to be left behind by the era?”

His song actually had a ‘blow-up’ effect!?

The third:

“I’m totally spartan now. Who am I, where am I, what is this?”

Ethan Clark was quite pleased.

But as he kept reading, his expression started to change.

“I listened to this song at night, and my neighbor came over to complain about noise disturbance.”