This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends-Chapter 19 - "Farewell" Sold Out Again

Wu Mu's "Farewell" had exploded in sales again.

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In a certain county town, Little Wang, an office drone slacking off, idly scrolled through Douyin.

Then he came across a user-uploaded video of Wu Mu singing. Even through his phone screen, even through the TV, he was still captivated by the emotions in the song.

After finding and watching the original performance on Star City TV, he was even more stunned.

How can this guy sing so well?

Wu Mu? It seemed like he had scrolled past him recently. Wasn't he some washed-up pop star?

So, he could actually sing this impressively.

He couldn't help but search on the music platform for the song Wu Mu had just sung.

He couldn't find the new song "Heavenly Queen," but Wu Mu's highest-selling album "Farewell" was right at the top.

His previous songs? And you have to pay to listen? Over 3.6 million in sales?

Little Wang hesitated for a moment but figured with such high sales, it couldn't be bad, so he simply went ahead and bought one.

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After paying and listening, he felt somewhat disappointed. It seemed like it couldn't compare at all to the song he had just heard.

But he wasn't too disappointed. Upon further reflection, the songs in the album did have a certain appeal, carrying a kind of positive, comforting warmth, perfectly neutralizing the emo feeling left by "Heavenly Queen."

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In a small coastal town, a retired teacher holding her phone pushed open the door to her housebound daughter's room.

"Ni'er, download some songs by this guy for me, I don't know how."

Her daughter, busy playing games with her friends, dared not delay, quickly paused her game, and took the phone.

Upon inspecting it,

"Mom, why are you downloading songs by this guy? He's just a scummy pop star with terrible songs."

Her housebound daughter was confused. It'd make sense if her mom asked her to download some oldies hits, but downloading songs by a fresh-faced pop idol?

How was her mom more trendy than her? Was she also becoming a fan?

Her mom gave her a look, "His songs are much better than the giggly nonsense you listen to every day. Just download it."

Alright, alright, you're the boss.

The housebound daughter pouted, connected the phone to the computer, and started searching for Wu Mu's songs to download.

Then she discovered, "Eh, can't download them, his songs aren't free, they all cost money."

"How much?"

Her daughter checked, "His highest-selling album 'Farewell' is 12 yuan per album, with six songs."

"Then download that, you pay for it."

This made her daughter lose her patience, "Mom, it's too much of a loss to spend money on songs by this guy, his songs are awful, it's not worth it."

"Have you listened to them?"

"I haven't, but it's well-known that his songs lack quality, really, they're just to swindle fans' money..."

Her mom interrupted her, "You haven't even listened to his songs and you know they're bad? And you're making a fuss over just twelve yuan?"

"Eh, it's not that I don't want to spend the money. Fine, fine, I'll download it."

Of course, her daughter wasn't lacking twelve yuan, she just genuinely felt that spending money on this guy's songs wasn't worthwhile.

But what could she do if her mom liked it?

She reluctantly downloaded the songs and then listened along to see what these twelve-yuan songs were like.

After listening, they weren't as bad as she had imagined, but they also didn't seem particularly good?

Anyway, she didn't think they were worth the money.

But her mom seemed quite satisfied, nodding continuously, "These songs are far more uplifting. There's no obstacle a young person can't overcome."

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Meanwhile, in various places across the country, countless people who had listened to "Heavenly Queen" went searching for Wu Mu's songs and then bought "Farewell."

The quality of the "Farewell" album definitely couldn't compare to "Heavenly Queen," but nobody was really disappointed. Instead, they found "Farewell" quite warm and healing, perfectly balancing the gloom left by "Heavenly Queen."

Someone posted about this online, and quietly the hashtags #WuMuFarewellHeals# and #WuMuHeavenlyQueenAddiction, FarewellDetox# started trending.

Inside the Star City program crew, at the Beach Resort.

Wu Mu and his group had finished watching the show and were eating in the resort's restaurant.

Then He Jie gave him a heads-up about the situation.

Seeing that sales of his "Farewell" album had jumped by several hundred thousand and were still climbing, he knew that the "System Dad" was at it again.

The billion-yuan Performance Card he had gotten from the Starter Gift Package could add a total of over 8.3 million "Farewell" sales. A previous "unfollowing" incident had already added over two million in two days.

Then, it had entered a stable period, adding about ten to twenty thousand in sales daily until now, totaling around 2.6 million.

At this rate, using up the whole quota would probably take a year or two.

But obviously, the system wasn't really going to drag it out that long, so taking advantage of the heat from Wu Mu's "Heavenly Queen," it had marketed him once more.

Wu Mu was clear about this, but He Jie and the others didn't understand and were incredibly envious, "Wu Mu, your 'Farewell' album really hits the spotlight, always catching these breaks."

Mo Mo was envious too, but she held a different view:

"Actually, it's not surprising that Teacher Wu Mu's album often catches trends. I've listened to all his songs; his other albums are quite ordinary, but 'Farewell' is quality."

"The lyrics seem plain but are incredibly sincere inside, and the melody, easy-going yet encompasses an uplifting force. It's the kind of song that feels of higher quality the more you listen."

Wu Mu was surprised as he looked at Mo Mo; he hadn't expected such high praise for the "Farewell" album from her.

But she really hit the nail on the head. His predecessor's other albums were all just for the sake of releasing music, designed by the company to make money.

But "Farewell" was genuinely a labor of love from the predecessor.

Back then, the predecessor was spotted by that bad woman, Liu Lan, who signed him and pushed his debut, and he gradually gained some fame.

He had a loving "girlfriend" by his side, life was moving away from a directionless bottom level, and online he had throngs of fans who liked him, everything was getting on track.

It was both a goodbye to the past and a commemoration of it, leading him to produce the "Farewell" album.

You could say the "Farewell" album is average in quality, but you definitely couldn't doubt the predecessor's sincere intent in it.

Every word, every note in it wasn't just for rhyming or sounding nice; it was all true sincerity from his predecessor.

The predecessor hadn't even thought about making money from these songs, so much so that he didn't even let the company get involved and directly released it on the music platform himself.

And because there was no split profits with the company, Wu Mu decided to use the Performance Card on this album.

Undoubtedly, a live performance by the singer-songwriter greatly benefited Wu Mu.

Not only did it halt his almost collapsed career from completely falling apart, but it also seemed to be slowly helping him regain fans.

Of course, there was no hope of getting the old wife fans back; all of them had already turned into utter detractors.

If Wu Mu really quit the scene and disappeared, they might forget about him after a while.

But if Wu Mu was to rise anew, it would only make them hate him more.

After all, a "cheating ex-boyfriend" prospering is only ever more irksome.