Chapter 46: The Terror Dictated by the Postman

"Ruyun, the wedding of the richest man's son in Binzhou is an opportunity. I've obtained an invitation. You'll perform on stage, and the song is ready—lyrics and music are once again by Wu Shaodong," said Chen Feng.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyun was instantly overjoyed. "That's wonderful! Your uncle really is capable, he can even get an invitation to the richest man's son's wedding in Binzhou!"

Chen Feng smiled, withholding a small secret. He hadn't gotten just one invitation, but two. That meant he had recommended two singers to perform. Besides Liu Ruyun, there was also a superstar singer. He would never bet everything on just one person. If Liu Ruyun failed to deliver, or the song failed to impress, there was still someone else to make up for it.

"By the way, the data is excellent right now. Your new song is number one on the new releases chart, number one on the hot songs chart, and number one on the weekly chart. There are only two days left before the end-of-month tally. If you can hold on for two more days, the Monthly Anthem will be yours!" Chen Feng said.

Liu Ruyun was full of anticipation. There was a short-video blogger in the country with ninety million followers, "Peach Baby," who would select the Monthly Anthem every month based on popularity rankings and turn it into a short video. As long as she could stay at number one for two more days, she was sure to be chosen as the Monthly Anthem and promoted across all short video platforms and Weibo.

The chart curated by Peach Baby was recognized as the most authoritative in the music industry. Even the new releases of superstar singers didn't always make it onto her chart. She only looked at numbers, not fame. Liu Ruyun had only made it onto that chart once, three years ago, and never since.

"Peach Baby is so mysterious too. She never replies to private messages, her IP address keeps changing, and her real-name info is constantly being updated. No one knows who she is, only that she's a woman," Chen Feng added.

There was someone else he found mysterious—the Postman.

Damn it.

People like the Postman and Peach Baby must have some kind of problem. With such popularity, why stay hidden? Why not step into the limelight, reap both fame and fortune?

With two days left, the only thing the two of them hoped for was that the Postman wouldn't stir up trouble.

But Shen Xian just had to stir things up.

Shen Xian's studio officially licensed Wang Tianqi's four songs—"You Are My Eyes," "Promise," "This Is Love," and "It's Not That Simple"—to CoolCat, Fat Goose, NetCloud, and other mainstream music platforms.

In just twenty-four hours after release, weekly favorites exceeded one million, and comment counts surpassed ten thousand!

Especially "It's Not That Simple," which shot straight to number one on the new releases, hot songs, and weekly charts!

Liu Ruyun's new song was instantly pushed down to second place!

What drove her to the brink was that the data for the other three songs was climbing at an insanely fast pace as well!

By the second day, Liu Ruyun had fallen to fifth place!

When she woke up, it felt as if the sky was falling.

"Holy hell, Wang Tianqi is savage—four songs sweeping the charts!"

"The terror of being dominated by the Postman is back!"

"Don't forget, 'Wait a Minute' hasn't even been licensed yet! Once it is, it'll probably obliterate the charts in seconds!"

On Weibo, on short video platforms, countless topics were erupting.

The entire internet had just four words—The Postman is unstoppable!

Now, even people who knew nothing about music understood the Postman's terrifying power to create legends.

Once, everyone thought the local music scene was doomed, overwhelmed by the Korean wave; at least half the top ten songs on the hot chart were K-pop tracks.

But now, the Postman had become the vanguard of Mandarin music resisting the Korean wave!

With one day left before the monthly chart tally, Shen Xian finally licensed "Wait a Minute" to all major music platforms!

That night, countless people were sleepless.

Everyone working in the domestic entertainment industry witnessed the birth of a true internet anthem!

How popular was "Wait a Minute" back in the day? In those early days of the internet, anyone who went online had heard it.

Its melody was catchy, and the lyrics struck straight to the heart.

Here too, "Wait a Minute" was a dimensional strike!

Compared to the earth, where the entertainment industry was a battlefield of gods, this world was relatively behind.

So the arrival of "Wait a Minute" crushed every other song!

Every hour, the numbers for "Wait a Minute" changed.

Within ten minutes of its release, every major music platform gave it top billing—cover promotions, banners, homepage carousels.

The slogan read: "The Postman's 'Wait a Minute' officially launches on Fat Goose Music—come and be the first to listen!"

Even superstar singers didn't get this kind of treatment!

"Finally, 'Wait a Minute' is on Fat Goose! I'm in tears!"

"I have a NetCloud membership, ha! I'm listening first!"

"I quit smoking just to listen to this song—bought a membership, brothers, I'm coming!"

In the background of the music platforms, the teams were still working overtime.

"Boss, this is insane—in one hour, we've had 120,000 membership purchases, 30,000 new members!"

"Manager, look at these membership stats—almost all the purchases are under 'Wait a Minute.' 280,000 purchases, 50,000 new members. That means all these people came for this song!"

"Director, our monthly numbers are secured. The recharge data from 'Wait a Minute' alone has already beaten the combined numbers of several K-pop hits—and it's only been live for an hour!"

The staff stared excitedly at the backend data.

They had never seen such money-making power.

In the second hour after release, "Wait a Minute" took over the charts, rocketing to number one.

Number one on the new releases, surge, hot songs, online, weekly, and love song charts.

Six number ones!

Liu Ruyun was furious as she watched.

"Is this Postman targeting us on purpose?"

"Is Shen Xian targeting us too?"

"Why did they have to license the songs now?"

Liu Ruyun's song had dominated the charts for over ten days, and she had been proud. But in just two days, she was obliterated, not even a trace left.

Shaking with rage, she cursed, "Damn Shen Xian, damn Postman, are you purposefully against me? The tally is about to end!"

She watched helplessly as her top spot on the monthly chart dropped to sixth place.

But it wasn't over yet.

Zhou Wan's "Reluctant to Part" was officially licensed.

"Reluctant to Part" had only ever appeared once at Zhou Wan's online concert and never had an official studio release until tonight.

As soon as it went live, it started sweeping the charts, pushing Liu Ruyun down to seventh.

Then, the Postman licensed "After I Leave" and "Fallen."

Both were classic internet anthems. Even if they weren't as dominant as "Wait a Minute," their popularity was beyond doubt—pushing Liu Ruyun off the charts was effortless.

In the blink of an eye, she dropped from first to ninth!

This night belonged to the Postman, who ruled the music industry.

Both music lovers and the clueless were left speechless.

The scene was as exhilarating as it was terrifying.

"Damn, the Postman is a monster!"

"Some people are lucky to have one hit in years—he's written eight!"

"Every song is a smash hit, every song an anthem. Anyone wanting to release new music should probably wait; you can't compete with the Postman!"

Meanwhile, Shen Xian was busy preparing a new song for Wang Tianqi: "KTV anthem, here I come!"