Chapter 155: Starlight Music Studio

Su Chen’s departure from Star Orange Entertainment was handled swiftly.

Wang Yan neither tried to retain him nor made things difficult.

Fang Xiao left alongside Su Chen.

Whether intentional or not, from Wang Yan’s perspective, Su Chen had helped him solve a major problem.

Fang Xiao had been clashing with him in the company for many years, going back and forth countless times.

Every time Wang Yan tried to remove Fang Xiao, the senior members of the board intervened to keep her in place.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as she continued to pose a threat.

To be honest, this had been a thorn in his side all these years.

As long as Fang Xiao remained, he could never feel at ease.

Now that she was gone—along with Su Chen himself—he no longer needed to be so tense in the company.

“This is the studio plan I just drafted. Take a look,” Fang Xiao said, handing over a thick stack of documents in a relatively private club somewhere in Jiangcheng.

“Stellar Music Studio?”

“Did you come up with the name?”

Su Chen took the papers and glanced through them, surprised.

Fang Xiao chuckled.

“Oh, that’s mine. No special meaning—just took one character from your name. Simple and convenient!”

Su Chen smiled lightly and shook his head in resignation.

“That wasn’t necessary...”

“But it does sound pretty smooth after saying it a few times.”

He then began to flip through the documents.

After a while, he looked up.

“The plan is quite comprehensive. If implemented as laid out, the full structure of our studio could be established quickly.”

“However, I’m not very skilled in this area. Can you handle it yourself?”

Fang Xiao sat up straight, confident.

“Don’t worry about that. This is one of my strengths.”

“Besides, I’ve accumulated quite a few resources over the years, so it won’t be a problem!”

After saying this, she furrowed her brows.

“There aren’t many issues right now, but when it comes to songs, I believe you can handle that side too!”

“It’s just that when establishing a studio, we definitely need our own roster of singers, and honestly, I don’t have any good ideas on that front yet.”

“Using your name might attract some singers, but famous singers would be reluctant to take the risk of jumping to a small studio.”

“Training newcomers ourselves would be costly.”

“I spent a long time in the trainee department, so I know exactly how much resources it takes to develop a singer.”

“That’s our main challenge right now.”

Su Chen took a sip of his coffee and then spoke slowly.

“You probably know I’m currently working on a show called ‘China’s Best Voice,’ right?”

He paused, silently watching Fang Xiao.

Her eyes lit up as she quickly caught on.

“How did I forget such an important detail!”

“You mean the singer resources can come from ‘China’s Best Voice’?”

As she grasped Su Chen’s plan, she grew excited.

“That’s it. Trying to recruit established singers isn’t very feasible. Even if some are willing, it would be just a few, and there’d be issues like breach of contract fees.”

“Training trainees ourselves takes a huge investment of money and time.”

“The best approach is to filter and select!”

“The contestants on ‘China’s Best Voice’ all have solid foundations. After filtering, we can definitely find some high-value prospects.”

“These people hardly need any further training and can immediately perform at the level of average singers. Some even have skills deeper than those who have been famous for years!”

“Brilliant!”

Fang Xiao praised repeatedly, her eyes shining brightly as she looked at Su Chen.

“Have you had this plan all along?”

Su Chen couldn’t help but admire Fang Xiao’s sharp market insight.

He had only introduced the idea, but she quickly grasped the entire process.

Having such an assistant truly doubled the efficiency.

“Yes, I did have this idea. When I created the show, this was part of the consideration.”

“It’s just that due to the Star Orange Entertainment situation, we had to move the plan forward.”

Fang Xiao didn’t hide her admiration.

“With the current popularity of ‘China’s Best Voice,’ its influence in the music industry will only grow.”

“As more contestants participate, the quality of the singers will rise.”

“Eventually...”

Her gaze grew serious as she stared at Su Chen.

“Eventually, once it reaches a certain level of influence, we will have the ‘pricing power’ over the distribution of new musical talent!”

“For the contestants, this means another channel to debut and benefit from.”

“That’s a brilliant concept!”

As Fang Xiao’s thoughts expanded rapidly, Su Chen quickly interrupted.

“It’s a bit early to discuss all that. Let’s focus on the current tasks first.”

Fang Xiao willingly stopped and replied candidly.

“Alright! With such great resources, it’d be a pity not to use them. I’ll get started on these immediately!”

She couldn’t help adding.

“If this succeeds, I’m confident we can build our studio into the top in China!”

“Aren’t you at odds with Royal Dynasty Entertainment? They’ll have to step aside then!”

Su Chen nodded but didn’t dwell on that topic. Instead, he smiled and assigned tasks.

“In that case, I’m entrusting all these matters to you.”

“Although we’re still just a shell right now, you will be the general manager of Stellar Music Studio.”

“You’ll have full control over the studio’s operations!”

After finishing their business, before they could chat leisurely, Fang Xiao was already rushing into work.

Compared to her steady demeanor at Star Orange Entertainment, Fang Xiao was now a full-fledged workaholic.

Su Chen understood—after being suppressed for so many years, finally having a chance to shine, she naturally wanted to seize it.

Having just reviewed her plan, Su Chen saw that the studio could be ready by the end of February at the earliest.

Coincidentally, Royal Dynasty Entertainment had moved all their February releases to January, so their next songs wouldn’t come out until March at the earliest.

The timing was perfect.

According to this plan, by March, they could launch their counterattack.

He looked forward to seeing Royal Dynasty Entertainment’s faces when their singers couldn’t rise to prominence.

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While Su Chen was envisioning the future of the music studio,

Elsewhere in the capital, at China Television,

Lv Yuanqing’s assistant was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

“Boss, the songs we filtered and submitted got rejected by the director again!”

“What are we going to do?”

The assistant frowned deeply as he spoke to Lv Yuanqing.