Chapter 53

The ‘Demon Fox’ hasn’t openly chosen its theme song, and Fang Lizhe and Feng Hui were also unable to mention the matter publicly. Thus, with the parties involved all keeping their mouths shut, fans from all sides kept fighting to defend their idols, and the hype hasn’t subsided for a long time.

Feng Hui and Xiang Tong were very happy. Not to mention Feng Hui, but Xiang Tong also lost some of her celebrity image some time ago. People doubted her acting skills, her quality and personality, and she felt extremely wronged. Nowadays, seeing that public opinion was going against Fang Lizhe, she naturally felt happy. Fang Lizhe was already synonymous to Su Yuanyuan, so as long as Fang Lizhe was having a hard time, Su Yuanyuan was having a hard time as well.

While the two were toasting, Su Yuanyuan was recording a song with Fang Lizhe in the recording studio. It turns out, Su Yuanyuan was very good at music. Furthermore, it seemed that all foxes had talent in this respect. She even managed to jot down the accompaniment music in a straightforward pentatonic score, and gave it to Fang Lizhe’s newly hired professionals to turn it into real music.

When recording the song, the room was covered with curtains all around, with no one knowing that there was only a small fox inside. When she opened her mouth, the people recording the song outside showed a look of amazement. After she succeeded in one take without having to re-record at all, the crowd was even more excited to get to know of this future singing diva. However, they were all turned away by Fang Lizhe. No one was allowed to spy on them on the grounds of confidentiality.

By the time the post-production was finished, and Director Xu heard the complete songs, the clash between the pairs had already reached its peak popularity on the Internet. All the fans were waiting for his response, and no one wanted their idol to lose.

However, after listening to Su Yuanyuan’s song, Director Xu didn’t even need to compare anymore. He was so excited to set it as the theme song and couldn’t wait to ask Fang Lizhe to sign the contract to settle the matter. This single song was enough to be used as the opening song, ending song and interlude to ‘Demon Fox’, because it was too apt and in line with the plot. Any other songs would seem out of harmony. Director Xu didn’t want any other song, so those three songs from Feng Hui were directly returned.

Feng Hui was having a candlelight dinner with Xiang Tong when he received the news. He couldn’t believe his ears upon hearing it! He immediately got up, walked to a place where no one was around, and asked angrily, “Do you know what you are talking about?! You’re saying the reason he dropped the song was because he has a better one? No way! I want to talk to Director Xu. You must have been mistaken!”

Director Xu’s assistant wasn’t used to his bad temper, so she sneered and said, “Is Mr. Feng questioning my ability to work? If you have too much free time, you might as well think about how to write better songs. You should know that there are people above other people, and there are mountains above other mountains. There is no such thing as impossible! As for our Director Xu, he is busy signing a contract with Chief Fang. I’m afraid he doesn’t have time to talk to you.”

“You… hello, hello? Sh*t!” As soon as the other party finished speaking, she hung up. Feng Hui called again, but surprisingly, his number was blocked. He was so angry that he kicked a wall. He was unconvinced and didn’t believe it. He thought of the ‘Chief Fang’ mentioned by Director Xu’s assistant and realized it instantly. This must be Fang Lizhe’s fault. Fang Lizhe has money, so maybe he invested in ‘Demon Fox’, or accomplished this through some other means? In any case, he didn’t believe that Fang Lizhe had a better song than him.

He took out his phone to ask his fans to boycott Fang Lizhe and ask Director Xu to make a fair selection. Instead, he saw that Director Xu’s Weibo had already announced the name of the theme song for ‘Demon Fox’ – ‘Fox’, and posted a photo of him and Fang Lizhe raising a glass to celebrate the collaboration.

The fans exploded, and both Feng Hui’s fans and Fang Lizhe’s fans were full of disbelief. Feng Hui’s fans were screaming that the competition was unfair, questioning Director Xu’s vision and calling him out for being bought by Fang Lizhe. Fang Lizhe’s fans were puzzled and excited to ask which singer they signed.

Passers-by mostly believed Director Xu’s choice, but there were some doubts in the end. It wasn’t until Fang Lizhe also posted on Weibo, confidently asking everyone to wait and see, when people looked forward to the song called ‘Fox’. They were curious if it was really that good, and even more curious about who Fang Lizhe actually found to compose and sing it.

Public opinion was finally pulled back in the right direction, allowing the public to once again expect a lot from ‘Demon Fox’ instead of paying attention to who’s fighting with whom. Feng Hui’s popularity faded once again, and this opportunity given to him by Starlight was thus missed. He was also severely ridiculed by his agent.

Xiang Tong’s popularity receded even faster; she was supposed to be nothing more than the singer, not the center of the feud. The song didn’t come out, and naturally nothing happened to her, but some people reacted in hindsight. Why did Feng Hui suddenly write three songs for Xiang Tong? They couldn’t … be … having an affair, right? Was Xiang Tong’s eyes that bad?!

Xiang Tong, with a genial smile, immediately hinted that she was unfamiliar with Feng Hui when she participated in a program. Everything was ‘arranged by the company’, so she drew a clear line with Feng Hui.

Feng Hui was already holding his anger, and the ‘goddess’ suddenly dropped him and treated him like a stranger. This was simply stomping his heart into the mud! Feng Hui’s heart was full of darkness. Since everyone despised him, he would simply step on them and climb up by any means possible, and when he stood at the top of the pyramid, he wanted to see who would dare treat him like this!

This matter was seemingly over. Feng Hui came out for a lap and resumed his black-listed state again, while Xiang Tong accompanied him for a while. It seemed to be the same as before, but their popularity has deteriorated a lot and they weren’t ridiculed any less.

Fang Lizhe looked at the email sent by a paparazzi from his studio. It was a picture of Feng Hui and Xiang Tong getting along, which clearly revealed the ambiguity between them. According to the paparazzi, they really didn’t have a substantial relationship. However, Feng Hui intentionally pursued her, and Xiang Tong habitually strung him along, making them seem to have an unusual relationship. Based on these photos alone, no one would believe that they were innocent.

Fang Lizhe saved the photos and asked his subordinates to keep an eye on the two. ‘Demon Fox’ hasn’t been released yet, and now wasn’t the time to burn that bridge. Regardless, he and Su Yuanyuan would get back at them sooner or later. When ‘Demon Fox’ gets the box office numbers it deserves and makes Su Yuanyuan famous, only then could he break the news.