Chapter 119
Right now, the happiest person of all was Adrian.
Last time, it was because of that puny little company’s “Echoes of Her” and “Someone Like Me” that their own meticulously prepared “You in the Sunset Glow” and “Little Bee” failed to climb the charts.
Not only did it derail their plan to turn Paige and Mara into superstars, but it also cost the company tens of millions and made them a laughingstock in the industry.
From the moment Solflare Entertainment launched, it had dared to oppose him, even signing that defiant daughter of the Mercer family. They allowed her to earn a huge cut, ruining his plan to punish her.
Otherwise, the upcoming tuition fee alone should have been enough to force Mira to come to him and admit her mistake.
Though he never said it out loud, he had hated Solflare Entertainment ever since.
So, the moment they made a move, Adrian arranged for people to cause trouble for them.
“It failed. It really failed p>
“A pissant company like that, not even publicly listed, thinks it can usher in a new era of paid music p>
“Who do they think they are? It’s absurd p>
“Good that they failed! I hope they lose a ton of money, not even making back their costs p>
The assistants chattered on, one after another.
Adrian didn’t say anything, but the expression on his face said it all.
His assistants, sensing this, became even more enthusiastic, saying everything their chairman wanted to hear.
The words were music to Adrian’s ears.
This was perhaps the happiest he had been in days.
He hoped Solflare Entertainment would never recover from this and would continue to bleed money.
Standing to the side, Ethan watched his father, thinking he was acting more and more like a petty villain.
Where was his usual dignified, aloof demeanor? He hoped his father wouldn’t shatter his image in front of his subordinates.
“Dad, if they succeed, we can follow suit. If they fail, the entire entertainment industry loses out on a huge opportunity p>
“That’s true, in principle. But if they fail, we can just poach Lune. Wouldn’t it be better for us to start the new era ourselves p>
Adrian loved nothing more than seeing his competitors fail and become his stepping stones.
“Let’s check their download
numbers again,” Adrian said to his
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But in the next moment, the smiles on their faces froze.
Their eyes widened in disbelief.
The download count had bounced back to several hundred thousand and was now rapidly approaching a million!
How was that possible? In less than half an hour!
It would be one thing if the songs were free, given the massive advertising and promotional push.
Huge expenses for little return would be fine.
But this was paid music! Every download represented a dollar coming in.
A hundred thousand dollars in a minute might not seem like much, but what about in an hour? Or a day?
Not to mention over ten days or half a month. The cumulative income would be terrifying.
When they refreshed the page again, the number had jumped to several million.
It was horrifying. They were raking in money hand over fist!
And as time went on, the numbers were still skyrocketing, showing no signs of stopping.
They had succeeded. They had actually succeeded!
Almost everyone in the industry gasped when they saw the data.
Several million downloads in an hour meant several million dollars in revenue.
Eventually, reaching tens of millions, or even breaking a hundred million, wouldn’t be a problem.
No company had ever achieved such results!
Even after they organized online trolls to spread negative comments, they couldn’t stop the tidal wave of traffic.