Domination

Soon, the sun rose from the horizon and light beams rained down within a certain house. The previously dark room had been illuminated, shining light on one corner of the room in particular, where an immobile body slowly came back to life.

Yang He slowly regained his senses and shielded his eyes from the sunlight outside the window. Noticing that he was still sitting in his chair, he realized he had pulled an all-nighter.

This surprised Yang He, and he couldn't remember the last time he had experienced such a situation. "I used to stay up all night playing DOTA with a group of friends," Yang He thought with a wistful smile. He stretched his neck and heard a cracking sound. "But now I don't have as much energy as back then. Sad to say, I'm not young anymore..."

In the end, Yang He had to go to work with dark circles under his eyes. Of course, he wasn't the only one with this issue. When he arrived at the company, he found that everyone who worked overtime last night seemed a bit lethargic today.

When his colleagues greeted him, they all smiled wryly. "Good morning, boss. You look tired," they said.

"Hahaha, Yang He, we're wearing the same makeup," one of them joked.

Only Yun Jie seemed to be the only one who appeared normal. Unlike the generally lacklustre others, he was sharp and efficient. During the regular work report with Yang He, he showed the same level of enthusiasm as before. "Boss, the first day's sales figures will be out this afternoon. We have allocated all our resources to promote TMY and The Rex, and the results will come out soon."

"Well done. You did a great job," Yang He replied, but then he asked, "By the way, which one has more resources allocated to it at the moment?"

"The Rex," Yun Jie hesitated for a moment before answering. "This was decided before, and it hasn't changed because our current strategy is to wait and see. We want to see how the first wave of rankings at 9:00 a.m. will play out, before deciding anything."

"No. It's already been decided, change it now. From now on, all resources will be fully devoted to TMY," Yang He said, gesturing with his hand and issuing the command. "This time, The Rex has attacked an iron shield with a rubber duck. The preliminary results speak for themselves. Why bet on a three-legged horse? I want to see The Rex's expression when he sees today's numbers. Interesting, very interesting..."

"Are you not going to wait anymore?" Yun Jie was puzzled.

"There's nothing left to wait for. The situation was already settled within the first hour. Now let's see when Tianyou will officially start their move," Yang He replied.

As Yang He and Yun Jie were discussing work, a bizarre phenomenon caught the attention of many people on the internet. The momentum of The Rex's fans had completely reversed. Screenshots and view counts were being shared left and right by the scorned TMY fans, making up for their defeat only days earlier. The Rex's fanbase dug a deep pit, and couldn't climb back out of it.

This real-life phenomenon occurred on the first day of the rankings battle between The Rex and TMY's new singles. An outsider might expect a one-sided slaughter from The Rex's side, but in reality, the opposite happened. A newcomer in the industry completely dominated an established producer, while already splitting their fanbase into 2, by releasing 2 songs.

Before TMY even released their songs, they had been criticized by many people, and there were voices everywhere saying that they were bound to lose to The Rex, even being collectively criticized by some of Cheng Xiaofan's fans.

However, at noon on the first day of their new singles' release, everyone saw a scene that was completely different from what they had expected. TMY's "Solo Dance," one of her two new singles, was ranked first on the China Music Network's Gold Song Chart, and dominated the entire electronic genre chart, sweeping over a large number of recent producers who had released new songs.

This included The Rex.

In terms of ranking alone, although The Rex wasn't pulled down by much, as soon as someone paid attention to the specific data, they would find that TMY's two new singles were ahead of "The King of Street Dance" in almost all aspects, and were dominating the chart in an unprecedented way.

The praise was unparalleled, and in the comment section of China Music Network, only the first and second songs were mentioned, while "The King of Street Dance," which came in third place, was strangely forgotten, with no one even mentioning it.

This was something that no one had ever expected. After seeing this update to the rankings, almost everyone was in disbelief and wondered if they were dreaming. It had been ten years since a phenomenon of this scale had happened in the electronic music scene.

Yes, a similar situation happened a decade years ago in the electronic music scene of China. At that time, there was a massive song that made it into mainstream culture, that was still mentioned to this day. The artist had no previous works, but this one song became a global sensation. After releasing this masterpiece, the artist disappeared, never releasing another song afterwards. There was still speculation in the corners of the internet as to who this mystery author was.

Since then, there has been no such phenomenon until today, when TMY's new single has surged to the top of the charts, even knocking off The Rex who had been dominating before. This is quite a feat, and some people are wondering why and how this happened.

Although electronic music is still one of the larger genres in China, it has been declining due to lack of innovation, and stagnation. However, TMY's two new singles seem to be growing in popularity, even surpassing some traditional music in terms of data growth. If these songs stopped gaining popularity immediately, TMY could still be considered a rising force in electronic music. But based on their current data growth and situation, they would achieve even greater success.

This surprised many people who are questioning how TMY managed to surpass The Rex in such a short amount of time. Of course, there are still some fans of The Rex and Cheng Xiaofan who haven't caught up with the news and are unaware of the situation. There are also those who are skeptical and have raised questions on social media platforms such as Weibo and electronic music forums.

The biggest complaint is actually about "zombie accounts" and "vote buying," and many fans of both The Rex and Cheng Xiaofan have raised doubts about the validity of the data for TMY's two new songs.

However, the counterattack came quickly and fiercely, leaving no room for debate.

"Is it so hard to acknowledge that someone else is excellent? Instead of questioning others' data, why not go listen to 'The King of Street Dance'? if you're so concerned about its data, go help it. Its view count was initially much higher than 'Closer' and 'Solo Dance,' but why can't it keep up with the data now?"

"Don't question it anymore, really, the situation has changed. I'm an old fan of The Rex, but I listened to TMY's songs...I have to say, let's not argue anymore, okay? The world of electronic music is changing." Among the many figures refuting doubts, one particularly notable one had a large "The Rex" logo as their ID.

"I've forgotten about the sales competition now. All I can think of is the phrase 'We ain't ever getting older' echoing in my mind."

"I suggest you go listen for yourself."

"I remember that after listening to 'The King of Street Dance' last night, I listened to TMY's two new songs with a skeptical attitude. But now, all I want to say is that I finally understand what true electronic music sounds like."

The counterattack against doubts was particularly fierce, because everyone in the world of electronic music is now excited.

At this moment, in the "Dream Painting Recording Studio" in Shanghai, Song Ziyin was listening intently to the music in her headphones, and her eyes were filled with surprise: "So it's really true..."