45. A Better Day

On an utterly ordinary Sunday, at six in the morning.

Xing Honger from Shanghai city lay half-reclined on his bed with headphones on, scrolling through the new music charts.

Listening to music, checking the charts, commenting, and sharing on Weibo were his daily tasks.

Because he also had a hugely famous ID—Ear Emperor.

As a Weibo music blogger with over ten million fans, and one of the most authoritative figures in the industry, he was always hands-on and meticulous in his work.

Unlike some self-media who took money to promote, the Ear Emperor never showered praise on unworthy music.

He never took commercial deals, never spoke dishonest words.

With him, good was good, trash was trash—he was all about authenticity.

Thus, the Ear Emperor was not just the Ear Emperor, he indirectly supported a whole bunch of music bloggers who lived off of bandwagon trends, as well as unknown musicians.

"There's been no interesting new music recently..."