The next day.

At eight in the morning.

As soon as Lin Yuan arrived at the company, he was called into the office by Old Zhou: “The order for Qizhou’s ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ has been finalized. They’ve decided to officially use your work, and their movie is scheduled to be released next week.”

“Next week?”

Isn’t that a bit too fast?

Old Zhou explained, “It wasn’t supposed to be this rushed, but the movie market in Qizhou is extremely competitive. They probably adjusted the schedule urgently to avoid clashing with a blockbuster. However, according to them, the post-production was already done, and the promotion never stopped. The whole project just lacked a good song to pair with it. Now that the song is ready, it’s normal for them to proceed with the release immediately.”

“Oh.”

“Once the movie premieres, the company will also officially release the audio for ‘Big Fish.’ I’ll talk to the resources department to get you some good recommendations. Regardless of how the movie performs, I believe this song will be a hit.”

“Thank you.”

Lin Yuan walked out of the office.

Twenty minutes later, Old Zhou also stepped out of the office, clapping his hands to get the attention of the department members.

Someone asked, “Boss, what’s up?”

Old Zhou smiled broadly, “The ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ order has been signed with Qizhou, so you don’t need to force yourselves to write a song anymore.”

“It’s finalized?”

Everyone looked at each other, then the department buzzed with discussion:

“Who did it?”

“That’s impressive!”

“Managed to secure an order that even a dozen ace composers couldn’t?”

“And the speed of creation is just too fast. How long has it been?”

“Which big shot in our composition department did it?”

“Could it be a master composer?”

“…”

Someone teased Lin Yuan, “Xian Yu, your five million is gone. Looks like the ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ order wasn’t meant for you.”

“Haha.”

Wu Yong also patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder, teasingly saying, “Keep working hard.”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Then they all looked at Old Zhou, hoping to get the answer from him: “Who in our composition department is so amazing? Boss, don’t keep us in suspense.”

“It was…”

Old Zhou paused slightly to build up the atmosphere, but before he could speak, a voice came from outside:

“Who ordered the coffee?”

Lin Yuan raised his hand, “I did.”

He had placed the order when he came out of Old Zhou’s office.

Several delivery guys came in, each carrying a load of coffee.

One of them said to Lin Yuan, “A total of eighty-six cups, please check.”

Eighty-six cups.

That was the actual number of people present in the tenth-floor composition department today.

Lin Yuan nodded, “Thank you.”

Seeing so much coffee, Wu Yong was surprised, “Lin Yuan, why did you order so much coffee? Do you own a coffee shop?”

“No.”

Lin Yuan replied succinctly, “Treating everyone.”

Wu Yong laughed heartily, “What’s this all about? Why suddenly so generous, treating us to coff…ee?”

As if realizing something.

Wu Yong’s laughter abruptly stopped.

Everyone else also stopped laughing, looking at Lin Yuan with surprise and uncertainty.

Apparently, they remembered that someone had joked before that if Lin Yuan secured the Qizhou order, he would treat everyone to coffee. Could it be…

“I promised before.”

Lin Yuan clarified their doubts. A promise made is a promise kept, which is Lin Yuan’s principle, even though these coffees were really expensive.

Eh?

Eh?

The members of the tenth-floor composition department looked at each other, and the spacious office fell silent.

“What are you standing around for?”

Old Zhou said, “Why are you all stunned?”

Although the atmosphere he had built up was disrupted by the delivery guys, the scene before him seemed particularly interesting.

“Damn!”

After the extreme silence came extreme noise, and Lin Yuan became the focus. The entire composition department was filled with exclamations:

“Is it really Lin Yuan?”

“Is your calculator blessed?”

“This isn’t a newbie; this is a deity!”

“Lin Yuan… no, Teacher Xian Yu, please accept my bow!”

“Who said Lin Yuan was a fool before? Stand up, this is clearly our composition department’s new god.”

“Don’t pretend, Old Wang, it was you who said it.”

“I didn’t… How can you falsely accuse someone… You’re the fool, your whole family are fools!”

“Xian Yu, forever the god!”

The way everyone looked at Lin Yuan had changed. No one could see him as just a lucky newcomer anymore.

This newcomer was excessively strong!

Of course, they didn’t forget to distribute the coffee.

Lin Yuan felt a pinch in his heart; these coffees had drained his bank card. How he would survive the rest of the month was a problem. The main reason was that Lin Yuan forgot to plan ahead and didn’t know how much he needed to spend this month. He must learn from this in the future.

…

The Qizhou ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ order was a tough nut to crack for the entire tenth-floor composition department.

What if this order couldn’t be completed?

Clearly.

Old Zhou wouldn’t go as far as to seek help from other companies, but eventually, this order would involve other floors.

After all, Old Zhou wasn’t just the head of the tenth floor; he was the head of the entire composition department. He had to consider the overall situation of the department.

No one on the tenth floor wanted to see such a thing happen.

Although the company’s composition department was a whole, and Old Zhou was everyone’s leader, there was also competition between the floors.

The ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ belonged to the tenth floor. If other floors completed it, wouldn’t it make the tenth floor look incompetent?

At that time, the tenth-floor composition department wouldn’t be able to hold its head high in front of members from other floors.

From this perspective, Lin Yuan was a hero for the tenth floor.

Because of this.

After work in the evening.

Zheng Han, a senior from the same school as Lin Yuan and who had been friendly to him during meetings, treated Lin Yuan to dinner and personally drove him back to school.

“Thank you.”

As Lin Yuan was about to get out of the car, Zheng Han suddenly spoke.

Lin Yuan was taken aback.

Zheng Han smiled, “During the last meeting, I told you that our tenth floor had over a dozen ace composers who were rejected, but I didn’t tell you one thing.”

“What thing?”

“I was the fourteenth person to be rejected.”

“I took your order.”

“If it was an order I could handle, then you taking it would be considered taking it from me. But if I couldn’t handle it, then it’s my own lack of ability. However, I didn’t want the tenth-floor order to be completed by other floors, so I’m thanking you on behalf of everyone on the tenth floor.”

Lin Yuan spoke honestly, “I did it for myself.”

Zheng Han’s smile remained, “Everyone does it for themselves, but if this order failed, the number of orders assigned to the tenth floor would decrease in the future, and then everyone’s days would be tough.”

“Oh.”

So this was the root of why the tenth floor didn’t want to easily give up the ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ order. It wasn’t just for the honor and face of the tenth floor but also for tangible benefits.

In other words.

The more orders each floor received, the more opportunities the composers on each floor would have. If the ‘Dance of Fish and Dragon’ order had initially been assigned to other floors, Lin Yuan wouldn’t have had much chance to secure it unless other floors also couldn’t handle it.

But, the composition department had many talents.

Each floor could generally handle the orders they received, and it was rare for an entire floor to be unable to complete an order.

Zheng Han said, “That’s why many floors have a master composer stationed. Some floors don’t have a master composer, but they have more ace composers… So, in terms of average strength, each floor is about the same.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

It seemed the company was quite competitive.

Zheng Han seemed to see through Lin Yuan’s thoughts and said, “It’s not just our company that’s competitive; the entire industry is competitive. There are too many people doing music in Qinzhou. I look forward to you becoming one of our tenth floor’s aces in the future.”

“Mm.”

Lin Yuan nodded again.