Actually, when "Red Rose" climbed to the top spot, the song's download count had already surpassed 1.2 million!
This wasn't just a dazzling number, it also meant that Lin Yuan officially qualified to advance to senior songwriter status.
Put more bluntly:
It's time to renegotiate Xian Yu's royalties contract!
Lin Yuan had previously signed a standard rookie contract, where the company took 80% of the profits outright.
What happens now will require negotiation with the company.
Senior songwriters within the company don't have uniform contracts.
Just as Lin Yuan hit the senior songwriter threshold, Ol' Zhou found him and directly stated, "You've reached the company's senior songwriter standards. What's your vision for the new contract?"
*Vision?*
*Lin Yuan looked at Ol' Zhou quizzically—isn't that just a redundant question? Of course, the more money I get, the better!*
"…"