Pursuing Her

“What a joke! Anyone here will tell you that their first choice would be to join Sky Media if they plan to enter the entertainment industry! Tell me, which company do you think they will they pick if they have to choose between TS and the prestigious Sky Media? How can a company that isn't even operational yet be compared to an industry icon? Has TS even made anyone famous yet? It's just an insignificant project of Sophie's! There's nothing amazing about that. As for Sky Media, they have elevated plenty of people into celebrities. There are tons of first-class stars, bands, and idol groups in their company!”

“That's right! Sophie may be an excellent student, but she's incomparable to Mr. Zales in terms of running a company! Everyone knows he's an entertainment mogul in Jipsdale. There's no one in this world that he can't make popular!”

“I think so, too! Besides, The Wheelers are way too ungrateful! Sky Media was the one who made them famous, yet they wanted to break their contract with the company.”

“Sophie being capable of taking The Wheelers under her wing means she's no different from them. They may think they're amazing, but they've truly offended Sky Media this time. I bet their new album will flop hard!”

“That's right! Sky Media's new five-man idol group's about to release its new album. You all ought to know that each of the members has their own publicity and a lot of fans. There's no way The Wheelers can win against them!”

“So what? They're just an idol group. That's not impressive at all, considering they're only relying on their pretty faces to succeed.” Ysabelle couldn't bear listening to those insults anymore because she was The Wheelers' die-hard fan.

Thus, she couldn't allow anyone to speak ill of them.

“You know nothing!” the fans of the five-man idol group retorted.

“All right, that's enough. Stop wasting your breath on these people,” Sophie interjected. I know The Wheelers only want to focus on making music. The final result doesn't interest me that much. Besides, I believe in them.

“I'll make you regret your words, Sophie! I'll make sure that your decision not to sign a contract with me will be your biggest loss!” Willow didn't want to hold her emotions back anymore as she had been too aggravated recently. This time, I will fight back!

With disdain shining in her eyes, Ysabelle spat, “Why are you so shameless, Willow? I think your biggest failing is your inability to realize what you're really capable of. How can a person like you become famous?”

“Is that so? We'll see about that!” With that, Willow left with her head held high and her sidekicks in tow.

Meanwhile, Sophie couldn't be bothered to waste any more time on Willow.

“Say, do you think The Wheelers' upcoming album will become popular?” Even though Ysabelle seemed confident in the band earlier, she started worrying about them after she thought about the situation.

After all, they all lived in a world where publicity determined everything. If each member of the five-man idol group has their own following, then it may be difficult for The Wheelers to defeat them.

“Relax, just believe in them. They can pull through. We just need to sit back and let their music do the talking,” Sophie replied.

In the following days, the five-man idol group had been doing things that put them on the trending list every day.

When their fans learned they were about to release a new album, they cried about wanting to buy it.

As for The Wheelers, no one had heard anything from them. They simply focused on recording their songs every day without bothering about what was going on in the outside world.

“How about we get the band on the trending list too with money, Sophie?” Ysabelle suggested.

They weren't lacking in funds, and it was still important to create hype before the release of the album.

“We'll talk about that again a few days later. They have been busy lately, so much so that they only sleep for two or three hours a day. They're tired enough. So there's no need to bother them with these trivial matters,” Sophie replied.

Ysabelle fell into deep thought. That's true! Each member of The Wheelers has a particularly high standard for their album's quality. Even though some of their songs already sounded perfect, they still wanted to rerecord them just to achieve a better effect. They're really hardworking. I liked them in the past because their songs are really good. Now that I get to spend time with them, I have learned just how seriously they treat music. Being able to spend time with people like them really makes me happy.

Even though Sophie didn't have much free time as the university entrance exam was nearing, she still made time to visit The Wheelers.

Finally, the release day for The Wheelers' new album had arrived.

After they uploaded the album to the internet, the song Crazy, which was written and composed by Sophie, went viral. It instantly topped the major music charts despite the album having no promotion at all.

As for the five-man idol group under Sky Media, even after the company had hyped the group's album days before the release, the results were still underwhelming compared to The Wheelers' sales.

“What do we do, Mr. Zales? We've spent a ton of money on Freezewave's album! Even though we hired that stylist from Koandria and their theme song was composed by Mr. Valentine, the album still lost to The Wheelers! What do we do now?” an assistant of Clayton informed.

Sky Media had poured pots of gold into the promotion of Freezewave's album, yet the album still failed to achieve its goal.