Chapter 1292

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"Car crash scene! Pure car crash scene!"

"This year there probably won't be a more outrageous live performance than this."

"Ten days eight shows, once the chorus hits it's stable as a CD, rest a week, almost every song has voice cracks, horizontal scroll: half-open mic ≠ I'm lip-syncing."

"Haha, you're too talented, you even came up with a couplet."

"Tang Niu's inequality is truly divine, it can be used anywhere."

"I feel whether it's lip-syncing or not isn't important anymore, the key is after this creates such a stark contrast with Luo Quan's concert, will tickets still sell in the future?"

"Overthinking it, there are plenty of braindead fans, at that point they'll release a few pieces of youth-pain literature whitewashing copy, and the same braindead fans will be moved, then obediently hand over their money."

"Besides, Luo Bao's concerts absolutely can't be ten months eight shows, if everyone gets to see one show a quarter that already counts as her being diligent."

"After switching from offline to online, holding concerts should become much simpler, like today, just need to prepare a few more outfits, then have Gao Liang Wen Xia and them come over to sing a few lines, the effect is already pretty good."

"Counts as a minimalist concert, only Luo Quan doesn't care about money and is willing to do it this way, any other star would probably need to pay to get into the livestream, Luo Bao lets you watch for free directly."

"Free in spirit too, this time after her concert she even paid out of her own pocket, donated thirty million, equivalent to spending her own money to put on a concert for everyone to listen to, purely a free giveaway!"

"Haha, doesn't count as a free giveaway, after all it brought joy to fans and added bricks and tiles to charity, very educational significance."

"So this kind of concert should be held more, make Luo Quan go broke and then she'll start holding offline ones."

"Nice thought, but Luo Quan going broke right now is way too difficult."

"Nicola Auto raised prices again recently, her personal assets are already nearly catching up to the top few rich women on the Forbes list."

"And she's not even half the age of those rich women, if you married her this life would be worth it."

"Keep dreaming your grand dreams."

………………

Although the concert ended, the public opinion frenzy it sparked has only just begun.

The next day on the hot search rankings, over a dozen concert-related titles stood out conspicuously.

However, not all of these are entirely related to Luo Quan's concert; quite a few are about the neighboring October Earth.

Luo Quan's concert had all kinds of god-tier performances, and although it was held on the domestic internet, it also attracted reports from many well-known foreign media outlets.

Especially on the American side, the originally extremely nationally recognized Yong Ai has now completely ascended to godhood, overnight topping the Billboard Hot 100 number one, adding another contender for next year's Grammy Best Live Performance.

And on the Japanese side, for Luo Quan they've long since run out of praise, after all she already belonged to the "urban legend" category in Japan several years ago, possessing the anti-flaming privilege that only an extremely few people can obtain.

This online concert was held so well that the Japanese public's reaction was exceptionally strong, directly issuing a death order to the Kohaku Uta Gassen production team, demanding they must invite Luo Quan to participate in this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen.

As one of the best stages for Japanese pop singers, both Kohaku Uta Gassen and Takarazuka belong to the hall of halls.

However, the two differ somewhat in nature: the former focuses on popular entertainment, while the latter is slightly more serious.

To get on Kohaku Uta Gassen, one generally needs to be a singer with very high popularity, and their ability can't be too poor either, after all it's a live broadcast, if they sing too badly or are caught lip-syncing, their career would likely take a huge hit.

And the Takarazuka Revue, in Huaxia terms, is the national team, and it's not just once a year, and compared to Kohaku Uta Gassen it's even more serious.

Those who can enter Takarazuka are all without exception possessed of respectable family backgrounds, extraordinary looks, and exquisite dance skills.

Junko was nearly sent into Takarazuka by her own grandfather back then, but after touring the Takarazuka Revue twice, Junko felt the place was simply too oppressive, filled with seniors oppressing juniors, so she ultimately chose to refuse.

Facts also prove that organizations with such long histories often hide much filth that ordinary people cannot see.

Johnny's was like this, Takarazuka is like this too, this year both had scandals break out, and the stars involved with them all suffered collateral damage.

Comparatively, a stage like Kohaku Uta Gassen that just sings songs to celebrate the new year has far fewer shenanigans.

Everyone just comes here to sing, leveraging each other's fame to push their own careers and industry status up another level.

Of course, given Luo Quan's current standing, her status no longer needs Kohaku Uta Gassen to elevate it, after all in Japan she's already in a state where she can't rise any higher.

Rather, it's Kohaku Uta Gassen that desperately needs Luo Quan's appearance to ruthlessly harvest a wave of traffic.

Netizens naturally understand this too, so their tone is exceptionally harsh, anyway whether the program director goes to beg or directly dogeza, this year they must invite Luo Quan.

If they can't do it, then the whole staff should commit seppuku to apologize.

Being able to say such things, they probably also watched the Bilibili concert and got envious, and want Luo Quan to come to Japan and sing a song.

But given her popularity and the fanaticism of her fans, if she really came, she might not just sing one or two songs, there's a chance it would turn into her personal concert just like some programs she participated in before.

Luo Quan isn't the type who likes to steal the spotlight, but she can't help having too many fans who are too enthusiastic.

Originally she rarely participates in this kind of public performance, now that she's encountered the opportunity, wouldn't they seize it and ruthlessly milk it for all it's worth?

This kind of behavior is understandable.

But for other stars who have to perform, it might appear somewhat disrespectful.

Of course, there's a solution: arrange for Luo Quan to go on last.

The stars before her sing however they're supposed to sing, wait until they're done, and all the remaining time belongs to Luo Quan; as for how long the program extends before ending, that's no longer up to the production team to decide, but up to the audience.

However, all of this is premised on Luo Quan being willing to take the stage.

Actually, there's no need for netizens to issue orders at all; the Kohaku Uta Gassen production team sends invitations to Luo Quan every year.

But Luo Quan even avoids the Spring Festival Gala whenever she can, how could she possibly come participate in your Kohaku Uta Gassen?

So year after year they invite, year after year they're politely declined.

This year is the same, the invitation email hadn't been sent long before Luo Quan replied, saying she has to accompany her family at year-end, no time, maybe next time if there's a chance.

This last sentence, she's said the same thing the past few years when declining, basically old wine in a new bottle.

"Actually Junko could go sing two songs, they should have sent you an invitation too, right?"

Luo Quan asked, turning to Junko Yagyu beside her in the living room.

"Something I've watched since childhood until I'm sick of it, not a shred of desire to go perform on it." Junko cracked melon seeds, her tone full of disdain.

Think about it too, although Kohaku Uta Gassen is called the Japanese Spring Festival Gala, the gap in influence between the two is still too vast.

Besides, currently Junko's work centers on Huaxia, if the Spring Festival Gala invited her, she'd still be willing to go.

However, in recent years, foreigners have rarely appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

Before and after the 2008 Olympics, the Spring Festival Gala still featured a few foreign friends performing on stage, but now they are basically gone.

Luo Quan is an exception, after all, she only looks like a foreigner, but she does have an ID card.

Moreover, her popularity also means that after she goes on stage, the audience won't feel too much discomfort, and performing skits and singing songs still works well, as long as she doesn't perform Peking opera.

"I still want to appear on the Spring Festival Gala, but I simply don't have this opportunity," Gao Liang muttered from the side.

Speaking of which, the Super Bowl halftime show, known as the American Spring Festival Gala, did invite him this year; the production team, aiming for a big event, black-invited the leading figures of hip-hop from both the East and West Coasts.

Whether newcomers or veterans, they all gathered together and performed their representative works.

As the king of East Coast hip-hop, Gao Liang was naturally on the invitation list.

It was he who let music fans know that hip-hop is not only about gangster life, and also let them know that hip-hop is not only about cars, leaves, girls, and big gold chains, but also includes reading and reflecting on society, as well as depicting and expressing male-female emotions.

He let music fans know that hip-hop can actually be very musical.

This is the reason why Gao Liang was able to successfully crown himself as king.

The only regret is that this new hip-hop king did not participate in this year's Super Bowl in order to accompany his wife.

For Gao Liang, a star who lacks nothing in wealth, life is greater than everything; no matter how important his career is, it cannot compare to accompanying his wife to watch the meteor shower on a midsummer night.

As for Luo Quan, that is another level altogether; compared to running around performing, she still prefers to stay in her room and sleep in late.

After getting enough sleep, she turns on her computer to go live, chatting with fans or playing games.

Just like now, after lunch, Luo Quan swayed upstairs, opened the live stream, and also checked today's news.

Although noon has passed, the heat from her concert last night has not diminished at all, with clips of her performance spreading across the entire internet.

Among them, "Yong Ai" and the actor are the most played, nearly neck and neck.

The former is due to a god-level performance, earning it the title of this year's best live performance.

Anything, once it gains the title of "the best," will attract attention.

And Luo Quan's name easily convinces people, so everyone is just coming to watch the excitement.

As for the actor, on one hand, netizens said this song is about indulging in October's great earth, claiming they are lip-syncing like acting, thus criticizing them.

This kind of opposition creates a situation that can easily stir people's gossip desires.

Those who genuinely care about the truth are few; they just want to see blood flow like rivers.

On the other hand, the actor's song is simply too catchy; hearing it once can make people completely addicted.

Shortly after its release, it already topped Douyin, and today's popularity is far ahead of all other new songs.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the end of this year, the actor's song should be the hottest track.

Although many music critics think Luo Quan's this bolero song lacks depth and is merely a decent earworm, falling short of her past standards.

But music fans feel that wanting every song to have so many positive attributes is inherently an unreasonable demand.

Depth and popularity are not mutually exclusive, but achieving both requires even the most talented creators a long time to produce just one or two such songs.

Yet Luo Quan can achieve in one month what others take several years to produce, which is already very difficult.

She previously said that the actor's song would be a very popular track.

In other words, even before the song's release, its tone was already set—this is a pop bolero catering to the masses, and being pleasant and popular is already enough.

Many people have belittled it as worthless, unaware that if the pop music charts were filled with songs of this level, it would truly be a return to the glorious scene of the music scene around 2000.

However, unfortunately, such a scene can only exist in imagination; now it is certainly impossible to return.

But Luo Quan, through her own efforts, has still allowed music fans to catch a glimpse of that glorious era.

As possibly her last batch of new songs released this year, the actor's song has gone viral, and extremely viral.

In less than two days, it swept across major platforms and major charts with an unmatched posture.

Countless UP creators have rushed to create related videos.

Some use it as BGM for film history mashups, while others cover it to give fans a different feeling.

Even so, because the actor's song is so popular, some variety shows have started to ride its heat on Douyin.

Either they play the song directly on the show, or celebrities play it from their phones to share their favorite music with everyone.

Songs with such heat, this year only one song, Luosha, can be compared to it.

However, that song mainly relies on implicating other singers to gain attention, so although online discussion is high, not a single celebrity dares to touch it, for fear of offending those who were implicated.

But the actor's song has no such trouble.

Although online there are also hateful analyses claiming this song implicates October's great earth in lip-syncing.

However, Luo Quan personally denied this claim, and since those analyses are somewhat far-fetched, the resulting discussion has not been as turbulent as that of Luosha.

Moreover, after October's great earth held their self-clearing concert, it's unknown whether they paid to reduce heat, but related hot searches about their concert basically didn't stay on the list long before disappearing on their own.

Therefore, after the actor's song sheds these extra values imposed by those with ulterior motives, it gradually becomes pure.

Purely pleasant to hear, purely making music fans happy listening, purely making everyone sing along passionately.

If such a song were not popular, it would truly be against heaven's will.

However, even so, the extent of its explosive popularity still exceeds people's imagination to some degree.