Chapter 143: Snow

When Luo Quan returned to Tokyo, snow was still drifting on the streets. The cold wind carrying ice crystals slapped every pedestrian's cheeks red, and the sky of the entire city was covered by snowflakes.

Looking at the footprints of pairs on the street that were quickly buried by white snow, Luo Quan suddenly felt some emotions.

Thinking of how her Japanese fans had been urging her to release new songs, she remembered that she seemed to have not written a Japanese song for several months.

Although "Coming of Age" was still dominating the Oricon charts and no one could shake her ruling position, a song would eventually lose its freshness after being listened to for a long time. Only by constantly introducing the new can fans remember her for a long time.

Thinking of this, Luo Quan posted a tweet:

"It snowed heavily as soon as I returned to Tokyo. I suddenly remembered that I haven't sung a Japanese song for a long time. Today, I will use snow as inspiration to present a song to everyone."

As soon as the tweet came out, it quickly received tens of thousands of likes and comments:

"You finally remembered us."

"Only one song? How good would it be to release an album directly!"

"It's been half a year since 'Coming of Age' was released. When is the next Japanese album planned to be released?"

"I have supported every one of your records, but when can you release a normal MV?"

Many Japanese fans were urging Luo Quan to release the next Japanese album, and some fans expressed their anticipation for the new song, but the last comment hit the nail on the head.

For a singer, most songs will have accompanying MVs. This MV will become the best material for fans to interpret the song, and it is also the best means for the singer to convey their album's thoughts to the outside world.

However, since her debut, Luo Quan had not filmed a single MV.

Previously, Lin Zheyuan helped her film a "Wet Seduction," but that was also to promote the EP "Sister Sister Quan Shui," not an official MV.

Later, the songs Luo Quan released were very simple; in the video, besides the sound, there was just a selfie of herself to finish it.

The key is that with such a beautiful face and such a hot figure, not filming ten or eight MVs is really a waste of heaven's gifts.

I don't know about other countries, but at least in China, if she were willing to film a few MVs with a slightly larger scale, the album's sales wouldn't be as dismal as they are now!

However, she really doesn't know how to do these things. Except for a small part of MVs that can be called works of art, aren't the vast majority just singers dancing awkwardly in front of the camera? What nutrition does filming such an MV have?

So Luo Quan would rather not film these things. Wouldn't it be better to spend her energy on song production?

Therefore, facing the fans' eager anticipation, Luo Quan could only cruelly refuse:

"Sorry, I really don't know how to film MVs, but I filmed a movie. If you are interested, you can come to the cinema to see me."

Well, the fans' anticipation all turned into bubbles.

It can only be said that Luo Quan is more conservative than everyone imagined. If it were a European or American female singer who heard such high acclaim from fans, she would have filmed a large-scale MV to stimulate album sales.

Regardless, although the long-awaited MV was gone, at least Luo Quan promised the new song herself. At her speed, it would meet everyone by midnight tonight at the latest.

To record the song, Luo Quan also postponed her plan to report to school and went to Sony first.

Arriving at the third floor, she happened to see Director Ishimura standing outside the recording studio chatting with his assistant about something.

"Luo Quan, you are back from South Africa?" Director Ishimura was very surprised to see Luo Quan. He only knew that Luo Quan went to South Africa to film.

"I just came back today. Seeing fans say I haven't sung a Japanese song for a long time, I thought about coming to the company to record one. How about not releasing this single as a record and putting it on the platform for free?" Luo Quan said to Director Ishimura in a tone of discussion.

After all, Sony has to make money, and she also has to use their recording studio. If she said free directly, it would seem too overbearing.

"Of course you can," Director Ishimura said without hesitation, "The song is your own; you decide whether to charge or not. But remember to go apply for copyright later."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not forget." Luo Quan nodded in response.

Walking into the recording studio, Luo Quan, without any sheet music, started the production of the accompaniment directly based on her memory. Director Ishimura shook his head and sighed outside, "How long does it take for such a musical genius to appear!"

This song Luo Quan recorded can be considered synonymous with Japanese winter love songs. As long as there is a playlist summary like "Winter Masterpiece" or "Winter Love Song," this song will definitely be in it.

Besides this, this song has also been covered many times by singers from other countries and is quite popular.

It is worth mentioning that when the original singer was filming the MV, in order to make the effect realistic enough, she deliberately filmed in a zero-degree environment, which was truly professional.

It's a pity that Luo Quan doesn't film MVs, and this behavior is estimated to never be replicated.

Having produced so many songs, Luo Quan's craftsmanship is becoming more and more superb, and the speed of producing songs is becoming faster and faster. In a little over an hour, she had already finished producing this song.

This was already an outrageously fast speed. When she came in, the singer next door was still discussing with the producer what timbre to use for the song's accompaniment. Here, Luo Quan had already finished recording the song, while they hadn't even discussed anything over there.

Amidst the surprised and admiring gazes of the seniors, Luo Quan left the recording studio gracefully.

At 7:30 in the evening, Luo Quan's new song was launched on major music platforms, and she simultaneously posted on Twitter:

"Presenting the new song 'Snow Flower.' I hope that in this winter, you and your him/her can always be happy."

In fifteen minutes, the top of the new song chart and hot song chart was dominated by "Snow Flower." The fans' enthusiasm was truly beyond imagination.

When she said this afternoon that she would release a new song today, I don't know how many people were refreshing the music software and Twitter on their phones, just guarding it, wanting to hear her singing voice at the first moment.

Then, as soon as the new song came out, the data exploded.

But this was not strange. Since "Coming of Age" became a big hit, she had perfectly passed the stage of accumulating fans. The song "Don't Give Up" made her national popularity reach a level unmatched since the new century. I dare not say there were no predecessors, but there will definitely be no successors.

With so many die-hard fans, after the song was released, the song data explosion actually didn't seem so strange.

As usual, this song received unanimous praise from inside and outside the industry as soon as it was released. And besides Ryosuke Onodera, more professional music critics joined the ranks of blowing Luo Quan:

"A slow love song full of Sister Sister Quan Shui-style, the melody is as beautiful and soft as her singing voice. The theme of winter love songs has actually been written to death long ago. For so many years, I have long since not been as sentimental as I was in my youth, but this song brought a different throbbing to my heart that has been silent for many years. I think this is a good song that can be called a classic!"

"Early March is the annual Japan Record Awards. I am really looking forward to how many awards Izumi can win. Sales and reputation are both exploding. It is very difficult to find an album of the quality of 'Coming of Age' among the works of the past ten years, and what is even more terrifying is that this is just her beginning. She is only nineteen years old this year!"

"As fast as ever, as high quality as ever. I think pop music has been thoroughly played through by Luo Quan. She needs to think about works with more depth. She has been working hard to integrate new musical styles with traditional pop music styles to create new music.

This may be too harsh for a newcomer who has just debuted for less than a year, but for a genius, this is our most eager expectation for her as musicians!"

To be honest, Luo Quan was a bit frightened seeing these evaluations. It's not that she can't be blown, but blowing like this, would it be too much?

She only turns nineteen on the third day of the third lunar month this year, and they directly asked her to create a new musical style. The expectation for her is really not a little bit high.

But it is also understandable. After all, many geniuses in history have made all kinds of shocking achievements at the age of twenty, not to mention peerless geniuses like Mozart and Gauss who already showed their talents at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Luo Quan knows her own level. Whether they say she is beautiful, has excellent singing skills, or has realistic acting skills, she can accept these happily.

Because these are her external expressions and will not change due to anyone's will.

But only the title of "musical genius," she dare not take it on no matter what. This is a title that requires real talent and learning. Even if she possesses a world's music library, she dare not be arrogant enough to call herself a genius.

Therefore, when these musicians pursued her so much, Luo Quan was actually a bit panicked inside. She was thinking whether she had performed too monstrously, making these people have unrealistic ideas about her?

Obviously, at the beginning, she just wanted to earn some money by singing, but unknowingly, she reached a status where she needed to bring innovative musical styles to the Japanese music scene. This is a behavior that many music giants dare not speak lightly, but it was taken for granted by these musicians and pressed on her head.

Luo Quan expressed that her pressure was a bit high.

But these seniors spoke, and Luo Quan couldn't help but respond. After all, she still has to rely on their faces for the Japan Record Awards this year. At least now she still needs to appear obedient:

"Thank you for the encouragement and praise from all the seniors. I will continue to work hard to bring good songs to the public."

Just bringing good songs to the public, without saying anything about musical style, Luo Quan felt that saying this could be considered leaving herself a way out.

Originally, Luo Quan thought today would end like this, and tomorrow she would report to school and start her plain learning life.

However, a phone call disrupted all the peace in her future life.

"Hello, is this Miss Luo Quan?"

"I am."

"This is the Tokyo Imperial Palace, I am Maeda Keinosuke." ===== CHAPTER 144 =====