Chapter 193: Warming Up

The first person to speak for Miss Luo Quan was beyond everyone's expectations: Cao Mufeng, who was preparing a new single.

He wrote on Weibo:

"I watched the whole production process of this song. Although the production of this song took less than forty minutes, the quality is definitely a top-notch choice.

Let alone selling it for four yuan, even selling it for ten yuan is absolutely worth it. I don't know what those who are shouting that it's expensive are thinking. They are willing to pay for those crudely made, sinicized, and plagiarized songs on the internet, but not for a real boutique.

The Chinese music scene is so decadent now, partly because young singers are blinded by greed and can give up anything for money. At the same time, those ordinary people who take pleasure in chasing dross also need to bear a great responsibility.

High-quality original musicians are ignored, and if they get a little popular and charge some money, they are scolded for being expensive. Taking pride in white-paying, I really don't know how this bad habit was spoiled!"

Rather than saying this is Cao Mufeng speaking out for Miss Luo Quan's encounter, it is better to say that he is reprimanding the current domestic music environment.

Everything is his feeling. In fact, his own sales are quite good, belonging to the top level in China. Originally, there was no need to come out and say these words, offending passersby.

But when he saw those words in the comment section of Miss Luo Quan's new album promotion Weibo, he couldn't help but want to come out and say a few words, even if he was blackened because of this, it didn't matter.

Fortunately, he wasn't the only one speaking out this time. Half an hour after the song went online, many well-known domestic music producers and veteran singers posted on Weibo to praise Miss Luo Quan's new song.

Although the arrangement of this song is slightly simple, the composition and singing are top-notch, the lyrics are simple and reveal true feelings, and the design is full of imagery. One song is a story.

Veteran domestic singers usually rarely speak on Weibo, but this time they collectively spoke out for Miss Luo Quan, probably because they were so angry at those words like "you have to pay to listen to songs" in the comment section that they couldn't bear it.

On the other hand, Miss Luo Quan's songs are indeed very good, and they are absolutely qualified to compete in the Grammys. Now helping to say a few words, at least let its domestic sales look better.

It is said that peers are enemies, but that is actually when there is a clear competitive relationship.

Miss Luo Quan released an album twice and flopped twice, but this time she received support from many parties.

Not for anything else, just because she wrote an English song this time, and there is no major conflict of interest with domestic musicians. Maybe she can go international and promote our national prestige, so most musicians chose to help Miss Luo Quan at this time.

Miss Luo Quan has no friendship in China, and there are only two people among her relatives and friends who promote for her.

Shortly after Cao Mufeng posted on Weibo, Wen Xia posted a Weibo, not saying who was wrong, just purely promoting this album:

"Miss Luo Quan's new album is out! The lead single 'Someone like you' is really very good, it's definitely a good song worth spending money on, everyone hurry up and listen."

And Gao Liang also followed up: "My sister's first English album, which will also have our cooperation tracks, hope to get everyone's support."

As the saying goes, the crying child has milk to eat. So many people promoted for Miss Luo Quan, and the effect was quite significant. The album pre-sale volume directly quadrupled, and it was about to break 300,000, while the sales volume of "Someone like you" also reached 500,000.

Although it still didn't reach Miss Luo Quan's psychological expectations, it was considered a very good result, especially in this domestic environment.

And as time passed, the comments on the new album finally reversed.

The first to reverse was Zhihu. As the largest gathering place for the "petty bourgeois class" in China, most people's economic conditions are relatively abundant.

Buying an album for dozens of yuan may need to be considered, but buying a song for a few yuan doesn't need much thinking, especially Miss Luo Quan's song.

"How to evaluate Miss Luo Quan's new song," this question was topped on the heat list.

The answers from the Zhihu group also gave considerable affirmation:

"The money spent on this song, I have only one word: worth it! I booked the album directly after listening to the song, hope Miss Luo Quan can bring me bigger surprises!"

"I am in the European and American music circle. Speaking of which, I actually have some superiority. I have always felt that the level of domestic singers cannot be compared with foreign ones, until Miss Luo Quan appeared.

From the perspective of listening to so many English songs, the composition and arrangement of this song have no innovative places. It's good to listen to, but it's not amazing.

But Miss Luo Quan's singing is really a plus. The chest mixed voice and head mixed voice are just right, and every sentence is so sincere. This is far better than most pop music in Europe and America.

I think this is a song that will definitely achieve good results on the B-chart. As for the Grammys, I don't know, but don't worry, Miss Luo Quan's new album has nine more songs!"

"I don't know what those who say the album is too expensive are thinking. You have to look at its comparative value to say whether it is expensive or not.

Such a good song only sells for 4 yuan, which is probably cheaper than the singles of those domestic little fresh meats. The latter releases a sinicized album and sells it for 40 or 50 yuan. Why don't I see many people criticizing it?"

"Don't say anything else, expensive is not a shortcoming of things, but your own shortcoming. High price must have its reason, I think it's worth the price!"

"Miss Luo Quan is probably really cold-hearted this time. She prepared Chinese and English albums with heart, but the sales in China flopped. She probably won't have any interest in releasing them in China in the future.

When the time comes to release physical albums abroad, it is estimated to be more expensive!"

"Physical albums actually don't matter, anyway, I can afford it."

"I have a premonition that Miss Luo Quan is really going to win an award this year. Whether it is the Japan Record Awards or the Grammys, there will definitely be gains."

After Zhihu, the comments on Weibo also began to improve.

Those negative comments saying the album was too expensive were gradually topped to the back by people who listened to the songs and came back to comment:

"Really good to listen to, hope everyone will not be misled by those who haven't even listened to the songs!"

"I originally bought this album for Gao Liang, and I have always been indifferent to Miss Luo Quan, but after listening to this song, I turned into a fan of Miss Luo Quan directly. She is worthy of being Gao Liang's sister, with both appearance and talent."

"Indeed good to listen to, and I don't feel it's too expensive, just the price of a bottle of drink, can't buy a loss, can't buy a cheat."

All night, Miss Luo Quan ran between Weibo and Tencent Music, watching comments on one side and sales on the other.

It did make her mentality explode at first, but with the support of a group of friends and peers, the reputation improved greatly, and the sales went up.

But even so, the pre-sale volume of the album did not exceed 500,000, while the sales volume of "Someone like you" was about to break one million!

This is also understandable, after all, most people are not very trusting of things that have not been determined.

The lead single has come out, and the reviews are overwhelming, so you can definitely buy it with confidence, while the remaining nine songs haven't seen a shadow. Even if Miss Luo Quan is known as "only making boutiques," she doesn't actually have as much appeal as her fame.

Perhaps on Bilibili, fame can be directly cashed into pre-sale volume, but if it is placed nationwide, not so many people support it, and most people still hold a wait-and-see attitude.

Therefore, although Tencent promoted it with all its strength, and so many big shots in the circle recommended it, the pre-sale volume was less than 500,000, which was one-tenth of the pre-sale volume of "Coming of Age" at that time.

The album "Coming of Age" can be said to be a miracle of Asian record sales, having already broken ten million sales, and the sales to this day are still steadily increasing.

The probability of the album "Love" relying solely on the Chinese market to break this miracle is approximately equal to the sun rising from the north.

Of course, if it is placed in the global market, it may not be certain. At least for the purchasing power of foreigners, Miss Luo Quan is still very trusting.

Miss Luo Quan didn't sleep very peacefully this night. First, she stayed up until two o'clock, and after waking up naturally in the morning because of her biological clock, she was very sleepy. She wanted to sleep again but found she couldn't sleep at all. She lay on the bed for half an hour, but her spirit was still a bit withered.

No way, Miss Luo Quan could only get up and wash her face with cold water, and then she was a bit more energetic.

After breakfast, the director began to arrange the filming tasks for the mentors.

Don't look at it as a talent show, but in essence, it is actually a variety show. All trainees play freely, but mentors still have to have some scripts more or less.

It's not to tell the mentors how to perform, but to let the director tell the mentors how to highlight the characteristics of a certain trainee when filming the show, and give her more lines.

Another thing is to let the mentors find ways to create some show effects, be funny, or scare the trainees.

The one who did this was mainly Jin Zihao. In the last episode, he scared the trainees more than once.

Although his reputation on the internet was not very good because of this, he didn't care. After all, it was for the discussion of the show, and his doing so could be considered professional.

Of course, doing this kind of thing too much is boring, so today the director didn't arrange this disgusting task for him, just asked to try to give the trainees in Class A more opportunities to show themselves.

This was the second assessment after the start of the show, and also the first achievement test after the trainees studied independently for a week. After jumping, not only the mentors have to score, but also decide whether to upgrade or downgrade.

And after the show is broadcast, there will be audience voting, ten votes per person, which can be repeatedly voted for a trainee.

This number of votes cannot determine the results of the trainees in the second episode, but it will become the basis for the results of the trainees in the third episode.

The third episode will officially start eliminating the trainees at the bottom, so the audience voting in the second episode is very critical. If you don't jump well this time, even if you perform super-level in the third episode, it will have a certain impact on your own ranking.

The director team didn't tell all the trainees about this rule until today, just because they didn't want them to have too much psychological counseling, leading to not being able to sleep at night, affecting today's performance.

And when they were about to go on stage, Director Huang told the trainees the rules, and everyone was a bit confused.

The first batch of people to perform probably had the greatest psychological pressure. However, it is interesting that the first batch of people arranged by the director to go on stage was the strongest recognized Class A.

The idea is also very simple, just want to train them.

With their popularity in the first episode, even if they don't jump well this time, they won't be eliminated in the third episode. And if they are not affected at all this time and perform normally, it means their stress resistance is good, and it is worth giving more shots.

According to the seat number, the first to perform was Yue Wei.

The performance venue was in a spacious dance room. The trainees sat on the ground, and the mentors also sat on stools, holding a notebook in their hands.

Yue Wei bowed to the mentors, and then the music started.

After all, she was a trainee who had debuted, and both her strength and psychological quality were impeccable. Yue Wei's performance in all aspects was very good, but she was a bit too hard.

Dancing does pay attention to clean and neat movements, especially K-POP dance. If it's soft and weak, it won't look good.

Of course, that's in most cases. Some choreography is meant to show the softness of the female body, and the movements cannot be too large, just soft and weak.

And Yue Wei danced everything very hard, as if she was afraid that others wouldn't know she danced well. Outsiders might think it's very powerful, but in the eyes of professionals, it's a bit pretentious.

So in the mentors' eyes, Yue Wei's evaluation wasn't particularly high.

Because this was already the second episode, the mentors' standards had been raised a lot, so even if Yue Wei was the first trainee to appear, she only temporarily kept the title of Class A trainee, but in fact, in the mentors' hearts, this title could change at any time.

In fact, after the performance, Yue Wei herself saw some clues from the mentors' eyes. There was disappointment, there was solemnity, but none of them showed a satisfied expression.

At this moment, Yue Wei knew she hadn't jumped well. The only good news was that her dance and song didn't make mistakes, and the rhythm was also very tight, so she basically wouldn't be downgraded.

And the second to appear, Lin Yuxiao, made Yue Wei feel relieved.

This SNH48 idol queen, who was born as a pure idol, really had a gap with the top students of Yuehua. Even if she had put in a lot of effort before, today could be considered a super-level performance, but the level she jumped out was still worse than Yue Wei.

Several mentors also looked more and more solemn as they watched. When Xu Yuelin finished jumping, Jin Zihao said directly: "Is this the strength you want to show me in Class A?"

All the trainees were silent. Everyone was cheering for the wonderful performance of the Class A trainees just now, but the mentors seemed very dissatisfied.

Jin Zihao said in a deep voice: "You were assigned to Class A in the first episode, indeed because your performance at that time was stronger than others. There is nothing to question about this point.

But have you ever thought about whether the trainees you compared down at that time were because they performed poorly? Are they really not as good as you? What if they are more attentive after arriving in Class B and surpass you again?"

"I bet that this time someone in Class A will be squeezed down by trainees in Class B. This is bound to exist!"

"Don't think that I didn't go to Class A yesterday, so I don't know your state these days. I learned from the cameraman last night that except for the first two days after entering the dormitory, you were fishing for three days and drying the net for two days the rest of the time, and you didn't practice seriously at all!"

Speaking of this, Jin Zihao's tone was really a bit angry. "Entering Class A is just a beginning for you, not an end! We still have a full ten episodes of the show. Starting from the next episode, if you don't perform well, you will leave directly!"

"If you still hold the idea that I am the most powerful and there is no need to practice, I can tell you very responsibly that this show doesn't need such people to debut. We will give opportunities to those trainees who are more serious and work harder!"

"I'm sorry, Teacher Jin Zihao, I let you down." Yue Wei first bowed and apologized. As the "backbone" of singing and dancing in the show, the mentors' expectations for her were actually quite high, which can also be seen from the conversation with Wen Xia yesterday.

But jumping poorly today, there is really nothing to say. It's just that she wasn't serious enough before, thinking that everything would be fine after entering Class A. Speaking of which, before in Korea, she hadn't been so slack even after debuting.

And Lin Yuxiao also had red eyes and bowed to the mentors.

In fact, there was no need for her to apologize, because she was one of the most diligent trainees in Class A. Unfortunately, her foundation was much worse than Yue Wei and the others. Jin Zihao's main target of criticism wasn't her, but because Jin Zihao's tone and expression were a bit serious, she was scared.

After the criticism, the mentors and trainees calmed down their emotions, and the filming paused for a while.

During this period, Gao Liang also replaced Zhao Yining's duties, comforting the Class A trainees who were a bit disappointed.

In fact, it was nothing more than saying a few words like don't be discouraged if you fail this time, and you must take out 200% effort to practice next time.

After a few minutes, the filming continued. This time it was Chunzi who performed.

As Chunzi, who was recognized by Wen Xia and had the strength of half a popular girl group, her interpretation of this dance was very in place. Her dance posture was crisp but not too fierce, and the swaying of her willow waist and limbs fully highlighted the vitality of a young girl, forming a sharp contrast with the performance of the previous few people.

Seeing Chunzi's performance, the faces of several mentors finally cleared up, and Gao Liang nodded repeatedly, and finally even applauded.

Seeing her idol so enthusiastic, Chunzi, who was thin-skinned, blushed directly, making everyone laugh.

The ones who appeared later were Zheng Tao, Ana, and Zhuang Shuyu.

Zhuang Shuyu had a very good dance foundation, and the effect of jumping out was naturally needless to say, which was unanimously recognized by the mentors.

And Zheng Tao and Ana looked a bit "hateful" compared to the previous ones, and they didn't even jump as well as Lin Yuxiao.

One was too fat, resulting in short hands and short feet, which looked uncomfortable no matter how you looked at it. The other was too tall, and a little bit of gesturing was like a set of military boxing, which was really hard to handle.

From the faces of the mentors, the trainees knew that these two were likely to be downgraded.

And finally, Jiang Yuner, who was vaguely known as the "Big Demon King," finally walked to the front of the mentors under everyone's gaze.

"Hello mentors." Jiang Yuner bowed very politely.

Jin Zihao reached out: "Please start your performance."