Chapter 272: Colliding

"Just for this, I must buy this album!"

"Can you get excited just by the voice?"

"You guys are a bit wrong."

"Miss Luo Quan can always think of these pleasant melodies; how on earth does she do it?"

"This is the talent gap between people. Miss Luo Quan's good songs emerge one after another, while over 90% of domestic singers are living off their past achievements and copying each other."

"It doesn't matter; I don't listen to these people's songs anyway. Having Miss Luo Quan's is enough."

This short audio clip came out, bringing another wave of popularity to the new album, while domestic singers were once again subjected to a wave of complaints.

For the current generation of new-age singers in China, Miss Luo Quan was like a mountain pressing down on their heads, always being compared to her, and the final result was obvious—they would be beaten to a pulp.

Although Miss Luo Quan had repeatedly asked fans not to make these meaningless comparisons, there were still many people who took pride in "being a Miss Luo Quan fan," looking down on other singers and their fans, always feeling they were superior.

Such a phenomenon was actually very common in China and could even extend to fields like music, games, and movies.

In a word, the more niche the things you like, the more you feel you are at the top of the chain of contempt.

Miss Luo Quan had told her fans many times: You have nothing to do with the things you like; songs are created by singers, and you are just a listener, so don't take songs created by others and show them off everywhere.

Her words had been praised by many old seniors in the music circle.

But musicians of her own age didn't have so much praise for her because they were the most direct competitors.

Every time Miss Luo Quan released a song, the domestic music market was always bleak, because other singers' songs suddenly had no one buying or listening to them.

Except for those idol stars who could still get loyal support from fans.

The reason for this was that their songs had no advantage compared to Miss Luo Quan's.

In one year since her debut, Miss Luo Quan had tried almost every genre in the field of pop music, and even rock, folk, and rap.

After listening to her songs, going back to listen to other singers' works always felt a bit dull.

So when Miss Luo Quan released new songs, it was always a moment when the industry's performance plummeted.

Interestingly, every time Miss Luo Quan released a new song, it was like squeezing toothpaste, releasing one or two every few days; finishing an album often took twenty days to a month.

And her speed of releasing albums was ridiculously fast, which meant other singers had even less time to breathe.

The domestic digital music market was already fiercely competitive, with a bunch of "seniors" who became famous at the beginning of the century still dominating the charts and refusing to step down, while a large group of musicians rising from emerging platforms were so fierce.

The first, second, and third-tier singers caught in the middle found it difficult to survive, and every time they released a new song, they had to bypass Miss Luo Quan, the "Big Demon King" who dominated both genders. It was truly not easy to survive until now.

The only fortunate thing was that Miss Luo Quan seemed to never accept commercial performances, music variety shows, or advertisements, leaving the biggest piece of fat for the market.

It could be considered leaving a way for her peers to survive.

If Miss Luo Quan were willing to accept these businesses, every other singer would probably only be waiting to grab what she left behind.

It sounded very miserable, but the law of the jungle was the truth no matter where it was placed. If you want to survive, having noble people to help is naturally a good thing, but in most cases, you still have to rely on yourself.

If your ability can't compare to others, there's nothing to say.

But this didn't prevent some people from being sarcastic online.

When Miss Luo Quan's sixth song of the new album, "Always With Me," was released and was killing it on the music charts of China, Japan, and Korea, a considerable number of domestic singers made their voices heard.

It's just that these voices sounded a bit harsh.

The whole incident was started by the singer Wang Yue.

As a powerful singer with tens of millions of fans, although she had been on many variety shows, her album sales had always been mediocre.

Tonight, the Weibo hot search was bombed by Miss Luo Quan again, and she finally couldn't help but post a Weibo:

"I always felt that if the wine is fragrant, you don't fear the alley is deep; as long as you seriously make good music, you will eventually become popular."

"Seeing those traffic singers' albums selling well, I never envied them, feeling that one day I would be better than them."

"But now, I've compromised. I do envy such traffic; who doesn't want their songs to have such great attention as soon as they are released, while my team has done so much promotion, yet almost no one cares."

"If there's a chance, I also want to become traffic!"

Interestingly, this Weibo post only existed for ten minutes before she deleted it.

But how could netizens who love gossip let her go? They had long since screenshotted and spread it around.

Wang Yue didn't hit the hot search when releasing a new song, but she did when posting on Weibo.

I don't know if the Weibo backend was doing it on purpose, but this hot search happened to be under Miss Luo Quan's new song hot search, looking exceptionally eye-catching.

In the comment section, faster than her fans to comfort her were a bunch of young ladies whose composition was unknown:

"I've always liked your songs; you are a powerful singer, you will definitely become popular!"

"There's nothing wrong with liking traffic; you've finally seen the truth."

"I hate some people who occupy public resources by hitting the hot search every day, stealing the opportunities for excellent musicians like you to get ahead. (Angry red face)"

"Can someone just stop? Can't you leave a way for your peers to survive? Who hasn't been popular? Who hasn't had a down-and-out time?"

"Someone is glamorous now, but don't they consider what it will be like to be stepped on by newcomers in the future?"

"Leave a line for others to meet again in the future!"

Wang Yue complained in the tone of a victim.

She gained attention and traffic, her new album sales rose quite a bit, and she also gained a "true temperament" persona, and her fans increased a lot.

Seeing this, other singers quickly followed suit, posting on Weibo to support her, tagging her, expressing their persistence on the music path, reviewing the "glorious years" of the past, letting netizens know they were still there, and then intentionally or unintentionally cueing "someone."

Later, because the frequency of cueing was too high, the term "someone" hit the hot search.

A group of people in the comment section were criticizing this "someone," as if the Chinese music scene being so "old not being replaced by new," singers being too poor to eat, and having no traffic exposure were all the fault of this "someone."

Although no one mentioned who this "someone" was, judging by the description, it was basically ready to come out.

After Miss Luo Quan released her new song, she visited both Twitter and Weibo as usual.

Just back from Twitter, the Japanese fans there were racking their brains to use unconventional adjectives to praise her, and the data was rising steadily.

A company also immediately approached Miss Luo Quan, hoping to buy the usage rights for this song; they had a movie that was just too consistent with this song.

The album was well-received and recognized by the public, so Miss Luo Quan was naturally very happy.

Fans also took this opportunity to want Miss Luo Quan to come back, but the answer they got was naturally "no."

School would start in two months, and Tokyo was about to welcome the hottest days; why go back?

So Miss Luo Quan refused tactfully.

Happily returning to Weibo and seeing the "someone" being accused by the public on the hot search, Miss Luo Quan was stunned.

Wasn't this "someone" talking about her?

"Hitting the hot search every day," "occupying the music market," "not leaving a way for peers to survive"...

Reasonably speaking, she had already left enough room for her peers; she had only released a dozen Chinese songs so far, and most of them were songs from after 2010.

If she released those songs from '05 and '06, that would be called "not leaving a way for peers to survive."

Of course, these words definitely couldn't be said out loud. Miss Luo Quan could only explain in a more tactful way:

"I don't know if this 'someone' everyone is talking about is me?"

"It sounds quite consistent with my persona—the Big Demon King who is arrogant and squeezes out peers. Haha, thick-skinned me will take it as a compliment."

"Indeed, the Chinese music market is only that big. Because I release more songs and occupy a large market, this is indeed my fault. I reflect on it."

"But then again, how big can the Chinese digital and physical record market be? Wouldn't casually accepting a commercial performance or variety show earn more than you bitterly selling a record?"

"I'll use myself as an example. A while ago, a big company invited me to a commercial performance, offering 6 million for one song. There were also variety shows that offered me no less than 10 million, but I didn't accept any of them. I don't know if this counts as leaving a way for my peers to survive?"

"But these need fame to support. If you don't have fame, who is willing to spend such a large price to invite you?"

"And how does fame come? Does it come from the wind? It still has to rely on your own works. Now that there are so many online platforms, any song can become popular as long as it can please the public."

"With initial popularity, won't fame come slowly?"

"But can you write these songs? I won't even mention my songs; those are a bit beyond your level."

"Just talk about those hit songs on Douyin and Constable. Many people disdain them, right? But ask yourselves, can you really write them?"

"Elegant and vulgar—wanting to reach the extreme is not an easy thing. And as long as you reach the extreme, elegant and vulgar actually have no fundamental difference."

"They are all things listeners love to hear. As long as they don't promote incorrect values, they are good things."

"But the current situation is that you people who are neither high nor low can't write elegant things, and don't want to write vulgar things. Being a person is just like you making music—pretentious, pleasing neither side, and in the end, you can only be unpopular on both sides."

"Commercial music can have substance, and artistic music can also sell well. The key lies in whether your own level can handle it."

"Forging iron ultimately requires the self to be hard. You can't blame the treasure sword next to you for stealing your fire just because you aren't good steel yourself, right?"

It was a very long explanation, and Miss Luo Quan's point of view had been laid out very clearly.

She didn't name names, but it seemed to imply everyone.

After the Weibo post was sent, it quickly hit the hot search, but she didn't do the "delete after ten minutes" operation.

It wasn't anything shameful, so why delete it?

Miss Luo Quan's fans, who had been holding back a belly of anger because of this, finally found a place to vent and hurried over to comment:

"I really like one of Miss Luo Quan's sentences: I won't even mention my songs; those are a bit beyond your level."

"Laughing to death, clearly Miss Luo Quan didn't do any promotion when releasing songs this time; it was all fans searching and pushing it up themselves. It shows her popularity is that high, so what can be done? Can't spend money to remove the hot search, right?"

"People are popular and have many troubles. Miss Luo Quan is not a star who likes to argue with people, but if she really argues, she isn't afraid of anyone!"

"Online or offline, in reality, Miss Luo Quan is a fierce person who can throw two 100-jin strong men to the ground!"

"You guys should be content. Among Miss Luo Quan's songs in three languages, the least released are Chinese songs. If she seriously writes Chinese songs, you'll all have to eat dust behind her!"

"I actually quite want to see this scene; it will definitely be very interesting, haha."

Calm, reasonable questioning can suppress sprayers who are reasonable, but it can't suppress keyboard warriors and "saintly bitches."

Many of these people only read a few sentences before starting to reply:

"You said so much, but you hitting the hot search every day is a fact. Shouldn't you apologize?"

"Occupying so many public resources, don't you feel too selfish?"

"I can't really accept such behavior."

"Should give others more space to survive."

Seeing these comments, Miss Luo Quan knew she was playing the lute to a cow again.

She always made the same mistake with the same group of people. Sometimes reasoning is useless; using violence to control violence is the only way!

However, she wasn't a violent maniac. Arguing directly online was a thing of the past. Now she had to pay attention to her image; after all, her persona was a goddess.

But she didn't speak, and someone helped her vent her anger.

At 9:00 PM, Tencent Interactive Entertainment directly bought twelve hot searches on Weibo, and the term "Girls' Generation" almost swiped the screen.

The nine-member group of Girls' Generation, one name per hot search.

The remaining three were:

"New album coming soon!"

"Lead single 'Gee' MV online globally!"

"Girls, welcome to your era!"

Clicking into the hot searches for the nine girls, they were all their personal introductions and some videos from the show.

The likes for these hot search news were all over 10,000, and the three with the highest popularity even broke 30,000—proper first-tier star level.

Although the hot searches for the nine names only appeared for less than ten minutes, it could still be called a grand occasion.

Which girl group could occupy twelve hot searches on Weibo at the same time?

Only Girls' Generation!

And for such a domineering behavior of not leaving a way for peers to survive, not a single keyboard warrior in the comment section dared to stand out and perform righteous accusations.

Miss Luo Quan posted on Weibo:

"Sure enough, you guys only know how to pinch soft persimmons. (Dog head)"

What this means, those who understand, understand.

The official Tencent Interactive Entertainment account also liked it underneath and replied with a crying-laughing emoji: "The sisters are very hardworking, and the songs Miss Luo Quan wrote are also very good. Everyone, please support them."

"Go for it!" Miss Luo Quan also replied. In the short Chinese, there were full blessings! ===== CHAPTER 273 =====