Chapter 319: Not Suitable

As one of the world's largest media and entertainment companies, Disney's strength is quite strong, far exceeding Universal Pictures. Currently, in the media and entertainment industry, only Universal Pictures' parent company, Comcast, can suppress it.

Although Penguin Company is also engaged in media and entertainment projects, and its market value far exceeds Disney and Comcast, its main influence is still on the internet, so it doesn't have much influence in the international entertainment circle, basically just dominating domestically.

And as the world's second-largest movie ticket warehouse, China, any movie company with a bit of strength will come here for promotion before the release of a new film.

Those with less strength might buy a few trending searches or push notifications on commonly used apps, while big companies like Disney naturally cooperate with the biggest local snake in Chinese internet media—Penguin.

The news of "Pirates of the Caribbean" about to be released and the promotional short clip came out together. First, it became a popular trend in many regions on Twitter, and then it successively climbed the trending searches on Weibo, Zhihu, and Bilibili.

The reputation of Disney movies in China is quite good. Animations and fantasy films are also things young people have watched since childhood. In the past, the movie channel's "Good Films Have Appointments" often played Disney's animated blockbusters, and the quality is obvious to all.

And "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the latest IP launched by Disney. It was said at the previous press conference that it wouldn't just be one movie, and the movie's cast was also quite strong, led by Hollywood's current popular Best Actor, Di Bu, and there was no shortage of handsome men and beautiful women necessary for commercial blockbusters.

However, because it is a new IP, there are relatively few fans, so audiences will pay more attention to other aspects before watching the movie, such as whether there are favorite stars participating or participating in the production.

And the element of "Miss Luo Quan producing the theme song" is undoubtedly the big killer that can attract audiences in China and Japan, the world's top three ticket warehouses.

Although Miss Luo Quan's popularity continues to be hot, almost every month there are new works and new hot news, and her commercial value is also growing exponentially, but she has only filmed two movies since her debut.

One is "Wolf Warrior 2," with a global box office as high as tens of billions, and a domestic reputation explosion, directly jumping to become China's youngest ten-billion heroine. Although the popularity of the movie has no direct relationship with her, this achievement is real and cannot be erased.

Another "Lord of the Rings" is still being filmed and is expected to be released around Christmas. It's hard to say what the specific situation will be, but from the stills of Miss Luo Quan in the movie revealed by the crew before, it is still quite eye-catching, and I think the box office won't be bad.

And these are enough to constitute Miss Luo Quan's box office appeal. After all, "A Miss Luo Quan production must be a masterpiece" is a statement that hasn't been slapped in the face yet.

Although this statement has always been used in her songs before, looking broadly, all works related to her have already exploded, such as "Wolf Warrior 2," "Creating Girls' Generation," including the currently popular "I Am a Singer Season 5."

It also shows that Miss Luo Quan is not the kind of unscrupulous star who dares to take anything just to make money.

Moreover, this time the "Pirates of the Caribbean" promotional short clip, whether it is the movie clip editing or the score, the degree of excitement is far beyond most peers.

Especially the music, it's simply burning from beginning to end. I don't know how many passersby were attracted by this passionate symphony and fell into the pit. Under the overwhelming and nearly saturated advertising delivery of Penguin Company, the whole internet knew about this upcoming fantasy movie.

Miss Luo Quan's composition is indeed powerful, fully achieving the effect the director wanted when he found her. Whether abroad or domestically, it has set off a huge wave of discussion.

However, it's a pity that such a good piece is only used for one movie. The song was just put on Penguin Music, and the next day it was used by a large group of people on Douyin, or turned into an electronic version, making a big wave of money.

Although doing so can be considered a disguised promotion for the movie, it is not very good for the life of the song. If this kind of burning song appears too many times, it is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue to listeners, and even produce disgust.

Others see this situation and generally pretend not to see it and let it pass, but Miss Luo Quan doesn't intend to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing.

It's okay to use the song as BGM, but it's too much to change it at will and treat it as your own original work, so she directly contacted Penguin Music to take measures against those pirated versions on Douyin.

First warn, and then consider whether to send a lawyer's letter depending on the situation.

After tossing like this for a few days, the matter of piracy finally came to an end. On the internet, except for the version she produced, there was no other version. But at the same time, she also gained a reputation for being "stingy."

Some of the authors whose works were taken down posted a few Weibo posts to complain, and fans went to Miss Luo Quan's side to pass it on, making it seem like she wasn't generous enough and cut off other people's financial path.

Miss Luo Quan saw it and wasn't angry, so she posted a Weibo: "Everyone is adapting mine. If I can't write it in the future, then whose should I adapt?"

Subsequently, these people shut up, because this is an unanswerable question.

In fact, since Miss Luo Quan became famous, the biggest "sheep" on domestic Douyin is her. I don't know how many people are staring at her to shear wool, and various adaptations and borrowings are countless.

Miss Luo Quan actually didn't want to manage it, because she couldn't manage it at all. But the reason why she let these wool-shearers take down their works this time was mainly because their speed was too fast. The movie hadn't even been released yet, and the remix version was already out, which was indeed a bit outrageous.

And after the heat of "Pirates of the Caribbean" continued for several days, the third episode of "I Am a Singer" started recording.

After eliminating two guests in a row, the third episode directly added two singers. A total of eight people will perform and compete in this episode.

As the first place in the last episode, Miss Luo Quan will appear last in this episode.

Although Miss Luo Quan is singing a song she newly composed this time, the director put forward an opinion for the first time after listening to it. He felt that this song had no explosive point. It was good to listen to, but it was not very suitable for appearing on the stage.

Miss Luo Quan naturally held an opposing attitude towards such remarks, repeatedly guaranteeing that she would interpret it in the best state, and the audience would definitely like it.

Although the director didn't let Miss Luo Quan adapt the song selection again, the dissatisfaction could still be seen.

Miss Luo Quan didn't think much about it. After all, this wasn't the first time she had encountered such a thing. In the end, wasn't she slapped in the face every time?

On the morning of the recording, everyone rehearsed as usual, and everything went smoothly.

In the evening, the judges took their seats, and after the official recording started, the singers performed one by one.

This time, everyone sang high-pitched pop songs again, especially the two flight guests who came. In order to be amazing and strive to stay, the songs they sang were higher than the other.

Both guests have real talent, but it is evident that high notes are not actually their strong suit; or rather, in order to hit the high notes that make the entire audience gasp, they have exceeded their most comfortable vocal range, appearing quite strained.

Singing like this is actually very damaging to the throat. Even if it is a relatively scientific singing method, it cannot withstand such tossing.

However, in order to stay and gain heat, these two flight guests also went all out.

The resident guests seemed much more at ease. After all, their fame was much higher than the flight guests, otherwise they wouldn't have received the first invitation to "I Am a Singer." Secondly, their strength was also a bit better than them, so even if they sang high pitch, they wouldn't look red-faced and thick-necked.

After one round, although they were all high-pitched, everyone had a count in their hearts about who was better and who was worse.

And when it was Miss Luo Quan's turn, everyone had an extra expectation.

In terms of vocal range, she was the highest among all the guests who had appeared in "I Am a Singer." Her function was terrifyingly strong, and she was good at various styles and singing methods. She belonged to a well-deserved all-around singer, and she also had superb creative ability. Every time she took the stage, she could bring surprises to everyone.

As usual, before going on stage, Miss Luo Quan recorded a mental journey of her singing. She was still sitting on that small round stool, and Miss Luo Quan sat on it obediently, her expression quite serious:

"Actually, I think the standard for measuring a singer's singing skills shouldn't be limited to high pitch. Besides high pitch, we have too many places to pay attention to and study.

The column "Singer" can actually convey more standards about singing skills to the audience through its own platform, let the audience understand that a singer is not necessarily capable just because they can sing high pitch, and let the public have less obsession with high pitch for singers.

Many high-pitched singers will have vocal collapse or even loss of voice at the end of their careers, just because they were too obsessed with high pitch when they were young and hurt their bodies.

So this time I brought a female bass song, mainly to tell everyone that no matter whether it is bass or high pitch, it is good to listen to as long as you interpret it with your heart.

I hope everyone can like it."

A sincere remark made everyone in the lounge, especially the two flight guests, feel deeply moved. Miss Luo Quan's words could be said to have spoken their hearts.

The Chinese music scene seems to have fallen into a strange circle recently. All music variety shows are letting singers sing high pitch. Those who can't sing high are labeled as unskilled or idol-style.

This is actually a very unreasonable stereotype, but after it became a convention, everyone can only comply, and few people can criticize this phenomenon like Miss Luo Quan.

Although Miss Luo Quan's words today couldn't be called criticism, everyone could hear that she didn't like using high pitch as a standard for judging a singer's strength, and the song she sang this time was also a support for her own ideas.

"Next, please invite Miss Luo Quan to bring the new song 'Only Time' (Original: Enya)!"

Today, Miss Luo Quan was wearing a white long dress, her smile was pure and moving. As soon as her voice was displayed, everyone felt a holy, ethereal sense of emptiness.

Her singing voice was like a believer's devout prayer in the sanctuary. Just in an instant, it could make the listener's restless heart calm down immediately. The whole process was not so much listening to a song as it was a purification of the soul.

Such a song brought a touch to the soul that was actually more intense than high pitch. This could be seen from the tears in the eyes of many judges at the scene.

After singing a song, the whole audience applauded like thunder, and Miss Luo Quan's final ranking was also high in second place, second only to Kong Yue. Obviously, the public judges still held an affirmative attitude towards Miss Luo Quan's song.

The next day, the program was broadcast as scheduled. Miss Luo Quan took a look at Weibo, and the evaluation on the internet was also full of praise, saying that Miss Luo Quan used the cleanest bass to depict a flawless world, letting everyone be in it and get purified.

Although it was a slightly exaggerated praise from fans, it also reflected from the side how beautiful her singing voice was.

But the data of the third variety show came out, and the number of plays dropped by a full thirteen percentage points compared to the first two episodes.

Generally speaking, it is normal for the first few episodes and the last episode of a variety show to have a lower number of plays than other episodes.

But the discussion and number of plays of this season's "I Am a Singer" were continuously rising. Under normal circumstances, even in the third episode, the number of plays would continue to grow, unless there were some problems with the content of this episode, making the audience who followed it lose interest.

The resident guests in the variety show hadn't changed their style in song selection, and the flight guests invited were also popular enough. Only Miss Luo Quan changed the style of the song, so the question of who the problem lay with was already obvious.

Sometimes, whether a program is good to listen to or not has a lot to do with the audience of the song.

"I Am a Singer" has been through so many seasons, and what it is famous for is the countless high-pitched famous scenes that have emerged on this stage. The audience likes to listen, so singers like to sing, which has formed a virtuous cycle.

And Miss Luo Quan is a newcomer. Only in the third episode did she choose to sing a female bass. Even if the song is good to listen to, it will make some old audiences feel boring.

And since she is the traffic driver for this season, while the general public likes listening to her songs, they might not necessarily go out of their way to listen to a song without any explosive highlights on a variety show.

It's okay to say that the public taste is vulgar, or that the audience of "I Am a Singer" is too rigid and unwilling to accept new things. Anyway, the number of plays in this episode has actually declined.

Although even if there was a decline, the number of plays was still higher than the last episode of the previous season, so the producer side could still accept it.

But the director didn't think so. Before recording, he reminded Miss Luo Quan to change one, but she didn't listen, and the result was indeed a problem.

Miss Luo Quan herself was also quite depressed. Originally, she wanted the program to become more diversified. It was boring to be the same all the time, but she did a bad thing with good intentions.

Although she knew it was her own reason, she didn't intend to change. She came to "I Am a Singer" to show her strength, and she never thought about singing pop all the time.

Bass is definitely not to be sung again. Miss Luo Quan decided to take another path and prepare to break into the field of Kong Yue, a senior at Shangyi, that is, national music.

As a unique musical style in China, those who can sing national music are synonymous with big shots. If she can make the national music popular this time, maybe she can also get the title of national team to play with.

PS: Thanks to book friend Xiao Xiao Menggui for the reward of book coins, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 320 =====