Chapter 47: Preparation

"Beichen Yidao Liu - Menkyo Kaiden"

"Dexterous Pianist"

"Advanced Culinary Mastery"

"Magical Eye Drops x1"

Miss Luo Quan looked at the system's prompts, her eyebrows almost knitted into one.

"What are all these things? Not a single one can help!

Pianist, culinary skills, magical eye drops—these things she could barely understand; they could somewhat improve her external image and be more liked by fans.

But what does this 'Beichen Yidao Liu - Menkyo Kaiden' mean? Let her mingle with fans!"

"Given the crazy fan circle atmosphere in Japan, the host is very likely to be retaliated against by competitors' fans when the records are selling well. Just having karate for self-defense is likely not enough, so this system very thoughtfully added kendo skills to the prize pool."

Miss Luo Quan's face was like frost: "I didn't expect you to be quite good at planning ahead. Thank you! But does this help my album sell well?"

"No."

"Then what the hell is the use of me having it!"

The system said earnestly: "For a singer, singing skills and creativity are the most important. You have both, and your image is also second to none. As long as you release an album, it will definitely sell well. But wanting to break the record can only rely on your own efforts. The system cannot help you; otherwise, why set this task?

These are the challenges you need to face to become a Diva. Those divas and legends of the past could accomplish seemingly impossible tasks. Besides their outstanding strength, the courage of 'if not me, who?' is also a big factor. What you lack most now is this."

Miss Luo Quan was disdainful: "You make me sound like a coward. Isn't it just a record? Watch how I break it for you this time!"

"Having confidence is a good thing. Work hard, I'm optimistic about you~~~"

After redeeming the rewards, a glass bottle the size of a lighter suddenly appeared in Miss Luo Quan's hand, filled with transparent liquid.

She didn't know how magical these magical eye drops were, but since it was something sent by the system, it definitely wouldn't be bad. Miss Luo Quan twisted off the cap and poured two drops into her eyes.

"Oh... these watery Kazar-style big eyes!" Looking at herself in the mirror, Miss Luo Quan couldn't help but sigh.

Miss Luo Quan's personality is actually relatively Buddhist, which also leads to her usual expressions and eyes being very lazy. In other words, it is moribund, without any of the vigor that a new college student should have.

But after dripping these eye drops, her entire spirit and energy changed, mainly the changes brought about by her eyes.

It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Miss Luo Quan's heart must have been covered with a layer of gauze before, but now these eye drops have melted the gauze.

However, although her appearance has improved, it has no help for her task. She still has to rack her brains.

Taking advantage of the heat accumulated from her frequent hot searches, Miss Luo Quan prepared to strike while the iron was hot and began preparing for her new album.

"Hello, is this Miki-kun?" Miss Luo Quan dialed Miki's phone.

"Yes, is there anything, Izumi-san?"

"Can you help me make an appointment with Director Shi Cun? My new album is out."

"Really! You wait, I will notify Director Shi Cun immediately!"

Miki's movements were very nimble. While notifying Director Shi Cun, he drove to the apartment to pick up Miss Luo Quan.

Although the apartment was not far from the company, Miki clearly didn't want Miss Luo Quan to waste a single bit of time!

Miss Luo Quan, who arrived at Sony Corporation, came to the conference room amidst a crowd. More than a dozen managers and cadres of various sizes in the company were actually looking forward to her.

"Is it necessary to be so grand?" Miss Luo Quan suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. She just said her new album was out; was it necessary to make such a big fuss?

Director Shi Cun stood up and smiled: "You are now the hottest young female singer in Japan. You sold 2 million copies just after your debut. No matter how much attention your new album receives, it is not too much."

"Thank you all for your care." Miss Luo Quan was polite and handed Director Shi Cun a manuscript. The cover was the name of the album and the song tracks, and the rest were all scores and lyrics.

Album:

"Coming of Age"

Tracks:

"First Love"

"Yakimochi (Jealousy)"

"Soba ni Iru ne (Stay by My Side)"

"Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai (A Dream That Cannot Be Satisfied Beyond a Lover)"

"Kiseki (Miracle)"

"Ikiteita nda yo na (She Was Once Alive)"

"Unravel"

"Akane Sasu (Sunset Glow)"

"Aliez"

"b? o?"

Ten Japanese songs, a considerable part of which are OPs or EDs of Japanese anime, but in this world, some anime haven't been released yet, and the OPs and EDs of those released anime have also been changed to other songs, so their popularity has been greatly reduced.

But since Miss Luo Quan dared to take them out, she was naturally very confident in the quality of these songs. These songs, taken out individually, are all good songs enough to become popular on the internet!

In addition, the style of an album cannot be too fixed and needs diversity. If it is all about love, it will inevitably produce aesthetic fatigue. Even if love is what every young person longs for most, an album cannot be all love songs.

So Miss Luo Quan added a few songs with more depth to the album, some discussing the relationship between people and the world, some condemning campus bullying, and some anti-war.

These themes played a sublimating role for the album. This could also be considered Miss Luo Quan's ambition. She didn't want to be a female singer who only sang love songs.

People all have ambitions, and her ambition was to make her works better embody humanistic care and have more profound significance.

Of course, Miss Luo Quan didn't have such high consciousness for the time being, or rather, she didn't have the capital to express such consciousness. Moreover, there weren't many good Japanese songs that possessed this quality. The few that could be listened to didn't have a style suitable for this era. To put together such an album, she also spent quite a bit of effort.

Director Shi Cun pinched the manuscript, flipping through the elf-like notes on the paper and the beautiful haiku-like lyrics. He seemed to have grasped his biggest performance this year.

"I can't understand the music. Tachibana-san, why don't you give a simple evaluation." Director Shi Cun handed the score to the Market Research Department Manager, Tachibana Yuka, beside him.

As the Market Research Department Manager, her job was to monitor the trends of the music market at all times and find the trendiest and most popular music styles. Therefore, she also had a certain amount of research on music. She might not be good at composing, but she had no problem reading the score.

Manager Tachibana pushed her large-framed glasses, reading the music of "First Love" while humming in a low voice.

By the time she finished humming the verse and chorus completely, everyone's expressions changed. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====