Chapter 109: First Album, Released!

It rained tonight, finally bringing a slight chill to Shanghai after the start of autumn.

Tomorrow is the day of the ring battle; Shen Mingliu and Ji Kangdong sit together, looking at the computer in front of them, both feeling a bit apprehensive and excited.

The apprehension is because they have been bullied by Luo Mo so much that they have gradually developed "Luo-phobia." For the two of them, suffering from Luo Mo phobia, it doesn't matter if big shots like Huang Xishan are writing lyrics and composing for them, or if their manager starts breaking nine chopsticks, or even if they play some mental victory games—none of it works.

They never feel confident in their hearts.

This symptom will only improve once they beat Luo Mo for once.

As for why there is a slight excitement in their hearts, it is because they also think that perhaps there is still a chance to win tomorrow.

Because the official Weibo of Luo Mo Studio hadn't revealed any news about new songs in the past few days, Shen Mingliu and the others even held a small meeting, and the final conclusion reached was—they will definitely release some news tonight!

No matter how casual Luo Mo is, this is a process that must be followed.

This kind of notification is also equivalent to basic courtesy toward the fans.

By 8:30 in the evening, Luo Mo Studio finally posted a Weibo.

"【At 12:00 noon tomorrow, the first song from the debut album 'Big Fish' by the newcomer under Luo Mo Studio, Tong Shu, will be uploaded to major music platforms—'Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island'.】"

This format and content were as casual as ever, yet it directly triggered heated discussions on the internet.

It is normal that Tong Shu's debut album is called "Big Fish," because "Big Fish" is a song of extraordinary significance to him; it is inevitable that this song would be included in the debut album, and it is also reasonable for the album to be named after it.

Admittedly, everyone is also looking forward to Tong Shu's debut album; after all, it was crafted by Luo Mo, and his voice and singing skills are also very unique, so it should be quite stunning.

However, most people thought that it would be Luo Mo competing in the ring against NINE-T, or perhaps Luo Mo and Tong Shu together competing against NINE-T!

This ring battle, let alone netizens and fans, even a large number of industry insiders have turned into spectators.

The Singers of Xinyu are very interested in this battle because the upcoming album will truly demonstrate Luo Mo's ability to produce albums. Those who really want to ask him for songs are all waiting and seeing.

As for the NINE-T side, it is even more so.

Originally, this 9-member boy group was formed by trainees from several top-tier companies put together.

For companies like Xingshi Entertainment, their expectations for this album are no lower than those of Pineapple Entertainment.

This is Pineapple's revenge, and it is also their revenge.

So many big companies entering the battle can be said to have caused an earthquake in the industry.

Let alone the music scene, many Actors are watching the fun.

But who would have thought that Luo Mo would not accept the challenge, and would only send Tong Shu to enter the ring.

What is this?

Fear of battle?

Or arrogance!?

Whether in the circle or on the internet, it directly sparked heated discussions.

"No way? I thought Luo Mo was finally going to work, but this is it!?"

"You can't say it like that; aren't Tong Shu's songs also produced by him?"

"Did Luo Mo hear the name of Huang Xishan, and plus this 'Giant Shark' is a big production, so he chickened out?"

"Yeah, sending Tong Shu to fight in the ring, it's not embarrassing if he loses. If he happens to win, wouldn't he soar to the sky!?"

"That works, this tactic works!"

"What a move of advancing by retreating, hehehehe!"

Because the confidentiality work for this matter was done very well, even many Singers from Xinyu were stunned.

They didn't know for a moment whether this was a decision by the company's top management or Luo Mo's own intention.

Honestly, letting Tong Shu go one-on-nine, this battle is a bit boring.

In terms of popularity, Tong Shu is indeed not low; if you take the others apart from Shen Mingliu and look at them individually, their real popularity and traffic are not necessarily higher than Tong Shu's.

People in the industry have hearts like mirrors; many people know clearly that if it weren't for the power of capital, Tong Shu might have made it into the debut lineup back then.

But to say he can fight nine, that is too exaggerated.

His foundation is already weaker than theirs, so how much better must the quality of the songs on this album be to reverse the initial disadvantage?

However, this "Giant Shark" is from the hands of Huang Xishan.

With Huang Xishan's standard, as long as it is a song at his average level, it won't be bad.

The most important thing is, it seems... they actually clashed?

The themes are a bit similar!

"One is 'Giant Shark', one is 'Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island', good heavens, shark and whale, is this a Sea King championship?"

"This is a contest between sea overlords!"

"Actually, looking at it this way, it's quite interesting; it has a bit of a confrontational flavor."

"Honestly, I don't know why a group of people are shouting disappointment. Think about it, 'Giant Shark' is produced by Huang Xishan, 'Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island' is produced by Luo Mo, doesn't that mean Luo Mo is single-handedly challenging Huang Xishan? Isn't this exciting!?"

Under the guidance of some comments, many people realized that if this ring battle is a game of chess, it really seems like Luo Mo is playing against Huang Xishan.

The most important thing is that the gunpowder smell is strong enough.

The Pineapple side has actually been driving the narrative, wanting to have a ring battle, obviously trying to drag Luo Mo's side into the water.

But on Luo Mo's side, after you announced the song name 'Giant Shark' first, I will release 'Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island' on the same day.

This back-and-forth of moves, one after another, is like watching a TV series!

In reality, Luo Mo's side didn't think too much about it, nor did they have any intention of being overly targeted.

The reason for releasing this song first is just that they felt this song was suitable for the first release.

After all, in the Flying Fish Trilogy that Luo Mo formulated for Tong Shu, the order is Becoming a Fish—Rising Wind—Riding the Wind.

Shen Mingliu and Ji Kangdong feel that they will definitely suffer from insomnia tonight.

They feel that they could spend the whole night reading the heated discussions of netizens.

Regarding the fact that they are meeting Tong Shu tomorrow, they still have their own pride to some extent.

If I can't beat Luo Mo, can I not even beat this dishwasher?

It's nine against one, surely I can't lose to your little brother?

At the same time, many people had the same thought pop into their minds:

"So, when exactly does Luo Mo plan to release his own debut album?"

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………

Inside Luo Mo Studio, the data team temporarily sent by Xinyu was monitoring comments on the internet.

The marketing team, PR team, publicity team... all relevant personnel were on standby today.

If any sudden situation arose, they would have to step up and handle it.

Luo Mo and Xinyu wouldn't just release a song and then ignore everything else.

This is not contempt for the enemy; this is a lack of respect for the work.

Since the songs brought out are all good, Luo Mo would certainly maintain them with care.

The data team collected a large number of online comments and then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It's okay. Although many Strangers on the internet expressed some disappointment, it's generally fine."

"Within the Stranger group, there are too many 'mom fans' of Tong Shu, all shouting: Mom loves you."

Since the target is Tong Shu, many people are still quite tolerant.

If Luo Mo not only didn't release a personal album but also didn't release Tong Shu's album, then things might really have exploded.

Of course, it's also mainly because the Stranger group is too busy being silly, so their aggressiveness isn't that strong.

However, feelings of disappointment are inevitable.

To make up for these feelings, one must rely on the quality of the songs.

As long as the songs are good enough, and they all come from Luo Mo's hand, then it will be much better.

From the current perspective, internal problems are not too serious; the most important thing is that people outside are frantically stirring up trouble.

Some marketing accounts are purely for gaining popularity, while others are deliberately stirred up by companies like Pineapple and Xingshi Entertainment.

Things like being afraid, being cowardly, and all sorts of predicting failure.

There are also some marketing accounts that will say any stupid thing for popularity, putting out four big characters—【Talent Exhausted】.

Many people might not understand why there are so many cheap, disgusting, and ridiculously stupid marketing accounts in this world?

The reason is simple, because they earn the profit that comes after you scold them. For example, traffic, or for example, some companies see that this Weibo post is simply ridiculous and will spend money to demand they delete it.

Their goal is to make you scold them; they earn money by being disgusting.

And the excitement of this night goes far beyond this.

Pineapple and Xingshi Entertainment, these many companies, have really exerted their strength this time.

They started calling on their artists to promote the album "Giant Shark"!

On Weibo and other major social platforms, a full hundred or so celebrities posted promotional posters for this album!

This is a terrifying thing.

This is also big companies like Pineapple and Xingshi showing their power!

As for the Weibo post made by 【Luo Mo Studio】, only some celebrities under Xinyu provided friendly promotion.

Besides that, there were the other few mentors from "Creating Idols".

Wei Ran and Li Ge belong to the type that spreads the love equally; they gave friendly advertisements to both "Giant Shark" and "Big Fish".

However, it was obvious that when editing the ad for "Big Fish", they were more attentive, typing more words and using more emojis.

It's just that on the surface, no fault could be found.

Shen Yinuo and Jiang Ningxi definitely only posted songs from their own company, and for this, some people specifically came to scold them, saying that Shen Mingliu and the others were also their trainees, so variety shows are indeed all fake!

These comments made the young Miss Shen laugh in anger.

As the daughter of Xinyu, she finds it a bit hard to understand the thought process of some netizens.

It's just that she and Jiang Ningxi both know very well that some netizens only hear half the story and have no idea which company Luo Mo is from, nor which company they are from...

But when scolding people, they don't care if what they know is comprehensive; they just start typing on the keyboard first!

However, as the 【National Producer Representative】, Xu Chujing, the undisputed leader among the five mentors, her personal social account also only provided friendly promotion for the album "Big Fish" tonight.

The stated reason for the promotion was that she had a pleasant time collaborating with Luo Mo on "Red Actor", and she did not use her status as 【National Producer Representative】.

This is actually already giving NINE-T a lot of Face; if it were that group of Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Queens on Earth, with their "I don't care about anyone" attitude, they might not even do the superficial work.

As for Ning Dan, she also only posted "Big Fish".

Many people feel that as the General Director of the show, although Luo Mo is the champion, both palms and backs of the hands are flesh, shouldn't she spread the love equally?

This group of NINE-T fans bites whoever they catch, never thinking about the trouble caused to the production team when Pineapple TV took down the videos.

Nor do they care about the personal grudge between Ning Dan and Wang Shisong.

Many people in the industry are clear that the relationship between Ning Dan's team and Pineapple has already dropped to the freezing point.

As for the "both palms and backs of the hands are flesh" thing?

To Run Jie, Luo Mo is now a treasure-level figure.

You can grab a treasure with your palm, try grabbing one with the back of your hand and see!

In short, this night is destined to be spent in unrest.

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The next day, at exactly twelve noon, "Giant Shark" and "Incarnation of the Whale on the Isolated Island" were uploaded at the same time.

"Giant Shark" directly air-dropped to the first place on the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart.

"Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island" is currently ranked second.

The gap between Tong Shu and the nine people in the early stages is actually still quite large.

Even by evening, this situation had not been reversed.

Regarding this, Tong Shu felt a bit embarrassed.

He felt that it was his own personal ability that caused this situation to happen.

Brother Mo has already been dedicated and diligent enough in the production of the album.

Luo Mo looked at his guilty expression and only found it somewhat amusing.

"What's the rush? Isn't this just the beginning?" Luo Mo said.

"Besides, the arena battle between albums isn't just about comparing one song. If an album has several songs that are recognized by listeners, they can all provide a boost to each other," Luo Mo explained to Tong Shu.

Tong Shu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Luo Mo had actually listened to this song "Giant Shark," and its standard was truly not bad; it was more mature than any song Shen Mingliu had brought to the stage of "Creating Idols"!

A great reputation is well-deserved; Huang Xishan is not famous for nothing.

Luo Mo looked at Tong Shu and said, "The data team reported to me that 'Whale Incarnated as a Lonely Island' has quite good word-of-mouth, and there are not a few people praising you."

This song is quite wondrous; some people find it very healing to listen to, while others find it a bit sad. Different people have different feelings, I suppose.

Whether it is hunting the whale or slaughtering the shark, it is not yet clear at this moment.

In any case, Luo Mo's mindset is very peaceful, treating it as a protracted war.

The next day, Wang Shisong arrived at the Pineapple Entertainment building feeling refreshed.

"Giant Shark" maintained its advantage all day; although it only defeated Tong Shu and didn't directly wipe out Luo Mo himself in one go, at least the momentum is great!

On the other side, Shen Shaoqiu also arrived at the Xinyu building feeling refreshed.

Ranking second on the major New Song Charts is not bad either. You all poured in so much manpower, material resources, and financial resources, while we... seem to have only used Luo Mo's talent.

After these two big bosses walked into their respective offices, they both saw the data reports placed on their desks.

Those were the specific data points sent over from the major music platforms.

(First update, 4000 words, requesting monthly tickets.)

(End of this chapter)