Chapter 111: What Are You Using to Fight Me?

Over at Pineapple Entertainment, the Music Director led a meeting.

Just this morning, Tong Shu's new song surpassed "Giant Shark" for the first time, which is a bad sign.

After the meeting ended, he returned to his office and checked the time.

"It's already 12:05," Pineapple's Music Director Zheng Quan said, pushing up his sunglasses.

Yes, this man who had met Luo Mo once also wore sunglasses while working in his own company.

To him, sunglasses were a "Permanent Skin."

"Let's listen to Tong Shu's new songs," Zheng Quan said, adhering to the principle of knowing oneself and the enemy, and opened Penguin Music.

"'The Wind Rises,' 'Big Fish,' 'Crossing the Ocean to See You.'" Zheng Quan read the names of the three songs.

He listened to "Big Fish," which he had heard before, once through.

After listening, he felt the official version was more mature than the original public performance version.

During the public performance, the other members of the Anonymous Team had no highlights in their performance of this song; now, without those people holding him back, Tong Shu's unique vocal timbre was utilized to the maximum extent!

"Great progress," Zheng Quan remarked.

His intuition told him that this song could remain popular for a long time; even many years later, many people would still listen to it.

For a Singer, being able to have a song of this caliber in their career means they haven't wasted their time in this industry.

Immediately after, he sampled "The Wind Rises."

From the very beginning, he felt it was exceptionally catchy, and the overall effect progressed in layers.

When it reached the chorus, it really felt like the wind was picking up.

"【I once struggled to extricate myself from the vastness of the world,

And indulged in the dream-talk within it,

Unable to tell truth from falsehood, making no struggle, fearing no ridicule.】"

As for the lyrics of this song, if you want to say they are particularly brilliant, you actually can't really say that.

But the overall feel of the lyrics is very good, and there is no overly strange content. It's true there are no golden sentences, but it's just comfortable!

The most important things are the melody, the Arranger, and the Singing!

The more Zheng Quan listened, the wider his squinting eyes behind the sunglasses opened.

He had a very bad premonition.

His professionalism told him that this song had strong pop attributes and was very likely to become a song with high popularity among the Masses!

And this meant that this kind of song would be very, very strong when it came to climbing the charts!

It's hard to imagine that on Earth this song is considered an old song, yet in these past few days, it has charged to eighth on the Hot Song Chart...

This person analyzed the song very diligently, and the more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt it was.

"Why do I feel that whether it's the earlier parts or the chorus, this song is very easy to become popular on short-video platforms?" After listening to it again, Zheng Quan had a new realization.

After the rise of short videos, many professional musicians specifically studied them and discovered that some songs are just very suitable for the Demand of short videos, and these types of songs can often rely on short-video platforms to become hit songs familiar to the Masses.

He had even specifically held a small group meeting for this, to see if they should find a few Pineapple Singers to do an experiment and release a few songs suitable for short-video platforms.

Well, that's great now; no experiment is needed.

A finished product is already placed in front of you.

You just need to see if this song will explode in short videos over the next few days.

"One album, taking multiple paths, and yet the consistency of the album is very high!" A feeling of admiration even emerged in Zheng Quan's heart.

After listening to "The Wind Rises" three full times, he downloaded the song.

While downloading, he felt a strange sensation, feeling as if he had betrayed the company.

However, he really wanted to study this song carefully as a classic case study.

After rubbing his slightly throbbing temples, he began to sample the last new song—"Crossing the Ocean to See You."

Tong Shu's singing voice spread out; this song was very lyrical.

"【For you, I used half a year's savings,

To cross the ocean to see you.

For this reunion,

I even practiced my breathing repeatedly for when we meet.】"

"These lyrics are written wonderfully!" Zheng Quan exclaimed in his heart.

Even practiced breathing repeatedly!

It wrote out the excitement and nervousness before meeting.

In just a few words, it outlined the affection of rushing toward love.

Looking at the melody, it had a narrative feel, exceptionally touching, singing right into people's hearts.

"This Lyricist technique is actually one Huang Xishan is good at," Zheng Quan thought.

"This album is too diverse; the techniques are completely different. You simply can't tell it came from the same person!"

"Most importantly, it's all too suitable for Tong Shu; every song is like it was custom-made!"

Zheng Quan suddenly felt immense regret: why couldn't Pineapple sign Luo Mo back then?

This time, he felt that President Wang was truly wrong.

But then, after the regret, he suddenly felt a bit relieved.

"If such a genius of lyrics and composition came to Pineapple Entertainment, with President Wang's iron-fisted style, given time, would my position as Music Director still be secure?" Zheng Quan had no confidence in his heart.

Coincidentally, the Music Director at Star Domain thought the same thing.

In this era where workplace involution is extremely severe, a brilliant young person would bring endless pressure to them, the older generation.

Zheng Quan slumped in his chair, a bad premonition lingering in his heart.

"However, music must ultimately be left to the Masses; no one can predict the market's feedback in advance. Am I being a bit of a worrywart now?" Zheng Quan thought to himself.

He stared at the ceiling and said, "Luo Mo, oh Luo Mo, you didn't use up all your lifelong talent on this one album, did you?"

Simply outrageous!

……..

……..

Time flowed onward, and by eight o'clock in the evening, "The Whale That Embodies a Lonely Island," having accumulated data, ushered in a burst of popularity.

The reason was simple: the word-of-mouth for Tong Shu's debut solo album, "Big Fish," had exploded!

If listeners hear one song, unless they love it to their very bones, they are unlikely to develop a preference for a Singer based on just that one track.

But if it is multiple songs, then it is different.

Moreover, some people listen to music like this: when they have a special feeling while listening to a certain song by a Singer, they will click on that Singer's personal page and listen to all their other most popular songs as well.

Good heavens, Tong Shu's personal page was clean; there were only a few songs in total, and one could finish listening to them all in one go.

Some people had watched "Creating Idols," but there were also many who had not.

A portion of the listeners would then sample all of these few songs.

After listening—they were hooked.

"What is going on? How can a Newcomer's album be this good!?"

"Whoa, how is it that every song is to my taste?"

"I personally and unilaterally declare that this year's Best Newcomer Award belongs to him!"

If someone were to carefully look at the lyrics, they would find that a certain name appeared in the lyrics far more frequently than the two characters 【Tong Shu】.

At a glance, line after line was full of Luo Mo's name!

Under the chain reaction of multiple songs, the 【Sharking】 phenomenon appeared again, and this time, it was not overtaken in return.

On the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart, Tong Shu's "The Whale That Embodies a Lonely Island" ranked first on both charts!

And this phenomenon quickly developed from just the Penguin Music platform to all platforms!

A Newcomer's new songs were dominating the weekly chart!

As for songs like "The Wind Rises," because they lacked the data accumulation of the previous few days and were uploaded temporarily on Thursday, they were still below the song "Giant Shark" for the time being.

However, the speed at which each song was climbing the charts was shockingly fast!

Most importantly, those three new songs by NINE-T were all being suppressed on the charts!

The data teams of the major music platforms were all stunned when looking at the charts.

"Good heavens, it's been a long time since I've seen this kind of 'conjoined twin' phenomenon," the people from the data team exclaimed.

They felt that the Singers on the New Song Chart were too pitiful, because Tong Shu's three new songs were blasting others' rankings all at once.

These three songs climbed the charts stuck together; they occasionally had internal competition between the three of them, and their rankings were not fixed.

But when it came to blasting others' rankings, they were truly powerful.

To have the chart drop by three spots at once—who could stand that?

"I'm trembling with rage; can you imagine? This kind of torture! Three times a day! Three times a day!"

"Oh, wait, it's not even three times a day, but all three coming at once!"

In an instant, in an instant, my song was gone.

It could be said that the music scene was in a state of misery; those Singers who had recently released new songs felt they had witnessed the legendary 【List Disappearance Technique】.

By Saturday, although "Giant Shark" was still holding firm at second place on the New Song Chart, it looked a bit lonely on the front page of the chart.

Although NINE-T still had two songs on the chart, they were both hanging at the back.

But "The Wind Rises," "Big Fish," and "Crossing the Ocean to See You" had all entered the top five of the chart!

That is to say, out of the top five on the New Song Chart, Tong Shu occupied four spots alone, while "Giant Shark" was surrounded front and back.

Three new songs were eyeing it covetously, ready to trigger a large-scale 【Sharking】 phenomenon at any time.

In just two days, the battle situation had been directly reversed.

This young man, who had always been stuck outside the debut spots in "Creating Idols," had reclaimed his ground with the help of the man behind the scenes!

Many people only then realized why Luo Mo did not enter the fray himself.

This world is just like this; before the dust settles, many people will say he is afraid of battle, or arrogant.

But under the current situation, they would only shout one by one: "Luo Mo, the god forever!"

It turned out he didn't need to enter the fray himself at all.

Since I have already beaten you so many times, what does it matter if I beat you one more time?

Sending one Tong Shu is enough!

What joint promotion by multiple large companies, what Huang Xishan taking action personally, what over a hundred celebrities helping to repost—none of it was useful!

Luo Mo: "I only know that the cards in your hand are not as big as mine."

—The Xiwanshaodi still beat the whole field!

Because only 4 songs from the album had been released, Pineapple still had a fig leaf.

But in reality, the remaining songs on Tong Shu's debut album were equally terrifying!

Many people might have forgotten that the initial connection between Luo Mo and Tong Shu was when Tong Shu saw him wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, without even a performance outfit for the first stage, and cautiously went over to ask him, saying that he actually had a spare set of clothes he could lend him.

After the class assessment ended, the thought in Luo Mo's heart was simple: if you are going to lend me an outfit, then I will also change your Hang Tou for you.

The clothes for A Class were indeed better looking than those for C Class.

However, Tong Shu had always been stuck outside in "Creating Idols," stuck firmly on the dividing line of the debut spots, unable to get in no matter what.

Therefore, he had never changed into the A Class clothes based on his ranking.

In Luo Mo's view, in terms of popularity and strength, Tong Shu was qualified.

But it was fortunate that he did not debut as part of a group, and Tong Shu himself had no regrets about this, still following behind Luo Mo every day, silly and happy.

"If I had joined the group, I wouldn't be able to follow Brother Mo anymore." Tong Shu's thoughts had always been very simple.

His family's financial situation was poor, and he could not afford the breach of contract fee.

But as for the promise to Tong Shu, although Luo Mo never mentioned it again, he had always kept it in his heart.

Since that was the case, then let's take a different path.

"I want to make you, alone, powerful enough to beat their entire class!" This was Luo Mo's simplest and most brutal idea.

Four cards have already been played, and it's still that same phrase:

"Please receive the cards!"

(PS: The third update, in order, is an additional update for the alliance leader "Mu Ming You You", owed updates -1. Actually, if each chapter were 3,000 words, I would be adding updates every day.

Today I updated just under 12,000 words, asking for monthly votes~)

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