Chapter 114: Too Many Songs, I'm Also Very Troubled

The Weibo post Luo Mo made quickly garnered a massive amount of comments and likes.

"Finally releasing a new song!"

"Good heavens, this man has finally decided to debut!"

"Hurry up and debut. Whenever someone asks me which person in the entertainment industry I'm a fan of, I freeze up—there's simply no such person in the industry."

"A new album, hahaha, my happiness has returned!"

The Luo Mo fans were all celebrating, while the rest of the onlookers were left dumbfounded.

If he releases a new album next Monday... then he really is clashing with the Heavenly King Zhao Xueqin!

Although everyone is clear that "King of Love Songs" is a promotional stage not to be missed and he will definitely release the new album before recording, it is unlikely to be delayed.

However, when they truly realized that Luo Mo was going to go head-to-head with a Heavenly King, many people still had their jaws drop.

Among them, the appearance of one comment left many netizens speechless.

"On one side is a newcomer who hasn't debuted, and on the other is a Heavenly King Superstar of the music scene. Have you all considered what it means when you subconsciously assume this is a head-to-head battle?"

If it were an ordinary newcomer, or an ordinary traffic star, would you have this feeling?

Even if some quasi-first-line singers released albums at this time, no one would think they were going head-to-head with a Heavenly King.

When you come up with such a thought, it means your subconscious has already determined—Luo Mo is worthy of being an opponent to the Heavenly King Zhao Xueqin!

Some people are even saying: "Could it be that Luo Mo is intentionally letting Tong Shu release his album first so he can take on the Heavenly King himself?"

"That can't be, right?"

"I think it's hard to say. After all, he is a man who directly refused to sign a contract with Pineapple and is going head-to-head with them."

If there were many comments earlier saying that Luo Mo was a coward and delaying the album release was a new tactic, then now, those people can all shut up.

Is NINE-T even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Heavenly King Zhao?

They are simply not on the same level!

It's too crazy, this move is simply too crazy!

Because the confidentiality measures were handled quite well, people like Chen Shanqi from Xinyu were also unaware of this matter.

They were completely in the dark about the movements of this new colleague.

Therefore, their shock was no less than that of outsiders.

"To clash directly with a Heavenly King on a debut album—this is no longer a question of whether his ambition is big or not!"

Amidst the shock, many people also began to get curious.

"Next Monday, what kind of new song will Luo Mo actually release?"

Luo Mo, who is at the center of the public opinion vortex, is currently sending money home.

The revenue brought by Tong Shu's new album won't be available from the major music platforms until next month.

However, a large portion of the money from Luo Mo's other songs has already arrived.

At the same time, there is also income earned through other channels.

After deducting the studio's expenses, the salaries of the employees temporarily transferred from Xinyu, and the partial costs the studio itself bore for the album, there was still a lot of money left.

Luo Mo deposited a portion of the money into a card according to a certain ratio for other uses.

From the remaining money, he first withdrew 200,000 and sent it to Luo Ba and Luo Ma.

He didn't transfer too much at once, because if he transferred too much, those two would definitely transfer it back to him.

As for his master Tong Qinglin, he definitely wouldn't accept money from his filial disciple.

Because in his master's eyes, even if you are a Top Traffic star with terrifying earning power, it's impossible to be richer than this old man all of a sudden.

As mentioned before, the old man earned gold when he was young; he bought several Siheyuan back then and was keen on buying antiques, precious wood, and calligraphy and paintings... so he is actually very wealthy now.

Luo Mo just used some connections to buy the old man some high-quality tea.

After remitting the money, Luo Mo opened his email.

He Yuanguang had sent an email; "That Year Those Rabbits" was already quite complete, and he wanted him to take a look first.

This animation has short episodes, which can be described as short and punchy.

The art style also follows that cute and adorable route, occasionally carrying a bit of a cheeky vibe.

If you say it's drawn very exquisitely, it really isn't; it has the feel of a children's animation, and a rather simple one at that.

But if you watch it carefully, you will find that these are actually not shortcomings, but rather become a kind of advantage.

At the beginning, He Yuanguang wanted to produce it well, with an art style that was super detailed.

I wouldn't dare say it's like the productions from Disney on Earth, where even every rabbit hair has details, but at least it had to be worthy of this god-tier script.

This idea of his was directly rejected by Luo Mo.

After producing half an episode according to Luo Mo's requirements and looking at it carefully, it actually had an indescribable flavor.

It feels like it was drawn casually, yet it expounds on major events!

——Earth-shattering major events!

If this animation continues to be made in this format, the contrast will be reflected in every aspect.

After Luo Mo downloaded the items from his email, he clicked to watch them.

A few professional voice actors have already been found, all of whom are very famous in the industry. But because the animation hasn't been completed yet, there hasn't been any official voice acting.

The version sent to Luo Mo now is one where the internal staff at the studio provided the voices for fun.

Even so, when He Yuanguang and the people in the studio played this semi-finished product on the big screen, they were all moved to tears by their own work.

A group of grown men with red eyes, trying hard to hold back their tears—it was something else.

After Luo Mo finished watching, great waves rose in his heart, and he sent a WeChat message to He Yuanguang, expressing his affirmation of their production results.

Then, He Yuanguang excitedly sent him a few auditions from monster-level voice actors.

After listening to them, Luo Mo felt that several were quite suitable.

But for some reason, he thought of someone else.

His cheap apprentice, Ding Xiaoyu.

As mentioned before, she started acting at the age of 8 and has been acting ever since; she is a mature little acting prodigy.

Many excellent actors have very strong line-delivery skills.

That kind of emotional infectiousness can be very intuitively felt by the audience.

On Earth, there is a well-regarded variety show called The Voice, where celebrities do voice acting for everyone to hear; many people's performances can be said to be breathtaking!

These days, many big-budget animations or major animated films will find some famous actors to do the voice acting.

Ding Xiaoyu should be very strong in this regard, and her voice can even be versatile; Luo Mo felt he could let her give it a try.

He picked up his phone, sent a WeChat message to Ding Xiaoyu, and asked: "Apprentice Yu, are you filming or resting?"

On her end, the "typing..." indicator appeared quickly, but it was clear she was deleting and editing; after quite a while, she sent a seemingly plain reply: "Just finished the night shoot."

She should be wrapping up filming for Cat Demon soon.

"Not even calling me Master? How impolite." Luo Mo sent with a smile.

As a result, the "typing..." indicator appeared again, then was deleted, and finally, she only sent a red cross.

Luo Mo didn't mind this; although master-disciple relationships are very common in the entertainment industry, he and Ding Xiaoyu were just playing around anyway.

He simply sent: "I've produced an animation here and want to find you to try voice acting; are you interested?"

It was obvious that Ding Xiaoyu was holding her phone, staring at the screen chatting with Luo Mo, and in an instant, "typing..." appeared again.

After deleting and editing again, the content sent was: "I should be able to wrap up on Wednesday, and can come to Shanghai on Thursday to give it a try."

She is from Beijing, so if she goes home, she flies to Beijing.

Seeing her agree so readily, Luo Mo asked: "Why don't you ask your mother and your agent first?"

Ding Xiaoyu is a minor and is not like him; she doesn't have that much autonomy.

The cheap apprentice replied quickly: "They won't disagree; they already told me before that if there's a chance, I can collaborate with you again."

Regarding this, Luo Mo was not surprised.

After all, he is a Top Traffic now.

And he is the kind of Top Traffic with no negative news, but rather many positive energy labels.

"Anyway, you should still ask; I'll wait for your news." Luo Mo insisted.

"Mm," Ding Xiaoyu replied.

On the set of Cat Demon, the young girl, who hadn't even taken off her cat-ear headband, was humming The Wind Rises softly, her toes lifting lightly from time to time and then landing softly, repeating this over and over.

She suddenly felt that her scenes in Cat Demon were really too heavy, and she wanted to wrap up right now.

At the same time, Ding Xiaoyu also began to think about how she should tease her master when they met.

After all, for this pair of eccentric master and apprentice, Ding Xiaoyu playing some pranks on Luo Mo was actually her handing in homework.

………

………

Many people thought that Luo Mo would be busy running around during this period.

But in fact, he was very free.

His debut album had already been fully produced, and there was nothing that needed to be changed.

This album of Tong Shu's, Big Fish, cannot be said to have sufficient consistency throughout the whole album; it can only be called a half-Sea King album.

And Luo Mo's own debut album had a slightly higher level of consistency.

Luo Mo had great confidence in this album.

What he was thinking about now actually had nothing to do with the new album, but rather about the singing variety show King of Love Songs.

The General Director of King of Love Songs, Ke Ming, had already added Luo Mo as a friend.

At the same time, the production team had already informed Luo Mo of the basic flow of the program.

And they had told Luo Mo the 【themes】 for the first and second episodes in advance.

In fact, many variety shows leak the topics in advance to give the Singers enough time to prepare.

How should one put it? Actually, this is also quite reasonable.

After all, a variety show like King of Love Songs is not the kind of show that rehashes old material; the people invited are all currently popular Singers performing stage PKs, which is tense and exciting.

But, here comes the problem.

Popular Singers are very busy!

Their schedules are very full, and time seems very precious.

Therefore, they usually leak the topics well in advance before recording, so that they can have more ample time to prepare, so as not to affect the final program effect.

The theme for the first episode of King of Love Songs is 【Special Love Songs】.

The theme for the second episode is 【You Are the Joy of My Youth】.

Relatively speaking, Luo Mo felt that the theme of the first episode was simpler; in fact, most love songs could be fitted into it.

"Special, huh? As long as you force an explanation, you can always come up with some logic," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Just pick a few songs, and you can always talk about some special aspects.

"Just like Big Fish, we can directly say that what we are singing is not an ordinary fish, but a fish that can fly."

"Doesn't this specialness come right out!"

So, in fact, the theme of the first episode looks very interesting, but it is actually just for these few Singers to use their first stage to promote their songs.

Just like Zhao Xueqin, who is about to release a new album, several of the 10 songs in his new album can definitely be fitted in, so there is basically no big problem.

"On the contrary, the theme for the second episode narrows the scope a little," Luo Mo thought.

"You are the joy of my youth"—if you read this sentence backward, it becomes "The youth I like is you."

This phrase has long been worn out by students; there's nothing novel about it.

But the theme is very clear.

Such a theme, on the contrary, can narrow down Luo Mo's range of song choices.

Like the theme of the first episode, Luo Mo had to pick from a vast music library, and he was about to get dizzy from choosing!

Yes, Luo Mo was picking from his own music library, not from his new album.

Luo Mo had no idea if Zhao Xueqin would promote his new album on *King of Love Songs*.

However, he himself actually had no such intention.

Regarding this, he had his own considerations and felt it was better not to do so, even if his prepared new album also contained suitable songs.

Admittedly, when Luo Mo first saw the name of this variety show, the first thing that popped into his head was that incredibly long medley song, which was titled *King of Love Songs*.

If you were to ask if this song is special, it is quite special...

A song over ten minutes long, medleying so many golden hits—how could it not be special?

But Luo Mo never considered Singing this song on the stage of the first episode.

"The show is called *King of Love Songs*, and if I go up there and perform a song also called *King of Love Songs*, good grief, isn't that just asking everyone to cyberbully me?"

"As a contestant, if I declare myself the King of Love Songs the moment I step on stage, wouldn't that be flipping the table right from the start?"

"And in reality, the charm of a golden hit medley lies in the fact that it's a medley of golden hits; you can hum along to every segment. If everyone is unfamiliar with these songs, it would be very uncomfortable to listen to."

But here comes the interesting part.

In this show, the top three of each episode can have a promotional slot of varying time limits at the end of the program.

"This is getting fun," Luo Mo thought to himself, "I can make use of this."

It's just that Wei Ran, who is also competing, has become the biggest hidden danger.

The nickname Wei Ge wasn't just made up; this person's appetite is too easy to bait.

"If I crazily bait his appetite during the promotional segment, will he stab me after the recording ends?" Luo Mo smiled slightly.

He touched his own abdominal muscles, then touched the muscles on his arms, thought about his Opera foundation, and finally concluded: "Wei Ge is no match for me."

(PS: First update, 4000 words, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of chapter)