Chapter 118: Luo Mo, Officially Debuting!

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was Sunday.

Over these past few days, Ding Xiaoyu had been busy with the voice acting for *That Year Those Rabbits*, and in the evenings, Luo Mo would send a driver to pick her up for dinner together.

As the time she spent with Luo Mo grew longer, Luo Mo gradually saw a lively side to her.

It was just that this side would only manifest in front of him.

These past few days, Pineapple Entertainment had been desperately promoting the new album of Heavenly King Zhao Xueqin.

Heavenly King Zhao himself rarely appeared on reality shows to promote songs, but this time he participated in two outdoor reality shows to promote his new album.

At the same time, he also accepted many interviews.

When reporters mentioned Luo Mo, Zhao Xueqin only smiled and said he appreciated this junior, feeling that he would be a future pillar of the music scene.

Although the words sounded nice, since he called him a future pillar, these few words were worth pondering.

What truly caused a massive earthquake in the music scene was a Weibo post Huang Xishan made last night.

He publicly stated that this collaboration with Zhao Xueqin would be the last time he served as an Album Producer.

In other words, he would not produce albums for any Singer in the future and was officially entering retirement mode.

Perhaps when he felt restless, he might write a lyric or two, but it was impossible for him to be responsible for the production of an entire album like before.

While this made those who loved his songs exclaim in regret, they were also extremely looking forward to the final work of this Great God.

In this Weibo post, Huang Xishan publicly stated that this was the album he was most satisfied with and also his proudest.

He felt that many of the songs inside would become Zhao Xueqin's new representative works.

From this, it could be seen that this Great God was full of confidence; at least on the surface, he did not seem to take Luo Mo to heart at all.

After all, *Giant Shark*, which he had created, had just been defeated by Luo Mo, and now everyone's new albums were about to clash head-on.

If he did not have the confidence of certain victory, he would not have shouted out words like retirement.

If he lost, he would have to leave the music scene in disgrace; how ridiculous that would be.

In reality, although Tong Shu's album could be said to be slaughtering the music scene recently, and everyone was also very optimistic about Luo Mo's new album, generally speaking, most people did not think Luo Mo could win.

From the foundation, Heavenly King Zhao's National Popularity was higher than Luo Mo's.

Although Luo Mo was a Top Traffic, his popularity and traffic were mainly concentrated on young people, unlike Zhao Xueqin, who had fans of all age groups.

Because the current music scene was truly not delivering, a phenomenon had occurred: many young people actually preferred listening to old songs.

So Zhao Xueqin did not lack fans among the youth, and furthermore, a handsome uncle like him actually had a very strong market.

On the other hand, looking at the track record, if Zhao Xueqin and Huang Xishan joined forces, they had never been defeated.

In that era of selling physical albums, he had even been the best-seller for two years, with his physical album sales ranking first for those two years.

Whenever he held a global concert tour, tickets were always snatched up.

He had long since grown tired of receiving various awards; he had already won every major award of any weight.

Admittedly, Luo Mo was very strong, and his momentum was also very fierce.

However, which Heavenly King or Heavenly Queen had not developed in this way?

Back in the day, they were just as fierce as you, Luo Mo!

If not for that, it would have been impossible to rise to fame rapidly and reach today's status step by step.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Zhao Xueqin was someone who had already reached the summit, while Luo Mo was like the Zhao Xueqin of many years ago, someone in the midst of a sprint.

For this kind of person, once they became popular for one or two albums, they would be crowned with the title of 【Little Heavenly King】 by the media.

However, a Little Heavenly King was, after all, still a Little Heavenly King.

The only thing that made Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin feel a bit tricky was that in the new album, they had also produced a song related to Opera.

The reason the two had such an idea in the first place was simply because the duet version of *Red Actor* by Luo Mo and Xu Chujing was truly too popular.

It was clear that the prospects for this market were quite good, and Zhao Xueqin could also change his style to see if he could make a breakthrough.

At that time, they had no idea that Luo Mo would insist on not signing the group formation agreement; they had originally thought this strongest Newcomer would come to Pineapple to be a little brother, and even thought that this song could actually be a collaboration.

Since Luo Mo was a disciple of a titan in the Opera world, Zhao Xueqin and Huang Xishan had little confidence in this song, mainly worrying about the aspects of reputation and professionalism.

According to common sense, to make a song incorporating an Opera Element, one did not necessarily need to have profound Opera skills, and the audience would not be that pedantic.

But if one was competing against Luo Mo, then one had to be careful.

Apart from this song, the two were full of confidence in the rest of the songs.

The lead song of Zhao Xueqin's new album was called *Coffee*.

They also planned to bring this song to the stage of *King of Love Songs* for a performance, singing it in the very first episode.

Using Coffee to write about emotions met the Requirement of 【Special Songs】.

The expression technique of this kind of song was not particularly common, but it was not very rare either; for instance, on Earth, a relatively classic song of the same type was *Onion*.

Honestly, the infectious power of the song *Onion* was quite strong, but Luo Mo could not sing it; this kind of song was best sung by someone with a bitter voice, and one would feel very pitiful upon hearing it...

Although today was the eve of the song release, this time Pineapple Entertainment did not conduct public opinion guidance like last time, nor did they have any intention of making a big deal out of this.

Zhao Xueqin's status was set there; even if he won, it was nothing, and if they went on to promote it with great fanfare, it would instead look like bullying, and they would lose face.

Pineapple's marketing department unanimously believed that if they promoted it excessively this time, it would instead heat up Luo Mo's album, and many people would go listen to Luo Mo's album because of Pineapple's marketing.

If this phenomenon occurred, President Wang would probably come to lay people off again.

Tonight passed just like that in tranquility.

Luo Mo Studio did not do too much pre-heating this time.

Only Luo Mo himself posted a Weibo at night; the Weibo had no text, only a very simple photo.

In the photo was a Chinese classical Yueqi—a Pipa.

Netizens began to discuss it heatedly.

"Is this a spoiler for the new song?"

"No way, others all announce a 10-second prelude or something in advance, at least reveal a song title, why did you just put up a Yueqi?"

"If there's a pipa, it should also be a song related to ancient style, right?"

"Looking forward to it! Luo Mo's ancient style songs are the god of all time!"

"Yeah, songs like 'Red Actor', 'Xi', and 'Daughter's Love' all have at least some connection to ancient style."

"Hahaha, he really is an inheritor and promoter of traditional culture, keeping his original intention in mind!"

The netizens watching the fun were all grinning; since it was a head-to-head battle against a Heavenly King, the Mo-born fans had a great mindset, feeling that if they won, it would be Luo Mo showing off, and if they lost, well, they lost.

Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect everyone creating memes internally!

Overall, whether it was fans or onlookers, and even some music critics, everyone felt highly expectant that Luo Mo could bring a song related to ancient style.

But they did not know what immense shock the Music Director of Xin Yu fell into after previewing this new song by Luo Mo.

This Music Director, who also had quite a reputation in the industry, kept having a few words spinning in his mind:

"How does he dare!?"

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The next day, this highly anticipated Monday finally arrived.

The well-known music critic 【Leshen Dama】 woke up early, starting to look forward to the arrival of twelve o'clock noon.

Leshen Dama never posted her own photos on any social platform, even though she was already a big internet celebrity with a full 4 million followers.

Her fans all believed that Leshen Dama probably didn't look very good and was therefore ashamed to show her face, or that her words were too sharp and her tone too sarcastic, fearing that after showing her face, she would be splashed with sulfuric acid by crazy fans on the street.

In reality, although she was called Leshen Dama, she was actually a young girl.

She wasn't particularly beautiful, but she had learned various Yueqi since childhood, and she looked well-read and very elegant... it was a pity she had a mouth.

"A perfectly fine woman, why did she have to grow a mouth?" This was the evaluation of her by her friends in real life.

At eleven o'clock, Leshen Dama ordered takeout; she was actually quite a homebody and rarely went out.

After the takeout was delivered, she sat in front of the computer and opened Penguin Music.

"Huh, 'Gentle' and 'Midsummer Light Year' have already left 'Giant Shark' without a trace," Leshen Dama said after looking at the New Song Chart.

The live versions of these two songs were only uploaded to Penguin Music when "Walking and Singing" aired on Thursday, which meant that from Monday to Thursday at 8 PM, they had zero accumulated data, yet they still managed to rush into the top five of the New Song Chart.

The current Luo Mo was just that terrifying.

And the other three songs in the top five of the New Song Chart came from Tong Shu's album.

To be precise, there were 10 songs in total on the homepage of the New Song Chart, and Luo Mo alone wrote the lyrics and music for 8 of them...

Such a feat was truly too shocking; there weren't many lyricists and composers in the industry who could do it.

Anyone who could briefly dominate the charts was now a Great God in the songwriting world.

After looking at the rankings, Leshen Dama went to look at the homepage interface of Penguin Music.

She opened the homepage, took a glance, and couldn't help but say: "As expected."

In the largest promotional cover slot on the homepage, the poster featured both Zhao Xueqin and Luo Mo.

Penguin had always cooperated very happily with Luo Mo, so they didn't do what other music platforms did—putting Zhao Xueqin's cover poster in the first spot and Luo Mo in the second—but instead ingeniously created a fusion poster, putting the two of them together.

Below it was also accompanied by four large characters—【You, are you looking forward to it!?】

Looking at it from the perspective of seniority, status, and other aspects, the gap between Luo Mo and Heavenly King Zhao was too large; Penguin was really already being very biased.

The reason Penguin did this was, on one hand, because their previous cooperation with Luo Mo had been very profitable, and "Creating Idols" had even broken the platform record for Penguin Video, and the songs within it were also exclusively licensed to Penguin Music, resulting in a bountiful harvest.

On the other hand, it was to express their sincerity to Luo Mo.

Although they were also very clear that most ambitious Singers would choose to release their first album on all platforms to expand their popularity and audience, they could discuss the matter of exclusive rights in the future; Penguin thought highly of Luo Mo and really wanted him to upload his future new songs only on Penguin Music.

By twelve o'clock sharp, Leshen Dama had already finished her takeout.

She had always had a very good impression of Luo Mo, and that album of Tong Shu's was her favorite; she had almost become a young mother-fan of Tong Shu.

But after thinking about it, she decided to listen to Zhao Xueqin's new song first.

After finishing his songs, she would go listen to Luo Mo's songs; she would have a better baseline in her heart, and in the process of enjoying the music, she could directly reach a judgment.

Zhao Xueqin's new album was named "Second Cup of Coffee".

Because there was a song called "Second Cup" and a song called "Coffee" in the new album, both from the hand of Huang Xishan.

How to put it, Huang Xishan's creations were quite popular with those literary-minded listeners.

Leshen Dama clicked on "Coffee" to preview it, and after listening for only thirty seconds, she decisively chose to download it.

Although she had a preference for Luo Mo, she had to admit that the cooperation between Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin was truly invincible.

This song focused on the melody, and the lyrics were also written very cleverly. From the genre, it was clearly an R&B style song.

It was quite magical; when Huang Xishan wrote songs for others, even if they were sung by those First-line Singers, it always felt like something was missing. But if it was a collaboration with Zhao Xueqin, paired with Zhao Xueqin's very memorable voice, it would be especially wonderful!

Some people, they just happen to be able to achieve each other.

"This song, I can't even find a place to sink my teeth into," Leshen Dama expressed that it was very difficult to find an angle to criticize it.

"No wonder Huang Xishan is full of confidence this time, even daring to put out the banner of a glorious finale and retiring with Glory."

She looped this song three times in one go, feeling that the more she listened, the better it sounded, rather than the kind of song that felt amazing at first listen but would get tiring after a long time.

"This means it will truly become a classic song," Leshen Dama sighed.

Immediately after, she opened Luo Mo's new album.

The album name was just one character—"Red".

Leshen Dama looked at the album name and was slightly stunned.

"Hiss—, this name is a bit interesting!" She smiled.

"Is there a song called 'Red' in the album? Or is it just an arrogant attitude?" She thought to herself.

Luo Mo was indeed very red right now; he was the current Top Traffic, after all.

Not to mention, Luo Mo's style sometimes was relatively unrestrained and casual; from the fact that he refused to sign the group formation agreement, one could also see that he might still carry a bit of rebelliousness in his bones.

But for a Newcomer's debut album to be titled "Red," wouldn't that be a bit too pretentious?

"Forget it, let's listen to the song first; perhaps I'll understand the meaning of the album title after listening," Leshen Dama thought to herself.

Her gaze looked downward, and she quickly saw the song title.

This song is called "East Wind Breaks."

At this very moment, it actually signifies that Luo Mo has officially debuted as a Singer!

Leshen Dama put on her headphones to listen, and she likewise put it on Loop for three times in one breath.

The first time was to listen to the whole, the second time was mainly to listen to the lyrics, and the third time was mainly to listen to the melody.

After listening three times, she was completely stunned, her mind a blank slate.

Her current experience was the same as when the Music Director of Xinyu first heard this song.

——How could he dare to do this!?

Such bold creation, he actually dared to bring it out to use, and it was as the first song of his debut album, debuting as a Singer in this form!

"This young man who is only 24 years old, what on earth is he trying to do!?"

"Is he sure he is here to challenge Zhao Xueqin, and not to blow up the music scene!?"

(PS: First update, Brother Mo has finally debuted, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)