Chapter 119: The Pioneering Work

Leshen Dama has studied Yueqi since she was a child, majored in something music-related in university, and her current profession is that of a music critic.

The expert looks at the technique, the layman looks at the spectacle. It is precisely because she is so knowledgeable that after listening to "East Wind Breaks" three times, she was sufficiently shocked!

She does not know what exactly Luo Mo was thinking, nor does she understand why Luo Mo dared to do this.

However, the genre of this song, "East Wind Breaks," is very clear; it leans toward the direction of ancient music.

Yes, of course ancient music exists in this world; after all... the ancients listened to songs and sang songs too!

The greatest manifestation of ancient music is the five tones: 【Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu】.

That is why we have an idiom called "not fully grasping the five tones," rather than "not fully grasping the seven tones."

Most current popular music contains more than just five tones.

There are a total of seven scales, and in Huaxia ancient music, the half-tone ascending "fa" and "si" are omitted from those seven scales.

Nowadays, there are indeed some popular songs created using 【Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu】, and among them, quite a few are rather popular.

However, this song by Luo Mo is significantly different from those songs.

It is clearly very ancient in style, giving one a sense of antiquity, and the lyrics and melody are both very elegant, yet its popularity is very strong, extremely in line with current mainstream aesthetics.

In fact, Luo Mo choosing this song indeed had many reasons.

At the very beginning, before producing the album, he was thinking about the consistency of the album.

For songs like "Daughter's Love," he certainly had to release official versions, otherwise the copyright would just rot in his hands.

Since he had to put these songs into an album, a thought quickly popped into Luo Mo's mind.

To produce an album that is "ancient" enough.

If one is going to do ancient style, how can it be without 【Chinese Style】?

Once this thought arose, the lead song for the new album "Red" was directly decided.

That is the song that one inevitably cannot bypass when discussing Chinese Style—"East Wind Breaks"!

The status of this song within Chinese Style is transcendent; it is not to say that it is the most popular one, or that it is the one with the highest level... because music is also quite subjective, and everyone has their own aesthetics.

The reason why "East Wind Breaks" has a transcendent status is that many people call it the pioneering work of the new-style Chinese Style, or modern Chinese Style.

It is a work like a watershed.

Since "East Wind Breaks" appeared in the world, the music scene of Huaxia has truly triggered a drastic change.

A craze for 【Chinese Style】 was thus set off, and it remains one of the most popular styles to this day.

For the people of this country, the charm of Chinese Style is very hard to resist.

This is different from imported musical styles; this is something that has been passed down by us all along, containing a distinct charm.

Since the appearance of "East Wind Breaks," the characteristics of the "three ancient and three new" Chinese Style were basically formed.

The so-called three ancient and three new refers to ancient ci-poetry, ancient culture, ancient melody, new singing method, new Arranger, and new concept.

If you go to listen to this song now, regardless of whether it is your cup of tea or not, it is very hard for you to imagine that this song appeared in 2003...

"Ye Huimei," the album named after Jay Chou's mother, can be said to be a work that broke the shackles of the music scene back then.

That year, when many people heard "East Wind Breaks," they were incomparably shocked.

"It can be played like this!?"

And so, at this moment, Leshen Dama has exactly this feeling.

Zhao Xueqin's song "Coffee," among music styles like RNB, can be said to be a masterwork.

But it is only a masterwork.

You will be a classic in this category, a ceiling-level song in this category.

But this "East Wind Breaks" brought by Luo Mo, if it can truly trigger a shock in the music scene and truly become a massive hit in the country, it is the pioneering work of a new genre!

"Amazing, it is simply amazing!"

"To dare to make such a bold attempt and innovation in this field, this is not at all what a debut album should look like!" Leshen Dama felt she was even a little infatuated with this man.

While others are still bickering in the same few fields, this young man's debut album simply does not play in the same fields as you all.

We are directly setting up our own shop.

Admittedly, you are a Heavenly King, you are a Great God of lyrics and composition, you are all master-level figures in your respective fields.

However, how can a master compare to a pioneering founder in terms of being groundbreaking?

Leshen Dama listened to "East Wind Breaks" again, her fingers already unable to resist tapping the keyboard to write a music review of several hundred or even a thousand words for it.

At least for her personally, this song is pleasant to listen to, and she also feels that this song will be a hit.

A work, even if it is subversive enough, as long as it is not a hit, then it can only be called eccentric.

A work that is subversive enough and also a massive hit, that is innovation in the true sense.

In her view, the next step is to see the feedback from the market.

It depends on the ears of the listeners!

However, no matter the outcome, she feels that Luo Mo has done a great thing that others dared not do and could not even imagine.

This is something that can change the thinking of the music scene, and even the future trend.

Perhaps many Singers and many lyricists and composers will be inspired by this.

Hasn't the big picture suddenly opened up?

What arena battle, what strongest Newcomer vs. Heavenly King Superstar, it's too small! The big picture is too small!

If one's own music review still revolves around these few events, then that would simply be doing a disservice to this epoch-making song!

"I must also open up the big picture!" she thought in her heart.

In the mind of the music critic, only three words popped up now.

For a person like Luo Mo, we generally call him—【Pioneering Monster】!

………

………

The Music Director of Xinyu is named Qian Wei.

He is the third Music Director of Xinyu.

Since he took on the role of Music Director, Xinyu has not yet seen any major breakthrough developments in the music scene.

Back then, he had also asked Luo Mo why this album was to be called "Red".

He felt it might be a bit too arrogant, as it was, after all, a debut album.

Or was it because both "Red Actor" and "Chasing Dreams Red Heart" were to be included in this album, so he chose "Red" to relate to the character "red"?

Luo Mo waved his hand; he actually had no intention of being humble-braggy, and said: "This 'Red' refers to China Red."

Qian Wei still didn't understand; how could an album be related to China Red?

That was until he heard "East Wind Breaks".

He felt that Luo Mo was crazy!

It would have been perfectly fine to play it safe and lean towards the ancient style.

Every song Luo Mo released with an ancient style had amazing market feedback; wouldn't it be better to just take it a step further?

Doesn't every Singer develop in one field, and only talk about seeking breakthroughs when they hit a bottleneck?

You haven't even debuted yet, there's no need to play such a big game…….

For a star, autonomy becomes prominent at times like this.

If Luo Mo were just an ordinary Newcomer at Xinyu, then he would have to expend great effort to persuade this Music Director, and might not even succeed.

It wasn't that Qian Wei lacked musical appreciation; he personally felt that "East Wind Breaks" was very good, and highly innovative. However, he himself was a conservative, and did not like doing things that were too risky.

Luo Mo is now a Top Traffic, and his popularity is ridiculously high; what he should be doing now is stabilizing, not "pioneering".

For this reason, he even went specifically to talk to Shen Shaoqiu.

This cripple was stunned upon hearing this.

The reason he had signed Luo Mo with an S-class contract and agreed to let him open a studio in the first place was to allow the company to achieve breakthrough development, and to use the power of a Top Traffic to explore fields that were previously unreachable.

Like some top fashion resources or top global endorsements, Xinyu couldn't get them, but with Luo Mo, they could fight for them.

Therefore, he just listened to "East Wind Breaks" a few times, and then asked the Music Director Qian Wei an extremely simple personal question: "Do you think it's…….. good?"

Qian Wei nodded and said: "It is good, but Boss Shen……."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Shen Shaoqiu raising his hand.

"Then let him be," said Shen Shaoqiu.

If he wants to blow up the music scene, then let him blow it up!

This cripple has a bit of a rogue streak in him.

Before Qian Wei left the office, he even took a deep look at this Music Director who hadn't achieved much to this day.

Shen Shaoqiu's thinking was very simple: damn it, he's already gone up against a Heavenly King as a debuting Newcomer, it's already reached such an absurd point, why bother managing him so much?

If you're going to do it, do it big!

………

………

In Shencheng, inside a certain Chinese-style Siheyuan, Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin were drinking tea again.

They had just finished lunch, eating only vegetarian food, and had just opened a box of premium white tea sent by Wang Shisong.

During the process of opening it, Zhao Xueqin even said: "Teacher, when Boss Wang brought this over, he said it was to celebrate our success in advance."

Zhao Xueqin saying this wasn't to say he didn't take Luo Mo seriously, but continued: "It's clear that Boss Wang really can't tolerate that kid."

Huang Xishan said indifferently: "I've heard that because of this Luo Mo, Pineapple will lose at least 100 million this year. You are also a shareholder of Pineapple, are you indifferent to that?"

Zhao Xueqin, while brewing tea, smiled bitterly: "Who would go against money? I can't deny that point."

Pineapple had high hopes for "Creating Idols", wanting to make a fortune in these three years relying on the nine-member boy group; who could have imagined that Luo Mo wouldn't join the group.

Because he didn't join the group, the commercial value of the boy group was cut in half.

Immediately after, because of the previously sensational arena competition, it was equivalent to being cut in half, and then sliced in half again from the middle.

Miserable, Pineapple is truly miserable!

Now, it's actually already 12:30, and the songs have been uploaded for half an hour.

Honestly, whether it was Huang Xishan or Zhao Xueqin, if they were alone at home right now, they would definitely have gone to listen to Luo Mo's new song at 12:00 sharp.

But since the two of them were gathered together today, they both had to put on airs and display their composure and cultivation of temperament.

It's 12:30 now, so it's about time to leisurely drink tea while listening to this young man's new song.

Zhao Xueqin turned on the sound system in the tea room, and then opened a platform called Blue Shrimp Music.

This platform has always had close cooperation with Pineapple, so it has spared no effort in promoting Zhao Xueqin's new album.

Among all major platforms, Blue Shrimp's promotional efforts are the greatest; as early as several days ago, they had already been warming up for Heavenly King Zhao's new album in the homepage banner.

This morning, they even specifically held an in-site event for the new album to drive up the heat.

Zhao Xueqin glanced at the New Song Chart on Blue Shrimp Music, and his own "Coffee" was ranked first.

And Luo Mo, this newly promoted Top Traffic, was indeed burning red-hot, with his new song following closely behind, ranked second.

This was something everyone had foreseen long ago, and they were not surprised by it.

"'East Wind Breaks', the song title is quite interesting; it should be the ancient style type he is good at," said Zhao Xueqin.

For them, Luo Mo releasing an ancient-style song as his first song was also within their predictions.

This young man is naturally good at Chinese classical Yueqi, and has practiced Opera diligently since childhood, so he has always carried the label of traditional culture.

Coupled with the fact that his previous ancient-style songs were all very popular, fans' expectations for this type of song are also very high.

In China, and even across the entire continent, this type of song has a very strong market.

There's no helping it; many of the so-called cultures of other countries aren't they just things we Output from our ancient times?

Upon hearing the song title, Huang Xishan nodded slightly, picked up his teacup to take a sip, looking as if everything was within his expectations.

Zhao Xueqin did not download this song, but instead clicked play directly.

Inside the speakers, the prelude to "Dong Feng Po" soon rang out.

As soon as the prelude sounded, Huang Xishan, who also composes music, couldn't help but slightly furrow his brows.

In his view, Luo Mo's music has always been brilliant in emotional rendering, and the themes are always highlighted very clearly.

Once the singing began, Huang Xishan's brows furrowed even tighter.

"【A cup of sorrow, standing alone by the window."

I am behind the door, pretending you haven't left yet.

Revisiting the old place, the full moon feels even lonelier,

The midnight-sober candle flame, cannot bear to reproach me.】"

The accompaniment features distinct sounds of Chinese Style classical Yueqi, and the lyrics are truly excellent. But as someone known as a Great God, how could Huang Xishan not hear the 【Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu】 within it?

This made him instantly alert.

What he was thinking now was, is it only like this at the beginning, or is the whole song like this?

Listening to this song, Zhao Xueqin only felt it had great charm and could captivate a person instantly; he was no longer young, and many elements that had suddenly become popular in recent years were beyond his personal aesthetic.

But this "Dong Feng Po" was completely different.

This gave him a very bad signal, which was that Luo Mo, who is very popular among young people, was once again revealing his ambition!

In fact, the audience for Zhou Jielun back in the day was also concentrated on young people at first, until the addition of numerous Chinese Style elements caused other groups to change their inherent impression of him, feeling that this guy who mumbles his words actually makes pretty good music too.

The song continued.

"【A pot of wandering, drifting to the ends of the earth, hard to swallow.

After you left, the wine warms the memories, the longing grows thin.

Water flows to the east, how can time be stolen.

The flowers bloom and mature just once, yet I missed it.】"

The appearance of these few lines of lyrics was simply too much to Huang Xishan's taste.

"Drifting to the ends of the earth, hard to swallow; the wine warms the memories, the longing grows thin." Huang Xishan's brows were already tightly furrowed, and he couldn't even drink his tea anymore.

What kind of premium white tea is this? The taste is mediocre.

Next was the chorus section of the entire song.

After the A-section of the song ended, he had already completely understood at this moment.

Two sentences simply popped into the mind of this man who was nearing fifty.

The first sentence was: "Young people don't play by the rules."

We agreed to have a contest, you don't stand on the same stage with us to fight, you want to set up a new stage elsewhere—what do you mean by that?

The other thought was an extension of the first.

He truly couldn't understand whether he was old, or if the young people of today were truly lawless.

To actually dare to engage in such subversive things on the foundation of ancient music.

Such a musical style simply does not exist in the market, not at all.

He cannot gather the strengths of many, nor can he stand on the shoulders of giants.

He is walking alone on a brand-new path, or rather, he is Pioneering a brand-new path.

This Luo Mo is already a Top Traffic, having exploded in popularity before even officially debuting.

The album he made for Tong Shu is still within all major fields, which is equivalent to having paved the way and laid a very good foundation; everyone's expectations for his songs of the same style will be maxed out directly.

Under these circumstances, to still make such a risky move—if everyone is a chess player, then he is definitely a chess maniac!

Either he hacks through thorns and thistles to Pioneer a broad and smooth road, or he is doomed to eternal damnation, with the market refusing to accept such an incongruous thing, causing his first battle to be unfavorable and his reputation to be ruined.

The more popular a person is, the more attention they face. You rise step by step and will receive more praise; once you make a mistake, you will also face more ridicule.

Therefore, the second voice in his heart was:

"Kid, you've got guts!!"

At this very moment, the song entered the chorus part of the B-section.

The singing was melodious, spreading throughout the entire tea room.

Today, the wind in the music scene is a bit too noisy.

"【Who is playing a tune of Dong Feng Po on the pipa?】"

(PS: Second update, 4600 words, please offer your monthly votes for Brother Mo's debut!)

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