Chapter 120: An Epoch-Making Song

After the whole song finished playing once, Huang Xishan kept his brows tightly furrowed and did not say a word.

Zhao Xueqin did not press the pause button, so the song began to loop for a second time.

"【Who is playing a tune of 'East Wind Breaks' on the pipa,

The years peel off the wall, seeing my childhood,

I still remember that we were both very young back then,

But now the zither sounds are faint, you have never heard my waiting.】"

Zhao Xueqin's feelings at this moment were simple: when listening the first time, he felt amazed; when listening the second time, he felt it sounded even better.

Because it was a new style, he was a bit unaccustomed to it at first, but after listening to the whole thing and then listening a second time, good heavens, he was hooked!

"Stay clear-headed, this is an opponent's song!" Zhao Xueqin poured himself a cup of white tea and then downed it in one gulp.

He was a pure Singer, his attainments in lyrics and composition were average, and the songs he wrote the lyrics and music for himself were always the biggest flops on his albums.

Therefore, Zhao Xueqin later gave up, knowing he could not do without his teacher, and that lyrics and composition still had to rely on Huang Xishan.

However, just because he lacked attainments did not mean he did not understand music.

Although he was not as sensitive as Huang Xishan, having listened to it a second time, he had inevitably begun to understand it a little.

To pioneer and innovate within the style of ancient music, yet this melody sounded just so comfortable!

"Possessing both ancient charm and popularity..." Zhao Xueqin only felt his throat go a bit dry.

Insiders like them felt that this song was very impressive, extremely impressive.

But, this was far from enough.

It was just like how there are many films in this world that are critically acclaimed but not commercially successful; music is sometimes the same.

Some songs, insiders think are too strong, but they are just Niche, just not popular.

Those that reap both critical acclaim and popularity are, after all, the minority.

The market is always elusive; if one could fully grasp the market, wouldn't everything one released become a hit?

—There is no such person in this world who has fully grasped the market.

Therefore, even though Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin both understood the weight of this song, it was only 12:40, and everyone's new songs had only been uploaded for forty minutes; the market's response had yet to be determined.

This Heavenly King Zhao now just opened his mouth to say: "Teacher, do you think Luo Mo will sing this 'East Wind Breaks' on the stage of 'King of Love Songs'?"

Looking at the lyrics, it also carries the attributes of a love song.

The theme of the first episode of 'King of Love Songs' is 【Special Songs】; this song is special enough, right?

A new style that has never appeared until now, is that not special enough?

Huang Xishan shook his head and said: "Won't we know tomorrow?"

That's right, tomorrow they have to go to the scene for the recording.

And tomorrow, not only will they know which song Luo Mo will sing on stage, they will also know the preliminary feedback given by the market.

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……..

Market feedback, indeed, does not come that quickly.

The battle for the charts on the First Day actually does not show much.

But the music scene itself had exploded; in major WeChat groups, the number of people discussing 'East Wind Breaks' far exceeded 'Coffee'.

In groups of some cutting-edge Lyricists and composers, many people felt their brains had exploded.

They felt as if they had been enlightened, having learned some kind of profound martial art.

"So, music could be played like this!?"

They were all still young and still in a state of absorbing knowledge and strengthening themselves; Luo Mo's 'East Wind Breaks' could be said to have broadened their horizons, and even their train of thought.

Young people, after all, the content of their group chats is certainly not as subtle as that of the old age group.

"Great God Luo Mo, please accept my knees!"

"Luo Mo, the god forever!"

"I'm fucking convinced, can someone tell me what style this actually is, can you give me a popular science explanation? I can't find any similar songs at all."

"Find a fart, this is a fucking pioneer!"

"Others at 24 are attempting to establish a sect, my 24 is: this is delicious, that is delicious, delicious, delicious, all delicious!"

On Earth, why do many people say that 'East Wind Breaks', which appeared in 2003, is a major watershed for Chinese Style?

It is because after this song, such songs sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Among them, there was no lack of extremely excellent works.

The continuous emergence of new works adds color to this new style.

A brand-new category began to be increasingly known by the Masses, and developing to this day, it even has the flavor of cultural Output.

This has led to the current music scene where many people with no works but only traffic love to keep Chinese Style on their lips all day long.

Among them, there is a large portion who did not debut in the country at all, and are not even Chinese...

From this, it can be seen how high the status of this genre is and how wide its audience is.

After all, if the status wasn't high, there would be no need to forcibly use it to gild their own faces.

At this very moment, after the industry-wide earthquake, everyone's attention to 'East Wind Breaks' had actually far exceeded Heavenly King Zhao's 'Coffee'.

After all, no matter how strong 'Coffee' is, it is still within the RNB style.

This type of style has always been very popular; there is nothing strange about it.

But if 'East Wind Breaks' could become a hit, that would be different.

For a new type, the market is very hungry.

If the listeners cannot get enough of 'East Wind Breaks', they will not be satisfied with just one song.

As long as we follow the trend fast enough and can guarantee a certain quality in our work, we can hitch a ride on Luo Mo's popularity and get on his bandwagon!

"East Wind Breaks" was like a bomb, detonating instantly within the industry.

A small number of people have already started to ride the coattails of its popularity, heaping praise upon it all over the internet.

However, most people are still in a wait-and-see state.

Music critics are rushing to finish their drafts, while no Singer or songwriter of significant status has come out to state their position yet.

It wasn't until Xu Chujing reposted the Weibo from Luo Mo Studio and added the following text:

"【The most sincere song I've heard this year, and also the most innovative.】"

Since she used the word "most," it was equivalent to a public declaration that she feels this "East Wind Breaks" by Luo Mo is superior to Zhao Xueqin's "Coffee."

Yet, when Zhao Xueqin himself saw this Weibo post, he didn't even get that angry.

In reality, Xu Chujing's status is higher than his, because she is not only a Heavenly Queen of the music scene, she has also won a 【Best Actress】 award for her television dramas, and is currently conquering the film world; she is a tier above the Heavenly King Zhao, who has never crossed over.

After she posted this Weibo, it completely set the rhythm for the discourse.

And the one who reacted the most intensely was actually Xu Chujing's female Psychologist.

She immediately sent a WeChat message to Xu Chujing.

"My dear Heavenly Queen! Didn't we agree that we were going to quit this man recently!?"

………

………

Yes, Xu Chujing's 【Quitting Luo】 failed.

Over these past few days, she had been actively following her Psychologist's advice, trying her best to stay away from Luo Mo and avoid having too much contact.

Once "Cat Demon" finished filming and her obsession with the Cat wasn't as heavy, perhaps things would get better.

However, the tree desires stillness, but the wind will not cease.

After Luo Mo finished participating in "Walking and Singing" and took on Ding Xiaoyu as his apprentice on the show, the director and screenwriters never stopped whispering in her ear, saying that Luo Mo really is a marvelous person, and that his actions have given our "Cat Demon" another gimmick for its early promotion.

As for today, she opened her WeChat and checked a few groups of industry insiders, and everyone was chattering away, discussing this "East Wind Breaks."

Xu Chujing's status is set there; the WeChat groups she is in can be said to be groups of industry bigwigs.

She had already seen many top songwriters she had collaborated with before expressing endless praise for this "East Wind Breaks," and they had even started a betting pool.

Yes, while others wouldn't dare to make jokes about Huang Xishan, this group of people, who are also Great Gods, dared to directly use him to place bets.

Some felt that Luo Mo's material was too new, and whether the market could accept it remained to be seen.

Others had a great partiality for this song, feeling that this bet was a sure win, and that if Huang Xishan retired at this time, he would lose his late-life reputation.

Xu Chujing looked at these comments and wondered to herself: "Is this song really that outrageous?"

She has an understanding of these songwriters; many of them are the more talented they are, the weirder their temperaments.

At the same time, they are all very arrogant, looking down on everyone else, with a sense of literary men belittling one another.

This group of people has known each other for many years; sometimes they are harmonious, and sometimes they refuse to submit to one another.

They had all listened to the "Big Fish" that Luo Mo produced for Tong Shu.

One by one, they stated that they had written plenty of songs of this quality themselves.

It's just that, it wasn't as dense as in this album, where every single song had such a heated market response.

This point is normal, though; which Great God-level songwriter doesn't have a dozen or even dozens of hit songs under their belt?

Where exactly is the brilliance of this "East Wind Breaks" that allowed Luo Mo to gain the recognition of so many Great Gods all at once, and listening to their tone, even a bit of……. admiration?

Then, Xu Chujing couldn't help but go and listen to it.

After listening, she was also won over, and then she posted that promotional Weibo.

This man, how does he manage to stir up such a big commotion every few days?

——A bit hard to quit.

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……..

If it could be said that in the afternoon, music critics were busy freely wielding their pens, then by Monday night, it could be said that a music review feast had begun.

If someone were truly able to compile all the music reviews, they would find that the number of reviews for "East Wind Breaks" today exceeded those for "Coffee," and by a wide margin at that.

The bolder music critics publicly stated that this "East Wind Breaks" is, on certain levels, far superior to "Coffee," the joint effort of Zhao Xueqin and Huang Xishan.

Someone like Leshen Dama directly heaped praise on "East Wind Breaks," even calling it a 【Founding】, 【Epoch-making】, and 【Future Milestone-style】 song.

In her review, she felt that both the pipa and the erhu within it were just right, rendering the sorrow and grief very well, but without being overly intense—not intense to the point of making people uncomfortable.

There are actually quite a few songs now that incorporate Chinese classical Yueqi, but in her view, in front of "East Wind Breaks," one could say that not a single one of them can compete!

Many people force the integration of Chinese classical Yueqi, while the style they follow is actually still that Westernized set.

Unlike this song, which uses entirely the 【Five-tone Scale】, yet its pop appeal is extremely strong.

As for the lyrics, she felt they were rich in ancient charm.

Her personal favorite part was not the chorus, but the four lines preceding the chorus.

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

After you left, the wine warmed the memories, and the longing grew thin.

The water flows east, how can time be stolen.

The flower blooms and matures just once, yet I missed it.】"

At the end of the review, she proposed: "Perhaps, this new music category should have a new name."

"We shouldn't classify it as Ancient Style."

"I personally have a premonition that this category will become a major genre in the future, and at the same time, it will start a trend beginning this year!"

Of course, there were also music critics who trashed it, and they trashed it wildly.

The emergence of a new genre will inevitably encounter all kinds of wild mockery.

After a large number of music critics weighed in with their reviews, one person felt like they were going crazy.

This person was none other than Ke Ming, the General Director of King of Love Songs.

Tomorrow, the first episode of King of Love Songs is to be recorded.

According to the competition format, there will be 500 audience members at the live stage, as well as a jury totaling 30 people.

The jury is mostly composed of industry songwriters, well-known music critics, or Best Album Producers.

Today, these people could be said to be frantically sending WeChat messages to Ke Ming, asking him: "Will Luo Mo sing 'Dong Feng Po' in the first episode of King of Love Songs?"

They were so eager for this scene, feeling that they could walk at the forefront of the trend.

What's so great about writing music reviews? Is it that Ox?

Can you be more Ox than me reviewing 'Dong Feng Po' live and giving it a score?

The moment they thought of this, they were so excited they wanted to tremble!

Ke Ming could only reply uniformly: "Everything is confidential before the official recording."

At the same time, he was cursing inwardly, scolding himself for having a loose tongue.

Because he had suggested that Luo Mo perform a piano-accompanied song to give the audience a wave of nostalgia for Creating Idols.

So what Luo Mo prepared was a piano-accompanied song.

"If I had known your new song would be this explosive and trigger a massive earthquake in the industry, I definitely would have begged you to sing 'Dong Feng Po'!" Ke Ming was extremely distressed.

It's just that the recording is tomorrow, and it's too late to make any changes now.

All in all, it was actually because he had underestimated Luo Mo, looked down on him!

He thought he had invited a young handsome guy, but he didn't expect this handsome guy to turn into a bomber on the eve of the competition.

He throws a bomb at the music scene at the slightest disagreement.

This caused many people's focus at this moment to not be on the arena competition.

After all, what is an arena competition compared to founding a school of thought?

From another perspective, even if the other nine songs on this album by Luo Mo titled 'Red' were shit, as long as this song 'Dong Feng Po' could become a massive hit, then this is a divine album!

So divine that years later, once someone mentions this type of song, they will never be able to bypass this song, never be able to bypass this album!

Ke Ming's intestines were green with regret; originally, the first live version of this song could have appeared on the stage of King of Love Songs.

At this thought, Ke Ming began to read the lyrics of 'Dong Feng Po' word by word, and then when he saw the line "【Still remember that we were all very young then】", he couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha! The theme for the second episode of King of Love Songs is 【You are the joy of my youth】, it can be used! This song can be used! Hahahaha" Ke Ming had gone mad.

He felt it was necessary to have a good talk with Luo Mo.

If that doesn't work, then I'll bring out the authority of a General Director!

I will, I will, I will—I will give him more money!

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In fact, almost no one in the industry thought that the battle for the charts between 'Dong Feng Po' and 'Coffee' would be decided on the First Day.

However, they still underestimated the market's feedback to this song.

Or rather, they underestimated the speed at which listeners accept new things.

On other music platforms, because the promotional efforts were not Fairness, and many platforms even specifically held first-day activities for Zhao Xueqin's new album, 'Coffee' sat firmly on the throne of the New Song Chart.

However, on the New Song Chart of Penguin Music, 'Dong Feng Po' overtook 'Coffee' at 10 PM and topped the list.

At this time, over at Penguin Music, an emergency meeting was held specifically to discuss 'Dong Feng Po' and Luo Mo's new album.

In the end, they made a decision.

Since Luo Mo is bombing the music scene, why don't we join in and add a few grenades to his arsenal?

(PS: First update, 4400 words, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)