Chapter 131: 《Lanting Xu》

On the internet, everyone is discussing the teaser for Luo Mo's new song.

Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin are also paying attention.

It is truly a case of fearing something and having it happen.

Judging by the current situation, it will likely be a song with an Opera Element.

However, relatively speaking, they are more afraid of Luo Mo's Chinese Style.

Opera, at least, is not the worst-case scenario, is it?

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On the other side, Penguin Music is in communication with Luo Mo Studio.

On Monday, they will conduct comprehensive promotion for Luo Mo's new song; this time, they will directly launch a new song campaign, and there will be splash screens and pop-up window support, with resources heavily tilted in his favor.

The new song will be uploaded at twelve noon, but these promotional resources will refresh at midnight to conduct the first wave of pre-heating.

Therefore, Penguin Music wants to ask for Luo Mo's opinion on whether to leak more information during the promotion process, such as—the genre of this song!

In Penguin's view, this is the biggest promotional hook.

If "East Wind Breaks" was the pioneering work of Chinese Style, then Luo Mo's upcoming new song can be said to have carried out fusion and innovation on the foundation of that pioneering work.

Yes, this is a Chinese Style song that incorporates an Opera Element!

Besides that, there is also a Calligraphy Element!

This album, titled "Red", derives its meaning from 【China Red】; the album's integrity is very high, and its style is also very unified.

The studio's liaison asked for Luo Mo's opinion, and after thinking about it, Luo Mo agreed, feeling there was no major problem.

"The music scene is not lacking in quick-draw artists; in the past few days, pseudo-Chinese Style songs have already appeared one after another," Luo Mo thought to himself.

At the same time, there are also some very low-quality songs flying the banner of Chinese Style.

This has not affected Luo Mo's popularity at all; on the contrary, it has made listeners feel: "For Chinese Style, you still have to look to the founder!"

Therefore, the market has immense anticipation for Luo Mo releasing a new Chinese Style song, and still has immense freshness regarding Chinese Style songs.

"Then let's refresh everyone's concept once more," Luo Mo thought to himself.

"So that the music scene of this world knows that the Chinese Style genre has infinite things that can be incorporated into it."

"You can carry out all kinds of fusion and innovation within this genre."

Instructor Luo is back on the job; it is time for a round of military training.

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Monday at midnight, Penguin Music changed the large Poster on the homepage right on time.

Last time, Luo Mo and Zhao Xueqin were both on the same poster, but this time, it was simply just Luo Mo alone.

Of course, Heavenly King Zhao's songs definitely need to be promoted too; this is a scrolling poster, after all, so he will just have to scroll behind Luo Mo.

The resource tilt at Blue Shrimp Music is actually more severe; the promotion given to Luo Mo is very, very little, and it is completely flooded with Zhao Xueqin and Huang Xishan.

When the seven large characters 【Chinese Style · Opera · Calligraphy】 appeared on the poster, those netizens who were not sleeping in the middle of the night instantly got hyped!

"Before I placed my bet yesterday, I was wavering between Opera and Calligraphy; I didn't expect that this internet gambling game would end up being for nothing."

"I didn't expect it, this gambling game actually had no winner!"

"What do you mean no winner? This is a total wipeout!"

"Chinese Style with an Opera Element? Haha, I'm instantly energized!"

"I beg you, hurry up and release the song; I need your Chinese Style to wash my ears—what have these recent things been, monsters and demons?"

"Indeed, it's truly nauseating; they follow the trend but can't even grasp the essence."

I wonder what Heavenly King Zhao and Great God Huang will think when they find out that Luo Mo has fused the two genres they fear most together?

On one side, this star has just debuted.

On the other side, this Great God really wants to retire?

In reality, it is not quite to that extent.

Because looking at this arena competition, "Xi" and "Daughter's Love" are old songs, so their heat will be much lower, and they likely won't be able to beat Zhao Xueqin's new song on the New Song Chart.

It just depends on whether this Chinese Style song of Luo Mo's can beat all three of them down.

It is another restless night; whether within the industry or on the internet, the gazes of countless people have involuntarily fallen upon Luo Mo once again.

The next day, the well-known music critic 【Leshen Dama】 woke up early; this woman, who is named 'Dama' (Auntie) but is actually in her prime, practiced the pipa for a while after finishing her vegetable salad.

She has learned many Chinese Yueqi since she was young and is also proficient in music theory; she is a music critic with genuine standards, unlike some people who just make up the numbers and rely on eye-catching words to earn money that goes against their conscience.

One of Leshen's biggest regrets recently is: "I must have had a broken brain to have rejected the invitation from 'King of Love Songs' back then."

The production team of "King of Love Songs" had also invited her to join the professional judging panel, but she rejected it directly because she did not want to show her face.

This woman, who is described by her friends as "this woman is great in every way, except that she has a mouth," has always refused to show her face in front of the Masses, and even gave herself the name 'Dama' just so that people wouldn't only focus on her beauty and ignore her professionalism.

Well, that's thinking a bit too much...

Now, whenever she thinks that Luo Mo also participated in "King of Love Songs," she secretly regrets it.

Because she now has a tendency to become a fan girl.

"I used to mock those star-chasers for being too stupid; that was because the people they were chasing were the wrong ones," Leshen thought to herself.

By noon, she was like a 'wife-gazing stone', waiting eagerly for the upload of the new song.

Finally, 12 o'clock arrived, and the new songs from Luo Mo's new album were uploaded simultaneously across all major platforms.

Leshen clicked through the banner on the Penguin Music homepage and saw Luo Mo's three songs at a glance.

She had heard both "Xi" and "Daughter's Love"; the only one she hadn't heard was that song, "Lanting Xu".

"'Lanting Xu'?" Leshen looked at the name and was slightly stunned.

"Good heavens, it really is calligraphy!" Leshen felt that Luo Mo really dared to play around.

While others are still groping within the category of 【Chinese Style】, this founding father is already expanding it.

Honestly, if someone else released a song with a title like this, many people would be a bit uninterested.

But since it is Luo Mo, it is different.

This song, "Orchid Pavilion Preface," comes from Zhou Jielun's album "Capricorn."

In the hearts of many fans, this is a song by Zhou Dong in the Chinese Style that is severely underrated.

It's just that, I don't know if it was because of Douyin or some other platform, but the popularity of this song has suddenly soared again in the last two years; after many years, it has inexplicably become popular again.

It is worth mentioning that this song was also on the '11 Spring Festival Gala.

Many people who watched that year's Spring Festival Gala might still have an impression of this song.

The Lyricist of this song is also Fang Wenshan. And the melody, likewise, comes from the hands of Zhou Jielun himself.

Leshen rubbed her fair, tender hands, and before putting on her headphones, she directly clicked download; only after the download was complete did she start listening to the song.

As soon as the prelude sounded, she felt it had a great vibe.

"It doesn't have the sorrow of 'East Wind Breaks,' but the fusion of Chinese-style Yueqi is excellent!"

She has always felt that the melodies of the songs Luo Mo releases are truly superb!

After the prelude, the singing spread out.

"【Copying the Orchid Pavilion rubbings, the running script is like flowing water,

Pushing the door under the moon, your footsteps are as delicate as you.

In a rush, the thousand-year stele is easy to rub,

Yet it is hard to rub your beauty,

Truly a rare trace, who can one truly give their heart to.】"

Listening to the song, Leshen only felt it was catchy, and the sense of story was very strong.

Many ancient-style songs and Chinese Style songs actually create a specific blurb or a background story for the song so that listeners can immerse themselves in the lyrics.

The subject matter and content of this "Orchid Pavilion Preface" are actually very obvious and clear at a glance.

At the same time, the starting key of this song is higher than that of "East Wind Breaks."

"Perhaps the key was raised a bit so that when the Opera Element appears later, it can blend more naturally," Leshen guessed in her heart.

The song continued, and the following content still had a very strong sense of imagery.

"【The shepherd's flute blows horizontally, a few more dishes of yellow wine and side dishes,

The sunset's afterglow is like your shyness, as if drunk.

The copy is easy to write, but the scent of ink does not fade, lingering with you,

Who was circled in the end by a line of cinnabar.】"

Hearing this, Leshen's eyes lit up.

The melody was getting higher and higher.

By comparison, "East Wind Breaks" did not show too much in terms of high notes.

But this does not mean "East Wind Breaks" is not good; it just proves that the two songs are completely different, with obvious distinctions even in singing technique and vocal range.

"A genius is a genius; he will never stay in his comfort zone." This was Leshen's personal evaluation of Luo Mo.

"It's about to reach the climax of the chorus, so the Opera Element should be coming now!" That was what Leshen guessed.

However, the actual situation was different from what she had envisioned.

Generally speaking, songs that incorporate the Opera Element either have a certain Opera Singing style throughout the whole song, though not completely like singing an opera.

Or, they use Opera Singing directly in the chorus to push the whole song up.

But "Orchid Pavilion Preface" did not; the chorus part was still normal singing.

"But... it sounds good!" Leshen said in her heart.

The singing echoed in the headphones, and the lyrics also carried a sense of beauty.

Not to mention, by incorporating a certain Calligraphy Element, the artistic conception of the whole song is elevated.

When you listen to the song and imagine the scenes, it really has a high-class feel.

Interestingly, doesn't Luo Mo's name contain the character 'Mo' (ink)?

The melody rose again in the chorus.

"【Regardless of romance, I write the preface and wait for your return.

The suspended brush is a masterpiece, the waves on the shore stack a thousand times.

How to interpret the word 'love,' no matter how I write it, it's wrong,

And I alone lack your lifelong understanding.】"

For Leshen personally, her favorite line was 【How to interpret the word 'love,' no matter how I write it, it's wrong.】

There are eighty thousand words in the world, but only the word 'love' is the most hurtful.

She could even visualize the scene in her mind: a person standing at a long pavilion, holding a brush. At such a time, it's best to only show a Back Shadow or a side profile.

After the first chorus ended, the Opera Element that Leshen had been longing for appeared very suddenly.

To be precise, the opera part repeated the four lines of lyrics in the chorus twice.

This was used to connect the A-section and B-section of the song.

Clearly, under normal circumstances, if Opera Singing is used, the notes are usually sung relatively high to keep pushing the melody upward.

The key set from the beginning of this song was not low, giving people the feeling that it would follow this pattern—the higher it goes, the more it excites everyone's ears.

But in reality, this opera section was not like that.

A feeling completely different from the previous chorus emerged spontaneously.

Even though the music did not continue to climb higher, the Music God, wearing headphones with the volume turned up slightly, inexplicably broke out in goosebumps all over!

"It really has the feeling of putting pen to paper, with a perfect flow of introduction, development, transition, and conclusion!" the Music God thought to herself.

For her personally, this was her favorite part.

"The finishing touch! This is absolutely the finishing touch!"

"To think it could be played this way!"

When the Opera Singing ended, there was no pause in between; it immediately connected to the content of section B, sung in a normal singing style, yet there was no sense of abruptness at all.

On the contrary, the Opera Singing part had a slightly sharper sound, while the normal singing part was more robust, inexplicably adding a sense of thick ink.

The lyrics of the song's section B were very different from section A, so I will not go into detail here.

After the entire "Orchid Pavilion Preface" ended, the Music God took off her headphones and let out a long sigh of relief.

"I've only listened to it once, but I've already thought about how to write the music review," she thought to herself.

She even had the urge to write a fan fiction story for this song!

She felt this Romance story would be very easy to write!

She even muttered in her heart: "Why doesn't Luo Mo film an MV?"

She felt that with Luo Mo's looks and temperament, if he were to put on a long gown, stand in a long pavilion, and lift a brush to write, that image would be simply too dashing!

"The face-value fans won't be able to help but lick their screens, right?" the Music God chuckled, wiping away the unpromising drool from the corner of her mouth.

She put her headphones back on and put "Orchid Pavilion Preface" on Loop for two more times.

Then, with great willpower and her professional integrity, she resisted the urge to keep listening and clicked on the song "Butterfly" by Heavenly King Zhao Xueqin.

As both are songs that incorporate Opera Elements, if you listen to them together, the difference in quality will be judged immediately.

After listening once, the Music God ripped off her headphones.

"If I had listened to 'Butterfly' first, I would have thought it was a good song, even beating most of the songs on the market that incorporate Opera Elements."

"Heavenly King Zhao's vocal timbre is very unique, and he is inexplicably moving when he sings love songs. Therefore, he can also have a sense of desolate beauty when he sings with Opera Singing."

"However, even without comparing their foundations in Opera, from the perspective of song creation, it is far less innovative than the flow of introduction, development, transition, and conclusion in 'Orchid Pavilion Preface'!"

If you want to listen to songs with Opera Elements, you have to listen to Luo Mo, this legitimate practitioner of the Inheritance.

If you want to listen to Chinese Style songs, you have to listen to Luo Mo, this founding father.

——Luo Mo, the god forever!

With this second Chinese Style song of his out, those messy copycat works on the market will appear even more pathetic.

With this stance of crushing the competition, it is simply a large-scale military training scene after Instructor Luo has returned to work!

He is invincible the moment he makes a move!

This 24-year-old grandmaster of the Chinese Style field has effectively taught the music scene another good lesson.

(PS: Second update, 8000 words for two updates, requesting monthly tickets!)

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