Chapter 138: Two Completely Different Songs

The Music Director holds the main direction for the company's music, and since Shen Shaoqiu trusts Luo Mo so much and gives him authority, his status within Xinyu is already different.

The qualification for a substitute spot on "King of Love Songs" can directly influence a Singer's star path.

That is to say, Shen Shaoqiu wrote three names on a piece of paper and let Luo Mo choose; Luo Mo is already capable of changing the life of a Xinyu Singer.

He let his gaze rest on the paper and discovered that all three were quasi-First-line Singers, two women and one man.

Luo Mo did not consider the male Singer.

It is not because he favors women over men or is lecherous.

Well, as long as a man can breathe, he is lecherous.

It is mainly because "King of Love Songs" already has Luo Mo and Sun Yi, so having another female Singer would be more appropriate and could also maximize the benefits.

The two female Singers are named Chen Shanqi and Deng Yingying.

Relatively speaking, Luo Mo is more familiar with Chen Shanqi; after all, he had "ridden the charts" against her, firmly suppressing her on all major charts for a week.

Chen Shanqi has always firmly believed that if there were an opportunity for collaboration, her chances of winning would be the greatest!

Everyone is holding a numbered ticket of love, waiting for the "bestowal of kindness" from Director Luo.

Hmm, she managed to wait for it.

"Let's choose Chen Shanqi," Luo Mo said. "I've competed with her on the charts before and have listened to her songs; her plasticity is actually very strong."

"Is that so?" Shen Shaoqiu was slightly taken aback.

As mentioned before, Chen Shanqi has been stuck at the quasi-First-line level; three years ago, she shouted the ambitious goal of charging toward the First-line, but the result has had a trend of "three years after three years."

Her musical style is relatively Niche; those who like it love it very much, and those who don't just don't feel it.

That is to say, her audience base is too small; to reach the throne of the First-line, she must achieve the ultimate within her own field!

Overall, Shen Shaoqiu actually felt that the other female Singer, Deng Yingying, going to the stage of "King of Love Songs" might be able to attract higher popularity.

Compared to her, Chen Shanqi's biggest advantage is that she is better looking, and only just a little bit.

But since Luo Mo chose Chen Shanqi, he would not veto it; this spot was earned by Luo Mo himself in the first place.

Shen Shaoqiu is also very clear in his heart that Luo Mo needs to use this to establish his prestige as Music Director.

In that case, Chen Shanqi, who has been "ridden" on the charts, is more suitable, because she has lost before, so she is obedient.

The art of managing people is sometimes just like this; once whipped, one becomes more docilely trained.

"Did Director Ke say which episode the substitute will appear in?" Shen Shaoqiu asked.

"It's too late for the next episode, the one after that," Luo Mo said.

Shen Shaoqiu nodded and said, "I will notify her of this matter, and then let her not disturb you for these few days; you should put your energy into the preparations for the next episode first."

Luo Mo nodded slightly and said, "That's fine, Director Shen, you can arrange it."

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Luo Mo left Shen Shaoqiu's office.

This lame man watched the Back Shadow of the young man leaving, leaned his whole body against the back of the chair, and felt a thousand emotions in his heart.

"For a variety show like 'King of Love Songs', as long as the first season can explode, there will definitely be a second and third season, or even develop into an evergreen variety show."

"With Luo Mo paving the way in the first season, for the following seasons, whether it's his personal studio or our Xinyu, we can very naturally stuff people in there."

"There are still many benefits!"

How long has Luo Mo been at the company? If such a great momentum continues, charging toward the Four Great Companies and becoming the fifth largest in the industry is not a dream!

Shen Shaoqiu suddenly felt that if his own son were this promising, how good that would be.

"But whether it's Nuo Nuo or that good-for-nothing brat at home, neither is actually suitable for managing a company," Shen Shaoqiu sighed deeply, feeling a sense of having no successor.

This made him feel more and more that his son needs to find a good wife, and his daughter needs to find a good husband.

Eh, wait, a husband!?

Shen Shaoqiu shook his head; he is a doting-daughter fanatic and feels it is better to let Nuo Nuo have a free romance; what she likes herself is most important.

He picked up his phone and dialed Chen Shanqi.

This head of Xinyu did not claim credit for himself, but instead kept emphasizing that it was Luo Mo's suggestion, that the substitute spot was also personally fought for by Luo Mo, and that Luo Mo would also personally handle the competition songs for her when the time came.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Shanqi felt that as she listened to the words, she had an intracranial orgasm.

This quasi-First-line Singer of Xinyu became excited instantly.

She had been hypnotizing herself before, feeling that her chances of winning were very high.

But she never expected that Luo Mo would not only handle a song for her but also give her a spot to substitute on "King of Love Songs"!

Although Director Shen repeatedly emphasized that Luo Mo's song writing and profit-sharing were different from others, Chen Shanqi already didn't care at all and hadn't listened to it at all.

What profit-sharing or not; when necessary, one can even pay to participate, ying ying ying!

She has really been suffering too much these three years, especially since her confident new album failed again, making her so troubled that she even had some menstrual irregularities.

Sometimes she would dream of herself ascending to the First-line throne; it had already become an obsession.

Therefore, Chen Shanqi decided to sleep well, exercise well, and take good care of her voice these few days.

Striving to be in the best physical state to welcome the training of Instructor Luo, to welcome the discipline of Director Luo.

On the phone, Shen Shaoqiu also added a sentence: "By the way, Luo Mo said that your plasticity is actually very strong."

Chen Shanqi felt beautiful all of a sudden.

It is very strange; being praised by a 24-year-old Newcomer who had just debuted, she actually became smug and proud.

"He must have discovered a certain shining point on me and found creative inspiration!" Chen Shanqi shouted in her heart.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shanqi, who was always eating salad whenever she appeared, dropped the fork in her hand.

"Finally, there is an opportunity to contact Luo Mo; I must show some attitude and think of some ways to establish a private relationship," Chen Shanqi thought.

In the entertainment industry, private relationships are really important; those who are good at interacting with others often get along better and better.

Luo Mo also included the opportunity for "King of Love Songs" as a bonus; she must show enough sincerity and posture.

Soon, she had an idea in her heart.

"For the upcoming songs, I won't take a single cent of the profit share, nor will I take the performance rights; this is to show the greatest respect to a genius of songwriting!" Chen Shanqi had a flash of inspiration.

Not even wanting the performance rights was a clear stance: "I am yours to mold from now on."

However you want to mold me, you can.

Even if you don't lift a finger, I will take the initiative to shape myself into whatever you want.

"Better to widen the path first," Chen Shanqi thought, deciding to become the number one tool under the Music Director.

She didn't want to cooperate with Luo Mo just this once; she craved more.

You have to give to get, after all.

Woman, thy name is greed.

……..

……..

On the other side, Luo Mo sent a WeChat message to the employees at his studio, asking them to draft a Contract and send it to him.

He would send it to Sun Yi via WeChat first; if Sun Yi saw no issues after reviewing it, he would have him come to Shanghai tomorrow to sign it in person.

As for the songs for the third episode of King of Love Songs, Luo Mo had his own prepared, but for Sun Yi, time was still very tight.

He didn't know what kind of song Luo Mo would prepare for him, nor did he know if it would actually suit his current style.

If it wasn't suitable, he might have to practice diligently to change his style, and then there would be even less time.

As for Director Ke Ming, it was the same old story: he leaked the topics to the Singers in advance. The third episode hadn't even been recorded yet, and he had already leaked the theme for the fourth.

The third episode was called 【The Sour Stench of Love】, while the fourth was the direct opposite, called 【Losing You】.

This meant one episode would be sweet songs, and the next would be sad love songs.

After the Contract was sent to Sun Yi, although Sun Yi was burning with impatience to sign, he still read the Contract carefully and seriously, and even had a professional look it over.

The final conclusion was that, apart from being rather overbearing regarding song copyrights and profit sharing, there were no issues with the Contract.

Sun Yi agreed immediately, stating he would arrive in Shanghai by noon tomorrow to sign.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo sent a WeChat message to this new member of the studio: "The song is ready."

For Sun Yi, this sentence was undoubtedly a reassurance.

Then, Luo Mo added Sun Yi to the studio's internal group.

The so-called internal group was actually just a three-person group consisting of Luo Mo, Tong Shu, and Li Junyi.

After Sun Yi entered the group, he changed his nickname and exchanged a few polite words with the two of them.

This left Tong Shu and Li Junyi, who were away in another city participating in a variety show, looking completely shocked.

"Tong Shu, do you know Sun Yi?" Li Junyi said, "He was a Newcomer King a few years ago!"

Tong Shu nodded, swallowed, and said, "I even learned one of his songs before."

Neither of these two young men had expected that the studio would suddenly add an "old senior," and one who had once been very successful at that.

"Is Brother Mo sure he went to record a show, and not to poach people?" they wondered in their hearts.

…….

The next day, Sun Yi arrived in Shanghai right on time and signed the Contract with slightly trembling fingers.

Facing the biggest gamble of his life, he actually felt a bit excited.

Luo Mo was a person with high efficiency; he didn't like to drag things out.

After the signing was finished, he didn't take Sun Yi out for a big meal, but instead treated him to a simple meal in the Xinyu cafeteria.

After eating, he took Sun Yi to the recording studio.

Honestly, Sun Yi was a bit unaccustomed to it at first.

After all, Luo Mo was much younger than him, and the current situation was that he would obediently do whatever Luo Mo told him to do; it was a bit uncomfortable for a moment.

But overall, it was still more comfortable than staying at his old company, and he had more expectations and fantasies about the future.

After walking into the recording studio, Luo Mo first gestured for Sun Yi to sit down on the side and said, "You can put on the headphones first; I'll let you listen to the accompaniment and a Demo I recorded casually."

Then, he went to the other side and opened his computer.

As mentioned before, although Sun Yi had a pair of big eyes, he had a vocal timbre extremely similar to that man with squinty eyes on Earth.

Li Ronghao, with his small eyes, could always sing with his own style and flavor, even when covering other people's songs.

To cater to the theme of the next episode, the song Luo Mo chose for Sun Yi was a song from a movie adapted from a romance novel.

This novel was called "Silent Separation," and on various romance forums, the male lead, He Yichen, had once topped various male lead voting lists, and his popularity was very high.

And this song was adapted from a classic line spoken by this romance male lead.

The song is called "Not Settling."

The Lyricists are Li Ronghao and Huang Weiwen.

Sun Yi listened to the Demo of the song while his eyes looked at the printed lyrics in his hand.

Soon, his gaze stopped on one line of lyrics—【When you appear, everyone else seems mediocre】.

"No wonder the song is called 'Not Settling'." Sun Yi understood immediately.

Judging from this line, it was still very suitable for the theme.

The emotion expressed within it was very direct and also very intense!

The whole song was very catchy, and the melody wasn't very complicated; after listening to the A-section, Sun Yi could already hum along a little bit.

This made him realize that this song was taking a route focused on dissemination, considering its viral potential.

Luo Mo looked at him, and after he took off the headphones, said, "This is not a very complicated song."

"I can tell you very directly that if you take this song to the next round of the competition, the score given by the professional jury might not be particularly high, but it should be higher than your last two episodes," Luo Mo said.

This made Sun Yi feel a bit ashamed, because his scores from the professional jury in the last two episodes were truly abysmal!

Although he was in sixth place in the second episode, his individual score from the professional jury was at the bottom again; it was only because his score from the live audience was a cut above another Singer that he was lucky enough not to be eliminated in last place.

Luo Mo looked at Sun Yi and continued, "However, if nothing goes wrong, this song will become popular."

Upon hearing this, Sun Yi nodded.

He felt that this song possessed many characteristics of popular hit songs; for instance, the song title and the perspective of the lyrics could strike a chord with a large portion of the audience.

Secondly, its melody was very simple and easy to remember, yet it was quite pleasant to listen to.

Li Ronghao himself even joked, "I think 'Not Settling' is 'trash,' and I didn't expect it to become so popular either."

Looking at the lyrics, many parts were truly forced just for the sake of rhyming.

The brilliance of this song actually lies in the composition and the Arranger.

But the results indeed showed that the market feedback was exceptionally good, and this song also became one of Li Ronghao's personal representative works, even winning several awards...

Luo Mo continued, "The direction I have temporarily set for you is to open up the market by relying on 'Not Settling,' which has a relatively high reach, in the third episode of 'King of Love Songs'."

Sun Yi's loss of popularity was too severe; he desperately needed a catchy song that could make everyone remember him and climb the charts, so as to awaken the Masses' memories of him.

"As for the fourth episode, the theme is 'Losing You.' In this episode, I will give you a heartfelt song, a song that the professional jury will also give a high score," Luo Mo said very solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Sun Yi immediately raised his head.

Singers all want to have hit songs, but they want masterpieces with both high popularity and good reputation even more.

"But the prerequisite is that you must perform 'Not Settling' perfectly," Luo Mo said.

Sun Yi's eyes burned with anticipation as he said, "Can you let me see the lyrics and listen to the Demo first?"

Luo Mo shook his head and said, "No, I will only give it to you after you have mastered 'Not Settling'."

This stance was just like constantly unlocking new dungeons in a video game.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I can only reveal one song title to you for now."

Sun Yi nodded.

And what he did not expect was that, due to his own special experiences, his heart trembled violently just from hearing a song title.

This song is called 'Young and Promising'.

(PS: First update, 4200 words, requesting monthly tickets!

Also, wishing everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

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