Chapter 139: Men, Cry If You Must, It's No Sin

As the sun set in the west, Luo Mo and Sun Yi had been busy in the recording studio for the entire afternoon.

"That's good, you've already grasped the key elements of this song," Luo Mo said, taking off his headphones and speaking to Sun Yi in the recording booth.

Although there was a trace of fatigue on Sun Yi's face, there was even more excitement.

Just as an Actor feels a sense of unbridled satisfaction when encountering a good script and a good opponent while acting, a Singer sometimes feels the same when recording a song.

During the years Sun Yi was Xuezang, he could only practice singing at home by himself. After terminating his contract with his former company, he didn't have any good songwriting resources either.

He missed the ease he felt when recording songs in the studio back in the year he was the Newcomer King.

This song, "Not Settling," allowed him to find his groove immediately; he felt his vocal range and Singing style were a perfect match for this song.

As mentioned before, there was an inherent sense of languor in Sun Yi's voice.

Therefore, the beginning of "Not Settling" would have a lazy, indifferent feel, as if all living things were merely passersby like me, and I didn't care.

And when it reached the chorus, the pitch would rise, and that fervent affection for only you would continuously amplify, creating a sharp contrast.

Looking at the creation of the atmosphere and the expression of emotion, this song felt tailor-made.

When he received affirmation from Luo Mo, for some reason, this man who had just turned thirty this year felt his hanging hands twitch slightly, his fingertips trembling.

Life is short, and he had already wasted many years.

He used to wallow in self-pity, drowning his sorrows in alcohol, and his emotions were very unstable; he was a bit depressed.

After successfully terminating his contract, he thought it would be a new beginning, but he didn't expect to hit walls everywhere, with no one appreciating him.

But now, he finally saw a ray of light.

Luo Mo looked at him and said, "Tonight, the studio will announce your signing news; it will be posted at eight o'clock, just letting you know in advance."

Sun Yi nodded.

He knew very well that he, a contestant on "King of Love Songs," suddenly signing with Luo Mo Studio would Afraid trigger heated discussions again.

Luo Mo told him this in advance to help him prepare mentally.

The current online environment is not very good, and many people are full of hostility. Therefore, once this news is announced, there will definitely be both good and bad comments.

After Sun Yi walked out of the recording booth, Luo Mo suddenly said, "By the way, your former company is Feihuang Entertainment, right?"

Sun Yi nodded and said, "Yes, it's Feihuang."

Luo Mo smiled and said, "When I participated in 'Creating Idols,' that fifth-place trainee was from Feihuang Entertainment."

He didn't say much more, and Sun Yi didn't ask any more questions.

Back then, Li Fengshan of Xingshi Entertainment allied with several large companies to suppress Luo Mo, carrying out 【Anti-Explosion】 against him, and Feihuang Entertainment also played a part in it.

The boy group NINE-T was directly crushed by Tong Shu, and Feihuang Entertainment also lost a large sum of money in the process, with future earnings directly cut in half.

Not to mention, Luo Mo really had quite a few enemies.

"Let's go, let's have a meal together tonight; Boss Shen said he wants to meet you," Luo Mo said to Sun Yi.

Shen Shaoqiu had just sent Luo Mo a WeChat message saying he was treating him to a meal today, with good wine and food.

He didn't invite anyone else; just the three men would eat together and have a little drink.

After all, Luo Mo's personal studio was affiliated with Xinyu, and he himself was the Music Director of Xinyu, so strictly speaking, Sun Yi could also be considered a member of Xinyu, just a bit more on the periphery.

If others heard that the boss was treating them to a meal and it was just the three of them, they would definitely feel honored. Luo Mo, however, was a bit uninterested, feeling it would be better to bring Shen Yinuo and Jiang Ningxi along.

That way, his appetite would be better.

Beauty is a feast for the eyes, after all.

Sun Yi, however, was very excited because, in terms of status, Shen Shaoqiu was no worse than the boss of Feihuang Entertainment.

And judging from the current momentum, Xinyu was developing much better than Feihuang, especially in the field of music.

His former boss had ended his career with a single order, wanting to ruin his life. And upon arriving at a new place, the new boss was treating him to a meal to show his attitude.

Sun Yi knew very well that this was mainly giving Face to Luo Mo; this was the energy and magic Luo Mo possessed.

"I followed the right person," Sun Yi thought to himself.

When eating dinner, Shen Shaoqiu actually brought a bottle of red wine with a six-figure market price.

By eight o'clock, everyone had already had a few rounds of drinks.

Sun Yi's tolerance for alcohol was very poor; although he often drowned his sorrows in alcohol during the years he was frustrated, he somehow never managed to build up his tolerance, which was absurd.

Or rather, it was precisely because he suffered several major losses in drinking culture that he was Xuezang by his former company.

This led the former Newcomer King to be overly cautious when drinking with others; knowing his tolerance was poor, he still drank fiercely, leaving Shen Shaoqiu and Luo Mo stunned.

Their Xinyu didn't go in for that sort of thing.

In some companies, when a Newcomer arrives, there might be a group dinner where the Newcomer has to pick up their glass and toast everyone one by one, toasting all the leaders and seniors, going around the table.

"Boss Shen, Director Luo, I... I'll go to the restroom first," Sun Yi said, feeling slightly uncomfortable as he stood up.

Luo Mo and Shen Shaoqiu nodded, and Shen Shaoqiu even gave a look to the service staff in the private room, asking them to take care of him.

After Sun Yi left the private room, Luo Mo opened his phone and checked the studio's Weibo.

Fifteen minutes ago, the studio had posted the Weibo about signing Sun Yi on time, and in just a few minutes, it had sparked heated discussion.

There was no help for it; who told Luo Mo to be a Top Traffic now?

Shen Shaoqiu leaned over to take a look and said, "You kid, you always cause such a big stir."

Who would have thought that while going to participate in a show, he would also recruit talent on the side.

He trusted Luo Mo's judgment; since Luo Mo was willing to sign this person, he was willing to throw some resources at him to test the waters.

"I didn't expect that either," Luo Mo said very honestly.

He also didn't expect the situation to develop like this.

In the restroom, Sun Yi retched a few times, but nothing came up.

After splashing his face with water, he took the tissue handed to him by the service staff and opened Weibo.

He had long since followed the official Weibo of Luo Mo Studio, and he saw that there were already thousands of comments underneath; the popularity was terrifying.

The words on Weibo were quite official: "Congratulations to Singer Sun Yi for signing with Luo Mo Studio and joining our big family, throw flowers!"

This was nothing strange.

However, the attached image was a bit different.

It was a photo of Sun Yi's Back Shadow, and the image was also captioned with a few large characters.

These large characters represented so much, and even faintly held the posture of calling out to Feihuang Entertainment from afar, as well as Luo Mo's personal expectations for Sun Yi.

"【Look at success or failure, life is heroic, it's nothing more than starting over from the beginning!】"

The service staff accompanying him on the side watched as Sun Yi's body twitched violently, nearly failing to hold the phone steady.

He thought Sun Yi's alcohol was surging up and he was about to vomit in the sink.

Who knew that Sun Yi would immediately lower his body, bend over in front of the mirror, catch the water flowing in the sink, and splash it onto his face repeatedly.

Kept splashing, kept splashing, kept splashing.

This made the service staff completely unaware that this man, who had just turned thirty, already had red-rimmed eyes and tears streaming down like rain.

"Look at success or failure, life is heroic, it's nothing more than starting over from the beginning!"

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On the other side, Pineapple Entertainment and Feihuang Entertainment were completely bewildered.

"You were all participating in the program together just fine, and you actually joined Luo Mo Studio?"

"If you can't beat them, join them?"

"You really have a way, you've really thrown away your dignity!"

In reality, there was also much discussion about this on the internet.

Just as Sun Yi had anticipated from the start, there were congratulations, and there was also foul language.

There was no help for it; Luo Mo was definitely going to be the Newcomer King this year, and it was impossible for any Newcomer to block his radiance.

A former Newcomer King going to work for the current Newcomer King—the topic was full of buzz.

What's more, the two were participating in the same variety show; you were originally rivals, and yet you directly surrendered and threw yourself into his camp.

Others didn't care what your mindset was, nor did they care if you had broadened your path; people with heavy hostility would mock anything they saw.

"Oh my, just this much ambition?"

"It's the entertainment industry, what do you need face for!"

"Making money, it's not shameful, heh."

"It's truly shameful. A few days ago, I also had a classmate who used to be like a hoodlum, but he suddenly made money these past few years and came here to show off his wealth, telling me to follow him and mix with him—I'll mix with his mother!"

"A former Newcomer King, directly licking the boots of a newly debuted Newcomer. Yo, this is the power of Top Traffic, truly an eye-opener."

"With such shallow Seniority, is he worthy? Ox is Ox, the veterans of the music scene are the real deal; what are these Newcomers of recent years!"

"Exactly, I'm from '03, but I only listen to old songs; the style is high-class!"

Because Luo Mo's current personal traffic could be ranked among the top in the whole country, although his studio adhered to the principle of not making up data or faking data, his every move could always climb the Hot Search.

This news of signing Sun Yi went straight forward and hit the sixth spot on the Hot Search.

It is laughable to say, but this was the first time in many years that Sun Yi had reached the top of the Hot Search.

Even when "King of Love Songs" announced that Sun Yi was joining, it didn't rush onto the Hot Search list.

Before the program had even started broadcasting, Sun Yi had suddenly killed his way back into the vision of the Masses in this form.

Most netizens just acted as melon-eating onlookers to watch the fun, but it was different for the major companies.

Especially those companies that participated in "King of Love Songs".

Wei Ran was shocked for a moment, then hurriedly called Li Ge.

Other Singers didn't expect Sun Yi to pull such a move.

Except for Zhao Xueqin and Wei Ran, the remaining Singers were inexplicably a bit nervous.

"Sun Yi's move of drawing the firewood from under the cauldron is absolute!"

"For the sake of staying on the stage of 'King of Love Songs', this man really will do anything!"

"It's fatal, won't Luo Mo write a song for him in the next round? This young man doesn't lack songs at all; how many has he already sung in the song-promoting segment?"

They even suspected, would he directly pick one out from the songs in the song-promoting segment for Sun Yi?

That female Singer who ranked fifth in the last round, named An Ran, had her mindset completely collapse.

The one who cast 11 points for 【Wangquan Fen】 was her.

"I originally thought that with Sun Yi at the bottom for me, even if the replacement Singer in the next round was powerful, I should still be able to stay for one more round and sing one more song." An Ran had indeed thought exactly this at the beginning.

"But if there is Luo Mo's help..." An Ran felt a bit desperate in an instant.

In the next episode, she had originally been very confident because her company had spent a lot of effort to help her get a song written by a well-known Lyricist.

Although she knew very well that she couldn't compare to the first tier like Luo Mo, Zhao Xueqin, and Wei Ran, bullying Sun Yi shouldn't be a big problem.

But if it were Luo Mo writing the lyrics and music, it would be completely different.

This was a genius of lyrics and music who could even directly knock down a Great God like Huang Xishan!

She felt as if Luo Mo had a pair of invisible hands that were already manipulating this competition.

"I'm done for..." An Ran felt that she had been remotely ruined by Luo Mo.

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…….

Shencheng, inside a high-end Chinese-style Siheyuan.

Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin were drinking tea again, again, and again.

After hearing this news, Huang Xishan's complexion was a bit ugly.

For him, he and Zhao Xueqin would face two songs by Luo Mo on the stage of *King of Love Songs*.

This Great God-level figure in the world of songwriting and composition felt immense pressure.

Normally, according to standard logic, he would think that a person's energy is limited; Luo Mo had to prepare two songs every week, so how could he possibly handle it?

If the quantity goes up, the quality will slide down.

To them, this was a good thing.

Huang Xishan and Zhao Xueqin did not care whether Luo Mo and Sun Yi would occupy second and third place, as long as the first place was theirs.

But unfortunately, as soon as Zhao Xueqin returned, he told his teacher: "In the song promotion segment this time, Luo Mo sang a medley of 7 songs in just 90 seconds!"

This showed that this young man was still in a period of inspiration gushing forth and was not lacking in stock at all!

——This is troublesome!

"Teacher, although Luo Mo has many advantages in the theme of the second episode, we failed in the second episode, so we must win it back in the third episode. President Wang is very emotional over there..." Zhao Xueqin said with a wry smile while pouring tea for Huang Xishan.

But honestly, the theme of the third episode is 【The Sour Smell of Love】, which is not the field he is best at.

On the contrary, he is particularly confident in the theme of the fourth episode, 【Losing You】.

Huang Xishan nodded and said: "Actually, your chances of winning with the song *Second Cup* in the third episode won't be small, but let's change the arrangement at the end and add some more elements to it. After all, it's a live competition, and the visual sense is still very important. You can also try singing while playing..."

Huang Xishan began to devise strategies.

*Second Cup* was based on the concept of "half price for the second cup" and was essentially a relatively sweet song.

Zhao Xueqin nodded and let out a long sigh.

What he is most worried about now is that Luo Mo will continue to put effort into the music in the next episode and bring out works that are very formidable in terms of composition and arrangement.

If that happens, his old face will really have nowhere to hide.

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Time flies like an arrow, the sun and moon move like a shuttle; time is like something very subtle that makes people unable to feel it.

Although it gave many people invisible pressure, Luo Mo himself was carrying out his work in an orderly manner.

He has been too busy lately; there are too many songs to prepare, and the people waiting to be coached are still lining up.

The busyness at this moment made him feel that he could retire early by the age of 40.

"They all say that 40 is a man's golden age, so why not hurry up and be unrestrained during the golden age?" That was what Luo Mo thought anyway.

Once upon a time, his retirement plan was 45, and it was reduced by five years all of a sudden...

"On Saturday night, the first episode of *King of Love Songs* will be broadcast," Luo Mo thought to himself.

There are quite a lot of things to do this week, because on Sunday night, *That Year Those Rabbits* will also be broadcast on the Children's Channel as a follow-up program.

Luo Mo did not know that the Children's Channel originally wanted *That Year Those Rabbits* to be broadcast at five or six o'clock. This time slot is considered one of the prime times for the Children's Channel because many children watch TV while eating.

But after reviewing the content, the senior management of the Children's Channel collectively stated: "This is not an anime to watch while eating!"

They felt that they should be decent people and not let the parents who accompany them to watch be unable to even eat their meals.

So the broadcast time of *That Rabbit* was postponed a bit and set at seven o'clock in the evening.

After all

——Only after eating your fill do you have the strength to cry!

(PS: Second update, 4500 words, seeking monthly tickets!

Speaking of which, you are so cruel. You are on holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I am not on holiday and am working hard to type, with 8000+ words updated daily, yet you are still urging me to add more. The Moshengren are indeed not a good organization.)

(End of this chapter)