Chapter 172: The Genius of Lyrics and Music

After the song-performing segment ended, the fourth episode of King of Love Songs basically came to an end.

Everyone finished writing down and sealing their 【Kingship Points】 to be wagered in the next episode, and the recording work for this episode was completely finished.

Luo Mo was naturally the same as always, directly writing down 30 points.

After finishing, he started spinning his pen again.

His pen-spinning technique had recently had a breakthrough and was becoming increasingly fancy, much more impressive than when he was a student.

As soon as Zhao Xueqin left the recording set, he put on a different face.

On stage, he still wore a refined smile, appearing as if he, the "former wave," felt gratified by the "latter waves" being more fierce than the last, as if he saw the future of the music scene.

But once he left the cameras, his face turned livid, and his lips even trembled slightly from anger.

Since his debut, the Heavenly King Zhao had never been so humiliated.

He could lose to someone of Xu Chujing's level, and could even grit his teeth and endure losing to Luo Mo.

But what was Sun Yi?

Luo Mo was at least a Top Traffic, one of the male stars with the highest traffic and popularity among the younger generation today.

He possessed immense creative talent and was now a Music Director at a large company; his ability and status were already solidified, and although his Seniority was shallow, he was already vaguely considered a big shot in the music scene.

But what about Sun Yi?

Before meeting Luo Mo, he was nothing!

Yet after meeting Luo Mo, he had defeated a Heavenly King head-on!

This level of face-slapping was completely higher than the previous face-slapping regarding the songs.

After all, everyone on the internet now was a master of sarcasm; even if Luo Mo proved himself through his songs, many people would still have foul mouths and say, "He's flustered, he's flustered!"

There were a large number of such people on the internet who would attack first, and the moment someone fought back, they would start saying in a snide way, "He's flustered, he's flustered!"

Regardless of winning or losing, they could disgust you anyway.

It was as if whoever took it seriously was the one who lost.

But this time it was different.

This feeling was like the NINE-T boy band wanting to snipe Luo Mo, only for Luo Mo to send a Xiwanshaodi, Tong Shu, to take on all nine of them alone.

It was simply a reenactment of a legendary scene!

A Newcomer King who had been Xuezang for many years and had long since fallen into hard times, under his touch of turning stone into gold, had suppressed a Heavenly King to win second place, completely subverting everyone's perception.

"Since when did Heavenly Kings become so weak?"

"Or is it that... we underestimated how terrifying Luo Mo is!"

It was easy to imagine how complicated the feelings of Huang Xishan and Wang Shisong would be when they learned of this news.

"Now it depends on the feedback from the market after this episode airs," Zhao Xueqin said in his heart.

If the market liked his song more, rather than "Young and Promising" and "Pity It Wasn't If," then at least he could still maintain some face, and could even imply something about the show.

Look, the show is the problem.

Didn't you see that the company Xinyu had three singers participating together?

It's a variety show, so it's normal to have some behind-the-scenes manipulation.

But if the listeners ultimately liked the song written by Luo Mo more...

Then Zhao Xueqin might go live on a mountain for a few days and find a master he knew to guide him in cultivation, to avoid shortening his lifespan.

On the other side, Luo Mo took Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi and boarded the nanny van back to Shanghai.

Sun Yi still felt like he was living in a dream.

The moment he cared the least about winning or losing was exactly when he won against a Heavenly King.

—Like a dream, like an illusion!

Life is truly wonderful, and the world is unpredictable.

Previously, he had placed his star path on the gambling table and signed directly with Luo Mo Studio, which was like a high-stakes gamble.

The bigger the bet, the more one wins.

Luo Mo looked at the two of them and praised, "Your performances today are worthy of full marks in my book."

He looked at Chen Shanqi and said, "Actually, you were only a tiny bit away from taking third place; do you feel it's a pity?"

Chen Shanqi hurriedly waved her hands and said, "No, no, Music Director Luo, I am already very content."

Narrowly losing to a Heavenly King—could that be called a pity?

Many years ago, she and several quasi-first-tier female singers had shouted the words about charging toward the first tier.

Among these competitors, a few had already charged up, often showing off in their daily lives, and sometimes even publicly making veiled criticisms.

Now she wondered if she should broaden her perspective and stop getting angry with women of that level.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Forget it, don't think too much about it. After all, King of Love Songs can only be considered the preliminary round; in the end, it still depends on the chart battles and market feedback."

Everyone comes to participate in variety shows for the sake of popularity.

Winning or losing the competition is not the only standard; some singers are eliminated, but the songs they lost with become huge hits—that is what is most practical.

Luo Mo had confidence in "I Am Not Sad."

In reality, the next episode was the hell-level dungeon.

"You two should have heard it too, right? Huang Xishan invited Yuan Hewen to collaborate on the song for the next episode," Luo Mo said to the two.

The two nodded.

Originally, they felt it had nothing to do with them and were just worried for Music Director Luo.

They felt that first and second place were the battlefield for Luo Mo and Heavenly King Zhao, and their own goal was to fight for third.

But human ambition will constantly grow.

One of them had won against a Heavenly King, and the other had narrowly lost to one; their entire mindset would vaguely change.

Although he would not become arrogant because of this, he would no longer feel, as he once did, that a Heavenly King was invincible.

Humans have an inherent greed!

Luo Mo looked at them and said, "Director Ke just leaked a bit of news to me; the replacement Singer for the next episode is a first-tier artist."

This made the two of them exchange a glance, their expressions growing increasingly grave.

In other words, apart from these three from Xinyu, the other four Singers are all first-tier or above!

A variety show for Singer competitions of this scale can be said to be the first in history!

Most of them just find a few popular ones, and then find a few with strong Singing skills to reheat leftovers.

Just how much did Director Ke have to fawn over the financial backers to get this much money!

This program is simply insane!

It might even directly change the market landscape for Singer competition variety shows, right?

Luo Mo continued, "The theme for the fifth episode is called 【No Love Involved】; actually, I have already prepared the songs."

Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi's eyes lit up instantly.

The pressure from before dissipated completely; with just one sentence, Luo Mo filled them with confidence.

This confidence was not in themselves, but in Luo Mo.

They now have an almost fanatical worship of Luo Mo, feeling that he can create any miracle!

At the same time, they are also very clear that after the fourth episode airs, Luo Mo, this new Music Director of Xinyu, will have the final say in the company.

No one will question his authority again, and no one will underestimate his Seniority.

It is useless to have been in the industry for a long time.

May I ask, in your Seniority, is there such a line?

——Once led subordinates to defeat a Heavenly King head-on!

All Xinyu Singers will only feel that Director Luo can perhaps lead us to grow and strengthen in the music scene and create brilliance together!

……..

……..

When returning to Shanghai, it was already late.

Luo Mo told Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi to go back and rest early, and to come to the recording studio tomorrow to meet with him and collect their lyrics and music.

He knew that the two might suffer from insomnia tonight; Chen Shanqi even told Luo Mo directly that she would do more exercise at home today to tire herself out, otherwise she definitely wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

Luo Mo also has a habit of working out, and he is also quite strict with his own body management, indicating that if there is time, they could arrange a workout session.

This made Chen Shanqi, a self-disciplined woman with a peach-shaped butt, feel very excited, thinking she had found another opportunity to get close to Director Luo.

After returning to Xicheng, Luo Mo took a shower first, then sat down in front of the computer wearing pajamas.

He had already decided on his own song for the fifth episode, but Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi's were actually not yet decided.

Although he said he had already settled it, in reality, there were too many songs, and it was a bit hard to choose.

The theme 【No Love Involved】 is quite difficult for others, but for him, it is actually not hard.

However, he has to prepare three songs in one episode, and it is best if they start from three different perspectives.

After picking through the music library, he made the final choice.

"Give Sun Yi one about self-pity."

"Give Chen Shanqi a classic one."

The next day, Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi both arrived at the recording studio early to wait for Director Luo's arrival.

As it turned out, Luo Mo did not come alone; he also brought Tong Shu and Li Junyi along.

These two younger brothers can be said to be Luo Mo's confidants, and he decided to give them some special training.

Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi are both extremely mature Singers; letting them watch these two practice singing might allow them to learn something.

Especially Li Junyi!

Up until now, Luo Mo has not released any songs for Li Junyi, and has absolutely no intention in this regard.

Tong Shu has already soared to the sky; if not for Luo Mo, he could even have been this year's Newcomer King.

To be precise, Tong Shu's album "Big Fish," regardless of sales performance or reputation, beat the Newcomer Kings of the previous few years.

His peer has already become popular, and Brother Mo has even become a big-shot figure in the industry who cannot be underestimated, while Li Junyi is still a trainee; accompanying Tong Shu to participate in the program, he also did so under the status of a trainee and has not officially debuted.

There are also people on the internet saying that Luo Mo is very biased, that Tong Shu is his own son, while Li Junyi is just a stray, or even a house servant.

He follows behind this young master Tong Shu to participate in programs, running around, and cannot even get a single song.

But from beginning to end, Li Junyi has never had any complaints.

Because he knows that he is not yet qualified.

"Brother Mo is not uncaring; he assesses me once every half month. It is I who am not living up to expectations," Li Junyi said in his heart.

Luo Mo had long pointed out a direction for him, feeling that he has a Folk voice, but he still failed to break through the shackles; when he sings, it just lacks that little bit of feeling.

Luo Mo later also felt that letting him work behind closed doors might not be a good method; it would be better to let him listen, watch, and learn more.

"Tong Shu is someone God feeds; one could even say God chases him to feed him," Luo Mo said in his heart. "He only needs a little polishing to shine brilliantly."

"But Li Junyi is a bit lacking in talent, yet his temperament is very good, and he is able to settle his heart." Luo Mo still thinks highly of him.

This society is very impetuous, and Li Junyi is still young, while the entertainment industry is a colorful, decadent dye vat; that he can still maintain his original heart under such circumstances is not simple in itself.

Seeing that Director Luo also brought people, Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi did not feel repelled.

They are both mature Singers; many times when practicing or recording songs, it is impossible for only one producer to be present.

They know that Tong Shu and Li Junyi are Luo Mo's confidants; netizens even joked that they are the two acolytes under God Luo.

Therefore, the two of them were eager to get along well with them.

Luo Mo looked at them and raised the papers in his hand; these were the lyrics he had just gone to print out.

"This one is for the senior, and this one is for Chen." After taking a look, Luo Mo handed the two sets of lyrics to the two of them.

They lowered their heads to glance at the song titles, then read them aloud.

Sun Yi opened his mouth and said: "《Comedy King》?"

This name made him feel extremely surprised.

Although the theme for this episode is called 【No Love Involved】, what is 《Comedy King》 singing about?

Luo Mo looked at him and said: "This song and my 《Exaggerated》 actually have a certain correlation; in my view, they can be called brother pieces."

《Comedy King》, a song performed by Li Ronghao.

In reality, the Lyricist for both 《Exaggerated》 and 《Comedy King》 is the same person, and that is Huang Weiwen.

From certain angles, the creative concepts and techniques of the two songs are somewhat similar.

Huang Weiwen is extremely adept at this type of song.

At the same time, Chen Yixun himself also quite appreciates Li Ronghao, and once said to the audience at the end of a certain concert: "If you've heard enough of my songs, I recommend you listen to Li Ronghao."

This fat man with outrageously strong Singing skills is actually very proud and also quite cocky; he once said to his daughter: "Hey, these Idols of yours, they all call me Brother Eason."

"When they see me, they all go—Ah!!! Brother Eason!!!" He mimicked a bowing gesture.

"Maybe they are more popular than me, but my status is higher than theirs," a certain fat Song God said with a cocky look on his face.

Once Sun Yi heard that this song and 《Exaggerated》 were brother pieces, his expression changed immediately.

As for Chen Shanqi, she looked at the lyrics in her hand and felt that this was the first time she had seen such an entry point.

"【Friend Above Lover Below.】" She chewed on this line of lyrics.

And this song is called 《Lover Below》, performed by the top girl group S. H. E.

The Lyricist is Shi Rencheng, a person whose entry points and techniques for writing lyrics are very varied.

The Arranger is Zhong Xingmin, whose representative works for arrangement are 《Fragrance of Rice》 and 《Orchid Pavilion Preface》, which Luo Mo has already sung; he is a proper Great God-level figure in the arrangement world, only many listeners pay more attention to the lyrics and composition and ignore the arrangement.

After Chen Shanqi read through the lyrics, she found Luo Mo to be astonishingly talented.

"Director Luo, I originally thought that since this episode is called 【No Love Involved】, surely no one would dare to sing a love song, otherwise it would be off-topic," she said in a daze.

Unexpectedly, Luo Mo directly came up with a "Friend Above Lover Below" based on this theme.

Beyond friendship, yet not yet reached Romance.

Actually, there is also Zhou Dong's 《Dandelion's Promise》 which has a similar entry point, and it contains a very famous line of lyrics: "【And I can no longer tell, are you friendship, or a missed Romance.】"

This is equivalent to drifting between being off-topic and fitting the theme—it's brilliant!

At the same time, she also felt that this song was really quite sweet, singing about that layer of window paper that hasn't been poked through yet.

Simply put, it is singing about the ambiguous phase.

And the ambiguous phase is often the most intoxicating and also the most wonderful.

"【Get a little closer, and I'll let you hold my hand. Be a little braver, and I'll go with you. What are you waiting for? There isn't much time left; if we go on like this, we can only be friends.】" Looking at the lyrics, Chen Shanqi had already started screaming like a marmot in her heart.

"Oh my god! I love this song so much, ah ah ah!" She felt her girlish heart being ignited.

"How is he so understanding of women? That kind of feigned reserve of a woman, that longing and expectation in the heart, that hope that you could be a little more proactive, a little more assertive—it's all written out."

"This song could be used as an insert song in an Idol drama!" Chen Shanqi thought to herself.

She felt that this song would have a huge female audience, and it might even open up the campus market she had never possessed before.

"Damn it, the throne of a first-tier star—isn't this within easy reach?" Chen Shanqi laughed so hard she couldn't close her legs.

Oh, Director Luo's damn overflowing talent!

A genius of lyrics and composition—how could the reputation be unearned?

"Then, what kind of angle will Director Luo himself sing from?" they thought.

Facing the strong alliance of Huang Xishan and Yuan Hewen, how will Director Luo break the situation?

(PS: Second update, 4400 words; a 9000-word update is equivalent to three updates from others, begging for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)