Chapter 186: Who Invited the Heavenly Queen Xu?

"Master" went very peacefully.

This top-tier production, with lyrics by Huang Xishan, composition and arrangement by Yuan Hewen, and sung by Heavenly King Zhao, was mercilessly crushed on the charts by Luo Mo's "Father".

Although in terms of ranking, the difference between first and second place seemed to be just one spot, the streaming and download data were a full double higher!

On the Weibo Hot Search list, the ranking of "Master" didn't even match the content of the video on the big screen before the prelude of "Father".

Many commercial directors stated that this creative technique was very similar to a public service announcement.

They expressed: "If the content in this 'Father' where dumplings are placed were broadcast on television as a public service announcement, the effect would definitely be shocking too!"

"Compared to numerous public service announcements, this is absolutely first-class, even a top-tier production!"

This left netizens stunned.

"Good heavens, so Luo Mo also has the potential to be a commercial director?"

"At first, I thought I was a fan of a slacker who just clocks in, but later, you tell me he is a Singer, a creative genius, a talented producer, the youngest Music Director in history... these are all related to music at least, but now you tell me this man who came out of an Idol training reality show can be a director?"

"Hahahaha, didn't he just release his debut album? According to the order of stars, it should be singing first, then acting, and only then directing."

"Can you all show some Face to Heavenly King Zhao and the two Great Gods? Can't we just treat the opening as the MV for 'Father'? You have to insist it's a public service announcement! The new song from their collaboration doesn't even have as much Weibo heat as the commercial!"

"Zhao Xueqin: Never been this speechless."

In the end, the famous director Qian Qingyun came to join the fun, not only liking this video but even writing a three-hundred-word long review!

Now it was done, the heat soared once again.

Director Qian Qingyun also agreed that this video could completely be used as a public service announcement, and jokingly suggested that major television stations should hurry up and contact Luo Mo Studio.

Then, he heaped praise on this short video from aspects like "visuals," "lens language," "editing," "freeze-frames," and "scene arrangement."

Finally, he said Luo Mo was very spirited and talented; if he hadn't already carved out a world for himself in the music scene, he would even want to teach him how to direct movies personally.

After Director Qian's Weibo post, many netizens flooded in.

"Director Qian, can you find Luo Mo to act in a play first? His period costume look is too stunning!"

"The world has suffered from ugly men in period dramas for too long, Director Qian, come out of retirement quickly!"

"Although I don't know if Luo Mo has acting skills, isn't Director Qian the best at teaching Newcomer Actors?"

Netizens now are also very clear that this is the era of traffic; Singers also need exposure and won't just release songs silently.

If they have even a little bit of acting talent, they will consider going into acting.

If they really don't, then they go participate in variety shows.

If neither works out, they can also play games or do Live Broadcast sales.

Luo Mo's looks are right there, with sword-like brows and starry eyes, too suitable for period costumes; if he has any talent at all, not acting would be a waste of this face.

What's more, he has studied Opera since he was a child, practicing every expression and gesture, and he knows how to wield blades and swords, so it shouldn't be too bad, right?

As for the media, they were frantically contacting Pineapple and Cilong, wanting to interview Huang Xishan and Yuan Hewen.

Luo Mo's side has always rarely accepted interviews, and besides, what is the point of a winner's mindset?

It's all just a few humble words, or at most a few arrogant ones.

The losers' side has much more of a hook!

Pineapple directly refused all interviews, while Cilong was a bit conflicted.

They held a meeting, thinking about whether to directly shift the blame to save Yuan Hewen's reputation.

After all, Yuan Hewen himself firmly believed that it was Huang Xishan's lyrics that held them back.

Anyway, the fact that 【Huang Xishan is inferior to Luo Mo】 was already a nail in the coffin; how many times had he lost already?

If you, Huang Xishan, are bad at writing lyrics, what does that have to do with me, Yuan Hewen?

It's just that it looks a bit ugly in terms of Face.

After all, not long ago there was a "great world reconciliation," and both companies were marketing it, defining it as a beautiful story.

As a result, after collaborating on just one song, because they lost once, the relationship between Huang and Yuan turned sour again.

—What kind of situation is this!

Troublesome!

Cilong's President Chen respected Yuan Hewen's opinion, letting him think it through and solve it himself.

Cilong made its fortune in music, with its focus on the music scene rather than the film and television industry, so they still valued Yuan Hewen's reputation; after all, Yuan had no intention of retiring yet and wanted to work for another two years.

Now there were three paths in front of Yuan Hewen.

Either handle it coldly and let the matter fade away with the passage of time.

But he would definitely be overshadowed by this Founder of Chinese Style in the future, and years later when the two were compared, people with ulterior motives would likely bring this up.

The second path is to openly show his displeasure and shift the blame to Huang Xishan. After all, they had only just cleared up their misunderstandings, there wasn't much affection there, and when making friends, there are always times when things don't go well.

As for the third path, that is to face off against Luo Mo again, and this time, it's best not to bring Huang Xishan along.

As long as he wins this time, it would be equivalent to the second path working out as well. At that time, he could call a few marketing accounts to stir up the rhythm and be snide for a few waves, and Huang Xishan would have no choice but to carry the blame for this failure!

"Look, without you dragging me down, didn't I win?"

Old thing, if you can't do it anymore, retire quickly, don't embarrass yourself in the music scene.

After holding a small meeting, the executives at Cilong all felt that fighting another battle was the best choice.

The identity of Founder of Chinese Style is too dazzling; if he could be overshadowed, the benefits brought would be beyond imagination.

Moreover, Xinyu's momentum has been too strong recently, and their main offensive is concentrated in the music scene. For the four major companies, Cilong's sense of crisis is second only to the stepping-stone-like Pineapple.

However, the problem arises.

—Can they win?

This kid has been killing everything since he came out of the mountains, and there are too many souls under his blade!

Cilong's final consideration was: "It's not that we can't fight, the point is whether the odds of winning are high."

Let the wind blow for a while longer, let's observe the situation first.

First, crouch in the bushes for a while; if the situation is good, I'll snatch a kill, and if the situation is bad, I'll put on a show, while reporting Huang Xishan by the way.

He has already been killed four times in a row; how could the report fail?

When it comes to being a shady schemer, Yuan Hewen and Cilong Entertainment are professionals.

……..

……..

The next day, 7:30 PM.

Tingting, a top general in Xu Chujing's powerful team, began to make her move.

A piece of news was suddenly announced on major platforms, igniting the netizens' love for gossip.

"According to reliable information obtained by this editor, Pineapple is currently in communication with Xu Chujing Studio and may invite the Heavenly Queen Xu to support the Semi-finals of 'Singer', lending a helping hand to the Heavenly King Zhao!"

These days, there are too many fake rumors.

Yet, what is strange is that as everyone consumed more and more major rumors and had their worldviews constantly refreshed, they discovered a truth.

"Those rumors that look more like the truth are actually fake. Those rumors that look outrageous at first glance are actually true!"

You shouldn't talk about what is reasonable or unreasonable with the entertainment industry; the people in this circle are bad at math, science, and engineering, and not necessarily good at liberal arts either—there is no logic to it.

At first glance, this news felt very fake, and extremely fake at that.

Netizens began to discuss it heatedly.

"Heavenly Queen Xu wouldn't lower her status to go on a variety show for Singer competitions, right? Adding a disclaimer: I don't mean to look down on Heavenly King Zhao here, but after all, there is a clear difference between an Ordinary Heavenly King and a top-tier Heavenly Queen."

"What kind of disclaimer is the person above adding? Are you hammering nails into Heavenly King Zhao?"

"Please, Jing is the National Producer Representative for 'Creating Idols', and Luo Mo is the first-place winner of that show; there is a half-teacher-student relationship there."

"This news is even more outrageous than Xu Chujing going to be Luo Mo's Guest Singer. You think being a Heavenly King is so great that you're qualified to invite Jing?"

"This rumor is so fake that it actually makes me feel like it's ripe."

But the deadly part is that the team that released this news has always been terrifyingly accurate.

One-third of the major rumors in the entertainment industry come from this team.

And by nine o'clock in the evening, new rumors began to emerge one after another.

One moment someone said Heavenly King Zhao invited the Heavenly Queen Chun Xiao from his own company, the next moment someone said he invited Liu Xuecheng, who is also a Heavenly King, and another person said he invited someone who performs crosstalk……..

It was simply a mixed bag!

Tingting, the top general in Xu Chujing's team, began to set up a maze of confusion.

There is a specific term for this situation, called "parading people".

For example, when a certain drama is about to start filming, in order to gain hype, they first parade the Top Traffic stars in the entertainment industry around; when marketing to the outside world, they say XX is the lead actor one moment, and then say XXX is the lead actor the next. In this way, it becomes famous before filming even begins.

In reality, the lead actor has not been decided at all, and they haven't even contacted this group of people.

Inviting a Guest Singer is the same principle.

This caused a wave of disgust among netizens.

"What is Pineapple doing? This is my first time seeing someone 'parading people' while participating in a Singer-type variety show!"

"My Brother Cheng is beautiful on his own; Pineapple, please do not disturb!"

"It's just a semi-final, just singing a song, why make so many smoke bombs? This is truly a speechless event."

Little did they know, the people at Pineapple Entertainment were even more speechless than the netizens.

"We only just found out about these news items ourselves!"

"We might have even known just a few minutes earlier than you all…….."

This caused Pineapple's public relations team to immediately hold an emergency meeting, deciding to be more efficient and debunk the rumors online.

However, the problem arose.

President Wang and Xu Chujing's manager had agreed to have a meal together tomorrow to properly discuss the matter of cooperation.

So, if we debunked the others online, wouldn't that be equivalent to tacitly admitting that we are inviting Xu Chujing?

The head of the public relations team immediately communicated this matter to Wang Shisong.

Wang Shisong's initial thought was to just debunk it directly. Pineapple inviting Xu Chujing is a fact, and there is nothing shameful about it.

If we can cooperate, we cooperate; if we can't, we can't. What's the big deal?

In his view, even the fact that Xu Chujing Studio was willing to send someone to talk to him could be used to make a point.

"After all, if Luo Mo really has a good relationship with Xu Chujing, then what is there to talk about?"

"Being willing to talk means there is a problem."

"If there is a problem, we can deal a blow to Luo Mo!"

President Wang was greatly moved, and according to his usual style of doing things, he definitely would have just done it.

But because he had stumbled too many times recently, his actions had become a bit more cautious.

"Don't post the debunking announcement yet. I will go eat with Xu Chujing's manager tomorrow first, and we'll talk after that. It's not like one day makes a difference," Wang Shisong said to the employees of the public relations team.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Shisong lit a cigar while being served by his "Fourth Wife".

This woman just wanted to have him rest his head on her soft cushion, but she was rudely pushed away by Wang Shisong.

Tonight, he had originally chosen this little internet celebrity; he hadn't favored her for a long time and wanted to use this to vent the frustration in his heart.

According to the process, he should now be incarnated as a forgetful food delivery guy; the hot dog had already been delivered inside, and the egg was still knocking frantically at the door.

As a result, he lost interest in an instant.

He walked to the balcony, looked down at the night view of the city, bit his cigar, and fell into a daze.

"Who is so idle and has nothing to do, spreading our news?"

The night breeze blew, making the glow of the cigar in President Wang's mouth shine even brighter in the night.

(ps: Second update, asking for monthly tickets.)

(End of chapter)