Chapter 193: King Bomb

After the curtain in front of Tong Shu dropped, the curtain in front of Sun Yi seemed somewhat redundant.

Once Sun Yi opened his mouth to sing the male part, the curtain fell directly.

It must be said that Tong Shu's uniquely gifted voice still possessed great live appeal.

Beyond being indistinguishable between male and female, his ethereal and limpid quality was like sounds of nature.

Of course, Zhou Shen on Earth has become increasingly popular in recent years, not only because his singing skills are strong enough and his vocal timbre unique enough, but also because he is... silly enough.

The song "Cool" is the ending theme for the TV series "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms."

Luo Mo has never watched this drama starring Da Mimi, but he has heard the song many times.

From the perspective of the lyrics, this song is suspected of piling up flowery language to hook into the xianxia theme.

In terms of style, it follows a fairy-like, ethereal feeling, while also carrying a touch of love, hate, and enmity.

In reality, many lyrics of songs that lean toward the ancient style do seem relatively harder to understand than Chinese Style.

Well, this only refers to a portion of songs.

But overall, this is a pleasant duet.

The original singers, Zhang Bichen and Yang Zongwei—the former is a major player in songs for such xianxia dramas, having taken many contracts for xianxia and costume dramas.

Her personal vocal timbre is indeed very suitable for singing songs in dramas.

It is just a pity that her most popular moment in recent years was because she gave birth to a child.

At this very moment, the song has entered the chorus section.

With Tong Shu starting first, the mist on the stage began to spread, resembling a fairyland.

"【The cool night colors turn into a river of longing for you,

Transforming into spring mud to cherish me.】"

Immediately after, Sun Yi raised his microphone.

"【The shallow years brush across the lover's sleeves,

Petals of fragrance drift into the water.】"

The bullet comments began to flood the screen again at this moment.

"So good! Tong Shu's voice is truly amazing!"

"Sun Yi is also good; his sense of tragedy this time is quite rich!"

"I don't really understand the lyrics."

"Oh, it's normal not to understand ancient-style lyrics; there isn't a single song written by Yuan Hewen that I can understand."

In reality, people are all double-standard.

Especially when the enemy and friendly camps are relatively clear.

A disliked celebrity announces an endorsement: exploiting fans.

A liked celebrity announces an endorsement: high commercial value.

A disliked celebrity has no roles: lazy at home.

A liked celebrity has no roles: carefully selecting scripts.

A disliked celebrity takes a variety show: desperate and grabbing at straws.

A liked celebrity takes a variety show: gaining fans just by showing their face.

If you have good audience affinity, people won't bash you for not understanding the lyrics.

Instead, they will think: "Yuan Hewen usually has this style; this is clearly using his own style to beat him!"

"It's intentional, absolutely intentional!"

A well-intentioned rhythm was thus stirred up.

Luo Mo saw these bullet comments and was just: "???"

At first, he really hadn't thought that much...

He had simply imagined it in his head, feeling that Tong Shu singing this song should be able to produce an effect.

Luo Mo was just purely considering things 100% for his little brother.

He hoped that Xiao Shu could gain another wave of fans through the exposure of this program and open up his National Popularity.

It really was a case of planting a willow unintentionally and it growing into shade...

In the lounge, Zhao Xueqin listened to this song, and his expression became solemn.

Because the style of the song—it really did clash!

Xu Lianying sat beside him and also secretly frowned, saying: "Did this Luo Mo intentionally write a song in the style that Yuan always uses?"

This piling up of flowery language, he really mastered it.

At first glance, he is even better at piling it up than Yuan Hewen!

Zhao Xueqin glanced at the petite and well-maintained Xu Lianying, shook his head and said: "Not sure, after all, he never plays by the rules; I can't figure him out."

But the fact of the clashing style was already laid out here, and they just happened to be going on stage to sing after "Cool" ended.

Fortunately, Xu Lianying coming to be a Guest Singer gave Zhao Xueqin confidence.

A Heavenly King plus a Heavenly Queen, surely they should be able to crush Sun Yi and Tong Shu, right?

With Xu Lianying's popularity and prestige, once she appears, the audience will probably already be extremely excited.

Once they get excited, they will have long forgotten what was sung before.

"But don't say, a man singing a female part, this form of expression is quite clever," Xu Lianying smiled and said.

As the top sister of Magnetic Dragon, she was standing from a high position to comment on the performance brought by Tong Shu.

In her view, if this young man with a voice indistinguishable between male and female develops better in a few years, perhaps he could bring some pressure.

But as he is now, he doesn't pose much of a threat.

But if you ask who is most curious about the identity of Luo Mo's Guest Singer right now, it would definitely be Zhao Xueqin and Xu Lianying.

"Is it one of those First-line Singers from New Yu? Or did he go and invite an External Aid from another company?" They couldn't figure it out.

In their view, logically speaking, Luo Mo and Tong Shu singing together might be even more popular with the audience than having a First-line Singer as a Guest Singer.

"This move of his is clearly a wrong one."

……..

……..

On stage, Tong Shu and Sun Yi had already begun the final wrap-up.

The stage design for the entire performance was done very well; the special effects and mist layered over each other, creating a feeling of peach blossoms fluttering about and an ethereal, fairy-like atmosphere.

With the harmony on the final line, "【My life wishes to be bound to the dust】," the entire song was finished.

In the harmony, the vocal effect of Tong Shu was also excellent.

He really is a very useful tool, his voice is almost universally compatible in harmonies.

He can be stunning when he needs to be, and he can provide support when he needs to provide support.

Ning Dan went on stage at this moment; it was time for the professional judges to start their critiques.

A female Lyricist named Ceng Min smiled and said: "Looking at it now, for this Semi-finals, is the entire Luo Mo Studio mobilized?"

Tong Shu picked up the microphone, and although his voice wasn't loud, he said forcefully: "No, no, Li Junyi hasn't come yet."

This made many professional judges pause slightly, thinking in their hearts: "Who is Li Junyi?"

Those viewers who had watched *Creating Idols* from start to finish were already getting excited in the barrage: "Group soul! This is the group soul!"

Luo Mo watched Tong Shu from the lounge and also felt that he had matured a bit.

The timid boy who didn't dare to speak up before would now stand up and speak for his companions.

That boy who used to only follow behind his back and then silently wash the dishes might soon be able to stand on his own two feet as well.

This made Luo Mo feel that his line of thinking was correct.

During this period, he had arranged for Tong Shu and Li Junyi to actively participate in variety shows.

On one hand, it was for exposure; on the other hand, it was to gain some experience.

How treacherous current variety shows are, especially those old hands in some reality shows who just love to tease people.

Clearly, it was still somewhat effective.

A music critic chimed in: "Tong Shu's support is indeed a huge Surprise. It is hard for me to express your voice in words; I personally like it very much. Oh right, I bought all the songs on that album of yours."

"Thank you," Tong Shu said very politely.

This boy, who also didn't debut in *Creating Idols*, is now developing far better than the boy band NINE-T.

Seeing that the time was about right, Ning Dan said: "Then, let us see what the final score for Singer Sun Yi and Tong Shu is—"

"90.1 points!"

Although the score was lower than *Little Things*, this was yet another song that exceeded 90 points with the professional judging panel!

Among this, there was the advantage of the performance order, and at the same time, there was the special blessing of Tong Shu.

Once the two went off stage, Li Ge and Wei Ran immediately stood up and patted Tong Shu's shoulder hard.

They hadn't seen Tong Shu for a long time, and they could see the growth in him.

"Good lad, you're getting more and more impressive!" Li Ge praised.

Tong Shu was still a bit shy about this.

Although these two celebrity mentors lost to a former trainee, these two old men have always been broad-minded and easygoing, not caring at all, and even feeling a bit gratified.

Because they felt they couldn't afford to teach Luo Mo, but Tong Shu had always been treated by them as a student, and they sincerely hoped that this pure and Kind boy could develop better and better in the music scene.

After Tong Shu and Sun Yi were seated in the audience, the Live Broadcast was about to insert another commercial.

Before the Heavenly King Zhao went on stage, some special arrangements needed to be made on the stage.

At the same time, this time he brought two bands at once.

To be precise, it was Yuan Hewen who was determined to make a major breakthrough.

This time, what he was doing was a combination of folk music and orchestral music.

This style has been done by quite a few people on Earth, and not many have done it well, but if it is truly combined harmoniously, the effect is still very explosive.

The two bands went on stage at this moment, sitting on both sides of the stage.

On one side were cheongsams and Tang suits, and on the other were suits and evening gowns.

There was quite a sense of collision between East and West.

When the commercial ended and the viewers on the Live Broadcast saw this, they were all stunned.

"Legs! So many legs!"

"Holy crap, such a big setup?"

"Wow, it looks very intense, a collision between the East and the West!"

"This is the rhythm of unleashing a big move; I'm inexplicably looking forward to it."

Besides this, what countless people were most curious about was—who exactly is Heavenly King Zhao's Guest Singer!?

In the time before the Semi-finals, too much news had been leaked.

This kind of "leading people on" behavior really did hook everyone's curiosity.

The main thing is: "Is it really Xu Chujing!?"

The Heavenly Queen Xu is too popular; not only is she popular in the music scene, but the two TV dramas she starred in were also huge hits in recent years.

Popularity, buzz, reputation, National Popularity....... she is top-tier in all of them.

Even if *King of Love Songs* is breaking the records of singing competition variety shows time and again now, if Xu Chujing could come, it would still give people a sense of condescension.

This is the status of a top-tier Heavenly Queen!

At the same time, the conflict between Luo Mo and Pineapple was already common knowledge.

Would Xu Chujing really stand on Pineapple's side?

The stage passage opened at this moment, mist swirling and lights hazy.

Everyone saw the figures of a man and a woman.

The barrage comments soon began to flood in.

"It's not Jing; Jing is 168cm tall, this one is shorter, at most 1.6 meters."

"Disappointed!"

"Disappointed +1!"

But when everyone saw the female Singer's face clearly, the number of people posting "disappointed" dropped significantly.

"Holy crap! It's Xu Lianying!"

"Awesome, the top sister of Magnetic Dragon is actually here!"

"Although it's not Xu Chujing, Xu Lianying is also great!"

"Haha, went from extremely disappointed to just a tiny bit disappointed!"

See, the audience is actually quite easy to coax.

Of course, it was also because the gimmick was explosive enough.

The top brother of Pineapple, plus the top sister of Magnetic Dragon.

This is equivalent to two of the four major companies in the entertainment industry sending out their trump cards in the music scene!

The four major companies fight tooth and nail on a daily basis, so this level of cooperation can actually be considered a "rare sight in a lifetime" series.

The audience couldn't guess how much of a price Pineapple had to pay to invite the top sister of Magnetic Dragon.

This is a true trump card combination!

With this lineup, what are you, Luo Mo, going to use to counter it?

(PS: First update.)

(End of this chapter)