Chapter 206: Quit Smoking

The screaming at the scene is still continuing; it is hard to imagine that five hundred live audience members could produce such an effect.

The barrage in the Live Broadcast is also going crazy, with countless people repeating that line from the big screen earlier.

"【Born as an evergreen leaf, once stained with Acacia, it is no longer the same.】"

With the buildup of the entire song, once this line comes out, it still adds color to the emotions of the whole piece.

"Wow! I love this song to death!"

"I'm in my school dormitory right now, and as soon as I look out the window, I see the maple leaves on the avenue. It's so fitting!"

"Listening to this song in autumn really has such a vibe!"

"First summer, then autumn; is Luo Mo trying to span my entire year?"

Amidst a round of applause, Luo Mo, wearing a black overcoat, bows to everyone offstage.

The host Meng Xiaoguang takes the stage and says enthusiastically, "This is still my first time meeting Luo Mo."

Stars in the circle have more or less appeared on the shows he hosts. But Luo Mo is truly too "new"; he has only risen to fame in the last few months and has participated in very few shows.

Meng Xiaoguang says very sincerely, "But I am your fan; I like all of your songs."

"Thank you, Teacher Meng," Luo Mo says with a smile.

Next, it is time for the professional judges' critique segment.

As usual, every time they critique Luo Mo, Lv Yi takes the lead.

He always gives the compliments first, making those who want to say bad things feel even more awkward.

"I won't critique the lyrics and composition today; I feel that in the name of a creative genius, these no longer need to be said," Lv Yi says with a smile.

"I mainly want to tell the audience today just how difficult this song is to sing."

"In here, the vocal transition points and closed-mouth sounds increase the difficulty of singing this song."

"Interested listeners can try singing it themselves later; just use a singing method that is comfortable for you. Definitely do not copy his technique! I am giving a strong Warning here!" Lv Yi jokes.

"Luo Mo, you almost exclusively use your chest voice to sing, which makes me have to ask: aren't your vocal cords tired?" he asks.

Luo Mo shakes his head with a smile and says, "It's alright."

This kind of layered singing style, even for him, feels slightly strenuous.

If he were to hold a concert in the future, he might not sing the song "Maple" too frequently.

Or he could learn from Zhou Dong: tilt his head, stick out his belly, and then pass the microphone to the audience.

The professional judging panel continues their critique, and a music critic sitting in the third row asks cautiously, "Teacher Luo Mo, I would like to ask about the part before the B-section chorus—was that processed with a half-step modulation?"

Even though a young musician is right in front of him, he still cannot help but add the title "Teacher."

After all, the learned are teachers.

Luo Mo is a bit unaccustomed to this form of address, but he still nods and says, "Yes, it was modulated up by a half-step."

It is precisely because of the modulation, and because he didn't just sing the climax a second time but added an extra section of content, that the emotional progression effect is particularly good, achieving a sense of sublimation.

It is quite marvelous; the inner voice of many people on the judging panel at this moment is: "Learned something, learned something!"

They feel that up until now, this is no longer a critique, but an eye-opening experience—they have come to steal techniques!

Seeing that everyone has praised him enough, Meng Xiaoguang says, "Then let us see the professional score for Singer Luo Mo in the first round of the grand finale—"

"94.1 points! Congratulations to Luo Mo!"

The whole venue erupts in applause; he is currently ranked first in professional scores for the first round!

In the lounge, Ding Xiaoyu, who is eating snacks in small bites, makes a "Yes" gesture.

Her two little fists are slightly clenched, but because of her reserved nature, the movement is very small.

Meng Xiaoguang says at this moment, "We will temporarily keep the audience scores for the first round confidential."

"We will only announce the audience's scores for both rounds at the very end!"

The damn General Director is starting to build suspense again.

The audience in the barrage starts cursing.

"What are you manufacturing? I've already guessed who is first!"

"Exactly, hiding and tucking away the second, third, and fourth places! I even know who the first place is!"

"So the first place is him!"

"Strongly suggest the second season keep the Singer, kick out the General Director."

Luo Mo leaves the stage at this time; at this moment, an advertisement will be inserted.

Then, among the previously eliminated Singers, the one with the highest number of votes online will bring a return performance, singing a song in the middle of the grand finale to get more exposure.

This gives the competing Singers more time to rest and prepare.

After returning to the lounge, Ding Xiaoyu immediately gets up to welcome him.

She picks up Luo Mo's thermos and asks with concern, "Do you want to drink some hot water?"

"Mm," Luo Mo nods and takes two sips of hot water to soothe his throat.

While there is deep affection between master and apprentice here, on the other side, Heavenly King Zhao is considering whether to withdraw from the competition.

Withdrawing from a competition midway through a Live Broadcast is nothing new.

It happens on Earth, and it happens in this world too.

Sometimes one can even put on the appearance of giving way to the younger generation; I am definitely not unable to lose, definitely not!

But after struggling for quite a while, Zhao Xueqin finally gives up on the idea.

After the halftime break ends, the first to take the stage for the second round of competition is Sun Yi.

Then, it is Zhao Xueqin, Chen Shanqi, and Luo Mo.

The song Sun Yi brings is called "Quit Smoking."

Luo Mo had originally thought about letting him try Zhou Jielun's "Clockwise Clock."

Because this song, which came from Zhou Jielun's first album "JAY", stunned everyone once again twenty years later due to a cover by Li Ronghao during a certain concert.

"Are you crazy? A song from twenty years ago, and it still sounds this high-class now?"

"The arrangement and composition haven't aged at all; it even feels trendier than those songs today!"

"Incredible! The music scene is truly regressing!"

But after Sun Yi tried it, he wasn't very accustomed to the singing style of this song in a short period of time.

Therefore, Luo Mo ultimately still had him sing Li Ronghao's own "Quit Smoking".

For Sun Yi, this song also held quite a bit of personal resonance.

During that period when he was feeling dejected, he started smoking.

That woman kept telling him to quit, but he never did.

In the end, when she left, when she departed from him, he actually succeeded in quitting smoking.

In fact, although this song is also about Romance, it is more about the past that one cannot return to.

One could see Sun Yi, wearing a loose suit, standing in the center of the stage singing.

"【I'm not used to having quit smoking,

What should I do without you?

Three years and one week,

Only then did I learn how to endure.】"

His unique vocal characteristics were also magnified in this song.

Looking at the content of the song, this is undoubtedly, like "Young and Promising", a song that leans toward the male market.

In the male market, the sense of resonance might be even stronger.

It seems that for most men who smoke, they will always encounter a girl in their life who tells them to smoke less or tries to get them to quit smoking.

She might still be by their side, or she might have long since been gone.

And for some reason, smoke and coldness seem to have an inexplicable compatibility.

Amidst the bleak autumn wind, listening to a song related to smoke is also inexplicably fitting.

When the song ended, Lv Yi spoke up first: "I want to talk mainly about the Lyricist for this song."

"It should have used the technique of using objects to represent people."

"Loving you is very easy, quitting you is very difficult."

"What is actually being quit is not just the smoke, but also the person who, whenever you think of them, makes you unable to help but light a cigarette."

Many audience members, listening to Lv Yi's commentary, suddenly had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

It is estimated that many young people will suddenly share this song on their social media feeds late at night.

In the end, the score given by the professional judging panel was as high as 92.9 points.

This made the Heavenly King Zhao, who was going on stage next, feel quite uncomfortable.

After all, points for Kindness and sympathy are generally only given once.

They were given in the previous round, so they likely wouldn't be given in this round.

But Heavenly King Zhao didn't know if he had suddenly gained enlightenment, or if our Pineapple's President Wang had provided remote guidance again, allowing him to learn the essence of playing the victim.

With his stubbly beard, his hair also looked slightly messy in the autumn wind.

And while singing, he deliberately made his voice sound slightly hoarse.

Just looking at it like this, it really did make people feel a bit heartbroken.

"A Legend of a generation, getting old." People in the bullet comments started sending.

"Time, sigh!" Others sighed as well.

"Huang Xishan has already retired, I don't know how many more years Heavenly King Zhao will sing."

In reality, at Zhao Xueqin's age, he was still temporarily in the peak period of his career.

Although his voice, with the increase in age, certainly could not return to the peak of his youth, it was not as exaggeratedly miserable as this.

In the end, the professional judges' score broke 93 points again, reaching 93.1.

This could be considered as leaving the final Decency on stage for Zhao Xueqin.

After the Heavenly King left the stage, it was Tao Jie's turn.

Before going on stage, Tao Jie took three deep breaths.

When she sang the first song, her mindset was very good, but when singing the second one, she still had a bit of a burden in her heart.

This burden did not come from herself, but because she was considering things for Director Luo.

The reason is very simple; the song she was going to sing in the second round was also one of Sun Yanzi's representative works, called "What I Miss". But this song had appeared in the medley of golden hits "King of Love Songs".

Luo Mo had already sung the chorus part of this song during the song promotion segment!

That is to say, many audience members would directly hear that this song came from the medley song.

"This is the first complete version to appear among those medley songs of Director Luo," Chen Shanqi thought.

Out of so many good songs, she was the first one to sing one.

Regarding this, she felt honored, excited, and also thought that she must sing this song well and make a big splash with the first shot!

"If this song is sung well, the audience's expectations for the other songs in Director Luo's medley will definitely soar as well!" Chen Shanqi thought in her heart.

After the complete version of "What I Miss" appeared, that medley of golden hits by Luo Mo would instantly have a different meaning.

It could just happen to be sublimated in the grand finale!

This was the best timing.

"I must complete the task Director Luo gave me well," Tao Jie thought to herself quite consciously.

In reality, Luo Mo hadn't said a single extra word...

Chen Shanqi began to take the stage, and the song title appeared on the large screen—"What I Miss".

She would use this song to tell other companies in the industry: "Don't mess with Luo Mo."

——Be careful of his medley songs.

Let you all witness the power of the full version for the first time.

After all, if everyone hasn't heard the full version and only listens to the medley like this, the impact will actually be reduced by several percentage points.

You will feel like it is very strong, but for a moment, you won't know exactly how strong.

This, in fact, is also the suspense that has been built since the first episode.

So—today, I will give you the answer.

If you companies still want to target him in the future, then you must first weigh carefully whether you can beat these dozens of songs, and whether you can handle these dozens of songs going head-to-head with the other Singers in your companies!

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)