Chapter 207: A Total of 32 Songs

At this very moment, the prelude to "What I Miss" began to ring out on the stage.

This song was also covered by JJ Lin on the stage of "Sound of My Dream".

That cover performance was emotionally sincere and remains one of the most classic performances of the show, exceptionally moving.

The Lyricist of this song is Yao Ruolong, an excellent Lyricist who has also written a large number of hit songs.

For example, "Wanting Freedom", "Not That Simple", "Breakup Happiness", "Can't Learn", "Breathing Pain", "You Make Me Drunk", "Die Even If I Love You", and so on.

You might not be very familiar with this Lyricist's name, but if you open his list of works, you will find it is diverse and contains a large number of familiar songs.

Among various categories of songs, this person is particularly adept at Romance.

If the previous "Quit Smoking" was aimed more at the male market, then this "What I Miss" is aimed more at the female market.

Under Luo Mo's coaching, Tao Jie exerted her own characteristics to the greatest extent, and her voice carries a certain sense of storytelling.

As soon as the prelude ended and she opened her mouth, the feeling arrived.

"【I want to ask why, that girl sent a text message to me."

And why you, don't explain and keep your head down in silence."

Should I believe you love me very much, and are unwilling to perfunctorily deal with me,"

Or understand that you no longer want to salvage anything.】"

Undoubtedly, judging from the lyrics, this is a bitter, sorrowful Romance song.

Many female listeners, looking at the lyrics and listening to the song, have already begun to feel distressed.

When listening to a song alone, the most frightening thing is to hear one's own experiences in the lyrics.

And in this society of rampant materialism and restless hearts, having a partner be ambiguous or flirt with others is a very common occurrence.

It is precisely because it is common that it can resonate even more.

The story created by the song, as well as its sense of imagery, can be said to come rushing at you.

And Chen Shanqi, with her exquisite makeup, was humming the song at this moment, her body swaying gently.

Such movements did not make everyone feel lighthearted; instead, because the song was sad enough, and because her swaying was small and slow, it made her appear a bit dazed.

Words appeared on the big screen.

"【It's normal that sincerity doesn't get rewarded, isn't it?】"

The barrage began to flood in.

Many people were already starting to feel uncomfortable listening to it.

Someone even said: "Hey, the melody at the beginning of this song is so similar to the melody at the beginning of 'Quit Smoking'!"

Yes, because several accented notes in the opening melodies of these two songs are very similar, it gives people a feeling of extremely high similarity.

If this were on Earth, they would probably already be arguing.

But since both songs in this world came from the hands of Luo Mo, it instead gives people the feeling of being brother-and-sister pieces.

Amidst the crisp and powerful piano sounds, every sentence Chen Shanqi sang seemed to be interrogating the human heart.

"【Self-esteem often drags people along, making love twist and turn."

Pretending to understand is because I fear the truth is too naked; being in a sorry state is harder to bear than losing.】"

In this world, would there really be people who choose to forgive because they fear being in a sorry state, because of their self-esteem?

The answer is—yes.

Especially among married couples, there are many people who, because they do not want to have the experience of divorce and because they fear the eyes of others, choose to forgive time and time again.

The song arrived at the chorus section at this time, which is also the essence of the lyrics for the whole song.

"【What I miss, is talking about everything,"

What I miss, is dreaming together,"

What I miss, is after the arguments,"

Still wanting, the impulse to Love You.】"

When Luo Mo himself wrote down the lyrics and sent them to Chen Shanqi, his favorite part was the last line of this passage—"What I miss, is after the arguments, still wanting the impulse to love you."

He had seen a sentence on the internet before that left a deep impression on him, roughly:

"The best Romance is when you storm out after an argument, habitually taking the household trash with you, and buying groceries on the way home."

There are too many trivial matters in life, and there will also be too many disagreements on the big picture.

Big things or small things, friction will always arise.

Getting along between two people is inherently a process of compromise, and after an argument, still having the impulse to love you is something extremely precious in a relationship.

It is just like an interesting Q&A.

"【Question: What is the perfect Romance in your heart?"

Answer: It can have imperfections.】"

It is just a pity that some things are matters of principle and are very difficult to tolerate.

What's more, the other party has already had a change of heart.

So at the end of the chorus, Chen Shanqi brought her mouth close to the microphone and hummed:

"【Who remembers."

Who forgot.】"

The barrage surged like the sea, and inside it appeared a large number of abbreviations for people's names...

Many viewers, listening to the song, thought of a certain someone.

Some people were cursing, some were feeling sad on their own, and some were saying they had let go of you, but didn't know why they were typing this line.

And when the chorus ended, many people suddenly felt that the climax of this song seemed very familiar, as if they had heard it somewhere before.

Quite a few people expressed confusion: "This song is very similar; could it be that Luo Mo has also started imitating others?"

"Yeah, the melody feels very familiar, like I've heard it before, but I can't recall it all of a sudden!"

"No way, how could a creative genius copy others?"

Then, many enthusiastic netizens answered for everyone in the Live Broadcast comments.

A dense barrage of explanatory comments came rushing in—"Because he sang it in the medley!"

Those who had raised the question recalled it instantly, and then typed a string of awkward "Hahahaha!" in the comments.

Of course, among the sea of "hahaha"s, there were certainly some netizens mocking them mercilessly.

Once this was pointed out, a similar thought popped up in many people's minds: "Ah! So the full versions of those songs in the medley are actually this good!"

Admittedly, the essence of a medley is that these songs are all works familiar to everyone's ears, all well-known works, capable of stirring up everyone's memories and resonance.

Since the people in this world knew nothing about the works in the hit medley "King of Love Songs," the initial impression upon hearing it could only be described as okay; some people liked listening to it, while others felt it was average.

The biggest feeling everyone had regarding this song-promoting segment was: "He has so much inventory!"

Is the song library of this person inexhaustible and bottomless?

This instead became everyone's biggest point of focus.

"What I Missed" appeared at the grand finals, and after everyone heard it, they felt it was exceptionally good, so the significance of this medley suddenly became very different.

—"Begging on my knees for the full versions of all the songs!"

Yes, if they are all of this quality, hurry up and release the songs, you jerk!

At this moment, Wei Ran, who had already been subject to Elimination, was also watching the Live Broadcast.

Finally hearing the full version of a song, Wei Ge revealed a satisfied smile on his face, and while rubbing his little belly, he said: "So comfortable, so comfortable!"

But soon, he fell into a deeper level of distress.

Because the full version of this song—was too good!

"What are the names of the other songs?"

"How many are there in total?"

"Will there be any that sound even better than 'What I Missed'?"

One question after another popped up in Wei Ge's mind.

Wei Ran let out the same sound as in the comments, but the meaning behind it was completely different: "Ah, I'm dead!"

He felt he had been tortured to death by Luo Mo!

"After my contract expires, should I also go to Xinyu, or Luo Mo Studio? Would it be more convenient to listen to songs that way?" he thought to himself.

But he soon gave a dry laugh: "Hahaha, I am a mentor on his show, after all! Haha, hahaha!"

On the stage, the song had already reached the chorus climax for the third time.

The lyrics also changed at this time, no longer repeating the previous lyrics.

"【What I missed, is you being very agitated,

Begging me to forgive you, holding me until it hurt.】"

This passage of lyrics formed an echo with the previous words like 【perfunctory】 and 【no longer wanting to salvage it】.

This is also a song that leans towards narrative; from this line of lyrics, infinite humbleness can be revealed.

It really is humble to the point of being in the dust; are you even starting to miss the scene where he begged for your forgiveness before?

All of this actually doesn't mean much when a person's heart changes.

He might even tell you to his future wife, saying a girl once loved him to death, deliberately making his wife jealous, and then coaxing her by saying it's all in the past, now I only love you.

You think you loved with such intensity, but in the end, you just end up as a topic of conversation in the other person's mouth after breaking up.

After this climax was sung, Chen Shanqi immediately began to modulate the key.

As soon as the modulation appeared, the judging panel became incredibly expectant.

Because in the previous "Maple," there was a modulation added before repeating the climax part.

"【Who loved too freely, who went too far,

Who wanted to take my heart, who forgot that it was a promise,

Who walked on their own, who forgot to look at me,

Who made love heavy, who forgot to give you Gentle—】"

Many people listening to this transition, which was natural to the extreme, just felt it was exceptionally satisfying to hear.

Many people have this habit when listening to songs; they like this kind of changing thing because it can bring about an excellent accumulation of emotions.

This is a very good songwriting formula, but just writing it naturally is already very difficult, let alone elevating it further.

The song reached its final conclusion when singing "【So I didn't cry, didn't say】".

No matter how humble, since it's already determined that there is no love, then I don't want it.

—There are too many people and things that cannot be kept; doing one's best is enough.

After a rendition of "What I Missed" ended, the applause from the whole venue was enthusiastic.

In the comments, people kept repeating the same words: "Listened until I cried!"

Quite a few listeners even felt that this song was the best of the whole show in the grand finals so far.

The song was finished, and the professional judges began their critique.

Lv Yi picked up the microphone and said: "This song appeared in the song-promoting segment before, right?"

Because it was Chen Shanqi's stage, even as the lyricist and composer for Luo Mo, to show respect, he did not too bluntly lead the topic to Luo Mo.

But Chen Shanqi didn't mind; she generously built momentum for Director Luo: "Yes, Director Luo sang it during the song-promoting segment. I was deeply attracted by this part back then. I didn't expect him to finally assign this 'What I Missed' to me, heh!"

She laughed, revealing a bit of secret joy, as if she had found a treasure.

Tao Jie was already incredibly proficient with this whole process of building momentum.

Lv Yi sighed with emotion: "I'm really curious, how many complete songs can this medley eventually be broken down into?"

Chen Shanqi raised her hand at this moment and said, "Haha, I know!"

She was about to start spoiling the show again.

Of course, this was also because Luo Mo had said it was okay to talk about it; otherwise, even if she were given ten times the courage, she wouldn't dare to spoil it recklessly.

"There are a total of 32 songs, and since this medley itself is also a song, that makes 33 songs sung!" Chen Shanqi said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole venue was in an uproar.

The audience opened their mouths wide, making "wow" expressions.

Everyone could guess there would be many songs, but they didn't expect there to be so many; they had originally thought 20 or so was the limit.

Because many of the transitions in this song were actually done quite well, making it a bit hard for people to tell if the song had changed.

General Director Ke Ming perhaps never dreamed before that a Singer would play a game of—wholesale—for everyone during the song promotion segment he set up!

Crazy, it's too crazy!

This quantity was already enough to leave people tongue-tied, and the quality of "What I Miss" was so high.

Presumably, after this grand finale ends, the inbox of Luo Mo Studio will explode!

There will be countless people in the industry who will spare no expense to request songs from him, sending out invitations like crazy.

There will even be many people who, like Sun Yi, will beg to sign with the studio and work for a Newcomer who has only debuted for a few months!

There's no helping it; if the quality of these songs is on par with "What I Miss," then what level is that?

Answer: A level where a single song is enough for a Singer to sing for a lifetime.

—He has mastered the shortcut to fame.

Lv Yi thought to himself, "After Luo Mo goes on stage and finishes Singing later, I must ask him if he has come up with a name for this heaven-defying medley."

(PS: First update, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)