Chapter 211: The Suspense That Runs Through the Entire Season of the Show

After General Director Ke Ming walked onto the stage, he was the first to speak: "Then, let us invite the Singers Zhao Xueqin, Chen Shanqi, and Sun Yi to return to the stage."

At this moment, Ding Xiaoyu stood beside Luo Mo and whispered to her master: "Then I'll go sit downstairs first."

According to the original plan, since she still had to go to a film crew to audition for a role tomorrow, she should have left the Live Broadcast site at this time and taken a car to another city.

However, how could Ding Xiaoyu bear not to watch her master's moment of being crowned King on the spot?

Luo Mo looked at her and said: "Go ahead."

The four Singers stood in the center of the stage, and General Director Ke Ming, holding a card with the scores written on it, first read a segment of promotional copy.

Because this was the moment when the overall viewership data was at its strongest, he chose not to insert commercials, but instead read every single one of the title sponsors' ad slogans on stage himself.

The barrage of comments went instantly wild with insults.

"So filial, Ke Ming is truly so filial!"

"The status of the gold-master daddy is unshakable!"

"What a hall of filial piety! It's simply filial enough to kill someone!"

After finishing reading all the advertisements, Ke Ming finally began: "First, let us congratulate the four Singers for becoming the top four of the first season of King of Love Songs."

Hmm, he has truly grasped the essence of 【nonsense literature】.

There are only four people in total, so aren't they the top four?

But in reality, Ke Ming was hinting to the audience: "This show is too popular, we are going to make a second season!"

It is precisely because of this that he emphasized that this is the first season.

After saying this, he glanced at the card in his hand and said: "Looking at the current scores from the professional jury, Singer Luo Mo is temporarily in first place."

"Before announcing the final ranking that combines the audience scores, I would like to ask Singer Luo Mo, is your medley song actually finished?" Ke Ming said.

Luo Mo shook his head and said: "There are a few songs left."

Ke Ming smiled and said: "Just tell us directly, how much more time do you need to finish singing."

"About 90 seconds," Luo Mo said.

Upon hearing this time, Ke Ming faced the camera and said: "That's easy to handle. Then, I, on behalf of the production team, will grant the reward for the grand finale to the Singer with the highest professional jury score, Luo Mo—a 90-second song promotion slot."

After all, the grand finale certainly wouldn't be like the previous rounds, where the duration of the song promotion segment was awarded according to the final ranking.

Because the final reward is the award ceremony itself!

Therefore, this reward was moved to the professional jury ranking.

And since only four people participated in the grand finale, only the Singer with the highest score could perform a song promotion.

It's just that, according to the usual tropes of such shows, the one with the highest professional jury score and the one with the highest final ranking are not necessarily the same person.

But here at King of Love Songs, it seems there is no longer any suspense.

The show's staff began to move an electronic keyboard onto the stage.

While getting the Yueqi, Ke Ming certainly couldn't let the scene go cold, so he joked: "A 90-second show duration is actually easy to control; I can just speed up the pace a little when I read the rankings."

The live audience let out a loud: "Boo—!"

The barrage of comments went wild with insults again: "You know your own character, don't you?"

"Still have a bit of self-awareness!"

"Forget it, too lazy to scold, looking forward to Luo Mo's medley!"

In the grand finale, after Chen Shanqi finished singing the full version of "The One I Miss," the experience of listening to Luo Mo's live medley was completely different.

Listening to it now, it's like watching a trailer before the main feature.

These are all good songs that will be released in the future!

After the electronic keyboard was moved up, Luo Mo, wearing a black coat, sat down in front of it.

He didn't start singing directly, but instead played a few notes on the keys at random with his ten fingers.

After showing off his skills, he didn't forget to say: "I just learned this from Yu today."

At this moment, the camera immediately turned to Ding Xiaoyu, who was sitting below, giving her a bit more exposure.

The quiet girl gave a serene smile to the camera, making the audience feel as if their hearts were melting.

"The little sister looks so well-behaved."

"Love it, love it!"

"Watched the grand finale and became a fan of the little sister!"

"Hope the little sister can have more collaborations with Luo Mo; the master-disciple dynamic looks very harmonious, and their interactions are very warm."

"Did you guys notice, when the little sister is with Luo Mo, she seems to be a little bit more lively?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I have the same feeling! She is only a little bit more lively when she is with Luo Mo!"

Luo Mo was showing off his skills on the surface, but was actually showing off his disciple.

"A piano genius girl, a future Best Actress," he thought to himself with delight.

The status of a musician is very high, standing at the upper reaches of the chain of contempt.

The status of a Best Actress is usually slightly higher than that of a 【Best Actress (TV)】 or a 【Diva of the music scene】.

It's just that the various awards in this world are not as casual as they are on Earth, and the difficulty of being crowned a queen is still extremely high.

After playing the electronic keyboard for a while, Luo Mo began to sing.

There were only four songs left in the medley, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was an extremely classic sweet single from Earth—"Love You Against My Will."

"【I'm just afraid that I might fall in love with you,

I dare not let myself get too close.

Afraid that I have nothing to give you,

Loving you also requires great courage.】"

As soon as this part came out, many people in the barrage were posting: "Sounds great!"

The overall rhythm of this song is on the light and brisk side, making it very comfortable to listen to, and it has a high level of sweetness; in fact, it also fits the theme of that episode of *King of Love Songs*, "The Sour Stench of Love."

"Begging for the full version on my knees!" people in the Live Broadcast began to post incessantly.

"Ah, this song really hits the spot for me; I just love this kind of easy-listening vibe!"

"Ahhh! When will the full version be released?"

As for what followed "Love Is Hard to Avoid," it was a song by Liang Chaowei, "You Are So Hard to Forget."

Yes, the Best Actor known for his eye acting has actually released quite a few songs...

Most famous stars from that era would choose to try their hand at being a triple threat in film, television, and music.

The next song was "Too Softhearted" by Ren Xianqi.

Brother Xiaoqi was actually a top figure in the Chinese music scene many years ago. At the same time, he also developed very well in the film and television industry. It's just that, generally speaking, the post-70s and post-80s generations might have a deeper impression of him.

And the closing piece of this medley of golden hits comes from the "Wang" among the "Zhou, Wang, Tao, Lin" quartet—Wang Leehom.

This song is called "Forever Love."

Using this song as the ending can actually have a certain elevating effect, directly pulling the theme toward the future.

At the same time, this song is actually the very first song that opened *King of Love Songs*, achieving a sense of symmetry from beginning to end.

Precisely because of this, many people accidentally count one extra song when counting the number of songs in the medley.

Up to this point, the medley of golden hits that ran through the entire season of the program has finally come to a successful conclusion.

Ke Ming immediately interviewed him: "Luo Mo, if this medley were a formal version, what would the total duration be?"

Luo Mo recalled for a moment and said, "About twelve and a half minutes."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people at the scene gasped.

Under normal circumstances, a song exceeding six minutes is already considered long.

This song is double that.

The Live Broadcast immediately surged.

"666, you'd be done with class after listening to it three times."

"No wonder it could run through the whole season."

"I'm impressed, over thirty songs!"

At this moment, Lv Yi, who shouldn't have had any more screen time, suddenly raised his hand.

The task of the professional jury had actually already ended, but seeing that he had something to say, Ke Ming felt a bit curious and asked, "Does Teacher Lv Yi also have something you want to ask?"

Lv Yi nodded, picked up the microphone, and said, "I feel like everyone seems to have overlooked a problem."

As he spoke, he looked at Luo Mo and said, "Everyone seems to have only focused on the quantity in this medley, but hasn't thought about the fact that these songs were strung together because they were suitable."

"Note, because they were suitable."

When he said this, many people who were quick to react already understood the meaning behind Lv Yi's words.

Then, one by one, they looked at Luo Mo with expressions of sudden realization mixed with shock.

Lv Yi said, "It is precisely because they were suitable that these songs were strung together. But this does not mean that Luo Mo's inventory only contains these few songs!"

The audience watching the Live Broadcast all reacted at once.

"Yeah, just how many songs must be in his music library to coincidentally have so many songs that can be strung together?"

You have to know that a medley also requires a creative concept, and it must also pay attention to coordination and unity to a certain extent, otherwise it would be very abrupt.

This medley of golden hits is actually not a hodgepodge at all; it also has a creative foundation, and these songs were definitely not just thrown together.

But the more this is the case, the more shocked everyone is.

Everyone's gaze converged once again on the young man wearing a black coat.

"So Luo Mo, can you reveal now how many songs you have written to date?" Ke Ming said from the side.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Hmm? Director Ke, that's not in the Contract!"

He couldn't answer this question because he hadn't counted them carefully either.

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer, Ke Ming naturally wouldn't force him; he was currently treating Luo Mo like a grandfather to be served.

But there was one of the two questions the audience cared about most that he had to ask during the Live Broadcast, had to ask on the stage of the grand finale.

"Then you must at least tell the national audience what the name of this medley that ran through the entire season of the program is," Ke Ming said.

Luo Mo nodded and said, "I can do that."

After finishing, he began to look directly into the camera and spoke a sentence that, if said during the first episode, would have been considered the words of a young man who was truly arrogant beyond measure and truly didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.

Of course, now that the final results of the grand finale hadn't been announced yet, saying this sentence now still seemed a bit cocky, a bit wild.

But so what?

Luo Mo looked at the camera, the late autumn wind blowing past; he pressed down on the collar lifted by the wind, raised his eyebrows slightly, and used a simple tone to say words that made the audience's heartbeats accelerate after hearing them.

"How about we call it...

—*King of Love Songs*."

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