Chapter 268: Writing Ten Songs for You

Luo Mo Studio selected 4 Newcomers from several thousand people a while ago.

The people who were told to gather at two in the afternoon are exactly these few.

Recently, these Newcomers have all been undergoing professional training.

Three girls and one boy, none of them old, are at a stage where they are full of infinite longing for the future.

The reason why the proportion of female Newcomers recruited is large is that Luo Mo Studio is currently a "Arhat Studio," with an all-male staff.

Another reason is that among this group of people, these few girls are indeed the most outstanding.

Also participating in the training is Li Junyi, who has been by Luo Mo's side ever since "Creating Idols."

Nowadays, Brother Mo, who was once a fellow trainee, is already the highly anticipated King of Love Songs and the strongest Newcomer who achieved five kills in one night at the Golden Melody Awards.

Even Tong Shu, who was also a junior, has won the Best Newcomer Award, and his first album sold like crazy, with popularity no worse than an average First-line Singer.

Only he is still practicing his Singing hard according to Luo Mo's instructions, yet he has never reached the Requirement in Luo Mo's heart.

In these past six months, his only few exposures were following behind Tong Shu to appear on variety shows, being brought into the shows in a bundled format.

Everyone knows what kind of character entertainment variety shows have. The resident guests or hosts all interact with whoever is popular and give more screen time to whoever is popular.

This is also normal, after all, it has to meet the audience's Demand.

Every time Li Junyi goes on a variety show, he is either a background board or just a backup dancer.

Sometimes, he even has to represent the team on stage to accept punishment.

At first, people in the industry had a pretty good attitude toward Li Junyi.

After all, Luo Mo is his Boss, and they forged a deep friendship before their debut.

Although Li Junyi is still an undebuted trainee, who knows if he might soar into the sky one day.

Therefore, some people who think they are very smart would even specifically make friends with him at this time and treat him with enthusiasm.

But as time passed, everyone increasingly felt that this person was just a marginal character.

Many people began to gradually forget that there was such a person in Luo Mo Studio.

Luo Mo, Sun Yi, Tong Shu—which one of these three is not a big star?

As for Li Junyi, the feeling he gives people now is that Luo Mo doesn't look highly upon his ability, but due to their friendship, he just keeps him in the studio to support him.

This phenomenon is quite common in the entertainment industry, and such people will gradually shift to behind-the-scenes work.

This makes everyone praise Luo Mo for valuing Righteousness and Kindness, while Li Junyi, to put it bluntly, is just a weakling.

After the studio recruited three girls and one boy two months ago, they began professional training.

When they first met Li Junyi, their attitudes were all very good, and one could even describe them as respectful.

One girl would even use some small tricks to deliberately flirt with him, maintaining a relationship of keeping him at arm's length; she could be said to be skilled at socializing.

But after a long time, this respect slowly faded.

"This Li Junyi has no connection to the studio's business at all."

"Yeah, the boss hasn't even come to the studio to see him."

"It seems his only use is that he is very familiar with Tong Shu."

"But what's the use of that? Wouldn't it be better if we approached Tong Shu directly?"

"And his image is the worst in our studio. Not to mention the boss, who is publicly recognized in the industry as having a top-tier divine face; Tong Shu and Sun Yi also each have their own characteristics, but he just looks ordinary."

The main thing is that Li Junyi himself is like a block of wood, knowing only to practice, practice, and practice.

He is indeed easy to get along with and has no airs of a senior, but he seems to have no mind for other things.

Could it be that he wants to impress the boss through hard work and diligence?

But honestly, the boss's Requirement is really high, and in some aspects, he is truly serious and pedantic. With the friendship between the two of them, he actually hasn't written a single song for Li Junyi.

Not writing songs for him is one thing, but he doesn't even let him debut, not even giving him the chance to sing songs written by others.

—Simply heartless.

So, internal and external perspectives consider things from different angles; internally, they feel it's a bit heartless, while externally, they still think he values Righteousness and Kindness.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, three girls and two boys gathered early.

Except for Li Junyi, the other Newcomers were all very nervous.

Today they are going to see the big boss; it belongs to the big boss coming in person for an assessment before the New Year.

If Luo Mo thinks you are not bad, then you can definitely have a good New Year when you go home, and you can brag to relatives and friends and look forward to a bright star-studded path next year.

But if Luo Mo is not satisfied, then it is estimated that this New Year will be spent in a very unpleasant way.

Li Junyi is calm because he has gotten a bit used to it over the past six months.

Luo Mo has never specifically come to see him train, but everyone privately... often has hot pot dinners at home!

"Brother Mo has never stopped the monthly exams for me for a single month." Li Junyi only feels that he is disappointing, as his performance is average every time.

Over the past six months, Li Junyi can be said to have seen much of the warmth and coldness of human relationships and seen much of hypocrisy.

Including the Semi-finals of "King of Love Songs" before, the host even said: "Luo Mo Studio is here in full force today."

He naturally watched that episode, feeling complicated, but unable to get angry.

"Why should I be noticed, why am I worth being seen?"

"You are not enough, you are still completely not enough!"

For Li Junyi, his favorite song is Brother Mo's "Chasing Dreams Red Heart."

Every time he has thoughts of wavering, he will put it on Loop for a very, very long time.

He also envies Tong Shu's talent, envies this kind of voice that God chases after to feed him.

Although he also knows that Tong Shu works very hard and has been improving, talent sometimes indeed determines the speed of progress.

It will be the New Year in a while, and he can imagine what relatives and friends will say at the dinner table after he returns to his hometown.

Whether they are "seeking justice" for him or telling him to give up, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart.

At exactly two o'clock, Luo Mo walked in right on time and then took a seat on a chair.

None of the few Newcomers dared to look at him.

As for those three girls, they had watched all of their boss's videos, and while watching, they would marvel at his talent, even letting their imaginations run wild in their heads.

But when the person himself was right in front of them, they didn't dare to look him in the eye.

He was very young, but a single word from him could determine their future and their prospects.

"From left to right, introduce yourselves," Luo Mo said.

The girl standing on the far left had a pair of charming eyes, very fair skin, and a tiny mole on her neck that added a touch of playfulness.

"My name is Bai Yingying, I am 20 years old, 1.64 meters tall, weigh 90 jin, and have been training for nine months."

Luo Mo nodded and said directly, "Next."

"My name is..."

After the three girls and one boy had all finished their self-introductions, Luo Mo said to Li Junyi, who was about to speak, "You don't need to."

Upon hearing this, Li Junyi immediately shut his mouth.

Next was the assessment, proceeding from left to right.

In fact, they were assessed every month, and the assessment videos would be recorded and sent to Luo Mo's email.

Sometimes Luo Mo would watch them, and sometimes he would be too busy and simply forget.

The assessment also began from left to right; as Luo Mo listened to them Singing, he could roughly think of some songs suitable for these people in his mind.

But overall, this batch of Newcomers was still a short distance away from the passing line in Luo Mo's heart.

Finally, it was Li Junyi's turn.

He took off the guitar he was carrying and, at Luo Mo's signal, took a seat on a chair.

Luo Mo had previously clearly told him that he wanted him to follow the Folk route.

He felt that Li Junyi had a natural voice for Folk.

It was just that the emotion within it was not yet up to par.

In the blink of an eye, half a year had almost passed.

He did not know if Li Junyi had settled down, or if he had suddenly found a way of Singing that suited him.

If not yet, then continue to practice.

It was just that he might miss out on some opportunities next year.

"But it doesn't matter, there are opportunities every year," Luo Mo said confidently.

His music empire would be established sooner or later.

Li Junyi raised his hands, and soothing music spread out.

The song he played and sang was a Folk work in this world; it wasn't very popular, but he liked it very much himself, and it was called "Little Bridge."

As the singing voice spread, the moment he opened his mouth, Luo Mo nodded slightly.

Singing all the way to the chorus, the emotion in the song gradually became rich.

Li Junyi's vocal line had a subtle change in an instant.

But he quickly adjusted it back again.

When the song ended, Luo Mo frowned.

His expression made everyone nervous.

Because from beginning to end, this big boss hadn't said a single word of critique, and one couldn't tell much Anger or joy from his expression.

"The four of you are still not passing in my eyes," Luo Mo said directly, "but you are already close to the passing line."

This made the four Newcomers lower their heads.

Luo Mo turned to look at Li Junyi and said, "Sing the first line of the chorus again. Think about that slightly hoarse feeling from just now. You were nervous just now, so your vocal placement was a bit too far back, right?"

Li Junyi nodded; he had realized something was wrong just now and had immediately made an adjustment.

The scene before him gave him the feeling of returning to "Creating Idols." At that time, Luo Mo was still the Instructor Luo everyone talked about, always able to sensitively capture every problem and then conduct all sorts of special training.

"Use the way of vocal placement being further back from just now and sing the chorus again," Luo Mo said.

Li Junyi began to follow instructions.

When the song ended, Luo Mo smiled.

"The New Year is coming soon; finally, there's a bit of a state," he praised.

He beckoned to Li Junyi and said, "Junyi, come here."

Li Junyi put down his guitar and walked to Luo Mo's side.

Luo Mo opened his laptop and, in front of him, opened that document that countless people were extremely curious about.

As everyone knew, Luo Mo's computer was a huge treasure trove.

Many Mo Fans said they wanted to team up to go to Luo Mo's house to steal his computer; he must still have a large amount of stock sitting there unreleased!

After opening the document, Li Junyi saw a document named after himself among a crowd of small files.

Luo Mo's mouse moved over the file, and it showed the creation time was over four months ago.

After showing Li Junyi the time, Luo Mo clicked on the file.

Inside were exactly ten songs, just enough for an album.

"This album has been waiting for you for over four months," Luo Mo said.

"Brother Mo..." Li Junyi felt a complex mix of emotions for a moment.

So, Brother Mo had long since prepared all the songs for his debut album for him.

He had been waiting for his progress and transformation.

The other four Newcomers listened to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but look up at Li Junyi, and one after another cast looks of immense envy.

It is said in the industry that one song from Luo Mo can bring a Singer back from the dead, and two songs can make a Singer's fame skyrocket.

If he is willing to produce an entire album for you...

Congratulations, you are about to take off right where you stand!

Please prepare yourself mentally, because in a very short time, you will soar to the skies!

Unexpectedly, Luo Mo was still determined to say something shocking.

He looked at Li Junyi and said, "Rest well during the New Year holiday and maintain your condition. After the New Year, Director Ke Ming will be organizing a new music variety show and has given our studio a spot. I plan to let Tong Shu go to the second season of 'King of Love Songs' next year, so you take this new music variety show."

"Director Ke Ming's new variety show!" Several Newcomers were shocked in their hearts, and the envy in their hearts was about to overflow.

This is absolutely top-tier resources in the industry!

An album personally produced by Luo Mo, plus exposure from a top-tier variety show... it is simply unimaginable!

Luo Mo patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Work hard next year, save me some face, and strive to win a Best Newcomer Award too."

His expectations for Li Junyi were never just to debut casually and become a lukewarm little Singer.

How could the studio only win the Best Newcomer Award for one year?

My studio—only produces trump cards!

The album he prepared for Li Junyi is titled—"Xiao Chou".

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)