Chapter 275: The Spring Festival Gala Concludes

The Spring Festival Gala is about to end, and what follows is the closing song.

All the hosts have taken the stage and have begun to recite the New Year greetings once again.

Qian Qingyun is watching the viewership data backstage, grinning from ear to ear.

"Look here, it's already this late; many people who can't stay up for the New Year have already gone to sleep, and the overall data for the previous few programs has been gradually sliding," Qian Qingyun says to Xiao Liu beside him.

"But look, now Xu Chujing is about to sing the closing song written by Luo Mo; the program hasn't even started yet, and the viewership data has already begun to grow."

"The appeal of these two people is still very strong, especially among the younger demographic."

These days, young people are basically all night owls; going to sleep at eleven or twelve o'clock is considered early.

It's just a Spring Festival Gala closing song! I'm not sleepy! I'm wide awake!

Besides, in the time bridging New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, have you noticed that social media feeds become particularly lively?

Everyone is staying up for it!

On the internet, Xu Chujing's fans and the Mo Sheng Ren group are out in full force.

That group of Mo Xu CP fans views this song as an open display of affection.

Under normal circumstances, such closing songs are commissioned from songwriters who specialize in this type of music.

But it just so happens that Luo Mo is writing it, and Xu Chujing is singing it.

"The Mo Xu CP is real!"

"If those two aren't together, I'll perform a sword-swallowing act for everyone to liven up the New Year!"

"Fine, then I'll add a program of breaking a boulder on my chest with 36D!"

"Huh? Breaking a boulder on a big chest? I suddenly feel like the Mo Xu CP might not be real tonight."

"There's a traitor among us! But I still want to propose: if they really are together, does that mean they can't perform a program to liven things up?"

Honestly, when the news of Luo Mo and Xu Chujing collaborating on the closing song first broke, the most shocked were those in the industry.

Because for this type of song, they generally don't look for songwriters from the pop music circle to create them.

Everyone has different statuses, and it's a bit like there's an interdimensional wall between them.

This situation belongs to the exception among exceptions; it has never happened before.

From this, it can be seen that Director Qian Qingyun is quite bold in directing the Spring Festival Gala and is courageous in making breakthroughs.

At the same time, it also let everyone witness Luo Mo's terrifying ability once again.

Although this kind of job doesn't pay much, the concept is different.

How impressive is this job? How much face does it give you to talk about it?

From another perspective, in many cases, they usually select from old songs, choosing festive classics that already have a foundation among the masses to serve as the closing song.

Rather than rashly using a new song that hasn't been released at all.

Since the inception of the Spring Festival Gala on Blue Star, there have only been three such cases of using a new song as a closing piece.

Among them, two were fiercely criticized, made the headlines of major news outlets the next day, and were frantically trending across all major platforms.

With these two failures as a warning, more and more Spring Festival Gala directors have become afraid to mess around, feeling that it is better to be conservative.

Whether it achieves results or effects is secondary. What's important is to withstand the pressure!

Seeking no merit, but seeking no mistakes!

But Qian Qingyun clearly doesn't think this way; this old gentleman has a lot of guts. With countless honors to his name, he does not allow himself to do things sloppily or just go through the motions to finish the job.

This has also caused a crowd of songwriters to start looking forward to this song, wanting to see what kind of song it is that could actually break through the barrier.

Including those songwriters outside the pop music scene, they are also very curious about what kind of lyrics and what kind of melody could steal our job?

Soon, they will get the answer.

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The scene cuts to Xu Chujing's live stage.

Although the final closing song is sung by her alone, since it is the Spring Festival Gala and it is the closing song, it must be lively.

Therefore, there are many, many people standing on the stage, each representing their respective ethnic groups.

Representatives of ethnic minorities are wearing their own traditional costumes, and all kinds of clothing are gathered together, giving the entire scene a variety of styles.

These people acting as "background boards," with smiles on their faces, are mainly young people.

As the camera pans across, netizens spot quite a few handsome men and beautiful women.

It's just that these people all seem eclipsed in front of Xu Chujing, who is wearing a dark red long dress.

She stands in the center of the stage, with only a small portion of her fair ankles visible beneath the long dress.

Being tall and graceful herself, she doesn't even need sky-high heels to increase her height and leg length.

Her makeup today is of an elegant and generous type, exquisite yet full of presence.

Xu Chujing's temperament is such that if you threw her into a palace drama, she couldn't play a concubine; she could only play the Empress.

In Beijing, Luo Ba and Luo Ma, who are still playing mahjong, stop their movements in unison and say to Luo Mo's uncle and cousin: "Pause the game, pause the game; I want to watch this song properly."

Luo Mo's cousin glances at the television, which was previously only used for background noise, and says: "It's Xu Chujing, Uncle; she has rumors with Brother."

Luo Ba glares at him and says: "What rumors!?"

The cousin shrinks his neck, thinking that his uncle doesn't like such rumors or some of the phenomena in the entertainment industry.

Unexpectedly, after glaring at him in anger, Luo Ba immediately looks at the television and says: "It's definitely not a rumor; I think they must already be together!"

Hearing her husband's words, Luo Ma laughs happily on the side and says: "Look at these eyes, this nose—oh my, how can someone be born so beautiful."

The cousin listens from the side, completely confused.

He looks at the television, watching Xu Chujing in her dark red long dress, thinking that this person is a top-tier diva in the industry, possessing countless fans and many honors. If his cousin really managed to win her over, that would be... truly Ox-level!

In his view, just going out and telling others that Luo Mo is his cousin is already impressive enough; people can't help but come over to chat, express envy, and show curiosity.

If one were to add a sister-in-law of this caliber on top of that...

"Oh my!" The cousin instantly joined the ranks of the fans of the 【Mo Xu CP】.

Who knows, maybe next Spring Festival, I'll have the chance to play mahjong at home with Xu Chujing!

At this very moment, the prelude to the song "Unforgettable Tonight" had already ended.

The vocalizing in the beginning blended perfectly with the entire accompaniment.

The melody of this song seemed to truly carry a sense of time, giving people the feeling of having arrived at a specific day and a special moment.

This was related to the crisp percussion sounds brought by the Yueqi.

The sense of ritual was instantly maxed out!

Xu Chujing began Singing.

"【Unforgettable tonight, unforgettable tonight."

No matter the ends of the earth or the corners of the sea.】"

During her performance, she incorporated certain Bel Canto techniques.

And a small portion of the harmony in this song had been recorded by Tong Shu in advance at Luo Mo's request.

His sense of etherealness could add color to the entire song.

The title of 【Strongest Harmony Tool】 was truly no joke.

If any of Tong Shu's fans recognized the harmony as his, perhaps they would also think this was the biggest Easter egg of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

After all, the Spring Festival Gala could make an exception for a Newcomer like Luo Mo, but Tong Shu clearly still lacked the qualifications.

But it didn't matter.

"The person didn't arrive, but the voice did."

"Rounding it up, I, Brother Mo, can be considered to have taken you to the Spring Festival Gala in advance," Luo Mo thought to himself.

In this way, Tong Shu, who had already returned to his hometown, could also proudly tell his family that he had recorded a harmony for the closing song of the Spring Festival Gala.

On this day of national celebration, the Spring Festival Gala was declared over with the song "Unforgettable Tonight".

One line in the lyrics sang:

"【Farewell to tonight, farewell to tonight."

No matter new friends or old acquaintances,"

We shall invite each other again when spring comes next year.】"

Whether friends and family could constantly gather together year after year was another matter.

In any case, this song had the highest presence in the Spring Festival Gala.

The lively and festive atmosphere reached its peak at this moment.

This melodious song drew a perfect period for New Year's Eve.

Many netizens expressed one after another:

"Although it doesn't have that feeling of pop music, I don't know why, but it just has the flavor of the New Year!"

"It's clearly a new song, yet it sounds very old, but not in an outdated way, rather a classic way."

"Not bad, this is the one I like the most among the closing songs of the last few years."

"It has the feeling of returning to celebrating the Spring Festival as a child; I think this song has the smoke and fire of life!"

"Luo Mo is an Ox! Xu Chujing is an Ox!"

Many special audience members at the Spring Festival Gala nodded one after another, feeling that this song was good.

He Ping'an was thinking: "This song is actually quite suitable as a fixed repertoire."

When Xu Chujing finished singing and left the stage, as she walked into the backstage corridor, a man was already leaning against the wall, waiting for her at the end of the corridor.

A bustling and extraordinary night had passed just like that.

Many people stayed up all night, not sleeping at all.

But many media workers got up early, or even worked the whole night.

The various data for this year's Spring Festival Gala were freshly released and announced across the entire internet.

These data were more accurate than last night's real-time data, so the data released today were taken as the standard.

In the 【Song】 category of programs, "Blue and White Porcelain" performed by Luo Mo ranked first, and the data was far ahead, breaking the data record of the last four years.

As soon as the data for "Blue and White Porcelain" was announced, it left countless people in shock.

Because it was not only first in the 【Song】 category, but also first in data among all programs of this year's Spring Festival Gala!

"How many years has it been? It's been many years since a song category program took first place, right?"

"'Blue and White Porcelain' deserves it! This song is too good to listen to!"

"Chinese Style is just good!"

And on major music platforms, "Blue and White Porcelain" also directly Air Dropped to the top of the music charts.

This time, it wasn't just an Air Drop to the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart; it even firmly occupied the throne of the Hot Song Chart!

——Dominating the charts across all platforms!

And judging from the trend, heaven knows how long this song will dominate the charts!

"Afraid it will hang on the charts for the entire Spring Festival!" many people expressed one after another.

Too small! The perspective is too small!

Will a song of the caliber of "Blue and White Porcelain" only hang on the Hot Song Chart for a few dozen days?

That would be looking down on this song too much.

Although many businesses were closed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, places like shopping malls and restaurants remained open.

In these locations, they all began playing "Blue and White Porcelain."

It could be said that in just a single night, this song became a hit all across the country.

Many people shared this song on their social media feeds, and there was even a trend of it flooding people's timelines.

This left many Singers unable to understand: "Why can't our Chinese Style songs become popular to this extent?"

As for "Unforgettable Tonight," a few troublemaking marketing accounts held a voting competition for the best Spring Festival Gala closing song.

"Please select your favorite Spring Festival Gala closing song."

"Unforgettable Tonight" took a massive lead with an incredibly lopsided number of votes!

Major media outlets scrambled to report on "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Unforgettable Tonight," and even "Chinese Language" became popular all over again.

It could be said that Luo Mo created too many miracles in a single night.

With the results from the National Day Gala and the Spring Festival Gala, many directors of large-scale galas felt that Luo Mo might be the anchor for their shows!

With him there, there is no need to worry about reputation or viewership!

Many people suddenly remembered something at this moment.

"At the Golden Melody Awards, Luo Mo's 'Nocturne' achieved five wins in one night."

"The Hua Ge Award is on par with the Golden Melody Awards, but unlike the Golden Melody Awards, it is held after the New Year and carries a certain official status."

"When the time comes... won't 'Blue and White Porcelain' recreate the glory of 'Nocturne' that day!?"

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(End of this chapter)