Chapter 277: Are Divine Songs Always Born from Rotten Films?

Wang Shisong has been very irritable lately.

Because of Luo Mo's sudden emergence, at least half of Pineapple Entertainment's plans for the music scene in the second half of last year fell through.

There is a huge gap between the company's entire planned revenue for the music scene and the final actual revenue.

After spending a large sum of money to stir up the variety show *Creating Idols*, the boy band NINT-T they cultivated went from a first-tier boy band to a flop, with a recent trend of flopping to the very bottom.

Fan attrition is also very serious; every method to solidify the fanbase has been used, but it still cannot stop the fans from climbing the wall one after another, resulting in no leeks left to harvest.

And then, in places like *King of Love Songs*, they were also crushed by Luo Mo all the way.

Although the Golden Melody Awards were not a total loss, they were far from previous years, which could be said to be extremely embarrassing.

Even for the Spring Festival Gala, Heavenly Kings like Zhao Xueqin could not be selected. The media reported on this extensively, and many rival marketing accounts were eager to post articles every day to stomp on Pineapple a few times.

In the music scene, Pineapple Entertainment is going downhill. Everyone covets their market share. Although most of it has been occupied by Luo Mo Studio and Xinyu, big companies like CILONG will definitely be unable to resist secretly taking a few bites when they see Pineapple collapsing like a mountain.

The other three of the four major companies certainly do not want Xinyu to "live," but they all very much want Pineapple to "die."

Fortunately, during this year's Spring Festival slot, the blockbuster movie invested in by Pineapple had decent box office results.

Although it only ranked third in the Spring Festival box office, the investment was considered low among all the films in the Spring Festival slot, so they could still make a fortune.

Pineapple's main market has always been the film and television industry. As long as film and television do not fall, and Pineapple TV does not fall, Pineapple will always be one of the four major companies!

"Although we didn't make it to the Spring Festival Gala, those songs prepared for the Gala are all high-quality works and still need to be uploaded," Wang Shisong thought to himself.

Several songs cost a lot of money to find top lyricists and composers to create; this money cannot be spent in vain.

It's just that *Blue and White Porcelain* is really too resilient; it has held on from the first day of the New Year to the Lantern Festival, and there is still no sign of fatigue at all.

No matter who releases a song, they only ever get beaten on the Hot Song Chart, which puts Pineapple in a bit of a dilemma.

But fortunately, people more or less carry a certain attribute—letting it rot.

"If we can't compete, then we can't compete. It's not like only our Pineapple gets crushed by *Blue and White Porcelain* when releasing songs. CILONG claims to be the overlord of the music scene, aren't they also being suppressed and beaten by *Blue and White Porcelain* on the charts?"

——When in doubt, let it rot completely.

With this mentality, Wang Shisong's Pineapple Entertainment began its "inventory clearing operation."

They released all those songs that had been held back one after another.

"*Blue and White Porcelain* is a phenomenal masterpiece of Chinese Style; losing to it is not embarrassing, as long as we don't get suppressed and beaten by other songs," Pineapple's marketing team thought the same.

Life has to go on, and the inventory of songs has to be released.

You can't say that because *Blue and White Porcelain* is dominating the Hot Song Chart, we should just start our vacation from the first day of the New Year and take a break for dozens of days in one go, right?

That would be—too awesome, wouldn't it!?

After making this decision, Wang Shisong focused his energy and expectations on *Lost Sin*, which started airing at the beginning of the year.

He was counting on this drama to dampen Luo Mo's spirit and deal a heavy blow to Luo Mo Studio and Xinyu.

But unexpectedly, just as Pineapple started releasing songs one after another, *Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan* suddenly passed the review.

One theme song and one ending song were released directly without any excessive warm-up or promotion.

Luo Mo's idea was very simple: "The two songs are just for promoting the drama, so release them early."

"Although it is very popular now to make a trailer for a trailer to whet the appetite with this kind of method."

"But there is no need to do a bunch of promotions for promotional songs."

This left the music scene speechless, especially after seeing the names of the Singer and the creator, they fell directly into despair.

*Killing Wolf*, (Opening theme of *Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan*).

Singer: Xu Chujing.

Lyricist: Luo Mo.

Composer: Luo Mo.

Arranger: Luo Mo.

As a top-tier Heavenly Queen, when has she ever sung an opening theme for others, except for her own dramas and movies?

The result of her and Luo Mo joining forces is—we continue to let it rot completely.

"It's fine, losing to them is not embarrassing, let's strive for the top three!"

And the ending song of *Celestial Sword 5*, *Finally Understand*, will also be uploaded on major platforms on the same day.

The lyricist and composer is still Luo Mo, which makes people feel terrified just looking at it, but fortunately, the Singer... I've never even heard of them.

"【Vitality Locomotive】, what kind of shitty name is this?"

"This name sounds very 'locomotive' (ridiculous)!"

"A male duo? Is this naming really serious?"

"If you are incompetent at naming, you don't have to name it!"

"I checked, they are just two unknown male Singers in Xinyu, who formed a group for no reason."

Yes, this male duo was created by Xinyu's Music Director, Luo Mo.

The original Singer of the song *Finally Understand* on Earth is called 【Power Train】.

Now, when many young people hear Power Train, perhaps the first thing they think of is a type of drink in a bar.

But many years ago, Power Train was also quite popular.

They were the original Singers of classic songs like *That's How It Is*, *Finally Understand*, and *Heartless Love Letter*.

Of course, there was also the theme song of *My Fair Princess*, which resounded across the country back then—*Dang*!

The few "Ah—" sounds at the beginning of this song can directly "ah" out the memories that were sealed away in your mind.

It will instantly make you feel a group of horses galloping on the grassland...

As time passed, some netizens joked: "Ever since there were high-speed trains, Power Train hasn't released any more albums."

As for Xinyu's new group 【Vitality Locomotive】, it is obvious that Luo Mo didn't take the naming seriously.

Because he knew very well that if he took it seriously, it would definitely be even worse.

"It doesn't matter if the group name is lame, as long as the song is good." He thought, while slacking off and trying to convince himself.

Since he took on the role of Music Director, he had basically listened to the vocal ranges of most of the Singers at Xin Yu.

And then, he had a rough plan in his mind.

As for the two unknown male Singers in 【Vitality Locomotive】, although they also felt the name had an indescribable quality, they thought: if Music Director Luo is willing to write songs for us, what does the name matter?

Never mind being called 【Vitality Locomotive】, even 【Pink Piggy】 or 【Rabbit-Eared Male Models】 would be fine.

But these two could never have imagined that they would become the targets for major companies to snipe at the beginning of the new year.

We wouldn't dare challenge Luo Mo's 【Blue and White Porcelain】 or Xu Chujing's 【Killing the Wolf】, but we can still take a crack at your 【Finally Understand】!

………

………

For the listeners, they were completely confused as to what 【Vitality Locomotive】 was.

But since it was written and composed by Luo Mo, and he had even promoted it on Weibo, and it was the ending theme for 【Sword Fairy】, they figured they should at least give it a listen.

After all, when people watch Drama nowadays, they basically set it to skip the opening and ending themes; by listening to the songs now, they would save the trouble of specifically rewinding to listen to them when watching the Drama later.

Of course, when choosing between the two songs, everyone would definitely listen to the one performed by Xu Chujing, 【Killing the Wolf】, first.

At the very beginning of this song, those few vocalizations by the female voice gave many headphone enthusiasts goosebumps.

"Wow! Jing's vocal range and Singing technique are incredible!"

"With the accompaniment added to these vocalizations, I don't know why, but there's a feeling of time passing."

These few vocalizations gave people a sense of etherealness, yet they didn't seem overly soft.

On the contrary, they were actually quite imposing.

This Drama is a Xianxia Drama, not a fairy idol Drama.

It does contain romance, yes, but it also contains the fate of the world.

If the opening theme were entirely soft and beautiful, it would feel wrong; what was needed was this kind of grandeur.

Xu Chujing's singing voice soon rang out:

"【The body that has slept for a thousand years, awakens from the rotten branches and withered leaves."

"It is the desolate sigh of a nightingale, undoing the spell."

"Who sealed the forgotten sword, following the sound of the flute and the hoofbeats—"

"To find you!】"

The pitch of the entire song is on the high side, belonging to the series that many people cannot sing at KTV.

But for Xu Chujing, who has excellent Singing technique and a wide vocal range, it was naturally not a problem.

"Sounds great! Jing really handles this style of song with ease!"

"I'm hooked; one writing and composing, one performing—they are such a perfect match!"

"Jing has almost never sung for other people's film and television works; this is equivalent to making an exception for Luo Mo."

"I don't know if this Drama is good yet, but this song is Ox!"

When Xu Chujing releases a song, it naturally Air Drops to number one on the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart; after all, her personal popularity is right there, and sweeping the charts is just a piece of cake.

Since the listeners like this song, they will naturally download it one after another after previewing it.

It hadn't been uploaded for long, and the download count was already skyrocketing.

After many people had listened to the single on Loop a few times, they started to turn to listen to the unknown group 【Vitality Locomotive】's 【Finally Understand】.

Honestly, the two old men in this group had been singing for so long without making a splash.

If it hadn't been created by Luo Mo, everyone probably wouldn't have bothered to listen.

Unlike the grandeur of the opening theme 【Killing the Wolf】, the ending theme 【Finally Understand】 was more soothing from the very beginning of the melody.

In fact, some of the lyrics in this song were quite fitting for the Drama of 【Sword Fairy】.

"【Watching you, slowly leaving,"

"Fate is like the tide,"

"Drowning me, unable to breathe,"

"Floating in the black sea.】"

Up to this point, some listeners felt that this song seemed a bit ordinary.

Especially after listening to 【Killing the Wolf】 and then coming to this song, it felt like they had suddenly dropped down from a more hyped state.

But until the climax of the chorus appeared, the feeling hit instantly!

"【Don't say anything, I don't want to understand."

"At least I still have beautiful dreams."

"Don't say anything, I really don't want to understand,"

"Finally understand, it's time to let go.】"

The singing style felt a bit uncomfortable at first, but after listening to this song a few more times, it was actually quite catchy, especially worth listening to repeatedly!

"Speechless, why can Luo Mo always hit the spot for me?"

"Incredible, other film and television works should come and learn properly, give me some competition!"

"Could everyone please write songs for Dramas to this standard, OK?"

"I don't care if you're Vitality Locomotive or a bus, as long as the song is good, that's all that matters!"

This caused 【Finally Understand】 to initially rank fifth on the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart, but after just half a day, it surged all the way to second, second only to Xu Chujing's 【Killing the Wolf】!

This made the major companies a bit restless.

Many netizens also joked: "No wonder these songs can't make it to the Spring Festival Gala; they can't even beat the songs from a Drama."

"Luo Mo: Didn't expect that, did you? My promotional songs are also this fierce."

"Finally Understand: Luo Mo, we cannot afford to provoke him."

Amidst everyone's chorus of high praise, there were naturally some different voices as well.

These people kept repeating the same sentence on the internet, and this sentence has been a major law in the film and television industry in recent years.

"Since ancient times, trashy films produce divine songs."

After saying this, this group of people did not forget to add a 【dog head】 emoji at the end.

The better the song sounds, the trashier the drama is.

There have been far too many such examples in these past few years.

Sha Po Lang and Finally Understand are both good songs, and their quality is not bad at all.

Luo Mo is naturally professional when it comes to songwriting.

Then, this drama must be trash to the core, right?

(PS: First update, last day of the month, requesting monthly tickets! If you don't cast them, they will expire!)

(End of this chapter)