Chapter 38: Master

Inside the nanny van, Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo exchanged a glance, remaining silent for a long time.

After a good while, Shen Yinuo finally said, "A piece of pure music rushing into the top twenty of the Hot Song Chart—even with the boost from the show's popularity, it's simply absurd!"

Jiang Ningxi nodded; she agreed with this point of view.

The Hot Song Chart is the most intuitive reflection of a song's recent popularity, and 18th place is already very high!

This made the two young women think of their own two albums after forming the group, where the lead singles only ever reached 15th place at best.

And they only hung at 15th place for two days; the following week they dropped directly to the twenties or thirties, and the week after that, they fell off the chart entirely.

Only those truly hit classic songs are qualified to enter and exit the Hot Song Chart seven times, appearing on it every now and then.

Most songs, once their initial heat is exhausted, are not qualified to chart again.

Of course, being able to be a flash in the pan on the Hot Song Chart is already considered very impressive.

For Aurora Girls, having an album lead single briefly rank at 15th place is already considered producing a work that broke out of their circle!

Works by idol girl groups basically only have fans paying for them; everyone stays within their own circle to enjoy them, and it is very difficult to become popular outside the fan circle.

That night, Shen Yinuo and Jiang Ningxi opened champagne directly to celebrate...

Shen Yinuo gave an awkward laugh and said, "Haha, hahaha, you say this Luo Mo, he wouldn't always keep suppressing Chen, would he?"

Jiang Ningxi did not speak.

She has been secretly putting this "Confession Night" on loop before going to sleep recently.

As for Chen's new song, she didn't download it anyway.

Seeing that Jiang Ningxi was ignoring her, Shen Yinuo said, "Jiang Jiang, why don't you... go use the beauty trap? Trust me, no man can refuse you!"

Jiang Ningxi rolled her eyes at her and said, "If you want to go, go yourself! You are a company shareholder, the eldest miss of Xinyu, and I am not. What good would signing him do for me?"

Shen Yinuo nodded vigorously and said, "What you say makes a lot of sense! I was waiting for you to say that. Fine, if I go, I go!"

Shen Yinuo held her head high and chest out, looking at her proud curves, feeling that her chances of winning were very high.

Jiang Ningxi knew that this little minx Shen Yinuo was only capable of empty talk, but she knew very well that Xiao Shen was determined to get Luo Mo.

Seeing that Luo Mo's music was about to take off, for some reason, she was in a good mood and had the leisure to tease and mock, "Xiao Shen, if you use the beauty trap, Luo Mo definitely won't be able to refuse. What studio, what profit sharing, none of that will matter."

"After all, once you've got him, it's equivalent to having Xinyu's shares—you'd be a shareholder in one step!"

Shen Yinuo put her hands on her hips, unhappy: "Aiya, you refuse to contribute to the company yourself, and you're still mocking me!"

In reality, there were truly no shortage of men interested in Shen Yinuo.

First, she was naturally beautiful, a very youthful-looking young girl.

Second, although the President Shen of Xinyu has a son and a daughter, he has publicly stated many times that he is a "daughter slave" and that in the future, his children will each get half of all his wealth.

Don't think President Shen is just building a persona; look at how young Shen Yinuo is, and she already has a portion of Xinyu's shares.

Everyone in the industry knows that whoever can win over the princess of Xinyu can soar to the sky!

By then, wouldn't Xinyu be their own company?

Jiang Ningxi looked out the window and said, "Xiao Shen, if Xinyu really wants to sign Luo Mo, you need to hurry."

"I know, this person is getting popular too fast!" Shen Yinuo said.

She did not know that Jiang Ningxi was not considering this problem from the company's perspective.

She was worried about Luo Mo.

He is getting popular too fast, and the subsequent "Anti-Explosion," as well as the suppression from opposing capital, will probably arrive very soon.

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On the other side, after Luo Mo finished drinking Tong Shu's yogurt, he was called away by a staff member of the production team.

Ning Dan wanted to see him alone again.

Tong Shu, who was washing the dishes for Luo Mo, watched Mo-ge's retreating figure and began to wash the dishes even more diligently.

After completing the first public performance, Ning Dan also met with Tong Shu alone once, encouraging him to maintain his current singing style and hinting that she would increase his screen time during editing.

She also thought quite highly of Tong Shu now, feeling that this boy, who was previously quite transparent, might also evolve into a popular contestant under Luo Mo's guidance.

Luo Mo followed the girl with Glasses and soon arrived at the temporary meeting room at the recording site.

After entering the door, he saw Ning Dan holding a tablet computer.

Dressed in professional attire, her body leaned slightly forward. From Luo Mo's angle, he could see the curve of her waist and hips, as well as her buttocks, which appeared even fuller and rounder as she leaned forward.

If that waist were any lower, the hem of her skirt would be in danger.

It is hard to imagine that the General Director of a talent show these days would actually have "looks fans."

Every time she appeared on her own show, the bullet comments would be flooded as if they had gone crazy.

As mentioned before, this woman's temperament is a bit like Yu Nan, belonging to the type that some people don't feel a spark with, while others find her particularly sexy.

"You're here? Sit." Ning Dan pointed casually to the seat opposite her.

After Luo Mo sat down, she put down the tablet in her hand.

"Ning Dao, is there something you need me for?" Luo Mo asked.

Ning Dan nodded and said, "Penguin is asking me for the full version of 'Gentle'."

After saying this, she began to observe Luo Mo's expression.

Under normal circumstances, such a newcomer who hasn't even debuted yet would probably be excited to the point of fainting upon hearing that a behemoth like Penguin Music is taking the initiative to ask for the full version of his song.

But Luo Mo's expression remained as usual, and he instead asked, "Does Ning Dao mean for me to sing the full version of 'Gentle' at the second public performance?"

Ning Dan smiled, her rosy lips curling up slightly, and shook her head.

She looked at Luo Mo and said, "That depends on your own arrangements; I will give you the maximum degree of freedom."

Too considerate!

Here it comes! It's here again! It's this "Gentle" tactic again!

Luo Mo nodded and said, "Let me think about it."

Regarding the song for the second public performance, he truly hadn't decided yet.

Ning Dan's fingertips tapped lightly on the tabletop, and after a while, she said, "You should know the program flow for tonight, right?"

"I've heard about it," Luo Mo said very candidly.

He was a member of the production team himself and was a colleague of the staff, so he was closer to them and would occasionally chat with them; he knew the program flow like the back of his hand.

The content to be recorded tonight was—video calls between the trainees and their families.

Of course, if they did not agree to show their faces on video, they could also just make a phone call.

The trainees were all undergoing closed-off training and had almost no contact with their friends and family recently, so they had to be allowed to make a phone call or a video call.

Ning Dan looked at Luo Mo and said, "This morning, I personally contacted Old Master Tong."

Hearing this, Luo Mo's expression changed, and he immediately looked up.

The Old Master Tong in Ning Dan's words was Tong Qinglin, Luo Mo's Opera master.

This man was a former Opera master and is now a titan of the industry!

In the era when Opera was at its peak, Tong Qinglin was indeed not counted among the very top few.

Many years ago, he truly could not bear the title of a titan.

However, as time passed and those people passed away one after another, Tong Qinglin, who had the most robust health, saw his status change once again.

And Luo Mo was his Closing Disciple.

Luo Mo was not surprised that Ning Dan could obtain his master's contact information. This woman possessed great power, in two words—"Connections"!

But he was still a bit puzzled: "Why did this woman contact my master?"

Just as I finished writing this chapter, I saw the news that Yue Opera grandmaster Wang Wenjuan passed away early this morning; everyone should know "A Lin sister fell from the sky," right? In her early years, Elder Wang even went to the battlefield to perform The Butterfly Lovers for the soldiers.

Rest in peace!

(End of this chapter)