Chapter 540: Million-Level Lyricist

The final rehearsal for Youth Day went very smoothly.

The rehearsal was conducted behind closed doors, and the confidentiality measures were also handled extremely well.

Among the staff under Ning Dan, there were many old faces familiar to Luo Mo, and even some of his former colleagues.

When these people saw Luo Mo, there was no lack of surprise in their eyes, to varying degrees.

——How did he lose so much weight!?

He was too thin, so thin that his features had changed, which made everyone afraid to recognize him at first.

"Is this really Luo Mo?"

The sudden, drastic weight loss made everyone start to imagine: "What on earth has he gone through during this time?"

If he had only lost a little weight, that would be one thing, but he was so thin that his cheekbones protruded and his cheeks were sunken; it was too terrifying.

This made the gala's makeup artist feel very troubled when trying out looks on Luo Mo.

If it weren't for the fact that the person looked to be in good spirits, everyone would have suspected he was truly ill.

After the makeup was finished, Luo Mo went to try on the stage costume.

It was a black formal suit.

If it were the old him, he would certainly have been able to wear the clothes with a crisp, upright look, but now it seemed a bit empty.

Too thin!

However, when he stood on stage holding the microphone and simply opened his mouth to sing, everyone was still shaken.

This song... is too special!

Originally, it stood to reason that there should be a gap between the two stages of Tong Shu and Luo Mo.

But due to the special nature and interconnectedness of these two songs, Ning Dan arranged these two stages together.

With Tong Shu singing first, and Luo Mo singing after.

She was very confident that the effect of these two stages would absolutely be explosive!

"Perhaps they will be two more god-tier live performances!"

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After Luo Mo finished his rehearsal, Tong Shu, who was waiting for him offstage, had a look of admiration in his eyes.

Even though he was already a well-known Singer capable of radiating infinite charm on stage, he just felt that Brother Mo's stage was different from everyone else's.

"Brother Mo, yogurt." Tong Shu handed a bottle of yogurt to Luo Mo, just like during the *Creating Idols* period.

Luo Mo took it and said with a smile: "I heard from Sister Dan that you made many staff members cry when you sang during the first round of rehearsals?"

Tong Shu was a bit embarrassed and said: "Because Brother Mo's song was written well."

Luo Mo patted his shoulder and said: "That's not all of it."

The reason why the song he gave to Tong Shu made people feel so incredibly moved was that the lyrics were a very important point.

But Tong Shu's own singing skills and unique vocal timbre were all contributing factors.

"Are you nervous about tomorrow's stage?" Luo Mo asked.

"It's alright," Tong Shu replied.

He was already a mature Singer who had been on all kinds of big stages.

Honestly, it stood to reason that there shouldn't be any pressure at all.

However, he could feel that Brother Mo was still very dedicated to this song he had given him to sing.

He had personally written the lyrics, composed the music, done the arrangement, and even helped with the stage design.

The time spent on his song was perhaps even more than on the song he himself was performing.

Therefore, Tong Shu's pressure actually came from Brother Mo's dedication.

Luo Mo glanced at him and said very seriously: "Sing well. If this song is sung well, there will be many benefits in the future."

Tong Shu nodded.

He was no longer the little novice he once was; he could now stand on his own two feet. So Luo Mo didn't need to explain everything as thoroughly as before; Tong Shu could understand the meaning himself.

For Tong Shu, he was no longer lacking in songs with high popularity and strong commercial appeal.

If a pop Singer could release a song of a special nature, and this song could also become popular and go viral, then the significance would be absolutely extraordinary.

"Alright, you go back to the hotel to rest first. I'm going to go say hello to Sister Dan and give her a hand while I'm at it," Luo Mo said.

"Mm, okay." Tong Shu left obediently.

Luo Mo stayed backstage for about another hour or so.

Because Ning Dan was still hesitant about some parts of the gala and wanted to hear Luo Mo's opinion.

Luo Mo only participated in galas a lot and watched a lot; he had never directed one himself, so he could only offer some of his own ideas regarding stage design.

After all, in this aspect, he was a professional.

After finishing this, he also returned to the hotel to rest.

As the General Director, Ning Dan still had a massive amount of work to keep her busy.

By the time she finished everything, it was already the early hours of the morning.

Sitting in the car back to the hotel, Ning Dan was incredibly exhausted; she adjusted the seat in the van backward and lay half-reclined.

She closed her eyes, pursed her slightly dry lips, and said: "Xiao Yun, help me contact a few familiar marketing accounts and media outlets tomorrow."

As the Variety Show Godmother, she had too many acquaintances in this area.

"Director Ning, are you looking to promote something?" Xiao Yun asked.

She thought it was related to the gala.

Ning Dan shook her head and began to give very detailed instructions.

Xiao Yun listened, her mouth slightly agape, looking at Ning Dan, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, exhausted to the point of collapse, her eyes closed.

"She is actually still arranging things for Luo Mo, planning ahead for him regarding his sudden weight loss," Xiao Yun thought to herself.

Honestly, having followed Ning Dan for so many years, she considered herself to understand her perfectly, so her feelings were a bit complicated.

She had originally thought that Ning Dao was different from ordinary women like them, and that she probably wouldn't encounter any emotional hurdles in her life.

She hadn't expected that she had already fallen.

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The next day, the Youth Day Gala would be broadcast live in the evening on CCTV, Penguin Video, and Qiqu Video.

In recent years, the popularity of the Youth Day Gala had been decent, as they would invite a large number of young stars to participate, including many handsome men, beautiful women, and popular sensations.

However, those who came for these people were basically just the fans of this group.

Passersby had never been very interested in this kind of gala.

"It's mainly the subject matter of the stage content; it's not very interesting."

"The entertainment value is too low, and the watchability is also too low."

"I don't oppose the whole singing praises and extolling virtues thing, but I find it too dry."

"There really isn't anything worth watching; it's too formalistic, and it's hard to feel moved."

This year was slightly different, because of the participation of Luo Mo and Tong Shu, and the director was the ever-resourceful Ning Dan.

Luo Mo and Tong Shu had a very large casual audience base, and their public appeal was also very good.

The programs Ning Dan made were always highly watchable and full of tricks, so everyone felt there might be more to see than in previous years.

Therefore, after night fell, as soon as the Youth Day Gala live broadcast started, the overall data was a notch higher than the previous two years.

Of course, the stages for Luo Mo and Tong Shu were definitely placed in prime time.

So the two of them were still making preparations backstage.

After putting on makeup and changing into his performance outfit, Tong Shu looked in the mirror.

At the backstage area, one could also hear the sounds coming from the stage.

Tong Shu felt a bit dazed.

Once, he was just a teenager from a small place, raised by his grandmother; when he participated in "Creating Idols," his performance outfit was made by his grandmother, who gathered her old friends, bought a magazine herself, and crafted it by hand for him.

He had experienced school bullying, and when he was a small internet celebrity, he had also experienced cyberbullying.

When he was in school, he was walking in the hallway when someone suddenly pulled his pants down from behind three times.

"Whoa, he actually has a dick."

Later, when he was singing on the internet to earn money to subsidize his family, there were always countless instances of two words in the barrage: "Sissy."

There were also some filthy, unspeakable words that had no bottom line.

Just because he looked delicate and his voice was different from the average male.

If someone had told him a few years ago that he would one day represent the 【Youth】 group and participate in the Youth Day Gala, he absolutely would not have believed it.

"Me?"

"Me?"

"A freak in the eyes of others, even considered by some to be neither male nor female."

But he was standing here now.

Tong Shu still remembered what Brother Mo said to him after he slightly mentioned a bit of his past experiences during a heart-to-heart talk.

"Brother Mo, how can I be like a man?"

"Why do you need to be 【like】 a man? You are a man to begin with; you need to 【be】 a man."

Are standards ultimately some external things, or are they things that come from the inside out?

Tong Shu gripped the microphone tightly, only thinking about singing this song well and bringing about positive effects and influence.

As long as he didn't make any mistakes, he believed that with Brother Mo's songwriting ability and his unique stage design, it would definitely bring about a huge response!

Many people might have heard that there is a type of person in the entertainment industry called a 【Million-Dollar Tuner】.

This type of person refers to someone whose tuning skills are incredibly Ox; even if you sing like a piece of shit, they can tune it to sound like something.

Tong Shu didn't need the services of such people because his singing skills were excellent and he was constantly improving.

Therefore, Luo Mo only gave him what he truly needed.

——Million-dollar level Lyricist, care to learn about it?

Time passed second by second, and Tong Shu picked up the microphone, took a deep breath, and went to the stage entrance to wait.

It was his turn.

(PS: First update, asking for double monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)