Chapter 633: Xin Qiji's

The two songs, "Rice Field" and "Rice Field", have both become explosive hits across the entire internet because of the competition and their very similar names.

On the weekly new song charts of platforms like Penguin Music, these two songs have firmly occupied the top two spots.

However, since both songs were just released, their data is still in a neck-and-neck state. From time to time, "Rice Field" is first, and then once the chart refreshes, it becomes "Rice Field" in first place again.

Chen Luo and Luo Mo both listened to each other's new songs at the first opportunity and reached a unanimous conclusion: "It's a good song."

However, judging from the conception and structure of the songs, "Rice Field" is undoubtedly a cut above.

Looking at the composition, although Chen Luo found a top composer from the island nation to collaborate on a new song with an 【Island Singing Style】 rarely seen domestically, the composition and Arranger of "Rice Field" are also astonishing.

To say nothing else, just the drum sound inside made many composers and Arrangers feel surprised: "This drum sound is a bit strange; it doesn't seem like a common Yueqi."

Only a very small number of people realized that this is a niche Yueqi called a Wooden Box Drum.

Not to mention domestically, even globally, very few pop songs use this Yueqi.

In the MV for the song "Rice Field", Zhou Jielun is sitting on a box, doing those movements that Singer love to do most in MVs, such as waving while Singing, or spreading his arms, and so on.

What he is sitting on is the Wooden Box Drum.

Judging from the comments of netizens, young netizens probably like "Rice Field" more.

The fusion of 【Hip Hop】 and 【Folk】 is particularly interesting.

At the same time, doesn't Luo Mo have the nickname 【King of Pacifying Hip-Hop】? Once this song of his came out, it was equivalent to telling those Hip Hop Singer a truth again: "Hip Hop that is both positive and pleasant to listen to is the coolest."

And it's not about showing off wealth, pornography, foul language... and things of that nature.

In fact, "Rice Field" is still very popular among Middle-aged Person on Earth; many Middle-aged Person are not very interested in some of Zhou Jielun's songs, like "Nunchucks" and the like.

However, "Rice Field" is different.

On the contrary, many Middle-aged Person can develop an even stronger sense of resonance with this song than young people!

As for some industry insiders in the music circle, naturally some feel that Chen Luo has a better chance of winning, while others feel that Luo Mo has a better chance.

To each their own; the songs are both good songs, and this is normal.

And when tomorrow comes, the data for both new songs will tend to stabilize, and through the New Song Chart of major music platforms, a result will be visible.

Therefore, in the first two days of the new song release, a lot of extra promotion still needs to be followed up.

Cilong specifically recorded a 【vlog】 for Chen Luo, this number one person in the music scene.

This thing has been relatively popular in recent years, and many young people watch it.

In this 【vlog】, the video records some of his daily life while recording this song.

It takes a down-to-earth, approachable route.

Chen Luo didn't use to play with these things that young stars do, but this time it counts as unprecedented.

In the comment section, many people felt Surprise.

"First time seeing Chen Luo like this!"

"Very Surprise, so this is what he is like in life."

"Not bad, that improvised playing segment also has a lot of feeling!"

"Record more!"

Cilong Entertainment saw the effect was good and was quite satisfied.

The world is just like this; for the same thing, when done by people of different status, the feeling it gives people is different.

Just like when stars create a Douyin account. For those with low status, it's about wanting to gain fans on multiple platforms, develop on multiple platforms, and thereby increase traffic.

For those with high status, it's called 【XXX Ruzhu Douyin】.

Cilong Entertainment's promotion team has been keeping a close eye on the movements of Luo Mo Studio.

After a whole day, Luo Mo Studio's promotion team, besides carrying out some routine promotion, didn't seem to have used any clever tricks.

Until... Luo Mo gritted his teeth and posted his own crooked calligraphy to the internet.

Once this calligraphy was posted, it immediately attracted the onlookers of countless gossip-loving masses.

"This is actually... a lyric!?"

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………

Shanghai, Xicheng.

Luo Mo originally didn't want to post the calligraphy he wrote, because although he was stubborn, he admitted in his heart: "What kind of thing is this!"

It looks like chicken scratches!

It's even worthy of the line: I could pee this level in the snow.

Xu Chujing used reverse psychology to provoke him a few times on the side, and Luo Mo, out of Anger and embarrassment, posted it directly to Weibo.

After posting, he regretted it.

But it was already too late.

You must know he is a Top Traffic; if a Top Traffic star posts on Weibo and then regrets it, they will immediately be caught by people, and then a Hot Search will appear called 【Luo Mo, Second Delete】.

Luo Mo actually can't figure it out; he actually writes quite well on weekdays, and his signature with a fountain pen is also very dashing and handsome, with a feeling of the writing reflecting the person.

But when it comes to brush calligraphy, he is truly "gifted".

Countless netizens ran over to see the calligraphy at the first opportunity.

This lyric was originally called "Xijiangyue: Night Walking on the Yellow Sand Road".

The characters 【Night Walking on the Yellow Sand Road】 definitely had to be changed; in the end, Luo Mo simply filled in the first line of the whole lyric, turning it into "Xijiangyue: Bright Moon Startles Magpies off Branches".

This pattern is also very common in lyrics; for example, the "Xijiangyue" written by Liu Yong is called "Xijiangyue: Phoenix-Embroidered Curtains Rolled High", which is also the first line of the lyric.

And what made Luo Mo speechless was that the 【Moshengren】 were truly too mean.

For other Top Traffic stars, the top few hot comments are usually praise like "Brother is so great" or "Brother is so talented".

But look at Luo Mo's side; the number one hot comment is: "What is the sixth character of the whole lyric?"

Under this hot comment, the top-ranked reply by likes was: "Don't recognize it, it seems he invented a Chinese character himself."

Xu Chujing held her phone, scrolling through the comments, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Hearing her laughter, Luo Mo picked up his phone with great effort, tapped the screen forcefully with his fingers, and replied to the comment: "It's the character for magpie!"

Seeing him like this, Xu Chujing continued to laugh: "There's more below, someone is asking if you meant 【Old thatched inn by the shrine forest】, or 【Du forest edge】?"

Luo Mo: "???"

He looked at the comment section, and to his surprise, people were actually chatting away underneath.

"It should be 【Shrine forest edge】, 'shrine' means a temple for the land god, right? In ancient times, villages had shrine trees, which were places for worshipping gods, hence the name shrine forest."

"Not necessarily, what if when he wrote the poem, that patch of forest just happened to be called Du Forest? It could also be the character for Du!"

"Oh my, I just used a magnifying glass to look at it, and the more I look, the more confused I get."

In other people's comment sections, I am Afraid a bunch of people would have already started arguing, beginning an "academic dispute."

But here at Luo Mo's, everyone was just laughing and joking; no one wanted to show off their own knowledge to belittle others, they were just busy belittling Luo Mo's calligraphy for being too terrible together!

Look, look at what you call fan cohesion!

How united they are.

Feeling his blood pressure rising, Luo Mo picked up his phone and replied: "Shrine! It's shrine!"

After Luo Mo replied to two comments in a row, the matter was blown completely out of proportion.

The reason was simple: he rarely "picks fan cards."

He very rarely replies to private messages, and very rarely replies to comments.

Now it was great, some 【Moshengren】 realized: so if you question his handwriting, there's a chance to be picked!

Sisters, why aren't we rushing this yet?

Never mind those characters that were genuinely hard to read, everyone started messing around with many clearly written characters, saying that in this calligraphy copybook, it's so ugly that I honestly don't recognize a single character!

This made Luo Mo's head ache uncontrollably.

He felt that he really let down the lyrics of Ganxuan Jushi.

Fortunately, although the 【Moshengren】 are silly and like to create memes, they only roast Luo Mo, not the work itself.

Everyone knows deep down just how good these lyrics are written.

In the literary world, another bunch of big shots personally stepped in and started commenting on these lyrics.

You have to know, who exactly is Xin Qiji?

This is a serious, tough character who was proficient in both literature and martial arts.

【Literature】: He and Su Shi are collectively known as 【Su-Xin】, and are recognized by many as the number one figures of Southern Song bold-style poetry.

【Martial Arts】: When this man was young, he once led fifty-some people to charge into an enemy camp of tens of thousands, captured the target, and brought him back to Jiankang.

This "West River Moon" appears to be pastoral poetry, but in reality, it was written after he was dismissed from office and demoted, during a time of frustration, showing a detached and transcendent state of mind.

And "Rice Field Fragrance" is also a song written for those who are frustrated.

Both appear to be writing about the countryside and pastoral life, but in fact, they are not.

What surprised Luo Mo was that this time, there seemed to be even more people in the literary world personally stepping in to praise the lyrics than for "Acacia" from the last New Year's Eve Gala.

He guessed that the reason was likely that as there are more and more poetic works, the recognition is naturally getting higher and higher.

In fact, this is one reason.

Another reason is that although it is the norm for scholars to look down on each other, this time it was different; everyone felt very balanced in their hearts.

Everyone recognized these lyrics, was convinced, and felt they were simply invincible.

Yet in their hearts, they all had a unified thought: "Luo Mo's handwriting is way uglier than mine!"

Looking across the entire literary world, there are not many people who can write uglier than Luo Mo.

In this regard, he doesn't have much room left; he has basically hit rock bottom.

This phenomenon is actually similar to how many celebrity teams establish a celebrity persona by adding some small flaws, such as: being stingy, gluttonous, a lovable fool, or a sports klutz.

It's just that while the evil organization 【Moshengren】 is laughing and joking, and the literary world is also laughing and joking, over at Cilong Entertainment, they just can't be happy.

The entire publicity team was stunned.

Writing a song with quality that is off the charts is one thing.

You even write top-tier lyrics!

Are you not playing fair?

Luo Mo, are you not playing fair!?

A positive pop song, plus top-tier lyrics, made numerous special media outlets unable to sit still, and they all rushed to offer various praises and compliments at the first opportunity!

In today's society, there are simply too many people under great life pressure.

Under these circumstances, Luo Mo's new work appears even more precious and meaningful.

And some works, although they have great value, are not popular or trendy, so the effect they have is very small.

Luo Mo's works are different; they often manage to achieve both!

Then this is a great thing that benefits society; I hope everyone can gain encouragement, receive warmth, and find relaxation from it.

——Praise! Praise it to death for me!

Under various circumstances, the next day, after the new song weekly chart data on major music platforms tended to stabilize, "Rice Field Fragrance" was impressively ranked first, sitting at the top of the list, firmly suppressing "Rice Field" underneath.

In the first round of the album arena battle, Luo Mo wins!

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………

Over at Cilong Entertainment, because of the defeat in the first battle, they are holding a meeting.

As for Luo Mo, he actually didn't let his guard down either.

Both he and Xu Chujing were clear that the album arena competition was a long-term affair, and the wins or losses at the beginning did not represent anything.

The advantage of a single song is very small.

For an album, subsequent songs can feed back into the popularity of the earlier ones.

What it ultimately comes down to is actually the quality of the entire album!

Although Luo Mo was very confident in his album *On the Road*, his opponent was, after all, the top Heavenly King Chen Luo, a man known as the number one in the music scene.

Doing his best to defeat him could also be considered a form of alternative respect for this senior.

After the meal, Luo Mo first made a phone call to He Yuanguang.

There were only ten days left until the Spring Festival.

He wanted to know how the progress of the short-as-can-be *China Poetry Choir* was coming along.

There was also the need to give instructions on some promotional deployments for *Nezha*, as well as poster content and the like.

After finishing the call, Xu Chujing asked with concern: "How is the progress of *China Poetry Choir*?"

"Very good; after all, the current Tongguang Studio is already vastly different from a few years ago," Luo Mo said with a smile.

This short animation was already in the finishing stages and would then be taken to the Review Department for a lightning-fast review.

Once it passed the review, it could be sold to Penguin Video and the Children's Channel.

As for the promotion of *Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child*, he planned to stage a dream collaboration with *Monkey King: Hero is Back*.

This kind of operation was played very skillfully on Earth.

For instance, the dream collaboration between *Nezha* and *Jiang Ziya* was produced quite well and was quite amusing.

It was just a pity that the film quality of the latter did not reach the expectations many viewers had at the beginning.

At this moment, Luo Mo and Xu Chujing were sitting in front of the computer.

"It's time to finalize the next song," Luo Mo said.

"Mm," Xu Chujing nodded.

There were a total of ten songs on the album *On the Road*.

*Rice Field* had already been released, and *The You of the Past* had already been sung at the New Year's Eve Gala.

Of the remaining eight songs, one was prepared to be sung at the Spring Festival Gala, so it would not be released in advance for the time being.

——Seven to choose from.

Xu Chujing glanced at Luo Mo, who was already looking for a black cloth strip, and couldn't help but glare at him, saying: "Choose it yourself this time; don't count on me to help you with a blind selection."

Was that a blind selection you were doing?

That was you being flirtatious!

Luo Mo shrugged and said: "If I choose, I choose."

He smiled and said: "Didn't Chen Luo's *Rice Field* collaborate with a composer from Japan and specifically use the 【Island Singing Style】?"

"Then I'll pick this one," Luo Mo said, pointing to a song on the computer.

This song also utilized the 【Island Singing Style】.

At the same time, it also made certain innovations within it, adding a lot of personal flair!

Xu Chujing looked at him, her eyes smiling, and said: "He releases one with 【Island Singing Style】, and you immediately follow up with one; do you want to play it this big?"

"Mm," Luo Mo nodded, holding her hand and saying: "To vent your frustration."

As mentioned before, in the album arena competition between Chen Luo and Xu Chujing, Xu Chujing had won fewer times.

"That's so nice?" Xu Chujing's eyes were filled with smiles.

"Of course, remember to give me a reward voluntarily when the time comes," Luo Mo said.

Luo Mo chose this song not only because it also utilized the 【Island Singing Style】, but also because it was Xu Chujing's personal favorite song on this album.

Come to think of it, this song was indeed quite interesting.

It was one of the rare big hits in Chinese music that used the 【Island Singing Style】.

Its high level of quality meant that a representative Singer of 【Island Singing Style】 from abroad had covered this song in a foreign language, and it had gained considerable popularity abroad as well.

At the same time, the theme of this song was also very interesting; it was a very typical love song, and there was a saying that this song was about—long-distance relationships.

This was a song about... long-distance relationships.

(PS: Went to the hospital today with 【May Zong】; the obstetrician informed us that the baby is estimated to be born in these next few days. I will go for another check-up tomorrow, and it is possible I will be hospitalized directly to wait for the birth. I'll mention in advance that I will likely take leave when the birth happens; how long exactly depends on whether the child is hardworking enough.)

After being discharged from the hospital, we will go directly to the postpartum care center. Spending a bit more money to let 【May Zong】 recover well and get more care will also allow me to squeeze out more time to type, and maybe I can even earn back the high costs of the postpartum care center—giving myself a thumbs up for my wit.

Also, my surname is Jin, and it's a boy in the belly. Feel free to leave a comment here if you have a cool name; it needs to be a three-character name. I came up with a name I thought was very cool, but the whole family doesn't seem to like it and is extremely disgusted, heh!)

(End of this chapter)