Chapter 640: Old Songs Older Than You

As the song ended, many were moved by this song titled "One Meat, One Vegetable."

The whole song seems simple, but when paired with Li Junyi's unique voice and that rustic sense of emotion, it just has an effect that touches the heart.

After listening to the whole song, Xu Wai could only feel that the boss is truly too good at writing!

Most of the songs he writes for Li Junyi contain quite a few insights into life.

This "One Meat, One Vegetable" is that typical kind of song that requires one to calm their heart to listen.

It is actually quite suitable for a Live Broadcast stage like the Spring Festival Gala; after all, one cannot fast-forward.

This type of song does not have an advantage in competitive variety shows; it is too peaceful.

But in reality, behind the peaceful melody, it hides surging emotions and an endless longing for one's mother.

A song praising maternal love, through the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, was sung to thousands of households.

A vast number of viewers watching the Live Broadcast were incredibly moved, feeling that the lyrics of this song were written truly well.

It is clearly all very simple vocabulary, expressing very simple content, but using 【Dreaming】 as the entry point is truly brilliant!

For those viewers who have truly had a close relative pass away, the lethality is truly too strong!

It feels both very sad and somewhat healing.

Although Xu Wai's parents are both in good health, he was raised by his grandmother since he was a child; his grandmother passed away the year before last, and he has only dreamed of her once.

Listening to this song, he inexplicably thought of his grandmother.

"【Have you ever come into my dreams?

It must be that you were too careful when you came,

Knowing that I sleep lightly.】"

He thought of how when he would fall asleep, his grandmother would come in to tuck in his quilt, also moving lightly and carefully, for fear of waking him up.

"So, is it the same in dreams?" he thought to himself.

Perhaps it is not that grandmother doesn't miss me in heaven, it is just that when she comes, she is too Gentle, so I do not know she has been here.

Therefore, this song has different powers of infection for different groups.

For those whose close relatives are still alive, what they hear is being moved, is understanding that they must cherish them.

And for those whose relatives have passed away, what they listen to is comfort, is being Gentle, is longing.

This song, with lyrics written by Mao Buyi himself, comes from his own life experience.

He is called the young version of Li Zongsheng by many, perhaps because his lyrics contain his own special insights into life.

He once said: "Actually, everyone knew there was no way once the cancer spread. My mother was a very strong person; she couldn't eat but insisted on eating. She felt that her son hadn't married yet, hadn't started a family, he didn't have a home, so she had to live on... I worked as an intern nurse and saw countless partings of life and death, but the first person to die in front of me was my mother."

"When my mother was at the end and couldn't go on, I went to her bedside. She saw me and asked, 'Why did you let him come? My son needs to eat one meat and one vegetable for a meal; how can I take care of him now?'"

All of this eventually turned into such a Gentle song.

Li Junyi practiced this song over and over at home, slowly grasping the content in the lyrics and the emotions he needed to express when Singing.

Gradually, he also drew strength from it and received the comfort Luo Mo gave him.

The Spring Festival Gala is broadcast live on major video platforms; there are bullet comments, and there is also a comment section below.

Honestly, the Spring Festival Gala is not only lively with bullet comments, but the comment section is also very lively.

Because the character count for bullet comments is limited, many people have an endless desire to vent, wanting to let it out in the comment section.

Yet, the content in the comment section for Li Junyi's "One Meat, One Vegetable" is completely different from many of the preceding programs.

"My mother is already a twelve-year-old child this year. I hope she eats her fill, stays warm, and is happy every day. Most importantly, she must be healthy. I've been doing alright these years; I miss her very much."

"Watching the Spring Festival Gala with Mom in the living room, listening to this song together. After listening, I really wanted to say something, but I was too shy to express it, sigh!"

"Mom, I miss the food you cooked. Come into my dreams tonight and let me eat it once, okay?"

"I don't know why, but this song gave me great comfort."

"Listening to this song, I think of my grandparents in the countryside."

"I originally didn't plan to go home for the New Year this year, but now after listening to this song, I am suddenly very glad that I ultimately decided to go home for a reunion dinner."

At the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala Live Broadcast, General Director Zhang Wei took a look at the ratings and online streaming data.

His emotions were both moved and excited.

He had already heard this song during rehearsals; this was the third time listening to it.

Every time he listened, there was a different sense of being moved.

And the reason for his excitement was simple: "The songs Luo Mo writes really do have high popularity!"

The ratings had risen by a large margin, and the data on the streaming platforms was also surging!

Moreover, in his team, there were people specifically responsible for keeping an eye on the word-of-mouth feedback on the internet.

It was very clear that the audience's feedback on this song was excellent!

Quite a few people were saying that this was the most heart-touching of all the singing-category stages at the Spring Festival Gala so far!

It didn't force any values, it didn't try to be overly sentimental, but it was just very moving.

Zhang Wei felt that his decision to make an exception for Luo Mo and Xu Chujing, allowing her to perform "Unforgettable Tonight" for the second time on the Spring Festival Gala stage, was undoubtedly the right decision!

"Although the attitude of the Review Department and CCTV was clear—telling me to make my own decision—it meant they didn't object, but if something happened, I would have to take the responsibility alone."

"However, three new songs written by Luo Mo are worth the risk!"

Zhang Wei now began a new round of waiting.

The new song Luo Mo wrote for Tong Shu was scheduled for 17 minutes later.

He really wanted to see if this song could also make all the data surge by another large margin!

………

………

After the "One Meat, One Vegetable" stage, what followed was just a sketch with the theme of family affection.

It's just that when this sketch finally tried to elevate its value and play on emotions, it felt a bit stiff, causing netizens to complain one after another, feeling that it ruined the atmosphere and the moving quality of "One Meat, One Vegetable."

After the sketch ended, there was a dance program geared toward children.

After all, the Spring Festival Gala has to cater to all groups, so it also arranges some childlike programs for children to watch.

After these ended, it was Tong Shu's turn.

In the Live Broadcast bullet comments, people had already started spamming: "Tong Shu! Mommy loves you!"

These "mommy fans" have recently been paying attention to Tong Shu's love life.

Unlike the fans of other young stars, they aren't forbidding him from dating, but are instead urging him to date.

Many people think that Tong Shu and Li Junyi are getting too close, and the two are too intimate.

Working together is one thing, but they stay together almost every day in private; don't they get tired of it?

Both of you, hurry up and find a girl to date for me!

Immediately! Right now!

Of course, if they are "fujoshi" fans... Afraid they are shouting in their hearts: "Tong Shu and Li Junyi are real!"

Many fujoshi have even thought of a CP name, calling it 【Plum Tree】.

This makes the two principals, Li Junyi and Tong Shu, as well as their Boss Luo Mo, sometimes frown and shout in their hearts: "When will the brotherhood between men finally stand up!"

In this day and age, can't men even have pure friendship?

At the stage entrance, Tong Shu, wearing a formal suit, was taking deep breaths.

Now he is already a mature Singer, having long since lost his past timidity and nervousness, and has become calm and composed.

Especially when Singing songs written by Brother Mo, he feels more confident in his heart.

Even for a stage like the Spring Festival Gala, which all Singers dream of, he would not be afraid.

As for the new song Luo Mo wrote for him this time, in Tong Shu's view, it is a... very retro song?

He feels this song is very good, but it also seems not to belong to this era, possessing a very strong sense of nostalgia.

"It must have been written in this style on purpose, right?" Tong Shu thought to himself.

He recalled that Brother Mo hadn't really played with this kind of retro style before.

Nowadays, new songs with a retro style are quite popular.

After all, the music scene is regressing.

On the contrary, playing with some retro elements to give a song a bit more of a nostalgic feel makes listeners feel it has a higher sense of quality.

Like "Mohe Ballroom," which has been very popular on Earth recently, it has very obvious retro elements.

However, Tong Shu does not know that the song Brother Mo wrote for him this time is actually not intentionally incorporating any retro elements.

It is because, well, this song is indeed very old.

It is one of the representative works of Brother Fei Yuqing.

If Fei Yuqing's dirty jokes represent the extreme of his lewdness, then this song represents the extreme of his purity.

And just how old is this song?

Presumably, it is much older than many people's ages.

To be precise, when this song came out, Luo Mo hadn't even been born on Earth yet.

His first impression of this song back then was that his mother seemed to like it very much.

This song was born in 1983!

A song from 1983 is still very popular even now; even many people who aren't very old can hum a few lines of it.

What is called a classic?

This is called a classic!

In front of the television, Xu Wai sat up straight, feeling incomparably expectant in his heart.

"The song the Boss wrote specifically for the character in my movie is about to come!"

(PS: First update, there is more today. Asking for the guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month.

May Zong and I have already been discharged from the hospital today, but because the baby's jaundice is very high, she has to be hospitalized for a few days for phototherapy, and we can't even go visit; being separated just after she was born, it's killing me.)

(End of this chapter)