Chapter 667: New Chinese-Style Songs

The song ended, and the crowd was amazed.

In the Live Broadcast room, there were actually a large number of celebrity friends and songwriters from within the industry.

Of course, there were inevitably a large number of internet celebrities as well.

As a former top singer in the music scene, Chen Luo's entry into Doule and his first Live Broadcast could be said to have attracted every streamer in Doule whose name was worth mentioning.

Especially those internet celebrities related to music; they usually just sing in Doule, so how could they not come to join in the fun?

At this very moment, this group of people clearly knew in their hearts that Luo Mo was a young Singer with remarkable vocal skills, yet they were still shocked by him once again.

"The chorus of the whole song is almost entirely falsetto, and he actually handles it without any pressure!"

"The most outrageous thing is that he's even singing while sitting down!"

"His Live Broadcast equipment isn't even as good as mine, nor as complete; it feels like he bought it on the spot."

"There is indeed a wall between internet celebrity streamers and professional Singers!"

"You Man Wo Man, a song that everyone in the Live Broadcast room can't sing."

"Hey, I could record a video of myself failing to sing this song; it would definitely be a Hot Search!"

The people watching the Live Broadcast had different thoughts because of their different identities.

After Luo Mo finished singing, he picked up Xu Chujing's water cup, took another small sip of hot water, and said with a smile, "I've embarrassed myself, I've embarrassed myself."

——《Showing Off, Showing Off》.

Seeing this look on his face, Xu Chujing couldn't help but want to laugh.

But in reality, some special viewers in the Live Broadcast room, especially those who had just experienced emotional changes, felt incredibly uncomfortable after listening to this song.

Yet, many people happen to have a tendency for "self-abuse."

Few people, when suffering from a breakup or emotional trauma, will specifically look for happy, sweet songs to listen to.

On the contrary, they will all look for ones that can make them hurt even more.

They go to listen to songs that can resonate and stir up memories.

Then, they stay up late at night, wallowing in sadness alone.

Luo Mo could probably guess what the comment section for the song You Man Wo Man would look like in the future.

Some people would be sharing stories they just made up to fish for likes, while others would be truly sad.

Overall, Luo Mo personally felt that You Man Wo Man was a song that became more addictive the more you listened to it, and it was quite suitable for Loop.

Chen Luo looked at Luo Mo and said with a smile, "You sang really well."

"It's alright, it's alright." Luo Mo said this, but his hand made a gesture toward the camera, signaling—praise me more, praise me more.

Chen Luo seemed to have adapted to the rhythm of the Live Broadcast as well, smiling and teasing, "Luo Mo is a very professional Singer. Even though his relationship is sweet and his girlfriend is sitting right beside him, he can still sing so sorrowfully, so heart-wrenchingly, so movingly, so..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Luo Mo hurriedly said, "Why does it feel like you're digging a hole for me!"

He glanced at Xu Chujing and said, "My Jing is also a professional Singer; this is called strong professional ability, it has nothing to do with personal emotional experience. Can't she understand this? Luozai, don't mess with me, it won't work!"

The two chatted for another minute or so. Seeing that they were over time, Luo Mo ended the connection after saying a few polite remarks.

The technical staff at Doule finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, thank goodness, it was lucky that it only lagged for those four or five seconds at the beginning.

If it had crashed while he was singing, Doule would definitely have been scolded onto the Hot Search!

They rubbed their thinning hair, frowned with worry lines on their foreheads, and took a look at the data.

"It really broke the record!"

"And it broke it by a huge margin!"

"The Peak Value of the viewership is a full 3 million higher than the historical record!"

"Report it up! Report it up immediately!"

Upon learning the data, the boss of Doule started pacing in circles directly in the company office.

"No, we must get Luo Mo to open a personal Doule account; we must get him to join Doule!"

"At all costs!"

There's no helping it; these days, after a platform grows big and strong, many celebrities will take the initiative to hang out on this platform, hoping the official side will give them more traffic and relying on such platforms to increase their popularity.

But a Top Traffic star of Luo Mo's level is completely different.

"If he is still willing to promote new songs on Doule, or even do a preview Live Broadcast..." The Doule boss felt excited just thinking about it!

He felt that he and Luo Mo still had great opportunities for cooperation.

After all, these days, many new films need Doule's help with promotion before they are released!

Win-win is always the way to go!

………

………

The connection between Luo Mo and Chen Luo ended there.

But the influence brought by the two new Cantonese songs continued to ferment online.

"After listening to Bicycle, I feel so deeply touched!"

"I originally thought it was about fatherly love, but it turns out it's about the father-son relationship."

"Sigh, sometimes when I think about it, people really need to learn to express themselves; I seem to rarely praise my son either."

"This song made me reflect for a long time; even though I am the adult and he is the child, I am always shy about expressing myself."

"I've already bought tickets; I'm taking my daughter to the water park this weekend!"

As for You Man Wo Man, everyone was immersed in Luo Mo's falsetto.

"It's so outrageous; there is very little difference between what he sang in the Live Broadcast and what was uploaded to Penguin Music."

"This breath control is just too strong!"

"I study singing; we generally call this kind of person a 'song freak'!"

"Good heavens, what kind of voice is this!"

In an era when Cantonese songs were gradually declining, the explosive popularity of these two songs sent a shockwave through the entire Cantonese music scene!

Some people saw hope.

It is very clear that the audience for Cantonese songs is still very large.

As long as we work harder, release a few more high-quality songs, and actively promote them, it can definitely warm up again!

But some people remained pessimistic.

These are Chen Luo and Luo Mo; do I need to say how popular they are?

It is only natural that these two people's songs are popular; it doesn't represent anything.

A major reason why Cantonese songs were so popular in the past was that the entertainment industry in Hong Kong was very developed.

Hong Kong films, Hong Kong dramas, Hong Kong music, and even novels were all developed exceptionally well; they were indeed very popular throughout Asia and second to none.

At the same time, it must be said that the older generation of Hong Kong artists indeed had very strong professional capabilities.

And they were indeed dedicated in their work.

But things are different now; many of the older generation feel that, especially some young people, they no longer love listening to Cantonese songs, especially new ones.

However, they have to admit that after being stirred up by Luo Mo, the popularity of many classic Cantonese oldies has also soared quite a bit.

It is quite magical, come to think of it.

Many Cantonese singers have developed the idea of trying to request songs from Luo Mo.

Requesting a Cantonese song from a Beijing native is actually quite interesting.

………

………

"Comforting." — Chen Luo.

These past few days have been the most comfortable days he has had in these few months.

Being a rival to Luo Mo, even for him, feels like immense pressure.

Collaborating with Luo Mo is like adding flowers to brocade; even if it is releasing a new Cantonese song, it can become popular across the entire internet.

As for the conditions Luo Mo set, Chen Luo keeps them firmly in his heart.

"Isn't it just to make a guest appearance in his new movie, Charlotte Troubles!"

"Sigh, for such a small matter, as a condition of exchange, I truly feel ashamed in my heart, feeling like I've taken advantage of him."

"After all, it's just a guest appearance in a movie; what could I possibly lose?"

"There certainly won't be any!"

"And Luo Mo's movies are all very popular; who knows, I might be the one who ends up benefiting in the end."

"This favor, I'm afraid, will only keep piling up."

"I must find a way to repay it!"

Chen Luo begins to enter a new round of troubles.

On this side, Luozai's two new songs have already been released.

On the other side, Luo Mo's new album will continue to release songs.

This new album, On the Road, has a total of ten songs.

It starts with Xu Wei's "The You of the Past" as the first song and uses Xu Wei's "Blue Lotus" as the final closing song.

One must know that Xu Wei was jokingly called a "Sinopec Strategic Partner" by netizens precisely because of these two songs of freedom, "The You of the Past" and "Blue Lotus".

Just like "The You of the Past", "Blue Lotus" makes people want to go on a road trip, want to drive on the road, and also... want to resign!

Listen! Listen to what they are singing — "【Nothing can block my Yearning for freedom.】"

As mentioned before, Luo Mo's plan here is to release one new song a day during this week.

It is Wednesday now, and they have only released up to "You Man Wo Man".

Calculating this way, there are still two new songs before "Blue Lotus".

Hehe, the main point is coming!

Don't forget, Luo Mo has a title in the music industry that everyone knows — 【Grandmaster of Chinese Style】.

This genre was founded by him and then carried forward.

Therefore, in his album, Chinese Style songs are indispensable, and under normal circumstances, there won't be only one.

Thus, netizens don't need to become prophecy emperors; they all concluded one by one: "Releasing so many songs at once this week, there must be Chinese Style!"

The netizens' thoughts are correct.

Tomorrow, Thursday, Luo Mo will release Xu Song's "Swallow Returning to the Nest".

This song sings of a person far away in a strange land, harboring feelings of homesickness.

The 【Road】 here is the road back home.

So this song is called "Swallow Returning to the Nest".

Originally, this song was created for the 2015 Year of the Sheep Spring Festival Gala, for Zhang Jie and Zhang Jingying to sing as a duet.

In the end, for various reasons, it seems it didn't make it to the Spring Festival Gala.

Xu Song later recorded a version himself.

For this version, Xu Song invited the famous guitarist Gao Fei, the well-known guzheng performer Cheng Haoru, as well as performers of instruments like the pipa and Horse-head Fiddle, to conduct many days of rehearsals and discussions.

Actually, many versions were recorded in the recording studio, and in the end, he packed them up and took them home to make selections and edits.

This song, whether it is the lyrics or the melody, has a very rich ancient charm.

At the same time, the unique emotion toward one's hometown is one of the characteristics of the people of Huaxia.

For the publicity team at Luo Mo Studio, there is no need to use excessive copy online to promote tomorrow's new song.

Just including the five characters 【Luo Mo, Chinese Style】 is enough to attract eyeballs!

The people at the Beijing Lyricist and Composer Association, upon seeing that tomorrow would be a new Chinese Style song, urgently decided in their group chat—let's have a dinner and drinks tomorrow!

No, wait, it's to hold a meeting tomorrow to study it!

Having dinner and drinks is just something to do on the side after finishing the real work.

Of course, we still have to thank Luo Mo for giving our group of middle-aged men a frequent excuse to ask our wives for permission to go out for dinner and drinks.

Thursday, morning.

This study session is still presided over by our old friend, Teacher Lv Yi.

There's no helping it; he's the president and earns the most, so he'll have to foot the bill for the gathering later.

"You've all listened to the two new Cantonese songs from yesterday, right?" Lv Yi asked.

"Listened to them!"

Someone even sang a few lines in broken Cantonese and was immediately scolded.

"What kind of rubbish is that!"

"Heh, it's not even rubbish!"

In the end, Lv Yi said: "Alright, alright, stop with the snarky banter!"

"We won't study Cantonese songs."

It is very clear that this is not a field they are involved in.

If Luo Mo were to make another song with Peking Opera elements, this group of people could still chat about it.

As for Cantonese, few of those present have studied it.

They can listen to it and hum a few lines, but they cannot write it.

Now, there are ten minutes left until the new song is released.

Everyone is sitting around chatting.

A composer said: "By the way, Old Lv, didn't you write a Chinese Style piece a few months ago?"

"Is that so? What's it called? Why haven't we heard of it?" Someone immediately chimed in.

"None of you have heard it? Does this song really have so little impact?" Another person said with a smile.

Lv Yi felt his face was losing prestige and immediately flew into a rage, shifting the blame: "Isn't it because Song's lyrics were written poorly? My composition has absolutely no problems!"

Anyway, Song is not on the scene, and his lyrics were indeed written poorly!

"Then we really must take a good look."

A group of old men started searching for the lyrics and then read them out loud.

After reading a few lines, they all looked at Lv Yi in unison: "This isn't bad at all!"

"It actually has quite a bit of charm!"

"Old Lv, I think you're shifting the blame a bit too deliberately."

"The imagery is quite good; it has a feeling of slowly unfolding. I think these lyrics are fine."

Listening to their teasing and banter, Lv Yi wanted to open his mouth to argue several times, but he couldn't get a word in.

This group of old men is too good at snarky banter, and their words are too dense.

Finally, seeing that the time had arrived, he immediately said: "Stop talking nonsense. Luo Mo's new song is out. You guys look at the lyrics he wrote yourself, then compare them with Song's! That way, the effect will be immediate."

"Why don't you compare your own composition with his?" someone said immediately.

The corners of Lv Yi's mouth twitched; as the president of this Lyricist and Composer Association, he truly had no prestige left.

Someone suggested: "How about we don't play the song yet? Let's read Song's lyrics out loud directly, and then read the lyrics of Luo Mo's new song, and compare them?"

"Good!" Lv Yi's eyes lit up.

"Don't worry, President. When we listen to the song later, we will compare your compositions."

Lv Yi: "……"

He took out his phone, clicked on "Swallow Returns to the Nest," and began reading the lyrics in front of everyone.

Lv Yi had only read the first few lines when the conference room fell into a long silence.

"【The riverbank clears after the rain at dawn, who knows how many old boats and new guests there are.】"

"【Distant mountains reveal bamboo forests and fragrant grass, the morning breeze brushes the banana leaves green.】"

Lv Yi continued reading: "【The cold plum blossoms have fallen, ending the winter】, I like this line."

"【Willow-leaf oars splash the peach blossom waves】, the imagery in this line is also very strong!"

"【Quietly bathing in the warm sun by the clouds and water, the long-lost Hometown in the misty waves, trust you are well, you are in my heart.】"

"Tsk tsk tsk, wonderful, 'trust you are well, you are in my heart'."

Every line he read seemed to have the subtext: "Song is no good!"

After everyone finished appreciating the lyrics, a lyricist said: "Old Lv, don't be happy too soon; we'll be listening to the composition in a moment."

Lv Yi didn't take it to heart.

As the well-known 【Number One Luo Fan】 in the entertainment industry, could I possibly fail to learn a few points of Luo Mo's essence?

In his view, there was certainly a gap between himself and Luo Mo, but he would definitely not lose as ugly as Song did.

They all say that I have only learned a little bit of Luo Mo's fur.

Laugh to death, how could there be such thick fur in the world!?

I Too Understand, I am too capable!

You guys have realized too little, so you can't see through it.

Such thoughts lasted until the long, ancient-sounding prelude of "Swallow Returns to the Nest" began to play, carrying an inexplicable sense of misty rain that perfectly matched the opening lyrics!

In an instant, everyone looked up in unison at the low-status President Lv Yi.

Goods compared to goods should be thrown away; people compared to people should die.

With this comparison, everyone's eyes seemed to be filled with a few large words:

"President, wake up, your song is just average."

(End of this chapter)