Chapter 705: Listen to Your Mother

Octopus TV, backstage area.

Xu Guan and the other senior executives are destined to suffer from insomnia tonight.

Octopus TV's ratings have been rising all day, and they are now significantly higher than the Peak Value of the Four Great Satellite Channels from last year.

In other words, overtaking the Four Great Satellite Channels this year is a certainty.

Then, looking even higher... there is only one opponent left!

——CCTV!

Due to its unique status, CCTV's coverage area leaves Octopus TV in the dust by who knows how many streets; it is impossible to compete with them in terms of ratings.

CCTV's lowest ratings could crush the Peak Value of the Four Great Satellite Channels into the dirt.

However, the Live Broadcast data on the internet is a different story.

At the same time, Xu Guan is very clear that the popularity of the internet Live Broadcast can lay a solid foundation for Octopus TV's upcoming galas.

It can also feed back into the television station!

Station Head Xu probably never dreamed that in distant Beijing, Ji Huawen of CCTV would be watching their Octopus TV gala in front of the television.

If he knew that Ji Huawen was watching it together with He Ping'an, he would probably be a bit nervous in addition to being excited.

At this moment, Elder He has been completely captivated by Octopus TV's New Year's Eve Gala.

He personally loves watching language-based programs the most.

However, he has only just realized one thing now.

He Ping'an looked at Ji Huawen and asked in confusion: "That's not right, Old Ji. Didn't Luo Mo always collaborate with your CCTV in previous years? Why did he run off to Octopus TV this year?"

Ji Huawen opened his mouth, but for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

"What? You don't know? Can't answer?" He Ping'an didn't let him off the hook.

Ji Huawen gave a bitter smile and said, "Stop asking questions you already know the answer to. Didn't we have meetings together a while ago? It sounds like you weren't there during that time!"

"Tsk, although I was in meetings, I still kept a hand on all the major matters in the Review Department. Am I right, Zhong Lin?" He Ping'an turned his head to ask his granddaughter.

The actual situation was that He Ping'an had indeed been delegating authority during that time and hadn't been overly involved in the affairs of the Review Department, as he was focusing on the meetings.

Zhong Lin listened from the side; she knew very well that these two old men were both sharp as tacks, and they would go on to dig deeper into the issues.

There is definitely something going on here!

However, this world is very realistic.

If Luo Mo and Ning Dan hadn't made Octopus TV's gala this year outstanding, and if the reputation and data weren't impressive, then nothing would happen.

But if the gala was done too well, then everything would be different.

Ji Huawen looked at the television, murmuring the name of the sketch he had just seen in his heart: "《Catering to Preferences》."

"In this sketch, this kid didn't happen to harbor some personal emotions and satirize some people at CCTV, did he?" Ji Huawen thought to himself.

………

………

Liu Shixiong and the others came off the stage just like that, and Luo Mo had been waiting for him at the passageway.

"How was it? No problems, right?" Liu Shixiong asked.

"Fantastic." Luo Mo gave a thumbs up.

If he remembered correctly, on Earth, the appearance of this sketch even sparked dissatisfaction from the national table tennis team.

In this sketch, playing table tennis was actually an allusion to sycophancy.

But at the very end of the sketch, in order to let the audience laugh one more time at the previous punchline after the theme was elevated, these people from Happy Twist actually repeated: "Refuse yellow, refuse gambling, refuse table tennis."

Of course, it is also possible they forgot their lines on the spot and mixed them up.

The final result was that, on Earth, they had to issue a public apology across the entire internet.

Here, it is actually a trade-off regarding the punchline.

Do you want to let the audience experience an unexpected twist, or do you want to bear the potential risks?

In the end, Luo Mo chose to reveal the theme directly, changing it to refusing sycophancy.

The reason is very simple: Octopus TV is, after all, just a satellite channel.

A sketch with this kind of theme and this level of satire is already not easy to appear on a satellite channel; it has to bear a certain amount of pressure.

The place it should appear most is CCTV, relying on the big tree that is CCTV.

There is no need to take unnecessary risks.

At the same time, one should still have a bit more respect for the national sport.

After all, the program was still promoting Huaxia culture earlier, and isn't table tennis a part of today's culture?

Don't let a flame war break out on the internet later.

On one side, people would scold you for being too sensitive, saying it's just a sketch and it's not that serious.

On the other side, people would scold you for having lines that are insulting.

Internet toxicity is very easily bred.

It is better to solve the problem at the source.

After Liu Gongming went off stage, there were still many people in the Live Broadcast bullet comments chatting about the upcoming new movie.

"I'm dying of laughter from the sketch!"

"Looking forward to 《Hello Mr. Billionaire》!"

"Liu Shixiong is indeed the funniest!"

"The original cast, worth watching!"

Many people thought that Octopus TV would turn the New Year's Eve Gala into a concert this year.

Who would have thought that there would be high-quality, excellent works in every type of program!

In the following programs, singing performances indeed made up the majority.

Other types of programs were interspersed among them.

Luo Mo did not write many new songs, but the stages for old songs were still addictive.

For instance, it had been a long time since Tong Shu had sung "Big Fish" on stage.

Today, his performance piece was "Big Fish," and the moment he opened his mouth, it gave people the feeling of dreaming back to "Creating Idols."

As for what Sun Yi sang, it was a song from the variety show "King of Love Songs."

Li Junyi, on the other hand, sang a song from "Masked Song King."

It was quite wonderful; these songs could always stir up the audience's memories.

Besides this, everyone was waiting.

Waiting for today's main event!

——Waiting for Luo Mo and Jing to take the stage!

……..

……..

Backstage, Luo Mo was in his waiting room, changing his clothes.

Xu Chujing sat on the sofa behind him, and after he finished changing his jacket, she stood up to straighten it for him.

Yes, for this year's New Year's Eve Gala, Luo Mo would take the stage first, and Xu Chujing would take the stage after.

To be precise, Xu Chujing's program was the last one before the New Year's Eve countdown.

The new song Luo Mo wrote for her was very suitable for being performed during this time slot.

After straightening Luo Mo's clothes, Xu Chujing smiled and said, "Auntie should be watching the gala her son created at home, right? Since this song of yours is so special, do you want to give her a call first?"

The "Auntie" she spoke of was naturally Luo Mo's mother.

"It's fine, no matter what gala it is, as long as I take the stage, they will watch it," Luo Mo said with a smile.

In this gala, he certainly also intended to sing a new song himself.

He actually quite liked participating in galas because it could narrow down the selection range; otherwise, with so many good songs, how would one choose!

Like those bitter love songs or sentimental songs, they were definitely not suitable for a gala.

It was best to be a bit more cheerful, or have more positive energy, or perhaps something in the Chinese Style.

Luo Mo quickly locked onto a song.

The reason was simple: he had already sung "Father" on stage before, so this time he would change to a song about a mother.

——Equal treatment for both!

At this moment, just as Luo Mo had expected, Luo Ba and Luo Ma were both sitting in front of the television, watching the live broadcast of the Octopus TV gala.

"Stop looking for the tea leaves, our son is about to take the stage!" Luo Ma said to Luo Ba.

Luo Mo had told them exactly what time and minute he would be going on stage.

"Coming, coming." Luo Ba plopped back down onto the sofa, and the two of them stared at the television without blinking.

At this moment, the two hosts on stage were already in the middle of transitioning between programs.

After the two did some buildup, the female host smiled and said, "The next singer to take the stage is truly impressive!"

"Oh? In what way is he impressive?" the male host asked, knowing the answer.

"He is the person with the most special identity in our gala tonight," the female host replied.

"Oh? And how is he so special?"

"He is the Chief Planner of our New Year's Eve Gala this year!" the female host said with a smile.

"Huh, this is the first time I've heard of a Chief Planner taking the stage to sing!" the male host laughed along.

In the Penguin Video live broadcast, the bullet comments exploded instantly.

"Luo Mo! Luo Mo!"

"Finally waited for him to take the stage!"

"So looking forward to it! It should be a new song, right?"

"Definitely a new song, Luo Mo always has new songs at galas!"

"Get to listen to a new song again!"

He hadn't even taken the stage yet, and the ratings and online live broadcast data had already surged again!

And when he stood on the stage, the two hosts on the other side said in unison, "Then, let us invite tonight's Chief Planner, the Singer—Luo Mo!"

The camera switched at this moment to the stage where Luo Mo was.

The song title began to appear.

A single song title stunned all the viewers.

Many people's curiosity was instantly piqued.

This song was called—"Listen to Mom."

Even though only the song title had appeared and the prelude hadn't even started, a very interesting scene occurred in thousands of households.

In many families watching the gala together, parents said to their children, "Don't you like Luo Mo? Luo Mo is telling you to listen to Mom."

Some humorous fathers couldn't help but think, "What does that mean? So it's okay not to listen to Dad?"

As for who the original singer of this song on Earth was, there was naturally no need to say.

For Zhou Dong, his mother was inherently the most special role on his life's journey; even his album "Ye Huimei" was named after his mother's name.

And let's not forget, this song was especially suitable to sing when one had achieved success and fame.

In Beijing, Luo Ma looked at the song title and was slightly stunned.

"Oh?" Luo Ba let out an exclamation.

Luo Ma, however, ignored him; she felt a bit embarrassed when she saw the song title.

Meanwhile, at the Xu Family, Xu Chujing's parents were also watching the Live Broadcast.

Upon seeing the song title, Zhao Tong nodded slightly, her favorability toward her daughter's boyfriend increasing by +1, +1, +1…….

The song's intro began to play, a rather lively intro.

Once Luo Mo opened his mouth, the first part he sang was a rap segment.

"【Little kid, do you have a lot of question marks,

Why is it that while others are there reading comics,

I am learning to draw, talking to the piano,

While others are playing games, I am leaning against the wall reciting my ABCs.】"

The opening part of this song was strong in its sense of resonance.

People might not have had the exact same experiences, but they often had similar ones.

It won through its authenticity.

Just listen as he continued to sing:

"【I said I wanted a big airplane,

But I got an old tape recorder instead,

Why you should listen to your mother,

When you grow up you will Start to Understand this, hum.】"

In Beijing, Luo Ba and Luo Ma sat there, listening to the preceding lyrics and falling into memories.

Luo Mo had studied Opera since he was small, along with the suona and other things.

These things all required a massive amount of time and energy to master.

Clearly, the matter of learning Opera was because of Luo Ba, which provided the opportunity, and it was also he who viewed this matter as extremely important, but on a daily basis, it was usually Luo Ma who supervised Luo Mo.

Because the family later opened a small restaurant, Luo Ba was very busy.

Luo Mo would get up very early every day to practice his Basic Skills, but Luo Ba would get up even earlier to go buy groceries.

Being a child, although he liked Opera from the bottom of his heart, after getting tired, he inevitably complained.

When Luo Mo was little, he had clashed with Luo Ma a few times.

Later on, Opera became increasingly desolate.

Many times, when the night was deep and quiet, Luo Ma and Luo Ba would lie in bed, and the more sentimental woman would always suddenly sigh a few times, and then her eyes would turn red.

She began to feel, by supervising her son in practicing Opera like this, was she…….. doing it wrong?

She would fall into deep self-reproach because of this.

He had shed so much sweat, his body had been bruised and battered so many times; this bruise hadn't even healed yet, and another one would suddenly appear over there.

Have I affected his life?

Once she thought of this, she would feel exceptionally miserable.

Fortunately, there were rewards now.

The practice from a young age had been of immense benefit to Luo Mo's Singing and his performance in action scenes.

And right at this moment, Luo Mo happened to be continuing to sing on the stage.

"【After growing up I began to understand,

Why I run faster than others,

And fly higher than others.】"

These lyrics, an ordinary person wouldn't dare to write, wouldn't dare to sing.

Only someone who had truly achieved higher success than the vast majority of their peers was qualified to do so.

In the bullet comments, many viewers left messages one after another.

"Haha, he's showing off!"

"Not bad, he's just an Ox, nothing you can do about it!"

"He's already number one in the music industry, what else can you say?"

"Can this even be considered flying higher than others anymore?"

Many viewers thought these few lines of lyrics were already "Versailles" enough.

But the even more explosive part was still to come.

Just listen as Luo Mo faced the camera and sang:

"【In the future, everyone will be reading the comics I drew,

Everyone will be singing the songs I wrote.】"

Boom—!

In an instant, the bullet comments became overwhelming.

——Everyone is singing the songs I wrote!

Too awesome, this line of lyrics is truly too awesome.

Yet, no one could say anything.

Because this was the truth!

Because he had done it!

And this line was just too perfect to sing on the stage of the New Year's Eve Gala.

What was today's gala jokingly called by people?

It was the annual meeting of Xinyu and Luo Mo Studio!

You must know, on today's singing stage, almost every song was written by Luo Mo!

Just now, there was "Big Fish" by Tong Shu, "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" by Fengge Group, and others.

On the entire stage, there have already been too many Singers who have sung too many songs written by Luo Mo.

This made the appearance of this lyric incredibly fitting for the occasion.

The effect it produced was also exceptionally explosive!

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(End of this chapter)