Chapter 778: Reaching the Top of the American Chart

Inside the room, the video of Luo Mo's performance quickly reached the chorus climax.

The accompaniment before this was very simple, consisting mainly of chanting.

At this moment, the drum kit joined in instantly, and the vocals became even more impassioned and powerful.

When Luo Mo sang that "Natural," Jeffrey's hair stood on end.

As for the young model girlfriend sitting beside him, holding her phone, she was hit head-on by this overwhelming wave of masculine hormones!

"He is so charming!" the third-tier model thought to herself.

While singing the chorus, Luo Mo suddenly grabbed the microphone from the stand, his singing voice and sense of power pouring out like a mountain torrent.

Moreover, Luo Mo had a great physique; when he suddenly grabbed the microphone, the hem of his shirt was pulled up slightly, vaguely revealing his distinct abdominal muscles and V-taper.

Compared to him, this pot-bellied Jeffrey sitting beside her was far inferior.

Last year, when he sat down, he could only form two spare tires, but this year he had upgraded, going from two stages of spare tires to three.

This third-tier model was listening to Luo Mo's "Natural" for the first time, and she was currently playing it through her phone's speaker.

Listening to this song live would definitely be the best experience, and otherwise, one had to wear headphones or turn the volume up high.

Even so, she was now completely hooked on this song.

In her view, this song was far more fiery, explosive, and blood-pumping than the theme song for "Doomsday Apostle 2"!

After the drums joined in, paired with Luo Mo's invincible vocal range, it was truly superb!

Jeffrey listened to the song, his expression becoming increasingly grave.

Honestly, the impact this song had on him upon first listen far surpassed any song he had heard while selecting music for the film!

After watching the entire performance, in the video, the whole crowd was screaming and Shouting!

The camera swept across the surrounding audience; besides the yellow-skinned Huaxia people screaming, there were also a large number of people from Meiguo going crazy along with them!

Isn't that the live charm of rock music?

After the video finished playing, Jeffrey asked the young model: "What do you think of this song?"

The model: "???"

Good grief, a death trap question, right?

She relied on Jeffrey for her livelihood, so naturally, she had to please him, saying very firmly: "Honey, this song is not bad, but I still think ours is better!"

"Really?" Jeffrey asked.

The model leaned halfway onto him, then rubbed her chest against his arm a few times, saying: "Of course!"

After she finished speaking, she didn't forget to ask Jeffrey back: "Do you actually think this song is better?"

Jeffrey fell silent.

Although the model was screaming "I think so too" in her heart, she naturally couldn't say that out loud, otherwise she was Afraid she wouldn't sleep peacefully tonight and would be tormented to death.

She proposed an idea.

She told Jeffrey that perhaps it was because he had listened to the film's theme song too many times. Don't you remember, when you first heard this "Natural," you were so excited you stood straight up and shouted wildly: "I want it! This is it!"

Jeffrey nodded, took a few big gulps of ice water from his cup, patted the model's American-style perky buttocks, and said: "Sleep."

Seeing him pull the covers back up, the third-tier model was somewhat stunned.

Oh, my God, he actually believed it.

Should I trick him into spending more money on me in the future?

In this restless night, the director of "Doomsday Apostle 2," Jeffrey, also had a dream.

He dreamed that he woke up, happily opened the New Song Chart to take a look, and then, the top of the chart was indeed "Natural"!

However, when he looked closely, there were actually two "Natural" songs in the top ten!

And for the one in first place, where the Singer's name should be, it was written as Luo Mo's name!

Let us all wish Jie Dao—may his dream come true!

……..

……..

The next day, the songs Luo Mo sang at the concert yesterday were all uploaded domestically.

And on music platforms in Meiguo and other overseas regions, multiple songs were also released simultaneously.

The electronic music masterpiece "Faded," sung by Xu Chujing, was also among them.

Competing on foreign platforms could also be considered a brand-new experience.

Therefore, the employees of Luo Mo Studio were also watching the data very carefully.

Not to mention, because Luo Mo had publicly criticized the "Doomsday Apostle" series at the concert, many onlookers abroad also came to listen to this "Natural."

There was no helping it, it was just too exciting.

After scolding you, releasing a new song with the same name—if this isn't targeting, what is?

And this kind of naked targeting is very worth watching, isn't it?

Of course, the vast majority of people definitely thought this Huaxia Singer was a bit arrogant at first.

You, a Huaxia person, releasing an English song to challenge our Meiguo bands?

This is just like a Meiguo Singer suddenly running to Huaxia and singing a Chinese song to challenge them.

It is still somewhat unbelievable.

Therefore, after the incident occurred, the online discourse was initially somewhat one-sided.

Until... more and more people watched the video, and more and more people listened to Luo Mo's performance of "Natural."

—Isn't this song too fiery?

Here in Meiguo, fitness culture is still very popular, and because of this, just like on Earth, our Huaxia's 【Military God】 has so many fans abroad, truly a Top Traffic.

And this song "Natural" is truly amazing!

If you were listening to him while working out, wouldn't you have to lift the iron a few more times?

Wouldn't you have to do a few more squats?

Wouldn't you have to pedal the treadmill until it smokes for me?

Just imagine, the climax of this song goes like this.

"【Face up 'cause you're a Natural!

(Lift your head and face it, because you—are born this way!)】"

If you happen to hit the beat while lifting, hitting that explosive "【Natural】" just right, and then successfully complete the lift...

Oh! My friend! Wouldn't you feel like you're incredibly cool?

Many foreigners have downloaded this song one after another, all thinking of putting it on loop while working out.

Of course, this song also feels great to listen to while driving.

Many people might not know that there isn't as much surveillance in Meiguo as there is in our Huaxia; there is even very little surveillance on the highways.

Therefore, if the number of speeding vehicles suddenly increases these past few days, then Luo Mo might have to take some responsibility.

After speeding, police cars chase behind with a wail.

You slam your foot on the gas pedal and shout: "【'cause you're a Natural! (Because you are born this way!)】"

Speed on, buddy!

Back home, the partners at Luo Mo Studio looked at their boss's new song data and all felt a bit incredulous.

"With this data, I'm Afraid it could hit the front page of the New Song Chart by tomorrow. No! Who knows, maybe even tonight!" said a girl wearing black-framed Glasses.

"Did the boss really go abroad to build his career this time?" another girl said.

"Nonsense, it's clearly a honeymoon with Jing, everything else is just incidental," someone retorted.

Of course, how high this song can climb on the foreign charts still depends on subsequent developments.

Because the data from these past two days is definitely linked to the incident of publicly criticizing "Doomsday Apostle" at the concert.

At the same time, some Huaxia people abroad will also be the first to download this song.

So, many people feel that the first-day data will be somewhat inflated.

But who would have thought that by the second day, the data would actually be even higher by a large margin!

In two days, this song "Natural" charged straight to fifth place on the Meiguo New Song Chart.

Opening the comment section, there were a large number of English comments.

Luo Mo Studio definitely wouldn't spend money to fake the data.

They also wouldn't guide fans to spam the charts on foreign music platforms.

Of course, with the temperament of the 【Moshengren】, even if you tried to organize it, you wouldn't be able to...

"With so many English comments, they can't all be written by Huaxia people abroad, right?" a studio employee thought to themselves.

It is very obvious that this song has probably gained a huge wave of fans abroad!

And Luo Mo's "Natural" suddenly charging to fifth on the New Song Chart gave Jeffrey, the director of "Doomsday Apostle 2", a great sense of crisis.

In essence, everyone's conflict actually stems from the movie.

However, aren't both "Doomsday Apostle 2" and Luo Mo's "The Wandering Earth" yet to be released?

So, the current dispute is actually an arm-wrestling match before the movies are released.

Luo Mo fired shots high-profile at the concert and even specifically wrote a song with the same name.

At the same time, he is Huaxia, not Meiguo, so he counts as a guest.

If he ends up taking over as the host, and dominates the New Song Chart... then that would truly be a slap in the face, a direct heavy blow!

However, in this process, there is one scene that is quite intriguing.

That is, the credibility of the "Natural" chart ranking is not very well recognized abroad.

Even some people in the Meiguo music industry think the song is great, but they feel the chart ranking must be somewhat watered down.

There's no helping it; in the past, too many Huaxia Singer figures have run abroad to spam the charts!

This has caused everyone in the music industry to have a very poor impression of Huaxia people's songs hitting the charts, instinctively feeling that there is data manipulation involved.

Honestly, foreign Singers are also speechless.

They come over here to spam the charts for no reason; I don't know what kind of bizarre operation this is.

There's no point in spamming the charts; no one listens to them anyway, and in the hearts of people in our country, they still don't know this Singer at all, or even if they do, they look down on them.

Sometimes, they even feel that Huaxia's fan culture is almost catching up to Kimchi Country.

In order to create a persona of "winning glory for the country" and "ambassador of cultural Output" for their idols, fans spare no effort and crazily manipulate data.

When nine out of ten people are black, even if you are white, others won't acknowledge it.

Therefore, this kind of behavior of losing face abroad actually has a huge negative impact.

When someone with real ambition goes abroad, they will encounter great obstacles and suffer a lot of inexplicable criticism because of this.

Luo Mo is also a bit speechless about this, but there is nothing he can do.

There's no helping it; labeling happens everywhere.

Those who know you naturally know you didn't do it.

But the point is, you have to have the ability to make them willing to get to know you.

Luo Mo's Meiguo tour is still proceeding as normal.

The next stop is Niuyue.

Many Huaxia people living in Meiguo clearly feel—the tickets are even harder to grab!

Damn it, has our geographical advantage gradually been lost like this?

Why don't you go hold a concert in Africa? I'll take a plane over to watch!

There's no helping it; that performance at 【Chicago Station】 left behind too many stunning moments.

Luo Mo now has a few inexplicable labels attached to him.

The song "Natural" is already very explosive and full of power, and since he also danced with a spear on a big drum earlier, it makes people feel that this person really knows 【Chui-ni-si-gong-fu】 and is a powerhouse from Huaxia!

A 【Legend】 halo has suddenly descended upon him!

Who knows, in a while, Luo Mo Studio might even receive film offers from 【Hollywood】, inviting him to be a 【Superstar】 of 【Kung Fu Hustle】...

By the time Luo Mo arrived in 【Niuyue】, "Natural" had already surged to second place on the 【New Song Chart】.

The 【New Song Chart】 here refreshes its data once a week, but the new song cycle is one month; it only drops off the chart after a month.

Nowadays, the chart looks quite interesting.

The number one spot is called "Natural," and the number two spot is also called "Natural."

It's just that in the comment section for the song at number one, there are some even more interesting comments.

For example: "Sorry, I found the wrong one."

"This isn't the one!"

"Bye~"

By nine o'clock in the evening, Luo Mo's "Natural" directly overtook the lead and topped the chart!

In just a few short days, this song has truly become a hit in 【Meiguo】.

You can always hear it in many places.

It is true that one can manipulate data for charts.

But in the real world, when it's playing on every street and in every alley, that's a different story.

You can't exactly say that fans found a gym and then paid the boss to play it all day, right?

Manipulating data is just a false hype.

Like Luo Mo, whether you admit it or not, this is real popularity!

Whether you admit it or not, this song is currently being listened to by many people, and many people love it very much!

This point has made 【Jie Dao】 incomparably irritable these past few days.

Slapping your face in the field you excel in—this big slap to the face is indeed a bit painful.

These past few days, when 【Jie Dao】 went out for promotions, many media outlets asked him questions about this matter.

【Jie Dao】 went from being full of confidence and high spirits to gradually becoming hesitant and stuttering.

And now, he is no longer willing to answer such questions.

A few days ago, he even publicly stated: "Huaxia people just love to pad the charts and love to manipulate data."

However, the popularity of "Natural" these past few days has become terrifying; it has already become a well-deserved, red-hot rock song.

If you bring up such words again, it looks a bit like you're just stubbornly holding on.

It seems somewhat meaningless.

This caused 【Jeffrey】 to hold a breath of frustration in his heart, and he vented all of this frustration onto Huaxia's 【Science Fiction】 films.

He stated multiple times that Huaxia has no good 【Science Fiction】 films, and that even Huaxia people themselves look down on their own 【Science Fiction】 films.

Let alone word-of-mouth, there isn't even a single box-office hit.

He hadn't even viewed 【The Wandering Earth】 as an opponent.

However, even though he had confidence in his own film and looked down upon Huaxia's 【Science Fiction】 with disdain, he still felt very stifled inside.

After all, there is still some time before his film is released, and there is no way to get back at them right now.

It was the first time he was so impatient to have his film released early, even though the promotion hadn't even reached its full potential yet.

Night fell, and director 【Jeffrey】 was once again a bit restless with insomnia.

This director, who had been in a band during his university days, habitually took out his noise-canceling headphones and put them on while lying flat.

He randomly searched for a sleep-inducing playlist and started listening to sleep-aid music.

First, he heard the pitter-patter of rain.

Later, he heard the sound of wind chimes.

Oh, and there was his favorite sound of water flowing inside a glass bottle.

Just like that, after listening for a full twenty minutes, 【Jeffrey】 began to gradually calm down, his breathing became more and more steady, and he was about to enter a state of deep sleep.

In his hazy state, he heard a low, humming voice: "En——."

Then, it was Luo Mo's singing.

Upon hearing that familiar line, "That's the price you pay!", 【Jie Dao】, who was wearing headphones, sat up in shock from the bed!

Which bastard added this to the 【sleep-inducing playlist】!

(End of this chapter)