Chapter 96: The First Album

In recent days, Tong Shu has also been deeply troubled.

After returning to the countryside, although he could accompany his grandmother every day, some relatives who rarely interacted with them in the past frequently came to visit.

One after another, they called him "big star" with every breath, and he always felt that the next sentence would be a request to borrow money, or to arrange for their children to work by Tong Shu's side.

Most absurdly, some even suggested at the dinner table that Tong Shu sing "Big Fish" on the spot, preferably "Red Actor".

Besides this, the young Tong Shu had many other troubles.

For example, some members of the Anonymous Team had actually betrayed him.

Yes, in Tong Shu's eyes, their choice to sign with other companies was a betrayal of Brother Mo!

Except for Li Junyi, the others still could not withstand the temptations of the flashy world.

In the days after their elimination, facing countless enticements and attacks from all sides, they were taken down.

Among them, Xiao Huang was even set up by a company; he didn't even know how he had foolishly signed the contract.

When Tong Shu informed Luo Mo of this news, Luo Mo was not very surprised; he had long since become accustomed to such situations.

Everyone has their own path to walk, and everyone has their own choices. They just need to make sure they don't regret it later.

After receiving the call from Luo Mo, Tong Shu stood up with a start and said excitedly, "Brother Mo!"

Luo Mo's voice came from the other end of the phone, saying, "How has your rest been?"

Upon hearing this, Tong Shu immediately pulled a long face and said, "It feels even more tiring than when I was on 'Creating Idols'."

"So, Little Shu, do you miss the days of washing dishes?" Luo Mo could roughly guess Tong Shu's experience.

Tong Shu sighed and said, "Brother Mo, I feel like I'd be fine washing the dishes for the entire studio."

"Is that so? Then you can wash them all." Luo Mo was being unreasonable.

Finally, Luo Mo said with a smile, "Then, Tong Shu, are you ready to debut as a Singer?"

Brother Mo's sudden words left Tong Shu stunned for a moment.

"A Singer?" This word carried a lot of weight for him.

He was once nothing more than a small internet celebrity with average popularity.

However, since he was in Brother Mo's studio, he felt fearless.

This was an almost blind trust and worship of Luo Mo.

"I'm ready!" Tong Shu said loudly, in a rare moment of being dramatic.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Then Singer Tong, Boss Luo will advance you some money first, so you can get your grandmother settled."

"For you, you are about to fight a tough battle to leave the Newbie Village," Luo Mo said.

Xinyu, on the other hand, had been holding back for a long time.

Although the news that they had signed Luo Mo had already spread within the industry, it had never been officially announced to the public.

Now that the initial preparations for Luo Mo Studio were complete, and Luo Mo himself had agreed, Xinyu began to promote it extensively.

Once this news came out, it directly triggered a massive earthquake.

A Newcomer who hadn't even debuted yet already had their own studio!

A Newcomer who hadn't even debuted yet, whose status just a few days ago was still a trainee, had signed an S-Class Contract with a top-tier company like Xinyu!

This made many Singers feel extremely jealous.

With such treatment and such autonomy, Xinyu was being too good to him!

With this posture, are you sure he isn't Xinyu's son-in-law?

Could it be that Shen Yinuo, the Xinyu heiress, took a liking to Luo Mo during the recording of the show?

Many people still couldn't accept this kind of treatment, even though Luo Mo's current popularity and traffic were ridiculously high.

Besides envy, jealousy, and hatred, many marketing accounts, whether for the sake of heat or something else, also issued some pessimistic voices.

In some of the articles they published, there were indeed some arguments that made some sense.

For a Newcomer to just affiliate with a company and establish their own studio—the step was too big, and it was easy to pull a muscle.

In the eyes of many, Luo Mo was not actually considered an insider yet.

It was as if he had only brushed against the periphery of the entertainment industry and then ran back out.

He hadn't even fully entered the entertainment industry yet!

With no experience, having never been through any major storms, and with no solid foundation, why should he learn from others and start a studio?

Admittedly, everyone now views you as a creative genius and thinks you are very talented; there is even a saying popular in the outside world: "This summer, talent defeated capital."

However, doing creative work and running a studio are two different things.

Don't let worldly troubles affect your creative mood when the time comes.

As for the Mo-borns and Luo Mo's casual fans, these were not their main concerns.

"Luo Mo, you finally know how to come back to work after your long vacation!?"

"I thought I'd have to wait for my grandson to burn your new news to me."

"Are you going to release your first album? Is the first solo album being prepared?"

"Luo Mo, let me discuss this with you, let's just debut, okay?"

"Whoa, holding back a big move here, by the way, when is the second half of 'Gentle' coming out? 'Not disturbing is my gentleness,' but it's your fault for not writing it!"

The series of news released by Xinyu surged onto the Weibo Hot Search list in a short period of time.

This is the energy of Luo Mo, this newly promoted Top Traffic!

Shen Mingliu, the captain of NINE-T who was also in Shanghai, silently put down the phone in his hand.

"Establishing a personal studio, an S-Class Contract." Shen Mingliu's hand gripping the phone trembled slightly.

Jealousy makes my body stiff, jealousy makes my face hideous, jealousy makes me undergo plasmolysis...

For many stars, this is equivalent to the finish line, a lifelong pursuit.

But for Luo Mo, a "layman" who hasn't even stepped onto the starting line, it doesn't even count as a beginning.

Ji Kangdong and Shen Mingliu exchanged a look and said, "Do you think... Luo Mo will target us with his debut album?"

"It's very likely." Shen Mingliu said to Ji Kangdong, "No, I even think the probability is as high as ninety percent!"

He whispered to Ji Kangdong, "I've heard some rumors recently that President Wang actually quite wants to stage a showdown."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have invited Great God Huang to write the lead single for our debut album."

Ji Kangdong nodded. He actually knew very well in his heart that although idol boy groups are very profitable, they belong to the lower end of the contempt chain.

Under normal circumstances, those Great God-level figures are not very willing to write songs for idol groups.

Their songs don't worry about selling; once the news is released, even Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Queens might come to snatch them!

The main thing is that Huang Xishan is already in a semi-retired state.

To invite him out of retirement, even Wang Shisong has to show enough sincerity.

Asking him to produce a new album for Pineapple's top singer Zhao Xueqin would certainly be no problem. After all, he and Zhao Xueqin can be said to be a perfect match, and they originally had a relationship of mutual achievement.

But to specifically make a lead single for their boy group, that is a huge favor.

Ji Kangdong and Shen Mingliu: "We aren't worthy!"

It is precisely because they know this that they speculate the company is determined to have a showdown with Luo Mo to win back their reputation.

As for Luo Mo's side, he is currently riding a wave of popularity and must be in a hurry to release an album too.

The longer it drags on, won't his popularity drain away faster?

When they meet, it will be a real fight with real weapons; the gimmick will be sufficient, and it will surely attract countless people's attention, sending the hype through the roof!

The main thing is, if they can beat Luo Mo, they can absorb a wave of his traffic and directly suck blood from him!

A showdown is just like this: the winner takes all, and the loser is just a stepping stone for the winner.

To be precise, the current Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Queens also Slaughtered Gods to Prove the Path along the way.

If you don't slaughter gods, what path are you proving?

Honestly, if not for the backing of Huang Xishan and Wang Shisong, Ji Kangdong and Shen Mingliu's attitude would be very clear: "Goodbye!"

Slaughter what gods, have what showdown, go up there to get beaten and punched?

But with a Great God like Huang Xishan, who has cultivated two Heavenly Kings and several First-line Singers, they feel: "Perhaps we can still be saved!"

It's just that, based on their previous psychological trauma, they have a natural fear of Luo Mo.

The Newbie Village Great Demon King has slaughtered the village single-handedly; I'm afraid, I'm really afraid.

But they cannot control the thoughts between companies; this battle seems unavoidable.

"It just depends on how Luo Mo makes his move when the time comes." Shen Mingliu and Ji Kangdong exchanged a look and said.

………

………

On the other side, Luo Mo and Tong Shu have already headed to Shanghai and are currently sitting in the recording studio of Xinyu.

Shen Mingliu and Ji Kangdong imagined a grand drama in their hearts, which he naturally did not know.

Regarding the fact that a Great God-level figure like Huang Xishan is going to write a lead single for an idol boy group, it at most makes Luo Mo feel quite interesting.

It's not that he doesn't take the big shots of this world seriously because he has a brilliant civilization behind him; it's not that far.

It's mainly because he remembered an interesting story.

It is said that there was a very popular boy group from the land of kimchi back then called BTS.

They wanted to release a Chinese version of a song in Huaxia, so they approached a big-shot Lyricist.

His name is Fang Wenshan.

I don't know if this guy was a cold-resistant warrior, or if he was too lazy to work after taking the money, or if he wrote it to finish the job after drinking, but the lyrics were absolutely something else!

"【Some ambiguity, you agree to a date.

Refused someone, you agree to a date.

Feeling is right, you agree to a date.

You agree to a date, you agree to a date.

Oppa, be more aggressive, go change.

Want to become your, exclusive Oppa,

Stick to you, love you, become your Oppa.】"

The song title is also very interesting, called "Man".

After thinking about it, Luo Mo felt that Huang Xishan shouldn't have drunk fake alcohol and pulled such a stunt on Shen Mingliu and the others.

But since he had already made the decision to let a newbie VS a newbie, he would definitely not change his mind.

As for Tong Shu, who was standing outside the Newbie Village, he was currently looking at Brother Mo's computer with a blank expression.

"Brother Mo, let's not listen to the song Demo first, I don't quite understand." Tong Shu said.

"Hm? It's all Mandarin, why don't you understand?" Luo Mo was shocked.

"That's not it, Brother Mo. The studio I signed with is your personal studio, right? Which means the studio I signed with is called Luo Mo Studio." Tong Shu said.

"Why are you being so roundabout?" Luo Mo gave him a look of disdain.

Tong Shu shrank his neck back, but couldn't help saying: "But Brother Mo, shouldn't Luo Mo Studio release a Luo Mo album first? Luo Mo Studio releasing a Tong Shu album first, this... this... this is what kind of thing is this!"

"Right? Isn't it very interesting?" Luo Mo laughed, feeling that he was truly a talent.

Tong Shu: "........"

Luo Mo glanced at him and said solemnly, "Pineapple has already made their little calculations. They think I must be anxious to release my first album, so they are busy preparing intensely, wanting to take the opportunity to hype it up."

"But Brother Mo, you can't just not release an album, right?" Tong Shu grew anxious.

Luo Mo felt that this person was truly worthy of the name Tong Shu, a real blockhead, and said, "Who said I wasn't releasing an album? I'm just letting you release yours first, and I'll release mine later. As my little brother, shouldn't you be the one to charge ahead and shout a few lines first?"

Tong Shu initially thought that made a lot of sense, but he quickly remembered something, widened his eyes, and said, "But Brother Mo, Sister Shen said that over at Pineapple, Zhao Xueqin will be releasing a new album after NINE-T!"

"Yeah, so you want to take on Zhao Xueqin, right? Let me think about it then," Luo Mo teased him.

Tong Shu was left in a mess in the recording studio, feeling that communication was so difficult.

Me? Tong Shu, going up against a Heavenly King?

Luo Mo stopped teasing him, patted his back as usual, and said, "Alright, stop overthinking. With your small frame, are you a bit scared that I'm sending you to take on nine people alone?"

Although it was very embarrassing, Tong Shu still couldn't help but nod and said, "Actually... actually, I am a bit. But... but I'm mainly afraid of embarrassing Brother Mo; I don't know if I can do it."

Luo Mo turned his head to look at him, and he could understand this.

Tong Shu had always been on stage with Luo Mo before; although Luo Mo was still producing the album for him this time, on the surface, he was going to take on a whole group by himself.

This youth, who was inherently timid and lacked self-confidence, had a terrible childhood experience.

Some people are just like this, needing a lifetime to heal their childhood.

Yes, he had regained his confidence on *Creating Idols*, but it still wasn't enough.

You possess a unique vocal range and a nearly one-of-a-kind vocal charm; since you are a pearl covered in dust, then after being wiped clean, you should go and shine brightly!

In Luo Mo's view, this nine-member boy band was just a decent stepping stone.

As for how to deal with the psychological problems of a youth like this, Luo Mo was Too Understand.

"Tong Shu, let me tell you, when you go head-to-head with that group of people, their fans might scare you, and public opinion will certainly be rampant, so you need to be mentally prepared."

"The world is just like this: only when you run fast will your ears be filled with the sound of the wind; if you run slowly, your ears will naturally be filled with idle gossip."

"As for me, I'll take you to go Listening to the Wind."

As he spoke, Luo Mo opened an encrypted document on his laptop and played the Demo of the first song from Tong Shu's debut album.

——*The Wind Rises*.

(PS: Second update, 4000 words, asking for monthly tickets on the last day of the month!)

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