Chapter 97: That Year, That Rabbit, Those Things (Begging for a base monthly ticket!)

"The Wind Rises," a song that both Zhou Shen and Wu Qingfeng have covered.

Both of them have appeared on the stage of the variety show "Singer," so the versions of "The Wind Rises" they covered are often brought out and compared with each other.

As far as Luo Mo is concerned, he feels that these two singers, both with very strong vocal skills, are on par with each other.

The Zhou Shen version of "The Wind Rises" was performed at the 11th-anniversary speech of the little broken station.

As everyone knows, B-site is "poor," so being able to sing a full-mic live version with such an effect using the little broken station's equipment shows how good his vocal skills are.

There is a rumor that he even sang it using the host's microphone, though it's unclear if it's true.

As for another stage of Zhou Shen's related to B-site, Luo Mo also has a very deep impression of it. He sang "unravel" from the anime "Tokyo Ghoul," a song that domestic netizens prefer to call "Seaweed."

If the song "The Wind Rises" were given to Tong Shu to sing, the effect would certainly be unparalleled.

His voice is clear, bright, and clean, so he would naturally be able to sing that feeling of the wind rising.

A singer's voice can bring a sense of imagery to people. For instance, if this song were given to Tengge'er to sing, one wouldn't know for a moment what kind of wind was blowing.

Perhaps, a great wind on the grasslands?

After Luo Mo clicked on the encrypted document, the light and lively prelude of the song began to play.

The piano sound in it was excellent, immediately catching Tong Shu's ears.

This was a Demo recorded by Luo Mo himself, so he soon heard Luo Mo's singing.

"【Walking and stopping along this journey,

Following the traces of a drifting youth.

The moment before stepping out of the station,

I was actually a bit hesitant.

I couldn't help but laugh at this unavoidable homesickness,

And the sky in Nagano is still so warm,

The wind stirred up the past.】"

Listening to the lyrics and melody of the song, Tong Shu felt a strong sense of immersion.

At the very least, the beginning of this song gave him the feeling he had when he returned home after leaving "Creating Idols."

He had left Shanghai, with its bright lights and dense high-rise buildings, and returned to that small village.

For some reason, the moment he stepped out of the station, as the wind blew past, he felt a long-lost sense of ease.

Although the early autumn wind still carried a slight heat, it made his whole body relax.

Based on this segment alone, he liked this song immensely.

He was even a bit moved, wondering if Brother Mo had heard he was returning to the countryside and then got the inspiration to write this song...

Luo Mo was completely unaware of the young Tong Shu's imagination.

He was like a guy recommending a work to a friend; watching his friend appreciate the work, he would look at the computer for a moment, then at his friend's expression, trying to detect any clues, his entire body language asking: "Awesome, right? The work I recommended to you is awesome, right?"

When recommending a drama or anime to someone, one must find the word 【Good】 on their face.

Luo Mo could tell that Tong Shu liked this song extremely well.

At this time, the A-section of the song had already ended, entering the B-section with the same melody.

"Hum it if you want to," Luo Mo said to Tong Shu: "I know you already like it so much that you can't suppress the urge to hum along."

Tong Shu opened his mouth and looked blankly at Luo Mo; mainly because... he did indeed want to hum.

He hadn't memorized the lyrics to this song yet, and he hadn't fully grasped the melody either, so he could only hum along roughly, but after opening his mouth, he was stunned himself.

"It's this feeling again, a feeling like it was tailor-made!" Tong Shu thought to himself.

The last song that brought him this feeling was "Big Fish" from the first public performance stage.

And in fact, the official version of the song "Big Fish" would certainly be included in Tong Shu's first album.

After the song finished playing once, Luo Mo turned it off.

"Got a bit more confidence?" he asked.

Tong Shu looked at him, then looked at his computer.

This youth who had just left the Newbie Village felt that Brother Mo's computer was filled with dragon-slaying weapons!

"Yes! Brother Mo, I feel I can definitely sing this song well," Tong Shu said.

Luo Mo smiled and didn't say much more.

As the first album released by Luo Mo Studio, he would certainly put his heart into producing it.

Competing with boy bands was just a side effect.

Doing the content well was the most important thing.

"Brother Mo, what about the next one?" Tong Shu said to Luo Mo.

He had seen that there were other songs in this document, such as "Left Hand Points to the Moon" and the like.

"The next one? That will have to wait until you've practiced this one well," Luo Mo said with a smile.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo, who had finished their announcements for the day, arrived at the recording studio.

Following them inside were the other four members of 【Aurora Girls】.

This girl group had a total of six people, each with their own unique style.

For example, Jiang Ningxi had a cold and aloof temperament, while Shen Yinuo had a sweet appearance but an explosive figure, belonging to the ceiling of pure desire.

Good heavens, six long-legged girls standing together, it simply made one's mind full of their legs.

Luo Mo hadn't even had time to see the faces of the other four clearly before they were shouted at and driven out by Shen Yinuo.

"We're recording a song, doing serious business, don't eavesdrop!" This eldest lady of Xinyu directly locked the door.

After locking the door, the eldest Miss Shen clapped her hands and asked Luo Mo, "Luo Mo, this is your first time at the company today, did you run into anyone difficult?"

Luo Mo was too famous now, and as the industry's newly emerged genius songwriter, how could the singers at Xinyu not come forward to cozy up to him when they saw him come to the company?

You have to know, celebrities aren't office workers; they don't need to clock in at the company. But today, many people heard Luo Mo was coming to the company and specifically found excuses to stay in the office building. Even though they had nothing to do, they just lingered and wouldn't leave.

For ambitious singers, a badass songwriter is someone you can grovel to during extraordinary times.

What's more, the entertainment industry is such that once you become popular, you suddenly have many more friends. The traffic Luo Mo possessed now was terrifyingly high; most people at Xinyu wanted to be on good terms with him.

Listening to Shen Yinuo, Luo Mo shook his head and said, "There haven't been any difficult ones."

But the reason he and Tong Shu were staying in the recording studio was actually to find some peace and quiet.

Shen Yinuo didn't know what she suddenly thought of, but she stood up from her chair with a swoosh, opened the door a crack, and looked outside.

"Ha! I knew you four were still lingering outside! Go away, we'll be recording songs all afternoon, I'll introduce Luo Mo to you next time!" Shen Yinuo slammed the door shut again with a bang.

This energetic girl sat down beside Luo Mo with a plop and said, "Hey! Look at you now, you're almost a heartthrob."

This sentence made Jiang Ningxi, who was to the side, raise an eyebrow and stand up to check if the door was locked tight.

Luo Mo shook his head and chuckled, saying, "Let's begin then, let's try to get 'Daughter Kingdom' finished early."

As he spoke, he also said to Tong Shu, "Tong Shu, you shouldn't have much experience in recording songs, right?"

Tong Shu nodded; he had always done covers online before and had never recorded a song himself.

"Hmm, then it's perfect for you to just watch and learn from the side today." Luo Mo said to him; this was also one of the reasons why he, as the Boss, brought his little brother here.

During the recording process, Luo Mo, acting as the producer, couldn't help but look at Jiang Ningxi and say, "Xiao Shen, your emotions while singing aren't as abundant as Jiang Ningxi's; she sings with much more feeling than you."

Luo Mo pondered for a moment and said, "Especially the line, 'Why speak of royal power and wealth, why fear the commandments and rules'."

Shen Yinuo was so angry she wanted to beat Luo Mo, saying, "I've said it so many times, even if 'Creating Idols' is over, I am still your mentor, you cannot call me Xiao Shen!"

She waved her fists, which looked completely non-threatening, but in reality, she had indeed sought out a female coach to learn boxing and knew a little bit of basic self-defense.

It was just that with her figure, when she made some large movements, it easily turned into a type of fist technique—the 'Gangster Excitement Fist'.

Luo Mo ignored her and just looked at Jiang Ningxi, saying, "Here, you teach her, pass on some experience."

Meeting Luo Mo's gaze, Jiang Ningxi lowered her eyelids and said, "I don't have much experience."

She couldn't very well say that the moment she thought about her identity as an idol girl group member who wasn't allowed to date, while singing a duet with her ex-boyfriend, and then thought about the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom and the pilgrim monk, she found a sense of immersion in their forbidden love, could she?

She didn't know when it started, but Jiang Ningxi gradually felt that 'Gentle' was the song she hated the most.

Shen Yinuo, who knew nothing of this, still felt her best friend was holding back, felt that she and Luo Mo were ganging up to bully her, and felt so angry her chest hurt, as if she were going through a second growth spurt.

But fortunately, after trying a few more times, things finally started to go smoothly.

……..

……..

As for the other side, the helmsman of Xinyu was meeting with the main person in charge of Tongguang Studio, He Yuanguang, in his office.

Because there was the character 'Guang' (Light) in his name, and they initially focused on children's Animation, the studio was named Tongguang.

Just this morning, after Luo Mo came to Xinyu, he went to find Shen Shaoqiu.

It was his first time at the company, so he was reporting to the boss, and by the way, learning more about Tongguang Studio.

Upon learning that Luo Mo wanted to "start a side hustle," Shen Shaoqiu was a bit stunned.

Good grief, he hadn't even debuted as a Singer yet, so how did he end up eyeing the anime industry just like him?

Although Shen Shaoqiu felt Luo Mo's ideas and style were outrageous, he also felt that this kid's investment vision was consistent with his own, and he inexplicably felt a bit of admiration for him…….

Of course, Shen Shaoqiu didn't take the 'That Year Those Rabbits' that Luo Mo mentioned to heart.

If it weren't for the fact that the person proposing this was Luo Mo, and if it weren't for the song 'Chasing Dreams Red Heart', Shen Shaoqiu might have directly filtered this information out of his brain.

In terms of anime, although Shen Shaoqiu wasn't very knowledgeable, if you told me this anime's name was linked to 'fiery' and 'passionate', that's just a joke!

No matter how you look at this name, it's non-flammable material……..

But in the end, he still let Luo Mo send him the first draft and rough outline of the anime script, saying he would show it to He Yuanguang.

Shen Shaoqiu still trusted He Yuanguang quite a bit; otherwise, he wouldn't have acquired the studio.

The reason was simple: He Yuanguang had been in the anime industry for many years. When Shen Yinuo was still young, Shen Shaoqiu often accompanied her to watch cartoons on TV. Among them were two cartoons whose names he could still call out even now, and he still remembered some of the content; they were both made by He Yuanguang.

Furthermore, Shen Shaoqiu could see ambition in He Yuanguang; this man was not at all satisfied with just making children's Animation.

His cartoons were very strange; they looked like they were for children, but if you watched them from an adult's Perspective, you would find that they contained many things that children simply couldn't understand.

In fact, there were many such cartoons on Earth, but most were from many years ago. Like 'Little Chef Fuguie' and 'Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit: The Seven Knights', there were even rumors that they came from the hand of Mr. Yu Hua, the same Yu Hua who wrote 'To Live' and 'Xu Sanguan Blood Seller'.

However, there was another theory later that said Yu Hua was actually just lending his name.

But regardless, if you look closely, you will find that many of the core themes inside are completely different from some of the children's Animation today.

The anime produced by He Yuanguang was just like that, which is why Shen Shaoqiu still had an impression of it to this day.

He hated He Yuanguang many years ago because his cartoons were a bit tragic, and the young Shen Yinuo loved to cry and was addicted to them.

Every time she finished watching, this daughter-slave had to coax her for a long time.

Maybe the cartoon was only 20 minutes long, but the coaxing would take half an hour!

But Shen Shaoqiu had to admit that He Yuanguang was very talented.

Today he called He Yuanguang over, but it was mainly to talk about some serious business.

He Yuanguang didn't want to just make children's Animation and wanted to transform; Shen Shaoqiu supported this.

Although He Yuanguang had failed once, causing his money to be lost, Shen Shaoqiu still supported him.

For many big shots, if you have failure experience, I actually think more highly of you.

If you look at many classic investments, they happened in exactly this kind of situation.

You invest in the person, not the project.

Of course, the main thing was that Shen Shaoqiu was very optimistic about this market.

After finishing the serious business, Shen Shaoqiu said, "Yuanguang, I actually just received an anime script here, take a look, I'll send it to your phone."

"Oh, is that so?" He Yuanguang became a little interested.

The anime script Luo Mo sent to Shen Shaoqiu was only a first draft; the content was not extensive, covering only the first few episodes, with a rough outline attached at the end.

As soon as He Yuanguang saw the title, his brows furrowed slightly.

This title, no matter how one looked at it, seemed like an anime for children with no substance at all.

Shen Shaoqiu watched He Yuanguang's tightly furrowed brows and did not speak.

In his eyes, precisely because of this, He Yuanguang could be a talent, but he was actually not suited to be a boss; he was too blunt, blunt in every aspect, which was why he could never develop his business.

He Yuanguang frowned, originally intending to just take a casual look, but he ended up unable to stop.

Shen Shaoqiu waited for a long time, and to his surprise, the more he read, the more engrossed he became.

This caused Shen Shaoqiu to simply start busying himself with other matters.

After he finished looking at a report sent over by the finance department, he raised his head and glanced at He Yuanguang.

He saw that this very blunt man, after finishing the first draft and the rough outline, actually had reddened eyes.

Shen Shaoqiu looked at him and asked, "Yuanguang, this script..."

He Yuanguang raised his head, his face solemn as he said, "President Shen, are you really giving this project to me to do?"

Shen Shaoqiu nodded and said, "If you are willing to do it..."

Luo Mo had already expressed to him his intention to cooperate with Tongguang Studio. He had gone to watch the anime He Yuanguang had produced, which made him find the feeling of watching those excellent works from his childhood.

He Yuanguang nodded solemnly and said, "It is my honor to be able to make such an anime."

Shen Shaoqiu was stunned.

Was it really that exaggerated?

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(End of this chapter)