Chapter 98: Three Songs (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

The expression on Shen Shaoqiu's face made He Yuanguang, whose eyes were turning red, understand in an instant.

"President Shen hasn't read this first draft, have you?" He Yuanguang asked.

Shen Shaoqiu nodded and said, "It was just brought over this morning, and then I was busy with other things, so I haven't read it yet."

Logically speaking, as the helmsman of Xinyu, it was impossible for him to carefully review every single project.

The animation industry was indeed being prepared for entry, but what needed to be done now was just to take a step forward to test the waters; they wouldn't be investing too much manpower, material resources, or capital.

He Yuanguang nodded and said, "President Shen, I have the confidence to do this project well."

"Is that so? It's good to have confidence," Shen Shaoqiu said.

Good grief, his original intention was to let He Yuanguang take a look, and if it were very immature, then he would tell Luo Mo not to play around with this side business.

But who could have foreseen that He Yuanguang would be so excited, even saying that making such an animation would be his honor.

It ended up that, under this inexplicable rhythm, the first step of Xinyu's march into the animation industry was taken just like that?

He Yuanguang looked at this lame man and said, "President Shen, I would like to ask, from which master's hand did this first draft come?"

"A master..." Shen Shaoqiu coughed a few times and said, "If I told you that this script was cobbled together by a Singer who hasn't even officially debuted yet, because he released a new song, would you believe me?"

"What?" He Yuanguang felt that this statement contained a massive amount of information, leaving him completely bewildered.

How did it inexplicably get linked to a Singer, and one who hasn't even debuted yet, and a new song at that?

"His name is Luo Mo. You must have been busy to the point of being overwhelmed recently, so you don't know him," Shen Shaoqiu said.

He Yuanguang nodded. He really didn't know Luo Mo, but he felt a little bit familiar with the name.

He hadn't paid any attention to *Creating Idols* at all, but...

"*Chasing Dreams Red Heart*?" He Yuanguang suddenly thought of this song that he personally liked very much.

"Right, that's him," Shen Shaoqiu smiled and said, "And what I mentioned earlier is that this is the song he plans to use as the ending theme for *That Year Those Rabbits*."

He Yuanguang seemed to be chewing on the song title, as if possessed.

"Red heart, red child, red..." He suddenly smiled and said, "I understand."

Shen Shaoqiu didn't know how many times he had been stunned all afternoon, and thought to himself: "What do you understand? What?"

After the two old men chatted for a while longer, He Yuanguang left in high spirits.

According to him, he wanted to use this time to draw the images of the Rabbit, Eagle Sauce, and the like based on the first draft, and then take these to see Luo Mo to express his sincerity in wanting to make this animation well.

Judging from his attitude, he really took it extremely seriously; it even felt like he wouldn't do anything else these few days and would only focus on this.

Shen Shaoqiu watched his departing figure and muttered in his heart: "Does it really have such magic?"

After thinking about it, he decided to set aside ten minutes to look at the first draft of the script.

Half an hour later, Shen Shaoqiu sat in his boss chair, leaning back against the chair, looking up at the office ceiling, unable to help but raise his hand to press the bridge of his nose, and he even sniffled.

He never would have imagined that it would be a work with this kind of subject matter!

"One hundred years of great changes," Shen Shaoqiu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

So the Zhonghuajia in the animation actually referred to Huaxia.

"Every Rabbit has a dream of a great nation." When Shen Shaoqiu saw this sentence, he slapped the table in admiration.

Previously, Shen Shaoqiu had been somewhat resistant to Luo Mo wanting to engage in a side business.

Standing from the perspective of a company boss, he felt that what Luo Mo should be doing most right now was to debut properly and get his first album done well.

If he really wanted to cross over, that would be something to talk about after stabilizing in the music scene.

And under normal circumstances, crossing over should be like Xu Chujing, leaning towards being an Actor.

How did he inexplicably end up messing around with animation?

Just because of the song *Chasing Dreams Red Heart*?

Now he finally understood.

"This kid's vision is even bigger than I imagined!" Shen Shaoqiu appreciated this young man more and more.

He remembered the previous *Red Actor*, remembered the Opera, remembered the suona, remembered the Classical Dance... remembered that this kid was also an inheritor of traditional culture.

"If this is added to this animation..." Shen Shaoqiu couldn't even imagine it.

Luo Mo would build himself a golden body!

Many storms of public opinion would not dare to approach him.

Such a person cannot be smeared.

The more you smear him, the stronger the backlash you will suffer!

At the same time, with these things to rely on, Luo Mo might be able to access resources early on that many ordinary celebrities could never touch in their entire lives.

For example, some holiday galas, some celebrations, and even... the Spring Festival Gala!

"If *That Year Those Rabbits* really achieves the estimated effect, our entire Xinyu will owe him a favor and get on a big ship with him!" Shen Shaoqiu became excited.

"Wang Shisong, oh Wang Shisong, you have no idea what you've missed!" Shen Shaoqiu even had the urge to laugh out loud.

An S-Class Contract in exchange for such a talent with such great vision—I made a killing this time!

"Do it! This animation must not only be done, but done well!" Shen Shaoqiu made his decision.

He would spare no cost and use all resources to get this animation up and running!

He didn't ask for profit; he would be happy even if it lost money.

"It would be best to get it broadcast on satellite TV, yes, get it on satellite TV! Let it be broadcast on television stations, not just online!" Shen Shaoqiu thought.

He knew this was very difficult, but he wanted to try.

………

………

On the other side, Luo Mo and the others finished today's recording.

The recording of *Daughter Kingdom* was more than half finished, and the remaining parts were left for tomorrow.

This was Tong Shu's first time at a recording studio, so Luo Mo took him around to familiarize him with the equipment and had him try singing a few lines of "Big Fish."

Upon learning that Luo Mo intended to have Tong Shu go head-to-head with NINE-T, both Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo were shocked.

After the shock, the two women, who had completely different personalities, reacted in different ways.

The more rational, top-student contestant Jiang Ningxi began to analyze the pros and cons; after thinking it over carefully, she felt that Luo Mo's approach was correct.

Letting Tong Shu go up—if he wins, it's glorious; if he loses, it's not shameful.

Shen Yinuo didn't think that much; this energetic girl just shouted excitedly, "Ox, so ox!"

"This is the kind of momentum we need!" the girl with grand designs declared spiritedly.

Jiang Ningxi seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Luo Mo, then when are you planning to release your own debut album?"

"It can't be too late, just after Tong Shu's album is released," Luo Mo said casually.

As for his own debut album, he had already picked out half the songs, but he hadn't finished selecting them all.

However, just this half alone was already quite frightening.

He didn't even know which one to pick as the lead single...

Jiang Ningxi looked at him and said, "But, looking at the timeline, you will most likely clash with Zhao Xueqin."

"Is that so? Whatever, just pick a good day I like and release it," Luo Mo said, closing his laptop.

Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo exchanged a look, both seeing the same emotion in the other's eyes.

——This is just too crazy!

A Newcomer who hasn't even debuted yet, and for his first debut album, he's going head-to-head with a Heavenly King!?

This kind of spirit could occasionally be seen in the music scene of the past, but in this era where capital dominates everything, it has already gone extinct.

Releasing songs is for making money, not for that sense of pride in one's heart!

"Luo Mo, I feel like you're a bit handsome right now," Shen Yinuo said to Luo Mo, giving him a thumbs up.

Luo Mo gave her a look of disdain, tossed his hair, and said cockily, "Just a bit?"

Jiang Ningxi watched from the side, her veins almost popping out.

Shen Yinuo suggested, "Work's done, work's done. There's nothing going on tonight, how about... we go to our place for hot pot!?"

Luo Mo and they all lived in Xicheng, though not in the same building.

Tong Shu was temporarily staying at Luo Mo's place for these few days; once Li Junyi also arrived in Shanghai, he and Li Junyi would go find a place to rent together.

Deep down, both he and Li Junyi were still a bit afraid of Instructor Luo, and now that Luo Mo was their boss, they didn't dare live with him.

"Let's go," Luo Mo said, waving his hand.

The two women's van was a seven-seater, so adding Luo Mo and Tong Shu wasn't a problem.

After getting in the car, Shen Yinuo asked curiously, "Luo Mo, you must have already made a few demos for Tong Shu's album, right? Let us listen!"

"We're our own people, no need to be so secretive," Shen Yinuo said.

"Alright, then I'll play 'Big Fish' for you," Luo Mo teased her.

"What the, it definitely has to be a song other than 'Big Fish'!" Shen Yinuo puffed up her cheeks, wanting to hit Luo Mo with a flurry of punches.

She felt that Luo Mo loved to annoy her too much; he didn't treat her like a mentor at all, thinking about rebelling against his teacher all day long!

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Fine, then I'll connect to the car's Bluetooth."

After connecting, he said to Tong Shu, "Tong Shu, generally speaking, an album requires a certain level of completeness."

"Although it's rare for every song in a singer's entire album to be related, since it's an album, it should have a little bit of connection at least."

"In this debut album I've prepared for you, there are three songs that can actually be considered a series."

"'The Wind Rises' and 'Big Fish' are actually quite interesting; you should be able to feel the connection between them, right?" Luo Mo said.

Tong Shu nodded.

'Big Fish' is about a fish that can fly, so it's easy to understand that it has a link with the wind.

Shen Yinuo asked in confusion from the side, "The Wind Rises? What is 'The Wind Rises'?"

Luo Mo ignored her—this young lady of the New Yu family seemed to have no status—and just continued, "In my heart, the positioning of this trilogy is: Becoming a Fish—The Wind Rises—Riding the Wind; it's a process like that."

"Hey, you want to hear a Demo, so I'll let you hear 'Becoming a Fish' from the trilogy, which is also the first song in the tracklist of this album."

Luo Mo clicked play, and the singing spread through the van.

As the prelude began, Luo Mo said, "When a whale dies in the ocean, its body eventually sinks to the bottom of the sea. Biologists have given this process a name—Whale Fall."

"A whale's carcass can nourish an entire life system for up to a hundred years; this is the final Gentle it leaves for the ocean."

Listening to Luo Mo's words, Tong Shu roughly understood the romance of this trilogy.

That's right, how could a whale ride the wind?

Only the soul can.

This song is called 'The Whale That Became an Isolated Island'.

………

………

At night, Shen Mingliu and the other eight finally waited in anticipation for the lead single that Huang Xishan had written for them.

The team manager walked into the room looking excited and then played the Demo of the song.

This male manager said, "You all must prepare well for this song. You don't know, but for President Wang to get Great God Huang to write this lead single for you, it's no exaggeration to say he visited his cottage three times."

"I just listened to the Demo, it's absolutely amazing!"

"I never expected that Great God Huang, who has always been known for his delicacy and is best at writing love songs, could actually write a boy band song suitable for Singing and Dancing for you this time."

"The song title—'Giant Shark'!"

"Isn't it full of blood and guts!?" the manager said, looking at the nine of them.

Hearing the Demo playing from the speakers, the nine of them had originally been sitting cross-legged, but after hearing the climax of the chorus, they stood up excitedly, their bodies moving along with the rhythm.

"It's explosive, it's explosive, this song is too explosive!" Ji Kangdong's eyes shone with excitement.

Shen Mingliu also couldn't help but nod and say, "As expected of Great God Huang!"

When the song finished playing, the manager called everyone to his side and said, "How about it, do you have a bit more confidence this time?"

He could tell that all nine of them had been traumatized by Luo Mo, so their morale was a bit low.

Fearing the battle is a great taboo!

"We do!" the nine of them said in unison.

The manager smiled with satisfaction and took a pair of disposable chopsticks out of his bag.

"Haha, although this is very cliché, I still want to demonstrate it to you nine. Look, this one chopstick, it can be snapped in an instant... snap... hss, the quality of chopsticks these days is quite good!"

The manager, who was a bit physically weak, used a great deal of effort to finally snap the chopstick, nearly collapsing in the process.

After snapping it, he took out nine more chopsticks and said, "Come, you can try them one by one, see who can snap these!?"

With the powerful addition of Great God Huang, the group soul of NINE-T finally showed signs of being rekindled.

On the other side, Luo Mo, having finished his hotpot, patted Tong Shu on the shoulder earnestly, and then, in front of everyone, took ten toothpicks out of a toothpick holder.

"Look, this one toothpick... snap." Luo Mo said.

"These nine toothpicks... snap!" Luo Mo lined up the nine toothpicks; he insisted on working out every day and easily snapped them again.

"There's no use in having many people, understand? Don't worry, Brother Mo will let you possess the power of nine toothpicks."

"Just focus on Singing!"

Tong Shu looked at the broken toothpicks and nodded vigorously.

At nine o'clock in the evening sharp, Pineapple officially announced to the public that the boy band NINE-T's first album was in preparation, and that they had invited top Lyricist Huang Xishan to join and produce the lead single!

Meanwhile, Luo Mo Studio also posted on Weibo at nine o'clock sharp, announcing that the studio was preparing two new albums!

(PS: Second update, 4000 words, currently sixth on the overall monthly ticket rankings, requesting monthly tickets!)

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