Chapter 99: Voice Actors Are All Monsters

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

"Daughter Kingdom" had been finished four days ago and was exclusively uploaded to Penguin Music this morning.

Although everyone had already heard Luo Mo sing the song a cappella on the stage of "Creating Idols," once the official version was released, countless listeners still flocked to Penguin Music to preview it and then decisively downloaded it.

"Money, it's all about the money." This was what Luo Mo thought when he saw the data.

When he and Xu Chujing recorded "Red Actor," the profit-sharing was fifty-fifty.

But for this song, "Daughter Kingdom," Luo Mo took the lion's share of the profits.

Because it wasn't just the share for his vocals; he also had the share for the lyrics and composition.

Although Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo debuted longer than him and were nominally his mentors, in terms of popularity, they had actually long been overtaken by Luo Mo.

They now had to rely on Luo Mo to boost them, rather than sitting firmly on the throne of a Super First-line Singer like Xu Chujing.

Once "Daughter Kingdom" was released, many people were once again immersed in the Romance between the Holy Monk and the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom.

What the three of them found most absurd was that because Luo Mo had previously collaborated with Shen Yinuo on "Double Happiness," and their personas in it were lovers—even though the theme was a ghost wedding—they could actually spawn "shipping" fans, damn it.

Who would have thought that the Romance between a living person and a dead person could even give birth to CP Fans for the two of them...

This made their second collaboration on "Daughter Kingdom" send many fans who thought they looked like a perfect match into a frenzy.

After the frenzy, they realized this was a song for three people; what was this Jiang Ningxi doing getting involved?

Clearly, she was the original girlfriend, but now it was as if she had become the third wheel.

Life, oh, what a shitty life.

But fortunately, the performance of the song "Daughter Kingdom" was still very eye-catching; under Luo Mo's lead, the two women also experienced the thrill of topping the charts.

The taste of reaching the top is truly great.

As for Tong Shu's new album, he had already finished recording "Big Fish," which he was most familiar with, and "Whale Falling," which had subtle commonalities with "Big Fish," was also more than half finished.

Producing songs for a Singer with a good voice and good singing skills is relatively easy and efficient.

These days, many Actors also record songs occasionally; some people, well, they record it one character at a time.

I don't know if you have ever heard Liu Haoran sing...

Luo Mo personally thinks it's not as good as Wang Baoqiang, who acted in "Detective Chinatown" with him.

Of course, when Luo Mo Studio announced to the public that two new albums were being prepared, it could be said to have caused a series of sensations.

For a studio of a Newcomer who hadn't even debuted yet, a single Weibo post could get over 100,000 comments.

Regarding this matter, netizens could be said to be discussing it heatedly.

"Are you finally releasing a record? Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Don't be reluctant to take our money; at your speed of releasing songs, you won't be able to make us poor!"

"Luo Mo, I'm watching Penguin Music ads to support you!"

Of course, more people's focus remained on the arena competition.

The boy band NINE-T was also going to release their first album, and it was Huang who was in charge of the lead single.

Since Luo Mo Studio said they were preparing two albums, then if nothing unexpected happened, they should be the albums of Luo Mo and Tong Shu.

Sorry, Li Junyi, I don't mean to look down on you at all, but you are indeed lacking in singing; the "moms" still love Tong Shu a little bit more.

In the eyes of most passersby, this arena competition was equivalent to a sequel to "Creating Idols."

Who would have thought that even after the talent show ended, we would still be able to see a spin-off!

Interesting, too interesting!

No way, who told this bizarre talent show to leave behind so many grudges in the end.

The first to bear the brunt was definitely the conflict between Luo Mo not debuting as part of the group, and him and the boy band, or even escalating to the entire Pineapple Entertainment.

Secondly, Tong Shu had always been stuck outside the debut spots; clearly, his popularity and reputation were much better than those bottom-ranked contestants in the group, but he was just always stuck.

Then, the upcoming arena competition would be a bit interesting.

After all, the conflict had escalated, and the difficulty had actually escalated as well.

Is NINE-T trash?

Actually, they're okay, just incomparable to Luo Mo.

If it were still in "Creating Idols," everyone would think this was a fight without any controversy, and the outcome would be clear at a glance.

But now that this boy band was backed by Pineapple Entertainment and had Huang coming out of retirement to write songs, the nature of it was different.

As for Luo Mo's side, since it was a statement issued by the studio, it could be seen that these two albums were mainly handled by the studio.

If nothing unexpected happened, they should both be completed independently by Luo Mo.

For those in the music industry, they all felt there was a good show to watch.

One was a newly emerged lyrical and musical genius who soared into the sky after showing his talent.

The other was an industry Great God who had once forged countless glories and was now coming out of retirement with his skills still sharp.

This clash between the new and old eras had plenty of hype.

The most interesting thing was that Pineapple Entertainment directly announced the title of the lead single to the public, calling it—"Giant Shark"!

Once this song title came out, the fans of Luo Mo were stunned.

"Wow, that's very targeted!"

"I heard this Huang was very sharp and incisive in his early years; I didn't expect him to still have the courage of his youth at his age!"

Yes, for the onlookers, they all felt that this song revealed an unusual flavor from the title alone.

Don't forget, the song Luo Mo and the others sang in the first public performance of "Creating Idols" was called "Big Fish."

Starting from "Big Fish," he officially started his "slaughtering" mode.

In the entire variety show, he truly killed gods when meeting gods and slaughtered demons when meeting demons!

And this "Big Fish," which dominated the whole scene in the first public performance, was clearly clear and ethereal, with a clean style, but it was jokingly called 【Man-Eating Fish】 by netizens.

Since the title track of NINE-T's debut boy group album is called "Giant Shark," whether intentional or coincidental, that feeling of tit-for-tat has formed.

Fortunately, the organization known as the "Mo-born People" is silly enough that even though that sense of targeting has already appeared, they don't tear each other apart or incite conflict internally, but instead amuse themselves.

"Hahaha, let's compete and see who is the true 【Sea King】 in this ocean!"

"The brothers' fishpond has such a rich variety of species!"

"Yes, yes, both sides are big seafood merchants!"

In stark contrast to this are the high-spirited NINE-T fans.

They even specially made a poster with the caption—【Shark Back】!

It's just that, with one side busy releasing killing intent and the other busy creating internal memes, they just can't get a real fight going.

This makes the marketing team at Pineapple Entertainment very distressed.

They really want to drag Luo Mo Studio down to hype things up, stir up the heat, and expand the territory of the battlefield.

But the other party simply refuses to get into the water.

Then there's no other way; they'll just have to see the real results when it comes down to it!

Over at Pineapple Entertainment, after the manager of NINE-T finished demonstrating the classic trick of how nine chopsticks cannot be broken to the nine men, he has been continuously brainwashing them these past few days to burn their fighting spirit, instilling in them a kind of 【Spiritual Victory Method】.

"Mingliu, you nine listen to me."

"Look, this time we have the company backing us, and we have Huang coming out of retirement; Luo Mo is actually already afraid."

"Your eyes tell me you are asking me why!"

"Then I will tell you the reason."

"Look, Luo Mo announced this time that he is producing two albums."

"He doesn't even dare to go one-on-one; he wants to have his studio release two albums at once to counter your one album, trying to win by volume!"

"If this isn't fear, what is?"

You can't say where the logic is, but it doesn't seem like anything is wrong either.

The final result of the arena battle is the ranking competition; since it is a ranking competition, your number of songs is double ours, so you have an inherent advantage and are definitely more likely to make the charts.

Isn't this just fear?

No one thinks Luo Mo will release the two albums separately.

Because the Heavenly King Superstar Zhao Xueqin will be releasing a new album after NINE-T.

This news has long since spread, and many First-line Singers in the industry have stepped aside; at least 3 First-line Singers have already modified their original plans.

Everyone thinks this is a sequel to "Creating Idols," a spin-off.

No one has thought in that direction.

Oppose Zhao Xueqin?

That would require someone of Xu Chujing's level to step in personally to be qualified.

Admittedly, every song of yours, Luo Mo, in "Creating Idols" was very popular.

However, which Heavenly King or Heavenly Queen doesn't have hit songs?

If the number of their hit songs isn't high enough, how could they be crowned King or Queen?

Normally, a singer of this level will have several hit songs on every album, and only with the support of multiple albums are they worthy of being called Heavenly Kings or Heavenly Queens!

Zhao Xueqin is releasing a new album; let alone Luo Mo Studio, the entire Xinyu should stand aside!

Wang Shisong's goal this time is to win the first prize by fighting in the arena, and then throw out his own trump card to regain Face and foundation for Pineapple.

Pineapple is still that Pineapple, one of the four major companies in the industry, the unshakable Pineapple!

………

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On the other side, He Yuanguang finally met the Luo Mohe had been thinking about.

After receiving the first draft and rough outline of "That Year Those Rabbits," he hurriedly went back to work.

Although he knew in his heart that his studio was already under Xinyu and Luo Mo was also a person from Xinyu, and that this work should be done by him regardless, he still wanted to express enough sincerity and attitude.

In the animation industry, He Yuanguang has his own ambitions and aspirations.

He wants to transform and wants to make a different kind of animation.

After seeing "That Year Those Rabbits," he felt like he had found a treasure, suffering from insomnia for many days; as soon as he lay on the bed, his brain would imagine what it would look like to draw these Drama scenes.

After drawing the character designs for the Rabbit and the Eagle Sauce, he asked Shen Shaoqiu to help him contact Luo Mo to see if they could meet and have a good chat.

The meeting place was set in a small conference room at Xinyu.

He Yuanguang arrived half an hour early, while Luo Mo arrived ten minutes early; as soon as he walked in, He Yuanguang was stunned.

He had indeed checked on Luo Mo these past few days and watched several of his videos, but many people don't know that many celebrities are already handsome on camera, but in reality, they might belong to the type that isn't photogenic.

Luo Mo, both in image and temperament, was worlds apart from the guys writing scripts in He Yuanguang's studio.

In industries like scriptwriting or writing web novels, handsome men are truly a rare species, with a scarcity comparable to the industries of talk shows and Two-Person Act.

As soon as Luo Mo entered the room, he greeted He Yuanguang, and after the two shook hands, they sat down together.

As mentioned before, He Yuanguang has a very straightforward personality and high efficiency. He didn't engage in too much small talk, went straight to the point, opened his tablet, and showed Luo Mo the character designs.

After Luo Mo took a look, a satisfied expression appeared on his face, but he still put forward some suggestions for modification.

When He Yuanguang first heard these suggestions, he felt a bit strange.

For example, Luo Mo felt that they could be drawn to look a bit cuter.

He Yuanguang felt that for this kind of subject matter, why draw them so cute?

But after calming down and thinking about it, perhaps it is precisely because they need to be drawn cute enough that, in certain plot points, a strong contrast can be formed!

"That Year Those Rabbits" has a very magical charm; the images inside are all very cute, the things they say are very cheeky, and it carries a bunch of rotten memes, but precisely because these things exist, it is even more shocking when it needs to be shocking, and even more tear-jerking when it needs to be tear-jerking!

Many of the lines are spoken in a nonchalant way, perhaps even with a bit of a rogue tone, but the effect is explosive!

There is no need for excessive elements or phrasing to render emotion; you won't even feel a sense of deliberate sentimentality, yet the atmosphere hits the mark perfectly!

He Yuanguang is already over forty, while Luo Mo is merely a twenty-four-year-old young man.

But after listening to Luo Mo's opinions, he does not put on any airs regarding his age or Seniority; instead, he very earnestly takes out his phone and records every piece of advice from Luo Mo, the script creator, in his notes.

It is just that behind some of the opinions, he marks a check, and behind others, he marks a question mark, indicating that he will need to think about them again after he goes back.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Mo finally added one more point.

"Regarding the voice acting, I hope to set the Requirement a bit higher; I need voice actors who can add the finishing touch in terms of playfulness," Luo Mo said.

On Earth, the voice acting cast of *Year Hare Affair* includes quite a few people who are still very popular today, such as Xiao Lian Sha and Shan Xin.

For instance, Feng Bao'er in *Under One Person* was voiced by Xiao Lian Sha, and Nezha in *Ten Thousand Jokes* was voiced by Shan Xin.

Of course, the one that left the deepest impression on Luo Mo regarding Shan Xin was Xia He from *Under One Person*, whose voice carried an infinite charm of its own.

Luo Mo looked at He Yuanguang and said, "There is a saying that voice actors are monsters. I hope that for this collaboration, we can invite those monster-level figures in the industry."

He Yuanguang nodded; he still had that much influence, and he immediately guaranteed, "I'll take care of this."

Honestly, regarding the phrase "voice actors are monsters," He Yuanguang found it quite interesting; it was the first time he had heard such a saying, yet he felt it made a lot of sense.

"I will find a few people to try out the voice acting and then send it to you," He Yuanguang said.

He held the greatest degree of respect for Luo Mo as a creator.

At the same time, he already had a few rough candidates in mind, and these people were absolutely worthy of the title of monsters.

Luo Mo nodded, already feeling a bit of anticipation in his heart for the effect of *Year Hare Affair* once it takes shape.

After walking out of the conference room, Luo Mo's WeChat chimed.

He opened it and took a look; it was a message from the diva, Xu Chujing.

(PS: First update, 4000+, currently fifth on the overall monthly ticket ranking, asking for monthly tickets!!!)

(End of this chapter)