Chapter 139: Unknowingly Became the Focus!

Ye Qing didn't even think, holding the microphone, she said: "Of course his score is high; his composition and lyrics have never disappointed anyone."

When Ye Qing answered this question, it was purely out of instinct.

But after she finished speaking, the program crew's camera switched to the four judge mentors.

First was Zhoudong, pressing his lips without speaking; the camera quickly switched to Na Ying's face, showing her somewhat sneering, an expression of disdain.

Wang Fei's face also looked a bit strange, as if responding to such an acquaintance, she didn't really agree.

Now it's Huang Zhengming; he is tall and sturdy, bearing the steadiness of a middle-aged person, his gaze sweeping over the other three mentors, he shrugged.

The program crew aired this edited segment; its meaning is actually clear: to express to the viewers watching the program that they do not agree with Ye Qing's words.

In other words, they didn't think the lyrics and composition of this song were good.

Si Ling: "What do they mean?"

"Do they mean your song is not good?"

Jiang Cheng pursed his lips.

Su Manyao sitting nearby said: "Although this song is catchy and brainwashing, from a professional standpoint it is indeed mediocre and simplistic."

"However, from a commercial standpoint, as long as most people like it, that's fine."

Jiang Cheng glanced at Su Manyao; this evaluation from the older sister type was actually quite reasonable.

In his previous life, when this song came out, it swept the major charts; you could hear it playing on repeat in streets and alleys.

However, when it comes to the song's lyrics, no one would consider them outstanding.

People just felt it was a nice-sounding song, nothing more.

With the program crew's edited footage and intentional guidance, the live chat in the stream became lively.

Some said the lyrics and composition were both very good and very pleasant to hear.

But a large portion objected, saying those who thought it sounded good were uncultured and lacked refined aesthetic ability.

Those who said it sounded good were looked down upon, naturally they weren't happy, and thus a heated argument broke out.

Perhaps this is the program crew's goal; at that moment the number of viewers in the live stream surged from over 10,000 to over 40,000.

Perhaps this is the program crew's goal: to create conflict.

Originally, Su Manyao and Si Ling watched this program just to see what effect Jiang Cheng's work would have when it went on stage.

But just now hearing Ya Ya say that the program's finale still requires scoring, and that singers and composers are scored separately.

The two instantly became interested again, wanting to know what score Jiang Cheng's work could get in this program.

"Manyao, you're from the Music Department; what score do you think Jiang Cheng's composition and lyrics could get?"

Si Ling asked Su Manyao.

Jiang Cheng was also curious what score Su Manyao would give; he turned his gaze toward Su Manyao.

Su Manyao was wearing a strap nightdress, lifting her legs onto the coffee table, her hands applying body lotion, rubbing it on her legs.

Seeing both gazes fixed on her, especially Jiang Cheng's eyes on her legs.

If Si Ling weren't present, she wouldn't mind, but Si Ling is here now.

Su Manyao, feeling a bit embarrassed, reached out, placing her palm on Jiang Cheng's face, pushing his face to the side so he couldn't see her.

Then she said: "From a professional standpoint, if the full score is 10 points, this song can only get 4 points." "But this is a variety show; it serves the broad audience, so in terms of dissemination and audience preference, this song could get a score of 8 or above."

"If I were to give the score, I would give 9 points, with one point deducted being the base score."

Si Ling was somewhat surprised: "Can you give such a high score?"

"Although I also think this song sounds great, but I just saw those judges; their expressions seemed not to approve, so does this song really deserve such a high score?"

Su Manyao pressed her lips and said: "Precisely because those judges are accomplished professionals, they now want to strongly demonstrate their professionalism and depth, so getting them to say the song is good, many would find it hard to set aside their pride."

"But if we talk about its spread and commercial value, this song has just come out, only in a live stream of ten to twenty thousand people, inevitably producing this effect, which already proves its commercial value!"

Su Manyao also didn't expect that Jiang Cheng's opening song in the variety show would actually be another classic!

However, the difference is that the previous two songs will become classics after many years!

But this song now, after many years, perhaps many will remember it, but they definitely won't consider it a song they can listen to a hundred times without tiring and proudly recommend.

However, the song's own value is that it can make a quick buck!

Su Manyao thought that if this song's copyright were given to her company from Ye Qing, she could be confident that within a month the song would sweep the major music charts, creating at least over 100 million in value within a month!

Jiang Cheng, whose face was pushed away by Su Manyao, hearing her evaluation, also looked at the older sister type in surprise.

In his view, the older sister type, as a professor of the Music Department, would surely spout a bunch of theory and necessarily look down on this song.

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But unexpectedly, the older sister type's perspective on this song could actually analyze it from commercial value.

Actually, Jiang Cheng's thoughts were similar to Su Manyao's; this song's value is to make a quick buck, if operated well, the money earned in two or three years would reach a height that most classic songs cannot achieve!

Meanwhile, they were chatting.

On the program's stage, Ya Ya asked the most crucial question: "Ye Qing, which team do you want to join?"

The camera panned to the audience; everyone fell silent, all staring at Ye Qing.

This was the only time all four teachers turned around simultaneously.

In other words, Ye Qing had absolute choice.

She merely paused briefly, then directly said: "I want to join Teacher Wang Fei's team."

This was what Jiang Cheng had previously told her: if she could choose Wang Fei, she should choose Wang Fei, with Wang Fei as the first choice and Zhoudong as the second.

After Ye Qing made her choice, the whole venue burst into warm applause.

Huang Zhengming and Zhoudong both showed expressions of regret.

The program continued as usual afterward, but thereafter no more stunning songs appeared.

And the number of people in the live stream, from the initial over 10,000, rose to 20,000 when Ye Qing went on stage; later, due to the program crew's guidance, evaluations of the composition and lyrics of the song "Love Trade" caused the audience to develop a conflict.

The number of people was mentioned as 40,000.

The number remained constant thereafter, and while part of the bullet comments were about the later singers, half of the people were still discussing the previous song 'Love Trade' throughout.

Finally, the program reached its final segment.

All the advancing groups had already been assigned to the mentors' teams, and next up was the scoring segment.

Singers and composers were scored separately.

But like a frog in slowly heating water, unnoticed, what score 'Love Trade' could get became the most talked-about topic of the whole event!

90% of the bullet comments were uniformly about the song 'Love Trade'!

"Su Manyao, what score do you think the production team will give Jiang Cheng?" Si Ling asked.

(End of chapter)