Chapter 148

Lu Jia Jia arrived, walked into the recording studio, tossed her bag onto the table, sat down crossing her legs, and slipped off one high heel, exposing her fair heel.

Arms crossed, her heavily lined eyes stared at Qiuyi.

Qiuyi glanced around; having worked in this studio and seen many beauties, he had never seen someone so openly exposed before.

Your last recorded song has a problem; do you want to re-record it?

Qiuyi said.

Compared to Lu Jia Jia's singing two days ago, Ye Qing's just now is worlds apart, as if they weren't singing the same song.

Ye Qing and the Music Director stood nearby; the Music Director's gaze also fell on Lu Jia Jia, though he had other thoughts.

This woman's voice is fine; she once won first place on another talent show, and with her current demeanor, such a woman could easily latch onto a big shot and then take off in the entertainment circle.

The song Ye Qing just sang, he heard it, and compared to Lu Jia Jia's earlier recording, it's worlds apart.

Lu Jia Jia leaned back against the chair, gave Qiuyi a provocative look, and said, "No need to record again; I've practiced these two days and have full control."

Hearing Lu Jia Jia say she'd practiced these two days, Qiuyi and the Music Director exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat reassured.

Such a good song, if ruined, would be a loss for them, at least affecting bonuses and benefits.

But since Lu Jia Jia said she'd practiced, as a singer who had competed in a talent show and won first place, they would still trust her a bit more.

The Music Director smiled and said, "I've heard this song; it's a good one. If handled well, it can draw a lot of traffic, which is very beneficial for future development."

From the Music Director's perspective, it was a reminder to Lu Jia Jia and also a way to get close to her before she became famous.

When Lu Jia Jia sat in the chair, she snapped, "An opportunity? Give me a break!"

"I think this song was deliberately written by Jiang Cheng to make things difficult for me!"

"Anyway, it's fine; bring whatever tricks he has—I'll take them all, there's no song I can't sing well!"

Lu Jia Jia's words left the Music Director and Qiuyi somewhat dazed!

Such a good song—how could Jiang Cheng be making things difficult for you?

But seeing Lu Jia Jia's forceful attitude, they didn't dare say more.

After speaking, Lu Jia Jia stood up, grabbed her bag, and walked away swaying her small perky butt.

The recording engineer withdrew his gaze and said to the Music Director, "Isn't the production team planning to buy traffic?"

"I wonder if we should suggest raising the traffic purchase when Lu Jia Jia goes on stage, so we can retain more viewers in the live stream."

By "traffic purchase" he means paying the live platform for traffic to buy ads during the stream.

The Music Director thought and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to the director later."

Making such a suggestion to the director is still somewhat risky, after all he'd be responsible for what he says.

But as the Music Director, he can't just do nothing.

He had already heard Ye Qing sing that song just now; it has explosive potential.

He felt it was indeed worth telling the director; if it really blows up, he'll also have contributed!

After leaving the recording studio, Jiang Cheng went to the planning department to liaise.

However, as a composer, he only comes on stage at the final stage, so the liaison work isn't as complicated as Ye Qing's.

He finished the work in a short while, and the general process was already sorted out.

Then Jiang Cheng thought for a moment and headed toward the broadcast hall.

Although composers rarely get stage time, Jiang Cheng had seized all the limelight in the previous episode, so when he entered the broadcast hall, many still recognized him.

Fortunately, he isn't really a star—just a variety-show amateur—so those who recognized him merely glanced curiously; no one came forward for an autograph or to stab him.

The seat beside Su Manyao was empty, so Jiang Cheng sat down.

"Are you done with work?" Su Manyao asked.

Jiang Cheng noticed her smile gradually increasing and said, "You look prettier when you smile more." Su Manyao took a breath, widened her eyes and glared at him, then looked away and flicked her bangs: "Keep talking nonsense and I'll ignore you."

Jiang Cheng said, "I don't have much work; handing the song to the production team is about it."

"Do you have confidence in the song you wrote this time?" Su Manyao asked.

Jiang Cheng replied, "You mean the competition?"

"If it's the competition, I really have no confidence."

The song he gave the production team is "The Hard-to-Recite Sutra"; if Lu Jia Jia can sing it well, he'll truly accept it.

But that's impossible.

Even Ye Qing can't bring out the flavor, just singing superficially; and just now in there, he had Ye Qing sing, but stopped her halfway through.

Because he knows that if he let Ye Qing continue, she'd stray even further.

The earlier part Ye Qing sang had already lost some flavor.

!

Jiang Cheng sat in the broadcast hall, chatted with Su Manyao for a while, then went backstage.

The live stream also started soon.

The four mentors took their seats, and Ya Ya went on stage.

With the previous heat, as soon as this live stream opened, the viewer count reached 80,000 within five minutes.

This number can be said to be very impressive.

You should know that on today's live platforms, there are hardly any rooms with over 100,000 viewers.

Usually, even with a big movie-promotion star present, the live stream only has thirty to forty thousand viewers, which is common.

First up was a male singer from Zhoudong's team.

But this time he likely didn't perform well; after his performance, the audience's expressions varied.

The mentors' comments were fairly reasonable, but the live chat was much more blunt.

"What is this singing? It's not as good as last time's 'Love Trade'!"

"Let Ye Qing come up and sing; I'm just here from 'Love Trade'—it's a bit rustic, but I'm a country bumpkin, and I love listening!"

"I've been brainwashed by 'Love Trade', everyone around me is listening!"

"The second and third singers afterward didn't cause any waves, but fortunately the number of viewers in the livestream finally broke past 100k, though it's just barely over 100k."

"Ye Qing was the fourth to go on stage, and the response after she went up was very enthusiastic."

"But after her performance, the livestream audience became unhappy."

"What's going on today? The singing isn't even as good as 'Love Trade'."

"What song is this? It feels like a tickle."

"It would be better to just sing 'Love Trade' again!"

"I'm a little disappointed!"

"Last time many people said 'Love Trade' was unpleasant and rustic, so is this song now supposed to be refined? Could it possibly be better than 'Love Trade'?"

"Amid the audience's discussion."

"On the livestream screen, it displayed,"

"Lu Jia Jia took the stage!"

"The Hard-to-Recite Scripture"

"(End of chapter)"