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Chapter 393 Real Fire, Truly an Export-to-Domestic Import
Sometimes, some things, some works, appear quietly and unexpectedly. They might start out unnoticed, on an afternoon when no one expects them, while enjoying the air conditioning and watching a concert, and then…

Then they discovered a song that sounded really good.

At that time, they had no other thoughts, nor could they imagine the song's future influence and representativeness. They only thought the melody was nice, Ikeno sang it well, and... it was very nice.

Didn't you get a bad deal on the tickets?

Koji thought to himself.

"戻らない雪せがあることを"

"Last of all, I taught you my lesson"

"Words are gone"

"あなたがいなきゃforever faintingいまま"

"..."

"He speaks Japanese?!"

Before the concert, Shang Youshu came to her senses, opened her mouth wide, pointed at Chi Ye on the stage, and shouted in her heart: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, Weiwei, the scene you said actually happened, it's so damn amazing!

But how was this song and melody composed? How could it be composed so well?

Shang Youshu may not understand music, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand good and bad, superior and inferior.

The song "Lemon" is undoubtedly a huge hit, and its influence is so great that it truly deserves the title of a legendary masterpiece.

This is not just about the extent of dissemination.

In terms of awards and charts, "Lemon" is also a groundbreaking hit, topping the Japanese Billboard Hot 100 chart for two consecutive years and breaking the historical record of the Japanese Billboard chart.

It topped the karaoke weekly charts in Japan for 85 consecutive weeks, and its digital downloads and other metrics also broke historical records for that year.

Not to mention its widespread popularity, which has garnered immense popularity and downloads even in China, sparking numerous waves of fan-made covers and remixes.

To put it simply, because of this song, the original composer, Master Xuan, went from a small-circle singer to a top Asian star, with his works becoming a phenomenal hit throughout Southeast Asia.

Thus, Ikeno sang it for the first time at a concert, and people thought it sounded good. However, this was just the initial result, and no one would realize how powerful the song's explosive force would be.

Even Ikeno himself didn't know whether changing the person or the environment would allow him to replicate the "miracle" on Earth.

—It can be copied.

Two days later, he received the answer.

……

On this day, the first stop of Ikeno's concert tour in Osaka came to an end. After the concert, the reviews and popularity were good, but only good, and it did not cause a big stir in Japan.

The situation is the same in China. However, the difference is that, compared to the daily life of the performers, the domestic media and audiences are more focused on Ikeno personally, namely the "failure" of her first overseas concert. The ticket buyers are mostly domestic fans and those who have been there before, and so on.

No one noticed the new foreign language song composed by Arata Ikeno at the concert. Even if a few people did notice it, for various reasons, it was impossible for people in China to hear the live performance and the song immediately.

Koji is not in this group.

Ever since that concert ended, he felt like he was possessed.

At first, he just thought the song "Lemon" was nice, but he didn't think much of it. But after the concert ended, on his way home, he was like a man possessed, with the melody of "Lemon" and Ikeno's voice constantly echoing in his mind.

He admitted that the song was catchy and memorable, with an exceptionally high-quality melody, making it a truly rare and excellent work.

In the current Japanese entertainment industry, it is difficult to find anyone who can match her.

He decided to do something. He searched online for two days, but was surprised to find that there were no fan-taken or behind-the-scenes videos of Ikeno's concert online... This made him even more distressed.

The song "Lemon" is not available on music platforms, and there are no live performances of "Lemon" online. Ikeno, the composer of the song, seems to have completely forgotten about it after performing it at a concert.

There was never any mention of the idea of ​​officially recording this song.

Koji felt like he had fallen into a trap; it seemed like he had been set up by capital.

As the saying goes, the more you can't get something, the more you crave it. If the concert had ended and Koji had been allowed to listen to "Lemon" a few more times, perhaps he would have been satisfied and there wouldn't have been any further incident.

But after holding back for two days, Koji couldn't take it anymore. He tried to snag tickets to Ikeno's concert, but unfortunately, he didn't get any.

He tried searching for "Lemon" on other websites, but still found nothing.

"Damn it, does this really mean I can only listen to it once? Such a great song, is there no one who can record it?"

Koji slumped into a chair, clutching his hair with both hands. He felt more distressed than when he was searching for movies. It was truly harder to find movies than he had ever done!

"Drip drip."

Just then, Qingmei posted a message on her social media platform.

Koji paused, instinctively clicking to leave a comment, but after glancing at Aome's post, his eyes suddenly lit up, then grew brighter and brighter—"Baka!! Found you!!"

—The post by Qingmei was a live performance of Chino's concert two days ago, which happened to include the original version of the song "Lemon". It was clear that she also liked the song, as she later posted a pure version of it.

Koji has gone mad.

[He Xiang, you recorded "Lemon"?]

Yeah, what's wrong?

It's okay, do you like this song too?

Of course, many people around me like it very much.

Koji was taken aback: [You have a lot of people around you? This audio source must be hard to find. How did they hear it?]

[I played it for them, and at first they weren't interested, but after listening to it, they all thought it was good.]

[Inside Sogou Temple.]

Koji suddenly realized, and then looked at the downloaded and saved "Lemon" Live, and suddenly felt that he might have been overthinking it... The saying "even good wine needs a good location" applies to many places.

But when the aroma of this "wine" reaches a certain level, who says that good wine doesn't need a hidden alley to attract customers?

In short, Koji posted an update today, expressing his love for the song "Lemon".

A day later, Ikeno began his second concert in Osaka, following his plan to tour at least two shows in each city/country, which was also his final concert in Osaka.

The day passed uneventfully, except that Ikeno sang "Lemon" again at the concert.

Unlike the first time, the second Osaka concert seemed to have a larger international audience, with a noticeable increase in the proportion of Hiyori's fans. However, it hadn't yet reached a qualitative leap; that required a certain quantity, and Ikeno didn't have time to wait for that. After the concert that night, he flew back to Japan.

That is, at almost the same time, the "quantity" had already appeared.

The incident started when a well-known Japanese music influencer discovered on Twitter that his followers kept recommending a live video to him. He had initially watched it to find material for his videos.

Once I clicked on it... I was hooked.

Who is the singer in the video? What's his name? Why have I never heard of his work before?
How could the melody, rhythm, and lyrics of this song be so well-composed?

"He is not Japanese, he is Chinese."

This was a call from the assistant. The big V was dumbfounded and dazed. This singing style and fluency, you're telling me this is sung by a foreign singer?

"It's not just singing; this song is a work he wrote and composed, prepared for the local audience at the first stop of his global concert tour."

The assistant paused for a moment and then said, "But it doesn't seem like there's much of a spark."

“I’ve already seen everything, how could there not be many sparks?”

The big V had already realized that he was familiar with the name Chi Ye, thanks to "Full Power" and "Flu", plus a little bit of "Blue and White Porcelain"... But it was the appearance of "Lemon" that made him really remember this artist who has considerable popularity in Asia.

"This is an opportunity."

A prominent influencer retweeted this post and later personally commented, adding a striking headline: "[A songwriting genius from the East, 'Lemon,' the best gift for all overseas audiences.]"

Because the person was overseas, the title was somewhat biased, but the effect was excellent. Since this influential figure has considerable influence in the Japanese entertainment industry, and the title was indeed inspired by UC Shocking News, the post quickly gained popularity on Twitter.

In just two hours, the number of views reached 200 million, and the video views reached tens of millions, then broke 100 million, 200 million, 500 million...

In less than a night, the overseas live version of "Lemon" garnered a staggering 5 million views, an almost unbelievable figure.

Most netizens have seen glimpses of his life overseas, particularly those from other countries and music enthusiasts.

"Oh!! I absolutely love this melody, it sounds so beautiful to me like never before."

"The songwriter and composer of 'Lemon' are the same as those of 'Full Power,' no wonder they look so familiar."

"China's most talented and amazing singer (thumbs up)"

"Fans at the Osaka concert are in for a treat! I really want to hear 'Lemon' live."

"God knows how many times I've listened to 'Lemon' on repeat! Lemon! Lemon! And more lemon! I love lemon!"

"The huge success of 'Lemon' has confirmed to us that music and art have no borders. Ikeno's appearance is like a ray of light. Because of this song, I started paying attention to all his musical works."

"A hit song with 8 million views on YouTube (thumbs up! (thumbs up!)!"

Overseas netizens tend to be more direct in their praise of others, and the explosive popularity of "Lemon" on Twitter has led to its spread to overseas platforms like Douyin and YouTube, with YouTube views reaching 8 million. The live version of "Lemon" is no longer enough for fans, and many foreign friends have left comments below hoping for a studio recording version.

The fire started burning little by little.

Many people in China don't want it to burn down. At least when it does, they've tried to cover their eyes and pretend they didn't see it, since no matter how big the "Lemon" fire is, it's still overseas.

The overseas market is a strange thing. Sometimes I say you're popular overseas, and that's when you become popular; other times I say you're not, and that's when you don't.

They had complete control and were not worried.

But this time, it seems a little different.

On Bilibili, Uncle was woken up again. This time it wasn't about the short drama collaboration with Ikeno, but rather... the cover of "Lemon" and all sorts of parody videos, which have dominated Bilibili's charts for the past few days, sparking wave after wave of fan-made content.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

My uncle started with a question.

The secretary was stumped by the question, and then said, "I'm mainly worried about the negative impact..."

"What do you mean by impact? Others are others, and we are us. Remember, Bilibili is an independent entity."

Uncle was displeased and waved his hand after saying that: "Alright, don't bother me to rest unless it's important."

"……it is good."

The secretary left with a mental grumble, while the uncle returned to his seat, opened the internal management page, glanced at the trending list, and found that seven or eight of the top ten were videos related to Ikeno and "Lemon".

He paused for a moment before picking up the phone and saying, "It's really hot now; blindfolding won't help."

It's too late to pretend to be an ostrich when the fire is really hot.

In mid-October, the popularity of "Lemon" finally reached China. After all, with the internet so developed now, no one is truly blind and deaf. The various things "Lemon" has done overseas have now become the hottest topic.

But the one who ignited this phenomenal storm was none other than the spokesperson.

At the press conference on the 14th, no fewer than five media outlets asked: "Your country's singer Ikeno's recent performance of 'Lemon' at a concert has been very popular. He wrote and composed the song himself, and many young people in Japan now regard Ikeno as an idol. He has extremely high popularity. I would like to ask how you view this 'Lemon craze' and whether this 'Ikeno craze' will help cultural exchanges between the two countries?"

Upon hearing this, without much hesitation, she smiled and said, "It is indeed very popular. We've also listened to 'Lemon.' Ikeno is a fantastic Chinese singer. We firmly believe that culture needs exchange..."

After a long and rambling explanation, no one in the industry listened any further, because the previous sentence had already torn away their last veil of pretense.

Key point: Many young people in Japan now regard Ikeno as an idol, and Ikeno enjoys extremely high popularity on Koichi.

The questioning was conducted by both official media outlets of the "Little Daily" and US official media.

The answer was from the official source.

No matter how much we try to downplay this, the truth will eventually come out.

That night, Zhang Qing was summoned back to Tencent headquarters to face a belated "criticism session."

Previous domestic comments about Ikeno's various "faking" activities and the claim that "the audience are all Chinese fans" were instantly swept away, followed by a massacre-style domination of the charts and online forums.

[The title of Heavenly King is well-deserved!]

[Ikeno's Osaka concert sets records; when will the official "Lemon" album be released?]

[A hit song with over 8 million views on YouTube—listen to it if you haven't heard it yet!]

[The live version is insane! Please release the recorded version soon, I'm willing to pay a little extra!]

[It has been proven that Ikeno is currently the most powerful king in the Chinese music scene; no one else can achieve the above accomplishments.]

Where are those people who said nobody listens abroad?

(End of this chapter)