The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 567: The self-titled album?

Xu Jiuyang shuddered, then turned to look at Liu Qianqian, who was staring wide-eyed and feigning innocence, with a mixture of annoyance and frustration, and a hint of excitement.

Although she was repeatedly ordered not to use that title, if Liu Qianqian were so obedient, Sister Xiaoli wouldn't always sigh in front of him.

"What do you mean, what do you mean?" Xu Jiuyang asked with a straight face.

"This?" Liu Qianqian pointed at the computer screen, her eyes sparkling, as if she really didn't know anything.

Xu Jiuyang glared at her before looking back at the screen. He then narrowed his eyes, his gaze shifting uncertainly between the screen and her.

"This... is about the dissemination of Jing Tian's new song. Is there a problem?" he asked.

The webpage on the screen was Youku, which Fan Bingbing and her friends had invested in, and the program being played was "Chang'an Love," which should have been called "Chang'an Girl." The comment section below was filled with people praising and exclaiming.

Well, he underestimated the craze sparked by high-quality traditional Chinese style songs.

As mentioned before, at this time, Mo Ming Qi Miao had not yet been established, and people had no concept of ancient-style songs, but they still yearned for original songs that were entirely from the mainland and had mainland characteristics.

While Fallon's Chinese-style songs are pleasant to listen to, he is, after all, a Taiwanese singer, and his music incorporates too much pop influence.

The original development process should have been that a group of history and music enthusiasts spontaneously gathered together, wanting to create some new and innovative musical works that were full of ancient flavor and depicted history.

These attempts were rough and awkward, yet full of vitality, and quickly spread online. After Li Yugang's "The New Drunken Concubine" was released, ancient-style songs began to break out of their niche.

Unfortunately, due to copyright issues—when things were left to their own devices, IT capital acted ruthlessly after the restrictions were tightened, which hurt a large number of creators—it took almost ten years for traditional Chinese style songs to evolve into a more suitable format for listeners, and then a large number of works that combined music and visuals became widely popular.

Therefore, now that Xu Jiuyang has taken charge, he has brought out those time-tested ancient-style songs. They may not be classics yet, but they are definitely amazing.

Therefore, the most outstanding songs, such as "Guanshan Wine", "Chang'an Love", "Visiting an Old Friend" and "In the World", quickly became popular and received considerable acclaim.

When he suggested "Spring Snow," which included scenes from the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" before and after Emperor Kangxi's death, along with the words "settlement scene at Changchun Garden," it quickly gained the same popularity as the other four songs.

Unfortunately, "Da Ming Dynasty 1566" will not be broadcast until after the new year, and "Young Marshal" is even further away, so they can't be paired with "Guanshan Wine" and "Zhefengdu".

Actually, besides these two songs, there's another trump card he could play, but given how popular it is right now, Xu Jiuyang is really having a hard time deciding whether to bring it out.

In this way, Da Tian Tian is undoubtedly the pioneer of ancient-style songs in this time and space. Whenever this type of music is mentioned, she is definitely the one who comes up.

Getting back to the main point, although Liu Qianqian's words were rather vague, Xu Jiuyang knew exactly what she was thinking, so he pretended not to hear her either.

However, Liu Qianqian was not polite and immediately pouted, "You're so mean, Papa, I've made it so obvious."

The Taiwanese accent made Xu Jiuyang shudder and he quickly stopped him, saying, "Alright, alright, speak properly!"

“I want to…” Liu Qianqian’s eyes lit up.

"You don't want to!" Xu Jiuyang flatly rejected.

Just kidding, most of the better quality ancient-style songs were given to Da Tian Tian. Although I still remember a few, can she sing them with that same feeling?

Well, given the quality of her previous "Chinese Paladin" soundtrack, it's still possible. However, he was feeling lazy and really didn't want to get involved, especially considering his relationship with Liu Qianqian...

“Papa…” Liu Qianqian immediately put on a tearful expression.

They've become increasingly skilled at this trick, and their acting has improved, but they just can't apply it to film and television productions.

"Hey, Papa, help Xixi out!" Tang Yan and Liu Shishi chimed in again.

"They've really hardened their stance, I mean, their fists have hardened." Xu Jiuyang took a deep breath, glared at Yang Mi who was hiding to the side giggling, and then put on a pleasant expression: "How about this, we'll make a new soundtrack for 'Chinese Paladin 3,' and you can all sing a song in it, how about that?" Before Tang Yan and the others could speak, Liu Qianqian jumped out to object: "Didn't we agree that Nana would sing on the soundtrack?"

"Oh, you still remember that the soundtrack was sung by your Nana?" Xu Jiuyang immediately reached out and lightly flicked her forehead.

“And another thing,” he then pointed to Tang Yan and Liu Shishi, “if that’s your Nana, then what are they?”

The attempt to sow discord was so obvious that Liu Qianqian widened her eyes and exclaimed, "That's not fair!"

"I'm just telling the truth." Xu Jiuyang spread his hands and then winked at Tang Yan and Liu Shishi.

They immediately rushed over and lifted Liu Qianqian up: "Qianqian, are you going to abandon us?"

Although her tone was sad, she still had a smile on her face, leaving Liu Qianqian helpless: "Oh dear, whose side are you on!"

Unfortunately, Tang Yan and Liu Shishi ignored her, only grabbing her arms and pulling them left and right, suppressing their laughter and trying to ask questions in a wronged tone:
"Sissi, are you going to abandon us?"

"Sissi, do you hate us now?"

Liu Qianqian pouted and could only roll her eyes as they pushed her around.

Xu Jiuyang watched this scene with a grin, but when he turned his head, he bumped into Yang Mi's eyes, which seemed to be smiling but weren't.

"What's wrong?" he asked, feigning ignorance.

"Now that the show's over, we should still give them some benefits, right?" Da Mimi asked.

"What do you take your best friend for?" Xu Jiuyang asked righteously.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Da Mimi said confidently.

Xu Jiuyang immediately widened her eyes: "Is this something a best friend should say?"

“Of course not, that’s what you would say,” Da Mimi said confidently.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow.

"Do you think the album titled 'The Great Tang Poet Immortal' would sell well?" Da Mimi's eyes crinkled into a smile.

"Oh?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow again.

"Then have someone secretly spread the word on some forums that this great Tang Dynasty poet is being kept by someone," Da Mimi said persuasively.

"Would anyone believe that?" Xu Jiuyang scoffed.

"Whether you believe it or not, what does it have to do with you and us?" Da Mimi retorted. "You can even use an alias to talk about some dubious training processes on certain forums and communities."

Xu Jiuyang twitched his lips, then began to reflect on whether his bottom line was still too high.

"What do you want, Mimi?" he asked after a sigh.

"I'm not interested in releasing an album, but if I have a signature song, that would be fine too," Yang Mi said with a smile.

"Isn't 'Suicide of Love' a representative work?" Xu Jiuyang almost blurted out those words, but thankfully he managed to shut his mouth in time and swallow them back down.

After pretending to gather his thoughts for a moment, he spoke again: "Theoretically, this is feasible, but are you sure you can sing it? Your version of 'Visiting an Old Friend' is alright, but it's not as good as Jing Tian's."

(End of this chapter)