After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 122 "The New Drunken Concubine": Is the victory of a Chinese entertainment singer unfair?

They threw cigarette butts at me, and I picked them up and took a couple of puffs.

They threw bones at me, and I picked them up and took a couple of bites.

They threw poop at me, and I used it to make egg tarts.

They threw chamber pots at me; I just ate them like afternoon tea.
Oh oh oh oh oh~
I won't dodge~
Look.

This is how people in the entertainment industry should treat their audience.

Those who rely on the audience for their livelihood should treat the audience as their everything. They shouldn't do things that subtly criticize the audience, or they will eventually suffer the consequences.

Shen Ming'en, who was drinking Fanta in Sichuan and Chongqing, felt he had to advise Feng Yucan against this. Damn it, the title track of this kid's latest album contained lyrics that subtly mocked anti-fans...

We all know what kind of lyrics a rapper writes, but if this is handled poorly, it could upset fans, ruin his reputation, and cause his career to collapse.

As Shen Ming'en predicted, the lyrics of his hit song quickly became a trending topic, and although the ranking was not high, it was still widely discussed.

"It's all wrong..."

Just because you got lucky and became a celebrity and a public figure, you think you deserve everything. Have you ever thought that you just got lucky?
Shen Ming'en couldn't be bothered with his business; these rappers were all slick and unreliable...

Instead of wasting time meddling in other people's business, why not study harder and strive to serve the people as soon as possible? Wouldn't that be better than anything else?
That said, Shen Mingen's life has become quite busy lately. It's not that he has a lot more work, but due to disagreements with his company, he currently only has weekend performances for "Peak Singer Challenge" and "Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season." He spends most of the week in a hotel...

But he receives an almost massive number of packages every day!
It's said that the samples were sent by the same advertisers who wanted him to be their spokesperson...

More than half a month has passed since Shen Ming'en last endorsed [Lanxiang Technical School] and [Xin Dongfang Chef]. During this period, Shen Ming'en also received a list of endorsements from the company, but he did not choose any of them.

After all, the company has become more shrewd. To prevent Shen Ming'en from going crazy, they eliminated all the endorsements that looked very abstract. How could he choose if he had no other options?
Shen Ming'en didn't care, since he had enough money to spend, but the endorsement companies were not giving up at all and continued to send him all sorts of things...

Especially those BYT sellers, Shen Ming'en couldn't understand it. Did he really look like someone who could help increase their BYT sales?!
But then again, looking in the mirror, Shen Ming'en also thinks he looks quite masculine, haha...

Okay, enough with the narcissism. As the saying goes, one shouldn't accept something for nothing. Regardless of whether it's good or bad, Shen Ming'en will refuse anything that he didn't buy himself. As for his future endorsements, Shen Ming'en believes things will change sooner or later.

And that turning point won't come too late...

Time flies, and Thursday has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Shen Ming'en originally planned to go to the "Peak Singer Challenge" a day later, since his level didn't really matter whether he rehearsed or not. But after hearing that Yao Shuli seemed to be feeling unwell, Shen Ming'en decided to fly over earlier...

It wasn't his first time here, so Shen Ming'en was quite familiar with the place. After being picked up by the staff and having his things dropped off at the hotel, he went straight to Yao Shuli's room.

The room was quite full of people, including assistants and makeup artists, all busy discussing things like the clothes and styling Yao Shuli would wear for her performance the next day, as well as other work-related matters. They were incredibly busy.

The team members all live in small rooms, while Yao Shuli lives in a suite. The rooms here are large and there is plenty of room to put their things, so it is perfectly reasonable for them to choose to communicate and work here.

"Teacher Ming'en..."

Upon seeing Shen Ming'en arrive, the group waved and greeted him. In fact, apart from Luo Luo, who had an itchy nose, everyone else in Yao Shuli's team was quite polite to Shen Ming'en. After all, Shen Ming'en had written the song "Courage" for Yao Shuli in front of them last time in Chongqing.

It's worth mentioning that after exchanging greetings, they went back to discussing things with a headache on their faces...

Shen Ming'en passed by without listening carefully, but he still gleaned some information. For example, they said that Yao Shuli's voice wasn't feeling well, and she might not be able to sing opera in this episode of "Peak Singer Challenge," and might only be able to sing pop songs.

But if you're singing pop, the range of choices isn't that wide, and there's nothing particularly unique about it...

The "Peak Singer Challenge" itself is touted as a "super galaxy battleship," a true clash of titans. As a new generation female singer, Yao Shuli has managed to establish herself on the show with her Peking Opera singing style, but what if she were to sing popular songs...?

If you lose your unique characteristics, you'll easily be dragged down.

It's worth noting that because Yao Shuli sang "Bauhinia Blossoms" for Shen Ming'en during last week's "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season" themed performance of "Flowers," she incurred the wrath of those capitalists once again...

If her performance in the next episode of "The Ultimate Singer Challenge" is mediocre, she is very likely to be eliminated from the show.

It's worth noting that the current "Peak Singer Challenge" is now incredibly popular, thanks to the "50-year-old woman guarding the national gate" and "Thunder Yata Lane driving foreigners to save the country" incidents. It's no less popular than "Chinese Music Center: Red Song Season"!

This kind of phenomenal hit variety show is so popular that even top-tier singers, let alone second- or third-tier singers, are scrambling to get in!
As team members, they certainly didn't want Yao Shuli to be eliminated...

The problem is that sometimes, things don't just happen the way they want them to.

Therefore, these staff members were all quite troubled...

"Tsk..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ming'en couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, thinking to himself, "How come history always repeats itself so strikingly?"

This scene looks somewhat familiar...

It's so reminiscent of that episode of "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season" with the Cantonese theme, where the production team couldn't eliminate him and wanted to eliminate Yao Shuli first!

Shaking his head inwardly, Shen Ming'en didn't join in the staff's conversation. He went to the room door, knocked, and waited for the female celebrity inside to respond before pushing the door open and entering.

The room was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything. The hotel curtains were remarkably transparent; once they were drawn, it was as dark as night.

Click. Before Shen Ming'en could speak, Yao Shuli turned on the light. When Shen Ming'en saw Yao Shuli's haggard face, he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache...

The latter was wearing a blue striped silk nightgown with a floral pattern. Her long, black hair was disheveled and she looked rather disheveled. Her fair and delicate face was also lifeless, and her listless appearance was quite pitiful.

"Then why are you looking at me like that..." Feeling a little embarrassed by Shen Mingen's stare, Yao Shuli blushed and said, "It's just a minor cold, why are you making such a fuss?"

Perhaps due to catching a cold, her voice was very nasal and had changed.

"Who's making a fuss..." Shen Ming'en said stubbornly, as if afraid of being pretentious, "Would it be reasonable for me not to come and check on you if you weren't feeling well?"

As he spoke, he walked inside, and when he reached the table, he placed a 316 food-grade stainless steel insulated box he was carrying on the table. While opening it, he muttered something under his breath:
"It's really a crispy shark..."

This description amused Yao Shuli. The female celebrity pouted slightly and retorted, "Who hasn't caught a cold or gotten sick sometimes?"

She seems to have caught a cold and fever. Traveling back and forth between the north and south lately, the temperature differences inevitably lead to catching a cold. Many people's immune systems have weakened in the last two years, and even many celebrities have passed away…

"You should slow down your work schedule and spend more time exercising," Shen Ming'en said earnestly as he served Yao Shuli a bowl of thick, translucent pear soup.

"I understand..." Yao Shuli's lips curled up slightly, and her pretty face flushed slightly.

To be honest, although the little girl was just being innocent back then, even now, Yao Shuli still finds it hard to look directly at the words "Little Pear Soup"...

Whether out of concern or not, Shen Ming'en talked to Yao Shuli a lot.

"You're such a chatterbox, even more talkative than my dad..." Yao Shuli couldn't help but complain, sticking out her tongue as she inexplicably blurted out, "You're such a daddy-type boyfriend..."

She realized she had said the wrong thing as soon as the words left her mouth. After all, they weren't a couple yet, and calling him "boyfriend" was a bit much.

Fortunately, Shen Ming'en didn't notice. He only heard Yao Shuli say that he talked too much, so he started to refute her.

"call……"

Yao Shuli silently breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "That was close."

However, on the other hand, Yao Shuli was also wondering. The two of them seemed to be very close now, and he had seen her in such a disheveled state, so why hadn't he made any move?

I didn't realize this guy was the shy, bashful type.

Yao Shuli wasn't the kind of girl who didn't understand things. Precisely because she was sensible, she never asked for anything. But what girl doesn't fantasize about romance?

Lost in thought, she was finally brought back to reality when Shen Ming'en waved his hand in front of her.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Hey, are you planning to sing a popular song next week?" Shen Ming'en asked.

"Hmm..." Yao Shuli pursed her lips slightly at the mention of this, squeezed her vocal cords to test her voice, and said helplessly, "I probably really can't sing opera anymore..."

The opera style demands a high level of vocal skill, and now her throat feels like it's been pierced by razor blades, making it very uncomfortable and prone to cracking on stage.

In layman's terms, as long as you warm up your voice properly, and as long as you don't have a persistent cough, even if your timbre is different from usual due to a heavy nasal tone, you can almost always sing the whole song without any problems.

In some works, nasal sounds can even have unexpected positive effects.

This was the only solution Yao Shuli had left.

"Have you decided what song you want to sing yet?" Shen Ming'en asked.

“It’s probably ***…” Yao Shuli casually recited a few poems.

Compared to her assistant, she didn't seem too worried about being eliminated, since even if she was eliminated, she still had Shen Ming'en.

In any case, the "best weapon" to "fight against foreigners" is his "Thunder Yatarain".

"Well……"

Shen Ming'en stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"How about I write one for you?"

"Huh?" Yao Shuli was taken aback at first...

Then, she subconsciously waved her hand, "No, no, it's too much trouble for you, I can't accept this..." "Pfft..." Shen Ming'en laughed, "Who are you being so polite with?"

Saying things like "I'm sorry to trouble you so much" sounds like something a stranger would say.

When did they become such strangers?

"Consider this payment for your help with my singing last week!" Shen Ming'en waved his hand generously. "It's settled then!"

"No, you've made me owe you too many favors..." Yao Shuli said helplessly.

Shen Ming'en put it nicely, mentioning last week's payment...

Although she is a top-tier singer, no matter how much her appearance fee is, it's not enough to get Shen Ming'en to write a song for her!
Given Shen Mingen's current reputation in the Chinese entertainment industry and the quality of the works he has handled, it's not an exaggeration to say that he could command a price of over ten million for songwriting in the industry!

Everyone knows how much profit and traffic he can bring to an artist by helping them write a song.

So far, there have been several requests for Shen Ming'en to write songs, but he hasn't written any for any of them. Apart from writing "Drifting to the North" for his friend Feng Yucan, the only other song he wrote for her is "Courage".

As clever as Yao Shuli was, how could she not know that Shen Mingen wrote this song for her to help her overcome the difficulty of singing her best-suited Peking Opera style due to a sore throat?
"Haha..." Shen Ming'en laughed and casually said, "If you really don't know how to repay me, I wouldn't mind offering myself to you."

Yao Shuli was taken aback by what he said, and then a blush quickly appeared on her fair and delicate face under the pure white light.

"What...what are you saying!" She blushed and lightly punched Shen Ming'en with her small fist: "You wish!"

What?
This confession is not romantic at all!
……

Although the label of "talent" had long been deeply ingrained in everyone's stereotype of Shen Mingen, what surprised Yao Shuli and her team members once again was that Shen Mingen returned to his room and brought the score to Yao Shuli within just a few tens of minutes.

At first, the team members thought that Shen Ming'en had just written a song casually to get by, but after reading the lyrics and listening to the damo once, they were completely amazed.

The entire team practically worshipped Shen Ming'en!
This time, Yao Shuli really benefited from Shen Ming'en's fame again...

There was one thing that made them both laugh and cry, and that was...

The title and lyrics of the song Shen Ming'en wrote for Yao Shuli are... well, they're just...

Hey kid, are you trying to manipulate our Ah Li?!

They could only complain internally. They should be grateful that Shen Ming'en was willing to write for them, so why would they find fault?
And so, the song was decided. Yao Shuli didn't participate in tonight's rehearsal. The production team couldn't force Yao Shuli to participate because of Shen Mingen's sake. However, Shen Mingen did go to the rehearsal to save face for the production team.

It's worth mentioning that Shen Ming'en's piece was only submitted to the band teacher a little over an hour before the rehearsal, but the quality of the piece really satisfied the production team.

"Opera-style singing?"

When director Chen Tao saw the song Shen Ming'en was going to perform this episode, his eyes lit up.

It's worth noting that Shen Ming'en is proficient in many singing styles, including bel canto, Peking opera, and rap; there's almost nothing he can't do.

His Peking Opera-style singing captivated the audience with his rendition of "Wanjiang" at the "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season"!
Even now, many primary and secondary schools are still broadcasting the phrase "The red sun rises in the east, its path is filled with rosy light" on their radios...

Shen Ming'en singing in the style of traditional Chinese opera is a gimmick in itself. Using my country's national treasure to compete against heavyweight singers from the European and American music scene is also a major highlight.

Another point is that Yao Shuli couldn't sing in the opera style this episode, so Shen Mingen sang it instead, which will at least connect their on-screen pairing to some extent...

In every respect, Director Chen could only admire Shen Ming'en.

The rehearsal was not unexpected. Everyone else rehearsed normally except for Shen Ming'en. He was the only one who had a private rehearsal, which was to prevent certain people from making any underhanded moves.

To be honest, although there's a lot of online bickering between "The Peak Singer Challenge" and "Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season," with each side claiming to be targeting Shen Ming'en, if you really want to know, Shen Ming'en actually leans a little more towards "The Peak Singer Challenge."

After all, the "Singer Challenge" team really treated Shen Ming'en like a father from beginning to end, and never really thought about eliminating him.

You should learn this from "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season"!
"Hopefully, this top-notch healer can also keep Yao Shuli alive..." Director Chen thought after the rehearsal.

He had already received some hints from the behind-the-scenes capital that if Yao Shuli's performance this episode was mediocre, their program would eliminate her directly.

But Director Chen didn't want to break up the "Mingli CP" and wanted them to spread some sweetness together on the stage of "Peak Singer Challenge" to gain some traffic from CP fans.

Director Chen was very pleased to hear that Shen Mingen had already written a song for Yao Shuli!
Anyway...

Everything is ready, just waiting for the performance tomorrow, Friday night.

It's worth mentioning that Isabella, the heavyweight singer from Europe and America, did not appear at Thursday night's rehearsal. It is said that her flight was delayed. After all, it is an international flight and it was booked at the last minute. Her work schedule was also not in order. It is already very good that she was able to make it to the performance.

Because the "Singer Challenge" program has received so much attention, and because so many people are focused on heavyweight Western singer Isabella, when she landed at Changsha Airport on Friday, many paparazzi and other paparazzi who went to watch her released some news from the scene...

It is said!

Even Isabella, a heavyweight singer from Europe and America, caught a cold!

On site, when he spoke to people, his voice was very nasal!
That's not surprising. Yao Shuli can't even handle traveling back and forth between the north and south of China, let alone her flying from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere...

In the past two years, it's not just people in our country whose immune systems are weakened; the whole world is in this mess. I really don't know which idiot developed this virus, harming both others and themselves...

It's worth mentioning that many fans in the Chinese entertainment industry were initially delighted upon hearing this news, given that this heavyweight singer, touted as a "nuclear bomb," had previously come on strong, with various online rumors suggesting she could easily crush Shen Ming'en...

Now, before even getting started, I've caught a cold.
If the performance starts and the singing is mediocre, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?
But soon!
Many netizens in the Chinese entertainment industry are no longer laughing...

When they mocked them, many netizens on foreign websites responded in this way:

[Those despicable Chinese people! Even if Isabella didn't sing well, it was because she had a cold. What's there to be proud of when she won despite her poor performance?]

In your Chinese parlance, this is clearly an unfair victory!

So, this so-called "land of etiquette" can be proud of winning unfairly?

[Perhaps Isabella catching a cold was deliberately orchestrated by someone afraid of being crushed by her...]

……

A group of foreign netizens started to mock Chinese netizens, saying things like... even if Isabella's performance was mediocre, it was because of her physical condition. Even if you win, it's not honorable. Even if she loses, there's nothing to be sad about.

Once she recovers, you'll still be utterly crushed.

It makes it seem like even if Shen Ming'en wins this round, it's an unfair victory.

Some people have even started conspiracy theories, saying that Shen Mingen deliberately had someone spread the virus to make Isabella unwell because he was afraid of losing...

Outrageous!
Abstract!
But unfortunately...

These are things that audiences in the Chinese entertainment industry would find hard to refute!
They were really at a loss.

To be honest, audiences in the Chinese entertainment industry have never hated catching a cold as much as they do today!

And it was under these circumstances...

Before we knew it, it was Friday night at 8 p.m., time for the broadcast of "The Ultimate Singer Challenge".

It has to be said that with "Thunder Yata Lane Drives the Foreigners to Save the Country", the popularity of the show has really soared. As soon as it started airing, within just two or three minutes, the number of people watching the show online at the same time exceeded 100 million, and it is still increasing by tens of thousands every minute!

This is also because this episode was connected to an international platform...

This episode isn't about so-called "fairness"; frankly, it's about eliminating Shen Ming'en, and getting netizens from overseas to participate in the voting?
Therefore, many foreign netizens were in the live stream, and quite a few foreigners started spamming:
Shameless Chinese!

Even if you win, it will be an unfair victory!

[I'm afraid even if Isabella isn't in good form, she'll still crush them, hahaha...]

It's not impossible!

……

It has been proven that on any country's online social media platforms, keyboard warriors are always spouting nonsense without considering the consequences.

As for the so-called "international friendship," it seems that only netizens in our own country still care about it...

Listen to the bullshit they're spouting! They even say they can crush Chinese singers even when they're not in good form...

She's so capable!
Many netizens in the Chinese entertainment industry initially thought this way...

But when the heavyweight singer from Europe and America, Isabella, took the stage, their eyes widened in disbelief.

I really didn't expect that this person could sing so well even when they were feeling unwell!

Then, they were plunged into despair once again...

It was at that moment that your kindness, along with the song "The New Drunken Concubine," once again turned the tide!

……

It seems like a tiny bit more people saw it when I posted it at noon, otherwise I might as well just post it at noon from now on!
Brothers, if you have any recommendation votes, monthly tickets, or tips on your phones, please use them!

Thanks, brothers! Thank you so much!

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