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

Chapter 175 One Two Three Four One Two Three Four is like a song!

"Welcome everyone to the grand stage for creating patriotic songs, 'Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season,' I am your host, Hua Shao..."

"Today is the final week of our program's 'August 1st Proposition,' and this week each of our singers will submit five high-quality works to compete..."

On stage, the host read the opening remarks. Perhaps because he had a relatively relaxed week, even though he had just finished the "Peak Singer Challenge" yesterday, Shen Ming'en was in good spirits today. He sat backstage drinking tea and eating melon seeds, looking very relaxed, as if he didn't care about the upcoming performance at all.

"Teacher Ming'en..." A female staff member brought Shen Ming'en several boxes of the sponsor's milk, placing them in front of the camera for advertising while also reminding him:

"Are you familiar with this week's competition format?"

"Hmm..." Shen Ming'en scratched his head: "I think we're pretty familiar with everything by now."

Mentioning this made Shen Ming'en want to scream, and he couldn't help but say to the female staff member, "No way, who in your company is so brain-dead as to put someone in here at this time?"

This week's format is actually no different from previous weeks; it's still a group of professional musicians competing with their original works, except there are more rounds of elimination...

Normally, there would already be two rounds, but this episode is just adding three more rounds on top of the original ones, using "the last week of the August 2st theme" as a gimmick and reason to target Shen Ming'en.

Other patriotic songwriters have already sought help from others in private. No one on their own has the ability to create five patriotic songs in four or five days. Under such circumstances, as long as Shen Ming'en makes a mistake, they can find an excuse to restrain him. To put it bluntly, it's about exchanging quality for quantity.

Everything was pretty much the same as in previous seasons, but just less than an hour ago, Shen Ming'en received a notification that a new member would be joining this season.

Xu Jiajia is a rising female singer and a new generation artist who debuted as a champion of a large-scale music talent show. Unlike Zhao Yuan from Berkeley Group, she is considered a "big boss" in terms of singing skills, timbre, and so on. This has been recognized by many well-known seniors in the industry.

He may have the ability, but to say he's comparable to Shen Ming'en is just wishful thinking...

It's said that her company is currently trying to cultivate a "talented woman" image for her, so for this episode, they went through connections to find some high-quality mainstream songwriters to carefully prepare a song, intending to use it to gain some viewership on the show...

Her arrival had nothing to do with Shen Mingen, but the funny thing is, her company is the main creative company of "Chinese Music Awards," which is also the company where Director Niu works, so they have a lot of say...

I don't know who she got involved with, but someone from above said she had to imitate Zhao Yuan's script, appearing in a "surprise attack" style similar to that in "The Ultimate Singer Challenge." And who would be the target of that "surprise attack"...?

It was Shen Ming'en!
to be honest!
This woman plans to climb to the top by stepping on Shen Ming'en, just like Zhao Yuan did.

In any case, Shen Mingen has little chance of escaping in this round of five PKs. The conditions for launching a "surprise attack" are even fewer. She can simply observe first, see which round Shen Mingen sings poorly, and then decide to launch a "surprise attack"...

The most disgusting thing about this "surprise attack" is that if she wins a game, she can replace Shen Ming'en's position.

It's completely "unfair".

The competition format is even more shady than "The Ultimate Singer Challenge"...

Director Niu has apologized to Shen Ming'en about this. His company probably felt that Shen Ming'en didn't have much of a chance to continue in this round, so they wanted to take advantage of his remaining popularity to promote a newcomer...

Even if someone is criticized, they are still famous. Take the "Singer Challenge" for example. Although Shen Ming'en was eliminated and so many people attacked Zhao Yuan, it did not affect his continued presence on the show.

The criticism is only temporary. Those who like him will continue to like him; he's a top star, there's nothing you can do about it...

Compared to Zhao Yuan, Xu Jiajia is considered quite capable. The "Chinese Music Awards" primarily features patriotic songs, so if Xu Jiajia's performance is of decent quality, the PR team can easily counter by arguing that "saying she's bad means she's singing patriotic songs badly, which means she's singing revolutionary songs badly," and then no one will dare say she sang badly...

That's the situation.

To put it bluntly, all these people with itchy noses want to eat Shen Ming'en's "blood-soaked bun"!

"This..." The female staff member looked somewhat embarrassed, clearly not daring to complain about her boss.

Shen Ming'en had no qualms about this, waving his hand and saying, "If she thinks she's got the talent, then she can come. I don't mind."

Shen Ming'en was truly calm when he said this. Although, just like yesterday's "Peak Singer Challenge," someone wanted to use him as a stepping stone, the problem was that his situation was completely different from the other two...

Before the performance of "The Peak Singer Challenge" started, Shen Ming'en knew for sure that he would be eliminated. No matter how well or poorly he sang, he would be eliminated, so it didn't really matter.

However, on the "Chinese Music Awards" side, he would only be eliminated if his work was subpar; as long as his work was of high quality, he would never be eliminated...

The "Singer Challenge" imposed many restrictions on him, not allowing him to sing revolutionary songs, folk songs, or opera songs; he could only sing regular pop songs, and they didn't even provide accompaniment. But the "Chinese Music Awards" didn't have any restrictions on him!
Although he didn't use the band from the Chinese Music Awards, when it comes to "red songs", when has Shen Ming'en ever lost?
Want to use his strengths to climb the ladder?
You're out of your mind!
Come on...

Come on!
Let's see if Xu Jiajia has the guts.

……

at the same time.

In another lounge backstage of the program.

Xu Jiajia, a long-haired female singer who suddenly joined as a "surprise attack singer" in this episode, is sitting obediently on the sofa waiting for the show to start.

The agent came in with a document, saying:

"Jiajia, everything's arranged for you. Although there's no program list for Shen Ming'en's performance, it's impossible for him to produce a very high-quality piece every single round of his five performances. As long as he slacks off in one round, we can take advantage of the situation..."

As he spoke, the agent's face showed a hint of excitement, and he added:
"Although public opinion may reverse in the short term, as long as we succeed in gaining popularity, and with the help of this show's viewership, you'll be the next generation's pop diva in the Chinese music scene after the recording!"

Seeing her manager so excited made Xu Jiajia's heart race as well. The long-haired female singer clenched her fists, her phoenix eyes burning with fierce passion.

Get on top!

They climbed to the top by stepping on their predecessors!

……

As expected, when the "surprise attack" format appeared on the "Chinese Music Awards" program, many viewers in the online live broadcast room were actually cursing and swearing.

The comments section was flooded with:
What's going on? Why are they copying "The Ultimate Singer Challenge"?

[Is this another attempt to ambush Shen Ming'en and then eliminate him?]

[Damn it... what are you guys doing? Didn't you say Shen Ming'en had already formed a win-win partnership with the backers?]

[I feel like my brother might disappear from the Chinese entertainment industry if he doesn't watch it for a while, hahaha...]

……

Perhaps the elimination of Shen Mingen in the "Singer Challenge" left a deep shadow on many fans and viewers, so many viewers were quite worried when they heard about it.

Then, the Chinese Music Awards also took the audience's mindset into consideration, so they specifically told everyone that they would not impose any restrictions on Shen Ming'en. He could sing whatever style he wanted, as long as it was relevant to the theme.

【puff……】

The audience was overjoyed to hear this. Who couldn't tell that "Chinese Music Center" was subtly mocking "Peak Singer Challenge"?

Since no restrictions were placed on him, everyone was relieved, because given Shen Ming'en's abilities, they were certain the surprise attack singer had no chance. And so...

The performance has finally officially begun.

Led by Yue Huochuan, one patriotic singer after another took to the stage to perform, completely igniting the passion on stage!

That said, the popularity of this episode of "Chinese Music Awards" is ridiculously high. The number of viewers online at the same time was already over 25 million before Shen Ming'en even appeared...

This is an achievement that has never been seen in any previous episode!

Of course, there's a reason for that...

On the one hand, this week is the last week of the "Chinese Music Music Center Red Song Season" [August 1st Theme], which will feature five rounds of PK songs. Each singer will contribute five high-quality patriotic songs, making it a very exciting event.

On the other hand, it might also be because Shen Mingen was just eliminated from "The Peak Singer Challenge", and his fans rushed to comfort and support him.

Anyway!

Tonight is destined to be a thrilling night!
The singers' performances on stage were also quite remarkable...

The topic for the first round was "training." Although it's just two simple words, everyone knows the real meaning behind it. It mainly describes the daily training of the officers.

Strictly speaking, this topic is somewhat similar to last week's topic of "military life," but they are also quite different. The concept of "military life" is broader, while "training" is simply "training." And when it comes to creating works on the theme of "training," there aren't actually that many angles to explore…

A rather tricky proposition.

But the singers performed quite well. As expected of a group of patriotic songwriters who were brought in with so much investment, their own skills, coupled with a series of "external aids", made this week's works incredibly exciting!
[Training] Most people have never actually seen the training the officers do, but most people have experienced "military training" during their school years...

Just marching in formation, standing at attention, and so on, have already left many people with psychological trauma, so it goes without saying how hard the People's Liberation Army soldiers work.

Therefore, this week, these creators of mainstream themes focused more on angles such as "hard work," "defending the country," and "sense of conviction," using various associations and appeals to stir up the emotions of many viewers.

To be fair, the quality this week is actually quite high...

The comments in the online live stream were like this:
Before the performance, I thought they weren't very good...

[Damn it, this just proves they hired outside help, okay?]

That rumor was indeed true...

……

Although the performance was good, the criticism was constant. Everyone knows how difficult it is to create five songs in just one week. There had been rumors online that the behind-the-scenes capital had hired "outside help" for the singers other than Shen Ming'en. Many people didn't believe it at first, but now, after hearing the quality of the songs, they had no choice but to believe it...

The singers backstage who saw the comments on the screen actually had very intriguing expressions. Most of them probably pretended not to see them, except for Yue Huochuan, who was concerned about his image and showed some emotion.

Despite his sullen expression, he couldn't say anything, since without outside help, he would only be eliminated this week.

Anyway...

Almost everyone has grasped the current situation of being "targeted".

But even so...

"Go Shen Ming'en!"

That doesn't stop everyone from cheering for Shen Ming'en!
Hasn't Shen Ming'en been constantly subjected to targeting and persecution all along?
It's like Shen Mingen has never been treated differently before!
No matter what happens, everyone always has illusions about Shen Ming'en, always feeling that he still has a chance to break through the encirclement.

And that's exactly what he did.

"Oh!!!"

After the host finished his opening remarks, Shen Ming'en appeared on the stage of "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season" in a very ordinary manner.

"Ahhh!"

"Shen Ming'en! Shen Ming'en!!!"

Perhaps because they had just suffered unfair treatment at the "Peak Singer Challenge" yesterday, the fans were exceptionally enthusiastic today, shouting so loudly that the production team was a little uneasy. Director Niu quickly called security to control the situation and prevent them from actually rushing onto the stage.

Shen Ming'en couldn't help but say to the girl who had screamed, "Calm down, don't get so excited..."

"Ha ha……"

This drew a burst of laughter.

Despite their worries, they were relieved to see that Shen Ming'en could still joke around.

And next up was Shen Ming'en's performance...

"..."

The originally noisy scene quickly became quiet.

From a distance, Shen Ming'en gave the staff a look, and then the "start" button for the accompaniment was pressed heavily.

At that moment, many people's eyes were focused on Shen Ming'en...

At that very moment.

"Dong dong dong..."

A very neat and powerful sound of military drums came from the accompaniment.

What followed was a series of commands:

"One...two...three...four...one two three four, one two three four!"

Upon hearing that command, everyone's eyes lit up!
This angle... is kind of interesting!

While the audience was pleasantly surprised, the group of patriotic singers backstage were completely stunned.

No...

They just want to ask, where did you, Hajime, find so many amazing angles?!

……

(End of this chapter)