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

Chapter 19 The Abstract Leader: The Strong Never Complain About Their Circumstances!
"#China's youth is graceful under the lights, China's spirit is vast under the lights!#"

"#Feel the warmth of countless homes and the peace and prosperity of the nation through Shen Ming'en's songs!#"

"#Just wondering, the New Year is over, why is the Spring Festival Gala still being performed?"

……

After the performance that day, Shen Ming'en, along with a large number of trending topics such as those mentioned above, topped the trending lists of major platforms such as Douyin, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, etc.

In the previous episode, Shen Ming'en's two patriotic songs, "Me and My Motherland" and "I Love You, China," became viral hits across the internet. This episode of "Chinese Music Awards" presented a songwriting challenge titled "Dark Night," which everyone knew was aimed at Shen Ming'en. Before watching the show, many people thought that Shen Ming'en was definitely in trouble this time...

But who would have thought that even with a theme that is exactly the opposite of the elements of a revolutionary song, Shen Ming'en could still write a revolutionary song!

God knows how shocked those viewers who rushed to see the show were when they heard Shen Ming'en's "China in the Lights"!
It's worth noting that almost all the songs created by the singers on this episode of "Chinese Music Awards" around the theme of "night" were about love and relationships. Only Shen Ming'en's friend, Feng Yucan, had a rap style that was noisy, complaining, and expressing his unhappiness. The rest were just pointless moaning...

Especially that young musical prodigy, Hua Zichen. To emphasize his emotions, he started singing in a crying tone and almost collapsed on stage. The staff had to carry him off.

Abstract!
Various abstractions!

In this abstract group, Shen Ming'en marched in with perfect steps, singing "China in the Lights" to the Party and the people. How could anyone not feel excited and moved?!
To be honest!

Strictly speaking, if we're really talking about "abstract" things, Shen Ming'en is the most abstract.

The problem is, who the hell dares to say that revolutionary songs are abstract?!
Their songs are so popular, please don't use words like "underworld" or "abstract" to describe them!
[Hahaha... The "Chinese Music Awards" program team is doomed now.]

Shen Mingen's second successful attempt has amused fans and netizens alike, with various discussions circulating on the official Weibo accounts of the "Chinese Music Awards" program.
[This is what music should be like, unlike what we have now. So what if I wet the bed? So what if I wet the bed? Let's all meow like cats, meow meow meow meow meow. Beibei who draws, Beibei who draws, you say pout, pout pout, I'm not pouting my ass, I'll slap you two against the wall and you won't come down!]

[If you've already rejected the "nighttime" challenge, how are you going to eliminate my Häagen-Dazs?]

[Hilarious! You really think Emperor Ming'en's absolute rule over all ages was a joke?!]

[Shen Ming'en: All I can say is, strong people never complain about their environment!]

……

"boom!"

A transparent glass was thrown on the floor, shattering into countless pieces. It was the familiar roundtable meeting of the "Chinese Music Awards" production team, where director Niu Zhi, with a grim face, used the smashing of the glass as a signal to ask:
"What to do, what to do now?"

"Can anyone tell me what to do now?!"

When smashing the cup, Director Niu's gaze kept glancing at his assistant, Zhou Yang, who was not far away.

To put it bluntly, he wasn't smashing the cup for anyone else's benefit; he was smashing it specifically for Zhou Yang's benefit...

This guy came up with two terrible ideas in a row. The first time, he sang "I Love You, China" in an extra round. The second time, he sang "China in the Lights" in a themed composition. Instead of eliminating Shen Mingen, the two times they made him even more popular. Their show is now almost becoming a stepping stone for Shen Mingen to create topics and generate discussion!

It was originally agreed that the capital would work together to blacklist him, but now, not only have they not blacklisted him, this guy is becoming more and more popular, just like his songs!
Judging by his popularity these past two days, even top-tier celebrities might not be able to compare!
It's just that he offended too many powerful figures. Otherwise, with this wave of popularity, he could have made a fortune by taking on some short-term endorsements and commercial performances!

This is definitely not the situation that the investors want to see, and they will certainly put pressure on the production team because of it!
How to do!
Now, what do we do?!

He can't do this problem... he can't do it!
"..."

No one in the meeting room dared to utter a sound. In this situation, who knew how to eliminate Shen Ming'en?!
"Director...Director, please calm down..." Zhou Yang, being perceptive, brewed another pot of tea for Director Niu, placed it on the table in front of him, and then cautiously said, "I think we should change the topic..."

He hadn't even finished speaking...

"An assigned composition topic?!"

One of the executive directors couldn't help but grimace and make a rather dramatic statement.

This creative assignment not only failed to stop Shen Ming'en, but also caused their production team to be ridiculed by netizens. If this happens again, where will their production team put their face?!

Director Niu also frowned as he looked at Da Congming...

“I listened carefully to his song ‘China in the Lights’ in this episode…” Da Congming said seriously, “I feel that this song cannot be created in a day or two. It feels like the kind of work that has been polished frame by frame and line by line for a long time. So I think that the topic we set this time might have just run into the line of fire…”

“If we change the topic, I don’t believe he can always get lucky,” Da Congming said bluntly. “He can’t possibly write revolutionary songs on every topic.”

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement...

As Da Congming said, Shen Ming'en's "China in the Lights" doesn't sound like it was written this week at all.

You should know that Shen Mingen didn't go anywhere for the entire week; he stayed at the production crew's resort hotel. The hotel has security cameras, so everyone knows what he did…

For the past week, he has done nothing but cook, eat, exercise, and study for civil service exams.

He didn't even bother to write songs, he didn't even go to the music room provided by the hotel, and I didn't see him touch any of the instruments...

Surely he wouldn't secretly go back to his room in the middle of the night to write songs, would he?
Was that enough time for him to write a song of "China in the Lights" of this quality?

Even if he didn't write the song, but rather the "national team" supporting him behind the scenes, it's still a pipe dream to produce a work of this quality in just one week!
Therefore, there is reason to believe that the song "China in the Lights" was written a long time ago...

Their proposition about "the night" just happened to run into the line of fire!
Shen Ming'en can't possibly be that lucky all the time; he's not some kind of lucky genius!
If we change the topic, I don't believe he can still write about revolutionary songs!
But what proposition should we change to?

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(End of this chapter)