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

Chapter 191 The full moon shines on my hometown and on the border.

The hour of "impromptu creative time" that Shen Mingen secured was actually a good thing for the production team. After all, Niu Zhi still needed to communicate with the company about the things Shen Mingen said and made to the director after the third round of performances.

Actually, Niu Zhi wouldn't completely oppose Shen Ming'en's request. After all, he was just a director. Although he did get a share of the revenue from the show's sponsorship, it was pitifully small. Most of it went to the investors behind the scenes, especially his production company.

Director Niu even thought that Shen Ming'en's request was perfectly reasonable...

After all, he's being targeted by so many investors, and he could be eliminated or sidelined if he's not careful. They're using Shen Mingen to make money, but instead of helping him, they've not only failed to do so, but this time, seeing that they're about to lose Shen Mingen, they've also shoved Xu Jiajia in, trying to make her follow the path of Furongyuan and climb the ladder by stepping on Shen Mingen...

How could they not have some objections?
How could they not protest?
Do you really think that just because you're always joking around and providing excellent service, people will let you do whatever you want with them?
How can it be!

After all, this world is made up of "interests".

Whether it's Director Niu, the company behind the show, or the show itself, Shen Mingen's importance is self-evident. Everyone agrees that if Shen Mingen were to leave "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season," it would be a devastating blow to the show.

It's not impossible for traffic to drop by more than half...

There's no way around it, most people watch this show to see Shen Ming'en!
For them, the decline in traffic is secondary; what they fear most is that sponsors will also leave with Shen Ming'en!

In time, the same high-rise building their show has built will collapse!
So……

Backstage, during that hour of creative work, Director Niu was glued to his phone, frantically communicating with the company's management.

The person in charge there had a very bad attitude after hearing about this, repeatedly saying:

"If it weren't for our program, would he be where he is today? If our program hadn't continuously provided him with exposure, would he be as 'famous' as he is now?"

"It's not like we haven't increased his appearance fees before. Has he lost all his conscience?"

Director Niu remained unfazed upon hearing this, and with one sentence, he left the person in charge speechless: "What you said are all my lines."

Person in charge: "???"

"Ugh……"

Director Niu sighed silently. Just as he had thought, there was absolutely no room for communication.

How could capital possibly concede profits to ordinary artists?

It's already a great thing that they don't exploit the artists!

Just as Director Niu was looking on with a headache, there was a knock on the door of the dressing room...

"Dong dong dong..."

At first, Director Niu thought it was something the production crew had done, so he casually said, "Go in."

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and the woman in professional attire who came into view was not a member of the production crew, but rather an old acquaintance of Director Niu, Hajiling.

"...What's wrong with your production team? Why did you suddenly add another round? Are you just bored?"

Unaware of what was happening backstage, Haji-ling came in and immediately asked questions.

She had been wondering about this ever since Shen Mingen suggested adding another round of songs before he went on stage. Why would Shen Mingen suddenly add another round of songs when he had nothing better to do?
Are you still complaining that you haven't been made to be difficult enough?

Don't think 5 songs are enough?
Get sick!
In her opinion, unless the production team had other ideas, it was impossible for Shen Mingen to suddenly develop such a serious illness.

At this moment, Haji Ling even wondered if they had specially found someone to write a song for Shen Ming'en, otherwise why would this guy add another song at the last minute?
"..."

Upon seeing this, Director Niu remained silent for a moment, as if considering how to begin. After a while, he finally spoke:
"Is adding another round a bad thing for you? He already wrote enough with five songs, adding another one will only make things more difficult for him. You should be happy, right?"

"...Your production team is really that kind?" Haji Ling looked at Director Niu as if to say, "We're all old foxes, so don't try to play some kind of ghost story here!"
Director Niu is still in a bad mood, he doesn't have the time or inclination to argue with Haji Ling...

"Get the hell out of here, you motherfucker, you byd*&%￥#@..." Director Niu was so angry that he started cursing.

Haji Ling was completely stunned by the barrage of criticism. She thought to herself, "I just came over to ask what happened, what's with the attitude? What the hell are you yelling about?!"

Then Haji Ling and Director Niu started arguing again.

The two started arguing, and then, I don't know who made the first move, they started pulling each other's hair.

Because Director Niu didn't want the staff to disturb him, the staff only noticed and stopped them when the two of them had scratched each other's heads until they were covered in bruises.

Anyway...

They parted on bad terms, and neither side ended up with good news.

Director Niu hasn't received the company's approval and doesn't even know how to communicate with Shen Ming'en; Haji Ling stubbornly believes that the production team has ulterior motives and has definitely found a way out for Shen Ming'en.

Nobody knew which way things would go, and everyone was furious and worried.

"Hahahaha... Goose goose goose..."

When Shen Ming'en, who had taken a nap backstage, heard about this from the gossipy staff, he burst out laughing like a goose.

Well, how should I put it...

In the short term, Hajiling was probably happy from the moment Shen Mingen left the show. She couldn't wait to run up to Director Niu and do a striptease to show off.

But in the long run, it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious.

In any case, as far as Shen Ming'en was concerned, he had simply had enough of staying there.

Singing like this week after week is a waste of time and will interfere with his studies.

Happy times always fly by. A little over an hour is neither a long nor a short time. Many viewers in the live stream probably only went out to watch videos for a while before the time was up.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps due to some prior arrangement, the number of viewers watching the "Chinese Music Awards: Red Song Season" live stream dropped from a peak of over 60 million to a mere 38 million at the very beginning of the break...

The moment the second song of the fourth round of the "Defense Line" theme began to be performed, the number of views in the live stream reached more than 59 million in just ten minutes.

They were like clocks that had been set to work.

Aren't you sleepy?

It was already close to 4:30 or 5:00 AM, and many people in the online live stream were commenting:
[Tired? Can't stay awake, huh? Go! Sit at the kids' table!]

[Just hang in there, it'll be dawn soon. Sleeping now? Are you kidding me?!]

[Ha, you can't even hold on for a little while? Smoking and exhaling smoke, you're really causing lung fumes!]

[We've come this far, if we just push ourselves a little harder we'll be up all night. Sleep? Screw sleep, let's party!]

Two more rounds, brothers! Hang in there, victory is just around the corner!

[Emperor Ming En has had it much harder than us, but he persevered. What makes us, who are just watching the show, have any reason not to persevere?!]

[I swear to follow in the Emperor's footsteps to the death!]

【Ah ah ah! 】

...The skyrocketing viewership didn't make the director backstage happy. After all, if things went wrong, it could easily lead their show to disaster...

"Okay, welcome back. This is 'Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season,' a large-scale patriotic creation program co-sponsored by brands such as *** shampoo, *** mineral water, and *** ice cream!"

"I'm the host..."

On stage, the prepared host went up again and began reading the advertising copy.

It's worth mentioning that many viewers in the online live stream couldn't help but curse at that time:

[Stop reading it like that! It's only for a minute or two at a time, when will it ever end?]

[This is disgusting. You think your show has the most sponsors?]

【I'm not buying! I'm not buying any of them!】

We want to see Shen Ming'en! Shen Ming'en!!!

……

It's probably because it's alienated the audience. Now, whenever the show advertises, viewers are all spamming "I won't buy it!"

Seeing this, Director Niu backstage picked up his walkie-talkie and notified the people on set:

"Stop with the advertising rhetoric and get to the process moving!"

The staff on site, including the host on stage, were all stunned when they heard this. Seriously? They're not even allowed to run their own ads anymore?

Director Niu wasn't against it, it's just that he could see why Shen Ming'en was so resentful. Wasn't it because their production team was advertising so blatantly and excessively?!

They were bragging wildly, "Ah, we landed a super popular ad, we made a fortune from super popular ads..."

There's no place for you!
Do you think this person wouldn't have any objections?!

As a result, the host moved the program forward at an inexplicably fast pace, which made the audience wonder if the production team had suddenly become able to understand human speech.
Okay, okay, you really understand human nature, I won't poke you.

Amidst laughter, this round of performances officially began.

To be honest, this round of audience expectations for the singers other than Shen Ming'en have dropped to a very low level...

After all, everyone basically knows that they have "hired outside help".

The "improvisational creation" segment that was suddenly added to this round meant they couldn't bring in outside help. Everyone knows their own level, so naturally, expectations weren't as high.

However, it must be said that although people didn't have high expectations for them and didn't expect their performance to be of the same quality as the previous ones, their performance was still quite remarkable...

It was probably the incident of Shen Mingen sleeping backstage that spurred them on. These guys put in all their effort. Putting aside the quality of their work, they were already on their fourth and fifth round of performances. Even though they were exhausted late at night, they still sang incredibly loudly and clearly.

It really drew the audience in!
"Oh!!!"

Originally, due to the more than one-hour intermission and the fact that it was late at night, many audience members were actually a bit sleepy and not very energetic, so the stage wasn't very enthusiastic at the beginning of the performance.

But as the singers performed, the audience's enthusiasm was gradually aroused.

【damn it……】

Even many of Shen Ming'en's fans and supporters in the online live stream couldn't help but say:

[You're really looking down on dogs, don't you know...]

These BYD guys are actually pretty good.

Yes, there is some, but not much.

[Pfft...Dude, you don't have to be so blunt.]

……

In fact, those who were selected for the "Chinese Music Center Red Song Season" program at the beginning were all of high caliber. Many of these eight singers were people who participated in the theme song solicitation for CCTV's "National Language and Rhyme" program when Shen Ming'en was working on it. They were all talented.

Many times, it's just that we haven't been pushed to that point yet. Now that we've been pushed to that point, we'll naturally show our true abilities.

For example, Chen Chuan's work in this round is actually, strictly speaking, even better than the first piece in the fourth round's "Defense Line" theme.

Of course, not everyone's performance was of good quality...

For example, veteran Yue Huochuan, this old BYD's body really can't take it anymore, he sang an old "stock" song, which caused his popularity to drop greatly, and the scene was even a bit cold. If nothing unexpected happens, he won't be able to compete with Shen Ming'en in this round, he'll be lucky if he doesn't come in last place.

"Hehehe..."

As the singers finished their performances one after another, the audience's enthusiasm gradually grew. Seeing that the performances were going well, Chen Chuan was no longer as anxious as before, and instead showed a smug smile on his face.

His eyes even carried a hint of sarcasm...

When communicating with those around him, he also said the same things:
"Our teacher Ming'en might be digging his own grave this time."

The reason Shen Mingen proposed "adding another round of singing" was simply because he looked down on them and felt that they were nothing without "external help".

But now, even without foreign aid, their performances are still very good thanks to Shen Ming'en's "inspiration".

It was even worse than before.

Given this situation, if Shen Ming'en's performance doesn't meet the audience's expectations, things could get quite interesting...

At that point, he'll be raising his hand high and slapping himself hard across the face.

That would be incredibly embarrassing!
Chen Chuan was just waiting to see this happen!

It was under these circumstances that...

Amidst the spotlight.

As the host announced Shen Ming'en's name, Shen Ming'en slowly walked onto the stage again.

"Oh!!!"

At that moment, the audience's cheers continued.

At that moment, Chen Chuan, Ha Jiling, and the others still looked at him with the same anticipation of making a fool of himself.

At that moment, Chen Chuan and the others probably never expected that Shen Ming'en's next piece, the very first line, "The moon on the fifteenth shines on my hometown and on the border," would leave them all dumbfounded and stunned!

Any card he plays would be a royal flush!

……

(End of this chapter)