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

Chapter 291 "Because of Love"

Two days later, on Monday, Los Santos, which had been covered in snow for several days, finally saw clear skies, and Shen Ming'en was finally ready to embark on his journey home.

"He's just not destined for sunny days..."

Mentioning this incident makes Shen Ming'en angry. Damn it, he finally managed to go abroad, and after the performance, he had two days to rest before his flight. He originally planned to take this opportunity to do some shopping and bring back some gifts for Yao Shuli, but good heavens, it snowed heavily for two days in a row!
Yes, you read that right, Blizzard!

The weather around the world seems to have been exceptionally extreme these past two years, especially in China. This year's rains have truly chilled the hearts of countless farmers...

Fortunately, the government has policies in place, and it's said that subsidies have been provided.
It's frustrating, really. Shen Ming'en had just donated the profits from "Sparkling Melody" to help farmers, and now there are floods everywhere. It seems like this whole "charity" thing is just endless...

"Sigh..." Shen Ming'en sighed silently, thinking to himself, "I'll help as many as I can!"

After saying goodbye to the staff who came to see him off, Shen Ming'en boarded a plane back to China. Perhaps because he had flown so many times, Shen Ming'en now always carried an earplug that could regulate air pressure. Damn it, the air pressure changes during takeoff and landing were a bit harmful to his ears...

As a singer, it's never good to damage anything, especially major organs like the voice and ears!

The international flight took place in the afternoon, and it was already the morning of the next day when it landed in Beijing. As usual, the airport was packed with people who came to pick up passengers. Shen Ming'en sometimes wondered where these fans got their flight information from.

As usual, it was Feng Yucan who came to pick him up at the airport. Surrounded by a sea of ​​people, Shen Ming'en didn't even notice him at first. To be honest, although Feng Yucan was good-looking, he was really short, far shorter than Shen Ming'en, who was over 1.8 meters tall. It took several frantic jumps in the crowd of female fans for Shen Ming'en to notice him...

"Oh my brother, you're finally back!"

In the car, Feng Yucan said with a look of "emotion," "Do you know how I've spent the past month?! Do you know?!"

"...I was only abroad for a little over a week, right?" Shen Ming'en said, "What the hell is a month?"

The "month" he mentioned probably meant that he hadn't checked in at "Spark Symphony" for a month, right?
"Well, I've been having a really tough time lately..." Feng Yucan complained.

It seems that ever since Shen Mingen suddenly decided to go and film "Bright Sword" that week, "Spark Chapter" has started to decline. I don't know how many people stopped watching the show the night they heard that Shen Mingen was not there. It feels like Shen Mingen is the "pillar" wherever he goes now, and the show would really collapse without him!
"Alright, stop reading, we're back now..." Shen Ming'en rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "Didn't you also go crazy promoting 'My Chinese Heart' and 'Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots' this week?"

We're on the same page!

As the car drove along the asphalt road, Shen Ming'en felt a bit stuffy and opened the window slightly. Goodness, a cold draft rushed in!
Shen Mingen was so cold that he closed the window in a second.

The temperature in China isn't much better than in the US. Although it hasn't snowed, the temperature drops to minus ten degrees Celsius at night. It feels like Beijing is only benefiting from being the capital city; otherwise, the climate alone would be unbearable...

"Huh~"

The car's heater was on, and the air from the vents was warm. Shen Ming'en sat in the passenger seat and chatted with Feng Yucan as they drove, talking about their trip abroad.

Feng Yucan asked Shen Mingen if it was fun abroad and if the fans were enthusiastic. Shen Mingen replied that the fans were quite enthusiastic, but he couldn't say whether it was fun or not, because he was stuck in a hotel for two or three days due to a blizzard. If the snow hadn't stopped yesterday and caused flight delays or cancellations, he wouldn't have been able to come back...

Upon hearing Shen Mingen's miserable experience, Feng Yucan burst into laughter and blurted out, "Why are you two having such bad luck lately?"

"?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Ming'en was slightly taken aback, frowned, and asked Feng Yucan, "What happened to Yao Shuli?"

Shen Mingen is actually quite virtuous and has only Yao Shuli as a close female friend. Who else could Feng Yucan be referring to as "the couple" besides Yao Shuli?
"Emmm..." Feng Yucan was momentarily at a loss for words. Just then, they reached a traffic light. He glanced at Shen Ming'en and asked, "You...don't know?"

"Should I know?" Shen Ming'en scratched his head.

Shen Mingen has been quite busy lately. Before going abroad, he was always on the set of "Bright Sword". After going abroad, he was busy with preparations for "Yellow River Cantata: Defend the Yellow River" and the official performances of the next two works, "My Chinese Heart" and "Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots". Even after the performance a couple of days ago, he was busy holding remote meetings with the crew at the hotel.

Because of the time difference with China, I haven't been in much contact with Yao Shuli.

"This one……"

Feng Yucan scratched his head, wanting to slap himself. He must have been so bored, bringing up the most awkward topic with Shen Mingen...

However, since the conversation had already started, it wouldn't be good to stop now, so Feng Yucan sighed silently and simply told Shen Ming'en about the "difficulties" Yao Shuli had encountered in the past two days...

Actually, it was the same show Yao Shuli had participated in before, called "Sound Journey of Ten Thousand Miles." Shen Ming'en had been on that show once before and sang "Loyalty to the Country," which really boosted the show's popularity.

It was because of that incident that Shen Ming'en intimidated them, and their production team toned it down a bit...

But recently, for some reason, they seem to have changed production companies. What was originally a perfectly good travel and music creation variety show has been abruptly turned into a studio-based variety show...

They called it: "The trip is almost over, and the next step is to create something based on the trip!"

To put it bluntly, the production company has changed, and they probably can't afford to spend money on performances in various places anymore, so they simply went with a studio-based variety show format to save costs.

Normally speaking, even if an outdoor travel music variety show is transformed into a studio-based variety show, it is still a "music variety show" and there won't be much difference. Given Yao Shuli's level, she should be able to stick with it no matter what.

But the problem is...

For this week's performance, it is said that the "Music Journey" program team asked the guests to each invite a guest of the opposite sex to create a pop music piece that is a "male-female duet".

This is getting a little awkward...

It's worth noting that this kind of "inviting guest singers" segment is usually organized by the program team, but the program team of "Music Journey" invited a popular singer of similar age to Yao Shuli.

What the hell are they planning? It's obvious without even thinking...

To know!
Almost everyone in their "Sound Journey" program team is single, except for Yao Shuli and Shen Mingen who have this relationship.

Under such circumstances, they even specially arranged a "male-female duet" performance, and specially arranged for Yao Shuli to be a popular singer of "similar age"...

This itself has a hint of malicious marketing!
Even if they weren't engaging in malicious marketing, it's still annoying to see Shen Ming'en...

It's kind of disgusting, you know?
"It's said that the popular singer was the one who suggested teaming up with Yao Shuli..." Feng Yucan said, glancing cautiously at Shen Ming'en out of the corner of his eye as he drove, his words carefully chosen to avoid saying the wrong thing and causing his best friend to explode. "That jerk!"

Shen Ming'en gritted his teeth and asked, "Which platform did they broadcast this section of the tomb from?"

"It seems like we're on the same platform as your 'Bright Sword'..." Feng Yucan replied.

"Don't mention 'yours' and 'ours'..." Shen Ming'en rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't our 'Spark Symphony' on the same platform as them?"

Feng Yucan: "..."

To be honest, right now Feng Yucan really wanted to raise his hand and slap himself. What the hell was he doing, talking nonsense about Yao Shuli?!
Now look what's happened...

Not only will Shen Ming'en enter by himself, but this guy will probably drag me and "Sparkling Chapter" into the venue together!
Beside him, Shen Ming'en grinned, the flame in his eyes gradually burning fiercely...

If I remember correctly, the chief director of the program "Sound Journey" is named Zhao Tian.

Director Zhao is actually a rather "sensible" person, at least much more so than Niu Zhi, the chief director of the "Chinese Music Awards". When he suggested that Shen Ming'en sing for Yao Shuli, even though there was capital behind it, Director Zhao still gave Shen Ming'en face and allowed him to wear a mask and sing "Borrow Five Hundred Years from Heaven" and "Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty" as a "mystery person"...

Since then, he has rarely made things difficult for Yao Shuli, and at least he has never made her stay in a tent again.

But it's clear that Shen Ming'en's "face" seems to have run out...

Thinking about it, it's actually quite normal. After all, Shen Ming'en seems to be at odds with most of the capital in the Chinese entertainment industry. He himself has a big name, and no one in the Chinese entertainment industry can compare to him. But then again...

He is, in the end, just an artist, nothing more.

To put it bluntly, it's fine if the production team gives him face, but even if they don't, so what?
So what can he do to their production team?
Ultimately, although Shen Ming'en has many works and is well-known in the Chinese entertainment industry, he is still just a small-time artist with no powerful backers, background, or connections.

Personally, it's difficult for him to pose a threat to other programs that have strong financial backing.

Why should we give him any face then?
To put it bluntly, if they give Shen Mingen face, those investors won't be happy, and their production team might be threatened. But if they don't give Shen Mingen face, the investors won't do anything to them, and Shen Mingen can't do anything about it either...

so!

you say!

What face did they give Shen Ming'en?
But they seem to have forgotten one thing...

That is, Shen Ming'en is no longer the top-tier celebrity who used to appear on their show and was forced to pretend to be a "mystery person" to get the production team to "give him face"...

With the airing of a phenomenal hit variety show and a wildly popular drama series, Shen Mingen's status in the industry has risen significantly.

He may not have much "voice" elsewhere, but on the platform they all belong to, his "voice" is absolute!

"Ugh……"

After a brief headache subsided, Feng Yucan finally sighed silently and said:

"Do whatever you want. I and our 'Spark Symphony' team will support you unconditionally."

Actually, Feng Yucan didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but well...

Whether in public or private matters, he seems unable to "maintain his own integrity."

Personally speaking, I have an extremely close relationship with Shen Mingen, and I also know Yao Shuli. If Yao Shuli needs help and Shen Mingen wants to assist her, I certainly can't just stand by and watch.

From a public perspective, "Spark" was created by Shen Ming'en. Even without him, the show would have been popular, but at most it would have been just another one of those mainstream shows that followed the trend of "Chinese Music Awards" and faded away. It would never have achieved the phenomenal status of a hit variety show today.

To put it bluntly, he had no say in "Sparkling Chapter". Like "Bright Sword", "Sparkling Chapter" was Shen Ming'en's bargaining chip.

He sat down at the table, ready to go all in, and nobody had the right to make him stop!

……

Feng Yucan drove Shen Mingen directly back to Yao Shuli's apartment. It was no secret that the two of them were living together; before Shen Mingen went abroad, paparazzi had even exposed it...

The two of them didn't hide from each other; they were open and honest with each other, which made people yearn for them.

"Welcome back!"

When Shen Mingen entered the house, Yao Shuli, perhaps having heard the noise, ran out in her fluffy white slippers, carrying a plush toy in her left hand and opening her right arm to embrace Shen Mingen.

Shen Ming'en's lips curled up, and without even taking off his coat, he threw down his suitcase and went over to hug Yao Shuli's slender waist...

On a cold winter day, the warmth of home and the fragrance of Yao Shuli's body made Shen Ming'en feel a sense of genuine relaxation.

Shen Mingen hadn't been living in Yao Shuli's apartment for very long, but for some reason, he felt that this little nest... well, this big nest was very cozy.

Since his transmigration, Shen Mingen has always felt a sense of "wandering". After all, his predecessor grew up in an orphanage, had no relatives or friends, and no "home" to speak of. After transmigrating, he was busy recording shows and didn't have time to settle down...

I've been staying in different hotels all day long, and I'm almost used to it.

But it wasn't until he moved in with Yao Shuli that Shen Mingen truly felt like he had a home...

This feeling is hard to describe, but it's very warm, so Shen Ming'en doesn't want any problems to arise in this warmth.

Therefore, the first thing Shen Mingen did when he got home was to write a song about "male-female duet": "Because of Love"!
……

(End of this chapter)