This director lacks vision.

Chapter 202 Strength Verification: Korean Bloodline

On the morning of April 4th, Jiang Yifeng only noticed the comments online when he arrived at the company.

He had anticipated this situation, or perhaps it was a promotional strategy for the show "The Big Band".

In the entertainment industry, don't be afraid of being criticized.

Being criticized and ridiculed only generates traffic and buzz.

Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone is criticizing the song "My Skateboard Shoes," which seems to be very unfavorable to Jiang Yifeng.

In fact, "My Skateboard Shoes" became even more popular.

In just a few days, it topped the charts on multiple music streaming platforms such as QQ Music and Kugou.

A large number of viewers, whether by choice or by chance, heard this song.

The show "The Big Band" has also received more attention due to the popularity of its theme song.

The first episode of the show, "Band Gathering (Part 1)," garnered over 12 million views within 12 hours of its release.

Although this result is slightly worse than the first season of Sisters Who Make Waves, it is still a very good start.

After all, before the Sisters Who Make Waves show started airing, Jiang Yifeng organized a 30-day campaign on Weibo to officially announce the sisters.

Whether it's the fame of the show's guests or the popularity of the show itself, Sisters Who Make Waves far surpasses The Big Band.

After all, playing in a band is still a niche activity.

The starting point of the show "The Big Band" was destined not to be too high, and it needs to rely on the content of the show to gradually break out of its niche.

The viral hit "My Skateboard Shoes" brought the show "The Big Band" to the attention of a wider audience.

When people see that the show is produced by Fengxing Media, with Jiang Yifeng as the producer, Zhang Chaoyang singing, and Liu Huan, Wang Feng, and others serving as judges, they are naturally willing to click in and take a look.

After watching it, I was captivated by the performance.

In the first part of the first episode, the bands that appeared all performed their signature songs, such as "Boy Don't Cry" by the Sea Turtle Band, "Young For You" by the Gala Band, and "Road Song" by the Painkiller Band, etc.

These fantastic band performances attracted a large audience, giving the show its first wave of popularity.

At 10 a.m. on April 4th, Jiang Yifeng posted a Weibo post.

"Filming for 'The Hunt' has finally wrapped up, and I've been busy with post-production these past two days."

I only saw the criticisms of "My Skateboard Shoes" when I logged onto Weibo today.

I can also write songs that are considered sophisticated, profound, and tasteful; this kind of creation is actually not difficult.

But why did I write "My Skateboard Shoes"?
According to Lu Taijun's understanding, I have run out of ideas;

According to Luo Taijun's understanding, I was flattering Zhang Chaoyang.

This perspective precisely reflects the inner trauma of these two individuals.

Lu Taijun has no talent; she's always thinking that others have run out of talent.

Unable to curry favor, Madam Luo transformed into a so-called angry young man, mocking those who worked hard to support their families in the workplace.

In fact, Zhang Chaoyang initially disliked "My Skateboard Shoes," and it took me a long time to persuade him before he agreed to sing the song.

why?

Because this is a song written for ordinary people.

The world of music is also very unfair.

Some people are born with a good voice, and some are born with a good sense of rhythm. They are born with a natural talent, and the songs they sing are very beautiful.

Some people come from well-off families, have money and time, and are able to learn musical instruments and singing. Even if they are not particularly talented, they can still sing quite well.

However, most ordinary people don't have the money or time, can't play musical instruments, or are even tone-deaf, singing off-key without realizing it, so they can neither show off their singing skills nor hit high notes.

Does this kind of person not deserve to play music? Should singing be ridiculed?

So I wanted to write a song for the vast majority of ordinary people.

The lyrics of this song are very simple and easy to understand. The rhythm of this song is all wrong, so it is not difficult to sing. You don't have to worry about going off-beat or out of tune.

Everyone can sing if they want. When the mood strikes, they can hum a few lines of "Rubbing, rubbing! Rubbing on this smooth ground!" and that's how they enjoy the purest joy of music.

This is also the purpose of the show "The Big Band"—everyone can play music.

When you can let go of your prejudices and simply enjoy the beauty of music, "My Skateboard Shoes" is a good song.

If you can also feel the emotions in this song, then it's even more wonderful.

As for the condescending criticisms from those self-proclaimed elites, they're nothing but a joke.

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post directly addressed the controversy surrounding "My Skateboard Shoes" and also mocked Lu Taijun and Luo Taijun, garnering support from many netizens.

After all, Jiang Yifeng has written many good songs, so people still believe he can write songs.

He said that the various mistakes in the creation of the song "My Skateboard Shoes" were intentionally designed, and not many people refuted that.

"My Skateboard Shoes" is a song written for ordinary people, and this view began to spread, and the song's reputation gradually improved.

Of course, many netizens still dislike "My Skateboard Shoes," and the controversy continues.

After Jiang Yifeng posted on Weibo, the official account of "The Big Band" also launched a challenge activity called "Cover Songs for All, Let's Have a Great Summer".

The show's production team created a challenge section for "The Big Band" on the Sohu video website, where netizens can cover the song "My Skateboard Shoes". The top 10 people with the most votes will share a prize of five million yuan.

The champion will also advance directly to the finals of The Big Band and sing "My Skateboard Shoes" with Zhang Chaoyang.

Besides "My Skateboard Shoes", participants can also cover other songs performed on the Big Band show and have the chance to win other prizes and perform at the finals.

The launch of this challenge directly confirmed Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post.

More and more people are beginning to believe that "My Skateboard Shoes" is indeed a song for the grassroots, and that the purpose of the show "The Big Band" is that everyone can play music, and the grassroots should enjoy the joy of music even more.

The reputation of the songs and the show is recovering once again.

Although there are still many people criticizing "My Skateboard Shoes" online, everyone is honest, and a large number of netizens have participated in the "Have a Great Summer" challenge.

After all, the song "My Skateboard Shoes" doesn't really require singing skills. The challenge rules also stated that it's not about singing techniques, but about emotion and feeling.

Everyone wants to give it a try, just in case it becomes a hit.

That's a million-dollar prize, plus a massive influx of traffic and buzz.

Less than three hours after the challenge began, the number of challenge submissions on the Sohu video website exceeded ten thousand.

Moreover, the growth rate is getting faster and faster.

Many celebrities, such as Gao Yuanyuan, Yang Mi, Wang Baoqiang, and Fan Bingbing, posted their own challenge videos, further increasing the challenge's popularity. By 7 PM, the number of challenge videos had exceeded 5, and the total number of views in the challenge section had surpassed 20 billion!
The wisdom of the people is boundless, and netizens are all incredibly talented.

These challenge videos not only feature various dance moves involving friction, but also a variety of wonderful fan-made creations.

Jiang Yifeng was amazed by some of the creative ideas he saw.

In this context, the popularity of "My Skateboard Shoes" exploded even further, and the show "The Big Band" also gained tremendous attention and began to become a hit variety show.

These days, whether it's shopping malls or radio stations, all you hear is the sound of friction.

Even foreign media and internet celebrities have taken notice of the song "My Skateboard Shoes".

Some foreign YouTube influencers have also started to join the challenge, covering the song "My Skateboard Shoes".

Another blogger named Henderson adapted the English version of "My Skateboard Shoes" and then edited in Michael Jackson's moonwalk, combining friction and gliding steps to instantly make "My Skateboard Shoes" sound high-class.

Two days after the English version of the video was uploaded, it surpassed 500 million views on YouTube, becoming extremely popular.

With Henderson's permission, Jiang Yifeng forwarded the English version of the video to China and posted a Weibo message about it.

"@Lu Chuan@Luo Yonghao@……My Skateboard Shoes has become a hit overseas. The song has received high praise, and foreign blogger Henderson has even adapted an English version of the song."

Do you still think this song is low quality now?

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post directly refuted these claims and struck at the heart of certain individuals' concerns.

Luo Taijun is quite clever; she knows to play dead when things are going against her.

But Lu Chuan was very emotional. He directly posted on Weibo, mocking, "@Jiang Yifeng, your adapted English song is obviously made by someone else."

Domestic songs simply don't have the ability to be exported. Even Zhou Jielun is ignored abroad, let alone you.

If you're going to fake it, at least make it look real. Don't treat netizens like fools.

Lu Chuan's questioning was met with agreement from many people.

After all, he was telling the truth.

Jiang Yifeng didn't argue much, he just posted two screenshots.

One image shows the number of views on YouTube for the "My Skateboard Shoes (English Version)" video, and the other shows the number of followers on Jiang Yifeng's YouTube account—11 million.

These two screenshots immediately caused a huge uproar on the internet.

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo comment section is extremely lively.

"Holy crap! I'm not seeing things, am I?! Jiang Yifeng has 1100 million subscribers on YouTube!"

"You read that right, it really is 1100 million followers. Jiang Yifeng's account ranks 8th among all YouTubers in terms of follower count."

"Jiang Yifeng is too awesome! He does big things quietly!"

"Director Jiang not only has a lot of fans, but his YouTube account has even more subscribers and views than his number of fans, exceeding 12 billion, ranking 4th among all bloggers."

"This data is explosive! Our official external publicity for a whole year probably can't compare to Jiang Yifeng posting two videos on YouTube."

"It's all thanks to Madam Luo that she was so clever. She just pretended to be dead. Lu Chuan still dared to show his face, and now he's been slapped until his face is swollen!"

"Haha, Ms. Luo is a teacher at New Oriental, so she must have seen Jiang Yifeng's overseas account. Lu Chuan is indeed as Jiang Yifeng said, he has no talent at all, and probably can't even understand English, which is why he dares to go against Jiang Yifeng."

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In fact, most of Jiang Yifeng's YouTube channel's followers are viewers from the Pan-Asian region.

These people are basically the ones who started following Jiang Yifeng after watching "Dark Glory".

Of course, there are also some Europeans among them.

Some were fans who had followed him before when he released anti-discrimination short films and analyzed Michael Jackson videos, while others were fans who followed him because he frequently released music videos, such as "Wake" by the girl group Produce 101.

After all, once Jiang Yifeng gained a large following, YouTube gave his account a very high level of recommendation.

It always attracts the attention of some Europeans and Americans.

Regardless, Jiang Yifeng's number of followers on YouTube is real, and after he posted the screenshot, the public opinion completely reversed.

While everyone was praising Jiang Yifeng's awesomeness, they also began to praise the song "My Skateboard Shoes".

It's as if the song has gained recognition from foreigners, which has completely whitewashed it and made it instantly popular.

Many opportunistic music critics quickly deleted their previous Weibo posts criticizing "My Skateboard Shoes" and began praising the song instead.

For a time, "My Skateboard Shoes" truly became a classic work of the postmodernist movement.

On April 5th, Crown Entertainment's new album "We are back" was released simultaneously in China, Korea, Japan, and other regions.

The long-awaited Gangnam Style has finally been released.

This song, sung by Jiang Yifeng and a girl group, quickly swept across major charts in Korea, becoming the most popular song there, and also became popular in China and Japan.

Especially in the music video, Jiang Yifeng leads the six members of the Crown Girls Group in dancing the Gangnam Style, a scene that is both comical and captivating.

On Jiang Yifeng's YouTube account, the music video for Gangnam Style is extremely popular.

In just three days, the video has been viewed more than 2000 million times and is still growing at an astonishing rate.

The song gained popularity because a large number of bloggers on YouTube started imitating the Gangnam Style dance.

On the internet, people always prefer abstract and joyful things, and truly viral songs often possess these elements.

First came "My Skateboard Shoes," then "Gangnam Style"—both songs written by Jiang Yifeng became wildly popular overseas.

This brought him even more attention.

This led to reports from Korean media outlets.

"Jiang Yifeng's ancestral home is on the Korean Peninsula, and he has 100% Korean ancestry!"

This report was shared in China by a prominent online figure, who also offered a fair assessment.

“I didn’t believe it when people said Jiang Yifeng was popular overseas, but after seeing this report from Korea, I have to believe it.”

The fact that the Koreans bestowed upon Jiang Yifeng Korean blood is the highest testament to his strength!

No one among netizens refuted this statement.

The power of Korean blood is truly terrifying.

After all, those who have been certified by Goryeo include Confucius, Qu Yuan, Yue Fei, Li Bai, Zhu Di, and others, all of whom were incredibly talented individuals.

In modern society, this is the kind of "prestigious" treatment that only people like Liu Xiang, Jackie Chan, and Yao Ming receive.

(End of this chapter)