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Chapter 163 How to Rock and Roll with Children's Songs
Shen Qingyi's reply was exactly what Lu Ran had expected.

The children's song "Let Us Row Our Boats" was composed in 1955 and was originally the theme song for the children's film "Flowers of the Motherland".

The lyricist is Qiao Yu, who has written a large number of excellent works, such as "My Motherland" and "Unforgettable Tonight".

The composer is Liu Chi. He also composed "My Motherland" and another classic song, "Ode to Heroes".

You might not remember which song is "Ode to Heroes".

One of the lyrics in this song is "Why is the battle flag so beautiful? It's dyed red with the blood of heroes." This song is the theme song of the movie "Heroes and Daughters".

A talented lyricist and a talented composer teamed up to write a song for children.

Nursery rhymes that have been sung since 1955 can all be called classics.

After some consideration, Lu Ran chose this song as the first song for the Sunshine Choir.

This is right in Beijing, so we can take a picture of the "beautiful white pagoda reflected in the sea" that's mentioned in the song.

Lu Ran replied to Shen Qingyi.

"Okay, Comrade Shen."

……

The next day at 3 PM.

Although it was the National Day holiday, there was still a large group of people in Xingyao Media's office.

Some of them are staff members of the program "National Treasures Can Talk," and these people are all ordinary working people.

I've been working overtime like crazy these past few days because of the movie.

The reputation of "National Treasures Can Talk" collapsed too quickly.

Aside from the first day of release being relatively better, by the second day, the internet was flooded with negative reviews.

On K-site, film critics couldn't help but post videos to complain about this movie.

In today's film market, audiences are more cautious when choosing movies.

It's rare to see a film's pre-sale box office so high on its opening day, like it used to be.

Money doesn't grow on trees. Check online reviews first, and if they're positive, then go ahead and look at it; if not, don't bother.

When netizens saw the overwhelmingly negative reviews of "National Treasures Can Talk," most people would hesitate.

To put it bluntly, only a limited number of fans actually watched the show because of Jiang Yixuan.

People may think that some celebrities have a huge online following, as if there are many people.

But there's a limit to how many people there can be, especially in the film market.

The pre-sale box office of "National Treasures Can Talk" reached 100 million yuan, which is the power of Jiang Yixuan's fans.

That's the limit, after all, movie box office revenue requires real money.

Yesterday, the daily box office for "National Treasures Can Talk" dropped below 10 million, leaving only 5 million.

To date, the film's total box office revenue has not exceeded 150 million.

Netizens are saying that this topic is a complete waste.

Xingyao Media then held an emergency meeting to discuss the matter.

Inside the conference room, the investors, producers, and key creative personnel were arguing fiercely.

"Actually, it's not just us; the box office performance of movies during the entire National Day holiday period wasn't very good."

"I think the biggest reason is related to the current slump in the film market."

"The quality of the movie itself is not the problem. People on the internet are just parroting what others say. They haven't even watched the movie before they start criticizing it."

"Jiang Yixuan's acting is also terrible. A bunch of brainless viewers, can't they see that Jiang Yixuan's acting has improved so much since then?"

"Comparing movies with Lu Ran's variety shows and songs is pointless. Netizens are being incredibly stupid."

"This group of viewers just doesn't know how to appreciate film; they only know how to nitpick, which seriously hinders the development of our film industry."

There were a few lowly laborers listening silently to the discussion, not daring to speak, but their eyes seemed to say, "Are you serious about what you're saying?"

When he finished speaking, Guo Weicheng slapped the table.

"Stop talking, everyone go down and think about what to do, give me an answer before 6 p.m.

These days, "National Treasures Can Talk" gets criticized every day it's shown in theaters.

With box office revenue already at this level, cinemas will inevitably reduce screenings.

Facial recognition can increase screenings, but after several days of this, theaters also need to make money.

In Jiang Yixuan's office.

He sat on the sofa with his feet up on the coffee table, looking displeased.

Every time a film flops, it damages his reputation.

In the end, investors stopped investing in his film. What angered Jiang Yixuan the most was that a lot of people online were saying that watching the movie was less worthwhile than listening to Lu Ran's songs.

The patriotism in the movie is not as strong as a song Lu Ran could write casually.

Jiang Yixuan was scrolling through short videos on Douyin (TikTok) when he came across one called "Sunshine Choir".

Music then began to play, and the children in the video smiled.

Jiang Yixuan stopped.

At this point, the song information appeared.

"Let Us Row Our Boats" was written and composed by Lu Ran.

Jiang Yixuan instinctively wanted to swipe away, but he first opened the comments section and took a look.

"This song is really good; it touched me a little."

"I never expected that Director Lu could write children's songs!"

"Director Lu has finally reached out to the children; this must be thoroughly investigated!"

Jiang Yixuan read through the comments one by one, and all the previous comments were praises.

He read the comments while the song played.

Later, Jiang Yixuan finally saw a comment.

"Isn't this music video better than 'Talking Treasures'?"

This comment currently has 300 likes.

However, this video hasn't been posted for very long, so the number of likes is normal.

For some reason, Jiang Yixuan felt relieved after seeing this comment.

What's meant to happen will happen.

But he also had to admit that the song "Let Us Row Our Boats" seemed to be quite nice.

Compared to those silly nursery rhymes of today, it's utterly superior.

Of course, the most likely explanation is that they've gotten used to being criticized these past few days.

Online, following the official release of the first children's song by the Sunshine Choir, Lu Ran, Burning Studio, and Chang'an Entertainment began promoting it.

Lu Ran's fans also noticed the song immediately.

Everyone's comments were unanimous: it sounded good.

"Listening to this song, and seeing 'In a Hurry' yesterday, I couldn't help but think of my childhood. Time really flies."

“I was so carefree when I was a child. My parents used to protect me from the wind and rain. Now that I’m grown up, it’s my turn to give my children a carefree life.”

"Can't the entertainment industry have more stars like Lu Ting? He writes such good children's songs, how are other people supposed to live?"

"One is 'Let Nature Take Its Course,' and the other is 'Lu Ran.' These two will be the stars from now on!"

"Don't forget Lian Xinghan and Master Guan. They only lost once, they didn't die."

"Let's wait until they release their new songs."

Amidst everyone's discussions, the name of the Sunshine Choir was officially established.

However, it's still a bit short in terms of the scope of its impact.

After all, it's just a children's song. It's already quite good that it has this kind of popularity thanks to Lu Ran and the CCTV variety show "We Are Walking on the Road".

However, Lu Ran was not satisfied.

This is nothing! There's another version of "Let Us Row Our Boats" too.

That evening, Lu Ran was chatting with Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao originally talked to him about the song "Let Us Row Our Boats" and discussed music.

Then the conversation turned to the song "I Love You, China".

Zhou Hao felt that not many people liked his rock version, and wanted to ask Lu Ran why.

Lu Ran didn't really think there was any major reason; it was simply that the children's version was released first, and the audience formed a fixed impression based on that first impression.

On Earth, the original version of "I Love You, China" was a rock version, and it even made it onto the Spring Festival Gala.

As they chatted, Lu Ran changed the subject.

Do you think "Let's row our boats" can be rock and roll?

Zhou Hao sent three question marks.

How can children's songs be rocked?

(End of this chapter)