Have you ever been a celebrity? Why are you writing about entertainment?

Chapter 149 Anyone who believes him again is a dog.

The morning after the opening ceremony, Yu Wei updated a new chapter of his novel, featuring the native Lu Renjia facing off against the idol Xia Zan.

This is the first time Yu Wei has so directly pointed out the shortcomings of her new song, even having the protagonist Wei Yu give it a 7 out of 10 in the novel...

This is earth-shattering and unprecedented! You know, in literary and entertainment novels, you can write songs and then let people judge them however they want after they're sung. But the downside of writing too many songs before a performance is that it lowers your own prestige.

Then readers might ask, "You knew the song was bad, so why did you choose it?"
Although Yu Wei's book is quite different from traditional entertainment novels, it is the first time that he has directly pointed out the shortcomings of the songs.

After all, he wrote his songs into his novel, which served a promotional purpose to some extent.

Others promote their work with utmost enthusiasm, boasting and exaggerating, but this person is so ruthless that they even criticize themselves...

The new chapter is written like this.

After finishing the last part of "We Are Different", Lu Renjia bowed deeply, sweat dripping from his forehead.

The five mentors exchanged glances, their eyes revealing complex opinions. The song had a catchy melody, but upon professional scrutiny, it contained many points of contention.

Meng Han picked up the microphone first: "From the perspective of arrangement, this song uses a 6543 harmonic progression. Although it is not a common one, it is still a common routine. The acoustic guitar arpeggios all follow the chord tones, which lacks originality. It lacks both power and beauty. The delay effect in the chorus is used inappropriately."

He held up the scoreboard: 6.5 points.

Teacher Meng's move was too ruthless, giving the song the lowest score of the entire show. Of the five mentors on "Top Idol," three were not very satisfied with it.

Meng Han, who plays the mentor in the novel, was stunned when he heard about it. How could he possibly give Yu Wei's song such a low score? Wouldn't that be too hurtful to him...?

The character in the novel has nothing to do with him!

This score was naturally given by Yu Wei himself; no one really expected him to be so harsh on his own songs.

Even if it's a rejected draft, it doesn't warrant a complete rejection. The song hasn't even been released yet, and you're already making such a harsh review. Aren't you afraid that people will avoid it when it's released?

Seeing that the contestant was another local character, readers thought it would be another bloody and tragic scene like in "Bubble," but they didn't expect that this time the contestant would actually produce a "problematic work."

It seems there's still suspense in this match, provided that the opponent, Shazan, isn't too much worse than AI.

Xia Zan was also feeling uneasy. As the first person to "deliberately lose," he had finally gotten his wish and entered the loser's bracket to play the revival match. He thought he could just gain some traffic and leave, but he didn't expect to be matched with such a guy.

As the competition progressed, he realized that the previous promise of rewards for losing was a complete ruse, designed to lure everyone in and kill them.

Yu Wei's move was too ruthless. He didn't manipulate the outcome of the game at all, but he could still trick you in all sorts of inexplicable ways.

"I have to win this time."

The negative impact of losing to a random AI would be too great; he would really be attacked by everyone. Therefore, Xia Zan did not want to lose, nor did he dare to lose.

Fortunately, Yu Wei's song this time seems to be a discarded draft, and the quality should be low, which is a good opportunity for Xia Zan.

His songs were recorded line by line, and then the company's sound engineers fixed them. You could barely hear any major problems. He just couldn't believe that he could lose to AI after doing all that himself...

"It's still better in China."

Yu Weigang just finished recording a song at the recording studio. The recording studios abroad are quite expensive, and it's also inconvenient to communicate because of the language barrier.

This musical element is definitely not mentioned in the lyrics of "Malice," but the translator doesn't understand music either, so it took a long time to figure it out.

Before leaving, Yu Wei clearly saw a hint of disdain in the sound engineer's eyes. It wasn't exactly mockery, but they genuinely didn't think much of the song.

Even if they can't understand the lyrics, foreigners can still understand the melody. People here value the beauty of melody and naturally have studied it.

However, the biggest flaw of the song "We Are Different" is its melody, which is a bit of a disaster, so it's no wonder that it won't be well-received.

But it doesn't matter. He doesn't want to record truly good music here. Popular songs have their own way of being popular.

After sending the rough cut of the song to the technical department, Yu Wei contacted the music supervisor Hong Hui after a long time, asking him to keep an eye on things. He felt that adjusting the song was something that needed professional assistance.

"Let's go live!"

These few days are the film festival screenings, nothing much to pay attention to. Lü Zhou will keep an eye on it when "Andhadhun" is screened.

With nothing else to do, Yu Wei decided to start a live stream and gather some more advanced fusion materials.

Because of the great success of yesterday's live stream, the number of viewers in his live stream room began to increase rapidly as soon as he started broadcasting this time, showing the demeanor of a top streamer.

Yu Wei didn't go out today. He stayed in the hotel quietly, livestreaming and writing. He can update the AI ​​song as soon as it's finished.

"The reason why the anchor speaks French is that he learned it by watching French films. Those who are interested can give it a try."

"Not that kind of movie... how many lines could there be in that kind of movie?"

"When will the new chapter be updated? I'm writing it now."

There were so many viewers in the live stream that Yu Wei couldn't reply to everyone, so he could only glance at the screen occasionally while typing.

Soon, many viewers who had participated in the live stream yesterday also arrived. If you were to ask who was most looking forward to this song, it would undoubtedly be these fusion materials.

They could brag about being able to personally participate and beat up the young heartthrob for two and a half years, especially after they heard that their opponent was Xia Zan.

There's nothing to say to this kind of person who condones online bullying by fans, acts in BL dramas, and even promotes the male lead as a pretty face; they will definitely personally organize his retirement ceremony...

Lu Renjia, keep going with their beliefs and ideals!
"Any female fans want to come on mic?"

Yu Wei stopped typing, looked up at the screen, and found that the previously lively chat had all turned into a barrage of question marks.

"I'm just collecting some female voice samples, why are you asking questions?"

Yesterday, most of the people who went on stage were male readers. Later, some female fans joined the live stream, but the number of female readers was still too small compared to the male readers.

To enrich the sound library, various types of voices are essential, and female vocals even account for a higher proportion of popular songs.

The main reason is that female voices are a better fit for short videos, which is the primary medium for spreading viral songs. As soon as he finished speaking, a female fan actually went up on the microphone, but she seemed a little nervous and uneasy.

Yu Wei glanced at the comments and was surprised to see a few netizens casually calling her "Mom"—they were truly amazing...

As the live stream continued, Yu Wei finished writing his new chapter, but the AI ​​wasn't working properly yet, so he had to write "Malice" for a while longer.

When Yu Wei started counting the words again, everyone quickly realized that this kid seemed to be writing another book.

"Is the host writing another book...? I don't have any other books."

Of course, the people in the live stream didn't believe it. It was the same formula of writing first and then releasing the work. The novel that appeared was Yu Wei's unpublished "Malice". Who else but him could do that?

These past few days, Yu Wei's update schedule while abroad has been incredibly irregular. Coincidentally, the updates for the book "Twin Sunflowers" have also been equally irregular.

How could other online writers possibly keep up with him at a time like this?

"Actually, that book was written by a friend of mine."

"Friends, right?"

Yu Wei's silence only confirmed to netizens that this friend of hers might not actually be herself!
The news from the technical department was timely. After receiving the video, Yu Wei put on his headphones and listened to it. Not bad, it really had that feel to it.

"I'm going to update my novel and start the voting now. Everyone can come and check it out."

Just as netizens were about to start discussing the competition, Yu Wei turned off the live stream. In a sense, the audience were also participants in this competition.

It's best to keep the live stream closed at least after the voting begins, since he's the organizer and can't show obvious bias.

It depends on your ability.

Xia Zan's singing video was pretty good, with no obvious mistakes, but to be honest, you couldn't hear any breathing or power gathering at all.

I feel like he sings more like AI than AI does. AI singers retain some breathy vocals based on templates, but he doesn't even act.

It's obvious that Xia Zan recorded this line by line, and even edited it word by word. It seems he really doesn't want to lose.

But the outcome of the competition was not up to him. When everyone clicked on the native character's singing video, all they saw was a gray background and lyrics.

I heard that the AI ​​used a lot of netizens as materials for Yu Wei's song. I hope it won't be merged into something weird.
Suddenly, a deep, weathered male voice began to sing. The voice seemed to have a magical power, successfully stunning the audience in front of the screen.

If they didn't know that the voices were blended together, they probably would have thought it was an older man singing.

The integration of AI is a true integration; there are no strange accents or splicing effects. This song sounds pretty good.

However, looking at the song title "We Are Different," everyone couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy.

Why does it feel like all the fused materials are shouting in unison...?

We are different

Everyone has different circumstances.
We are here

I'll be waiting for you here.

There are also differences in the materials used, so we are different.

Just as Yu Wei wrote in his novel, this song has obvious shortcomings: the lyrics are a bit corny and the melody is monotonous. But its strengths are too great; after listening to it, only one sentence comes to mind.

"We are different."

Even rejected drafts are this good?

Having a top-tier singer perform this song might be a bit beneath them, but it's definitely capable of making a newcomer or an internet celebrity famous, since it's so catchy and resonates with a certain audience.

Many people actually thought the song was just average after listening to it, but when voting, all they could think about was "We are different", but they had no recollection of what Xia Zan sang.

What else can we do but vote? A song that's memorable is better than one that's completely forgotten.

Many people actually feel that AI Lu Renjia sings more like a human than Xia Zan, after all, the advantage of the song "We Are Different" is its realism.

Behind this AI is the collective effort of everyone; everyone contributed their own strength. Although the singing is cold, it is full of humanity.

On the other hand, Xia Zan's edited songs are indeed captivating at first listen with their smooth melodies and near-perfect vocals.

However, this "perfection" does not stem from the singer's actual singing ability, but is a product of technical means.

Thank you for your hard work, sound engineer...

Although Xia Zan's songs sound glamorous, they lack the vitality and emotional tension that a performance should have, like a carefully repaired piece of porcelain.

Compared to elaborate but bland "pre-made songs," "We Are Different" has obvious shortcomings, but it's still good enough to be a snack.

After listening to Yu Wei's rejected draft, Xia Zan had only one thought in his mind: Anyone who believes him again is a dog.

He was completely belittled in the novel, which made him think he had a chance, but when he was actually brought out, he was still so powerful. Isn't that fraud?
As expected of a novelist, he has mastered the art of building suspense before revealing the main point.

He was already behind the natives as soon as the voting started, and given how catchy the song is, it will only spread faster and faster, making his chances of winning smaller and smaller.

Xia Zan naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his fate. Losing to an AI cobbled together by a bunch of random people would be a disgrace, so he still had a backup plan.

He's not the only slacker participating in this fake show, "Top Idols." There are several others in the preparation area, and some have already advanced.

Everyone was tricked into coming here by Yu Wei...

If they don't act now, they'll become playthings of AI; they must unite!

(End of this chapter)