Huayu: From the Era of Ringtones to Becoming a Legend

Within ten minutes of the announcement, the entire internet had gone completely crazy.

#Lu Jiuge sings personally#

#BlueandWhitePorcelain#

#Banned but stood up to the entire industry#

Three trending topics stormed into the top three of the blog's trending topics with overwhelming force, each followed by the word "Explosive," symbolizing the peak of popularity.

Comment sections on major music platforms, bullet comments on short videos, entertainment forums, fan group chats, offline digital stores...

Almost every area open to discussion was dominated by the same emotion:

Mocking, disdain, pessimism, and kicking someone when they're down.

With the combined promotion from twelve record companies and SG Records, Lu Jiuge has already been labeled with countless tags:

Outsiders, monopolists, industry cancers, grassroots charlatans, speculators.

Everyone believed that a businessman who became popular by relying on non-mainstream ringtones had no real understanding of music, let alone the kind of traditional Chinese style that requires cultural background and aesthetic appreciation.

"I really laughed. Being blacklisted by the entire industry and still not staying put, they actually dared to perform themselves?"

"Blue and White Porcelain? The name sounds elegant, but the way it's played is bound to sound incredibly tacky."

"I'm just waiting for this to backfire. How dare this kind of person touch upon traditional Chinese culture? It's an insult to traditional culture."

"Sing it myself? That's asking for trouble!"

"I'm setting my alarm for tomorrow just to hear him sing his own song until he's cold."

"I suggest everyone not to get your hopes up. What does a businessman know about art?"

Public opinion was completely one-sided, with negative comments flooding all accounts related to Lu Jiuge.

Music critics joined in, using sharp and scathing language.

"Lu Jiuge's actions are a desecration of music creation and a trampling of industry rules."

"Without foundation, without skill, and without a mentor, it's simply a pipe dream for a businessman to try and achieve legendary status in a cross-industry field."

"I dare say that the day 'Blue and White Porcelain' is released will be the day Lu Jiuge is utterly disgraced."

Many singers who were neither famous nor unknown also took sides and expressed their opinions, taking the opportunity to belittle Lu Jiuge to gain popularity.

"Support genuine copyrights, resist malicious monopolies; the music industry has no need for speculators."

"True singers let their work speak for itself, not through marketing and hardware."

Offline channels are even more on edge.

Under pressure from the record company alliance, many digital chain stores tightened their cooperation again, and many stores directly removed the Lingyun player from their display units.

The distributors were in a state of panic and called Qianxing Entertainment one after another to inquire about countermeasures.

The entire market seemed to be waiting to see Lu Jiuge suffer a crushing defeat.

In the joint conference room of twelve record companies, the heads of each company sat together, watching the wildly evolving public opinion on the projection screen, their faces all wearing relaxed and playful smiles.

"Lu Jiuge has really gone mad; she actually dared to sing it herself!"

"Just because he wrote a hit ringtone, he thinks he can look down on everyone? Traditional Chinese style isn't something someone like him can mess with!"

"Once the song is released tomorrow, its reputation will collapse, and the Lingyun Player will become a pile of scrap metal."

"We've already made arrangements with the distribution channels. If they have any issues, we'll immediately remove them from all shelves and never cooperate with them again."

"This time, he has no chance to turn things around."

The crowd chatted and laughed, as if they could already foresee Lu Jiuge's crushing defeat and exit.

……

The atmosphere in the conference room of Qianxing Entertainment was equally serious.

Liu Sixi and Li Huizhen looked at the constantly updated negative comments with serious expressions.

"Mr. Lu, the criticism outside is really fierce. How about we release a little bit of the complete clip ahead of time to calm things down?"

Liu Sixi couldn't help but speak up.

Li Huizhen nodded in agreement.

"Everyone is waiting to see you fail; the pressure is immense."

Lu Jiuge leaned back in her chair, her expression calm, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

He looked at the dense barrage of sarcastic remarks on the screen, but instead of getting angry, he smiled.

What is a crisis for others is the best preparation for him.

The harsher the criticism, the lower the expectations. When "Blue and White Porcelain" is finally released, the contrast will be more shocking, and the slap in the face will be more resounding.

"Ignore it!"

"Let them curse!"

"The more you curse, the harder you'll be slapped in the face later."

Lu Jiuge's tone was calm, yet it carried a power that compelled people to believe him.

Just then, Zuo Wei pushed the door open and came in, his face grave:

"Mr. Lu, three more offline chain stores have temporarily suspended supply, and distributors are generally taking a wait-and-see approach. MP3 sales have dropped by nearly 70% in a single day."

"normal."

Lu Jiuge said calmly:

"Once the song is released, they will actively beg to restock it."

Zuo Wei took a deep breath and said no more.

This young boss has never broken a promise or failed in his business since his debut.

Time passed by, second by second.

The air seemed to become tense.

Countless eyes across the internet are fixed on Qianxing Entertainment's official account, awaiting the release that is destined to become a laughing stock.

……

at last.

2:30 PM.

The official accounts of Qianxing Entertainment, Jiuyin Electronics, and Lingyun Player are updated simultaneously.

"Blue and White Porcelain" has been officially launched online.

The Lingyun Player exclusively launches its own music format.

At the same second, all the Lingyun players that had been sold simultaneously played the melody of "Blue and White Porcelain".

Some people were mocking, some were ready to start criticizing immediately, and some planned to record the mishap to gain attention.

Nobody expects it to sound good.

Everyone is waiting for a joke.

But when the first note of the melody begins...

The flute's clear and melodious sound, the guzheng's graceful melody, and the arrangement's gentle and elegant touch all exude an intense and profound sense of Eastern aesthetics.

The previously bustling comment section fell silent for a moment.

next second.

Lu Jiuge's voice slowly unfolded:

The plain embryo outlines the blue and white strokes from dark to light

The peony depicted on the bottle is just like your first makeup

Ran Ran, sandalwood, through the window, I know what's on my mind

The pen on the rice paper is halfway here

Clear, gentle, calm, and full of stories.

There was no showing off, no shouting, no deliberate sentimentality, but it was like a slowly unfolding ink painting, each stroke outlining the elegance and gentleness of a thousand-year-old Chinese style.

The netizens who were about to type out insults paused.

The music critic, who was about to launch into a sarcastic remark, suddenly froze.

The blogger, who was preparing to criticize live, opened his mouth but couldn't utter a sound.

This……

Is this Lu Jiuge, who was criticized as an amateur, a businessman, and a charlatan?

Is this Lu Jiuge, the one who only writes non-mainstream ringtones?

The verses gradually build, unfolding emotions layer by layer.

Every word is as meticulously crafted as a Song Dynasty poem, and every melody is perfectly natural.

Unglazed porcelain, blue and white porcelain, peony, sandalwood, Xuan paper, Han dynasty official script, misty rain, cooking smoke...

The imagery is exquisite and the artistic conception is profound, perfectly capturing the elegance and romance of Eastern porcelain.

Many people's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed without them even realizing it.

His initially disdainful gaze gradually turned serious.

Until the chorus begins:

Sky blue and other misty rain

And I'm waiting for you.

Smoke rises in wisps

Thousands of miles across the river

On the bottom of the bottle, the Han Li imitates the elegance of the previous dynasty

Just when I foreshadowed to meet you

A sentence was uttered.

The entire internet is silent.

next second.

The explosive shock completely overwhelmed every listener.

"Holy crap..."

"What an amazing song!"

"These lyrics, this melody, this singing... it's simply divine!"

"If anyone dares to say Lu Jiuge doesn't understand music, I'll be the first to argue with them!"

"The pinnacle of traditional Chinese music! This is true traditional Chinese music!"

"I take back everything I just said. I apologize. I admit I'm wrong!"

Within a minute, the comments section completely reversed.

One second the screen was filled with mockery and insults, the next it was flooded with countless comments of shock, admiration and worship.

Those netizens who were clamoring for "death" quickly deleted their comments, too scared to speak up again.

Those music critics who were so determined to criticize the song, after listening to the whole song, sat blankly in front of their computers, their minds completely empty.

Those singers who had kicked him while he was down turned pale and then red-faced, and silently deleted their posts expressing their opinions.

The most ironic thing is the comment with the most likes:

"Sing it myself? That's asking for trouble!"

The comment section below has now been completely flooded with tens of thousands of replies.

"Does your face hurt?"

"It hurts so much it's numb."

"This is called courting death? This is called instant godhood!"

"I apologize for my previous ignorance!"

"Lu Jiuge is too amazing! She's not just a singer, she's an artist!"

The Lingyun Player has a built-in music library, and its play count is skyrocketing at an alarming rate.

Even though the number of devices is not large, the single's interaction rate, number of comments, and number of favorites are the highest across the entire platform, which shows the song's terrifying penetrating power.

Lu Jiuge glanced at the explosive comments, but her expression remained calm.

He doesn't care about praise; he only cares about the most practical things.

He looked at Zheng Lin, who was in charge of Lingyun Sound Quality Optimization Company:

"The song's reception is just the surface; whether Lingyun MP3 sales have improved is the real key to this battle."