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"Jin Lan is right! The world needs Mozart, and it needs more singers like Jin Lan!"

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "I really like girls with Jin Lan's personality. Even if she can't be Mozart, it's good to be herself, and naturally people will like her!"

After speaking, Yu Xiaoxiao then turned to the camera to explain:

"Actually, Jin Lan's songs are really not simple. Take 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang' for example. Do you know who did the backing vocals? They are three big names in the Japanese performing arts world... You don't know them? It's okay, just know that they are very powerful."

The host nodded and continued, "Jin Lan answered very well. Of course, we are not criticizing this audience member. The question was very good. We welcome everyone to ask more questions and stimulate more intellectual exchange."

At this moment, comments flew across the live stream chat:

"The last question hasn't been answered yet!"

"So, you really weren't bullied by the songwriters?"

Jin Lan also saw these comments through the split screen, blushed, and said:

“I wasn’t bullied by the songwriters. Actually, it’s mainly because I’m not a good singer and can only sing these simple songs. The songwriters wrote them for me on purpose.”

Upon hearing this, the host raised an eyebrow and said, "Our Jinlan is very modest..."

“It’s not modesty, it’s true!” Jin Lan said.

The host neither confirmed nor denied it.

Although she has good hosting skills, she was mainly responsible for behind-the-scenes work before and was not very familiar with the various entanglements in front of the camera.

Although Chen Liang and Jin Lan had a falling out on stage and accused each other, she didn't know much about it.

“Actually, I have a different opinion.” At this moment, Jia Yi, who was sitting in the back, spoke up, “This audience member is fine. He doesn’t like this song because he has good taste.”

Upon hearing this, the host's eyes lit up; she was eager for someone to speak out, and quickly handed the microphone to Jia Yi.

"Is Mr. Jia Yi dissatisfied with Jin Lan's song? Could you elaborate?"

Jia Yi reached out and said, "No, no, I'm not dissatisfied with Jin Lan. Jin Lan tried her best, but she really should be more confident. In any case, the poor quality of the song is definitely not the singer's fault!"

The host smiled maliciously: "Is Mr. Jia Yi launching an attack on a certain songwriter?"

"No, no." Jia Yi quickly waved his hand, then laughed self-deprecatingly, "Really, I was just feeling indignant. Never mind, I won't say anymore, or I'll seem like a sore loser."

Chapter 472 Is it fun to slap someone in the face like this?

Jia Yi said he wouldn't say anything more, but then immediately added:

"While both highbrow and lowbrow culture are necessary, since we've chosen to target the lower-tier market, we shouldn't always put on airs."

The host asked, "Professor Jia, what does 'lower-tier market' mean?"

“The lower-tier market is the third-tier cities and below. Listen to songs like ‘Learn to Meow’ and ‘Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang’. Aren’t they very much to the taste of young people in small towns?” Jia Yi said eloquently. “So I say, if you’re going to target the lower-tier market, then do it. If it’s rustic, then so be it. But to brainwash singers into thinking that they can’t sing and that’s why they wrote such songs is absurd.”

The host looked at Jin Lan, who had an innocent expression on her face, and couldn't help but nod.

Words like "brainwashing" and "PUA" can easily trigger a woman's emotions and make her deeply empathize.

After being eliminated, Jia Yi became a bit unruly, and whenever they encountered Chen Liang in public, he would definitely criticize him.

Moreover, Chen Liang is not here now, so he can't even refute him, which makes Jia Yi even happier to betray him.

Most of the audience were just looking for a good show, and some new viewers had only heard Jia Yi's side of the story, so most of them became indignant and began to condemn the unscrupulous lyricist and composer.

"So, Jin Lan really did offend the lyricist and composer? How could this be..."

"Didn't you hear? It's not that we offended the songwriters, it's that the songwriters wrote such corny songs, and Jin Lan is taking the blame."

"Holy crap, who's the lyricist and composer?"

“Chen Liang was the partner for Jin Lan in the last few times, but Jia Yi’s statement is not comprehensive.”

"I wasn't very interested before, I just glanced at it a few times, I never expected there was such a hidden story here, it's amazing."

……

The host wanted to ask Jia Yi about his attitude, but Jia Yi just shook his head, displaying an air of superiority and refusing to say more.

Guo Xiaoran suddenly said, "I actually understand Jia Yi's feelings. He's not angry because his song lost; he's standing up for Jin Lan."

The host immediately turned his attention to him.

Guo Xiaoran continued, "Did you know? In the previous rounds of the competition, Jin Lan's songs ranked very high, higher than ours."

The host said, "Really? It seems that Jinlan's strength is beyond doubt."

“That’s not how it is,” Guo Xiaoran shook his head. “Our Lu Chujiu is just as good, and we also have Yun Shang’er. The song ‘Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang’ even ranked higher than Yun Shang’er’s.”

The host's eyes widened: "Really?"

"Can you imagine?" Guo Xiaoran said with a smile, "You study hard for many years, learning music theory and studying composition, and then some unknown thing jumps up and knocks you down. When you hear that thing, you just think, 'What is this?' Do you know what that feels like?"

The host's expression turned serious: "It's truly frustrating."

"It's not just resentment, it's just that I feel music shouldn't be like this," Guo Xiaoran said.

"Meow meow meow meow, is it hard to write? I can write it too, I can write a lot, but if writing this will make it popular, then all the songs in the music scene will be meow meow meow. I think I don't like it."

The host looked serious and nodded solemnly.

"This will indeed set the tone for the entire music scene."

“The most important thing is that this makes people question life itself,” Guo Xiaoran said. “I also wondered if it was enough for the song to become popular and I didn’t have to care about anything else? I could write catchy pop songs and it would be even easier than this.”

The host nodded repeatedly.

"But this time, Jin Lan's explosive popularity on foreign websites has given me back my confidence," Guo Xiaoran said with a smile. "The public's eyes are still discerning."

The host frowned: "What do you mean?"

“Look,” Guo Xiaoran said, “Jin Lan didn’t become famous because of those catchy pop songs. This shows that she could have become famous on her own without those songs.”

"Oh!" The host understood what he meant and became excited.

Guo Xiaoran said, "Popular songs may be popular for a while or in a certain place, but they may not be popular all over the world."

The host laughed and said, "Yes, especially in a musical powerhouse like Japan, foreigners generally have a much higher level of musical literacy."

Guo Xiaoran, a little carried away, didn't realize what was wrong with what he said, and continued:

"So I'm really grateful that Jin Lan became a hit this time, which shows that writing good songs is still useful."

Jia Yi nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean. What's the point of becoming popular just with catchy pop songs in China? It's only meaningful when it becomes popular overseas and promotes our culture!"

At this point, the two realized their mutual respect and reached a complete consensus, which moved many viewers, who responded with a barrage of agreement in the comments.

"Yes, there are too many mindless people in China who listen to whatever is popular without any musicality, which is why the music is so bad."

"If those kinds of catchy pop songs became popular overseas, I would be too embarrassed to admit it, it would be too shameful."

"If we want to export our culture, we still need to rely on high-quality works. Unfortunately, the domestic music scene is too superficial, and it is too difficult to produce music like this."

"Heh, are you all addicted to reflecting on your actions now that you're kneeling? One JX hasn't even made you stand up yet."

"No matter how great JX is, there are still catchy pop songs like 'Learn to Meow' in China! This shows that the overall quality is still not good. Even if he is great, he has not been able to drive the entire music scene."

……

On the other side of the live stream screen, Xiao Qing was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

What's most infuriating is that what Guo Xiaoran said, on the surface, actually makes a lot of sense—if you don't look at what he and Jia Yi did.

It's not like writing a catchy pop song is some kind of heinous crime. So what if it goes viral on YouTube once? There are far more catchy pop songs that go viral overseas! And they're even more mindless!

Besides, do you two even have the right to criticize Chen Liang?

Yes, it's unfair that shallow, catchy songs are so popular, especially to good songs.

But are the songs you two wrote good songs?!

It's not even as good as pop songs, so don't talk about "cultural export"!

Xiao Qing angrily typed out a long message in the comment section and clicked send, only to be met with the message "Your character limit has been exceeded" displayed on the screen.

She painstakingly divided the message into several parts and sent them out separately. Halfway through, a notification popped up:

"Your behavior has been detected as abnormal; you have been muted."

"Ahhhh!"

Xiao Qing was so angry she almost smashed her phone.

Lu Qingxuan, standing to the side, remained calm, watching her with interest, and said:

"Calm down. You got so angry just from watching a live stream."

"Who's angry? I'm not angry!" Xiao Qing said angrily.

……

In the live stream, Jia Yi and Guo Xiaoran were still talking at length about cultural export, while Jin Lan seemed hesitant to speak.

She wanted to shout, "Teacher Jia Yi, Chen Liang has never brainwashed me!"

You were the one who got angry and blamed the singers for being eliminated, and who criticized me on stage!

Taking advantage of Chen Liang's absence, they frantically distorted the correct collective memory in front of the public. What kind of behavior is this that damages the history of our time?

However, after gathering her emotions for a long time, Jin Lan ultimately did not say it.

After all, she's a coward.

After being taught a lesson for confronting Chen Liang head-on, she is now the most timid idol in history, not daring to mess with anyone and only daring to shrink back.

Go ahead and criticize me, just don't force me to take a stand.

If Chen Liang finds out that I joined you guys in badmouthing him behind his back, he'll definitely be angry!

Jin Lan huddled to one side, trembling. To make matters worse, the host remembered to call on her again at this moment.

“Jin Lan, if anyone ever says you can't sing well again, just throw the number of views for this song on YouTube in their face and tell them, ‘Try to surpass this number of views on YouTube before you start talking about me!’”

Jin Lan was not happy at all about this encouragement and praise, saying, "If it were Chen Liang, he would probably have over a million views in no time."

After Jin Lan finished speaking, the host was still a little surprised, while Guo Xiaoran and Jia Yi couldn't help but laugh.

They thought Jinlan was too honest.

Who are everyone's biggest enemies next? It's Qin Yunshang and Chen Liang.

Right now, Qin Yunshang and Chen Liang are both away, and there are a lot of new viewers in the live stream. Isn't this the best chance to turn things around?

Yunshang'er's fanbase is too large to easily smear, so they'll definitely take this opportunity to smear Chen Liang! It's good if they can get more people to not vote for their group.

Unfortunately, despite their hints, Jin Lan remained clueless and continued to speak up for Chen Liang.

“If it were Yun Shang’er, I would fully believe that her viewership would also break a million,” Jia Yi said, “but if it’s Chen Liang… forget it.”

Guo Xiaoran laughed and said, "His song style is not suitable for foreign websites; it doesn't fit in."

"Foreigners can't understand what's so nice about meowing."

If the two of them had any psychological burden before, this time they are really not afraid of being proven wrong.

This time, the rules require singers to only perform songs previously written by the songwriters.

The show's original intention was to have multiple versions of the songs featured on the show, in order to extract more commercial value. However, it turned out to be the rule that was most disadvantageous to Qin Yunshang.

None of the catchy pop songs Chen Liang wrote before were suitable for her to sing!

Singing for Jinlan is to highlight her strengths and avoid her weaknesses, while singing for her is to highlight her weaknesses and avoid her strengths.

Therefore, they absolutely do not believe that Qin Yunshang could also achieve over a million views on foreign websites.

Guo Xiaoran said, "Jin Lan, you don't understand the tastes of foreign audiences. With those catchy pop songs written by Chen Liang, it would be good if they could get more than 100,000 plays."

Jia Yi said, "Yes, because there are more catchy pop songs abroad than in China, so foreign audiences are no longer interested in them."

Lu Chujiu interjected, "But Chen Liang isn't just good at writing catchy pop songs; he also wrote 'I Remember'..."

Jia Yi interrupted her, saying, "I Remember" is a folk song. The song wins because of its lyrics, but foreigners can't understand the lyrics.

"This is the awkward situation for domestic musicians: the language barrier," Guo Xiaoran said.

Jia Yi added, "I'm not trying to belittle Chen Liang, but let alone 100,000 views, he hasn't even had a single video that's gone viral yet, which speaks volumes."

“With Yunshang’er’s strength, this shouldn’t be the case. It’s obvious who’s holding her back,” Guo Xiaoran said.

The two sang in unison, and as soon as they finished speaking, the host heard the director's voice in his earpiece.