Jing Qiang was taken aback, "You're a pop singer, how much do you know about opera?"
Lin Chudong said, "You name it, there's nothing I can't do."
"Kid, don't be so arrogant. Do you know Sīláng Tànmǔ?"
"Yes, sir. You want to sing the old man's part? How about a small aria?"
Jing Qiang's interest was piqued, "Alright, let's do a short segment. You play Princess Tiejing?"
"Certainly."
Jing Qiang seemed to be an old opera enthusiast, immediately adopting a pose and acting quite professionally.
Lin Chudong raised his hand, mimicking the orchid gesture, and played Princess Tiejing from Sīláng Tànmǔ, his voice high-pitched.
"I stole the command arrow so you could leave the pass..."
This line immediately surprised Jing Qiang. What a voice!
It wasn't just the voice; Lin Chudong's eyes and movements were also spot-on.
Even though he had no costume or makeup, his eyes and the orchid gesture perfectly captured the essence of Princess Tiejing.
Jing Qiang cleared his throat.
"The princess goes to steal the golden arrow, only then can this palace relax."
"Turning around, I call..."
"Call me Little Fan!!"
Jing Qiang's voice shot up an octave, the sound clear and refreshing.
Regardless of whether it was good or not, he was having a blast singing.
Lin Chudong gave a thumbs-up. "Great voice, Director Jing."
Jing Qiang laughed heartily, "Haven't sung in ages, that was enjoyable!"
Jing Qiang sat down, and the two men had a cup of tea.
Lin Chudong tentatively asked, "Director Jing, you don't approve of Feifei doing pop music?"
Jing Qiang frowned, "Your opera singing is quite good, but pop music is too vulgar..."
Lin Chudong said, "If it's not the usual, run-of-the-mill pop music, would you let her do it?"
Jing Qiang thought for a moment, "Then you'll have to win me over."
Lin Chudong rolled up his sleeves and said,
"Then I'll give Director Jing a special performance today. Feifei is a very important musician in our band, and we can't just let you take her back."
Jing Qiang smiled, "Alright, if you can satisfy me, I won't object to Feifei being in a band in the future."
Jing Feifei was immediately overjoyed, her eyes shining with anticipation as she looked at Lin Chudong.
Lin Chudong stood up and pointed at the piano in the office, saying,
"Feifei, give me some accompaniment."
Lin Chudong wrote a few chord progressions on the paper and handed it to her.
Jing Feifei sat in front of the piano, ready.
The chords began, and Lin Chudong sang, using the tone of a Qingyi role:
"Where love begins, no one knows, yet it runs deep..."
Jing Qiang narrowed his eyes. This combination of opera and piano was rather novel.
After the opera vocal, Lin Chudong switched to a soft and gentle voice, singing:
"A play unfolds, sleeves rise and fall, Singing of joy and sorrow, of parting and reunion, none of which involve me.
Fans open and close, the gongs and drums sound and then fall silent..."
戏中情,戏外人,凭谁说
惯将喜怒哀乐都融入粉墨 陈词唱穿又如何
白骨青灰皆我 乱世浮萍忍看烽火燃山河
位卑未敢忘忧国
哪怕无人知我..."
This section of the song, with its flowing melody, gradually smoothed out Jing Qiang's furrowed brow. Jing Feifei's hands moved quickly across the keys. Drawing on her performance experience, she improvised and sped up the accompaniment, building the emotion to a crescendo before abruptly stopping.
Then, Lin Chudong's operatic voice rang out again.
"台下人走过不见旧颜色 ---
The person on stage sang a heartbreaking farewell song.
"The word 'love' is hard to put on paper, She sings, it must be mixed with blood. The curtain rises, the curtain falls, in the end, we're all just guests..."
This section of the opera singing made Jing Qiang stand up, agitated.
They say actors are heartless, but when faced with the hatred of family and country, actors also have their own strength.
He seemed to see on the battlefield of a war that led to the fall of a nation, a woman in a blue robe gracefully dancing, singing of the worries of the nation.
This…is this also pop music?
After the song ended, Lin Chudong asked.
"Mr. Jing, is this song refined?"
Jing Qiang gave a thumbs up.
"Awesome!"
A few minutes later, Lin Chudong went downstairs and waited in the car outside. Since President Jing had already relented, he wouldn't interfere with Jing's band anymore... right?
In the office, Jing Qiang was still savoring the song just now.
"What was the name of that song again?"
"Chìlíng! Brother Fei said it several times. What's wrong with your memory, sir?"
Jing Qiang rolled his eyes, annoyed. "No respect for elders. If you're into rock and roll for a few years, won't you end up like those little punks, with no class?"
Jing Feifei said, "My temperament is innate; it has nothing to do with what I do. I take after my mother. If you don't like it, then whatever!"
Jing Qiang quickly said, "Alright, alright, don't scare me here. I won't interfere with you forming a band, okay? But don't even think about me sponsoring you. I'll give you three years at most. If you don't make a name for yourself, come back and inherit the family business."
"I'm getting old and can't do it anymore. Such a big business will eventually have to be handed over to you."
Jing Feifei held out her pinky finger. "You said it, three years, pinky promise."
Jing Qiang smiled helplessly. Men, in the end, still become daughter-slaves.
"Pinky promise, a hundred years, never change..."
Jing Feifei, having gotten her way, left excitedly.
Jing Qiang searched online for a bit, then picked up the phone and made a call.
"Have the I Am the King of Songs program contact me. I want to discuss sponsorship."
"Not next season, this season. What is Snow White Laundry Detergent anyway? Tell their CEO to call me."
Jing Feifei went downstairs and got in the car, her face full of excitement.
"Let's go back."
Lin Chudong said, "What did General Manager Jing say?"
"Nothing much. She told me to go back and form a band. She's giving me three years. If the band doesn't work out, I have to go back and inherit the family fortune."
Lin Chudong: ...
It's so cruel!
He also wanted to inherit the family fortune...
He drove her back to the company.
As soon as she entered, Jing Feifei excitedly threw herself into Liang Yin's arms.
"Boss Lady, I don't have to leave!!"
Everyone was very excited to see Jing Feifei back.
Jing Feifei embellished the story of what had just happened, and everyone was shocked.
Brother Fei is Brother Fei; there was no one his music couldn't win over.
"Is the show over?"
Liang Yin nodded. "It's over. Zhang Yiran came in first, Yang Han second. This kind of corruption is unbelievable."
Lin Chudong sneered. Now, no one was even cursing the show's production team anymore; they were all cursing Da Fei.
He quickly called Lin Qiqi and Deng Siqing back, briefly explaining what happened. Both women were worried and offered to help, but Lin Chudong declined.
At this point, the outcome was already set in stone. Helping wouldn't do any good.
Suddenly, Liang Yin exclaimed in surprise.
"The show I Am the King of Songs has been suspended!"
"What?"
Everyone quickly gathered around Liang Yin to look at her phone.
The regular program was broadcast live for two consecutive shows on Saturdays and Sundays, directly determining the overall champion.
But after today's show ended, it was announced that tomorrow's broadcast would be suspended.
Netizens immediately exploded in the comment section.
"What's going on? Did something go wrong with the live broadcast?"
"It must be because Da Fei withdrew from the competition, right? But the broadcast went pretty smoothly, so why the suspension?"
"That Da Fei is really capable of causing trouble. He withdrew, so what's the point of stopping the show?"
"Don't you guys think this is strange? Da Fei is giving up fame and fortune that were within his grasp and choosing to withdraw. Is this something a normal person would do?"
"You mean, Da Fei was threatened?"
"Think about who benefits most from Da Fei's withdrawal, and you'll know."
"Whoa, you mean… ZYR?"
"There are only a few people involved, why use a damn abbreviation? @Zhang Yiran, come out and answer!"
Netizens don't care about such things. They aren't in the entertainment industry, so what can they do by cursing Zhang Yiran?
At this time, the online world was still frantically promoting the live broadcast accident of tonight. One was Da Fei's withdrawal from the competition, and the other was Li Chuanxing's rescue.
It was clearly a self-directed and self-acted withdrawal, but they pretended not to know anything, making it seem like a last-minute rescue. Seeing these news made Liang Yin and the others angry.
But as soon as the program was suspended, it immediately triggered another wave of public opinion.
The program team must have had something happen!
Da Fei Band.
Shen Jianbin and Sun Jie couldn't even enjoy their hot pot anymore.
"What's going on with Mango TV? Why did they stop broadcasting such an important program?"
Shen Jianbin picked up his phone and started scrolling through various groups in the industry, but he couldn't find any reliable information.
"It must be something with the program crew. Either there's a major personnel change, or there's a problem with the sponsors."
"Da Fei doesn't have that much power, does he?"
Sun Jie said, "Yeah, Da Fei's withdrawal was obviously forced. He's still a bit green compared to Zhang Yiran, but I really don't understand this suspension of broadcasting."
Shen Jianbin narrowed his eyes, "That photo of the Jingdong heiress you mentioned last time, show it to me."
Sun Jie pulled out the photos and handed them to him. Shen Jianbin flipped through the special close-up shots of Jing Feifei from the Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies episode, his expression becoming increasingly shocked.
"It really does look like Miss Jing from Jingdong? Is Da Fei really being supported by a rich woman?"
Online speculation was already impossible to suppress.
At this moment, Zhang Yiran was throwing a temper tantrum at Mango TV.
Hong Wentao was also helpless, "Sister Zhang, it's no use getting angry with me. I'm not the only one who has a say in this matter."
Zhang Yiran's face was gloomy, and an unnamed anger in her heart was a little hard to suppress.
Just a small Da Fei, and she, the big sister of the music scene, couldn't suppress him? "Why did Snow White Laundry Detergent withdraw its investment?"
Hong Wentao gave an awkward laugh. "Sister Zhang, didn't you bring in this investor? I was going to ask you about it!"
"Stop talking nonsense, there's definitely something I don't know going on here!"
Hong Wentao shook his head. "I really don't know. The director informed me that the show will be suspended tomorrow, and the final round will be moved to next Saturday, and it'll still be live."
Zhang Yiran frowned. "I hope nothing else happens in the next show."
The first of the two final rounds had already been completed, and Zhang Yiran was in first place. There shouldn't be any major changes in the second round.
Just a small Da Fei Band, how could they possibly have such a big influence? It must just be a coincidence.
At midnight, the I Am the King of Songs program team released an announcement.
"The second episode of the final of I Am the King of Songs, originally scheduled to broadcast tomorrow night, has been changed to a live broadcast at 8 p.m. next Saturday. The title sponsor has been changed to Jingdong Shopping. Thank you to Jingdong Shopping for its generous sponsorship."
"After communication, the Liang Music Band will continue to participate in the second round of the finals. Please look forward to it."
As soon as this Weibo post was released, the internet immediately exploded again.
Meanwhile, Lin Chudong had just hung up the phone with Hong Wentao.
None of the band members had gone to sleep. How could anyone sleep without a resolution to tonight's events?
Liang Yin asked excitedly, "What's the situation?"
"We're continuing to participate in the second round. Live broadcast next Saturday."
Liang Yin and the others were overjoyed.
"Xiao Jing, our uncle is still amazing!"
Liang Yin rolled her eyes. "Wang Zhi, you're not going anywhere, are you?"
"Right, has our show finished airing?"
"It has, I forgot to watch it! Let's check the comments quickly!"
At the headquarters of Tianxun Video.
Huang Wei sipped her coffee and said,
"Have the statistics been compiled yet?"
"Not yet, Director Huang. It's only been three hours. The statistics wouldn't mean anything yet, would they?"
The broadcast rating index requires twenty-four hours of data; three-hour data is basically not very helpful.
Unless the show can reach S-class within three hours, but the probability of that is really small, almost impossible.
Huang Wei couldn't sleep, pacing back and forth in the company. She wasn't going off work, so her little assistant had to work overtime too.
"How about Surfacing? Are the data out?"
"President Huang, we can't see the data from that side for now. The ratings look like they're being boosted."
"Boosting ratings? That's so low-level? Haha!"
A smile appeared on Huang Wei's face. They had already resorted to boosting ratings; this drama definitely wasn't good.
She watched the first two episodes when it aired. It was a romance drama disguised as a suspense drama, with the entire focus on showing off affection. The main plot was terrible, and it would definitely collapse in terms of reputation in the end.
This show being B-rated would be good enough, and that's even considering Li Zhilin's popularity.
A few minutes later, the assistant said excitedly.
"Director Huang! The results are out, the rating index is over a million, and it's about to reach S-rank. It's very likely to reach SS-rank within twenty-four hours!"
Huang Wei immediately became excited, her eyes shining.
The unit price for works above S-rank is actually the same, all at the highest twenty-five yuan, even for SSS.
But if she could bring out an SSS work, it would be completely different for Huang Wei's career.
"The drama of the year is about to be born, this fifteen-episode web drama is going to create a miracle!"
At this moment, Liang Yin and the others rewatched the drama, but this time it was to check the comments and bullet screen messages.
"How many people are here to see my husband, Deng Yong? Deng Yong is about to appear, ahhh, honey, look at me!"
"This female lead is so pretty. Is she a new actress? So fresh and tender."
"What's this drama about? Why is it called Beginning?"
"They're all unfamiliar actors; is Deng Yong the only famous one?"
"And Lin Qiqi! When will my wife appear?"
"Upstairs, Lin Qiqi appears in the third episode." "Please don't spoil it!" "Damn, isn't that police officer Da Fei?" "Damn, no wonder Da Fei withdrew from I Am the King of Songs. He took a police report and became a cop!" "Haha, what the hell, becoming a cop? This is Da Fei's directorial debut! Not enough budget, so the director stepped in himself!"
Seeing these comments and a rating of 9.0, Liang Yin and the others were incredibly excited. Beginning is going to be a hit!
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