Chapter 240: The Waters Run Too Deep For You To Handle
“I feel like there are no songs in the song library that suit me.”
Xiang Huai Xue’s competition declaration was the most arrogant that Teacher Yu Wei had ever seen. He had seen those who were timid before the battle, and he had also seen those who selected songs in advance.
She planned to select a song in advance, but felt that none of the songs suited her. This was the first time Teacher Yu Wei had seen this; she was certain she would win and was already being picky.
Teacher Yu Wei couldn’t say much about others, but this one indeed had that strength. As a veteran musician introduced by Meng Han to participate in the competition, her individual ability was the strongest.
Her singing skill was very strong, but she was inexplicably obsessed with originals and really lacked that talent, so she had no popularity.
I heard you’re still doing originals, and after messing around, it seems like that’s all there is…
The current song library is basically all internet celebrity songs, with styles that are all pretty similar. For a veteran musician, the attractiveness is indeed average.
However, among the female vocal songs, there is still one “Bubble” left. It seems this one isn’t very fond of this song.
“Teacher Yu Wei, can you arrange a difficult song for me as an opponent?”
Xiang Huai Xue’s intention was very clear: arrange a more difficult song, and after she wins, she can just select it.
Others were afraid of losing, but this person actively increased the difficulty for herself. She was clearly unusually confident.
Teacher Yu Wei had never seen such a request in his life. Since she said so, it wasn’t impossible to arrange, but if she lost, don’t blame him for being ruthless.
“Then thank you in advance, Teacher Yu Wei.”
Xiang Huai Xue didn’t mean anything else. She was participating in the competition to challenge herself; if she just muddled through to the next round, what would be the point?
Tong Yulu wanted to curse when she heard this…
It could only be said that the purposes of the two groups of people participating in the competition were different. Young people were there for works, while the older generation truly wanted to battle and have fun.
Xiang Huai Xue was quite interested in seeing if Teacher Yu Wei had any heavyweight discarded drafts to learn from.
Her “teacher” was called sincerely. After the music awards ceremony, Teacher Yu Wei had become an existence that all industry insiders had to take seriously.
Even if they had more seniority, they might not necessarily match Teacher Yu Wei’s standard. Calling him teacher was nothing bad; the capable are the teachers.
On the other side, Teacher Yu Wei was racking his brains thinking of songs. She liked difficult ones, right? Then he’d write a high note work.
The finale of “Music Blind Box” was about to start filming, and he planned to finish writing this competition before recording began.
Teacher Yu Wei was furiously writing when Qi Luo An suddenly sent a message. The short message was packed with information.
“Bad news, Qi Yuan is going to cooperate.”
Plans can’t keep up with changes. Originally, Teacher Yu Wei wanted Qi Yuan to swap songs with Shen Yutong, each getting what they needed, but Qi Yuan didn’t know about this.
He was now fully focused on becoming popular again, so he naturally wouldn’t miss the opportunity for the theme song of “Three Lives, One Fate.” The song was useless in his hands, so better to cooperate early.
Brother-in-law was quite impatient…
If he just used the song like this, he would miss a great opportunity. Singing his own role’s execution song would definitely have greater influence than singing a theme song.
Qi Luo An heard about it when she reported to her mom that she was safe. She originally wanted to tease her brother with “Yi Jian Mei,” but who knew he couldn’t wait a moment and planned to go all in.
“It seems he’s going to discuss cooperation this afternoon. It’s still not too late to stop him now.”
Of course he had to be stopped at a time like this. At least let him know about it. If he still wanted to cooperate with the bad drama afterward, she absolutely wouldn’t stop him.
……
“Can this really make me popular again?”
Qi Yuan actually had doubts about the production team of “Three Lives, One Fate.” He had acted in this drama, so he naturally knew how bad the plot was.
Gods and demons battling and demon abuse romance at every turn, filming the same old stuff over and over. The so-called three lives romance was more like three instances swapped.
This drama was stitched together, beautified as three lives, but really just three script kills sewn into one, finding ways to do romance…
He didn’t even know why he had a brain fart and took this role back then. According to his agent, if he took on the theme song cooperation, he could break and then establish.
With the buff of a god song from a bad movie, he would definitely become popular again with this opportunity.
But Qi Yuan felt like he would sink deeper. Acting in a role was one thing, but singing the theme song too—this wasn’t tying himself to the drama’s ship?
“Don’t worry, this song has very high quality and will definitely go viral. By then, netizens will only think you’re the one who tried the hardest.”
Wu Qi still had some public relations ability. This drama really wasn’t great, and there might be no popularity dividends, but eating some black dividends wouldn’t be bad.
Her thinking was clear: with this song, Qi Yuan would definitely get some exposure. If the drama flopped, it would highlight him instead, and then they could sell misery, marketing the feeling that the drama was carried by Qi Yuan.
Fan circle fans ate this up the most. Seeing the male second had some attractiveness, and hearing him sing the theme song, no matter how outrageous the plot, they would definitely become fans.
“Sigh.”
Qi Yuan always had the illusion that he was walking the old path, but he had been in the trough long enough, and this state was hard to bear.
If possible, he didn’t want to do this either, but the “Charlotte Troubles” he had high hopes for hadn’t started filming yet. It would probably be next year before filming and release, and he couldn’t wait that long.
One year in the entertainment industry was too long; it was all about seizing the day.
He had promised to be Teacher Yu Wei’s left and right arms, but in his current state, he probably wasn’t qualified. Did the big muscular guy have a baby’s arm?
At two in the afternoon, an hour before the theme song cooperation meeting, Qi Yuan adjusted his state and prepared to go out for the meeting.
At this time, he surprisingly received a message from the “debt collector.” What did his little sister want with him at this time?
“Don’t go sing the bad drama’s theme song. I have a better gig to introduce to you.”
Qi Yuan was silent for a moment, then replied with “get lost”…
This brat was teasing him again; it wasn’t the first or second time. Before, when he had some small public opinion, she sent similar talking points.
“Don’t be a star anymore, go be a duck.”
“I’ll introduce you to a gig, bring your own steel wool ball.”
When it came to kicking someone when they were down, Qi Luo An was never late. She was clearly mocking him for falling so low that he had to cooperate with a bad drama.
Sigh, if there was a choice, who would want to kneel to make money? His glory was gone, so to make a comeback, he had no choice.
Qi Luo An was furious upon receiving the reply. She kindly advised him, and he told her to get lost—what could be endured but not this?
She originally wanted to wash her hands of it, but thinking of Yutong’s obsession with “Peach Blossom Promise,” she decided to grit her teeth and ask again.
This time, she straightforwardly explained the song swap. Who knew, after sending, it showed rejected.
“Your grandpa!”
Qi Luo An was so angry she nearly fainted. Not listening to reason was one thing, but directly blocking—what was this? So eager to jump into the pit!
It could only be said the boy who cried wolf story played out again. If others said it, Qi Yuan might listen, but coming from her, he wouldn’t believe it a million times over.
She had never seen such a silly bird brother. Qi Luo An was anxious and angry, and finally had no choice but to go to Teacher Yu Wei. Maybe it was most reliable coming from him.
She wouldn’t let herself lose out. Once she persuaded the silly bird brother back, she had to blackmail him hard!
“Let me handle it? Alright.”
Teacher Yu Wei didn’t want to see Qi Yuan damage his own cultivation. Clearly, swapping heavenly treasures could lead to heavenly dao foundation building, but he planned to forcefully breakthrough with human dao foundation building…
This was too much of a loss—not only wasting a good song but also getting smeared. He really needed to be properly trained.
Qi Yuan had already arrived downstairs at the production team’s company. The four gilded characters “Prosperity Star Film” faintly visible behind the frosted glass door.
Which drama nowadays doesn’t drag? Which drama has no commercial considerations?
Maybe this drama wasn’t that bad…
“Let’s go, the path to becoming popular again is right under our feet.”
Wu Qi urged: “We’ve had this song for a while. If we don’t discuss cooperation soon, the production team will think we lack sincerity.”
This was true. After “Peach Blossom Promise” came out, the film crew contacted him expressing cooperation intention. The song had been in his hands for over a week; he should at least respond.
He and his agent went upstairs. Just as he was about to push open the meeting room door, he received a call. The caller was none other than Teacher Yu Wei.
At this critical moment, if it were someone else, Wu Qi would definitely tell him to reject it, but seeing it was Teacher Yu Wei, she couldn’t say anything.
It seemed answering his call was indeed more important…
“You haven’t finished discussing cooperation already, have you?”
Qi Yuan was stunned. Why were one after another inquiring about this? Was there something wrong?
“Not yet, just about to discuss.”
“That’s great, don’t go. The water is deep there; you can’t handle it.”
Bad movie with god song was praise for the song, not the singer. If he really cooperated, netizens would still curse the bad movie.
Qi Yuan actually understood this reason, but if he didn’t save himself, he would really drown. Maybe this drama wasn’t as bad as imagined…
“I just checked; this drama’s screenwriter team changed three times in half a year. The producer explicitly requires at least ten minutes of slow motion close-ups per episode for fans to edit.”
“More importantly, the director’s last three works have ratings below 4. Do you know what that means?”
Teacher Yu Wei had just looked up information, and not knowing was one thing, but checking scared him. Brother-in-law really knew how to pick a fairy tale script.
He didn’t want to boast about how good his own movie was, because that was unknown. No matter how much he said, it was empty promises.
Teacher Yu Wei wouldn’t judge others from his own standpoint. He just wanted Qi Yuan to know first: don’t rush into this. At least think it through.
Qi Yuan fell silent. He knew this too, but in domestic entertainment, were there few such dramas? Everyone did it this way. As long as he did a bit better, he could become popular again…
His idea was fine, and agent Wu Qi’s approach was good too. Doing this could indeed make him popular again.
But was that result really what he wanted?
“A bad drama is like a funhouse mirror; it distorts your image in the audience’s mind. Even if you have great works later, some will only say you’re the artist who cooperated with the bad movie.”
Qi Yuan sighed upon hearing this, seemingly having made his decision. That indeed wasn’t what he wanted.
Seeing he had thought it through, Teacher Yu Wei then told him about the song swap. Besides the theme song cooperation for Peach Blossom Promise, he could swap for a plum blossom song.
Teacher Yu Wei did this on purpose. If he told him about the swap at the beginning, even if Qi Yuan turned back, what would be the point?
He would just be moving from one benefit to a higher one, not solving from the root.
Making brother-in-law understand how to walk his own path was Teacher Yu Wei’s purpose, not just giving him a choice.
Songs are gifts from the sober, not bargaining chips for speculators. When Qi Yuan accumulated strength even without knowing a better choice, that was true growth.
Only then would the new opportunity have meaning.
For brother-in-law, Teacher Yu Wei really worried himself sick. Back then, for his “battle of the century,” he made outstanding contributions, and Teacher Yu Wei certainly wouldn’t pretend not to see.
“Do I really still have a chance to sing ‘Yi Jian Mei’?”
Both were opportunities to become popular again. If Teacher Yu Wei chose, he would definitely pick “Yi Jian Mei.” After all, he really liked this movie, and the song too.
He gave up the blazing peach blossoms in hand, only to encounter the solitary cold plum.
The ups and downs in a short time made Qi Yuan’s mood very complex. Hearing he could still swap songs, he almost wanted to cry.
“You put it in writing!”
“Fine, provided they agree to swap with you.”
Qi Yuan broke out in cold sweat upon hearing this. Getting Shen Yutong to agree to swap meant passing the little sister’s hurdle too?
The two were in cahoots, basically wearing the same skirt. He had just cursed the little sister earlier—this…
Done for!
