Chapter 8: Disbandment Night
RUIKO, taken from the Japanese pronunciation of “tears”.
Therefore, the boy group RUIKO1 that Yu Wei is in is often called Tear Group in the industry.
Say their group is popular? Actually, not really. The domestic boy and girl group craze has basically passed these years, and except for core fans, not many people pay attention.
But to say they’re completely not popular? That’s not the case either. Except for Yu Wei this good-for-nothing, the other six have good development now.
In the current domestic entertainment environment, a seven-person group persisting for four years with zero collapses is pretty tough…
Although this is the most basic, many stars can’t even do the basics right. Their group relies entirely on colleagues to make them look good.
This disbandment can be considered a good start and good end.
“Heart Wall… Yu Wei, you changed songs?”
Except for Zhang Lingye, the other five only discovered after seeing the final program list that Yu Wei had changed songs, and to one they hadn’t heard.
Just from the song title, you can’t tell what type it is.
“Yeah, last dance, leave a souvenir.”
Yu Wei anyway has no ideas of showing off. Web novel authors generally like pretending to be newcomers. Compared to those thick-skinned great god heavenly kings who ask newcomers to carry them, he only learned a bit of the basics…
Still last dance?
Zhang Lingye didn’t even want to expose him.
If he can write this song, would the company let him go? Forget termination, they’ll probably focus on training him directly.
Yu Wei’s future resources will probably be better than theirs.
What made him even harder to keep a straight face was that when Yu Wei said this, the other teammates actually believed it, even comforting him not to leave regrets.
Zhang Lingye really wanted to laugh, but then he thought, wasn’t he tricked by Yu Wei back then too…
He can’t take this loss alone.
Zhang Lingye decided not to tell the others first. The loss he’s eaten must be tasted by them too!
Just thinking of their expressions at the performance site when they hear Yu Wei sing makes him want to laugh.
Yu Wei didn’t expect him to keep it so secret, but him keeping it secret is a good thing, saves the trouble of explaining.
The program being finalized is just the beginning. To make the performance effect as perfect as possible, he still needs to put in some effort.
Practice and studies, neither can be skipped.
On-site performance doesn’t just depend on the song’s quality, but also closely related to performance mindset, state on the day, and singing experience.
Just like a professional racer might fail the subject two test…
Even if he masters this song perfectly, he can’t slack off; the preparations that need to be done must be done.
Perfectly, Yu Wei’s novel content has been relatively flat these two days, so he can put more effort into rehearsal…
After the small climax of the protagonist’s performance, the rest is wrapping up and tidying work. This part of the plot is the easiest to pad word count.
On one hand, depict changes in outsiders’ attitudes toward the protagonist; on the other, the protagonist in the popularity vortex still has to show off.
But note that after the protagonist copies the song, i.e., performs, don’t write the protagonist as too arrogant.
The protagonist is just a plagiarist. Showing off is fine, but he can’t really treat others’ songs as his own…
Humble gains more, full loses more. After the protagonist is sharp, he needs to be smoother to make the character image more likable.
“Time to think about the second instance.”
Yu Wei was just about to start considering the new plot, but before starting, he suddenly remembered a small detail.
Copyright!
After the protagonist sings the song, must explain the copyright. Some readers take this very seriously; can briefly mention it, but can’t omit it.
People work hard their whole life to build some foundation for themselves. Benefits are only secure when in hand; can’t just paint pies.
Normally, after an entertainment protagonist sings, the next stop is recording a variety show. Writing it this way is convenient for developing character relationships and letting the protagonist formally connect with the circle.
Yu Wei plans to write it this way too, but hasn’t decided what type of variety show specifically.
Popular variety shows on the market have basically all been written: Singer, good voice, Masked Singer, Yearning for Life, Peach Blossom Dock… Immortal Human Xi are as numerous as hemp.
The benefit of writing these is ready-made ideas and entry points. Can’t copy directly, but can modify slightly; very high floor.
But the downsides are obvious too: clichéd, aesthetic fatigue. Teacher Huang is almost a must-play project in entertainment novels…
He needs to write something different.
Not that Yu Wei has high artistic pursuit; his novel needs data, and currently the data requirements aren’t low.
This time he got 100 follow-up reads by taking a shortcut; what if next time it’s 1,000? To make the novel perform better, still needs some novelty…
His book guaranteeing the floor is useless; must aim for the ceiling.
Take a gamble, bicycle turns wheelchair.
As an old failure, he indeed has limited ability. Bad is bad, but attitude must be right. If everyone follows trends, readers will suffer.
“What to write…”
Yu Wei rubbed his brow, involuntarily thinking of a famous variety show scene.
“Give me a high note that destroys the whole world!”
Voice of Dreams, a national talent show variety where stars are judges. The program doesn’t seem that popular, but has plenty of famous scenes.
Brother Bolan, Brother Mianjin, and Brother High Note’s three days and three nights…
This is a music variety show. Compared to reality shows, the protagonist singing will be more natural, not so abrupt.
Plus, the protagonist has a scoring system, easier to develop as a judge.
As long as the “folk masters'” talent performances are written funnily, the impression of this plot should be okay.
He won’t mess with Teacher Huang, mess with Teacher Han instead.
Since the protagonist singing plot ended, not many readers left for his book…
The occasional few are still chasing to curse, basically focused on the Heart Wall lyrics he quoted.
“I can tell, the author has literary pretentiousness, wrote two lines of poetry thinking they can be lyrics.”
“Hard to keep straight face, dumplings wrapped in vinegar for this disc.”
“Author definitely thinks he has so much talent.”
“Heart has a wall, discovers a window, meaning unclear.”
Actually, these few lyrics are okay even standalone, but how to put it, the stereotype has formed…
In readers’ perspective, he’s already a self-righteous literary youth with literary pretentiousness, wrote a few flowery sentences to show off, so fabricated a song and forced it into the novel.
In this case, the lyrics’ quality doesn’t matter anymore; what they’re really cursing is him as a person.
Of course, it’s not the readers’ problem.
Because of information asymmetry; if he were a reader, encountering such an author he’d probably can’t help it too…
You’re here to write novels, not show off literary flair. Who are you looking down on?
Readers are right!
As an old failure, Yu Wei has this awareness. Readers’ cursing content and direction may not be right, but the act of cursing is indeed no problem.
Novels are written to be read by people. People spend time and money; if they don’t like it, can’t they curse?
This is similar to being a star: you earn audience’s money, must have the awareness to accept audience evaluation.
“After hearing the song, they’ll forgive me.”
Yu Wei’s enthusiasm for writing wasn’t hit. He coded words while practicing; two days passed in a flash, and soon it was RUIKO1 disbandment day.
Farewell Night was held as scheduled, and their group finally trended again.
#RUIKO1GraduationHappy!
Execution meal, sort of.
Yu Wei clicked in and scrolled for a bit, surprisingly saw a post from his own fan, full of farewell and regret between the lines.
Persisting in liking this slacking off guy for four years, clearly a true love fan…
What netizens discussed most was “Yuan Shen”. Qi Yuan’s fans seem to really hate this group; posts are basically congratulating escaping the sea of bitterness.
Actually, every circle is the same: easy to share hardship, hard to share wealth.
Qi Yuan has long entered second-tier artist ranks; his fans definitely don’t want him rubbed by others in the group.
Actually, when they just debuted, Zhang Lingye was the most popular in the group. He was captain and center position, but later overtaken in popularity by Qi Yuan.
Yeah, later overtaken…
In Qi Yuan’s fans’ eyes, other teammates are all dragging brother down.
Naturally including Yu Wei himself.
He’s the “certain members”, “extremely individual people”, “even worse”, “whoever knows in their heart”, and “that who I don’t even want to mention” in group fans’ mouths.
Able to shake off Yu Wei this good-for-nothing, teammate fans naturally applaud!
