Chapter 152 Invitation to the Songgu Program

After returning to the hotel and washing up, Bai Xingjian opened Weibo and announced to the public that the album "Phoenix Legend" will be released next Friday.

After this Weibo post was released, it quickly aroused heated discussions among countless netizens.

"It turned out to be a song that was included in the album 'New Era of the Heavenly Group'. I thought a new album was going to be released. I was so happy for nothing!"

"Aren't you satisfied with hearing Brother Xingjian's new songs every week? If he releases another new album, Brother Xingjian will be exhausted to death!"

“Hahaha, that’s quite true, but some idiots don’t want Fenghuang Yufei to sing new songs every week.”

"Why bring up those unlucky things? But this album should be able to shut some people up after it's released."

"Just a passerby, looking at the name of this album, does Fenghuang Yufei compare himself to a legend?"

"if not?"

“Isn’t the experience of Phoenix Flying legendary enough? When the word “legend” is applied to Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi, I can only say that they deserve the title!”

Bai Xingjian has the habit of replying to comments. Under this comment, he replied: "Great minds think alike!"

This move immediately made the fans laugh, and everyone responded:

"You're arrogant, but I like it!"

"Brother Xingjian has a talent for being funny."

"What do you think of the top trending search terms on Weibo, Brother Xingjian?"

In response to this question, Bai Xingjian replied: "Just lying on the bed, with my arm against the pillow, my left foot on top of my right foot, and looking at it leaning to the right."

"Brother Xingjian, I suspect you are peeking at me!"

"Hahaha, maybe he is behind you."

"Yoyo has a good attitude and seems to be not affected by the trending searches at all."

"It was still somewhat affected. At least Yoyo brother posted a microblog to promote his album late at night, trying to gain some popularity for himself."

……

After replying to some messages, Bai Xingjian went to check the Weibo hot search list again. When he saw the entry [Ding Xin supports Fenghuang Yufei], he was quite surprised.

When I clicked on it, I saw that it was the Weibo post that Ding Xin posted not long ago.

【Please don't be so abstract, okay? 】

"So Sister Xin also thought the same way! I was stunned when I saw the trending search!"

"During the live broadcast, Sister Xin was so quick to prevent Feng Shiqi from seeing this trending search!"

“Hahaha, I noticed that too.”

"I can only say that it is really difficult to sing Phoenix Flying. If you sing badly, you will be scolded. If you sing well, you will be criticized. I really don't know what those people are thinking."

"I saw a comment saying 'Phoenix Yufei turns into Yue Fei', it almost made me die of laughter."

……

Looking at Ding Xin's Weibo and the comments below, Bai Xingjian couldn't help laughing. Tonight's hot search was indeed quite abstract.

He liked the Weibo post sent by Ding Xin, then put down his phone, opened the panel, and took stock of his gains tonight.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. The song "Thousand Miles Away" sung by you and Feng Shiqi made foreign audiences feel the charm of Chinese! ]

[Task Reward: Blind Box of the Work*1, Attribute Points*6]

【Blind box of works: 3】

[Attribute points: 15]

Bai Xingjian added attribute points to the basic attributes of [Breath] and [Pronunciation] without hesitation.

The competition on the stage of "The Voice of China 2024" is extremely fierce, and Bai Xingjian also feels a lot of pressure, so the best thing to do is to improve himself as soon as possible.

Spend 12 attribute points to upgrade the [Breath] and [Pronunciation] attributes to level B, and successfully obtain the Lucky Wheel*2.

【Lucky Wheel: 5】

At this moment, a new prompt suddenly appeared in the system.

[New task released: Please respond to the controversy on Weibo with your attitude]

[Reward: Song "Last Night's Book"*1, attribute points*5]

"Respond with attitude? What kind of response is that?"

Surprised, Bai Xingjian seemed a little confused.

After thinking for a while, he picked up his phone and opened Weibo, and edited it like this:
[What's wrong with just singing a new song? Do you care? ]

“Isn’t this sentence quite attitude-filled?”

Bai Xingjian muttered something and pressed the publish button.

【Weibo post successful! 】

[Congratulations to the host for completing the task. You responded to the controversy on Weibo with attitude! ]

[Task Reward: Song "Last Night's Book"*1, Attribute Points*5]

"This reward came so easily! And it's very good!"

Bai Xingjian grinned.

The song "Last Night's Book" was sung by Xu Song on CCTV's cultural program "Classics Sings and Spreads". The main part of the lyrics comes from the poem "Xiao Chongshan: Last Night the Cold Crickets Kept Chirping" by Yue Fei, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty. Apart from that, the other lyrics and the entire song were created by Xu Song alone.

This is a masterpiece that continues the famous work, composes and sings it, and pays sincere tribute to the hero.

"Although our current situation is somewhat similar to Yue Fei's, there is no need to exaggerate. This song deserves a better stage."

Just now, Bai Xingjian had the urge to publish "Last Night's Book" tomorrow, but after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that there was no need.

It's not worth wasting this song on this place.

By now, it was already 1: in the morning. Bai Xingjian, feeling sleepy, yawned, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

However, the comment section of the Weibo post he just published was very lively.

"That's right! What's wrong with singing a new song? We don't need anyone to manage us!"

"Hahahaha, at this hour, Brother Xing Jian actually posted a Weibo in response. Is this because he is really angry?"

"Brother Xingjian woke up in the middle of the night and said: No, those people are sick, right?"

"Hahaha, Brother Xingjian's response this time is still so tough!"

"After seeing this Weibo post, I finally feel better!"

……

Linjiang City, a high-end residential area.

Although it was late at night, Wang Yaqi was still happily browsing Weibo on her mobile phone while lying on the soft big bed.

Whenever she saw comments on Weibo that were unfavorable to Fenghuang Yufei, she would feel an inexplicable pleasure.

This pleasure continues to this day.

Wang Yaqi uses a secondary account and also follows Bai Xingjian, so she received a notification when Bai Xingjian posted that microblog. "So arrogant? He looks very confident!"

Wang Yaqi was quite surprised by Bai Xingjian's response, "Aren't you afraid that your arrogance will become a disgrace?"

After thinking for a long time, Wang Yaqi commented in the comment section of this Weibo post:
"Xingjian! You are the best! Don't care about what others think! Believe in yourself! We will always be your strongest support!"

That’s right, Wang Yaqi is praising Bai Xingjian too much.

From this Weibo post, she could see that Bai Xingjian still had a rebellious side.

If she could magnify this side, then Bai Xingjian would...

A plan suddenly emerged in Wang Yaqi's mind, and she became excited.

……

"Song Gu" is a large-scale cultural music program launched by Beijing Television. The program combines traditional poetry classics with modern pop music by matching ancient poetry and some modern poetry with pop music, that is, "singing with poetry", leading the audience to appreciate the beauty of poetry through the performance of singer-songwriters.

This model is very similar to the "Classics Sings" on Earth, but in addition to poetry, the program "Song Gu" will also combine modern music with ancient culture other than poetry, leading the audience to appreciate the ancient style and charm from many aspects.

In the capital, a meeting room of the "Song Gu" program team.

It was just past eight in the morning when the program’s relevant persons in charge gathered here to discuss the songs to be sung in the next episode of “Song Gu”.

After listening to the songs selected by the music director, director Xu Jun tapped the table lightly: "The quality of the songs is good, but they lack highlights. It's not very good to bring back the ratings of our show."

Xu Jun frowned slightly. Their show "Songgu" was broadcast every Saturday at 1.2 pm. The ratings were quite good some time ago, hovering between 1.5 and .

However, since the launch of "The Voice of China 2024", "Songgu" has clashed with the edited version of this program, and its ratings have plummeted to 0.9~1.1.

This made Xu Jun quite anxious. He was replaced as the director of the second season of "Songgu". If he messed up the show, his spine would probably be broken.

The music director consoled him, “Director Xu, don’t worry too much about the ratings. The Voice of China 2024 is so popular, and it’s understandable that the ratings of Songgu have dropped.”

"excusable?"

Xu Jun smiled helplessly: "It is indeed understandable, but some people don't care about the reason for the decline in ratings. In their eyes, the decline in ratings means there is something wrong with the program team."

It was a very practical sentence. The music director sighed and suddenly thought of the recently popular Fenghuang Yufei: "Director Xu, do you think we should invite Fenghuang Yufei to be the classic singer for one episode? They are very popular recently! And Bai Xingjian's creative ability is also very high. Letting them in might be able to pull up the ratings of our show."

As soon as this was said, other people in the conference room also spoke up:
"Bai Xingjian should be able to write songs about this. The lyrics of the song 'Thousand Miles Away' he sang last night were so beautiful!"

"I also listened to Thousand Miles Away. Bai Xingjian must be fine."

“In fact, I had this feeling when I listened to ‘A Laugh in the Ocean’.”

Hearing these words, Xu Jun was also quite moved, because he had thought of inviting Fenghuang Yufei before.

"Let's give it a try?" Xu Jun looked at everyone and asked.

"Try! We must try!" the music director said in a firm tone.

"Fenghuang Yufei is so popular now, will her appearance fee be very high?"

"Hahaha, this is not a problem we should consider. Let Old Xu worry about it."

"Let's not even talk about the appearance fee. We're not sure if they can come yet."

……

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Zheng Wei received the official invitation from "Songgu" and passed it on to Bai Xingjian.

"This program has some connection with CCTV. If you have music works related to poetry and antiquities, I suggest you give it a try."

Zheng Wei on the other end of the phone said: "Besides, the recording schedule of "Song of the Ancients" does not conflict with "The Voice of China 2024", and the program team has given you more time. If you really want to go, they can wait until you finish composing a song related to poetry and antiquity."

"Okay, then let them wait for now." Bai Xingjian replied.

Although he has two songs suitable for the program "Song Gu", "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Last Night's Book", at this stage Bai Xingjian prefers to sing "Last Night's Book".

Since someone wants to send them Fenghuang Yufei traffic, he doesn't mind increasing the traffic.

At this time on Weibo, the popularity of the short article about Fenghuang Yufei has dropped a lot after the official response, and the related hot search terms have gradually fallen out of the hot search list.

Instead, [Adam leaves] and [Bai Xingjian responds late at night] were the two terms that made it into the top ten hot searches.

On Sunday, the production team of "The Voice of China 2024" released some indirect information about the singers who will replace them in the next episode, which once again aroused heated discussions among countless netizens.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was July 7rd, which was a Tuesday. Bai Xingjian sent "Last Night's Book" to the "Songgu" program team.

In the capital, a conference room for the "Songgu" program.

After "Last Night's Book" was finished, there was no sound at all. Everyone sat in their chairs, lost in thought.

It was not until a long while later that the music director's sadness turned to joy, and he exclaimed: "It turned out to be Yue Fei's "Xiao Chong Shan"! Moreover, the melody is so perfectly integrated, and the lyrics are even more amazing! It is simply like a sequel to Yue Fei's "Xiao Chong Shan". Bai Xingjian is really amazing!"

"Indeed! This guy is amazing!"

“I feel that this song is the best musical piece in our program that truly combines ancient poetry and modern music!”

"You're overpraising me. Please add 'one of'. 'One of'."

Everyone who came to their senses started talking about it.

"What's the name of this song?" someone asked.

Chief Director Xu Jun glanced at his notebook: "Last Night's Book."

"Last night's book?"

The person who asked the name of the song was surprised and said, "Could this song be written by Bai Xingjian based on his personal experience in recent days? Recently, some netizens called Fenghuang Yufei Yue Fei, and at midnight last Sunday, Bai Xingjian posted a Weibo in response, and then this song is called "Last Night's Book"? "

"There's no such coincidence in the world! 'Last Night's Book' must have been written by Bai Xingjian these days!"

"This creative talent... is astonishing!"

"I've been in this circle for so long, but I didn't expect that there would be someone who could refresh my cognition."

"Once we release the song 'Last Night's Book', the ratings of our show are absolutely guaranteed!"

"Steady, steady!"

Listening to everyone's praise, Xu Jun felt an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.

At eight o'clock that evening, the "Songgu" program team posted a tweet on Weibo, announcing the fact that Bai Xingjian would participate in the recording of this episode of "Songgu".

As soon as this Weibo post was released, it quickly aroused heated discussion among netizens.

"What?! Bai Xingjian is going to participate in Songgu?!"

"I didn't expect this would make both chefs happy."

"Two chefs? I'm already three chefs!"

"Three chefs +1, this week is awesome! Hahaha!"

"Didn't everyone notice that only Bai Xingjian participated in Song Gu? The program team only mentioned his name, and didn't mention Feng Shiqi or Fenghuang Yufei."

"Fuck! It really is!"

"So why didn't the production team invite Fenghuang Yufei and only invite Bai Xingjian?"

"I understand! Brother Xingjian is responsible for making money to support the family, and Sister Shiqi is responsible for being beautiful."

(End of this chapter)