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Chapter 253: The hot discussion brought by Huaxia style, even following the trend is impossible

For most ordinary people, the Spring Festival Gala is just a habit they have grown up watching.

But for most artists in the domestic entertainment industry, the Spring Festival Gala is indeed the most influential stage in the country.

There have been many so-called predecessors in the past who relied on the Spring Festival Gala and became famous overnight from being newcomers with little presence.

It’s just that there are no outstanding newcomers this year. Instead, Xu Kong’s song “Blue and White Porcelain” really stole the limelight.

Especially the remarks later about the so-called "Chinese style" stunned many colleagues who were watching the Spring Festival Gala.

This guy has already made enough splashes this year, from two hit dramas to almost sweeping the three major domestic music awards with Su Zhi's new album.

I didn’t expect that even the Spring Festival Gala would not be spared.

……

Originally, after his performance and the subsequent few minutes of conversation with the host on the stage, Xu Kong’s work for this Spring Festival Gala should have been over.

But the director team persuaded him to stay.

At the end of the New Year countdown, Xu Kong once again returned to the stage to make his presence felt.

Although the stage was almost full of people, Xu Kong was still arranged to sit in the middle.

It’s not that I intentionally gave Xu an empty shot.

It’s mainly the Spring Festival Gala now. You can tell what programs are hotly discussed and who the specific hot topics and characters are from the real-time updated Weibo hot searches.

When Xu Kong finished singing "Blue and White Porcelain", he, the song, and even the concept of "Chinese style" he proposed, all appeared directly on the hot searches on Weibo.

Moreover, even though Xu Kong left the stage later, his performance in this Spring Festival Gala still steadily occupied the top few positions on the hot searches.

All I can say is that although one or two songs become popular every year during the Spring Festival Gala.

But this is the first time in recent years that a film has become as popular as "Blue and White Porcelain".

This is also the reason why in recent years, the directors of the Spring Festival Gala have tended to choose old songs that were already popular back then.

This is also because the quality and response of new songs are difficult to guarantee.

Many of them will be directly criticized by the audience for being perfunctory.

It’s better to be safe.

……

"Director Lu, this year's party seems to be much more popular than last year!"

“The ratings have also increased a lot.”

After hearing Liu Qiliang's words, Lu Pengtao's nerves, which had been tense for such a long time, finally relaxed a little.

Compared to some other official directors who have little public recognition.

Lu Pengtao is a well-known and famous director. He must be under a lot of pressure to be in charge of directing the Spring Festival Gala this time.

Now the Spring Festival Gala has basically reached the final stage. Not only is everything going smoothly, but the reputation and data are generally satisfactory. Lu Pengtao is naturally happy.

"Xu Kong's song 'Blue and White Porcelain' is just as popular as I thought. It's incredibly popular."

Lu Pengtao sighed.

When Lu Pengtao first heard Xu Kong's song, he could feel that this song would most likely become popular after being performed on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

I just didn't expect it to be so popular.

The time period when Xu Kong performed was even the peak period with the highest ratings during this year's Spring Festival Gala.

In addition, a large number of discussions have begun on Weibo.

About Xu Kong's song and the so-called "Chinese style".

Overall, Xu Kong's participation in the Spring Festival Gala can be considered a win-win situation for himself.

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Although the Spring Festival Gala has ended, even on New Year's Day, the popularity of some topics related to the Gala has increased instead of decreased.

The most popular one is naturally the song "Blue and White Porcelain" performed by Xu Kong on this year's Spring Festival Gala.

If it was just a new song, even if it was popular, it wouldn't attract so much attention.

But because Xu Kong named it "Huaxia Style" at the Spring Festival Gala, a new type of music that had never appeared before, he also threw out many concepts such as "Three Ancients and Three New".

Naturally, this led to quite a lively discussion in the entire Chinese music scene.

The first to go was naturally Feiniao, the so-called boss.

However, he mainly focuses on the perspective of an ordinary listener.

Having said the priority of Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain", on the one hand, it maintains the charm of ancient style, and on the other hand, it also maintains the arrangement, melody, and even the lyrics.

They all made quite bold attempts and adaptations, or it could be said that it was not really an attempt, but rather a very mature work.

It can be seen that Xu Kong probably didn't just write this song on a whim, he had made many private attempts before.

Otherwise, a so-called new type of song cannot be so complete.

There is actually not much controversy about Fei Niao's comments.

The main reason is that it does not involve many professional music aspects.

But apart from him, other self-media influencers or traditional music critics would certainly not miss such a huge amount of traffic.

Soon, someone began to professionally analyze the entire song "Blue and White Porcelain" and whether it corresponded to Xu Kong's so-called "three ancient and three new" theory.

……

But the person who really pushed this topic to the forefront was a well-known songwriter Gao Jie, who should be considered one of the most experienced seniors in the music industry.

Although he doesn't have many fans on Weibo, no one would question his authority with various labels such as President of the China Music Association.

"I have tried before to incorporate our Chinese style and culture into my creations, but judging from the current pop music market, I have undoubtedly failed."

"I thought I was the only one trying something similar, but I didn't expect that not only others had done it, but it had reached such a mature level."

"What a terrifying life!"

Although Gao Jie is not young anymore, he is also considered a half-Internet surfing expert.

It's just that before, there was nothing worthy of him speaking up.

This time, he was obviously a little excited after listening to "Blue and White Porcelain", and couldn't control himself, so he posted such a message.

Of course, although most of the public opinion was praising or shocked.

But there are still some people who sing a different tune.

"No, ancient music has always existed. Xu Kong really thought that he could create a new style of music by just randomly changing it?"

"It's true that the song is good, but isn't Xu Kong too arrogant? Does he really think that he has created a new genre just by writing a random song and talking about some nonsense concepts?"

"I can't accept it. Xu Kong just finished writing the song and then temporarily added some so-called concepts to it. In fact, I don't believe he can write a song according to his own 'Chinese style'!"

……

Obviously, Xu Kong's poem "Blue and White Porcelain" still touched the hearts of a small number of people.

We cannot rule out the possibility that some people are trying to take advantage of the situation and deliberately stir up trouble.

But those who mainly questioned Xu Kong were a fixed group of people.

He claims to be a niche independent musician, but he has not even entered the circle of professional singers.

The songs written with ancient style are not terrible, but the few that are barely listenable are just average. These people used the so-called ancient style music and niche labels to attract some people who need this kind of music taste to show their uniqueness.

As for these so-called listeners or fans of ancient music, they are also the main force criticizing Xu Kong.

They believe that Xu Kong's various adaptations, especially in lyrics and melodies, are all for the purpose of becoming popular and are not pure ancient style music at all.

……

Of course, it was obvious that this group of people did not have much fighting power.

There is no need for public relations, just the ordinary netizens on the Internet can silence them.

There is no way, mainly because I look down on what Xu Kong called the "Chinese style".

But we have to admit that they themselves don't have any music that's worth showing off.

Even many people cannot convince themselves that the ancient style songs they listened to before are better than Xu Kong's "Blue and White Porcelain".

Therefore, during debates, when the other party asks about this aspect, such as what kind of ancient style songs do you think are more pure, you will often appear to be so guilty that you stammer and become speechless.

……

If we were to say who least wants to see Xu Kong become the creator of a new musical style, it would naturally be Jiying Media, the company with the top singers and music resources in China.

But for Jiying Media, the most it can do is to take advantage of the situation and follow the crowd.

Because he is actually a professional songwriter or singer, he knows clearly what Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain" and the concept of "Chinese style" mean.

There is no need to mention the quality of the songs, and the market feedback is also visible to anyone with a discerning eye.

Although it had the bonus of the Spring Festival Gala, if "Blue and White Porcelain" was really a mediocre new song, even if Xu Kong praised it beautifully, it probably wouldn't have been as popular as it is now.

Ultimately, the song itself is popular enough, which is why so many people spontaneously joined the discussion online later.

In other words, if the "Chinese style" that Xu Kong mentioned is really a new type of pop music, it has enormous commercial potential and market.

If it is done properly, there is no guarantee that we can snatch this piece of fat meat from Xu Kong.

But if they could just have a couple of bites with joy, it would be enough to make Jiying Media's mouth water.

"Can't write it?"

Xu Yaqin was stunned for a moment.

In her opinion, Yang Jiangjie is the most creatively talented newcomer signed by the company in recent years.

For her, although Yang Jiangjie is also a singer, what is truly worth cultivating and valuing is his ability and talent in songwriting.

But when he heard her question, Yang Jiangjie didn't even say he would give it a try, but gave a negative answer in a discouraged manner.

Naturally, this was something Xu Yaqin couldn't accept.

……

"Sister Xu, to be honest, I heard Xu Kong's new song more than half a month ago."

"I spent quite a long time trying to figure out the uniqueness of this song in terms of arrangement, lyrics and melody, but I still didn't have much of a clue."

“If it weren’t for the concept of three ancient and three new things he proposed this time, there probably wouldn’t be even the slightest progress.”

Yang Jiangjie himself is a rather arrogant person.

But after so many times, after being attacked from all angles by Xu Kong, his original spirit had almost disappeared.

Not to mention comparing with Xu Kong, he no longer had the slightest thought of catching up with him.

"but……"

Only then did Xu Yaqin recall that Yang Jiangjie had indeed participated in the selection for this year's Spring Festival Gala.

But she didn't pay attention to these things. At this time, she heard the other party mention that he had heard Xu Kong's new song a long time ago.

During this period, he constantly tried what Xu Kong called the "Chinese style".

It can be seen that, let alone reproduction, even basic imitation is not that easy.

"I see."

In the end, I could only say goodbye and leave helplessly.

……

"I can write it, but it will take a lot of time and the quality of the finished product will hardly reach the level of Xu Kong's song."

As a well-known songwriter in China, and one of the most famous and capable songwriters in Jiying Media, Guo Min replied calmly after hearing what manager Xu Yaqin said.

"This song by Xu Kong was not written on a whim."

"From the concepts and theories he proposed, it can be seen that Xu Kong himself has probably been trying and researching them privately for a long time."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve the level of perfection of the song 'Blue and White Porcelain'."

"But in the entire industry, apart from him, the rest of us have never come into contact with him before, let alone heard of him. This is completely the first time we are exposed to him. It is too difficult to reach his level in a short period of time."

This was not the first time Xu Yaqing had heard similar words from Guo Min this year, and she had completely given up at this point.

If there is anyone in the whole country who can snatch the "Huaxia Style" traffic from Xu Kong's mouth, it is probably only a few companies.

Their Jiying Media is the most likely candidate.

But now the entire company, all kinds of songwriters, big and small, have asked this question.

Almost no one can have even a little confidence.

The main reason is that the quality of the song "Blue and White Porcelain" is there, and it is followed by the lyricist and composer who wrote the so-called Chinese style songs, so there is no way not to compare the two together.

Add to that the so-called standards Xu Kong mentioned, such as the three ancient and three new, which sound simple, but when you really try it yourself, you realize how outrageous it is to achieve.

This is the first time since Xu Yaqin joined Jiying Media that she has been unable to even do the simplest thing of following the trend.

……

It's the first day of the Lunar New Year, so Su Zhi should actually be on holiday.

But because of Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain", it directly aroused discussion in the entire Chinese music scene, and even Su Zhi herself could not completely ignore this new style of music.

However, unlike other singers, although she had many doubts, she was not in a hurry to seek answers. After all, at most she could go directly to ask Xu Kong, the founder, when she returned to Beijing.

"Hey?"

Su Zhi answered the phone and heard Xu Kong's voice.

"I'm at the airport in Suzhou, please come and pick me up."

Su Zhi originally thought that Xu Kong was just calling her because the Spring Festival Gala had just ended.

But after hearing what the other party said, she took a while to react and realized that Xu Kong meant that the other party seemed to have come to her hometown.

Su Zhi looked at the sudden silence and at the same time turned her gaze towards her parents. For a moment, a rare look of panic appeared on her face.

"Are you serious?"

At that time, Xu Kong said that he was going to the Spring Festival Gala, so he would not come.

Although Su Zhi felt a little disappointed, she was also relieved at the same time.

After all, if Xu Kong really came, she always felt that he was not mentally prepared to meet her parents.

Who knew that Xu Kong did go to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, but as soon as it ended, he actually ran over here on the first day of the new year.

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(End of this chapter)