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Chapter 291 "Singer" semi-finals, Xu Kong's new song
Jian Junfang really had no way to influence Lan Shu's thoughts.

The other party has always been a very opinionated person.

It has been like this since he entered the industry when he was young.

Up to now, although Lan Shu's career development seems to have stagnated, she is actually still sticking to her original ideas and development plans.

"After this season of 'Singer' ends, I guess you won't have many opportunities to participate in other shows later."

Although Jian Junfang knew that this was cruel, he still needed to remind Lan Shu in advance.

After all, Lan Shu's contract with the company only has a few months left, and she does not choose to renew it. So even if she has a good relationship with the company, the boss will not be so generous as to let Lan Shu leave early.

"I know."

Lan Shu is not a newcomer who knows nothing.

However, compared to a short break of a few months, she will still firmly choose the path that will be beneficial to her future development.

If I continue to stay in my current company, it would be very comfortable, and with Jian Junfang's connections, I will definitely not lack some resources.

But after all, he is already in his thirties and is still a mediocre first-tier star.

It hasn’t even passed the brief peak period of the so-called great fire. If you don’t take a good chance, there may not be so many opportunities in the future.

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Jian Junfang was also very curious. Logically speaking, for most singers in the country, the best choice would definitely be Jiying Media, a large domestic company.

Apart from this, is there any place more suitable for Lan Shu?

But things have come to this point.

He didn't plan to ask any further questions.

In the years since Lan Shu entered the industry, Jian Junfang has done what he should do.

I helped in every way I could, including some performance experience and the other party's treatment in the company.

But Xiaohong depends on the company and resources. If you want to become famous, it still depends on luck.

The right time, the right place and the right people are all essential.

Lan Shu has higher goals and aspirations, but he won't be able to help later.

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On the day of the semi-finals of "Singer", Xu Kong arrived at the venue very early.

Although Wu Youxue is still the director, most of the work has been handed over to other people in the program team.

It can be seen that he is now gradually trying to break away from his original identity.

After all, he is no longer just a well-known variety show director, but the deputy director of Mango TV.

There are more things to manage than before and they are much more complicated.

From the fact that the other party took the initiative to go to Beijing to find Xu Kong to discuss cooperation, it can be seen that he also has a considerable say in the copyright of film and television dramas.

"It has been confirmed that Mao Yuzhe will be the guest singer for the cover."

"However, as far as I know, he should have been signed by Fengqing Entertainment now, right?"

Naturally, he attached great importance to the matter that Xu Kong had asked Wu Youxue to do before, and even did it himself.

After all, he had known Xu Kong for such a long time, and it was rare for him to personally ask him for help.

This matter was just a small matter to him.

He was the one who personally approved the project of "Sing! China". It was quite popular, but it was not a key project of Mango TV.

"Well, his current contract is indeed with Fengqing Entertainment."

After hearing Xu Kong's answer, Wu Youxue couldn't help feeling a little confused.

From the outside world's perspective, Fengqing is Xu Kong's former company.

Generally speaking, after an artist leaves his or her former company, even if the two companies do not become enemies afterwards, their relationship will certainly not be very good.

He actually managed to get Xu Kong to agree to help.

"I have roughly understood Mao Yuzhe's affairs. This young man still has great potential."

Wu Youxue said something polite.

In fact, in his opinion, newcomers like Mao Yuzhe are not everywhere in the entertainment industry every year, but they are definitely not scarce talents.

"I also have shares in Feng Qing, so..."

Xu Kong was not prepared to hide it and generously told about his current relationship with Fengqing Entertainment.

After all, Fengqing Entertainment will definitely cooperate with Mango TV in the future.

Telling Wu Youxue about this in advance also saved some trouble.

Wu Youxue was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know that in addition to being Fengge's boss, Xu Kong also had shares in the former company without him knowing when.

And judging by how much Xu Kong cared about the matter and how he called him personally, he probably got a lot of shares.

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"You wrote the song for him?"

Wu Youxue thought of this possibility the first time.

There is no way. If you change to some companies, there are too many ways and methods to promote new people.

But for Xu Kong, just writing a song for the other party is enough to resist most marketing methods.

Xu Kong nodded in acknowledgment.

"He has a pretty good voice and is also very hardworking."

That’s right. Before, when Xu Kong knew that Mao Yuzhe and the judge of the show, Yu Huai, had a quarrel, he was still a little worried. It might be troublesome to discipline such a troublemaker.

Who would have known that when recording the song later, Mao Yuzhe seemed very well-behaved and obedient, and almost did whatever he said.

And he recorded all day long without complaining or feeling tired at all.

This made Xu Kong's impression of him a little better.

Although Mao Yuzhe is indeed the best choice for Fengqing Entertainment based on the actual situation.

But the other party's attitude made Xu Kong feel more willing when he sang the song.

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"I see."

Wu Youxue nodded.

It seems that he really needs to re-evaluate the newcomer Mao Yuzhe.

Although he didn't know what kind of song Xu Kong wrote for the other party for the time being.

But with the added bonus of Xu Kong’s songs, there is a high probability that the popularity will increase quite quickly in the future.

Regardless of the quality of the song, the fact that Xu Kong's name is written on the lyrics and music has already brought in quite an exaggerated amount of traffic.

No one now doubts Xu Kong's traffic and popularity.

Including their live broadcast of the semi-finals of "Singer", because the news that Xu Kong would participate was released in advance.

The popularity is completely different from that of the previous episodes.

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Although "Singer" has reached the semi-finals, most of the contestants are still familiar faces to Xu Kong.

People like Jian Junfang, the singing king, Lan Shu, Su Yuwei and others have been participating singers since Xu Kong first joined the show.

However, one of the two European and American singers has been eliminated.

There is no way. Although high appearance fees were paid, the competition between European and American singers and domestic singers in this season of "Singer" no longer has the same popularity and confrontation effect as in the previous season.

So when one of the European and American singers performed poorly in a subsequent episode, Wu Youxue allowed him to be eliminated.

It also means saving a little on the appearance fee.

In addition, there is Wang Songjie, who is also a veteran singing king like Jian Junfang.

It was quite regrettable that he was eliminated in the last episode.

However, he has always been quite calm and did not come to this show with such a strong desire to win. He was still cheerful even after being eliminated.

Replacing these two people are a top domestic singer and a well-known duo.

The first-line singer is called Xu Shangyi, and Xu Kong has also heard of this name.

That’s right, the so-called four newcomers in the Chinese music scene that some domestic media created, in addition to him and Bai Ran from Fengge, there was also Yang Jiangjie, whom Xu Kong had met several times on the show before, and that was Xu Shangyi.

Among the four, Xu Shangyi is undoubtedly the oldest.

I am already twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old.

However, the other party became famous relatively late and only started to become popular in the past few years.

As an independent musician, he released many hit singles. Later, he signed with a company, and his career as a singer gradually got on track.

As for the other two-member group, they are the veteran group Maple Leaf.

Maple Leaf was actually established almost 20 years ago, and over the years both of them have begun to try to develop separately.

Although they are quite famous, the public still has most of their impressions of the two and some of their popular works from the time when they were together as the Maple Leaf band.

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Compared to Yang Jiangjie, who always looks down on everyone.

Xu Shangyi, who is also called one of the four newcomers by the media, seems to be more tactful in his handling of matters.

When greeting Xu Kong, he was also quite polite and humble.

Of course, for Xu Kong, most of the time he would not show so-called aggressiveness or act like a big shot.

After all, he has been a top star for such a long time, so he still has some professional qualities.

Moreover, Xu Kong knew that the entertainment industry was ultimately a place where relationships were important, and there was no need for him to make enemies everywhere.

After all, having big companies like Changyun Film and Television, Kiwi, and even Jiying Entertainment that are difficult to deal with is already troublesome enough.

Therefore, most of the time, when facing colleagues whom he had never met before, he tried his best to appear friendly. Although he did not speak in a humble manner, he always maintained an attitude of equal dialogue.

Therefore, even though it is already the semi-finals and no one will be eliminated in this round, the final number of votes will still affect who will be the champion in the future.

But there was still not much hostility among the singers on the scene.

Even two veteran musicians from the Maple Leaf band came over to greet Xu Kong.

Logically speaking, it should be Xu Kong who went there.

But the other party arrived at his lounge before him.

In short, in such a harmonious atmosphere, the live broadcast of the "Singer" semi-finals was approaching the time for its official start.

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"I feel like there isn't much suspense about Xu Kong participating in this episode."

After hearing the words of the music director of the small company next to him, Fat Bird, one of the media judges, shook his head.

"It's hard to say..."

The two of them have participated in so many programs together, and have also left their contact information privately. They have also made plans to have dinner together several times before, and now they are indeed quite familiar friends.

So he said mercilessly:
"Don't pretend, everyone knows you are the leader of Xu Chui."

"You don't have confidence that Xu Kong will get first place in the semi-finals?"

Fat Bird coughed slightly embarrassedly.

That’s right. Although based on rational analysis, he believes that there should be well-prepared singers in the semi-finals, there is even a high probability that someone will sing new songs that they have not yet released.

But he still had great confidence in Xu Kong and felt that he would definitely be the singer with the highest number of votes in this semi-final.

"I didn't say that. The game hasn't even started yet..."

Fei Niao distanced himself from the matter. After all, he was a media reviewer, although all media reviewers have their own preferences, which is inevitable.

But in the final analysis, we naturally need to appear more fair and just on the surface.

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"But Xu Kong hasn't released a new song for quite a while. The domestic music scene has been a bit too boring in the past month or so."

Fat Bird couldn't help but speak.

There is no way. For self-media like him, there are often not endless topics to talk about and endless popularity throughout the year.

For example, in recent times, although there are many singers releasing new songs, there are some well-known first- and second-tier singers.

But overall these new songs are still a bit too mediocre.

They're not completely bad, and there aren't any hit singles; they're just mediocre works.

This has caused Feiniao's recent video data to drop significantly.

The last song that became popular in China was the theme song of Xu Kong’s movie, “Sweet Honey,” which had a nostalgic style from the last century.

It was still sung by Su Zhi. With the popularity of the movie, the song itself also entered the audience's field of vision.

It even brought about a wave of retro nostalgia.

But those who follow the trend are destined to just follow the trend, and the song that finally became popular is still "Sweet Honey".

This time, Xu Kong has finally returned to the stage of "Singer", and there is a high probability that he will bring new songs.

Under such circumstances, not only Feiniao is looking forward to it, but even the number of viewers watching the live broadcast of the "Singer" semi-finals is 40% to 50% higher than previous episodes.

The live show hasn't even officially started yet, but the number of people has almost reached the level of the previous episode of "Singer" without Xu Kong.

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After all, it is a big-investment variety show. Now that it has reached the semi-finals, the stage, the performance, and various aspects of preparation have improved a lot.

"In the blink of an eye, our season of 'Singer' has already reached the semi-finals. I believe everyone is looking forward to who will be the singing king this season..."

The number of hosts has also increased from one to two, both of whom are Mango TV’s own well-known hosts.

The two of them sang in unison, introducing the rules of the semi-finals and finals. The only thing was that the semi-finals would not decide the final champion, but the importance and proportion of the votes were the same as those in the subsequent finals.

In addition, the six groups of contestants and seven singers finally went on stage together in advance, which was a rare occasion, to greet the audience.

"Xu Kong, do you have any goal for your ranking this time?"

"Also, are you preparing a new song for this semi-final?"

In the pre-match interview, this question was asked about Xu Kong.

He replied calmly:

"I don't have any goals. What's important is to present a performance that satisfies myself and the audience, leaving no regrets..."

"For this performance, it is indeed a new song that has never been released before."

Xu Kong's answer was quite official and standard.

"Great, it's really a new song. I can add another one to my playlist."

"Is Xu Kong always so modest?"

"Isn't this just saying that you are here to win the championship?"

"I don't have any goal, just winning the championship will be fine [Doghead]..."

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When the audience in the live broadcast room heard Xu Kong's words, they all started to make fun of him.

There is no way. In fact, everyone now knows that Xu Kong’s true character is actually very arrogant, and he is the type who will confront others if he doesn’t like them.

I have heard of Xu Kong personally taking part in the confrontation many times before.

Even though he behaves so modestly now, it is difficult for people to change their impression of him.

Of course, one should speak according to the occasion. If one is always arrogant, it will easily attract criticism. Xu Kong's approach is more acceptable to ordinary audiences.

Just in terms of popularity and the chances of winning, even though Xu Kong has missed several episodes of the show, he still has the highest ranking among all the singers.

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(End of this chapter)