How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 161 The Program Team Listened to Advice
This evening's trending searches were dominated by Jiang Yu and the show "Walking and Singing." Jiang Yu now appears on trending searches twice a week: once on Friday nights when "Singer" airs, and once on Saturday nights when "Walking and Singing" airs.

Jiang Yu recently made it to the next round and filled his spot, meaning he'll be on the "Singer" stage every Friday from now on. Saturday is also the day for the "Walk and Sing" show to air, and with the popularity of both shows and Jiang Yu's popularity, it's no problem for him to be on the trending searches.

Shortly after the broadcast of "Walking and Singing" tonight, Lin Qianqian also released a music review video of Jiang Yu's song "Simple Love".

"Hello everyone, I believe some of you have already guessed which music Qianqian and Dadou will be discussing tonight. That's right, it's the new song "Simple Love" that Mr. Jiang Yu will be performing on the "Walking and Singing" program and is now available online."

Lin Qianqian didn't change her clothes and just wore plush pajamas. She looked less sexy than usual and more cute.

"I believe many of you have already watched the show and heard Teacher Jiang Yu's song 'Simple Love'. Today, I'd like to talk to you about this rare little sweet song by Teacher Jiang Yu..."

"The song begins with a bright melody, like a spring breeze blowing through the heart, bringing endless joy. Teacher Jiang Yu's unique voice is fully displayed in this song, allowing people to feel his unique understanding of love. Every word and every phrase in the lyrics is filled with longing and cherishing for simple love."

Lin Qianqian analyzed it carefully. "Simple Love" was different from Jiang Yu's previous songs. It was a sweet little song, a rarity among his repertoire. The lyrics and music were simple, yet incredibly addictive. It had a fresh, romantic feel that was hard to find in other songs.

"Let's talk about the lyrics of Teacher Jiang Yu's song. They're simple and unpretentious, like the line 'I can't explain why, but I become very proactive. If you fall in love with someone, anything is worth doing.' It speaks to the power of love. When we fall in love, we can't help but become proactive, willing to give everything for the other person. This simple and pure love makes us feel the beauty of life."

"The line 'I want to take you back to my grandmother's house and watch the sunset together until we both fall asleep' paints a warm and romantic picture. Imagine the sun setting, the two of you sitting hand in hand in your grandmother's yard, watching the sky gradually darken, enjoying this peaceful and beautiful moment. This scene makes people feel the beauty and warmth of simple love..."

As Lin Qianqian spoke, she imagined a beautiful love story in her mind.

"Teacher Jiang Yu's song is simple and pure, as if it makes us feel the purest beauty of love. I find that kind of fresh and romantic feeling difficult to find in other singers' works."

"This song 'Simple Love' is not just a song, it's also a yearning and pursuit for simple love. Perhaps Teacher Jiang Yu wants to tell us that in this world full of temptations and complexities, we need to maintain a simple heart and cherish those sincere and beautiful feelings. When we meet the right person, we might as well bravely pursue, give, and enjoy that simple and pure love..."

"This song not only brings us musical enjoyment with its beautiful melody and heartfelt lyrics, but also brings us inspiration for life with its profound connotations. In the fast-paced modern society, people are often troubled by all kinds of tedious affairs, and are exhausted both physically and mentally. However, "Simple Love" reminds us that in this complex world, we should not forget our original aspirations and return to the most essential and simple state of life..."

Many of life's most beautiful moments are often hidden in seemingly ordinary, simple moments. When we pause and savor them, we discover they hold endless warmth and happiness. Love, too, needs no flowery words or elaborate rituals to embellish it; it only requires a simple and sincere heart. As the song expresses, "I want to take you back to my grandmother's house, watch the sunset together until we both fall asleep." This simple and pure love is the most beautiful love..."

Lin Qianqian herself was deeply moved when she listened to this song. Simple and pure love is what many people yearn for. However, this simple and pure beautiful feeling is extremely rare.

She herself found it hard to imagine that Jiang Yu, who was known to be a playboy, could actually write such a simple, pure and sweet love song.

Soon after Lin Qianqian's video was released, it became a hot search on the short video platform, further increasing the popularity of the song "Simple Love".

"I listened to this song by Jiang Yu while watching a show. After the show, I downloaded it and listened to it several times. The lyrics and melody are indeed simple, but because of this simplicity, it seems to be what the song is about. Just like the title, simple love, love needs to be simple and pure."

"It's really nice. I didn't expect Jiang Yu to write such a sweet love song, haha."

"Me too. This philandering scumbag actually wrote such a song. Haha, it's a bit unexpected."

"Damn it! They only air one show a week, and it's clearly recorded in the same place. Can't they just air both episodes?"

……

At this moment, many netizens on the Internet are still feeling unsatisfied after watching this episode. Especially since the program team also released a preview of the next episode to seduce everyone, this made many viewers even more itchy.

Even though they were all recorded in the same place, the production team had to edit the show into two episodes each time, which meant they had to wait two weeks for the first and second episodes to air. This made many viewers feel a bit frustrated, and they started leaving messages on the official account of the production team and shouting at the director.

"Director Hu, can this be finished in a week? I really can't wait."

"Director Hu, can we air this all at once? We're all supposed to be recording in one place, but why do we have to wait two weeks? We can air it in two parts a week."

"Yeah, I know this split is to increase the number of episodes. It's okay, even if there are only five or six episodes, we'll all watch them."

"Add more! Please add more while walking and singing. Don't make me beg you!"

……

All of a sudden, more and more people are calling on the production team to add more episodes and finish broadcasting the content recorded in one station in a week. Everyone also understands the reason why the production team divided the program into two episodes. Generally, variety shows have ten or twelve episodes. In order to make up the number of episodes, the production team divided the content recorded in one station into two episodes and broadcast them every two weeks.

But now, the audience is really fed up with waiting two weeks to watch the recording of a station. You say the program is not exciting, and it’s okay to wait a little longer, anyway, it’s just to kill time. But this program is so exciting and so good to watch now, it really makes people itch.

Viewers are calling out online, leaving comments on the program's official Weibo account, Penguin Video, and Director Hu's Weibo account. "After this week's broadcast, there will just be fewer episodes," he says. "Originally, the six stops were twelve episodes. So, why not split the recordings of each stop into two episodes and broadcast them all in the following week?"

Anyway, the show is so popular now, so the production team won’t suffer any loss if they broadcast it together.

"The audience called for extra episodes of the walking and singing show!"

The hot search terms have already been posted, and the popularity is getting higher and higher.

Director Hu naturally saw this too, and the smile on his face never faded. Now, the show's broadcast volume hits new highs with each episode, and the advertising fees are increasing again and again, making a lot of money.

Looking at the calls and messages from the online audience, Director Hu was also thinking about whether he should broadcast the two episodes in one week.
If that's the case, there will be fewer episodes and the broadcast cycle will be shortened. Once the broadcast cycle is shortened, the profit will be less.

For example, if a program was originally scheduled to air for a month and could earn tens of millions in advertising fees per week, but now it is shortened to two weeks, wouldn't the original profit of 40 million now only be 20 million?
This is what Director Hu and Penguin are most worried about. The audience's desire for more episodes represents their recognition of the program and their love for it. For a director, this is undoubtedly the greatest recognition, but they have a lot to consider.

At this moment, the person in charge of Penguin Video sent a message to Director Hu.

"Lao Hu, did you see the trending searches? Your show is really popular. The audience is collectively asking for more episodes, haha."

"Of course I saw it. It's great that this show is so successful and well-liked by the audience. I also want to add more episodes, but..."

Director Hu didn't say it explicitly, so it was impossible for him to add more. He had to get the approval of Penguin and Mr. Chen.

"Hey, guess why I'm texting you? I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, we support more updates too. My daughter was complaining to me today that one episode a week isn't enough, haha."

Director Hu's eyes lit up. Is this a possibility?

Mr. Chen continued to send a message saying, "We have decided to broadcast two episodes a week from now on. We will broadcast the content of one station directly. It doesn't matter if there are fewer episodes. If it really doesn't work, we can raise funds and record more content for a few stations."

"I've already arranged for someone to update it. It will go live tonight, and two episodes will be broadcast next Saturday, divided into two parts."

Director Hu was excited, but he also asked, "Director Chen, won't this affect profits?"

The show won't lose money now, but if the broadcast time is shortened, it will lose a lot of money.

Director Chen said, "That's very simple. Just increase the advertising fee for each episode. Our show is so popular that we don't even have enough advertising space."

Director Hu nodded. The show was indeed a hit, with plenty of brand ads coming in every week. There was no shortage of them at all. Many advertisers even paid extra just to get an extra thirty seconds of advertising time.

"Okay then, I feel relieved with what you said, Mr. Chen."

"Haha, I won't say anymore. The extra episode is already up. The production team will post an official announcement on Weibo. I'm off to watch the show with my daughter."

After Director Hu finished chatting with Mr. Chen, he immediately contacted the staff and posted a message on the official Weibo of the program team, saying that "Walking and Singing" will be updated tonight, and starting next week, two episodes will be updated every Saturday at 8 pm, broadcasting all the content recorded at one stop at once.

Honestly, Director Hu had this thought in mind after seeing the trending searches and the audience's calls for more episodes tonight. But it wasn't something he could decide on his own. Now that the Penguin Video executives have spoken, let's just add more episodes. Going forward, we'll just update the show twice a week, shortening the show's broadcast cycle. While this will increase advertising fees, it won't hurt anything, and it'll also make the show more appealing to the audience.

However, given the current situation, it seems the show will have to record more stops. Only three stops have been recorded so far, with the third, recorded in Gangnam, set to air next week. It's a two-part, one-episode series. Including the previous episodes, that's barely five episodes. If they want to shoot ten, they'll have to increase the budget and record more stops. However, their current plan, based on the artist contracts, only covers six stops.

At the time, the plan was for six stations, with each station's program being broadcast in two parts, for a total of twelve. But now it seems that the situation has changed.

"The third stop will be aired next week, so there will only be five episodes in total. If you add the programs in the three other places that have not yet been recorded, there will only be eight episodes in total."

Eight episodes. Variety shows typically have a minimum of ten episodes, but eight for this first season seems okay. It's not about quantity, but quality. As long as the content is good, the results will be great.

With such achievements in the first season, it is possible to make up for this regret in the second season.

Even if they wanted to film more than one stop with the guests, it would be impossible without prior communication. After all, artists' schedules are arranged long in advance. If some can continue filming and some can't, it would be better not to film at all.

At this moment, as the program team and Penguin Video announced that they would add more episodes, it instantly became a hot topic on the Internet.

"Oh my god! What did I see? The production team and Penguin Video responded so quickly, and they actually added more episodes. They even aired two episodes every week. I can watch all the content on this station right away!"

"Haha, they actually added more episodes. This is the first time I've seen a production crew so obedient to advice. I can't take it anymore. I have to go watch the latest episode right away."

"Yeah! The production team is so nice. They actually listened to my advice and added more episodes. Haha, if you're not popular, who will be popular?" "If nothing else, just because the production team listened to my advice, I'll subscribe to the membership to watch the latest updates."

……

Lin Qianqian was also confused. There was actually an additional chapter?

She was also a bit surprised. She had originally felt a little unsatisfied and thought she would have to wait until next week to finish watching the Hong Kong leg. However, she just saw the trending search of viewers calling on the production team to add more episodes, and soon the production team responded and directly added more episodes.

This speed, this attitude, and the way he looks like he's willing to listen to advice are truly unparalleled.

"This is the first time I've encountered a production team that listens so well to advice. Just based on this attitude, I have to support them!"

Lin Qianqian immediately opened Penguin Video again and found the latest episode of the program, which was marked as the fourth episode. It seems that starting next week, the fifth episode will be released, including the fifth episode.

"Then let me see this final performance."

Lin Qianqian couldn't wait to open the latest episode of the show. There were some daily routines at the beginning, so she played it at double speed. It was only at the performance part at the end that she adjusted it to normal speed.

"Hmm? The song Jiang Yu wrote for Su Muwan to perform?"

Lin Qianqian's curiosity was aroused when she saw the conversation between Jiang Yu and Su Muwan in the middle of the show. Did Jiang Yu write a new song for Su Muwan in this episode?

From the previous "Rewind" and "As Wish", to the songs in this episode, Jiang Yu has already written three songs for Su Muwan. The previous two songs were both very popular, especially "As Wish", which was performed on the stage of the National Day Gala, which is of great significance.

This time Jiang Yu wrote a song for Su Muwan for the performance. Lin Qianqian was also very curious about what kind of song it would be?
"Hmm? Jiang Yu said he wanted to write a new song for Goddess Mu Wan to perform. What would it be?"

"Really? Doesn't that mean we can hear two songs written by Jiang Yu this episode? One for Su Muwan, and one he'll perform himself?"

"Haha, as expected, Mu Wan is still not good at composing. Last time in Ruzhou, Mu Wan didn't perform. This time, Jiang Yu wrote the song, and we can finally see Mu Wan perform."

"Damn it, this guy took advantage of my wife at the beach. I'll begrudgingly forgive you this time because you wrote the song."

……

Song Yuqing was about to go to bed after watching the show, but when she was browsing Weibo, she suddenly saw the news of an extra episode. The girl immediately clicked on Penguin Video to watch the extra episode.

"Brother wrote a new song for her?"

The little girl frowned slightly when she saw this scene.

Damn old woman, all she knows is to seduce my brother and ask him to write songs for her, humph!
Song Yuqing curled her lips and leaned against the headboard to continue watching the show.

Yang Xue was already asleep. She usually went to bed early on the set because she had to get up early to film the next day.

When the show came to the performance part, Lin Qianqian thought the guests' performances were pretty good.

"Lin Yi's Cantonese song is pretty good. I was saying that when they come to Hong Kong, there will definitely be guests composing Cantonese songs."

"It's really good, but the Cantonese isn't very standard, haha."

"It's not bad, it's pretty good."

"The songs are indeed pretty good. It's rare to hear Cantonese songs these days. As a Hong Kong native, I still miss the days when Cantonese songs were popular, haha."

"Here she comes! Su Muwan is about to make her debut. This time Jiang Yu has written a new song for her. Let's see what kind of song it is."

……

The audience did not see Su Muwan perform at the last show in Ruzhou, which made many of them feel a little disappointed, especially Su Muwan's fans. They came to watch the show just for Su Muwan.

This time, we were finally able to see Su Muwan perform on stage, and the audience and fans were very happy.

"like you……"

When Lin Qianqian looked at the title of the song Jiang Yu wrote for Su Muwan, her expression became strange. Is this a confession?
The title of this song, coupled with the fact that it was written by Jiang Yu for Su Muwan, makes it hard not to think too much.

Not only Lin Qianqian, but many viewers also thought so after seeing the title of this song.

But no one was that surprised. Judging from the previous interactions between Jiang Yu and Su Muwan, everyone had already felt that the two had signs of getting back together.

"I like your charming eyes

Laughter is more charming

I wish I could caress you again
That cute face

Holding hands and talking in sleep

Like yesterday you and I..."

When everyone heard Su Muwan's singing, they were all surprised, especially Lin Qianqian, whose eyes lit up.

“It’s actually a Cantonese song!”

Lin Yi’s previous song was a Cantonese song, but I didn’t expect that the song Jiang Yu wrote for Su Muwan was also a Cantonese song.

And it sounds so nice. The key is that Su Muwan's Cantonese seems to be even more standard than Lin Yi's.

"Oh my god! It's actually a Cantonese song, and it's so good!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that Mu Wan baby could actually sing a Cantonese song, and her Cantonese is so standard."

"Not bad, not bad, Black Pineapple, Jiang Yu wrote this song very well."

"How should I put it? I think from now on, Sister Mu Wan, why don't you ask Jiang Yu to write all your songs? He writes and you sing, it's really nice!"

……

After watching Su Muwan's performance and listening to her song "Like You", everyone was amazed. Her standard Cantonese and beautiful voice easily caught everyone's attention.

Especially for some viewers from Hong Kong and eastern Guangdong province who were watching the show, they felt very familiar when they heard such a Cantonese song.

Ever since the Hong Kong music scene began to decline, it has been a long time since we heard any decent Cantonese songs.

"You said that the song Jiang Yu wrote for Su Muwan is a Cantonese song. Could the song he brought with him also be a Cantonese song?"

"Hmm? If you put it that way, it's really possible. Since he wrote Cantonese songs for Su Muwan, then there's a high probability that the song he's going to perform next will also be a Cantonese song."

"I have to say, Jiang Yu's talent is unparalleled. The song Black Pineapple he wrote for Su Muwan is really beautiful, and Su Muwan sings it well too."

"Here it comes, it's Jiang Yu's turn to perform. Stop posting comments, there are too many. I want to watch the show."

……

At this moment, the audience was looking forward to Jiang Yu's next performance. They were all wondering if the song Jiang Yu was going to perform would also be a Cantonese song.
Lin Qianqian leaned against the head of the bed, her eyes fixed on Jiang Yu who appeared.

“It should be a Cantonese song.”

She felt that it was likely true, but she was not 100% sure, so she could only look forward to Jiang Yu's performance.

Song Yuqing looked at Jiang Yu on the screen, and the little girl's eyes were flashing with anticipation.

There will be a climax later, which is related to the protagonist's life experience.

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(End of this chapter)