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Chapter 194: It has nothing to do with Fengyue. I am waiting for your reply
When Lin Qianqian clicked play and heard the prelude of Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface", her expression lit up with joy.

“It’s really an ancient style song!”

She was not wrong. The first song of Jiang Yu’s new album was an ancient style song!
Judging from the pictures of Jiang Yu’s new song trailer that was released before, which was related to calligraphy, Lin Qianqian felt that the new song that Jiang Yu would release next was very likely to be an ancient style song.

Now it seems that it is indeed true.

Listening to the prelude of the music, the musical elements full of ancient charm are melodious and elegant. It seems that the moment I hear the prelude of the music, an antique picture emerges in my mind.

"Jiang Yu's prelude to Lanting Xu is also very nice!"

Just by listening to the prelude of "Lanting Preface", the first song from Jiang Yu's new album, Lin Qianqian felt amazed. The melody of the prelude was very catchy, and people were unconsciously attracted to the song.

When the prelude ended, Jiang Yu's singing rang in my ears.

"Lanting's calligraphy is like running clouds and flowing water."
When I push the door under the moon, my heart is as delicate as your footsteps.

Too busy to expand the Millennium Monument
But it’s hard to expand your beauty
Who can I give my true work and my sincerity to..."

Lin Qianqian was also a bit surprised when listening to Jiang Yu's lyrics. The first line seemed to depict a scene of someone writing calligraphy. Then, the next moment, Jiang Yu's pen changed its style, and with the line "Under the moon, my heart is as delicate as your footsteps," he instantly plunged her into a beautiful love story.

This verse depicts a scene of copying calligraphy, emphasizing the fluidity of running script and the delicate feeling of pushing a door open under the moon. It also captures the beauty of a woman, using metaphors to describe her beauty, such as "as meticulous as your footsteps," and "it's easy to copy a thousand-year-old stele, but it's hard to copy your beauty."

Lin Qianqian was amazed just by reading the lyrics, and she was filled with admiration for Jiang Yu's talent. It seemed only he could write a song so vividly, even drawing on traditional culture and using it as a foundation to create a metaphor for beautiful love.

This was the case with the previous song "Blue and White Porcelain," and it is also the case with this song "Lanting Preface." One song is based on blue and white porcelain, and then extends to love, while this song "Lanting Preface" is based on a work of calligraphy, and then extends to a love story.

I have to say, it’s absolutely amazing.

"Jiang Yu's talent is truly unmatched."

Just the use of this metaphor in songwriting is enough to surpass many people.

"The reed flute is playing across the river, and there are a few plates of rice wine and side dishes."
The afterglow of the sunset is as drunk as your shyness

Easy to copy
The fragrance of the ink will never fade away, leaving a lingering flavor with you
Who did the line of cinnabar circle?"

Jiang Yu's lyrics depict a pastoral scene, emphasizing nature and innocence. The lyrics employ numerous metaphors to convey the woman's loveliness and tenderness, such as "The setting sun's afterglow, like your shyness and intoxication," and "The copy is easy to write, but the fragrance of the ink remains."

It seems that everything is so beautiful, the male and female protagonists live happily together, with ancient style and charm.

Especially the lyrics written by Jiang Yu, they really seem like those of ancient poets, full of ancient flavor and charm, as if he was a poet who walked out of the tide of history.

"It has nothing to do with Fengyue. I am waiting for your reply

There are thousands of waves on the shore at the stroke of a pen

No matter how you interpret the word "love", it's all wrong no matter how you write it.
But I only lack your lifelong understanding..."

Lin Qianqian was already amazed by the chorus. Jiang Yu sang beautifully, and the lyrics and music were also exceptional, beautifully written, like a poem or a painting. However, the next moment, when she heard the rest of the chorus, Lin Qianqian's eyes widened.

The lyrics haven't changed, but Jiang Yu's singing style has changed a lot in this section. It has changed from traditional pop music singing style in an instant.

"It has nothing to do with Fengyue. I am waiting for your reply

There are thousands of waves on the shore at the stroke of a pen

No matter how you interpret the word "love", it's all wrong no matter how you write it.
But I only lack your lifelong understanding
It has nothing to do with romance, I am waiting for your reply
There are thousands of waves on the shore at the stroke of a pen

No matter how you interpret the word "love", it's all wrong no matter how you write it.
The only thing missing is your lifelong understanding..."

When Lin Qianqian heard Jiang Yu singing this part of the lyrics, she was surprised by his unique singing style.

"This... is this an operatic tune?!"

It's actually opera singing!
In Jiang Yu's poem "Lanting Preface", he actually added opera singing style!
Moreover, it seems to sound harmonious, and even this traditional opera singing style, when placed in this kind of ancient music, has a unique charm. This makes Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" even more ancient and has the flavor of traditional culture.

If Lin Qianqian could give Jiang Yu more than 90 points for the first half of his singing, then this opera singing would definitely give him full marks.

"With a flick of a finger, the city will be annihilated in an instant

Looking back at Qingshi Ban Street, you smile gracefully
Do you hate it?

You shake your head and sigh, who made you frown?

And the boudoir only leaves the smell of rouge
People are like geese flying south, turning around and glancing at you with tears in my eyes
How to sleep with a handful of the moon in your hand and memories

How could it be

Thoughts, embroidery, shoe needles, needlework, resentment

If flowers resent butterflies, who will you blame..."

After listening to Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface," Lin Qianqian paused for a long moment before coming to her senses. The song's lingering sound and enduring charm left a lasting impression. Lin Qianqian also felt that Jiang Yu's classical-style songs were the best among many Chinese composers.

There are many ancient style songs emerging on the market now, but she has listened to so many of them, and she feels that none of them are as good as Jiang Yu's. Firstly, some of the songs are not as good as his singing, but more importantly, the lyrics and music are not as good as Jiang Yu's songs.

This type of ancient music, whether in lyrics or melody, particularly tests the artist's skills and cultural background. Some, in an effort to achieve a sense of ancient charm, forcibly insert numerous ancient-style verses, resulting in a song that lacks the original meaning and charm. The same is true for the music itself; some attempt to incorporate elements of classical music and modern pop music but simply fail to achieve the desired effect, resulting in a song that is a bit of a mishmash.

"Sure enough, Jiang Yu's ancient style songs still sound the best!"

After listening to the song "Lanting Preface", Lin Qianqian felt much better. Looking at the first songs of Jiang Yu and Hu Tian's new albums that were released at the same time on the computer, Lin Qianqian was also savoring the moment.

"Both of their new albums' first songs are great, but I personally prefer Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface." Not only is it beautiful, but the lyrics and music are so well written, it's like a beautiful poem!"

If she didn't live in modern times, Lin Qianqian would have thought that Jiang Yu might be a great poet who traveled through time from ancient times?

Lin Qianqian was looking at the new song chart at this moment. Now that the first songs from Hu Tian and Jiang Yu's new albums were online, the two new songs were directly listed on the new song chart, directly squeezing out the songs of those singers who were previously on the chart.

It just came online at this moment. Although Hu Tianzui's image has been damaged, but the new album released after three years, and he is a long-lasting king, he still has many fans. Now that the new song has just been released, it is currently ranked first on the new song list, and Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" is ranked second.

On Hu Tian's side.

At this moment, I was sitting in the yard with Li Shuming and had just finished listening to my opponent Jiang Yu's new song "Lanting Preface".

The style of the first song in his new album was exactly as they had guessed, it was the ancient style music that he was best at.

"Lanting Preface..."

After listening to the song, Li Shuming sat in a chair and savored it carefully, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"I have to say, this guy is really good at writing songs like this. He even incorporated opera singing into the songs. This young man really has ideas."

Hu Tian nodded. Although he and Jiang Yu were rivals, and their conflict had even reached an irreconcilable point, Hu Tian and Li Shuming had now put aside their initial arrogance and contempt, and now truly regarded Jiang Yu as a rival, and even an evenly matched opponent.

They had just finished listening to "Lanting Preface" and had to admit that it was an excellent ancient style song. They even felt that it was even better than Jiang Yu's groundbreaking "Blue and White Porcelain."

"I'm afraid this first song duel will be a bit difficult."

Li Shuming spoke softly. This type of ancient style music was Jiang Yu's forte, and the market had already been revved up by him, making it exceptionally hungry and enthusiastic. Now that the first song on his new album was a high-quality ancient style piece like "Lanting Preface," the performance was sure to be excellent.

Li Shuming felt that this ring match was a bit difficult.

and……

"I think the ancient style song we're going to sing next will be even more difficult."

To be honest, after listening to Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface", Li Shuming knew that the ancient style song he and Hu Tian created was probably not as good as Jiang Yu's song.

Before, before he heard Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface," he thought they might have a go if Jiang Yu's new album also included classical Chinese music. But now, he felt there was no need. In this field, in this musical style, Jiang Yu seemed to be at the top.

Are you kidding? He is a founder of a school. Who can beat him in this race?
Hu Tian looked at the new song list and saw that he was currently at number one, ahead of Jiang Yu, and he felt a little relieved.

"It doesn't matter if this kind of song doesn't win. It's just one song. As long as the other songs on the new album can win, that's fine. Right now we're number one and he's number two. The company's promotion is still going on. As long as we hold on, we'll win this first round."

Li Shuming also looked at the ranking of the new song chart. Seeing that they were now in the lead, he felt a little relieved.

"That's right. As long as we can keep steady, winning or losing a song is no big deal."

Now that they have released their first song, they are in the leading position. As long as they continue to widen the gap, they will win this first competition.

According to the current practice of the Chinese music scene, when a singer releases a new album, the first song will basically be released in the first week to build momentum for the new album. And then in the second week, the second round of new album songs will be released online, usually three songs are directly released online, one round after another, which can be regarded as extending the release time of a new album. In this way, the new album can get greater exposure, so that all the songs in the new album can be seen, and can have the maximum traffic. Otherwise, if you release all the songs in the new album at once, then with so many songs released together, there will always be some that the audience likes and some that they don’t like. At that time, the songs that the public likes will cover up the brilliance of other songs. Releasing them in rounds can avoid such a situation as much as possible.

Hu Tian and Li Shuming knew that this was only the first match of their competition with Jiang Yu, temporarily giving them the lead. As long as they could maintain this statistic and their top spot on the New Songs Chart this week, they would be considered the winner of this first match, regaining their previous advantage.

……

At this moment, in the office of Mr. Liu of Fengtian Entertainment.

He had just returned from lunch and had just finished listening to the songs released by Jiang Yu and Hu Tian on their new album today.

Sitting in his office chair, looking at the two people's songs on the computer, Hu Tian's new song was currently in the lead, but Mr. Liu frowned. After listening to Jiang Yu's new album's first song "Lanting Preface", he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"It seems like Hu Tian is ahead now, but I have a feeling Jiang Yu will overtake him later."

Mr. Liu also felt a little strange. Was he so confident in Jiang Yu?
But he didn't want to see Jiang Yu win. He didn't want to see the career of the artists in his company go so smoothly.

Mr. Liu picked up his phone and opened Douyin. He immediately came across a video by the renowned music blogger Lin Qianqian, featuring a song from Jiang Yu's new album, "Lanting Preface." He took a quick look and saw that the nearly eight-minute video was devoted entirely to praising Jiang Yu's song. He even went so far as to praise Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" to the skies.

Mr. Liu checked Lin Qianqian's profile again. She had just posted two videos: one by Hu Tian, ​​and the other the one he'd just watched about Jiang Yu. Curious, he watched Hu Tian's video again. While it was also praising the new album's debut song, written by Hu Tian and Li Shuming, Lin Qianqian's comments suggested she preferred "Lanting Preface" over Jiang Yu's.

It's not just Lin Qianqian. In fact, after listening to the songs of Jiang Yu and Hu Tian, ​​Mr. Liu also tends to like Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" more.

Mr. Liu looked at the hot searches on Weibo again. At this moment, the news about the release of the first song from Jiang Yu and Hu Tian’s new album had already become a hot search.

"Jiang Yu's new album is online!"

"Hu Tian's new album is online!"

"Jiang Yu Lan Ting Xu!"

“Lanting Preface is another masterpiece of ancient Chinese music!”

"Hu Tian says goodbye!"

"Hu Tian's new song is number one!"

"Hu Tian is ahead of Jiang Yu!"

……

Mr. Liu just glanced at these hot search terms, found the most popular one, clicked on it, and opened the comment section. He wanted to see what the netizens and listeners on the Internet thought about the two songs by Jiang Yu and Hu Tian.

"Have you listened to the first songs from Hu Tian and Jiang Yu's new album? Oh my god, I like both songs. I think they're both good."

"Indeed, I've listened to both of their songs. They're both very nice and well-written. Wow, it's really going to be a tough competition between the two of them for their new albums, haha. But for those of us who listen to music, it's a good thing. There will be a lot of great new songs to listen to during this period."

"I think Jiang Yu's Lanting Preface is better. I also like this song more. The lyrics and music are really amazing. Just reading the lyrics makes me feel like they are written by those ancient great poets and writers in textbooks. It's so beautiful!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I also prefer Lanting Xu. Jiang Yu's ancient style songs are truly unique. I feel that in this type of music, if he says he's second, no one dares to say he's first."

"It has nothing to do with romance. I'll write a preface and wait for your reply. Such talent, I really don't know what Jiang Yu's brain is made of. He's so talented."

"Hu Tian and Li Shuming's "Say Goodbye" is also very good. I like this song more."

"Hiss! I see Hu Tian is currently number one on the new song chart. This is his third duel against Jiang Yu after losing to him twice in a row on the singing stage. It looks like he's going to win."

"Hey, this isn't just a duel between Jiang Yu and Hu Tian. It's a duel between Jiang Yu, Hu Tian, ​​and Li Shuming, one of the top lyricists in the Chinese music scene. Having lost to Jiang Yu twice in a row, I feel like this golden duo is running out of ideas and can no longer compete with this young man."

"Tsk, how is that possible? That was an accident. Besides, a live stage showdown is different from an online song showdown for the new album. Teacher Li Shuming and Hu Tian are a formidable team. Look, they've already defeated Jiang Yu, haven't they?"

……

Mr. Liu looked at the comments online and it seemed that everyone had similar opinions about Jiang Yu and Hu Tian's new songs.

"It seems that it will take some time to ferment."

After all, the first songs from their new albums were only recently released online, and many people haven't heard them yet. This online song showdown is truly different from a live performance. Listeners have more time to savor and rehearse a song. A good song deserves repeated listening, even on repeat.

Jiang Yu and Hu Tian's songs had just been released less than an hour ago, and while Hu Tian was currently in the lead, CEO Liu was well aware that the difference in performance between Jiang Yu and Hu Tian was close. If Hu Tian wanted to secure victory in this match, he would have to hold out until at least tomorrow. If he could still outperform Jiang Yu 24 hours after the new song's release, then he would have truly won the first round, and the chances of Jiang Yu overtaking him would be slim.

"Hu Tian, ​​Hu Tian, ​​you and Li Shuming have to fight for your dignity. Don't let Jiang Yu be so arrogant and continue to develop so smoothly."

Mr. Liu really doesn't want to see Jiang Yu develop so well now. The better Jiang Yu develops, the worse he feels and the more regretful he feels.

……

Beijing, at Mr. Zhou’s home in the Chinese Lyrics Association.

At this moment, he was listening to Jiang Yu's new song "Lanting Preface" with his good friend, Mr. Chen from the Chinese Composition Association.

The two old people just sat in the yard, with their cell phones aside, basking in the warm winter sun and listening to music.

"It has nothing to do with Fengyue. I am waiting for your reply

There are thousands of waves on the shore at the stroke of a pen

No matter how you interpret the word "love", it's all wrong no matter how you write it.
But I only lack your lifelong understanding..."

The more they listened to Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface", the more excited the two old men looked. After listening, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Hen looked at each other and spoke in unison.

"It's amazing! It's really amazing!"

Both of them were amazed by Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface". After they had the idea of ​​recruiting Jiang Yu into the association, they had been keeping an eye on him. They listened to all the new songs Jiang Yu released recently, even the songs he wrote for others.

Every time they listen to Jiang Yu's songs, they have different feelings, which makes them marvel at the talent of this child.

During this period, the two of them were struggling, even discussing with the old guys in the association, whether it was better to recruit Jiang Yu into the Lyrics Association or to recruit Jiang Yu into the Composition Association?
Or make an exception for Jiang Yu and let him join two associations at the same time?

There's no way around it, this guy is an absolute genius at writing lyrics and composing music, it's truly amazing.

This time, Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" made Mr. Zhou and Mr. Chen sigh with emotion again.

"This child's talent is truly unique!"

As the president of the Lyrics Association, Mr. Zhou has studied lyrics for his entire life, and he couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

"As for Xiao Jiang's Lanting Preface, I think it's no worse than his previous Blue and White Porcelain. He is at the top of the pyramid in this type of song."

Mr. Chen also spoke.

"Indeed, his music is truly unique. Combined with the lyrics, it's full of ancient charm and is exceptionally beautiful. No other singer or songwriter has his ability."

The two old men pondered for a moment, as if thinking about something. After a while, they looked at each other at the same time.

"or……"

The two have been friends for many years. Just by looking at each other, they know what the other is thinking.

"I think so too. This kid is very good at both songwriting and composing, and the songs he writes are so good. It's okay for us to make an exception for him."

Mr. Zhou and Mr. Chen slapped their thighs.

"Well, let's let him join both associations at the same time. If we set this precedent, maybe there will be more talented young people like Xiao Jiang in the future. We old guys can't be so pedantic."

Elder Chen laughed heartily. "That's it. We've been hesitating for a while now, but now we're done. I'll have someone contact the child right away."

"I'm going too. I can't be later than you, old man."

……

At this moment, online, as the first songs from Jiang Yu and Hu Tian's new albums have been online for a long time, more and more people are hearing their songs. The data for both new songs is constantly rising, and Hu Tian seems to be steadily suppressing Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface".

However, this situation continued until the evening, and some changes occurred in the rankings of the two songs on the new song charts.

It was evening, and office workers had all returned home. More and more people were listening to music. After listening to the songs, many people felt that Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" was better, and they liked this song more.

Later that evening, the New Songs charts shifted, with Jiang Yu's "Lanting Preface" and Hu Tian's "Say Goodbye" alternating at the top of the charts. Hu Tian was no longer consistently holding Jiang Yu in second place, as he had been during the day. The two songs alternated in ranking, seemingly locked in a tight race.

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