How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 243 Mountains and Rivers Map

When Wu Tao saw the situation online, he found that Jiang Yu had not responded at all, and he sneered in his heart.

This guy is not going to respond and is just going to ignore it?

He thought this guy would be tougher and would post a message to respond, but now it seems that this guy is not that tough.

Although he lost to Jiang Yu last time, he still topped the new song chart this time, which was considered to be a good recovery. And most importantly, this time the impact on Jiang Yu was still huge. Many people on the Internet were now saying that Jiang Yu was pro-Western.

This alone had an impact on Jiang Yu's image, and Wu Tao felt relieved.

However, the next day, a Weibo post by Jiang Yu immediately became a trending topic, bringing Wu Tao and other rappers to the trending topics as well. The content of Jiang Yu's Weibo post was very simple, just a simple text message, saying that he would perform a brand new rap song at the Lantern Festival Gala.

All of a sudden, everyone smelled something unusual.

Yesterday, Jiang Yu was criticized for his pro-Western style by Wu Tao and a number of rappers. The online atmosphere was also stirred up, and people were complaining about Jiang Yu's pro-Western style. But today, Jiang Yu directly posted that he would perform a new song at the Lantern Festival Gala, and specifically mentioned that it would be a rap song.

The meaning of this is obvious. Jiang Yu is responding to what happened yesterday.

He will respond directly with his works at the Lantern Festival Gala, and it will be the rap songs that Wu Tao and his friends are best at!
Didn't you say my previous rap was bad? Didn't you say my previous rap was a blend of Chinese and Western elements, that it was worshipful and pandering to the West?
Fine, I will respond to you once again with a rap song at the Lantern Festival Gala!
When everyone saw Jiang Yu’s Weibo post, they could guess what he meant. All of a sudden, everyone became excited, thinking that there was going to be something interesting to watch.

"Tsk tsk, Jiang Yu is responding to Wu Tao and the others, to those rappers and netizens who are talking about him."

"You know what? I'm really looking forward to what Jiang Yu will sing at the Lantern Festival Gala. I have a feeling he might bring out a rap song that's very representative of Chinese culture."

"Indeed, I have this feeling too. This time, someone criticized his previous rap song "Night Chapter 7" for having too many Western elements, admiring foreigners and deliberately trying to please the West. Given Jiang Yu's personality, he will definitely fight back."

"That's awesome! I just love Jiang Yu's personality. He gets into fights as soon as he disagrees with someone, and he responds directly with his work. Haha, I'm starting to look forward to the Lantern Festival Gala."

……

At this moment, everyone on Wu Tao's side also saw the hot search and Jiang Yu's post.

Many friends in the group also tagged Wu Tao, and some even posted screenshots of Jiang Yu’s Weibo.

"Haha, I'm dying of laughter! Jiang Yu wants to respond with a song at the Lantern Festival Gala. A rap song, what? Another song to curry favor with the West?"

"Brother Tao, don't worry about him. He's just a clown. Does he really think that just because he released a rap song and luckily won first place, that's all he needs to do? Haha, he's just a clown."

"There will be a bunch of people praising him later, saying things like he's combining Chinese and Western elements, and that he's the founder of a new genre. That's really rubbish. If you want to do rap, do Chinese rap. Don't do anything crooked or try to cater to the West."

……

Wu Tao looked at the messages in the group, saw the messages his friends sent him, and especially saw the content of Jiang Yu's Weibo post, he laughed.

This guy is going to respond with a rap song at the Lantern Festival Gala?

Another rap that combines Chinese and Western elements?
Wu Tao was also amused. If it was still like this, he felt that Jiang Yu was unnecessary at all.

but……

Wu Tao was also a little curious. Since Jiang Yu had posted this, it seemed like he knew how to respond. Perhaps the song he would perform at the Lantern Festival Gala this time would be a little different, perhaps a pure Chinese rap.

However, Wu Tao was not afraid. Although he was not invited to participate in the Lantern Festival Gala of CCTV this time, he was invited to the Lantern Festival Gala of the local station, Blueberry TV.

He's also releasing a new song this time, a rap track he created specifically for the Chinese market. He understands what the public cares about and how to mobilize their emotions, and his patriotic approach is a great choice.

Although the domestic H trend has been rampant in the past two years, the public still has patriotic sentiments. In fact, in recent years, many people have become more and more aware of their thoughts and their patriotic enthusiasm has been high. Many patriotic themes have gained huge traffic and profits.

This is also why Wu Tao and those rappers this time stood on the moral high ground of patriotism to criticize Jiang Yu, saying that he was worshipping foreigners and deliberately trying to please the West.

Wu Tao was very confident about the new song he was going to perform at the Blueberry Channel Lantern Festival Gala. He had co-written the song with a renowned composer, and it was imbued with a strong sense of Chinese culture. Combined with his recent performance, it was sure to be a strong success.

At that time, we can use this opportunity to criticize Jiang Yu’s rap songs that contain many Western elements.

but……

Wu Tao was actually a little curious. He wondered if Jiang Yu would perform another song like "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" at the Lantern Festival Gala. After all, the song had been criticized for having too many Western elements. If he performed another song like that, wouldn't that just give others leverage and opportunity to attack Jiang Yu?

Wu Tao felt that Jiang Yu would most likely bring a song with Chinese culture in order to restore the public's impression of him.

but……

In the field of rap, Wu Tao felt that even though Jiang Yu had great creative talent, he would not necessarily lose in the field he was good at.

The last time, it was all because Jiang Yu was being hyped up, saying his was another groundbreaking work, and it was hyped up by those marketing accounts. If he were to compare it to his own, Wu Tao didn't think he would be inferior to Jiang Yu's rap songs.

As Jiang Yu posted this Weibo, it attracted huge attention. Everyone is looking forward to the Lantern Festival Gala and wants to see what kind of rap song Jiang Yu will bring to respond and fight back?

For example, Lin Qianqian was also looking forward to it after seeing the Weibo post posted by Jiang Yu.

"Rap songs..."

Given Jiang Yu's personality, this rap song must be very complicated.

Lin Qianqian also began to look forward to it.

……

Time quickly arrived at the Lantern Festival. At 7:30 in the evening, the live broadcast of the Lantern Festival Gala on major satellite TV stations began.

The Lantern Festival Gala, unlike the Spring Festival Gala, is also a local TV show, while the Spring Festival Gala is exclusively hosted by CCTV. Several major domestic TV stations, such as Mango TV and Blueberry TV, receive the most attention besides CCTV's Lantern Festival Gala. Sometimes, the attention is even higher than that of CCTV's.

At the Blueberry Channel, Wu Tao was sitting in the audience watching the performance. His appearance was towards the back of the stage. He even checked the program list on CCTV and saw that Jiang Yu's appearance time was likely around the same time as his.

and……

CCTV still hasn't announced the program list for Jiang Yu's performance. Just like the previous Spring Festival Gala, they simply wrote "new song" on the program list. This has heightened the suspense again. Not only netizens and viewers, but even Wu Tao himself is curious about what new song Jiang Yu will perform at CCTV's Lantern Festival Gala.

This guy said before that it was a rap song, which was obviously a response to what happened before. It is very likely not like the previous song "The Seventh Chapter of the Night", but it is very likely to be a song with Chinese culture.

Wu Tao was still a little nervous. If he lost to Jiang Yu again, it would be really embarrassing.

but……

Wu Tao looked at his phone and saw the two beautiful female students he had just met on this year's "China Has Hip-Hop". They were very sensible. After the performance, they could go back to the hotel to relax and have a good in-depth communication with each other.

When Wu Tao thought of this, he was no longer so nervous. His mind was not even on the party anymore, and he began to feel a little excited.

On CCTV, Jiang Yu sat in the guest seats below, next to Su Muwan. This time, he and Su Muwan were attending the Lantern Festival Gala together again. There was no awkward scene from the previous Spring Festival Gala, where he, Su Muwan, and Yang Xue sat at the same table. Furthermore, this time, Yang Xue had been invited by Mango TV, and Yuqing had gone to Strawberry TV.

This time, it was just Su Muwan and I at CCTV.

Jiang Yu and Su Muwan sat together, and from time to time, colleagues and seniors next to them would greet him or quietly chat with Jiang Yu. Although the two of them were sitting down, they didn't watch much of the show, but chatted with the artists around them.

Even the eyes of other artists would occasionally glance at Jiang Yu, seemingly filled with curiosity and confusion.

Everyone has seen the gossip about Jiang Yu and Wu Tao before. Everyone knows that Jiang Yu will perform a rap song on the stage of the Lantern Festival Gala tonight to respond to the previous diss-information of Wu Tao and others.

But no one knew what song Jiang Yu would perform. CCTV was also very good at creating suspense, knowing that Jiang Yu was very popular and had a lot of attention. Every time Jiang Yu participated, the program column did not specify what song he would perform.

This makes everyone even more curious and looking forward to Jiang Yu's next performance.

Jiang Yu also noticed the looks from the artists around him. He had attended several CCTV gala events and had noticed a problem himself. It seemed that very few rappers appeared on CCTV's stage. Jiang Yu also understood that rappers didn't seem to be recognized by the government.

After all, in the eyes of the public, domestic rap is considered underground rap, not worthy of being on the stage. In addition, the works produced by those singers in the rap circle are indeed not very good, and most of them are even vulgar. Many rappers have bad behavior and often get into trouble.

After discovering this situation, Jiang Yu felt that it seemed like he would be singing a rap song on the CCTV stage for the first time today.

After Su Muwan finished chatting with a female singer next to her, she turned her head slightly and saw Jiang Yu staring at the female singers and dancers in cheongsam on the stage with great interest.

All of a sudden, Jiang Yu was watching intently when he felt a chill coming from beside him. Then, a voice was heard, which was slightly suppressed and relatively quiet, but a little cold.

"Does it look good?"

Jiang Yu turned his head slightly and met Su Muwan's cold eyes. He quickly smiled and whispered in Su Muwan's ear.

"Not as pretty as my Mu Wan."

Although she knew this guy was trying to cheer her up, what woman didn't like to hear such words, especially from the person she liked. Although Su Muwan snorted coldly, the slightly raised corners of her mouth betrayed her inner feelings.

At this moment, at Lin Qianqian's house, she was already holding a tablet and watching the live broadcast of CCTV's Lantern Festival Gala. Because her favorite celebrities were on other channels and she didn't like some of CCTV's previous programs, she just watched the live broadcasts of other channels.

"Jiang Yu wasn't with Yang Xue and the others this time. Only Su Muwan and he were at CCTV."

Lin Qianqian noticed the situation and shook her head as she watched the footage from various channels. If it were like the previous Spring Festival Gala, when Jiang Yu, Yang Xue, and the other three women were on the same channel and sitting at the same table, there would be something truly exciting to watch.

"I just don't know what kind of rap song Jiang Yu will bring this time."

Lin Qianqian was a bit curious. She really liked Jiang Yu's previous song, "The Seventh Chapter of the Night." Even for someone who didn't like rap, she thought it was pretty good. She was really looking forward to Jiang Yu's rap.

"I haven't reached Jiang Yu yet, let's go see Wu Tao first."

Tonight is the showdown between Wu Tao and Jiang Yu. Looking at the time, Lin Qianqian guessed that Wu Tao was about to go on stage on Blueberry TV, so she clicked on the live broadcast room of Blueberry TV. It was just right, as soon as she clicked in, Wu Tao's performance just began.

Lin Qianqian looked at the time and compared it with the program list of CCTV. Jiang Yu still had two programs before his, so there was still time to watch Wu Tao's performance.

"It's indeed his best rap."

Watching Wu Tao's performance at the Blueberry Channel Lantern Festival Gala, he performed the rap songs he is best at.

and……

Lin Qianqian looked at Wu Tao's new rap song. Electronic music elements are Wu Tao's standard. The lyrics and music deliberately incorporate Chinese culture. It seems that it was specially prepared for the Lantern Festival Gala.

Overall, it's just okay. Anyway, Lin Qianqian doesn't like Wu Tao's rap very much, especially the lyrics which have the charm of Chinese culture, but with the addition of electronic music, it seems a bit out of place.

But when she looked at the comments, it seemed that Wu Tao's fans and young people liked it very much and thought it was a trend.

"Wu Tao's song is great. The lyrics have a strong Chinese cultural flavor. The collision of electronic music, rap, and Chinese culture is very interesting. It's obvious that Wu Tao is very dedicated and is working hard to innovate."

"Ahhh! My husband Wu Tao is so handsome, and this song is so nice!"

"It's really good. At least I think it's much better than Jiang Yu's songs that deliberately cater to Western tastes. Songs like Wu Tao's are what Chinese singers should create!"

……

Lin Qianqian shook her head and returned to the CCTV live broadcast room. After waiting for a while, it was Jiang Yu's turn to appear.

However, when they saw that it was not only Jiang Yu but also Su Muwan who came on the stage, Lin Qianqian and many audience members were also stunned.

Are these two going to sing a duet?
Jiang Yu brought rap songs, but Su Muwan was there too?
hiss!
This immediately made everyone look forward to it.

Song Title: Mountain and River Map

Singer: Jiang Yu/Su Muwan

Lyricist: Jiang Yu

Composer: Jiang Yu..."

(End of this chapter)