How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 245 Direct Response

During the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival Galas of major TV stations have always attracted a lot of attention. Now that Jiang Yu's song "Mountain and River Map" sung with Su Muwan has come out, it has attracted extremely high attention.

In particular, some netizens who did not watch the gala much and were browsing short videos and Weibo were all amazed by the song "Mountain and River Map" after seeing the clips of Jiang Yu and Su Muwan's chorus performance at the CCTV Lantern Festival Gala that were trending or circulated online.

After listening to Jiang Yu's "Mountain and River Map," although it's a rap song, like his previous "Night's Seventh Chapter," it doesn't feel noisy or vulgar. Instead, it's quite enjoyable, or at least listenable.

Crucially, everyone noticed that this new song, "Mountain and River Map," was completely different from Jiang Yu's first rap song, "The Seventh Chapter of the Night." As everyone said, "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" is a song that blends Chinese and Western music, rich with Western musical elements. This is why Jiang Yu has been criticized recently for being Westernized and pandering to Westerners in order to expand his international market.

However, today's song, "Mountain and River Map," is completely different. It's a song steeped in Chinese culture and local customs, depicting the splendor of our motherland with a majestic and powerful atmosphere. Listening to it leaves one feeling a sense of pride and honor, a quality not shared by the previous song, "The Seventh Chapter of the Night."

and……

Some people on the Internet have already compared Jiang Yu's "Mountain and River Map" today with Wu Tao's new song performed on Blueberry Channel.

"Have you listened to the duet of "Mountain and River Map" sung by Jiang Yu and Su Muwan? It's really good. I really think Jiang Yu's rap is a breath of fresh air. It's really nice!"

"It's really nice. Jiang Yu's rap is beyond words. I think his rap is the real rap. The popular ones on the market, like Wu Tao's rap, are just crap. Not only are they messed up, but they also lack any substance. Especially Wu Tao, he always likes to use electronic music. I just can't appreciate it."

"This time, Jiang Yu and Wu Tao both performed rap songs, and both were infused with Chinese culture. But I think Jiang Yu's "Mountain and River Map" was better written and sung with more grandeur."

"That's true. I really don't think Wu Tao and the others' rap can compare to Jiang Yu's. The key is that the songs they write can't compare to the quality of Jiang Yu's songs. What's more, have you noticed that in all these years, no rapper has ever appeared on CCTV, let alone a rap song has appeared on CCTV's stage. This seems to be Jiang Yu's first time."

"Hiss! If the guy upstairs hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. This Lantern Festival Gala is the first time a rap song has been performed on CCTV. Jiang Yu is the first singer to perform rap on CCTV. This treatment is truly unparalleled."

"Just for this reason alone, I think rappers like Wu Tao can't compare."

……

At this moment, after listening to the two new rap songs by Jiang Yu and Wu Tao, everyone had formed their own opinions. Many people felt that Jiang Yu's new rap song "Mountain and River Map" was better, and even of higher quality than Wu Tao's.

Most importantly, many people who don't like rap, after listening to Jiang Yu's rap, felt like they had discovered a new world. The reason they dislike rap is simple: they feel that the rap that was popular in the past was too rubbish. Not only was it vulgar, but the quality was also low, with all the shouting and yelling. Not only was it noisy, but it was also lame and lowered its class.

But now, when Jiang Yu's rap appeared, everyone felt like they had discovered a new world. Only then did they realize that rap could be played this way. It could be so clean and simple, without any random shouting or talking, and the lyrics weren't vulgar or anything.

Suddenly, many people who didn't like rap would listen to Jiang Yu's rap. Especially today's song "Mountain and River Map", which was sung by Jiang Yu and Su Muwan, was majestic and magnificent, giving people a sense of power and pride just by listening to it.

Now that the Lantern Festival Gala is over, these two songs by Jiang Yu and Wu Tao are online.

Wu Tao nervously opened the music app and clicked on the new song chart, somewhat hesitant to look at the ranking results. After watching Jiang Yu's performance and even reading the online comments, he felt even less confident.

But he couldn't help but want to see and know the result this time.

When Wu Tao clicked on the new song list and refreshed it, his expression suddenly trembled, and his eyes changed from shock to loss, and finally turned cold, but it only took a few seconds.

At this moment, the first place on the new song list is the new rap song "Mountain and River Map" sung by Jiang Yu and Su Muwan. The new song "This is Hip Hop" released by himself two days ago has dropped to second place, and the third place is his new song tonight.

Lost...

Wu Tao suddenly felt as if his heart had been deflated. He felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't tell where he felt uncomfortable.

He lost again, lost to Jiang Yu again!

Even because of Jiang Yu's song "Mountain and River Map", the criticism against him in the past two days seemed to have disappeared with the appearance of this song.

"Jiang Yu!"

Wu Tao felt a little unwilling. At this moment, there were two beauties in the bathroom who had just come out of the shower. Wu Tao looked at the anger in his heart and suddenly turned into evil fire. He waved at the two of them.

"come over."

The two women exchanged glances, seemingly noticing Wu Tao's down mood. They immediately put on smiles, one working hard between Wu Tao's legs while the other stood behind him, gently massaging his shoulders.

……

Lin Qianqian was also happy when she saw the situation on the new song chart.

It really is the first.

Seeing Wu Tao lose to Jiang Yu again, Lin Qianqian felt so relieved.

Especially now everyone on the Internet is praising Jiang Yu for his well-written poem "Mountain and River Map". Didn't you say before that Jiang Yu was pro-Western?
Fine, then he will use this song with a strong Chinese flavor to slap you in the face and let those who slander and question him see who the clown is.

I, Jiang Yu, can play all kinds of music. Combining Chinese and Western music is innovation. I am also good at traditional culture!
and……

Just when Lin Qianqian opened Weibo, she saw a message pop up, informing her that the star she followed, Jiang Yu, had released a new update.

Lin Qianqian clicked on it immediately and saw that Jiang Yu had posted a new message on Weibo.

"Music knows no borders. As a singer or a creator, if you're stuck in your ways and don't know how to innovate, then music will remain stagnant. As a Chinese, as a member of the Chinese music scene, you must constantly learn and absorb the strengths of others. Only in this way can you bring Chinese music to the world, rather than just shouting slogans."

It’s just such a simple sentence, with only text, without any pictures or videos.

But just this one sentence directly made Jiang Yu's Weibo post a hot topic, and even Wu Tao and others were brought to the hot search as well.

Lin Qianqian saw Jiang Yu's latest Weibo post, and the meaning of this sentence was very clear. It was a response to the doubts Wu Tao and others and netizens had raised about him. They said that his songs were Westernized and deliberately catered to the West.

Jiang Yu's words, along with today's song "Mountain and River Map," represent his attitude and response to Wu Tao and others, as well as netizens' questions about him. He has never forgotten his identity; his music contributes to the Chinese music scene and brings Chinese music to the world!
At this moment, Lin Qianqian also felt that Jiang Yu was right. This was indeed how music should be practiced. Only by learning from others and constantly improving can one make progress. If one clings to one's own opinions and remains complacent, what difference would that make to the closed-door policy of a century ago?
What's more, Lin Qianqian knew that many foreign singers were also learning Chinese music. For example, in Country H, there were many singers on the island country who combined local pop music with the characteristics of Chinese music, and the quality of the songs they created was quite good.

If people really stick to their old ways like Wu Tao and others, can the Chinese music scene still go global?

"Jiang Yu is amazing! Not only did he respond to a song, but now he's directly responded with a post. He's worthy of being my favorite singer. I support him!"

"You're right. Music knows no borders. Furthermore, when it comes to culture and technology, we've always advocated learning from others and constantly striving for progress. If we remain complacent, what chance will our Chinese music scene have of reaching the world?"

"That's right, Jiang Yu is pioneering and innovating. He's clearly leading Chinese music to the world, allowing more people to hear and know our Chinese music and promoting Chinese culture. Yet, some people can't stand it and accuse Jiang Yu of being pro-Western. Some people are so great, but why haven't I seen you make any contribution to the Chinese music scene?"

"Some people, let alone whether they've taken Chinese music global, haven't even been on CCTV. It's ridiculous. They even implied Jiang Yu and accused him of being a Westerner. Bah, I think they just can't stand Jiang Yu. It's disgusting!"

……

Wu Tao, looking at the trending searches and comments online, and Jiang Yu's Weibo post, had a very grim expression on his face. Even his own Weibo account, as well as the social media platforms of rappers who had previously posted insinuations about Jiang Yu, had been flooded with comments.

The harsher the criticism and insinuations against Jiang Yu the past two days, the more severe the backlash is now.

Wu Tao's agent sent him a message.

"Don't post anything online recently. Stay quiet for a while. I told you not to provoke Jiang Yu, but you didn't believe me. Don't you know how Hu Tian got into trouble?"

"Besides recording the show later, you should just be quiet for a while and wait for the heat to die down."

Wu Tao looked at the message from his agent with a grim expression, his hands tightly gripping his phone. The two beauties lay in his arms, feeling Wu Tao's emotions. They didn't dare to say much, but just looked at each other, silently got into bed, and slowly went down...

……

Here is the crew of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

On the third day after the Lantern Festival, the crew of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" began to assemble, and filming will start today.

At this moment, except Jiang Yu who is still on the way, everyone else is here.

Yang Xue and Director Yu were chatting. They had worked together before and had a good relationship. Director Yu had been planning to start the year with the script for his new drama, but before the New Year, he received an offer from Penguin. They offered him a script for a TV series based on Jiang Yu's novel "Grave Robbers' Chronicles," and they wanted him to direct it.

Director Yu was originally going to refuse, but when he heard that it was adapted from a novel written by Jiang Yu, and that the male and female protagonists were two old acquaintances, Jiang Yu and Yang Xue, he agreed without hesitation.

"Xiao Yang, I really didn't know Xiao Jiang could write novels. I saw that his Tomb Robbers' Chronicles is very popular online."

Director Yu was also shocked when he heard the news, and his first reaction was.

Jiang Yu can actually write novels?!

After Director Yu read the script, he went online to read the original novel written by Jiang Yu. He became so fascinated by it that he was hooked.

Is there anything that Xiao Jiang can't do?
He can write songs, act, and now he can also write novels and scripts.

This guy is really excellent.

Yang Xue and Director Yu were sitting here waiting for Jiang Yu to come over after finishing recording "Star of Tomorrow". He just sent a message saying that he had already landed here and was on the way and would be here soon.

"I didn't know before, and he never told me. If he hadn't asked me to star in it before, I would have kept it a secret."

When Yang Xue said this, her tone was a little resentful. This bastard is always like this, hiding everything from her.

The actors from other crews nearby were constantly glancing at Yang Xue and Director Yu, many of them fixated on the actress, Yang Xue. The cast included veteran actors, but also a large number of new or unknown actors.

They all knew that this drama was a big production from Penguin, but they didn't expect that even the film queen Yang Xue would come to star in it. I heard that the male lead is still Jiang Yu, the screenwriter is also Jiang Yu, and the original work is also adapted from a novel written by Jiang Yu.

All of a sudden, the other actors started to look forward to it.

Just based on this lineup, the actors all felt that the results would definitely be great. Most importantly, being able to work with big stars like Yang Xue and Jiang Yu is the dream of many actors.

"Yeah, here it comes."

Director Yu saw a car coming, and Jiang Yu, his agent Chu Jingya, his assistant Xiaoyue and his team got out of the car.

Along the way, everyone in the crew greeted Jiang Yu. Regardless of whether Jiang Yu recognized them or not, they all responded with a smile. This made everyone feel that Jiang Yu was easy to approach and did not have the airs of a big star at all.

"Haha, Xiao Jiang, I finally saw you. It's been a long time."

Director Yu stood up and gave Jiang Yu a hug with a smile.

"Hey, Director Yu, this New Year's meal is delicious."

Director Yu touched his belly and said, "Haha, I indulged myself a little, I indulged myself a little."

"Now that everyone is here, let's hold the opening ceremony."

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