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Chapter 13 What a magnificent song of the earth!
Before coming, Su Qingtang had printed out more than a dozen copies of the sheet music and lyrics for "The Song of the Earth".

The people in the conference room looked on with curiosity and passed the book around until everyone had one.

Everyone looked down at the documents in their hands.

The file contains very simple information: sheet music and lyrics.

The song is titled "The Earth Sings".

"Xiao Su, where did you get this song from?" someone asked curiously.

He simply glanced at the lyrics and found that the song perfectly matched the theme of the folk song festival.

Most importantly, the lyrics are grand and inspiring, full of positive energy.

We've received other lyrics before, but while these songs are based on the main theme, the lyrics feel somewhat contrived.

This deliberate attempt to sound artificial can create a sense of distance for listeners, making them feel that the music is detached from reality.

After all, it's not good for you to always write clichéd mainstream themes.

Even though there were a few songs to choose from, there were still some minor issues with the lyrics.

The original idea was to finalize the song before modifying the lyrics.

The lyrics of "The Earth Sings" require no modification and can be used directly.

Su Qingtang smiled smugly: "Don't rush this, take a look at the lyrics first."

Su Qingtang did not sit down, but instead adjusted her state, preparing to sing it for everyone directly.

A brief silence fell over the conference room.

After a while, a gasp of surprise rang out.

"Absolutely amazing! The lyrics to this song are incredible!"

With that shout, the entire conference room immediately erupted in noise.

“I also want to say this. Look, the mountain road corresponds to the folk song, the fishing net corresponds to the fisherman’s song, the peony corresponds to the flower song, and the lychee corresponds to the sweet song. These images are captured so accurately. Our Chinese folk songs were born from the working people, and these images also correspond to the working people.”

"Not only this, but also the following spring songs, autumn songs, tea songs, wine songs, old songs, new songs, love songs, and joyful songs, all ending with good songs, showcasing the intertwining of labor and festivals. It is full of optimism, and has both narrative and infectious power."

"What a magnificent song of the earth!"

Amid the discussion, the elderly man with graying hair who had initially questioned Su Qingtang spoke up.

The elderly man is the music director of the folk song festival and a national-level composer named Zhang Delin.

Zhang Delin is not very good at writing lyrics, but that's just not his strength, not his inability to write them.

He recognized the value of "The Song of the Earth" at a glance.

The lyrics alone completely surpass those of the songs I've collected before.

Those pretentious, meaningless lyrics should be sent as far away as possible.

Most importantly, this song is perfectly suited to the theme of this folk song festival.

Zhang Delin now has an idea in mind: as long as the melody of this song is not bad, he wants to use it as the theme song for this folk song art festival.

He even began to visualize scenes in his mind that corresponded to the lyrics.

If this song were to be used as a theme song, a promotional video could be made and accompanied by it.

Zhang Delin's heart suddenly felt a surge of excitement.

In the past, folk song festivals not only invited folk singers to perform, but also invited some well-known singers from the entertainment industry to sing.

These singers will perform songs with elements of Chinese folk songs, which will also bring excitement to the arts festival.

Online discussions are mostly focused on these singers.

He felt that this time, there might be an opportunity for everyone to discuss the song "The Earth Sings".

Zhang Delin's eyes burned with intensity: "Xiao Su, everyone has seen it, so stop keeping me in suspense and tell me."

At this moment, a middle-aged man said, "The lyrics meet the requirements, but if the melody is not good, it's all for nothing. Everyone who has written songs should know how important the melody is to a song."

The middle-aged man frowned, expressing his concern.

Su Qingtang smiled faintly: "Perfect, I'll sing it for everyone now, so you can all hear it."

Many people picked up the documents in front of them again.

Su Qingtang didn't waste any time and started singing right away.

Even when singing a cappella without any accompaniment, her voice remains clear and bright, the kind of voice where you can hear every word clearly even without looking at the lyrics.

As Su Qingtang's singing voice echoed throughout the conference room, Zhang Delin's heart grew increasingly passionate.

When Su Qingtang finished singing the entire song, Zhang Delin led the applause.

The others also began to applaud.

From a purely auditory perspective, this song is excellent!
This is just a simple a cappella performance; it hasn't included harmonies or arrangement yet.

Everyone had a smile on their face.

The fatigue and dissatisfaction from coming to the meeting early in the morning were completely swept away.

The selection of songs for the Su Qingtang Folk Song Art Festival is the most important part of the festival and has been a problem for a long time.

Today, things can finally be resolved. Su Qingtang's gaze swept across everyone's faces, and she asked, "Let me first state my opinion. I would like to sing this song at the Folk Song Art Festival."

As soon as he finished speaking, many people turned their attention to Zhang Delin.

Zhang Delin is the music director, wielding immense power.

He nodded slightly, looking relaxed, and said, "Then let's sing! Same as always, let's vote."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Delin was the first to raise his hand.

Su Qingtang followed closely behind.

Then, the other people in the meeting room also raised their hands one after another.

The middle-aged man who had previously objected saw that more than half of the people had raised their hands, and reluctantly raised his own.

The vote ended with a show of hands, and all votes were in favor of Su Qingtang singing "The Song of the Earth".

Zhang Delin patted the table and slowly said, "Now that this song is confirmed, the previous shortlisted songs have been eliminated. Everyone should go back and tell those who were eliminated that they didn't have the chance to collaborate this time, but maybe they will next time."

As Zhang Delin spoke, he glanced around at everyone present.

The middle-aged man silently lowered his head.

He objected because one of the alternative songs was provided by his side.

Once a song is selected, it is directly connected with the publicity and promotion resources of the Folk Song Art Festival. This is official and nationwide promotion, which has many benefits.

Now, only "The Song of the Earth" can enjoy these promotional resources.

Zhang Delin was trying to reassure everyone.

However, another question arose in everyone's mind.

The quality of this song clearly indicates it's not the work of a newcomer. So who wrote it?

Zhang Delin looked at Su Qingtang and asked, "Little Su, can you tell everyone who wrote this song now?"

Su Qingtang shook her head: "Zhou Ruiyang sent me this song, but he didn't tell me who wrote it."

Everyone immediately understood after hearing this.

Zhou Ruiyang is quite well-known in the industry; everyone is in the same industry and knows each other.

As for Zhou Ruiyang not saying who wrote it, that's pure nonsense.

It must have been written by Zhou Ruiyang!
Zhou Ruiyang is definitely overly sensitive. Putting aside the fact that he wrote the song, it's not shameful that the song wasn't selected in the end.

In the conference room, a group of people started joking around with Zhou Ruiyang.

The middle-aged man's dissatisfaction lessened a bit.

It's not unjust for him to lose to Zhou Ruiyang.

Zhang Delin didn't delve deeper into the issue, saying, "Xiao Su, then I'll have to trouble you to contact Zhou Ruiyang and buy the copyright. It would be best to also ask Zhou Ruiyang what his thoughts are on the stage design and the performance."

Su Qingtang nodded.

After the meeting, Su Qingtang got into her driver's car and went home.

Sitting in the spacious back seat, Su Qingtang crossed her legs, her jade-like feet, clad in pointed-toe flat shoes, occasionally dangling, clearly indicating that she was in a good mood.

She called Zhou Ruiyang.

The call was answered immediately after I dialed it.

On the other side, Zhou Ruiyang was sitting on the sofa in the hotel, smoking.

He only came back to sleep after the recording ended last night, but he still woke up early today just to receive Su Qingtang's message as soon as possible.

Lu Ran's outstanding performance on stage last night aroused Zhou Ruiyang's interest in talent.

Given the current state of the Chinese entertainment industry, Lu Ran should not be overlooked.

Su Qingtang said happily, "Teacher Zhou, thank you so much for writing this song. After the song selection meeting, we have decided that we will sing your song 'Flying Song of the Earth' at this year's Folk Song Art Festival."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ruiyang was overjoyed, and a weight was lifted from his heart.

Lu Ran's song being featured at the Folk Song Festival, and sung by Su Qingtang, will undoubtedly bring Lu Ran tremendous popularity.

With proper management from both the production team and Lu Ran's company, they can help Lu Ran go further on "The Future Singer".

At this moment, Zhou Ruiyang noticed the error in Su Qingtang's words.

Zhou Ruiyang immediately corrected him, saying, "You overestimate me. I didn't write this song."

Now it was Su Qingtang's turn to be somewhat surprised.

Who wrote that?

Zhou Ruiyang said with some pride, "It was written by Lu Ran."

Su Qingtang was even more puzzled.

Who is Lu Ran?

Zhou Ruiyang then remembered that the main episode of "Future Singer" hadn't aired yet, and Su Qingtang didn't know Lu Ran at all.

(End of this chapter)