Have you ever been a celebrity? Why are you writing about entertainment?

"I thought it was something big, is that all?"

When Ye Shengyu told him that the Sakura musicians were doing something in reverse, Yu Wei thought that the other party had made full preparations and decided to teach him a lesson.

He was initially a little nervous, worried that he might make a mistake, but when he looked at the playlist, he found that most of the songs were in Japanese.

These Sakura musicians didn't even bother with Chinese localization; they simply sent over the songs that were originally posted separately there, without any changes.

You don't even understand the principle of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do," yet you want to cause trouble?

In order to sell books and release songs, Yu Wei knew to take care of the local audience, so he specially arranged two Japanese songs and an instrumental piece without lyrics.

As a result, this group of people wanted to gain market share but failed to please users; their arrogance was the only word to describe them.

Regardless of the quality of the song itself, if you can't understand it, it's a congenital deficiency. Yu Wei is popular enough that even her fifth foreign language song had a mediocre level of popularity, let alone this group of people.

With so many people sending him songs, it's hard to believe they all want to punish him. Yu Wei guessed that they were trying to improve their situation.

Who in the arts doesn't want to be known by more people? They're just using Yu Wei as an excuse to incidentally expand their overseas business.

However, it seems that no background check was conducted before they came...

Yu Wei roughly counted, and of the dozen or so cherry blossom works "sent" in the same period, only two were Chinese songs.

There are still some singers who put in a lot of effort. In one of the two songs, the singer stumbled and struggled, a typical beginner in Chinese.

He has ideas but his abilities haven't kept up. With this level of skill, he'd struggle to even compete with a second-tier singer, let alone him.

The other one is much better. He doesn't understand Chinese either, but he's willing to put in the effort and chose to collaborate with Chinese singers.

"The Seventh Spring," a work by Ryuichi Yamada, has a Chinese version sung by Mandopop singer Tang Yu, and is a very well-produced song.

This song was the only one that Yu Wei took seriously, since both of them were quite good and it could be considered a powerful collaboration.

Yu Wei listened to the song briefly and found its style to be perfect. Such a mature work was clearly not a sudden whim or a copycat.

In such a short time, let alone preparing both Chinese and Japanese versions at the same time, there's not even enough time to discuss cooperation.

Clearly, this man was different from the others; he didn't act on impulse, but came prepared.

It seems that after Yu Wei's first song on cherry blossoms became a hit, Yamada Ryuichi began preparations and contacted Chinese singers in advance to collaborate.

It's quite rare for a dozen or so Japanese singers to come to China to release songs, and this quickly sparked heated discussions among Chinese netizens.

It's understandable that popular singers come, they're making money, so it's not shameful. But what's with a bunch of nobodies coming over?
Releasing a song from an overseas region where even cherry blossoms aren't considered a priority, does it really think the Chinese music scene is some kind of "wilderness"?

The Chinese music scene may not have a high international reputation, but it has produced some truly exceptional figures in the past, and it is not something that can be easily manipulated.

Moreover, they now have Yu Wei, so who would dare to cause trouble here?

Everyone was picturing Yu Wei guarding the nation's borders, but after inquiring, they learned that this group of people had come specifically for Yu Wei.

So, after all that, it was you who lured the enemy here?

"This saves Yu Wei the trouble of volunteering; let's just come directly."

"I don't understand Korean."

"The Seventh Spring is not bad, you can give it a listen."

Putting aside the so-called cultural pride, this kind of thing is actually good for the audience. With external stimulation, the market will become more active, which is what the domestic entertainment industry needs.

Whether Yu Wei panicked when the Sakura musicians called or not, they didn't know, but those scoundrels in the entertainment industry definitely panicked.

Yu Wei's position is hard to shake. True music exchange will only weed out the weak and retain the strong. For singers who can only sing sweet songs with a plain voice, this is a devastating blow.

To exaggerate a bit, any voice actress from Sakura who crosses over into singing might be more talented than many of China's top idols. If foreigners really stay, they'll starve. Right now, Chinese singers only have one thought: "I'm begging you, Teacher Yu, you absolutely have to hold on..."

These songs are diverse in style and of good quality, but the problem remains: people can't understand them, so they can't spread widely.

Some of them are popular in China, but their fan base is still small. Even with the addition of some Japanese song enthusiasts, they still don't generate much buzz.

"The Seventh Spring" was the only song that stood out. It was of high quality and had the added appeal of being a Sino-Japanese collaboration, so it quickly became a hit.

Actually, given the quality of this song, it should have been even better, but unfortunately, it came at the wrong time, coinciding with Yu Wei's album.

So Japanese netizens witnessed a terrifying scene from across the sea: Yu Wei occupied the top eight spots on the new song chart, and only one of their proudest works barely made it into the top ten.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yamada's song is a slow burner, it will rise to the top very quickly."

"Smash the charts, knock this scary song down."

"Hold on, Mr. Yamada, and use this song to evoke the romanticism of the listeners."

Ryuichi Yamada has been in the industry for thirty years and has long served as a top producer for many national-level singers, so his personal abilities are beyond doubt.

Yu Wei had also heard of this man's great reputation, so he decided... to do nothing and proceed according to the original plan.

His album songs are all set, and there's no reason to change them at the last minute. He'll stick to the status quo and it's time for the ninth song.

There are quite a few songs with the character "九" in them, and many of them are excellent, but when it comes to this character, the first one that comes to his mind is "九儿" (Jiu'er).

For Shen Yutong, the high notes in this song were extremely challenging. After helping Qi Yuan sing the opera-style vocals of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," she began to practice intensively in seclusion, and it's unknown how well it went.

"Never mind, let's update first."

"Nine Sons" is indeed a good song, but it has a threshold for understanding. It is the theme song of the movie "Red Sorghum", and the song title is also named after the female lead.

There isn't even a novel called "Red Sorghum" here, let alone a movie.

To allow everyone to fully appreciate the song, Yu Wei plans to dedicate a section in the new chapter to discussing the novel, so that everyone can at least understand the character of Jiu'er.

With time running out and the task heavy, Yu Wei dared not delay and immediately started coding on the spot.

Two hours before the song was unlocked, the new chapter was finally released. Yu Wei was only looking to learn about the background of the song, but he didn't expect that "Red Sorghum" would also appear in the redemption section, which was a pleasant surprise.

People are used to treating Yu Wei's novels as appetizers for listening to songs, thinking he's just writing another piece of mindless song plots. Who would have thought that today the tone has changed.

By the ninth song, he presented a story directly, which seemed to be a new script...

"The female lead's name is Jiu'er, right?"

"I said I didn't understand what the song title meant, turns out it's a derivative work."

"Fun fact: Yu Wei wrote a script specifically to complete the ninth song."

Everyone clicked on it with a laugh, thinking that Yu Wei was just patching up a hastily made-up number song, but after a while they realized something was wrong, and the plot was quite interesting.

Especially at the end, when the War of Resistance against Japan broke out, the Japanese army forced the people to cut down sorghum to build roads, and Grandpa Luohan was skinned alive for resisting.

Jiu'er brought out the blood wine brewed by Luohan to inspire everyone, and joined forces with the winery team led by Yu Zhan'ao to fight against the Japanese.

In the fiercest ambush, Jiu'er was shot and killed while delivering food to the troops. Yu Zhan'ao led the survivors to charge the Japanese army, and the story ended in the blood-red sunset.

Although it was only a few sentences long, the tragic epic feeling still shocked everyone. They closed the novel, feeling a tightness in their chests.

When I saw "The Seventh Spring" on the list again, an indescribable emotion welled up inside me.

Instead of igniting their romanticism, it ignited their anti-Japanese spirit... (End of Chapter)