Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 70 Oracle Completed
[You completed the oracle: sing a new sacrificial song, lead thousands of people to sing along, and the gods give you a sacrificial song: "I once thought about ending it all"]

"Oracle, is this complete? So, a cover song also counts as 'singing along', right?"

[God has sent down an oracle: Let ten thousand people listen to the new festival song and shed tears. After completing it, you will receive God's blessing.]

Thanks to the movie's box office success and the continued popularity of the "Gurenge Cover Challenge", the oracle that had been shelved for a while was finally successfully completed, but a new oracle was issued shortly thereafter.

"Another new song that makes people feel headache, and it's also 'tearful', does it mean that it will make tens of thousands of people cry?"

"Tian Yu Shen's aesthetic taste is really strange. I heard so many good songs in my previous life. Can't he sing something simple and easy to understand like "Little Apple" to make everyone laugh?"

Sensing the new song appearing in his mind, Xia Fan rubbed his eyebrows.

The theme of the song "I Once Thought of Ending It All" is to live towards death. It depicts the difficulties and challenges of life, and how to find hope and courage in difficulties.

The overall rhythm is brisk and the style is heavy. The lyrics describe a lot of lifeless and depressing scenes such as the remains of insects under the trees, abandoned bicycles, old arch bridges, etc., which run counter to the preferences of the pop music market.

People with high EQ would say it is too "literary", while people with low EQ would say it is a bit "out of touch with reality".

Although it once topped the cable radio station's J-POP song on-demand chart, its sales cannot be compared with previous super hits such as "Sakura" and "Gurenhua" due to its narrow audience and use.

It is not difficult for this kind of song to be listened to by tens of thousands of people without a suitable context, but it is not easy to make people cry.

"Ahem, Xia Fan, please answer this question. What is the fundamental reason why the song "Red Lotus" became so popular?"

Noticing that a top student was distracted, the professor did not hesitate to use his special skill: "asking questions by name."

"The one with the blood-boiling lyrics, the powerful beat, the unyielding emotion in despair?"

Xia Fan raised his eyebrows and gave a tentative answer.

"Wrong! The real reason why this song became popular in just three days is the rapid development of the Internet industry, which broke the monopoly of traditional media platforms such as TV stations on content, information and audience aesthetics!"

The professor tapped the blackboard with chalk and wrote down a few key words.

"Of course, the song itself does have quite excellent qualities in the aspects you mentioned!"

"Moreover, 'Gurenhua' and the recently popular 'Sakura' were written by the same author. According to rumors in the industry, this producer's age should be not much different from yours, but the work he wrote was able to attract Keizo Horie to supervise the recording. It is very worth learning from..."

After analyzing the music industry structure, changes in media communication, and market trends, the professor also praised the song "Red Lotus" itself.

"Horiie Tsubasa: How does it feel to be stumped by a question related to your own work as a producer?"

"Xia Fan: It's my own fault that I was distracted and answered the wrong question!"

After replying to the LINE message on his phone, Xia Fan turned his head and glanced behind him.

There, Horie Tsubasa was listening to the class attentively, and it was impossible to tell that he was secretly operating his mobile phone.

"Horiie Tsubasa: Thanks to your song "Gurenge", Kurokawa Tsubasa's personal YouTube account has exceeded 100 million followers. As a thank you, I'll give you the opportunity to sing a few more lines when you participate in the 'Campus Singer Contest'."

"Xia Fan: No, as a thank you, why don't you sing the whole song solo during the competition?"

Xia Fan followed suit, keeping a "listening attentively" expression, and secretly swiping his phone under the table. "Horie Tsubasa: You... how can a contestant go on stage without singing a single word..."

"Xia Fan: I'm just kidding. But the competition is going to start next week, and I'm tone-deaf, what am I going to do on stage?"

The "Campus Singer Contest" is about to open, and Xia Fan, who has weak singing skills and almost no stage singing experience, feels a little panicked.

"Horiie Tsubasa: As a hot new musician, you should have more confidence... How about we make an appointment later to prepare for the performance and song selection?"

"Xia Fan: Of course, with the great 'Kurokawa Tsubasa' as the lead singer, I am very confident."

But when he thought of his teammate, the top singer "Kurokawa Tsubasa" who could perfectly control "Gurenge", he didn't seem so panicked anymore.

"Jinguji Aoi: Mr. Xia Fan, I would like to inform you of the follow-up investigation of the 'Aragami Samurai' case..."

"Jinguji Aoi: According to the current progress of the investigation, the people who secretly moved Tokugawa Kagekatsu's cenotaph and lifted the seal can be basically confirmed to be the same group as the 'Ikebukuro Blood Festival', but the specific identity of this organization is currently unknown and requires further investigation."

At the same time, a message came from Jinguji Aoi's LINE account.

It is worth mentioning that her avatar frame is a picture of golden, crispy, tempting fried chicken piled up into a small mountain.

"Xia Fan: Are they the same people who defrauded me as a religious person? Even Section 9 can't track down these 'supernatural dangerous elements'?"

Xia Fan, who had read the case files of the "Ikebukuro Blood Sacrifice", naturally knew that the group of "cultists" had some extraordinary abilities, otherwise they would not have been able to mess up the rituals and destroy the divine body of "Tengoku God".

"Jinguji Aoi: Since the other party can do this, he is naturally a 'psychic' and has extraordinary means to avoid the investigation of Section 9. However, now that we have a direction for investigation, we will not give up easily. No matter how cunning the fox is, it will always show its tail. If there is any new progress in the case, we will inform you as soon as possible."

"Xia Fan: I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

"Jinguji Aoi: By the way, the commercial we shot a few days ago will be aired between the NHK TV late night dramas starting tonight."

After the routine briefing on the case, Jinguji Aoi suddenly changed the subject.

"Xia Fan: Is that commercial finally going to be aired? What a pity, I don't have a TV in my apartment, so I can't watch it."

"Jinguji Aoi: Do you want me to send you a TV right away?"

"Xia Fan: No, I appreciate your kindness, but my small room doesn't have room for a TV."

"Jinguji Aoi: Do you need me to arrange for you to move to a more spacious place? How about a single-family house in Roppongi?"

"Xia Fan: There's really no need to go through so much trouble just to watch an ad! I'm sure that tomorrow there will be some boring video reposted online, there will always be a way to watch it."

After finishing his conversation with Aoi Jinguji with difficulty, Xia Fan became curious as he recalled the twists and turns in the experience of shooting the commercial.

"Speaking of which, what will the finished film of that commercial look like?"

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(End of this chapter)