This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 140 You are the only one in the world who releases new songs

When this voice sounded, Feng Xiaoqiang stood up and took Xu Feng and the other first guests to the waiting room.

Last time when they were in the reserve seats, the other guests should have had a special room to rest, just like they do now, and only moved to the waiting room when the show was about to start.

"Teacher Xu Feng, you don't know that compared to before, our on-site ticket sales are much better."

Xu Feng nodded: "I thought you should reserve at least half of the seats and invite your own people to liven up the atmosphere."

Generally speaking, on those music variety shows, those people who cry while listening to songs, or scream and cheer like crazy, are all led by the program production team's agents.

It’s not that there is no song in the world that can trigger this kind of resonance, but it’s very difficult to have such emotions on the spot without guidance.

After a song was sung, it was not good if the place was deserted.

It only takes a small number of people to take the lead in applauding and "immersing themselves", and many others will follow.

It's a very simple truth - the singer on the stage has finished singing a song, and the people around him are applauding. It seems a bit unreasonable for you, who are sandwiched in the middle, not to applaud, right?
Even if you don't like to hear it, there's no harm in clapping.

When more people have this idea, the atmosphere on the scene will be lifted.

However, after hearing this, Feng Xiaoqiang's expression changed a little: "Yes, there are, but we don't need that many. In fact, about 5% of the audience is enough to create an atmosphere."

Different programs will have different standards for this kind of personnel ratio.

The singers invited to "Singer" are well-known and have good skills, which can liven up the atmosphere of the show.

Otherwise they wouldn't take such a risky approach as broadcasting it completely live.

For music talent shows like "Tomorrow's Singer", the proportion of people sitting in the audience will increase significantly.

Xu Feng also understood this truth. He nodded and praised: "Not bad, not bad."

Feng Xiaoqiang's expression became even weirder. He thought for a long time before reminding him, "Teacher Xu Feng, this... because your face is so recognizable, we probably can't hire you as an on-site atmosphere regulator..."

what?
Xu Feng was a little confused - as an outsider, he was just curious about this inside information.

What do you mean you can't hire me?

You think I'm telling you this because I want to find a job?!
Don't be too outrageous. Do I look like someone who wants to make money at all costs?

"I'm just asking. I don't want to be a shill."

"Oh!" Feng Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief, but felt that it was inappropriate to reject a top singer like this, so he quickly added, "If Teacher Xu Feng leaves the show, I can make the decision and give you a ticket with a good seat. It's anonymous, so you can come to watch it by yourself or give it to a friend."

Damn it! You're so stubborn, right? I told you I'm just asking, not asking for money!
Don’t think that I will take any cheapskate. I have principles. Do you understand what they are?
Xu Feng felt that the world had misunderstood him too deeply, but before he could explain, the two of them had already walked to the door of the waiting room.

Feng Xiaoqiang patted Xu Feng's shoulder meaningfully and helped him open the door.

Xu Feng: “…”

Watching the other person leave with a confident expression on his face, Xu Feng felt a little tired.

The good news is that his mercenary character was successfully established. The bad news is that it was too successful, so successful that the production crew was worried that after he left the show, he would want to seamlessly switch to the audience seats and continue to make money as a host.

Forget it, let’s not worry about this for now, let’s just focus on doing the current variety show well.

However, as soon as he walked into the waiting room, he found that the alternative guests were looking at him with strange eyes, and the scene was filled with an atmosphere of "schadenfreude".

But this atmosphere is not directed at me.

Xu Feng didn't ask anything. He found a seat and sat down, sighing, "Ah, such a good variety show, why are there so many weird things? Who ruined the atmosphere?"

When the others saw Xu Feng himself, they couldn't help but whisper.

"Xu Feng is so handsome. I have an idea."

"Don't think about it. Look in the mirror and compare the difference between you and Sister Huan."

"Tsk, what if?"

"What if there is any chance that Sister Huan becomes successful, but you don't have a chance. If Sister Huan doesn't become successful...even if Sister Huan doesn't become successful, how can you have a chance?"

"I'm curious if there will be any changes to the variety show since the production team didn't announce the 'death list' this time. Is Xu Feng really going to leave?"

"Maybe I'm not going to do this anymore and I need to sing seriously."

"When Zheng Hua thought about facing Xu Feng, he couldn't help but hum."

"Hahaha!"

Amidst all the gossip, we waited for about ten minutes before the staff came out and took the eight starting singers to their guest seats.

The host nodded, and as before, after each guest came on stage, there would be a long introduction, or rather, flattery.

However, when it came to Xu Feng, the host paused and said teasingly: "Then next, welcome our talented singer and composer, Mr. Xu Feng!"

The first introduction was pitifully short, but the whole audience burst into cheers that were much louder than before.

There is no need for that 5% support to drive the market.

After defeating foreign singers, Xu Feng's public opinion status on the Internet has undergone tremendous changes.

In the past, due to the lack of traffic operations, no matter how well Xu Feng performed, he could not avoid the rampant "black fans".

Even now, some fans of Yu Chen have begun to whitewash the song "Disease", saying that this ghost howling thing is a work of art.

Many people also use abstract paintings for analogy.

It’s a pity that this statement is only circulated within their circle and will only be criticized if it is spread outside.

Not to mention that Xu Feng crushed him with his songs, but he also defeated two foreign singers who had never lost before, which gave him the "right to be immune from criticism" for a long time.

"Teacher Xu Feng is very popular." The host waited until the cheers died down before saying with a smile, "It seems like everyone is looking forward to your performance."

Thanks to Xu Feng, the program team's reputation rebounded a lot after the last round of programs, and the number of sponsors also increased suddenly.

The pressure from above suddenly decreased.

This is money well spent!
When the program doesn't perform well, even she, the host, can't avoid being scolded.

In this case, giving Xu Feng more screen time and exposure can be considered as the program team returning the favor.

Thinking that the time was almost up, the host turned around and began to introduce the other guests.

After all the starting and alternate guests had appeared, the host said with a smile, "Then, the third stage of this round, the elimination stage, officially begins!"

"The rules are still the same as before. Each teacher only has one chance to keep his or her position. Please do your best!"

"Then, let's invite the first group of guests to come on stage. Welcome, Professor Dai Mingli and Professor Wang Yong. Welcome!"

Although Dai Mingli performed well in the last round and improved rapidly, the hard strength of the top four was there, and his final qualifying result was sixth.

Not a very good result.

But... it's already worth it to be able to complete one round and show myself on the bigger stage of "Singer".

Every subsequent exposure will be profit.

"So, what song are you two going to sing this time..." The host deliberately dragged out the voice, leaving the audience in suspense. "Wow! No one will guess it!"

This seemingly normal action was immediately captured by the observant audience and comments.

"Something's wrong! We've never kept this secret before when announcing songs."

"What song? Is it Sister Huan's new song?"

"It's as if the production team didn't perform Lin Shenghuan's song. That's definitely not the case."

“Either the song is really good, or the person who wrote it has a bit of a different story.”

"..."

The variety show "Singer" is broadcast live, not recorded afterwards. It is impossible to cut the camera at the most critical moment like other variety shows, and it is impossible to engage in some psychological activities or something like that.

The host only kept everyone on edge for five or six seconds before announcing, "This song is from our guest on the show!"

"Speaking of this, everyone should have guessed it... That's right, the two teachers are going to sing Teacher Xu Feng's song!"

Want to sing Xu Feng’s song?

The program team actually included Xu Feng's song, a song of a singer who is still in the competition, into the music library?
The program team has included Lin Shenghuan’s songs before, but Lin Shenghuan attended the variety show as a judge and superstar, and he was not considered a contestant.

A contestant’s song was recorded and played in front of the contestant, which was the first time in the entire program!
On the barrage, the patients of Fengrenyuan started to party again.

"Fuck, how can you call it a card face? This is a card face!" "Do you understand the value of a song being selected into the competition song library while the person is still on the show? The value is really too high!"

"What some people call a work of art will never be chosen in this lifetime, don't you think?"

"Don't mention that unlucky thing. Last time I was watching a show in the living room, my mom scolded me for making noise in the house."

"Which song of Xu Feng do you think it will be?"

"Are they the ones he sold to Lin Shenghuan? Or are they the ones he sang himself?"

"Couldn't it be 'Lanting Xu'? This song would blow up the whole audience and turn the whole variety show into a concert for Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan. This song should have a different meaning for the program team."

"It's a good opportunity to see how well other people sing Xu Feng's songs, and see whether our dean sings better or the cover singers sing better."

"Oh my god, is your fan environment so good? Is it something we can discuss about who sings better, the cover or the original?"

"Well, we Fengren Hospital patients know how bad Xu Feng's singing is when he's crazy, so don't be so mean."

"..."

Everyone is looking forward to which song of Xu Feng will be released - until now, only the live versions of the songs released by Xu Feng can be found.

There is no studio version of either the accompaniment or other original sounds, which makes it difficult for many people who want to cover the song to find a suitable audio source.

The accompaniment I play is always a little different from the original one, and even the audience who don't know much about it will feel weird.

Without the original audio file, the taste will never be right.

Now finally someone can cover it!

The entire audience began to cheer, and as soon as the host announced the name of the song, everyone became excited.

The host glanced at the note in his hand and said with a smile, "Then please come on stage and sing Teacher Xu Feng's new song, "Echoes of the Dusk"!"

"..."

"???"

As soon as these four words came out, everyone at the scene's minds went blank for a moment.

Wait, what's the name of this song?
When Xu Feng debuted, he made a name for himself with the songs "Ugly" and "You Once Upon a Time", and then came the concerts, "Lanting Xu"...

It seems that there is no song called "Echoes of Twilight"?
So what does this song mean?
Even the two guests who were going to sing on stage were stunned.

It’s probably not the case that the host pronounced the song title wrong - because they have never heard of any other singer releasing a song with the same name.

Although the program team has made many mistakes in selecting talents, they still have good vision in choosing songs.

All the songs are good-sounding masterpieces.

Even if it's a catchy song, at least it sounds good.

They are all singers who make a living in the Chinese music scene. If there is such a song, it is impossible that no one has ever heard it.

This can also be seen from the reaction of the audience off the court.

No one has ever heard of these four words!

Some people who are more proactive even switched directly to several music platforms and searched for the song title.

But the results are always "not found".

"I searched, but the song doesn't exist. I can't find it on any platform."

"Me too, what's going on?"

After eliminating all the answers, everyone's hearts finally began to waver in the direction of the least likely answer.

"Do you think it's possible that this song is not available on the market now?"

"What the hell?!"

"By the way, can Xu Feng stay a little longer? With him in this variety show, it's really a hundred times more interesting than before!"

"Every time they come up with something I couldn't imagine."

At this time, Lin Shenghuan, who was watching a variety show while taking a bath in a hotel in another city, was also stunned for a moment and said to himself: "No way, did this person directly sell the song he wrote but has not yet released to the program team to release it?"

If it were someone else, this might not be possible, but as long as the price is high enough, Xu Feng would really do it!
As long as he is paid, he can do something that no other singer would ever think of.

The host looked at the stunned expressions of the audience, listened to the barrage trends and ratings data transmitted by the backstage staff through the headphones, and could hardly hold back the smile on his face.

"That's right! Just as everyone thought, this is a new song that Mr. Xu Feng himself has not yet released!"

"Because there are only lyrics and accompaniment files, this song still has no original singer for now."

"Teacher Xu Feng is very generous and let us have a glimpse of it first... However, because the original version has not been released yet, in order to protect the legal interests of Teacher Xu Feng himself, please do not record the live version of the cover version, and do not release it privately on the platform, otherwise it may infringe copyright!"

At this point, everyone watching the show was numb.

A song that has no original version but has a cover version?
Is this the only one in the entire history of the music industry in the world?

The other people in the guest seats were all looking at Xu Feng as if he were a god... Who the hell is this person?
How can it be so outrageous?

As long as I give you money, would you even sell the rope to hang yourself?

No wonder your fans call you the dean of the mental hospital, you really deserve the title.

Xu Feng shrugged innocently without further explanation.

It’s because the program team paid so much money, so how could we not meet the client’s requirements?

And it’s not that I won’t release it. After the performance on the variety show, the live versions of these two people cannot be released in advance. They have to wait until the original singer releases the song.

As long as he finds a suitable opportunity and receives a suitable commission, Xu Feng can immediately come up with an original version that is better than the two covers above.

It is equivalent to a warm-up and a marketing - after the variety show ends, there will definitely be many people who are curious about how Xu Feng's original version will sound like.

It is equivalent to using a program with huge traffic like "Singer" to promote your new song.

It has a huge impact on subsequent popularity.

On the surface, it seems to be an abstract and incredible operation, but in fact, Xu Feng can gain both face and money.

Below the stage, in the VIP seat with the best view, Cheng Luan nodded slowly - Brother Xu Feng was indeed very creative and could even think of such a thing.

He is indeed a future superstar!

The host glanced at Xu Feng and continued, "Because this is a new song, the two teachers now have five minutes each to familiarize themselves with the lyrics and rhythm... and summarize their own understanding."

"come on!"

A new song that has never been released and no one has ever sung is also a big challenge for the singer!

This is also a scene that has never appeared in the previous program.

Become familiar with a song you have never heard of before within five minutes, and even figure out the emotion of the song!

It takes three minutes to play a song itself!
In other words, the two singers actually only had two minutes to get themselves familiar with the music.

It is a great test of basic skills, memory and on-the-spot performance ability.

The tension on the stage was instantly maxed out!
"Because the difficulty is very high, whichever of the two teachers wins this round will gain an advantage - in the qualifying round, no matter what place they get, their final ranking will move up one place!"

The audience and guests widened their eyes again.

Xu Feng...actually, by himself, made some minor changes to the rules of the variety show!
At this time, two staff members came over with a Pad with copied audio files and other song-related information.

The host shouted "start", and the two of them did not waste even a second. They put on their headphones and tried their best to familiarize themselves with the song.

There was no verbal confrontation, no technical clash, but the silence at this time gave people much more pressure than before.

Now it’s the knockout stage!
"Countdown, two minutes!"

"One minute!"

"Thirty seconds!"

"Three, two, one! Please stop what you are doing. The competition will begin immediately!"

(End of this chapter)