After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 13 Assigned Creative Work: Night!
"..."

Inside the meeting room, everyone was silent, eyes closed, collectively chanting: "I dare not open my eyes, I hope it's just my imagination."

During yesterday's live broadcast, Director Niu kept saying he was worried that Shen Ming'en had the backing of the state, and everyone thought he was being overly anxious. Now it seems that they were the ones who were short-sighted...

An actor in the Chinese entertainment industry wouldn't take the civil service exam for no reason, unless someone behind him is giving him advice.

Why is he taking the civil service exam?
We absolutely must join the investigation team targeting the Chinese entertainment industry to suppress evil spirits and rid the world of demons!
Their production team might actually be used as a scapegoat...

For a time, everyone on and off the show was filled with anxiety.

"Let's discuss a solution," Director Niu said, breaking the silence and taking charge.

Panic won't help; what's done is done. Let's figure out a solution...

"Shen Ming'en still needs to be eliminated first." An executive director nearby said, "Otherwise, we might not even be able to wait for the national team to make a move, and we'll be wiped out by those capitalists along with them."

If they can't deal with Shen Ming'en, they'll deal with them too. Those capitalists aren't incapable of doing such a thing. In order to survive, the general policy of eliminating Shen Ming'en must not be changed.

"The problem is, how do we eliminate them?" Everyone was starting to have a headache.

As mentioned earlier, it's definitely unrealistic to pressure Shen Ming'en privately to withdraw from the show voluntarily...

This kid knows perfectly well that if he gets kicked out of the "Chinese Music Awards" program, he will have no more channels for exposure, which is equivalent to being blacklisted. With his current popularity, he wouldn't agree to it no matter how much money he's offered.

They can't outmaneuver those in the underworld, and they certainly can't outmaneuver Shen Ming'en in the open!
In the next competition, it's hard to guarantee that Shen Ming'en won't bring out another patriotic song. If this kid keeps bringing out one patriotic song after another, then there's no such thing as "elimination" anymore.
It's possible that their show will become a springboard for Shen Ming'en, providing him with exposure every time!

Looking at this group of silent lambs, Director Niu's lips twitched: "Lung fog..."

A bunch of lung fog!
Just then, Director Niu caught a glimpse of his assistant not far away, who was none other than Da Congming, who had proposed "an extra round" yesterday.

"Zhou Yang, do you have any ideas?" Director Niu asked.

"Huh? I..." Da Congming was flustered when he was suddenly called on. His bad idea yesterday had made Shen Ming'en even more popular, and he didn't dare to say a word today. He never expected that the director would take the initiative to call on him.

All eyes turned to him. He had no choice but to give an explanation. His CPU was spinning at high speed and almost burned out. He had finally come up with an idea!
"As long as he's not allowed to sing revolutionary songs, that's fine, right?" Zhou Yang, the brilliant strategist, suggested.

"Yes..." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Everyone knows that as long as he's not allowed to sing revolutionary songs, that's fine, but the problem is how to stop him.

"How about a themed composition?" Zhou Yang said frankly, "We can give the singers a theme and let them create around it. Let's find a relatively obscure theme. If they sing a revolutionary song, we can say they've gone off-topic and use that as an excuse to eliminate them, wouldn't that work?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Red songs are generally songs that praise the country and heroes. If they avoid these things and come up with a "topic", Shen Ming'en will definitely not be able to write a high-quality red song based on that topic.

If he insists on singing a revolutionary song that is off-topic, then the show's producers can deduct his votes and eliminate him for "going off-topic"!
Their program now aims to eliminate Shen Ming'en, and they want to do so in a legitimate way, ensuring that they don't offend capital or the country.

And Zhou Yang's method, which is very clever, just happens to meet everyone's requirements!
“Hmm…Hmm…Hmm…”

Director Niu nodded repeatedly, looking at Zhou Yang with the same gaze a master would give when recruiting a promising talent.

The name "Wolong" was definitely not wrong!

"What kind of question should we ask?" The people present were stumped again.

Director Niu's face darkened. These people with lung phlegm couldn't even come up with a solution after being given a method. What use were they?

His gaze returned to his exceptionally talented disciple, the brilliant Zhou Yang, and Director Niu looked on with hope, anticipating a good answer from Zhou Yang…

"Emmm..." Zhou Yang rubbed his chin, thinking for a long time until he was sweating. Just then, he caught a glimpse of the scenery outside the window out of the corner of his eye...

It was already past nine o'clock at night. The sky was getting dark, and night was falling. The pitch-black night enveloped the earth, and it was pitch black outside. You couldn't see anything at all.

"I've got it!" Zhou Yang slammed his fist on the cloth with his right hand and laughed, "Night! The theme is Night!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback at first, then their eyes lit up again, and they nodded in agreement...

Shen Ming'en writes revolutionary songs. What is the style of revolutionary songs? They are glorious, correct, bright, and righteous; they are bright, smooth, and magnificent!
Then they'll come up with a theme that's exactly the opposite!
Have you ever heard anyone sing revolutionary songs that praise the darkness of night?
That's not just going off-topic; if you insist on writing about it, it might even be considered a smear campaign against revolutionary songs!
At that point, it won't be them and the capital trying to blacklist Shen Ming'en anymore...

The country behind him is about to take action!

Looking at the history of the Chinese entertainment industry, how many people have dared to make fun of the country and tarnish its image in this regard?
Those few internet celebrities who can't control their mouths can get permanently banned for a casual joke!
"it is good!"

Director Niu couldn't help but raise his hand, clapping and exclaiming in admiration, and said:

"That's it!"

Next time, we'll have a creative writing assignment with the theme: [The Night!]

This time, no matter what, we must eliminate Shen Ming'en, this troublemaker!
In any case, they cannot be used as a whetstone for the national team to clean up the entertainment industry!
……

That night, a hashtag titled "#New episode of Mandarin Music Center: Themed composition!" topped the trending charts on various platforms.

[Assigned creative work?]

[Night? What the heck is this?]

What the heck is this...?

Many netizens were confused when they saw this trending topic, and they didn't know what the program team was up to.

But soon, some sharp-minded netizens noticed something amiss.

This is aimed at Shen Ming'en...

Many people are discussing:

Is this some kind of pre-set agenda to prevent him from writing patriotic songs?

[Hahaha... If our Emperor Ming En keeps writing patriotic songs, I reckon the production team won't dare eliminate him.]

[Tsk... This is it, we're really doomed. We might really be eliminated now.]

[Shen Ming'en: I can't worry about that anymore, ya lasoo~]

……

The story of Shen Mingen's battle of wits with "Chinese Music Awards" has already garnered significant attention online these past two days. Now, with people saying that the show's questions were specifically designed to target Shen Mingen, the buzz has exploded.

This proposition...

Sparrows eat some of the yin realm.

Everyone thinks that Shen Ming'en's chances are really slim this time.

……

(End of this chapter)