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

Chapter 144 A scheme to profit from a work backfired? The copyright was already handed over! You've kicked a hornet's nest!
"#Who is truly worthy of being number one in the East?!#"

"#My attitude is firm, facing north, like a thunderclap out of nowhere!#"

"#Leave everything behind, cross mountains and rivers!"

#Shen Ming'en performs a solo rendition of "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" at the Imperial Ancestral Temple!#

"#That night, half of the Chinese music scene sang 'Beijing Welcomes You,' while the other half sang 'Thousands of Mountains and Rivers' solo!"

"#What is status! What is pomp and circumstance!#"

"#Emperor Ming'en, unparalleled throughout eternity!#"

……

Blast!

That evening, after the live recording of the two Olympic countdown promotional theme songs ended, the trending topics on major social media platforms such as Douyin, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Zhihu were almost entirely dominated by Shen Ming'en and his song "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers"!

The comments section was also quite lively, with netizens making light of the situation:
[Shocking! I never expected it to be Shen Ming'en!]

[This kid was really good at hiding it. I didn't even dare to confirm it was really him until the very last moment when he opened his mouth!]

[I was a little earlier than you, bro. I figured it out when he took off his clothes and went on stage.]

Are there any earlier ones?

[Pfft... This guy clearly did it on purpose, he even specifically designed a segment where Professor Chen Guangrong handed him the microphone. I have to say, I feel sorry for Professor Chen...]

[Sparrow was eating something; Teacher Chen was covering for him until the very last moment!]

[When the host hadn't initially announced that it was him, those haters started stirring things up. Halfway through, they realized something was wrong, and then Teacher Chen handed him the microphone. They were completely dumbfounded, hahaha...]

[Xiao Heizi: I've already released the press release, and you're telling me it's Shen Ming'en?]

[Pfft... To be honest, last night, not only Shen Ming'en, but even Teacher Chen Guangrong hadn't come out yet, and the smear articles were already out...]

[Shen Ming'en was definitely set up by capital in this case!]

[I'm telling you, my brother and these greedy capitalists are truly irreconcilable!]

[Has he still not compromised with those capitalists? Hahaha...]

……

Shen Ming'en's relationship with capital has always been a hot topic of discussion. This story dates back to when he went crazy and showed off to those shady cash cows of capital with his bare hands...

The story of a child without a mother is too long to tell, so let's just talk about it now. To be honest, it's really hard for people to imagine what those capitalists were thinking, that they would go against him when Shen Mingen is so "famous" now!
Isn't cooperation and mutual benefit a good thing?
Don't tell me that our Emperor Mingen wants a 91% cut. He earns his money through his own traffic and popularity. You should be grateful if he gives you 1%. What more do you want?

And you expect all the money they earn to go to you?
Go wash up and go to bed early; you can dream about anything!
It's not just the entertainment industry; people from all walks of life now despise those ruthless domestic capitalists. Audiences are naturally drawn to scripts like Shen Ming'en's, which "resist capital head-on," and they all speak up for him.

It's funny when you count them...

Last night, before Shen Mingen even took the stage to sing, and before even Teacher Chen Guangrong appeared, a large number of marketing accounts on the internet were already publishing articles smearing Shen Mingen, claiming that he was "bragging," "being slapped in the face," and "he didn't even get a chance to sing 'Beijing Welcomes You'."

When Shen Ming'en appeared, they all fell silent!
The fans, on the other hand, launched a collective counterattack afterward, almost tearing them to shreds!

Some mischievous fans of Shen Mingen even created a list online of the marketing accounts and influential figures who participated in smearing Shen Mingen that night, and nailed them to the pillar of shame, telling all viewers and fans in the Chinese entertainment industry that these people were paid to cause trouble, and that not a single word they said could be believed.

And more than half of these marketing accounts belong to that fat Mr. Ma!
The next morning, Mr. Ma was so angry when he received the news that his face turned green!
"How can you play like this?!" Mr. Ma said through gritted teeth.

In the entertainment industry, there has never been a saying like "when two armies are at war, the navy is killed." It's just like the ancient saying "when two armies are at war, the messenger is not killed." It's an unwritten rule.

What are your fans trying to do by exposing these marketing accounts?!

Are you trying to make us all lose our jobs?!
It's infuriating to think about...

They really don't know where to start messing with Shen Ming'en now!

After all, following his appearance at the Great Wall recording of the "Beijing Welcomes You" MV and his solo performance of "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Shen Ming'en's image, reputation, popularity, and so on have all reached an explosive level.

At this point, not only is there no way to criticize him, but even if you wanted to, you wouldn't find a point to smear him!
If we don't criticize him, Mr. Ma will be really angry!
I really feel sorry for my marketing accounts that were "exposed"!

Every marketing account with over a million followers is built up by the company with countless efforts and money. It would be strange if the company didn't feel the pinch if more than a dozen of them were taken down!

“Mr. Ma, I think…” Just then, a person in charge of Mr. Ma’s company gave an idea, saying, “Why don’t we take the lead in promoting his use of mainstream works to make a name for himself?”

Mr. Ma's company is actually best at manipulating marketing narratives. Basically, all the negative publicity surrounding their long-term conflict with Shen Ming'en was generated by their team.

It was just a normal attempt to stir up trouble; they didn't have that much of a grudge, and Mr. Ma's company didn't intend to make things difficult for him...

But this time he touched the "foundation" of Mr. Ma's company, so the people on the company side could not tolerate it.

Shen Mingen has always become popular for his "mainstream works". If it weren't for his song "Me and My Motherland", he might have been eliminated from the Chinese music show and disappeared from the public eye.

Since then, he has been unstoppable, and to this day he has been using this "fame" to fight against capital, and has been climbing the ladder step by step with the mainstream works he has created.

Indeed, the songs he sings are all very positive, praising the motherland, the People's Liberation Army soldiers who defend the country, firefighters, police officers, and so on.

But undeniably, these works also brought him huge profits and terrifying traffic and popularity!
Perhaps he doesn't appear on variety shows, do commercial performances, or make announcements like other artists of his caliber, but the tens of millions in copyright fees for his songs every year is really commonplace for him.

The various benefits brought by traffic and popularity need not be elaborated upon.

To put it nicely, he's praising the benefits brought by the motherland; to put it bluntly, isn't he just profiting from mainstream songs?
His style of music is really not suitable to be associated with "profit," otherwise it will easily become corrupted.

People will question whether you're trying to praise the motherland or to curry favor with Yuanzi.

But ironically, songs of this style can only be used purely to praise the motherland!
You could call it moral blackmail, but just like Shen Ming'en's works, it's something that's impossible to refute no matter what...

and so!
The claim that Shen Mingen is profiting from mainstream songs and gaining publicity is something that neither he, his fans, nor his supporters can refute.

Then, it won't be too difficult to damage Shen Ming'en's reputation and suppress his arrogance.

"Row!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma nodded and said:
"Since this kid has invaded our territory, then we don't need to give President Lin any face!"

I always thought that by helping Lin Bei suppress Shen Ming'en and teaching him a lesson, we could make our money back from that kid later...

But now, not only has he not made it back, he's about to lose it all!
If we don't teach that kid a lesson, he'll really never know why the flowers are so red!
“Mr. Ma, I have another suggestion…” another person in charge spoke up at this moment.

"Speak," Mr. Ma said, turning his head to look at him.

“That kid kept saying he wrote all three Olympic theme songs, but the problem is that he only wrote one, ‘Thousands of Mountains and Rivers.’ We’re not sure about the third song, and ‘Beijing Welcomes You’ definitely wasn’t written by him…” The person in charge said, “In any case, he’s just bragging. We’re not trying to argue with him by stirring up this kind of controversy.”

"Sparrow eats..." Another person in charge next to him nodded and said, "I think it's better to just say that he wrote one of the three songs and then came out to brag about it. Anyway, the third song will never be his."

"Mmm..." The others nodded in agreement.

To be honest, while Shen Ming'en's solo performance of "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" at the Temple of Heaven might be a bit exaggerated, it's not entirely outrageous. After all, he seems to have a close relationship with Mr. Shen, the creator of "Beijing Welcomes You." If Mr. Shen recommended him to create this award-winning piece, then Zhou Chujian's connections might not have been able to stop him.

Given his skill level and the quality of "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers," it's not surprising that he was selected.

Moreover, strictly speaking, this solo is not as important as the other two.

It's important to know that both "Beijing Welcomes You" and "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" were just theme songs for the countdown promotion. The third song, however, was to be performed live on the opening day, in front of people from all over the world, together with a foreign friend!

That level of work is generally only performed by national superstars or veteran artists who can command the stage!
Yes, Shen Ming'en participated in the recording of the "Beijing Welcomes You" MV and sang the chorus unexpectedly. He also sang "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" solo at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. These are all quite surprising...

Can!
even so!

No one would believe that this guy would actually appear at the opening ceremony's theme song performance.

That song couldn't have been written by him, much less sung by him!
He is not qualified!

He doesn't deserve it!
That being the case...

Shen Ming'en previously boasted that he wrote three Olympic theme songs, but it turns out he only wrote one and sang the chorus...

Isn't this considered exaggerating?
Then they can naturally set the pace!

"merciful!"

Mr. Ma, the chubby boss, was very satisfied with the strategies offered by the company's "think tank," and with a wave of his hand:
"That's it!"

Since Shen Mingen's fans are attacking them from the ground up, let them see just how much power the company with the most influence and the most online trolls in the Chinese entertainment industry really has!

……

It has to be said that the capital in the Chinese entertainment industry is incredibly shrewd and efficient. This morning, the internet was flooded with trending topics related to Shen Ming'en's "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers," but by the afternoon, five or six out of ten videos posted by netizens were saying the same thing:
"Everyone says Shen Ming'en is a spokesperson for patriotic songs, but I feel like he's just trying to use this to gain publicity?"

"From 'My Motherland and I' to 'The Great Wall Will Never Fall' to 'The Bauhinia Blossoms' and 'The Internationale,' how much profit has Shen Ming'en made from these works!"

"I feel that Shen Ming'en has been overly mythologized. He is clearly just an ordinary singer who makes money by performing mainstream songs."

"I feel like the fans are overhyping it. Shen Ming'en only wrote one song, 'Thousands of Mountains and Rivers,' but he claims he wrote three. And this one isn't even as good as 'Beijing Welcomes You.' How can you guys have the nerve to hype it up like that?"

As mentioned before, excessive hype from fans can easily bring unnecessary trouble to their idols. Shen Ming'en is a case in point. Yesterday morning, "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" was a good thing, but their hype made many casual viewers feel it was overblown… With these marketing accounts stirring things up, the comments section quickly started saying things like:

[I've been too embarrassed to say it, but Shen Ming'en clearly makes money from patriotic songs, so how can he keep calling himself a spokesperson for patriotic songs?]

Those fans really don't know what to brag about. He only wrote one song, "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers." What does it mean to give him the worst of the three songs?

I've never liked this person; I feel he's too pretentious, both in everyday life and on stage, he overdoes it.

……

What people know is that Shen Mingen just performed "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" at the Imperial Ancestral Temple last night as "the other half of the Chinese music scene," and he was enjoying immense popularity. People who don't know might think that Shen Mingen's career is about to collapse.

What's the most deadly thing...?

The hotel was provided by the Beijing Olympic organizers. When Shen Ming'en found out about this, he was actually very happy.

"Ha ha……"

"Hahaha……"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha……"

He was laughing so hard his head felt like it was going to fall off, he was acting like a madman, leaving Feng Yucan, who came to inquire, completely bewildered...

“No, my brother,” Feng Yucan couldn’t help but step forward, put his hands on Shen Ming’en’s shoulders to hold him down, and then raised his hand to pat Shen Ming’en’s head, asking, “You haven’t really been provoked into going crazy, have you?”

Feng Yucan thought it was normal for Shen Mingen to laugh when he saw the news praising him, but he had just shown Shen Mingen the news that was being spread by those marketing accounts that were belittling him!

He even snatched the phone to take a look, afraid that Shen Ming'en might have misread it...

"Go! Go! Go!"

Shen Ming'en raised his hand and swatted away the dog's paw that was on his shoulder, saying:

"It's so hot, stay away from me!"

The air conditioning in the room is already blowing cold air and it's not cool enough, and you still stick to me... Don't you know how hot it is in Beijing lately!

"So what are you laughing at?" Feng Yucan's lips twitched as he asked, "Do you know they're ruining your reputation?"

Although fans were trying to defend Shen Mingen, it seems that those who were so eager to defend him had paid for their support, and their comments were completely ignored.

Isn't Shen Ming'en wronged to be labeled as "profiting from mainstream works" for no reason?

"What the hell..." Shen Ming'en rolled his eyes and said, "You, calm down. We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. What are you afraid of?"

Shen Ming'en wasn't unaware of what "worry" meant, but what he knew even more was that these online marketing accounts were stirring up trouble and spreading rumors about him...

They seem...

seemingly……

like……

They kicked a hornet's nest!

To know!
The copyrights to the three songs Shen Ming'en wrote for the Olympics have all been handed over to the state!
In fact, during his communication with the organizers, he solemnly expressed that if necessary, he would be willing to hand over the copyrights of all his works to the state!
Just tell me this is the situation!

Isn't it ridiculous that these people are smearing themselves by "profiting from mainstream works"?

Then they brought up another topic, saying that Shen Mingen "only wrote one Olympic theme song, but boasted that he wrote three, which is ridiculous," and that "there's no way he could have written the third theme song"...

Isn't that even funnier?

The creator of "Beijing Welcomes You," whose pen name is "Shen Jichou," has simply not yet been revealed. The third theme song will also be officially announced on the day of the performance due to a confidentiality agreement.

He doesn't need to worry about any of these things!

When the performance ends, when the Olympic opening ceremony ends, everything will be clear!

The more outrageous their slander is now, the more thoroughly they'll be proven wrong later!

Why is Shen Mingen smiling?

Isn't that clear enough?
Of course he'd howl!

He longed to laugh out loud!

He hadn't even figured out how to humiliate these people, but they came to him willingly...

Okay...okay!

That's awesome, isn't it!

“I think we should announce the pen name of the creator of ‘Beijing Welcomes You’?” Feng Yucan suggested.

Given the current situation, with those people launching a frantic counterattack and smearing Shen Ming'en as if their lives depend on it. It seems that only revealing that the creator of "Beijing Welcomes You," Shen Jichou, is actually Shen Ming'en's pen name can turn the tide and quell the controversy.

At that time, both Olympic theme songs were composed by Shen Ming'en, with "Beijing Welcomes You" being a highly acclaimed and popular new work, which will naturally prove those people wrong...

However, Shen Ming'en waved his hand and calmly said, "Let the bullets fly for a while longer."

"...If you fly any further, you'll be blacklisted!" Feng Yucan couldn't help but roll his eyes and asked, "What are you waiting for?"

He gritted his teeth and asked, "You're not planning to wait until after our halftime show to reveal it, are you?"

He knew that Shen Mingen had another halftime performance at the Olympics, and that he would go on stage with Shen Mingen.

But regarding that performance...

Compared to the two Olympic promotional theme songs, "Beijing Welcomes You" and "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers," the song performed during the halftime show was hardly impressive, let alone being used to retaliate against those people...

You said you were in charge of three Olympic theme songs, and everyone thought it was "Beijing Welcomes You," "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers," and the last opening ceremony theme song. But you told me the last one was for the intermission performance?

You're using clickbait!

Because Feng Yucan felt that the performance wasn't very important, he didn't know what Shen Mingen was waiting for...

But Shen Mingen retorted with something that made Feng Yucan's lips twitch with anger, almost causing him to curse...

他 说:

"We'll talk about this after my performance at the opening ceremony."

Feng Yucan: "..."

"Bro, can't you just brag?!" Feng Yucan was practically cursing.

no!
It's already quite an achievement that you were able to participate in the chorus performance of "Beijing Welcomes You" and obtain the qualification to perform a solo of "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" at the Temple of Heaven!
You really want to sing at the Bird's Nest opening ceremony?
Do you even realize how important that performance was?!

Do they even know that it was a performance where they sang with foreign friends for the whole world?

For such a major performance, do you even have the qualifications?

Many marketing accounts are spreading the rumor that Shen Mingen will not be performing at the opening ceremony. Do you really think you can prove them wrong with this?

Clearly, Feng Yucan, like the others outside, thought Shen Mingen was just bragging...

Shen Ming'en got angry when he heard this, kicked Feng Yucan in the butt, rolled his eyes and said, "You bastard, why are you siding with outsiders?"

You believe what others say, but you don't believe what your godfather says?
I’ve spoiled you!
"When I told you I was going to participate in the performance of 'Beijing Welcomes You,' you didn't believe me. And what happened?" Shen Ming'en asked. "Yesterday, when I told you I was going to participate in the performance at the Temple of Heaven, you still didn't believe me. And what happened?"

result!

Shen Ming'en did everything he said he would do!

Why the hell does he not trust Shen Ming'en at all?

Does he feel that he can't do it, and neither can Shen Ming'en?
If you don't have confidence in yourself, please have some confidence in me, okay?!
"No, I..."

Feng Yucan's lips twitched. This meant that the performance at the opening ceremony was far more significant than the other two, something he couldn't easily believe!
But then again...

It seems that Shen Ming'en has never really lied to him.

For a moment, Feng Yucan was also a little hesitant...

"Oh, never mind, you wouldn't believe me anyway..." Shen Ming'en waved his hand, then beckoned to him and said, "I'll be busy with my performance on the opening day and won't have time. Can you do me a favor?"

Feng Yucan pursed his lips, thinking to himself, "You're bragging again," but he still obediently leaned closer to listen...

It was fine if he didn't come closer, but as soon as he did, his eyes widened and he stared at Shen Ming'en with a "watching the show" look on his face!
……

(End of this chapter)