Soon, the two station directors brought Wang Ke's newly recorded song to the city government and asked Vice Mayor Liu to review it.

Vice Mayor Liu initially frowned in displeasure, feeling that Wang Ke's quick writing of the song was far too hasty.

This is a grand song to celebrate National Day, how can it be treated so carelessly?

But as soon as he heard that, his eyes lit up!

"Good, good, good!"

He said "good" three times in a row, each time louder than the last, and finally slammed his fist on the table in excitement: "This is exactly the kind of song we need! This is the kind of song that can touch people's hearts and move them! Wang Ke is a really good young man! Tell him this song is approved!"

The two station directors hurriedly called Wang Ke to inform him.

Wang Ke answered the phone with a nonchalant expression, and simply smiled slightly after hearing the result.

It's only natural that it passed; what's the big deal?

This song will spread throughout the country and become a must-sing song at every grand ceremony!

Through this incident, the "Overturning Culture" project has officially gained the support of the city government, and with Vice Mayor Liu as a reliable figure, it is naturally a good thing.

Let's take advantage of this favorable wind and light another fire!

He immediately put together the song he had prepared for the barbecue guy.

At this moment, Zhuo Tao was on the phone with Xu Huaixing: "Director Xu, I think it's not enough to just stop 'The Voice of China' from airing, we should also..."

Xu Huaixing interrupted him impatiently: "Let's leave it at that!"

"We don't really care," Zhuo Tao said, pausing for a moment before continuing to fuel the fire, "The key issue is that he didn't give Director Xu any face, this matter..."

"I said this is the end, and this is the end!" Xu Huaixing immediately became angry.

That Zhuo Tao, he really knows how to bring up the most sensitive topics!

I was just trying to forget the humiliation I suffered at the conference, but you keep calling me to bring up "The Voice of China" and "Cultural Revolution," are you afraid that my mood will improve?

What a bastard!

Zhuo Tao had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. When he saw the other party get angry, he was stunned and wondered what this old guy Xu Huaixing meant.

Could it be that the cultural overhaul team also offered him benefits?

He got angry right then and there, thinking to himself, "We, Yuting Culture, have been so devoted to you for so many years, what has Fufu Culture given you in return? And you've become a traitor."

"Director Xu," his tone turned unfriendly, "Don't take your anger out on me. It's not Yuting Culture that's upset you!"

Xu Huaixing realized his attitude was inappropriate, so he softened his tone:

“It’s not that I don’t want to deal with them, it’s just that this Director Fan is too powerful. He actually managed to alarm the city government with just one song. Now, Vice Mayor Liu, who is in charge of culture and arts, treats him like a treasure. Who would dare to offend him at this time? Xiao Zhuo, listen to my advice: a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. Let’s think about this matter more carefully!”

After hanging up the phone, Zhuo Tao was stunned for a moment.

no……

What does it mean that a song alarmed the city government?

They actually got directly linked to the vice mayor line?

Can such a small cultural upheaval really have such great power?

He immediately went online to search and found out that the new season of "The Voice of China" featured a patriotic song with a main theme.

Zhuo Tao suddenly realized, but was also a little puzzled: How could such a patriotic mainstream song become popular?

He clicked to listen, and the more he listened, the more horrified he became. Finally, his face turned ashen, and he slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Damn it, Wang Ke!"

I slapped too hard and hurt my hand, then covered my hand and grimaced for a long time.

"No, we can't let him get away with this!"

"If the official approach doesn't work, then we'll use our own methods!"

Under his arrangement, Xu Chen, who was initially terrified by Liu Yanfei's arrest, immediately jumped out again, arguing illogically and making outrageous statements online:

"I didn't say anything about Lin Qianyu in the first place! You online trolls, stop slandering me! Liu Yanfei deserved it for falsely accusing others, but I didn't spread rumors or defamation! Otherwise, why don't you see the police coming to me?"

"The fact that the police haven't come looking for me proves that what I said is true! Even 'Overturning Heaven and Earth' doesn't dare to stand up to me, so what are you guys showing off for?"

“I have evidence to support my claim that he plagiarized. Who dares to say I’m spreading rumors?”

"He plagiarized my work! My work has a large following; each song has tens of millions of views and downloads. How can he compare to me?"

Subsequently, a group of musicians and music critics also jumped in to lend their support:

"Xu Chen is right. His fans are all over the world. In this respect, 'Fan Tian Fu Di' really can't compare to him."

"Xu Chen's songs do have a very broad mass appeal. If you don't believe me, just walk around the streets of the South and you'll hear Xu Chen's songs everywhere!"

"'Overturning the World' is clearly plagiarism of Xu Chen. Putting aside music theory and such, let's just talk about who debuted earlier! It's impossible that Xu Chen, who debuted first, plagiarized Fan Zong, who debuted later, right? So of course, Fan Zong plagiarized Xu Chen."

Netizens immediately became anxious:

"Still 'putting music theory aside'? Why don't you just put the facts aside?"

"I don't understand music theory, but I can tell that the songs by the cover artist are more sophisticated!"

"Yes, musically speaking, I think Fan Zong's songs are a hundred times better than Xu Chen's!"

Yuting Culture's online army, naturally guided by experts, immediately identified a point of attack and rushed out:

"What? You mean the music we working-class people listen to is all low-class?"

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on us working-class people?"

"So you think you're so high-class? Without the hard work of us laborers, you wouldn't be high-class at all!"

The online feud quickly shifted from whether the song was plagiarized to a conflict between urban "high-class" people, represented by Fan Zong, and "low-class" migrant workers, represented by Xu Chen.

When Luo Jun saw this, he was so angry that his nose almost twisted out of shape.

"Look at this, look at this! We're talking about music, how did we end up bringing up class struggle? Aren't these people from Yuting Culture deliberately stirring up conflict?"

Wang Ke smiled and said, "What can they possibly say about music? Even ordinary people know that I would never plagiarize Xu Chen's songs, let alone real musicians. So of course they steered the conversation in a different direction."

"That's utterly shameless!" Lin Qianyu said angrily.

“I think their methods are quite clever,” Wang Ke said. “That’s how arguments are supposed to be; you have to steer the other person toward a position that’s advantageous to you, rather than wasting too much time on a battle that’s disadvantageous to you. We should use the same approach.”

"Then retaliate quickly!" Luo Jun said anxiously.

Wang Ke laughed and said, "Of course we have to fight back! What we're good at isn't sophistry, but music itself! Don't they say Xu Chen has a stronger fan base? Then let's cut off his foundation completely! Wang Xiang, let's go to the recording studio to record a song!"

"Yes, sir!" the barbecue guy said excitedly.

Everyone was curious and immediately followed.

If writing songs with a main theme is difficult, then writing songs like the ones sung by Xu Chen is actually even more difficult.

The general education level of urban migrant workers is not high. If you write words that are too profound, it will be difficult for them to feel a sense of connection. But if you write words that are too superficial, you will not touch their pain points and it will be difficult to evoke their resonance.

The lyrics should be neither too profound nor too simple, straightforward yet capable of touching the heart; the melody should be neither too high nor too low, easy to learn yet pleasant to listen to...

This is really not simple!

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