pjbooks Chapter 19: My Wife's Album Sales Are Poor; More to Come Tomorrow
Chapter 19: My Wife's Album Sales Are Poor; More to Come Tomorrow
With just the first line of lyrics, the number of comments in the live stream decreased significantly, and the previously defamatory remarks visibly dwindled by more than half.
A few seconds later, the comments started scrolling again, but the style of the comments changed.
"That intro's got something special!"
"Holy crap, this melody sounds so good to me."
"These lyrics are so inspiring!"
"I admit I was paid to criticize Shen Yuege before, but I really can't bring myself to criticize this song."
"This song reminds me of when I first graduated, full of ambition."
When Erjun heard Shen Yuege's first line of lyrics, he couldn't help but want to cheer.
Shen Yuege's voice has an ethereal quality; it's gentle yet inspiring.
At this moment, she completely forgot her previous evaluation of Shen Yuege.
Based on just the first few lines of this song, the quality of this album is definitely not low, at least it is above Xu Manlin's "Sweet and Cool Rules".
Then the chorus started, and countless images flashed through Erjun's mind.
"When I'm feeling down, I always feel the weight of loneliness. I long for someone who understands me to offer warmth and a shoulder to lean on..."
Hearing this chorus reminded me of myself and my family.
During her school years, she once felt inferior because of her poor academic performance.
It was the encouragement from her family, her mother and her father, that helped her regain her confidence.
Even when she started her own media business, her family firmly supported her despite everyone's skepticism.
She knew this support was invaluable, and her parents never interfered too much in her career.
Hearing this song, she even choked up a little.
The chat in the live stream became unusually quiet during the chorus, as if the song had stirred up their memories and their past dreams.
As the chorus ended, everyone eagerly awaited the melody of the climax.
They wanted to hear just how amazing a climax would have to support a work with such top-notch melody and lyrics.
"Hold your initial dream firmly in your hand. How can you turn back halfway to the place you most want to go? You will definitely reach your initial dream. Only by fulfilling your true desire can you be said to have reached paradise."
As soon as the first verse of the song ended, there were no comments in the live stream for a full ten seconds.
All the audience members were immersed in the song's beautiful and inspiring melody.
Many low-level trolls in the live stream quietly left the room and went to music platforms to buy Shen Yuege's latest album.
This scene in Erjun's live stream also occurred in many other live streams.
On the new song chart, although Xu Manlin's songs still firmly occupy the top few spots, Shen Yuege's songs are also gradually appearing on the list. Among them, "The First Dream" is rising rapidly in the rankings, and in less than an hour, it has squeezed into the top twenty.
Anyone who has heard this song will quietly add it to their favorites.
As a result, the reputation of Shen Yuege's other songs also began to improve.
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For some reason, Lu Ran felt a lack of pleasure in slacking off when he entered the company today.
This feeling has actually lasted for more than ten days.
Now he is the head of the short drama department, the head of the department. Anyone who has ever slacked off knows that the most enjoyable thing is to slack off under the boss's nose.
It's like eating snacks during class; those snacks just taste better than eating them during breaks.
Just as Lu Ran was thinking about how to spend his days in the future, Tan Yu and the others walked in.
The usually bustling scene at Xingyao Entertainment's short drama project department has recently become unusually quiet.
Surprisingly, Tan Yu and the others didn't discuss script-related issues. Instead, they huddled in a corner, pointing and talking on their phones.
Most importantly, all of them were wearing headphones.
Lu Ran, holding a teacup, strolled over leisurely and glanced at it curiously.
I noticed that several people were wearing headphones and listening to music.
"Hey, young masters, what brings you all to a leisurely day? Finished the script? Or have you reformed and come to your senses, ready to slack off with me from today onwards?"
Having already become quite familiar with the group, Lu Ran smiled and joked with them.
Tan Yu, who was listening to music, heard Lu Ran's voice, suddenly looked up and excitedly said to Lu Ran, "Brother Lu, something big has happened! Shen Yuege released a new album today, and we all have to support ten albums each."
Zhao Dapeng, Liu Jun, and others quickly came over: "Brother Lu, look, this is the latest album by pop diva Shen Yuege. I've listened to it, and it's really good, especially the song 'The First Dream,' which made me want to cry."
Sun Tianyu also came over and handed Lu Ran an earphone: "Although Shen Yuege was very popular before, she has been facing a lot of controversy recently. In addition, she and Xu Manlin released songs on the same day. Now it seems that Xu Manlin's data is consistently ahead of hers."
Lu Ran then suddenly slapped his forehead in realization.
Oh, right! Today is the release date of Shen Yuege's new album!
He was planning to buy an album to support his idol yesterday, but he forgot.
As expected, once a person turns 20, they become old, and their memory is not as good as when they were 15.
Lu Ran quickly took the earphones that Sun Tianyu handed him and listened to them together with the others.
Lu Ran remembered that there were indeed many fans of Shen Yuege in the short drama department. He didn't expect that the "Star F4" were all her fans.
It seems that his fans overlap quite a bit with Shen Yuege's fans.
He wasn't quite sure how well the new album was selling, but judging from what Sun Tianyu had just said, the sales weren't very good, and Xu Manlin had put them at a disadvantage.
Since that's the case, he has to give his contract wife some support.
"Hey, Brother Lu, listen to this, 'The First Dream' is really good." Tan Yu saw Lu Ran take Sun Tianyu's headphones and quickly handed over his own headphones as well.
I put both headphones on at the same time, and wow, they were playing the same song.
It seems this song is indeed on its way to becoming a hit.
Lu Ran also opened the music app, found the "Dream Seeker" album, and placed an order!
The album has a total of eight songs. Apart from "The First Dream", Lu Ran listened to the other songs and thought they were pretty good. It can be seen that Shen Yuege put a lot of thought into the selection of songs for this album.
After listening to music and chatting with a few people for a while, Lu Ran returned to his workstation.
Based on the reviews from Tan Yu and others, Lu Ran knew that this album was bound to be a big hit sooner or later. Sometimes, sales figures after the market has settled are more telling. However, Lu Ran planned to give this process a boost.
The novel hasn't been released yet; it's set to update automatically at 12 o'clock.
Lu Ran clicked on it and set this chapter for release tomorrow. He also edited a new chapter at the same time.
"I'm in a bad mood today. My wife Shen Yuege's new album isn't selling well, so there won't be any updates for now. I'll update again tomorrow!"
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