GBP Chapter 136: 1 King Carries 4 Bronze Players
Chapter 136: 1 King Carries 4 Bronze Players
The entire stadium erupted in uproar as Kim Ji-hoon collapsed.
The live stream camera captured this moment and even gave it several seconds of close-up shots.
Medical staff then rushed onto the stage and carried Kim Ji-hoon off.
The host found it quite dramatic that today's program ended in this way.
Finally, Liu Siqi's score was announced. She scored 9.96 points, slightly lower than Shen Yuege, placing her second.
The host breathed a sigh of relief; today, he could finally go home.
That evening, Weibo was also down for a full twenty minutes.
The hashtags #KimJiHoonPlagiarismConfirmed#, #KimJiHoonFaintsOnSite#, #ShenYueGeRespondsPowerfully#, and #LeDunSystem16%# quickly dominated the top 20 of the trending topics list.
Major media outlets rushed to write articles overnight, and music critics, legal experts, and even international copyright organizations all spoke out, triggering a crackdown on counterfeits in the music industry that swept across the entire internet.
"Kim Ji-hoon's team has announced the suspension of all activities in China and will cooperate with the copyright investigation."
"Many South Korean netizens flooded Shen Yuege's Instagram to apologize: 'I'm sorry, our country has produced such an artist.'"
"Chen Junnan, the original singer of 'Full of Energy,' gained two million followers on Weibo overnight. He posted a message thanking Shen Yuege for bringing his work back to the public eye."
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Inside a villa in Shanghai.
Lu Ran closed his laptop, lay back on the bed, and started scrolling through his phone, a smile still lingering on his lips.
Even he didn't expect Shen Yuege to have such a trick up her sleeve.
By retaliating with testing, not only did Kim Ji-hoon and South Korean fans shut up, but the system also helped to legitimize South Korea's copyright testing system.
See, your system can't find it, but ours is always accurate.
Lu Ran didn't care whether Kim Ji-hoon would actually be judged as plagiarizing by law because of the 16% similarity.
However, Lu Ran knew that Kim Ji-hoon had no market value, at least in China.
"Ding-dong."
A message popped up on WeChat from Shen Yuege: "Did you watch the show?"
Lu Ran quickly replied, "Yes, I watched it. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be the champion this season."
"Hehe, that's what I think too," Shen Yuege said with a smile, without any modesty.
Lu Ran smiled and typed, "By the way, how many episodes are left on your show?"
Shen Yuege: "The finals are in two episodes at most. What, you miss me?"
Lu Ran: "Yes, I want you to bring me some local specialties from Xiangcheng. I forgot to bring them back last time I left in a hurry."
Shen Yuege: "...Lu Ran! You'd better die!"
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When Lu Ran arrived at the company the next day, he could clearly feel that the atmosphere was much more lively. If he listened carefully, he could hear many people discussing the show "The Voice of Heaven" from the previous night.
Lu Ran smiled. He knew that this time, Shen Yuege was going to become a huge star, and Liu Siqi's popularity would also rise significantly.
He met with Tan Yu and the others today to check on their progress and see how their ending theme song, "Only You," was being recorded.
Pushing open the door, I found that everyone inside had already arrived.
Tan Yu, Liu Jun, Zhao Dapeng, and Sun Tianyu stood in a row, each holding a lyric book, their expressions increasingly serious. Xu Manxue stood opposite them, holding a pen and writing something on the whiteboard.
"Brother Lu!" Seeing Lu Ran come in, the group looked at him as if he were their savior.
"What's wrong?" Lu Ran raised an eyebrow.
"Manxue is teaching us harmony..." Tan Yu said with a bitter face, "She said that the four of our voices sounded like a car crash when put together."
"That's how it is." Xu Manxue turned around irritably, pointed to the sheet music on the whiteboard, "This is a third harmony. Of the four of you, one's pitch is off, one's rhythm is half a beat slow, one's breath is insufficient, and the other..." She looked at Liu Jun, hesitating to speak.
Liu Jun asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with me?"
Xu Manxue sighed, somewhat speechless, and said, "You're singing too hard, it sounds like you're shouting."
"Pfft—" Lu Ran couldn't help but burst out laughing.
One King-level player carrying four Bronze-level players – this is a game becoming reality.
"Brother Lu, you're still laughing!" Liu Jun wailed. "We've been practicing for an hour. We came first thing this morning, and Manxue said we're not even as good as the old man downstairs who sings in the morning."
Lu Ran walked over and took the pen from Xu Manxue's hand: "Here, let me listen. Let's start with the chorus, 'No matter how beautiful or sweet your smile is, it's not special if it's not yours.'"
The four looked at each other, took a deep breath, and began to sing.
Ten seconds later, Lu Ran raised his hand and called for a stop.
He rubbed his temples and finally understood how Xu Manxue felt.
Tan Yu's voice was alright, but it became unstable when he hit high notes; Liu Jun definitely overdid it, every word sounded like it was being smashed out; Zhao Dapeng's sense of rhythm was terrible, and he had to guess at the beat; Sun Tianyu... his voice was so soft it sounded like a mosquito humming.
Four people, four styles, together, perfectly exemplify what it means for each to sing their own song.
"How is it, Brother Lu?" Tan Yu asked expectantly.
Lu Ran paused for three seconds, then said sincerely, "...It's quite unique."
Xu Manxue stood to the side, holding her forehead.
Lu Ran remembered that Tan Yu had sung "Meteor Shower" quite well among the songs he had sent him before. The difficulty of this song should not be much different from that one, so why did he sing it so badly?
After glancing at Xu Manxue, Lu Ran had a guess.
"Manxue, go and rest for a while. I'll teach them a few." After temporarily sending Xu Manxue away, Lu Ran began his instruction.
"Okay," Lu Ran clapped his hands, "let's try a different approach. Tan Yu, you're the lead singer, responsible for the main melody. Liu Jun, don't strain your harmonies so much, be a little lighter, use breathy vocals. Da Peng, practice the rhythm separately with the metronome, don't eat today if you don't get it right. Tian Yu... speak louder, the microphone doesn't owe you anything."
"Now that Xu Manxue is gone, you guys should bring back the feeling you had when you sang 'Meteor Shower,' and do it again. Especially you, Tan Yu!"
Following Lu Ran's instructions, the group began practicing again and again.
Lu Ran even asked each of them to polish the lyrics of their songs line by line.
After practicing for more than ten minutes, Lu Ran felt that he had made considerable progress.
It seems that Xu Manxue put too much pressure on them before.
They must have tried singing together before Lu Ran arrived.
Although Xu Manxue's voice was somewhat lacking, her pitch accuracy was definitely superior to theirs.
Perhaps this is why these people lost their confidence.
After practicing for a while, Lu Ran felt it was enough and called Xu Manxue back.
"That should be about right. You two can sing one together and try again," Lu Ran said to Xu Manxue.
This time, as the group entered the recording studio, Lu Ran stood outside to oversee their progress.
Indeed, after Lu Ran's guidance, the group's performance improved significantly.
Although the result of one god carrying four bad ones is still unavoidable, it is much better than before.
Lu Ran felt that he could practice casually and that would be enough. After all, this song in his previous life was only at this level, yet it still became incredibly popular.
Just then, his phone rang; it was his assistant calling.
"Mr. Lu, the sample footage of the first three episodes of the first season of 'Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things' is out. Would you like to take a look?"
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