Chapter 495: Chapter 495: 274: Where Did You Hide! Xu Ge! You're Not in Xinghai, I Saw Your Live Stream!_3

“I don’t really follow Weibo, and I don’t have a burner account,”

“Ah, it’s somewhat related to the internet backlash, but not much. I just want to focus on my work. Being behind the scenes is also nice. My singing skills are not on par with theirs.”

At this point, the interaction was still relatively normal; the barrage of comments was dense as viewers expressed their opinions.

“Resting? How can you sleep at this age? Hurry up and release more songs, just three isn’t enough for financial freedom, don’t slack off, working hard is the right path.”

“Xu Ge, stop shooting that lousy TV drama. It’s more or less the same no matter how much you film. Release songs, start releasing songs again!”

The female colleague felt somewhat bored while watching the livestream; it was a very common interaction between a singer and their fans. She could even predict what the singer would say next – something about striving to do better.

Unexpectedly, the singer on the screen suddenly assumed a distressed expression and slumped in his chair.

“If I write songs, isn’t it the same if someone else sings them?”

“No, my singing really isn’t good. Every time I release a song, I get criticized. Lately, I’ve been busy filming ‘The Legend of Martial Arts,’ and I will meet with everyone soon.”

Upon hearing this, the female colleague was taken aback. Did she hear that right? The singer was being so straightforward about not wanting to perform? Wasn’t he afraid of losing fans?

As expected, the young girl by her side said angrily,

“This is outrageous! Xu Ge is just too lazy!”

The female colleague wore an ‘I knew it’ expression, predicting what would happen next. Just as the water can float a boat, it can also capsize it; the backlash from fans was truly frightening.

Perhaps the next moment the singer would be scolded, or even recorded. Someone could upload the recording online, possibly inciting a frenzy, eventually forcing him to apologize.

Well, there’s nothing more to see.

It seemed as if proving her point, the barrage of comments on the screen surged wildly. The numbers kept climbing, threatening to hit the screen’s limit.

The frenzy of comments startled even the female colleague, who was looking for an excuse to leave. What surprised her was that the comments were not insults but…

Call-outs!

“I’ll boycott your new drama if you don’t release songs! Dove Sect does not allow no-shows!”

“Back in the day when Dove Sect was less than a month old, we revered the Stellar Empire with deep fortunes and thick fates! Scouring the music industry, we vanquished the tyrant ‘Song King’ from the west, and captured the stubborn ‘Black Sheep’ from the east…”

The continual stream of comments was bizarre, even manifestos were being thrown around. Internet abstract culture is a process where a group of people find new memes and incessantly innovate to play with them.

Abstraction, like a virus, quickly labeled Xu Qingyan as the head of Dove Sect.

“I’m not joking, I might release songs in the next six months.” Xu Qingyan looked dejected; releasing songs wasn’t too troublesome, but constantly releasing them was.

What he wanted was to make money from money; going into filmmaking fit his plans much better.

Singing?

It’s okay to try your luck with it, but to maintain a high frequency of releasing songs? Give it a try, and everyone goes silent; just recording songs is a hassle.

He started with “Blue and White Porcelain,” “Rice Fragrance,” and “Stubbornness,” and he had to use technology to boost the last song “Stubbornness,” which was completely devoid of him.

As one can imagine, the pressure to produce the fourth song was enormous. You can’t have everyone waiting for a big hit, only to serve up a load of crap.

Sure, singing brings in more revenue, but it’s bloody tiring. It’s hardly worthwhile; in the time it takes, he could transcribe the scores of several songs and earn it back.

Besides, no matter how much you struggle with songwriting, you’re still a small cog in the music industry, whereas success with TV and movies means sitting back and counting your money.

Furthermore, Xu Qingyan didn’t want to stop releasing songs; he just wanted to refine it for half a year. For one, he needed to spend more time on filming and running the company.

Secondly, he needed time to practice singing. Even the most difficult songs could be conquered over a year and a half with some technology and hard work, solving most of the problems.

So, Xu Qingyan truly didn’t feel like singing recently.

“No no no, don’t send me money, I’m not into that.” Xu Qingyan waved his hands frantically in front of the live camera, his face full of fear, “Stop, take it back!”

Fortunately, he discovered that Cicada Studio had already disabled tipping; all gifts from netizens were free.

A comment fluttered past, “Xu Ge, release songs quickly; I will use five accounts to boost your numbers!”

Xu Qingyan’s mouth twitched slightly, “Why?”

The barrage of comments flooded the screen, “I want to see you go to work!”, “I’m working every day, why don’t you have to release songs! Get busy!”, “If you don’t release a song, I’ll blacklist your new drama!”

Looking at the densely packed comments on the screen, Xu Qingyan felt numb and began to earnestly and kindly persuade them.

“You all work hard for your money, there’s no need to boost my stats. Wouldn’t it be better to spend that money on ribs? Even if you don’t like ribs, there must be something you lack.”@@novelbin@@

A line of comments scrolled past, “I lack virtue, and I want it!”

“There’s no need for this, I’m really burnt out, I won’t release any songs for half a year.” Xu Qingyan couldn’t take it anymore and laid it out bluntly, “You can go follow…”

“Pei Muchan, Lin Wanzhou, Lin Chuan, Jiang Ling, I’m really not good at singing. But my friends are amazing at it. If I write songs for them, it’s basically the same as if I sang them.”

In the office, Xiao Yan and her female colleague couldn’t help but laugh, snickering.

“Hahaha, Xu Ge is too funny!” Xiao Yan was overjoyed, her eyes curving into crescents, “The fans are so cute, it’s the first time I’ve seen Teacher Xu collapse like this.”

“Haha, it’s funny that he doesn’t even want the money fans stuff at him to boost his popularity.” The female colleague laughed genuinely, “By the way, is his singing really that bad?”

“Not at all, think about ‘Blue and White Porcelain’.” Xiao Yan said.

The female colleague nodded at her words.

“That’s true.”

“And have you listened to ‘Stubborn’? Teacher Xu’s singing is really good; he can hit such high notes!” Xiao Yan didn’t know much about technical stuff but understood reaching high notes was impressive.

“I haven’t heard it, I’ll listen to it later.” The female colleague was a bit intrigued, smiling slightly.

The joy of an urban office worker is so simple, just needing one spiritual meal to win a day’s good mood, and Xu Qingyan just so happened to fit her aesthetic.

Though he wasn’t the flowery pretty-boy type, nor a Korean idol, Xu Qingyan’s appearance stood out from the crowd, and what’s more, he had an interesting persona.

“Do you want to join Teacher Xu’s fan forum?” Xiao Yan asked.

The female colleague thought about it and agreed.

“Sure, should we support him?”

“No, the point is to push him to write songs. As long as the forum’s stats go up, there will be trending searches!” Xiao Yan handed her phone over with a happy expression.

“Look, someone has already posted clips from the live stream. And Teacher Xu’s fan forum isn’t managed by anyone, it doesn’t need any format at all!”

She took a look and laughed even more, unable to suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth.

All of a sudden, the female colleague saw a few negative comments and curiously asked.

“Is there really no one managing or controlling the comments? Won’t these negative comments affect the forum’s stats or something?”

Xiao Yan: “Who would manage that! Not even Teacher Xu cares about his fans, besides, the most unusual day would be when Xu Ge isn’t being trolled.”

The comments on the screen continued to scroll relentlessly, covering nearly the entire screen.

“Forget it, forget it, Xu Ge has already said that releasing songs is difficult, doing something you don’t like is really tough… but what has that got to do with me! Squeeze him hard!”

“I’m dying of laughter, it’s the first time I’ve seen a singer get pushed to the brink for updates!”

“It’s different, believe me. When other singers say their singing isn’t good, they can’t release songs, it might be true. But not with Xu Ge, he’s just purely lazy!”

“It might be that writing songs or shooting dramas makes more money, everyone sympathize with Xu Ge, but don’t let him off the hook!”

“Staking out, blind guess that after the Dove Sect live stream ends, it’ll move to Zhouzhou’s new album launch! Securing a spot!”

“In the name of the Dove Sect, to the west we march!”

As the live stream ended, Xu Qingyan’s face was full of astonishment. Looking at the comment about sending Xu Ge to the trending searches, he couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.

All done for!

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