Chapter 189: Thank You (Grand Chapter)
Whoa—
Warm applause rang out in the audience, all the lights around were lit up, and the ethereal tail notes swirled and floated in that warm applause, and she opened her eyes and looked at the people who gradually stood up and applauded her after hazy tears, and burst into tears!
On the screen behind them, the two girls who walked to the broken bridge held hands and hugged each other in the sun, the light was strong, facing the sea, and they slowly let go of the hands they had been holding.
“…… She's finally out of the doldrums......"
A thin sentence fell on Ahn Joon-hyuk's ear, and when he turned around, it was Kim Jong Kook who came over at some point.
"Hmm!"
Yes, she finally got out of the trough, a singer can devote herself to singing to make people cry, if she can't turn over, then there is no need for this society to exist.
On the stage outside, someone gradually called Bai Zhiying's name, it was very noisy, and she shouted chaotically with applause, looking from here, she covered her mouth on the stage and couldn't cry anymore.
Kim Jong Kook patted Ahn Jun Hyuk on the shoulder, "Jun Hyuk, thank you, thank you, congratulations!"
Ahn Jun Hyuk knew what his Xie Lu Xie and Gong Gong meant, smiled, did not answer, only a hanging heart, and quietly put it back in his stomach!
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Although the scene caused quite a positive reaction, it still could not change the result, this issue of the music bank, still ruled by Kim Jong Kook's "Standing Still", in the last ranking link of the show, "Standing Still" continued to win the first place with a high score.
But compared to before the show started, no one dared to despise Baek Ji-young anymore. Despise that song "Don't Love Anymore"!
After the day's program, Yahoo Korea reacted very quickly with the title of "Return in Tears", and the headline reported on the live performance of Baek Ji-young in this live broadcast of the Music Bank.
"This is the outbreak of 4 years of silence!"
The editor-in-chief commented in the editor's case at the back of the report: "Bai Zhiying has integrated all the grievances she has suffered in the past 4 years into the song, she sings a love that has to be separated, but the emotions in the song, the sadness that we hear, are her ups and downs in the past 4 years." Her suffering. She is vulnerable to the strength of gossip. I saw her tears on camera and tasted her bitterness, and it was a perfect comeback, thanks to the former Latin Queen. This song "No More Love" dedicated to us by transformation lyricism. I think anyone who has heard this song will say to you – don't cry. Welcome back!"
Not long after the publication of this sensational editor's case, hundreds of people reprinted it in various communities. No matter which community, everyone who leaves a message in the reprinted post will gently leave traces on behalf of themselves with gentle words:
"When I heard the orgasm, my tears came down with her tears, I didn't care much about her before, and only now do I realize that she is just an innocent woman!"
"In the lyrics of "No More Love", there is a sentence "I pity myself like this", although it is written about love, but it must also represent her heart. I suddenly began to like her, and I liked this woman who stood on the stage and cried again after a 4-year absence......"
"I didn't know about Baek Ji-young before, or I only knew a little bit about it recently, but I didn't go deeper, until I heard this song, I found out how scarce the text about her tragic experience was in the information I found on the Internet, it didn't write about her bitterness, her struggle, her stubbornness and exhaustion...... I apologized to her for being an indifferent bystander on the Internet a few days ago, and borrowed the editor's last sentence - don't cry, welcome back!"
Other portals are not slow to respond, following Yahoo Korea, Naver, Nate, Daum and other portals have also published reports, no longer like the hype before the show, every time the report about Baek Ji-young is lightly exposed, just grab Ahn Junhyuk's "wild words" for criticism, this time, no one can ignore the woman who can cry and make people clap their hands hard.
They all described this return to the stage as the most perfect and memorable stage in recent years.
"Full of emotion, 4 years of silence brought her not only pain, but also a transformation like a butterfly!"
"An unforgettable performance, she perfectly incorporated her feelings into the song. ”
"Being able to resonate with people with the emotion of singing is a successful comeback!"
Compared to Yahoo Korea's unsparing praise, although they also admitted the fact of perfection, they didn't seem to be too reluctant, and they didn't mention the various criticisms they had made in the past few days about Ahn Joon-hyuk's wild words, forgetting that they had said that the style of music that Baek Ji-young was good at was no longer suitable for the times, forgetting that some of them ridiculed it, and couldn't imagine "what kind of lyric songs in Latin music tasted like".
However, just because they have a bad memory doesn't mean that others are like them.
Several portals that had been on the opposite side of Ahn Joon-hyuk in the previous debate were filled with skeptical voices after publishing similar reports.
"What about the apologies of the good Dao?"
"Didn't you say that Ahn Jun-hyuk and Baek Ji-young can't do it?
All this, but the editorial department of the portal is obviously deeply aware of the professional instinct of the media industry to turn the face faster than the book, and ignores these doubts, in contrast, the most severely injured are the opposition who were previously provoked by these portals to anger and rush to the top!
In the past few days, the war between the opposition and the supporters has spread to almost every corner of the Internet, and they can be seen in every community, but when the song "No More Love" appeared, their figures also disappeared on the Internet at a rapid pace.
Most of the stalwarts never appeared again, and only a small part were still resisting, they didn't attack "No More Love", and they had nothing to say about Baek Ji-young's singing, so they had to reluctantly grasp Ahn Jun-hyuk's previous gambling contract and continue to shout that they were not self-sufficient.
But no one is too lazy to talk to them anymore.
The noise and chaos on the Internet are immense, and no one can sort out this sudden shock. For J.H, the most important thing now is not to see how embarrassed the media that have slandered and ridiculed them, but how to make a profit with this perfect stage.
Previously, even Ahn Jun-hyuk, who was the most confident, was not sure how much response Baek Ji-young's return would receive, according to the company's temporarily revised plan, it was the second day of preparing to return to the stage, and after the song spread and fermented overnight, the official digital version was launched on the music source website, and then the promotional CD was released. There is also a DVD distribution.
But Baek Ji-young's interpretation. However, all the prerequisites for each step in the plan were advanced, and Bai Zhiying's tearful singing on the spot caused great repercussions, and also led to a sharp acceleration in the spread of the song. The brewing and fermentation time is infinitely shortened.
Wait for Baek Ji-young's stage performance to finish. Ahn Joon-hyuk began to contact the company. Let everyone work overtime, connect with all sides, and strive to put all the digital audio sources and physical DVDs on the shelves tonight.
A company is not afraid of many things. I was afraid that there would be nothing to do, and after receiving Ahn Junhyuk's strong response at the music bank scene, I swept away the anxiety and depression of the past few days about the uncertain future and being on the cusp, and the whole company started to run quickly with high interest.
Under such high efficiency, that night, after listening to the audition or watching the music bank program, because they couldn't give up the tender and sad "No More Love", the music fans who had been waiting for it finally waited for a return at a certain moment.
Several of the largest music source websites in China have successively published news on the homepage——
Baek Ji-young's "No More Love" is grandly on the shelves!
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At this time, the overwhelming reports and discussions on the Internet have begun, and audio source websites such as Melon have naturally received the news, and the conditions for not arranging promotional positions for "No More Love" on the shelves have also been subconsciously ignored by the audio source website, making room for the best position, and striving to let all those who visit the website be the first to see the news of its launch.
In the bright office area, watching the various employees busy making phone calls, casually turning the screen of the office computer next to him to this side, looking at the open Melon web page, Ahn Junhyuk smiled: "Heh, if you really see the potential, these people will let go." ”
Kwon Bo-geun is not interested in dissecting the face of the music source website chasing profits, or rather, he is also a profit-chasing person, and he is more concerned about how much revenue the song "No More Love" can bring than this question, and of course, there is also the gambling contract that Ahn Junhyuk once released: "Jun-hyuk, do you think it can be on the list?"
"Today?" Ahn Junhyuk gave him a strange look: "How is it possible?"
Kwon Bo Gen's old face flushed, and as soon as the words came out, he knew that he was stupid, and the hottest music source on the current music list is Kim Jong Kook's "Standing Still" and BoA's "Girls.On.Top", these two recently released songs, ruling the first and second places respectively, leaving the sound source data of other songs far behind, and even MC Meng's new song "I.love.U.oh.thank.U" is powerless to compete, so it can only be relegated to third.
Even if "No More Love" is a classic, it is wishful thinking to take them off the horse.
Thinking about it, he asked, "So, according to your estimates, where will it be ranked?"
"It's probably the top ten!" Ahn Junhyuk groaned and said, "By this time tomorrow, it should be in the top ten!"
"Ah, the top ten?" Kwon Bo Geun looked very dissatisfied with this prediction, "I also saw the scene at that time, and many people cried when they heard it, even if you can't parachute into ALL.KILL like you did at the beginning, at least you have to be in the top three, right?"
Regarding his optimism, Ahn Jun-hyuk smiled bitterly: "Uncle Baogen, my situation with Ji-young is different, I already had a TV series as a foundation, and many fans deliberately brushed the data in order to support me, and no one competed with me at that time, but Ji-young not only has Zhong Guoge in front this time, but also Bao'er and MC Meng, these are all strong enemies, how can it be so easy to take them off the horse?"
"Even so...... You're too conservative in your predictions!"
Ahn Jun-hyuk was helpless, so he simply stopped talking to him.
The two stood for a while, and at a certain moment, Jin Wenze from the public relations department came over to report: "President, several music source websites have been contacted, and the music source has been listed on their websites, among which Melon has included "No More Love" in this week's download list!"
"Hmm!" Ahn Jun Hyuk nodded, moved his mouse to click into Melon's leaderboard, and flipped through it for a while before finding the name of "No More Love" at the bottom. He was not surprised by the situation. In fact, at present, there is really not much money to be made in terms of wireless music sources, not looking at the on-demand income of KTVs and radio stations, and simply counting wireless downloads, each song can only get 0.1 to 0.3 cents per download, excluding the part intercepted by distributors and operators.
This part of the money, according to the agreement, also needs to pay 10% to 20% of the royalties to the songwriter and producer, and in the contract signed with Bai Zhiying, 10% of the wireless income also belongs to her. Not many of the companies have fallen behind. Of course, Ahn Jun-hyuk's situation is different, in terms of lyrics and production royalties, for him. It was meant to flow from one pocket to another. But even so. On average, the income is also very meager.
Pay attention to this list, not hoping for how much money it can make, but as a measure of popularity.
It's just that it can't be seen at the moment.
Refreshed a few times. Seeing that "No More Love" jumped a few places in the rankings, Ahn Jun-hyuk stopped watching it anymore, and instead ordered: "Contact the printing house, work overtime to finish packing the DVD for me, and I will see the major video stores in Seoul tomorrow and put them on the shelves!"
"Yes, President!"
Kim Wen-taek left in a hurry, and Kwon Bo-geun was still guarding the computer, constantly refreshing, trying to suddenly jump from the bottom to the top ten at a certain moment, and then complete ALL.KILL tomorrow. Ahn Jun-hyuk didn't bother to pay attention to his delusions, so he casually found an excuse to leave and came to Baek Ji-young's office.
When I was in KBS before, when I came down from the stage, maybe the emotional outburst was too strong, Baek Ji-young's emotions have always been in a fragile balance point, and it seems that she is about to collapse at any time, at that time, in order to avoid accidents, Ahn Jun-hyuk only hurriedly brought her back and let her stay alone in the office for a while.
In the past few hours, she has probably calmed down!
Think, push open the door!
What caught his eye was darkness, there was no light in the room, the curtains were closed and he couldn't see his fingers in the room, and the light in the corridor from the door hole dragged his shadow all the way to the opposite wall, with the slightest dim light, Ahn Junhyuk's eyes adjusted for a while, and only then did he see Baek Ji-young's curled figure on a sofa in the corner of the office.
Sniff it lightly, and there is a smell of alcohol wafting in the air!
She's drinking.
"Is it Joon-hyuk?" As he asked, a wall lamp turned on on the other side of the sofa. The dim yellow light was sprinkled, and on the sofa that was originally used to rest after work, Baek Ji-young, who had taken off her shoes, quietly half leaned on it, half a bottle of whiskey was placed next to the lampstand in her hand, and the amber liquor exuded a misty color in the light.
She closed the door and sat down on the couch across from her.
Looking at her alcohol-soaked cheeks under the lamp, Ahn Junhyuk frowned, but didn't say anything, just asked, "Do you feel better?"
Bai Zhiying's alcohol consumption is good, in the past 4 years, time has left her mature and plump marks, and also exercised her alcohol consumption, the small half bottle of whiskey only made her slightly drunk, hearing this, she sniffed and opened her somewhat hazy eyes.
She didn't answer him, opened the drawer of the lampstand at hand, and took out another cup: "Drink a little with me...... When I drink alone, I always feel more and more stuffy!"
Ahn Jun-hyuk has quit drinking for a long time, and since he became a singer, he has rarely touched alcohol again, even if he occasionally drinks some, it is mostly low-degree rice wine or soju, but today he did not refuse, and let Bai Ji-young pour him a full glass of whiskey.
Bite!
Under the faint halo, the two clinked glasses silently, he took a small sip, watched Bai Zhiying raise his head and pour it down, and then swallowed it with a wrinkled face, and a trace of tears appeared in the corners of his red eyes.
"Today, it's like a dream......"
Snorting, she lowered her head and played with the wine glass, and her hoarse voice was a little ethereal: "It's a shame to say, when I was on stage, I cried out without knowing what Lu Dao was doing, I thought a lot at the time, the past, the present, messy." At the end of the song, I even thought I was dreaming, like I have done many nights in the past few years, dreaming that I was standing on the stage and suddenly waking up and there was nothing to see......"
Looking at her and listening to her hoarse voice speak lightly, after a while, Ahn Junhyuk put down his wine glass: "But today you are not dreaming, you heard, the applause given to you by those people, and now on the Internet, you can also see the praise of those people for you." They said that your performance is the most perfect stage in recent years, Sister Zhiying, you are not dreaming!"
On the other side, Bai Zhiying raised his head, looked at him quietly with hazy eyes, and suddenly laughed: "Are you worried that I'm still thinking nonsense?"
Ahn Joon-hyuk didn't speak.
In the face of his silence, Bai Zhiying took a breath, put down the cup in his hand, and leaned heavily on the sofa: "I know that the Tao is not a dream, I hear them applauding and cheering...... I have been looking forward to those voices for 4 years, and I have been working hard for 4 years, and I have worked so hard that I am about to give up, I ...... I don't know if I'll ever get used to being surrounded by them......"
"You'll get used to it in the future, don't forget my bet, it's just the beginning!" Ahn Joon-hyuk interrupted.
Bai Zhiying was stunned, and then laughed helplessly: "Why do you always remind me, are you afraid that I will collapse emotionally?"
"Yes, I'm afraid that you will have another emotional breakdown and want to escape!"
"Heh......"
She was chuckling.
On the small table in front of her, a wisp of water stained along the wall of the glass flowed to the bottom, where it merged into a pale orange yellow, and she raised her head to avoid the illumination of the wall lamp behind her, and the shadow of the sofa shrouded her face.
Slowly, she whispered faintly:
"Don't worry, I won't!Junhyuk, I'm sorry for worrying you a lot this time......"
He was about to say that there was no need to be polite between friends, when her voice continued:
"Also, thank you!" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )