usenovelgroup Chapter 40 Lip-syncing Suspicion
Chapter 40 Lip-syncing Suspicion
After the performance, Chen Fan received a system notification on his way back to the hotel.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the fourth advanced task: successfully singing a random song and gaining 600 million emotion points!]
Reward received: Advanced Gift Pack +1! Open now?
"Open!"
[Congratulations, host, you have acquired the [Perfect Opera Singing] skill! Click to view details]
[Perfect Opera Singing] Skill Description: The host will master the singing techniques of various major opera schools in China, including but not limited to: Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, etc. They will also be able to flexibly integrate opera elements into their compositions according to the needs of different songs. This skill is already ingrained and requires no additional practice.
Chen Fan stared blankly for a few seconds after reading it, then slowly exhaled.
Opera-style singing.
In other words, he has now mastered the art of Peking Opera singing?
He certainly knew what that meant.
In today's Chinese music scene, there are very few singers who can sing opera-style songs well, and they are all opera actors who have switched careers.
And there are almost none that can perfectly blend traditional opera singing with popular music.
Simply add a guzheng or erhu accompaniment, and it's considered a "traditional Chinese style song".
This is also a major reason why "Chinese style songs" are not popular overseas.
Your changes make no difference, so why should I listen to yours instead of the original version?
The true Peking Opera style, with its seamless switching between true and falsetto voices and its poignant, lyrical singing, requires more than a decade of dedicated practice.
Some even started practicing as children, at just a few years old.
And now he directly possesses this skill!
Chen Fan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Chen Fan occupied three of the top ten trending topics that night.
#ChenFanTheMoonIsShiningOnMountainsAndRivers#
#The Masked Singer Grand Finale Perfect Score#
#Chen Fan's chant of the god#
Professor Feng even posted a Weibo message specifically about this song:
I never thought I'd lose sleep over a song in years, but tonight is an exception.
@FanxinsuoxiangChenFan, we look forward to more of your works and bringing more unique content to the Chinese music scene.
This blog post was quickly forwarded over a million times.
Wang Junhai stared at his phone screen, his face ashen.
He raised his hand as if to throw his phone, but then remembered something and simply made a call instead.
"The plan is being moved up; we'll start tomorrow!"
Lin Chuan on the other end of the phone immediately said, "It's not that I'm holding you back, bro, I haven't finished revising this article yet!"
Wang Junhai gritted his teeth: "Didn't you finish writing that article a long time ago?"
"I had prepared a smear article for him to show off his skills tonight, but he didn't show off his skills or hit any high notes tonight..."
"Then say he's 'too afraid to sing high notes, he's not good enough'!" Wang Junhai practically yelled. "Black guy, aren't you more professional than me?"
After hanging up the phone, he glanced at the name trending on social media again, and his heart still felt heavy.
He never admitted to being jealous.
But at this moment, staring at that name that had topped the charts time and time again, Wang Junhai suddenly felt a pang of jealousy from the bottom of his heart.
In his youth, no one ever stood up and applauded him to the point of tears on stage.
No one encouraged him like that, otherwise how could he have...
It's okay, life isn't always smooth sailing. Chen Fan, you just wait!
The next morning, we were in the same private room at the club as before.
The ashtray in front of Wang Junhai was overflowing with cigarette butts.
His eyes were glued to the trending search data on the computer screen, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.
A whole night has passed, and that idiot Lin Chuan is doing who knows what.
Chen Fan's name remained firmly at the top of the trending searches, followed by the word "hot".
Clicking in, everyone was praising Chen Fan:
"Who knows, that chant gave me goosebumps!"
"Still can't download it? Can the official team please speed things up?"
"Repeat it ten thousand times!"
"This is a true singer!"
Wang Junhai only read the first few pages before closing his laptop, unable to continue.
He paced back and forth in the private room, then picked up the tablet again.
Just then, a private message popped up from a marketing account: "Teacher Wang, remember me if you need any work!"
Wang Junhai sneered and attacked directly.
"Mr. Zhao? I have a job. It needs to be fast, intense, and overwhelming."
"No problem, no problem. Who offended our Teacher Wang?" President Zhao's voice was a little lazy, but full of laughter.
"Chen Fan".
"The one who sang 'The Moon Shines Over the Mountains and Rivers'?"
"That's him!"
After a moment of silence, Mr. Zhao said, "Teacher Wang, you've seen how popular this person is. Smearing him now might backfire!"
"That's why I came to you!" Wang Junhai lowered his voice, "We won't directly say he sang badly, we'll just say he—lip-synced."
"Lip-syncing? Teacher Wang, The Masked Singer is a live broadcast, how could this be...?"
"Find a few audio bloggers and say the lip movements don't match the live audio! Release a few episodes of 'technical analysis' to muddy the waters!"
After hesitating for a moment, Mr. Zhao asked, "This is feasible, but what's the price?"
"Five hundred thousand!" Wang Junhai sneered. "Half upfront, the other half after it's done!"
"make a deal."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Junhai called Lin Chuan again and contacted several marketing accounts with millions of followers, technical bloggers on short-term platforms, and a self-media team specializing in "music exposé".
After explaining everything, Wang Junhai picked up his glass of red wine and took a sip: "Chen Fan, let's see how long you can hold out!"
Marketing accounts acted swiftly.
Half an hour later, the "music pickpocket" influencer with millions of followers posted a Weibo message.
@MusicPickpocketV:
A certain masked singer has become very popular recently; his song "The Moon Shines on the Mountains and Rivers" has gone viral.
But I wonder if you guys have noticed a problem?
In the live version of this song, the singer "Fanren Bufan" did not lip-sync with the music!
I'm providing the evidence, and I'm releasing both the audio and photos from the event. I won't use the word "lip-syncing," so you can judge for yourselves.
[Video][Image]
#MaskedVoice#
#The Moon Shines on Mountains and Rivers#
This blog post has been published and has been forwarded over 10,000 times in less than half an hour.
Following closely behind, three other marketing accounts with millions of followers also published articles, all with remarkably consistent statements.
Instead of directly accusing someone of lip-syncing, they used what appeared to be "technical analysis" to "objectively" question the act.
There is actually no evidence at all.
One of the longer articles, written by the "Entertainment Industry Representative," even went viral:
We're not saying he definitely lip-synced, but we're just raising a few points of doubt:
First, there is indeed video evidence that the lip-syncing during the recorded broadcast was off.
Secondly, his breathing points are almost inaudible, which is nearly impossible in a live performance.
Third, the pitch changes in the final chanting section are extremely smooth, without any harshness, which seems more like the result of post-production audio editing...
The comment section exploded the moment this blog post was published.
"Holy crap, really? I've been listening to this song on repeat every day!"
"I knew it! How could anyone sing so perfectly..."
"A rational discussion like this does seem a bit suspicious."
"Is there any professional who can say something?"
"It's fake! My brother Chen would never lip-sync!"
"Fans, stop trying to defend us, let's wait for solid evidence."
On the trending topics list, a topic tagged with the word "boiling" began to climb rapidly—
#The Masked Singer Lip-syncing Allegations#