Chapter 53
Before the opening ceremony of the TV Arts Award Ceremony, Li Shen went to the studio to record a new song.
Most of Li Shen’s songs were composed and arranged by himself. This is the first time he sang a song written by Duan Zhiming. Duan Zhiming's songs are mostly beautiful and lyrical, which is relatively close to Li Shen's usual style. The song is called Color of a Flower, it is light and lyrical.
Whether it is because she is nervous recording with Li Shen or because she is not used to the song’s lyrical style, Li Chengcheng wasn’t doing so well. Without autotune, her flaws were exposed.
“Her breathing is unstable and her pitch isn’t high enough.” Li Shen heard her sing once and asked to record his own part separately. When Xiao Dong heard him say this about Li Chengcheng, she thought he was possessed by Qiao Yichen.
But the words “Qiao Yichen” cannot be uttered in Xingyao.
Li Shen came out of the recording studio and said to Chi Lu, “The company really wants to nurture her. Her singing still needs a lot of work. Why don’t they just let her go into acting instead.”
Chi Lu didn’t say anything. Xiao Dong muttered, “If you see her acting, you will definitely think her singing is good.”
Li Shen, “....”
Chi Lu glared at her. Xiao Dong laughed out loud, “I’m complimenting her! She is also the leader of her group so her singing must be good!”
But when it comes to acting, it is on par with Sima Xiaoxiao.
Seeing as Li Shen has some opinions about Li Chengcheng, Chi Lu said, “We can record separately another time. Li Chengcheng is not a professional singer so there is a gap between you two. Don’t be strict with her.”
“If she isn’t singing with me, I don’t care how she sings.”
“.....”
Xiao Dong felt sorry for Li Shen. After this song is released, the fans might blast Xingyao again. However, if you don’t listen to Li Chengcheng’s songs live, it’s actually quite amazing. Her voice sounds very nice and she has a lot of fans. If there’s a backlash, both sides will come out and fight.
Looking at it this way, Xingyao is quite smart.
After the recording for Color of a Flower, it is the TV Arts Award Ceremony. This is ABA’s biggest annual award ceremony. They had started hyping up the event on Weibo days in advance.
There have been quite a few quality TV shows produced domestically this year. However, the most popular one is, of course, The Last Journey starring Wen Ke and Yu Kaize. It is nominated for best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, and best theme song.
Li Shen attended the ceremony with the rest of the crew. The photos of various stars on the red carpet quickly swept all over Weibo.
After Yu Wan handed in her resignation letter, she had less work than before. At this time, she can sit in front of the computer, drink honey milk and leisurely browse through Weibo.
Once again, Li Shen’s appearance tonight caused countless girls to scream in excitement. Although he is only wearing a classic black tuxedo, it added a certain charm to his body. Several of the gifs of Li Shen spread widely on Weibo. Yu Wan saved it and sent it to Li Shen.
“Whose family does this guy belong to? So handsome [smirk]”
Li Shen had long changed Yu Wan’s WeChat nickname to Lily. He sat in the audience and smiled at the phone.
Wen Ke was sitting on his left and on her other side is Yu Kaize. Her seat led to the envy and jealousy of many fans.
Seeing Li Shen smiling at his phone, Wen Ke curiously glanced at his hand. Li Shen quickly put away his phone and got rid of the smile on his face. Wen Ke raised an eyebrow, “Girlfriend?”
Li Shen gave a light cough ad changed the subject, “Is the best actress category coming up soon?”
“It’s still early. The best theme song is before best actor and actress.”
“Oh, then I should start memorizing my acceptance speech.”
“....”
He is very confident.
But he has a reason to be. Heartstring has been popular for a year and there has been no other song that reached its peak in popularity.
“The next category is the best theme song.” The guest presenter looked at the small envelope in his hand and at the audience, “This song is the most popular and moving song of the year. It broke the sales record of major music platforms on the first day of its release. It has been out for nine months and has never fallen out of the top three rankings for the past 37 weeks, setting a new record.”
When he said this, everyone had already guessed it is Heartstring. It is the only song of the year that has achieved such results.
“This is the “Divine Comedy” of the music scene, the “Divine Comedy” of TV OSTs. Some say it is the TV series that made this song, and some say it is the song that made the TV series. It is–– Li Shen’s Heartstring. Congratulations!”
T/N: Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature.
There was warm applause from the audience and the fans who were lucky enough to be present also cheered excitedly. This song deserves its name as the best TV drama theme song of this year.
The video clips of Li Shen winning the award and accepting it onstage quickly spread through Weibo. After he delivered his acceptance speech, he sang Heartstring live onstage.
Some of the fans at the scene did not have the chance to grab the concert tickets last time. Hearing Li Shen singing here can be regarded as filling some of their regrets.
The Last Journey had already won three awards. After that, Wen Ke and Yu Kaize won the awards for the best actress and actor respectively. It won all the awards it was nominated for, making it the biggest winner of the night.
The Interest is filled with articles about the grand event of the night. Li Shen didn’t look at all of them. He only posted a Weibo to thank the production team and fans for their support.
After posting on Weibo, he clicked on WeChat again. Although WeChat isn’t as lively as Weibo, he won an award today so many friends and family sent their congratulations. There are already 99+ message notifications. Li Shen didn’t reply to them one by one. Instead, he took a screenshot and posted it on his Moments.
Li Shen: Thank you all for your blessings. There are too many messages, so I won’t reply one by one. I would like to say thank you all here. [image]
Although Li Shen said this, it doesn’t mean he would not reply. He still has to reply personally to those he is close to and his girlfriend is someone he also needs to reply personally.
He was writing a message to send to Yu Wan when he received a video call request from Xiao Dong who then hung up. Li Shen frowned and sent her a message, “Accidentally called?”
Xiao Dong: !!!
Xiao Dong: Brother Shen! There is someone named Lily in the screenshot you posted!
Li Shen, “....”
He went to his WeChat Moments and looked at it. In the screenshot, Yu Wan’s message was accidentally shown on it. Luckily, someone didn’t notice it. Even if they did, it’s okay. Isn’t it said that half of the girls in the country are named Lily?
Li Shen sent Xiao Dong his thoughts on it but got an eye roll from her.
Xiao Dong: But Sister Lulu wouldn’t think so! She is sitting next to you! Quickly delete it before she finds out!
Chi Lu, the other assistant, Xiao Su, and she came together with Li Shen to the award ceremony tonight. Right now, Xiao Su is driving, she is on her phone in the passenger seat while Li Shen and Chi Lu are sitting in the back seats.
Brother Shen dared to be arrogant in front of Sister Lulu, has won an award gotten to his head?!
Brother Shen: If I delete it now, wouldn’t it make things worse?
Xiao Dong: ….So are you hoping Sister Lulu will find the evidence out first?
Brother Shen: ….I will delete it.
He deleted the post on Moments and reposted it without the screenshot this time. Someone asked him why he reposted it and he simply said that he accidentally deleted the original post.
Seeing that he deleted it, Xiao Dong sent him another message, "Brother Shen, do you feel like floating on air after winning tonight [smile]."
“.....”
Seeing that Li Shen and Xiao Dong were both playing on their phones, Chi Lu lowered her head and took out her phone. The evidence had been deleted so she did not see it. But the next day, the matter of Li Shen deleting a post on WeChat Moments ended up on the hot search.
He has a lot of people added to his Moments and there are always a few with ulterior motives. Someone took a screenshot of Li Shen’s original post and gave it to marketing accounts who called out the girl named Lily in the screenshot.
It wasn’t a big deal in the first place but because Li Shen deleted it seconds after posting it, the marketing account grasped the opportunity to make a fuss.
The fans were still immersed in the joy of Li Shen's win last night, but they didn't expect the whole thing to change when they woke up in the morning.
“The haters are endless [smile] My Brother Shen just won an award yesterday, and today they started their smear campaign. Please grow up [smile]”
“Haha they’re just spiteful [sour][sour][sour] They can’t bear to see others succeed.”
“There are three people in my contact list named Lily. What do you say? [photo]”
“You fans are blinded by love. If it’s nothing, why did he delete it with a guilty conscience? [smile]”
“If there are any flaws with Li Shen, it’s usually those who are jealous of his success who are critical [sour]”
“No, what’s wrong with having someone named Lily in the contact list? What’s the big deal? Do you guys have nothing else to criticize him about?”
“Friends, pay attention. This is fake news!!”
After a moment on the hot search, the marketing accounts once again instigate the masses by claiming “Li Shen’s Lily has appeared.”
At this point, it looks like someone is deliberately doing this behind the scenes. The fans angrily fired back at the remarks while they @Xingyao to start doing their job.
When Yu Wan read about this on Weibo, she was so scared she almost broke out in cold sweat. Although her WeChat name is not Lily, her profile picture was the same. It was a picture of the female lead in one of Tang Zhi’s manhuas. It is a chibi drawing of the character she drew at the beginning of the year. It’s nothing special but from the beginning of the new year to now, she was the only one among her friends on WeChat who has their profile picture.
She quickly went on WeChat Moments intending to change her eye-catching profile picture but was dumbfounded by what she saw. Many of her friends on WeChat have changed their profile pictures to be the same as hers except they didn’t change their name to Lily.
…..Yu Wan suddenly became inconspicuous among them,
It looks like she doesn’t need to change her profile picture.
She took a look at her Moments. Almost all of her friends who changed their profile pictures posted an update today.
“Lily”
“Okay, I admit. I am the Lily in Li Shen’s Moments [shy].”
:....”
Her friends are amazing.
Yu Wan wondered how Li Shen is doing right now and decided to ask him. As soon as Li Shen’s phone sounded, Chi Lu sneered, “What, did your Lily send you a message?”
Chapter 53
Before the opening ceremony of the TV Arts Award Ceremony, Li Shen went to the studio to record a new song.
Most of Li Shen’s songs were composed and arranged by himself. This is the first time he sang a song written by Duan Zhiming. Duan Zhiming's songs are mostly beautiful and lyrical, which is relatively close to Li Shen's usual style. The song is called Color of a Flower, it is light and lyrical.
Whether it is because she is nervous recording with Li Shen or because she is not used to the song’s lyrical style, Li Chengcheng wasn’t doing so well. Without autotune, her flaws were exposed.
“Her breathing is unstable and her pitch isn’t high enough.” Li Shen heard her sing once and asked to record his own part separately. When Xiao Dong heard him say this about Li Chengcheng, she thought he was possessed by Qiao Yichen.
But the words “Qiao Yichen” cannot be uttered in Xingyao.
Li Shen came out of the recording studio and said to Chi Lu, “The company really wants to nurture her. Her singing still needs a lot of work. Why don’t they just let her go into acting instead.”
Chi Lu didn’t say anything. Xiao Dong muttered, “If you see her acting, you will definitely think her singing is good.”
Li Shen, “....”
Chi Lu glared at her. Xiao Dong laughed out loud, “I’m complimenting her! She is also the leader of her group so her singing must be good!”
But when it comes to acting, it is on par with Sima Xiaoxiao.
Seeing as Li Shen has some opinions about Li Chengcheng, Chi Lu said, “We can record separately another time. Li Chengcheng is not a professional singer so there is a gap between you two. Don’t be strict with her.”
“If she isn’t singing with me, I don’t care how she sings.”
“.....”
Xiao Dong felt sorry for Li Shen. After this song is released, the fans might blast Xingyao again. However, if you don’t listen to Li Chengcheng’s songs live, it’s actually quite amazing. Her voice sounds very nice and she has a lot of fans. If there’s a backlash, both sides will come out and fight.
Looking at it this way, Xingyao is quite smart.
After the recording for Color of a Flower, it is the TV Arts Award Ceremony. This is ABA’s biggest annual award ceremony. They had started hyping up the event on Weibo days in advance.
There have been quite a few quality TV shows produced domestically this year. However, the most popular one is, of course, The Last Journey starring Wen Ke and Yu Kaize. It is nominated for best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, and best theme song.
Li Shen attended the ceremony with the rest of the crew. The photos of various stars on the red carpet quickly swept all over Weibo.
After Yu Wan handed in her resignation letter, she had less work than before. At this time, she can sit in front of the computer, drink honey milk and leisurely browse through Weibo.
Once again, Li Shen’s appearance tonight caused countless girls to scream in excitement. Although he is only wearing a classic black tuxedo, it added a certain charm to his body. Several of the gifs of Li Shen spread widely on Weibo. Yu Wan saved it and sent it to Li Shen.
“Whose family does this guy belong to? So handsome [smirk]”
Li Shen had long changed Yu Wan’s WeChat nickname to Lily. He sat in the audience and smiled at the phone.
Wen Ke was sitting on his left and on her other side is Yu Kaize. Her seat led to the envy and jealousy of many fans.
Seeing Li Shen smiling at his phone, Wen Ke curiously glanced at his hand. Li Shen quickly put away his phone and got rid of the smile on his face. Wen Ke raised an eyebrow, “Girlfriend?”
Li Shen gave a light cough ad changed the subject, “Is the best actress category coming up soon?”
“It’s still early. The best theme song is before best actor and actress.”
“Oh, then I should start memorizing my acceptance speech.”
“....”
He is very confident.
But he has a reason to be. Heartstring has been popular for a year and there has been no other song that reached its peak in popularity.
“The next category is the best theme song.” The guest presenter looked at the small envelope in his hand and at the audience, “This song is the most popular and moving song of the year. It broke the sales record of major music platforms on the first day of its release. It has been out for nine months and has never fallen out of the top three rankings for the past 37 weeks, setting a new record.”
When he said this, everyone had already guessed it is Heartstring. It is the only song of the year that has achieved such results.
“This is the “Divine Comedy” of the music scene, the “Divine Comedy” of TV OSTs. Some say it is the TV series that made this song, and some say it is the song that made the TV series. It is–– Li Shen’s Heartstring. Congratulations!”
T/N: Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature.
There was warm applause from the audience and the fans who were lucky enough to be present also cheered excitedly. This song deserves its name as the best TV drama theme song of this year.
The video clips of Li Shen winning the award and accepting it onstage quickly spread through Weibo. After he delivered his acceptance speech, he sang Heartstring live onstage.
Some of the fans at the scene did not have the chance to grab the concert tickets last time. Hearing Li Shen singing here can be regarded as filling some of their regrets.
The Last Journey had already won three awards. After that, Wen Ke and Yu Kaize won the awards for the best actress and actor respectively. It won all the awards it was nominated for, making it the biggest winner of the night.
The Interest is filled with articles about the grand event of the night. Li Shen didn’t look at all of them. He only posted a Weibo to thank the production team and fans for their support.
After posting on Weibo, he clicked on WeChat again. Although WeChat isn’t as lively as Weibo, he won an award today so many friends and family sent their congratulations. There are already 99+ message notifications. Li Shen didn’t reply to them one by one. Instead, he took a screenshot and posted it on his Moments.
Li Shen: Thank you all for your blessings. There are too many messages, so I won’t reply one by one. I would like to say thank you all here. [image]
Although Li Shen said this, it doesn’t mean he would not reply. He still has to reply personally to those he is close to and his girlfriend is someone he also needs to reply personally.
He was writing a message to send to Yu Wan when he received a video call request from Xiao Dong who then hung up. Li Shen frowned and sent her a message, “Accidentally called?”
Xiao Dong: !!!
Xiao Dong: Brother Shen! There is someone named Lily in the screenshot you posted!
Li Shen, “....”
He went to his WeChat Moments and looked at it. In the screenshot, Yu Wan’s message was accidentally shown on it. Luckily, someone didn’t notice it. Even if they did, it’s okay. Isn’t it said that half of the girls in the country are named Lily?
Li Shen sent Xiao Dong his thoughts on it but got an eye roll from her.
Xiao Dong: But Sister Lulu wouldn’t think so! She is sitting next to you! Quickly delete it before she finds out!
Chi Lu, the other assistant, Xiao Su, and she came together with Li Shen to the award ceremony tonight. Right now, Xiao Su is driving, she is on her phone in the passenger seat while Li Shen and Chi Lu are sitting in the back seats.
Brother Shen dared to be arrogant in front of Sister Lulu, has won an award gotten to his head?!
Brother Shen: If I delete it now, wouldn’t it make things worse?
Xiao Dong: ….So are you hoping Sister Lulu will find the evidence out first?
Brother Shen: ….I will delete it.
He deleted the post on Moments and reposted it without the screenshot this time. Someone asked him why he reposted it and he simply said that he accidentally deleted the original post.
Seeing that he deleted it, Xiao Dong sent him another message, "Brother Shen, do you feel like floating on air after winning tonight [smile]."
“.....”
Seeing that Li Shen and Xiao Dong were both playing on their phones, Chi Lu lowered her head and took out her phone. The evidence had been deleted so she did not see it. But the next day, the matter of Li Shen deleting a post on WeChat Moments ended up on the hot search.
He has a lot of people added to his Moments and there are always a few with ulterior motives. Someone took a screenshot of Li Shen’s original post and gave it to marketing accounts who called out the girl named Lily in the screenshot.
It wasn’t a big deal in the first place but because Li Shen deleted it seconds after posting it, the marketing account grasped the opportunity to make a fuss.
The fans were still immersed in the joy of Li Shen's win last night, but they didn't expect the whole thing to change when they woke up in the morning.
“The haters are endless [smile] My Brother Shen just won an award yesterday, and today they started their smear campaign. Please grow up [smile]”
“Haha they’re just spiteful [sour][sour][sour] They can’t bear to see others succeed.”
“There are three people in my contact list named Lily. What do you say? [photo]”
“You fans are blinded by love. If it’s nothing, why did he delete it with a guilty conscience? [smile]”
“If there are any flaws with Li Shen, it’s usually those who are jealous of his success who are critical [sour]”
“No, what’s wrong with having someone named Lily in the contact list? What’s the big deal? Do you guys have nothing else to criticize him about?”
“Friends, pay attention. This is fake news!!”
After a moment on the hot search, the marketing accounts once again instigate the masses by claiming “Li Shen’s Lily has appeared.”
At this point, it looks like someone is deliberately doing this behind the scenes. The fans angrily fired back at the remarks while they @Xingyao to start doing their job.
When Yu Wan read about this on Weibo, she was so scared she almost broke out in cold sweat. Although her WeChat name is not Lily, her profile picture was the same. It was a picture of the female lead in one of Tang Zhi’s manhuas. It is a chibi drawing of the character she drew at the beginning of the year. It’s nothing special but from the beginning of the new year to now, she was the only one among her friends on WeChat who has their profile picture.
She quickly went on WeChat Moments intending to change her eye-catching profile picture but was dumbfounded by what she saw. Many of her friends on WeChat have changed their profile pictures to be the same as hers except they didn’t change their name to Lily.
…..Yu Wan suddenly became inconspicuous among them,
It looks like she doesn’t need to change her profile picture.
She took a look at her Moments. Almost all of her friends who changed their profile pictures posted an update today.
“Lily”
“Okay, I admit. I am the Lily in Li Shen’s Moments [shy].”
:....”
Her friends are amazing.
Yu Wan wondered how Li Shen is doing right now and decided to ask him. As soon as Li Shen’s phone sounded, Chi Lu sneered, “What, did your Lily send you a message?”
