novellhall Chapter 114 Sharpness
Chapter 114 Sharpness
Da Meili remained completely unfazed by the questions posed by music critic Niu Leide and the skeptical gazes from the audience.
This question had already been anticipated in the script during the morning meeting, and they had prepared their response in advance.
Of course, one must be strong to succeed. While Zhou Xiaobai's core strengths are the system and the space, it's more reasonable to explain his genius persona by attributing it to "extraordinary talent."
"Zhou Xiaobai's music teacher, Wang Shuzhen, is a teacher with decades of teaching experience." Zhou Wenqiong turned to the side, pointing to the background of the press conference platform.
Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, and a line of text was clearly printed on the huge poster: Composition Director: Wang Shuzhen.
She continued, "Zhou Xiaobai is incredibly talented in his studies; to put it bluntly, he has a photographic memory. Although he's only eight, according to the school, he's already old enough to take the high school entrance exam." She smiled sweetly, "Then why is he still in third grade? Mainly because my little fairy is a bit lagging behind in her studies. If her brother skipped a grade, wouldn't his older sister throw a tantrum? Would he have a good life then?"
Raising Zhou Xiaobai's profile while attacking Liu Qianqian is the only option at this time.
As for whether Liu Qianqian would be furious and helpless after learning of her statement, she wasn't worried at all.
The parents in the audience laughed knowingly, and the media personnel nodded in agreement, their pens scribbling away.
Zhou Wenqiong gestured with her hand: "As for why this album was released, we really have to thank Teacher Wang. She was the first to discover Xiaobai's talent in this area, and coincidentally, Qianqian also sings quite well. So, we decided to keep the good stuff in the family."
Everyone laughed again—if you have this ability, you should definitely serve your own family.
"I can testify to that," Yang Yuying chimed in at the opportune moment. "Xiao Bai also wrote a song for me. Today, I'm standing on this stage, firstly to support my junior sister, and secondly, to take this opportunity to promote this new song."
The fact that Era Records scheduled the premiere of Yang Yuying's song "I Will Be Fine" at this press conference clearly shows their thoughtfulness—to bring together the strongest voice of the era with the rising star of the era, guaranteeing a huge buzz.
Just as a reporter raised his hand, Zhou Wenqiong interrupted him, glancing at Niu Leide before speaking unhurriedly: "Mr. Niu, thank you for your question. I believe this is a question on the minds of many of you here."
She paused briefly, her expression composed, but her words carried a sharp edge:
"Cao Chong weighed an elephant at five, Xiang Tuo was revered as a sage teacher at seven, Gan Luo became prime minister at twelve, and Gauss even discovered arithmetic sequences at nine... There are countless records of such precocious children. If the ancients possessed such talent and achievements, shouldn't we, as people today, also have our own brilliance?"
"Moreover, there are quite a few geniuses in the gifted youth programs at domestic universities. Composition is more humanities-oriented, relying on memory, feeling, and accumulation. It's not surprising that a child with a good memory and strong comprehension possesses the corresponding knowledge reserves. The threshold is different compared to those young geniuses who make breakthroughs in the sciences."
Her gaze shifted to Yang Yuying, then returned to Niu Leide's face, and she continued:
"Regarding your mention of life insights, Yu Ying's love songs resonate deeply with people. Does that mean the songwriters for her must have personally experienced the emotions depicted in each lyric to be able to write them?"
Finally, she pushed the issue to a deeper level:
"Or perhaps... you feel that the present is inferior to the past?"
A buzz of discussion erupted from the audience.
The adults fell into deep thought, pondering the logic in her words; many children, on the other hand, looked on with admiration—they knew those stories of precocious children by heart.
"Clap clap clap clap..." Applause rang out.
"Well said!" someone shouted from the audience, and many people gave a thumbs up.
Chen Minghua couldn't help but whisper to Li Jun, "This family is full of shrewd people. Their ability to handle situations on the spot is truly impressive."
Li Jun nodded in agreement: "Yes, he speaks flawlessly and subtly, who would dare to underestimate him?"
The two exchanged a smile, feeling even more confident about the outcome of the press conference.
Zhou Wenqiong smiled slightly, accepting the applause and cheers from the audience. Her gaze swept across the room, her tone calm yet carrying a commanding presence: "If no one has any further questions, I think we can move on to the next segment."
Her voice wasn't loud, but it instantly silenced the murmurs around her.
Everyone sensed that this seemingly gentle and beautiful woman possessed an extremely strong sense of control.
Niu Leide sat in his seat, his expression somewhat complicated.
He had intended to use a question to put his opponent in a difficult position, but unexpectedly, the other party countered and pushed him back, even arousing the resonance of the entire audience.
He looked down at the densely packed notes in his notebook, and at that moment he felt they were somewhat glaringly obvious.
He took a deep breath, looked up, forced a smile, and waved his hand to indicate that there were no further questions.
"Okay." Zhou Wenqiong nodded slightly, then turned to the side of the stage, signaling a staff member to remove a "GG" sign covered by a red cloth, and tossing out a number that made everyone's spirits lift—1,810,000.
"Here, I'd also like to share some good news. Thanks to the strong support of our agents and distributors, as of today's press conference, the total number of pre-orders for the album 'Liu Yifei' nationwide has exceeded 1.81 million!"
She faced the area of distributors below the stage and sincerely greeted them:
"Behind this number is the trust and dedication of all our partners, and even more so, the support of the children. Thank you all for joining us in delivering this gift of music to more children."
In fact, Zhou Wenqiong and Liu Xiaoli were almost overjoyed when they learned of the reservation figures that morning.
After confirming with Chen Minghua and clarifying the specific terms of Zhou Xiaobai's betting agreement, the two returned to the hotel and did some crazy calculations. They finally understood where Liu Qianqian's arrogant confidence in saying "You can call me Mom" came from—it was a real income in the tens of millions.
What made their hearts race even faster was the music video script they saw later.
Zhou Wenqiong is a professional actress, and Liu Xiaoli has also participated in the writing of many stage plays. The two of them could tell at a glance that these scripts written by Zhou Xiaobai were completely different from the simple spliced-scene music videos on the market.
Although each piece lasts only a few minutes, it clearly outlines a novel, complete, and imaginative world.
In their jargon: if you stretch out the storyline, it becomes a movie.
Chen Minghua's words at the time added fuel to the fire: "The total sales of this album are very likely to break records. If these music videos are actually filmed according to these scripts, their sales will definitely not be lower than the album sales."
A simple calculation shows that the combined revenue from records and music videos is tens of millions.
How could they not give it their all for this press conference?
Even if it weren't for those two little brats, they still had to be worthy of this huge sum of money—in their minds, isn't the children's money their own money?
So why didn't Zhou Wenqiong respond to music critic Niu Leide's provocative question?
money!
That is the best motivation, and also their strength and confidence.