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Chapter 81 The Masked Singer Recording Begins

Chapter 81: Chapter 81 The Masked Singer Recording Begins

The show ended, and Wu Mu undoubtedly received a torrent of greetings on WeChat.

This was his new account, added were only those he met after the house collapsed, including folks from the singer-songwriter duo like He Jie and Zheng Qiang, and also celebrities from the Star Agency like Wang Xiaotian, Lu Yao, Lin Qingyue, Jiang Qian, and so on.

Naturally, Mo Mo was among them too.

Mo Mo: "Teacher Wu Mu, I’ve already played your game, it’s so much fun!"

Wu Mu, who wasn’t gaming at the moment, instantly replied to her: "Teacher Mo Mo, you flatter me, it’s just a small game. Wait until I’m tired of being a celebrity, I’ll make some major games, which will be even more fun."

Hmm, copy a few then.

Mo Mo probably got busy with something else and didn’t reply; Wu Mu went on to check messages from others.

He Jie: "Haha, Wu Mu, I watched your new show, it’s too interesting, can you really design games?"

Wang Xiaotian: "How come you can make games! That must be a script arranged by Director Lin!"

Lu Yao: "It’s not fair, why can I only be a dance teacher while you can be the Chief Designer! You’re definitely not just an ordinary employee!"

Lin Qingyue: "The show’s average ratings are 0.47, an increase of two points, thank you for the wonderful performance, Teacher Wu Mu."

Su Meng: "The song is very nice."

Wu Mu replied to each one of them.

As he was happily chatting, he received a call from a music platform representative, naturally interested in putting his new songs on their service.

They had approached Wu Mu several times before, but back then, considering his situation hadn’t improved much, he was worried about lowball offers, so he didn’t agree to it.

Now, however, was a good time to negotiate. The fact that it was the platform’s project director who contacted him, and that they had even flown to his hometown, showed their sincerity.

Wu Mu met with them in a private restaurant near his home.

The enthusiastic attitude of the director they met with was in part because Wu Mu had almost completely broken free from the house collapse incident, and at least he didn’t have to worry about quitting showbiz due to lack of offers.

But mainly, it was because Wu Mu’s album sales were excessively astronomical.

Wu Mu’s "Farewell" album was still rising in sales, having sold over eight million copies to date.

Knowing the backend data, they were all too aware of its gold content. These were all genuine, paying users, not some inflated performance fabricated by part of a celebrity’s fan base.

With sales surging by one or two million whenever it became a hot topic and even maintaining an increase of twenty to thirty thousand in daily sales when it wasn’t hot, they honestly couldn’t understand it.

These songs seemed to be just okay, but they somehow sold like hotcakes.

Of course, these genuine users couldn’t be mistaken. So clearly, the mistake was on their end—it was their taste that was the issue.

The music platform team negotiated with Wu Mu with exceptional humility and sincerity.

Eventually, they agreed on a deal for 1.2 million per song, along with shareholder royalties from member streams as the contract terms.

Wu Mu had publicly performed six new songs in total, which added up to 7.2 million.

This sum of money wasn’t considered too much, mainly because the real earnings were from member streaming royalties, which was monthly income, and over time, it would add up to a substantial amount.

Terms agreed, there was no need for Duan Ming to be there to sign the contract.

He had relatively more freedom in this area of contracts; songs and albums that weren’t produced by a company didn’t require a share to be given to the company.

After signing the contract, he was mostly busy finding a recording studio to record songs for the next few days.

Once he was done with that, it was time for the recording of Masked Singer.

...

Sha City, inside the Masked Singer recording venue.

The show hadn’t started yet, but the four jury members were seated early and chatting.

Chen Jian, a well-known actor and veteran of the circle, asked curiously, "Have you guys seen this episode’s guest jury member? Who is it?"

Zhao Xue, a post-85-generation leading actress still as popular as the midday sun, smiled, "It seems to be Lu Yao, I saw her when I came in."

Cai Wanhai, a young male pop star, was surprised, "Isn’t she supposed to be recording Star Agency? How does she have time to come to our show?"

The veteran Hong Kong actress and singer Yue Li had heard something: "I know about this; they’ve finished filming a month’s worth of material for their show, so her schedule is temporarily free."

When Star Agency was mentioned, Chen Jian inevitably asked, "Hey, do you know Wu Mu? Can he really make games?"

The topic was indeed hot, not just trending on social media for two days, but it was also inevitably mentioned in industry chatter. After all, it was too bizarre for words, a topic that had everyone talking.

Cai Wanhai was particularly interested in the topic, "I haven’t had much interaction with him, but it’s probably scripted, right? Which celebrity can make games?"

It was utterly absurd; just thinking about these two things in conjunction seemed nonsensical.

Yue Li was more intrigued, "I don’t know whether it’s a script, but Wu Mu was indeed very interesting in it. I started watching out of curiosity because of a trending topic and ended up watching the whole episode. I even looked up the previous episode; I’ve almost become a loyal fan of their show."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement; Wu Mu was indeed interesting, and they all had watched snippets of the show, finding Wu Mu’s post-collapse shows much more fun than before.

Whether it was the character he played or simply no longer pretending after the collapse, they felt that Wu Mu was undoubtedly about to establish his new image.

Zhao Xue also knew.

"It shouldn’t be scripted; I’ve worked on Director Lin’s films, and she is very..."

Zhao Xue paused for a moment, replacing ’arrogant’ with something more neutral, "Director Lin has high expectations for herself and wouldn’t do that kind of script."

It wasn’t that she thought Lin Qingyue couldn’t have scripts in her shows, but such absurd and essentially deceitful ones, she felt Lin Qingyue wouldn’t go for.

As they chatted, the audience gradually filled the venue, and the show was about to start filming.

The host took the stage and introduced the rules of the show.

Blue Star’s Masked Singer had some rules that differed from Earth’s version of the show.

Though the core was still about guessing identities, there were significant differences in the details.

The general rule of the show was: each episode featured six masked guests performing, with the jury picking pairs for a sing-off where each guest sang a song, followed by the audience voting.

The winner advanced to the second half, where the guests asked various questions and chose a song for the guest to sing. If their identity was guessed after the performance, they would be immediately eliminated.

If their identity remained a mystery, they would continue to the next episode, where guessing would continue. If they weren’t deduced after two episodes, they would be unmasked on the third.

The contestants who lost the voting would also continue, but if they lost a second time, they would also be directly eliminated.

Basically, it retained the core selling point of guessing identities, while adding a little competitive edge.

The performing guests needed to avoid revealing their identities to prevent immediate elimination through accurate guesses while performing convincingly enough to avoid losing twice and being ousted.

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