Chapter 035 Lip-synching
[I felt it was very subtle when I watched it yesterday. Don’t tell me there were more lip-syncing than real singing. 】
[Music Life has been around for more than 20 years, why did it suddenly become like this? Didn’t you always claim that all of them were real live performances? 】
[Hot Melon TV should give an explanation, this is too bad. Who watches music variety shows to listen to CDs? ? 】
The music forums are full of discussions about Music Life which aired last night. As a long-established music program that relies on authenticity and quality as its selling points, its reputation has suffered a huge impact.
[Everyone please comment on which ones are real singing and which ones are lip-syncing. We cannot allow Honeydew TV to deceive the audience like this! 】
[Yun Hai was definitely singing live, the microphone picked up extremely clear sound. Besides, at their level, there was no need for lip-syncing. 】
[The band that performed at the beginning was really funny. The guitars and bass were not plugged in, right? The improvisation part is exactly the same as in the CD. Do you have to be an idiot not to be able to tell that? 】
While music lovers were angrily distinguishing between real and lip-syncing, Wax&Wane fans on Weibo were also discussing this somewhat delicate issue in a small circle.
[Did anyone watch the music show last night? I feel something is a little strange, I don’t know if I should say it...】
[I also feel like something is wrong. Considering Lin Chiran's personality, it shouldn't be what I think. 】
[Stop riddling me. I’ve seen through it all after last night. It’s all a character setting. It’s obvious that they are lip-syncing. 】
[But this is Music Life. This has never happened before. Besides, who would lip-sync so obviously on two tracks? Even a half-open mic wouldn't intentionally sing so loudly. 】
[Yes, it is very unreasonable. I saw that people were also discussing yesterday’s Music Life in the forum, and I felt that there must be something wrong here. 】
Music lovers and fans continued to discuss the topic, with some netizens cutting out a comparison between the CD source, muted video and microphone track, making the term #MusicLife a hot search.
Passersby who had no idea what was going on watched the discussion and realized that they had been deceived by the program team. They all flocked to the official Weibo account of the program team to seek an explanation.
Honeydew Channel was also conducting an internal investigation at this time, and Director Li was called in by the senior executives who helped him get to the position.
"Why are you so anxious? Didn't I tell you not to move yet? Why are you doing it so obviously?"
“Uncle, I didn’t expect that they would find out so quickly. There have always been people lip-syncing on Strawberry Channel’s Music Moments, and I didn’t see any reaction from the audience…” Director Li was very unconvinced. It was just lip-syncing, he had been hearing it for so many years, why did they make such a fuss as soon as he took over.
"How stupid!" The senior executive looked at this unpromising nephew with hatred. If they had known he was so stupid, they would never have let him take the blame directly. "Now you can only try to pass on the blame. Don't admit it even if you are beaten to death. Remember!"
After allowing public opinion to ferment for several hours, the program team issued a so-called serious statement, saying that a temporary worker had made a mistake in the accompaniment and vocal tracks, and accidentally caused this situation. The program team was deeply sorry and would hold the person responsible.
[Open your eyes and look at what year it is now. The Internet has been developed for such a long time. Why do you think the audience will believe something that even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe? 】
[You guys are really good, so lip-syncing is confirmed, right? 】
Music Life’s response was a perfect example of being stubborn and stubborn. It was mocked again and again, and the artists who performed that night were also implicated.
[Remember these bad artists who lip-sync, this kind of behavior of deceiving the audience must never be tolerated! 】
[So disappointed. I used to like some of the people in the show, but now I’m no longer a fan. 】
The fans of the artists who came to the performance that night were very dissatisfied when they saw these words.
[Not everyone lip-syncs. We don’t have that in our family. Don’t generalize. 】
[It’s not necessarily that they chose this way themselves, maybe they were forced to do so by the program team. 】
Passersby found the fans' comments funny and started to mock them. Both sides were very angry and the situation turned into a melee.
The marketing accounts were eager to create chaos and began collecting evidence of other artists lip-syncing. They even revealed that Sun Yingying, a popular actress who had just entered the music industry, lip-synced at her first concert after the release of her first album.
[I’ve seen lip-syncing failures, but I’ve never seen one as funny as this. 】
In the video, Sun Yingying stood in front of the microphone, singing the melody and doing simple movements.
However, in the next moment, she accidentally knocked over the microphone stand, but the singing in the video was extremely steady, without any changes at all. It was basically just the sound source. It was extremely embarrassing, and netizens kept reposting and mocking her.
Seeing the situation becoming more and more serious, everyone in the circle was in danger. Those who lip-synced were worried about being exposed, and those who didn't lip-synced were worried about being slandered by their opponents. Netizens all gathered to watch the fun.
On the Wax&Wane side, fans also rushed to comment on the official blog.
[You guys aren't really lip-syncing, are you? I've just started, is there any misunderstanding? Come out and explain it to me! 】
[I have been a fan for many years, and I have often seen idols half-open their mics, but why are the vocals and the background music conflicting with each other? What are you doing? 】
[In the previous group variety show’s KTV project, everyone’s singing skills were pretty good, there was no need to lip-sync. Why bother? 】
Listening to Wu Wen's report, Lin Chiran was not panicked: "I understand."
"Brother Lin, do we need to give a response? It was the program crew that forced the members to lip-sync, and we have evidence in our hands." Wu Wen was referring to the recording in Lin Chiran's hand.
After the Chen Zhou incident, Lin Chiran would be more cautious when encountering more complicated situations. After all, one must be on guard against others, and one may not always be lucky enough to leave other evidence.
"It's not the right time yet." Lin Chiran shook his head: "Others won't sit there and wait for death, we will add fuel to the fire when the time comes." According to his observation, when the performance started, other artists also showed surprised expressions, most likely they were not aware of it.
If he presents evidence at the beginning, other artists will use his statement to make their own arguments, which will not only make it less credible, but also shift the spotlight to others.
When other people reveal the truth with empty words and he can produce strong evidence, everything will be different. The program crew is unkind, and he can't be a soft persimmon to be bullied at will, so he uses their own hands to achieve the originally expected publicity effect.
It would be even better if he could help the original production director Wang Ping at the same time. Lin Chiran contacted him in time and met him privately.
"Chi Ran, I'm really sorry. I specially invited you to the show and it turned out like this." Wang Ping looked disappointed.
"Director Wang, this is not your fault." Lin Chiran secretly found out the reason for his resignation: "Many employees in the station hinted that Li Hong used his close relationship with the senior management to bully others. His original variety show had poor ratings and was cut in half, so he set his sights on the Ivy League show in your hand."
He used the help of higher-ups to put pressure on Wang Ping and forced him to resign, wanting to take over himself. However, Li Hong had no idea why this program had survived for so long.
Wang Ping was a little surprised. How did Lin Chiran know these inside information? "Everyone has been resentful of him for a long time, but there is nothing we can do. We can't afford to offend him."
"Don't worry, we won't let him be so arrogant this time. Music Life is a good show and we can't let it be ruined in his hands." Lin Chiran also has irreplaceable memories of this show and doesn't want to see this scene.
At the same time, some of the artists performing at Music Life that night began to speak out.
[Singer Su Zheng: I have been honest and upright since my debut, and have never lip-synced. Honeydew TV replaced the audio track without authorization, and I will investigate it to the end. 】
When one of the victims appeared, the comments became lively. Su Zheng's fans trusted him very much, while passers-by were skeptical and asked him to produce evidence to prove that this was just a unilateral action of the program team and not instigated by him.
Su Zheng belongs to a small entertainment company. Few artists can perform on such a well-known mainstream stage, so there is not much experience in dealing with this. Seeing that Ziweixing, whom he had finally met, was being scolded, he issued a statement without caring about the follow-up.
Contrary to their expectations, Su Zheng's action became a signal for the participating artists to fight back.
Regardless of whether they were lip-synced by the program team or were real or lip-syncing artists who took advantage of the situation and instructed by Director Li, they all began to issue serious statements, putting all the blame on the program team.
The entertainment industry was bustling with activity for a while, with some people even counting the names on the cast list one by one, and wondering which artists and companies had not issued statements. Among them were Wax&Wane, Yunhai, and Shenghuang Entertainment, which owned several individual singers.
[Why hasn’t Shenghuang issued a statement yet? They have the most artists on the list of performers, right? 】
[Yun Hai sang completely live, it doesn’t matter whether it is released or not. Their idol group is so embarrassed. 】
[I went to see this group's music performance because of its reputation. The two audio tracks were particularly obvious. The vocals were fighting with the backing track at the beginning, but later they covered the backing track. It was also a strange sight. 】
[It seems that they are the least likely to ask the program team to play the audio source. It is possible that they were lip-synced. Let's wait for a response. 】
Lin Chiran negotiated with the company as soon as possible, explaining that he had evidence in his hands and that Shenghuang's artists should not take any action for the time being.
Rong Haiqing and Yun Yueming were not harmed by the program crew due to their extremely high qualifications. They stayed out of it from beginning to end and only showed some interest when they heard the agent mention Lin Chiran's plan.
"Is it that Lin Chiran?" Rong Haiqing asked with great interest.
“Ah? It’s the SLANT one. He’s now the producer of Wax&Wane.” The agent was puzzled. Is there another person named Lin Chiran in our company?
"He doesn't know, so don't ask." Yun Yueming said without even raising his eyes: "It's that little boy."
The agent was confused. Although Rong Haiqing and Yun Yueming were more than a generation older than Lin Chiran, calling a 27-year-old man "kid" was not like Yun Yueming's style.
And from the sound of it, it seems that the two of them know Lin Chiran.
"Okay, don't think about it. We'll have a chance to meet again in the future. He's not an idol anymore anyway." Yun Yueming saw Rong Haiqing still looking down, thinking about something, and said, "Think about the new album when you have time. The fans have been urging you for half a year."
When the Internet was in an uproar over lip-syncing, Wax&Wane's official account finally sent out its first Weibo post since the incident began.
[The Music Life program team deliberately played audio with human voices despite the strong opposition from the group's producers and members, causing extremely bad effects and bringing a bad experience to the audience. We are deeply sorry for this. 】
Also attached is a recording of the conversation between Lin Chiran and production director Li Hong.
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