Compared to yesterday, Mu Li's condition was much better today.
Under Jin Shiming's correction, many of his bad vocal habits had significantly improved, and his throat's pronunciation was more scientific. His originally slightly thin voice gradually became richer, bringing out the spiritual quality in his voice.
Wu Yun listened, nodding silently.
The song Mu Li performed, both in lyrics and arrangement, perfectly met the standards of modern pop music.
She had already seen the video of Mu Li's performance at school before, and she could clearly feel Mu Li's progress during this period.
"If the new song for Idol Project can reach this level, then it will be completely sufficient," Wu Yun thought.
This was the third season of Idol Project that she produced. Although the previous theme songs were pleasant to listen to, they never broke out of the circle. In short, only fans who followed these girl groups would pay for those two theme songs.
But once outside that circle, these songs were less likely to gain recognition from the general public and other singers.
Both male and female idol groups in China faced similar problems. They had high traffic themselves, but it was difficult for them to acquire good songs while the group was still formed. Almost all groups' fates were to disband and develop in different fields.
It's very possible that looking back ten years later, the achievements they gained during their group formation were actually their lowest achievements.
Jin Shiming noticed Wu Yun the moment she entered the recording studio, but he merely nodded at her as a greeting, then continued working.
"Take a break first, we'll continue later," Jin Shiming knew Wu Yun came for something, so he directly paused the recording.
Mu Li also walked out of the recording booth, meeting Wu Yun's gaze.
Before Mu Li could ask, Wu Yun introduced herself, "I'm Wu Yun, the CEO of Jiayu Company."
Mu Li was stunned, clearly not expecting Wu Yun to come looking for him, and subconsciously asked, "Are you here for me?"
Wu Yun smiled, "It seems you don't know, it's already gone crazy outside, people are saying our company has a Togekiss."
"Ah?" Mu Li's expression changed, "They didn't cause any trouble, did they?"
As he spoke, he was about to rush out to check the situation.
Wu Yun quickly stopped him, smiling helplessly, "No, he's livestreaming properly in the room, it's just that our company's employees are a bit curious and want to go see him."
Mu Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, those guys often cause me trouble."
"Uh, President Wu? Do you have something else you need me for?" Mu Li had clearly realized that Wu Yun had come specifically for him.
"Just call me Sister Wu," Wu Yun smiled, "I just talked to Liu Yun about you. I'd like to invite you to write a song, how about it?"
"Me?" Mu Li was a little surprised. He was just a novice now, and only one song, "like you as a friend," was somewhat popular. But even so, it shouldn't warrant Wu Yun personally inviting him to write a song.
"That's right," Wu Yun continued, "I'd like to invite you to write a theme song for the new Idol Project, can you?"
Mu Li had seen the first two seasons of Idol Project, which was considered the most successful talent show held in recent years.
"Can you tell me why you'd ask me to write it?" Mu Li was curious.
Wu Yun said without any pretense, "Firstly, it's because you have popularity, that's what I value most. Besides that, I've listened to your songs. While they're not top-tier, they're sufficient in terms of popularity and singability."
"I just talked to Liu Yun, and she said you can decide your own matters," Wu Yun's smile was very confident, seemingly not worried at all that Mu Li would refuse.
In fact, Mu Li had no reason to refuse. He knew very well that the path of a singer wasn't achieved by appearing on a few variety shows and singing a few songs, but by continuous accumulation.
If one day, everyone sang the songs I wrote, and everyone hummed the tunes I composed, only then would I be considered a successful singer.
"Since Sister Liu said so, of course I can," Mu Li directly accepted Wu Yun's invitation to write a song.
"Oh? So confident? Aren't you worried that I won't be satisfied with the song you create?" Seeing Mu Li agree so decisively, Wu Yun was a little surprised.
Mu Li smiled, "I believe in myself, and I think you also believe in your judgment."
Wu Yun suddenly laughed. She found this young man, who looked to be barely in his early twenties, quite interesting. Or rather, she felt that this person would surely achieve great things in the future.
She had seen confident people, and she had seen many people who were confident to the point of arrogance, but what she saw in Mu Li's eyes was not mere confidence, but a kind of pride, a pride like a king looking down on the world.
"In that case, I won't disturb you any further," Wu Yun bid a simple farewell and left the recording studio directly.
Seeing Wu Yun leave, Jin Shiming sighed with some emotion, "I didn't expect her to throw this job to you."
"What's wrong, Kim? Is this job hard to take on?" Mu Li asked curiously.
Jin Shiming shrugged indifferently, "How should I put it? This job isn't difficult, but it's hard to make it stand out. Since you've decided to take it, you'll have to hurry, this show will be recorded next week."
Mu Li couldn't help but stiffen, "I still wanted to ride the graduation season's popularity a bit more! So that means I can only write this song first."
Jin Shiming laughed heartily, "Plans change, besides, the graduation season is almost over, and you haven't even finished recording this song yet, what popularity are you still thinking of riding?"
"That's true," Mu Li nodded, "Let's continue, let's try to finish recording this song today."
It wasn't until just after dark that Mu Li emerged from the recording studio.
Fortunately, today's efforts were not in vain. According to the original plan, it would still require half a day tomorrow, but Mu Li got into the zone particularly quickly today, and the entire recording process went very smoothly. They just managed to finish the urgent work today.
"That's about it. Tomorrow you can stay home and write songs properly," Jin Shiming also breathed a sigh of relief.
Speaking of which, Mu Li took out his phone, but by this time, his communication app had exploded, with unread messages instantly breaking through 99+.
Mu Li glanced at them. Most of the messages were asking him about Togekiss. His expression couldn't help but change, "Oh no, he forgot about him."
After bidding farewell to Jin Shiming, he hurried towards Togekiss's room, while simultaneously calling Liu Yun.
"Finished recording?" Liu Yun asked.
"Yes, it's done. No need to come tomorrow," Mu Li replied.
"Alright then, you can go deal with Togekiss's matter now." Mu Li felt a hint of schadenfreude in Liu Yun's voice, though he wasn't sure if it was his imagination.
"Oh, I sent you your Weibo account. Reply when you have time." With that, Liu Yun hung up.
Mu Li went directly to Togekiss's room. As soon as he entered, he saw Togekiss hopping and skipping around.
Seeing Mu Li enter, Togekiss seemed very happy and jumped even more enthusiastically: "Chuu chuu!"
Mu Li asked Gardevoir with some confusion, "What's wrong with this child?"
Gardevoir shrugged helplessly, "He slept most of the day, woke up to find himself livestreaming, and insisted on hopping and skipping to perform."
"Haha, he has that hobby?" Mu Li couldn't help but smile, opening the livestream to watch.
This time, his phone took several minutes to respond. The barrage of comments in the livestream had accumulated to an unknown number, and even now, many netizens were still making wishes.
Seeing the instantly overwhelming barrage of comments, Mu Li could no longer read them, so he directly appeared in front of the camera.
"It seems everyone is having a lot of fun making wishes!" Mu Li smiled, "I wonder if any lucky netizens have had their wishes come true? If so, you can tell me on my Weibo."
"I will..." Mu Li hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Hmm, I'll be happy for you."
Ignoring the comments complaining about him, Mu Li directly put away Togekiss and left the room: "Today's recording has ended. If it's fast, everyone should be able to hear the audio of this song in a couple of days."
Even though it was dark, there were still many staff members at Jiayu Company. However, Mu Li was a bit puzzled that several staff members had greeted him along the way.
"They weren't this enthusiastic when I came in this morning, were they?" Mu Li muttered, and this scene was heard by the livestream viewers, who also began to complain in the comments.
【You don't know what happened this afternoon, do you?】
【Please host, check your own livestream room.】
【Do you think it's still morning?】
...
After Togekiss was put away, almost all the wishing comments disappeared. Many comments were shouting for Togekiss to come back, and many viewers also left the livestream directly.
At this time, the number of viewers in the livestream had reached over 1,000,000, but after Togekiss disappeared, this number was rapidly declining, though it had now stabilized at around 500,000+.
However, at this time, it had already entered the top ten of Kuaiyin Live.
"Until what time are we livestreaming today?" Mu Li asked a staff member.
According to the program team's plan, today was a warm-up, with celebrities livestreaming until 10 PM, after which staff would take over, and then it would transition to formal program recording.
Mu Li looked at the time; it was already nine o'clock. There was only one hour left until the livestream ended. With so little time remaining, he didn't plan any other activities and simply chatted with the netizens in the livestream.
Today's traffic-driving effect had already been achieved. Three program-related topics had made it into the top 20 on Weibo, including a number one trending topic, which was Mu Li's Togekiss. One can imagine how popular the show would be when formal recording began tomorrow.
At 10 o'clock, Mu Li sang one last song for the viewers in the livestream, then ended today's livestream.
"Finally finished," Mu Li breathed a sigh of relief, collapsing directly into the car, "I'm definitely sleeping in tomorrow, no one disturb me."
He seemed to have forgotten that although his livestream had ended, the livestream room had not stopped. When Mu Li ended the livestream, there were still over 300,000 people watching, and these viewers also saw this scene.
【LOL, exactly like me coming home from work.】
【He doesn't really think we can't see him after the stream ends, does he?】
【This should be considered official recording now, I wonder if the production team will edit this scene into the main show?】
...
The comments continued to scroll, but Mu Li had already fallen asleep in the car.
Half an hour later, Mu Li was woken up by a staff member. He opened his groggy eyes and asked, "Are we home?"
The next moment, he opened the car door himself and got out, ignoring the filming staff, and went directly into the house, leaving the staff outside the door.
Fortunately, the house was in recording mode, and the cameras inside were sufficient for filming, so no follow-up filming was needed.
But unexpectedly, less than a minute after Mu Li entered the door, and before the staff had even finished packing up their camera equipment, Mu Li was seen being carried out by an Arcanine.