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He said he would think about it tomorrow, but when the next day truly came, Lin Yuan was still clueless.

Starlight Entertainment.

Lin Yuan was sitting in his office, browsing through his collection of short tunes, when there came a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Lin Yuan replied casually.

The door opened, and his assistant Gu Dong, along with few workers, carefully carried in a large, elegantly-shaped vase with an antique coloring:

"Careful, careful..."

"This is porcelain, it's fragile…"

"It wasn't cheap, supposedly it's an antique from hundreds of years ago…"

"Just put it down here…"

"Right right right, don't scrape it…"

"…"

Lil Goodoong was nervously directing until the vase was finally set down, allowing him to exhale easily.

"Thank you all."

Gu Dong smiled and sent the workers away.

"What's this?"

Lin Yuan looked at the large vase.

Gu Dong smiled and said, "These are gifts from the company to the three Maestros. You, Zheng Jing and Teacher Yang Zhongming each get one. Supposedly, these are antiques passed down from hundreds of years ago. The CEO said it's perfect for decorating your offices."

"Antiques?"

Lin Yuan didn't know much about this, but the vase was certainly beautiful: "How much was it?"

"Less than ten million…"

Lil Goodoong deliberately said this in a careless and affluent tone before reverting back to his own voice:

"These were the CEO's exact words, not mine."

Lin Yuan nodded, "Celadon?"

Gu Dong corrected seriously, "To be precise, it's called blue and white porcelain."

Blue and white porcelain?

On hearing these three words, Lin Yuan paused.

Gu Dong smiled, "I saw Teacher Zheng Jing's vase when I went to collect the things just now. His was yellow, supposedly a royal item from antiquity. Its price is similar to ours, but I feel ours is prettier — of course, Teacher Yang Zhongming's is quite pretty too, that's a white porcelain vase, very transparent, almost like jade… Mr. Lin?"

Gu Dong realized Lin Yuan seemed lost in thought, not listening to his speech.

"It's nothing."

Lin Yuan said, "Let me have a look."

He stood up and approached the blue and white porcelain, studying it for a long time, appreciating its beauty to some extent.

Maybe the value of the vase itself contributed to the aesthetics of it.

While touching it, he murmured, "The plain background outlines the blue and white design, the brush strokes vary from heavy to light…"

Gu Dong curiously asked, "You know about antiques?"

Even though Lin Yuan's tone was a bit strange, not sounding like a normal person's speech.

"I know what to choose now."

Lin Yuan's lips curled into a faint smile.

Now, he had a song!

Lin Yuan's previous train of thought was wrong.

He had only been thinking about how to make a song explosive and lively.

Because these kinds of songs have an advantage on the charts.

Otherwise, he would not have used "Red Sun" to participate in the War of Gods two years ago.

But…

Some songs, perhaps their melody isn't so lively, yet they can "explode" in a different form.

Didn't last year's victory of "Wishing We Last Forever" prove…

that songs with mellow and touching melodies can also be loved by the public?

Given this, he could completely introduce a Chinese-style song at the end of this year!

Yes.

This blue and white porcelain reminded Lin Yuan of Jay Chou's song "Blue and White Porcelain"!

Chinese style!

A secret weapon!

How could he forget about this?

In fact, Lin Yuan had never forgotten about the Chinese-style songs, but he had refrained from publishing them since his arrival at Blue Star.

Because Chinese-style songs were too important, Lin Yuan wanted to use them at a truly crucial moment!

Now, facing Yang Zhongming in the Battle of the Gods, shouldn't this be considered a critical moment?

If so, then the Chinese music style should make its appearance on Blue Star!

...

After making a cup of tea for Lin Yuan, Gu Dong walked out of the office in a daze.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan looked at the blue and white porcelain in the corner with a jovial expression; the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

The vexing problem that had troubled him all night was finally resolved:

Why not use Chinese-style songs to confront Teacher Yang Zhongming!

Of course.

Blue Star has no concept of China, so Chinese-style songs in this world probably need a new name.

Perhaps the people of this world would categorize Chinese-style songs as ancient-style songs?

In any case, what's important isn't the label, but this entirely new musical style!

Lin Yuan was familiar with all the various musical styles on Blue Star.

He was well aware.

This world only has ancient-style music, not Chinese-style music!

The two somewhat resemble each other, but fundamentally possess significant differences.

Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi, Yu...

Chinese-style songs often use the Gong mode as the main melody.

In terms of music arrangement, Chinese-style makes widespread use of traditional Chinese musical instruments:

such as the erhu, guzheng, xiao, pipa...

Vocals occasionally employ the use of Chinese folk songs or opera methods.

Chinese-style also has a concept of "three ancients, three news".

Ancient lyrics, ancient culture, ancient melodies, new singing techniques, new arrangements, new concepts.

The lyrics must contain a sense of Chinese culture, with innovative singing techniques and arrangement skills emphasising the ambiance of the song; the song combines a nostalgic Chinese backdrop with modern rhythms to create subtle, melancholy, elegant, and lively song styles.

But even Chinese-style music is of two types.

One is pure Chinese-style, and the other is closer to Chinese-style.

The pure Chinese-style songs adhere to all the aforementioned criteria, like the representative works of Jay Chou.

Songs closer to Chinese-style are the ones that don't satisfy some conditions but are very close to pure Chinese-style songs -

After all, the criteria for creating Chinese-style songs are very rigorous, and it's difficult to adhere to every single one.

Therefore, if Lin Yuan brought out a Chinese-style song, it would definitely be a groundbreaking move on Blue Star!

But there are numerous Chinese-style songs.

Lin Yuan had just recited a line from "Blue and White Porcelain".

However, this song is too fierce, and Lin Yuan doesn't plan on presenting it now.

"Blue and White Porcelain" merely helped Lin Yuan determine the musical style of his next song.

The song he finally decided on was "East Wind Breaks".

Two reasons:

First, "East Wind Breaks" is the first instance in which Jay Chou has created a Chinese-style song in a complete sense, which is very significant.

Second, directly presenting "Blue and White Porcelain" seems a bit too bold.

It would be better to start with "East Wind Breaks" first to establish a concept and foundation for Chinese-style music.

This was a decision Lin Yuan made from a strategic perspective.

If he were to present "Blue and White Porcelain" directly, he would have to confront a problem.

That is, if he were to release "East Wind Breaks" later, the impact would be less significant.

After all, "Blue and White Porcelain" is generally considered more powerful than the former.

Lin Yuan still hopes that "East Wind Breaks" can hold the same status and significance as on Earth, this song deserves such treatment.

Worth noting is:

When considering Chinese-style songs, only five words came to mind for Lin Yuan:

"I choose Jay Chou."

Although many singers have performed Chinese-style songs, as the pioneer of Chinese-style music in the Celestial Dynasty, there's no reason not to choose Jay Chou.

Chinese-style music by other artists always seems to miss the mark, mostly closer to Chinese-style...

Besides, considering the influence and popularity of the Chinese-style genre, Jay Chou is undoubtedly the most recognized figure. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

So, who should perform this song?

More than one person from the Yu Dynasty could sing...

But after some thought, Lin Yuan still decided to sing it himself.

Since it's the first manifestation of Chinese-style music, he wanted to sing it himself.

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Ps: A big thank you to [LM7]and[Qian Gu Lu Zuan]for being Alliance Hierarchs, I gracefully kneel ▄█▀█● before you.Otherwise, I sigh deeply that I've finally started writing about Chinese-style music.