House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 311 – Mixed Reviews

Another week has passed.

At the beginning of its release, the song “Mistress” received great attention due to its subject matter. However, at the same time, this song and its “creator” Ju Jie also received great criticism from public opinion.

Although people were well aware that this song was about one of society’s most abhorrent phenomena, sometimes exposing the cruel side of human nature directly might not necessarily be acceptable to people!

Whether it was music critics or non-music industry entertainment professionals, they have expressed their opinions on this song, saying that it was just riding the wave of popularity. They have repeatedly stepped on this song through various channels, including the recently emerging Weibo.

Although Tianmei initially used some means in public relations and spent some money to invite some music critics to support this song, in the end, seeing the overwhelming criticism online, they eventually gave up.

The criticisms of these comments were also different, and some even formed distinct confrontations. For example, some women’s rights advocates argued that this showed disrespect towards women, and the breakdown of the relationship cannot be blamed solely on the third party’s involvement. The responsibility of the man should be greater!

People who might have been hurt by the same way also did not like this song. They felt that this song wasn’t blaming the third party, but defending the third party!

Looking at the lyrics, “I also know it’s not because of love”. What nonsense, wasn’t it just an excuse for the third party?

And some male music critics were very displeased with this song. They felt that Ju Jie played a weak and incompetent bad role in this song. As a man, he should dare to love and hate. Since she dared to plant a field on his head, he should show her what it means for a spark to ignite a prairie fire.1

However…

What was strange was that despite the widespread criticism, and almost one-sided scolding in the music review sections of major music websites, the rating of this song wasn’t low. The number of people giving it high scores was almost equal to the number of people giving it low scores!

This data has been questioned by people, but after the copyright organizations intervened in the investigation, it was found that the rating of this song wasn’t fake. Moreover, they selected some comments from the audience who gave high scores and published them, posting them on the copyright organization’s Weibo public account. The long article composed of these comments received many likes.

“I don’t know what’s good about this song, but I feel very relieved after listening to it.”

“Someone has shown you their heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. Isn’t it fair to give a five-star review?”

“No need to comment, it’s good to listen to, why think so much?”

“This song is very enchanting. I have been looping it for a long time and surprisingly haven’t gotten tired of it.”

“This song is indeed good to listen to, but you have to put on headphones. Sometimes even wearing headphones doesn’t work because you can’t help but sing along. When the volume gets loud, the people around you on the bus look at you with strange eyes, and it becomes awkward…”

Indeed, those who didn’t like this song could find countless reasons to criticize it, but those who liked this song couldn’t quite find reasons to defend it, and were even reluctant to tell others that they liked listening to this song…

Let others criticize if they want, and those who like listening can just continue doing so.

So, amidst a barrage of criticism, this song became increasingly popular and became known to more and more people. Although Ju Jie participated in those chart shows but couldn’t get good rankings on charts like the ‘Music Power Chart’, this song was actually crazily requested on the radio and has been at the top spot on the radio request chart for a long, long time!

And what surprised those music critics was that the sales of the single “Mistress” continued to rise strangely. Finally, a week after its release, it made it into the top ten of the copyright organization’s new song bestsellers chart, unexpectedly squeezing Mo Fei’s “The Initial Dream” out of the top ten. What was more surprising was that it still maintained a strong upward momentum!

Upon learning this news, the people at Tianmei didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, in any case, they were simply at a loss.

This matter has also been ridiculed by some gossip media, and even dug up Mo Fei’s past scandals. Although they had been clarified, they acted as if they were blind and exaggerated the matter. Fortunately, these gossip media outlets haven’t played on Weibo yet, and their influence remained limited to newspaper stands.

Ju Jie wasn’t the type to remain silent after being criticized. When he first saw those music reviews, he was furious, smashing things and threatening to find the media to have a verbal altercation with them.

Fortunately, Du Lun had already anticipated this situation and promptly persuaded Ju Jie to look at this matter calmly. And then, as the song’s performance soared, Ju Jie was overjoyed and forgot about arguing with others.

Following this, Ju Jie, who was on fire at the time, also received a flurry of variety show invitations like snowflakes. He was busy rushing to different venues every day, with more than a dozen variety shows taking turns. He didn’t even have time to think about anything else!

Becoming famous was really a mixture of pain and happiness!

In any case, Ju Jie enjoyed this feeling quite a bit.

……

Mo Fei, who was squeezed out of the top ten, still felt somewhat disappointed, but she didn’t pay much attention because some fans’ letters still made her feel relieved and felt that her efforts were not in vain.

“Yang Yi, come and listen to this letter.” Mo Fei was in the study, happily reading a letter to Yang Yi. “Sister Mo Fei, thank you for singing ‘The Initial Dream’. It has given me the strength to pursue my dreams! I also love music and have participated in many competitions, but I have a problem. Whenever I step onto the stage, I get nervous and can’t perform at my normal level. After experiencing many failures, I gave up on this path last year and chose to follow my family’s arrangements and return to school to study. But after hearing your song, I suddenly realized that I shouldn’t give up because only music can bring me happiness…”

When this fan wrote this letter, she had already picked up music again and participated in an audition for a record company, becoming a trainee. Although her debut was still far away, she felt that she had embarked on the path of pursuing her initial dream, filling her heart with joy and hope.

“Look, the song I sang still has a positive meaning. Those who say that I am misleading the younger generation, I think they should take a look at this letter!” Mo Fei was a little proud.

“It’s no use even if they see it.” Yang Yi shrugged and told Mo Fei the cruel truth, “Some people think they’re always right and won’t listen to what others say. If you show them this letter, they’ll say you’re still misleading the younger generation. Becoming a trainee doesn’t mean anything. She’s so timid and afraid of the stage, and she still won’t have a chance to debut.”

“People grow, you know! Hey, you are so indifferent, you won’t even say something nice to coax me!” Mo Fei hit Yang Yi’s chest with her pink fist in annoyance and scolded.2

As a result, she was pulled into the arms of Yang Yi who has been a little restless recently. After a scream, her voice was muffled.

Meanwhile, Yang Huan was bored in bed playing with her phone, and at this moment, her ears twitched. The scream pierced through two walls, but it was still exceptionally clear in the quiet night.

“Big brother!” Yang Huan wailed and bury her head in her pillow, covering her ears.