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Chapter 251 - 176: A Red Dress Slays the Entire Internet
As he thought about choreographing an elegant dance for his alma mater’s dance department, the image of the `Divination Dance`—the one performed in a red dress that broke the internet on that dance variety show—inexplicably flashed into his mind.
This dance was the one that had cemented the legendary status of the starlet Jin Cheng on a dance variety show in another world.
To be honest, he didn’t even like Jin Cheng. He was a fan of the `Big Pendulum`, and Jin Cheng was smaller than an A-cup. In his eyes, that was just ugly.
But he had to admit, Jin Cheng was beautiful when she danced. When the `Divination Dance` was breaking the internet, he had even gone to watch the original version and discovered that of all the female stars and dancers online who performed it, not a single one could surpass her waist movements and hip twists.
When she appeared on stage in that stunning red dress, it was truly as if a brilliant ray of light had pierced the darkness. Her vibrant movements, like a burning flame, were both scorching and dazzling, immersing the audience in an unparalleled beauty.
It was only then that everyone realized just how incredibly skilled this "smaller than an A-cup" starlet was. A previous dance of hers had even been added to the Beijing Film Academy’s dance department textbook. Before he transmigrated, it seemed the `Divination Dance` itself was also being incorporated into the academy’s new edition.
Moreover, the `Divination Dance` combined dazzling technique with a showcase of the female form’s beauty in motion. It was the epitome of elegance.
Of course, there was another reason the `Divination Dance` came to mind. When the dance was breaking the internet, a university student had performed it and garnered nearly five million likes.
The key was that this student had achieved these numbers without any existing fanbase, purely by riding the trend. If it were released with the current level of hype, those likes could at least double. With a bit of marketing and some paid promotion, breaking ten million likes wouldn’t be out of the question.
The university student’s version went viral because it presented a completely different style. Jin Cheng’s was that of a seductive imperial concubine, the kind who would make a king skip morning court, while the student’s was that of a refined young lady from a noble house, the kind to make a scholar fall in love.
’But what if both of these styles could be performed together in the `Divination Dance`?’
’That would be a visual spectacle.’
He was choreographing an elegant dance for his alma mater, so he obviously couldn’t use the girls from his company who just knew how to act provocatively. The best choice was to select dancers from the university’s dance department. Now *that* would be a truly celebrated tale.
’The underclasswomen from the dance department could perform the "refined young lady" version.’
’As for the "seductive concubine," the dance department had a teacher who was both young and alluring. In the original body’s memories, this teacher was the object of affection for countless male students and always held a spot on the Ganjiang University forum’s beauty rankings. When she got married, many of them were heartbroken.’
’But later, after becoming a young wife, the teacher grew even more alluring, possessing a mature beauty that seemed to make everyone love her even more. She once even reached the top of the beauty rankings, leading everyone to joke that Ganjiang University possessed `Wei Wu’s Legacy`.’
Chen Jincheng actually wanted to get up there and dance himself. After all, with his "King of Disco" ability, he was a decent dancer. The problem was, all he really knew was disco. As for other styles, he’d never paid any attention to male dancers.
’Staring at long legs is just human nature. But what’s the point of watching men dance?’
However, the most crucial part of the `Divination Dance` was the song, "Divination."
He had heard this song on the street when he first transmigrated. Since it existed in this world, all he needed to do was purchase the rights for the instrumental track and the copyrights related to non-commercial dance arrangement and stage performance.
He took out his phone to look into it. While the copyright for the instrumental track was available for digital purchase online, the rights related to stage performance and arrangement were not.
’It seems this Cui Gezi hasn’t made those rights available.’
’That made sense. Although she had released so many songs, she was still a nobody in the entertainment industry. She probably didn’t care much about rights that would only sell for a few thousand yuan.’
Still, it was best to secure the rights properly. After all, many people made a song or dance popular without paying attention to these details, only to be sued by the original creator later.
You could call them jealous or extreme, but they were the original creator and had every right to sue.
Chen Jincheng had no choice but to call Sister Hong over. "Sister Hong, contact the original creator of ’Divination.’ I want to acquire the rights for stage performance and dance arrangement for the song."
Sister Hong nodded. After returning to her office, she looked up information on "Divination" and gave the song a listen.
She hadn’t studied dance, so she was genuinely surprised. ’Can this song even be choreographed?’
Despite her doubts, she immediately found the business contact information for Cui Gezi and placed a call. The artist’s assistant answered.
She stated her purpose directly.
...
「X-zhou.」
In a commercial plaza, a clear voice began to sing:
"The wife’s number one, the husband’s number two, you have to promise you won’t find a mistress..."
The song had been a huge hit for a while a few years back, but many people didn’t know who sang it. The crowd in the plaza hadn’t expected someone to be hired to perform this particular song.
It seemed the event organizer was also a henpecked husband.
Cui Gezi felt helpless about this. She was one of those artists whose songs get famous, but they themselves don’t. After finishing the song, she thanked the audience and headed backstage.
Honestly, she was a little glad her husband had sold "Love Like Air" to Sun Li. Otherwise, it would have met the same fate as "Wife is Number One."
It was just that the online comments always annoyed her. ’What do they mean, "her husband sold all the marketable songs and dumped the leftovers on her"?’
’And what was this about not being able to believe "Love Like Air" and "Wife is Number One" were written by the same person, that "Wife is Number One" was just too half-assed?’