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20. That's what lyrics are all about!
Looking at my ranking list, the download numbers, which had been stagnant, suddenly surged several hundred times.
Overjoyed, Zheng Ning sent another large rocket as a reward, and the entire Jiyu live streaming platform was once again showered with red envelopes!
After all, he had just received a new task from the system: [Go Further], which was to get his current song "Rice Fragrance" into the top ten of the newcomer champion list (reward: a random treasure chest), or the top five (reward: a random treasure chest and a music-related treasure chest)!
How could he not try harder?
"Holy crap, who the hell is this? So rich!"
"Don't you know? That singer who sang 'Rice Fragrance' has become so popular online lately!"
"Stealing fragrance? What does 'stealing fragrance' mean? Does it mean stealing jade or inhaling fragrance?"
"You illiterate man, the 'dao' in 'rice' is the 'xiang' in 'fragrant'!"
"Does it sound good?"
"It sounds awful, don't go!"
"I'm the kind of person who likes to go against the grain. If you tell me not to go, I'll go anyway!"
Just a short while.
The number of downloads for songs on the charts increased by nearly 1000.
Zheng Ning was overjoyed. He was just over 1000 more attempts away from pulling Wang Yushu, who was in 14th place, down from there!
……
At the same time, in Hengcheng.
In a high-end apartment, Wang Yushu, dressed smartly and stylishly, was holding his phone with a worried and frosty expression.
"What's wrong? You look like a wilted eggplant."
Beside him, his friend Xu Shu glanced at him sideways while playing on his phone.
"I'm about to get my socks kicked, I'm so nervous!"
Wang Yushu tossed his phone onto the sofa, leaned back with his hands, and looked up at the sky.
"Isn't this normal? It's always like this, everyone's chasing each other on the leaderboard, isn't it?"
Xu Shu raised an eyebrow and asked, puzzled.
"Yeah, that's true, but this guy who's going to fuck my ass... tsk tsk, how should I put it?"
"To put it another way, I wouldn't feel this bad if I were surpassed by other singers."
"Hmm? How so?"
Xu Shu's curiosity was piqued, and since he had just lost the game, he tossed his phone aside and leaned over to pick it up.
"Hmm... Wang Yushu, 'If You Love Me,' 79478 downloads, ranked 14th."
"Let me see, the one right after you who's going to 'beat your chrysanthemum' is... Zheng Ning's 'Rice Fragrance'? Wait, who's Zheng Ning? I've never heard of him."
"Right? If it weren't for a coincidence, I'd never even heard of him! This guy isn't affiliated with any company; he's a complete newbie, a total amateur!"
"What? Are you kidding me? A complete newbie, a complete amateur, without any company backing, how could she possibly break into the top 20?"
Xu Shu was also stunned. As someone who works in self-media, he was quite sensitive to entertainment news and naturally knew how difficult it was for a new singer to become famous without packaging and the resources and channels of a company.
At most, if you're lucky, your song might get downloaded a few hundred times in the two days after it's released.
Then it sinks into the vast sea of new songs, never to be seen again, sinking to the tens of thousands, and disappearing forever.
"No, you've piqued my curiosity, I have to listen to this song!"
Xu Shu immediately clicked on the song on the screen. Wang Yushu had already downloaded it beforehand, which could be considered a contribution to Zheng Ning.
……
A few minutes later.
"What's wrong? Haven't you finished listening yet?"
Wang Yushu ripped the earphone out of his old friend's ear and asked in confusion.
"I've already listened to it..."
"If you keep holding that position, I'll think there's a network delay."
"That's because I was stunned. Old Wang, I'm telling you, this time your chrysanthemum is probably really... no, it's completely in danger!"
"When I first heard this song, I was like, 'Holy crap,' how could this be written by a newbie?"
"Not to mention how novel and interesting the melody of this piece is."
"Just the choice of words, the way it expresses itself... it blows your piece of crap out of the water by a mile!"
"Hehehe! Take it easy, I'm your buddy! How can you talk back to your buddy like that?"
Wang Yushu was indignant and snatched the phone back from the other person's hand.
But then Xu Shu immediately picked up her phone and started frantically tapping away at it.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm buying this song, you cheapskate!"
"Huh? You bought it after listening to it only once?"
"How many more times do I need to listen to it? This song is so good! Wow, I've stumbled upon a hot topic that could make me a minor celebrity too! Okay, bro, I'm done chatting with you. Let's stop here for today. I'm going back to writing my article!"
Xu Shu jumped up from the sofa as if her backside was on fire, grabbed her phone, and rushed out the door, forgetting to even close it in her haste.
"No, bro, I know this song is good, but do you have to get this worked up?"
Feeling the cold wind rushing in from the doorway, Wang Yushu felt completely bewildered.
"Sigh, you're right. Even if you didn't tell me, I know how utterly rubbish my song is... Listen to it, 'If You Love Me,' what kind of song title is that?"
"These composers nowadays have absolutely no originality; it's all the same old stuff: you love me, I love you, let's be sweet together..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but pick up his phone and look at the lyrics of "Rice Fragrance".
"Smile! Success and fame aren't the goal."
Make yourself happy
This is what we call meaning...
"Look at this, now that's what lyrics are!"
He grabbed his phone and slammed it hard onto the sofa.
"Sigh, when will I ever get such a great song? God is so unfair!"
What Wang Yushu failed to notice was...
The moment the phone he threw flew through the air, the download numbers on it jumped up again.
"Zheng Ning, 'Rice Fragrance', 80486 views, ranked 14th."
"Wang Yushu, Feiyang Entertainment, 'If You Love Me', 79577 views, ranked 15th."
……
"I feel so refreshed, so incredibly refreshed!"
Zheng Ning, who had just become a tycoon on the live streaming platform, was currently basking in the joy of being complimented and excited by Mobike.
14th place!
Only 3 away from breaking into the top 10... Hmm?
Four places!
He has deeply felt the quality of "Rice Fragrance".
It wasn't just due to the promotion by internet celebrity streamers, but also because of the 1000 yuan he spent on the platform that led to his defeat.
Other new singers have also used live streams to promote their songs.
But their donations were like throwing money into the sea, producing no effect whatsoever; instead, the hundreds or thousands of dollars they had invested went down the drain.
"It seems that Earth is truly a place brimming with talent and geniuses, to have produced such a wonderful song."
"No, not only 'Rice Fragrance', but 'Chengdu' is also quite good. It almost brought me to tears."
To be honest, having tasted success through busking, Zheng Ning no longer feels the shyness and fear she had when she first faced the crowd.
At most, I'm just a little nervous.
So he had made up his mind that once he had mastered the song, he would go out and continue to busk and sing, hoping to become as popular as "Rice Fragrance".
"But this time, we might not be so lucky. We might not be able to find any more internet celebrities or livestreamers. Relying solely on natural dissemination won't be fast enough..."
"Ring ring~"
Just as he was hesitating, his phone suddenly rang.
"Ningzi, are you free tomorrow night? Come to Wuliqiao and help with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for my little tavern!"