System: Master Your Life-Chapter 510 - 120: Pay Taxes, Buy a Car, Write Songs_3
After chatting for a while, Xu Lin ended the conversation with her. Originally, Chi Linyue wanted to take Xu Lin to a dinner party tonight, just to grab a free meal, but Xu Lin wasn’t interested. Mainly, it was too time-consuming, and he had other things to do tonight.
He grabbed a quick meal outside, and before dark, Xu Lin returned home.
There was still Xue Zhiqian’s song to write, and Xu Lin planned to finish it in one go tonight.
What’s Xue Zhiqian’s style like?
Xu Lin listened to all Xue Zhiqian’s original songs once over.
Xue Zhiqian’s style incorporates a lot of elements, like the light rock of "Actor" and the retro disco of "Gentleman".
Just like G.E.M., Xue Zhiqian also wanted a love song, similar to the melancholy love songs like "Accident".
The market loves this kind of thing.
In the love song market, there are rarely those sweet love songs; they’re almost all various kinds of sad love songs.
This time, Xu Lin wrote him a song that stylistically blends light rock with pop elements. Emotionally, the language is simple, slightly poetic, writing about the painful entanglement of love, but Xu Lin never writes deliberately sad parts. So in this song, he would pivot from the sadness and hopelessness of love towards strength and power, giving the song a certain strength.
Sorrow for sorrow’s sake is just mundane, akin to whining about nothing.
This is not the approach of a brilliant writer.
In Xu Lin’s view, love isn’t significant; it’s just a side character in life. Self-improvement and growth are the most important because only through inner strength can one meet people of a higher tier. In reality, the Seven Immortal Maidens would never fancy Dong Yong, as the class gap between them is like a dimensional difference.
Therefore, Xu Lin’s love songs are full of power, letting people know that the self-blooming and strength of life are more important, that life goes on whether someone is there or not.
With this mindset, Xu Lin started working at seven in the evening and, after more than six hours, finished the piece by around one in the morning.
He compiled the file and immediately sent it to Xue Zhiqian.
To Xu Lin’s surprise, the other party received it right away.
Looks like he’s a night owl.
"Mr. Xu, so fast?"
The other party was surprised.
Xu Lin: "Take a look at the finished product."
Xue Zhiqian replied instantly: "Ok, let me take a look."
For a singer of his level, a glance at the score and lyrics is all it takes to judge if a song is good or not.
"Wow!"
"This song is intense!"
He was quite amazed, at first, like G.E.M., he thought that finishing so quickly might lead to poor quality.
But now, he dismissed that thought.
As he sang along with the music and lyrics, he became more and more amazed.
"This song isn’t superficial at all. It captures the bitterness of a breakup and the complete release from it... No, it’s not release; I was narrow-minded. In this song, love is nothing much. Mr. Xu’s lyrics are telling the audience that love is just a small episode in your life, not the only thing... Over three hundred words, without repeating content, but conveying so much, far better than many top lyricists!"
After humming it three times, Xue Zhiqian wasn’t satisfied yet.
"Mr. Xu, I think this song is going to be a hit!" he replied.
Xu Lin: "A singer of your level is already a best-seller in the industry, so a hit isn’t unusual, is it?"
Xue Zhiqian: "No, what I mean is that this song would be a hit no matter who sings it. It’s about the work, not the singer, Mr. Xu, you wrote this song excellently!"
Xu Lin wasn’t modest: "I only make quality pieces."
Xue Zhiqian: "There’s a saying online that Mr. Xu’s works are always top-notch. I finally witnessed it firsthand! Haha.jpg×5"
"I have a concert this month, and I’ll use this song as the finale!"
Xue Zhiqian: "Mr. Xu, are you interested in attending my concert? It’s in Jiangdu."
Xu Lin: "What date?"
"The 16th."
"I’ll see if I have time then."
After chatting for a few minutes, Xu Lin said he was ready to sleep.
Actually, he didn’t like chatting too long with a dude online.
Then Xu Lin opened G.E.M.’s messages, as he had turned off his phone since seven in the evening, he didn’t see the messages she sent during the night.
It turns out that in the afternoon, the 1.2 million songwriting fee had already been transferred, and she was asking if Xu Lin had seen it.
Xu Lin checked his account, "Got it, thanks."
G.E.M. was also online and replied almost instantly: "Mr. Xu, you have a lot of public attention. I announced on Weibo this afternoon that you wrote a song for my new album, and it went straight to number one on the trending list. It’s down now, but still first in the entertainment rankings." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
She sent a screenshot over.
"G.E.M., Mr. Xu."
Anyone who didn’t know might think there was some scandal, but upon checking, it turns out Mr. Xu wrote her a song.
Xu Lin: "That’s your illusion. I see that you have over thirty million Weibo followers. I have just over two million followers on Xiaohongshu, so clearly, you have a bigger following."
G.E.M.: "Haha, Mr. Xu, you’re the hottest in demand right now!"
Xu Lin: "Looking forward to your new album’s big success!"
"Thanks for the good wishes!"
Xu Lin didn’t reply further.
Slept.
Xu Lin doesn’t have a celebrity filter; he collaborates, does the job for the pay, and then retreats when the task is done.
In the next two days, Xu Lin arranged new songs for the six people under Xie Ting’s wing to connect with.
Unlike G.E.M. and Xue Zhiqian, who are already widely famous, Xu Lin writing for them is just adding icing on the cake, making little difference.
But the few people under Xu Lin, he needs to groom them well, pushing them into the entertainment industry, to reach the peak of the music scene.
In the words of Northern Wei General Erzhu Rong’s life, I know many big bosses, but they all call me big boss.
That is one of Xu Lin’s ultimate life goals.
The time came to March 8th.
Xu Lin received news that the adapted movie of Miss Maybach’s was to hold a starting ceremony on the 10th in Jiangdu.
The story of the novel takes place in Jiangdu, but in the book, it’s called Hai City.
So, the filming will be happening in Jiangdu then.
As the screenwriter, Xu Lin naturally also has to attend the opening ceremony.
