Choose a day to become famous

Before this moment, Lu Yanhe thought he didn't like the stage.

So, when Chen Ziyan asked him to focus on acting and singing, he didn't feel embarrassed at all, and even stopped singing.

Standing on the stage and dancing wildly with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, la la la la over and over again, all the audience raised their arms and danced with them. This scene, this moment, made Lu Yanhe's mood like a flood that broke through the dam, washing away all his reserve, rationality and thinking.

He simply immersed himself in this joyful moment of empathy with the whole audience.

——What's Your Name? ！

——I Love You！

——Don't You Know? ！

——I Need You！

This is Lu Yanhe's confession to his two teammates, and also his confession to all his fans.

-

Helan burst into tears at this moment.

She didn't know why such a happy song would make her burst into tears.

But she was not sad or upset at all, but a moved and excited emotion.

She had never seen Lu Yanhe like this, singing a song on stage with the most full passion and emotion.

There should be tears in his eyes, right?

Helan believed that she understood.

This song, written by Lu Yanhe.

She also believed that other fans of Lu Yanhe must have understood.

-

In the backstage lounge of "Idol Era", Ma Zhiyuan and Chen Ziliang watched the performance on the screen with a serious look and said nothing.

The three people on the stage seemed to burn themselves to perform to their heart's content, which is a state that every performer understands.

That is a state that can only be encountered but not sought.

Ma Zhiyuan's heart was full of bitterness.

Why, why did he work so hard, tried his best, but still not as good as them? -

That night, the ratings of "Idol Era" reached its peak on the stage of "Green Apple Paradise".

Less than an hour after the performance, this song swept all major social media.

Almost all music bloggers inevitably talked about this song.

"This is a sincere performance by three young people who can burn themselves completely and dedicate themselves on stage after experiencing great fame."

"This is a retro performance of the stage in the 1980s and 1990s. They changed into the clothes and hairstyles of that era and sang the songs of that era. However, in such a retro expression, they sang their own joy and hope, and sang the love that resonates in every era."

"This is a night belonging to Lu Yanhe. He came up with three songs of completely different styles in one breath, proving his talent in music. I can't believe that I would say the following words. Lu Yanhe should not be an actor. He should be a singer. His creative talent can completely cover up the shortcomings of his own voice conditions. His creative talent is enough to make him the top singer."

"The live broadcast of "Idol Era" tonight will become a classic live broadcast. Almost every artist's stage performance has a very high degree of completion and expression. Among them, there is no doubt that the most dazzling one is "Green Apple Paradise". If "Young Battlefield" is Yan Liang's tracing back to his past and singing himself, then "Green Apple Paradise" is the three of them taking all the audience into their happy world together, singing the youthful publicity and willfulness to this world. They all used their wholehearted dedication and empathy to infect every audience with their performance."

"It's a pity. Ma Zhiyuan's performance originally had a top-notch arrangement and performance, but unfortunately it met Lu Yanhe's performance that touched people's hearts. The most superb skills are not as good as the simplest empathy."

...

The live broadcast of "Idol Era" ended.

The discussion was boiling.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the data of major platforms soared because of this program and these performances.

With the end of the live broadcast, the audience voting of "Idol Era" began.

Only netizens who watched the entire program and used their real names in the background can vote. Those who did not pass the qualification review are not eligible to vote.

Under such circumstances, after just 30 minutes, "Green Apple Paradise" won 1.2 million votes and ranked first, followed by Yan Liang's "Young Battlefield".

"Fuck, my "Soul-destroying" is actually behind Ma Zhiyuan's program?" Li Zhibai cursed in the car.

Ma Zhiyuan still has a strong fan base, and his stage is indeed good.

After "Green Apple Paradise" took away some of Li Zhibai's votes, "Soul-destroying" was surpassed by Ma Zhiyuan's stage.

However, what many people did not expect was that Ma Zhiyuan and Chen Ziliang's joint stage did not even make it into the top five, and now only ranked eighth.

The voting of the program does not actually have much reference significance for the ranking of the Tianxing List.

However, this also reflects the audience's preference for tonight's program.

After Lu Yanhe and the other three finished their performances, they were still too excited to calm down until they reached Ziyuan Bridge.

The reason they were excited was that when they performed the song "Green Apple Paradise", they could feel how different their state was. For an artist, encountering such a performance state depends on the right time, place and people, and it is hard to come by.

"Are you hungry?"

"A little bit."

"Then how about we go have a midnight snack first and then go back?"

"Walk."

So, the car had already arrived at the entrance of Ziyuan Bridge and turned around again.

As soon as the three of them talked, they inexplicably wanted to go back to Hongfu to see if the Malatang restaurant was still open.

When they lived in Hongfu before, their late-night snacks were either at the nearby barbecue restaurant or at Malatang.

Fortunately, the Malatang store is still open.

A few of them greeted the boss.

The boss smiled with surprise on his face: "It's been a long time since the big stars came!"

"We don't live here anymore. We really wanted to eat this one from you today, so we came back." Li Zhibai said, "Boss, give us ten chicken feet first, and you can help us get the rest."

In addition to the three of them, there were also assistants and bodyguards from their respective teams. A group of people filled the three four-person tables.

Fortunately, this Malatang restaurant has its own store with several tables.

Li Zhibai said: "Tonight's performance is the most enjoyable I've had this year. It's really good. It's so good. Lao Lu, you can write more songs in the future, like "Green Apple Paradise" , come more!”

Lu Yanhe: "How can I have so many songs like this?"

"You say that every time, you can't write, you write slowly. Look, didn't you write it right away this time?!" Li Zhibai hugged Lu Yanhe's shoulders, "You just hide it, look. Everyone’s reaction now is that “Green Apple Paradise” is a blast, and everyone in my circle of friends is posting about our stage.”

"The main thing is that you gave this song a very retro stage theme. This is the key." Lu Yanhe said, "When I wrote this song, I was worried that it would be a bit outdated and not in line with "Idol Era". "The style of this show, you just made a retro theme. From our styling, to the arrangement, to our dance moves, we all unified the tone, and instead had a complete theme expression."

"This was Yan Liang's idea." Li Zhibai said, "He is quite powerful in this aspect. He has very complete ideas for every stage. He is an expert."

"What an expert? Don't belittle me." Yan Liang said.

He held his chin with one hand. It seemed that the excitement had passed and his energy was a little slack.

"Tonight, it's incredible. Before the performance, I guessed that the effect of our performance would be very good, but I didn't expect that it would be so good."

"The main reason is that the audience is also very impressive. The whole place is jumping with us. The whole place is hot." Li Zhibai said.

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Indeed, but Brother Bai, I almost lost my life today because of you."

"Who told you to suddenly call us? It's about to start." Li Zhibai complained immediately.

Yan Liang: "You two, just thank me. If I hadn't saved the situation quickly, haha."

"I'm convinced." Lu Yanhe smiled.

Li Zhibai also smiled, "The tacit understanding between the three of us is enough."

"The only flaw is that I didn't see the faces of Ma Zhiyuan and Chen Ziliang after the performance."

"Why did they show up?"

"Two big fools insist on talking nonsense before we go on stage. What's the use?"

"It worked. Didn't it almost make you angry? If you succeeded in being angry, how would you perform on stage?"

"You said they were deliberately provocative?"

"All of them, anyway, his intentions are not pure." Lu Yanhe said, "Normally when I meet Ma Zhiyuan, he rarely speaks harshly to me. At most, he has a cold face and ignores anyone. Occasionally, he will talk to me when something goes wrong. Just a few words would not go out of his way to ridicule us like today."

"My heart is so dirty." Li Zhibai clicked his tongue.

"He wants to defeat you wholeheartedly and stay in the first place. Nothing is weird about him." Lu Yanhe said, "He did a lot of disgusting things before when he was in MX. It's not like you don't know, but now You two are both Zhou Ping'an's artists, so he restrained himself a little."

"Has he restrained himself?"

Lu Yanhe: "That's what I think. Don't you feel the same way?"

"No." Li Zhibai immediately shook his head, "Not at all."

Yan Liang: "Lao Lu is right. After he came under Zhou Ping'an, he did restrain himself a bit. When he attended an event with you before, didn't he cynicize you in front of others and say that we have become outdated? He said that you are only able to stay in the entertainment industry because of your status as a rich second generation, and that you buy hot searches and so on to create false popularity. "

After being reminded by them, Li Zhi suddenly remembered.

"Really, I forgot about it. Damn it, he even spread rumors outside before, saying that I am just a rich second generation who relies on his background and connections to get into the entertainment industry." Li Zhibai muttered, "This piece of shit, even with Others say that I am a person with eyes above my head and look down on everyone, so they should not get in trouble with me. As a result, no matter what activities I participate in, others will walk around me, damn! "

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other.

"This time I made them look good." Li Zhibai suddenly chuckled and shook his shoulders, "Make him crazy, crazy to death, and now his program is ranked third, ha!"

-

The car driving Ma Zhiyuan back was very quiet.

His team was silent.

At this moment, no one was even looking at their phones, they were all looking out the car window silently.

Ma Zhiyuan didn't know how to describe his mood, especially after he logged into his Weibo, many people in the comment area were asking:

——Why do you want to cooperate with Chen Ziliang? His reputation is now a big deal.

These words pierced Ma Zhiyuan's heart like an arrow.

Originally, he thought that Chen Ziliang was a secret weapon, and that he could help him offset the influence of Lu Yanhe's help to Li Zhibai through cooperation with him. Unexpectedly, this cooperation not only did not help him, but also brought him a lot of doubts.

When did Chen Ziliang's reputation become so bad?

…

Why did Ma Zhiyuan always regard Li Zhibai as his biggest competitor?

Ma Zhiyuan recalled that when he was still a trainee in the company, Li Zhibai and others had just debuted and were very popular.

Especially Li Zhibai, who was the most popular artist in the company.

At that time, Ma Zhiyuan often saw Li Zhibai escorted by a group of people in the company.

People in the company may have seen the envy in his eyes, laughed at him, and said, "Don't envy him, you can't envy him."

Ma Zhiyuan was very young at the time, and he was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and immediately said, "As long as I work hard, I will definitely be more popular than him in the future!"

The other party immediately showed a sneer in their eyes.

They said, "Who do you think you are? What do you think you are? Even if you become popular in the future, what does it mean in front of him? He has a father who can talk directly to our boss, do you have one?"

At that time, the seeds of resentment were planted in his heart.

Even if MX became a hit later, even if he became the top idol artist, even if the person who said this to him had left Star Entertainment, these words still pierced his heart, like a thorn, reminding him of the humiliation he suffered at the time.

But tonight, Ma Zhiyuan knew that he had failed.

Even if Li Zhibai's "Spiritual Divine" ranked lower than his stage, it was still unknown who between him and Li Zhibai was the first in the half-year list.

But at this moment, he had a feeling that he had failed.

At this moment, Ma Zhiyuan suddenly realized something.

When he reached the top of the mountain alone, he thought he had reached the top, but there was no one around him to enjoy the scenery.

Every day he was in anxiety and uneasiness about being overtaken by others, and every day he looked around to see if the mountain top he was standing on was the highest mountain top.

As for Li Zhibai, he could always be so heartless. Moreover, he had friends like Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang around him.

In the past, Ma Zhiyuan felt that they were a burden to Li Zhibai, and laughed at them for being Li Zhibai's lackeys and followers.

Now, Ma Zhiyuan can no longer say such words.

He thought of his MX, the MX that could never go back.

Whether he regretted it or not, only he knew it.

-

How popular is "Green Apple Paradise"?

The next day, imitation shows about this stage appeared on several social platforms.

A lot of imitations.

Everyone put on this kind of loose suit, spread their hair into a 2:8 split, and recorded their "Green Apple Paradise" in the dormitory, in the square, and in various environments.

The brainwashing of this song can be seen from this.

After a day of fermentation, a theme suddenly emerged slowly: My parents were also so fashionable.

Many netizens posted photos of their fathers when they were young. Many of them looked like Lu Yanhe and the other two on the stage of "Green Apple Paradise", wearing suits, with 2:8 hairstyles, and smiling a little restrained and shy.

That night, someone suddenly posted a short video. In the video, he showed the camera a photo of his father when he was young, saying that he wanted to imitate his father's style when he was young to see his father's reaction.

So he changed into the suit that his father wore when he was young in the photo, imitated the hairstyle and movements in the photo, and then the picture changed, and he held up his mobile phone to shoot a middle-aged man in a polo shirt and sports pants.

"Dad!" He shouted, "Look at me."

His father raised his head and looked at the camera, so the camera captured his surprise, loss of consciousness and shock when he looked up and saw his son.

The music of "Green Apple Paradise" sounded at this time.

A comparison picture appeared in the video.

After post-processing, the left side is him now, and the right side is his father in the old photo 20 or 30 years ago. The two people appear on the left and right sides in equal proportion, and they are 70% similar.

He said: "The right side is him 23 years ago, and the left side is me 23 years later. I didn't expect that I look so much like my father."

This video inexplicably touched a popular emotional point and received a lot of likes and reposts.

A video blogger said: "I really always thought my father was very old-fashioned. After watching the stage of "Green Apple Paradise", I suddenly realized that they were actually the same age as me before. My mother said that my father wanted to be a dance king before. He went to the dance hall almost every day after get off work, but after I was born, he basically never went there."

More and more people began to explore the stories of their fathers' youth because of the stage of "Green Apple Paradise".

"Don't look at my father as an old cadre now. He also had a good voice when he was young. He always won awards in singing competitions organized by the unit. Look at him now. Alas... His voice can only be heard to be at the level of winning awards when he scolds me."

"I asked my mother who was handsome compared to my father when I was young, and my mother rolled her eyes at me."

"I dug out the photos of my parents when they were young. Damn it, why did my genes become like this?"

…

Li Xiaobin browsed his mobile phone all day today, and he could access these contents every now and then.

It is already the end of June and summer has arrived.

He finished his last exam, packed his bags, and went home.

After dragging his suitcase off the bus, he walked all the way home when he saw a familiar figure walking towards him from a distance.

"Mom!" he shouted.

"I told you to wait for me when you arrive at the station, and I'll help you pick up these big and small bags."

His mother took a bag from his hand and complained to him.

"It's not very heavy," he said.

His mother said: "Let me tell you, I signed up for you."

"Ah?" Li Xiaobin was stunned, "What name should I sign up for? Mom, you won't sign me up for any cram school, will you?"

"What did you do for college?" His mother rolled her eyes at him, "I signed you up for a singing competition."

"What?" Li Xiaobin looked at his mother in shock.

"Go ahead and give it a try." His mother said, "I remember that when you were a kid, didn't you like singing with your dad? Maybe you inherited your dad's good voice."

Li Xiaobin looked at his mother in disbelief, "Mom, are you kidding me? I, I won't go."

"Just go if you are told, no matter what." His mother said without any doubt, "Anyway, you are on summer vacation, so you will be fine."

"Who said I have nothing to do? I want to be a tutor."

"Being a tutor will not prevent you from participating in a competition. You might be eliminated in the first round," his mother said.

Li Xiaobin: "..."

-

After dinner, Li Xiaobin broke out in a sweat, so he went to take a shower first.

His mother suddenly knocked on the door and came in.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

His mother held a plate of cut apples in her hand and said, "I cut some apples for you. You will definitely have to stay up late tonight."

Li Xiaobin smiled.

"This room is so stuffy, why don't you turn on the air conditioner." His mother walked over, picked up the remote control, and turned on the air conditioner.

"I don't feel too hot, just turn on the fan."

"Turn on the air conditioner when it's time to turn it on and save some money." His mother glared at him again, "You can be a tutor if you want, but I don't expect you to make much money from that. I don't have much money, so I can provide it for you. I still saved the money for eating, drinking and having sex in school. You are a grown man, so don’t be a petty person. No girl will like you like this!"

Li Xiaobin: "...I have only been back for a few hours, and I have been scolded by you so many times."

"Then you can scold yourself." His mother snorted, turned and walked away.

Li Xiaobin pursed his lips.

He checked his phone for a while before sitting down and starting to prepare lessons.

On the short video platform, there are still a large number of bloggers sharing photos of their fathers wearing suits and cropped hair, and sharing their stories.

This made him feel sore and a little worried.

Li Xiaobin walked to the living room by accident, came to the cabinet next to the TV, and looked at the family portrait that had been displayed here for so many years.

Since his father passed away, he could only see his father in this family photo.

His mother said that because his father didn't like taking pictures, and because he had moved, many photos were lost. In the end, only this photo remained.

Even his father's portrait was processed from this photo.

"What are you doing?" His mother suddenly came out of the room and asked.

Li Xiaobin came back to his senses, exclaimed, and asked, "Mom, when was this family photo taken?"

"When you were five years old, fifteen years ago." His mother came over, stood next to Li Xiaobin, and asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I'm just curious, just ask." He said, and then, the next second, he heard himself ask, "Mom, does my dad still have this suit?"

"Keep it, this is his only suit, of course he keeps it," his mother said, "I have kept it well all these years."

"How about I put it on and try it on?" Li Xiaobin said, ""Green Apple Paradise" was very popular yesterday and everyone was imitating that look. I want to try it too."

His mother was stunned for a moment, her face dazed for a moment, and then she responded, "Okay."

-

Li Xiaobin looked at himself in the mirror. He had never worn a suit before, and he even wore a tie. He used water to give himself a 28-point hairstyle. When he looked in the mirror, the person inside made him feel... Somewhat strange, yet inexplicably familiar.

He took out his mobile phone and turned on the video mode, wanting to record a video for himself as a souvenir.

Li Xiaobin put his cell phone into selfie mode, put it on the desk, stepped back, and let his whole body slowly appear in the camera.

"Are you okay?" His mother asked.

Li Xiaobin: "Okay, okay."

His mother then opened the door and walked in, "You take such a long time to change clothes. I can put on makeup faster than you can change clothes..."

Li Xiaobin was looking at how many parts of himself appeared on the screen of his mobile phone. Suddenly he couldn't hear his mother's voice. He was a little confused, so he turned around and said, "Mom?"

His mother stood at the door, looking at him in disbelief.

Li Xiaobin still didn't know what happened, so he asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

He watched his mother's eyes turn red in an instant, and her emotions suddenly lost control.

She covered her mouth and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

Li Xiaobin was startled, and hurried over to hug his mother, "What's wrong with you? Don't scare me, why are you crying suddenly? What happened?"

His mother hugged him and burst into tears.

From beginning to end, his mother just hugged him tightly without saying a word.

Li Xiaobin was stunned and at a loss, just hugging his mother like this, and then suddenly remembered something, turned his head and looked at himself in the mirror, and his mother who leaned her head on his shoulder and cried red.

Did his mother think of his father when she saw him like this?

-

When Lu Yanhe saw this person named Li Xiaobin, it was already the third day after the performance of "Green Apple Paradise".

These days, this performance is so popular that it has set off imitations from all walks of life. People from all walks of life are imitating this stage and spreading it in major media.

The copyright income in these few days alone is not small.

On the one hand, this performance hit the curiosity of young people about the fashion trends of the last century and their parents' youth. On the other hand, it also evoked many middle-aged people's memories of their youth.

There is a video of five middle-aged men in suits imitating this dance in a hot pot restaurant, which is also very popular on the Internet.

It is mainly because after their performance, they also attached a photo of them when they were young. They were college classmates and had a good relationship after graduation. They were full of vigor and youth back then, and they were so handsome that it seemed as if the whole world was at their feet.

Someone wrote in the comment section under this video: "Crossing the corridor of time, they are still young when they return."

Then the video publisher, who is also one of the five middle-aged men, replied: "Still young, crossing the corridor of time, we are all middle-aged! But hearing this song really moved our hearts. We were also young people dancing at the graduation ceremony back then!"

Many friends in the circle will send these popular imitation videos to them.

Lu Yanhe also liked them through his own account.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang did the same.

Then, Lu Yanhe saw the video posted by the boy named Li Xiaobin.

This is also the only video under his account.

The title reads: When I put on my father's suit and combed my father's hairstyle, my mother cried.

In the video, Li Xiaobin briefly explained his family situation.

"My father died very early, and my mother raised me alone. That day, when I watched "Idol Era" and "Green Apple Paradise" with my mother, my mother said that if my father was still alive, he would definitely be able to take down this performance in one night."

"In fact, I don't have much impression of my father. There is only one family photo taken when I was five years old in my family. My memory of my father almost all comes from the things my mother told me. I didn't expect that when I wanted to imitate my father's style like everyone else, my mother suddenly cried when she saw me."

Then, Li Xiaobin edited the video he took with his mobile phone to the end.

The mobile phone captured the change in his mother's eyes when she opened the door and saw Li Xiaobin. Her face was full of shock and confusion, and her eyes quickly turned red.

And the scene where his mother hugged him and cried.

In just a few scenes, Lu Yanhe felt strongly that his mother's emotions, which had been tense for many years, could not help but burst out at this moment.

The video of dozens of seconds made Lu Yanhe's eyes red.

The name of this video also made it to the hot search list of this short video platform.

On the fourth day, this story was published by "People's Entertainment" and a commentary article was published on the homepage:

"From the explosion of "Green Apple Paradise", see the younger generation's memories of their parents." (End of this chapter)