I have to teach the world a lesson

The weather in Yanjing gradually became colder in November.

On the overpass, busy pedestrians, traffic jams, and hurried phones ring from morning to night, and repeated scenes are presented over and over again.

This ancient and modern city is changing every year, but every year, it seems that nothing changes.

The album "In the Rain" is officially on sale in major audio and video stores in Yanjing.

In this era of declining physical albums, MP3 and MP4 have gradually become mainstream.

The initial sales of "In the Rain" were not very good...

This is normal. As soon as audio and video products were impacted by MP3 and MP4, they gradually left the public eye. The market was getting worse day by day. Everyone could see the decline of this industry.

Unless they are some superstars, popular singers, little kings, these artists with fixed fans.

Otherwise, who can sell the album?

The owners of the Yanjing audio and video store didn't take it seriously. After the album was put on the shelves, they just took a big speaker as usual and placed it at the door to play the latest new songs in a loop...

In this era, online music is gradually emerging, and they have also kept pace with the times and started selling MP3/MP4. After they are sold out, students will come over to download songs. The standard for downloading songs is 50 cents per song. When the songs are finished downloading, the machine After almost running out of memory, they will take the opportunity to sell memory cards to students to make a fortune...

Li Qiang is such a boss.

He has owned an audio product store for many years.

When I opened an audio and video product store in 2002, I made a lot of money renting discs...

Later, when MP3 and MP4 emerged, he kept pace with the times and engaged in such a business.

In fact, he was not willing to accept the sales of the album "In the Rain".

As all music stores in China know, the only album released in December is "The Original Album of Shining Girls".

After all, the demand for car CDs is still quite large.

But he couldn't help it.

They signed an agreement with the manufacturer, and the manufacturer signed an agreement with the entertainment company. No matter what, they had to buy a batch of "In the Rain" CD albums.

However, there are not many CDs of "In the Rain", so if you only have a few CDs, you can probably make a small profit by playing with "Shining Girls Original Soundtrack".

After all, from the perspective of fans on the Internet, the show "Shining Girls" is terrifying in terms of ratings and discussion.

In fact, just as Li Qiang thought, the "Sparkling Girls Original Soundtrack" sold well. The first batch of 100 copies was quickly sold out, and the second batch that came in was also ordered. When the third batch came, , this sales speed has slowed down...

The market in this area is finally saturated.

After the sales of "Sparkling Girls Original Album" slowed down, Li Qiang had no expectations for November.

"In the Rain" should be able to sell a little bit.

With this in mind, Li Qiang pulled out the "Sparkling Girls Original Album" on the third day after the album "In the Rain" went on sale, and then inserted the title song of "In the Rain" into the speaker at the door to play it. got up.

No one could have imagined that more and more people would stop and listen to the song outside the store, and more and more people would occasionally come in and ask about the song "In the Rain."

Li Qiang was a little surprised when he looked at the four sold-out albums.

Not a superstar...

The new album "In the Rain" by the little-known singer "Ah K" is actually selling well.

"Boss, this new song is interesting. Give me an album..."

Outside the house, there was another sound.

Li Qiang walked out subconsciously.

He saw a young man with a tired face looking at him seriously.

"Sold out."

"Sold out?"

"Yes! This album didn't get into a few albums to begin with..."

"oh."

When the tired-looking young man heard this sentence, he was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything, nor did he leave the video store, but listened to the song "In the Rain" silently.

Listen, listen...

Then he closed his eyes.

As if enjoying the melody...

It seemed like I had met a close friend.

Different people have different feelings when listening to the same song.

People who are used to having no worries about food and clothing...

I just feel that some songs are ugly, noisy, not high-end, songs sung by farmers, or even tacky...

People who are tired and afraid of being beaten in society will suddenly and inexplicably feel empathy when they hear some songs, and then they can't help but tremble mentally.

How many days and nights of insomnia...

How many times have I been hysterical, desperate, and collapsed...

Some songs are just so magical.

"Boss, does this song have a MV?"

"have."

"Play the MV..."

"good!"

Li Qiang nodded and the MV for "In the Rain" was playing on the TV.

When the MV was just aired, another guest came over to ask about the album "In the Rain"...

Li Qiang quickly picked up the reservation book and asked guests to reserve the album in advance...

………………………………

Zhang Panpan didn’t know Zhang Sheng’s number.

She used to look down on Zhang Sheng from the bottom of her heart.

I feel that Zhang Sheng is a philistine, dirty, and heavily in debt, yet he likes to talk nonsense and cannot distinguish current affairs...

The sense of superiority that she was born into made her instinctively stand at the level of the upper class and look down on Zhang Sheng, a little person.

Turn over Lin Xia's number.

Zhang Panpan hesitated instinctively.

This former best friend has rarely contacted her since she went to college.

She felt she had changed.

Until now, she still had a trace of resistance in her heart, and she even blamed some of her failures on Lin Xia's cold stare.

He obviously trusted her and signed [Shengshi Entertainment] for "That Summer", which was good for everyone, but he listened to Zhang Sheng and signed [Starlight Future].

That day...

She was extremely embarrassed in front of her agent Li Yanhong.

She once swore in her heart that she would cut off contact with Lin Xia from now on and never be her best friend again!

but……

this moment……

Zhang Panpan finally picked up the phone and made a call to Lin Xia.

Because it was lunch time, Lin Xia answered the phone quickly.

On the other end of the phone...

Lin Xia seemed surprised, but not particularly surprised, and behaved calmly overall.

After a brief greeting and understanding of each other's situation, Zhang Panpan learned that Lin Xia was planning to write a new book.

However, Lin Xia did not reveal a word about what the new book was about, what it was about, and when it was written.

That year, when Lin Xia was preparing to create "That Midsummer", she told herself a lot of things and her personal settings...

The two talked about the framework of the novel, the structure of the novel, the writing style and adjectives used to write the novel...

The two talked about almost everything.

But now, even when Zhang Panpan asked Lin Xia what he wrote about, Lin Xia simply said, probably "some living people."

Zhang Panpan was stunned.

Some people alive...

Are there still those who died?

Although Lin Xia's tone was gentle, Zhang Panpan felt that the previous estrangement still existed, and that the estrangement was getting deeper and deeper, and it seemed that it had reached the point where it could not be broken.

In the past, Zhang Panpan would have hung up the phone long ago when he heard this.

but now……

She still looked for various memories, talked about various people in her class, and kept the topic of "Shengshi Entertainment" with Lin Xia.

But by the end of the conversation, the topic will finally freeze.

Zhang Panpan never thought that the silence on the phone would be so difficult, and he never thought that one day, he would worry about gains and losses.

"How is Zhang Sheng...?"

"fine."

"You have his number, right?"

"have."

"Can you give me his number?"

"..."

silence.

The other end of the phone fell into a dead silence again, and then, after dozens of seconds, Lin Xia asked: "What do you want his number for?"

"The company leader wants to talk to him..." Zhang Panpan felt a sense of embarrassment for no reason, as if the last bit of dignity had been lifted and everything was exposed and exposed in the air.

"I can't give you his number without permission. I have to ask him. If he says he can give it to you, then I can give it to you."

"Okay!" Zhang Panpan became even more angry, his face flushed, his fists clenched, his voice almost trembling, but he still tried to maintain his dignity.

It was a humiliating feeling.

Lin Xia hung up the phone.

While waiting, Zhang Panpan heard footsteps again from the music department.

She turned on the computer and saw "In the Rain" on the computer. It had already reached seventh place!

Another step forward!

She finally opened the song "In the Rain" out of curiosity and listened to it.

Then……

She was very surprised how this song became so popular.

The lyrics are a little hoarse, the melody is full of depression and despair, and the high-pitched part is exceptionally lyrical, like a gust of wind blowing all the living things on the ground, and the melody is also very ordinary...

Other than that, there is no advantage.

Probably brushed!

Zhang Panpan thought about the top songs on the major music software charts and some shady stories she had learned recently, and she roughly came to this conclusion.

She suddenly felt that this circle was very dirty and there was no real data...

The phone soon started ringing.

On the other end of the phone, Lin Xia simply replied with one sentence.

"Sorry, Zhang Sheng said no."

"What?"

"Zhang Sheng asked me...well, forget it, Panpan, it's okay..."

"What did I ask you to do? Is it to sow discord? Xia Xia, tell me, what did he say to you? Tell me!"

Zhang Panpan suddenly became excited, and his anger could no longer be suppressed.

"He asked me to tell you: It's a good thing to suffer a little, and it's a good thing to endure some pain. I can't destroy these good things for you for the time being. I hope you are grateful for these sufferings..."

"..."

After Zhang Panpan heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

Then, his face turned redder, and there was a feeling of air in his chest, as if it was blocked inside and could not be exhaled for a long time.

Her whole body was trembling, and her red face instantly turned livid again.

finally……

Tears flowed out unsatisfactorily.

The teeth clenched loudly!

Gratitude for suffering?

I am grateful to you ****!

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