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Chapter 494 Conquering Countless Listeners
All of Cao Sheng's former classmates, whether from elementary school, junior high school, high school, or university, have now entered the workforce.

Even after he transferred to a four-year university, the classmates he met in his undergraduate class are now doing internships all over the country, and have already stepped into the workforce.

That's why, tonight, some of his classmates, scattered all over the country, heard the song he wrote.

Guangzhou.

Cao Bing, who was from the same village as Cao Sheng, didn't want to go back to the dormitory to sleep after getting off work at the factory. As usual, he bought a bottle of Coke at a convenience store on the roadside and went into a small internet cafe in the alley.

Why don't I want to go back to the dorm to sleep?

Is it because they want to fall into depravity?

He hadn't thought about this issue deeply; he just felt that he spent his days at the factory tightening screws, and only his time after get off work at night was at his own disposal, so he didn't want to go back to the dormitory to sleep early.

Otherwise, he would have no personal life at all; his life would consist of nothing but screwing in screws and sleeping, like a money-making machine.

In his early twenties, he certainly didn't want to be a money-making machine.

He wants to enjoy life.

Surfing the internet is the cheapest and most exciting part of his life that he can afford.

He never attended high school, let alone university; he started working after graduating from junior high school.

Therefore, he mainly goes online to listen to music and play games, just to relax, and he never thought about learning anything online.

Tonight, after he boarded the plane, he habitually logged onto 333 Music Network as usual. As soon as he opened the website, he saw the big featured image at the top of the homepage... Cao Sheng in the middle of the picture.

Cao Bing was very surprised.

Cao Sheng actually appeared on this music website? Isn't he a novelist and screenwriter? When he went home for Chinese New Year these past two years, he always heard people in the village say that Cao Sheng didn't do very well in college, but he was incredibly good at writing novels, and no one in the country, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, could write as well as him.

He is not only a novelist but also a screenwriter, and has made a fortune of over 100 million yuan. Because he has made so much money, he dares not return to his village for the New Year, and he doesn't even dare leave his parents in the village anymore. He has long since taken his parents to Huizhou to enjoy a life of luxury.

Cao Bing has heard similar remarks many times every year he goes home for the Chinese New Year in the past two years.

Cao Bing was very surprised when he first heard about this.

It felt like I was back in my childhood, when I was in the same class as Cao Sheng, and he always ranked first in the class in the final exams.

But that was when they were in elementary school.

When they entered junior high school, he and Cao Sheng were no longer in the same class. He once thought that Cao Sheng would not do well in junior high school because, after entering junior high school, Cao Sheng failed to rank in the top ten of the grade in the final exams for two consecutive semesters, and seemed to have become just another face in the crowd.

Unexpectedly, in the second year of junior high school, Cao Sheng suddenly broke into the top five in the grade.

He then consistently ranked among the top five in his grade.

And then what?
Cao Sheng entered high school, and Cao Bing went out to work. He occasionally heard that Cao Sheng had become just another ordinary person in high school. He thought that once Cao Sheng adapted to high school life, he might be able to excel in his studies again, just like in junior high school.

result?

Three years later, however, it was heard that Cao Sheng failed to reach the undergraduate admission line in the college entrance examination and only got into a junior college.

Cao Bing smiled when he heard the news.

Cao Sheng, who believed he had failed to get into university, thought he would never have a chance to turn his life around. He figured he would end up like Cao Sheng, stuck in a factory making screws, at best a team leader, and nothing higher.

As childhood friends from the same village, he and Cao Sheng played together since they were young and had a good relationship. However, being from the same village and the same age meant that they were destined to be compared by the villagers.

This creates an invisible competitive relationship.

Cao Sheng, who had always been far superior to him in academics since childhood, had always been one step ahead of him. Therefore, deep down, he hoped that Cao Sheng would do worse and worse.

However, he never dreamed that Cao Sheng, after entering junior college, would soar to great heights and become a nationally renowned emerging writer, famous and wealthy. Even Cao Sheng's girlfriend, Huang Qingya, who was exposed online, was so beautiful and elegant.

Despite all this, although Cao Bing still hoped that Cao Sheng would suffer a major setback, deep down he actually admired Cao Sheng very much.

I admire Cao Sheng's tenacity.

Like an unkillable cockroach, he falls down again and again, but always manages to get back up. So many people say that the college entrance examination is a watershed moment in life. Cao Sheng clearly did not do well in the college entrance examination and was already on the side with very little water at the watershed. But this guy was able to turn the tide and become a rising star writer that countless media outlets are eager to report on.

Over the past two years, he has gradually gotten used to Cao Sheng's awesomeness.

But when Cao Bing saw Cao Sheng's image appear at the top of the 333 Music website homepage, he was stunned and stared blankly at Cao Sheng in the picture. After a moment, he looked at Asa and Zhong Xintong next to Cao Sheng.

Then I noticed that the picture was promoting an English song called "Super Star".

"Wow! You're not only good at Chinese now, but also at English?"

He remembered that when Cao Sheng was in junior high school, English was his weakest subject.

Upon seeing that the song Cao Sheng wrote had an English title, Cao Bing subconsciously assumed it was a purely English song and that Cao Sheng's English was now quite good.

Unbeknownst to them, when Cao Sheng uploaded this song, the song title was found by searching for it in Chinese in the browser's search box.

I was afraid that I might have misspelled the song title and made a big joke of myself.

Cao Bing wasn't interested in English songs at first, but because this song was written by Cao Sheng, he clicked to listen to it.

And then I couldn't get out of it.

It plays on a loop over and over again.

I just think this song is really nice.

The song title is misleading; it's clearly a Chinese song, but it's given an English title.

……

That same evening. Beijing.

Cao Sheng's high school classmate, Fang Zhui, has completed his undergraduate studies at Peking University and is currently pursuing a master's degree, enjoying a much freer life than during his undergraduate years.

Living in Beijing, Fang Zhui, a student at Peking University, had long felt that computers would be the future trend. So, he bought a custom-built computer and not only learned how to use the internet, but also used it to learn about things he didn't understand online.

He is very self-disciplined and only uses the computer for studying.

I have already taught myself programming.

Listening to music online doesn't affect his studies; occasionally, when he gets tired of studying, listening to music can help him relax.

And tonight, he also saw Cao Sheng's book, "Super Star".

Fang Zhui was surprised when he saw the song title.

He was surprised that Cao Sheng could write songs, and even more surprised that Cao Sheng could write English songs. He remembered that Cao Sheng's weakest subject in high school was English, and he could score dozens of points higher than Cao Sheng in that subject alone.

With just this one course, he could surpass Cao Sheng's grades, no matter how hard Cao Sheng tried.

"He made up for his weakness in English? How did he do it?"

With a critical eye, Fang clicked to listen to the audio.

I couldn't help but laugh after hearing a few sentences.

So many lines of lyrics at the beginning are in Chinese. Is this supposed to be an English song?
But after listening to it once, his expression became very complicated.

He never expected that Cao Sheng's first song would be so beautiful and the lyrics so original. At this moment, he remembered that in high school, Cao Sheng's overall grades were always much worse than his, but his Chinese language grades were always better.

"Cao Sheng...you've really maximized your strengths!"

Fang Zhui muttered to himself.

……

It was still the same evening.

Jinling.

After graduating from Nanjing University, Sun Rong stayed in Nanjing to work. After finishing overtime, he dragged his tired steps into a roadside food stall he often frequented. He ordered a plate of duck blood vermicelli and a small bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor). While waiting for the food and drinks to be served, his attention was drawn to the TV program hanging in the corner of the wall.

A frame was welded from a triangular iron frame above the corner of the wall, and a television was placed on the frame.

The television was broadcasting an evening news program.

On the news, the female host is reporting: "Zhongyuan Yidianhui, a rising writer hailed as the top talent in mainland China, has recently made a new move. Following his screenwriting, he has now ventured into the pop music scene, creating a song called 'Super Star,' which is sung by the Hong Kong girl group Pure Silk. As soon as this song entered the mainland, it sparked heated discussions among netizens. Now, please listen to the song and see how it is..."

The female host's voice faded away, and Asa and Zhong Xintong's singing voices came through.

"You are electricity, you are light, you are the only myth, I only love you, you are my superstar..."

As the lyrics reached Sun Rong's ears, he listened in a daze, and just a few lines of lyrics brought tears to his eyes.

These lyrics reminded him of Wu Mingjing, with whom he had already broken up.

He, Cao Sheng, and Wu Mingjing were all classmates in high school.

He and Wu Mingjing were admitted to Nanjing University together. Not long after entering university, he started dating Wu Mingjing. When Cao Sheng came to Nanjing to hold a book signing event, he and Wu Mingjing went together and caught up with Cao Sheng at the event.

now?

Cao Sheng rose to a higher position, and he and Wu Mingjing broke up shortly after graduating from university.

Now, he and she have long since drifted apart.

The lyrics of the song written by Cao Sheng reminded him of his feelings for Wu Mingjing back then. He had regarded her as electricity, as light, and as his only myth.

Throughout his college years, he spent every single day revolving around her.

He would prepare her favorite dishes for her to eat at the cafeteria for three meals a day.

Every night, if she wanted to go to the library, he would go there early to save her a seat; if she wanted to go out for a stroll, he would go with her and be her wallet; during the holidays, if she wanted to travel to Sanya, he would save up his food expenses for a semester and even cheat his family out of a thousand yuan to take her to Sanya, just to make her happy.

As they continued to have conflicts, they grew more and more apart until they graduated from university.

She began to dislike him more and more.

Finally, one day, she said they weren't a good match and suggested they break up amicably.

A clean break?

Is it really okay to break up?
He still hasn't gotten over the breakup.

……

The next few days.

Even more people are hearing this song on various occasions.

Huizhou Teachers College.

At lunchtime that day, during the school's announcements, a female announcer with a pleasant voice said, "Dear teachers and alumni! Cao Sheng, a senior at our school, has recently written a beautiful song called 'Super Star.' It's sung by Chun Si, a popular group under Yinghuang Entertainment. I personally think it's very good. Please enjoy 'Super Star'..."

Immediately, the song's catchy melody came over the radio. The catchy melody instantly captured the ears of thousands of alumni, making many alumni and teachers unable to resist listening attentively.

(End of this chapter)