Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 426 Check the ingredients, now I understand.

The online discussion was explosive, and many people in the industry were also scratching their heads in bewilderment.

Compared to its explosive popularity.

Li Can, on the other hand, appeared quite calm.

After sorting out the work at hand, I started to slack off.

I stood up, walked around the studio a couple of times, and saw what the two guys in the office were doing.

really.

Zhao Ze was assembling the figurines, while Chen Gang started a live stream and was chatting with netizens.

He read the comments on the screen while responding with a smile.

"【Is 'Fart' really that powerful?】 It is indeed powerful, but you don't even know who released it."

"What else did my brother say? Even if he's just farting, it'll be earth-shattering."

"【Does Gang Ge usually play games?】What do you think? Li Can is a gamer. He's been exposed to it all along, how could he not play? If I don't play games, he'll beat me up!"

Chen Gang chuckled and made some lewd remarks.

After a brief network delay, I saw some netizens typing out the message.

[Gangzi, danger! Look behind you!]

Chen Gang suddenly turned around and found Li Can staring at him with a smile.

"You continue, don't worry about me."

"Hehehe."

Chen Gang was covered in sweat and forced a stiff smile.

Seeing the barrage of "hahaha" comments, I didn't find it funny at all.

Li Can lightly patted Chen Gang's shoulder, startling the young man.

He peered at the screen, leisurely reading the comments, the smile on his face seemingly transferred from Chen Gang.

"[Being caught red-handed talking badly, it's hard to imagine what Gangzi will face.]"

"We're all brothers, you guys are exaggerating."

"Ahem, Brother Can, you..."

Under Chen Gang's gaze, Li Can simply smiled, patted Gangzi's shoulder lightly, and uttered cold words.

"After the live stream, take a look at this collection of papers and improve yourself."

"What?! No way! I just graduated, why do I have to work on a thesis again?!"

Chen Gang's mentality collapsed, and he cried out in despair.

It's one thing to study academic papers, but to study a collection of academic papers is another.

What is this cycle of painful nightmares?
[This is hilarious! Maybe this is what it means to be both a teacher and a friend.]

[Hahaha, what the hell? A mentor and friend at the same time!]

This is truly a caring father who cares about his child's grades.

With such a powerful older brother, Gangzi is truly blessed.

The comments scrolled by in a blur.

You can see the schadenfreude of netizens.

As soon as Li Can appeared on camera, his viewership surged after just a few words, and the live stream's data steadily improved.

Countless netizens were asking gossip questions in the live chat, creating a chaotic scene.

But this chaos returned to order when Chen Gang took over the collection of papers.

Chen Gang held up a book titled "Brain and Music," and his pupils constricted.

"Holy crap! Stefan Koelsch? No, Brother Can, just say you want to kill me!"

"Did Andrew share some academic books with you again?!"

Most netizens genuinely couldn't understand it.

There's one foreigner's name I just can't remember.

But that doesn't mean there aren't any big names in the audience.

Although Chen Gang's live streams are mainly for entertainment, he is also a genuine big shot with an absurdly high level of education.

Upon hearing the name, a quick search, combined with the title of the book Li Can had given Chen Gang, quickly yielded relevant articles.

Most of the content is in English, and it contains a lot of technical terms, so it's quite difficult to find the articles quickly without relying on machine translation.

But for the big shots, this is just a casual daily routine.

Just a quick glance at the paper revealed several absurd terms, prompting a barrage of question marks in the chat.

[ERP? EEG imaging technology? No, what are you pharmacy people doing?]

【Huh? No, fMRI? Functional magnetic resonance imaging? Is this someone planning to switch jobs to treat brain damage?】

[So touching! Chan-ge is finally taking his brain condition seriously!]

[Brother Chan, don't panic, there's definitely hope for you.]

[Hilarious! Ever since the Six Walnuts concert, Chan-ge still can't stop thinking about his brain condition.]

The bolded text in the comments clearly told everyone what was going on.

To be outrageous.

It's true that some netizens will spend real money to create fonts so that the whole world can see them.

The subtitles might be hard to read.

But the large subtitles truly depicted a dragon soaring out of the sea, crashing onto Chen Gang's retina.

I can't stand it at all.

Chen Gang, who was very close to death, burst into laughter.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

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Li Can, who also saw the comments, suddenly felt a darkness engulf his vision.

In fact, these papers I have are some of the most talked-about topics in academia recently.

This is a very technical and interdisciplinary paper. It devotes a large portion of its content to describing in detail how some neurosurgical techniques are applied to the research of music cognition. It uses techniques such as brain evoked potentials to detect people's responses to music, spanning acoustic physics, neurosurgery, experimental psychology, musicology, and music theory.

The psychology of music has always been a topic of great curiosity within the industry.

However, interdisciplinary academic development is certainly slow.

However, with the development of science and technology, more technical means can be used in research, and more musical psychology can be revealed.

Understanding these things allows for more options in musical experimentation, enabling the triggering of more unique and complex emotions.

It doesn't offer much help in terms of popularity or listening to music.

But when it comes to background music, this thing is really useful.

With a wider range of themes and more complex emotions, the world of film scores needs to explore more unconventional approaches. For example, how do we depict the tension of a "machine crisis" within a technologically advanced social context?
That is naturally achieved by using different electronic timbres with unconventional rhythms, modes, and dissonant pitches to create a distinctive sound.

At this point, this kind of obscure and niche knowledge can be of great help.

only.

For the general public, this thing is indeed too niche; even within the industry, it's a mysterious and obscure field, so naturally, people tend to misunderstand it.

Moreover, Li Can is truly abstract.

"To put it more seriously, this knowledge is actually quite helpful in composing music, accurately positioning the background music that the audience needs, and more stably achieving the required combination, fusion, or masking effect. It also helps to link the spatial feedback of hearing and vision. Of course, this is not the main reason why I showed Gangzi this."

I'll just give a slightly more serious answer.

The rest are all outrageous.

Li Can's serious demeanor made netizens unconsciously become serious as well.

Unexpectedly, Li Can patted Chen Gang's shoulder lightly and sighed, filling the entire barrage with question marks.

"I noticed you've used up quite a bit of toilet paper. You've only used so much in just two days. I'm worried your health might not be able to handle it, so I'm giving you a little trouble."

"You motherfucker"

Chen Gang's vision went black.

Saying something like that in front of countless viewers makes it impossible to clear your name.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ze, who was playing with figurines nearby, immediately added insult to injury. "Speaking of which, wasn't he the one who seemed particularly agitated during the urine test? Could that be related?"

The barrage of comments blurred my vision.

The dragon-shaped barrage of comments above the live stream resembled nine dragons pulling a coffin.

【Hahahahahaha! 】

Good news: Urine test normal. Bad news: I'm extremely stressed and feverish.

【Let's travel through time, Gangzi, this world is boring.】

[What the hell? There are way less tissues left, Chan-hyung, why did you notice that?]

There isn't a single normal person in this band.

The comments were heartbreaking.

Chen Gang gave up entirely.

His face was radiating an "I don't care" attitude, and he spoke without thinking at all.

"Oh yeah, I'm so frustrated. Chan-ge, if you're so tough, just hold it in and don't be so abstract. Everyone's talking about you. You've made so many serious works, I wonder when the next bombshell will explode."

"Don't do something as big as 'I Am a Reverse Butterfly' again."

This caused an explosion of comments in the live chat.

The screen was filled with "hahaha".

Most of the people in Chen Gang's live stream are core fans of the DP band. Even though Li Can's arrival attracted a lot of casual viewers, core fans still make up a large proportion.

Chen Gang's words really struck a chord with everyone.

Li Can's Iron Law.

After producing excellent work, you'll most likely reward yourself.

DP Band's Ironclad Rules.

Once he starts looking handsome, there's a high probability that some outrageous and memorable moments will occur.

But there were just too many excellent performances this time, and DP had too many highlights in their limited shows.

As a result, many fans have almost forgotten this ironclad rule.

This time, the topic was brought up again.

Some netizens couldn't contain their amusement and went to dig up old posts, digging up previous prophecy posts and creating new threads for them.

[Guess when Li Can will have his next attack—numbers don't lie.]

Li Can coughed lightly twice.

Start changing the subject.

"Have you all seen the promotional video for 'Black Monkey'? Do you all like listening to my 'Fart'?"

[Hahaha, damn it, here it comes!]

[The music was so beautiful, it sent a shockwave through me.]

[Brother Can, although I understand everything, I'm still curious about your mental state to name your work "Fart".]

[So, Chan-ge, when are you going to write the remaining two parts of the trilogy?]

[This year's awards: Following the outstanding work "Fart," the winning titles are "Urine" and "Shit."]

The bullet comments are mostly abstract.

But it wasn't all just for fun.

Many seasoned gamers, when they think of Black Monkey, don't think of fun or excitement, but rather a sense of worry.

There seems to be a lot of criticism of black monkeys lately.

[Brother Can, you might not know this since you're in the music industry, but recently, after the plot analysis came out, a lot of people were criticizing the drastic changes to the Journey to the West storyline, saying it disrespects traditional culture and the original setting, and that this conspiracy theory-laden approach is smearing the traditional Buddhist culture of the Xia Kingdom.]

original.

The voices of these genuine gamers who are worried about the fate of domestically produced games are easily ignored.

However, I still subconsciously ask questions, wanting to see what the experts think.

Li Can quickly noticed these inconspicuous bullet comments.

Players didn't expect Li Can to respond, after all, getting involved in controversy is never a good thing.

However, Li Can took it very seriously and read out these questions word by word in front of countless netizens.

He then gave a disdainful smile, his expression showing a hint of contempt.

They didn't care about rhythm at all; they just started firing.

"No, buddy, this is a promotional video. The game hasn't even been released yet, and the plot is just speculation and analysis at the moment. How can you start saying it's a complete mess?"

"To be honest, they're just a bunch of dogs who want to see the game die. What nonsense are they spouting? They're talking about traditional Buddhist culture of Xia Kingdom. They should figure out what Buddhist culture is before they start talking."

Li Can completely disregarded any so-called stance, observation, or current trends.

He pointed at the camera and revealed the same smile as General Yu.

"As for the drastically altered plot, are you clear-headed? Hmm? Speak!"

"Do you know how Mr. Wu Cheng'en wrote 'Journey to the West'? Do you know that he combined folk myths and legends with works such as 'The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions' and 'The Story of the Journey to the West' to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and carried out a kind of radical modification and re-creation?"

"Even works like 'The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions' have undergone countless revisions over the years. Is that so hard to understand?"

"Even now, when filming Journey to the West, we can't respect the original work; we have to cut out descriptions of the darker side of the main characters."

"What does it mean that adaptations can't be made up haphazardly? Does it mean you hear a word and then don't know your own name before using it? As long as you respect the spirit of the original work and conform to the current social environment, and don't maliciously tamper with or fabricate anything, how can it be called making up haphazardly?"

Chen Gang watched from the sidelines, completely bewildered.

Although he responded to these kinds of comments during the live stream, Chen Gang still managed to gain some leeway.

I've never seen Li Can so fierce, firing off right from the start.
"Check the ingredients! I have to check the ingredients! Does anyone have the original texts of these rational and objective people? Send them to me so I can take a look."

Li Can snorted.

If I really did resort to some underhanded tactics, then let them criticize and condemn me; I'm willing to forgo making that money.

But the key issue is that only you know how the staff behind the scenes polish the work.

Moreover, he also owns shares in the company.

Can this be tolerated?
Forget about rhythm or anything like that. Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. Besides, Li Can really didn't do anything wrong.

There's no need to fall into the self-justification trap at times like this.

When faced with these irrational, distorted, malicious people who refuse to listen to rational discussion, there is only one thing that needs to be done.

Just let your emotions out!

It doesn't matter if you don't check.

When netizens sent Li Can the link, asking him to open the homepage of these rational and objective influential figures who made these comments, he was taken aback.

Various articles and answers began to appear before netizens.

The first person investigated was a prominent online figure known as "Yu Shan Shui Yi Jia" (meaning "One Family with Mountains and Rivers"), who angrily criticized the novel for its fabricated content, was a staunch supporter of the original work, and a pure advocate of traditional culture.

Clicking on the homepage of "With Mountains and Rivers as One Family," after only flipping through three pages, I saw some of his answers, which had a strong, unpleasant smell.

Why is the innovation capacity of the Xia Kingdom inferior to that of the Lighthouse?

[Doesn't the fact that there's only one correct answer in a reading comprehension passage prove anything? If you dare to have any other interpretation, you get zero points. With education like this in China, you think you can innovate? Dream on!]

[Discussion on the spirit of resistance of the Xia people]

[They don't even dare to smash the train windows, yet they talk about resistance. They should just sit still; this is part of 5,000 years of traditional culture.]

Seeing these sarcastic and disgusting comments is enough to send your blood pressure soaring.

Do not know why.

Li Can was not angry at all; in fact, he was all smiles.

“Now I understand.”

This is just great.

The comments section was completely unified.

They all spammed the barrage of comments.

Now I understand.

"Which mountains and rivers are we talking about, the Mississippi River or the Colorado Mountains?"

(End of this chapter)