Huayu: Were you ever a top star before writing nonsense?

Chapter 201 System Rewards, Supernatural Talent

After a while, Shen Can directly communicated with the Hennessy brand representative by phone.

"Thank you so much for inviting me. I do have a new song in hand. I estimate that after it's released, it will generate just as much buzz online as 'The Ordinary Road.' But I need to explain in advance that this song is a bit special."

A crisp, confident female voice immediately came through the phone.

"Mr. Shen Can, you're too kind. Let me introduce myself first. I'm Cao Yu, the person in charge of this Hennessy event, and also a fan of yours. —May I ask the title of your new song? Is it mentioned in your novel?"

Shen Can's last commercial performance in Hangzhou demonstrated excellent value for money, especially the ability of his new song to attract attention, which was very appealing. Cao Yu's tone was heavy with urgency.

"Not yet, the song title is '囍' (double happiness)."

"Is it the 'joy' in 'celebration'?"

Shen Can raised an eyebrow. Cao Yuneng's question showed that he wasn't a fan of his.

You're a fake fan.

It's worth noting that among his vast readership, there are many who want to use "囍" as their wedding song. To date, he has seen at least a hundred book reviews urging him to release the song "囍" as soon as possible.

"No, but it's very common at weddings; it's the '囍' character with two '喜' characters next to each other."

"Oh, I see. Since you chose this word as the song title, this song must be a very festive song." Cao Yu paused and said, "Although the song title sounds like a wedding song, it's not really special for our Xuan Yin Music Festival."

Rest assured, our event is inspired by Hennessy's "Music for All" philosophy, which aims to blend musical styles and fashion elements from around the world to spread the spirit of music without borders.

Therefore, we will not mind what kind of new song you sing. We have no restrictions on the songs you sing, as long as you do not cross any official red lines.

Teacher Shen Can, I believe you are more professional than us in grasping the appropriate degree of control.

We actually prefer to hear songs that get our blood pumping and keep us hyped up—we believe in your talent.

Shen Can smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I think my new song is even more suitable. When it was created, it incorporated elements of folk customs, suona, opera singing, etc., which will give people a strong, exciting and explosive feeling. However, it is a bit down-to-earth."

Shen Can did not directly mention "ghost marriage".

In fact, the interpretation of "ghost marriage" in "囍" came from the imaginative fans, but the creators made it clear that the song is not about ghost marriage, emphasizing that everyone has their own interpretation, that is, a thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets.

It was you yourselves who called it a ghost marriage; it has nothing to do with our creators.jpg

Therefore, Shen Can did not say that the theme of "囍" was related to "ghost marriage".

Although—this song does indeed give people a creepy and terrifying feeling.

Cao Yu's words were filled with joy: "Suona? Opera singing? Down-to-earth? That's great!!! Teacher Shen Can, that's exactly what we want—down-to-earth!"

To be honest with you, besides you and Jane Zhang, there are several singers from abroad at this music festival.

We are very much looking forward to seeing the clash and competition between Eastern and Western songs.

This is also the main reason why we chose to invite you.

Your Chinese style is no less impressive than Jay Chou's; you can go toe-to-toe with them.

You'll be singing four songs in total—so, let's decide on three: "Sorrow," "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion," and the third, "Double Happiness," which you mentioned. For the last song, you can choose it yourself, okay?

"Okay," Shen Can said.

70 for singing four songs was an appearance fee that only top-tier singers could get in 07. Jay Chou was about the same, the only difference being the number of songs he sang.

As for the specific event time, Jin Ming just told Shen Can that Hennessy's Music Festival will be held on December 9th.

Shen Can realized that many things had changed because of his rebirth.

He remembered that in his previous life, the Chinese singers who participated in the Hennessy 07 gala performance were Wang Lihong and Gary Cao, but now it was him and Jane Zhang.

Before they've even started using Wang Lihong's songs, they're already vying for her commercial performances.

After hanging up the phone, Li Jinming and Zhao Ji stared intently at Shen Can with their bright, watery eyes, one on each side.

"Is there something on my face?" Shen Can touched his handsome face.

"Something's not right," Li Jinming said first.

"Something's very wrong." Zhao Ji rested his chin on his right hand, his eyes thoughtful. "Given your style, this song has a serious problem."

—Know them inside and out.

"I can understand that she doesn't trust me." Shen Can glanced at Li Jinming, then turned to Zhao Ji, her expression calm, and slowly said, "I can't understand why you don't trust your husband."

"What husband?!" Zhao Ji blushed instantly, being easily embarrassed.

She wouldn't have such a strong reaction when she was alone with Shen Can, but with Li Jinming watching from the side—she was prone to physical arousal.

"Isn't it all for our future house?" Shen Can reached out and took Zhao Ji's slender hand in his, his voice gentle. "I can earn 70 yuan for one commercial performance, and if I go again, I can buy a house outright. And it'll be a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house; we can share one bathroom, and Jin Ming can have one all to himself—"

As Shen Can spoke, he felt the softness of Zhao Ji's palm while glancing at Li Jinming intentionally or unintentionally.

Li Jinming glared at him, and the next second, a blush appeared on his face.

There was one thing Zhao Ji didn't know.

This morning, when Shen Can got up to use the bathroom, she opened the door and saw Li Jinming inside, relieving herself. She was squatting down, had finished urinating, and was wiping herself with toilet paper.

Shen Can and she stared at each other with wide eyes, and they were both startled.

Shen Can only remembers that the legs were very white; he forgot the front and the back as well.

"Boss, I'll go get busy now."

Li Jinming couldn't stand Shen Can's gaze, so he quickly got up and fled back to his room.

Miss Zhao looked at Shen Can suspiciously: "Did you bully her again?"

Shen Can spread his hands innocently and said, "She's your best friend and also my manager. Why would I bully her for no reason?"

It's not like I intentionally wanted to see it.

Zhao Ji said, "She's a bit strange."

Shen Can nodded: "That's really strange."

Outside the window, under a clear blue sky, two little birds perched on the windowsill, chirping and chattering amongst themselves.

After chatting with Zhao Ji for a while, or more accurately, flirting with him and kissing him for a bit, Shen Can started his novel-writing work for the day.

Since finishing the script for the second episode of "The Masked Singer," he has been writing other plot details, such as feedback after the show aired, the production team's preparations, and Shen Xiaoli and An Feng's discussions about the lead actors.

the reason is simple.

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One reason is that I'm very busy.

Secondly, it's because he only updates one chapter a day, and these past few days he's been writing chapters of just over 2000 words each, so the plot isn't progressing quickly.

In the realm of online novels, let alone 2000 words a day, even updating more than 4000 words a day doesn't result in a fast plot progression.

Some authors even deliberately slow down the plot progression.

Shen Can remembered a fantasy novel he had read that had over 100,000 average daily subscriptions and more than 600 chapters. The characters in the book were all thinking about how to "seek gold," that is, break through to the Golden Core realm.

Readers of the book are increasingly wondering if the author has written a bad book.

send!

But in reality, the author did it on purpose. He was waiting for another book that borrowed the setting from his novel to finish, and once that book was finished, the author immediately began to describe the Golden Core realm in detail.

The "battles" between online novel authors are quite interesting, with even "anti-plagiarism" tactics being employed.

Shen Can still doesn't plan to speed up the plot today, but he has decided to give the readers some "sweetness"—a writing system reward.

The protagonist performs a miracle in front of others and then receives a reward—this trope is really old-fashioned, but it works, and many readers love it.

Especially in fantasy, martial arts, and online game novels, many readers enjoy reading the protagonists list out all the rewards they've earned, even if the authors are suspected of padding the content.

For example, in "The King's Avatar", the details of how Lord Grim obtained various precious materials are specified down to how many monster teeth he acquired.

Entertainment articles can't be written in too much detail, but they still need to provide readers with a sense of satisfaction.

The reason the system gave out rewards this time was very simple: the protagonist had not received any rewards for a long time, from the beginning of the "Underwater" storyline to the "The Wind Rises" storyline, and his song's play count had broken through again, reaching 10 billion.

The number of song plays is itself a testament to the protagonist's immense popularity.

Actually, the main reason was that Shen Can had too much popularity points and wanted to redeem rewards. He also felt that he was not stable enough and wanted to add some security for himself.

From the perspective of the "survivalist" novel genre, unless the protagonist is invincible, they must play it safe and survive. Even with a 99.9% win rate, there's still a 0.01% chance of failure.

That's too dangerous!

Shen Can wholeheartedly agreed with this point.

Someone once said, "The advantage is in my hands," but what happened? They ended up living on a small island.

Although real life isn't as dangerous as the world of novels, who knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first?

Moreover, it's inevitable to offend people in the entertainment industry, so having some ways to protect yourself is always a good thing.

Shen Can felt that he only possessed enhanced physical strength, Tyson's fighting ability, Bruce Lee's fighting ability, and Chen Hegao's unlimited fighting techniques, but he was still not cautious enough.

After all, there are always times when two fists can't fight against four hands.

"Slap slap slap—"

Shen Can started writing, first creating a plot setup, and then directly entering the system reward scenario.

[Congratulations on acquiring the talent: Physiological Function Control (You can instantly cause physiological changes in yourself or a target, such as a sudden urge to urinate, defecate, or have an erection, etc.)]

The inspiration for this talent came from a scene in the sitcom "iPartment" where Tang Youyou, playing a battlefield medic, performs surgery on a general played by Li Jiahang.

Shen Can remembers that in the drama, Youyou drank a lot of water and had to hold her urine to finish filming.

If you have this talent, it's very simple; you can directly make Youyou feel an unbearable urge to urinate.

In actual combat, this talent is also a powerful support skill.

Imagine a thug trying to harm you, but suddenly farts, wets his pants—or even turns into a "Splatoon"—that would be quite a sight.

It can also cause the target to experience pain such as stomach cramps, kidney stone pain, and anal pain.

That's cruel.

It can make people feel like they're in heaven without lifting a finger.

Congratulations on acquiring the talent: Time Freeze.

Having only one survival skill is still not enough to ensure stability.

Shen Can thought for a moment and added time stop.

However, he wasn't sure if he could redeem it from the system.

"I'm an actor, suspended by wires, and the wires break. An accident is imminent. I suddenly use time stop to save my life. That makes perfect sense, right?" Shen Can thought to himself, hoping the system would accept his reasoning.

Following that, Shen Can arranged some entertainment-related rewards.

Congratulations on winning the song: "Left Finger Pointing to the Moon"

Congratulations on winning the song: "I Still Miss Her"

Congratulations on obtaining the song: "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales"

Congratulations on winning the song: "Back to Back Hug"

Congratulations on winning the script: "Making a Name for Yourself"

Congratulations on receiving the script: "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things"

Congratulations on winning the song: "Towards the Clouds"

Congratulations on achieving the martial arts proficiency level of a National Martial Arts Elite Athlete.

Including the previous talents, there are a total of ten rewards.

Among them, "I Still Miss Her" and "Back to Back Hug" are songs by JJ Lin. We can't always leech off Jay Chou, we have to give JJ some attention too.

"Left Finger Points to the Moon" and "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" are songs by Sa Dingding and Wang Lihong, respectively.

Considering that next year is the Olympic year, the song "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" is very suitable to be sung during the Olympic year.

As for "Fame and Fortune", it is a masterpiece created by Liu Xunzi Mo, Bai Ke, Sao Da and others. Shen Can values ​​its ability to "achieve great results with small investment".

Countless entertainment articles, presented by self-proclaimed "great sages and saints," have advised him that, as a director's debut film, it's best not to be greedy and reckless, but rather to take the path of "achieving great results with small investments."

The film "Make a Name for Yourself" is just right. It was filmed in less than 60 days with an investment of only tens of millions, but it eventually grossed nearly 1 billion at the box office. It is estimated that the production company will earn at least 200 million, which can serve as the starting point for its entry into the film industry.

After finishing his novel, Shen Can clicked "Publish".

Before long, the number of comments in the book review section exploded.

"You've written five new songs?"

"Damn, there's even a movie script? Bro, your Weiwei hasn't even started filming yet?"

"Brother Can has made another bold claim."

"These four people? They're insane!"

"Can I ask you a question? I can understand giving the protagonist a physiological control talent, in case he needs it during filming. But what's your mentality in giving him a time-stop talent? Do you want him to use time stop when he's with female celebrities and do something unspeakable?"

"Stop talking, I want to see."

"Update quickly, I can't sleep at night, I want to see the protagonist use time stop on the celestial mother, don't force me to beg you."

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Shen Can glanced at the book reviews and thought to himself, "You guys are overthinking it."

What bad intentions did he have?

He just wanted to survive, then pretend to be innocent and trick others.

Furthermore, as a public figure, his novels must be positive and he cannot do anything that goes against the will of women.

However, Shen Can did remember the protagonist in a certain erotic entertainment novel from his previous life, who really did use time-stopping to harm female celebrities in various ways.

Shen Can read for a while, then left the book review section.

At this point, he also made a decision about the final song for the Music Festival.

—The Big Fish

Jane Zhang is known as the "Princess of Dolphin Voice," and this song will also be sung in the dolphin voice, so it would be very interesting to see them compete on the same stage.

As for those foreign singers, Shen Can didn't take them seriously; the song "Joy" alone was enough to give them a hard time.

This is also based on practical considerations.

The music video for "Big Fish" is very difficult to produce, so it's better to use the video from the commercial performance directly, while "The Wind Rises" can be made into a story-driven music video.

Before we knew it, it was noon.

A message suddenly went viral online.

A media outlet has leaked the Spring Festival Gala program list, and Shen Can's "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" is prominently featured, and it will be a solo performance!

The entire internet was in an uproar.