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

As people marveled, the second verse began to play:

"I heard that Sleeping Beauty was buried, and the Little Mermaid is gazing at the Golden Palace."

I heard that Apollo turned into a golden crow, and saber-toothed tigers roam the grasslands.

I've heard that Pinocchio always lies, and that the dwarf monster has chests full of jewels.

I heard there's an evergreen tree on the cliff, and red shoes dance tirelessly there.

Shen Can did not write these lyrics in his novel "The All-Round Artist".

Generally speaking, he only writes half a song when he writes a song, unless it is a particularly important storyline, in which case he will write the whole song.

Like the first verse, this lyric also features familiar fairy tale characters.

Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio...

"Something's not right with these lyrics," Linghua frowned.

While people were still marveling at Shen Can's cross-dressing performance, her attention had already shifted to the song itself.

She keenly sensed that the song wasn't as beautiful as it seemed on the surface; instead, it had a dark fairy tale feel to it.

"The Red Shoes," Zeng Yi said.

"What?" Linghua blinked.

Zeng Yi raised an eyebrow and explained, "The red shoes keep dancing... It's from an Andersen fairy tale. A girl was cursed to keep dancing after she put on the red shoes because of her vanity. In the end, she had to cut off her legs to seek forgiveness."

"Cut off both legs? A fairy tale?"

Linghua opened her eyes wide.

What kind of fairy tale is this?

Is this definitely suitable for children?

"That's exactly what Hans Christian Andersen wrote," Zeng Yi shrugged.

Shen Can continued singing:

Only the wise river knows that Sleeping Beauty escaped the torments of life.

The little mermaid used sunlight as eyeshadow and threw herself into the embrace of the foam.

The song drifted through the air.

Among the crowd, a 30-year-old migrant worker named Chen Lin felt a sudden tremor in his heart; he couldn't help but resonate with the sentiment.

When he was a child, he always thought the witch was really wicked and Sleeping Beauty was very pitiful, sleeping there forever, and he hoped that she would break the curse as soon as possible...

But listening to Shen Can sing at this moment, I suddenly felt that Sleeping Beauty was actually very happy just sleeping like that.

If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to grow up.

He is too tired.

He often works overtime, forcing himself to accept the promises his boss makes, only to be scolded by his boss. His parents are getting older, yet they are urging him to get married quickly, but if he wants to get married, he needs to buy a house.

Chen Lin turned to look at his girlfriend of three years...

He wanted to give her a home, which was the purpose of their visit today. However, this also meant that after buying a house, their savings would be gone, and they would have to take on a mortgage for the next twenty or thirty years. In addition, his girlfriend was from Jiangxi Province, where the bride price was extremely high, and she also had a younger brother...

By the time he finishes paying off his mortgage and dowry debts, he'll probably be sixty years old, and by then he'll be old.

Chen Lin smiled wryly, thinking to himself, "I'd rather be Sleeping Beauty, but I'm actually a little mermaid."

"The Little Mermaid" comes from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". The mermaid saves a prince in the sea. In order to pursue love and immortality, she finds the sea witch and helps her to go ashore. She wants the prince to fall in love with her.

But the prince believed that another girl had saved him, and although he adored the mermaid, he always loved another girl in his heart.

On the eve of the prince's wedding to the girl, the mermaid, unable to be with the prince, suffers a backlash from the magic and is about to turn into sea foam. Her only chance to survive is to successfully assassinate the prince.

She can live as long as the prince dies.

But she gave up.

Finally, she threw away the dagger, jumped into the sea, and turned into foam.

Chen Lin felt that Shen Can wasn't singing; he was clearly singing about his own life, which was too realistic.

It's so realistic it's heartbreaking.

He knew full well that a busy and tiring life lay ahead, yet he chose to go forward without hesitation.

Just as he was thinking, Shen Can sang the last chorus of "Fairy Tale Town".

There is always a winding, dreamlike river in the fairytale town, separating ideals from reality, and then converging at the mountain pass ahead.

The ceaseless flow of water splashes up, and then a curtain of time is swept into the water.

"Let all those moments from long, long ago, when they reached a happy ending, feel so strange..."

At the end of the song, Shen Can unleashed his ultimate move—chanting.

He personally believes that this part is the highlight of the entire song, and it is better than lyrics even without them.

However, this is also one of the most difficult aspects of singing this song.

["Ahhh, waaaaaah, ahhhh, waaaaaah, ahhhh, waaaaaah..."]

The ending is drawing to a close.

All the fairy tales came to an end with Shen Can's humming, but it seemed that the time for the ending was far from over. They drifted further and further away with the "colorful river winding through the fairy tale town," leaving people with endless imagination.

The singing lingered for a long time.

Below the stage, people were so engrossed in Shen Can's chanting that they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time, as if Shen Can had cast a mass spell on them—silence.

Shen Can didn't mind. In the silence, he bowed and walked off the stage.

get off work!

This is the greatest joy for working people.

He was in a good mood at the moment. It had been a long time since he had sung on stage, and this time he went on stage and sang three songs directly, which made him feel great.

He enjoys the feeling that the stage gives him.

As soon as he stepped off the stage, the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause.

People who had come to their senses applauded Shen Can, and at the same time, various exclamations, discussions, and screams rang out.

Linghua gave Shen Can an appreciative look and said with a smile:

"A heavenly sound."

"Thank you." Shen Can nodded to Linghua.

Zeng Yi, however, started joking with Shen Can:

"Young man, you're really pushing the limits for us. If you keep going like this, we're going to have a hard time keeping up. Look, you've blown the place up."

Zeng Yi looked at the excited crowd below the stage.

Originally, Shen Can was a friendly person, and he didn't intend to compete with Shen Can. Unexpectedly, Shen Can gave them a difficult problem instead.

Shen Can laughed nonchalantly: "Brother, do you think I don't know your abilities? You can electrify the whole place with just a casual move... Wait, no, the main singer is Sister Linghua, you barely have any lyrics, so don't worry about it. This is something Sister Linghua should be thinking about."

Hearing Shen Can tease Zeng Yi, Linghua burst into laughter.

Zeng Yi chuckled to himself.

Don't underestimate Shen Can just because he's young; it's not easy to get the better of him.

The host returned to the stage.

Phoenix Legend is about to take the stage.

Shen Can had no doubt that Phoenix Legend could handle his situation.

The veteran artist's talent is beyond doubt.

Of course, it's not a guaranteed success; Linghua is very good at forgetting her lines, so Zeng Yi needs to react quickly to save the day...

To be honest, Shen Can was more curious about what song Phoenix Legend would use to start the show.

Before going on stage, Zeng Yi walked over to the sound engineer and said a few words, to which the sound engineer nodded.

Did they change the song?

Shen Can quickly received his answer.

The first song performed by Phoenix Legend was "Above the Moon".

"He really is a veteran artist," Shen Can thought to himself.

They went straight for the win with their trump card, showing their extensive experience.

Moreover, the intro to "Above the Moon" is grand and majestic, but the lyrics are gentle and story-like, making it very suitable for transitioning into a new song.

"I am far away, above the moon, where countless dreams soar freely..."

Linghua's voice is so bright; it's as if the whole world is illuminated by her singing.

Shen Can was enjoying the live performance of Phoenix Legend up close, but a comment from one of their early music videos from his past life came to mind—

"What's that man doing? And why is it only that woman singing?"

In fact, Zeng Yi has a lot of lyrics in many of his songs.

It's hard to collapse.