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

Chapter 90 What are these people imagining?

"Um???"

Outside the Poly Xiziwan residential community, after finishing a commercial performance and signing autographs and taking photos with many fans, Shen Can held a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

Zhao Ji blushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"I was planning to give you flowers while you were singing, but you were playing guitar the whole time, and I figured you wouldn't have any free hands, so... I guess I'll just give them to you now. It's all the same, right?"

Li Jinming showed no sisterly affection and directly added insult to injury.

"Actually, it's very difficult to get into that spot."

Shen Can waved his hand and said with a smile:

"It's all the same, it's okay, thank you." He looked into Zhao Ji's eyes, and Zhao Ji became shy under his gaze, her eyes darting away as she lowered her head slightly. Shen Can didn't tease her any further.

"Let's go shoot some videos and try to finish work early today."

As mentioned earlier, he wanted to shoot a video in a simple, unassuming setting, and the shooting location was Blue Phoenix Company.

As for the appearance fee for this commercial performance, it is actually divided into two parts: a deposit and a final payment. The real estate developer paid the deposit to Blue Phoenix Company on the third day after the contract was signed. Considering that Blue Phoenix was in a very tight financial situation, Shen Can let Xu Xinran use the money first.

After all, all of his songs were produced with money from Xu Xinran, so he couldn't let Xu Xinran not be able to pay her employees' salaries.

According to the contract, the final payment for the commercial performance will arrive within three days after the performance ends.

In reality, although the term "moonlighting" is often associated with "taking money and leaving," the actual cooperation model in the industry is that the performance organizer pays a deposit first, and the final payment will arrive no later than the day before the star's performance; otherwise, the star can refuse to perform on stage.

However, the situation varies from person to person. For example, this was Shen Can's first commercial performance after he became famous. Due to the high risk and the lack of past commercial performances to refer to, he did not have much bargaining power.

Earning 200,000 on your first try is already quite good.

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As time passed, an hour later, news about Shen Can's commercial performance began to appear online.

Not everyone was there to buy a house. Some of Shen Can's fans, after returning home, turned on their computers or went to an internet cafe and immediately shared their stories on forums and online communities.

Soon after, it appeared online.

Topics such as "Shen Can cross-dressing", "A god-level performance in Fairy Tale Town", "Shen Can is amazing", "Shen Can's commercial performance is comparable to a concert", "Shen Can is super dedicated", and "Phoenix Legend and Shen Can" quickly went viral online.

Those who attended the commercial performance praised Shen Can's performance to the skies.

Many people have a desire to show off and share.

They came, but no one else did, and they saw such a wonderful performance... They wanted the whole world to know.

This is similar to some people's habit of posting travel photos on social media.

Someone even wrote a long review of the song on the Baidu Tieba forum 【Shen Can Bar】.

【The song "Fairy Tale Town" is something only someone with a certain amount of life experience could write!】

Good works don't necessarily have to appeal to a wide age range, but works that can resonate with a broad age group certainly have the potential to be good.

Once Upon a Time is the latter; it makes younger people appreciate its beauty, but makes older people feel the gap between ideals and reality, and ultimately allows listeners with more life experience to hear hope and courage.

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First, let's talk about the simplest target audience: younger children. This is the most basic aspect of the song.

"The Rainbow River, Snow White, Magic, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio..."

Younger listeners may not understand the lyrics, but they can easily recite these key words.

These are things that are from fairy tales.

To them, the song was beautiful, gentle, and sweet.

Childhood is inherently innocent.

……

Those in older age groups, having experienced the hardships of life, will hear:

"Suppressing oneself from becoming a wolf," "Losing one's beloved glass slipper," "Gazing at the golden palace"...

In their ears, or rather, in the ears of most people, this is their reality.

Restraining desires leads to the loss of beauty and the yearning for success.

Ideals are lofty, but reality is harsh; ideals and reality are always separated.

The song evokes feelings of sadness and negativity.

This is the price of growing up. Although the song is gentle and Shen Can's voice is ethereal, it is still heartbreaking to listen to.

In order to "gain", we are always "giving up".

Is it really worth it?

……

Listeners with more life experience—those who have experienced and tasted all the joys and sorrows of life—will be able to glean more insights.

Yes, growth always comes at a price.

But everything has an end, and the journey toward that end is our life.

Shen Can uses his song to tell everyone that no matter what, you must have the courage and hope to keep going.

"There's always a colorful river winding through the fairytale town... leading to a happy ending."

The climax and chorus of the song are where Shen Can truly expresses his thoughts.

"The seven-colored river" refers to time, which is capricious, winding, and ever-flowing. But in this river of time, courage and hope always remain; they have not perished, and the ending is happy and beautiful.

Do you understand? When "Once Upon a Time" reaches its third level, its core is actually the same as that of "Rice Fragrance".

To be honest, I cried while listening to the song. Why? Because that freshman boy had the world in his heart and wanted to use his pure heart and gentleness to warm the whole world through his songs.

Listen carefully, there are not many things left in this world that can truly comfort people.

Works that allow people to feel their purest selves, recall the beauty of their beginnings, and find the courage to continue pursuing those beautiful dreams are becoming increasingly rare.

On the forum, countless fans expressed their outrage after reading the post, saying that the original poster had gone too far.

"Holy crap, I haven't even heard the song yet, and Chan's new song hasn't even been officially released, and people are already giving their reviews?"

"sharp!"

"Could it get any more outrageous?"

"Alright, I know you went to see Shen Can sing live, stop showing off."

"Undeniably, this review is exceptionally well-written and incredibly enticing."

"I'm so hungry for it!"

"Is the original poster actually the class representative for Chinese language?"

"..."

Shen Can was naturally unaware of the commotion online.

At this moment.

He, Zhao Ji, Li Jinming, and others had just arrived at Blue Phoenix Company.

After greeting Zhao and Li, Xu Xinran pulled Shen Can to an employee's workstation and asked:

"When did you ask for a favor? Your writing is quite good."