“Wow, you’re kidding me. You still remember after all this time?”
Li Lu was shocked. This was the only melody he had ever written that was even halfway decent.
Back then, the reason he had entered an entertainment company was that he did have a little interest in this area.
As a child, he had learned many instruments… piano, guitar, drums, and more.
After leaving home, he thought maybe he could become a legendary singer.
After joining the entertainment company, he actually did become popular.
He was young and full of drive then, and he learned to write quite a few works.
Without exception, every one of them ended up in the trash can.
This melody came to him when he first started dating Lin Lin.
He said it was a song written especially for her, and it made her quite happy.
But in the end, by the time they broke up, it still hadn’t been completed.
After that, he never picked up a pen again. Maybe he really had no talent.
“Of course I haven’t forgotten. This is the most beautiful melody I’ve ever heard.”
“Don’t flatter me. I know exactly what level I’m at.”
…
The bullet comments exploded in shock, with all kinds of interpretations appearing one after another:
『What does that mean? From Lin Lin’s tone, it sounds like Li Lu wrote it for her back then.』
『Probably a slip of the tongue. Lin Lin just wanted to say that he used to write good melodies.』
『No way. Are the two of them already getting locked in now?』
『The more you think about it, the scarier it gets. Lin Lin hasn’t dated anyone all these years… could she have been waiting for this waste?』
『The camera keeps giving Lin Lin close-ups. What are they trying to hint at?』
『Her face is like morning clouds reflecting peach blossoms, her eyes like the evening tide rippling over autumn waters.』
『Damn, it’s pitch-black in there. How can you guys see so clearly?』
…
On the other side, Zhang Wenbo was practically furious. These two were really a filthy pair of adulterers.
Right in front of him, they were chatting about all that old junk.
That little tune sounded utterly ordinary to him.
Was this woman trying to disgust him on purpose?
He could write a whole truckload of trash melodies like that in a single day.
“What are you talking about?”
Yang Shu and a few others also came over. In fact, they had already been sneaking closer for a while.
Never mind how many camera shots they got… just the three-way brawl on scene was enough for anyone to be curious. Artists gossip too.
As soon as the music on stage ended, a few of them tacitly moved over here as well.
“We were talking about old times.”
Zhang Wenbo answered, then said:
“We were just talking about the song Li Lu wrote for Lin Lin before. It was pretty nice.”
“No, no.”
Lin Lin immediately began denying it when she heard that. Oh no, had she just said something wrong?
“Whoa, Li Lu, you wrote a song for Lin Lin before?”
Yang Shu and the other male guests all wore suggestive expressions, while the female guests remained calm.
“No, no, that’s not it at all.
I can’t write songs. That was just a melody, at most a demo.
Anyone who writes songs knows that sometimes a melody just comes to you.
For example, 5322 131112. Loop it and record it, and you’ve got a demo.
A genius like Old Zhang can write hundreds of them in a day.”
Li Lu helped explain. He wasn’t here to help people hype up a fake couple.
He didn’t want everyone to misunderstand and affect Lin Lin’s normal interactions with other artists.
“I couldn’t write a demo like yours.”
Zhang Wenbo did not appreciate it. His smile was also a little sarcastic.
“Old Six, you’ve really got me hooked now.
This little melody is so amazing. How many more have you been hiding all these years?
No, today you have to show us what you’ve got.
Sing a new song we’ve never heard, or sing this one you wrote for Lin Lin.”
After Zhang Wenbo said that, he felt extremely pleased with himself.
Originally, he just wanted to make him sing an old song. The stage sound system and lighting were both very rudimentary now.
In this kind of environment, those songs of his that relied on flashy stage effects and electronic music were garbage.
No matter which song he sang, the audience would mock him.
Forcing him to sing an original song now would make him lose face all the way to outer space.
He knew very well what level he was at. There was no way he could write a new song himself.
“I really can’t write songs.”
The smile on Li Lu’s face was gone too. This guy was never going to stop.
I’m a waste, but I have a system.
I just don’t want to bother with you, and you really think you’re some kind of genius.
The bullet comments reached their peak for the night:
『Damn, don’t back down.』
『He’s already practically yelling in your face, and you’re still acting like a waste.』
『He really can’t write. Why are you making things hard for a past-his-prime pretty boy?』
『Zhang Wenbo is really bad, but I like it.』
『Isn’t this supposed to be a slow-burn celebrity dating variety show? How is it this exciting?』
『Battle it out, battle it out. If he were a rapper, could he still endure this?』
『Actually, he is pretty pitiful. If this had been when he was hot, even if Zhang Wenbo had a deep grudge against him, he wouldn’t have embarrassed him like this. This is basically a complete falling-out.』
…
“Old Yang, didn’t you say you were going to dance for us?”
Liu Mian suddenly gave Yang Shu a push, and the camera immediately cut over.
“Dance?”
Yang Shu was momentarily confused, but quickly recovered.
The atmosphere had been a little awkward just now. Li Lu really seemed angry. Liu Mian was trying to smooth things over for him.
“I only know how to dance the cha-cha. It’s no fun dancing alone. Why don’t you dance with me?”
Yang Shu wore a sleazy grin. He came here to have fun, and getting the famous leading lady to dance with him wasn’t bad either.
The bullet comments finally changed pace too. The two biggest names here were about to interact.
『Damn, why is his smile so lewd?』
『A middle-aged man coming on a dating variety show is really greasy.』
『Damn it, Yang Shu switched to directing. What is he up to?』
『My goddess, I can’t bear to watch this.』
『Alert, alert, a groping hand incoming.』
…
Li Lu knew that Liu Mian was trying to help him. She had always been so considerate.
But they had already broken up. Why do this now?
“I didn’t know how to write songs before.”
Without waiting for Liu Mian to respond, Li Lu spoke up again and drew everyone’s attention back to him.
“But just now, I just wrote one.”
There was no need to hold anything back now, even though he planned to switch careers and become a writer later.
But the system had also said that he could exchange for unlimited resources, as long as he did a good deed next time.
Let bygones be bygones. He had already yielded once.
Then he would just exchange for one song first and smash him to pieces.
“System, system.
Give me a good song that I can sing well.”