Chapter 151 151 Partner Lingguang
Chapter 151
Lin Yuan's songwriting life continues.
Lin Yuan's popularity soared after the hit drama "Just Right" during the summer vacation. While other actors might have a hit after filming several dramas, Lin Yuan had a string of hits.
Netizens have noticed that since Lin Yuan started acting, none of his dramas have flopped, and none of them have even achieved mediocre results.
"Sincerely wishing you good fortune in your business endeavors."
"catch!!!"
"It has both a good reputation and high popularity, it's amazing."
Following the summer hit "Just You", several campus dramas have recently been released in the industry. Before this, it was generally agreed in the industry that the peak of campus dramas had passed.
There's no way around it; the success of "Just You" is truly enticing, proving that there's still potential to be explored in this genre.
Lin Yuan hasn't taken on any new roles yet, but it's rumored that the best scripts in the industry are being shown to him first—it's true that Lin Yuan hasn't been filming lately, but who knows, maybe he'll see a script that catches his eye?
This trend has indeed infringed upon the interests of several top male actors. However, in the current television drama industry, it is not yet possible to find a male actor whose achievements are comparable to Lin Yuan's.
The glory of other actors is in the past, but Lin Yuan's is in the present.
In fact, Lin Yuan doesn't interact much with other male actors. He usually keeps to himself and only meets them at year-end events and award ceremonies.
But to some extent, he is indeed a formidable opponent for others.
There is always competition among actors for ratings, viewership, and awards... Although Lin Yuan doesn't have many works, his presence is quite an eyesore.
"Mandala" is highly anticipated for next year's Tung Blossom Award.
Although Han Shen is not a positive role model, Lin Yuan is the best at portraying the character. Even though the character has various disadvantages, his performance is enough to make the judges make an exception and give him another award.
To be honest, several of his colleagues were secretly delighted when they heard the news that Lin Yuan was planning to release an album.
However, despite Lin Yuan's reduced public appearances, "Just Right" still became a hit. Lin Yuan's decision to reduce his workload only made the audience more eager for his next project. Even Xingyao Video, a major video streaming platform, offered him a salary of XXXX if he was willing to take on the role.
This kind of pricing... isn't it just trying to disrupt market order?
That's outrageous.
Xingyao Video simply couldn't offer such a price, and even if they did, Lin Yuan might not have the guts to accept it.
High salaries come with responsibilities; if the show flops, the actor may struggle to recover for years.
Lin Yuan naturally didn't accept the offer. The most widely circulated explanation is that he wants to focus on music from now on and not let down the fans who have been waiting for him.
"...You're clearly just too scared to accept it, aren't you?"
"It's obviously a publicity stunt, just them bragging to each other."
To those in the industry, this is clearly a mutual flattery between Xingyao Video and Lin Yuan.
But the audience really likes this kind of thing—
"Kobayashi is amazing for not caring about money and only focusing on his work!!"
"My God, that's a lot of money! Lin Yuan actually refused to take it, that's amazing! A man with such self-respect is truly admirable!!"
Colleagues: "..."
Can you please stop being so fake?
How can anyone still believe such a thing?
They were eager to investigate where Lin Yuan had learned his brainwashing techniques, which made the audience follow him so sincerely.
...
Lin Yuan knew nothing about this.
He wrote nine songs for his new album. It goes without saying how much suffering he went through, but when it came to the last song, Lin Yuan still got stuck.
He was thinking of a solemn ending, to write a masterpiece that would amaze the world, after all, it would be the last one.
Then, he deeply experienced what it means to have the hardest ending.
The goal of writing a masterpiece was instantly extinguished.
Lin Yuan felt that the main reason was that his inspiration had been exhausted in the previous few songs, and now he couldn't come up with anything no matter how hard he tried.
He could only extend the timeline further.
After filming "Bloody Past", Lin Yuan thought he could finish writing the song by September, but now half of September has already passed.
Lin Yuan has pushed the timeline back to October.
Lin Yuan planned to write a duet for this song. He had this idea before, but his plans were disrupted by filming TV series and movies.
"Life is like this," Lin Yuan would lament in the group chat every day.
"No one can take care of your life; you have to face it yourself." Ms. Yu Ying happened to be online and sent Lin Yuan a bunch of eye-rolling emojis.
Your words are so cold.
“My fists are even hotter,” Yu Ying said. “One punch to warm you up, want a taste?”
Lin Yuan was deeply moved, but still declined.
He can't afford it.
“Why don’t you think about the hardships you’ve endured while filming? People say that great works are born from suffering,” Yu Ying suggested to Lin Yuan. “Think about the scenes of you rolling around in the snow.”
Lin Yuan: "..."
Goodbye, this is a duet.
Fortunately, during this time, Lin Yuan became more and more proficient at songwriting. Although he was anxious about not being able to finish the last song, he never had the thought that he "couldn't write it".
It can definitely be written down.
A melody kept playing in his mind, and he wrote page after page in his notebook. Lin Yuan didn't smoke, but he drank a lot of milk tea, so he had enough sugar. He felt that he should be able to finish writing.
Lin Yuan drew inspiration for each song on this album from one or more movies. However, some works, because the characters were too iconic or the rebellious elements were too profound, made him feel that his unrestrained comments were a form of disrespect when he tried to express his thoughts through the songs.
The character's struggle was so desperate, the character's resistance so intense, but was his lighthearted commentary enough to reveal the character's core?
While writing a certain song, Lin Yuan let himself go completely mad.
Lin Yuan couldn't recall his state at that time. He probably collapsed from a lack of inspiration, then desperately pushed himself to the limit, and one day he wrote like a madman. The final product was something Lin Yuan himself didn't expect.
He had no idea he could write something like this.
“What you need to do now is not dwell on the past,” the agent said. “You should get a good night’s sleep.”
Feng snatched the milk tea cup from Lin Yuan's hand: "If you drink this every day, how will you sleep at night?"
Lin Yuan's life in seclusion was not quite what ordinary people imagined. Although he said he wanted to relax, in reality, he still pushed himself quite hard.
His agent saw his bloodshot eyes several times.
Feng Zeng knew that if Lin Yuan was going to do something, he would do it to the extreme; perfunctory work was not his style.
He said he would write good songs, and he definitely will.
But it shouldn't be like this either.
The agent tossed a stack of CDs down: "You told me before that you wanted to find a collaborator, right? I've found these albums for you to listen to."
"These singers may not be very famous, but these days, it's already quite an achievement to keep releasing albums."
Lin Yuan nodded.
Most of the time, he listened to Feng Zeng's advice.
Lin Yuan is used to pushing himself to achieve breakthroughs. This method works quite well when filming, but when filming "Bloody Past", he couldn't find his rhythm at first. He had to calm himself down and think before he slowly found his footing.
If rushing won't help, then slow down.
Because he was so stressed about the last song, Lin Yuan didn't get a good night's sleep.
That's just his personality; he wants to get things done quickly and decisively, and doesn't want to drag things out any longer.
If I keep putting it off, it will always feel like there's something I haven't finished.
Lin Yuan was urged by Feng Zeng to lie down, and he started listening to the CD that Feng Zeng had brought. However, Lin Yuan was still not able to calm down. He thought about the evolution of monkeys from the Big Bang, and explored the knowledge in the fields of biology and evolution.
Lin Yuan dozed off for a while, then suddenly heard a song, or more accurately, a voice.
He opened his eyes, blinked a few times, and then obediently sat down at the table.
Feng Zeng was still there, working on documents in Lin Yuan's living room. Seeing Lin Yuan get up, he took off his glasses and said, "Not sleeping anymore? I'll order some takeout..."
Lin Yuan did not respond to his words. He sat with his chin in his hand for a while, and then became completely absorbed in the conversation.
Lin Yuan maintained the same posture all day long, without eating anything, and when asked, he said he wasn't hungry.
Feng Zeng didn't keep asking.
Until evening.
Feng Zeng only heard the sound of books being turned over with a "rustling" sound from the other side, followed by the sound of rummaging through drawers and cabinets.
When Lin Yuan is quiet, you feel like he doesn't exist, but once he starts arguing, he really is... a bit noisy.
"How is it going?" the agent asked curiously.
Lin Yuan gave an OK sign: "Done!"
Feng Zeng found it hard to believe how fast it was going, having witnessed Lin Yuan's earlier struggles and frustration.
"Thank you for bringing the CDs." Lin Yuan handed over one of them. "Could you help me contact this singer?"
"Partners?"
Lin Yuan nodded: "That's right!"
With the heavy burden lifted, Lin Yuan looked much more relaxed.
"After this album is released, I'm going on vacation." Lin Yuan stretched. "A long vacation."
Agent: "...It would be too much to let him take another break."
Lin Yuan was bombarded with offers from various production teams, some of which were hard to refuse. It was already quite an achievement that Lin Yuan managed to secure a year for writing; if he continued to postpone it...
"The audience will forget you, they really will," the agent said seriously.
"No, it won't happen." Lin Yuan was equally confident.
...
Zheng Huinong is one of the singers who came from a talent show and was previously unknown in the industry.
She debuted through a singing competition, nearly ten years earlier than the idol talent shows that later became hugely popular.
Some of the contestants from the same year became actors, some became regulars on variety shows, and some simply left the entertainment industry.
They are generally less popular than those who came from idol talent shows.
Recently, another of Zheng Huinong's classmates has become popular again, taking the route of selling effeminate women. When Zheng Huinong debuted, she had an androgynous style. Her manager often asked her if she had any close classmates from the same class, so that she could create some buzz and generate popularity.
For someone like her, who has remained a nobody in the entertainment industry for decades, there's really no point in continuing. She might as well marry a rich man; after all, the entertainment industry offers more opportunities to meet wealthy people than other circles.
Zheng Huinong's disadvantage lies in pursuing a singing career. She has the talent; after all, she debuted as the fifth-place winner on that show. Moreover, although her popularity was lower than the top three, her singing skills were first-rate.
There were also singers in the same year, but their focus was not on releasing albums, but on expanding their network in the entertainment industry. With a network, resources came, more opportunities to appear in public, and higher prices for commercial performances.
But Zheng Huinong keeps releasing albums one after another. When the company doesn't pay for them, she pays for them herself, and all the money she's earned over the years has gone to these albums.
She's quite diligent in accepting commercial performances, and at least she has a fifth-place ranking, but her fees aren't going up; in fact, they're getting lower and lower.
"Look at you, what are you going to do? You have no money and you're getting old." The agent was exasperated.
The agent is profit-driven and speaks very bluntly, but he has treated her well, and the two have supported each other all these years.
"If it really doesn't work, I won't sing anymore," Zheng Huinong said defiantly.
“What can you do if you don’t sing? You don’t have a degree.” Her manager got anxious when she said that. “At least you have a skill to make a living, and it earns more than a regular job.”
Zheng Huinong silently made a triumphant gesture, which was seen by her manager, who then proceeded to vigorously pluck her hair.
"Let's just leave it at that." Eventually, the agent also started to give up, thinking, "We won't starve anyway."
The main reason is that the agent was a bit overwhelmed by the resurgence of that person from the same cohort.
Everyone was struggling together, and life was tough for everyone. How did she suddenly start living a good life?
Why is it that my own dog is just not good at anything?
Well, that's just Zheng Huinong's personality. Over the years, she's gotten used to it.
Those who are too good at getting along with others are not necessarily good people. There was a particularly good-looking guy in the class after Zheng Huinong. He was good at getting along with others, but he was also arrogant. He got into trouble a few years later. Zheng Huinong felt terrified when he thought about his experiences after meeting him.
"Now I can only pray that a windfall will suddenly fall from the sky," the agent lamented. "Whoever it is, please bring me a chance to make a fortune."
"It's almost the end of the year, I'll tell him when I visit my grandfather's grave."
broker:"……"
Actually, they had also gone to temples to pray, but it didn't work; it was the kind of temple that people around them said was very effective.
The two chatted for a while when their agent's phone suddenly rang.
"Maybe it's the deal we agreed on that day, the price isn't high, only a few thousand yuan..." the agent rambled on as he answered the phone.
Three minutes later, the agent stared at her blankly.
"Did they break up?" Zheng Huinong asked curiously.
The fact that a collaboration would fall through unexpectedly midway through would be very unusual for others, but it was perfectly normal for her.
"Not this one." The agent suddenly grabbed her arm. "Which temple did you visit last time?"
How could it be so brilliant?
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