Chapter 88 When can we go public with this? ...
Fang Xin leaned over to look at Jing Yitong's phone and saw that he was very cautious in only using that Q-version drawing to post on Weibo. He then made sarcastic remarks: "Why didn't you use the sentence I wrote for you to post on Weibo?"
Jing Yitong's hand, which was scrolling through Weibo, froze in mid-air: "Isn't that a bit too blatant?"
The sentence Fang Xingu wrote to him was undoubtedly a love confession; if he were to post it, anyone would know something was amiss.
Fang Xingu deliberately hummed twice: "You just don't dare to go public with me."
Jing Yitong raised an eyebrow and was about to edit the Weibo post to add the photo: "Then I'll add it."
Fang Xingu quickly pressed down his hand and laughed, "I was just kidding."
“I know,” Jing Yitong smiled and hugged him. They had already reached an agreement on not going public for the time being. “When do you think we can go public?”
Fang Xingu continued signing documents, replying without hesitation, "Wait until you win awards at the three major international A-list film festivals, and I win the Grace Globe Music Award."
Jing Yitong was silent for a moment, picked up his phone and checked, then said, "The last time China won an award at one of the three major international A-list film festivals was six years ago, and the last time it won an award at the Grace Film Festival was ten years ago."
Fang Xingu looked up at him and winked: "Haven't won one in so long? It's time for us to earn some honor for the Chinese entertainment industry."
Jing Yitong squeezed in and hugged him mischievously, stopping him from signing: "So confident?"
Fang Xingu waved his pen twice and said, "It must happen, and I think it will happen in the next few years."
Jing Yitong bumped fists with him: "Then let's cheer each other on."
While the two were dreaming about the future, the internet was already buzzing with excitement over Jing Yitong's antics.
A few days later, other artists and behind-the-scenes staff also posted photos of the autographs they received from Fang Xin Gu. When netizens compared these autographs with those of Jing Yi Tong, the buzz and discussion surrounding Tong Xin Yuan and Fang Xin Gu's new album immediately surged again.
"Leopard Cat and I like: [Fang Xingu Q-version illustration]"
"...A very happy family of three, only blessings to them (solo fan version)"
"I've been listening to the new album 'Silence Has a Voice' on repeat for half a year now. I love every version, from the New Year's Eve version to the 'The World Is So Big' version. I wonder what the album version will be like."
"It's strange. I observed that the autographs that other people received from Fang Xin Gu were all written on vinyl records with blessings or signed CDs. But Jing Yitong only showed off his own CDs, which not only had his name but also Q-version drawings on them. So what did he sign on his vinyl record?"
"Hehe, maybe it's something we can't see."
"Damn it, Jing Yitong and Fang Xin, you two, don't be so stingy! If you want to show off, just do it openly and honestly!"
"...I've dreamt of Jing Yitong for so many years, but I never expected to dream of a gay man [smile]"
"Jing Yitong, your 'tong' is actually the 'tong' in homosexuality."
"Dream Girl, you guys must have had a terrible journey, hahaha!"
"Tongsi, you should be secretly happy to have such a great sister-in-law! Gusi, you should be secretly happy to have such a great sister-in-law! Yuanyuan, you should be openly happy to have such a great CP!"
"What's Yuanyuan? Don't tell me it's a name for a CP (couple) fan... that's so corny."
“Yes, some humble names are easier to keep. ‘Tong’ is Jing Yitong, ‘Xin’ is Fang Xin Gu, and ‘Yuan’ is CP fans. Our family of three is just that authoritative.”
“‘Tongxinyuan’ is a great name. I remember the girl who ran into Fang Xingu walking his dog in Jiangcheng last year said that the Samoyed was named ‘Quanquan’. Tongxinyuan is just two circles, isn’t it? This name really encompasses the two people, the dog, and a group of CP fans.”
"Jing Yitong, could you please ask Fang Xin Gu to please not make the physical album pre-sale limited? We can't get even a single one [crying]. This is our only wish. If you can do it, we'll consider you our sister-in-law!"
"Gu Si still buys albums? Can't you be a little more sensible? Every penny you spend on Fang Xin Gu will eventually become his capital to support his sister-in-law. P.S. A male sister-in-law is still a sister-in-law."
"Get lost! Do you know how many career-oriented fans make up the majority of Gu Sili's fanbase? Even if he were to actually date Jing Yitong, even if he got married to Jing Yitong tomorrow, it wouldn't stop us from buying albums and boosting sales [smile]"
"You old fans are also adopting the attitude of 'Whoever dares to obstruct my view of the bright moon hanging high, I'll kill them' [laughing and crying emoji]"
"Everyone, whether you're a solo fan, a CP fan, or a casual fan, please come to Lingfeng Music tomorrow morning at 10 AM to listen to Fang Xingu's new album 'Contradictory Body' for free!"
"Hate fans should listen to this tomorrow too. After all, even if you don't want to listen, the songs from the album will definitely flood the internet in a while. Rather than being forced to listen to the song, only to find out it's Fang Xin Gu's song online and get furious, you might as well take the initiative and listen to the song first [tongue sticking out]."
"That's hilarious, just like 'Silent Voice' back then, right?"
"That's right, that's how confident we, Gugu's fans, are [hands on hips]"
Amidst everyone's eager anticipation, Fang Xingu's new album was officially released on Lingfeng Music at 10:00 AM the following day.
The album "Contradictory Body" contains twelve songs, all of which were created by Fang Xingu. He was responsible for all the lyrics and music composition of these twelve songs, and was highly involved in the arrangement and instrument recording. Therefore, the concept of these twelve songs is very unified.
But what's most surprising is that although all twelve songs are love songs, they are very different in style and don't sound repetitive. Instead, each song has its own unique flavor.
For example, the two main tracks, "Silence with Sound" has a dazzling and gorgeous accompaniment. Every time you listen to it, you feel as if you have experienced a grand unrequited love, but it ends in a hasty and empty feeling, which is both bitter and sour. On the other hand, the overall arrangement of "Parallel Parallel" is simple and subtle. It is more like telling the story of the love that has never been spoken, but it is the most empathetic.
Not only these two songs, but the other ten songs also have their own unique characteristics. This album is Fang Xin Gu's sincere work, and the quality of each song is extremely high. After listening to it once, you can't help but want to listen to it on repeat. Many people have even shed tears for it. Almost everyone can find resonance in this kind of music and be captivated by it.
Therefore, within just three hours of its release, all twelve songs from "Contradiction" climbed onto the new song chart of Lingfeng Music and surged upwards at rocket speed, initiating a chart-dominating mode.
Six hours later, the album version of "Silence Has a Voice" climbed onto the annual hot song chart. At the same time, three different versions of "Silence Has a Voice" appeared on the annual hot song chart simultaneously, even showing signs of converging on the chart. "Parallel Parallel" followed closely behind, quickly appearing on the annual hot song chart as well.
Nine hours later, the album "Contradiction" had occupied twelve of the top twenty spots on the new song chart, while three other songs, including "Sunlight is Cool," also appeared on the annual hot song chart.
So far, this only reflects the fact that casual listeners haven't fully entered the fray. Although "Silent Voice" has already been a hit once, so "Contradiction" already has a high enough level of popularity, casual listeners won't pay attention to which singer releases a song at what time today. Even if they've heard of it, they're unlikely to go to music apps to listen at the exact time.
Even though "Contradiction" has trended on various social media platforms today, most people who see it are only vaguely aware of the topic and won't specifically search for Fang Xingu's new song to listen to. Therefore, it will take some time for the story to truly take off.
It wasn't until 12 hours later, at 10 p.m., when the internet was at its busiest, that Fang Xin released the music video for "Sunlight is Cool" on major social media platforms. This music video was what truly ignited the enthusiasm of passersby.
The most important and simple reason why many passersby clicked on the video was that Fang Xingu's face in the cover and opening scene was too good-looking. Even the most indifferent passersby couldn't help but stop and look at his face when they saw the video. Then they would be attracted by the music in the video, go to the music app to collect the song, and then listen to the whole album.
Many people later jokingly said that if the song "Sunlight is Slightly Cool" was a showcase of Fang Xingu's singing skills, then the music video for "Sunlight is Slightly Cool" must be a showcase of Fang Xingu's good looks.
In the following days, Fang Xin Gu would release a music video every day, keeping fans in suspense and giving casual viewers who were unaware of Fang Xin Gu's new album a full-on experience.
If the album quality were even slightly inferior, this level of big data promotion would have aroused the resentment of casual listeners. But unfortunately, the songs on this album are really good, and the music videos are really good. Anyone would be willing to spend a little more time on such a pleasing work.
On the fifth day, the final music video, "Parallel Parallelism," was released. When fans discovered that Jing Yitong had not only participated in the instrumental recording of the song but also made a cameo appearance in the music video, this bombshell completely devastated the internet, leaving only the names Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong on the entire network.
The number of listens to "Contradiction" continued to rise, which also led to a rapid increase in the number of downloads of the Lingfeng Music APP. The twelve songs from the new album dominated the Lingfeng Music software every day, and even occupied various charts. Some songs that were originally at the top of the charts were pushed to the back.
Among them, Tan Zhi suffered the most. His new album, released in late May, was originally doing well. The title track, "Above the Wilderness," climbed the charts very steadily and was expected to reach the top three on Lingfeng by the end of the year. However, "Contradiction" suddenly appeared and kicked his "Above the Wilderness" out of the top ten, never to be in the top three again.
However, the spread of "Contradiction" on the Internet continued to expand. In the end, just as fans had said before the album was released, even if some people deliberately did not listen to Fang Xingu's album, they would still eventually come across it online or hear it from their friends and family. In less than half a month, its popularity had reached an astonishing level.
Until July 8th, Fang Xin's birthday, the physical CD and vinyl album of "Contradiction" will be available for pre-order starting at 8 pm.
The people at Fang Xingu's studio were extremely nervous. This was Fang Xingu's first solo physical album since her debut. The first twelve songs had already been released for free on Lingfeng Music, and the music video had also been released. As per Fang Xingu's request, they did not include many different merchandise items to stimulate sales in the album, and they did not know how the physical album would ultimately sell.
Fang Xin Gu, however, seemed completely unconcerned about album sales, continuing his routine work and life every day.
He had just come out of the bathroom and hadn't even realized it was past midnight when Jing Yitong grabbed him and hugged him, saying, "Happy birthday, baby!"
Fang Xingu closed her eyes and let Jing Yitong kiss her several times before finally pushing his face away, unable to bear it any longer: "Today is my birthday, right? Why do you act like I'm your gift? I should be the one kissing you."
“Oh,” Jing Yitong feigned modesty and distanced herself slightly, looking at Fang Xingu expectantly, “Then kiss me.”
"...Why are you talking like you're asking for a reward? You haven't given me my birthday present yet."
As he spoke, Fang Xin Gu Chao Jing also stretched out his right hand and hooked his fingertips together, asking him for a birthday present.
Jing Yitong leaned down and rested his chin on Fang Xingu's palm, blinked, and said, "What do you think of this gift?"
Fang Xingu smiled and patted the "gift" on the head: "It's nice, but it's a bit big and can't be carried around."
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Author's Note: The reveal should be written in the side story. [Please!]
A quick forum-style interlude!
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Title: Everyone hurry up and listen to "Parallel Parallelism," this Tongxinyuan seems to be serious!
Main post: [Screenshot of the production page for "Parallel Parallelism"]
Lyrics by: Fang Xin Gu
Composer: Fang Xin Gu
Arrangement: Fang Xin Gu
Mixing: Fang Xin Gu
Producer: Fang Xin Gu
Strings: Fang Xin Gu
Drum: Fang Xin Gu
Piano: Fang Xingu, Jing Yitong
1L
Jing Yitong, do you know how weird it is to have your name sandwiched in the middle...?
12L
How much money did Li Taojing give Fang Xingu to get him to agree to bring you along?
23L
True love is priceless!
34L
The key point is that the piano part of this song is not difficult either; Fang Xin Gu could probably play it by himself, right?
45L
So you just want to put your name in my song?
56L
Fang Xin Gu, don't love him too much.
67L
Fang Xin Gu, don't love him too much.
78L
Fang Xin Gu, don't love him too much.
89L
I declare that "Parallel Parallelism" has surpassed "Silence Has a Voice" in my opinion...
100L
After one person wrote the letter in blood, "Parallel Parallelism" became their love song for Xinyuan!
111L
No, this feels so tragic! Let's wait until GuGu releases a sweet song before deciding on our love song. Every song in "Contradiction" is so heartbreaking, it doesn't fit our relationship with XinYuan.
129L
Although it's heartbreaking, every song is so good... Is the "Purple Star of the Unpopular Forum" really here?
138L
It sounds really good. I even downloaded Lingfeng Music specifically because I used to use other music apps.
147L
So, will there be a music video for "Parallel Parallelism"? If it's the main track, there probably will be, right?
165L
For those of you who have access to this, my network says there will be a total of five music videos, and there will be surprises. Let's look forward to it.
176L
Five music videos! What's the surprise?
185L
You'll find out then~
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A few days later:
415L
The music video for "Parallel Parallelism" is out!!!
428L
What a surprise! Did Jing Yitong also make a cameo appearance in the music video?
431L
Holy crap!
442L
It's him... When I first saw that figure from behind in the music video, I was wondering if it was Jing Yitong, they really looked so alike. But subconsciously, I told me these two wouldn't go that far. But then that figure turned around, and it really was Jing Yitong's face! Well, I underestimated you guys at Tongxinyuan! [Shocked]
456L
Fang Xin, you not only found Jing Yitong to be your piano partner, but also had him film your music video... I believe in love again.
469L
There's a little inside story, which Jiang Huishan should be able to tell you from his Weibo post today, right? Actually, Fang Xin Gu initially wanted Jiang Huishan to film those scenes with Jing Yitong in the music video, but after a whole day of filming, they still couldn't get it right because Fang Xin Gu felt Jiang Huishan's acting wasn't right. So the next day, they switched to Jing Yitong, and it was done in just one hour! [laughing emoji]
474L
Jiang Huishan: ? You really thought I was a trap? [Clown]
480L
I can't take it anymore, Tongxinyuan is so entertaining, hahaha.
493L
I really want to know what happened the night Fang Xingu replaced Jiang Huishan with Jing Yitong!
506L
Perhaps it's like this—> Jing Yitong: I'm not even your first choice [beagle arms crossed]
525L
I remember when they were filming the music video, Jing Yitong was still doing promotional tours for "Water Eats Sand," right? She really took a few hours out of her schedule to help Fang Xingu film the music video.
541L
Holy crap, just mentioning "Water Devours Sand" makes me laugh. Jiang Zhou and Xu Xingye are fighting like dogs, and "Water Devours Sand" almost got caught in the crossfire. [explosive]
553L
Fortunately, the clarification was done quickly enough, otherwise "Water Devours Sand" would have been truly ruined by those two extraordinary individuals, Jiang Zhou and Xu Xingye...
578L
Can we please stop mentioning these two criminals? The police have already opened a case and are investigating. [Black face] Let's return the building to Tongxinyuan.
591L
I still feel so happy. Although every one of the twelve songs in "Contradiction" has a sense of tragedy, I can feel the love in the later production and promotion.
604L
Everyone can say that Fang Xin Gu looks especially vibrant when he's with Jing Yi Tong; even his cheeks have gotten fuller. Jing Yi Tong, you've really taken good care of my son, sob sob sob.
625L
Fang Xingu's IP address is currently still in Guangzhou Province. It's known that Fang Xingu doesn't have a job there. What do you think he's doing there? [winking emoji]
647L
Accompanying my boyfriend to film a movie isn't work, it's life. [sunglasses]
660L
Breaking news! The physical album of "Contradictory Body" will be available for pre-order starting at 8 PM on July 8th. Limited time offer, no quantity limit!
679L
Holy crap, it's really unlimited?! Jing Yitong, I accept you as my sister-in-law!!!
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