Chapter 55 Chapter 55 plus additional update, Fang Yinnian’s birthday single is released first! …
[Chapter 55, Birthday]
Starting from the second day of the Chinese New Year, the five FTM members returned to the company early in the morning to attend classes. They finally got the new song score they had been longing for.
Xu Baichuan gave them two music scores at a time.
The first song is a lyrical piece called "Secret Garden", a love song with a very gentle melody. It tells the story of a young boy who hides his dreams and thoughts in a secret garden. The style is very fresh.
Fang Yinnian and Tang Che have more parts in this song, while Mo Xun, Junwen and Xiaofei sing accompaniment most of the time.
The second song is a singing and dancing song called "Fiery". The melody is even more passionate than the previous "for the music", and it contains a lot of rap. The accompaniment includes heavy metal and intense drum beats.
This song requires Junwen, Mo Xun and Xiaofei to take turns rapping, while Fang Yinnian and Tang Che have relatively small parts.
The styles of the two songs are very different.
Xu Baichuan said: "First, you should practice the harmony of "Secret Garden" and practice the group dance of "Fiery". The group dance of this song is very difficult and needs at least two months of practice. Time is very tight."
Everyone was happy but also nervous at the same time. The agent's music release schedule was packed and they couldn't let down their guard.
After the morning class, Fang Yinnian found Xu Baichuan privately: "Brother Xu, I wrote a song myself, and Teacher Yu has helped me revise it. I want to release it solo, is that okay?"
Xu Baichuan was stunned: "You have your own work so soon?"
Fang Yinnian said embarrassedly: "I wrote it when I was 16 years old, and I changed a lot of details."
Xu Baichuan pondered for a moment and said, "FTM's new song will be released at the end of February. How about releasing your solo single on February 14th, Valentine's Day? That day happens to be your birthday. You can release a separate song as a benefit for your fans."
Fang Yinnian nodded: "No problem."
Because there was no need for harmony, Fang Yinnian sang alone. He was very familiar with the melody of the song, and the solo single was recorded quickly.
Mo Xun went to the recording studio and played guitar accompaniment for him on the spot. Xu Baichuan looked at the two people playing and singing, thoughtfully.
After the song was recorded, a staff member from the publicity department said excitedly: "The guitar accompaniment of this song was played by Mo Xun himself. It will be released on Valentine's Day, just in time to hype up the Mofang CP. CP fans will go crazy."
Fang Yinnian's smile froze for a moment.
Mo Xun frowned: "Can you please not use this song to market your CP?"
He looked at the staff of the publicity department and said firmly, "This is the first song that Yinnian created independently. It has special meaning to him. I don't want to steal the show."
“When it comes to this song, the focus of public discussion should be that it is Fang Yinnian’s first solo single—not that Mo Xun played the guitar or that the Mofang couple is so sweet.
"I hope more people can appreciate Yinnian's beautiful voice and recognize his creative talent. The publicity should not go astray."
The room suddenly became quiet.
No one expected that Mo Xun would take such a tough attitude to oppose taking advantage of the opportunity to hype. This was clearly a good marketing opportunity.
Other boy bands danced as a couple with their bodies close together. One of you plays the guitar and the other sings, isn't this marketing?
Fang Yinnian's eyes felt slightly warm—because he thought so too. He wanted to sing a song seriously for everyone, instead of just singing and playing with Mo Xun for the sake of selling gay business.
The focus cannot be reversed. When people mention Fang Yinnian in the future, he hopes that the public’s impression of him is that of an excellent singer, rather than “Mo Xun’s CP.”
Similarly, Mo Xun should switch to the film and television industry after graduating from the Film Academy. He hopes that Mo Xun can become an excellent actor in the future.
There is actually no benefit in having two people be too deeply bound together.
Especially on a sensitive day like Valentine's Day, if the marketing is done in this way, the focus will be entirely on the CP, and no one will pay attention to the quality of the song itself.
Fang Yinnian felt very uncomfortable when he heard the Propaganda Department’s plan just now, but he didn’t expect Mo Xun to directly retort so straightforwardly.
Mo Xun was also considering the same point of view as himself, and he was not the kind of person who would do anything to gain popularity.
He was right about Mo Xun.
Fang Yinnian took a deep breath and said with a smile, "I agree with Mo Xun's idea. CP business can be done in variety shows and daily interviews. There is no need to put the cart before the horse. It would be too deliberate to hype this song."
Xu Baichuan looked at the two of them in silence, and keenly noticed that something was different.
Mo Xun is thinking completely from Fang Yinnian's perspective. He values Fang Yinnian's interests more than his own popularity and CP's popularity... Should we say that he is principled or selfless?
The staff of the publicity team was a little embarrassed and looked at Xu Baichuan for help: "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Baichuan said calmly, "Just follow their ideas. On February 14th, Fang Yinnian will release his first solo single. Don't mention Mo Xun in the promotion. Promote Yinnian's creative talent."
Several people nodded immediately: "Understood."
The promotional plan was overturned and redone, and the "Mo Xun guitar accompaniment" that was specially bolded at the beginning of the song was deleted.
After returning to the dormitory, Fang Yinnian said with mixed feelings: "Mo Xun, thank you for standing up just now. But in this way, no one will know that you played the guitar for this song."
Mo Xun whispered, "It's enough for you to know."
Fang Yinnian: “…”
Mo Xun smiled slightly: "I am very happy to sing this song with you. There is no need to make it known to the whole world. This is your first solo single. It will not be good for your development if you are too closely tied to your partner."
Fang Yinnian's heart was tightly wrapped in warmth. He was really grateful to Mo Xun for putting himself in his shoes.
***
Time passed quickly, and it was February 14th in a blink of an eye.
At 0:00 in the morning, Fang Yinnian received a lot of messages -
Birthday wishes from family, as well as blessings from Teacher Yu, Senior Brother Xu Feng, Sister Yu Can and Brother Chen Mian.
Fang Yinnian's cell phone kept ringing.
Fu Fei said with emotion: "Brother Nian is really popular."
Of course, there were also many blessings from teammates. At that time, everyone had just returned to the dormitory after dance practice, and at midnight they shouted on the spot: "Happy birthday, Yinnian!"
Fang Yinnian said happily: "Thank you, I am 19 years old."
Fu Fei said expectantly, "I'll order the cake. We'll go out for dinner tonight."
Tan Junwen touched Mo Xun's shoulder and asked, "Where's the gift, Captain?"
Fang Yinnian also looked at Mo Xun expectantly.
I remember that in the last video, Mo Xun said that he would prepare a surprise for his birthday. I wonder what the surprise will be?
Mo Xun smiled and took out an exquisite transparent packaging box.
There was a palm-sized white grand piano inside. Fang Yinnian took it with confusion: "Piano? Music box or ornament?"
Fu Fei said positively: “This is a handicraft!”
Tan Junwen said, "Mo Xun asked me to draw the structural diagram and made it for you personally. I used a lot of wood and spent a long time carving with a small knife."
Tang Che said, "It should be considered a wood carving, right? Mo Xun is quite skillful."
Fang Yinnian: “…………”
Fu Fei scratched his head: "Hehe, I didn't expect Brother Mo to make this kind of handicraft. This is a unique gift in the world."
Mo Xun looked at Fang Yinnian and asked in a low voice: "Do you like it?"
Fang Yinnian nodded and tightened his fingers around the box slightly.
Imagine a boy carefully carving handicrafts with wood, and his heart will be filled with countless tenderness.
Like it very much. His favorite musical instrument is the piano, and every key of this ornament was actually carved by Mo Xun himself.
How easy and convenient would it be to just go to the mall and buy an ornament?
But Mo Xun actually did it himself.
This thoughtfulness alone made Fang Yinnian deeply moved.
In this impetuous world, few people are willing to calm down and make gifts for others personally.
Fang Yinnian hugged the box tightly and said seriously: "Thank you, I will keep it well."
Mo Xun patted his shoulder and said cheerfully: "When I make money in the future, I will buy you a Steinway grand piano."
Fu Fei said: "It would cost several million to fit in the villa!"
Tan Junwen looked longing: "We are still poor little idols now, when can we have enough money to live in a villa?"
Tang Che said: "You can do it in your dream tonight."
Tan Junwen smiled and said, "Then everyone, just go and dream. You can dream about anything you want."
Everyone went back to their rooms and went to sleep.
Fang Yinnian carefully collected the piano ornament that Mo Xun gave him.
***
At 12 noon on February 14, Fang Yinnian posted a Weibo post:
"Thank you for your birthday wishes. Today is Valentine's Day, so I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day. Here is an original song I wrote for you called "Listening to the Snow". I hope you like it^^"
The Weibo post directly included a link to the music platform and released it to the entire network.
The entries arranged by the publicity team also appeared on the entertainment list.
#FTM Fang Yinnian's solo single "Listening to the Snow" will be released on Valentine's Day#
This entry caused a huge uproar.
Not only did it make Fang Yinnian's fans excited, it also confused his peers, especially members of other boy bands.
"No, it hasn't even been a year since they debuted, and Fang Yinnian has already started releasing solo singles?"
"I wrote this song myself, I guess I just posted it to make up the number."
"He's really brave to release a song on Valentine's Day. Many big singers will release new songs today!"
"Two senior singers released new songs this morning."
"When idols release songs, it's just for their fans to listen to. It won't make any splash."
At the beginning, my colleagues all thought so.
A young idol who debuted not long ago released an original single on such an important holiday as Valentine's Day. It was obviously limited to the fan circle and was just for fans to listen to and watch, but it failed to create any heat.
After all, the listeners on the music platform have very discerning ears, and if you don’t sing well, you will only be scolded.
Two second- and third-tier singers also released songs today, and the new song charts on major music platforms were quite lively.
However, the number of plays and popularity of the song "Listening to the Snow" soared at an extremely fast rate after one afternoon, and entered the "Top Ten New Songs of the Week" at 2 pm.
It entered the top three of the "This Week's New Songs Chart" at 6pm.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Fang Yinnian's "Listening to the Snow" surpassed the new songs of two senior singers in the circle and soared to the top of both the "This Week's New Songs Chart" and the "This Week's Rising Songs Chart"!
Insider: “???”
Oh shit! What is going on?
Colleagues who initially thought that Fang Yinnian’s songs were just “fan circle limited songs” were slapped in the face. How could the number of collections reach 500,000 in just one day? !
Shengyao must have gone crazy buying up water armies!
It was not until the entry #Snow scenes across the country# soared to the top of Weibo's hot search list and familiar background music appeared in the pinned video that colleagues finally understood what was going on.
A cold front invaded this morning, and large areas of central and western China, as well as north China and northeast China began to experience a drop in temperature and snowfall.
Netizens posted different snow scenes from all over the country on the Internet.
Tourism bureaus in various places have also released videos of their local snow scenes.
Many people use Fang Yinnian’s latest song "Listening to the Snow" as background music when making videos.
It really fits the occasion.
Some people are also posting videos of snow scenes on WeChat Moments.
Because Fang Yinnian's song "Listening to the Snow" was just released today and is ranked at the top of the "Background Music Popularity List", many people who don't know Fang Yinnian also set this song as the background music for their videos.
"Listening to the sound of snow falling, so ethereal..."
This song is being heard everywhere across the country.
Even some barber shop and restaurant owners, seeing it snowing outside, began to change their songs to this new song that was very appropriate for the occasion.
Tik Tok, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, Weibo, Moments... a large number of videos related to snow scenes all have the same soundtrack of "Listening to the Snow".
Even the local "Cultural and Tourism Bureaus" used this song when promoting local snow scenes to "fit the hot topic".
For a time, the popularity of "Listening to the Snow" experienced an explosive growth!
Heavy snow fell all over the country, and people all over the country were brainwashed by Fang Yinnian's clear, gentle, clean and bright voice.
"It's so good, I've played it on repeat 10 times!"
"When it snows, Gong Zhonghao sits by the window and listens to this song quietly, and then makes a cup of coffee. The atmosphere is amazing."
"Who is singing this? What a beautiful voice!"
"It seems to be an original song by a little idol!"
“No exaggeration, this song is very spiritual.”
"The lyrics, music and singing are all by FTM Fang Yinnian, a very talented young idol, pay attention to him"
"My ears were cleansed and I felt relieved after listening to it."
"Fang Yinnian has the highest singing quotient and the best voice among idols, and the quality of his single exceeded expectations!"
…
There are more and more positive comments online, and public opinion continues to ferment.
On the day when Fang Yinnian's "Listening to the Snow" was first released, the number of collections on the Q Music platform alone exceeded 500,000, and the number of collections on the entire network easily exceeded one million!
It's even more collected than the title song of the album of the boy band Sonic some time ago.
This is not limited to the fan circle.
This is breaking the circle at the mass level.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yinnian’s first song would be so successful. Xu Baichuan was also amazed at Fang Yinnian’s terrifying ability to attract fans.
At the same time, he was very glad—
Fortunately, Mo Xun changed the publicity plan in a principled manner at the critical moment and did not turn an excellent song into a Valentine's Day CP hype marketing.
No one mentioned CP or Rubik's Cube today.
Everyone was paying attention to Fang Yinnian's song itself.
Fortunately, it snowed all over the country. It was the right time, the right place, and the right people all came together!
Pure music, gentle melody, and clear and clean voice have healed so many people's hearts on this snowy winter day.
This song has been rated by many media as "must-listen healing music in winter", and countless listeners have added it to their daily playlists.
There are also many driver friends who download songs into their cars and listen to them while driving to help them feel more peaceful.
#方隐年听雪# This entry has surged to the top of the entertainment list with unstoppable popularity.
Even senior Chen Mian sent a message saying, "Yin Nian, the new song is really good. I have recommended it to my family and friends."
Teacher Yu also sent a message saying: "Good results [golden praise]"
Fang Yinnian was amused by his master's golden praise emoticon pack.
Dad, Mom, and grandma were also very happy and set Fang Yinnian's song as their cell phone ringtone. Several college classmates also privately messaged Fang Yinnian saying that the new song was very nice and they had collected and downloaded it.
Looking at the overwhelming praise and goodwill from all over the Internet, Fang Yinnian's eyes couldn't help but feel slightly warm.
The guitar for this song is played by Mo Xun.
Mo Xun didn't want netizens' discussion to go astray, so he didn't mention the matter - he chose to stand behind and give Fang Yinnian the greatest support.
Fang Yinnian will never forget it.
This was the happiest birthday Fang Yinnian had ever had since he was a child.
He believes that this song is just the beginning - he will have more songs in the future, and he will become a singer who truly makes a living by his own strength.
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