Promotional Song

[System Notification: Detected host Happy Family filming complete, mission accomplished]

[A-Rank Talent: All Instrument Performance Skills, has been sent]

Absorbing the talent sent by the System, Lin Chuan opened his eyes, feeling a completely new understanding of various musical instruments.

Before, Lin Chuan's skill level with most instruments, how should I put it.

It was simply impossible to describe.

Rather than calling it music, he was creating noise.

Now, Lin Chuan could even play a decent tune using a bowl, a pot, and chopsticks.

The difference between then and now was immense.

He hadn't expected that the talent rewarded by the System this time would also be related to music.

Lin Chuan remembered the promotional song for Balloon, "Love Confession Balloon."

At that time, after obtaining Jay Chou's singing talent, he just wanted to play a simple joke with netizens.

He hadn't expected that the song would actually become quite popular, bringing him millions in copyright revenue.

Coincidentally, Lin Chuan thought of another song by Jay Chou that would be very suitable for Happy Family.

That song was Rice Fragrance.

This song had successively won the Most Popular Single of the Year award, the 2008 Beijing Pop Music Annual Golden Melody Award, the Best Arrangement Award of the Year, the Hong Kong and Taiwan Annual Golden Melody Award, the Taiwan Golden Melody Best Song of the Year award, and the Decade Hong Kong and Taiwan Top Ten Golden Melody award.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it had won countless awards.

Moreover, the song's atmosphere was quite compatible with Happy Family.

Previously, when he sang Love Confession Balloon, it was after Balloon was released.

This time, Lin Chuan planned to release Rice Fragrance before Happy Family.

He believed that the warm and touching emotional power of "Rice Fragrance" would definitely heal the audience who walked into the cinema.

He got on the No. 17 bus, on his way to Old Zhou's recording studio.

Old Zhou's recording studio wasn't far from the school, only a few dozen kilometers away.

Lin Chuan had originally planned to run there, but he thought about how there were many roads along the way.

He would probably inhale a lot of exhaust fumes, and the road surface was too hard and would hurt his knees, so he decided to take the bus instead.

Even though his several accounts on Bika Net and Weibo combined had surpassed a million followers.

There were even people on the bus wearing headphones watching Spoon Killer Demon and Balloon.

But not a single person recognized Lin Chuan.

After all, Lin Chuan hadn't shown his face yet.

Of course, even if Happy Family became a huge hit after its release, Lin Chuan estimated that no fans would recognize him.

After all, under the influence of the Rubber Man Talent, the appearance of the male lead in Happy Family was quite different from Lin Chuan.

In the recording studio, Old Zhou was leaning his chin on his hand, gazing out the window listlessly.

If Old Zhou were a beautiful young girl, this scene would be quite picturesque.

Unfortunately, Old Zhou was a forty-year-old uncle who liked to wear floral shirts and sunglasses.

Ever since he heard Lin Chuan's song Love Confession Balloon in the recording studio.

Old Zhou's artistic cells had been completely ignited.

His heart, which had been immersed in business for decades, began to yearn for art.

For the past month, Old Zhou had been listening to Love Confession Balloon on repeat every day.

Listening dozens of times a day.

He had listened about a thousand times in this past month.

Old Zhou himself was a veteran in the music industry with decades of experience.

And having listened so many times, Old Zhou knew every note of Love Confession Balloon by heart.

Naturally, he could tell that Love Confession Balloon still had a slight flaw.

However, this minor flaw could be completely ignored.

After all, this was Lin Chuan's debut work; wasn't it normal for a debut work to be a bit unpolished?

Before, when Lin Chuan came to the recording studio to dub Balloon.

Old Zhou had only felt that this movie was a bit strange.

And after Lin Chuan sang Love Confession Balloon in the recording studio.

Old Zhou's attitude towards Lin Chuan changed dramatically.

Genius, having a slightly peculiar hobby, is perfectly normal.

In the music industry, which is full of oddballs, liking to shoot horror films is already considered the most normal hobby.

During the release of Balloon, Lin Chuan gave everyone permission to cover the song on Weibo.

Anyone who liked Love Confession Balloon could cover it.

As a result, Old Zhou had listened to dozens of versions of Love Confession Balloon.

These included female streamers, singers, influencers, and more.

However, not a single one could reach even half of Lin Chuan's skill level!

This just goes to show Lin Chuan's status in Old Zhou's heart.

Old Zhou was now just waiting for Lin Chuan to release a new song and surprise his fans.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh, "What a great musician, why did he become a director?"

Every day, Old Zhou would wait by the window, resting his chin on his hand, for that familiar figure.

He waited for a long time, but Lin Chuan never appeared.

A sense of melancholy grew in Old Zhou's heart:

"He might never come back."

"Maybe he'll come back tomorrow."

Finally, Old Zhou saw a familiar figure walking towards the recording studio.

Old Zhou suddenly stood up, his breathing quickening. He walked with small, rapid steps, his pace gradually increasing, as if he wished he could instantly run to Lin Chuan's side.

Seeing Old Zhou greet him so enthusiastically, Lin Chuan felt a little unaccustomed to it.

Actually, Lin Chuan missed Old Zhou's previously rebellious demeanor more.

Old Zhou led the way, while Lin Chuan followed leisurely behind him.

Old Zhou continued nostalgically, "Mr. Lin, you might not know this, but ever since Balloon became popular.

Many people have come seeking you out. That girl Jiang Kui has also been thinking about you all day."

Lin Chuan nodded. The photos of Jiang Kui cosplaying the look from Balloon were still fresh in his memory.

If he had the chance, Lin Chuan really wanted her to play the live-action version of Tomie.

However, the original Tomie had a high level of gore, which would be difficult for general audiences to accept.

Therefore, Lin Chuan needed to proceed step by step, building up gradually.

Walking into the recording studio, Lin Chuan noticed that on a wall filled with photos of Old Zhou and various musicians, was a picture of Lin Chuan holding a guitar and singing Love Confession Balloon.

Without overthinking it, he entered the recording booth.

Lin Chuan cleared his throat a few times and began to play.

Old Zhou, in the control room, put on his headphones.

Lin Chuan adjusted the microphone and began to play:

"If you have too many complaints about this world, and you fall, you dare not continue moving forward~"

"Why are people so fragile and degenerate~"

"Please turn on the TV and see, how many people are striving bravely for their lives, shouldn't we be content~"

Old Zhou nodded gently to the melody, completely immersed in the song's mood.

"I still remember, you said home is the only castle, running along the Rice Fragrance river~"

"Smiling slightly, I know the dreams of childhood~"

"Don't cry, let the fireflies take you away, the countryside's songs are an eternal reliance, go home, return to the initial beauty~"

Listening to this song, Old Zhou's thoughts were carried to a very distant place.

Just as the lyrics said, listening to the song, Old Zhou truly recalled that initial beauty.

In his childhood, he used to poke toads by the pond.

In the summer, he would go with his friends to steal watermelons from the fields.

Some friends would say their watermelons were big and sweet, stealing from their own homes.

When going to school, a group of elementary students would compete to see who could fold paper airplanes that flew the highest and farthest.

Some people spend their lives healing from childhood.

Some people heal their lives with childhood.

And Old Zhou was undoubtedly the latter.

Since growing up, Old Zhou had tasted the warmth and coldness of the human world too early.

His understanding of human relationships and social graces was all steeped in countless cold stares and mocking laughter.

Even when mocked or pointed at, Old Zhou always greeted people with a smile, just hoping they would spare him some money.

Unconsciously, Old Zhou's back became more and more bent, and a fawning smile often appeared on his face without him realizing it.

Over time, Old Zhou had forgotten what he originally looked like.

Perhaps, I've unconsciously become the person I hated most when I was a child?

After listening to Lin Bai's song, Old Zhou only felt as if he had been dug out of the mud, just a little bit.

Old Zhou clearly heard his childhood self say to him:

"It's okay, you're already doing great!"

Subconsciously, Old Zhou reached up to wipe the tears under his eyes with the back of his hand.

But he found that there was nothing there.

Instead, a smile had appeared on his face without him realizing it.

So, songs could not only make people cry, but also had a more advanced way of expressing themselves.

That was to make people realize the beauty of this world.

It could allow people to view the world with a more peaceful perspective.

Some songs made people sad and nostalgic.

While some songs made people grow.

Lin Chuan continued to hum:

"Give a smile, fame and fortune isn't the goal, making yourself happy is what truly matters~"

"The paper airplane from childhood has finally returned to my hands~"

When the song ended and Lin Chuan walked out of the recording studio and in front of Old Zhou.

He found that the veteran musician had a peaceful, serene smile on his face.

He looked just like a high monk who had achieved nirvana.