novelinnhs Chapter 80: Are you forcing us to take a gamble?
Chapter 80: Are you forcing us to take a gamble?
Liu Ruyan panicked.
"What if I actually get inside?"
"As long as you haven't participated in any illegal operations, you can trust the authorities, and I can pay for a lawyer to help you," Gu Yi reassured the other party.
This is the price I pay for meddling in other people's business.
If you don't even care about your fans, how can you expect them to wholeheartedly buy the products you endorse in the future?
You have to be able to provide emotional value!
"I'll think about it."
Liu Ruyan's emotions gradually calmed down.
"It's okay, we'll help you!"
Lin Zhixia and Qin Niu Zhengwei also comforted her.
Gu Yi looked at the camera and earnestly gave instructions to all the viewers.
"A reminder to all recent graduates and those just starting their careers: be sure to add a watermark to your digital ID photo and indicate its intended use."
"Also, the blank spaces on photocopies must be handwritten with the intended purpose and time limit; contracts should never be signed on separate pages; and be very cautious with Alipay facial recognition authorization."
In fact, Gu Yi didn't even need to say anything; the news had already spread, and someone would soon take care of it.
"It's almost time."
Gu Yi glanced at the time.
At this point, Lin Zhixia took the lead in making a fuss.
"No!"
Keep singing!
The live stream chat was flooded with messages begging for the song to continue.
"Let me see!"
Gu Yi opened the backend data, looked at the number of viewers at the Weibo Night main venue, and spoke with a smile.
"Tonight's Weibo Night event garnered 6000 million views. I see a lot of esports fans here, so I'll sing another song."
"If there are 1000 million more viewers in the live stream, I'll sing one more song, is that okay?"
The live chat exploded instantly.
"Good heavens!"
"You're not a good person either!"
"Is this forcing us to take a gamble?"
"This is blatant extortion!"
Gu Yi laughed after reading it.
"Don't rush, China doesn't lie to its people. Let me show you some sincerity first, the next song is 'Underwater'."
He directly clicked on the accompaniment.
That's right!
That's the song!!
That song that people say is so corny!!!
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhixia and the others panicked instantly.
"No!"
"She just finished crying."
"Stop singing this kind of emo stuff, it's really going to cause a scene!"
The comments section also became lively.
Netizens also flooded the screen with messages trying to dissuade him.
"This is too depressing! Let's change to another one!"
"Yeah, don't sing this song so late at night!"
"Please! I really can't listen to this song!"
"I'm speechless. You only sing emo songs, right?"
Gu Yi stared at the scrolling comments, ignoring them. At that moment, the accompaniment started, and he began to sing along with the melody.
Scattered moonlight pierced through the clouds.
"Hiding from the crowd, spreading out like scales on the sea."
The moment he opened his mouth, the tune was exactly the same as the original. The people in the live stream subconsciously hummed along.
The comments section was still filled with messages urging him to stop.
"The waves soak your white dress, trying to urge you back."
"The waves sing a lullaby, hoping to warm you."
As soon as that line was sung,
The comments section suddenly paused for a moment.
Some people were the first to raise a question mark.
"etc???"
"Why are the lyrics different?"
"How did cleaning bloodstains turn into singing a lullaby?"
"And the tone seems to be gradually changing."
"This doesn't have the oppressive feeling of the original."
The number of question marks and doubts on the screen is increasing.
Lin Zhixia and the others present whispered among themselves, their tense expressions turning into surprise.
Gu Yi continued singing.
"You love the salty smell of the sea breeze, the feeling of walking on the wet sand, and you say that people should return to the sea."
"You ask me where I'll go when I miss you, whether anyone loves you, and if the world could ever end."
The comments section exploded.
"Change the final resting place for ashes?"
"To change it to 'remembering' after death?"
"This isn't a song at all!"
"The difference in melody becomes more pronounced as it progresses; it's much gentler and not depressing at all! These are two completely different songs!"
The familiar "Underwater" is languid and depressing, but this song is different; it is full of redemption and hope.
"Always smiling at the cold-hearted, the faces of people on the shore are filled with light and shadow. Year after year, who dares to say that life is like smoke?"
When the song reached its climax, Gu Yiqing's clear voice rose, completely distancing itself from the sorrow of the original version.
Even if it's too late, I'll still sing for you.
"Spring rains and summer cicadas chirping, tomorrow will be a good day."
"Autumn winds rise, snowflakes fall lightly; the seasons are unseen beneath the sea."
The final paragraph concludes the story.
"Light is looking for you; it wants to warm you."
"It says, listen, listen, someone is calling you back."
The newly written lyrics are both gentle and powerful, no longer the emo that sinks to the bottom of the sea, but the arrival of true dawn.
There was a brief two-second silence at the scene.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Ruyan stood up and started clapping.
Thunderous applause then erupted in the audience.
In summary,
Durian: Could you please bury this for me?
Phoenix: Wake up! Come back to life!
The chat messages in the live stream were so fast that the words were almost illegible.
"Absolutely amazing!"
"This is mind-blowing!"
"I never knew 'Under the Sea' could be so therapeutic!"
"I never imagined a single piece of music could evoke two such different feelings. This one is like pulling you up from the seabed—it's truly amazing!"
"His singing and songwriting abilities are both at the pinnacle; he's a true musician, one of a kind on the entire internet."
"This is truly heartfelt! I was worried it might be depressing, but it warmed my heart afterwards. Tonight is a steal! I'll book it on repeat!"
Viewers in the live stream were frantically forwarding and sharing it midway through, causing the number of viewers to skyrocket and eventually surpass 2000 million.
"2000 million!"
A dozen or so fans cheered loudly at the scene.
"Keep singing new songs!"
"Are there any other styles?"
At this moment, Gu Yi stood quietly.
He said something without any expression.
"You say fate is determined by heaven, but actually, it's all up to us."
At this moment, the Weibo app immediately displayed a poster for Gu Yi's live stream, clearly indicating that the platform was directly engaging to drive traffic.
That's the height of imperial power!
A dense barrage of comments scrolled by.
No one could guess what he was going to sing next.
Soon the prelude began,
A simple and melodious tune began to play.
The comments section immediately buzzed with activity.
"Is it a new song?"
"I've never heard this style of music before."
"Is the melody in the traditional Chinese style?"
"It's actually in the traditional Chinese style!"
"I hope it won't crash!"
The fans at the scene whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with curiosity, as it was the first time they had heard Gu Yi sing a traditional Chinese style song.
"The Calamity"!!!
The song title soon appeared on the big screen.
He wrote both the lyrics and the music for this piece himself.
Gu Yi spoke calmly.
"A lingering wind blows, and cold snow falls in the night."
"Clouds of infatuation fill the sky, wine enters the throat and sorrows return countless times."
A clear voice rang out with the rhythm of ancient Chinese music, and the pronunciation was full of charm, and the comments gradually quieted down.
Tears flowed like ink, brush, paper, and inkstone.
"Writing about the past, there was no time to look back at your face."
As the song progressed to its middle section, the ancient-style melody reached its climax, filling the entire audience with a sense of fateful melancholy.
"Thinking of white hair, gazing at the precipice, a few withered flowers faded into the night."
"Let fate stir up the dust of the world, let it go resolutely!"
"How can I overcome this calamity in this life, leaving only scars from the memories?"
"No regrets, for I once had you in my heart."
Many people listened attentively, their eyes slowly welling up with tears.