After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 139 Ning Yuhan's Dream, Songwriting, and New Mission

In addition to discussing this week's school sports meeting, tonight's class meeting also discussed some boring and clichéd topics, such as college students brushing orders.

Nothing happened on Monday and Tuesday, and it was a peaceful day for Xu Lin.

Ning Yuhan would go to the library every night, and Xu Lin would follow her because he also wanted to study.

During these two nights, he read all the historical books about the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Twenty-Four Histories, and gained a more macro understanding of the history of the so-called Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

By the way, I also read the works of Cao Zhi, Xie Lingyun and Tao Yuanming from this period.

What is the use of reading?

In fact, if you ask Xu Lin, he doesn't know either.

Whether reading is useful or not is a vague concept. It is obviously meaningless to read books for utilitarian purposes. Xu Lin just reads for fun. Besides, it is very simple for him to read books when he is in a cheating state. If he does not want to remember everything, Xu Lin's mere glance over it is more exaggerated than the average person's careful reading. After all, even if others read it carefully, they can only barely remember some things, such as where a certain paragraph is and what the book is about. It is impossible for them to do it like Xu Lin.

Ning Yuhan is also very busy. She follows Professor Huang Caiying and now reads foreign literature on the computer in the library every night. When she encounters content that she cannot translate, she asks Xu Lin to help her translate it. In fact, the browser also has a translation function, but this thing is too bad. Some of the translations are unreadable and feel weird, but Xu Lin knows what is being said at a glance.

Ning Yuhan's English level is also good. Her writing, translation and speaking skills are all excellent among college students, but it is far not as good as Xu Lin's.

As for Ning Yuhan, reading these foreign literatures was all in preparation for working on a project with Professor Huang later.

Ning Yuhan also said that she and Professor Huang are planning to go to some companies to collect data for their thesis.

These data have to be obtained from each company one by one, which takes a long time, and the data are not available in the public data resource groups on the Internet.

After all, for valuable papers, you have to collect the data yourself.

For example, if a doctor wants to write a thesis on agriculture, he may have to go to rural areas to practice, collect data, conduct field investigations, etc. Some majors require experimental data, so he has to go to the laboratory, and so on. It is not possible to just find a public database on the Internet and look through the data to start writing a thesis.

Xu Lin took a look and felt that Professor Huang didn't seem to want to use Ning Yuhan like a slave. She felt that it would be good for Ning Yuhan to follow her.

Ning Yuhan has a dream, and her current goal is to be admitted to Jiangdu University for graduate school.

What does she want to do in the future?
Xu Lin asked her, and Ning Yuhan said she wanted to work in a research institute.

For example, there are economic research institutes such as the China Social Sciences Institute of Economics, Jiangdu University Institute of Economics, etc., all of which are top-level research institutes.

The major of economics is the same as finance or other financial majors. It is everywhere. It is available in private undergraduate schools, which are the three majors in the past, and it seems to be available in junior colleges as well. It is a major that sounds high-sounding but is actually useless. For most people who graduate, it is unlikely that their major and job will match, and even if there is any connection, it is considered rare.

However, no matter what major you choose, it will be different when you go to a key university. The range of choices you can make will be very wide, and the platform you are on will be relatively high.

For example, if you study mathematics in a general undergraduate college, you probably want to become a middle school teacher. However, if you study mathematics in top universities, you may not know what you will do in the future. Some people may not be able to tell their family members even if they ask them, because they may be involved in the construction of important confidential projects in some countries, which must be kept confidential. Their family members cannot tell them. All they have to say is that they will get a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, including food and accommodation.

For example, Ning Yuhan wants to work in a research institute now, but it is hard to say what her future will be like because she will be admitted to Jiangdu University for postgraduate study, and no one knows what she will do in the future. Moreover, there are many uncertainties in the future. If Ning Yuhan is extremely outstanding in the future, then her future platform will be very high.

On Wednesday afternoon, Ning Yuhan did not have to attend classes, so she followed Professor Huang, another girl and a boy to go to a company for research. These two people were both seniors in their fourth year and were also a couple. The results of their admission to postgraduate studies have been announced, and they both passed the qualification for postgraduate studies at Kyoto University. In the University of Finance and Economics, there is now a story about the two of them called The Return of the Condor Heroes, which is used to inspire their younger classmates. The general meaning is, look at them, they can balance love and studies and get into Kyoto University.

Although the University of Finance and Economics is a key university, not everyone is outstanding. Many people are just slightly more advanced cattle and horses. According to the 80/20 rule, there will be a small number of people who will be very outstanding in the future and become prominent figures.

The students who follow Professor Huang are all very outstanding.

Ning Yuhan is also very outstanding.

"Honey, I'm not going to the library tonight. I'm going to have dinner out with Professor Huang and the seniors. I won't be back until later."

"Ok."

"Honey, do you want me to bring anything back?"

"That's not necessary. I want to go back to the rental house tonight and do some typing."

"Uh-huh!"

In fact, it was true that he returned to the rental house and typed, but Xu Lin still had to go out and play with Rong Xiyan this afternoon.

But wherever there is Rong Xiyan, there will definitely be a light bulb, Xia Xiyao.

From six in the afternoon to nearly eight in the evening, for almost two hours, Xu Lin followed the two girls around.

When girls go shopping, they don’t necessarily buy things. They just like to look around and walk around. Xu Lin can’t understand this.

At eight o'clock, everyone went into a pizza restaurant, not Pizza Hut, but another brand.

Pizza is sweet and greasy, and tastes average. Xu Lin really can't eat it. As for why they went into this pizza shop, it was because Rong Xiyan was curious.

Xu Lin followed in.

At nine o'clock, everyone came out of the pizza shop.

Xu Lin walked behind.

They walked around for a while, and Xia Xiyao said it was late and ready to go back to school.

"Yaoyao, remember to come to the University of Finance and Economics tomorrow!"

Rong Xiyan warned.

"Got it. I'll go there tomorrow after the opening ceremony of my school's sports meet is over."

The Conservatory of Music will also be holding a school sports meet, just like the University of Finance and Economics, for the next two days. However, except for the athletes, everyone else will have holidays on these two days. Together with the following weekend, it will be a total of four days of holiday.

It’s the same for all major universities. The school sports meets are held during this time period. After all, it’s the end of October and the weather will get colder next month, so many universities arrange to hold sports meets at this time.

"Yeah, I'll wait for you!"

"Then I'll leave first!"

"Yaoyao, goodbye!"

Xia Xiyao waved goodbye to Xu Lin and the others, then entered the subway entrance.

"What is she going to do at the University of Finance and Economics tomorrow?"

Xu Lin couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, to watch me run the 800 meters!"

Rong Xiyan was quite happy. In fact, she didn't run the 800 meters for Xia Xiyao to see her, but because she suspected that Yu Xinyan would show up tomorrow, so she wanted her sisters to keep the situation under control.

Rong Xiyan still felt guilty when facing Yu Xinyan. Subconsciously, she felt that she could not beat the other party, so she could only call for help.

"What's so good about you running 800 meters?"

"Xu Lin, what are you talking about? You don't know how many people watched me when I ran 800 meters! I'm the most beautiful girl in the school!"

"Where did you put the senior?"

"Is her butt as big as mine?"

Rong Xiyan was very proud.

Rong Xiyan's butt is indeed big, but it is not abnormally big. It is just the right size. Ning Yuhan's butt is a little short of it.

Among the young girls Xu Lin knew, including Xia Xiyao, Rong Xiyan indeed had the biggest butt. The only one whose butt could compare to hers was Chi Linyue.

Xu Lin: "Alright, alright, you are the biggest."

"I'm the biggest anyway!"

Rong Xiyan stretched out her hands and hooked them around Xu Lin's neck. Then, using the force, she hooked her legs around Xu Lin's waist. In this way, her whole body was hanging on Xu Lin. Xu Lin could only hold her knees with his hands.

But Rong Xiyan said: "Xu Lin, hold my butt with both hands and see!"

Xu Lin did as he was told.

"How about it, my butt is big, right?"

Rong Xiyan was very proud. Her butt had always been her pride. Even Ning Yuhan and Yu Xinyan's butts were not as big as hers.

Xu Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Isn't it a bit boring?"

"Just tell me if it's big or not?"

"I think it must be very comfortable to bump into."

"Xu Lin! Can you please stop thinking about this kind of thing all day long?"

Rong Xiyan looked angry and shy, but she understood what Xu Lin said as soon as he said it.

Xu Lin laughed out loud, and then kissed the other person on the mouth. Rong Xiyan also took the initiative, hugging Xu Lin's back tightly with her hands, and hooking her legs tightly around Xu Lin's waist. This was outside the subway station, and people were coming and going, but the two of them didn't care about the pedestrians.

After kissing for a few minutes.

Xu Lin thought about it and realized it was getting late. "Let me take you back to school."

"Send me back? Xu Lin, where are you?"

"I'm going back to the rental house soon. I have some work to do tonight."

"What are you busy with? Why can't I go to the rental house?"

"Because I need to think about something tonight."

"Is Ning Yuhan here tonight?"

Rong Xiyan was suspicious.

"Will I still come out with you if there's a senior?"

"Xu Lin!"

Rong Xiyan was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet, but her body was still hanging on Xu Lin. She was a little exasperated, "So I'm the spare tire?"

Xu Lin smiled and said, "She's been quite busy lately. She's been following a very good professor and is planning to work on some research projects. Besides, I have to be busy with my work tonight."

"Is it not possible for me to stay by your side without affecting you?"

"No, I have to stay up late tonight. Be good, I'll keep you company for a few hours today."

Xu Lin said a few more words, and Rong Xiyan finally gave in.

"OK then!"

Rong Xiyan was a little depressed.

Afterwards, Xu Lin sent her back to school.

Rong Xiyan also watched Xu Lin leave reluctantly.

"Yaoyao, remember to come over tomorrow. Yu Xinyan will definitely show up tomorrow!"

"I know, don't worry!"

Xia Xiyao replied, "But let me make this clear first. I don't like fighting. It's so cheap."

"How can I possibly fight?"

Rong Xiyan said, "Tomorrow we just need to look more impressive than her! Yaoyao, you should dress up a bit more impressively tomorrow. I have to run tomorrow and won't be able to dress up!"

Xia Xiyao: "OK."

Rong Xiyan: "Good sisters, forever! Love is stronger than gold.jpg×3"

Xia Xiyao: "I know!"

She felt that Rong Xiyan was stupid, but Xia Xiyao didn't mean that she looked down on Rong Xiyan in private. She was not that kind of person who said one thing in public and another in private. She just felt that Rong Xiyan was easier to be bullied, so Xia Xiyao would take care of Rong Xiyan a little.

Xia Xiyao had also returned to the dormitory. She went into the bathroom to take a shower and didn't come out for more than half an hour.

The moment she subconsciously opened her phone, Xia Xiyao discovered that Xu Lin's novel had been updated.

Recently, the book Miss Maybach has reached a climax. Xia Xiyao couldn't help reading it, and she has developed the habit of waiting for updates every day.

However, when I opened the software, I found that it was not an update, but a single chapter.

Xia Xiyao clicked on the single chapter and found out that Xu Lin had posted three videos on Douyin at once. He sang three songs, which were the lyrics of the top three songs in the lyric writing activity.

It’s the latest lyric writing activity, and tomorrow is the last day.

Now the song voting for this event has basically come to an end, and the top three rankings are ahead of the others and are unshakable.

The first to third place winners will receive rewards of 800,000, 500,000 and 300,000 respectively.

Two days before the event, Xia Xiyao was thinking about writing lyrics and wanted to give it a try. She tried to write three lyrics. At first, she was very excited and thought that what she wrote was good, but after seeing what others posted and comparing them, Xia Xiyao felt that what she wrote was embarrassing. She really didn't want to go out and embarrass herself, so she had to give up.

She knew that she really didn't have the ability to write lyrics. Besides, the highest score she had ever received for her Chinese composition in high school was only 56 points.

Moreover, high school essays are all practical documents. How can this be related to real writing skills?
Does not.

Only a very small number of students with literary talent can do this. These people are gifted and have read a lot of books since childhood. What they write is indeed good. Their words are beautiful, powerful, and can touch people's hearts.

Xia Xiyao realized that she was not cut out for it and finally had to give up.

Seeing that Xu Lin said he had posted three videos on Douyin, Xia Xiyao decisively clicked on Xu Lin’s Douyin homepage, and sure enough, she saw three new videos. These were posted half an hour ago, which was not long after Xia Xiyao entered the bathroom.

However, only half an hour had passed and each video had received over 100,000 likes.

Xu Lin is currently receiving quite a lot of attention. Many so-called internet celebrities with millions of fans cannot get over 100,000 likes on their videos as fast as he does.

Although Xu Lin only has over 800,000 followers now, Xia Xiyao put on her headphones, clicked on the first video, and immediately saw a message appear on the screen.

Song Title: Star Sea and You

Composer: Mr. Xu.

Lyricist: Three Big Watermelons.

Three-Headed Watermelon is the author of the lyrics currently ranked first in the lyric writing activity. This is his nickname, but I don’t know whether he is a man or a woman.

Xu Lin also marked the other two songs in the same way.

Xia Xiyao sat in her chair. As the video opened, a familiar guitar sound rang out.

Xu Lin in the video is playing the guitar, and Xia Xiyao feels that Xu Lin's playing level is even better than in the first guitar video. This feeling is very strong.

After the guitar sounded for a while, Xu Lin began to sing.

The first song he wrote lyrics for was called "Starry Sea and You". Xu Lin's music didn't have a title, so when people wrote lyrics, they also attached their favorite song titles. As for whether they were similar or not, Xu Lin was not sure.

The lyric of the song "Star Sea and You" is currently ranked first, with a lead of 100,000 votes over the second place, a huge gap.

In addition, the website also has controls on voting to prevent vote-rigging, so all current votes can be said to be real votes.

In addition, some people use AI to generate lyrics, and the website will also use special AI to check for plagiarism. If it is found to be AI, it will be directly passed.

The lyrics of the song "Star Sea and You" are the best among them. The level of the lyrics is very high, the writing is good, and the words are quite powerful. Just reading the first sentence attracted everyone. Even if you just read the lyrics, it is like a beautiful modern poem. Because of its sad but not sorrowful, and to the point style, it made everyone emo and applauded at the same time, and thus won the first place vote.

In short, many people think that this song is very good.

What does Xu Lin think?
He thought the lyrics of this song were pretty good, and the author should be a woman, quite literary, and with some experience.

Writing style is a very interesting thing. The writing style of people of different ages is different. As the age increases, the words written by the author will be stamped with traces of time and life experience, just like an eighteen-year-old boy and a twenty-eight-year-old man are destined to be different.

The second song I wrote lyrics for is titled "Deep Winter When I Can't Find You".

The third lyric is titled "The Wind Rises and the Evening Clouds Deepen".

Xu Lin's song only provides a music score, which can also be said to be a universal template, and any emo song can be filled in it.

Therefore, the lyrics of this song have deviated from Xu Lin's book. Some people directly substitute their own life experiences when writing lyrics. It is precisely because of this that more people can resonate with the lyrics when they see them. Now, it is even more so when listening to Xu Lin's singing. Some people with experience can directly resonate with it.

Music is a magical thing, and it is also the thing that can touch people's hearts the most.

While Xia Xiyao was listening to Xu Lin singing, many netizens were also listening. It was unknown how many times these three videos were played on loop by these netizens.

The very good lyrics, top-notch composition, excellent singing skills and Xu Lin's magnetic and almost heavenly voice have directly captivated netizens.

Therefore, the comment section of the video was boiling.

"Mr. Xu, you made me emo again!"

"It's numb, it's numb, a grown man who has never been in a relationship is depressed!"

"My wife cried in my arms, saying she was thinking about her ex-boyfriend. What should I do, Mr. Xu?"

"Oh my god, it's so beautiful! And Mr. Xu can sing so well?"

"He writes books, composes music, sings, plays guitar, and plays piano—he's an all-rounder! And it seems Mr. Xu is still in college. What kind of god is he? What kind of extraordinary person is he?"

"I feel that Mr. Xu's singing skills are no worse than those of professional singers!"

"Just make sure the author isn't too good-looking, or we'll be really upset. Give us some face!"

"(No harm done) Mr. Xu probably has an average appearance. After all, if he was a bit better looking, and the video had some beautification, his face might have been visible. So I guess Mr. Xu probably looks just like an average person."

"When will these three songs be available on music apps? Right now, I can only listen to them on TikTok, which is a bit inconvenient!"

In just one hour, the netizens who were controlled by the control pushed the number of comments on a single video to more than 20,000, and the number of likes, collections and reposts was also more than 200,000. This was only an hour, and if the trend continues to ferment, it is only a matter of time before it reaches a million likes.

"sounds so good!"

Xia Xiyao looped the three videos more than four times on average, and still felt unsatisfied.

She silently clicked the collection button.

"This scumbag is so talented!"

"But he's a scumbag!"

Xia Xiyao thought that she would have to go to the University of Finance and Economics tomorrow to calm Rong Xiyan down. After all, Xu Lin's mysterious childhood sweetheart might show up at that time. According to Rong Xiyan, the childhood sweetheart named Yu Xinyan had more than 20,000 photos of Xu Lin in her mobile phone, and this girl was very beautiful.

Xu Lin has flirted with too many girls.

"Are talented people always sentimental?"

Xia Xiyao remembered what her high school Chinese teacher had said. At that time, her high school Chinese teacher gave many examples of talented and passionate people. That is to say, a talented person is very likely to be passionate, otherwise he would not be able to become a talented person.

Xia Xiyao didn't quite agree with this statement. For example, people like Li Shangyin and Nalan Rongruo were not very loyal?

It's just rare in history.

“Works do not equal character!”

Xia Xiyao likes Xu Lin's works very much, but she can't say much good about Xu Lin's character.

However, Xia Xiyao thought about it and felt that Xu Lin's only flaw in character seemed to be in the area of feelings. As for other aspects, she had not discovered anything yet.

After thinking for a while, Xia Xiyao continued to listen to Xu Lin singing.

"Yaoyao, Xu Lin ignored me again. I don't know what he's doing in the rental house."

Just at this time, Rong Xiyan sent a message.

Xia Xiyao replied: "Aren't you in the rental house?"

Rong Xiyan: "Xu Lin sent me back to school. He said he was busy, but he didn't say what."

Xia Xiyao thought that Xu Lin had only posted the video an hour ago, "I guess he is really busy!"

Rong Xiyan: "I'm a little annoyed. Yaoyao, what are you doing?"

"Listen to the song."

the other side.

Xu Lin is indeed busy.

Earlier, he returned to the rental house and turned off his cell phone to prevent himself from being affected. He simply ignored all messages.

As for the lyrics writing activity, it will officially end tomorrow night, and the top three are basically a foregone conclusion.

Xu Lin also had a sudden inspiration and sang the lyrics of the top three songs.

Soon, two hours passed, and Xu Lin saw that the response on Douyin was also good.

For example, the number of likes for the three videos has reached more than 300,000, and they have already made it to the hot list.

Number of comments?

The song with the most comments is "Star Sea and You", with a total of 36,000 comments.

Xu Lin clicked on the comments and found that there was a comment with the most likes, which currently had more than 8,000 likes.

Nickname: Three-headed Watermelon.

Three-Headed Watermelon: Thank you to the author for singing!
Followed by a few emoticons.

It turns out that this person is the lyricist of "Star Sea and You".

Xu Lin clicked on this person’s homepage, which contained quite a few videos.

A girl who looks like a queen, quite pretty, about thirty years old, wearing glasses. The videos are all of her playing the piano, guitar, and guzheng and singing.

Xu Lin clicked on several of the videos.

I can only say that his singing and instrumental skills are average and he is an amateur.

As for appearance, just watch the short video. These days, which girl doesn't use various beautification filters when posting short videos? It's just a matter of the intensity of the beautification.

Xu Lin naturally would not imagine that the other person was a great beauty in real life.

At this time, Xu Lin pinned the other party's comment and replied: "Your lyrics are very well written!"

The other party quickly replied: "The author has replied to me! Happy.jpg sexy.jpg"

But Xu Lin didn't pay attention.

He opened QQ and wanted to contact Ranzhi.

After Xu Lin came online, he found that Ranzhi had sent him a message just one minute ago.

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, you are really well-rounded. I didn't expect you to be so good at singing! Sunglasses.jpg"

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, I saw you were on the trending search! Baring teeth.jpg"

Following is a screenshot of Xu Lin’s hot search.

This is from Weibo.

The hot searches are only around 30, neither going up nor down.

Title: Mr. Xu.

Just three words.

When you click on it, you will see the video of Xu Lin singing tonight. The general content of the hot search is that Xu Lin sings very well.

It is also worth mentioning that Xu Lin’s previous song is currently the song of the year and has been used in various short videos. It has been very popular since it came out. It is currently the hottest BGM in major short videos, without a doubt.

However, no mainstream big names have mentioned the quality of this song, so it is still at the stage of being a popular internet hit.

For something like music, the market audience is one, but if you really want to be well-known, you need to be recognized by big names in the industry.

Xu Lin took a look at the trending searches about him.

Weibo has a huge amount of traffic, and some hot searches are even faster than those on Douyin, but most of the hot searches overlap.

Ranzhi then sent another message: "Mr. Xu, being on trending searches for your songs is much more prestigious than being a novelist! Among us novelists, even the top writers are only active within the online literature circle. Outside of that circle, the number of authors that people outside the circle still know can be counted on two hands. To most people, the great writers are just passersby."

Xu Lin: "I know this."

In fact, not to mention online literature, even in the real literary field, the names that people outside the circle know are only Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Qiong Yao.

Qiong Yao may be the most exaggerated one in particular. Rural women in their sixties and seventies may all know her because her dramas in the past were so popular. For example, "My Fair Princess" was a real national hit drama. In the past, when the Internet was not well developed and mobile phones were still feature phones, many people had watched the TV series "My Fair Princess". Even if they didn't know what Qiong Yao looked like, Qiong Yao's name must be well-known.

When it comes to writing, basically every author pursues this or that. To put it more elegantly, it is the realization of self-worth and life value.

Human beings are a complex of contradictions. It is not enough to make money, we also need fame.

No one can resist the temptation of "Who in the world doesn't know you?"

Ranzhi added, "Mr. Xu, you might be the only one in our online literature circle who's truly out of the loop and capable of crossing boundaries! Authors like us, if we leave this circle, are nothing more than cattle and horses in reality! There are only a handful of great writers who can truly break free from this closed loop!"

Xu Lin was very calm: "You're exaggerating. It was just a hot search last time. It's nothing."

Involvement: "baring teeth.jpg hehe.jpg"

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, I'm curious, since you have such a strong literary talent, do you have any lyrics that you specially write? My wife said that the three songs you sang tonight, although the lyrics are all good, but when paired with your music, my wife said that it always feels a little lacking."

"I write the lyrics?"

"Yes, does Mr. Xu have his own lyrics? I'm just curious."

Ranzhi sent another emoticon package.

Xu Lin was about to reply when a line of prompts appeared in front of his retina.

【This is a brand new circle+. 】

I didn't expect a new task to be triggered at this time.

Xu Lin muttered to himself and clicked it.

[Triggerable quest: Lyrics and music branch - Divine Comedy Producer! ]

[Note: Create ten phenomenal Chinese pop hits within one year to unlock three random rewards!]

Xu Lin looked at the new task and found a special place.

He remembered that the last English mission was the "Student Master Side Quest."

This time there is an additional "lyrics and music subplot."