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We are all mortals, born into this world.

Toiling away all day long, never a moment's rest.
Liu Dawei is just an ordinary office worker. He is 36 years old this year and still "has accomplished nothing". Last month, he divorced his wife of three years. The reason is simple: his wife felt that she could not see any hope in being with him.

The translation is that they think he doesn't earn enough money, probably because he's been reading too much smut and has been brainwashed.

He voluntarily stayed at the office to work overtime tonight, since there was nothing to do if he went home too early, and he would have to squeeze onto the subway during rush hour anyway.

After finishing his work, he habitually scrolled through Douyin for a while, and then he came across the trailer for "The Golden Years" posted by Kong Sanmin.

He quite liked Kong Sanmin's works, so he stayed on the trailer page. As a result, he was captivated for a few minutes without realizing it. His attention was not on the plot, but on the extremely magnetic baritone voice and the poignant lyrics.

He felt that this song was sung just for him!

An ordinary person who struggles to make a living every day.

And the following line, "How many birds that once shared the same forest have now become flying swallows," is truly heartbreaking.

As he listened, Liu Dawei felt his vision blurring when looking at his phone screen.

Then, sobbing could be heard in the dimly lit office, followed by the man's heart-wrenching cries!
The emotions that had been suppressed for so long finally found an outlet.

After a while, he sobbed and hummed along to the song coming from his phone: You and I are just ordinary people, born into this world.
As he sang, he burst into tears again.

He didn't cry when he was under immense pressure at work, nor did he cry when he divorced his wife, but he couldn't hold back his tears when he listened to this song.

As the saying goes, an adult's breakdown often happens in an instant.

It could be a single sentence from someone, or a song heard by chance, that unexpectedly touched the softest part of his heart.

Zhang Weimin is a taxi driver. When he's waiting for fares, he scrolls through Douyin (TikTok). Just now, he also came across the trailer for "The Golden Years" posted by Kong Sanmin.

He wasn't interested in TV dramas, partly because of his age and partly because of his profession. He hadn't watched TV dramas in a long time and didn't have much time to watch them. But the first two lines of the song in the trailer immediately captivated him.

After listening to so many catchy pop songs online, hearing this song suddenly gave him a feeling of being in another world. He remembered that many of the songs he sang when he was young were very meaningful, even the love songs had incredibly well-written lyrics, some beautiful and some profound.

Nowadays, songs are full of slang and colloquialisms, with lyrics as straightforward as elementary school essays, and they often repeat one or two melodies, which are euphemistically called "brainwashing anthems"!
In Zhang Weimin's opinion, what kind of divine song is this? It's just garbage!
But this song was completely different, giving him a feeling of returning to twenty years ago. The man's voice was also "retro" enough, deep but not hoarse, magnetic and powerful. He didn't seem to be singing, but rather telling a story about life in a slow and unhurried manner.

"Driver, Sanlitun."

Just as Zhang Weimin was immersed in the retro songs, a middle-aged man who was five or six parts drunk opened the car door and got into the car.

It's obvious he's already had a few drinks; he's heading to the second round.

"okay!"

Zhang Weimin responded, but didn't swipe on the video on his phone, letting the trailer play over and over again.

The song that moved him was being played on repeat again and again.

The slightly tipsy middle-aged man had intended to take a nap after getting into the car, but when the song started playing for the second time, he involuntarily opened his eyes.

"Master, what song is this? It's sung so well!"

"I just came across this too. There are so few songs like this these days!"

"Yes, now that's what a song should be!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man let out a burp. The pungent smell of food and alcohol made him wince, but thankfully he was sitting in the back by the window, and the unpleasant odor quickly dissipated with the night breeze. A bitter smile spread across his lips, and he unconsciously began to sing along to the song playing on his phone: "We are all mortals, born into this world, toiling away all day long, never finding a moment's rest."

"Who the hell wrote this song? It makes me want to cry!"

After singing a couple of lines, the middle-aged man started cursing and swearing; the lyrics had become a reality for him!

It's so late, and he still has to rush off to entertain clients. He's already drunk quite a bit, but he has no choice but to go. I can foresee that he won't be able to go home until the early hours of the morning again, and I don't know how many times he'll throw up in the meantime.

"I don't know who wrote the song, but anyway, they're a talented person!"

The taxi driver sighed.

In the era of social media, information spreads at an astonishing speed.

It's no longer an era where travel was slow and one could only love one person in a lifetime.

In this era, you could fall in love with ten borderline female live streamers in a minute!

Similarly, the song spread at an astonishing speed, especially since the hashtag #SixthSenseAISongwriting# was trending at number one on Weibo.

Kong Sanmin's trailer quickly went viral online. Originally intended as a promotional trailer for "The Golden Years", it has now become a promotional video for "Ordinary People's Song".

Liu Dawei, Zhang Weimin, and the drunken middle-aged man are just a small microcosm; at midnight, only music can truly move people's hearts.

Zhang Dongshan's deep and magnetic voice has moved countless ordinary people struggling in this world to tears.

As the song gained widespread popularity and recognition, Zhang Xian's Douyin comment section became lively.

"AI is awesome! 'The Ballad of Mortals' is awesome!"

"Please, please let AI write a few more songs like 'Ordinary Man'!"

"As expected, AI has developed to an unimaginable level, capable of creating such profound and meaningful songs!"

"Teacher Liu, feel free to use AI to write songs, we love listening to them!"

With the spread of "Ordinary People's Song", those who clamored and criticized Zhang Xian suddenly became clowns.

The comment section immediately became harmonious, with almost unanimous praise.

The style of Tang Junxiang's side was completely different.

A large number of onlookers and passersby flooded his Weibo comment section.

"I want to ask Teacher Tang, if you're so amazing, why are your songs not as good as AI's?"

"Teacher Tang, I think the songs written by AI are quite soulful. What do you think?"

"I'm musically illiterate and don't know much about music. I'd like to ask Teacher Tang if works like 'Ordinary People' can be considered to have a soul?"

"Teacher Tang, that guy who wrote songs with AI has a new song that's become a hit, and the reviews are really good! What should we do?!"

"Have you all noticed that most of the musicians who criticized Sixth Sense Teacher are from Rongshu Entertainment, while Chu Yourong just switched from Rongshu Entertainment to Xianyu Music, where Sixth Sense Teacher works? Sure enough, business warfare is this straightforward!"

(End of this chapter)