How to become an ACE of a top boy group

With ten days left until the concert and recording the audio starting in a couple of days, Luo Xi's rap composition, which has been delayed again and again, is now nearing its deadline. The arranger has given her a final deadline: it must be written by today.

Lu Yun had already written it out and was going to perform it for Luo Xi every day.

"Still not finished writing?" Lu Yun saw Luo Xi slumped over the desk in the dormitory and knew that Luo Xi was worried about writing lyrics. "Don't worry, you can write it. There's nothing that Brother Xi can't do."

"Want me to rap one of mine for you again? Just to give you some inspiration!"

"No, let me finish writing it first. You should take a nap and don't talk to me yet. I'll try my best to finish writing it today."

Luo Xi would become even more anxious after listening to his rap, so she decisively refused. She hadn't written anything good herself and was still debating whether to exchange her task points for inspiration points.

"How many points do we have?"

[I have 2128 points and 560 Inspiration Points. 10 points can be exchanged for 1 Inspiration Point. Rosie, do you want to exchange?]

"Wait, isn't it one to one?"

[It's always written on the Inspiration Value page.] 041 Enlarging the small font above, Luo Xi finally saw it clearly: the line below Inspiration Value read, "The ratio of task points to Inspiration Value is 10:1."

"..."

Luo Xi was used to this unscrupulous merchant system's setup; he couldn't be bothered to show any anger and could even calmly analyze the situation.

"So, does that mean I can only exchange for 200 inspiration points now? So I still need to generate 300 inspiration points myself, which means I need to write 30 more rap lyrics today."

That's right! 041 will cheer for Rosie!

"Okay, let's change it first."

Luo Xi reluctantly redeemed her points, then sat up straight at the table and began earnestly working on her creative inspiration points. Even though it was just for fun, she still focused on writing for the song she was going to perform.

With a guaranteed inspiration value, Luo Xi's burden was lighter, and her mood was much more relaxed.

Picking up the information about the song and reviewing the lyrics written by Xu Xu, Luo Xi put on her headphones, which were playing the dreamy arrangement produced by Mingo.

The theme is a boy dancing with his desires.

"Because he was too lonely and unknown, he couldn't resist the temptation and his own nature, and was cursed, constantly sinking into this dream."

"I was too lonely, too yearning, so I was willing to be seduced by you, even knowing it was an unhealthy love, I willingly succumbed."

Luo Xi repeatedly read the sentence from the document in a low voice, as if trying to grasp something, then looked at the lyrics again.

The verse is,

"Who is it, where is it? Hidden in my heart? Its voice keeps beating."

Even though I can't see you, I feel you pulling me along like a magic thread.

"I can't help but dance with your fragrance..."

The chorus is,

"Pain accompanied by pleasure / making sounds / footsteps and groans"

"I just want your love/I just want/I just want"

"your love"

Lu Yun's lyrics were written from his "youthful" perspective.

"Eating alone / Living alone / Forgot how to laugh / How to pass the time."

"Only when your heart is drawn to me can it beat continuously, be captivated by sweetness..."

"So my perspective should be that of desire and the desire to be in a superior position."

Luo Xi thought for a moment, then picked up her pen and wrote down the words that suddenly popped into her mind.

……

"This time it's actually pretty good!" Rosie looked at her work with satisfaction. "Even the system certified it as high quality. Look, it gave me 50 inspiration points!"

[As expected of Luo Xi! 041 thinks, Luo Xi, you were capable of this; you were just too nervous to get into the zone. Even with creative limitations, with your daily output, you should be able to consistently produce high-quality lyrics! You actually managed to write it! You're amazing!]

"Even though I redeemed the points, I guess I saved some inspiration points," Luo Xi said, immersed in the joy of creating, not caring whether she actually saved any. "Anyway, not spending any is saving!"

Luo Xi immediately sent the passage he had written to Xu Xu and teacher Mingo.

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When Lu Yun woke up from his afternoon nap, Luo Xi told him, "I just sent the lyrics I wrote to the teacher!"

Seriously, whatever you wrote, rap it for me right now!

"The teacher is asking us if we've come up with any names yet," Luo Xi said. "We have the recordings due the day after tomorrow, and they're about to submit them. They said if we don't come up with anything, they won't let us choose a name. So, what should we call ourselves? Have you thought of anything?"

The composer and lyricist had suggested names like "Tempt Me," "Love You," or simply the English words "Trap" or "Danger," but Lu Yun rejected them all because he felt they weren't original enough.

"I feel like I've heard their names in so many songs, and I haven't been able to find a name that best matches the song we're performing, which is why we're not going to decide on a name so quickly."

Lu Yun's voice was still hoarse from just waking up.

"But I've been busy writing my rap parts these past few days, so I haven't had time to think about it properly. Do we really have to decide so soon? Hmm... if all else fails, do we really have to choose one of the names they provided?"

Luo Xi was flipping through a bunch of reference names that 041 had generated for the AI ​​when he suddenly found a name like "Sunset." Luo Xi suddenly had an idea, "How about calling this 'Twilight'?"

"Since our number is six, after listening to the demos of all twelve songs, I feel that the songs are actually arranged in chronological order. The overall atmosphere of the twelve songs is from dawn to sunset. So number 6 is around dusk... Dusk, which fits the feeling of the whole song, right?"

"Dusk? That seems... kind of interesting?"

Lu Yun thought for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, "It just occurred to me, I forget where I saw it, but the Chinese word 'dusk' in Japanese means 'Who is he?', referring to the darkness of night when it's hard to see who's in front of you. It's similar to the feeling we're trying to express. Not knowing who the other person is, but being unable to resist wanting to get closer."

"This closeness may not just be due to desire, but also a bit of curiosity. Not knowing who the other person is might make people want to get closer."

"So that's another meaning! It's definitely more interesting from this perspective," Luo Xi said in surprise.

Lu Yun said happily, "Great, really great! How did you come up with that? Brother Xi, you're a genius!"

"This is absolutely fantastic! This is the interesting name I wanted!" Lu Yun jumped out of bed with joy, hugged Luo Xi, and bounced up, shouting as he did so.

"Hey! With this name, combined with the lyrics I wrote, and Xi Ge's lyrics, all the hard work of so many teachers is bound to lead to victory, okay? We will definitely win!"

Luo Xi jumped up and down with him, laughing and saying, "Victory is certain! Victory is certain!"