Entertainment: Starting with a Song of Rice Fragrance

"Chengdu" jumped from 53rd place, which Zheng Ning had previously seen, to 23rd place now!

This greatly surprised him. What was going on?

Just then, the door lock clicked open.

"Hey, Xiao Ning, Xiao Jing, you're both home! Quick, quick, turn on the TV!"

After returning home, Ren Yuhuan didn't even have time to take off her high heels before she walked shakily to the television in the living room.

Then I switched to a few channels and finally got to the city radio station in Shuncheng.

The TV is currently playing a promotional video for Shuncheng!

The image shows a young man with a backpack walking through the streets and alleys of Shuncheng, showcasing the local customs and culture.

The background music for the promotional video is Zheng Ning's "Chengdu"!

"Holy crap! What, what's going on?"

Zheng Ning was completely stunned!

He stared blankly at the familiar city scenes on the screen as the young man walked by.

Willows sway along the riverbank, the solemn and dignified inscription on the poem of loyalty, lotus flowers reflecting the sun, Central Park accompanied by the wafting aroma of tea, and elderly men and women in traditional clothing practicing Tai Chi in the square...

"Walk with me on the streets of Chengdu."

They didn't stop until all the lights were turned off.

You will hold my sleeve,

I will put my hands in my pockets.

Reaching the end of Wuli Bridge,

Sitting at the entrance of the tavern…

Zheng Ning's gentle yet cool singing voice emanated from the television speakers, echoing throughout the large living room.

This was the first time Zheng Ning had ever heard her own voice coming from the television.

What a novel experience!

In particular, when the TV show sang about sitting at the entrance of a small bar, the camera actually panned across Wuliqiao, and famous bars familiar to young people in the city also passed by in the shot. But when it passed the small bar, it paused quietly for two seconds, gave a close-up shot, and then gradually pulled away.

"My God, the city promotional video even gave the little bar a close-up shot! What a show of respect! Gangzi must be ecstatic!"

Zheng Ning couldn't help but think this to himself.

But what surprised him even more was how his song suddenly appeared on TV, in this large-scale promotional video commemorating the 120th anniversary of the city's founding!

No one told me about this.

Could it be that they are contacting the company directly?

"Ring ring~"

Just then, the old red telephone in the living room rang.

But no one answered.

The three of them stood there in the living room, staring blankly at the promotional video on the screen, listening to their loved ones' singing voices echoing in the room. The feeling was so peculiar, so magical.

The ringing stopped, but the promotional video continued playing.

But after a short while, the phone rang again. This time, Zheng Ning heard it, walked over, and picked up the microphone.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Hello, are you Mr. Zheng Ning?"

"Please tell me who you are?"

With the continuous evolution of the internet in recent years, various fraud methods have emerged one after another, and there are many more fraudulent calls than ever before. Especially Zheng Ning, who has recently become quite famous, is getting rather annoyed by the harassment, so her tone has become a bit impolite.

"Oh, let me introduce myself. I am Chenghua, a publicity officer from the Publicity Department of the Shuncheng Municipal Party Committee."

"We called you twice this morning, but no one answered, so we had no choice but to call your home."

"The Municipal Party Committee's Publicity Department? A publicity officer? Looking for me?"

Zheng Ning didn't understand at first, but then his gaze fell on the television screen, and he instantly came to his senses.

I did receive two unknown calls last night and this morning, but I thought they were just some of the harassing calls that had been bothering me lately, so I didn't answer them at all.

Who knew it would be the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department calling?

"Oh? Mr. Cheng? I'm really sorry, I've been harassed a lot lately."

As a resident of the city, Zheng Ning was naturally aware that the city was currently preparing to film a large-scale promotional video to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the new city.

After all, students and teachers from his alma mater, both primary and junior high, were recruited to participate in this filming as extras.

Even my mother's high school, No. 1 High School, had many teachers participating in the filming. My mother doesn't like to be in the limelight, so she didn't go.

So even with all that "hiding," he couldn't escape the limelight this time?

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Cheng..."

"It's alright, it's alright. There have indeed been more scam calls lately, I get them every day too... Well, if you're at home right now, you should have already seen our city's promotional video on TV, right?"

The voice coming from the phone was calm and deep, completely different from the one used by Section Chief Qu.

"We've already contacted Feiyang Company, the company you're signed with, and bought the rights to your song. I don't know if your manager has mentioned it to you... but I think it would be better if we could call the song's creator and singer in person to express our gratitude."

"After all, you are also a member of Shuncheng. We all share in the pride of the city's prosperity, don't we?"

Cheng Hua's phone call wasn't entirely businesslike; instead, it filled him with gratitude and pride.

After all, it was he who proactively recommended this song to Section Chief Qu, and after Section Chief Qu reported it to his superiors, the higher-ups took it very seriously. Following a series of studies and discussions, they actually approved it as one of the three theme songs for the city's promotional videos!

It was mainly used in the urban landscape and cultural scenery section of the promotional video, while other stirring and majestic theme songs were used as background music for the urban industrialization and commercialization construction.

This time, Comrade Xiao Cheng has finally made his mark in front of the higher-ups, and he is now a shoo-in for the annual outstanding party member award.

He was also praised by Section Chief Qu, who said it would greatly boost his chances of promotion next year.

Another surprise was that his goddess seemed to have heard about it from somewhere, and it turned out that he was the one who recommended the song. She was a big fan of Zheng Ning and his songs, and she even chatted with him during a company social event, asking if he knew Zheng Ning and if he could get her an autograph or something.

This made Chenghua beam with joy.

He received three rewards simply for recommending one of Zheng Ning's songs.

It has to be said that this is another way of cooking fish in three ways. How could he not be grateful to this talented young man who had helped him so much?

The two chatted politely for a while longer before reluctantly hanging up the phone.

"Xiao Ning, who called? I heard you mention something about the Municipal Party Committee and the Propaganda Department?"

The promotional video on TV had already finished playing, but Zheng Ning's mother and younger sister stood by with curious expressions, waiting for him to finish his phone call.

"Oh, it really was a Mr. Cheng from the Municipal Party Committee's Publicity Department who called..."

He told the two expectant women about it, and they almost jumped for joy in the living room, holding hands!

"Wow, Xiaoning, you've really become famous! Now Mom can really shine at work!"

The younger sister was also very happy, feeling that she could now better show off her celebrity brother to her classmates. The family was filled with joy. If it weren't for the fact that her father was still hospitalized, Zheng Ning felt that the family of four could have opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate!

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