Entertainment: Starting with a Song of Rice Fragrance

On February 1st, the highly anticipated ancient costume fantasy drama "The Legend of the Immortal Mountain Swordsman" finally premiered as scheduled.

There were also some behind-the-scenes anecdotes during this period. It is said that this major drama, which was originally planned to take 8 months to film, was actually completed in only 6 months.

The reason it hasn't aired yet is because the composer of the ending theme song, who was originally supposed to be in the hospital, suddenly had to postpone it.

The director even mobilized all the actors in the crew, and even peripheral roles including stagehands and makeup artists, to help him contact every composer he could reach.

He even went so far as to say that whoever could get him a suitable ending theme song would not only have more screen time in the show, but would also receive a large cash reward!

According to rumors.

In the end, it was Jiang Zhiping, the third male lead in the film, who found connections in the music industry and helped him write a song with a strong ancient Chinese style called "Sha Po Lang," which is the ending theme song that everyone is hearing now, thus relieving Director Zhang's urgent problem.

"Hey, as expected of the big production I've been looking forward to for half a year, Director Zhang's standards are as excellent as ever!"

Evening, in the Zheng family's living room.

As her father Zheng Aile's condition improved and he was able to return home for continued treatment, and with her younger sister Zhao Jingjing's winter vacation approaching, she also returned home.

Now the Zheng family of four can once again sit together happily and watch TV in the evenings.

"The Legend of the Immortal Swordsman" occupies the prime time slot on Xizhou TV Channel 1, which is Xizhou's premier channel and the first choice for billions of people in Xizhou to watch TV at night.

Any TV series that can be broadcast at this time and on this channel must be among the best on the entire planet.

Director Zhang, on the other hand, happens to have that kind of influence.

After watching the first episode, Zheng Jingjing clapped her hands excitedly, and her parents also watched with great interest, constantly discussing the plot.

Zheng Ning, meanwhile, watched the episode with his family. He wasn't there to watch the show, but rather to listen to the ending theme song.

After all, it's his own work.

"We are born to prove..."

The traces of love's existence

A greater life emerges after the fire burns.

Killing is for the purpose of praising.

The magnificence before destruction

The night is the wolf's deep eyes...

Hearing his own clear and resonant voice coming from the television, Zheng Ning couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his arms.

"Brother, you sing so well!"

The younger sister also praised her brother in a very supportive way.

Originally, in her eyes, although this brother was very good, he seemed a bit dull and boring.

Unlike now, this treasure of a brother has become her proudest possession, something she shows off to her classmates and best friends!

Tonight, she called almost all her close classmates and friends in advance to remind them to watch the fantasy drama on Channel 1 of Xizhou at 8 pm.

I even told them that even if they didn't watch the show, they could just listen to the ending theme song, because it was my older brother's masterpiece!

Zheng Ning herself is very satisfied with this song.

The song is grand and majestic, and its dramatic plot truly evokes a sense of chivalry and heroism in the listener, making them wish they could jump into the story and take the lead in completing the thrilling and exciting adventures of the main characters.

After the ending theme song of episode 1 finishes playing, there will be a 10-minute "GG" (Goodbye) period.

Zheng's parents took this opportunity to go to the toilet to relieve themselves.

Zheng Ning then took out his phone and looked at the January new song chart.

"Dong Feng Po" is doing well, thanks to the promotion by Wang Yushu's famous writer sister. In just over 20 hours, the song has been downloaded nearly 50,000 times and ranked 2857th on the February new song chart!

"Hey, is it that great? I feel like this month will be much easier than last month!"

Zheng Ning secretly rejoiced that she had accepted Wang Yushu's commission and given him the song "Farewell Song," which she herself couldn't hit the high notes in, in exchange for his sister's great help.

Otherwise, no matter how high the quality of the song is, like "Seven Mile Fragrance" last month, it will probably only get less than 1 downloads in less than a day.

"By the way, speaking of 'Farewell Song,' let me check how it's ranked?"

Zheng Ning's interest was immediately piqued, and she quickly entered the song title and clicked the search button.

"Wow? Not bad, over 15,000 downloads, ranking 8759th?"

Zheng Ning looked back at the first day's results for Wang Yushu's song in January, which only had over 7500 downloads.

It actually doubled in a short time?

I don't know if it's because the song "Farewell Song" is of better quality, or because his sister finally decided to help promote it for her brother this time.

He clicked down to open the comments section of "Farewell Song".

The entire room was filled with cheers and applause.

The comments with the most likes at the top of the list are almost all from his die-hard fans who have been with him since his talent show days.

Most people are praising the new song, saying it finally breaks away from the outdated and sentimental style of Lanxing's songs.

Although it is also a lament, the style of the song is quite trendy and interesting. The whole song focuses on highlighting the high notes of the singer's voice, fully demonstrating the singer's gifted high-pitched voice.

This is precisely the main reason why Wang Yushu has attracted so many loyal fans who follow him unwaveringly.

"Was this song written by Zheng Ning, the singer of 'Rice Fragrance'?"

"It's him. You can tell by looking at the lyricist and composer at the bottom of the song."

"Why would our Brother Shu, who's so proud, suddenly decide to team up with another competitor?"

"Because our Brother Shu is particularly shrewd. Instead of teaming up with a top talent like the newcomer chart champion, he's just going to keep singing those lousy songs written by terrible composers and continue to languish outside the top 1000?"

"Oh yeah, speaking of Zheng Ning, he's actually quite something. He has a great voice and writes amazing songs. He helped our Brother Shu so much this time, shouldn't we go and show our appreciation?"

The discussion below almost entirely focused on his collaboration with Zheng Ning, and how well the song suited Brother Shu's high notes.

But what surprised and delighted Zheng Ning was...

Many of Wang Yushu's fans, while chatting, even developed a certain interest in and gratitude towards Zheng Ning, mentioning that they would go to listen to Zheng Ning's songs and support his new song to express their thanks!

"Hey, who would have thought that one of my 5+ downloads would include contributions from fans of my competitors?"

Upon seeing this, Zheng Ning smiled wryly.

Isn't this about making more friends and fewer enemies?

Zheng Ning expressed great satisfaction with the current status of the three songs he composed himself.

His musical journey, though challenging, is steadily progressing upwards.

So, should we move on to another branch next? I've already completed most of the task the system assigned me—receiving formal literary writing training—in the past few days.

Since receiving the task on January 26th, I have maintained at least 4 hours of study time every day.

I spent the entire weekend at home, burying myself in textbooks I borrowed from my university classmates.

The system also said that completing the task would reward me with a literature-related newbie gift pack. I wonder what kind of work it will be, and what Earth's literature is like? I'm really looking forward to seeing it!