Chapter 4 Chance Encounter
As the instigator, Jiang Congwen felt tired and empty after venting his depressed emotions through singing. He washed up and went to bed.

He was in a sweet dream at this moment, unaware of the carnival on the Internet, and even less aware that the girl thousands of miles away had insomnia tonight.

Because Jiang Congwen went offline so quickly, the audience in the live broadcast room had no place to vent their desire to share, so they had to change their positions one after another.

Jiang Congwen's live broadcast of "King of Karaoke" was spontaneously shared by a large number of fans and passers-by. The song "King of Karaoke" is sweeping the entire Internet at a crazy speed.

In the early hours of the same night, this song, which had not yet been officially recorded and released, was already on the top ten of Doule's most popular song list, and the topic of "Who is the King of Karaoke" also became a hot search on Doule, and the popularity of the topic was rising at a rapid rate.

That night, many people who heard this song more or less resonated with and were touched by a certain line in the lyrics of "King of Karaoke", so many people went to comment under Jiang Congwen's latest video, and many people also posted the lyrics on their Moments or used them as video copy.

[I thought that if I treated you with good intentions, you would care about me more.] This is love that cannot be obtained.

[You won't believe how happy you will be if you marry me! ] This is to express regret and reluctance.

[I thought I was touched, but in reality we have a hard time getting along.] This is a couple having a conflict.

[So I understand that there are some people I never have to wait for.] This is what I realized after breaking up.

[I just want you to understand that I did this willingly.] This is a true expression of my feelings, and I am moved by myself.

[Why bother being so promiscuous?] This is self-comfort and self-mockery.

Some people are really touched by the song. After all, who hasn't had an unforgettable relationship with regrets? Who hasn't had someone they can't forget?

Of course, there are also many who post them just to pretend to be affectionate, to establish their persona, or to express their emo feelings in the middle of the night.

But no matter what, the sadness that is unique to "King of Karaoke" tonight spread quickly on the Internet.

When Jiang Congwen woke up the next day, he saw that "King of Karaoke" was already at the top of today's hot song list, and the video he live-streamed last night was also among the top five hot searches in the entertainment section.

Moreover, his DouLe account gained 300,000 followers overnight! The continuous reminder sound from the backend of DouLe told him that the number of followers was still increasing rapidly, and this was not the end!

"Fuck, man, this is going to be famous!" This was the first thought in Jiang Congwen's mind.

But as he browsed the relevant information, Jiang Congwen's heart began to grow cold.

Because along with "King of Karaoke" and last night's live broadcast recording, there are also various versions of his love stories.

At the beginning, some fans who knew the situation helped to spread some of his basic personal information to passers-by: the two were campus lovers who had been dating for many years and recently broke up for some unknown reason.

However, as the popularity grew, some marketing accounts began to fabricate stories out of thin air in order to attract attention and traffic, and the plots were no matter how ridiculous.

At the beginning, it was a relatively normal speculation. Some said that he was forced to break up because the girl’s parents opposed it; others said that it was because the girl was going abroad for a few years and he had no choice but to break up.

But gradually, the style of painting began to change.

Some said that his girlfriend cheated on him, so they broke up; others said that he met a gold digger, so his girlfriend dumped him and found a rich second-generation boyfriend who was even richer.

Some said that he had been secretly in love with her all along and it was all his wishful thinking; others said that the girl was an overseas Chinese and he was just one of many backup options.

Some also said that he was a bootlicker, licking for many years, but in the end he had nothing.

Looking at the various opinions online, Jiang Congwen didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

However, Jiang Congwen did not intend to explain anything. He did not want to put the relationship between the two people on the Internet for people to discuss and comment on it at will.

In Jiang Congwen's view, this is a memory that belongs exclusively to the two of them. Regardless of whether the ending is happy or not, it should be cherished and then buried deep in memory with the passage of time.

Jiang Congwen ignored the noise on the Internet, quickly washed up, and went out to Fuyun Entertainment.

As soon as I arrived at the company's recording studio, I saw Chen Mo and Zhang Yundong discussing something inside.

"Director Zhang." Jiang Congwen opened the door and walked in to say hello. As for Chen Mo who was standing next to him, he of course just ignored him.

Job title is the most basic thing in the workplace.

Chen Mo got used to calling them senior brothers and sisters because of his mother. Fang Shuyun often brought students home for dinner, so Chen Mo didn't change his mind and continued to call them that in the company, since he was the young master.

But it is not appropriate to call Jiang Congwen that. It is still the same thing in private because many people in the company graduated from Beijing Conservatory of Music. If everyone calls him senior, the company will be in chaos.

It is inevitable that students from the same school get close to each other, but a company is not a school club, and the work rules and regulations must still be followed.

Jiang Congwen can't just ignore it because he is familiar with Chen Mo.

"Congwen is here, come and sit down. Chen Mo and I are discussing the song you sang last night." Zhang Yundong waved his hand.

"You all know about this?" Thinking of his state last night, Jiang Congwen couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed in front of his acquaintances.

"That's right. You are now the undisputed karaoke king of Douyin." Chen Mo joked.

"Alas, I want to keep a low profile, but my strength doesn't allow it." Jiang Congwen accepted the title without hesitation.

"You were very infectious when you sang in the live broadcast room last night, but in terms of your singing style and skills, there are still many flaws." Zhang Yundong said directly at this time.

Jiang Congwen blushed a little after hearing this, but he was thick-skinned after all, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Last night was my first time singing, so I was a little unfamiliar with it, and I was too involved, so I wasn't sure how to handle my emotions."

"Oh, it's all emotion and no skills, right?" Chen Mo teased with a look of disdain.

"That's right, my buddy always sings from the heart." Jiang Congwen raised his chin.

Sometimes Chen Mo really envied Jiang Congwen's thick skin. He often thought that if he could be half as thick-skinned as Jiang Congwen, he would not be still single.

"Chen Mo really wrote a great song this time, with excellent lyrics and music, and the quality is top-notch." Zhang Yundong looked at the lyrics and music of "King of Karaoke" in his hand and couldn't help but praise.

"Hahaha, it's just a normal performance. But it's not easy to get praise from Senior Brother Zhang." Chen Mo smiled without any modesty.

Jiang Congwen couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Chen Mo's smug look.

Still performing normally? I have known you for so many years, why haven't I seen you perform like this before?

No wonder these two can get along together. The elder brother is so shameless that he doesn’t say anything about the younger brother.

Zhang Yundong looked at the two of them and was not surprised.

"Okay, then you should get familiar with the song and adjust your condition. We will start the trial recording when you are ready." Zhang Yundong said.

"Okay." Jiang Congwen didn't waste any words and immediately took the lyrics and music score to prepare. Although he was joking just now, he definitely couldn't sing like he did last night.

Last night's singing style was too emotional, which is to say that it was too infectious and expressive, which is suitable for live performances or listening to videos, but it would not work in a recording studio.

On the one hand, the songs recorded and released will be added to the playlists and played repeatedly by the audience. This kind of emotional out-of-control singing style will make the song "unbearable to listen to", and people will easily feel tired after listening to it two or three times.

On the other hand, the professional equipment and advanced technology used in recording studios can capture and process audio signals more accurately, providing higher quality recording effects.

This results in any flaws and deficiencies being magnified in the recording studio, common examples of which include off-beat, off-tune, and even breathing.

Therefore, when you are recording officially, you must control your emotions, use good techniques, and take both into consideration.

The version released by a general singer is often recorded several times, and then the best audio clips are selected and edited and spliced ​​together.

Of course, there is also post-production processing that can modify the shortcomings of the sound.

This involves a well-known profession - the millionaire tuner.

Legend has it that even if you learn to bark like a dog in a recording studio, the sound engineer can make it sound like heavenly music to others outside the studio.

Of course, this statement is more of a mockery of "studio singers".

The tuner here often actually refers to the mixer.

If you sing out of tune in the recording studio, the tuner can help you cut and align the audio and correct the pitch. If you really sing like shit, the tuner may be able to help you make it sound like a flower.

However, it is impossible to adjust the sound in real time at a performance. What the sound engineer does on site is mostly adding reverberation, compression, and adjusting EQ so that the singer's voice can better blend with the instruments and present a better artistic effect.

The premise here is that the singer's voice is a flower, and the tuner will help you package and decorate this flower to make it more beautiful.

But if you are shit, then no matter how you package and decorate your performance, it is still shit. That’s why there are car accident performances, but no car accident albums.

After the recording, Zhang Yundong had other things to do, so Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen went out to eat together.

"You don't know, my current image on the Internet is a clown wearing a green hat, a bootlicker with a spare tire in his mouth." Jiang Congwen complained helplessly.

"Haha, isn't this good? You are both the weak and injured party. So it seems that your singing is quite inspiring and full of positive energy." Chen Mo laughed mercilessly.

"And isn't this quite likable?" Chen Mo used his mobile phone to look at the various versions of Jiang Congwen on the Internet, as well as the various expressions of sympathy for Jiang Congwen in the comments.

"Are you sure you like me, not feel pity for me?" Jiang Congwen's eyes twitched.

"Is there any difference?" Chen Mo raised his eyebrows.

"Is there no difference?"

"Just tell me whether your fans have increased or not?"

"Up."

"Then it's over."

“……”Jiang Congwen.

"Your relationship is pretty passionate." Chen Mo rubbed his brows in distress: "My mother has also started urging me to get married recently."

"She used to be afraid that I wouldn't go home at night and go out to fool around, but now she hopes I don't go home at night. When I went home last night, she even said that I go home every day. No wonder I can't find a girlfriend?!" Chen Mo said speechlessly.

"Haha, who told you to be so picky?"

"How did I choose?" Chen Mo said unconvinced.

"You're still not picky?! Weren't there a lot of people chasing after you in school?"

"I haven't met anyone who feels anything."

"How do you feel it?"

“You’ll know when you meet.”

"Haha, 'I haven't met the right person', this is the last stubbornness of single people."

"Don't forget that you are the same now. You have just gloriously joined our group." Chen Mo reminded "kindly".

Come on, let's hurt each other, right?!
“……”Jiang Congwen.

It breaks my heart, old man.

"I can't stay in this house any longer." Chen Mo sighed.

"Then you should move out," Jiang Congwen suggested.

"Hmm? That makes sense. If you can't afford to provoke me, then you can hide from me." Chen Mo's eyes lit up, and he carefully considered the feasibility.

"Oh, by the way, do you know your next-door neighbor?" Chen Mo suddenly remembered something and asked.

"Neighbor? Which neighbor?"

"It's next door to you, room 1101."

"I don't know, male or female?" Jiang Congwen thought about it, but had no impression at all.

"She's a woman. I also saw her when I sent you home the night before yesterday. I met her again when I came downstairs from your place yesterday. She said that the sound insulation of that building is not very good, and you disturbed her a little at night." Chen Mo explained.

"Female? Pretty?"

"Brother, is this the point?"

“Isn’t that the point?”

“……”Chen Mo.

"That looks very beautiful."

"What's going on here?" Chen Mo was speechless.

"Based on what I know about you, normally you would just say that the neighbor thinks I'm noisy. But you asked me if I knew the person first. Does it matter whether I know the person or not? It doesn't matter."

"That is, someone wanted to get to know her, someone thought she was important, and someone was afraid that I wouldn't take her seriously, so they subconsciously asked me if I knew her, and then subconsciously explained the reason."

"And that person is you."

At this moment, Jiang Holmes Congwen had a look that penetrated everything, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, looking confident and calm, as if everything was under control.

"And the person who makes you so interested in a stranger whom you have only met once or twice is most likely of the opposite sex, and a good-looking person at that. At least you have a good feeling about the person during the brief contact, which is what we call affinity."

After listening to the analysis, Chen Mo was stunned, amazed, and astonished. In the end, he could only clap his hands and exclaim: "In one word, amazing!"

Jiang Congwen pretended to be wearing a top hat, took it off and put it in front of him, like an elegant gentleman, bowed slightly and said, "Please call me Jiang Holmes Congwen."

"Pfft."

Through the hollow wooden partition, a girl at the table next to Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen was covering her mouth and laughing out loud.

Hearing this sudden laughter, Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen subconsciously turned their heads to look.

"Nanxing!" At this time, Xu Hongdou, who was sitting opposite, awkwardly called out the name of the girl who was trying to hold back her laughter.

You eavesdropped and laughed out loud, which was a bit rude.

Chen Mo heard a familiar voice. His eyes passed through the larger hollow space in the wooden baffle and saw a familiar face. Then he instantly felt that he could dig out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with his toes.

Jiang Congwen also turned his head and vaguely saw two very beautiful girls, but he didn't take it seriously. He probably heard their conversation and was amused by his antics.

When it comes to a beautiful person of the opposite sex, most people will inevitably subconsciously care about what the other person thinks of them.

It’s not a matter of like or dislike.

Perhaps it is because the senses stimulate the secretion of hormones in the body, triggering the instinct of human beings to seek a mate, making people want to show their attractive side to the opposite sex. Or perhaps it is because people have some kind of fantasy about beautiful things in their subconscious mind, looking forward to some unknown possibility.

Often at this time, you can add narration:

Spring is here, everything is coming back to life, and it’s the mating season for animals.

But when your heart is filled with one person and there is no room for anyone else, you will have no desire to show off. Because you don’t care, you will have no expectations and you can be more truly yourself.

Ever since Jiang Congwen had a beautiful girlfriend whom he deeply loved, he has become immune to other beautiful women, or there is less of a filter in his eyes.

Jiang Congwen can confidently say that when Li Jinting sits next to him, all the beauties on DouLe pale in comparison to him!
It’s another story when you’re not around.

"Your neighbor." Chen Mo pointed at Xu Hongdou and whispered to Jiang Congwen.

"No, your neighbor."

“……”Chen Mo.

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Xu Hongdou next door seemed to have noticed Chen Mo's gaze, turned around, and greeted him with an awkward smile: "Hi, what a coincidence."

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