As Xie Jie watched Su Yu in the video, his heart was filled with countless emotions. Su Yu was simply too young, astonishingly young.
For an ungraduated Composition Department student to continuously create two hit songs, the exceptional talent he displayed in lyrics and music truly shocked Xie Jie.
If the previous song, "flowers bloom at parting," might have been a flash of inspiration for Su Yu—after all, which lyricist or composer doesn't have moments of great inspiration?
However, often after a hit song, many lyricists and composers' subsequent works become unbearable.
But Su Yu was clearly not like that; his second work, "the wind rises," was released and was noticeably more mature than the first, which meant Su Yu's creative standard had significantly improved.
It was precisely because of this that after hearing "the wind rises," Xie Jie was deeply moved and decided to invite Su Yu to write a song for him.
Because Xie Jie felt that as soon as the third round of the challenge competition was broadcast, Su Yu, this incredibly young lyricist and composer, would inevitably become an internet sensation and attract immense popularity.
And as long as he performed a song created by Su Yu in the fourth episode, that popularity was destined to transfer partly to him.
Of course, this required Su Yu's third song to maintain its quality and standard.
Otherwise, Xie Jie truly wouldn't dare to accept such popularity.
"No problem! I'll book a flight to Yanjing right now, and I'll come to Yan Music to find you tomorrow morning!" Xie Jie agreed without hesitation.
As for whether Su Yu's folk song was good or not, he had to hear it first.
What if it was another hit? Even if the song wasn't good, he would merely waste the cost of two plane tickets, so what?
"Brother Jie, my song... it's very expensive!" Su Yu saw Xie Jie about to hang up the video call, so he spoke awkwardly with a polite but slightly embarrassed smile.
"As long as the song is good, Brother Jie isn't short on money! Alright, see you tomorrow!" Xie Jie was almost laughing out loud.
Expensive? As long as Su Yu's song could achieve the popularity and sales of "flowers bloom at parting," Xie Jie could even accept not getting a share of the song download revenue!
What he lacked now were representative-level songs, not money.
"I hope you can still smile tomorrow!" Su Yu sighed helplessly after seeing the other party hang up the video call.
Su Yu didn't intend to sell the song cheaply, nor was it possible to give Xie Jie the same price as Han Jiangxue.
He only hoped that Xie Jie wouldn't be scared away by the price he quoted tomorrow.
Shaking his head, Su Yu began his today's exercise.
Although his condition would not worsen now, his body was so weak that he himself could not accept it.
Therefore, after completing his daily writing tasks, Su Yu would spend some time on physical recovery training.
In Su Yu's opinion, he had to at least recover to the physical state of a normal person, right?
Moreover, Su Yu also wanted to return to the orphanage as soon as possible, as his physical condition had not allowed him to travel long distances back since he came to Yanjing.
Time quickly arrived at the morning of the next day, and as soon as 7 o'clock passed, Su Yu received a call from Xie Jie; he was already at the school gate of Yan Music.
Su Yu told Xie Jie his dormitory building address and room number, and ten minutes later, Xie Jie, wearing the celebrity's three-piece disguise, had already knocked on Su Yu's door.
However, Su Yu was stunned the moment he opened the door because it wasn't just Xie Jie who came, but also his wife, Zhang Na, the host from Hunan TV.
Goodness, was this because she was worried he might have cheated Xie Jie, so she came to personally oversee it?
"Brother Jie, Sister Na, please come in." Su Yu invited the two into the dormitory.
At this moment, both Xie Jie and Zhang Na, upon seeing Su Yu, felt a slight daze.
Because the young man in front of them had incredibly high Appearance .
If it weren't for the sickly paleness on Su Yu's face, which affected some of his aura, Su Yu could have debuted immediately in the C position.
After the two sat down, Su Yu didn't delay or act polite; he directly turned his laptop towards them and opened a folder called "life is like summer flowers."
"life is like summer flowers?" Xie Jie and Zhang Na exchanged glances, feeling that Su Yu's song titles were indeed as artistic as ever!
However, now was not the time to criticize; they picked up the headphones Su Yu handed them, looked at the lyrics, and listened to the song's demo.
"I am this dazzling moment, a fleeting flame streaking across the sky. I came for you to see me, regardless of everything, I will extinguish and never return."
When the two heard this lyric, they exchanged glances, and for no reason, they felt their hearts being tightly squeezed.
Because they felt that this song was actually Su Yu writing about himself!
If that wasn't enough, there was also the line "brief as a fleeting glimpse, splendid as summer flowers"; in their opinion as a couple, this was completely Su Yu's true portrayal!
And the moment the final line "This is a world where one cannot stay too long" came out, Xie Jie and his wife instantly teared up.
They seemed to see Su Yu's inner world through this song; at this moment, they seemed to understand this young man in front of them even more.
"Brother Su Yu, believe me, I can definitely sing this song well!" Well, Xie Jie's voice was a bit choked up, he just didn't know why he was so emotional.
Su Yu sighed helplessly in his heart, could he say that this song wasn't actually about him, Su Yu?
But the lyrics of this song were truly too fitting for everything about him at this moment.
What could he use to explain it? He might as well say nothing and let others imagine.
"I only decided to bring out this song after hearing Brother Jie's voice and singing skills in the first episode. Before, there were others who contacted me along with Brother Jie, but he wasn't suitable for this song."
Su Yu nodded, as for Hu Zhixuan's identity, there was no need to reveal it.
"Thank you! Oh, about this song, what are you planning?" Xie Jie looked at Su Yu, waiting for him to name his price.
He was determined to have this song because he felt that while it might not explode in popularity like "flowers bloom at parting" or "the wind rises," it was absolutely stunning. He was determined to get such a representative-level song!
"1.5 million! And a fifty-fifty split on download revenue." Su Yu stated his price.
"It's worth it! I'll take this song!" However, Xie Jie didn't even blink, agreeing decisively.
Well, Su Yu was stunned! No bargaining at all?
What's the most feared thing when doing business?
It's when you quote a price, and the other party doesn't even bargain! This makes you feel like you've lost out big time.
However, Xie Jie and Zhang Na didn't think that way; they had already discussed it before coming. As long as Su Yu's song quality satisfied them and the price wasn't too outrageous, they would agree.
After all, with this first collaboration, the next collaboration would be much smoother...