Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 169: Little Stingy [3K9]

[So you are optimistic about the future of our music industry, right? ]

【Yes】

[Can you elaborate on this? Teacher Yamano]

[Of course, taking the first half of this year as an example, there are no less than five new songs that I personally love. The lyrics, composition, and melody of each of these five songs are excellent. Two of them are particularly outstanding. At least in my opinion, the scores of those two songs can be said to be far ahead of others. Everything seems to have returned to the end of the last century, back to the peak of the music scene.]

【Can you share the names of those two songs? 】

["Fireworks" and "PLANET"]

[…This seems to be the work of a new singer? ]

【Yes】

After turning off the video, Watanabe Yu took off his headphones and put his phone in his trouser pocket.

He turned and looked at the scenery receding outside the train window.

After that meal, Yamano Yuzhi mobilized his network of connections, and for a time many well-known music critics and singers in the industry were recommending the two songs "Fireworks" and "PLANET".

At the same time, his music website backend also received relevant reminders.

What this probably means is that these two songs of his will get a lot of exposure and recommendations.

In the information age, news spreads much faster than people imagine.

With the overwhelming and high-frequency mentions, "Fireworks" and "PLANET" have forcibly entered the public eye.

But it seems that it was intentional. All the programs that mentioned these two songs did not release any melodies of these two songs.

As a result, many passers-by rushed into the music app, searched for these two songs, and listened to them one by one.

Some of them listened to the recommendations of famous people and tried it themselves, thinking, "Is it really that good?", while others came with the intention of finding fault.

Their idea is simple. So many people are recommending it, and so many programs are mentioning it, it is hard not to make unwarranted associations.
——Do these two songs really stand up to such publicity? Is the quality really so exaggerated? Is the hype a bit too much? Maybe the quality of these two songs is just slightly better than ordinary, or even just mediocre?
After all, such things have happened before.

At this time last year, there was a popular star who wanted to release a song. As a result, with the promotion of the company behind him, his song topped the hot song chart with popularity far exceeding half of the second place.

But the quality is not even half of the second place, the whole thing is meaningless and forced mixing.

To quote a sharp joke in the comments section, after listening to that song, my phone battery was fully charged.

But when they really listened with such a critical mind, they suddenly realized that they were wrong, very, very wrong.

The quality of these two songs is completely worthy of the overwhelming publicity!
After reading the comments section of the songs, many people even felt that it was too late to promote them like this! These two good songs have been buried for so long!

Naturally, these passers-by who came with doubts spontaneously became fans of these two songs and began to find ways to attract traffic for these two songs.

For a time, the famous scene in which book lovers recommended "Norwegian Wood" was reproduced in 2.0 version.

With such viral spread, the summer-friendly "Fireworks" and the free and easy "PLANET" were announced and entered the vision of more people.

"finish watching?"

Hamabe Ryoko turned her head and looked at Watanabe Yu.

She had been keeping an eye on him.

She had just shared the video with him.

"finish watching."

Watanabe Yuu really didn't expect that Ryoko would care about his career more than he did. In the past half month, in addition to the natural push notifications on his mobile phone, his understanding of the two songs "Fireworks" and "PLANET" were all through her retelling.

"How do you feel?"

Ryoko Hamabe turned the shoulder bag she was carrying in front of her, unzipped it, and took out an apple, a fruit knife, and a plastic bag.

After spreading the plastic bag flat on her legs, she began to peel the apple with ease.

"I was a little surprised. I really didn't expect that Grandma Shanye would come out to promote me."

Yu Watanabe is very frank.

A few days ago, three days ago to be specific, Yuki Hayakawa explained to him the identity of Chieko Yamano.

He also knew that the other party was originally a well-known singer in the music industry, but later retired from the music industry because of a relationship and switched to become a music critic. Her music reviews have always been known for their sharpness.

Many people call her the serious and cold-faced queen.

Because she was too harsh and too ruthless.

But it is precisely because of this spicy and straightforward style that Chieko Yamano has gained a lot of fans and is very popular among young people.

However, in recent years, as she has grown older, Chieko Yamano has gradually calmed down and is no longer so harsh. Although her words are still sharp, she is more considerate of the other person's feelings and is especially caring towards newcomers.

But as it is now, this is the first time that Chieko Yamano has taken the initiative to promote a song and openly recommend it.

"Wrong direction."

Ryoko Hamabe sighed helplessly, and the apple peel was peeled off circle by circle under her knife skills.

"Wrong direction?"

"What else? Normally, shouldn't we feel proud and proud?" Hamabe Ryoko paused, "In the school group, people are recommending this song every day."

Recently, when she has nothing to do, she will take some time to check out the big group for her grade.

It mainly depends on everyone’s comments and recommendations on those two songs.

She knew very well that when something on the Internet had entered people's lives, it meant that the thing had already snowballed and caused enough discussion.

I just don’t know how long it will take before I can hear the melodies of these two songs on the streets.

"You know me. I'm just not very proud."

Watanabe Yu echoed.

"I took it seriously."

Hamabe Ryoko muttered something with a smile, cut the last circle of apple peel, then cut the apple in half and handed one half to Watanabe Yu.

"Thank you."

Watanabe You thanked him and took the apple.

"But... why did these two songs suddenly become good?"

Ryoko Hamabe was not in a hurry to eat her half, but looked at Watanabe Yu with curiosity.

He hadn't told her about this.

She only knew that he went to Xiao Yuji's place to record a song, and then had a meal with Xiao Yuji. She didn't know anything else.

He didn't say it, so she didn't ask.

"Why, you don't want me to get better?"

Watanabe Yu took a bite of the apple and made a little joke, while thinking about how to tell her what had happened in a concise manner.

"Yes." Hamabe Ryoko nodded with a wicked smile, "It would be best if there is no improvement, or even worse, so that I can use the money from my part-time job to live with you, and then we can become stingy together!"

When she was at Yaleju, she had indeed fantasized about such a life.

She and You worked hard together, got into the same university, and then found a good job. They moved forward step by step, and their lives gradually got better.

They will move out of Yaleju, and then naturally live together, pool their money to buy a house, and live a simple yet fulfilling life.

"It's okay. Think positively. You've already achieved half of your goal. You're just a stingy person now."

Watanabe Yu's tone was full of sarcasm.

Thinking about it this way, what Ding Zhenyilang said is really right. He was very poor when he was young, and after working for a few years, he is finally not young anymore.

Of course, he also knew that Ryoko was not really stingy, she just felt that unnecessary expenses could be directly passed on.

"Why, you hate that little stingy guy, don't you?" Hamabe Ryoko said this, raising her pink fist with an expression as if she was pinching my thumb and saying, "If you say you hate me, I'm going to punch you."

"I... didn't mean that."

Watanabe Yu cooperated very well and swallowed his saliva. His Adam's apple moved and he signaled Hamabe Ryoko with his eyes to put her fist away. This was not friendly at all.

"Hehe, that's best."

Ryoko Hamabe hummed sweetly, raised her eyes, stuck her head out, and glanced at the time displayed in the car.

It's already ten twenty.

Calculating the time, they have been on the bus for half an hour.

"If I remember correctly, we got off at Nagano Station, right?"

Watanabe Yu noticed her little action and asked a question.

Ryoko Hamabe's hometown is Azumi Village in Nagano Prefecture.

According to their planned itinerary, they would first take the Shinkansen to Nagano Station, then transfer to the JR line to Matsumoto City, and then take a local bus to Azumi Village.

What a pity, if they were older, they would be able to drive themselves.

Relatively speaking, it would be more convenient to drive by yourself, transferring there and then.

"Yes."

Hamabe Ryoko withdrew her gaze.

"Speaking of which, why don't you eat your half of the apple?"

Watanabe Yu glanced at the apple still in her hand and asked.

"I'm going to save it for you, little stingy girl. I'll eat it after you finish it."

Hamabe Ryoko blinked.

"You're waiting to make me jealous, right?"

Watanabe asked with a smile.

"You're wrong. If you still want to eat it then, I'll give you my half as well."

The miser used his free hand to lift up a strand of black hair in front of his forehead.

Her tone was casual and natural, as if she was talking about today's weather.

“I was a little touched.”

Watanabe Yuu spoke the truth in a joking tone.

"Then it's too early for you to be moved." Hamabe Ryoko paused, "There's more to come."

"That's not how it's used."

Watanabe Yu was a little amused.

"Who cares? That's how I use it anyway."

The miser started to cheat.

"Okay, okay." Watanabe You responded and quickly finished the apple. "Eat your half yourself. This half is enough for me. Besides, the apple is very sweet."

This was the sweetest apple he had ever eaten since he traveled through time.

"OK."

Ryoko Hamabe responded, unzipped her shoulder bag, took out two sheets of toilet paper from it, and handed them to Watanabe Yu.

After the latter took the toilet paper, she began to eat her half of the apple in small bites.

"Back to the topic just now, the reason why these two songs are so good is because Yuki's grandfather, who is also Yuki's mother's mentor, helped me." Watanabe Yu paused, "The meal that Yuki and I went out to have that day was to meet that old man."

"What did you talk about?"

Hamabe Ryoko asked in a low voice.

"We just talked about our plans for music, and then we talked about business, and then we talked about some family matters."

Watanabe Yu did not hide anything and gave a very frank answer.

"Just because of Yuki-chan, he promised to help you?"

Hamabe Ryoko hesitated for a moment, but still asked this question.

In her opinion, such favors can be big or small. For people with whom she has a good relationship, such care may only require a few words. For people with whom she has an average relationship, such "care" must involve an exchange of interests.

"more or less."

Watanabe Yu thought about it and gave an answer that sounded 'ambiguous'.

"No quid pro quo or anything like that?"

Hamabe Ryoko asked again.

"Yes, in exchange, I have to maintain a partnership with Yuki and write some songs for her, or let her participate in the recording of songs, such as singing a duet on a song or something like that - that's what he said."

Watanabe Yu paused, "But that's what I planned to do, so the situations you're worried about don't exist."

He was more afraid that Ryoko would think too much, as the stingy little girl had always had a strong imagination.

"That's it."

Hamabe Ryoko took a bite of the apple and spoke in a dry tone.

The sweet juice spread in her mouth, but she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

The unfair treaty she was worried about didn't happen, but it did give Yuki a reason, a reason that would appear more frequently.

In other words, good news and bad news come together in a row.

"what happened?"

Watanabe Yu noticed the change in her tone and asked.

"Nothing, I just wonder if you can adapt to life in the country."

Hamabe Ryoko calmly changed the subject.

"What do you mean by whether I can adapt to life in the country?"