I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Upon hearing Shen Kang's words, Ma Liang was stunned. "You want me to write a song?"

Shen Kang said, "That's right. Aren't you in the Tinplate Music Club? I was thinking you know a little bit, right? If you really don't know, could you ask someone in your club if they can write songs, or know anyone who can write songs, the kind who can compose music, we don't need lyrics."

Shen Kang still remembers that the first time he met Ma Liang was at the club's recruitment event.

Back then, Ma Liang was at the Tinplate Music Club's recruitment booth, with long hair, looking like a rock youth—and of course, he still has long hair now.

Ma Liang was still a little confused. "I am indeed a member of the Tinplate Music Club, and I can indeed compose some simple tunes, but why are you suddenly interested in music, boss?"

Shen Kang has always been a businessman, so his sudden move into music is quite a leap and a bit abrupt, catching people off guard.

"Boss, are you going to enter the music industry? Or do you have some business that will involve the music industry next?" Ma Liang naturally made a guess.

Shen Kang then told him about the importance of family.

Ma Liang suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's how it is. I promised someone I'd write a song..."

He thought for a moment and then said, "As for the theme song, I feel that the people in our club are a bit lacking. Why don't we hire a professional to write it? We know people who can do that."

Shen Kang waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, no, no, that's exactly what I want – unprofessionalism!"

"..."

Ma Liang was stunned for a moment, still unable to understand what "wanting to be unprofessional" meant. If it's going to be a theme song, shouldn't the higher the quality be the better?

Seeing this, Shen Kang explained to him briefly: "That home is a concept, which is abstract enough. If we were to create a theme song that is too serious or professional, it would not fit the abstract nature of the song. So let's make it amateurish and have the shop owner write the lyrics himself. The point is to leave people speechless and take the abstract concept to the extreme. This way, it will have its own highlights and unique selling points."

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang finally understood what Shen Kang meant.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "In that case, I feel like I can do it. I'm pretty much an amateur, but coincidentally, I've written a few pieces before. How about you listen to them, boss?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang immediately said, "That's even better! Let me hear it right away."

Ma Liang then rummaged through his belongings and actually found several sheet music pieces.

He didn't show it to Shen Kang immediately, but flipped through it himself first, looked at it, and finally handed one of the scores to Shen Kang, saying, "This one, I feel this one is the best I've written."

Shen Kang waved his hand and pushed it back, "I don't understand it anyway, just hum it for me."

Ma Liang then put away the sheet music and immediately started humming it himself.

After listening, Shen Kang remained noncommittal, only saying, "What about the rest? Hum them all for me one by one."

So Ma Liang took the sheet music and hummed the songs one by one.

When he hummed the third song, Shen Kang's eyes lit up.

If many people were listening to this song right now, and if the real world had a bullet comment feature, Shen Kang estimated that when Ma Liang hummed this tune, the screen would be filled with "?".

This piece of music is truly amazing.

You could say it's a proper melody, but it sounds like a children's song; you could say it's a children's song, but it also has that square dance melody feel; you could say it has that square dance melody feel, but hey, it even has a bit of a country folk song feel to it!

The whole piece feels rushed, as if it was scribbled on the spot without thinking, making one wonder if the composer wrote it down as if he was just dreaming about something.

It even makes one wonder if the next time you hum it, it will be a completely different tune.

It's gotten to this point.

"Okay, okay, this is it!"

As soon as Ma Liang finished humming the song, Shen Kang couldn't wait to speak up, "This song is fantastic! It's like a three-year-old humming something random."

"..."

Ma Liang remained silent.

After a moment, he said, "Boss, that's very filthy."

Shen Kang chuckled, "I'm just complimenting you."

Ma Liang reluctantly accepted this as a "compliment" and asked, "There are two more songs; would you like me to hum them for you again?"

Shen Kang said, "Alright, let's give it a listen."

He felt that he was already overjoyed to be able to create a song that satisfied him, and he did not expect Ma Liang to be able to create such a "divine song" again.

But unexpectedly, there were still experts!

Ma Liang's next song was meaningless, mediocre, and bland.

But the last song was absolutely stunning!

It was still so "unpredictable", still so carelessly written, that Shen Kang felt it was the same song as before, but with some differences.

It was as if his feeling had come true. Ma Liang actually hummed the same song again, but just as he had sensed, humming it again turned it into a different song.

It's just as casual to that extent.

"I never expected there to be such a master."

Shen Kang was delighted, "This one's good too, I want this one too!"

Ma Liang glanced at Shen Kang.

Shen Kang clearly "approved" of his music, but why did he feel like Shen Kang was scolding him? It's so upsetting...

Perhaps inspired by Ma Liang's "divine songs," or perhaps because Shen Kang himself was a comedian, after listening to Ma Liang's two divine songs, Shen Kang immediately stroked his chin and began to ponder.

"The melody is good, but I don't know how it will turn out when paired with the lyrics. I think I'll try writing the lyrics on the spot..."

After thinking for a moment, Shen Kang had an idea. He asked Ma Liang to bring out paper and pen and then asked Ma Liang to continue humming the first divine song he had his eye on.

He held a pen and paper, listening while scribbling and drawing on the paper.

After Ma Liang hummed the lyrics several times, Shen Kang stopped what he was doing, picked up the lyrics he had written, checked them, and felt they were almost done.

After listening to it so many times, and with the melody of this "divine song" being so simple, Shen Kang had already learned to hum it.

We're about to sing.

"I'll sing it once, and you can listen and see how it goes."

Ma Liang was also a bit shrewd. He didn't know how Shen Kang would interpret the melody he had written, so he said, "Okay, you sing it."

Shen Kang then began to sing.

"Home is home, oh home, one bite and your mouth is full of fragrance, the taste of happiness is top-notch, let's share the joy. Home is home, oh home, the aroma spreads to the ends of the earth, sesame and scallions are cleverly combined, your taste buds dance a waltz. Home is home, oh home, golden and crispy, it's praiseworthy, its warmth warms your heart, how about another bowl?"

"..."

Ma Liang broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

No, he used to think this song was alright, but how come it became so thunderous after Shen Kang sang it?

Is this a song?

After Shen Kang finished singing, seeing Ma Liang's expression, he was satisfied—yes, yes, that's exactly the kind of thunderous feeling he wanted! The internet isn't afraid of thunder, it's afraid of mediocrity. Thunder, taken to a certain level, can actually be a huge traffic magnet.

"The effect looks good, so we'll stick with these two songs."

Shen Kang was very satisfied and finally made the decision.

Ma Liang, after scratching his toes for a while, couldn't help but speak up: "Wait, boss, can't you at least rhyme a little? You don't rhyme at all! And you're singing about a pancake, right? Why is there 'a bowl'? You're using the wrong measure words."

As a music lover, he found it truly painful to listen to the lyrics written by Shen Kang.

Shen Kang chuckled, "That's exactly what I wanted—not to suppress it, not to do it right. Alright, that's settled then."

That was settled. Shen Kang then brought up another matter: "You should know people involved in the recording, right?"

Ma Liang sighed inwardly and replied, "I know him."

Shen Kang said, "Then find some time to contact them and get those two songs made. Now you should know what kind of feeling I want, right? As for the music, just go in that direction, add electronic music where needed, and make it as cheesy as possible."

Ma Liang felt bad again, but he still reluctantly agreed, "Okay."

"You can pay for it yourself first, then get an invoice from them. We'll calculate the total later and sell it to them. Do you have enough money? Do you want me to prepay you some?"

"No need. These two songs are very simple to make, don't cost much, and can be done easily."

Shen Kang was delighted. "Yes, yes, that's exactly the 'do it on the spur of the moment' effect I wanted! Old Ma, it seems you've completely grasped what I mean."

Ma Liang was exasperated: "I'd rather I didn't understand what you meant."

After chatting for a while, seeing that the breakfast was getting cold, Shen Kang told Ma Liang to eat first, while he sat in Ma Liang's seat and browsed the web to pass the time.

After Ma Liang finished eating, Shen Kang asked him about Ma Liang's new website.

The name for this new C2B2C secondhand trading website has already been chosen: "Huanhuan".

Huanhuan is different from Xianyu.com.

Xianyu.com currently focuses on the university town business, so it only needs to handle the website architecture for that area.

According to Shen Kang's plan, Huanhuan will need to collaborate with Anjia Household Services from the very beginning. Therefore, Ma Liang not only needs to create the Huanhuan website, but also needs to communicate and cooperate with Li Su.

After this period of work, Ma Liang and his team have completed all the tasks, and the system has passed internal and collaborative testing, so it is ready to go live and operate.

However, Huanhuan is different from Xianyu.com. Having a website alone is not enough; there is also a lot of offline work to prepare.

Most importantly, this is the first collaboration between the Anjia system and the Beiming system.

Prior to this, the Anjia system and the Beiming system under Shen Kang's control were relatively isolated: the Anjia system mainly served the urban population of Yangcheng, while the Beiming system mainly served university campuses, and the two had little overlap. At most, the Beiming system utilized some of the logistics capabilities of the Anjia system, but at the platform level, the two were relatively isolated.

However, this time, taking advantage of the launch of Huanhuan, the two platforms will attempt their first joint operation model.

……

On the west side of North Lu, an MPV is driving on the road, heading towards the North Lu university town.

There were several people in the car, both men and women.

A tall, masculine man, not yet thirty, sat in the back seat behind the driver, silently looking out the window.

The man was none other than Zhong Weiting, the former manager of 58.com's Yangcheng branch.