A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

Hu Laowu didn't dwell on those things and went straight to the point: "Do you want my ginseng?"

Su Fan said, "I would be very grateful if Fifth Master would be so kind as to ask for a price."

"Since you know I have this stuff, you should also understand that this isn't about money." Old Hu suddenly changed his tone, "Giving it to you isn't out of the question, but you have to become my disciple."

Su Fan was taken aback: "Why?"

Hu Laowu's reasoning was simple: "The person that Master Zhang has chosen can't be wrong. Tell me your birth date and time, and I'll calculate it for you."

When Su Fan mentioned his birth date and time, he remembered his master's previous instructions: "If someone asks you about your birth date and time in the future, just say you were born in the Hai hour (9-11 PM)."

Thinking of this, Su Fan gave his birth date and time as instructed by his master.

Hu Laowu pondered for a while, then muttered to himself, "Strange, strange, nothing special at all, what could be the reason?"

Su Fan wondered to himself: Could it be that they've figured something out?

Old Hu raised his head and repeated, "So, are you considering switching allegiance? If you agree, that ginseng is yours."

Su Fan shook his head: "Fifth Master, let's forget it. I'm not ambitious and I don't like jumping around."

Hu Laowu smiled, not angry at all: "You're quite the talker. Considering you're Master Zhang's disciple, I'll give you a chance. If you succeed, I'll give you that ginseng root."

Su Fan asked, "Please enlighten me, Fifth Master."

Hu Laowu said, "You can write songs, right? Write a song about our espionage. If it's well-written and reaches the popularity of your recent song, I'll give you the token."

Qin Shen, standing nearby, grew anxious: "Fifth Master, aren't you making things difficult for my brother Fan? You're writing a song about horses and expecting it to match the popularity of the previous one? How is that possible? You might as well just refuse outright."

Hu Laowu ignored him and only looked at Su Fan: "You don't have to accept it. If it weren't for Master Zhang's sake, I wouldn't bother with you juniors."

Su Fan didn't hesitate: "Alright, as Fifth Master says, I'll write a song about shamanism in exchange for your ginseng."

Hu Laowu smiled and nodded: "Then let me see just how capable you are."

Su Fan stood up to say goodbye: "Then I won't bother Fifth Master any longer. I'll go work on the song first."

Su Fan and Qin Shen went out first, while Qin Ran stayed inside.

"Master, isn't this putting him in a lot of trouble?"

Hu Laowu said, "What do you know? If that kid didn't have some skills, how could he have caught Zhang Lingyuan's eye?"

Qin Ran then asked, "What did Master see from his birth chart?"

"No, that's probably nonsense. His birth chart is unremarkable, but judging from his recent performance, he's definitely not an ordinary person. Asking him to write a song was just to test his abilities."

Qin Ran said, "What if he really meets Master's requirements, then that ginseng..."

"I do hope he can do it; if he does, he will owe me a great debt of karma."

Qin Ran didn't ask any more questions, said goodbye, and caught up with Su Fan and Qin Shen.

Before we even got close, we heard Qin Shen complaining, "Brother Fan, I'll look into the ginseng matter for you again. You might as well not have that one."

Qin Ran walked over and asked Su Fan, "Brother Fan, are you confident?"

Su Fan said, "We'll see. Who knows? I don't know what the audience likes either."

Qin Ran then asked, "If you meet my master's requirements, what are your plans?"

"What else can we do? Trade songs for the points. I already said, trade songs for them."

Qin Ran was stunned for a moment, vaguely feeling that his master's plan might fall through.

Qin Shen chimed in from the side, "Brother Fan, if you really meet Fifth Master's requirements, you can get a ginseng root from him for free. Let's see if that old man is still so smug."

Qin Ran opened her mouth, as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

It's best not to get too involved in his stance.

At this moment, Su Fan suddenly said, "Brother Ran, could you tell me about shamanic practices?"

Qin Ran readily agreed: "Of course, in our Northeast, the immortals are named Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, Hui..."

Qin Ran explained in great detail, from the origins of various immortals to the rules for disciples of spirit mediums, going through each and every one of them.

Su Fan listened attentively, occasionally asking a few questions about the details.

Qin Ran didn't hold back and answered everything he could.

After getting the gist of it, Su Fan said, "Alright, I have to go back to the city to work on the song. See you tomorrow."

Qin Shen said from the side, "I haven't spent much time with you these past few days. Come on, I'll go to the city with you."

Su Fan thought about it and didn't refuse.

Then, the two went to the city together.

That evening, Su Fan, Qin Shen, and Xu Xin had dinner together.

Back at the hotel, Su Fan turned on his computer and began to ponder which song to choose.

"That's it!"

As he spoke, Su Fan typed the song title "Mountain Guest (Magic)" on his computer.

This song was sung by Aunt Wan on Earth.

It can be said that this song captures the cultural elements of shamanic practices in Northeast China, which is exactly what people are looking for.

After finishing the song, Su Fan thought, "Since we're already here, why not make another one for Qin Shen? Consider it a local specialty I brought!"

So Su Fan then produced Pang Long's "Home in Northeast China".

Organize the lyrics and music for both songs, and then apply for copyright.

After finishing, Su Fan went to rest.

The next day, while Su Fan and Qin Shen were having breakfast at the hotel, Su Fan said, "Brother Shen, let's go record a song in a bit."

Qin Shen, holding a steamed bun, paused for a moment, then asked, "What's going on? Brother Fan, you got here so fast?"

"Men shouldn't say 'fast'."

"I suspect you're driving, but I have no proof."

"I just quickly set it up. You'll come with me in a bit."

Qin Shen immediately agreed: "Okay."

After dinner, Xu Xin drove them to Boss Liu's recording studio.

On the way, Xu Xin asked, "Brother Fan, what song are we recording this time?"

Su Fan said, "I've recently become quite interested in the shamanistic practices here, so I wanted to record a song about it."

Xu Xin thought for a moment and said, "This topic is relatively niche."

At this moment, Xu Xin hesitated whether to report the matter to the bureau.

But then he thought that this niche thing might just be something Su Fan was on a whim, so he gave up the idea of ​​reporting it.

The three arrived at the recording studio.

When Boss Liu saw Su Fan, he smiled and jogged over, shook Su Fan's hand, and said enthusiastically, "Mr. Su, your song is incredibly popular! I absolutely love it!"

Su Fan said, "Thank you for your kind words, Boss Liu. I'm sorry to bother you again today."

Boss Liu waved his hands repeatedly, "No trouble at all, I'd be happy to oblige! You're welcome to come every day!"

Su Fan asked Boss Liu to print out the lyrics and music for the two songs, and pointed to one of them, handing it to Qin Shen: "Brother Shen, take a look at this one, you can record it first in a bit."

Qin Shen took the sheet music, glanced at it, and was a little confused: "What does this mean? Brother Fan, you want me to sing?"

Su Fan said, "I didn't bring you anything this time I came to Northeast China, but I think this song suits you quite well, so consider it a gift for you."