I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

...After she finished speaking, everyone, like Xu Xiangxiao, didn't understand what she meant, but they felt it was very impressive.

Yingzi scoffed and said, "Pretentiousness is pretentiousness, no matter how much you talk about it, it's still pretentiousness."

Jiang Xinhai glanced at her, and she wanted to say, "You're pretty pretentious too," but ultimately didn't say it.

On the touchscreen, the text changed again, eventually displaying a single line:

Congratulations! You have unlocked the new Snowfall area!

Xu Xiangxiao tapped it, and the screen changed again.

This time, it's no longer just monotonous text, but a colorful picture emerges.

The image shows a beam of sunlight passing through a prism.

Through refraction, the sunlight transformed into a rainbow.

Then, a line of handwritten English text appeared below:

"Pink Floyd".

Xu Xiangxiao looked bewildered: "What does this mean?"

Jiang Xinhai stared at the image and said, "It looks like a poster?"

Gao Xiaobo closed his fan and suddenly shouted, "Pink Floyd!"

Everyone turned to look at him.

“This is the name of a band, Pink Floyd,” Gao Xiaobo said. “This is their band poster!”

He looked a little agitated.

"This was once the most famous band in Britain, an outstanding progressive rock band, a representative of psychedelic rock... in short, they were incredibly awesome." Gao Xiaobo said, spitting out his saliva.

After he finished speaking, he came to his senses: "Exactly, how come there's a Pink Floyd poster here?"

Xu Xiangxiao turned around and said, "The songs here are all written by... JX, which means he has collaborated with this band?"

“How could that be?” Gao Xiaobo immediately denied. “Do you even know what era this band is from? They’ve been popular for half a century; they’re a legendary rock band!”

Yan Yunzhu frowned: "Is it really that amazing? How come I've never heard of it before?"

Gao Xiaobo wiped the sweat from his brow, smiled, and said, "It's not very popular in China."

Yingzi said lazily, "Rock and roll is just yelling and shouting, there's nothing good about it."

Cui Dayou suddenly spoke:

"Pink Floyd was a band I listened to a lot when I was a kid."

“I drew a lot of inspiration from their songs. When I was writing songs in the early days, I also absorbed and modified their style.”

After he finished speaking, Yingzi opened her mouth, but ultimately couldn't say anything.

Yan Yunzhu frowned and said, "Why put up this poster? Is Tianya really as close as we are?"

She reached out and tapped the screen.

Then, another image appeared on the screen.

This is a photo. In the picture, an elderly man with white hair is sitting on a sofa, smiling at the camera.

Next to him, a Chinese man, wearing sunglasses, had his hand to his mouth, legs crossed, and was lounging on another sofa.

Below the photo, there is a line of English text.

The translation is:

To JX:

Your song filled the last gap in the band after I left.

I wish you all the best, but I'm even happier that you're going back to China soon.

I hope you never come again. The greatest troublemaker.

—Roger Waters.

Chapter 155 May You Be Here

At this moment, everyone present was filled with questions.

Who is Roger Waters?

Why would he be happy to be back in China when it's so close?

Why call him a troublemaker?

After Gao Xiaobai translated the English text into Chinese, the viewers in the other live stream were completely confused.

"I don't understand at all. Can someone explain this to me? What band is this? And who are they?"

"A 10-year PF fan here! This is one of the most awesome rock bands in Britain! A heavyweight band that has entered music history! Roger Waters, known as 'Water King,' is the second generation of PF and also its soul! Finally, I have to say, wow, JX even knows him!"

"Are the people above trolls? I've never heard of such a high-profile person before."

"Hehe, you haven't heard enough. Didn't you hear Cui Dayou just say that he has studied a lot of Pink Floyd?"

"It's just mutual flattery, you actually believe it? Cui Dayou is so old, he's a legendary figure."

"I laughed. When Pink Floyd was popular, Cui Dayou was still in middle school."

……

Yingzi frowned and leaned closer to look at the photo.

In the photo, the man is unrestrained and has a faint smile on his lips, as if he has just succeeded in playing a prank.

Roger Waters, the white-haired old man known as "Waterman," sat to the side with his hands clasped together, sitting upright, his smile seemingly tinged with bitterness and helplessness.

It's hard to imagine the circumstances under which the two took this photo.

Yingzi spread her hands and said, "And then? Who is this man? Tianya? Zhichi?"

Jiang Xinhai and Xu Xiangxiao exchanged a glance, and then both leaned closer to look at the photo.

In the photo, the man's smile is even more mocking. His large sunglasses cover half of his face, but they can't hide the not-so-unpleasant smugness.

The two people standing here are the two people in the world who know him best.

However, the photo was too blurry, and his outfit was too flamboyant.

Even for the two of them, it would be difficult to say with absolute certainty that he was the one they knew so well, someone who seemed so close yet so far.

They could recognize him only by the unique aura he exuded.

At that moment, Xu Xiangxiao felt like crying.

This was the first time she had seen the person she had thought about countless times since that brief meeting several years ago.

But he sat on the other side of the photo, laughing heartlessly, as if he were mercilessly mocking himself.

She thought sadly that perhaps for him, making music was just a game, and she was just a temporary playmate.

But why did he say he wanted to give this place to himself?

So that he could see him living a carefree and happy life all over the world?

“JX, so close, yet so far…” Jiang Xinhai murmured, “How many more identities are you hiding from us?”

Jiang Xinhai didn't care how great Chen Ya's achievements were.

All she cared about was him.

But others were different, especially Gao Xiaobo, who was filled with contradictions and bitterness, completely unable to understand why the idol of his idol would be chatting and laughing with a Chinese person.

He Ling turned to Gao Xiaobo and asked, "Professor Gao, who is this Roger Waters? What exactly does he mean by what he said?"

“Roger Waters, known as Waters, was the second-generation leader of Pink Floyd and also the soul of the band,” Gao Xiaobo said helplessly. “He did leave the band, and we can analyze his meaning line by line.”

He pointed to the first line and said, "His first sentence contains the most information. He said, 'Your song filled the last gap in the band after I left.' First of all, we need to know that Shui Ye left the band. Around 1985, Shui Ye left the band."

"1985?!" He Ling jumped up. "I was only a teenager then!"

Qin Yunshang stuck out her tongue and said, "They're older than me."

Gao Xiaobo nodded: "After all, this is a band that was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 2015, with a career spanning half a century..."

This number is staggering.

Just now, everyone thought that the claim of being popular for half a century was just an exaggeration. Unexpectedly, when they calculated the dates of the band's formation and disbandment, it really was 50 years, no more and no less.

This duration was somewhat unacceptable to Yingzi and the others.

In the domestic music scene, let alone 50 years, those who have been popular for more than 20 years and still insist on making music are extremely rare, or there are none at all.

Especially now, the music scene is evolving at an extremely fast pace. A new generation of "older brothers" emerges, and within a few years, they collapse and become outdated for some reason, quickly being discarded like worn-out shoes.

Some lucky individuals who became famous overnight due to certain trending events have become victims of online traffic.

After packaging the company, a viral marketing campaign made it an instant household name. However, upon closer inspection, it turns out to be just an empty shell, and its popularity was due to inexplicable reasons such as "innocent smiles."

Various MCNs and talent agencies have sprung up like carp crossing a river, devouring a hot topic and leaving only ruins behind.

The person standing at the center of the controversy is not a creator, and may not even understand music; he is merely a traffic driver, a cyber idol of the internet age.

A band that has lasted for 50 years is a rare sight in the Chinese entertainment industry. Everyone knows that being a celebrity is a short-lived career; 50 years from now, when everyone is old and faded, who will still be watching you?

Therefore, most people in the entertainment industry aim to earn enough money in a few years to last a lifetime. They try every means, using all sorts of methods to climb the ladder and make the most of their bodies.

During the years that Yingzi has been out of the spotlight, she has not left the music scene. Instead, she has moved behind the scenes and followed her current boss, learning a lot about management and packaging. She has already gained a lot of experience with idols in the era of internet traffic.

So when she heard the phrase "a band that's been around for half a century," her first thought was—this band must not have made much money.

Gao Xiaobo continued, "After 1985, Water left the band, and Pink Floyd never recovered. Because they lacked such an excellent songwriter as Water, the music they produced later always lacked something. Water was always very proud of this."

"Smug and self-satisfied?" He Ling asked.

“That’s right,” Gao Xiaobo nodded. “That’s just the kind of person he is. You could say he’s a bit petty, but more like an artist’s narcissism. He thinks his music is the best, and the band can’t do without him. But this situation was changed in 2018, the third year after the band announced its disbandment…”

At this point, Gao Xiaobai suddenly exclaimed in alarm, "Wait!"

He leaned closer, checked the first paragraph of English again, and read it aloud:

"Your song filled the last gap in the band after I left. Best wishes to you..."

He looked up, his face blank, and said, "Could it be..."

Jiang Xinhai stamped his foot: "Could it be what? Teacher Gao, please tell me quickly, I'm so anxious!"

"Could it be that Pink Floyd's career reached another peak with... his lyrics and music?"

Everyone's attention was simultaneously focused on the two small English letters - JX.

Gao Xiaobai wiped the sweat from his brow, his fingers trembling slightly, and said:

"How about I click again and see what else is next?"

No one had an opinion.

Rather, they were all eager to dig to the bottom and see what this JX had done.

Gao Xiaobai moved his fingers slightly, and then the sound of the guitar strings being plucked rang out.

Slow, lyrical, and psychedelic sounds came from all directions.

The room features surround sound, and it's 360-degree all-around. Anyone standing in the middle feels instantly enveloped by a wave of music.

The image reappeared on the screen.

The image shows two people shaking hands.

Amidst towering buildings, the two people's hands clasp together in the center of the painting.

If there's anything special about it, it's that the person standing on the right is engulfed in flames.

It looked like they had just crawled out of hell.

It was as if it were burning itself out.

From the blurred face, everyone could just make out that the person standing in the fire was JX.

Below this photo, another line of handwritten text appeared:

"This album is dedicated to those who burn brightly for music. —JX"