### Chapter 235: Moonlight Bro Is Still Strutting (Extra Update) (Vote for Me!)
In the morning after the release of the new album, Lin Tian got up, glanced at the system backend.
[Views: 7,340,000 / 10,000,000]
[“Shock” Emotion Value: 86,555 / 100,000]
A task with a seven-day limit, and it’s already halfway done in just one day?
Lin Tian was surprised.
This level of buzz is way higher than he expected.
Soon after, He Zhi Chen’s text came through:
[Teacher Lin Tian, congratulations! Our new album has already hit 30,000 sales in 24 hours!]
Isn’t this approaching debut album territory?
Even Lin Tian himself was puzzled, wondering where all the traffic was coming from.
He immediately switched to the phone app, ready to surf the web.
After the release of Moonlight and Cat’s new album, “Works of Moonlight and Cat Vol. 2,” not only Zhang Dong but also a variety of bloggers joined in the fray, causing discussion to skyrocket across the internet.
The first issue that caught everyone’s attention was:
”How did they release a new album again?!”
The fans were baffled.
Not even classical musicians or the biggest pop stars come out with an album every month, right?
If it weren’t for this new album from Moonlight and Cat, no one would have realized that Moonlight had actually composed three new pieces within a month, including a large symphony.
[“d*mn, the pace is so crazy! Can’t Moonlight bro ever get writer’s block?!”]
[“An album a month. At this rate, Moonlight and Cat will be the most productive duo in no time!”]
[“While everyone pities Moonlight bro, only I pity Cat because when Moonlight doesn’t have inspiration, Cat must be getting… how can I phrase this delicately…]
Even though their posts were mostly jokes, everyone was genuinely moved by Moonlight and Cat’s productivity.
Turns out, Moonlight really didn’t make any false promises!
He hasn’t degraded!
Even after his debut, he’s still updating faster than on TikTok.
But this is publishing albums, not posting a video!
It’s not like before, where you just sh**t a video, post it, add some tags, and you’re done.
Releasing a single track involves creating, practicing, professional recording, post-processing, company promotion, and the lot before the final product makes it out there.
It requires both Moonlight and Cat’s efforts, as well as a company willing to back them up in such a way.
Yue Yun also deserves praise for its contribution.
Moreover,
Due to the accident with the previous album, “Wet Rain,” which was impossible to buy, many people still feel uneasy.
So when the new album came out, their second reaction was:
[“Will the physical copies be available?”]
[“Are electronic album fans getting shortchanged?”]
[“I’ll have paid for a music membership and wait a week to listen, am I just setting myself up for failure?”]
[.]
However, thankfully, Zhang Dong came through with his live streams featuring “exclusive listens,” widely shared on Douyin and Bilibili.
Thus, almost every music fan heard the new album on day one.
When countless netizens first heard “Surprise Symphony,” their responses were remarkably uniform…
Everyone exclaimed:
[“Holy cow, I thought my phone volume was off when I saw it, but man, what a scare!”]
[“Wait, since when does Moonlight bro enjoy playing pranks…? No, there must be some hidden meaning I’m missing!!”]
[Had been listening to Moonlight’s music for so long, always thinking I knew the ins and outs, but this track? Impossible to understand!]
[.]
Among these, the most viral bit was from Zhang Dong’s live stream cut.
A video of Zhang Dong being scared so much that he jumped out of his seat and dropped his headphones, went viral.
Many gushed:
[“Man, this guy’s just naturally made for live streaming!”]
Countless people who weren’t fans originally ended up listening to “Surprise Symphony” because of this video.
Zhang Dong lost face but gained massive traffic, indirectly promoting Moonlight and Cat too.
Finally,
After his stream ended and he saw his new followers’ count climbing on his phone, he started questioning if he should’ve stuck to being a clown instead…
Maybe it’s too fancy for him to keep up with the latest trends…
Following the hype around “Surprise Symphony,”
Unlike the general public…
Some professional musicians, after listening to Moonlight’s new tracks, had deeper insights.
They caught onto things the average person wouldn’t.
Qingtai, famous musician in Qingjiang Province and a self-proclaimed “Superfan of Moonlight & Cat,” tweeted:
[“Reading online discussions about the emotions conveyed in ‘Surprise Symphony’, many bloggers made decent points, but none truly matter.
Personally, during the second chapter with its stark shift from serenity to shock, then back, what’s key here is how proficiently Moonlight demonstrates musical structure and emotional expression.
Discussing the emotion isn’t important anymore. This is actually a display of their sheer skill.”]
Once these words surfaced online, there was a new wave of debate.
Many bloggers listened to the track repeatedly to try and parse the emotions, only to be scared multiple times.
Then you say emotions aren’t important?
Moonlight was just showing off?!
Everyone’s been scaring themselves!
Now, people don’t know who to believe.
Many felt they didn’t really understand Moonlight after all.
Task Complete: Create a musical piece, release it together with your partner, and achieve 10 million plays and 100,000 units of “shock” emotion value in seven days.
At night, Lin Tian successfully finished the task.
The system popped up with the reward:
[Gained: Knowledge of Japanese.]
Suddenly, Lin Tian felt his head itch.
After scratching,
Countless bits of knowledge flooded his brain.
“Kuso!” Lin Tian exclaimed.
It’s a great feeling to gain knowledge so effortlessly.
Trying out a few phrases, he realized he could speak Japanese smoothly now.
Although joyous, a sense of loss crept in.
Ah, if only he had this ability in his past life.
Then watching Teacher Taizi wouldn’t require skipping scenes.
Ding-dong~
A notification from Lin Tian’s phone chimed.
Opening it, he saw a message from Gan Yan Yu:
[Mr. Lin~ Did you pack your bags? We’re leaving tomorrow, y’know.]
[Is Tokyo far from the sea? Thinking of maybe taking a detour to the beach. If we do, I’ll pack my swimsuit!]
[.]*
(End of Chapter)
