Chapter 81: The First Bucket of Gold Has Arrived (Three Updates) (Seeking Monthly Votes)
“First of all, the two people never show their faces in the videos, and they use pseudonyms.
It’s a simple truth: what kind of composer would perform under such aliases? Clearly, ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Cat’ represent not just people, but some kind of symbol. If they swap out performers, you wouldn’t even know it!
Ordinary folks might not get this, but for us insiders, many people play this game on the platform!
Next up is their playing ability.
‘Moonlight’ plays the piano at an ordinary professional level, but ‘Cat’ on the cello? She’s something else! According to a cellist friend of mine, her playing could compete at national T1 level!
Is this really a high school student?
What’s even more impressive are their compositions.
‘Ode to Love,’ ‘Can-Can,’ and that other one… the ‘Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Pathétique’!
You wouldn’t think that anyone could just toss off pieces like these, would you?
In one month, three pieces!
This is a high school student?!
These two definitely have a team backing them!
It’s simple logic: ‘Cat’ is hired, and ‘Moonlight’ is just an actor; ‘Moonlight’ represents the company’s composition team.
They’ve created this vibe of ‘two pure high school students making music together’ to attract fans.
Now that we’ve identified this path,
I have to say, this team is impressive!
Whether it’s finding an outstanding cellist like ‘Cat’ or hiring that composition team, it’s not something an average group can pull off!
And the living quality hinted at in the videos? Most people couldn’t even act that well.”
“…”
Lin Tian was dumbfounded.
Wow, he made an excellent point!
If he weren’t the one with the extensive music library, he might actually buy into this!
Then, the chubby guy dropped another “bombshell.”
“Many of you might not have noticed, but every time ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Cat’ release a video, the description always notes ‘Equipment provided by: SYC.’”
“You outsiders might not know what SYC is, but you can check. It’s a top-tier music agency in the country! You don’t honestly think two high school students could have the connections or the ability to be noticed by SYC, do you?”
“Of course, if you want to argue ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Cat’ are just amateurs without a company—making all the music and videos themselves, with both being once-in-a-century geniuses—then sure, let’s say they’re amazing! If that’s true, I’ll bow, apologize, delete this video, and worship them as my masters!”
At the end of the video.
The chubby guy added one more thing:
“In the end, the reason you don’t understand is that you don’t realize how impressive ‘Moonlight’s so-called ‘original compositions’ truly are.
How about this: if any friends in Qingzhou are available, next Wednesday, you can head to the Sunny Day Concert Hall; there’s a concert happening.
There are two young performers there, a cellist and a pianist, playing those three pieces by ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Cat.’ You can check it out.
See how professional players interpret these pieces, and watch how the music media reviews it! You’ll grasp just how valuable these compositions really are.”
“…”
After watching, Lin Tian’s first reaction was—
It’s over.
Now he finally understood why the search for concert-related videos led him to this one.
Turns out it was promotional too!
This video’s still pretty hot.
120,000 likes.
I bet the views are comfortably over a million.
And in the comments, people were actually asking how to buy tickets for the concert in Qingzhou.
At this rate, they might genuinely attract a lot of attention.
He initially thought that with the performance on Wednesday, the audience might be a bit sparse, but with this promotion…
Gan Yan Yu’s going to have even more pressure.
What’s more, Lin Tian had promoted it a bit back when he was at Xingye Music Academy. He had no idea at that time just how big Gan Yan Yu would blow up afterward.
One thing led to another.
Lin Tian had a hunch that the foot traffic at next week’s concert would be—
A bit higher than expected?
Sunday, just three days before the concert.
Early that morning, Lin Tian specifically called Gan Yan Yu over to his home.
Today was “advertising fee settlement day!”
The two of them lounged on the sofa, waiting for news from Letian Music Store.
In seven days, the final figures for the video were:
960,000 likes, 33.49 million views.
An incredibly high like-to-view ratio, although not as viral as ‘Can-Can’ on Douyin, it still counted as a hit.
It was hard to say how many of those views would translate to sales of the more than ten thousand-yuan entry-level cellos.
But none of this was what Lin Tian should be worrying about.
“Ding Dong!”
As the phone chimed.
Lin Tian quickly opened the message while Gan Yan Yu leaned in curiously.
“[Zhonghua Agricultural Bank] Letian Music Store Co. completed a transfer of 100,470.85 to your account ending in 4396 on X date at 10:21.”
After counting the long string of six digits one by one.
Lin Tian took a sharp breath.
“100,000.”
Lin Tian looked at Gan Yan Yu, suppressing his overwhelming excitement,
“Yan Yu, we hit the jackpot.”
“Mm-hmm.”
Gan Yan Yu nodded.
“This is all our hard work.”
“Good job.” The young woman smiled radiantly.
“From now on, we won’t have to worry about what to eat anymore.”
“Yeah!”
“…”
Finally, Lin Tian couldn’t hold back, clenched his fist, and punched the air with gusto.
Awesome!!
Just a month ago, Lin Tian was sweating over rent that was two months overdue and tuition fees that hadn’t even come in yet, working at a job that paid 30 an hour.
Now, he was officially a high school student with a six-figure bank balance!
From here on out, he wouldn’t have to worry about money in life anymore.
Strictly speaking, aside from the last system allocation of ten thousand, this hundred thousand was their first bucket of gold.
From coordinating with advertisers to negotiating revenue sharing and product testing…
Every step, Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu achieved through their own efforts!
“This feels great!”
Seeing Lin Tian so happy, Gan Yan Yu beamed back at him.
“Let’s go, let’s go eat out!”
Lin Tian beckoned Gan Yan Yu to stand up.
On this rare Sunday, having received their first bucket of gold, it would be a shame not to celebrate with a nice meal.
“Ah, but the concert is in two days. Shouldn’t we practice on our one day off?”
Gan Yan Yu showed a worried expression.
“Work hard, play hard.”
Lin Tian didn’t want to pile too much pressure on Gan Yan Yu every day.
Just like in the last study session before the college entrance exam, many teachers would tell students to go rest instead.
“Okay, I’ll go change clothes first,” Gan Yan Yu stood up.
“What do you want to eat? With this hundred thousand minus a little, we’ve got 470 bucks for rewards! Hot pot? Seafood? Steak?”
Lin Tian listed options, thinking about how he’d never had such good meals after spending so much time with Gan Yan Yu!
“Mm.”
Gan Yan Yu bit her lip, thinking.
Then she clasped her hands together and smiled,
“I want pudding.”
The monthly vote event is in its final two days, brothers, please vote for the monthly ticket!
Complete the task, and tomorrow there will be an extra update in return!
(End of Chapter)
