Chapter 73: Encounter with Continuous Rain on the Road, Start Learning Creative Writing

  P.S: I wrote the lyrics and composed the music myself, don't know if it's any good, hope it's okay!

  Xiangxi, known as the land of corpse driving, has dense forests on both sides of the road, and the mountains are steep and rugged. Therefore, when building highways, only mountain roads can be used.

  This way, it not only increases the cost of road repair but also prolongs the highway mileage. Although there are only a few kilometers between the two mountains, because it is a mountainous highway, the straight-line distance has increased several times, and it can be said that "the horse is exhausted by looking at the mountain".

  If it were driving, it would be no big deal, at most spending some money on gas and time. But the key is that someone who has been out for over half a month, having traveled over 1,000 kilometers (not the straight-line distance on the map, but including detours), still rides his own broken bicycle!

  "I'm going crazy!"

  When someone has completely forgotten how many times they got off and pushed their broken bicycle up the mountain, they finally let the bicycle fall heavily on the highway, and without even wiping the sweat from their face, they sat down directly on the cement roadside with their guitar case. Then, filled with frustration and speechlessness, they thought back to all the things that had happened since leaving Chongqing half a month ago.

  The day after confirming his relationship with Zhang Shuang, he quietly left Chongqing early in the morning. He fled the downtown area on the same day and rushed nearly 200 kilometers before sunset, finally completing his third town performance and begging for rewards in a small town in Fuling.

  Okay, if that was all, then it didn't matter, because everything was normal and he hadn't encountered the scene of signing autographs until his hand went soft again. But from this day on, his troubles began.

  First of all, it's the flood season of the Yangtze River. At this time every year, there will be occasional heavy rain or even torrential rain along the Yangtze River and its surrounding areas.

  Xiao Zhan had just checked into a small inn in the town that evening, and was on the phone with Zhang Shuang, complaining about his sore hands while excitedly saying that the fans were very enthusiastic and there were many reporters. Suddenly, he heard heavy rain outside the window, which quickly turned into a torrential downpour. Even standing inside, he could feel the ground shaking.

  They say heavy rain doesn't last long, it should end soon and won't delay your trip tomorrow, right? Someone was on the phone with his girlfriend while carefreely letting the sky pour down heavy rain.

  However, his "experience" was wrong because although the heavy rain didn't last long, it could turn into moderate rain and then moderate rain into light rain!

  So, the next morning when someone got up from bed to continue fleeing on time, he suddenly felt depressed because it was still raining outside. It was that kind of continuous but not heavy rain that wouldn't get your clothes wet all at once.

  "I hope it will stop soon?" Someone started to worry, because he had tasks to perform and beg for rewards in towns above the third level every day! What if it kept raining all the time? Wouldn't he have to travel in the rain and perform in the rain?

  It doesn't matter if he performs in the rain, after all it's summer now! But the key is that the townspeople won't watch and reward him in the rain! So isn't he lighting a lamp for a blind man - wasting wax?

  Someone's premonition soon came true, and even though he had been waiting at the hotel until after 9 am on purpose without rushing to leave, he still miscalculated. Because heaven didn't have any intention of stopping the rain, the sky was still a deep black, and the raindrops were falling continuously.

  It's really hopeless now, let's just leave then!

  Someone had no choice but to admit defeat and bought a motorcycle rain suit, then set off again in the rain on his broken bike amidst the farewell of the hotel owner.

  That day, his luck wasn't too bad, because when he arrived at the first town, the sky actually cleared up. So, Xiao Sa Ge completed that day's three towns' performances and reward tasks relatively smoothly, which allowed him to speed up on the road. In the end, before dusk, he even directly reached a certain area of Qianjiang, having traveled nearly 250 kilometers that day, which wasn't bad at all.

  After all, he is now riding on highways! The average speed is over 20 kilometers per hour, it can be imagined how hard he is riding.

  No way, who knows if tomorrow will still be so lucky and unexpectedly meet with rain stopping?

  He never thought about the problem of rain before, and now his plan was disrupted.

  Cough cough, it's probably good that evil spirits don't work. And then on the second day, his bad luck finally arrived.

  He didn't leave town at all that day, because the news came abruptly that the bridge had collapsed and the torrential rain was relentless.

  It was from that day on, Xiao Shuai basically walked and stopped. On days when the weather was barely good, he could walk out a few hundred miles, but on the worst days, he could only stare at the non-stop heavy rain and ask the sky in silence: "When are you going to stop? I really wish I could fly to Shanghai right away!"

  As a result, the guy had a lot of free time from then on and would spend more than half an hour chatting intimately with his girlfriend who was busy during the promotional period. At the same time, his greatest gain was to start learning the methods of composing songs with the system.

  Due to the accidental triggering of the "Super Task", Xiao Shuai Ge obtained the task reward of "free use" training space creation ability from the system, and as a result, someone can't help but soak in the space every day.

  However, the system cannot be so generous. According to what the "system mentor" said: "Song creation is actually very simple, because this is a way of expressing your inner feelings, just like speaking, almost everyone can do it. Therefore, I won't teach you how to write lyrics and compose music, I will only tell you how to write good lyrics and music. Then, you can try it yourself, even if you continue to rely on me here, it's useless."

  Alright, so it seems that Xiaosan's calculations were wrong after all, because the "System Tutor" really did make things sound very simple.

  First of all, it's the mood. If you're happy, then the lyrics will be delightful, and if you're sad, they'll naturally give people a sense of sadness and gloominess. As for the melody, when your mood is good and you're excited, the rhythm should be bright and lively, while when your mood is bad, such as feeling despondent or painful, then the song will naturally become oppressive and heavy.

  Secondly, it is the rhyme. When writing lyrics, they must be rhyming, at least when writing songs in Mandarin, this point must be noted. If not, it will not be conducive to widespread dissemination, because non-rhyming means that there are many places where the song's melody changes, even if it sounds good, it won't be sung by the masses after all!

  Of course, if it's a song or simply an English song, then it doesn't matter, because foreign languages and Chinese are different after all, the difference is too big.

  Then comes the long and short sentences. A song is generally two stanzas, which means that except for the "**" part, the two preceding paragraphs are basically the same tune, just with different lyrics. This requires the use of long and short sentences, with the number of words ideally being the same, the rhyme also being the same, and even the segmentation being the same.

  Finally, of course, it's the composition. Whether a song is classic or not can't be evaluated by how beautiful the lyrics are, and everyone likes to listen to songs with beautiful melodies, even if the lyrics are poor. This is where one's true level is tested.

  First, you hum the melody yourself and then choose a more satisfactory and beautiful melody to write down. Finally, add the lyrics, which is indeed more difficult. However, if you reverse the process and write the tune first, it's almost the same because good lyrics are not easy to write either. So why not write the lyrics first and let the creator hum and find the best melody themselves?

  "The system mentor" mainly talked about so much content, yeah, very vivid and specific, while talking, also took some examples to illustrate. Then, someone Spartanized it.

  Because the system suddenly kicked him out and then directly said: "This lesson is over, please work hard to create your first song."

  What's wrong with you?

  Someone reacted and immediately started scolding, I just knew a little bit of the principle, you actually asked me to start creating songs now? Why don't you go die?

  Unfortunately, the system doesn't care about his frustration, no matter how loud he is, the system simply ignores him. So, a certain emotionally excited guy can only accept this fact and start "creating" in distress.

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