CHAPTER 281: CHAPTER 234 MR. MOONLIGHT IS STILL SHOWING OFF (EXTRA CHAPTER) (REQUEST FOR MONTHLY VOTES)

The morning after the new album was released, Lin Tian got up and took a glance at the system backend.

[Play Count: 7.34 million/10 million]

["Shock" Emotion Value: 86555/100000]

A seven-day time limit task, and more than half is completed in one day?

Lin Tian was a bit surprised.

The popularity was much higher than what he had expected.

Before long, He Zhichen’s text also came through.

[Teacher Lin Tian, congratulations, our new album’s 24-hour sales have surpassed 30,000!]

Are these sales figures almost catching up to the debut album?

Lin Tian was also puzzled, wondering where all this traffic had come from.

He immediately switched out of the smartphone backend and started surfing the internet.

...

After the release of Moonlight and Cat’s new album "Moonlight and Cat’s Collection 2."

Not just YouTubers like Zhang Dong, but numerous bloggers also joined the fray, and the whole net quickly sparked a new round of discussions.

The first discussion that arose was:

How come a new album has been released again?!

Netizens were dumbfounded.

Forget classical musicians, even prominent pop singers wouldn’t release a new album every month, right?

If it wasn’t for the appearance of Moonlight and Cat’s new album, everyone wouldn’t have noticed that Mr. Moonlight had written three new pieces of music within a month, even including a large-scale symphony.

[This speed is really exaggerated; doesn’t Mr. Moonlight ever hit a creative block?!]

[An album a month... with this pace, it won’t be long before Moonlight and Cat become the most prolific music group, right?]

[You all feel bad for Mr. Moonlight; am I the only one who feels sorry for Miss Cat... When Mr. Moonlight is out of inspiration, how many times a day does Miss Cat have to get that...?]

Netizens joked around.

But they were truly moved by how productive Moonlight and Cat were.

It turns out that Mr. Moonlight had not jinxed himself in the past!

He truly hadn’t lost his quality!

Even after debuting, the update speed has not slowed down much compared to when creating Douyin videos in the past.

Take note, this is about releasing albums, not creating Douyin videos.

It’s not like the old days when you just filmed a video, posted it, added some tags, and that was it.

Releasing a single involves several steps including composition, practice, professional recording, post-production, and company promotion before a work can be presented to the public.

It requires not only the hard work of Moonlight and Cat but also a company that’s willing to cooperate to such an extent.

Le Yun equally deserves credit.

Moreover,

Because of the incident with the last album "Rainy Day Wet" being sold out, it left a profoundly psychological impact on many people across the net.

So much so that many people’s second reaction upon hearing about the new album was:

[Can I still get a physical copy?]

[Will fans who listen to the digital album be considered second-class?]

[So if I charge for QQ Music membership and wait a week to listen, does this mean I’m going down the drain?]

[...]

Fortunately, with YouTubers like Zhang Dong emerging, various "sneak listen" videos spread widely on Douyin and Bilibili.

Thus, the vast majority of music fans heard the new album at the first opportunity!

So,

Countless netizens had almost the same first reaction when they first heard "Surprise Symphony."

Everyone exclaimed various degrees of— "Holy shit!"

[Damn, at first, I thought the volume on my phone was too low, but when the sound came out, it scared me to death!]

[No, when did Mr. Moonlight start enjoying pranks...? No, I must have missed some deeper meaning that I don’t understand!!]

[After listening to Mr. Moonlight’s music for so long, I thought my music appreciation skills were pretty high... but I really can’t understand this one!]

[....]

Among them, the most viral was the livestream clip of [Sunny Mr. Dong].

In the video, Zhang Dong being scared out of his chair and throwing down his headphones had an explosive entertaining effect, attracting numerous netizens to watch.

Many people exclaimed "This guy is just a natural born livestreamer!"

Even more people from outside the circles, because of this video, went to listen to "Surprise Symphony."

Zhang Dong himself greatly embarrassed himself but attracted a lot of traffic again, and also brought a wave of traffic to Moonlight and Cat’s new album.

Eventually.

After Zhang Dong finished streaming, looking at the continuously rising new followers on his phone’s backend, he began to doubt himself.

Was he more suitable to be a clown...

The path of professional show-off had no room left for him!

....

Following the fermenting popularity of "Surprise Symphony."

Unlike the general public.

Some professional musicians, after listening to Moonlight’s new compositions, had much more insight, seeing things that ordinary people can’t.

Tong Tai, the renowned musician from Qingjiang Province, now jokingly dubbed by netizens as "the most capable fan among Moonlight and Cat fans," released the latest Weibo:

[I see a lot of people online discussing the emotions expressed in "Surprise Symphony," and many bloggers make some sense, but it’s not that critical.

I personally think that in the second Chapter, this starkly contrasting movement, from stillness to surprise and back to stillness... Actually, what’s most important is the display of Mr. Moonlight’s exquisite skills in musical structure and emotional expression.

Talking about emotions is not important anymore... this is simply a "show-off" work by Moonlight and Cat.]

This statement once again caused an uproar online.

Many bloggers listened to the piece dozens of times for analysis videos to understand the emotions expressed, getting startled dozens of times...

And now you’re telling me.

Emotions are not important.

Mr. Moonlight is merely playing around!!

Turns out everyone was "scaring themselves~"

Now, no one knows who to believe.

Many people realized that they really don’t understand Mr. Moonlight that well.....

.....

[Task completed: Compose a piece of music and release it in tandem with your partner. Achieve [10 million] play counts and [100000] "Shock" Emotion Value from the audience within seven days.]

At night, Lin Tian successfully completed the task.

The reward for the task also popped up in the backend.

[You’ve gained: [Japanese Proficiency].]

Suddenly, Lin Tian felt a tickling sensation in his brain....

He scratched his head a bit.

Innumerable pieces of knowledge poured into his mind.

"Sugoi!" Lin Tian exclaimed.

Acquiring knowledge felt joyful.

Lin Tian tried speaking some sentences and could basically express himself freely.

While happy, Lin Tian felt a sense of loss.

Ah, if only he had this skill in his previous life.

He wouldn’t necessarily have to skip the storyline when watching Teacher Taozi.....

[Ding Dong~]

Just then, Lin Tian’s phone alert sounded.

He checked his phone, and it was a message from Gan Yanyu.

[Mr. Lin~ Have you packed your luggage? We are leaving tomorrow.]

[Is Tokyo far from the sea? I’m wondering whether to also take a trip to the beach. If so, I’ll pack my swimsuit~]

[.....]