lovenovelstory Chapter 71: Write a Song for You?
Chapter 71: Write a Song for You?
"Here, want one?" He handed over one of the cans.
Su Yu took the Coke and pulled the tab.
The cool, carbonated bubbles burst on the tip of your tongue; on a hot summer afternoon, this sip is exceptionally refreshing.
"Su Yu, what do you usually do besides acting?"
Lu Han leaned against the wall and, unusually, took the initiative to start a conversation.
"Work out, play games, have fun."
"A game? League of Legends?"
"Oh, you play too?"
"I'll play! I'll play!"
Lu Han suddenly seemed to have a floodgate opened, "What's your rank? Which server? What's your ID? Let's add each other as friends!"
Seeing how he transformed from a refined idol into an internet addict in a second, Su Yu couldn't help but think of Chen Duling again.
He gave his ID to Lu Han, who immediately took out her phone and wrote it down, muttering to herself:
"Great, great! Finally, I can duo queue with someone. Before, I played with some trainees from the company, and I lost every single game. It was so frustrating."
"Isn't that because some people are bad at the game?"
"Who's bad?!" Lu Han's eyes widened. "You'll find out when you log in. I'm one of the top players in the Zaun region!"
Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "Is it the Zu'an District that's ranked high, or the Zu'an District itself?"
Lu Han scratched his head, looking like he'd been caught out: "They're all... alright, I guess!"
Su Yu smiled but didn't reply. In his mind, he was secretly planning that Chen Duling, Lu Han, and Ma Sichun, plus the four he already knew how to play LOL, he could find another one someday, kick Lin Gengxin out and replace her with Lu Han, and form a star-studded championship team.
After starting to talk about the game, Lu Han became noticeably more talkative.
He talked about his experience as a trainee in South Korea, and Su Yu listened quietly to this top star's growth journey until he brought up music in the conversation.
"Actually, my original goal was to pursue music."
Lu Han shook the can of cola, her gaze falling on the stagehands who were packing up equipment in the distance.
"Singing, dancing, and songwriting are what I truly love. Acting, in the end, is just about opening up other avenues."
Su Yu nodded after hearing this.
Lu Han's words seemed to give him some food for thought. For Lu Han, singing is the primary pursuit and acting is the secondary pursuit. So what about him?
Acting is of course his priority, but singing could be his second career path, especially since he had previously come across related terms in the system, but they were too trivial, so he passed on them.
Now seems like a great opportunity to start with Lu Han and gradually build a presence in this field.
Having transmigrated here, he not only has the system as a cheat code, but also possesses his own super brain!
He pondered for a moment, looked at Lu Han, and suddenly said, "I'll write a song for you."
Lu Han was drinking cola when she heard this and almost spat it out of her nose.
He coughed twice suddenly, turned his head and stared at Su Yu with wide eyes.
"Huh? What did you say? You can write songs?!"
"I know a little," Su Yu said casually.
"No, wait a minute,"
Lu Han put the cola on the ground and looked at Su Yu as if he were a monster.
"Are you talking about the kind of song you wrote entirely by yourself? Lyrics, music, arrangement, all done by yourself?"
"Pretty much. I can write lyrics and compose music, but I'm not very good at arranging. However, we can find a professional to do it."
Lu Han stared at Su Yu for a long time, her expression changing from shock to disbelief, and then from disbelief to barely suppressed anticipation.
He swallowed hard, his voice unconsciously lowering slightly: "Brother, are you serious?"
Do I look like I'm joking?
"It doesn't look like it."
Lu Han honestly admitted it.
His interactions over the past few days had shown him that Su Yu was either silent or, when he did speak, he was generally true to his word.
"What...what kind of song is that?"
Lu Han couldn't help but ask another question, her tone already carrying a hint of anticipation.
"Of course it suits you."
Su Yu diligently searched through the Super Brain. At this time, Lu Han had just returned to China, and her first album was still nowhere to be seen. Su Yu planned to directly extract two songs from it, as some of them were indeed quite suitable for him.
Su Yu threw the empty Coke can into the nearby trash can, patted the water droplets off his hands,
"I'll record a demo and send it to you later. If you like it, keep it; if not, that's fine too."
"No, no, that won't happen!"
Lu Han blurted it out, then realized his reaction seemed a bit too excited. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"I never imagined you were such a good actor, and you also know kung fu and songwriting. Is there anything you can't do?"
"I don't know how to have children."
Lu Han burst into laughter at his words, almost knocking over her Coke can.
When he straightened up, the way he looked at Su Yu was completely different from the polite and courteous look he had given her a few days ago:
Anyway, thank you!
That evening, Su Yu called Tang Yuan from his car back to Jing Tian's.
"Hey, Sister Tangyuan, I need to tell you something."
"Go ahead and say it."
Tangyuan's voice sounded like she was busy, and in the background, you could hear the rustling of papers turning over.
"I told Lu Han that I wanted to write a song for him."
The sound of turning pages on the other end of the phone stopped, followed by several seconds of silence.
"Su Yu," Tangyuan's voice came through, enunciating each word clearly, "Say that again?!"
"I said, I'm going to write a song for Lu Han."
"..."
Tangyuan took a deep breath.
Su Yu could even picture her expression right now: she'd probably be pushing her glasses up to her head, rubbing her temples with her thumb and forefinger, looking shocked, wanting to hit someone, and wondering if her artist had gone mad.
"first,"
Tangyuan finally spoke on the other end of the phone, her speech rapid yet clear, clearly indicating that she had already processed a round of information in her mind.
"I won't ask you whether you can write songs, although that alone is enough to keep me thinking about all night."
Let me ask you a question first: Do you know what it means to write a song for Lu Han?
"I know, he's a top star right now, otherwise I wouldn't have written for him."
"Yes! Top idol! And he's a top idol from EXO. His fan base is in the tens of millions, and every song of his is put under the spotlight and scrutinized under a microscope."
If an actor like you writes a song that's subpar, it not only embarrasses you, but also completely destroys your reputation among Lu Han's fans. Have you thought about that?
Tangyuan's concerns are quite reasonable. Traffic brings exposure, but if one cannot handle it, it can also backfire, especially for a top-tier star like Lu Han.
"What if the quality is up to standard?" Su Yu countered.
Tangyuan was silent for a few more seconds, and when she spoke again, her tone changed from critical to calculating.