Chapter 58

"Wouldn't it be better if my dad wore a baseball cap to sing in the underground passage? This way, it can cover his white hair. The audience will think that my dad has been singing in the underground passage since he was young, which better reflects his journey of pursuing music."

From a mass psychology perspective, Baise carefully suggested this to the program team.

Kuiyu thought about it for a moment and felt that this suggestion was not pretentious, so he agreed with Baise's proposal.

"Dad, I'll go back and get the hat for you!"

"I'll go back and get it myself. It's good to take a walk and digest my food. You wait for me here."

Lin Zai Shan went back to Huaxin Apartment to get the hat.

As soon as he got home, his phone rang.

It was Liu Mengmeng calling.

Lin Zai Shan answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Mr. Lin, this is Mengmeng. Are you available to talk now?" Liu Mengmeng spoke in a very low voice.

"Sure, go ahead."

"The music department is holding a meeting to discuss the contestants' works. Your song 'Hill' might be changed."

Lin Zai Shan's face darkened: "How will it be changed?"

"Director Ma wants to change your arrangement to a light and fresh style." As she said this, Liu Mengmeng sounded extremely frustrated and angry.

— Damn it!

No matter how good Lin Zai Shan's temper was, he still wanted to curse in his heart!

Changing it to a light and fresh style, what a joke!

"Also, he might change the structure of the song, reportedly deleting some parts to make it a four-minute song."

"Is the time limit for the competition songs four minutes?"

"Usually, yes. But as an A-class contestant, you can have more time." Liu Mengmeng couldn't help but be straightforward: "Director Ma is deliberately making things difficult for you."

"Are the others in your music department just letting Director Ma do as he pleases?"

"Director Ma has a say in the group, and others can't suggest much. The current situation is quite tricky. They are still in the meeting stage. I suggest you find PD Park Daesung from the talent group and have PD Park negotiate with Director Ma to not change your song. Or if you can find someone higher up to talk to Director Ma. From my analysis, Director Ma is determined to change your song, and no one else's suggestions will work, and no one dares to suggest anything now."

"I understand. If there's any new news, call me."

"Sure, you need to find someone to resolve this as soon as possible."

"I know."

After hanging up with Liu Mengmeng, Lin Zai Shan immediately called Liao Bo.

Just hearing from Liu Mengmeng alone, he couldn't fully trust this matter yet.

He wasn't very trusting of Liu Mengmeng, after all, she was close to Ma Xiaodong.

Liao Bo was on a break during the meeting. Seeing Lin Zai Shan's call, he stepped out of the meeting room to answer: "Hello, Uncle Shan?"

"Xiao Bo, is your music department currently holding a meeting to discuss the contestants' works?"

Liao Bo was surprised: "Yes, the first stage meeting just ended."

"What suggestions does the music department have for my song 'Hill'?"

Liao Bo hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice: "The situation isn't good. Director Ma has his eye on your song and might want you to change the lyrics and the arrangement."

"Change the arrangement to a light and fresh style?"

"How did you know?" Liao Bo was very surprised. Their meeting was still ongoing, and Lin Zai Shan already knew the content. Who was leaking the information?

Today, except for him, no one in the meeting seemed to have a connection with Lin Zai Shan. If anyone was leaking information, it would be him. How could there be someone else leaking information to Lin Zai Shan? Thinking about this, Liao Bo felt a cold sweat on his back.

"Never mind how I know. I just need to confirm this."

"So, your opinion is... to change?"

"Change my ass! Can this song be changed to a light and fresh style!"

"Ha ha."

Liao Bo laughed awkwardly and said: "Indeed, I personally think your song is very well-written. The other members of the music group also agree, except for Director Ma... I'll try to suggest it again for you, hoping not to change it."

"If your suggestion works, then try it. If it doesn't, you'll just be causing trouble for yourself. I'll handle it myself."

"Okay, the current situation isn't good. You need to be prepared."

"I understand. Let's communicate if there's any news."

"Sure."

After hanging up with Liao Bo, Lin Zai Shan felt like a volcano was about to erupt in his heart.

Looking out at the sea through the floor-to-ceiling window, he remained silent for a few seconds, then smiled.

There are always some jerks in this world who try to make your life difficult. They don't appreciate your kindness or respect. They just want to challenge you. The more you lower your stance, the more they bully you. In such a case, there's no need to tangle with such people.

If you refuse the wine, then I'll give you a few slaps.

That fat Ma wants me to change the arrangement? Change your head!

I don't need the arrangement support, right?

In the future, I won't need any arrangement at all! To avoid the hassle!

Without the support of the music team, can't I participate in the competition? What a joke!

An old guitar that has seen the passage of time, a voice that has experienced the vicissitudes of life, can still make you flip!

If necessary, I'll bring out my "big wife" piano, play and sing by myself, and still blow up this world!

I'll leave your music team in the dust. If you want to share the glory, just watch from the sidelines!

If you have the ability, you can also tamper with the sound program and post-production.

As a music team, if you ruin the reputation of the program, that's on you!

Originally, with the essence of music from the entire world and a top-notch voice, participating in this competition was a bit unfair to the other contestants. Even if I win, it would be like passing a game on easy mode, lacking challenge.

Now, I can adjust the difficulty myself, right?

Without the troublesome arrangement team, I'll rely on myself!

Use my voice and melody to blow everyone's ears! Then we'll see who can still make things difficult!

The more Lin Zai Shan thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible.

Always being troubled by a team with grudges would definitely affect his mindset and performance. It's better to just let it go and not consider these things at all, and just enjoy the beauty of music.

A lone hero with a guitar, appearing with a solitary image, might gain more support and emotion from the public, and also help to improve his image.

Tearing down a program with one's own strength is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but Lin Zai Shan still wanted to try.

People always need to challenge seemingly impossible things, turning the impossible into the possible, to truly advance in life.

Otherwise, everything is possible, everything is smooth, what's the difference from a pre-set program?

The beauty of life lies in the fierce struggle when facing difficulties.

There will be a time when the wind will carry us forward, and we will sail across the sea!

The road is difficult, but with enough courage, nothing is insurmountable.

Lin Zai Shan made up his mind. He wouldn't tangle with the despicable Ma Xiaodong anymore, nor would he seek help from Park Daesung. It was meaningless.

Ma Xiaodong, Lin Zai Shan had seen through him— the more you give him face, the more he doesn't appreciate it.

Some people are just like that. Getting angry with them is useless.

You have to make them understand that you are a hundred times more capable than they think, and only then will they truly fear you and not dare to provoke you.

Since that's the case, Lin Zai Shan decided to make Ma Xiaodong understand: I am not someone you can provoke, not 20 years ago, and not now!

In the future, if he joins the mentor team, Lin Zai Shan decided not to use Ma Xiaodong's team's arrangement.

Unless a mentor or someone like Park Daesung comes to him, and Ma Xiaodong comes with a fat face to beg him to use their arrangement to add luster to the program, then Lin Zai Shan might consider it.

If Ma Xiaodong doesn't come to beg him, Lin Zai Shan will do it alone!

If he gives someone a chance and they don't take it, he won't give them a second chance.

He wanted to see if he could pass this self-adjusted difficulty level.

After thinking it through, Lin Zai Shan felt particularly cheerful and relaxed.

This matter made him see a despicable person, but also a potential friend in the future—Liu Mengmeng.

This girl actually called him to inform him of this important information right away.

It seemed that she was really on his side.

We'll see in the future.

If this girl is truly dedicated to being his agent and always helps him in the program, Lin Zai Shan absolutely can't let her down.

For now, he didn't want to think too much about it.

Putting aside the troublesome things, he now only wanted to challenge the limits with pure music and enjoy the joy it brought him.

After being excited for a while, Lin Zai Shan quickly regained his calm.

He was no longer angry but felt that his participation in the competition had become more smooth and free.

At a certain age, one naturally develops a Zen-like mindset.

Everything is in the heart.

As long as you let go, nothing can stop your yearning for freedom.

This feeling of freedom and ease made Lin Zai Shan feel as if a blue lotus, which never withers due to his persistent pursuit, was blooming in his heart.

Half an hour later, in the underground passage outside the West Gate of Dongyi University, wearing a gray baseball cap and holding an old guitar, the first song Lin Zai Shan played and sang was Xu Wei's "Blue Lotus"—a song without grandiose words, with a simple and peaceful melody, yet it could touch the heart.

...

Nothing can stop

Your yearning for freedom

A life of freedom

Your heart is unburdened

...

Through the dark years

You have felt lost

When you look down

You realize the path beneath your feet

...

In your heart, the free world

Is so clear and vast

Blossoming with

The blue lotus that never withers

...

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