Chapter 9: First Show
A table, a desktop computer, a webcam and a microphone.
These were the simple beginning of Lu Chen’s debut in Star Stage Show.
As Lu Chen faced the microphone, he sang the song 《Blue Crystal》.
《Blue Crystal》was a very popular classic song from a few years ago, the song had catchy lyrics combined with an elegant and beautiful melody. It was the most popular song inside KTV rooms.
Lu Chen had already sung this song many times before therefore he had long memorized the lyrics.
However, with Lu Chen’s present performing level, after experiencing the long dream that night, he was like a cultivator stumbling upon a fortuitous encounter, he was miraculously reborn to walk on the path of success, therefore dealing with this kind of situation was very easy for him.
“Tomorrow, i will go somewhere far away, embark on a journey of no return.”
“Do you still remember the time when i sent you a blue crystal?”
“Engraved with your name.”
Lu Chen’s clear and elegant voice, combined with his sorrowful singing, made the barrage of comments slow down.
However, this only lasted for a moment.
“Amazing!”
“Blue crystal? This is my favorite song, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ~"
“Little Lu’s guitar playing is really good, i really want to be your apprentice, please tell me your secret!”
“How touching, he can obviously rely on his face for a living, but he still relies on his talent, it’s really making me cry!”
“I’m screwed, I’m definitely screwed, after listening to handsome brother singing, how would i return to Brother Fei’s ugly face and lousy voice?”
“……”
System Notification: New Yorker (Silver IV) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: New Yorker (Silver IV) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: …....
Newyorker began to flood them with gifts again, and soon he had gifted them with another 10,000 stars in the blink of an eye!
The other gifts were easily drowned out again.
Lu Chen calmly finished singing, then he said to the microphone: “Thank you for the support Newyorker friend.”
Lu Chen already had a simple understanding of the rules in live broadcasting. Truthfully speaking, there weren’t any difference between singing on the stage in the bar and singing on-screen. However, the vast number of audience on【Star Stage Show】was not something the bar could match.
At the end of the song, Lu Chen noticed that the ranking of “Brother Little Fei ABC” had risen to 1623 and that the popularity had surged to 548. From the enormous growth in popularity, he assumed that his performance could attract and retain people!
This filled his heart with a bit of pride, after coughing twice he said: “Please listen to my next song, Soaring Pigeon.”
For the second song, Lu Chen chose 《Soaring Pigeon》.
Compared with the first song 《Blue Crystal》, Lu Chen’s mastery of the song《Soaring Pigeon》was better, and even though the latter was much more difficult to play, it gave him the opportunity to show off his skill.
His little finger slid across the strings then he quickly switched hands, his fingers moved across huge spans as he played the guitar. As for the chords, he modified the original tune of the song to his liking.
Li Feiyu was dazzled as he sat beside him, he was amazed as he listened!
Li Feiyu had already heard Lu Chen sing and play, but he had never felt this kind of shocking feeling from him. He felt as though Lu Chen was a different person, he previously performed like an amateur, but now he performed like a professional.
The gap was as far as heaven and earth!
On the computer screen, the comments flooded like a tide, even though the popularity was only 500, the vigor of the comments and the radiance of the stars were proof that the level of fervor was no less than those of the popular broadcasters.
"Oh oh oh ~"
“Extremely Like! Extremely Like! Extremely Like! Extremely Like! Extremely Like!”
“66666666666666666～”
“Brother Little Fei, I love you!”
“Hahaha, are you new? This is not Brother Little Fei, this is Little Lu, Little Lu, Little Lu, repeat it to the others three times!”
“Eh? What did i miss?”
“……”
Li Feiyu was speechless.
During his previous live sessions, his online popularity had at most reached 1500, which was almost triple of the current number, however the amount of comments were at least ten times worse than the present, as for the gifts…
The gap between two people, how could it be this big?
“Brother Little Fei ABC” cried silently in his heart —— this was truly the era of face. (TL Note: means that people only care about good looks)
However, Lu Chen wasn’t thinking that deeply, he earnestly sang the last lines of 《Soaring Pigeon》.
He felt very satisfied.
System Notification: New Yorker (Silver IV) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: New Yorker (Silver IV) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: …....
System Notification: Prophetic Emperor Li Bai (Gold II) has gifted you with 1 star warship!
Originally, Newyorker was constantly flooding them with stars, but “Prophetic Emperor Li Bai” suddenly appeared and gifted them a star warship, he charged into the screen with an imposing manner of a violent tyrant and destroyed thousands of stars, becoming the focus of attention.
“Ah~”
Li Feiyu jumped with fright and stammered: “War!… Warship!”
Lu Chen originally didn’t understand, but he understood when he saw the next wave of comments.
“Star Warship!”
“How Rich!”
“Which GG can tell me, what is a warship?”
“A star warship is worth 100000/1T of stars, which is 1000 Yuan, the rich guy wants to flatter!”
"Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband!"
“……”
Lu Chen was speechless.
Within【Star Stage Show】, 100 stars were worth 1 Yuan, “newyorker” had previously gifted them with hundreds of stars worth 100 Yuan, he felt that “newyorker” was already pretty wealthy, but “Prophetic Emperor Li Bai” suddenly changed the three people’s mind.
1000 Yuan gift!
After gifting the star warship, “Prophetic Emperor Li Bai” precisely said 3 words: “Please sing well.”
It was too cool!
Lu Chen woke up and quickly said: “Thank you Emperor Li Bai friend for the gift, and thank you also Newyorker friend, thank you everyone, I will sing an original song named ‘You Who Sat Next to Me’, I hope everyone will like it.”
Originally, finishing two songs were the end of his plan since his stomach was already protesting.
However, “Prophetic Emperor Li Bai” had gifted them a star warship, how could he possibly run away?
“Original? Little Lu can write original songs?”
“66666666666666666～”
“Holding the same mud?” (TL Note: A pun --- they are basically pronounced the same.)
“Mud your sister, it’s you who sat next to me, are your ears filled with glue?”
“My seatmate is a gay dude!”
“……”
As Lu Chen looked at the comments, he felt extremely happy.
The comments looked really fun! It was completely different from the atmosphere in the bar, the degree of interaction was very high.
At this time, Lu Chen noticed that the popularity displayed on the screen had increased geometrically, the original 500 had suddenly soared to 1400+, furthermore it was still increasing.
However, the number of stars didn’t change too much, it didn’t grow in such an astonishing rate.
Lu Chen later learned that this was the so-called “nouveau riche effect”, which triggers when a rich guy bestows a huge gift, the website then releases red congratulatory banners on other broadcasts and these banners could lead others directly into the original room, therefore the popularity increases.
However, for the attracted visitors to change into real fans, they still have to see the abilities of the broadcaster.
“Tomorrow, would you remember,
The diary you wrote yesterday,
Tomorrow, would you still remember,
You who once loved to cry…”
As Lu Chen sang 《You Who Sat Next to Me》once again, he expressed few emotions.
However, as Lu Chen sang this classical ballad from his dream world, the sound passed through his microphone and into his computer, then it was delivered to the online audience’s computer, tablet, or phone, then it was finally reconstructed through varying qualities of speakers and headphones.
But it still had an irresistible charm!
The clamor on the screen calmed down as Lu Chen’s voice flowed like water, it flowed from the small room and into the hearts of many people.
“Who met the sentimental you,
Who comforted you who loved to cry,
Who read the letter I wrote to you,
Who threw it to the wind,”
After singing half of the song, the comments gradually increased.
“I suddenly want to cry, it’s really annoying!”
“Sand got into my eyes...”
“Handsome guy I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you!!!”
“It reminds me of my seat-mate in high school, i don’t know how she’s doing nowadays.”
“Don’t stop me, tomorrow I’ll go to my seat-mate and confess! Well, he is also a man.”
“I really miss the past, I miss studying, I want to cry a little bit.”
“What is this song called? It’s really beautiful, why have i never heard it before?”
“The song is called My Boyfriend, don’t ask!”
“You Who Sat Next to Me, it’s an original of the broadcaster.”
“……”
If the commenters from before were funny youths, then the present commenters were now literary youths.
They all felt either touched, nostalgic, melancholic, or sorrowful… even if it was their first time listening, the song still touched their souls, this was the charm of music, this was the power of the classics!
There were no alluring whispers nor impassioned screams, the song 《You Who Sat Next to Me》 slowly came to life from Lu Chen’s fingers and the lyrics slowly arose from his mouth, moving anyone who heard it.
Until the song ended, countless of stars shined!
System Notification: Sweet Darling (Bronze I) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: Pineapple1990 (Black Iron VII) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: Crystal Jelly (Bronze II) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: To The Ends of the World (Silver I) has gifted you with 1 shooting star!
System Notification: Peerless Iron Fist (Black Iron III) has gifted you with 100 stars!
System Notification: ……
Different from the earlier flooding of rich users, this wave carried the stars of the increasing number of audience, furthermore their online ranking had already surpassed 1900 and their star ranking had already surpassed 2700 and reached 2722, they were very close to breaking the 3000 barrier!
“Thank you everyone!”
Lu Chen lowered his guitar and said: “This is all for today, goodbye.”
The comments exploded, they were all urging him to stay and sing more songs.
Many people gifted them an enormous amount of stars and shooting stars.
“Thank You!”
Lu Chen was truly a little touched, but he still stood up to leave —— otherwise, when would he be allowed to eat?
Li Feiyu immediately hurried over and bowed to the audience to apologize, then he ended the live broadcast.
He grabbed Lu Chen’s shoulder in one hand, and wiped his non-existent tears with the other, then he earnestly said: “Brother, let me treat you to lunch in my kitchen, we two brothers will eat to our heart’s content.”