Chapter 35

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Chapter 35: Preparation

Just now, he searched and found that a newcomer had released an adapted version of his song. He clicked in right away.

After listening to the lyrics of this version, Li Xiaojun felt it was the best version he had seen so far.

So, he couldn’t help but send the person a private message to discuss collaboration.

However, while the lyrics of this version were excellent, the singer’s voice was only average, so Li Xiaojun still hoped for a great singer to come forward and collaborate on the release.

On the other side, He Li saw Li Xiaojun’s message and couldn’t help but twitch her mouth; she didn’t expect him to directly say that her voice wasn’t good, which really showed no respect.

But she knew her own singing level as well.

After some thought, she agreed to the collaboration proposal.

This song was too outstanding, and being associated with a lyricist’s name would be very good for her.

“Teacher, what do you go by?” He Li asked Li Xiaojun.

“My last name is Li.”

“Hello, Teacher Li. May I ask what the name of this song is?”

“It doesn’t have a name; you can give it one.”

The song that Li Xiaojun released was the classic song "Scarborough Fair," which had been famous for nearly a thousand years.

It was a ballad that had been passed down since the thirteenth century.

The fact that it had been around for almost a thousand years on Earth shows how beautiful its melody is.

When Li Xiaojun released the sheet music, he hadn’t written any lyrics or given it a name.

This was mainly because the language and culture of Earth and the cultivation world were different, so directly copying the original lyrics and name would be a bit confusing.

However, beautiful melodies are universally understood by humans.

This song could become a hit on Earth for nearly a thousand years and is still loved in the cultivation world.

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After He Li posted the video, her singing video quickly became popular.

Although her singing wasn’t on par with professional singers, it wasn’t unpleasant either.

The main reason was that her lyrics were exceptional, which, combined with Li Xiaojun buying trending topics for her, made her version of the song go viral.

Once this version became popular, countless music bloggers began to ride the wave, singing the song and posting it on various platforms.

Under these circumstances, just four days after Li Xiaojun released his work, the song hit the trending topics on the platform!

Numerous short videos used this music as background.

Amidst this, Li Xiaojun noticed a female blogger with the username Yi Nan Feng, who, due to her rendition of the song, received over five million likes on her video.

Even the video released by He Li, the original lyricist of the song, garnered barely twenty thousand likes.

Li Xiaojun naturally saw this blogger’s singing version and had to admit that she sang really well.

Then, Li Xiaojun sent her a private message to discuss collaboration.

The other party was a blogger with over three million followers and worked for a company as a streamer.

In the end, the matter was discussed between the representatives from her company and Li Xiaojun for collaboration.

Because the song’s copyright belonged to Li Xiaojun, if the other party refused, he could easily find someone else, which gave Li Xiaojun the upper hand.

Under these circumstances, the collaboration became very successful.

The collaboration method involved Yi Nan Feng singing and releasing the work, while Li Xiaojun and He Li, as the song creators, enjoyed a share of the profits.

Of course, Li Xiaojun wasn’t only looking to collaborate with Yi Nan Feng; he discussed cooperation with several other music bloggers who sang well.

So in the end, multiple versions of this song were uploaded to the music platform.

As this song became popular, Li Xiaojun’s followers on the Xianyinyin Short Video platform surged by a hundred thousand.

Although this increase wasn’t as much as others, it was still a very good start.

After all, he was just a composer, not a singer.

People tend to focus on the performer when they like a song; who really pays attention to who the composer is?

After "Scarborough Fair" became a hit online,

a half-month later, Li Xiaojun released another short video.

In this short video, he shared another piece of sheet music.

Again, he sought collaboration, hoping someone could write excellent lyrics.

Thanks to the success of the first song, after Li Xiaojun released his new work, countless people quickly began to attempt writing lyrics, hoping to collaborate with Li Xiaojun.

Those who collaborated with Li Xiaojun last time, like He Li and several other lyricists and singer-songwriters, made a lot of money from that song.

Now, as long as they created outstanding lyrics and collaborated with Li Xiaojun, they could also earn big profits.

Time flowed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

During this year, Li Xiaojun released a piece of sheet music every month, seeking collaboration each time.

Almost every time he released a work, it generated significant traffic online.

From the fifth month onward, his works even sparked nationwide participation.

Many people hoped to come up with excellent lyrics and collaborate with Li Xiaojun to earn money.

In this year, over a hundred lyricists and several hundred singers collaborated with Li Xiaojun.

They almost all made a lot of money from Li Xiaojun’s songs.

Especially He Li, who collaborated with Li Xiaojun three times within the year.

Thanks to these three collaborations, she earned over ten million.

Initially, she was just an ordinary student at a Music Academy, coming from a rural family.

Now, she had become a millionaire.

Moreover, her recognition as a lyricist grew significantly, and many entertainment companies extended invitations to her.

Undeniably, the biggest beneficiary was still Li Xiaojun, the original creator.

In just one year, he earned no less than one billion through collaborations with hundreds of people.

Though money didn’t mean much to Li Xiaojun, it could still improve his life.

In the third month, he spent over ten million buying a villa in Honghe City and hired some housekeepers.

Meanwhile, his operations sparked imitation from other composers, which gained him considerable fame online despite being just a composer.

For instance, his account’s followers now surpassed five million.

Five million followers would definitely make him a big streamer on Earth.

However, in the Taihuang Cultivation World, it seemed quite small, as there were trillions of people.

For Li Xiaojun, five million fans only had a bit of influence in the Fanjingshan Immortal Realm on Taihuang Star.

Nevertheless, achieving all this in one year made Li Xiaojun very satisfied.

During this year, in addition to releasing music, Li Xiaojun also learned many other skills.

For example, painting.

In his villa’s study, six of his paintings hung on the wall.

The first painting portrayed him with his ex-wife and two daughters when he lived in Honghe Town a hundred thousand years ago.

The second painting depicted his wedding to his second wife, Wang Qiuyu.

The third painting showed him with Wang Qiuyu and some of their daughters.

The fourth painting illustrated the scenery of Bixiao Peak where he lived after being taken by Biyun Xianzong, and it only depicted the landscape without any people.

The fifth painting showed his two daughters, Li Yuqing and Li Yufei, grown up.

The sixth painting depicted him with his wife Wang Qiuyu and their seven daughters.

Li Xiaojun painted these scenes and characters from his memories not only to reminisce but also to show his daughters.

When he left, his youngest children, the seventh and eighth daughters, were only three or four years old; who knows if they still recognize their dad?

With these paintings, he could visually express and prove that he was indeed their father.