System: Master Your Life-Chapter 598 - 149: Big Sis Has Reached the Age When Hormones Take Over

Chapter 598: Chapter 149: Big Sis Has Reached the Age When Hormones Take Over

In the evening, Xu Lin returned to his rented apartment.

Now that he was alone, Xu Lin could finally do his own things.

Recently, Xu Lin had composed another piece of music.

The style was grand and majestic, a war march, full of epic grandeur.

He had recorded the video and posted it on his Douyin account before going out to meet Ning Yuhuan last night.

It had been roughly twenty-four hours since then.

Xu Lin hadn’t checked its performance yet.

Previously, Xu Lin had mentioned to Ye Shengjun that he would handle all the music composition for this historical drama.

Ye Shengjun had great confidence in Xu Lin’s abilities, so he entrusted Xu Lin with the music for "Dajing Dynasty."

Moreover, the price for Xu Lin’s music composition was of course negotiated.

Though friends with Ye Shengjun, they understood that even close friends handle accounts clearly, so the music composition deal had to be settled clearly.

This transaction was finalized a few days ago.

First, all the music composed by Xu Lin remains his copyright.

Second, each piece of music is priced at one million.

The contract mainly included these two points. Actually, one million per piece wasn’t much in this context. Xu Lin wasn’t particularly focused on this one-time payment, especially since taxes had to be paid, so he wouldn’t receive the full amount.

The key point was copyright. As long as Xu Lin held the copyright to his music, it could continuously earn him money in the future. Anyone wanting to use it commercially would have to pay him a copyright fee. Of course, if you wanted to use it as background music on Douyin, Xu Lin wouldn’t mind; feel free to use it, as he wasn’t that petty.

In terms of copyright, the largest profit comes from commercial use, as others have to pay him licensing fees for that.

This was the main source of Xu Lin’s income. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

As for whether anyone would use it commercially?

Xu Lin was confident in his extraordinary abilities. Even the most talented creators experience dry spells, lack innovation, or fluctuate in creativity.

But Xu Lin had none of these issues.

This was the source of Xu Lin’s confidence.

Xu Lin estimated that for the drama "Dajing Dynasty," he would compose over twenty pieces, but no more than thirty, including themes, interludes, and background music.

The theme songs and interludes would have lyrics and require someone to sing.

Maybe Xu Lin would sing them himself, or he might let his students sing.

Then there was the background music, purely instrumental with no lyrics.

The piece Xu Lin posted yesterday, along with a previous one, were both background music.

The styles of the two pieces were different. The earlier piece felt like being surrounded by dangers, while the latest one was grand and majestic, a war march that could boost morale and excite the heart.

Curious, Xu Lin opened his Douyin homepage.

Name: "All at Once."

Time since publication: exactly twenty-three hours.

Views: 52,364,000.

Likes: 1,602,000.

Comments: 260,000.

Favorites: 1,215,000.

It was less impressive than the previous piece, but still strong, and this was just one day’s data.

It continued to receive overwhelming praise.

This was exactly what Xu Lin had expected.

Xu Lin glanced at the comments section, which was pretty similar to before.

Music composition is a high art form, unlike a song that is simply liked or disliked, public appreciation tends to be limited, and this piece didn’t have lyrics. In areas where one is not proficient, like Xu Lin wouldn’t critique in medical fields.

However, Xu Lin browsed the comments for a while and came across one with over two thousand likes.

"Those who understand, see the subtleties, while outsiders just see the spectacle. You might not know how impressive Mr. Xu’s composition is, but check out the latest pinned video analysis by blogger Li Qing. After watching, I truly admire Mr. Xu’s composition skills to the utmost degree!"

Blogger: Li Qing.

Xu Lin clicked on the name, and it immediately redirected him.

It was indeed the Douyin blogger named ’Li Qing.’

They had about fifty thousand fans, a fair amount.

The profile stated that they graduated from a renowned domestic Music College and have been a music critic for ten years.

This blogger had only one pinned video, which was an analysis of Xu Lin’s recent two compositions.

Title: The Gifted Mr. Xu.

Xu Lin clicked to watch for a while, and he found that this person’s analysis was quite thorough and objective, with little subjective bias, lasting over thirty minutes with lots of content.

The profession of music critic is quite harsh on musicians, routinely criticizing every artist, calling one artist greasy, another this or that; many music critics have vicious tongues and show no mercy.

Especially for those with no background, like newcomers or those like Xu Lin who’ve shifted from web literature to the entertainment and music industries — it’s no wonder they get criticized.

Xu Lin hadn’t been criticized online for the past six months, although there were doubts and accusations about his talent and authenticity — everything.

Luckily, Xu Lin hadn’t officially debuted, and he ignored them. Observant people would notice that he rarely logs into his social media platforms like Xiaohongshu and Douyin.

For instance, the last time he logged into Xiaohongshu was five days ago, and Douyin even longer — before the new video last night, it had been more than ten days since he logged in, almost as if he had vanished, or just seemed to have found his account credentials anew.

Unlike those celebrities who need to constantly appease fans, even if not logging in themselves, their studio would post something, share grid photos, or release videos if they had a Douyin account.