Chapter 18: The Most Important Work

The resignation process went smoothly.

Lu Chen called the store manager yesterday to inform him of his decision. Since he was a temporary worker who was paid by the hour and had not signed a formal contract, he had few guarantees and naturally few restrictions. He could leave at any time if he wanted to.

The store manager felt a little sorry, because Lu Chen had been working diligently and conscientiously in the KFC store on Xingfu Road for more than half a year, and he had never been late or left early. He was a perfect employee.

It's a pity that there are not many young people nowadays who are willing to serve food and sweep the floor in fast food restaurants for a long time.

So the store manager didn't make it difficult for him. After trying to persuade him to stay for a few words in vain, he happily settled the salary for that month.

Carrying a thin stack of banknotes, Lu Chen left without any nostalgia.

"Lu Chen, Brother Lu!"

He had just walked onto the sidewalk when an anxious call suddenly came from behind him.

Lu Chen turned around and saw a woman in a KFC employee uniform chasing him quickly, shouting, "Wait!"

Lu Chen was surprised: "Chen Xin, you're looking for me?"

The woman named Chen Xin was Lu Chen's colleague. Although she was younger than him, she was already an old employee.

Lu Chen was not very familiar with her. He only knew that she was from Sichuan and had been in Beijing for two or three years. The two of them didn't talk much. At most, they just said hello when they met.

Chen Xin ran a little hurriedly, and a healthy blush appeared on her white and round face, revealing a bit of prettiness.

She stopped in front of Lu Chen, but didn't dare to look into his eyes, and asked: "You, you resigned?"

Lu Chen smiled and said: "Yes, I found another job, so I won't work here anymore."

Chen Xin finally raised her head, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes. She bit her lip and asked in a low voice: "Then will you continue to stay in Beijing?"

Lu Chen was stunned.

He is not a dull fool, and Chen Xin's performance is so obvious, how can he not understand?

But Lu Chen never thought that Chen Xin would like him!

In his memory, there is very little about this girl, just some conversations during work.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, I will stay in Beijing forever. My new job now also requires me to stay here!"

A touch of joy appeared on Chen Xin's face, and she said, "Then can you leave me your contact information?"

Although Lu Chen had no feelings for her and just treated her as an ordinary work colleague, he didn't want to disappoint her at this time, so he agreed, "Okay, add me on Feixin, we can contact each other later."

Lu Chen told Chen Xin his Feixin number.

After Chen Xin wrote it down on her mobile phone, Lu Chen waved goodbye to her.

However, when Lu Chen walked a long way, he looked back inadvertently, and saw that the figure was still standing there.

In this metropolis with a population of 30 million, people always meet and separate in such a hurry!

...…

Back in his small apartment, Lu Chen washed his face first.

He used cold water to wash his face, which was icy cold. He needed to calm himself down and think about the future.

Of course, quitting the KFC job was not an impulse. The income from this part-time job was not very high, and it took up a whole day. There was no need to continue doing it.

In Lu Chen's opinion, the most important task at present should be to sort out the treasures in his memory, the thousands of classic songs, and countless beautiful and moving stories.

These memories came too suddenly. Although they have been engraved in his mind, Lu Chen is completely unsure whether they will suddenly disappear one day, leaving him with a beautiful dream?

So it is undoubtedly extremely important to organize and record the things in memory!

After washing his face, Lu Chen's mind became very clear. He sat in front of the desk, turned on the computer and took out paper and pen.

He first sketched on the white paper and listed a simple chart.

Lu Chen classified the songs in his memory into simple categories, starting with love songs, rock, folk songs, film and television theme songs, Chinese style, and fast songs.

Under the major categories are subcategories, such as love songs can be classified according to emotions, gentle, nostalgic, melancholy, sad, happy, and duets between men and women.

Another example is folk songs, which are divided into campus folk songs, urban folk songs, rural folk songs, independent folk songs, etc.

As for rock and fast songs, they also have a variety of styles.

He wrote more and more on paper, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer.

What Lu Chen is doing now is to draw a big framework for memory, and divide countless spaces with prompts within the framework, and then he can slowly fill in the spaces, instead of writing whatever he thinks of, completely at will.

This can avoid errors and omissions in memory to the greatest extent.

And formulating a framework is just the first step, and the work that follows is really difficult.

Every song needs to be composed and written. If you are familiar with it and can sing it yourself, it is OK to rewrite it. However, for many songs that you have only heard once or twice, it takes a lot of effort to restore it.

There is also arrangement.

Someone once said that if you can only write the melody but don't know how to arrange it, it is not a real composition.

This sentence may be too extreme, but it is not without reason. Arrangement is precisely Lu Chen's biggest weakness in the road of music - he has a limited understanding of arrangement.

The limited experience still comes from the memory of the singer Xu Bo in the dream. Xu Bo has musical talent, but his talent is mainly reflected in singing and playing. He can write some songs but not arrange music.

The classics in Lu Chen's memory often have exquisite arrangements, and some even reach the level of perfection. The brilliant arrangement makes the melody more moving, which is an important factor in achieving classics.

The accompaniment with rich timbre requires the cooperation of a large number of instruments. If Lu Chen wants to rewrite them, it is an impossible task.

Lu Chen could certainly hand over the task of composing music to others. Domestic pop music is very prosperous, and there are many musicians who are good at composing music, including some big names.

However, those musicians may not be able to perfectly meet Lu Chen's requirements, so he would rather try to learn and master the skills and abilities of composing music, and finally complete these classic works by himself.

Lu Chen has never considered that he will live a comfortable life by selling things in his dream memories effortlessly.

He is still very young, has lofty ideals and pursuits, and hopes to achieve his goals through hard work!

Of course, for now, the matter of composing music has to be put aside. Even if he wants to learn, he can't learn it immediately.

Controlling the mouse to open "Master of Singing", Lu Chen started today's work.

Time flows silently, and the small house is quiet. Only the sound of keyboard tapping and mouse clicking sounds from time to time, and occasionally you can hear the cooling fan in the old computer whirring.

Song after song, Lu Chen remade them and saved them one by one according to the categories.

For the important songs, he sent them directly to the Greater China Music Library for copyright search and registration to ensure that there were no legal problems with the copyright.

This is very important. In the pop music scene, disputes over song copyrights are very common and must be prevented.

The search and registration fees of the Greater China Music Library are very high, so high that many people in the music industry have expressed strong dissatisfaction, but no one has questioned its authority and credibility.

In fact, it is very simple for Lu Chen to save money. He only needs to publish the songs he wrote on large music forums or music websites, pay a few dozen yuan to register and prove the copyright, and basically guarantee the rights and interests of the creator.

But the value of these songs is too high!

Lu Chen is not a short-sighted person. Just like he did not sign a contract that was not conducive to his original copyright before, he pays more attention to long-term development needs, and now he has money to register copyrights.

The share earned from the Forget-Me-Not Bar and the rewards from the live broadcast are all his confidence!

He was busy in front of the computer with full concentration until his stomach made a "gurgling" protest.

At this time, Lu Chen woke up from his trance and couldn't help but touch his shriveled belly.

When he looked at the time displayed on the computer, it was already past noon!

Lu Chen was speechless. First of all, he didn't expect that he had sat for such a long time. Secondly, his stomach was too hungry too quickly, which was completely beyond the normal state.

You know, he had breakfast at more than 8 o'clock in the morning, and it was twice the usual amount!

Mental labor also consumes a lot!

Lu Chen shook his head and stood up, stretched his body that was stiff due to sitting for a long time, and prepared to go out for lunch.

At this time, the mobile phone on the table suddenly rang.

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(End of this chapter)