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Chapter 363 - 361. Advanced Emetic Water (Third Update)_1

Chapter 363: 361. Advanced Emetic Water (Third Update)_1

Ren He never expected that after hearing so much disgusting news in his previous life, it would actually happen to him. Where on earth could he even begin to make sense of this?

Behind him, Evan whispered, "Is the sound mixing tiring?"

Tiring my ass, Ren He’s hair stood on end as he heard the voice. Buzz off!

Evan hadn’t even touched the back of Ren He’s hand before tears started to flow. It really disgusted Ren He to no end; otherwise, he rarely used Tear Potion and Emetic Water unless absolutely necessary.

Ren He stood up and walked away without a word. He couldn’t speak now, and even if someone asked him what was wrong, he couldn’t answer.

A crowd gathered around Evan, asking what was wrong, only to see him unable to stop crying until more than 20 minutes later. To save Evan’s reputation, his assistant quickly explained to everyone, "He was just so moved by his singing that he couldn’t snap out of his emotions."

Everyone exchanged glances. Wasn’t that guy just rapping a moment ago...?

Ren He admired Evan’s assistant’s audacity to spin the situation. Cry a bit more, why don’t you. He was sitting aside, growing increasingly disgusted the more he thought about it. Such an incident would disgust any normal person, so as soon as Evan stopped, Ren He made him go through it again.

While everyone was still dubious about the assistant’s explanation, they saw Evan start to cry again...

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, Ren He led the applause but was frustrated that he couldn’t speak. He wrote in big characters on a piece of paper: Awesome, so moving!

Then he continued applauding...

Everyone else was confused, but under Ren He’s influence, they slowly started clapping as well...

Evan’s assistant was also baffled, thinking, I don’t even believe my own excuse, how could you believe it?! And what’s with you holding up that sign without speaking? Too excited to talk?!

The recording session that afternoon was called off because of Evan’s sudden situation, and everyone got off work early. Because Ren He couldn’t speak, he canceled the recording of "Rolling in the Deep" for the day. That night, no matter how Yang Xi teased him, Ren He refused to speak, only communicating through texts with ’mhm’ and ’ahh,’ like a mute person...

This wasn’t the first time something had happened to Ren He, and he had explained to Yang Xi before, "As long as I’m in front of you, you don’t need to worry about any abnormality of mine. They’re all minor issues. Just ignore them..."

When the 24-hour deadline arrived the next afternoon, the Divine Punishment System issued a reward: "Host has completed the task with a ’Good’ evaluation. Reward: Advanced Emetic Water, usable three times."

Huh, Advanced Emetic Water? What’s the difference between advanced and regular? And this time, the reward wasn’t a skill but the early-seen potion with only three uses.

Accustomed to acquiring skills, seeing such a potion with only three uses, Ren He felt the Divine Punishment System was being rather stingy. However, he wasn’t sure about the potency of this thing since the regular Emetic Water was already quite powerful...

He didn’t dare try it rashly, so he just put it aside for now. It was good enough that he had completed the task.

Today, Evan didn’t show up, and when it was time to get off work, Ren He made the excuse that he needed to finish the afternoon’s music mix, so he continued to work overtime.

Once everyone had left, Ren He went to the door to bring Yang Xi inside; now the real work was just beginning!

Yang Xi carried a long brown paper bag, which held the dinner she had bought for Ren He— a cup of coffee, a burger, and two pairs of chicken wings.

The two were like a couple, finding endless joy simply by being together.

In producing the music, Ren He tried his best to recreate Adele’s version. The song didn’t actually have that many instruments: piano, drums, bass, guitar, etc. For the drumbeats and bass sounds, Ren He directly used electronic music processing. While this removed some of the original flavor, even making it slightly different, its melody was an unchangeable classical element.

Moreover, Ren He is also of master level in electronic music and will enhance it in other aspects. It can’t be said that switching to electronic music will necessarily result in a lower score.

Yang Xi just watched Ren He bustling about by himself, seeing a song magically take shape in Ren He’s hands, and every time he nailed it in one take. In contrast, when it was Yang Xi’s turn to record, she had to sing a full 12 times before she made the cut.

Yang Xi was a bit discouraged, not expecting to drag the process out like this. She had already found the feeling in the afternoon at the hotel, but now, it took her 12 tries to recapture that sensation here.

"Don’t be discouraged, you’re not me," Ren He said.

Ren He didn’t even need to wear headphones to match the rhythm with other sounds; everything was in his mind.

And for the harmony parts of this piece, Ren He stepped in himself! In the original, a group of girls provided the backing vocals, but Ren He took a different approach and did it himself, creating a unique flavor.

Yang Xi had never heard the original, so when she heard Ren He’s harmonies, she fell in love with them, and what made her even happier was the fact that this was the second time both of their voices appeared together in a song. It was as if Ren He was right there with her.

Ren He was highly efficient, and these songs were essentially being released as demos, sample records.

Once Yang Xi gained real nationwide influence from these songs, there would be an even more professional and polished team ready to record a new album for her.

That very night, as "Faded" was climbing the US music charts, Knight released Yang Xi’s new single "Rolling.in.the.deep"!

It was the same music platform, and this release was just four days apart from "Faded." How prolific!

The singer in the track was undoubtedly Yang Xi, and this song shared a lot of commonalities with Knight’s other songs: catchy and quickly popular!

Foreign fans had always heard that Knight was a big deal in the music industry and had listened to his previous Chinese songs, but due to the language barrier and different styles, they liked some songs and disliked others.

So there was a lot of debate about whether Knight’s foray into music was really a success, and they couldn’t understand why so many girls in China envied Yang Xi for being able to be Knight’s girlfriend, thanks to his songwriting skills.

There were plenty of girls abroad who envied Yang Xi too, but for different reasons. Some envied her relationship with Knight, while others plainly envied her for enjoying Knight’s strong physique and good health...

After all, they had different starting points...

But now, as Knight began writing songs in English, they finally understood the sentiments of Chinese netizens... Damn, Knight’s songwriting was badass!

While "Faded" was already breaking into the top 10, here came another equally catchy song!

Normally, such songs might not catch on so quickly if sung by some unknown artist, but Knight’s influence was frightening. Anything even remotely associated with him would become a hit, like it or not!

Moreover, there was one standout feature in this song: Everyone heard a male voice providing the harmonies!

If someone claimed that wasn’t Knight’s voice, they wouldn’t believe it!

This was arguably Knight’s debut singing in English, and his voice was so magnetic! "Rolling.in.the.deep" completely took off!

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