An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 15: You Have been Blocked by the Other Party

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Woof!”
On the ground floor of the male dormitory…
Yellow, lying outside the door of the dormitory’s office, stuck its tongue out to catch the air-conditioned air seeping out from the crack in the door to cool off.
Every time someone passed by with a takeaway, it would have a small reaction, flashing a silly smile on its face. If no one paid attention to it, it wouldn’t get agitated either. It would continue to wag its tail like an old dog as usual.
Based on its experience of living here for many years, it knew that it definitely wouldn’t starve as long as it lay there during meal times.
That indolent and portly appearance made it hard to imagine that someday in the future, life would compel it to catch mice.
Squatting on the ground and rubbing its furry dog head, even Liang Ziyuan’s deadpan face, which looked like everyone owed him 200 yuan, couldn’t help but squeeze out a smile.
“Good boy.”
“Ow woo woo woo…”
Rubbing the top of its head upwards, Yellow eyes closed as it snorted in comfort.
Sure enough, if one was handsome, even dogs liked them.
Even if it was taken advantage of for free.
As he thought this, Cloud Hao stepped forward and stretched out his hand, wanting to furiously rub this dog’s head.
In the end, as soon as he squatted down, the silly dog sprang up to its feet, as if it knew what he was going to do. Then, it wagged its tail and made its way into the dormitory office through the door.
Cloud Hao was left speechless.
F*ck!
I just fed you ham this morning!
Aren’t you too f*cking materialistic?!
Putting the silly dog aside for the time being, Cloud Hao took a deep breath and glanced at Liang Ziyuan, who had stood up without a word.
“Speaking of which, Brother Ziyuan.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Recently, I’ve… also been rather interested in music. Where do you usually find your music scores?” Cloud Hao smiled and sounded him out, “Why haven’t I heard of any of those songs you sing?”
Liang Ziyuan said in a tone as if it were only to be expected, “I wrote it myself.”
Cloud Hao was too dumbfounded to speak.
Damn it.
No wonder they sound so awful!
Liang Ziyuan asked, “You want to learn to play the guitar?”
Cloud Hao slapped his thigh and said, “Of course! It doesn’t hurt to have more skills, and there are no cons to learning more things. Besides, you can… pick up girls?”
Liang Ziyuan sniggered.
“Give up on that.”
Cloud Hao, who was about to display his acting skills, was stunned. “Why?”
Isn’t it usually “I can teach you” or “You go and read that XXX book”?
This guy doesn’t play by the rules at all.
“Guitar isn’t basketball. You can’t learn it just by casually playing it twice,” Liang Ziyuan said with a calm expression while throwing a glance at Cloud Hao. “You don’t genuinely like music, and I don’t see the slightest bit of musical talent in you.
“I advise you to give up.”
After saying that, he spun around and headed upstairs, leaving a stupified Cloud Hao standing there alone.
What the hell?
This guy is so f*cking pretentious!
…
Although he was extremely reluctant about it, who asked him to be stuck with this group of dumb teammates?
Cloud Hao kept trying to convince himself that no matter how much of a letdown Brother Ziyuan was, he couldn’t be worse than Brother Zhu. When he thought that, he felt a bit better.
Based on his observations, every time Liang Ziyuan finished creating his baffling piece of work, he would upload it to a website.
Seizing the opportunity when Liang Ziyuan went to the bathroom, Cloud Hao walked past his desk and quietly took note of the music website’s name on his computer screen.
Yinke website?
Why isn’t it Bilibili?
Cloud Hao silently mouthed the name of this unknown website. He also couldn’t help but speculate evilly. Since you’re polluting people’s ears anyway, why not pick a page with more people?
However, when he turned over on the bed, picked up his mobile phone, and went to the page, he realized that the website was not as simple as he first imagined.
First of all, there was a membership registration. Users had to complete 100 questions on music theory to obtain the membership. Furthermore, only after uploading an original music composition could they receive the website-certified gold label of [Original Music Artist].
According to the instructions on the website’s user manual, the website was collaborating with the copyright office. After passing a review, all uploaded tracks would automatically complete the copyright pre-registration.
Since Country Xia attached great importance to copyrights, the pre-registration could basically be regarded as a complete registration, and the song could be released as an officially registered song.
Such regulations were mainly to protect the legal rights and interests of music artists from infringement. At the same time, it could also be regarded as reducing the cost of rights protection.
Therefore, this music website was quite influential among music producers.
Cloud Hao nonchalantly signed up. After pondering about it for a while, he chose the nickname [Somewhere Deep in the Clouds].
Thanks to the music theory knowledge he had learned last night, he managed to pass the hundred questions easily, soon becoming an official member of the website.
Following that, Cloud Hao keyed in Liang Ziyuan’s ID, [Qian Yuan], in the search bar and entered his homepage.
Oh boy, if he didn’t enter, he wouldn’t have known. The moment he entered, he was shocked.
There were more than 20 singles on this guy’s homepage, with styles ranging from modern to ancient, from electronic music to folk music. He practically had everything!
Furthermore, looking at the release date of his first single, it was actually three years ago?
In other words, this guy had started creating music when he was still in high school!
The only flaw in everything was the voice like that of a donkey being slaughtered, as well as postmodernism-style of singing. As a result, he couldn’t understand all of his 20-odd songs.
Clearly, he wasn’t the only person who felt that way.
No one was listening to his 20-odd singles at all. In the comments section, no matter whether the people had given him a good or bad rating, none praised him.
[Give up. You’re not suited for music. *facepalms*]
[Begging the singer on my knees to delete your account!]
[Haha, yesterday, I told my girlfriend that someone on the Yinke website was imitating the sound pigs make, but she didn’t believe it. After sharing the singer with her, she slapped me back in the face, saying how can there be a pig that sounds so awful.]
[Not afraid that you’ll be conceited if I give you a good rating. Just afraid that nobody will hear my hidden-talent boy! Keep it up. I can’t be the only one turning deaf!]
Cloud Hao agreed with these people’s comments. Unfortunately, the system didn’t think so. He could only go against his conscience and type a comment, hoping to encourage this guy.
[This song is only fit for the heavens and can rarely be heard in the mortal world. A great song! It’s so damn nice!]
A 5-star rating was also included!
I am not afraid of this guy being conceited, just afraid that he will give up on his music dream!
After posting the review, Cloud Hao glanced beneath his bed. He saw Brother Ziyuan, who had been playing the guitar, take a break and play with his phone for a while.
Assuming that this guy should have seen his comment, Cloud Hao hurriedly tapped his fingers on the screen and used the side account he had just registered to send him a private message.
[Somewhere Deep in the Clouds: Pal, you sing so beautifully. You’re truly a talent! Is it convenient to give me your contact information? I would like to chat with you.]
After sending the message, Cloud Hao deliberately took another look in Ziyuan’s direction to confirm that he had received the message.
However, despite waiting for a long time, he didn’t receive a reply from Liang Ziyuan.
No way?
Fresh talents can’t possibly be that cold, right?
Finding it odd, Cloud Hao hesitated for a moment before typing a question mark and sending it.
[Somewhere Deep in the Clouds: ?]
[System prompt: Message sending failed.]
[System prompt: You have been blocked by the other party.]
Cloud Hao’s mind was full of question marks.