Chapter 108: The Vagabond's Song

  The bustling city was filled with people coming and going, and as Zhou Fan watched these passersby, he felt a mix of emotions.

  Leaving Neijiang City, Zhou Fan relied on his solid singing skills to sing all the way, although he didn't have any money, but he managed quite well.

  Linjiang County

  This is a famous region of Huaxia, and it's not because the economy here is developed, nor is it because of technological innovation, or even convenient transportation. It's because Lincang City is a very well-known artistic town in Huaxia. Many young people come to Lincang with dreams.

  It's a pity that the camp is as strong as iron, but the soldiers are like flowing water.

  People come in batches and leave in batches.

  Spent two dollars to buy a map of Linjiang, Zhou Fan found a place with relatively concentrated stream.

  Near the cinema city, Zhou Fan drilled into an underground passage.

  Places with underground passages usually have a lot of foot traffic. Moreover, there are fewer city administrators in the underground passages. Many street performers and even some small vendors like to go to the underground passages. Just as Zhou Fan was about to start singing here, he suddenly saw a girl in front of him playing the guitar and singing a song with great effort.

  "What bad luck! Someone has taken our spot."

  Lincheng is a city of art, naturally, there are many people who make a living by singing on the streets.

  In his previous life, Zhou Fan had dealt with many such people. To be honest, most of these street performers were for the dreams in their hearts. If not, they would not have wandered around, letting the wind and rain hit them. Unfortunately, in his previous life, none of the many street singer friends that Zhou Fan knew made a name for themselves, all being ruthlessly crushed by reality.

  Also includes Zhou Fan.

  The girl probably also saw Zhou Fan and smiled at him with some apology.

  Zhou Fan shook his head and sighed.

  It's not easy for anyone, let alone a girl.

  Although there are quite a few people here, she arrived first and it's embarrassing to compete with her.

  Nodding at the girl, Zhou Fan understood and left from here.

  It's getting late now, Zhou Fan has looked for many places, but still can't find a suitable place to sing. However, the money on Zhou Fan's body is gone again, he hasn't taken a bath for several days, and he is considering whether to earn dozens of yuan to go to a cheaper hotel to take a hot shower.

  Of course, in fact, with Zhou Fan's strength, in the past few days, his daily income from singing was around 500-600 yuan, and at its peak, it even reached 2,000-3,000 yuan. Originally, he shouldn't have been short of money, but Zhou Fan had set a rule for himself as he traveled. Every time he left a place, he would donate the money he earned there to those in need, and never leave his name behind.

  Well, forget it, let's just sing here then.

  Taking a deep breath, Zhou Fan didn't choose anywhere else and ran directly to the city center square, starting to sing.

  It's actually very dangerous to sing here. The underground passageway is fine without city management, but on the surface, especially in places with large crowds and public areas, there are basically 24-hour guards. To say that those city managers have a hard time too. However, for the sake of living, for being able to take a hot shower tonight, Zhou Fan persisted.

  Without warming up or saying anything else, he hugged his guitar and went to that station, instantly attracting a lot of people.

  "Wow, brother, you're really bold, coming here to busk."

  One of them was obviously a local and knew the rules here, giving Zhou Fan a thumbs up.

  "Everyone, brothers, no choice, forced by life."

  Zhou Fan also sighed with a bitter smile, how many people know the hardships of street performers?

  Maybe I'm fine myself, but there are many others who pursue their dreams just like me, and they're not so lucky.

  Nothing more was said, Zhou Fan began to sing.

  "A passionate desert song for everyone."

  My passion is like a fire that burns across the entire desert.

  The song "Passionate Desert" is very well-known, although it's not particularly classic, but the whole song is quite exciting and passionate. Plus, it's not too difficult to sing, so many people will shout along when they're excited. So, this song is still relatively popular. Zhou Fan just opened his mouth and already set off the atmosphere on site.

  The sun would also hide from me if it saw me.

  It's also afraid of this flame of love for me.

  While playing, he sang, and high-spirited songs kept coming out of Zhou Fan's mouth.

  With Zhou Fan's endless and skillful guitar accompaniment, everyone was soon enchanted by the singing and indulged in it.

  The desert has me and I will never be lonely.

  Full of youthful flowers.

  Every song has its own soul, and Zhou Fan had long understood this realm. So when he sang any song, no matter how unpleasant the tune was or how unmelodious it sounded, as long as it came out of Zhou Fan's mouth, it could move people. Even make them feel the life of that song.

  Needless to say, on the Goddess Peak, Zhou Fan gained a thread of insight while sitting alone on the cliff.

  At this time, he had a feeling. When your realm reaches an extremely high standard, you can use your singing voice to influence anyone. No, even anything on earth. Of course, it looks like there is some mystery to it. For example, the motionless trees, would they sway because of his singing?

  It seems that science cannot explain it.

  However, Zhou Fan clearly felt that when he entered that realm, the world revolved around him.

  He is like the sun, with countless people revolving around him.

  Whether it's human or object.

  Perhaps this is somewhat idealistic, but he has such a magical power.

  In fact, when Zhou Fan sang, the feeling he gave to the masses was that they were indeed inspired by him.

  Among the melodic voices and the guitar strings, they also had some things they didn't understand. How could they not be in control of themselves, yet be completely drawn to this person in front of them? Even earlier, Zhou Fan's gentle hand gesture had captivated their hearts. Until the end of the song, they still couldn't grasp the reason behind it.

  Even if someone wants to understand, they will think... maybe I'm just too invested in it.

  They just don't know.

  Their devotion is not their own input into the song, but rather the song that makes them devoted.

  It looks like they are saying the same thing, but in fact, there is a world of difference between the two situations.

  One is active and the other is passive.

  He is proactive, no matter whether it's a song or someone else's action, he will fully engage in it.

  But for passivity, if the other party has not reached a certain level, it is basically impossible to make you feel invested.

  The piece ended with thunderous applause from the crowd.

  "Brother, you sing too well."

  "Yeah, but the original isn't as good as your version."

  "It's just a small token, don't take it as a formal gift."

  In just a short while, those who had money contributed some, and those who didn't have any shouted loudly. Soon, Zhou Fan had over 100 yuan by his side.

  "Thank you all."

  Zhou Fan nodded towards his brothers who were cheering him on.

  He was very satisfied today. Of course, this wasn't because he got over a hundred yuan just by singing one song. In fact, he didn't care much about money. What delighted him was that the subtle realm he had grasped on the Goddess Peak seemed to have become even clearer. This was also what he hoped to get most from his travels across China. Of course, he knew this wasn't enough, and he still needed to work hard.

  "Something's wrong, something's wrong, brother, the city management is here."

  Just as Zhou Fan was about to sing his second song, suddenly, the city management officer blew a whistle and ran over quickly.

  "You little brat, you dare to come and sing in the city center square? You really don't put us in your eyes."

  Two city administrators holding batons glared at Zhou Fan and their first move was to grab the stack of tickets on the ground.

  "Wait, wait, you two, wait..."

  "What's wrong, young man? Don't you agree?"

  One of the city administrators shouted, "If you don't leave now, we'll confiscate your guitar as well."

  "No, no, you've misunderstood me. What I mean is, what gives you the right to drive me away?"

  "Haha, haha, what's going on?"

  The two city administrators burst out laughing, "Just because of you disturbing the peace, as urban administrators, we have the right to maintain public safety here."

  "Do I have a disturbance?"

  While speaking, Zhou Fan asked the crowd on the side.

  "No, no, little brother sings very well, we like listening, where is the disturbance."

  "Yes, you'd better mind your own business, we can't even listen to songs."

  A group of people, at Zhou Fan's instigation, began attacking the two city administrators.

  "You..."

  "You also know how to stir up the crowd, let me tell you, what they say doesn't count, we say you're disturbing and that's disturbing."

  "Two big brothers, I also know you're not having an easy time. But we street performers are having an even harder time."

  Zhou Fan didn't get angry.

  He had seen such things many times in his previous life and didn't need to get angry just because the city management had taken his stall.

  "Little brother, we can't do anything about it either. If you were singing in the underground passage, we would have pretended not to see it. Look at this place, it's the city center square! So many leaders and big shots are staring here. If we don't drive you away, our rice bowls will probably be gone too."

  The two city administrators saw Zhou Fan being humble and also spoke a few polite words.

  "Otherwise, I'll sing another song. If you still think I'm disturbing the order after this one, I'll leave immediately."

  "Go."

  "But you'd better hurry up."

  The two of them agreed without hesitation.

  It's not about whether it's disturbing or not, it's up to oneself. This guy sings well and they quite like listening to him. However, no matter how much they enjoy listening, work is still more important than that. Besides, just now he picked up a handful of cash from the ground. Anyway, today there's also some extra income. With his mood lifted, he nodded directly.

  "Thank you."

  The second song, Zhou Fan originally wanted to sing another more popular song.

  But this time, he changed his mind

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been wandering outside since I was ten years old, and I never knew what home was. But I always yearned for a complete family. For this reason, in the past decade, I wrote a song of wandering, dedicated to my mother, also dedicated to all friends who are wandering outside."

  After finishing speaking, Zhou Fan closed his eyes and sang a famous wandering song from his previous life:

  Wandering people miss you outside, dear mother.

  Wandering footsteps roam the ends of the earth, without a home.

  This song of wandering is melancholic and beautiful, the melody is touching, and the lyrics are even more moving.

  Especially the two words "drifting", I don't know how many people were moved by it.

  Yes, in the past life, everyone went south to the south and north to the north. Among China's 1.3 billion people, about 100 million people were wandering outside. Although wandering was for work, not truly without family. However, every time drifting outside, that kind of loneliness, melancholy mood, still swept across my heart.

  The crowd watching around couldn't help but shed tears quietly as Zhou Fan just finished singing.

  Even the two city administrators, upon hearing this vagabond song, couldn't help but be moved to tears, their noses twitching as they hung their heads in shame.

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