Chapter 82: Recording Childhood Memories

  "Uh, yeah, I referred to a lot of reference books and then suddenly came up with the design, I don't know if it's useful or not."

  That's what they say, but how could this be a sudden idea?

  This drainage system was designed based on the thousand-year-old drainage systems of Jiangsu Province.

  In past lives, whenever torrential rains came, many provinces in the south would be flooded. However, there was only one city that no matter how big the rain was, nothing happened. This city is Ganzhou, also known as Songcheng. At that time, a large group of people were stunned and kept thinking, "Is the drainage system of this Ganzhou city really so good?"

  It turned out that the drainage system in Ganzhou City was not a modern design, but was designed during the Song Dynasty over a thousand years ago.

  Legend has it that there are four city towers in the four directions of Ganzhou City, and people say they were originally four giant turtles, nailed to the bottom of Ganzhou City by the heavenly master with great magical power. As a result, every year when the flood comes, the four giant turtles make Ganzhou City float on the water surface, without sinking. Of course, this is just a legend. The real credit should go to their designed drainage system.

  Ganzhou City is located in the south, which is a hilly area with uneven terrain everywhere. It's actually the same as the old Huayuan Road now. So, Zhou Fan referred to the drainage system of Ganzhou City in his previous life and designed one based on the topography of the old Huayuan Road. After presenting it, even the mayor of the city was secretly shocked.

  "Awesome, truly awesome! Brother Zhou Xiao, you've really opened my eyes!"

  Guo Bochang was inwardly excited, this design drawing was too precious. Although it was just a rough outline, he had written down the main design principles. Especially at the water outlet, designing "water gates" was a brilliant idea that completely solved the drainage problem of the old garden road's unevenness, while also avoiding unnecessary waste of manpower.

  "By the way, Xiao Zhou, can I take this design drawing back to study?"

  "Of course."

  Zhou Fan nodded, "This was originally designed for Lao Huayuan Road anyway. Moreover, if the government can take action as soon as possible, it will be beneficial to everyone on Lao Huayuan Road."

  "Well said, with this design drawing of yours, I think the plan that has been suspended for a year is about to start."

  Kuo Po-chang was overjoyed. It wasn't just because he had obtained the design blueprint, but also because if he completed the renovation of Lao Huayuan Road, he could also gain a great deal of political achievement, which was what he valued most.

  "That's great."

  Zhou Fan raised his glass, "Come on, come on, Mr. Guo, let's finish this cup."

  "Okay."

  Two people drank it all up in one go.

  "This, Mayor Guo, I was thinking, if you really used this design approach. I don't know..."

  After drinking this cup of wine, Zhou Fan's mind began to stir.

  He never makes a losing deal and doesn't want to do things that don't benefit him much.

  "Haha, you're such a money lover."

  Seeing Zhou Fan's eyes rolling around, Guo Bochang thought of the airline company incident and almost laughed again. "However, no matter what, this design drawing is really useful to us. If we adopt this drainage design drawing in the end, I guarantee you, little brother Zhou, that it will not be more stingy than Tianhua Airlines."

  "Really?"

  "Of course, our government also attaches great importance to talent."

  Guo Bochang nodded.

  "That makes me feel at ease."

  ……

  "Uncle Zhang, have you collected the vegetables from that kid's house?"

  A phone call was made to the City Management Office.

  "This time, I'm telling you, Xiaohua, it's better for you to avoid provoking Zhou Fan in the future."

  "Ah, why, Uncle Zhang, you don't know, this kid is too deceitful."

  "That uncle can't do anything about it. You don't know, yesterday I sent someone to take care of things and even Mayor Guo came out in person. Moreover, when leaving, Mayor Guo also invited that Zhou Fan for dinner personally. With such connections, you should be more careful. Otherwise, your father might get dragged down too. Hmm, that's all I'm saying, whether you listen or not is up to you."

  "Ah, uncle, uncle..."

  There was no response from the other end of the phone anymore.

  "Zhou Fan, I'm going to kill you."

  After saying this sentence, I don't know why.

  Suddenly, with a thud.

  A mouthful of fresh blood spewed out from his mouth.

  This man is Li Shaohua.

  Since the last time he made a bet with Li Shaohua, Li Shaohua felt that he had been humiliated. Originally, he wanted to ask some thugs to beat up Zhou Fan. But later, when these thugs heard that they were going to beat up Zhou Fan, not one of them took the job. It wasn't until later that it occurred to him, damn, this Zhou Fan was actually a thug himself, and it would be strange if they did take the job. Immediately, some clever Li Shaohua came up with the idea of targeting Zhou Fan's parents. As for Zhou Fan, he couldn't do anything to him. But by targeting his parents, that was still possible.

  Li Shaohua immediately took advantage of his father's connections and found the head of the city management bureau, wanting to first settle accounts with Zhou Fan's parents.

  Something that was almost certain, has been ruined.

  It's even rumored that Zhou Fan has a powerful background and is very close to the mayor.

  This thought came to mind, and his heart could no longer be calm, with pent-up anger and frustration, he fell to the ground.

  ……

  "Sun Li, what's going on with the rankings over there? The competition is fierce!"

  Logged into the Huaxia Originals Chart, Zhou Fan looked at the first and second places in the competition constantly switching positions, feeling a bit nervous.

  The first prize is no longer a concern for Zhou Fan, but 1 million RMB is still very desirable.

  "Don't worry, nothing's wrong, they just invited a formidable music producer over there."

  Sun Li sent the information to Zhou Fan, telling him to calm down a bit.

  In fact, before that, he also had some ups and downs. Until, as time slowly passed by. Finally, Zhou Yifan's popularity began to explode again, reclaiming the first place. However, Mu Zhihua's popularity was indeed too strong, plus this song "Youth Memorial Book" was not bad either. So, the first place was constantly being contested between Zhou Yifan and Shang Kun.

  "And besides, there's one life of yours that you haven't sent out yet."

  This is Huaxia Original Network's trump card.

  As soon as this song is released, it can immediately pull away from Shang Kun by a big margin.

  "Hmm, but there are still some uncertainties, they probably want to make a final blow on their side too."

  Zhou Fan thought for a moment and then said, "I'll record another song in the next few days."

  After sending the message, Zhou Fan rushed to the music room where Zhu Ya Qiong was.

  "Zhou Fan, I've been looking for you these past few days but couldn't find you."

  As soon as Zhou Fan came in, Zhu Ya Qiong immediately stood up.

  "Oh, really? What's up?"

  Zhou Fan answered easily as he was also familiar with Zhu Ya Qiong.

  "There's nothing else, last time an old professor from the music academy wanted to have a chat with you, but couldn't find you at that time. Now that old professor has already returned to Yanjing." As she spoke, Zhu Ya Qiong revealed a regretful expression. For her, if Zhou Fan could get along well with Professor Shen, it's likely that he would be able to make a sensation throughout the whole of Hua Xia and become the youngest music master in all of Hua Xia before long.

  "Is it? Well, since we don't have fate, then forget it. By the way, this time I came to record a song with you."

  "Go, you must work hard and defeat Shangkun."

  Although Zhou Fan didn't say that the Zhou Yifan online was himself, Zhu Ya Qiong had already guessed it. Moreover, not just him, probably many people have guessed it too. However, at that time Zhou Fan was wearing a mask, so they didn't recognize each other.

  "Of course, I've got this 10 million, no problem."

  With this 1 million, Zhou Fan can consider setting up his own recording studio and no longer bother Zhu Ya Qiong. After all, coming here to record is just a small matter, and perhaps Zhu Ya Qiong still likes Zhou Fan to come over. But in any case, this is someone else's recording studio.

  "Okay, let's go record a song. By the way, what song are we recording this time?"

  "Childhood."

  Since Mu Zhihua is the representative of campus folk songs, then Zhou Fan will defeat him with a campus folk song.

  This song is arguably one of the most classic works of pre-destined campus folk songs in childhood.

  At that time, before the 1970s, most of the mainstream music in the music scene was classical music, with long and dull tunes. Only those upper-class people had the time to appreciate it. But for the general public, especially young people, they didn't particularly like this kind of music. Later, the Ministry of Education found that there were no music textbooks or songs suitable for students to sing in schools. So, they launched a social collective creation of campus songs. From then on, campus folk songs began to emerge.

  However, when it comes to campus folk songs, the most powerful ones are from Mazu (Taiwan) region.

  This song "Childhood" is a classic work of Luo Dayou, a famous music producer from his previous life.

  As soon as this song came out, campus folk entered a real frenzy.

  Such a classic song, how could Zhou Fan give it up.

  By the pond, under the banyan tree, cicadas are loudly calling out the arrival of summer.

  Thanks to the recording of the previous songs, Zhou Fan and Zhu Ya Qiong cooperated very well, plus the song "Childhood" was not difficult. It's a classic because of its lyrics, melody, and his pioneering work in campus folk music. In just over ten minutes, the recording of "Childhood" was also successful.

  "This song is really great."

  Even after finishing recording the song, Zhu Ya Qiong still held onto the lyrics and read them over and over again.

  On the swing beside the playground, there is only a butterfly perched on it.

  The teacher's chalk on the blackboard was still scribbling away non-stop.

  Waiting for class to end, waiting for school to let out, a childhood spent waiting for games.

  There's everything in the supermarket, but there isn't a single penny in my pocket.

  Zhuge Si Lang and the Devil Party, who will get the treasure sword in the end.

  It's probably that whoever hears these lyrics can recall their childhood from when they were young.

  Zhu Ya Qiong is also the same.

  Every line of lyrics brings back memories of laughter from childhood. Although it's been a long time ago, it seems like just in front of my eyes.

  Closing her eyes, Zhu Ya Qiong slowly savored the moment. Even, unintentionally, Zhu Ya Qiong also softly hummed along.

  It wasn't until Zhu Ya Qiong saw Zhou Fan staring straight at her that she came back to herself.

  "Excuse me."

  Her face was red, and Zhu Ya Qiong felt a bit embarrassed.

  "No, you sing very well."

  Zhou Fan smiled at Zhu Ya Qiong and said, without feeling anything unusual, "Why don't you also sing a female version of 'Childhood'?"

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