The moment the sound of the piano rang out, Shizuka Kitami's soul seemed to be hit by something and she was instantly attracted.
Different from classical piano music, this is a category of modern piano music, like those specially written for animation soundtracks.
The melody is passionate, high-pitched, bright and fast, but every note of the piano seems to penetrate the ears and pierce into the heart.
The feeling is hard to describe. When you hear it for the first time, it's like the sound of nature, so deep that you can't come back to your senses for a long time.
I don’t know how long it took, but when the song ended, the video also ended.
"Da, da."
Shizuka Kitami said nothing, but moved the hand holding the mouse slightly.
She subconsciously clicked on the homepage of the video author, but there was nothing there, only a few hundred subscriptions and one video.
Returning to the video page, she clicked on the video introduction again.
"Written for the pain of war in Croatia."
Just a short sentence, no extra words, and no further introduction, it arouses curiosity and touches people.
The so-called rhapsody, this genre is usually composed based on folk music themes and uses highly difficult techniques.
Its prominent features are imagination, improvisation and especially freedom.
Many rhapsodies were created on a whim of the pianist.
She was silent for a long time, subconsciously clicked the thumbs-up button, then took out a pair of cat-ear headphones, put them on her head, and clicked on the video again.
"I am Zero Hour, and this is a piano piece I wrote called Croatian Rhapsody."
At the same time, the mysterious pianist named Zero Hour, who was wearing a tuxedo and a gentleman's hat and had no visible face, appeared on the screen again.
Immediately afterwards, this piano piece was played again, through the headphones, touching the heartstrings and penetrating the soul.
Perhaps it was because I read the introduction that I further understood the original meaning of this piano piece. Even if I listened to it again immediately, I still had a completely different feeling.
She didn't know what Croatia was, but she knew from the introduction that the place had experienced a tragic and terrible war.
It was with this realization that she listened again, and her heart resonated.
This passionate and high-pitched melody and bright and fast notes seem to be telling a story.
What kind of story is that? It depends on the person. What touched her was that it reminded her of her past self.
She has been learning piano since she was young, and has appeared on various stages and participated in competitions. She has had successes and failures, but her performance has been excellent. This has made her full of yearning for life and proud of herself, calling herself a piano artist.
When did it start? It seemed like it was after I graduated from college, when I left the big stage of school and entered the cruel society.
The piano skills that she was proud of and admired when she was a student are now worthless in the professional piano world.
In this era, piano is too niche compared to pop music, and the pie is so small that there is not enough to share.
She has no fame, and it is difficult for her to be accepted by the upper class, nor is she famous enough to sell records... She wants to make a living by playing the piano and playing music, so she can only perform in places like Jing Bar for a meager salary.
Maybe she couldn't hold a concert, but she was still optimistic and decided to start from the beginning and become famous step by step.
The reality was very smooth. Even on such a small stage, she quickly accumulated a lot of fans.
But the good times didn't last long, she found that her fans didn't care what piano piece she played, they just wanted to look at a beautiful woman on the stage while eating and drinking.
We were able to discover this thanks to our boss, who conveyed the fans' opinions to her, hoping that she would change her style and dress in a different way.
As a piano artist, how could she accept that others did not listen to her piano? She resigned angrily and changed her battlefield.
In two years, she went to several quiet bars and several restaurants.
But in the end, no one cared about how well she played the piano. People just felt fresh in seeing a hot and curvy beauty playing on the stage.
People were happy to see this happen. After all, they could look at her unscrupulously while drinking, staring at her skirt, hoping to see more, staring at her neckline, craving for more.
After two years of stagnation, she became discouraged and left the big city of Tokyo and returned to her hometown in Hokkaido.
After wasting some time, she had to find a job because of her parents' urging. She set her sights on YouTube and began to imitate many predecessors and play the piano on the Internet.
However, her piano skills, although perhaps popular among students, are not worth mentioning from a professional perspective.
Even if anyone watched her performance, it was not often, and the fans and audience were the same as those in Jing Bar, and some even recognized her.
No feedback, no fans, no recognition... She didn't know when she fell into depravity. She no longer followed the example of her predecessors, but was hit by reality and pressure. She turned to learn from those authors who relied on cosplay uniforms and even swimsuits.
Until now, she has long forgotten the original intention of learning piano as a child and has become obsessed with money and material things.
"Zero hour."
Filled with emotion, Shizuka Kitami looked at the website that had long stopped playing, looked at the frozen figure, and couldn't help calling out the name with reverence.
Her eyes were burning, as if they had rekindled the flame of hope in the dead silence.
Even though reality is cruel and terrible, hope will never be lost.
This piano piece may be telling this kind of meaning... Even if it is full of holes, I will start from scratch!
Then she chose to forward and share this piano piece, and even typed it on the keyboard.
What's more, she not only forwarded it to her own community, Twitter, Facebook, and all other accounts that can share it.
She wants to introduce her idol to everyone.
She wanted to use this action as a starting point to pick up her piano dream again!
On this day, in Japan and abroad, one after another, people who were interested in piano clicked on this video.
"I am Zero Hour."
"I am Zero Hour."
"I am Zero Hour."
This self-introduction echoed in different places in Neon. Some people read it on their mobile phones, while others read it on their computers.
What’s even more terrifying is that this piano piece seems to contain a magical power.
It is shocking, touching, full of mixed emotions and admirable.
For people learning piano, this video is extremely powerful.
…
It was six o'clock in the evening, the sky was getting dark, somewhere in Tokyo, in the Zero Hour Office.
After the filming was completed and the video was uploaded, Kurosawa Hikaru did not go home, but sat in the lounge on the third floor with his two partners.
Because their debut was made through the video platform YouTube, they are still waiting for the results.
Igarashi Runa bent over slightly, facing a laptop, holding the mouse in her right hand and typing on the keyboard with her left hand, refreshing the web page from time to time and performing various operations.
“It’s on the homepage of the music channel!”
She kept refreshing various pages. After all, she had been a manager and had posted various songs and videos on YouTube, so she was very familiar with various operations.
What's more, in order to keep up with the times and trends, she usually plays YouTube.
“It’s the homepage of the entire site!”
Starting from noon, she would exclaim every once in a while.
"Six hours, 100,000 followers! The notification for the Silver Creator Award has come, 430,000 views, 110,000 likes, ah! Kurosawa! I love you so much."
Until the official notice arrived, Igarashi Runa finally couldn't hold back anymore. She jumped up madly with open arms, and pounced on Kurosawa Mitsuru who was sitting on the sofa opposite like a tiger descending from the mountain.
The next moment, she rode on Kurosawa Mitsuru's body, held his head, and kissed his cheeks fiercely. After just a few kisses, lipstick marks were left on his cheeks.
"Runa, what are you doing!?"
Ninomiya Chizuru, who was sitting next to her, was stunned when she saw this scene. She was so excited that she even lost her voice and hurried over to pull herself back.
She walked over quickly, hugged Igarashi Runa, and forcibly pulled the two people apart.
"Chizuru, we did it! Croatian Rhapsody is a hit!"
Although they were pulled apart, Igarashi Runa was still in a very excited state. She looked up at Chizuru with great excitement.
"… "
Kurosawa Hikaru was a little dazed by the kiss. He stood there in a daze, not knowing how to react.
"Even if you become very popular, you can't just kiss your family randomly."
Ninomiya Chizuru pulled her back to the sofa and hugged her tightly, speechless and angry.
She has known Kurosawa Hikaru for more than a year, and so far the most they have done is hold hands a few times. As for riding on someone's body or kissing him on the face, even she has never done that.
"One hundred thousand followers in six hours, and this is without any fan base or funding for promotion. Do you know how terrifying this data is?"
However, Igarashi Runa couldn't calm down at all. Her heart was beating wildly and she was extremely excited.
As an agent, she understands the value of these data better than either of them.
"Take your time and calm down first."
Ninomiya Chizuru realized that she was too excited, so she suppressed her dissatisfaction and comforted her.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kissed your man, but this video has tens of millions of views. No, I should say 100 million views!"
Igarashi Runa couldn't calm down at all. She had been anxious ever since she resigned last Sunday.
Although I firmly believe that Kurosawa Hikaru will become famous and that the decision I made will not be wrong, time will prove everything.
But when the signs of the results were before her eyes, the burden and worry that weighed on her were finally swept away.
"What do you mean my man? You may be excited, but don't talk nonsense..."
Ninomiya Chizuru didn't expect her to say that. Her face felt a little hot for a moment. She didn't dare to look at Kurosawa Hikaru opposite her, and she didn't even have the strength to speak.
Then, Igarashi Runa began to mutter:
"If there really is 100 million views, and converted to the average RPM, that would be 30 million yen in revenue. If it's not the average price, that would be 40 million or 50 million!"
"If it gets 200 million views, we can even earn back our startup capital just from this video."
"And judging by the almost identical growth rate of likes and fans, almost everyone who likes becomes a fan... With such a terrifying conversion rate and fan appeal, commercial endorsements, performances, albums, invitations, everything will come."
As she continued to mutter, countless scenes began to appear before her eyes.
The song became a hit, became famous all over the country, and won various music awards. The name "Lingshi" was like a god, rising straight to the sky.
As a person in the industry, she knows the value of this data very well.
In this era, she has a ruler in her heart to measure how profitable fame and traffic are, and how terrifying it is to turn them into money at such a high level.