The resignation process went smoothly.
Lu Chen called the manager yesterday to inform him of his decision. Because he was a temporary worker with an hourly salary, he didn't sign a formal contract, so he didn't have much protection. Naturally, there weren't many restrictions. He could leave at any time.
The manager felt a bit regretful because Lu Chen had been working in the KFC store on Happiness Road for more than half a year. He had been diligent and conscientious in his work. He had never been late or left early. It was completely the performance of an excellent employee.
It was a pity that there weren't many young people who were willing to work in a fast food restaurant for a long time.
Therefore, the manager didn't make things difficult for him. After failing to persuade him to stay, he happily settled his salary for the month.
With a thin stack of money in his arms, Lu Chen left without the slightest reluctance.
"Lu Chen, Brother Lu!"
Just as he walked on the sidewalk, he suddenly heard an anxious voice behind him.
Lu Chen couldn't help but turn around and saw a woman wearing a KFC staff uniform running towards him. As she ran, she shouted, "Wait!"
Lu Chen was surprised, "Chen Xin, are you looking for me?"
The woman named Chen Xin was Lu Chen's colleague. Although she was younger than him, she was already an old employee.
Lu Chen wasn't very familiar with her. He only knew that she was from Sichuan and had been in Beijing for two to three years. The two didn't usually talk much. At most, they would just greet each other when they saw each other.
Chen Xin was running in a hurry. Her white and round face was flushed with a healthy shade of red, making her look even more pretty.
She stopped in front of Lu Chen, but didn't dare to look Lu Chen in the eyes. She asked, "You, you resigned?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Yes, I found another job, so I won't be working here."
Chen Xin finally raised her head. There was a clear trace of disappointment in her eyes. She bit her lips and asked in a low voice, "Then are you going to continue to stay in Beijing?"
Lu Chen was stunned.
He was not a slow-witted fool, and Chen Xin's behavior was so obvious, how could he not understand?
It was just that Lu Chen had never thought that Chen Xin would like him!
In his memory, there was pitifully little information about this girl. There were only conversations at work.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, if there are no accidents, I will always stay in Beijing. My new job can't leave here!"
A hint of joy appeared on Chen Xin's face as she said, "Then can you leave me your contact information?"
Although Lu Chen didn't have any feelings for her and only treated her as an ordinary colleague, he didn't want to disappoint her at this time, so he agreed: "Okay, add me on QQ, we can keep in touch in the future."
Lu Chen told his QQ number to Chen Xin.
After Chen Xin wrote it down on her phone, Lu Chen waved goodbye to her.
However, when Lu Chen walked far away, he inadvertently looked back and saw that the figure was still standing in the same place.
In this metropolis with a population of 30 million, people met and parted in a hurry!
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After returning to his own dwelling, Lu Chen first washed his face.
He used cold water to wash his face. It was bone-chilling. He needed to calm himself down and think about his future path.
Quitting the KFC job was not an impulsive decision. This part-time job didn't pay much, and it took up an entire day's time. There was no need to continue doing it.
In Lu Chen's view, his most important task was to sort out the treasures in his memory, the thousands of classic songs, and the countless beautiful and moving stories.
These memories came too suddenly. Although they were already engraved in his mind, Lu Chen couldn't be sure if they would suddenly disappear one day and leave him with a beautiful dream.
Therefore, it was extremely important to record and preserve the things in his memory!
After washing his face, Lu Chen's mind became very clear. He sat in front of his desk, turned on his computer, and took out a pen and paper.
First, he drew on a piece of white paper and drew out a simple diagram.
Lu Chen simply categorized the songs in his memory. First, there were the major categories: love songs, rock songs, folk songs, theme songs, China style, fast songs …
Below the major categories were the smaller categories. For example, love songs could be categorized according to emotions: gentle, nostalgic, melancholy, sad, happy, and there were also duets between men and women.
Another example was folk songs, which were divided into campus folk songs, urban folk songs, rural folk songs, independent folk songs, etc.
As for rock songs and fast songs, they also had a variety of styles.
The more he wrote on the paper, the clearer his thoughts became.
What Lu Chen was doing now was to draw a big framework for his memory. Within the framework, there were countless blanks with hints, and then he could slowly fill in the blanks. He didn't have to write whatever he thought, and it was completely random.
This way, he could avoid mistakes and omissions in his memory to the greatest extent.
Drawing up the framework was only the first step. The rest of the work was really difficult.
Each song needed to be composed and written. It was easy to be familiar with the songs and sing them by yourself. However, many songs that he had only heard once or twice required a lot of effort to restore.
There was also the arrangement.
Someone once said that if you only knew how to write melodies but didn't know how to arrange them, it wasn't considered a real composition.
This sentence might be too extreme, but it wasn't without reason. Arrangement was Lu Chen's biggest weakness on the road of music — his understanding of arrangement was very limited.
His limited experience still came from the memory of Xu Bo, the singer in his dream. Xu Bo had musical talent, but his talent was mainly reflected in singing and playing. He could write some songs, but he didn't know how to arrange them.
In Lu Chen's memory, the classical works often had exquisite arrangements, and some had even reached the level of perfection. Brilliant arrangements made the melody more moving, which was an important factor in the creation of a classic.
The rich and explosive accompaniment required the cooperation of a large number of instruments. If Lu Chen were to rewrite them, it would be an impossible task.
Of course, Lu Chen could hand over the task of arrangement to others. Domestic pop music was very prosperous, and there were many musicians who were good at arranging music, including many big figures.
However, those musicians might not be able to perfectly meet Lu Chen's requirements, so he wanted to try to learn and master the skills and ability of arrangement by himself, and finally complete these classic works by himself.
Lu Chen had never considered that in the future, he would rely on effortlessly selling the things in his dream memory to live a comfortable life.
He was still very young, and had great dreams and pursuits. He really wanted to work hard to achieve his goal!
Of course, for now, he had to put aside the matter of arrangement. Even if he wanted to learn, he couldn't learn it immediately.
Controlling the mouse to open 《Singer Master》, Lu Chen began his work for the day.
Time passed silently, and the small house was quiet. Only the tapping sound of the keyboard and mouse could be heard from time to time. Occasionally, the sound of the old computer's cooling fan could be heard.
One song after another, Lu Chen finished remaking them, and then saved them according to their categories.
Among the important songs, he directly sent them to 《Greater China Music Library》 for copyright inquiry and registration, to ensure that there were no legal issues with the copyright.
This was very important, in the pop music industry, disputes over song copyright were very common, so he had to be careful.
The inquiry and registration fees for 《Greater China Music Library》 were very high, so high that many people in the music industry expressed their strong dissatisfaction, but no one questioned its authority and credibility.
Actually, it was very simple for Lu Chen to save money. He only needed to publish his songs on a large music forum or website, and pay a few dozen yuan to register the copyright. This way, he could basically guarantee his rights as a composer.
However, the value of these songs was too high!
Lu Chen was not a short-sighted person. Just like how he did not sign a contract that was detrimental to his original copyrights, he paid more attention to the long-term development needs, and now he also had the money to register the copyright.
The profit he earned from the Forget Grass Bar, and the tips he received from the live broadcast, were all the reasons why he was so confident!
He was completely focused on the computer, until his stomach made a "gu gu" sound of protest.
At this time, Lu Chen woke up from his trance-like state, and couldn't help but touch his shriveled belly.
He looked at the time displayed on the computer, it was already past noon!
Lu Chen was a bit speechless, first of all, he did not think that he would sit for so long, and second of all, his stomach was getting hungry too fast, completely out of his normal state.
One had to know that he ate breakfast at around 8 in the morning, and it was twice the usual amount!
Mental work also consumed a lot of energy!
Lu Chen shook his head, stood up, stretched his body that was stiff from sitting for a long time, and prepared to go out for lunch.
At this time, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
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