All-rounder Artist - Chapter 159: Distance Between You and Me 1

Lin Yuan returned home to a surprising sight: two sealed steaks laid on the table.

“You’re back?”

It was Saturday.

Jian Yi was playing online games in front of the computer in the living room. Seeing Lin Yuan return, he stopped playing, took off his headphones, and said, “Today, you will witness my steak-cooking skills.”

“Thank you.”

Lin Yuan gave a casual smile and headed to his bedroom.

Sizzling noises coming from the kitchen suggested that Jian Yi had begun cooking the steaks.

He pulled out a document.

Lin Yuan reviewed the requirements of the new order.

It was a custom-made theme song for a TV drama called “Distance Between You and Me.”

The plot summary was rather comprehensive, possibly around five-thousand words in length.

Based on the title of the drama alone, Lin Yuan had first thought it was a romantic series. But after reading through the plot, he realized it wasn’t.

Although the plot does have some elements of a romantic drama-

The story revolved around a couple that was the envy of everyone during their college years, and they got married right after graduation.

Due to their poor economic condition, their married life was filled with hardships.

However, they stuck together through thick and thin, without succumbing to the difficulties.

Years later, the husband lost his job due to company layoffs and decided to start his own business.

But his business failed, leaving him in debt and leading to numerous disputes with his wife. Finally, the wife, unable to handle the stress any longer, decided to divorce him.

Years later, the still-struggling woman was looking for jobs everywhere.

Finally, she landed a job at a big company, only to find out that her ex-husband was the chairman of the company.

The plot progression became quite predictable after that.

The husband, resentful that the wife had abandoned him at his weakest moment, had intentionally hired her to torture her.

The wife bore it all without complaint.

During this time, the husband was shocked to discover that the wife had a son.

Filled with jealousy, he intensified his abuse towards the wife.

It wasn’t until the wife’s son fell seriously in that their conflict finally came to a head.

In a twist of fate, the husband discovered that throughout all these years, the wife has stayed single…

And that her son might be his as well.

His emotions grew incredibly complex.

The rest of the story was about the husband slowly uncovering the wife’s struggles and the truth behind their divorce.

He remembered how despite their poverty, they were happy together.

It was his successive failures that had eventually destroyed their family.

The wife had raised the child alone for all these years, without asking him for a single dime.

The year they divorced, his mother was in need of medical expenses. Someone had donated money, and it turned out to be the wife’s doing…

Upon realizing all this…

He decided to win her back.

At this point, a new man appeared who was also interested in the wife.

What followed was a classic case of remorse, a scramble to win her back, and a flurry of various intense scenes.

The script didn’t specify the ending.

But Lin Yuan could guess.

The story was rather cliche, but some realistic elements were portrayed quite clearly.

The intention of the script was probably to use a touch of reality to showcase an idol drama-like plot…

Both realistic and romantic.

Both the man and woman had their own reasons and difficulties. It was hard to clearly say who was right or wrong.

Especially since the script mentioned:

After deciding to divorce, the wife pursued her dreams, only to find she was pregnant. She had to give birth to the child, once again abandoning her own dreams.

Instead of pondering over who was right or wrong, Lin Yuan wondered what kind of song the System would create for this story?

The client required a Qi Language song.

The song needed to reflect the emotions of both main characters, along with elements of dreams and desperation, among other things.

All in all, the client’s requirements had seven or eight different notes.

Quite complex.

Lin Yuan activated the System and read out the client’s requirements. He then asked, “How much to design a song that meets these requirements?”

The System replied, “One million.”

Lin Yuan nodded, not too surprised.

The System had mentioned before

that the more detailed the requirements, the higher the customisation cost would be.

Just for this customization, there were seven or eight requirements. If it weren’t for the fact that each requirement wasn’t too difficult, the customisation cost would be even more than one million.

But the price of this order was three million.

As long as Lin Yuan completed this order, he would break even immediately. So, the System’s pricing could be considered quite reasonable this time.

“This is a special price.”

The System said, “This is the first time the host is customizing a song with such specific requirements. If there are similar requests in the future, the price will increase accordingly.”

“Understood.”

Lin Yuan said, “Let’s customize it.”

System: “Song customization in progress, please wait.”

Thirty seconds later.

The system dinged, “Congratulations to the host for obtaining the song ‘Like You’. There are two versions for reference.”

The left version was the original, and the right version was G.E.M’s version.

This meant that both males and females could sing this song, but the versions had slightly different connotations.

Lin Yuan pondered.

He was initially surprised when the System came up with this song, but then realized it wasn’t shocking after thinking about the lyrics. The song did meet the requirements.

As for the quality, Lin Yuan wasn’t worried. The quality of the song had already been verified in another timeline.

Lin Yuan listened to both versions of the song.

Both versions were good – the former more sorrowful, while the latter imbued with a sense of hope.

“Dinner’s ready!”

After listening to the song, Jian Yi’s voice suddenly echoed from outside the door.

Lin Yuan got up and headed to the living room.

There were two sets of steak on the table, each accompanied by two soft-boiled eggs.

The eggs were cooked quite well.

But the steaks weren’t as good, Lin Yuan noticed that his steak was charred, with visible burnt marks around the edges, which probably explained the burnt smell in the room.

“Just make do with it.”

Jian Yi gave a cough before saying, “who knew it would be this hard? I thought it was easy when I saw chefs on videos cooking steak.”

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Lin Yuan seemed a bit put off.

Jian Yi smirked, “How about we order takeout instead? There should be steak options. Anyway, the steak is ruined, and I’ve wasted over five hundred on it.”

As he spoke, Jian Yi began to pack up the steak.

Just then, Lin Yuan stopped him: “Don’t waste it.”

Jian Yi paused, and Lin Yuan was already seated and began eating earnestly with his knife and fork.

“That’s so touching, bro!”

Jian Yi laughed and began eating his share. His steak was even more charred than Lin Yuan’s; one side had literally turned into a crust, while the other side was still oozing blood.

“Why is it tasteless?”

Seems like I forgot to add seasonings…”