Chapter 62 Let's Just Call It Mortal

"Spam... Spam... Spam..."

Chen Fan went through all the emails on the first page, only to find they were entirely spam advertisements.

He directly clicked to the next page.

This time, Chen Fan finally discovered a normal email.

The sender claimed to work at a large company, asking if Chen Fan was the founder of the Domain Network and whether he had any thoughts about selling it.

If possible, the other party proposed a face-to-face meeting in reality.

After reading the email carefully, Chen Fan felt a vague sense of excitement.

For some reason, he had a hunch that the person who sent this email was from China Web.

Because in his past life, around this exact time, China Web suddenly announced the acquisition of Easy Domain Network.

Excitedly, Chen Fan immediately hit the keyboard and replied to the email.

In his reply, Chen Fan acknowledged that he was indeed the founder of the Domain Network, and explicitly told the other party that he did have intentions of selling it.

Additionally, Chen Fan declined the request for an offline meeting, asking the other party to provide more detailed proof of identity instead.

After sending the email, Chen Fan could finally let out a long sigh of relief.

At this moment, the discussion in the dormitory had successfully transitioned from actresses to which genre of adult films was the most enjoyable.

The honest guy Han Xu firmly supported uncensored Japanese adult videos, claiming they offered the most thrilling viewing experience.

Wu Di patted him on the shoulder and lectured in the tone of a seasoned veteran.

"It seems you still know nothing. The truly classic blockbusters are actually the censored ones."

"As an expert who has viewed countless films, I have long since evolved to the state where 'if there is no censorship in your heart, everything is uncensored.'"

Luo Wenjie seemed to have lost the upper hand in the recent debate, but he still stubbornly continued to make recommendations to everyone.

"Let me tell you, I've long since grown tired of these Asian and Western ones."

"If you are like me, having viewed countless films, then you can remain as steady as a pine. You spend nearly half a day downloading a two-hour movie."

"Only to fast-forward all the way through and finish it in five minutes, leaving you utterly uninspired."

Luo Wenjie looked at his roommates with the gaze of a master looking down upon all living beings.

"If you want to find good movies, you have to take a differentiated route."

"I've been studying an old lady from the Northeast recently. Oh man, damn, the way she chats is just so damn satisfying."

Ma Xiaoshuai was dumbfounded: "People from the Northeast? How do you even chat like that?"

"I simply can't imagine it."

Wu Di gave Luo Wenjie a thumbs up.

"Now I believe it, you are pure Northeast stock."

"By the way, Fourth, Senior Sister Mo came by this morning, saying she was here to thank someone on behalf of someone else."

"She even brought a box of milk and a bag of bananas."

"You weren't in the dorm at the time, so she left the things on your desk and went away."

Chen Fan immediately knew that Mo Siyu must have come on behalf of Xu Qiuci.

Such a small favor, yet the other party actually bought things to show her gratitude.

That was truly too polite.

It also showed that Xu Qiuci was a girl who understood proper boundaries in her interactions with others.

The two of them were not friends, which was why she was being so courteous.

Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He originally intended to return them, but as soon as he walked up to his desk and took a look, Chen Fan felt depressed.

Most of the bananas had already been eaten, and three cartons of the milk had been unpacked and consumed.

Luo Wenjie gave a cheeky laugh.

"Everyone was deeply engrossed in studying our 'works' earlier and didn't want to go buy food, so we had no choice but to start with the bananas to open our appetites."

Chen Fan smiled speechlessly: "Eat up, eat up, I surrender to you guys."

At six in the evening, Chen Fan received a call from Wang Xu.

"It's done, and now there's just one problem left."

"Whose names should be filled in for the composer and the vocalist?"

"Are you planning to use your real name or a stage name?"

Chen Fan resolutely shook his head.

"I can't use my real name."

Wang Xu: "Then just make up a stage name."

Chen Fan thought for a moment, his gaze casually sweeping across the face of everyone in the dormitory.

"Let's call it 'Mortal's Folly'."

"What?"

"Mortal's Folly."

Wang Xu grew somewhat anxious.

"Boss, such a great song, don't mess around like this. Coming up with a name like that will be a loss for your future development."

Chen Fan smiled.

"It doesn't matter, just use this name."

Anyway, he had no intention of developing a career in the entertainment industry; it was just a name, and he didn't care.

In Chen Fan's view, having lived a second life, he didn't harbor any lofty ideals or beliefs.

His ideals were very vulgar.

That was to make money, to make a lot and a lot of money.

His dream was very simple.

That was to marry Su Ruochu, and give Su Ruochu the best of everything in this lifetime. At the same time, allow his family to live a good life.

Chen Fan considered himself to be just an ordinary, worldly person, no different from anyone else—a mere mortal steeped in worldly folly.

"Sigh, since you've already decided, then I won't care anymore. If you regret it later because of this name, don't blame me."

"Rest assured, I will never blame you."

Chen Fan asked with a smile, "When can it be uploaded?"

"In about half an hour. You'll be able to search for it online by then."

Half an hour later, Chen Fan indeed found the song on Ma Xiaoshuai's computer.

He casually clicked play.

The moment he saw the video, Chen Fan was amused.

No wonder the other party managed to get it done so quickly; it turned out the MV used a completely cartoon animation format, cutting budgets wherever possible.

"La la la, la la la...

Time flows away in a hurry

That smiling girl

Do you still remember me?"

Just as the first stanza began, Wu Di, who was flipping through a book on his bed, looked over in this direction with puzzlement.

"What song is this? Haven't heard it before?"

Luo Wenjie also leaned over out of curiosity.

"This song is pretty good. It sounds nice..."

In an instant, several people in the dorm all crowded around Chen Fan.

"Mortal's Folly? What kind of fucking name is that?"

As soon as Luo Wenjie saw the artist's name, he mercilessly made a sarcastic remark.

"Listen to it from the beginning again, the more you listen, the more catchy it gets."

"Fuck, why does this voice sound so familiar?"

"Fourth, could it be that you're the one singing?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Do you think that's possible? It just sounds a bit similar, that's all."

"I think so too," Han Xu nodded.

"If Fourth had this level of skill, he should have applied to a music conservatory."

Only Wu Di and Ma Xiaoshuai on the side didn't chime in, looking at Chen Fan thoughtfully.

After listening to it repeatedly three times, Luo Wenjie couldn't wait to pull out his MP3 player to download it.

"Hey, I plan to practice this song and go sing it downstairs at the girls' dorm building... Which of you has the skills to stun the crowd?"

"With that gong-like voice of yours, you'd better not ruin the song," Ma Xiaoshuai mercilessly dissed him.

"You're just jealous of me..."

Sun Hao smiled and patted Luo Wenjie: "Second Brother, I support you going."

"Maybe you'll even get a little bit famous by then."

Whether Luo Wenjie would get famous or not was unknown, but the song "Thinking of You" by Mortal's Folly had truly gone viral.

In just two days, the play count surpassed fifty thousand.

Moreover, the download numbers on Qianqian Jingting were skyrocketing rapidly.

On the Newcomer Chart, the song barely managed to squeeze in.

Even though it was just trailing at the very bottom.

That was still enough for Wang Xu to call Chen Fan and celebrate excitedly for quite a while.

However, Wang Xu still underestimated the song's raw power.

On the third day, "Thinking of You" began a steady climb on the newcomer charts.

On the fourth day, it had already entered the top twenty.

On the fifth day, it ranked sixth on the weekly download chart.

On the sixth day, "Thinking of You" finally broke all the way into the top ten of the newcomer chart, claiming the fourth spot.

The most crucial part was that this song had not undergone any promotion from start to finish; it relied entirely on the hard power of the work itself.

Seeing the results of the sixth day,

Chen Fan knew that the timing was just right.

So he grabbed the few songs he had prepared long ago and went straight to Wang Xu's music studio.