I Write Songs, Not Literary Works

"Do you know, do you know? The green should be lush, the red should have faded." On the stage of The Strongest Creator, Qin Ze used Li Qingzhao's poem "Like a Dream" as the basis for a song called "Do You Know." He never expected the host to criticize it for piling on flowery language while saying nothing. Yet the literary world hailed it as a model, praising it as worthy of the poetess Yi An Jushi, and it soon went viral.

Then came "Water Melody: Wishing You a Long Life, Though We Are Thousands of Miles Apart, May We Share the Same Moonlight," followed by "Bring in the Wine: I Was Born with Talent, and It Shall Be Put to Use; A Thousand Gold Coins Spent Will Come Back Again." These songs caused shockwaves in both the entertainment and literary worlds.

Entertainment Weekly: "Qin Ze's lyrics are the best I've ever seen."

Famous music critic: "If everyone wrote lyrics as beautiful as Qin Ze's, I'd even pay fifty yuan for a membership."

Dean of Peking University's School of Chinese: "Qin Ze's lyrics are in a league of their own, even in literary circles."

Dean of Tsinghua University's School of Chinese: "It would be a real shame if Qin Ze's lyrics weren't included in textbooks!"

Countless literature students: "I strongly oppose Mr. Qin leaving the literary world."

Netizens: "These aren't songs at all. They're literary works!"

Qin Ze: "I'm writing songs, not literary works."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.