2024 AD, Shanghai, "Xingmang Music" headquarters building, two o'clock in the morning.
Galen Yu rubbed his swollen temples, and tapped the last note on the keyboard with his fingertips - the final draft of the film and television soundtrack of "The Order of Mountains and Rivers" was finally exported. The moment the progress bar ran out, he let out a long sigh of relief and stood up to drink tea and drink coffee. There was a heavy rain outside the floor-to-ceiling window. When lightning split the night sky, you could see the winding water marks on the glass of the office building. It was very similar to his state in the past six months: the continuous projects, the performance pressure of shareholders, and the loss of personnel in the arrangement team made him almost breathless.
As the youngest general manager of "Xingmang", the 32-year-old Galen Yu has gained a foothold with "accurate market judgment" and "extreme control of details" - last year he led the "National Style Ceremony" music project, which combined traditional instruments with electronic music and racked up 2 billion views. But at this moment, as he stared at the ripples shaking in the coffee cup, he suddenly felt a little confused: After all these years of trying his best, what are you pursuing?
The cell phone vibrated. It was a message from his wife: "Gallen, stop cooking. I've made soup at home, waiting for you to come back." Yu Galen's mouth curved, and just when he was about to reply, the ceiling light in the tea room suddenly flickered - there was a "sizzling" sound of electricity. He subconsciously looked up and saw sparks coming from the wires on the ceiling. Then, a strong sense of numbness spread through his body from his fingertips.
"Oops..." These were his last thoughts. The coffee cup in front of him fell to the ground, and the brown liquid covered the soles of his shoes, mixing with the sound of rain outside the window. His consciousness seemed to be drawn into a whirlpool, and quickly sank into darkness.
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