My Hardcore Music Career

When later generations look back on the career of Li Wenyin, a musical giant of his age, they find one word stamped across his entire life: “torment.” Open his Transcendental Etudes, and it starts with “La Campanella” and ends with “The Spanish Smugglers.” Piano students weep bitter, complicated tears. He is the god of the piano. Open his Collection of Virtuoso Violin Pieces: “The Erlking,” “The Goblins.” Violin students feel their scalps tingle. He is the demon king of the violin. His conducting is the nightmare of every orchestra in the world. Because... he warms up with The Planets, then performs the greatest opera in history, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Even the soundtrack and entertainment industries can’t escape his tormenting clutches. The sheer volume of his mind-boggling works leaves countless music critics, connoisseurs, and analysts scratching their heads. “Weren’t you a talent-show contestant back then?” “Happiness came way too suddenly...” (This blurb isn’t doing the story justice. Read the novel.) P.S. For the playlist, search Q Music or Kugou for “The Superstar Starts by Stewing Himself in an Iron Pot.” (What? You came here to read a novel?) (I don’t care. I’m teaching a music appreciation class on Qidian!) (There’s a lot of classical music, but this is an entertainment-industry novel with a fresh perspective!) (It also touches on some peripheral disciplines related to music.) (The writing is fairly technical, and the classical music content is hardcore.) (The rap in this story is positive and mainstream, not underground or dirty. It’s just one branch of the genre.)