Starting from the second day of the New Year, the five FTM members returned to the company early in the morning for classes. They finally received the sheet music for the new songs they had been eagerly anticipating.
Xu Baichuan gave them two pieces of sheet music at once.
The first was a ballad called “Secret Garden,” a very gentle love song about a young man hiding his dreams and thoughts in a secret garden, with a very fresh style.
This song had more parts for Fang Yinnian and Tang Che, while Mo Xun, Junwen, and Xiao Fei mostly provided harmony backing vocals.
The second was a dance track called “Blazing,” with a melody even more passionate than their previous “For the Music,” featuring extensive rap and heavy metal with intense drum beats in the accompaniment.
This song required Junwen, Mo Xun, and Xiao Fei to take turns rapping, with fewer parts for Fang Yinnian and Tang Che.
The two songs had very different styles.
Xu Baichuan said: “First practice the harmonies for ‘Secret Garden’ while simultaneously practicing the group dance for ‘Blazing.’ This song’s choreography is very difficult and will take at least two months to master. Time is tight.”
Everyone was happy but also nervous. The song release schedule was packed, and they couldn’t slack off.
After morning classes ended, Fang Yinnian privately approached Xu Baichuan: “Brother Xu, I wrote a song myself. Teacher Yu has already helped me revise it. Can I release it as a solo?”
Xu Baichuan was stunned: “You already have your own work this quickly?”
Fang Yinnian said embarrassedly: “I wrote it when I was 16, just revised many details.”
Xu Baichuan thought for a moment and said: “FTM’s new song will be released at the end of February. Your solo single… how about releasing it on Valentine’s Day, February 14th? That’s also your birthday, so releasing a solo song would be like a gift to the fans.”
Fang Yinnian nodded: “No problem.”
Since it didn’t require harmonies and Fang Yinnian sang solo, and he was very familiar with the melody, the solo single was recorded quickly.
Mo Xun went to the recording studio to provide live guitar accompaniment. Xu Baichuan watched the scene of the two playing and singing together thoughtfully.
After recording the song, the publicity staff said excitedly: “This song’s guitar accompaniment is personally played by Mo Xun. Releasing it on Valentine’s Day would be perfect for hyping the Magic Cube CP—CP fans would go crazy.”
Fang Yinnian’s smile stiffened slightly.
Mo Xun frowned: “Can we not use this song to market the CP?”
He looked at the publicity staff with determined eyes: “This is Yinnian’s first independently created song, which has special meaning for him. I don’t want to overshadow the main focus.”
“When people think of this song, the public discussion should focus on Fang Yinnian’s first solo single—not about Mo Xun playing guitar or how sweet the Magic Cube CP is.”
“I hope more people can appreciate Yinnian’s beautiful voice and recognize his creative talent. The promotion shouldn’t go off track.”
The room suddenly fell silent.
No one expected Mo Xun to oppose the marketing opportunity with such a firm attitude, when this was clearly a good chance for promotion.
Other boy bands were already dancing with bodies pressed together. You two, one playing guitar and one singing—and you won’t market this?
Fang Yinnian’s eyes grew slightly warm—because he thought the same way. He wanted to seriously sing a song for everyone to hear, not to sell their relationship for business purposes.
The focus couldn’t be reversed. In the future, when people mentioned Fang Yinnian, he hoped the public’s impression would be of an excellent singer, not “Mo Xun’s CP.”
Similarly, after Mo Xun graduated from film school, he would probably transition to the film and TV track. He hoped Mo Xun could become an excellent actor in the future.
Being too deeply bound together actually had no benefits.
Especially on the sensitive day of Valentine’s Day, such marketing would focus entirely on shipping the CP, and no one would pay attention to the song’s quality itself.
Hearing the publicity department’s plan just now, Fang Yinnian felt very uncomfortable, but he didn’t expect Mo Xun to directly and decisively push back.
Mo Xun was also considering things from the same perspective as himself, rather than being someone who would do anything for popularity.
He indeed hadn’t misjudged Mo Xun.
Fang Yinnian took a deep breath and smiled: “I agree with Mo Xun’s thinking. CP marketing can happen in variety shows and daily interviews. There’s no need to put the cart before the horse—using this song for hype would be too deliberate.”
Xu Baichuan silently looked at the two, keenly sensing that something was different.
Mo Xun was completely thinking from Fang Yinnian’s perspective, valuing Fang Yinnian’s interests over his own popularity and CP popularity… Should this be called principled or selfless?
The publicity staff looked somewhat embarrassed and sought help from Xu Baichuan: “What does Boss Xu think?”
Xu Baichuan said calmly: “Follow their thinking. On February 14th, Fang Yinnian will debut his solo single. Don’t mention Mo Xun in the promotion—highlight Yinnian’s creative talent.”
Everyone immediately nodded: “Understood.”
The promotional plan was scrapped and redone, removing the specially bolded “Mo Xun guitar accompaniment” from the song’s opening.
Back at the dorm, Fang Yinnian said with complex emotions: “Mo Xun, thank you for standing up just now. But this way, no one will know you played guitar for this song.”
Mo Xun said softly: “It’s enough that you know.”
Fang Yinnian: “…”
Mo Xun smiled slightly: “I’m very happy to accompany you in singing this song. There’s no need to hype it so the whole world knows. This is your first solo single—being too deeply bound by CP wouldn’t be good for your development.”
Fang Yinnian’s heart was tightly wrapped in warmth. He was truly grateful to Mo Xun for being able to consider things from his perspective.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was February 14th.
At midnight, Fang Yinnian received a flood of messages—
Birthday wishes from family, as well as blessings from Teacher Yu, Senior Brother Xu Feng, Sister Yu Can, and Brother Chen Mian.
Fang Yinnian’s phone kept ringing nonstop.
Fu Fei sighed: “Brother Nian has such good connections.”
Of course, his teammates’ blessings were also plentiful. When everyone had just finished dance practice and returned to the dorm, they waited until midnight to shout directly: “Happy birthday, Yinnian!”
Fang Yinnian said happily: “Thank you, I’m 19 now.”
Fu Fei looked expectant: “I’ll order the cake. Let’s go out for a big meal tonight.”
Tan Junwen nudged Mo Xun’s shoulder: “Where’s the gift, Captain?”
Fang Yinnian also looked at Mo Xun expectantly.
He remembered that during their last video call, Mo Xun had said he would prepare a surprise for his birthday. He wondered what the surprise would be?
Mo Xun smiled and took out an exquisitely packaged transparent box.
Inside was a palm-sized white triangular piano. Fang Yinnian took it curiously: “A piano? Is it a music box or an ornament?”
Fu Fei eagerly said: “This is a handicraft!”
Tan Junwen said: “Mo Xun had me draw the structural diagram. He made it by hand for you, using lots of wood and carving with a small knife for quite a while.”
Tang Che said: “Should be considered wood carving? Mo Xun’s hands are quite skillful.”
Fang Yinnian: “……..”
Fu Fei scratched his head: “Hehe, I didn’t expect Mo Ge could make such handicrafts. This is a one-of-a-kind gift in the world.”
Mo Xun looked at Fang Yinnian and asked softly: “Do you like it?”
Fang Yinnian nodded, his fingers holding the box tightening slightly.
Imagining the scene of a boy seriously carving handicrafts with wood, his heart was filled with countless tender feelings.
He loved it very much. His favorite instrument was the piano, and every key on this ornament was actually carved by Mo Xun’s own hands.
How simple and convenient would it be to just buy an ornament from the mall?
But Mo Xun actually made it himself.
Just this thoughtfulness alone moved Fang Yinnian immensely.
In this impetuous world, very few people are willing to calm down and personally make gifts for others.
Fang Yinnian hugged the box tightly and said seriously: “Thank you all, I will treasure it well.”
Mo Xun patted his shoulder and said cheerfully: “When we make money in the future, I’ll buy you a Steinway grand piano.”
Fu Fei said: “That would cost millions, only a villa could fit it!”
Tan Junwen looked wistful: “We’re still poor little idols now. When will we have money to live in villas?”
Tang Che said: “Tonight in your dreams.”
Tan Junwen laughed: “Then everyone should hurry up and dream. Sleep, sleep—everything exists in dreams.”
Everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
Fang Yinnian carefully treasured the piano ornament Mo Xun gave him.
At noon on February 14th, Fang Yinnian posted a Weibo—
“Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Today is also Valentine’s Day, so I wish everyone a happy Valentine’s Day. Here I present an original song I wrote myself, ‘Listening to Snow.’ I hope everyone likes it ^^”
The Weibo directly included a link to music platforms, released across all networks.
The promotional team’s arranged trending topic also landed on the entertainment list.
#FTM Fang Yinnian solo single “Listening to Snow” Valentine’s Day debut#
This trending topic caused a huge stir.
Not only did it excite Fang Yinnian’s fans, but it also left colleagues, especially members of other boy bands, completely confused.
“Wait, haven’t they been debuting for less than a year? Fang Yinnian is already releasing solo singles?”
“A song he wrote himself, probably just uploaded to make up numbers.”
“He really dares to release a song on Valentine’s Day. Many big singers are releasing new songs today!”
“Two veteran singers already released new songs this morning.”
“Idol songs are just limited to fan circles, just for fans to listen to. They won’t make much of a splash.”
At first, colleagues all thought this way.
A little idol who just debuted releasing an original single on such an important holiday as Valentine’s Day was obviously just for the fan circle, for fans to listen to. It wouldn’t generate much buzz.
After all, listeners on music platforms have very discerning ears—poor singing would only get criticized.
Today, two second and third-tier singers also released songs, making the new song charts on major music platforms quite competitive.
However, after one afternoon, the play count and popularity of “Listening to Snow” skyrocketed at an extremely fast pace, entering the “Top 10 New Songs This Week” at 2 PM.
It broke into the “Top 3 New Songs This Week” at 6 PM.
At 8 PM, Fang Yinnian’s “Listening to Snow” surpassed the new songs of two veteran singers in the industry, soaring to first place on both the “New Songs This Week” and “Rising Songs This Week” charts!
Industry insiders: “???”
What the hell! What’s happening?
Colleagues who initially thought Fang Yinnian’s song release was just a “fan circle exclusive” were all proven wrong. In just one day, it had 500,000 saves?!
Did Shengyao go crazy buying fake engagement?
It wasn’t until the Weibo main trending topic #Snow Scenes Across the Country# shot to first place, with familiar background music appearing in the pinned video, that colleagues finally understood what was happening.
This morning, a cold front invaded, causing large-scale temperature drops and snowfall across central-western China, North China, and Northeast China.
Netizens were posting different snow scenes from across the country online.
Tourism bureaus from various regions also released snow scene videos from their areas.
Many people, when making videos, casually used Fang Yinnian’s newly released “Listening to Snow” as background music.
It was really fitting.
On social media, people were also posting snow scene videos.
Since Fang Yinnian’s song “Listening to Snow” had just gone online today and was in the top few of the “Popular Background Music Chart,” many people who didn’t know Fang Yinnian also set this song as their video background music.
“Listening to the sound of falling snow, so ethereal…”
Across the country, everywhere people were listening to this song.
Even some barbershop owners and restaurant owners, seeing it snowing outside, switched to this very fitting new song.
Douyin, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, Weibo, social media… a large number of snow-related videos all used “Listening to Snow” as background music.
Even local “Culture and Tourism Bureaus” used this song when promoting local snow scenes to “match the trending topic.”
For a time, the popularity of “Listening to Snow” exploded!
Snow was falling heavily across the country, and people nationwide were being brainwashed by Fang Yinnian’s clear, gentle, clean, and bright voice.
“So good, I’ve had it on repeat 10 times!”
“Listening to this song quietly by the window while it’s snowing, with a cup of coffee—the atmosphere is perfect.”
“Who sang this? The voice is really beautiful.”
“Seems like an original song by a little idol!”
“No exaggeration, this song has real spirit.”
“Lyrics, composition, and vocals all by FTM’s Fang Yinnian. Very talented little idol, following now.”
“My ears have been cleansed. I feel refreshed after listening.”
“Fang Yinnian has the highest musical intelligence and best voice among idols. The single quality exceeds expectations!”
…
Online praise kept increasing, and public opinion continued to ferment.
On the debut day of Fang Yinnian’s “Listening to Snow,” QQ Music alone exceeded 500,000 saves, easily breaking one million saves across all platforms!
It even had higher save counts than Sonic boy band’s recent album title track.
This wasn’t fan circle exclusive.
This was mainstream breakthrough.
No one expected Fang Yinnian’s first song to have such good results. Xu Baichuan was also amazed by Fang Yinnian’s terrifying fan-attracting ability.
At the same time, he felt very fortunate—
Thankfully, Mo Xun had principles at the crucial moment and changed the promotional plan, not turning an excellent song into Valentine’s Day CP marketing hype.
Today, no one mentioned CP or Magic Cube.
Everyone was focusing on Fang Yinnian’s song itself.
Heaven helped—snow was falling across the country, creating perfect timing, location, and harmony!
Pure music, gentle melody, clear and clean voice, healing so many hearts on this snowy winter day.
This song was rated by many media as “must-listen healing music for winter,” with countless listeners adding it to their daily playlists.
Many drivers also downloaded the song to their cars, listening while driving to keep their mood more peaceful.
The trending topic #Fang Yinnian Listening to Snow# shot to first place on the entertainment list with unstoppable momentum.
Even senior Chen Mian sent a message saying: “Yinnian, the new song is especially good. I’ve already recommended it to family and friends.”
Teacher Yu also sent a message: “Good results [golden thumbs up]”
Fang Yinnian was amused by his master’s golden thumbs up emoji.
His parents and grandmother were also very happy, setting Fang Yinnian’s song as their phone ringtones. Several university classmates also privately messaged Fang Yinnian saying the new song was very good and they had saved and downloaded it.
Looking at the praise and goodwill flooding from across the internet, Fang Yinnian couldn’t help but feel his eyes moisten slightly.
The guitar in this song was played by Mo Xun.
Mo Xun didn’t want netizen discussions to go off track, so he didn’t mention this—he chose to stand behind and give Fang Yinnian the greatest support.
Fang Yinnian would never forget this.
This was the happiest birthday Fang Yinnian had ever had.
He believed this song was just the beginning—he would have more songs in the future, and he would become a singer who truly relied on talent.
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