Chapter 61

"Director Ishimura, this is the lyrics and music for the song I want to add." Luo Quan arrived at the company early in the morning and handed the manuscript she had prepared overnight to Director Ishimura.

"Is this the song you want to add?" Director Ishimura looked to be in good spirits. The series of troubles brought by this earthquake didn't have a particularly large impact on the entire Sony Music company; at most, it delayed the printing of "Coming of Age" by a few days.

It was fortunate that no records had been printed in the last few days, so adding a song temporarily was fine. If they had been halfway through printing and then added one, the workload and losses would have been too great.

"What made you suddenly want to add a song?" Director Ishimura was curious, asking while opening the manuscript.

Luo Quan smiled: "It's mainly because the atmosphere on the internet lately is just too terrible, as if the end of the world is about to arrive at any moment. As a singer, there isn't much I can do at a time like this, but I still feel I should do something, so I wrote this song."

"It's great that you have this heart!" Director Ishimura didn't give a perfunctory response; he felt from the bottom of his heart that Luo Quan was doing a very good thing.

"'Makenai de' (Don't Give Up)..." Director Ishimura muttered the song title. So it was a cheering song.

After reading for half a minute, Director Ishimura looked up, his eyes shining: "The lyrics of this song are very good, very suitable for inspiring people at this time! Go to the recording studio immediately to record it and see the overall effect!"

"No problem." Luo Quan nodded; she came here this time to do exactly that.

"By the way, Director Ishimura, I have another matter I'd like to discuss with you." Luo Quan turned around and said.

"What is it?"

"It's about the revenue from this album. I want to donate 20% of my personal income in my own name to be used for the rescue and relief of the victims in the earthquake-stricken areas. Can you help me arrange that?"

Director Ishimura was silent for a short while, then said loudly: "Of course, no problem!"

"Then I'll leave it to you." Luo Quan put her hands together, as if in gratitude, and also as if praying for those victims.

At this moment, Director Ishimura saw the radiance of the most beautiful and kind humanity on Luo Quan's face.

Afterward, she walked toward the recording studio. Director Ishimura looked at that graceful figure and sighed softly: "If only she were Japanese, how good that would be..."

The recording work went very smoothly. The style of this song is relatively simple; it is a pop song with rock elements, and the total duration is less than four minutes.

But after listening to it, all the staff involved in the recording work faintly felt that this was a song worthy of being recorded in Japanese music history!

There was no exaggeration in this; it was the first intuition in everyone's heart.

When Luo Quan wore headphones and sang with a gentle yet passionate voice: "Don't give up, keep going, strive to reach the end," everyone felt a hot fire ignite in their hearts, and the gloom that had shrouded them for many days was swept away.

To make this song have a greater effect, the footage of Luo Quan in the recording studio was recorded in its entirety and would be uploaded to the internet in a few hours, synchronized with the song.

At the end of the video, there was also a cheering segment specifically added by Luo Quan, where she clenched both fists and appealed to the camera: "The sunshine always comes after the wind and rain. Please believe that there is a rainbow. Don't give up, keep going. Sadness and difficulties will all pass!"

After the video was produced, the remaining staff began to add this song to the already completed "Coming of Age" album, and Luo Quan also exported the video to her phone and went home.

Soon, Sony's official Twitter account posted:

"Izumi has temporarily added a song to the new album 'Coming of Age', titled 'Makenai de' (Don't Give Up). The full studio recording version will be online at 8:00 tonight. We hope this song can bring light and heat during this difficult time. Let us encourage each other!"

In addition, Miss Luo Quan will donate 20% of her personal income from this album to be used for the rescue and relief of the victims in the earthquake-stricken areas!"

This was probably the only entertainment news that could make it to the Twitter trending list in the last few days. Originally, netizens were a bit repulsed when they saw Luo Quan releasing a new song again, feeling that marketing and promotion during such a special period was too inappropriate.

But after seeing the song title clearly, they immediately understood that this was a positive energy song encouraging the nation to be proactive. Moreover, Luo Quan was going to donate 20% of her personal income from the album, a move that deeply touched the vast number of netizens.

Although seven days had passed since the first earthquake, not a single celebrity had said they would donate money so far; not even a whisper of it had been heard.

As a result, a Chinese person was the first to speak up, which was truly a complex feeling for people.

Regardless, the intent of this song was very good, and Luo Quan's act of donating money also made the citizens shrouded in negative emotions feel some warmth.

It just so happened that the evening programs on various TV stations had been quite dull lately, so many people kept their eyes on the time, waiting for the arrival of this song.

At 8:00 PM, the final song of "Coming of Age" went online on time. At this moment, over one hundred thousand people clicked play simultaneously across various platforms.

Unlike before, this time the song was the full version, and there was a video.

In the video, Luo Quan was wearing a simple white T-shirt with "Ganbatte!" (Keep going!) written in eye-catching red on it, which was very amusing.

A burst of powerful percussion sounds vibrated the eardrums of all the listeners. This time, Luo Quan's vocal line was the opposite of her usual laziness and gentleness, becoming extremely intense and powerful.

And the melody and lyrics of this song radiated a vigorous, inspiring atmosphere.

Before this, no one would have thought that their gloomy mood of many days would suddenly become bright because of a song. Luo Quan's singing voice seemed to have a magical power, unknowingly soothing the pain in the listeners' hearts and dispelling the lingering gloom.

The song was catchy, and the lyrics were simple and easy to understand; one only needed to listen to the main chorus once to be able to sing along.

And finally, the scene of Luo Quan raising both fists to cheer for the nation was the finishing touch of the entire video. Seeing that face as perfect as an angel in the video, who knows how many people had red eyes and wet cheeks at this moment.

The wind tonight must have been very noisy, because from the balconies of high-rise buildings all over Japan, singing could be heard with the volume turned to the maximum. Interestingly, every household was playing the same song.

Besides playing it on phones and computers, many people ran to their balconies to sing loudly, releasing the pent-up frustration they had accumulated over these past few days toward the sky. And this singing soon triggered choruses from the floors above and below.

Music became a bridge connecting neighbors, and also the power that allowed them to regain hope and vitality.

Netizens who heard this song quickly reposted and recommended it on the internet. The ratio of reposts and likes even exceeded the lead song of "Coming of Age", "First Love", reaching a terrifying nine to ten!

Finally, the content of the entire internet's discussion changed from the Great Tokyo Earthquake that might happen in the future to Izumi's new song, and the negative atmosphere shrouding the entire internet finally saw the clouds part to reveal the moon.