Chapter 822: Overturn

One hour later.

Zhou Dong had watched many of Liang Yan's post-match interviews and pre-match remarks, knowing Liang Yan had a solid literary foundation, and with his professionalism maxed out, he believed Liang Yan would definitely be able to write an excellent work.

But based on past experience, and given that Liang Yan is still a novice in the lyric-writing world, Zhou Dong felt Liang Yan would need at least a week to come up with a trial version.

Thus, Zhou Dong chatted briefly with his friends in the recording studio, then prepared to leave.

Just as he stood up, his phone chimed.

Zhou Dong absentmindedly picked up his phone, glanced at it, and was instantly stunned.

"Oh, that was fast!"

He roughly glanced at the lyrics:

"Yo, this is fucking awesome!"

Zhou Dong hummed along softly to the lyrics, then the more he hummed the more energized he became; he turned, waved broadly to call the recording engineers, and they started rehearsing through the night.

First, ignore minor flaws; Zhou Dong first ran through the entire song, reaching the climax chorus where the mood was already spot-on. He was full of passion, effortlessly belting out the high notes:

♪Fire~~~！Don't ask how many heads behind！♪

♪Fire~~~！I'll take your tower, no questions asked！♪

♪Fire~~~！The more headwind, the more berserk！♪

♪Fire~~~！I will win till the end！♪

Through the glass, Zhou Dong's several recording engineer friends were stunned, mouths agape.

Not only were they surprised by Zhou Dong's state, but also because of this song.

Everyone present knew their stuff; while recording, Zhou Dong sang extremely smoothly, but certain phrases when sung felt slightly awkward—one could tell at once the lyrics weren't written by a professional lyricist.

However, these minor flaws won't obscure that this is an excellent work; the rarest thing is that the lyrics perfectly match the song's target audience—just a few tweaks to the slightly awkward words would make it perfect, and it could very well become another hit for Zhou Dong that breaks out.

Besides being shocked, Zhou Dong's friends couldn't help but wonder.

Who the hell wrote these lyrics? So talented!

Fang Wenshan? Kinda has the vibe.

But Fang Wenshan playing LoL is a total noob; just based on imagination, could he write such lyrics?!

For Liang Yan, although the state of bursting inspiration while writing the song did make him somewhat excited, in the end it was just a small interlude.

In the following time, Liang Yan's focus remained on preparing for the S7 preseason; he almost forgot about having written a song for Zhou Dong.

Until one noon at the hotel restaurant, Tian Ye suddenly came over with his phone, shocked, and asked Liang Yan:

"Holy shit, Liang Yan, is this lyricist you? You still write songs?"

When everyone saw there was gossip, they immediately gathered around.

Liang Yan glanced at Meiko's phone; it turned out Zhou Dong had posted a Weibo:

【Hello everyone. My new song to be performed at the opening ceremony of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship will soon officially meet everyone; this song is co-created by me and a good friend, and I'm posting a preview here for everyone to review.】

【Friendly reminder: there's an Easter egg in the preview MV; please seek out the highlights~】

【Preview MV. avi】

Clicking the preview MV, several lines of creation information came into view.

【Title: 《Overturn》】

【Singer: Zhou Dong】

【Composer: Zhou Dong】

【Lyricist: Firrrrrre】

【Drums, bass, guitar……: xxx, xxx, xxx】

There are many public figures worldwide with the stage name Fire, but those called Firrrrrre are probably only this one.

Liang Yan also had no need to deny it; he calmly gave an affirmative hum.

"OHHHHHHHHH!"

In an instant, the whole restaurant boiled over.

Given Zhou Dong's already immense popularity, and Liang Yan being the "CNLOL number one", when their names were combined into one keyword, #Zhou Dong, Firrrrrre cross‑genre songwriting# quickly rose to the top of Weibo's hot search list, driven by fervent netizens, and in a short time it dominated the top headlines on the other major platforms.

The online comment heat could be called nuclear‑level.

【Double‑fan ecstasy!!!】

【Fire！Don't ask how many heads behind！Fire！I'll take your tower, no questions asked！】

【So good!!!】

【Is this the song to be sung at the finals opening ceremony, right? Looking forward to a ten‑thousand‑person chorus! Fire~~~~！】

【Jiao Shen has created a new lyric‑writing school: autobiographical lyricism~】

【This player not going to write songs for money but instead playing games here is truly a waste of talent……】

【@upstairs, you probably got it backwards—this guy's annual salary is several thousand W, plus endorsements likely over a hundred million, and yet he still finds time to write songs even though he doesn't play seriously!】

【Ex‑pat fans hearing "the more headwind, the more berserk" really got teary‑eyed; last year Jiao Shen was still with G2 when I became a fan, I followed the entire offline S6 elimination series, and this lyric instantly reminded me of the semifinal match against SKT—those feelings, truly indescribable!】

【Stakeholder: music industry worker—at first glance I didn't notice, I was wondering which big shot wrote the lyrics; on second look I saw the header: Firrrrrre! Awesome, a world champion wrote the lyrics, no wonder they're so arrogant, this makes sense!】

【This song obviously has Jiao Shen as the protagonist, and as someone who watched the full six‑year‑anniversary three‑day event live, I seriously suspect the song's inspiration came from that star exhibition match; Zhou Dong, come clean—were you forced by Jiao Shen to write this song？】

【On YouTube this song's heat has exploded, its play count has already reached half of the official S7 theme song—absolutely terrifying!】

【How wonderful, this song is truly great! Cross‑genre work is awesome! Next time I suggest collaborating with Changzhang on a song titled 《Why Not Go All‑Out》.】

There are also marketing accounts with a fresh angle digging into the backstory:

【Elaborating on why Zhou Dong sought Jiao Shen for the lyrics, the underlying truth is heart‑warming~】

A certain site simultaneously released the preview MV of "Fanpan"; in just half a day, the play count caught up to the official release of S7 theme song MV "LegendsNeverDie" by Fist, with the barrage full screen showing 【Jiao Shen production, must be high quality】, and many people brushed 【autobiographical style lyric writing】.

Comparing song quality, the standard of "Fanpan" is already not inferior to that of "LegendsNeverDie"; moreover, among Chinese listeners, the former is even better, and on the other hand, the celebrity effect of the former is far greater than that of the latter.

Therefore, if this trend continues, it's likely that within two days the popularity of "Fanpan" will far surpass that of "LegendsNeverDie".

By then, the position of the S7 theme song is likely to be usurped by "Fanpan".

Fist, seeing this, not only feels no displeasure or worry, but is actually pleased with the outcome.

All this is for promoting the S7 World Championship; does it matter which song becomes the theme song?