A classic is a classic after all. When Andy decided to release this song, he had already foreseen the impact it would have.
As a native American music, the popularity of country music is undeniable. When "If You" was released, people might have been shocked by Andy's linguistic talent, but more of it was curiosity.
"500Miles" is a completely different matter. As the program airs, its scope of coverage continues to spread and its influence begins to ferment and become apparent.
"Andy Smith's singing style is very simple, pure and beautiful, with a full voice and extraordinary directness." - Rolling Stone
The beautiful melody and timeless lyrics depict the shadow lost in time deep in everyone's heart. ————The New York Times
It seems to have a very powerful magic, accompanied by beautiful singing, which makes people think quietly, recall the past, those persistence, and those sorrows, and let everything go with the flow. ————USA Today
"I'm still amazed at how amazing this piece of work is." - Composer Jimmy Webb.
"I guess the door of heaven must have opened for him, and something was guiding him." - famous country music singer Brad Paisley.
The number of followers on Andy's blog and Twitter increased rapidly. The number of blog followers exceeded one million. After all, Twitter is a new platform, but the number of followers has also reached 300,000, and it has been flooded with messages requesting songs.
Andy is self-aware. He knows very well that his singing skills are really amateurish, and he is only sought after by the media because of the excellence of the song itself. He understands that becoming an instant star may be what many people hope for, but it is not what he wants. Excessive consumption of popularity will bring serious consequences.
Trusting the media's integrity is playing with fire. The more they praise you now, the more they'll criticize you later. Think about Bieber later on—he was criticized to death, just like how quickly he became famous. Maintaining a certain level of mystery is essential.
His career focuses on writing and his gaming company, with music as a hobby. His celebrity career is about building popularity and laying the foundation for the upcoming fan economy. A successful person must first clearly define what they want, what they can do, and how far they can go, rather than blindly trying to grab everything.
Since the show was broadcast, the person who has suffered the most is Carl. Because of Andy's non-cooperation, he needs to constantly use nice words to reject interview requests from various media.
The media was also quite annoyed by Andy's lack of cooperation, but there was nothing else they could do. After all, his past dark past had already been rehashed some time ago, and bringing it up again would not sell anything. Of course, for the Los Angeles media, they were lucky because they still had Marissa Miller to interview, and her relationship with Andy became a news point.
Marissa Miller finally received the media's attention, which made her choke up with excitement when she called Andy. She knew very well that all this was brought to her by Andy. After understanding Andy's bottom line, she began to accept various notices and interviews. "Andy and I are just friends. Andy is a gentleman, he is a genius, talented..."
Brooklyn Decker felt extremely regretful when he saw the ever-popular Marisa Miller. Although Carl had already helped her get auditions for two movies, and although they were small roles, they made her happy for a long time, now it seemed like he was a fool. Look at that bitch Marisa Miller now, flirting on TV and shamelessly tying herself and Andy together for hype.
"Damn it, this bitch, this old woman is so shameless. No, I can't let her be so proud." Her jade hands tightly grasped the remote control, and she cursed with a ferocious expression on her beautiful face. She grabbed the handbag, poured out everything inside, found the cell phone, and found Andy's number with heavy breathing.
Manhattan, New York.
Andy raised the corners of his mouth slightly and hung up Brooklyn Decker's phone with a smug smile.
Although it was a bit sudden, it was also expected. Even though Andy was an IT geek in his previous life, he also learned a truth through various two-dimensional comics and novels: there is no harm without comparison.
Especially the relationship between Andy, Marissa Miller and Brooklyn Decker, which is a combination of interests. As long as Andy is always needed by the two women, he can control the two women. At the same time, if he wants to live a beautiful life with women around him, he has to make the two women oppose each other.
They worry about the lack of wealth and the imbalance of wealth, so they will naturally oppose each other, compare, and then try to please Andy. Some people will disdain Andy's views. Of course, this is based on the premise that Andy can always maintain his superiority in status. He can't feed them enough but he must keep feeding them, so that they can feel a little hungry, so that they can gradually rely on him and then completely control him.
Does this sound familiar? Yes, it's the manufactured Stockholm syndrome. Fame and fortune are like high-purity drugs; once you've tried them, you can't stop. Losing them is a life worse than death.
Brooklyn Decker's resentment towards Marissa Miller and his open seduction of Andy on the phone made Andy very proud. This was a good start.
Even if there is no love between each other and they are dating with a purpose, Andy is not opposed to it at all. Both sides have needs. What Andy needs is RBQ without emotional pressure. Although it sounds hard to hear, this is the reality. He will not get married anyway because he cannot believe in modern marriage, especially in the face of huge wealth. Once the marriage fails, Andy will pay not only with emotional pain but also with huge loss of wealth.
Therefore, being a playboy is his future path. If he refuses *****, he will have to use some means to tie some women firmly to his belt, even if it is RBQ.
Of course, it is still necessary to establish the main position of several women in Andy's life. After all, he needs to use means and children to control some women with distinct personalities.
A woman who lets go of her pride and dignity is terrifying. Think of Brooklyn Decker, furious about her double-fistedness, keeping her distance from Andy out of pride. And now, this 19-year-old, fresh and delicious girl is about to fly herself into Andy's mouth and enjoy it to her heart's content.
I threw my phone on the bed, stood up and stretched my body, feeling a little bored. I wanted to smoke a cigarette, but my mother accidentally found out and immediately scolded me and confiscated my cigarette. Now I can only endure it.
It was too hot to go out, and the omnipresent paparazzi had already found Andy's home address. There were reporters waiting outside the apartment building. Being followed was nothing to Andy, but Brooklyn Decker was coming tomorrow, and he had to find a way to get rid of them. Even if he wanted to be a playboy, he still had to protect his reputation.
Yes, even if you want to be a whore, you have to build a big saintly archway for yourself. Aren't all people hypocritical?
Andy sat back in front of the computer, opened Google, downloaded a video software, adjusted the camera, took out his phone and called Blair, the CEO of his game company.
After learning about the company's recent situation over the phone, he instructed Blair to convene a video conference with the company's management and two development team members.
Andy asked the maid to make him a cup of coffee, then turned on his laptop and started maintaining his blog and Twitter. He looked at the various messages and picked out a few replies from time to time. Of course, there are always trolls and black people in every country. As an Internet user who was brought up in an environment of various online violence, he didn't care about such malicious words at all.
The management of Mockingbird Games and the two game development teams did not dare to neglect the big boss's video conference to understand the company's situation and the progress of game development. They quickly prepared the materials and rushed into the meeting room to sit down, waiting for the meeting to be held.
Fifteen minutes later, the meeting began. Andy first began to listen to the report from the finance department. After all, this was the department he took control of first. Then he listened to the company's administrative department. Although this was the CEO's job, Blair still asked the administrative department to report to the big boss, hoping that the boss would have a better understanding of the company's current operations.
The focus of the meeting was the reports from the two game development teams. Since it would take some time for the iPhone to be launched, and the Android system would not appear until the end of 2007, "Plants vs. Zombies" was currently being developed as a PC casual game project.
The development of the "Minecraft" game is progressing very smoothly. I admire Andy for asking the development team to base the game engine on OpenGL (a professional graphics programming interface that defines a cross-programming language and cross-platform programming interface specification. It is used for three-dimensional images and is a powerful and easy-to-call low-level graphics library).
Because it helps programmers develop high-performance, impactful, and visually expressive graphics processing software on hardware devices such as PCs, workstations, and supercomputers. This makes the game "Minecraft" even better.
As for the requirements for "Plants vs. Zombies", Andy hopes that the development team will pay attention to its multiple versions during development. Home game consoles are still the mainstream in the United States, and mobile phones are the future.
Both games were Andy's ideas, and he prepared them very thoroughly. The game background stories, the images and personalities of the various game characters, the effects after attacks, etc. were all written in great detail, which saved the early work of game development. The programmers only needed to make the finished product, so the development team members listened very carefully and recorded every suggestion Andy made.
Based on the complete settings of the game levels, Andy also hopes that team members will come up with good ideas to improve the future playability of the game and enhance the life of the game.
At present, we can only develop the version for the PC platform. A good cook cannot cook without rice. We can only wait for the bitten apple to come up with their masterpiece as soon as possible to give Andy's career wings.
Why didn't they launch smartphones first? Andy could only laugh. Jobs had already built a patent barrier and there was no time to lose. The most important thing was that Andy knew very well that being a pioneer was not that easy. He just had to grasp the pulse of the times and make easy money.