Chapter 848: I want to eat too
Dongyuan University.
A boy walked out of the auditorium.
Immediately, a number of reporters came up, flashing lights, and the reporters' microphones went up.
"Mr. Shao, why did you come to participate in this school song competition?"
"Mr. Shao, I heard that the song you sang today has been bought for 200,000 yuan, is it true?"
"Mr. Shao, what are you ...... about your current results?"
Shao Yangyang turned his head suddenly, corrected the previous reporter, and said, "It's sold for 2 million, and it's just a tune." ”
The reporter who was corrected hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to continue to ask more questions, Shao Yangyang, who was in the crowd, waved his hand and walked out of the crowd under the escort of two bodyguards.
In the back, the flash is still flashing desperately.
When he got into the car, Shao Yangyang breathed a sigh of relief and took out the phone.
He called his father first: "Dad, passed...... Well, I got Dad, okay Dad......"
Then he called Yu Wenhong again: "Aunt Yu, I'm out, everything is going well...... Yes, I passed, and the tutor's evaluation was not bad......"
After making the call, Shao Yangyang took a deep breath, leaned on the backrest a little tiredly, and looked ahead.
The car was driving out of the crowd and gradually driving towards the gate of Dongyuan University.
From time to time, there are also reporters taking pictures of vehicles on the side of the road in front of the car.
Although he knew that the reporters couldn't see him, Shao Yangyang still put on his hat and shrank in the back seat, avoiding all eyes.
Growing up, it was almost his instinct to avoid flashing lights when he shouldn't show his face.
And I don't know when, he has started to hate all the flashes.
On the co-pilot of the vehicle, his agent, Zhu Yaxin, who is also his aunt, said: "Yangyang, if you are tired, take a rest, and you will have to take vocal lessons later, the vocal teacher said that you have not performed well recently, you must come on." ”
Shao Yangyang didn't speak, but his already low height shrunk even smaller.
Shao Yangyang, as the last contestant of the "Genius Plan B", has also successfully entered the primary selection of the Dongyuan University School Song Competition.
This means that the six people of the "Genius Project" promoted by Yu Wenhong have all been shortlisted for the primary selection of the school song competition.
This is not difficult, after all, the primary selection criterion for the school song competition is "college students who can sing".
The six people who have been selected, trained, and packaged by a professional company are not a problem if they do not pass the primary selection.
But Shao Yangyang is actually a special one.
Because Shao Yangyang is a "second generation star".
His father used to be a popular singer Shao Kebin, and his mother was also a famous "Jade Singer".
However, the stardom of the two people was not very smooth, after the phenomenal explosion, the two soon encountered a low point in their careers, and also encountered the era of the rise of the four little kings of Zhou Wang Taolin, under the impact of a large number of excellent, original musicians, the couple who can only sing ballet love songs quickly disappeared from the public's field of vision.
After that, the two of them appeared in front of everyone again, and they were basically all kinds of gossip.
Why Shao Kebin and his wife divorced, Shao Kebin was found to have a junior, Shao Kebin was suspected of being cuckolded by his agent, etc......
Fortunately, the two of them also have a few highly sung songs, which are must-have songs for middle-aged and elderly people when they sing in KTV, so they are not completely outdated.
And the two of them have already completed the early accumulation, plus they have good connections, and they have caught up with the good times, and many things they have invested in have good returns, and they have slowly become "capital" in the entertainment industry, which means a bit of "wrist".
It's the kind of self-media with the title of the party, and I like it the most, "He used to be popular all over the country, and others thought he was too angry, but in fact, he was super good" and "Look at XXX's mansion, do you still think he is too angry" The protagonist of this kind of title.
Are they big names in the entertainment industry?
Actually, it doesn't count anymore.
There is not much appeal and influence.
But sometimes they can still be a little useful when they speak, and they can't remember if they don't search, and they still live on the edge of gossip and public opinion when they search, and they will be taken out by some media as "nostalgic" and "fried cold rice".
In their current state, they have taken a back seat, but they are unwilling to be on the second line, they no longer live on the entertainment industry, but they still don't want to leave the entertainment industry.
After all, in other circles, how can the entertainment industry be glamorous?
Once you've tasted it, there's no going back.
Shao Kebin's husband and wife are not in a good relationship, and their opinions in many aspects are to the left, but only one thing is the same.
That's what I expect from my son - you need to become famous as soon as possible.
At the beginning of the century, they were pushed off the altar by several singers who sang and wrote well, and were trampled by countless musicians who were not as good as the Four Little Kings, but still had excellent creativity, and had nowhere to turn over.
All parents in the world will give their children what they think is the best.
Therefore, since Shao Yangyang was three years old, they began to train their son's music.
Piano, Violin, Vocal ......
It can be said that they used all their strength to build a "musical prodigy".
Under the heavy operation of the two people, Shao Yangyang "showed a strong creative ability" when he was more than ten years old, held a concert for himself, and invited many masters to praise him.
At that time, there was a wave of "gifted children" craze.
But the heat that was blown out, the frequent TV appearances, but the monotonous performances, were quickly bored by the audience.
In the blink of an eye, I was washed away by the information of the information age and could not see it.
When they were almost adults, the two of them worked hard to create the title of "genius creator" for Shao Yangyang.
All kinds of original talent shows have been on and on. The hype of "creating" songs and "selling at sky-high prices" is endless.
Stuffed songs in the new albums of major famous singers and showed their faces.
It's just that this kind of hype, this kind of unsparing promotion, has not been effective.
No matter how much Shao Yangyang buys more official announcements, his popularity has never been very high.
No matter how glamorous the "genius boy" character he created for his parents to help him create, the songs he "created" were not popular.
There are not even other people's songs that he has covered on the Internet.
There is no way, Shao Yangyang's parents, although they still have some connections, but they are old and decayed, and the "genius creations" that Shao Kebin helped Shao Yangyang create are just lacking a little level, and even have a rotten taste at the end of the last century, which can't open the market at all.
can know that when Shao Yangyang started a live broadcast and covered other people's songs on the Internet, Shao Kebin immediately closed his account and asked him not to touch those "low-level" things.
The couple was defeated by the glorious beginning of the century, the era that belonged to the Four Little Heavenly Kings, and their imaginary enemy was the creative genius of the Four Little Heavenly Kings, the genius who led the times.
But the modern era has changed, and in this era, original music is even more sluggish, and singers are not busy releasing songs, but participating in various variety shows.
Plagiarized singers are not ashamed but proud, just piece them together and write a good hook or two, and they can become a hit on Douyin......
On the one hand, the music market has sunk to a lower-end environment than before they were eliminated.
On the one hand, the audience has been nourished by several genius-level little kings.
In this era of contradictions, they attack frequently, but they always find the wrong place, do not have a pulse, and punch in the air.
When Shao Kebin and his wife felt unsustainable and found that they couldn't keep up with the times, Yu Wenhong extended an olive branch to them.
As contemporaries, Yu Wenhong and Shao Yangyang's parents have a good relationship.
And in her plan, she really needs people like Shao Yangyang.
Other "geniuses" still need to start from scratch, and Shao Yangyang is already a half-finished product.
After joining Yu Wenhong's "Genius Plan B", Yu Wenhong asked someone to drastically modify Shao Yangyang's previous creations, re-arrange the personalized music, and help Shao Yangyang record an album, and then added several hit charts, appeared on several influential programs, and promoted by platforms such as Douyin, Shao Yangyang's "genius creator" character was finally established.
This kind of cooperation has lasted for several months, and some time ago, Shao Yangyang's new album also achieved good results.
There are several songs, and they even exploded on Douyin.
Yu Wenhong took the opportunity to hype, found some unpublished songs from the music library of his partner HSL, took them out and packaged them, turned them into Shao Yangyang's originals, and gave these songs to his own artists to sing.
also publicized "heavy money purchase" to the outside world, and even hung the title of producer on Shao Yangyang.
At this point, Shao Yangyang, a genius creator and producer who is "hard to find", has finally stood up.
The hardships in the middle are really not enough for outsiders.
The hardest thing is Shao Yangyang himself.
He was already somewhat depressed, often unable to concentrate, and needed sleeping pills to fall asleep at night.
And he's only 19 years old now.
At this moment, Shao Yangyang leaned on the back seat, staring blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.
Zhu Yaxin, the agent in the co-pilot, received a phone call, said a few words, and then said to Shao Yangyang in the back seat: "Yangyang, there is a new work arrangement, let's go to a press conference." ”
"Press conference?" Shao Yangyang shrank when he heard this, and then said, "Aren't you going to take vocal lessons?"
"The vocal class teacher can postpone it, this press conference is very important, whether you can become a big star or not, it depends on this time. ”
Shao Yangyang shrank in the back seat, not wanting to speak.
He wanted to say that he didn't want to be a big star, but the experience from childhood to adulthood made him dare not resist and couldn't resist.
The character created by his parents and the brokerage company has turned into layers of shackles on his body, locking him firmly.
"Yangyang, remember to speak arrogantly, don't be submissive, understand? You are an excellent creator, you are the best at writing songs among young people, you have to be confident, understand?"
"Oh......"
Shao Yangyang responded.
Then, shrinking deeper in the back seat.
After more than ten minutes, the car stopped.
The bodyguard opened the back door and heard the sound of "click" opening the door, Shao Yangyang trembled, and then got out of the car.
Outside the door, Shao Kebin was already waiting there.
He took Shao Yangyang's hand, lowered his voice and said, "Good job, son, Dad will rely on you in the future!
Shao Yangyang raised his head blankly, and Shao Kebin also gave him a thumbs up: "Your son! Dad believes in you!"
Nearby, reporters clicked to film this scene.
Shao Kebin has never been afraid of his high profile, Shao Yangyang passed the primary selection of the school song competition, and he immediately held a press conference.
Shao Yangyang followed behind Shao Kebin, and he kept brewing emotions.
After a few moments, his face flushed unnormally, and his whole body fell into euphoria.
Even with a hint of abnormal mania.
When standing in front of the microphone, Shao Yangyang became calm in the face of the reporter's flash.
Since he was a child, he doesn't know how many times he has attended such occasions.
From the first time he was forced to go on stage by his parents, to now he is forcing himself to go on stage.
The person standing in front of the stage is no longer him, but another personality he performs.
Sometimes, Shao Yangyang feels that he is not a singer, but an actor.
He heard himself talking into the microphone.
"I participated in the school song competition to win the championship. ”
"Their music is good, but my music is also unique and no worse than anyone else. ”
"Gu Xiaobai, I think Gu Xiaobai sings better than he writes. ”
"I'm a producer, maybe one day Gu Xiaobai will beg me to help him make an album. ”
"I already produced and released an album by myself when I was 14 years old, much earlier than Gu Xiaobai!"
"I'm the best songwriter under the age of 20!"
"In this era, in fact, there is a unified standard for measuring whether music is good or not, that is, whether there is a market. ”
"If I am also hidden behind the scenes, I can rely on writing songs to get a meal, do you see Gu Xiaobaixing?"
"I think Gu Xiaobai is more handsome than me...... Relying on music to eat, he really can't do it. ”
All kinds of words are really not shocking and endless, and the reporters next to them are crazy, desperately stretching the microphone, lest the radio be unclear.
As a musician, arrogance is not a shortcoming.
What's more, Shao Yangyang's age is here, he is younger than Fu Wenyao, only more than a year older than Gu Xiaobai.
At this age, participating in the school song contest and spitting fragrant or something, they are all "frank" and "upright".
At least after packaging and leading.
Moreover, it is normal for teenagers to look at each other unpleasantly, and the "adults" will be extra tolerant.
Although many people don't agree with Shao Yangyang's remarks about "just rice", they have to admit that being able to use music to get a meal and sell 2 million for a song is also very awesome.
But as for whether he is the most expensive, I don't know, after all, Gu Xiaobai has never sold songs.
After the press conference, Shao Yangyang retracted into the back seat, as if he had been drained.
And that night, twelve o'clock passed.
"Prosperous Peace" was launched.