"A one-minute countdown is ready. Ready to go live!""Broadcast station OK!"Lighting OK!""Go to the scene!"5!"4!""3!""2!"

"1!" As the audience applauded and cheered expectantly, a figure appeared behind the light, and the light turned on. Li Jian walked onto the stage. He was the first singer to sing on stage, and according to the rules, he was also the host. Among the seven singers invited in the first round, Li Jian is not the youngest, but he has been unknown in recent years. He and Xu Meitang both made a comeback after many years of silence. But Xu Meitang was a well-known first-line singer before her comeback. And Li Jian is just a lonely rock singer. When he became famous last year, many people didn't know about Li Jian, and even rock fans were about to forget about him.

At this time, he is actually like a rookie singer, although last year's concert has been held in Southeast Asia and has become well-known in Asia, but his foundation is still relatively shallow. So Ye Zheng won him the identity of a host, which allowed him to have more opportunities to appear. Li Jian didn't say a word, stood still, and nodded to the accompaniment band behind him.

Surprisingly, it was not the sound of a passionate rock band that sounded first, but a melodious violin, followed by a harmonica. The melody sounded, and the audience and others were stunned. What's going on? This is not Li Jian's style at all! This is not at all the form of rock music that everyone has in their impression! Such a gentle melody can be played as the melody of rock music "The Girl in the Flower House," and everyone can hear this. But it's really nice!

I used to listen to "The Girl in the Flower House", and the sound of electric guitar and drum music was loud and deafening, which made people feel excited. Now I hear the ensemble of violin and harmonica, and the percussion is added, which is relaxed and melodious, and has a unique flavor. At this time, Li Jian had not yet sung, and he already gave people a refreshing feeling. The violin and harmonica were both standing next to Li Jian, followed by several harmonies, and at this time, everyone also noticed that there was a beautiful woman sitting next to Li Jian, holding a musical instrument in her arms. Then someone recognized it as a three-string. Even the traditional national musical instruments have been added, and there are many expectations in everyone's hearts.

At this time, Li Jian also opened his mouth to sing, but his voice was much softer. After singing a paragraph, Li Jian's microphone fell, and the sound of the three strings sounded, and with the accompaniment of the harmonica and violin, a whole melody was played.

Suddenly, a sense of maturity and unique national charm emerged spontaneously, which was addictive. If the violin and harmonica at the beginning are as fresh and natural as a young girl, then the three strings of this kind of folk song suddenly push the song into a mature period. Li Jian continued to sing, Ye Zheng and Chen Hua sat in a room backstage watching, waiting for Li Jian to finish singing, Chen Hua looked at Ye Zheng: "Needless to say, the form of this arrangement must be remembered by you." ”

"I just came up with an idea, and we did it together. Ye Zheng said, in fact, he just plagiarized Han Lei's amazing ideas in "I Am a Singer" in his previous life, and the two issues of "I Am a Singer" in his previous life have emerged many amazing forms of arrangement, if they are not used, Ye Zheng will feel wasted. "Modesty. Chen Hua said. Ye Zheng smiled, Li Jian on the stage had already begun to introduce himself, and announced his identity as the host, and of course, there was an advertising slogan: "Snowman facial cleanser, I am a singer".

The Yeti Facial Cleanser won its naming rights at a price of 145 million, which is about the same as in the previous life. Then introduce the next singer who will appear, Lin Wanqing. Of course, he only mentioned some of Lin Wanqing's honors and characteristics, and did not point out who it was, setting up a small suspense waiting for the singer to appear in person to unveil. As Lin Wanqing appeared on the stage, applause rang out and fell, and the accompaniment band sounded the song "Meet", which was highly sung.

"Lin Wanqing is an old acquaintance of yours. Chen Hua said with a smile: "I heard that she agreed to the invitation of the crew, largely because of your face." "Either way, she'll definitely feel wise about her decision in the future. Ye Zheng smiled and said.

Chen Hua also nodded in agreement, just the first Li Jian's show brought amazement, and until now the audience's reaction, Chen Hua's confidence in this show is getting more and more. Ye Zheng looked at a girl with a pipa in her arms sitting next to Lin Wanqing on the stage, her fingers were plucked, and the sound of the pipa added a lot of bright colors to this "Encounter".

"The lute is a good instrument. Ye Zheng suddenly said. Chen Hua let out an "um" and said, "Her pipa skills are indeed good. "Oh, you know the lute?" "I studied it for a few years when I was a child, and then it was abandoned. Chen Hua said: "But there is still ear power." Her level of performance is at the level of independent performance. Of course, it is very difficult for the performers of national instrumental music to have the opportunity to play, except for large high-profile groups such as the national orchestra, it is extremely difficult for other artists scattered among the folk to rely on this to eat. ”

Probably more affectionate for the pipa, Chen Hua said: "Except for special national instrumental music performances and the needs of some special occasions, there are few other national instruments. There are very few ways for folk music artists to live, except for a very small number of quyi theaters that need these artists, they are not needed at all for ordinary large and small music commercial performances. Don't look at her beautiful playing the pipa on stage, in fact, her income may not be as good as that of a singer who sings in a bar. "National instrumental music is in a very awkward situation. If everyone doesn't like her, most people will think that the national musical instrument is very beautiful and beautiful. However, everyone is unwilling to really spend money to listen to folk music performances, and is unwilling to buy folk music albums. Chen Hua sighed: "Probably, these things are still not grounded, and it is difficult to take root and survive." ”

"This is the land of our China, they are the native musical instruments of our nation, why can't they take root and survive and be welcomed by everyone like piano and violin?" Ye Zheng said: "In my opinion, the reason for their decline is mainly due to two aspects, the first is the lack of good new works, and the other is the lack of good commercial operation. He looked at the performance that was about to end on the stage and said seriously: "I want to try!"

"Huh?" Chen Hua was stunned for a moment, then understood what Ye Zheng meant, and said in surprise: "Do you want to do folk music?" Ye Zheng nodded: "National musical instruments are the treasures of our Chinese nation, I can't watch them decline like this, I have to do something to pull a hand, it doesn't matter whether it is successful or not, I must do my best." Looking at Ye Zheng's expression, Chen Hua understood that Ye Zheng was talking about this matter very seriously. She opened her mouth and wanted to say, "It's difficult", but thinking that he was Ye Zheng, the words became: "Okay, maybe you can really do this." But I still have to give you a piece of advice, try it first, and if it doesn't work well, take it slowly. In fact, there are many people who have the same idea as you, and some people have even set up record companies in this area, but without exception, they have not succeeded. "Record labels. Chen Hua just mentioned it casually, but inadvertently reminded Ye Zheng and reminded him of a record company in his previous life, Fengchao Records.

In the previous life, Trendy Records vigorously developed the development of traditional instrumental music, and released many works of this type, and achieved a very good response. It has made great contributions to the development and promotion of traditional instrumental music. Since there were successful cases in his previous life, why couldn't he try it? Moreover, he now has the funds, fame and publicity channels, as long as he comes up with good works, it should not be difficult to carry forward the traditional instrumental music.

"Do!" Ye Zheng made up his mind in his heart, during the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, he said to Long Peiqi and Lan Chunxiao that he wanted to make national instrumental music, but he was too busy during that time, so he had no plans to do this again. Now he has a little less to do.

On the side of "I Am a Singer", after getting on the right track, he has less to do, except for the passage that came out when the singer appeared at the back of the performance stage, there are two passages on the side of the studio. This passage near Chen Hua and Ye Zheng is the passage for the singer to leave the stage, and the singer and the agent waiting here will go to a reception room from here to meet the other singers, and the whole process is filmed by a camera. The accompanist who followed the singer and others will go out through another passage and move freely. You can go to the singer's exclusive lounge and wait for the singer to finish recording the show, or you can leave directly without interference.

Xia Yulian held the pipa in her arms and walked to Lin Wanqing's exclusive lounge. "It's a good feeling to play on stage. She whispered to herself, her mind was full of the few minutes she had just performed, Lin Wanqing was singing, and she was playing the pipa...... The audience listened quietly and obsessively, applauding enthusiastically in between. It was between Lin Wanqing's singing, but her pipa was playing, so at that moment, she had a trance-like feeling, those who applauded were praising her, and those applause were for her. Especially when she finished singing, Lin Wanqing gestured to ask the audience to applaud and thank her. When those applause and cheers were really for her, those short two or three seconds were happiness that she had never experienced.

Playing the pipa since elementary school, she dreamed of one day being able to perform on stage, and later became a teacher and had the strength to perform on stage, but she found that there were not so many stages that needed her. Not to mention large-scale performances, even small performances and small theaters are basically not needed. Later, she finally found a small quyi theater as an accompanist, and only then did she have a fixed but meager salary. Her monthly income is not even as good as a second-tier singer singing a song.

So recently, she is also learning piano, hoping to find a way out. If it weren't for Lin Wanqing, she would never have been on today's stage. Speaking of which, this is also her luck, because she and Lin Wanqing are old classmates, and they still lived in the same community when they were children. So when Lin Wanqing wanted to adapt the song and add the pipa, she thought of her and took a sum of money to ask her to be an accompanist. She agreed to come because of affection and because of the remuneration equivalent to half a month's salary. I thought that I would sit on the side of the stage as an accompanist, but I didn't expect Lin Wanqing to add a lot of charm to the three strings when she watched Li Jian sing in front of her, so she also let her sit on the stage and perform. She unexpectedly experienced the feeling of being a star.

That kind of scene, for a singer like Lin Wanqing, he naturally saw a lot. But for Xia Yulian, she has never experienced it. "Alas, it's a pity that it's only a few minutes away. I don't know if Wanqing will need pipa accompaniment in the future. She whispered to herself, her expression showing regret: "I hope, but I can't have expectations, I'd better go back to the theater to participate in the performance as soon as possible, and half of the bonus will be deducted if I delay tomorrow's performance." ”

She packed the pipa in the house and prepared to leave here first, Lin Wanqing had already bought her a ticket, and there were still three hours to take off. Before leaving, she glanced at Zou Minmin, who was singing on stage, and sighed lightly: "Who let us not have a good voice!" Lowering her head and sighing, she opened the door and stepped out, but unexpectedly bumped into a person standing in front of the door. "Oops......" She quickly took two steps back, and was about to apologize, but heard the person who was hit apologize first.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Ye Zheng looked at the girl in front of him very apologetically, he quickly chased into the passage, and saw her come to Lin Wanqing's lounge, so he followed, and was about to knock on the door, but he didn't expect the door to open suddenly, and the girl stepped out without looking at it. Ye Zheng didn't have time to hide at all, so he collided with her. Xia Yulian said, "It's okay, it's okay", and then raised her head and saw Ye Zheng's face. So young...... A thought flashed through her mind, and she immediately remembered the name of the person in front of her, and her expression changed from embarrassed to surprised: "Ye Zheng?" "It's me." Ye Zheng didn't expect her to know herself, nodded with a smile, and explained, "I just wanted to knock on the door, and then I didn't have time to dodge." ”

"Sorry, I didn't notice you standing in the doorway. Xia Yulian didn't expect that the person she bumped into turned out to be Ye Zheng, so she became more and more embarrassed. Although she is not an avid fan of Ye Zheng, she also knows a lot about Ye Zheng and admires it very much, in addition to the reason for those songs, part of the reason comes from Lin Wanqing. She has a good relationship with Lin Wanqing, and she knows a lot about Lin Wanqing's situation. She knew that Lin Wanqing became popular last year because of Ye Zheng's album, and then the new album was upset. She also knew that one of the purposes for Lin Wanqing to come to participate in "I Am a Singer" was to hope to have a good relationship with Ye Zheng again, and the best thing was to ask Ye Zheng to write a few more songs for her.

She knows Ye Zheng's status in Lin Wanqing's heart, and she also knows Ye Zheng's status in the hearts of many singers and ordinary people. She personally admires Ye Zheng's brilliant achievements, in fact, she originally regretted that she had to go back early and couldn't meet Ye Zheng with Lin Wanqing, but she didn't expect Ye Zheng to take the initiative to come. She thought that Ye Zheng should have come to find Lin Wanqing, so she said, "Mr. Ye is sorry, Wanqing is not here, she went to another room." ”

Then Xia Yulian thought about whether to take this opportunity to ask Ye Zheng to sign a group photo, and go back to show off to those colleagues who admired Ye Zheng, and heard Ye Zheng say: "I'm not here to find Sister Wanqing, I'm here to find you." ”

As far as Lin Wanqing is concerned, she tasted the sweetness of cooperating with Ye Zheng, and experienced the dilemma of losing Ye Zheng's works. Then I saw Ye Zheng making one singer after another popular. So she wanted to have the opportunity to contact Ye Zheng more and seek new cooperation opportunities.

Baina has objections to this, but Lin Wanqing doesn't care, her contract doesn't stipulate that she must follow Baina's arrangement. Even, Lin Wanqing recently came up with an idea to abandon Baina's contract and switch to space-time music. However, this approach still needs to be carefully considered, first of all, the issue of liquidated damages, although Baina will not forcefully limit Lin Wanqing's behavior, but whether it is revenue sharing or business operation, it must comply with the provisions of the contract and share with Baina.

The signing fee for her new contract is 40 million, but the liquidated damages specified in the contract are also higher. The signing fee given by the music company to the artist is not all available to the artist himself, but also to the agent and the team, especially the signing fee is often paid in installments. But the liquidated damages are often paid by the artists themselves, and they will fall into the situation of lawsuits and reputations. If she gritted her teeth, Lin Wanqing could also take it, but the current situation is not worth it.

Moreover, her participation in "I Am a Singer" was objected to, but it was approved by Zhang Deqiang. Zhang Deqiang has a deep understanding of Ye Zheng's ability and ability, and his ideas are similar to those of wheat field music. They have business competition, but why not use the resources provided by their competitors to improve their strength?

With the signing of one artist after another, the entire program team also relaxed, and finally Li Jian also signed a contract, and he was one of the 7 singers who started together with Xu Meitang.

The whole show is about to start filming the first episode, before that, Ye Zheng was invited by Chen Hua to record a top interview program of Huaxia TV Variety Channel, variety interview. Variety Interview is the most high-end variety show in the whole of China, and the people interviewed in each episode are all celebrities at home and abroad. And the difference between this variety show and many variety shows is that it has insisted on broadcasting in the form of live broadcast since its inception.

This kind of courage is not available to everyone. You must know that in the process of variety shows, there are often some big and small situations, or some words and behaviors of the guests and hosts are not suitable for broadcasting, etc., so after the interview show is recorded, it will go through some editing, delete some meaningless and bad impact shots, and the broadcast length can also be standardized.

But variety show interviews won't, it insists on live broadcasting, even if there are some episodes, whether it's good or bad, it doesn't matter. It is to insist on presenting the audience with the most authentic and intuitive interview. And because of this, this is also one of the reasons why it attracts audiences, coupled with the top beautiful hosts and first-class guests, so it has created its supreme status as a talk show.

In the weekly variety interview, which guest or guests will be invited to come, it is also a topic that the audience is talking about. The guest candidates for the next episode will be announced at the end of the previous episode. Of course, if the guest is in a hurry, there is no way. The audience will be informed through official channels.

After the end of the last variety show interview, the host leisurely announced the guests who will appear in the next episode...... Chairman of Time and Space Music, all-round ghost talent, Ye Zheng. Hot rock and roll sexy queen, boy killer, Xiao Qi. The new generation of gentle female voices, the goddess of purity, Su Momo.

At present, the most prestigious male and female duo group, Phoenix Legend. There are five people in total. When the news was announced, it attracted a heated discussion, these five people, except for Ye Zheng himself, everyone else has participated in some variety shows, of course, it is not a big platform like variety interviews, but it is also a program of a provincial TV station. Phoenix Legend has just finished a variety show to promote their new album "Auspicious Ruyi".

If you talk about Xiao Qi, Su Momo, and Phoenix Legend, the most qualified of them to appear in variety shows is Xiao Qi, after the second Cantonese album, the names of Xiao Qi and the Black Butterfly Band have swept all over Asia and gone international. Now that she is approaching a first-line singer like Lin Wanqing, her appearance fee is approaching. As for Su Momo and Phoenix Legend, they are much worse than Xiao Qi. The price of the appearance fee of the Black Butterfly Band is second only to Xu Meitang in time and space music, while Su Momo's appearance fee is only about one-fifth of Xiao Qi's.

The reason is that the Black Butterfly Band is a rock band, and the popularity is the same style as ever, and the female lead singer of the rock band is the only one who is famous, which is a rare variety. And Xiao Qi is beautiful, and her stage style is hot and sexy, which attracts attention, especially the eyeballs of young male students and male friends. In addition, the Black Butterfly Band often goes to some TV variety shows and so on when they have time, she is lively, straightforward and active, actively promotes herself, and with the promotion of two albums, she is naturally famous.

As for Su Momo, it's different. Although being a singer has always been Su Momo's wish, now she has fulfilled this wish. But she has always kept a low profile and maintained the image of a pure goddess. And she herself does not like all kinds of noisy occasions. In variety shows and commercial performances, she always listens to the company's arrangements, and she will go if she is asked, otherwise she will not go, and she will never take the initiative. Therefore, her fame is lower than Xiao Qi, and the appearance fee is naturally lower. Of course, even Su Momo is treated like a second-tier singer. It's something that newcomers from other music companies can't hope for.

As for the Phoenix Legend, the fame is even lower, and the song "Over the Moon" has not become a popular divine comedy in this world, but it is just eye-catching and good. The reason is Ye Zheng. In the face of the continuous release of high-quality albums by Time and Space Music, the public has enjoyed so many high-quality songs in a short period of time, including many amazing songs. So the light of "Over the Moon" was overshadowed.

Zhong Wei and Siqin Linghua were a little impatient in their hearts, after all, they saw that Black Butterfly, Tang Dynasty, and Su Momo, who entered the company at the same time, were all on fire, but there was a gap in their results. It wasn't until Ye Zheng talked to them in person after he took out the second album for them that the two of them settled down again and continued to make music in a down-to-earth manner. "Do you think your results are not good? The "On the Moon" album sold 1.15 million copies, which is a good result that many singers envy and can't envy, even if they are first-line singers, how many can buy albums more than this number? You are just a little less than Xiao Qi and them. So you are impatient, upset, why are you so breathless? You are the only male and female group in our company, and you are also one of the few male and female groups in China. In that respect, your results are good enough. The most important thing is to put your mind at ease, make music steadily, play steadily, and improve your strength. As long as you work your own, the company will build you into a first-class combination in no more than two years. ”

With Ye Zheng's promise and the quality of the songs of the second album, Phoenix Legend also calmed down. Yes, what is there not to be satisfied with? Even first-line singers who have sold less than a million albums abound. But their albums sold 1.15 million! They have a low appearance fee and a small reputation, and that's because they debuted for a short time. And they themselves chose the wrong object of comparison. Now a newcomer within a year of their debut, who dares to compete with the Black Butterfly Band? The first album sold 3.3 million, and the second album has exceeded 4 million, and is charging towards 5 million copies.