Chapter 641
After the broadcast of "Variety Interview", a song "Departure" and a song "I Wish You Peace" became popular, especially the song "I Wish You Peace", which became popular all over the country in less than a week. Among the recent hit songs, the only one that can be compared to it is the song "Always Go Home to See". Of course, both songs were created by Ye Zheng. After showing his concern for the family and the elderly, Ye Zheng's two songs expressed his deep blessings to his friends and everyone. And for the student group, the junior high school junior, the senior and senior students, etc., many people are facing separation, and at the moment of separation, send a warm blessing to friends, what a warm and beautiful moment this should be, and it must be a very beautiful memory in retrospect after many years. Even the two songs "Friends" and "I Wish You a Happy Journey" that Ye Zheng once sang at the graduation party of his third year of high school also became popular, and the video that had already been posted on video websites was once again put into the recommendation position by major websites, and the number of clicks on the video also increased rapidly. There are also many people who cover this song on the Internet, and many students use these songs as background music to make MVs to commemorate the good life. Looking at the upsurge of blessings to friends triggered on the Internet, Ye Zheng thought to himself that after a while, when the graduation season is coming, he can make two albums with this as the main style, and they will definitely sell well. Speaking of school, Ye Zheng has not returned to live in school since the beginning of school, he is now a special person, and no one cares about him if he doesn't go to class. Moreover, it is said that a set of theories left by Ye Zheng to the school teacher is being studied by the dean, and he has to declare academic achievements for Ye Zheng. In this case, what can he do if he doesn't go to class? Cheng Yijian and Xu Qi have also become truant maniacs, and the teachers in the school know that they are people from the film studio set up by Ye Zheng, so they will turn a blind eye and only ask them to pass the exam, and do whatever they like to do at other times. So they continued to be busy filming "The Two of Us", but the film spanned the four seasons of the year, but the story capacity in each quarter was limited. So it's not worth spending a year on this movie. Ye Zheng also felt that he couldn't waste time, he intended to build Cheng Yijian's crew as one of the teams of the film and television company in the future, and of course he hoped that they could practice diligently. So he wrote the script of the chopsticks brothers' micro-film "Father", and asked Cheng Yijian to shoot this micro-film, which is planned to start in March and be posted on the Internet in April, which is a gift for Father's Day. At the same time, he thought of the two promotional films of Peking University, "Girl's Diary" and "Boy's Diary", which were both good. So he wrote the script of "Girl's Diary", and asked Cheng Yijian to take the script to Sun Siyang, the dean of the School of Directing. Cheng Yijian is of course confident that he will shoot "Girl's Diary", and since a "Heard" won many awards and nominations at the 4th College Student Micro Film Festival, his fame at Huaxia University of the Arts has been increasing day by day. Later, I heard that Ye Zheng invested in a film studio, and now there are many students of various majors who want to join the studio, do camera lighting, etc., and there are many people in the acting department who want to get a role in the movie "The Two of Us", but there are very few actors needed for the movie. If Cheng Yijian said at this time that he would choose the heroine of "Girl's Diary", there would definitely be a large number of beauties who signed up. The reason why I went to find Sun Siyang was because I wanted Cheng Yijian to get involved with Huaxia University of the Arts through this micro-film. This was originally a promotional video of Peking University, and Ye Zheng modified it into a promotional video of Huayi.
At the very least, the investment in this "Girl's Diary" will be taken by the school. And this is also good for Cheng Yijian, by shooting this micro-film, they can also learn something from the teachers and seniors of the directing academy. It is estimated that it will take more than a month from the planning of "Father" to the completion of filming, and "Girl's Diary" should be very fast, and it will be completed in less than a week. plus "The Two of Us", it is enough for Cheng Yijian and them to be busy until summer. When it comes to summer, Ye Zheng will have a new script to hand over to them. When Phoenix Legend's new album "Auspicious Ruyi" and Tang Dynasty Band's "The Best Tang Dynasty" were released and sold, the promotion of Lin Yujia's piano music album "Spring Overture" was also in full swing, because this album had been mentioned in "Variety Interview" before, so Time and Space Music took advantage of the enthusiasm of the show to start publicity, and the response was very good. Under normal circumstances, although this kind of pure music repertoire is popular, sales are low, even if it is an excellent album performed by the national orchestra, the highest sales are only 670,000 copies, but according to market feedback, the sales of this "Spring Overture" are expected to reach 500,000 copies. This expectation is already very satisfying. And when the first batch of 150,000 albums sold out, it also proved that it would achieve very good sales results. In addition to dealing with things in the company and creating various things in these days, Ye Zheng's new book "Tomb Robbery" has also begun to be updated. But what keeps him busy the most is the organization of "I Am a Singer". The singer has been found, but the schedule is an issue. Now they can't appreciate the huge publicity benefits brought by this show, so they are naturally unwilling to delay the commercial performance because of the recording of the show. Under the adjustment of Ye Zheng and Lu Haiming. The recording of the first episode of the program has been in March. Ye Zheng is the chief planner, and he is indispensable when the show is recorded, and Xu Meitang and Li Jian participated in the show, and he also has to give advice to the two of them. It may not be much now, but if the singers experience the huge benefits of this show, they will cross the sea to show their magic powers, and they will come up with the bottom of the box. Ye Zheng can't guarantee that Xu Meitang and Li Jian can still get the previous rankings in that situation, so he thought about showing the best state in the first two episodes of the show and holding a good ranking, and then time and space music can cooperate with the publicity of China Television to improve the fame of Xu Meitang and Li Jian. Neither of them has released a new album since their first album, but both are already recording. Li Jian's new album is not all inherited from Cui Jian again, in addition to Cui Jian's "A Red Cloth", "Let Me Scatter a Little Wild on the Snow" and other songs, but also added the rock music of the Black Panthers, Ye Zheng took out the songs from the Black Panthers' first album "Black Panther" to add to it, and named it "No Place for Self-Shame" for his album. As one of the three axes at the beginning of the establishment of time and space music, Ye Zheng wants to build Li Jian into a world-class rock star. And this "Black Panther" by the Black Panthers is definitely a classic album. In that year, the Black Panthers released this album in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the tracks such as "Don't Break MyHeart" and "No Place to Be Ashamed" became famous songs sung by Chinese youth. And the Black Panther has also become the rock band with the largest album sales in the world. Even in Chinese mainland at the time, the album set a record of 1.5 million box releases, which is amazing. And Xu Meitang's second album continued to take the luxury route, and Ye Zheng once again took out a batch of songs to form a classic luxury album. "Proverbs of Love", "The Way You Look", "Don't Decorate Your Dreams", "Night Night Night", "Like an Old Man Coming", "Woman Flower", "Intimate Lover", "Love Search", "Manshu Sahua", "Like Water Flowing Year", a total of ten songs make up this album called "Like Water Flowing Year".
You, Zeng Zhiwei, Jackie Chan, Zhang Huimei, Lin Yilian, Tony Leung, Andy Lau and others participated in the organization of a "Anita Mui 10 Thoughts Concert". Many artists sang Anita Mui's songs, told stories with Anita Mui, and missed Anita Mui, which was deeply touching. Especially when Andy Lau sang the song "Like Water", his eyes were full of tears and sadness, which was embarrassing. When Ye Zheng came to this world and used the songs of these artists, he often remembered their voices and appearances. Some of them are still active, they are popular singers and kings, some have quit the entertainment industry, and some have passed away. Everyone's fate is different, there are joys and sorrows, and I don't know what kind of situation they are in that world now. The artists in the company, Ye Zheng also made a distinction according to various factors such as personal strength and conditions, etc., with the gradual increase in the number of artists in the company, various things inside and outside his company have gradually increased. Ye Zheng really doesn't have the energy to take care of every artist, and the artists he pays the most attention to now are the three rocks, Xu Meitang, Su Momo, Phoenix Legend, Zhou Dong, Wan Chengcheng, and Yan Xiaomei. Yan Xiaomei has signed a contract with Time and Space Music, and Ye Zheng took out Zhang Huimei's famous album "Sisters" to sing to her as it was. This is also a very strong album, in 1996 Zhang Huimei released her debut album "Sisters", which ranked first on the IFPI chart for nine consecutive weeks, with sales of more than 1.08 million copies, and broke Jacky Cheung's record. Zhang Huimei became famous with this album. With the release of later albums such as "BADBOY" and "Holding Hands", he grew into an international superstar. Ye Zheng felt that Yan Xiaomei's conditions were also very good, so he also wanted to build her with a lot of money. In the eyes of the outside world, space-time music attracts money very much, with more than 100 million yuan of income every month, but the expenditure of space-time music is also a lot. In order to create these singers, time and space music is absolutely sparing no cost. There is pay, there will be gain.
"A one-minute countdown is ready. Ready to enter the scene!""The studio is OK!"The lights are OK!"""Enter the scene!"5!""4!""3!""2!""1!"With the audience's expectant applause and cheers, 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.
"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,
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." ”