Chapter 509
Zhou Ke's words made Ye Zheng happy in his heart, he just wanted to create a classic album, and of course he would select high-quality songs and hand them to Xu Meitang. If Xu Meitang is most concerned about the quality of the song, Ye Zheng is full of confidence! Just thinking about continuing to persuade Zhou Ke, Ye Zheng felt that his shoulder was patted, and when he looked up, it was Lin Wanqing.
"Hey, Ye Zheng!" Lin Wanqing sat down and waved her hand at Zhou Ke: "Hello Teacher Zhou!" "Hello Miss Lin!" Zhou Ke nodded with a smile. Lin Wanqing looked at Ye Zheng and said, "How about having your two nominations today?" Ye Zheng said and said with a smile: "You also have a nomination for Best Female Singer." ”
"It's unlikely that I'll win the award, and the best female singer is likely to be Joajou. Lin Wanqing said that Qiao Yaru is a popular female singer of Shenlong Records, and the album she brought this time has also won several nominations, and she is a fierce rival of Baina. The best female singer this time, there is already gossip that it is Qiao Yaru. Ye Zheng nodded, Lin Wanqing is here, he can't pull Zhou Ke to talk about starting a music company anymore. It's just that Lin Wanqing asked again: "I heard that you want to start a music company?"
"Hmm. Ye Zheng joked: "Why do you want to come, very welcome!" Lin Wanqing smiled and shook his head: "I still have two years left in my contract with Baina, and I will talk about it after two years!" "That's a pity." Ye Zheng smiled and chatted casually with Zhou Kelin Wanqing, the artists gradually came a lot, and the music festival was about to start. The Asian Music Festival was held in Zhujiang this time, and Zhujiang TV bought the exclusive live broadcast rights, and then almost every province had a TV channel to buy the broadcast rights, and the ratings of the Asian Music Festival every year were still very impressive, and many people would watch the live broadcast in front of the TV station.
At Ye Zheng's house, his parents were already sitting in front of the TV. At Su Momo's house, Su Momo sat in front of the TV. On the square outside the awards party, several big screens were also full of people, and ten people from the Black Butterfly Band and the Tang Dynasty Band gathered together, chatting and watching the big screen. As the lights turned on and the scene fell silent, the sound of the piano sounded, and a beam of light fell on the piano on the side of the stage, where a man was playing. Du Hao, a popular first-line singer in China, later focused on his acting career, and played the piano well, which was quite popular, he was the male host of this awards party.
With the sound of his piano, a tall woman in a long dress slowly spun and danced to the stage, causing a round of applause. Zhu Danzi, a singer from Southeast Asia and a well-known star of film and television songs, is the hostess of this awards party. Every year at the Asian Music Festival, among the two hosts, there is usually a Chinese person and a person from another country. As the second largest country in the world, Huaxia ranks first in the development of the entertainment industry in Asia, and is the largest producer of music, film and television in Asia, as well as the largest consumption place. And every year, most of the Asian music festival awards will basically be taken away by Huaxia.
And, at the Asian Music Festival, the lingua franca is Chinese. In Asia, if an artist wants to develop well, learning Chinese is a must for them. After a short program together, the two stood on stage with smiles on their faces. After a few simple opening remarks, Zhu Danzi said with a smile: "It's an honor to be invited by the program team to be the hostess of this Asian music festival, to be honest, I'm still a little nervous." But Brother Du, this isn't the first time you've hosted an Asian music festival, right?" Du Hao said: "When I hosted the Asian Music Festival the year before last, didn't you also get a nomination for Best Female Singer!"
"But the best female singer that year was not me, I think it must be because of your hosting, your five elements belong or something, I think you restrain me!" Zhu Danzi's words made the audience burst into laughter. Zhu Danzi locked his eyes on the audience again, and said with a smile: "Although it is the first time for me to host an Asian music festival, it is not the first time to come. I am very happy that I have seen many old friends and new friends this year, especially young people. This shows that our team has grown again. ”
"How do I feel like the back waves of the Yangtze River are pushing the front waves, Danzi, we are all old. Du Hao smiled. "you, I don't know it's a serious mistake to say that a woman is old!" Zhu Danzi pretended to be angry. smiled again: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's start to get into today's topic." I have a statistic that there are 173 albums and 1,020 songs in total. This data is a little more than last year, which shows that our music creation has improved again, right?"
"That's right!" The audience burst into laughter, and of course they didn't ignore the two hosts, and exchanged words in a low voice. "The albums participating in this Asian Music Festival will be voted by a panel of 30 judges from all over Asia, and will produce a total of 11 awards, including Best Male Singer, Best Female Singer, Best Group, Best Newcomer, Best Song, Best Lyricist, Best Composer, Best Arranger, Best Producer, Best MV Director, and Special Award! In addition to the special award, there are four nominations for each award, and one winner will be produced in the end!" Du Hao announced the award setting of this Asian Music Festival.
Compared with the awards held by those websites or TV stations, the awards of the Asian Music Festival are not many, but they are very authoritative. It is the most influential award in the Asian music industry!" So now, without further ado, we will directly announce the first award, which is our most special award, the special award! As you know, every year, the special award will be awarded to musicians who have made outstanding contributions to Asian music and made important contributions to the popularization and promotion of Asian music to the world. The annual special award is directly recommended and voted on by the jury. So, who will be the winner of the Asian Music Festival's Special Award?"
Zhu Danzi smiled, opened the paper slip in his hand, and read out: "Murakami Sanqiu!" Ye Zheng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that the first special award would be taken away by a Dongying person, but Murakami Sanqiu deserved to win the special award. Now in his fifties, Murakami Mitsuaki was once a world-famous singer who released five platinum albums, and once appeared on the cover of the world's most authoritative music magazine "The Sound of Music".
The announcement of the first award means that the entire Asian music festival has entered the formal stage. Then it was announced that the nominations for the Best Song Award were made. "The best song nominees this time are ......", ""Heartbeat" ...... sung by Lan Xinyu", ""True Love Forever" ...... sung by Tao Xinran", "Black Street" sung by Zhong Wei ......", "Meet" sung by Lin Wanqing ......"
Every time a person is introduced, there is a close-up of the shot, and when the camera is given to Lin Wanqing, Ye Zheng next to him also appears in the picture. "Look, Xiao Zheng!" Ye Pei'an pointed to the TV and said to Lin Ruolan, with a smile on his face. "See!" Lin Ruolan said with a smile: "It's not our son who came to the stage to accept the award, what are you so happy to do? Didn't our son call and say that there was his award?
"It's not an award, it's a nomination!" Ye Pei'an explained: "Only one of the four nominations can win the award!" "Our son's writing is so good, can he not win the award?" Lin Ruolan was full of confidence. Ye Pei'an pursed his lips, just stared at the TV screen, and prayed in his heart. "Three men and one woman, can our Zhong Wei kill the encirclement of three beauties?" Zhu Danzi smiled, looked at it, sighed and said: "It's a pity that it's not Zhong Wei! So which of the three beauties is it? Let us applaud Miss Lin Wanqing to come to the stage to accept the award! That's right! The winner of the best song was "Meet" sung by Lin Wanqing!
In the warm applause, Lin Wanqing got up with a smile and went to the podium. After Lin Wanqing got the trophy, Zhu Danzi smiled and said, "Miss Lin has anything you want to say?" Lin Wanqing smiled: "What you want to say is to thank you." Thank you all for taking care of me over the years and getting me from a fledgling girl to the podium I am today. For this award, I would like to thank my music company, the producer, and especially Ye Zheng, if it wasn't for his creation, I wouldn't have walked to this podium!"
Ye Zheng didn't expect Lin Wanqing to mention him specifically, and he was slightly stunned, and then he heard Zhu Danzi smile and said: "Mr. Ye Zheng is indeed a very talented creator, and everyone knows that Miss Lin's album was created by Ye Zheng, who is a very talented young man...... As for Miss Lin, since she came to the stage, she will sing a song for us?"
Outside in the square. "When will you arrive Brother Ye?" Zhao Tong looked up at the big screen, and at this time, the best male singer and the best female singer had been announced, and Lin Wanqing was really not the best female singer. "Come on. Xiao Qi said, and when she heard the host reading out the nomination for the best producer, she was also a little impatient, and complained: "Why should the best lyrics and best lyrics be put in the back?"
"I don't know how many nominations Mr. Ye has, one or two. Cui Nian said: "This year's Asian Music Festival has a lot of good works, and it is not easy to win awards, and it is very difficult to even get nominated...... Of course, we are still very confident in Mr. Ye's strength. Wait, it's estimated that it will be there soon!" As they spoke, they heard Du Hao read: "The following are the nominees for the best lyricist of this Asian Music Festival...... Several people were suddenly silenced and looked up at the big screen. "Deng Yongsheng who wrote the lyrics for "Black Street" ......" "Ye Zheng who wrote the lyrics for "Encounter" ......"
Hearing Ye Zheng's name, several people cheered, and they didn't hear who the next two nominees were, so they waited for Du Hao to announce the award winner. Ye Zheng also sat in his position, quietly waiting for Du Hao to speak, only to see Du Hao open the paper, his eyes widened, and he was surprised: "Wow! This time the best lyricist award is amazing......
"Amazing, did he mean that he was very famous before?" Zhao Tong shouted: "It's over, it's not Brother Ye!" "Shut up!" Xiao Qi scolded, her face was also full of unhappiness.
"It's amazing...... Du Hao bought another pass, and then smiled: "This lyricist is just eighteen years old...... Speaking of which, everyone must know who it is. That's right, that's Ye Zheng who wrote the lyrics for "Meet"!" The applause rang out, and Ye Zheng smiled and walked to the podium. Xiao Qi's faces turned from disappointment to surprise in an instant, and they applauded and cheered happily, making the people around them inexplicable, when the Best Male Singer and Best Female Singer were awarded just now, everyone applauded, but these people were not interested. Now that the best lyricist is being awarded, how can this group suddenly act like a doping? But then again, this best lyricist is really young, only eighteen years old......
"Ye Zheng, when I saw your age just now, I thought I was dazzled. It is specially marked as eighteen years old, I thought the organizer made some mistakes, but now when I see you, I know that you are really only eighteen years old, really young!" Du Hao admired, looked at Zhu Danzi again, and asked: "Danzi, what were you doing when you were eighteen years old?" "Eighteen years old......" Zhu Danzi thought for a while and said: "When I was eighteen years old, I graduated from high school, and then participated in the Voice of Girls jointly held in Southeast Asia. "Oh, that's it!" Du Hao said: "That is the voice of the girl that changed the fate of your life, right?" "Yes!" Zhu Danzi nodded: "That voice of the girl, I finally advanced to the semi-finals before embarking on the road of acting." I used to think that it was rare for me to have such a result at the age of eighteen, but I didn't expect to see the eighteen-year-old Ye Zheng standing on the podium of the Asian Music Festival today! If I am not mistaken, Ye Zheng should be the youngest creator to stand on the podium of the Asian Music Festival so far, right?"
"That's right!" Du Hao nodded and said: "Presumably many people have the same question as me, is Ye Zheng really a creative genius? As far as I know, the two albums created by Ye Zheng some time ago have sold more than 500,000 copies per album so far, and two platinum albums have been locked. And the album he created for Lin Wanqing has been unanimously praised by the review team. Ye Zheng, can you tell me how these lyrics and songs were created?" Ye Zheng smiled and said, "It's just some inspiration, I'm not a genius." I'm just a junior who has made some small achievements, and there are many excellent seniors in the music industry that I can learn from. I would also like to thank the jury for their appreciation and encouragement, and I will learn from all of you seriously and make better music. ”
He didn't answer such a question clearly, and the host didn't ask more questions, this is the entertainment media's business, not their business. Presenting the award, Ye Zheng walked down with the trophy. "Okay, then next in the category, we're going to announce the nomination for Best Composer......"
"Well, this, the first nomination is Ye Zheng......, who composed the music for "Right and Wrong", "Wow! The artists in the venue are nothing, but there was an exclamation in the square outside the venue, and Ye Zheng has not yet walked to his seat and sat down, so he read out his nomination for the best composition again?" Ye Zheng's face was calm, and he accepted the congratulations of several good-natured musicians with a smile on the road, and then sat down. "It's your nomination again, won't it be you the winner this time?" Zhou Ke said with a smile.
On the evening of the fifth day, Ye Zheng followed Zhang Deqiang and them to the venue of the Asian Music Festival Awards Gala, and they got the news in advance that at this Asian Music Festival, Baina's "Dearest You" won four nominations.
They were nominated for Best Song and Best Lyrics for "Encounter", Best Arrangement for "Black and White Duet", and Best Composition for "Right and Wrong". There are four nominations for an album, which is a great thing to celebrate. And Lin Wanqing was also nominated for Best Female Singer. Their luck is not bad enough to win a prize, at least one. Ye Zheng's two nominations were as expected. It's just that Zhang Deqiang's heart is not very happy. Because Ye Zheng is going to start his own music company in the future, and it will definitely be in Hengyang City, which means that they will become the most direct competitors.
Many people don't care about Ye Zheng, but Zhang Deqiang remembered the strong confidence that Ye Zheng showed when he talked to him that day, and he felt a little confused. He had a faint premonition in his heart, perhaps, Ye Zheng, a young man, could really make some achievements? Regarding the nomination, of course, it is just the gossip of the jury group, which has not been made public on the surface, and it will be announced by the host at the music festival. At six o'clock in the evening, the artists walked into the party one after another, and the awards party will last about two hours, and the estimated time is from seven to nine o'clock.
"Hey, Brother Ye!" Zhou Ke saw Ye Zheng, greeted him, and sat directly beside him. The seats here are all casual sitting, and many people are not in their own music company, so it is normal to sit and chat with friends.
"Old Zhou. Ye Zheng said with a smile. "When did I call Lao Zhou?" Zhou Ke smiled: "Okay, okay, compared to you, I can indeed be called Lao Zhou." Ye Zheng smiled and nodded: "That's right." "I heard you're going to start a music company?" Zhou Ke asked in a low voice.
"Hmm. Ye Zheng nodded, looked at Zhou Ke and asked, "What do you have to say?" Zhou Ke frowned and said, "I didn't expect you to have such guts." Anyway, you haven't given us the songs we bought in the wheat field, so you're going to start your own music company? Inevitably, you're a little anxious, aren't you? Although Qiu Feng's words are ugly, they are not unreasonable...... Listen to my brother, mix in this circle for two more years, learn more about things, and accumulate more capital, and it's not too late to make plans. Anyway, you are still young, and if you sharpen your creativity, it will be better to run a company in the future. ”
Ye Zheng smiled: "Zhang Ailing said that you should be famous as soon as possible...... And I said Lao Zhou, if what I know is correct, the contract between you and Mai Tian just expired yesterday, right? Now you are not a person from Mai Tian in the legal sense, what do you call your Mai Tian?" "The renewal contract is on my desk! A three-year renewal! I will sign it when I go back today!" Zhou Ke glared: "Is what I said wrong? Hehe, brother, I am an important person in Mai Tian, and they are reluctant to let me go." If it weren't for the delay of something else some time ago, the renewal of the contract would have been signed a long time ago...... Hey, what did you just say, Zhang Ailing, who is this person, why haven't I heard of it......?"
"A pancake seller on the outskirts of Hengyang...... Ahem, I said Lao Zhou, if you think about it, you won't sign the renewal contract, right?" "Why don't you sign it?" ”
"If you think about it again, if you miss this village, you won't have this store!" Ye Zheng said: "You run the music company, and I do the creation." Wouldn't it be better for the two of us to set up a joint venture than if you were to work for someone else?"
"Well, now let's say I promise you. Zhou Ke said: "Then tell me your specific plans? I am not reliable in the operation of the company, let me bring some people to be responsible for the production and promotion of the album, after all, I have always done this." But the company's business and management, I can't do it. And if you kid plans to start a music company, naturally you want to take most of the shares, and I only take a small part, how much can I earn? ”
"You have to believe that even if you only own 10 percent of the shares, in a few years your income will definitely be several times what you are now. Ye Zheng's words were full of confidence: "I will still find a way to manage and run the company." In fact, if Ye Zheng is allowed to take care of the company by himself, he will also have the confidence to give it a try. But he still has to go to college and has a lot to do, so he really doesn't have much energy to manage the company. So he plans to find someone again, this person, he also has eyebrows. "10 percent of the shares are tens of millions of dollars? You know, I'm talking about profits, not market capitalization! I also believe that you might be able to turn a music company into a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but it's another thing to make a profit. Zhou Ke thought that Ye Zheng didn't understand the concept. "I'm talking about profit. "How Ye Zheng also had a master's degree in economic management in his previous life, this truth is still clear. Zhou Ke opened his mouth, and found that he was a little speechless in front of the strong self-confidence shown by Ye Zheng, and nodded helplessly after a while: "Okay, let's assume that this is also true! Suppose someone will manage the company well! Suppose I can do a good job of production and publicity and other artist-related work! However, you said that you are in charge of creation? Hey, I said brother...... Aren't you, to put it mildly, a little too highly of yourself?"
Ye Zheng smiled: "Maybe it's hard for you to imagine, but creating this kind of thing is actually not as difficult for me as you think." Since our brother is talking, I have said so much to you. I might as well tell you that the song for the wheat field has been written for a long time, but it has not been given to you yet. "Huh?" Zhou Ke was stunned, a little surprised, he knew that Ye Zheng had sold some songs to Peacock Music and Blue Dream Records, and he was already shocked at the time, thinking that Ye Zheng probably delayed the song he wrote to Mai Tian, but he didn't expect that Ye Zheng had already created it. "Well, I'll sign the contract when I go back, I'll give the song to the wheat field, and then I won't sell the song to me for the time being. Ye Zheng said: "Having said that, my creative ability is really strong, Lao Zhou, you have to believe this...... Well, I might as well reveal it to you again. I'm definitely going to start this music company, and it's going to be this year...... I've written two albums and found an artist! And when I say good, not only the lyrics, but also the arrangement. ”
"This ......" Zhou Ke was dumbfounded. How long has it been since the last time Ye Zheng sold three albums to Baina? In three months, Ye Zheng sold five songs to Peacock Music, sold an album to Blue Dream Records, and then wrote the songs to be handed over to Mai Tian. That's at least 20 songs! In this case, he even said that he had already written two albums! Oh my God! Zhou Ke had a feeling of being struck by lightning! This news was too shocking, wasn't it? This creative ability was too terrifying, right? Also, what did he just say? The arrangement was also completed? What is the situation! He used to just sell songs, and he sold good lyrics and songs, and the sophisticated lyrics and songs of various styles have already surprised them musicians, and now he can still arrange music? And the arrangement of two albums was completed in such a short time?
What kind of work is that? Could it be that the singer Ye Zheng found is an old singer with excellent arranging experience, or he has already found someone who knows how to arrange music to work with?