Chapter 41 Plans for the First Half of the Year
As soon as the Spring Festival was over, Chen Tianliao started a new job. This year, except for Wang Yuming, all the singers in the company will release an album. Whether Wang Yuming wants to release an album depends on her study in the Japanese country. In addition, there will be two games on the Wa side: Bomberman and Pokemon. Like Super Mario, Contra, Raiden and other 20th century boutique games, there are similar or more refined competitors in this world, Chen Tianliao naturally chooses to avoid them, and find a blank spot in the market to do it.
As for whether these games can succeed in this time and space, Chen Tianliao is still confident. Later generations of big productions may fail, but these works that have won over countless die-hard players with simple systems and rough graphics are unlikely to fail, because they all reflect the essence of the game very well.
The first album of the year has been recorded, which is Song Shiqing's children's rhyme album, a total of twenty-four songs, double cassette. The songs in it are all classic children's songs from another time and space, such as "Let's Swing the Sculls", "Childhood", "I Love Bath", "Health Song", "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms", "Singing and Smiling", "Little Snail", "Mother's Kiss", ...... This is almost the essence of children's songs in previous lives. Like in the previous life, there are still not many children's songs in this time and space, and Chen Tianliao's cassette can double the boutique library of children's songs. Song Shiqing, who was in the voice change period, could still produce crisp and loud children's voices, and with the help of Takahara Daisuke, the cassette was recorded very smoothly. However, sales will have to wait until the summer season. This is also a gift for Song Shiqing to bid farewell to her childhood.
The second album is Zhu Wen's album, which will be recorded in April and released in May. The song Chen Tianliao is ready, just waiting for Takahara Daisuke to show the results of his training for Zhu Wen. At the same time, he also used the songs of Akina Nakamori in his previous life to create an album for Maki Takahara.
Speaking of Akina Nakamori, she and Seiko Matsuda were the two major singers of the Wakoku in the 80s, and the competition between the two became the brightest spot in the Wakoku anthem scene at that time. There were also many outstanding female singers of the same period as them, such as Nahoko Kawai who wrote "Moonlight Serenade", Yoko Minamino Minamino, the prototype of Yoko Okino, the idol of Maori Kogoro in "Detective Conan", and so on, but everyone's limelight was suppressed by Nakamori and Matsuda. Even the Xiangjiang and Baodao artists at that time were deeply influenced by the two, such as Teresa Teng once imitated Seiko Matsuda, and Anita Mui once imitated Akina Nakamori.
Speaking of which, Seiko Matsuda is a senior, and there are strong creative resources behind him, so when it comes to the achievements of the music world, Seiko Matsuda is higher than Akina Nakamori. And Akina Nakamori's personality is distinct, and her true temperament and beautiful appearance have won her countless fans. In the songs of the first generation of singer Xu Guanjie ("RB Doll"), in many movies and TV series in the eighties and nineties in Xiangjiang, Akina Nakamori is synonymous with beauty and dream lover. Even Leslie Cheung, who came out later, admitted in an interview that he had no illusions about Hong Kong actresses, but he had fantasies about Akina Nakamori! Xiangjiang's classic film "A Chinese Ghost Story" was actually tailor-made for Akina Nakamori, but Akina Nakamori finally rejected director Tsui Hark, and only then did he become a newcomer named Wang Zuxian.
By the way, the three major divas of Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori and Anita Mui, the queen of Kao, were all folded in the hands of a scumbag named Masahiko Kondo at the same time, which was also a topic of conversation. The final result was that Seiko Matsuda withdrew early and got married; Akina Nakamori once committed suicide for love and collapsed after being rescued; Anita Mui never married and did not get the name she wanted until she died.
In terms of voice, Akina Nakamori's voice is very similar to Yamaguchi Momoe, so she was known as the successor of Yamaguchi Momoe when she first debuted, which is also the reason why Chen Tianliao chose Nakamori Akina's song for Takahara Maki. However, although the voices of Yamaguchi and Nakamori are similar, the style of music is completely different, and Takahara Maki will definitely have his own understanding if he wants to interpret it. Chen Tianliao didn't care about these things. Anyway, the song is a good song, and it is also suitable for the voice of the plateau, as for the arrangement and interpretation of the back, there is Gao Yuan Daisuke, so naturally Chen Tianliao does not have to worry about it.
So poor Takahara Daisuke helped Chen Tianliao train talents, and at the same time, he had to do his best to carve albums for his daughter, and it was high-intensity work every day. However, fortunately, the generation of Japanese people in the plateau are no strangers to high-intensity work, and the Japanese people were able to take off after the war, and in addition to the opportunities of the war and the Cold War, they still rely more on the fighting spirit of their people. Chen Tianliao watched Takahara Daisuke still be energetic after super-intense work every day, and he was quite impressed in his heart.
As for the albums of the rest of the Japanese people, Chen Tianliao chose to create an album for Kentaro Tokunaga, a famous singer in the Japanese music scene, in the first half of the year. Kentaro Tokunaga is the same as Tokunaga Hideaki, the Japanese family of Chen Tianliao's previous life, both out of being very popular, but he just can't get to the top. This is also in the country where there are many singers and the star-making mechanism is mature. If it were in China, whether it was in the mainland, Baodao, or Xiangjiang, a person like Deyong would already be a king-level figure. Chen Tianliao's gift to Kentaro Tokunaga is also the work of Tokunaga Hideaki in his previous life.
In another time and space, Tokunaga Hideaki is also a singer that Chen Tianliao likes very much, he took the route of a singer-songwriter in the early stage, and his voice is a bit feminine, especially when singing falsetto. Some people say that he is Zhang Xinzhe of the Japanese Kingdom, but Zhang Xinzhe's style of music is soft, while Deyong's lyricism often carries the muscles of a man. In fact, Deyong is Zhang Xinzhe's predecessor, and Zhang Xinzhe also covered Tokunaga's Yingming songs when he debuted. Later, Tokunaga Hideaki had surgery on his throat, and his style changed accordingly, and he became a cover singer, his feelings were more restrained and deep, and his techniques were more skillful and mellow.
Kentaro Tokunaga's voice is mellow and steady, which is very different from Tokunaga's Hideaki's voice. But both are also love singers and both love to sing soulful songs. It must be fun to sing Tokunaga's songs with Kentaro Tokunaga's voice.
Among Tokunaga Yingming's songs, Chen Tianliao's favorite is not the successful cover of Rainy Blue (Blue Rain, yes, it is Jacky Cheung's cover of the song of the same name)", "Birds" (Bird, Jacky Cheung's cover version is "Sun and Stars"), but "ๅฃใใใใฎradio (broken radio, Zhang Xinzhe's cover version is "True", the same female voice, which is very contrasting with Tokunaga's explosive voice) and "The last ใฎ่จใ่จณ (The last excuse, there are many covers, but none of them are famous)". Now that "The Broken Radio" is being re-opened, Chen Tianliao has a lot of feelings. He looked at the lyrics earnestly, hummed earnestly, and tears couldn't help but welling up in his eyes.
"I can't hear anything,
Let me hear nothing.
Is it because my body is more mature than ever?
The first time I bought a radio resting on the bed,
I don't know how many melodies are played,
I don't know how many eras have been built. โ
Chen Tianliao slowly sang the song, and his soul felt as if he had traveled back to his past life, and he was listening to Tokunaga Hideaki sing this song from the radio.
"From adolescent teenagers,
became an adult.
Always looking for a way,
It has not yet been defiled.
Walking in the crowd of people who are pretentious, have nowhere to go, and are crowded.
Please let me know,
What is true happiness?
Broken radio. โ
The confusion of the past, the struggle of the past, the struggle from youth to adulthood, Chen Tianliao still remembers it vividly. Although there were many regrets left behind in the previous life, there were also many successes. Chen Tianliao feels that he should be happy, because he has a successful career and a beautiful family. However, I also regret it. No, I wasted a lot of opportunities when I was struggling to find a way out. This is conditioned by his upbringing and vision. His success, in fact, has a lot of chance. In this life and this life, because of the experience of his previous life, his starting point is very high, however, can he not forget his original intention and continue to be brilliant?
"Always able to hear,
Always let me hear.
When I look out the window at the sky,
A trace of courage sprouted in my heart.
The radio seems to understand me,
It always touches my heart with music.
It's like a gentle wind blowing gently with your hand,
The chest that stabbed after falling out of love. โ
There was always a voice calling in Chen Tianliao's heart. In this lonely world, only he knows that he is at the beginning of a great era. Because he is the only one who knows what will happen to this third world country that seems to be poor and backward at present, and how vigorous this country that seems to be rampant with corruption and outdated ideas will be in the future. Nobody knows. The intellectuals who can speak out in this era have been kneeling and licking the West, as if only in this way can they live a rich life like Westerners. And the real backbone of the republic, at this time, are silently doing their own work, silently learning from abroad, and strengthening all walks of life of the motherland. But they don't have much to say, and their words won't be heard. Moreover, they do not know what a glorious future this country will have in their own hands.
Chen Tianliao knows. Therefore, the voice in his heart is also calling him to stand on top of the world with the development of the motherland in this era, and spread excellent culture to all over the world. But he couldn't say it, because no one understood it.
"After the raucous festival,
With your back to the silent street,
Look up at the stars that have not yet been defiled.
The sky of the long-estranged hometown,
Lost in the crowd that could not return.
Tell me, what is true happiness?
Broken radio. โ
Chen Tianliao didn't know why, he felt that this song was very in line with his current mood, lonely, searching, struggling, and confused. He came up with a record and sang it himself. However, he still had to return it to his homeland first.
The memories of the past are like a broken radio, buried in the depths of memory, let it accompany you. You just have to work hard to achieve your dreams. After all, it was sung in the previous life by the rookie Tokunaga Hideaki, and even if it was created by Tokunaga Hideaki himself, it was difficult to sing it. And the current veteran Kentaro Tokunaga must make a better interpretation.
Chen Tianliao's work in the first half of the year was generally determined, and most of it was completed. As for the performance of the studio singers and the public relations matters on TV, they were all handed over to Huang Yi to do it for her, who called her a shareholder of the company! Of course, Chen Tianliao's performance commission for Huang Yi was also very high. Favors are favors, and Chen Tianliao was not stingy with the material remuneration that Huang Yi should get, and directly allocated half of his income after deducting taxes and fees to Huang Yi.
When giving money for the first time, Huang Yi wanted to excuse himself, but Chen Tianliao said: "Sister Yi, if you don't accept money, then I won't dare to contact you for a performance next time." And in the future, there are special people to contact the performance, and they don't dare to take money. You set a bad example for them. โ
Huang Yi could only accept the money with a smile. She admired Chen Tianliao even more.