Chapter 176: The Sprout Project
"Perform your own work after the show?"
Regarding Bai Yao's proposal, Shen Yiran did not immediately give a definite answer, but touched his chin and said with an embarrassed face:
"I don't think it's a very good idea, I know very well the ability of your band, and the adapted brand song that you performed in the cultural and sports center before should be relatively close to the overall style of your band, right?"
Hearing Shen Yiran's rhetorical question, looking at the other party's tangled expression, Bai Yao nodded a little disappointed, and replied in a low voice:
"Well, our band's works are all based on traditional opera, I know it's a bit ridiculous to change drama to rock 'n' roll, but my dad has been doing this for many years, but, uncle, it's okay if it really doesn't work, that's what I said, if I have a chance in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Yiran:
"No, Bai Yao, I mean, your band's work is very thoughtful, and even shocks me, after watching your performance that day, I have been thinking about a question, that is, how many pearls in our country are not known to the public like your band.
I used to wonder why the music level of the Chinese music scene has been declining at a cliff-like rate in the past decade, with fewer and fewer well-sung and well-known golden songs, but more and more indiscriminate works.
When I was a student, I even had a kind of thought that people who were engaged in music were crazy, and I thought that if they weren't crazy, why would they spoil the pop music scene to what it is today, but because of your appearance, I realized that it was not that there was no one in the music scene where the demons danced, but that good musicians with good works did not get the attention they deserved. β
Shen Yiran said a lot in one breath, perhaps influenced by the recent public opinion on the Internet, he always held a fire in his heart, this fire was neither for those rumors that came out of nowhere, nor from bitter netizens, what really made him uncomfortable was only five words, that is, 'the power of capital'.
Whether it is the degeneration of rock music, or the cliff-like decline of the pop music scene, or even his current reputation, the root of all problems must be attributed to the word capital, how to keep social public opinion from being controlled by capital, to be honest, this is almost an unsolvable problem.
Therefore, Shen Yiran will feel aggrieved, relying on games from another world, maybe one day he can give rock a new life, maybe he can stop the decline of the pop music scene, maybe the rumors about him can all be reversed, but this can only be regarded as a palliative treatment, even if he has done all this today, but tomorrow, the people who control the capital will create a new farce and destroy other things for the sake of profit.
Save, that's what superheroes do.
Shen Yiran asked himself if he was not a savior, if he could, he even wanted to live the life of a young master who 'opened his mouth and clothes to stretch his hands', but his mother's hidden marriage, his uncle's suicide, and the level of music created by the country he loved and the language he loved deteriorated, and he, who has all the cultures of another world, had to let himself stand out from billions of people.
His intention was not to save, but to reform!
In this information confrontation with the power of capital, what he has to do is not only a temporary confrontation with public opinion, not to mention that the secrets on his body also need to have a protective sleeve that can not be discovered by others!
And he called this plan of his own "sprout"!
Thinking of the series of naΓ―ve or ideal, realistic or hypothetical schemes mentioned in his graduation thesis back then, a bright smile appeared on Shen Yiran's face.
I remember that in the paper, he gave a very simple example to describe the capital, that is, the United States once operated 400,000 kilometers of railways, which is twice that of the Han Kingdom today, but the current United States and the Han Kingdom have almost the same operating mileage.
How to dismantle the power of capital, in fact, is the same as the railway, as long as the capital cannot make a profit, but how to do this seemingly simple thing requires a long-term layout.
For Shen Yiran's 'sprout' project, the first thing he had to do after the concert and deal with the rumors on the Internet was to start a website.
It will be a four-in-one reading and trading platform that includes music, scripts, and paintings.
"Uncle? Uncle! β
Just as Shen Yiran was thinking about what he was going to do next, a girl's voice pulled him back from his thoughts, looked at Bai Yao, who was looking at him suspiciously, calmed down, and after organizing the language, he continued:
"Bai Yao, I don't know if you understand what I just said, what I mean is that if your band has other relatively mature works, I sincerely invite you as guests to perform directly at my concert, instead of after the end.
As you know, each four-hour show is also a big test for me, and a lot of time is actually spent interacting with the audience, and to be honest, instead of wasting time on cutscenes, adding some of your shows may be a better reward for the audience, and I believe that the audience who are willing to pay for tickets to listen to my concert will be more tolerant of music. β
After speaking, Shen Yiran looked at the girl sitting opposite with a sincere face.
"Really? Uncle, this... Wouldn't it, wouldn't it be a bit too much, I mean, if our work wasn't good enough, would it have lowered the impression that your concert would have on the audience, I've heard that a lot of music critics came overnight today, if it were because we..."
Before Bai Yao's worries were finished, he was interrupted by Shen Yiran again, waved his hand, and saw the man with a bare head say in an indifferent tone:
"You're thinking too much, where do you need to be so particular, I'm going to be in a four-hour concert, and today I'm going to sing for 12 hours a day, and if my voice is tired and I have problems, that's really going to lower the audience's impression."
As he spoke, Shen Yiran seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and after hesitating for a while, he still asked in a low voice:
"What, Bai Yao, let me ask you a question, it's like this, I have a cultural media company, I think your voice and potential are very high, so I want to sign you to our company, don't be in a hurry to reply first, wait until the concert is over tonight, you will take the time to think about it..."