Chapter 168: Begin! Red Dragonfly!

On the night of the upgrade of the comprehensive entertainment channel, "Creation is King" was broadcast.

Although almost everyone in the music industry knows the first two songs of "Creation is King", because of the confidentiality agreement, the audience does not know what the song looks like.

The first to sing was recommended by a small record company called "Huang's Records" in the imperial capital, a male singer named Huang Yuan, this Huang Yuan has never released any famous records before, and he is not a famous artist, but this Huang Yuan has been stationed in various bars in the imperial capital for many years, and his singing skills are the best among the singers who target "Red Dragonfly", and Huang Yuan's choice of "Red Dragonfly" instead of "Thousand Thousand Que Songs" is also very smart.

"Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" is undoubtedly a good song, but because of this, there are more singers competing for good singing skills in this song, even Huang Yuan, who is quite good in singing, does not have any advantage in front of these singers, but he chose "Red Dragonfly" in another way, which brings him hope.

In fact, Huang Yuan is not the only one who thinks so, Huang Yuan is also very risky to do this, Fan Cheng said before that this song is more recommended for young, idol-oriented artists to sing, Huang Yuan is obviously not an artist of this style, with his image and appearance, singing idol songs is definitely not suitable for him, God knows if Fan Cheng will refuse him to participate in the competition with a sentence that he is not suitable for this song, he is a third-rate artist with no background and no popularity, and almost no one knows, and there will be nowhere to reason when the time comes.

Small companies don't want to take risks and waste opportunities, while large companies have plenty of artists to choose from, and in the end, only Huang Yuan makes such a risk.

The end result of his adventure was pretty good.

Fan Cheng not only has a version suitable for idols, but in the face of Huang Yuan, who is not an idol image, he just complained a few sentences, and then came up with an acoustic guitar version that also matches his temperament very well, and even has lyrics that are different from the idol version!

Obviously, Fan Cheng was prepared for this!

The idol version of "Red Dragonfly" is a song about the growth and dreams of young people, although his guitar version also tells about dreams and growth, but it is more confused by adults, which is what Huang Yuan is good at.

Even because of the simplicity and cleanliness of the acoustic guitar version, Huang Yuan was arranged to be the first to sing.

This is not the kind of ordinary singing competition that the singer will score higher the later he appears, the same song, the first impression is very crucial, otherwise there will not be so many people who are thick and thin, people will always feel that they have paid the most youth, the most feelings, and the part that they fall in love with is the best part, admitting that other people are better than this part, is tantamount to denying this person's appreciation level and belief.

Huang Yuan feels that this show is the same, he is the first to appear, and he has a natural advantage.

The live stream began.

The host and song provider Fan Cheng did not appear, and there was no special opening, and the picture of the stage appeared directly in front of the audience.

This is also the most commonly used program process of the entertainment channel and Fan Cheng, put the opening a little later, and put the first performance to the front one paragraph at a time, compared with the time when entering an opening and leaving people in a state of entry, this kind of program setting will make the audience pay more attention when they come up.

There was only one light left on the stage, including Fan Cheng and the live band behind the stage, and only one guitarist sat there in the light.

As she gently plucked the strings, the music reached the audience's ears.

Huang Yuan sang very well.

Singing skills and voice are not all the reasons that contribute to the classics of a song, the number of live performances, and the degree of fit between him and the song is equally important.

Although Huang Yuan's talent is not good, his years of singing experience have brought him great help, a slightly hoarse voice, and lyrics that fit his identity and experience, all of which have brought him plus points for singing.

After singing a song, many viewers have a general understanding of this song.

"It's a sad song......"

"This Huang Yuan, I know, the Beipiao family, who worked hard in the imperial capital in the eighties, has been tepid in the past twenty years, the lyrics of this song are too suitable for him, the kind of confusion and fear of the imperial capital have been sung, can anyone surpass him!?

Many viewers are starting to worry about the performance later.

After Huang Yuan finished singing, Fan Cheng walked onto the stage, and the show officially began.

On stage, Fan Cheng conducted a brief interview with Huang Yuan, and he also revealed some behind-the-scenes stories when writing this song.

For example, the first birth of this song was actually the guitar version sung by Huang Yuan, and the later versions were modified and rearranged by him according to various ideas.

In addition to Fan Cheng, there are several guests and judges who have participated in the recording of the show, because the holder of the song of this show is the absolute decision-maker, so other judges can even choose professional musicians, such as the judges selected this time, in addition to a few music judges who do not belong to any company, more artists who came to "watch the excitement" were invited, such as several people from the comprehensive entertainment channel, and several artists in film and television.

The biggest name among these people is an actress named Meng Xiang, this Meng Xiang was a very famous beautiful actress in the late eighties and early nineties, but after the age of thirty-five, Meng Xiang's popularity has declined a little in recent years, which is also a helpless thing, when the beauty leaves, even if she has been emphasizing that she actually has acting skills, the director will still be more inclined to look for young and beautiful, even if the acting skills are poor, it doesn't matter, although there is no name for top artists in recent years, Meng Xiang's popularity is not as good as day by day, and this year, at the age of 37, she is willing to agree"Creation is King" is an invitation to a variety show.

This in itself is a signal that his popularity is not as good as before, if it is Meng Xiang at the peak of popularity, even if it is not as good as Teresa Teng, it is almost the same, but now she is willing to come to this show to play a supporting role for Teresa Teng, it seems that she must have been under considerable pressure during this period.

For Huang Yuan's song, among the on-site judges and guests, Meng Xiang's reaction was the largest.

Meng Xiang in the close-up of the camera has tears in his eyes, and he seems to be very moved by this song.

"I am also a North Drifter, I went to Beijing at the age of sixteen and was ignorant, I lived in the basement and ate steamed buns as a group performer, and I struggled for three years to finally have a good career, I can understand everything that Mr. Huang Yuan expressed in this song, and I am also grateful to Fan Cheng, your song is really well written!" Meng Xiang wiped his tears and said.

"Sometimes I wonder why you can write such a moving song, Fan Cheng, you are obviously not from the Beipiao family?" asked Liu Zhanyun.

"This song is not only written about North Drift, but about all the people who work hard in an unfamiliar environment, and I have also experienced these, so I have a little experience. Fan Cheng said.

His rise to the top, although the problems encountered can not be regarded as many, but it is not easy, two years ago, his family stumbled, and then the municipal and provincial TV stations had people to deal with him, and even this show was made by him in order to prove his qualifications to create music.

The judges also thought of this, and quickly shifted the topic from their evaluation of Huang Yuan to their "touting" of Fan Cheng.

"Not only can he do shows, but he can also be a director, not only a director, but also a host, Fan Cheng can already be called versatile, but before his versatility was limited to the scope of variety shows, I didn't expect his musical talent to be so powerful outside of variety shows!"

"Yes! You are not in the music circle, you may not know yet, but everyone in our music industry has listened to the first two songs, here I will give you a spoiler, you will definitely not regret it today! Fan Cheng's two songs, each of them is a classic! Not to mention that there is a work in which he invited Teresa Teng to be moved later! Comrades, that is Teresa Teng!"

A group of guests began to praise Fan Cheng, but the blowing time was a bit long, and Wang Xingxing and others, who were guests on the side, couldn't stand it anymore.

Wang Xingxing kept giving Fan Cheng a look, signaling that the show should continue, but Fan Cheng fiddled with the fake flowers around him as if he hadn't heard it, studying the microphone in his hand, obviously enjoying everyone's praise for himself.

It wasn't until a long time later that he finally said: "Okay, don't talk about me, be humble, the protagonist of this show is to select singing artists, although they are all my works, this is indeed very good, although I wrote these two songs that even I can't put down, but everyone should continue to listen to the songs!"

"Woo ----------" Wang Xingxing couldn't help it, and led the audience to start cheering.

"Ahem! The one who will sing "Red Dragonfly" next is the famous singer ......" Fan Cheng continued the show with an embarrassed face.

After Huang Yuan, singers from all walks of life began to take the stage to perform completely different songs.

When singing the first song, the audience was still worried that the artists behind them would not come out, and the next performance made everyone realize that this worry was unnecessary.

Because the interpretation of the later songs is completely different from the first one.

Only then did the audience discover that the song "Red Dragonfly" was performed by Huang Yuan as a non-mainstream.

The real song is performed by several artists in the back, with a more lively and uplifting style.

Idol and idol genre, this word does not exist in today's Chinese entertainment industry, and people just feel that the genre of this song inherently needs to be interpreted like this.

As for the difference in preferences, Huang Yuan's performance is very good and has a deep connotation, but because his performance has depth and quality, everyone must like him, his "Red Dragonfly", Meng Xiang can understand, countless Beipiao who have worked hard in the imperial capital can understand, and office workers who work hard to do their own things can understand, but there are also many people who don't understand.

Especially those students who have not yet stepped out of the campus, or even just junior high and high school, they don't know what the confusion of the big city is, and in the best years of their lives, their hearts are full of eagerness to try the world.

So there are deviations and disagreements.

The same is true for the field.

Fan Cheng, who seems to have foreseen this, paid great attention to the selection of artists from all walks of life and different age backgrounds when he first invited artists, Meng Xiang is a middle-aged North Drifter woman, a former big star, in addition to her, there are also older ones, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, who have just debuted and are still in school, etc., almost everyone of these people has completely different song preferences from others, and with the deepening of the performance, everyone can easily fall into the debate of supporters of different associations.

And that's exactly what Fan Cheng wants to see.

In addition to the debates among the guests, the judges and teachers from various music aspects also expressed their opinions from the music aspect.

What kind of arrangement is better, what kind of interpretation is better, which version of the lyrics has more depth, and why choose a certain artist...... The judges also have their own preferences, and many of them expressed what type of arrangement they would choose if they were to produce the song themselves.

Of course, the audience knows that the arguments of these judges and guests cannot play a final role, and the key is that Fan Cheng is the right to decide the final ownership of the song.

When all the singers finished singing, the singer's side, the agent representatives sent by the major companies took the stage.

The next paragraph is another highlight of "Creation is King".

Representatives of the brokers began to steal songs.

"Our Universal Company attaches great importance to this song, so we sent the strongest singer, and in the follow-up publicity and release, Qin Xiao's new album is ready to be released, just such an absolute hit, as long as the song is handed over to us, we will definitely use the company's way of promoting and investing in top artists in the follow-up publicity.

Of course, we also attach great importance to the creator's share, and if this song is the absolute title of the new album, we are willing to give the creator, Mr. Fan Cheng, 0.3% of the sales share of each album!"

"Oh oh oh!" the words of the representative of the global side caused a small commotion.

The previous publicity, selection and so on are actually more polite forms, and the key is to divide them.

The 0.3% share is already very high!

This is not a contract with Universal.

The insincere singles, in the eyes of Universal, are at most with the help of their distribution channels, as for the cultivation of singers, the recording of songs and the promotion of Universal did not spend a penny.

But handing the song to them is different.

The cultivation of singers and the promotion of songs cost money, and there is not only this song in an album, at least a ten-song album, and now there is rarely a tradition of giving sales shares in the Chinese entertainment industry, and Universal shouted 0.3% sales share, which is already a great breakthrough!

Universal realized that he had made a big deal, but soon they realized that they were wrong, and the companies that appeared later were more exaggerated than the other!

0.4%!0.6%!0.8%!The share of the included album was shouted again and again by the agents of the agency behind it, impacting the picture again and again.

Then, Huang Yuan's agent took the stage.

"We have decided that Huang Yuan is going to release this song as a single instead of an album, and if we can, we also welcome Mr. Fan Cheng to write another single for Huang Yuan, and in terms of sales share, 5%! If both songs are written by Mr. Fan Cheng, we are willing to take out 5% of the new single as Mr. Fan Cheng's sales share!"