Many years later, when Zhou Jielun was on a variety reality show and picked up his memoirs, he said something like this: "Without Brother Xian, there would be no me Zhou Jielun, and without Brother Cheng, I would not be such Zhou Jielun." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Then countless fans in the audience exclaimed: Hold the grass! It turns out that before you debuted, you were forced to be like that Zhou Jielun!

As for why Zhou Jielun called Gu Cheng, who was 5 years younger than him, "Brother Cheng", outsiders don't know. Maybe it's because of a kind of art mastery.

As a nervous newcomer, on the eve of the most nervous before his debut, a stranger suddenly flew thousands of miles to tell you: he is very optimistic about you, sing casually in the future, make whatever kind of music you like, and don't have any concerns about commercial elements.

No matter how you sing, my brother guarantees that you will sell 1 million records a year in the mainland.

This kind of encouragement, for a newcomer, is tantamount to fixing the needle of the sea. According to the price at that time, although the records in the Chinese-speaking area were several times cheaper than those in Fusang and Dongyi, the singer's commission for each disc was still three or four yuan. This is equivalent to promising that no matter what Zhou Jielun makes music, he will have at least 3 million yuan a year.

Zhou Jielun in 2000 has no ambition in terms of money, he just wants to do the music he likes.

Because of Gu Cheng's appearance, the trajectory of his life has obviously changed drastically. Those works that had to be written for commercial reasons, but in fact, Zhou Jielun himself did not like very much, such as "Double Knife" and "Flurry Spring and Autumn", which were later created for commercial endorsement in 02 and 03, disappeared into the long river of history and were never created by Zhou Jielun again.

It won't be created by anyone else.

Gu Cheng couldn't remember how many songs Zhou Jielun had, and he didn't bother to plagiarize songs that even the singer himself didn't like and wrote purely for commercial purposes.

Zhou Jielun's sentence "Without Brother Cheng, I wouldn't be such Zhou Jielun" many years later, obviously this is what it means.

Gu Cheng makes his music purer, more artistic, and a little less compromising on business.

has such a face-giving confidant, what else to say, Zhou Jielun naturally had a big drink that night. I found a private dish in the family village, Gu Cheng, Lin Zhiling, Fang Wenshan, plus Zhou Jielun 4 people, not drunk and not home.

After Zhou Jielun blew five bottles of beer, he began to pour bitter water: "When Brother Xian asked me to write 50 songs, and then pick 10 albums, I didn't understand why I wrote so many songs at first! Later, after writing it, Brother Xian chose a good song, and I realized that Brother Xian was afraid that I would be too maverick. Those songs that I don't think are the best in his eyes. In my eyes, I thought it was the coolest, such as "Nunchuck", which was rejected by Brother Xian. He said to me earnestly: It's not that these songs can't be sung, and I can't sing them until I'm particularly famous. To be honest, Brother Xian didn't say anything about me, but I'm really unconvinced!"

Gu Cheng can completely understand this statement. The consideration of commercial creation and artistic creation is not from the same perspective.

Just like 20 years later, those websites that engage in online literature will also have many editors who persuade writers: Why are you writing that innovative thing? When you become a god, you are qualified to talk about innovation, but if you don't become a god, innovation is useless? You don't even have a chance to be seen.

Gu Cheng has been the data director of an Internet entertainment content platform for seven or eight years in his later life, and he has never seen the wind and waves in this area, and the warmth and warmth of people?

So he comforted him very intimately: "Brother Lun, relax, this kind of thing, grit your teeth and pass." Back then, a screenwriter approached Chaplin and showed him a script. Chaplin said: When you have my reputation, you will be able to write this kind of script, but now you are not as famous as me, you can only write better things. Either you give me Tang San'er, oh no Chaplin as the gunman in the studio, and then write this kind of script after hanging up my signboard. ”

Zhou Jielun was in a daze, and after listening to Gu Cheng's strange remarks, he actually woke up a little: "Who is San'er?"

"No, it's Chaplin, I drank too much just now, and my speech is slurred. Gu Cheng gently covered up the leakage of his mouth, and said in his heart that he was fortunate to see the opportunity quickly, and sure enough, he still remembered too many similar allusions in his mind, and he almost mixed it up.

Zhou Jielun had no doubts.

Then a group of people talked nonsense for a long time on the topic of "art's favorite, why not the market's favorite", Gu Cheng naturally cited him from the side, and looked forward to his prospects for the "era of artificial intelligence content push" in the future.

A group of people drank until midnight, and Gu Cheng wanted to say goodbye, but Zhou Jielun held on and said, "Brother Cheng, you are so knowledgeable, you must not be a light person who can do business." Did you use music before? You must have tried to write your own songs, right?"

"No, I just listen more and watch more, and I'm not good at it. ”

Listening to Gu Cheng's denial, Fang Wenshan couldn't stand it anymore, and helped on the side: "Impossible, otherwise there will be no such awareness! Our brothers have told you so much about your creative path, don't think about leaving some dry goods behind!"

A group of people buckled their shoulders and returned to Alpha's studio on the set, roasting chicken in one hand and wine bottles in the other.

"Ah Cheng, have you done it?" Even his intimate sister Lin Zhiling was slightly drunk, and a pair of starry eyes looked at him in a daze, wanting to see if he was telling the truth.

Of course, Gu Cheng has some goods in his stomach, although his ability to compose music by himself is not good, but it is ...... It's okay to memorize some tunes after the crossing.

He didn't want to use his identity as a copyist to make money, and he knew that he couldn't do it. But since it's a friend to play, it's okay to get out of it.

However, most of the music in his stomach is from the 2030s and 2020s, which is a bit different from today's appreciation, and some of the pieces can't even be realized with 2000 instruments.

There are really not many things he can remember about the music before he was born in his previous life, just like the current post-00s generation can't even sing "Sad Pacific", a truth. Unless it is a masterpiece that is very famous and worthy of being recorded in the history books.

Gu Cheng searched his stomach for a long time and found a song "Exaggeration" by Chen Yisen, this song has a simple tune, is easy to play, and the tone of repeated loops is particularly easy to remember. Some other details that I can't remember can be played at will by relying on musicality.

The so-called familiar reading of 300 Tang poems, can not compose poems and can chant. Gu Cheng has been a "Bole" for so many years, composing, arranging, and performing, and he is a little good at everything.

He looked around the studio, then found a keyboard, sat down and played.

"This song is my journey before I was in business and when I was a trainee in an entertainment company. It's also more in line with the topic of tonight's conversation. But the song was not completely written, and the arrangement was not done, so let's refer to it in detail. ”

Zhou Jielun and Fang Wenshan's expressions became serious, looking at Gu Cheng's posture, the POSE of a keyboard player was still decent.

The three-syllable piano loops like a whisper of thought and struggle. After the tone, Gu Cheng switched the timbre of the keyboard to a dark wind music, like a mixture of organ and saxophone, like crying.

"When someone asks me, I will speak, but no one comes.

I was looking forward to having something to say and not getting loaded.

My mood hesitated like a bottle lid being lifted, but my mouth was raising moss.

The quieter the crowd, the more they don't pay attention, and they want to cause accidents.

If you want to sing suddenly, it's like opening a four-sided platform anywhere......"

The lyrics are sung in Cantonese, in order to keep the escort alive. The tone is very simple, but the feelings are unusually rich, and the other three are fascinated by it. A compromise for success, and a persistence for the sake of art, intertwine in the tune.

The cry in the depths of the soul is like a stick to drink, and it is like a needle in the sea.

The key is that it is too appropriate, combined with the topic of conversation at the wine table tonight, I can't give more points.

Zhou Jielun woke up when he heard it, and until Gu Cheng finished singing, he was still whispering: "The arrangement of this song hasn't been completed yet, right? It's a pity, it's a shame that such a song is not finished." ”

"It's okay, the song is actually very simple. Lyricism is suitable for things, and it is a good song to respond to the situation. But if the general public listens to it, they don't have this kind of artistic struggle in their hearts, and they can't even understand it, they won't think it's a good song. Besides, I'm not a singer, and I don't release an album, I'm just playing by myself, so it doesn't matter if it's done or not. ”

Zhou Jielun didn't give up, and was so burned by a rush of blood that he didn't want to: "No! Such a good song, Brother Cheng, if you can trust me, I'll make up two songs for you to try after a while." Don't worry, I won't steal your songs. ”

"Whatever you want, it shouldn't be published anyway. Gu Cheng couldn't bear to obstruct the other party anymore, so he could be regarded as exposing it.

However, if this song is really not released, what will happen if Allison Chan's special composer will make this crashing song again a few years later? Gu Cheng secretly thought, even if the album is not released, he must at least let insiders know that this song already exists through other channels. As for Chen Yisen, I can only apologize, and I will take the opportunity to help him and give him more money in the future.

In conscience, Gu Cheng is still unwilling to bet on the path of those singer-songwriters.

With this concern, the four of them drank the rest of the wine outside the studio and found a place to sleep.

That night had a profound impact on the other three people except Gu Cheng. The confusion of the direction of their efforts in life seems to have been swept away.