Chapter 41: The Sea and the Sky
After chatting with everyone for a while, Zhou Yi also told Director Rong about his classmate Zheng Longshi's participation in The Voice and his coming over for training. Director Rong knew about this and had already been notified by Zhuo Qinglian, so that Zhou Yi could rest assured that he usually works in the studio and will help take care of it, no problem, he can help Zheng Longshi get a company pass later, so that it is more convenient to enter and exit.
At this time, Zheng Longshi finally called, and he had rushed to the studio.
Rushing over from Shijingshan, it can be regarded as non-stop, and the speed is very fast.
Zhou Yi immediately went out, brought Zheng Longshi in, and helped him introduce him to the full-time security guards in this art district, and it would be much more convenient to apply for the company documents. Now Zhou Yi and the security guard of this area also know each other, the security guard on the night shift is still a retired policeman, who used to work in the nearby police station, and is very familiar with this area. After chatting with the old security guard, Zhou Yi took Zheng Longshi to the company's studio.
The two came in together, and Zhou Yi found an opportunity to introduce Zheng Longshi to the senior management of the crew first.
Zheng Longshi was very polite and greeted everyone one by one.
Director Zhao and others welcomed him and were very polite, and soon everyone got to know him. Director Zhao knew about the good voice and expressed their support. For Zheng Longshi to be a cripple, not only did everyone not despise him, but valued him more. It does take a lot of courage and strong self-confidence to be lame and dare to sing on stage, it can be seen that Zheng Longshi is a child with a very strong personality. Director Rong also specifically mentioned that Mr. Su Jian will often bring students over recently to help the crew score music. Mr. Su Jian is a teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music, and they definitely have a common language.
Zheng Longshi is very interested, and it will be best to have a teacher to guide him when the time comes.
Usually, he also finds time to go to Professor Ruan's place for advice, which is very hard.
Professor Ruan mentioned Su Jian to him, the two were classmates in the same school before, but now they are colleagues and friends of the opposite sex, but the main direction is different. Professor Ruan is a well-known soprano singer in China and a veteran artist, while Su Jian is very accomplished in instrumental music.
Moreover, Professor Ruan Hongying is a senior sister, with older qualifications, and Su Jian is a junior brother.
With this kind of relationship, it is naturally convenient in normal times.
While everyone was chatting, Director Rong also mentioned some things.
The graduates of the Central Conservatory of Music brought by Mr. Su Jian last time were those high-achieving students who helped the soundtrack of "Five Poison Gate" and did instrumental performances, they wanted to form a band at that time, and now they have done it, and the name of the band is very atmospheric, called "Dynasty Band".
Now they're looking for some performances, and they're writing some songs themselves.
Usually, when the brothers and sisters have a concert, they can help warm up.
When they become famous in the future, they can hold their own concerts and release some records.
Now they can also make soundtracks for movies and TV series.
With the help of teachers and seniors, these things are not difficult, and the industry makes soundtracks, and often looks for old relationships. Especially Su Jian is very good to the students, for example, this time he made the soundtrack for "Rushing to the Sky Tower", and he had to take them with him to continue to help them accumulate qualifications in the industry.
Like this time, "Five Poisons" became popular in the industry, and these students who made soundtracks also benefited a lot.
As graduates of the Central Conservatory of Music, they are all Zheng Longshi's senior brothers and seniors.
Usually when they come over, they can help Zheng Longshi to do some guidance, and they do some work on the soundtrack and arrangement of the song, which is not a problem, so they should be a help to the juniors, and I believe they will not refuse.
In addition, the company usually lends them to use the recording studio, and everyone benefits each other.
If Zheng Longshi releases a record in the future, they will also benefit from participating in the arrangement.
Zhou Yi and Zheng Longshi were very interested in this regard.
Zheng Longshi's previous arrangements were all done with the help of the teachers of the high school music club, but the teachers were short of manpower and couldn't make up a band, so they could only do their best, and it was impossible to do it perfectly, but if there were these professional masters to help collectively, it would obviously be more suitable.
To participate in the Voice competition, the arrangement must be done as soon as possible, and the arrangement must be as good as possible.
Arrangement and composition are not the same, composition is the main theme of the lyrics, while arrangement is instrumental performance, which is completely different. The arrangement is a bit more difficult. If the arrangement is done well, even if it is some bad songs, even if the singer is not good at singing, the song can still be listened to.
The role and value of the arrangement is great. Otherwise, remove the arrangement and let those singers sing a cappella, the singing skills of some singers are simply unbearable, I really dare not compliment, and I can't even find the key, but when the album is officially released, it will be repaired in the late stage of the recording studio, and then covered up with a sophisticated arrangement and soundtrack, which is naturally good. In fact, it is the cappella that reflects the singer's true singing skills.
Since these students can form a band, they will definitely not have a problem arranging music.
The company has a regular recording studio here, and the hardware is naturally no problem.
Zhou Yi also asked if these people could be pulled into their own company.
Director Rong does have this in mind.
He has always wanted Su Jian to come over and help and become the company's music director, so that he can definitely set up the framework of the music department. But Su Jian is usually free and easy, he belongs to the liberal, and at the same time he is still an academic, not a businessman, so he is naturally reluctant to join a company, not to mention that he does have a position at the Central Conservatory of Music, and he usually has a job, how can he have so much time.
At present, Director Rong is still trying his best to strive for it, promising a lot of generous special conditions.
He only needs Su Jian to come to the company to register his name, even if he comes to work in the company, he only needs to come over when he has a job, he doesn't need to go to work normally, and it will not affect Su Jian's usual teaching work. The conditions in this regard are very generous and relaxed. Zhengdong is indeed very sincere, and also wants to formally establish a relationship with the Central Conservatory of Music, which is more convenient to set up the framework of the company's music department. There are many such cases in the industry, and Zhengdong is not a special case. It is normal for teachers at the Central Conservatory of Music to have temporary positions in some record companies.
I usually get a salary, but when it is critical, it can really play some special role.
With Su Jian as a link, all kinds of things are very convenient.
Director Rong will definitely not give up easily.
They are old friends, they are easy to talk to, and there are no taboos.
Director Yourong is responsible, very reliable, and Zhou Yi is more assured.
As for the Dynasty Band, those students are of good quality, and they are Su Jian's students, so they are very promising to be cultivated. Even if it was to see Su Jian's face, Director Rong wanted to pull them over. Besides, if a student comes over, can the teacher usually not help?
Now Dynasty is also considering offers from some record labels in the industry.
They are not grassroots without origins, and they must have the attention of record companies.
However, they are very cautious in this regard, and they did not immediately sign a contract with the company, and they are still seriously considering it. This aspect affects a lifetime, at least the first half of life, and it really can't be careless. There are many examples of various failures in the past, and of course they will have ideological concerns.
And they are not short of work now, with the help of teachers and senior brothers and sisters from all walks of life, there is always work to do, and there is no hurry.
Although Director Rong really wanted to invite them, Zhengdong Pictures did not have an advantage over other professional record companies.
The hardware conditions are there, but what about the software?
Although the movie just made by Zhengdong is good, and now the development momentum is very good and it is expanding, but in terms of music, it can't be done at all, and there is no achievement, how can it be convincing? The music department in Zhengdong is really not even a grass stage team. All kinds of hardware facilities are good, it doesn't matter if there are no sales channels, now they are engaged in the Internet, they are engaged in e-commerce, and there are always partners. But the point is that there is no one in the company, can this work? Without behind the scenes, can they just rely on a few young newcomers who have just graduated?
These students have not never seen the world, and they are not blindly arrogant to the point where they think that they are high-achieving students and can dominate the world.
There are many things that are difficult to do without experience.
Which record company to join, they are still discussing with their teachers.
In the eyes of these academic schools, sometimes the relationship between the teacher and the proud disciple is no different from the relationship between father and son, and it is necessary to talk about inheritance. Students must be very concerned about the guidance of the teacher, and the teacher will usually help the student to find a good way out. As the saying goes, their gang is all in the same group.
Chinese society is full of human feelings and circles!
There are downsides, but there are also benefits.
If you bring in one person, you may bring in a group of people, and you will have all the resources.
Zhou Yi does have his own ideas, and he doesn't feel that Zhengdong has no hope of pulling people at all.
Zheng Longshi next to him also didn't think it was difficult, he felt that with Zhou Yi's creative ability, he would help the brothers write a few songs, and they would easily become popular, could they still be unwilling? What is a resource? That's the real resource.
What are other resources? None of them are irreplaceable.
What kind of difficulty can be solved with money?
Director Rong will find it difficult if he does not understand the specific situation.
Compared with other companies, Zhengdong does have its own advantages, and the advantage is in Zhouyi. Now there are no people in the music department of Zhengdong, and the Dynasty Band must be the main force when they come over, and they can get training resources. Go to other companies, those big companies must have their own pillars, even if the dynasty is strong, how long will it take to come out? Those excellent lyrics and music resources, can it be their turn to enjoy?
How can it be so easy for newcomers to find those famous masters to write songs?
It's even more impossible to find those big companies that lack people.
Which big company in the industry is not a master, how can there be a shortage of people?
Generally, newcomers have to slowly improve their qualifications, and it is not easy to get ahead.
Even if you are a genius, Huaxia is not short of talents.
It is estimated that this is also something that Su Jian and the students are considering.
It's about the future, and it really needs to be carefully considered.
In fact, Zhou Yi has the same idea as Zheng Longshi, he is very confident in his "creation" ability, and he will be a porter a few more times.
As for the Dynasty Band's concerns about the music department of Zhengdong Pictures, they are all trivial. In the past, the company did not have a singer or a band, of course, it was difficult to develop, and it did not focus on development before, it was ignored, and the main focus was on making film and television dramas. The former boss lost his mind and went crazy in the later stage, and he was still making blockbusters, and he had been bleeding for eight lifetimes, so how could he still care about making music?
But if there are these young newcomers, the company will gather some more behind-the-scenes, and it will not be difficult to develop.
It's not difficult to hire a professional behind-the-scenes person at all. As long as you're willing to spend money, you can always get it.
Director Rong was very interested in these statements of Zhou Yi and Zheng Longshi.
However, he planned to listen to Zheng Longshi's singing first, and then see how the songs created by Zhou Yi were, if it was really possible, Director Rong planned to talk to those members of the dynasty in detail. Of course, he understands that sometimes the advantage in talent is the real advantage. Especially for music, good singers are a scarce resource, but excellent songwriters are even more scarce. There are a number of excellent songs produced every year, and there are so many singers in the industry, it is not easy to divide. If the company has an advantage in this area, the music department will certainly not be a problem.
Everyone chatted for a while, Director Rong had a good impression of Zheng Longshi, and felt that he was quite good and polite, obviously his family upbringing was excellent, and lame was not a shortcoming at all, at least everyone's first impression was very good.
At this time, Tang Yan played with the crew for a while, and ran over lively.
Her stomach was rumbling, obviously hungry, and now she was running to her brother to eat.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Director Rong asked.
"We're in a hurry, we haven't eaten yet! Third child, you just finished the game, did you eat dinner? Zhou Yi asked.
Zheng Longshi hurried over, and naturally he didn't eat.
But you don't have to go out to eat, Xi Wei, as a life assistant, will call a nearby restaurant to deliver some takeaways. Some nearby takeaway restaurants have been registered with the crew, and it is common to deliver meals. Xi Wei has been prepared for these things, and she can do them well, so naturally there is no problem. Zhuo Qinglian gave her a bank card, and the little assistant can not only drive a big car, but also manage a big wallet!
At this time, Director Rong asked the assistant on duty in the studio branch to handle the company certificate for Zheng Longshi, which was convenient.
It's very simple to take a photo and get a ID.
Although he has not officially signed a brokerage contract yet, Zheng Longshi will definitely be a pillar of Zhengdong's music department in the future, and there will be no surprises. Everyone trusts each other. It's not that Zheng Longshi doesn't want to sign now, but he is still a student, so it's inconvenient to sign a contract.
Zhengdong can't hire student workers, that's not good.
Next, everyone went straight to the recording studio to work.
Zheng Longshi is also anxious to listen to the new songs created by Zhou Yi, there are earlier examples, Zhou Yi's new songs are naturally very worth looking forward to, and then Zheng Longshi has to help compose the tune. We will do our best to do this work tonight, and the time is still very tight.
Director Rong also wanted to hear about their professionalism.
He is the art director of the company, not just the art director of the film crew, as long as it is about art, he has to be the director, and he is also the company's veteran minister, belonging to the three dynasties, the predecessor of Zhengdong Aurora was also acquired, at that time Director Rong was in the company, so he is a veteran of the three dynasties, and his qualifications are older than Director Zhao. Usually, if Deputy Manager Yan, the head of the production department, has anything to do, he usually has to seek the professional advice of Director Rong. Whether it can be recognized by Director Rong is also very important to Zheng Longshi.
No matter how good everyone's impression of him is, in the end, it still depends on professional ability.
Director Rong is the last gatekeeper, and if he passes here, there will be no problem. After all, the company does not have a formal music director now, so it is naturally Rong Lao who is responsible for the checks, and he needs his approval. The company has its own articles of association and rules, and it is not something that the boss can mess with.
Zhou Yi agrees with this very much, knows the importance of rules, and respects Director Rong very much.
People with old qualifications do have the benefits of being old, look at Director Rong's age, he hasn't rested so late, and he is still working with a group of people from the crew, he is indeed very serious and responsible, and he is definitely worthy of this position, there is nothing to find fault with.
In the professional recording studio, Zhou Yixian asked Xi Wei to print out the lyrics of the new song he wrote and sent them to Director Zheng Longshi and Rong.
Everyone looked at the lyrics and thought it was very good.
Director Rong is more confident, but what the effect is, I still have to listen to the singing, after all, the lyrics are not accompanied by a score, and I don't know the effect.
Next, Zhou Yi officially did a demonstration singing for everyone, which really brought a lot of surprises to everyone. He uses masterpieces from his previous life, can there be no surprises? That's a certainty. Tang Yan and Xi Wei have also been listening, cheering for Zhou Yi. Teng Tiangang was accompanying him, and he seemed to be a little interested, but he didn't speak, and he didn't attract attention, and his face was full of flesh, and he was still automatically incognito. Everyone in the crew regarded him as the bodyguard of the young master of the military command, and it was normal for him to look fierce, and he didn't know how fierce and domineering his origin was.
Zhou Yi sang a few songs well, which can be regarded as a certain level.
With his ability, he really does it to the extreme, and he can't sing better.
Zheng Longshi was naturally very satisfied, extremely excited and happy, and felt very refreshed.
With his level, he can fully hear the commercial artistic value of the song.
In the previous life, like "Sea and Sky" or something, they were all well-known songs, of course they were very powerful, otherwise Zhou Yi would not have taken them out.
Director Rong is even more very happy, thinking that the song is really good, it can definitely be a blockbuster, I didn't expect the boss's creative skills to be so strong, not only can write novels, write scripts, but also write songs, he is simply an all-rounder.
But this is really not surprising, since you can write a novel script and write a famous hall, it shows that the creative strength is indeed very strong, and it is understandable that you can write songs. There are such geniuses in the world, and there are even more geniuses.
It is said that the founding head of the country can not only create his own military way to kill boxing, but also research nuclear weapons, and at the same time can play aerial combat in the moon for nine days, catch turtles in the five seas and play hunting and submarine navigation, and can sweep through tanks and crush thousands of armies like a sweep, isn't this even more genius.
In his later years, he seemed to have attained Taoism in the mountains, and Xiaju soared, and I don't know if it's true.
Many people are suspicious of the one lying in the People's Memorial Hall!
Maybe people can still play interstellar, this is a time traveler back.
Anyway, people are known as boxing Master Luo, kicking the fat man on the hill, powering Shi Davish, crushing Hetler, you can't accept it!
Of course, this is some joke on the Internet.
In short, Zhou Yi's genius level can still make everyone accept it calmly and admire.
Everyone in the country has seen or heard of someone who is more genius.
Zhou Yi also solemnly promised Director Rong that he would continue to create songs of the same quality, and there would never be any such thing as Jiang Lang's talent. Standing on the shoulders of giants in the previous life, how could Jiang Lang be exhausted? Zhou Yi is usually just too lazy to plagiarize. At this time, he asked Director Rong to rest assured to win over Su Jian and the Dynasty Band, don't worry, and the company really needs to join new blood. Besides, in the future, the company can't always hire external soundtracks for film and television dramas, and it is naturally best to use its own people.
From the perspective of filming film and television dramas, it is indeed necessary to bring people in as soon as possible.
What's more, some film and television dramas have pictures of song singing and orchestra performances, and maybe you can also let the Dynasty Band make a cameo, no problem. In the previous life, many film and television dramas did this. Zhengdong is now understaffed, and it is definitely not a flood of talents.
Director Rong understands these truths and is very confident that the odds of winning are very high.
He will take time to talk to Su Jian.
Now Su Jian is cooperating with the crew of Zhengdong Pictures' "Rushing Tower" again, which was originally at the invitation of Director Rong. He had already come to see the scene of the Tower, and was currently preparing to make the opening soundtrack.
Zhou Yi is also more concerned about these situations.
I have to say that the background soundtracks of "Chongxiao Tower" and "Five Poison Gate" in the previous life are very good and distinctive.
In particular, the opening soundtrack of "Rushing to the Sky" is outstanding.
In this world, it is only natural that we have to create a classic soundtrack.
With Mr. Su Jian's level, there should be no problem.
Next, the takeaway was delivered in time, everyone had dinner together, and Tang Yan and Xi Wei finally had a full meal. Teng Tiangang ate a double portion, which was the one he ate the most. After eating and drinking, Zhou Yi began to teach Zheng Longshi to sing these songs, at least to explain some key parts clearly, especially how to express emotions, to be in-depth and thorough, and to understand. Being able to explain clearly, but not necessarily being able to sing well, are two different things.
With Zheng Longshi's musical level and comprehension ability, of course, there is no barrier to comprehension.
And his singing level is indeed much stronger than Zhou Yi, very professional.
Especially when he sang Yang Zongwei's "Wandering" in his previous life, he made all kinds of trills very perfectly, and his emotions were very deep, which was not far from the level of the original singing, and he was very effective. This is definitely a talent, and it may not be possible to practice it by hard work.
Tang Yan and Xi Wei, who were listening next to them, could hear it and applauded one after another.
Everyone thinks that Zhou Yi's singing skills are incomparable with Zheng Longshi.
If there is no comparison, everyone still thinks that Zhou Yi sang well before, which is very good, but when it is compared, it is troublesome and dwarfed.
If you have to compare the singing skills of the two, you can compare them like this: for example, the theme song "Eternal" of the TV series "Flower Thousand Bone" in the previous life, you listen to the original Xu Song's singing, and then listen to Alain's professional-level singing, you will know the gap between the singer-songwriter and the real professional master.
This is also the gap between Zhou Yi and Zheng Longshi.
No matter how well you create, you have to sing it with a professional master.
It's not that the original artist can't sing well, of course Zhou Yi can sing well, but compared with Zheng Longshi, there is obviously a big professional gap. After all, Zhou Yi has not received more professional music training, and his voice talent is far inferior. Your body muscles can be exercised the day after tomorrow, but how to train the throat muscles? What the voice is born to be, it is generally what it is, and it cannot be changed.
Zheng Longshi listened to Zhou Yi's singing, he could fully understand, learn better, and sing better, which is normal.
Then, according to Zhou Yi's singing, he also has to help compose professional scores, which is simply putting the cart before the horse, according to Ji Suotu, but who let Zhou Yi only sing according to the cat and the tiger, and he can't compose music professionally at all! It's a thing that can't be helped, it's funny indeed.
Zheng Longshi himself found it interesting, but he was willing to help.
Zhou Yi is indeed a genius, but he is not omniscient and omnipotent, so it is more flesh and blood and more real, rather than a fairy in human skin.
When Zheng Longshi came up with a professional score, and then Director Rong sent it back to the company's headquarters, the copyright department there could easily register the music copyright.
Director Rong has been accompanying them here, and he admires Zhou Yi's creative ability and Zheng Longshi's voice talent very much, and thinks that this pair is indeed a perfect match, which is very amazing. Geniuses and geniuses together can indeed collide with dazzling sparks. There is no doubt about that.
Director Rong is indeed more confident.
Even with Zhou Yi's talent and ability to understand songs, he himself is not unable to sing, even if he is not as good as Zheng Longshi, but some songs can be sung well, but the key is that he is usually too busy to find time at all, and I am afraid that he will not have time to go to concerts in the future, and it is not easy to be a guest. He has so many movies to make that it's really hard to be distracted, and it's even harder to be separated.
Just like attending The Voice now, how can he have time to go?
Film and television dramas are busy here.
After all, human time and energy are limited.
Unless you know how to practice the clone technique!
But that's obviously impossible.
Time passed slowly, and I was busy until late, and all these things were done.
The rest of the matter is simple, Zheng Longshi usually comes over, no problem at all, except that Director Rong is usually here, he will also ask the company's music editors and assistants to help, these things don't have to worry about Zhou Yi, he will arrange them properly.
The music editor was off work in the evening, certainly not here, but certainly during the day.
After all the things were done, Zheng Longshi went back to rest.
Send Zheng Longshi away, Zhou Yi and the others can finally return to the TV series crew to prepare for tomorrow's TV series shooting.
And so the night passed.
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