Shakira told Terry that she wanted to collaborate with Lin Zhimo on a record, which was naturally true, and this matter was actually thought about as early as when Lin Zhimo decided to participate in the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to use Shakira's current popularity to make a name for himself.

The people of Sony Music Company are naturally clear about Lin Zhimo's plan, they didn't want to agree to Lin Zhimo's matter, but firstly, Shakira was very persistent, and secondly, Lin Zhimo came up with a few songs of really good quality, which would definitely make money if they were put on the market, so in the end, they agreed to half push.

"Lin, is this your first time in the United States?" Shakira couldn't help but ask when she saw Lin Zhimo constantly looking around at the surrounding scenery.

"Well, it's not the first time, I've been here once before when I was shooting a Mercedes-Benz commercial, but it's just on the beach in Miami, and it's only been a little over a day, and it's the first time I've come to Hollywood." Lin Zhimo came to Hollywood this time to record the songs he collaborated with Shakira, and it was also the first time he came to Hollywood, a mecca in the hearts of global entertainment people.

"For the first time?" Shakira's eyes widened, "Not counting Miami, have you never been to the United States?" ”

In Shakira's opinion, this is simply incredible, you must know that Lin Zhimo can be said to be a household name in China now, and in Shakira's opinion, Lin Zhimo should have plenty of time.

"Didn't you want to come to the United States when you were on vacation?" Shakira asked again.

"Hmm...... In fact, from the debut to the present. I haven't taken a proper vacation yet. Lin Zhimo constantly admired the beautiful scenery of Hollywood while answering Shakira's questions.

"Oh my God! I really can't imagine what kind of life you've been living, what have you been doing outside of work for so many years? Although Shakira is not an American, she has been working in the United States for many years, and she has developed the American concept of combining work and rest, and every time she finishes recording a new record, she will choose a scenic place to take a vacation.

Therefore, now when she hears Lin Zhimo's words, she feels very incredible.

"When you don't work?" Lin Zhimo thought for a while and replied: "I rarely have time when I don't work, you know, I have to sing, act, playwright, and direct now...... I have a lot of time, and I don't think a person needs a lot of time to take a vacation, isn't it okay to take an hour or two off every day? ”

Hearing this, Shakira slapped her forehead and ignored Lin Zhimo.

Although I understand Lin Zhimo's diligence very much. But that doesn't mean Shakira agrees. But in her heart, she faintly began to feel. The reason why Lin Zhimo has achieved such great achievements is not without reason, at least if she is allowed to continue for several years without rest, she will not be able to do it.

Thinking so, Shakira glanced at Lin Zhimo, who was still taking pictures of the beautiful scenery with her camera from time to time, and suddenly felt distressed.

"He must be very tired after all these years...... Shakira thought silently.

……

There aren't many album tracks that the two collaborated on this time. But all of them are works made by Lin Zhimo and Shakira who personally caught the knife and composed music and lyrics. Especially Lin Zhimo. He even came up with seven songs at once.

"Seriously, Lin, I want to cut all three of my songs. The entire album uses only your songs. After recording the song "OnlyGirl" written for her by Lin Zhimo, Shakira really couldn't get the interest of continuing to record her own songs.

Lin Zhimo smiled and asked, "Even if you don't use your songs, the remaining songs will still use other people's songs, and when the time comes, no matter how good or bad the songs are, we won't even have a choice." ”

The tracks in this album Sony gave the two the right to choose the tracks, but if Shakira really doesn't plan to use the three songs she wrote, then this album may add a few other songs that I don't know if the quality is good or bad according to the company's wishes.

"But look at the songs you wrote, and look at my three ......" Shakira was still a little disappointed.

A few days ago, when the two of them each came up with their own songs, Shakira laughed at Lin Zhimo, saying that the quantity and quality would definitely decline, and as a result, each of the three songs she wrote could not compare to the seven songs written by Lin Zhimo.

In particular, these seven songs are not songs of the same genre, some are rap songs, some are pop songs, and three tracks are sung by two people.

As Sony Music's executives said, each of these seven songs can be used as the title song of an album.

"I can't say that, the direction of our two creations is not the same, when you write songs now, you are still deeply influenced by Latin music, and your thinking is still a little stiff, I am different, the American market is a blank for me, I can write whatever I want."

Lin Zhimo didn't want to see Shakira's lost appearance, so he comforted: "And you also know that sometimes the quality of a song does not mean that it will be popular in the market, and sometimes whether a song can sell well depends on other factors." ”

Although she knew that Lin Zhimo was comforting herself, Shakira still felt a lot better when she heard these words, so she nodded and said, "Yes, you're right...... The songs I wrote this time are not as good as those you wrote, but next time I must surpass you. ”

"Welcome to the challenge!" Seeing Shakira regain her spirits, Lin Zhimo also responded with a smile.

Three of the seven songs composed by Lin Zhimo were sung by two people, and the remaining four were exactly two songs by one person.

The three songs in the chorus are called "Lovethewayyoulie", "Crazyinlove" and "RightRound", in which Lin Zhimo is the rap part; The two songs that Lin Zhimo sang solo were "NotAfraid" and "TeenageLife"; And Shakira's two solo songs are called "OnlyGirl" and "Becauseofyou".

And all the parts sung by Lin Zhimo are rap, which does not mean that Lin Zhimo plans to specialize in rap songs in the United States in the future. It's just a ploy of his.

Lin Zhimo has a clear understanding of himself.

Although he is now hot in the entertainment industry in Chinese mainland, and he has won the award of Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival, one of the three major international film festivals in Berlin, these are not particularly attractive to the American entertainment industry.

Just as Americans think that there is no basketball except for the NBA, they are also very blindly confident in their own entertainment, after all, many countries' movies and musicians are proud to be able to enter the American market, which makes the American people generally look down on artists from other countries, let alone yellow people like Chinese.

It may be better if it were singers and actors from other European countries, but they don't identify with Asians.

And Lin Zhimo took these into account when he wanted to enter the U.S. market, and with his current ability, if he were to be a Caucasian, then it was certain that he would definitely become an instant hit. But now he is not from Europe and the United States. He is a real Chinese.

So if you want to enter the U.S. market as quickly and stably as possible, you have to come up with a comprehensive approach.

First of all, Lin Zhimo ruled out the director's method, after all, Lin Zhimo can't enter the eyes of Americans just with a "Don't Talk to Strangers", don't you see that Wu Yusen's great directors have lost Hollywood?

Secondly, what Lin Zhimo excludes is through acting. Truly. As an international actor. It is not difficult for Lin Zhimo to enter Hollywood films. But the difficulty is in the role positioning in the movie, Lin Zhimo definitely doesn't think that those directors in Hollywood will regard themselves as the leading actors, and they can't even be the second male lead.

Therefore, it is possible to enter the American entertainment industry through acting. But the speed will be relatively slow.

The only obvious solution is to sing.

And singing is not just about writing two songs with good quality to become popular, Lin Zhimo also needs to think carefully, that is, what type of songs he wants to sing.

In the American music scene, every genre has its own audience, and even some people will only listen to one genre for the rest of their lives, and those who like country music will never buy rock albums, and those who like rock music will never buy jazz music.

Lin Zhimo thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to sing rap!

In the United States, compared to other genres of music, rap music has not had a very long history, and it was only in the 70s of the last century that it officially became a musical genre, and it has only been 30 years now.

But in the past 30 years, rap music has developed very extensively, and it will become more and more widespread in the future based on current trends.

One of the reasons why Lin Zhimo chose rap music is because there are too many branches of rap music, such as West Coast Rap, Southern Rap, PopRap, OldSchool, MidwestRap, LatinRap, Hardcore Rap, and Gangster Rap GangstaRap), ForeignRap, EastCoast Rap, CrossoverRap, ComedyRap, ChristianRap, AlternativeRap, etc. Even what we call HIP-HOP is a new vocabulary born from the synthesis of popular elements in these genres.

In these various branches, Lin Zhimo can compose some songs very freely without worrying about some kind of restrictions.

In addition, another reason why Lin Zhimo chose rap music is because of the audience of rap music.

The short history of rap music is destined to be only a more receptive young person, and because rap music is music developed from black people, as a discriminated nation, the audience of this kind of music will be more tolerant of Lin Zhimo, a yellow race.

If Lin Zhimo chooses not rap, but country music with American national characteristics, I am afraid that Lin Zhimo will be constrained by various rules and regulations when creating songs, and he will not be able to fully express his creativity, and most importantly, he may end up with a thankless result because of his lack of understanding of American folklore and the discrimination of music audiences against Lin Zhimo.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Lin Zhimo still chose rap music, a very inclusive song genre, as a stepping stone for himself to enter the American music market.

I don't know other people's attitudes towards these songs, but judging from the reactions of Shakira and the staff who recorded the songs, these songs should still be welcomed by everyone.

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"Zhimo, are you going back to China soon?" Shakira asked in a gloomy mood.

A month after coming to the United States, Lin Zhimo finished recording his songs, and Lin Zhimo did not interfere in the production of the rest of the songs, after all, this is in the United States, and Sony Music does not believe in Lin Zhimo's strength, so Lin Zhimo decided to leave after recording the song.

"Yes, as you know, I still have a lot of things to deal with at home." Lin Zhimo was also very reluctant to Shakira.

After the two of them explained what they said last time, Lin Zhimo found that the relationship between the two was getting stranger and stranger, this kind of relationship was neither a friend nor a lover, if he had to say it, it was more like the kind of friend of the opposite sex who talked about everything, but it was a little more ambiguous.

But to be honest, Lin Zhimo is enjoying this feeling very much now, although there is no incident with Shakira, but this kind of spiritual intimacy makes Lin Zhimo more different from Shakira, and his feelings for Huo Xiwen and the three are completely different.

For Lin Xinru, Lin Zhimo now has both love and guilt; For Zhang Ziyi, he is both pity and admiration; For Huo Xiwen, it is both love and respect.

The three women did not love anyone the deepest in Lin Zhimo's heart, or that he could only choose one of the three, and he would be more inclined to whom. But if you really analyze it rationally, there is no doubt that the most suitable person to be with Lin Zhimo is Huo Xiwen, she has been silently paying since she first met Lin Zhimo, and even after knowing the relationship between Lin Zhimo and Lin Xinru, she still silently supports him behind Lin Zhimo's back.

This is also the reason why Lin Zhimo respects Huo Xiwen, and it is also the place where he feels most sorry for Huo Xiwen.

As for Shakira, Lin Zhimo's feelings are different from the above three.

At the beginning, facing Shakira, Lin Zhimo was completely a man's instinct, but as he got deeper and deeper contact with her, Lin Zhimo gradually discovered Shakira's cuteness.

She is kind and simple, enthusiastic about people, and has some stubbornness in her temper, these good or bad personalities make it difficult for Lin Zhimo to maintain that kind of beauty-hunting mentality, and it also makes him choose a showdown when he can have an intimate relationship with her.

Things after that were a little weird, Lin Zhimo originally thought that he would lose Shakira's friend, but he didn't expect Shakira to still show that she still liked Lin Zhimo, and she still stayed by his side, and even became closer than before.

By now, Lin Zhimo was no longer sure if he could still tolerate Shakira throwing herself into the arms of other men. (To be continued......)