Chapter 221: World Cup Theme Song
"Good! Come on! Come on! Lin Zhimo, like the other fans around him, stood up, blushing and shouting loudly.
After this wave of attacks was over, Lin Zhimo sat down a little depressed, and then asked Han Qianyu on the side, "How is it, is there a feeling of blood boiling?" ”
Han Qianyu reached out to cover her mouth and yawned and asked, "What did you just say?" ”
Lin Zhimo was a little dumbfounded: "Can you still sleep at the football game?" ”
"Please, is it fun for two dozen people to chase a ball on the field?" As she followed Lin Zhimo for more and more time, Han Qianyu's speech was no longer as soft and weak as when the two first met.
"Besides, you said you can watch the game, why do you have to call me along?" Han Qianyu was dragged to the football match by Lin Zhimo this afternoon, if it weren't for Lin Zhimo's promise to give her a holiday at the end of this year, Han Qianyu would not have come back to this kind of place full of foul language.
"Hehe, the reason why I called you is that I want to see what you, a woman, will look like when she sees a football match." Lin Zhimo looked at Han Qianyu's faint eye feces at the corner of his eyes again and said helplessly: "It seems that I have found the wrong object, it is better to directly observe the female fans at the scene." ”
"yes, you've finally figured out the bug." Han Qianyu stood up mercilessly and said, "Then I'll leave first, you can appreciate it slowly." ”
Lin Zhimo couldn't help but roll his eyes when he looked at Han Qianyu's back slowly squeezing out of the crowd.
The reason why Lin Zhimo came to watch the football game today was not to rest, but for a purpose.
When I talked to the reporter of Time Magazine again yesterday, a thought suddenly flashed in Lin Zhimo's mind. That's one way to make yourself more famous abroad - football songs.
World Cup Soccer Songs, to be Exact!
Who is Ricky Martin? I am afraid that almost no Chinese knew his name before 1998, but after the 98 World Cup, his name instantly put out fires all over the world, and with a song "Cup of Life", his personal fame surpassed all singers in an instant.
In the music industry of 98 years, Ricky Martin is a well-deserved number one celebrity.
This is the influence of football, the number one sport in the world, this is the influence of the World Cup!
Now, the 2002 World Cup is the first World Cup to be held in Asia, and although it is not held in China, Lin Zhimo still wants to take advantage of this east wind to get a piece of the pie.
He wants to write a song for the World Cup, a song that can be used as a representative repertoire for this World Cup.
Now watching football matches is a means for Lin Zhimo to brew feelings in advance.
After watching the game, Lin Zhimo returned home and did not rest, but took out the player and continued to play the disc of some football match highlights he had just bought.
Just as Lin Zhimo was watching the game, his mobile phone suddenly rang. When I opened it, I saw that it was Shakira calling.
"Hey. Lin, have you created any good songs lately? Shakira asked with a smile.
"No, what, have you written any amazing works?" Lin Zhimo teased.
Some time ago, when the two were talking on the phone, Shakira said that she had created a very nice song. But after listening to it, Lin Zhimo said that the melody of this song is really good. However, it is not necessarily popular with the market.
Shakira was naturally unimpressed. After all, Lin Zhimo is Chinese, and no matter how good his vision is, it is impossible to know what kind of songs American listeners like. As a result, the EP was given a cold reception by the market upon its release, and it can even be said to be Shakira's worst-selling album since her debut, except for her first album.
But Shakira was naturally unwilling to hear Lin Zhimo's ridicule. So he sneered at each other: "Yes, I can't write good songs, but what about you, nothing, hum ......"
Lin Zhimo shook his head and smiled: "I'd rather lack than abuse, hey......" Lin Zhimo was just about to continue talking, a melody suddenly appeared in his mind, and he hurriedly said to Shakira: "I have inspiration now, wait a minute!" ”
After speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Shakira to react, and then immediately took out a pen and paper and began to record.
The expression on Shakira's face after hearing Lin Zhimo's words was a little dull: "This ...... Inspiration said that there is, it won't be a deliberate excuse not to answer my phone, right? ”
But after thinking about it, it shouldn't be possible, after all, the two have talked on the phone a lot, and Lin Zhimo has never hung up the phone under this excuse. Thinking like this, Shakira's curiosity was also aroused, and she was going to go shopping, she stopped cleaning up and prepared to call Lin Zhimo back after a while.
Lin Zhimo had been watching the football game on TV when he was talking to Shakira just now, and at that moment, the camera just turned to the fans at the scene - the fans at the scene were painted with camouflage on their faces and waved countless flags in their hands, and the scene that covered the sky and the sun hit Lin Zhimo's mind at once.
Lin Zhimo kept writing, and the melody and lyrics were written in one go, and because it was promoted as a track for the World Cup, Lin Zhimo wrote English lyrics this time.
After writing it, Lin Zhimo revised it twice, and then began to write some Chinese lyrics after a little consideration, and by the time he had finished modifying the Chinese lyrics, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.
"Hi Shakira, are you still there?" Lin Zhimo then remembered that he was talking to Shakira on the phone just now.
"Of course, how's that, what kind of song was written this time?" Shakira didn't care about the greetings and hurriedly asked.
"Haha, the song I wrote this time sounds so good, it's a song about football." Lin Zhimo did not hide it from Shakira.
"Football songs? Like the 'Cup of Life'? "No wonder Shakira would ask this, after all, the 98 World Cup has just passed, and that song has almost robbed a lot of the charm of the World Cup itself, so that many people know that this song knows Ricky Martin, but they don't know that this song is the theme song of the World Cup, and they don't know who the champion of that World Cup is.
"Hmm...... In my opinion, this song is naturally better than 'Cup of Life', but ......" Lin Zhimo suddenly thought of his Chinese identity, and couldn't help but hesitate.
Discrimination will exist anywhere, Lin Zhimo doesn't think that he will really make his name as popular as a song if he creates a ball that can be popular all over the world, in this era when everything is based on European and American countries, Lin Zhimo's song is very likely to be a song celebrity.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Hearing Lin Zhimo's somewhat unconfident words, Shakira's heart suddenly tightened for some reason, and she hurriedly asked with concern.
"It's nothing, it's just that some questions suddenly came to mind......" Lin Zhimo just wanted to tell his worries to the other party, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "Shakira, how about the two of us sing this song together?" ”
"The two of us?" Shakira was taken aback, she didn't expect Lin Zhimo to suddenly make this suggestion, "Why do you want to bring me, is this a song sung by two people?" ”
"Strictly speaking, I can sing this song alone, but you know, I don't have anything to do with the World Cup organizing committee." What Lin Zhimo said is also true, he has not signed a contract with any major music record companies now, and this song will probably be lost even if it is sent to the World Cup Organizing Committee.
Originally, he wanted to promote this song as a World Cup song through other promotion methods to increase the influence of his song in Asia, but he suddenly thought that Shakira signed with Sony, an international record giant, so he had an idea of cooperation in his heart.
"So you're just taking a fancy to Sony Records behind me?" To Lin Zhimo's surprise, Shakira's voice suddenly turned cold after hearing this.
"Forehead......" Lin Zhimo naturally heard the dissatisfaction in Shakira's tone, and hurriedly added: "Of course not, in fact, what I value more is your role in this song!" You must know that my song is very suitable for your Latin style, and I can't find a more suitable singer than you among the people I know, and you will definitely add a lot of style to this song. ”
"Really?" Hearing Lin Zhimo's explanation, Shakira turned her anger into joy and asked, "What's the name of your song?" ”
"Flags flying!" (To be continued......)