Chapter 30: The Rainy Season at the Age of 17

When speaking, Gu Chen's eyes were fixed on Shi Yali most of the time, because suddenly Shi Yali's eyes were always looking at him directly when he answered the question, and it flashed with a very hot light, since other girls were so bold, he naturally couldn't be timid.

"Judging by the results of the album "True Self", it's clear that you are better than most people who honestly finish four years of college. Speaking of which, I have to talk about the songs on the album. Shi Yali swapped her overlapping feet, but I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, when her feet were swapped up and down, her body turned a little in the direction of Gu Chen, and her legs were just facing Gu Chen, so that at the moment when the legs were exchanged, Gu Chen saw a lot of spring under the hip skirt from the gap between her legs.

Shi Yali continued casually: "The songs in this album are all written by you alone, and what is even more precious is that the first capital is a classic, almost dominating the two lists of Hong Kong's top ten golden songs and the top ten Chinese golden songs list, I think many people are curious, with your age, with your life experience, for what can you write so many excellent songs, do you have any secrets?" ”

Gu Chen's eyes glanced at Shi Yali's stacked beautiful legs, and smiled: "There is definitely no secret, but I like to read it more, when I was in high school, I would visit the school library almost every day, Chinese classic novels, such as "Dream of the Red Mansion", "Journey to the West", famous works in the world, travel notes, celebrity biographies, etc., I read everything, if I have to say the secret, The profound literary background accumulated from books and the in-depth observation of people, objects and things in daily life are my secrets. ”

Shi Yali nodded and added, "I think not only these two points, but talent is also very important. There should be a lot of people who read a lot of books and have a deep literary background in the world, but there are not many people who can become a successful singer-songwriter like Chen Shaoyou. ”

"I don't rule out that there is an element. In fact, after I have a certain amount of music skills, sometimes I sleep until I wake up in the middle of the night, or when I am eating, or when I am in class, or even when I go to the toilet, and suddenly I have an inspiration in my head, which is a wonderful feeling that you can't describe in words. If people really had a past life, I believe that my past life must have been a very good musician. ”

"I believe it too." Shi Yali said, picked up the information on her lap and looked at it: "According to the latest statistical results, as of January 7, the day before yesterday, the total sales of "True Self" in Taiwan in the first month reached 926458, creating the highest sales record of a single album in Taiwan. Sales in Hong Kong also reached 340873, also setting a sales record for the first month of Hong Kong album release. In addition, the sales of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia in the first two weeks were also counted today, reaching more than 750,000 copies. I was deeply shocked by such a strong sales, but what kind of feeling did it bring you? ”

"Of course I'm happy, but I don't feel much other than that, because I was confident in the album before the album was released, and some people might think I'm arrogant when I say that, but what I want to say is that if a creator doesn't have confidence in his own work, then what does he have to expect others to like his work, maybe he has to resign himself to fate."

Shi Yali's eyes were still hot when she looked at Gu Chen, but there was a different brilliance in it, and she praised: "It is said that the most basic quality that a successful person should have is self-confidence, and I think you have such a quality." Can you tell us about your sales expectations for this album? ”

"Judging from the current situation, no matter how far this album reaches in the future, it will meet my expectations, and the reason why I say this is because Cantonese itself is a regional language with a very small use area, so the most popular Cantonese album will always be Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, at most plus one Southeast Asia, the Japanese and South Korean markets are much smaller, and in Western countries such as Europe and the United States, it is even more difficult to open the market for Cantonese songs."

"This should be the reason why you chose a Chinese album for your second album, after all, Chinese is a world-wide language, which can play a more role in spreading songs."

"is one of the reasons, but not all, people familiar with music know that Cantonese songs and Chinese songs are very different in lyrics and songs, Cantonese is more ancient, retains a lot of ancient sounds, and the words are relatively ancient, such as "also" is often said as "also", and there are many inverted sentences in Cantonese songs, many Cantonese lyrics are very strange to pronounce in Mandarin, not smooth, this is the reason.

Chinese songs are our daily vernacular. ”

"I came to Taiwan when I was 12 years old, so I can say that I grew up in Taiwan, and you can listen to my Chinese no different from you. Music also really started in Taiwan, so in terms of music creation, I am more good at creating Chinese songs. Of course, this is only relatively. ”

"Hearing you say that, I'm suddenly looking forward to your second album, and I'm sure a lot of the audience on the set and in front of the TV are in the same mood as me."

"At the launch of this album, you played and sang a Chinese song called "White Birch Forest", which tells a touching love story in the Soviet Union during World War II, this song was widely reported by the Hong Kong media and was hailed as a tear-jerking divine comedy, can you sing it for us live."

Gu Chen saw the expectation in Shi Yali's eyes, smiled, and said: "The atmosphere tonight is good, I won't sing this song to spoil the atmosphere, in my first Chinese album everyone will hear the full "White Birch Forest". But since I came, I definitely can't let everyone go back empty-handed, so let's sing you a fresh and warm song, this song was written when I was a sophomore in high school, called "17-year-old rainy season". ”

The staff of the program team immediately walked to the stage with a guitar, Gu Chen took the guitar and adjusted it, and said: "Since I didn't communicate with the program team in advance, I simply sang a cappella for everyone." After a few noises, the clear and peaceful sound of the piano sounded:

When I was a child

There are many jasmine flowers in front of the door

It has a light fragrance

As I grew up

Those jasmine flowers in front of the door

It has slowly withered and no longer sprouts

What kind of mood

What kind of age

What kind of pleasure

What kind of crying

The rainy season at the age of seventeen

We share the same expectations

They also used to hug each other tightly

The rainy season at the age of seventeen

Reminiscing about the bits and pieces of childhood

But I found that the growth was slowly approaching

……