Zhang Li-yin was discovered by S.M Company because of his outstanding singing ability, and secretly trained for three years, and in 2006, he and TVXQ member Toshia Junxiu co-covered "Timeless", and debuted in the music industry with the first single with 870,000 popular downloads. In September 2006, the first EP album was officially released. In the same month, he won the SBS Mutizen Award for Popular Songs with "Timeless". In November, he received the Best Artist Award in the SOLO category of MKMF Newcomers.

The strength is amazing, the company is highly praised, and as a SOLO singer, Zhang Liyin has achieved quite proud results as soon as he debuted. In 2006, Zhang Liyin's musical talent and star temperament bloomed infinitely. In 2007, he participated in many performances with TVXQ, which made Zhang Liyin gain a large number of fans in China, and the release of Zhang Liyin's first Chinese album in 2008 is S.M's ambition, and it is an attempt to localize China.

BOA expanded into the Japanese market, while Zhang Liyin expanded into the Chinese market. Li Xiuman is full of confidence in Zhang Liyin, and also deeply agrees with Zhao Yuanxi's comments.

Zhao Yuanxi continued: "Maybe it's because of personality, it seems that Zhang Liyin pays too much attention to technique when singing, ignoring emotions, and sometimes the overtones are too fast, which is not very intoxicating. If you can be more emotional, I believe that you can interpret the work better. ”

Li Xiuman nodded and motioned for Zhao Yuanxi to continue, he was looking forward to more unique views.

Zhao Yuanxi frowned slightly: "When Zhang Liyin controls the strength of the breath, he uses the contrast of startled strength, which makes people feel not very comfortable, and the Chinese pronunciation is not very clear and accurate, the free conversion between opening and closing, and the fast and slow rhythm seems to be difficult to grasp." ”

When it comes to the pronunciation of Chinese, Li Xiuman can't calm down, and he is not proficient in Chinese, "What about Yuanxi's suggestion?" ”

"Ditch the flamboyant tricks and singing voices, incorporate more emotion, and simply sing."

A female singer in the Chinese music scene, Zhao Yuanxi likes Faye Wong's ethereal, Cai Qin's softness and Liang Jingru's warmth, while Zhang Liyin's skill-focused singing voice is like walking on ice, trembling, unable to make people relax, not the type he likes.

Maybe it was because he had been using his usual characteristic singing voice for a long time, Zhang Liyin couldn't understand the simple singing that Zhao Yuanxi said, or he couldn't do it, tried it several times, and shook his head helplessly.

"I've made a new Chinese-style song, maybe you can try to sing it." Zhao Yuanxi rubbed his chin and said, the song "Falling Flowers" is not suitable for the Korean market, and Zhao Yuanxi has no plans to release a Chinese album for the time being, so it is better to take this opportunity to let Zhang Liyin sing to test the market's reaction.

Li Xiuman was overjoyed, and urged Zhao Yuanxi to get the score.

Chinese folk music, this is the field that the composers of S.M company cannot reach, Li Xiuman's eyes suddenly lit up, Zhao Yuanxi's composition ability was praised by Yu Yongzhen, he has also seen Zhao Yuanxi's music scores, whether it is lyrical style or dance music style performance is very good, he is full of expectations for Zhao Yuanxi's Chinese national style.

Zhao Yuanxi returned to the practice room and took the score and handed it to Li Xiuman, Li Xiuman handed it to Yu Yongzhen after reading it, and handed it over to Zhang Liyin after the last time. Zhao Yuanxi sat upright in front of the piano and personally accompanied Zhang Liyin.

As soon as the prelude to "Falling Flowers" came out, Li Xiuman and Yu Yongzhen glanced at each other and were amazed. It's not a very complicated tune, and the strong Chinese national flavor is really something that Korean musicians can't interpret.

Zhang Liyin accepted Zhao Yuanxi's guidance, gave up the skills and singing tone that he had always focused on, and simply sang while listening to the sound of Ding Dong.

At the end of the song, Li Xiuman applauded vigorously, regardless of whether the song was recognized by the Chinese market, at least Zhao Yuanxi created a precedent for S.M Chinese national style, proving that he can not only play lyrical style and dance music style, but also control the national style full of rich colors.

Music localization is the consistent tenet of S.M, and the emergence of Zhao Yuanxi proves that this tenet is extremely correct. Zhao Yuanxi himself is far more pleasing to Li Xiuman than Zhang Liyin's Chinese album.

The album "Star Wish" includes twelve songs including Zhang Liyin's debut song "Timeless", four English songs, and eight Chinese songs, which is the favorite work of S.M Company, in addition to this "Star Wish" as the main track, there is also a sister song "Happy Left Bank" as a double main song, and now coupled with Zhao Yuanxi's strong Chinese style "Falling Flowers" strong main hit, Li Xiuman is full of confidence in this album.

Zhao Yuanxi arranged very few trips for himself, he soaked in the studio all day to record a new album for Zhang Liyin, this was his first contact with the field of production, the last time An Qixuan made an album, he just watched it on the spot, far less than now he personally joined the production of the album. Following Li Xiuman, a veteran singer and producer, Zhao Yuanxi can learn more.

At dinner, after a full day of recording, Zhao Yuanxi received a call from Han Geng and agreed to drink in the old place. When Zhao Yuanxi arrived at the barbecue restaurant, the staff had already arrived, and in addition to Han Geng, Zhou Mi and Song Qian, there was also a handsome and handsome boy.

When the boy saw Zhao Yuanxi, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Hello senior, I'm Wu Yifan, a trainee of the company." ”

As a SOLO singer in the limelight of S.M Company, Zhao Yuanxi is undoubtedly the envy of many trainees in the company, Wu Yifan certainly knows Zhao Yuanxi, and takes him as an example in private.

When Chinese come to South Korea as trainees, the first level is the language level, and the second level is naturally the customs level. South Korea has a strict hierarchy and attaches great importance to seniors, making it difficult for foreigners to adapt to Korea for the first time. S.M has a special language class and etiquette class to teach its trainees.

Wu Yifan spoke Chinese, Zhao Yuanxi felt very cordial, looked the handsome boy up and down, and said with a smile: "Don't call seniors, just call brothers." ”

After staying in South Korea for a long time, Zhao Yuanxi inevitably got used to Korean customs, and accepted the title of brother very calmly.

"Brother Yuanxi." Wu Yifan hurriedly changed his tone and called brother.

Zhao Yuanxi sat opposite Song Qian and asked casually, "When did you join the company?" ”

"I joined the company in 2007 through S.M. GlobalAuditionCANADA."

"What year was Yifan born? Where is home? ”

Wu Yifan smiled a little shyly: "I was born in 90, born in Guangzhou Province, and moved to Vancouver with my family when I was ten years old. ”

It seems that this is a new generation of preparatory members of the men's group, Zhao Yuanxi nodded, S.M company is really diligent in the Chinese market, all-round coverage, and immediately laughed: "You can come to me at any time if you have any difficulties in the company." ”

"Brother Xie Lu."

Zhao Yuanxi patted Wu Yifan's shoulder and said in the style of a big brother: "Come on, strive to make your debut as soon as possible." ”

Wu Yifan replied respectfully.

Zhao Yuanxi and Song Qian nodded casually as greetings, and they were both Chinese in a foreign land, and there was no need for red tape between them.

"I made an appointment with Zhang Liyin, it should be almost there." Zhou Mi took a big sip of soju and said with a smile.

While speaking, Zhang Liyin walked in, changed into a plain long dress, and greeted Han Geng and a group of people softly.

This time, Zhang Liyin didn't speak Korean, Zhao Yuanxi glanced at it and smiled: "It seems that the scale of our party will get bigger and bigger in the future." ”

Song Qian smiled: "It's not good to be more and more lively. ”

Zhao Yuanxi raised his glass and drank with Song Qian, "It's naturally good to be lively, the more lively the better." ”

After some conversation, Zhao Yuanxi realized that Zhang Liyin was just shy by nature, even a little shy, and he didn't talk much when everyone gathered, more often he just watched and smiled lightly.

Han Geng and Zhou Mi were very excited to be allowed to make their official debut in China, Han Geng has always been bold in drinking, and today he is very happy, it didn't take long for him to be seven or eight points drunk, Zhou Mi also drank a lot, seeing that the two of them had to get drunk if they drank again, Zhao Yuanxi asked Wu Yifan to send the two back to the dormitory.

Before his debut, Zhang Li-yun was sleeping with Kim Taeyeon and Tiffany of Girls' Generation, and after his debut, he slept with Song Qian, and happened to drop by, and Cho Won-hee sent the two girls back to the dormitory.

MEMT and popular songs can only win three consecutive championships at most, and the music center is not ranked, Zhao Yuanxi needs to participate in the singing stage after three consecutive championships only KBS's music bank, his itinerary is extremely simple, the next few days, Zhao Yuanxi devoted himself to the production of Zhang Liyin's Chinese album.

Li Xiuman and Yu Yongzhen also gave him the opportunity to display his talents, as a Chinese has a natural keen sense of the Chinese music scene, there are a large number of Chinese trainees under S.M, and there is no musician producer who really understands the Chinese music scene. An Qixuan is barely half, but unfortunately he is about to enlist in the army at the end of this month, and he will be gone for two years. The two have high hopes for Zhao Yuanxi, hoping that he will grow into the helm of expanding the Chinese market.

Zhao Yuanxi's birth came at the right time, just in time for his meeting. His Chinese folk music is undoubtedly an effective key to pry open the door to the huge Chinese market that S.M has always desired.