Chapter 465: Alone (Bee-Gees)
On the evening of April 5, Xu Nuo ended his trip to Xiangjiang ahead of schedule and returned to Fuwan from Xiangjiang with makeup artist and assistant Xiaoyu.
Lin Jianguo still wants to stay in Xiangjiang to talk about cooperation with Uniasia, Du Xinghe has already told Lin Jianguo about the idea of making a movie, instead of asking him to make an album for Yuan Xiaotian, it is better for them to talk about a bigger plan with Uniasia Entertainment, funded by Cloud World, Uniasia Entertainment will produce and release a series of movies starring Yuan Xiaotian, and wait for the movie to sell out, and then operate Yuan Xiaotian's album plan.
There are many businesses involved in this plan, the investment is large, the return is high, and the risk is also very large, Lin Jianguo saw that Du Xinghe wanted to pay money to make a movie, and he was more resistant in his heart, Cloud World has just incorporated Fang Yajun's publishing house, and has stepped from the pure record industry to the text publishing industry, and now he wants to get involved in investing in making movies, this step seems to be a bit big.
However, considering Du Xinghe's series of genius expressions and wise decisions in the past period, Lin Jianguo feels that Du Xinghe's plan to step into the film industry seems to be a very reliable thing. If Du Xinghe's talent in making movies is as strong as he is in making music and writing novels, then Cloud World will be able to make money faster. The film industry has always been the industry at the top of the entire entertainment industry chain, and it is the largest, most influential, and most gold-absorbing industry in the market.
There are five cinema alliances in the country, each of which is a giant crocodile-level storage zài. It is the Southwest Cinema Alliance, which has the smallest operating scale, and the annual output value of the cinema chain is much higher than the output value of all records in the country combined. For example, the Southeast Cinema Alliance, which operates relatively well, is the cinema alliance where Fuwan, Xiangjiang and other places are located. The annual output value of movies is more than twice as high as the output value of records.
The strength of each of the top ten film groups that the Southeast Cinema Alliance mainly cooperates with is not weaker than the four giant crocodiles in the record industry.
Top movie stars may not be much behind top singers in terms of net income, but their influence in Asia is incomparable to that of singers.
To give a simple example, just like Du Xinghe's eldest brother in Huayi, actor Huang Honglei, who only won the Golden Dragon Award last year, is now only about 25 million yuan in China, which is not the salary at the top of the pyramid.
Huang Honglei makes 3 movies a year, plus other income such as advertising endorsements, he can earn more than 100 million yuan in the circle a year. This is not counting other investment income that has nothing to do with the entertainment industry.
In terms of Huang Honglei's income alone, it cannot be compared with the singer Zhang Dehua, who earns three or four billion yuan a year. But influence in Asia. Huang Honglei is no worse than Zhang Dehua, especially in some small countries in Southeast Asia and other places, the citizens of those countries may not know who Zhang Dehua is, but they must have seen Huang Honglei's movies. It's just because the influence of Chinese films is more dominant in Asia than music.
In the Chinese entertainment industry. A male movie star like Huang Honglei. There are at least 50 people in the film industry, and Huang Honglei is not a palace-level figure now, because the total box office of all the movies he starred in has not yet reached 5 billion.
It's like the record industry uses a hard indicator of record sales to divide queens. In the Chinese film industry, top movie stars are also divided by the box office.
No matter how many movies in which the male star is the protagonist, as long as the total box office can exceed 5 billion, and the average box office can exceed 200 million, then the male star is a palace-level superstar.
There are currently only 5 such superstars in the Chinese film industry, two of them are from the film capital of Xiangjiang, one is from Fuwan, one is from Chang'an, and one is from Beiping, Du Xinghe's hometown.
Among the five emperor stars, the lowest paid film is also a starting price of 60 million, and usually if you want to invite them to make a movie, the salary will exceed 100 million.
The net income of these five emperor stars in the entertainment industry is similar to that of singer Andy Cheung, and they also earn 300 million to 400 million yuan a year, and their personal value is higher than that of many medium-sized film companies. Like Andy Cheung's status at the top of the pyramid in the music world, these five emperor stars are also at the top of the pyramid in the film industry.
is slightly weaker than these five superstars, with a total box office of between 2 billion and 5 billion, and the average box office of more than 100 million male movie stars, almost all of them are actors, just like Huang Honglei. They will have to stay up for at least a few more years before they can reach the palace level.
In terms of income and influence, a movie superstar of Huang Honglei's level can almost only be matched by the four kings in the music world, and the number is much less than that of the film industry. It can be seen that the scale and influence of the Chinese record industry are much smaller than that of the film industry.
Further down, the number of star figures in the film industry is even more explosive in the record industry, and it is estimated that the stars of the film capital Xiangjiang together are more than the number of singers who can be called stars in the record industry, not to mention that other theater alliances also have their own stars.
Du Xinghe wants to get involved in the film industry this time, which is definitely a crucial step for the cloud world that aims to become a cultural aircraft carrier, so Lin Jianguo wants to stay in Xiangjiang and talk about this matter with Uniasia, and also ask his friends in Uniasia to help evaluate how high the risk of investing in movies is in this industry today.
Although "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" has brought more than 30 million revenue to the cloud world, more than half of the cloud world has been invested in the promotion of Yiyan's "Flower Heart".
After the cloud world moves, it will expand a group of employees, and the company's available liquidity is only 20 million, even if "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" and Xu Nuo's "I Am a Little Bird" can continue to make profits for the company in April, but this money needs to be invested in making a series of movies, which seems to be quite stretched. Lin Jianguo has to think about how to do big things with little money.
That night, Du Xinghe personally went to Liyuan International Airport to pick up Xu Nuo and Xiaoyu.
I haven't seen him for more than a week, Du Xinghe misses Xu Nuo quite a lot, but with Xiaoyu here, he can't be too intimate with Xu Nuo.
After going around the distance to send Xiaoyu home first, Du Xinghe drove Xu Nuo back to the villa in Dongjia Garden, Xu Nuo's mother Zhou Chuhong was also at home this night, Du Xinghe and they had all called to communicate before, and they took Xu Nuo home to Xu Nuo's house for a light meal this night.
Before arriving home, Du Xinghe drove the car to the beach and parked in a place where there were few people. Facing the sea, he made love to Xu Nuo in the car, and it was not until he begged for mercy for Xu Nuomo that it came to an end.
The back button of the corset that was pulled open by Du Xinghe was re-buttoned, Xu Nuo complained to Du Xinghe: "You are getting more and more colored now, aren't you afraid that there will be paparazzi secretly photographing us?" ”
"Don't worry, my driving skills are still very good, just a few laps, I paid special attention to it, there is no car to follow. to dare to drive so boldly here. Du Xinghe explained. reluctantly grabbed Xu Nuo's chest through Xu Nuo's silk shirt.
"Don't make a fuss, it's almost eight o'clock, go back quickly, or my mother will be in a hurry." Xu Nuo smiled and helped Du Xinghe away. Urging Du Xinghe to drive.
"That's right. You've passed the test. Or you can open it, and I'll watch from the sidelines. There aren't many cars here, so you should practice the car. You can't get on the road with a car book alone. You have to practice a lot to be considered to be able to drive. Du Xinghe mentioned Jian Yiyi to Xu Nuo.
"Okay!" Xu Nuo gladly accepted Du Xinghe's proposal. After taking the driver's license, she hasn't been on the road much, and now there is Du Xinghe by her side to watch her, protect her, and give her courage, she naturally has to practice hard.
Xu Nuo got out of the car excitedly, exchanged positions with Du Xinghe, and after sitting in the main driver's seat, he adjusted the semi-manual transmission mode that Du Xinghe was used to driving to a fully automatic transmission, ready to use the easiest way to drive.
"Would you like some music?" Du Xinghe was afraid that Xu Nuo would be nervous, so he made a gesture to turn on the FM radio station and play some music to help Xu Nuo relieve pressure.
Xu Nuo hadn't seen Du Xinghe for more than a week, nor had he heard Du Xinghe sing, and he really wanted to hear Du Xinghe sing. For Du Xinghe's musical magic, she is now more and more addicted, because she finds that Du Xinghe's singing skills are getting stronger and stronger, and it has reached the point where she can't extricate herself. Listening to Du Xinghe's songs is like taking drugs, especially Du Xinghe's live performance, if she doesn't listen to it for a few days, she feels not so comfortable.
And wandering in Du Xinghe's singing, she can really relax.
With a sweet smile, fastening his seat belt, and adjusting the seat position, Xu Nuo begged Du Xinghe: "You sing me a song, don't listen to the radio." ”
"Okay, what do you want to hear?" Du Xinghe returned his hand and picked up the small guitar of the Yuqin Workshop from the back seat.
"It's easy, it's relaxing." Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and Xu Nuo looked forward to Du Xinghe Road: "I haven't listened to an English song for a long time, you can give me an English song!" ”
Since returning from the United States, this little bird has been a little shocked by Western music, and Du Xinghe is very good at Western music, which makes her like and accept Western music even more. She had heard Du Xinghe sing English songs, and there were more than one song, and she knew that Du Xinghe was very charming when she sang English songs, so she wanted to listen to another song.
Du Xinghe thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll give you a relaxing song, but you have to concentrate on driving, just listen to the melody and taste when I sing, don't listen to the words." Because you can't understand the words, no matter how much you hear them. ”
Xu Nuo laughed at Du Xinghe's last sentence, glanced at Du Xinghe coquettishly, hung up the forward gear, and started the car carefully, and at the same time said to Du Xinghe: "I will also learn English well in the future, just like my mother, the old man of the province is gimmicked by you." ”
It's not the first time Du Xinghe has taken Xu Nuo's car, when Xu Nuo just got his driver's license before, he took Xu Nuo to practice driving twice, and knew that Xu Nuo's driving talent was quite good, careful and cautious, but not timid, unlike ordinary girls and beginners who didn't dare to drive at all, she was quite reliable in driving, so she wasn't so worried.
However, he still fastened the seat belt, Xu Nuo is also a beginner no matter how he says, in case of an emergency, it is not so safe to deal with it, and Du Xinghe is more practical when he has a seat belt.
At this time, the English song he wanted to sing, "Alone", was in his mind, which was a classic song by an old band, the Bee-Gees, which he admired.
In the last plane, the Bee-Gees group, formed in 1958 by the three brothers Barry-Gibb, Robin-Gibb and Maurice-Gibb, has been active in the 60s and 90s of the 20th century since 1964 with its flawless chorus skills, and has been hailed as the most successful and perfect trio in history, and has set two unprecedented records: the only singer band in the history of music to create 6 consecutive national number one songs, and the only artist to have 5 songs in the top 10 of the US singles chart at the same time, they have won a total of 7 Grammy Awards and created the world's best-selling soundtrack.
Robin-Gibb is the soul and lead voice of Bee-Gees. It uses its unique Huairou singing voice to interpret the supreme status of Bee-Gees in the European and American music scenes, and has adapted and covered more than 500 Bee-Gees songs, many of which are singers such as Barbra Streisand, Superboy, Destiny, Celine Dion, Elvis, Janice Japlin, Diana Rose and other diva-level singers.
However, in 2014, when Du Xinghe crossed, only one of the three Beegees brothers was still alive, and the third brother of them, Maurice, was a bass guitarist and keyplayer in the band, and in 2003, he had to undergo emergency surgery due to intestinal obstruction, during which he died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
Robin Gibb suffered from bowel and liver cancer and underwent two major surgeries in April 2012. He was in a coma for a week due to pneumonia. He woke up on April 22 and was able to nod his head and communicate with his family, but died a month later and passed away.
Du Xinghe wants to sing the song "Alone". It was the title track of Bee-Gees' 1997 album Still-Water Chinese s. It is a classic of the late Bee-Gees.
The song highlights Bee-Gees' unique high-pitched voice. Although the tone of the song is a bit lonely, if you have never heard Bee-Gees music, you will remember the special singing of this special band for the first time.
In Du Xinghe's opinion. Bee-Gees' penetrating voice, with a sense of the vicissitudes of a lifetime, after them, no one else has a sound as perfectly harmonious as theirs, maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's undeniable, it's all true.
In the previous plane, the Bee-Gees were neither trend-setting nor bold as The-Rolling-Stones, but they have always conquered hearts with their friendly image and clever pop pieces.
Their songs are very strange, the same way of singing, those who like it will be fascinated, and those who don't like it will cover their ears and run away, just like durian.
Fortunately, Du Xinghe likes durian.
In the field of music, he has never been a picky eater, and he has dabbled in all kinds of moving music forms, and there is no preference, as long as it is not noise.
Just now Xu Nuo said that he wanted to listen to English songs while driving, and the first thing that popped into his mind was this song "Alone".
Maybe Xu Nuo is not here during this time, he lives alone, and he is really a bit alone.
Seeing Xu Nuo drive the car onto the seaside road, the guitar in Du Xinghe's hand also played a playful note.
Pinching his throat, he began to sing in imitation of Bee-Gees' signature voice.
……
I-was-a-midnight-rider-on-a-cloud-of-smoke~
I-could-make-a-woman-hang-on-every-single-stroke~
I-was-an-iron-man~
I-had-a-master-plan~ (There are countless means)
ButIwasalone~ (but still alone)
……
Xu Nuo was stunned when she heard it, she thought that Du Xinghe was singing like this was funny, and glanced at Du Xinghe, but found that Du Xinghe was singing very seriously. Instead of teasing her with the singing style of a funny artist, Xu Nuorao was taken aback.
After listening to two more sentences, she was gradually caught by Du Xinghe's singing.
……
I-could-hear-you-breathing~
With-a-sigh-of-the-wind~
I-remember-how-your-body-started-trembling~ (I still remember how violently your body trembled)
Oh, whats-a-night-its-been~
And-for-the-state-Im-in~
Im-still-alone~
……
The more I listened, the more strange I felt, and the more I listened, the more I felt good. Xu Nuo couldn't help but sigh again in his heart: Du Xinghe, this guy, is simply "playing" with music, music can be deconstructed at will in his mouth, and after deconstruction, the effect produced is so magical, it is really amazing!
The voice is becoming more and more comfortable, and Du Xinghe is quite comfortable with Bee-Gees' sharp voice singing, and his own vocal cords have not completely changed his voice. It's a bit high and thin. Singing "Alone" is not a lot of effort at all.
Enjoying the lyrics of "Alone", he became more and more involved in singing.
……
And-all-the-wonders-made-for-the-Earth~
And-all-the-hearts-in-all-creation~
Somehow-I-always-end-up-alone~
Always-end-up-alone~
……
So-I-play, Ill-wait~
Cause-you-know-that-love-takes-time~
We-came-so-far~ (We've been through so much)
Just-the-beat-of-a-lonely-heart~
And-its-mine~ (That's what I got)
I-dont-wanna-bealone~ (I don't want to be alone anymore)
……
Well,since-I-got-no-message-on-your-answer-phone~(Okay.) I can't hear your phone messages anymore)
And-since-youre-busy-every-minute.~(Self-hitting you are busy every minute)
I-just-stay-at-home~
I-make-believe-you-care~ (I believe.) You care about me)
I-feel-you-everywhere~ (I feel.) You're everywhere)
But-Im-still-alone~ (But I still can't get rid of loneliness)
……
After Du Xinghe sang a big section, Xu Nuo was also a little familiar and fascinated by the psychedelic and charming melody of this song, and was waiting for Du Xinghe to sing the second big section. She can hum the melody next to her.
……
Im-on-a-wheel-of-fortune-with-a-twist-of-fate~
Cause-I-know-it-isnt-heaven,is-it-love-or-hate~ (Because I know that I won't be leading to heaven, it's love, or hate)
Am-I-the-subject-of-the-pain~
Am-I-the-stranger-in-the-rain~
I-am-alone~ (I'm lonely)
……
And-if-there-glory-there-to-behold~ (If I still have something to look forward to)
Maybe-its-my-imagination~ (That should be my hallucination)
Another-story-there-to-be-told~
……
I don't know what Du Xinghe means by singing, but Xu Nuo feels that listening to such a song is so relaxing, or rather, listening to such a melody is so relaxing. After being nodded by Du Xinghe, she now likes to listen to foreign songs more and more, because she can't understand the meaning of foreign songs, after the song enters her ears, she pays more attention to the melody and structural composition of the song, and appreciates and analyzes a song from the level of pure music, which is much easier than listening to Chinese songs, double analysis of words and songs.
……
So-I-play, Ill-wait~
And-I-pray-its-not-too-late~ (I pray that it's not too late)
We-came-so-far~ (We've been through so much)
Just-the-beat-of-a-lonely-heart~
And-its-mine~ (That's what I got)
I-dont-wanna-bealone~ (I don't want to be alone anymore)
……
And-all-the-wonders-made-for-the-Earth~
And-all-the-hearts-in-all-creation~
Another-story-there-to-be-told~
So-I-play, Ill-wait~
And-I-pray-its-not-too-late~ (I pray that it's not too late)
……
We-came-so-far~ (We've been through so much)
Just-a-beat-of-a-lonely-heart~
And-its-mine~ (That's what I got)
I-dont-wanna-be-alone~ (I don't want to be alone anymore)
……
Du Xinghe sang to the end, Xu Nuo couldn't help but hum along, in such a relaxed atmosphere, she didn't have the slightest nervousness when driving, the more she drove, the more she felt, she began to think, buy a car in the future and put a few English CDs in the car, so that listening to English songs after driving like this, it is absolutely easy and unburdened!
Xu Nuo easily enjoyed Du Xinghe's magical singing, and Du Xinghe himself sang very seriously, this "Alone" is the first love song of the healing system, in the end, the lonely protagonist finally came to his senses, and what greeted him was the Haikou sky that belonged to him!
……
Gone, but-not-out-of-sight~
Im-caught-in-the-rain-and-theres-no-one-home~
Face-the-heat-of-the-night~
The-one-that-you-loves-got-a-heart-thats-made-of-stone~
Shine-and-search-for-the-light~
And-sooner-or-later-youll-be-cruising-on-your-ocean~ (To be continued......)