A compilation album like this is actually more troublesome than a solo album.

Because of the solo album, as long as the title song and chorus are good enough, it doesn't matter if the other songs are even bad. But because the compilation album is a collection of many singers, and it is for new market development, it is necessary to select the best of the best.

Although no producer can know in advance what songs will be popular and what songs will not be popular, they can still tell whether the songs are good or not.

In this way, Cui Zhengyuan's workload has undoubtedly increased a lot.

Fortunately, he doesn't have much work at the moment and has a lot of time. Otherwise, it would be difficult to come up with a complete content in a month.

First of all, he found out the existing songs of several singers involved and began to listen to them repeatedly. The purpose is to familiarize themselves with their voices and singing methods, so that they can easily find a suitable or similar one from the stored Chinese songs.

It's not okay to give a good song to anyone to sing, that would likely ruin an original classic.

It took two days for Cui Zhengyuan to figure out that he probably had a clue. A phone call goes down, and the singers who need it come together.

In the small conference room, seeing that everyone had arrived, Cui Zhengyuan began to explain his intentions.

"I've called everyone here this time, because I have a temporary job. The time is relatively rushed, so everyone's rest time is delayed. ”

The singers in front of them are currently in a rest period. Except for some commercial performances or fixed programs, most of the time is spent at home.

They also know that Cui Zhengyuan will not gather everyone for no reason. So Kim Jong Kook asked, "Jeongwon, is there something urgent?" ”

"Yes, everyone knows that I went to China some time ago to attend the Spring Festival Gala. Luckily, I sang two songs that were loved by fans in China. So Chinese record companies came to me and wanted me to release a Chinese album. With a hint of a smile, Cui Zhengyuan told the reason.

For China, which has a huge market, everyone here has illusions. Hear Choi Jung-won's words. All of them were sincerely and enviously congratulated.

Waving his hand to stop everyone from continuing to compliment, Cui Zhengyuan said: "Actually, in addition to me, everyone is also well-known in China. This is not an exaggeration, but a conclusion reached by the China branch after a careful investigation. ”

Cui Zhengyuan's words surprised and surprised everyone, because so far, except for SGWannaBe and WonderGirls, who have been to China because of their participation in the Sino-Korean song party, no one else has been active in China.

They don't have a specific idea of how popular it is.

"Because it's a temporary work arrangement, and I have limited time. I also have to make every effort to prepare the English album. However, the Chinese market could not be ignored, and the opportunity was rare, so I decided to make a compilation album. A compilation album of our A.P family that needs everyone's participation. ”

"Singing Chinese songs?" Everyone collectively exclaimed.

Although when the company first offered foreign language courses, they thought that there would be such a day. But in their hearts, they always thought that the first thing involved must be Japanese songs.

Because of the language habits and the proximity of the market, many Korean entertainment companies will give priority to going to Japan for activities.

Therefore, Korean artists are no strangers to the Japanese market. Especially after the great success of Boa in Japan, this trend has become even more intense.

Compared to Japanese, which is a similar language. Chinese has made them suffer enough. Especially because I can't make curly tongue sounds, and I almost chew my tongue because I practiced speaking.

Now that I heard that I was going to sing Chinese songs, the faces of several guys began to turn bitter.

Cui Zhengyuan naturally noticed their expressions and encouraged: "Don't be nervous, everyone. I also pay attention to your foreign language scores. The pronunciation of Chinese has reached the standard, so singing is no problem at all. ”

Liu Zaishi knocked on the table, frowned and said, "There is nothing wrong with singing, the key is the song." Since you've said it's so tight. Where do I get the songs? ”

Cui Zhengyuan smiled and looked at him like a guinea pig doing an experiment.

The way he looks scares the National MC," 60. 60, Zhengyuan, you weishenme laughing like this? ”

Cui Zhengyuan had bad intentions, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are different from them." Their songs are all in Mandarin, while yours is in Cantonese, which is Xiangjiang dialect. ”

Liu Zaishi was instantly bunkered, as if his head had been put in the Admiralty and had been knocked on a wooden stake.

It took a long time to come back to his senses, and the first thing Liu Zaishi thought of was refusal. "Ah, Zhengyuan, how can you do that? Of these people, I'm the worst at singing, or even no. You also raised the difficulty for me, can I sing Cantonese songs? ”

For fear that this brother would not do it, Cui Zhengyuan hurriedly reassured: "Okay, brother, the song you sang is existing, and it is also what you like very much." ”

Without waiting for Liu Zaishi to ask, he took the initiative to say: "It's the episode "Love of the Year" from the Xiangjiang movie "The True Color of Heroes", and I called Xiangjiang the day before yesterday to obtain the copyright of the song. Don't tell me you can't sing this song. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zaishi suddenly quieted down.

When he was young, he was an avid fan of "The True Color of Heroes" and Leslie Cheung, and the song "Love of the Year" hummed a lot. Compared to the completely unfamiliar new song, this song is really not difficult.

With certainty, he is much more comfortable. "Well, if it's this song, that's fine."

After getting Liu Zaishi, Cui Zhengyuan took out a sheet music and handed it to Feng Xiaoyun. "You don't have to worry about your language, do I? If you can't sing Chinese songs, you can simply drown yourself in the toilet. ”

Feng Xiaoyun smiled and hurriedly promised: "General manager, this still needs to be said." When I was in school, I sang a lot. As long as there are songs, nothing else is a problem. ”

Cui Zhengyuan Nunu pouted and motioned for him to see how the song was.

Feng Xiaoyun restrained his laughter and focused on the score.

"East Wind Breaking", the first thing that caught his eye was a quaint name.

Feng Xiaoyun, who was born in a famous conservatory of music, naturally knew that this was a famous song of the ancient pipa. He has already heard "Blue and White Porcelain", and just by looking at the title of the song, he knows that this song has a strong Chinese style.

This shook his spirits and made him start to get serious.

He likes the song "Blue and White Porcelain" very much, not because of the beautiful artistic conception of the lyrics, but because the song itself perfectly combines classical and modern pop, completely breaking through the foreign tone of pop music.

If you look closely, it turns out to be. The erhu and pipa constitute the main timbre of the song, and you can clearly feel the bridgehead of the south of the water, and the artistic conception of the blind artist recounting the heartfelt past.

After browsing the score and looking at the lyrics, Feng Xiaoyun's expression began to become solemn.

That's right, in terms of the beauty of the lyrics alone, "East Wind Breaking" is not inferior to "Blue and White Porcelain".

While getting a good song, Feng Xiaoyun also had a lot of pressure on whether his interpretation could be comparable to that of Chang Shi.

Patting him on the shoulder and handing the demo over, Cui Zhengyuan instructed: "Give you two days to familiarize yourself with the song as soon as possible." We'll be recording then, but don't make any mistakes. Because you can't take the stage in Korea, I can only compensate you in this way. But don't mess it up, I'll be disappointed. ”

Looking at the standing earnest gaze, Feng Xiaoyun's heart was warm. "Don't worry, you won't be disappointed."

After getting Feng Xiaoyun, Cui Zhengyuan turned to WonderGirls. "It's still in the preparation of the new album, so I want you to sing new songs, it's hard."

This is a workplace, and the five girls didn't dare to be coquettish, so they hurriedly stood up and replied officially: "It's not hard, thank you for your dedication to our overseas development." ”

To be honest, the preparation process of the album was already very tiring. Coupled with singing Chinese songs, it is definitely not a little more fatigue for their now overloaded bodies.

But as they said, what Korean artist doesn't want the opportunity to enter overseas? Besides, compared to their counterparts in other companies, their way of working is not known how many times more comfortable.

Now they should be grateful for such an opportunity.

Choi Jung-won was very pleased and handed over the song and DEMO. "Don't worry too much, it's a very cheerful song. As long as the performance is good, there are not many requirements for singing skills. ”

With Choi Jung-won's words, the five girls began to observe their new works.

"I don't want to grow up", a classic Chinese pop song released on November 25, 2005 by Asia's top girl group SHE.

The song caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released. Until a few years later, it was a classic that was sung.

Cui Zhengyuan, who wants to fully blossom in the Chinese market, took the sheep and plagiarized it.

Compared with the songs of Feng Xiaoyun and Kim Jong Kook, this song "I Don't Want to Grow Up" is simple enough. WonderGirls is not difficult to interpret at all.

In fact, "I Don't Want to Grow Up" is actually very similar to the rhythm of a Korean song. But as for whether it is an adaptation, Cui Zhengyuan has no way of knowing.

Compared with "I Don't Want to Grow Up", the Korean song is also very beautiful and pleasant.

That is the theme OST of the TV series "My Girl" - "NeverSayGoodbye".

It's just that the latter hasn't been taken out yet, and it's not a work that has been handed over to WonderGirls.

Anyway, now that the copyright of "I Don't Want to Grow Up" is in my own hands, I am not afraid of any copyright disputes or plagiarism in the future.

The WonderGirls version of "I Don't Want to Grow Up" made Cui Zhengyuan look forward to it very much.

Maybe this song can make them also hang the title of Asian women's group. (To be continued......)