"I remember that Chen Huilun had an English album "Red-Apple" released in the UK before, right?" Du Xinghe suddenly mentioned an English album "Red-Apple" published by Chen Huilun three years ago.

Xiao Tianlang was stunned and said: "That album is a failed attempt, and it sold very poorly in Europe and the United States, not even 100,000 copies. It's not as much as it sells in China. ”

As a fashion leader at the forefront of the times cultivated by Guoyu, Chen Huilun was the first crab eater to try to release an English album as a Chinese, but unfortunately the experimental results were very poor.

That "Red-Apple", not only sold poorly in Europe and the United States, Europeans and Americans did not buy it, but also had no market in China, and the global sales did not exceed 300,000 copies, which was the worst selling of the 10 records published by Chen Huilun in the past seven years.

Fortunately, the English records sold by Chinese male singers and groups promoted by Chinese Entertainment to Europe and the United States during the same period were also very poor, which made Chen Huilun's record not so shameful, because the poor sales of this kind of record were not her failure alone, but the failure of the entire operation method.

Since then, Guoyu has not tried to expand the European and American markets.

To put it mildly, Guoyu entered the European and American pop music market ten years ago, but has always adopted a localized business method, that is, signing local singers in Europe and the United States, hiring foreign professional teams to create albums, and almost no Chinese participated.

The entire international department of Chinese entertainment has been helmed by foreigners until now, and it is no different from foreign record companies. The domestic headquarters of Chinese Entertainment has tried several times to introduce Chinese music to Europe and the United States, but the results have been very poor. Letting the Chinese sing foreign songs to seize the market has suffered a fiasco.

Guoyu's original vision was very ambitious, hoping to be a bridge between Chinese and Western pop music and cultural exchanges, but unfortunately, the serious profit-seeking business mode doomed them to be unable to be this bridge.

As a result, in the past two years, Chinese entertainment has not tried the interaction between Chinese and Western music culture, and then completely separated the Asian department and the international department, forming two different business fronts, cultivating their own fields.

Xiao Tianlang listened to Du Xinghe mention Chen Huilun's "Red-Apple" at this time, and asked Du Xinghe: "You don't want to write an English song for Chen Huilun, do you?" ”

"That's what I thought." Du Xinghe took a sip of tea and asked Xiao Tianlang: "I think Chen Huilun's English ability is good." She should have no problem singing English, right? ”

"It's okay for her to sing in English. But adding an English song to a Chinese album, isn't that a bit unconventional? ”

Xiao Tianlang has seen the reaction of the domestic market to English albums, and most fans do not like to listen to English songs very much. So he is very taboo about English songs, at least he won't easily add English songs to his singers' albums.

Xu Nuo saw that Du Xinghe wanted to write an English song for Chen Huilun. But I was full of curiosity in my heart. She herself has just returned from the United States. Receiving two weeks of English shijie music has opened her eyes, and she now has a good impression of foreign language songs. She really wanted to see what kind of English song Du Xinghe would write for Chen Huilun. It can't be RAP, right? She is still very impressed by the rap that Du Xinghe sang before!

Du Xinghe said to Xiao Tianlang: "Chen Huilun's album was originally a mash-up album, and fans also know that she has sung English songs, so I don't think it's too abrupt to add an English song to her." I'm not writing a new English song for her, I'm trying to rewrite the lyrics of "Lemon-Tree" for her and write an English version of it. In this way, her new album begins with a Chinese version of "Lemon-Tree" and ends with an English version of "Lemon-Tree", and there is an echoing effect. If fans like her Chinese version of "Lemon-Tree", they will definitely not hate her English version of "Lemon-Tree". ”

Xiao Tianlang thought about what Du Xinghe said, if Du Xinghe really wrote an English version of "Lemon-Tree" for Chen Huilun and added it to the album, it would not be abrupt, but it could also increase the melodic popularity of this song and make the Chinese version of "Lemon-Tree" more popular.

Xiao Tianlang felt that Du Xinghe's suggestion was very feasible, and said: "The method you said is good, so that Chen Huilun's new album can be done." How often can you write the English version of this song? You know, Chen Huilun's album is in a hurry, you better write it out as soon as possible and let her record it. English songs are no more time-consuming than Chinese songs to record well. ”

Du Xinghe said in a very reliable tone: "I can write the English version of this song now." ”

"Now?"

Xiao Tianlang was slightly taken aback, there has always been a legend in the circle that Du Xinghe writes songs super fast, and he is a super genius like Cao Zhi who "makes a song in seven steps". Xiao Tianlang hasn't seen it yet. Now Du Xinghe wants to change the Chinese version of the song to the English version immediately, which seems to him to be more difficult than writing a new song immediately! Is Du Xinghe really such a genius?

Xu Nuo is already surprised, she takes it for granted that Du Xinghe does anything exaggerated in the field of music, because in her heart, Du Xinghe is a god of music!

Facing Xiao Tianlang's incredible gaze, Du Xinghe smiled confidently and said: "Actually, when I wrote this song, I was also influenced by some Western music. Shaw Productions, have you ever heard music from the British Beatles? ”

There are also The-Beatles in the UK on this plane, with John-Lennon, Paul-McCartney, and George-Harrison, but the drummers of the Beatles have never changed from Pete-Best to Ringo-Starr, Pete-Best has always been the drummer of The-Beatles, and Ringo-Starr is relatively unknown in this plane.

I don't know what the reason is, the British entertainment industry in this plane has not been affected by too much butterfly effect, it is very similar to the previous plane, and many British music masters in the previous plane have appeared in this plane, just like Eric-clapton, who created "tears-in-heaven" in the previous plane, is also famous here. But because there has been no tragedy in the family, his artistic attainments are not as high as those of the previous plane.

But The-Beatles is different, this rock group that swept the European and American music scene in the sixties and seventies in the last plane, and in this plane still set off a wave of "Beatlemania" (Beatlemania) in the sixties, leading the British invasion (British-Invasion), which is one of the most important cultural symbols of the West in the 60s of the 20th century!

And because John Lennon didn't marry Yoko Ono in this plane, the culprit who made The-Beatles finally break up, The-Beatles never disbanded in this plane, and Lennon was not assassinated, and he is still alive and well. It is estimated that the Chinese-American wife he married in this plane brought him good luck.

The-Beatles are still active in the British music scene, releasing an album every two years. Always leading the trend of the British music scene. In this plane, it is the most influential band in the West, and there is no one, anyway, Du Xinghe reported it through some rare newspapers and magazines in second-hand stores. The Beatles are probably the most successful rock band to date. It doesn't matter if it's East or West.

On Taodi Street in Fuk Wan, you can receive a lot of vinyl from The-Beatles. There are also CDs that have been left abroad, and the three-yuan record store sometimes puts some CDs of The-Beatles on the shelves, which shows how influential this band is.

Du Xinghe only needs to see the Beatles' disc. I will buy it and study it. He discovered that many of the classic songs of The-Beatles from the previous plane also existed on this plane, such as "Hey-Jude", "Yesterday", and so on.

These songs are very popular in the West, but they are still niche in China, and there are people who like them, but there are not many, mainly because there are too few channels for Chinese people to contact Western music.

But anyone who has studied Beatles knows that Beatles music is very distinctive, and in the sixties, the beats of traditional rock music were generally 4/4 beats consistently, with few exceptions. But in the songs of the Beatles, there are not only 2/4, 3/4, 6/4 and other beats, but also a mix of various beats, and the transition is very easy.

They are also very free to use keys, not limited to a few limited popular keys such as "12-bar blues style" and "AABA style", many of their songs are through the comparison and combination of different passages to establish a relatively large music structure, and even many structures are original to them, and many music styles have broken the convention, which makes their music unique and stylized.

Anyone who has studied the music of the Beatles will be amazed at their boldness and will be amazed by their talent.

Fools-Garden's "Lemon-Tree" was originally created in the style of The-Beatles, with a strong retro style of the sixties and seventies.

At this moment, Du Xinghe pointed out to Xiao Tianlang that he absorbed some characteristics of Western music when creating this song, and also said The-Beatles, Xiao Tianlang immediately recalled something, thinking that it was no wonder, as soon as he heard the melody of this song just now, he felt a little familiar, it turned out to be influenced by The-Beatles' music style.

Du Xinghe looked at Xiao Tianlang's expression, it should be someone who has been exposed to The-Beatles music, a top producer of Chinese entertainment like Xiao Tianlang, has more opportunities to contact Western music than ordinary people, Chinese entertainment has an international business department, and has also promoted the exchange of Chinese and Western music cultures, how can their producers not study Western music?

Du Xinghe continued: "The first time I wrote this song, I wrote it as a retro English song, which can be regarded as a tribute to the music of The-Beatles. Later, I thought it would be nice to fill in the melody of this song with Chinese words, which is why there is the current version of "Lemon-Tree". If Chen Huilun can sing English songs, I think it might be better to let her sing the English version I originally wrote. ”

Xu Nuo was surprised that Du Xinghe's song was first written in English! After listening to English songs for two weeks, she is a little fascinated by English songs now, and then she can't wait to say to Du Xinghedao: "What does it feel like to sing this song in English?" Can you sing it now? ”

"Of course I can, I'll simply sing." Du Xinghe knew that Xu Nuo wanted to hear it. In fact, Xiao Tianlang also wanted to listen to it, so he didn't hide it, played the same melody as when he had just accompanied Xu Nuo, and began to perform Fools-Garden's popular shijie version of "Lemon-Tree".

……

Im-sitting-here-in-the-boring-room~

Its-just-another-rainy-Sunday-afternoon~.

Im-wasting-my-time,I-got-nothing-todo~(I don't have much to do but kill time~)

Im-hanging-around, Im-waiting-for-you~

But-nothing-ever-happens,and-I-wonder~ (But nothing happened, I don't know how weishenme would do this~)

……

Im-driving-around-in-my-car~ (I drove out for a ride~)

Im-driving-too-fast, Im-drving-too-far~ (I drove the car fast and drove far~)

Id-like-to-change-my-point-of-view~(I want to live in a different way, look at shijie from a different angle~)

I-feel-so-lonely, Im-waiting-for-you~ (I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you to come back~)

But-nothing-ever-happens,and-I-wonder~ (But nothing happened, I don't know how weishenme would do this~)

……

Xiao Tianlang and Xu Nuo's English skills are not good. I don't understand what Du Xinghe is singing. But they can feel that Du Xinghe sings very authentically! Because Du Xinghe's English pronunciation is completely imitating Fools-Garden's German English similar to the London accent, a bit of a big tongue, but the singing is very smooth one sentence after another, and it sounds particularly authentic!

Xiao Tianlang didn't expect Du Xinghe's English to be so outstanding! Although it is simple to sing. But he can hear that Du Xinghe has very deep English singing skills! And even if you can't understand what Du Xinghe is singing. Just feel the indifferent and simple taste in Du Xinghe's song. Xiao Tianlang felt a feeling of enjoyment, this kind of Western-style enjoyment from Du Xinghe's music was even more enjoyable than the music of some purely Western bands!

Xiao Tianlang is not very fascinated by the music of The-Beatles. But he has also heard a lot, and he knows how influential The-Beatles' music is in Europe and the United States! After Du Xinghe changed his English singing voice, he re-performed the song "Lemon-Tree", which made Xiao Tianlang feel as if he was really listening to The-Beatles.

The grasp of Western shijie's music is not as accurate as that of domestic music, but Xiao Tianlang listened to Du Xinghe sing the English version of "Lemon-Tree", and had a very strong feeling that this song should be released in the West by the international department of National Entertainment, which may be more popular than being released in China!

I just don't know if Chen Huilun can sing the tune of Du Xinghe, this kid sings English songs so authentically!

The more Xiao Tianlang listened, the more he liked it, he really regretted in his heart, Du Xinghe was unwilling to come to the national entertainment to develop, if Du Xinghe was willing to deign to come to the national entertainment and be packaged and promoted by the national entertainment, then with his high-quality music literacy that penetrates China and the West, nine out of nine can create an unprecedented shijie music king!

……

I-wonder-how, I-wonder-why~ (I don't know how, I don't know weishenme will be like this.) ）

Yesterday-you-told-me-about-the-blue, blue-sky~ (Yesterday you told me how beautiful the blue sky will be, how beautiful life will be.) ）

And-all-that-I-can-see-is-just-a-yellow-lemon-tree~ (But all I saw was a lemon tree.) ）

Im-turning-my-head-up-and-down.Im-turning,turning,turning,turning,turningaround~ (I wiggle my head, up and down, up and down, keep rocking my head. I looked back and forth, left and right. I look left and right, look up and down~)

And-all-that-I-can-see-is-just-another-lemon-tree~ (No matter how I look at it, it's just a yellow lemon tree.) ）

……

Just when Xiao Tianlang regretted that Du Xinghe missed an opportunity to become the king of Shijie music, Du Xinghe was enjoying singing the lemon tree that belonged to him. (To be continued......)