"Mr. Zhou, it's a good luck!"

"Hello, Director Nie!"

At this time, Nie Er was very young, only 22 years old, but he had already become the director of the music department of China's largest record company, and he could definitely be regarded as a young talent.

Thinking of what happened to Nie Er, Zhou Hexuan felt extremely sorry.

Historically, Nie Er would have died next year and unfortunately drowned while swimming in Japan. Although he only lived to be 23 years old and died young, he left a precious legacy for China - "March of the Volunteers".

Li Kaisheng said to Nie Er: "Ziyi, Mr. Zhou wants to record a few records, and you will be personally responsible." ”

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Nie Er laughed.

Li Kaisheng turned to Zhou Hexuan again and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'll go to the legal department to get the contract first, you wait a while." ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Please." ”

Waiting for Li Kaisheng to leave the office, Nie Er said enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, please take a seat, what song do you want to record?" Did you bring the song sheet? ”

"Do you have a songbook here?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Nie Er immediately took out a song sheet book from the drawer, handed it to Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou has studied music before?" Your song "On the Songhua River" is very well written. ”

"Amateur." Zhou Hexuan smiled and quickly wrote the lyrics and songs of the three songs "Orchid Grass", "On the Songhua River" and "Hong Yan".

Nie Er was surprised: "Record three songs at once? ”

Three songs is not a lot, and vinyl records during the Republic of China period often only record two songs (front and back) each.

The oldest-fashioned 78-rpm vinyl record can only record 4 minutes per side. The 45-rpm vinyl record takes a little longer, but it's also about 10 minutes per side. These two records belong to the mainstream of the market and are relatively cheap.

Just three years ago, the American Radio Corporation developed a 33-and-a-third rpm LP dense record, which allowed the recording limit to 18 minutes per side of the record (up to 22 minutes in the 50s). This record became the standard vinyl of the future, which was still on the market until the 80s.

Nie Er said: "The number of three songs is embarrassing, it's a bit of a waste of record space. ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't understand the current market and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Nie Er explained with a smile: "Taking 5 minutes of a song as the standard, if you choose a record of 45 rpm, you can record four songs on the front and back. If you choose LP dense records, you can record six songs on the front and back. Why don't you add another song and make a 45-rpm record? ”

"Let me think about it." Zhou Hexuan immediately pondered.

The song "March of the Volunteers", Zhou Hexuan does not plan to plagiarize, this is a respect for the original author, because it will come out in a few months. And perhaps, Tian Han had already written the lyrics at this time, and it would be too embarrassing in case of a crash.

"My Motherland" is the most suitable, and this song can be called the originator of Chinese pop music. In the future, several Taiwanese musicians will set off a revolution in national pop music in Taiwan after secretly listening to "My Motherland".

But "My Motherland" is suitable for female singing, and Zhou Hexuan feels a little unable to play, so he can only give up for the time being.

As for "Loyal to the Country", maybe it would be better to launch it after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it could be used as a recruitment propaganda song.

Zhou Hexuan thought about it again and again, and felt that "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" was the most suitable. After all, the Great Wall War of Resistance was just finished last year, and it was completely defeated, and the title of the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" is very meaningful.

Although the original version of "The Great Wall Never Falls" is sung in Cantonese, because the lyrics are highly written and the rhythm of the rhyme feet is completely in line with Chinese habits, this song can be sung in Chinese without changing a word.

Zhou Hexuan immediately started writing, and said while writing: "This is a song I wrote after the end of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War last year. ”

Nie Er immediately came over to watch, only to see Zhou Hexuan write the lyrics first:

After a hundred years of sleep, the people of the country have gradually woken up,

Open your eyes, watch carefully,

Which one would confess to himself?

Because of cowering and forbearance,

People are becoming more and more arrogant.

Speak your mouth, shout with your voice,

Here are all the soldiers of the country,

It has always been the case that robbers have invaded,

Eventually, he will die.

The Great Wall will never fall,

Thousands of miles of Yellow River surging,

The rivers and mountains are beautiful, and the colorful peaks and mountains are stacked,

Q: What is my country like to be infected?

Rush out of the way, wave your hand,

To devote ourselves to the prosperity of the country,

Shall the land be trampled down again?

Each one takes on a mission

……

Shall the land be trampled down again?

The sleeping lion is waking up! ”

When he saw the two sentences "The Great Wall will never fall, and the Yellow River is surging", Nie Er's blood surged all over his body, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and praise: "Good lyrics written by Mr. Zhou!" ”

"What good lyrics?" Li Kaisheng suddenly came in.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "The contract has been made?" ”

Li Kaisheng explained: "It has been prepared and is being printed by a typist. ”

Nie Er pointed to the song book and said excitedly: "Manager Li, look at this song written by Mr. Zhou about the Great Wall of Resistance, the lyrics are really good." ”

Li Kaisheng tilted his head curiously, and suddenly his eyes were shining. This song is different from "On the Songhua River", the latter makes people sad and indignant, but the former can arouse the fighting spirit of countless people, and it will definitely not worry about sales when recorded.

After Zhou Hexuan finished writing the lyrics, he began to write a brief score according to the lyrics, and said with a smile: "Manager Li, the 25% record royalty is not a loss, right?" ”

"No loss, no loss," Li Kaisheng said happily, "but I'm going to ask people to change the contract, and write this song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" into the contract." ”

Li Kaisheng immediately left the office and ran to the legal department to ask people to change the contract, while Nie Er looked at Jian Pu and hummed softly.

When Zhou Hexuan finished writing the score, Nie Er was amazed: "Mr. Zhou, singing this song, even I want to go to the front line to resist Japan." ”

"That's the best, if everybody stands up and resists, China will win." Zhou Hexuan said.

Nie Er is also a Communist Party and officially joined the party last year, and he feels that this song should be taken back for comrades to widely publicize.

Zhou Hexuan handed the lyrics and songs of the four songs to Nie Er and said, "Director Nie, when will you be able to complete the arrangement?" ”

"The arrangement of the four songs," Nie Er thought for a moment and said, "in a week." ”

The arrangement during the Republic of China was very simple, not as complicated as it was a few decades later, and basically only used the simplest instruments, not as fancy as later generations.

The main reason is that science and technology are not developed, before the invention of various electronic equipment, song recording needs live accompaniment of the band, and if the arrangement is too complicated, there will be many problems, and it may not be able to achieve good results.

In this era, there is no tuner at all, and singers with poor singing skills are immediately exposed as soon as they enter the recording studio. In the same way, it also requires a lot of cooperation between the singer and the band, and if you make a mistake, you have to start all over again, and you may not be able to record a song in a month if the arrangement is too complicated.

Zhou Hexuan said: "It just so happened that I went to Fujian for some business, and I will come back in a week. ”

"Looking forward to Mr. Zhou's singing." Nie Er laughed.

There are a lot of demons in these years, and a "crossover singer" like Zhou Hexuan is nothing. For example, Chang Kaishen's think tank, veteran of the Kuomintang, and dean of the examination, Dai Jitao, is a master of playing music, not only writing lyrics for the national anthem of the Republic of China, but also personally composing music for some "pop songs".

When Zhou Hexuan's record is released, it may cause a sensation, but it will not be too surprising.

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