Zhang Guan thought of a very suitable song, and it was also a song he liked very much, and it was not difficult to sing it.

"Professor Zhou, I have a song that may be suitable." Zhang Guan said.

"What song? Who sang it? Professor Zhou asked.

"When I rehearsed with Mr. Wang Feng two days ago, he talked to me about some tips on how to compose songs, and when I went back, I tried it and made up a saliva song by myself. Why don't I sing it to you first? ”

What is most needed for songwriting? It's not music, it's inspiration! Many famous musicians in China, in fact, are not from professional classes, especially those born in the fifties and sixties of the last century, due to the special era, even if they want to learn music, they don't have that opportunity, many people don't even know how to read music scores, and they have entered some art troupes with a good voice, and then started their own music road; Or just after playing the guitar twice, I learned to write my own songs and engage in a rock band. This kind of person can eventually become a singer, not by his musical skills, but by his unparalleled passion for music and his adherence to ideals.

Writing songs without studying music? In modern times, everyone would definitely think that this is impossible, but in that passionate era, it was a very common phenomenon. Just like today's online writers, how many of them are literature majors?

Professor Zhou also experienced that era, and of course he knew about this situation, but he didn't think Zhang Guan was that kind of person. He sank his face and said, "What are you kidding, what an important thing the Hong Kong Grand Gala is!" How can it be messed around. ”

Zhang Guan ignored Professor Zhou's attitude, he felt that it was more direct to speak with facts, so he sang directly:

"When I'm different from the world, then make me different, and persistence for me is to overcome rigidity."

"If I compromise with myself, if I lie to myself, I can't forgive even if others forgive me."

"The most beautiful wish must be the craziest, and I am my own god where I live."

"Me and my last stubbornness, clenching our hands and absolutely not letting go, the next stop is not heaven, even if we are disappointed, we can't despair."

"I and my proud stubbornness, I sing loudly in the wind, this time crazy for myself, just this time I and my stubbornness."

This song "Stubborn", Zhang Guan only sang one paragraph and then stopped. Looking at Coach Zhou on the other side, his eyes widened, his mouth was wide open, and he looked at Zhang Guan with an expression that was difficult to describe in words.

The song "Stubborn" is relatively easy to sing, and it can even be said to be catchy. Of course, if you want to sing well, you still need a certain amount of skills, but if the requirements are not too high, you don't need too superb singing skills to be able to sing the charm.

The first few lines of this song are not very exciting, coupled with Zhang Guan's completely unprofessional singing, which makes Professor Zhou seem more and more angry, but when Zhang Guan sings the sentence "Me and my last stubbornness", Coach Zhou's face completely changed, with his professional level, of course, he can hear the excitement of this song.

"The song sounds fresh, and it doesn't need to be too fancy. I'm sure I've never heard this song before, and it feels a bit of a Hong Kong and Taiwan style. Could it really be that Zhang Guan said that he made it up himself? Is he really an athlete? The kind of tune that many music majors can't make up! Professor Zhou suddenly felt that he had no sense of accomplishment.

"The next stop is not paradise, even if you are disappointed, you can't despair." Professor Zhou silently recited this lyric in his heart, and he felt a little moved, but more resonant.

People of Professor Zhou's age have experienced a special era and experienced too many special things. He remembers that when he was young, in that era of sports, he had put in so many hardships and endured so much pain on the road of pursuing music, and he wanted to give up many times, but in the end he persevered. And the lyrics of this song in Professor Zhou's ears just seemed to tell his own experience, which touched Professor Zhou's heart in an instant

"Is this kid really an athlete? Is it really a so-called explosion of inspiration? This kind of lyrics would not have been possible to write without experiencing some setbacks and failures......" Professor Zhou thought silently.

"Is there a score?" Professor Zhou asked. But then he felt that he was asking very stupidly, how can a song made up by a sports athlete have a music score!

Although Zhang Guan was able to hum the tune, he still shook his head and said, "Where is the music score!" Besides, I didn't study music either, and I didn't know how to learn music. ”

Professor Zhou nodded, and then said, "You wait, I'll compose a music for you now." ”

Professor Zhou closed his eyes, but a picture of memories appeared in his mind, the dedication to music when he was young, the lonely persistence of not being understood by the world, and the countless blows and failures that he stood up countless times...... As the memories continued to reincarnate in his mind, the charming notes began to appear in his mind.

Professor Zhou waved his pen and quickly wrote down a piece of music on paper. Then he looked at it again, revised a few places, handed it to Zhang Guan, and asked, "How about a look?" ”

"Well, Professor Zhou, I don't understand this......" Zhang Guan said with a slightly red face.

"Oh, yes." Professor Zhou smiled awkwardly, and then said, "I'll play it for you." ”

Professor Zhou walked over to the piano and began to play the piece he had just written.

Professor Zhou composed the music based on Zhang Guan's singing voice, so the final song is very different from the original "Stubborn" song, compared to which Professor Zhou's song sounds more vicissitudes and more mature. Of course, this has a lot to do with the author's life experience, people in their twenties are naturally not as rich as people in their fifties, and Professor Zhou is a person who grew up in a special year.

"How?" After playing a song, Professor Zhou asked, but then he smiled naturally to himself: "It's useless to ask you, you don't understand anyway." Let's do it, I'll play, you come and sing and try, and we'll change it if there's something inappropriate. ”

Professor Zhou accompanied Zhang Guan and asked Zhang Guan to sing it again, and then Professor Zhou made another modification. In this way, it was carried out five times before Professor Zhou was satisfied with the composition.

"Okay, that's it for today, the composition is decided, I'll bring a few students over and get the arrangement out later. You go back first, and I'll listen to the song tomorrow," Professor Zhou said.

Professor Zhou's students are at least master's students, and there are even PhDs in students, and the level of arrangement will not be lost to many professional musicians.

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Several senior executives of Naike are having a video conference with the branch, and on the other end of the video are Mark Parker, President of Naike Asia Pacific, and Brant James, President of Naike China.

"We had contact with Zhang Guan last year, and the field management center had agreed to sign the contract, but in the end it was not successful. This has caused a lot of passivity for our company, and I wonder why? I need a reasonable explanation, and I'm going to give it to the board! A senior executive at Naike's headquarters asked.

James Chairman, President of China, immediately said: "Our business manager has contacted the Athletics Management Center and Zhang Guan, and the Athletics Management Center is very satisfied with the signing, but at that time, Zhang Guan refused our invitation to sign on the grounds that he was underage. I think it was probably because Zhang Guan himself thought that the price we gave at that time was too low, so I asked Mr. Parker for more signing money, but Mr. Parker did not approve it. ”

Although Parker, the president of the Asia-Pacific region, is nominally James's boss, James was directly appointed by the headquarters and has always been eyeing Parker's position, so he simply put the responsibility on Parker.

Parker also knew that James had the idea of replacing himself, so he often secretly stumbled on James, and James did propose to increase the price to sign Zhang Guan, but in order to suppress James and distrust of the Asian sprint program, Parker rejected James's request.

Seeing that James put the responsibility on himself, Parker did not have any panicked look, obviously he had already prepared his words, only to see Parker open his mouth and say: "It was already the end of the year, we were facing the settlement with the OEM, so the funds were very tight, at present, our company's production chain is mainly in Asia, if the Asian factory is shut down, it will affect our global industrial chain, so every cent of funds, I have to seriously consider." ”

Parker's statement is obviously untenable when considered carefully, and the huge supply chain of Naike Company is obviously calculated in units of "100 million", and it is impossible for Parker, the president of Asia, to not even be able to take out hundreds of thousands. However, several people at headquarters discussed it and finally accepted Parker's statement.

"Since Zhang Guan's record-breaking Olympic 100m title, our competitors have noticed him, and many of them have already started to act, which makes us very passive, so our next strategy is to sign Zhang Guan at a reasonable price range," the headquarters continued. James, you're in charge of China, what's next for you? ”

James cleared his throat and continued: "Through many previous cooperations, we have a very harmonious relationship with the Athletics Management Center, and I think that under the same conditions, the Athletics Management Center will give priority to signing a contract with us." But now we are facing not only our old rivals, but also China's domestic sports brands, China's local sports brands have developed faster than we expected, a few years ago they were just our foundry, but now there are several brands. So I need money, more money, otherwise, I can't guarantee to sign Zhang Guan. ”

"And how much do you need?" Headquarters asked.

"If I include advertising, I need a budget of $2 million a year." James spoke.

Although James opened his mouth to be 2 million US dollars, in fact, he didn't have much hope for this number, asking for money is similar to bargaining, 2 million is opened here, and it may be cut in half if he gets it, so James directly opened his mouth and called a relatively high number.

There was silence at the headquarters, and it was clear that James didn't like the topic of asking for money.

"Parker, HQ wants to hear your advice." The executive from the headquarters then asked.

"A $2 million budget is out of the question." Parker's immediate rejection of James's statement, from Parker's point of view, he doesn't want James to get more of his own quota in terms of funds, and he doesn't want James to do well in the Chinese market, the better James' performance, the greater the threat to him.

Parker continued: "Although the Chinese market is gradually expanding, for the vast majority of Chinese, it is absolutely reluctant to spend $60 to $80 on a pair of shoes, and for now, Japan is still our largest market in Asia, so our focus is still on Japan." I think the budget of $2 million is too much, and I have always had doubts about the level of sprinting competition of Asian athletes, and it is likely that one success is just a coincidence, and maybe in the next competition, Zhang Guan will not be able to achieve such a good result. So I think a budget of $600,000 to $800,000 is normal. ”

At that time, the exchange rate of the US dollar was more than 1:8, and 2 million US dollars was equivalent to nearly 17 million in China, and 800,000 US dollars in China was close to 7 million. 7 million a year is definitely a sky-high endorsement fee for domestic athletes, such as Liu Feiren, who is only worth 5 million a year after the Olympics, and the future tennis sister is worth about 7 million after winning the French Open in 2011.

The headquarters hesitated for a moment, and finally compromised the two and gave James a budget of $1 million a year.

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The second chapter is delivered, ask for a recommendation vote, and there will be a third chapter in a while. I'm not in a good state today, and I've written a chapter since two o'clock in the afternoon, although there are some manuscripts, but this mode of writing a chapter and sending three chapters will soon be out of manuscripts. Thanks to Crow Eye, Brother Fashion Style, Yu Feizi 568, Night Rain Fengxi, freehire, Reader-YES, Broken Lamp, 9922392, Zhu Luoyan, Moon Crazy Hate, Hua Ge zjh, nbly780322, Quan 18, gigiliu5277, Xing Xuerou, Xiao Li Feidao No. 1000, Big 1 Cheng, C938516 Tips. Thank you.