Chapter Seventy-Nine: Sample
On December 1, Zhou Zhen appeared in the press conference room of Wynn Resort on time, facing hundreds of reporters and performing a "dragon fight" with Barek.
In addition to declaring war in front of the media, the two also took a lot of promotional photos, all of which were photos of wearing only boxing pants and smearing fitness oil on their bodies to show male hormones.
In the later stage, the photographer will also photoshop these photos into various shapes to add gimmicks.
Zhou Zhen also officially announced in front of the media that his first single will be launched on the same day.
After completing the physical examination in front of the media, Zhou Zhen was more entertaining than competitive.
At today's press conference, most of the questions asked by reporters were about movies.
Now I heard that he was going to sing, which triggered a comprehensive speculation and aroused the curiosity of many people.
After the press conference, Zhou Zhen was about to leave Las Vegas, but received an invitation from the general manager of MGM Grand Palace.
Most of the casinos in Las Vegas are mainly for tourism and entertainment consumption, and gambling revenue accounts for less than 30%.
In the world of boxing, the most famous boxing venue is the MGM Arena.
Television regularly broadcasts nightly fight scenes from the famous Las Vegas Boxing Championships, all at MGM's Golden Palace Garden Arena.
In addition to boxing, there is also the Ultimate Fighting Championship every time.
If you can buy tickets to events here, you're likely to come into contact with the rich and famous who often sit in the front row and center, enjoying the thrill and action.
Of course, there are many casinos in Las Vegas, and there are also many arenas that can host major events.
Hotels such as Caesars Palace sponsor lightweight to heavyweight boxing events, as well as the Palm Resort Arena, and Boxing events are also often held at Orleans, Mandalay Bay, and Hard Rock Hotels.
These events are often packed with visitors from all over the world, and rooms are hard to come by during the game.
As for boxing tickets, for some popular events, tickets can be sold for $100,000 in the front row, and thousands or nearly 10,000 tickets in the back row.
This ticket price is much higher than that of the NBA or Super Bowl, and it is often difficult to get a ticket.
It is also for this reason that a game, with more than 10,000 seats, can earn hundreds of millions of tickets.
In China, boxing is relatively unpopular, but in the United States, boxing has always been the most willing competition for spectators.
Now that the temple of the boxing ring has issued an invitation to Zhou Zhen, Huo Ya has no idea of refusing at all, and directly agrees.
Dinner was eaten at the hotel in the MGM Casino, and the other party was very reserved, and it seemed that he only had a relationship with Zhou Zhenlala, and he had no demands.
got in close contact, asked about some of Zhou Zhen's usual hobbies, chatted for a while, and then the two sides separated.
But it can be seen from the fact that the hotel sent a general manager, a director in charge of sports and entertainment activities, and several assistants, who attached great importance to this meeting.
From the meeting to the end, Zhou Zhen's words and deeds, and every question they return to, they will evaluate it to determine Zhou Zhen's potential and market appeal.
As long as Zhou Zhen meets their requirements, he will be given priority if he wants to compete in the MGM Golden Palace Garden Arena in the future.
Howard helped Zhou Zhen cross a first-class recording studio last night, and Zhou Zhen also sent the score to the other party and agreed to record it the next day.
So Zhou Zhen didn't stay in Las Vegas, and rushed back to Los Angeles that night.
In such a short period of time, it is impossible to record real studio music, not to mention that it is too late to find musicians to record.
But now it's also convenient, there are a variety of analog instruments on the computer, special recording software, as long as you enter the score, for the establishment of a separate score for various instruments, you can also get a slightly inferior music quality.
In some electronic music, such a soundtrack can also achieve an effect that ordinary instruments can't achieve.
The score that Zhou Zhen sent to Howard was very complete, and the music of each instrument entered from that beat, and Zhou Zhen wrote it clearly.
Two songs, an international style English song, Zhou Zhen chose a very difficult song.
Church music, plus gothic style, psychedelic rock, and electronic dance music, is definitely not easy to sing, and it is even harder to sing well.
Ordinary singers either can't soar high notes, or they don't have such a strong amount of neutrality.
Zhou Zhen did not have the slightest worry about this, and this song is very much in line with his voice.
As for the Chinese song, he instead chose a more popular song, only a little avant-garde style, catchy.
This is learned from the experience of Flowey.
Huahua can be said to be a singer that Zhou Zhen likes very much, and for him, a post-95 generation, he likes it more than he likes Jay Lun.
But Huahua's songs are too personalized, and more importantly, his songs are difficult to sing.
Watching Huahua's live performance, it is absolutely explosive, but his song is not popular enough.
As an ordinary fan, 99% of singers can sing their songs, but less than 1% of his songs can be sung in the original sound.
Although I like Huahua's songs very much, Zhou Zhen has never sung them before, so I can't sing them.
The song is high and low, this is the song of Huahua.
Now he has master-level singing skills, but he has a lot of good songs in his music library, and he is not an ordinary fan, so there is no need to sing his songs.
And wanting to give back to fans, Zhou Zhen deliberately chose songs that are not so difficult to sing in the Chinese version of the song.
Of course, just because it's not difficult to sing doesn't mean it's a saliva song.
Zhou Zhen didn't want to live as a singer, so he selected ten classic Chinese songs from another world and sent them out at once, which was just a trivial matter.
Of course, Zhou Zhen also wants to make a fortune from ten classic songs on one album, and now he is very short of money.
Although the income from electronic copyright is not very high, it is a long stream of water, and it is enough to live at least.
At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Zhou Zhen arrived at the recording studio less than a kilometer away from his home.
To his surprise, all the people in the studio were there.
Zhou Zhen's song came the night before, and Will, the owner of the recording studio, was shocked.
He originally thought that he was a boxing star and a Hollywood actor's ticket, but he didn't expect it to be an absolutely classic song.
When they made the sample, they were even more fascinated by the music, and early this morning, everyone couldn't wait to come to the recording studio, waiting for Zhou Zhen to appear.
"ZZ, I'm Will, it's hard to imagine that you have such talent, this song can definitely become a classic."
Zhou Zhen smiled: "As an Oriental, from the perspective of a bystander, it may be easier to discover the parts of Western music classics. ”
A middle-aged thin man with long hair who looked like an artist couldn't help but say, "Didn't you look for a gunman?" You're an Oriental, how can you mix church music, rock music, and electronica? It's incredible! ”
Zhou Zhen smiled: "If you have such a song, are you willing to sell it?" ”
"Of course not, this song can be popular for decades and has a steady stream of income."
"That's right."
What started with doubts, when everyone sat down to arrange and mix the music, no one questioned it anymore.
What kind of effect is needed, and the emotions that each voice needs to express, Zhou Zhen can say that the head is the Tao.
When arranging the music, almost every argument, after it was made, the effect was Zhou Zhen's opinion better.
Now, everyone is prostrating in front of Zhou Zhen's "talent".
Will even said without dignity: "I can do your album for you for free, help you invite musicians, as long as you only make albums with me." ”
The equipment here is not bad, and the people in the studio are talented, many of whom have not only participated in the production of music, but also often dubbed films.
So Zhou Zhen didn't think much about it, and directly arranged for Howard to formulate a confidentiality agreement, make an agreement, and prepare to sign a contract with the other party.
Of course, they will not be allowed to make it for free, it will be made according to the market price, and the musicians will be asked to help, but Zhou Zhen will have to pay for it himself.
The soundtrack was quickly ready, and then Zhou Zhen entered the recording studio.
The recording went very smoothly, Zhou Zhen has a master-level singing level, and his voice is very stable.
It's hard to find fault with even the most tricky musicians.
Except for a few lack of emotion, the sound is not mellow enough, or the homophony at the treble is not enough, and it is interrupted several times.
It took less than an hour for Zhou Zhen to perform the song perfectly.
The Chinese song is faster, because the difficulty of this song is very low, Zhou Zhen sang it in its entirety, only one place needed to be slightly modified, and the second pass was smooth.
Zhou Zhen didn't spend a penny on the two songs, because his special plane was going to be produced here, and these two songs were free for a few thousand dollars.
signed a production contract and confidentiality agreement with them, and Zhou Zhen went to the airport with the produced sample.
The plane to Green Island happened to be in the evening, and he was going to go back to Green Island to meet Wang Yuejun first, and then go to the crew.
However, he didn't expect that because he bought a return ticket when he came to the United States, his whereabouts would already be known to fans.
Enthusiastic fans actually organized a group to pre-book most of the tickets for this flight, and as soon as Zhou Zhen got on the plane, he was dumbfounded when he saw the garlands arranged by fans in the cabin, with his photos posted everywhere.
And the fans were obviously very satisfied with this effect, and enthusiastically pounced on them one by one to take turns to hug Zhou Zhen.
Apparently, the crew members were also moved by the fanaticism of the fans and acquiesced in their actions, and even the flight attendants became fans at this time.
Most of the people on the plane were fans, except for the time of takeoff, when everyone was in peace for a while.
After the plane took off, Zhou Zhen came from business class to economy class, and then was surrounded by everyone.
He became a prop and was held and photographed in turn, but fortunately most of them were little girls, and they restrained each other, and there was no kiss.
Zhou Zhen also generously took out the sample that had been recorded and put it in the cabin.
The two songs were played alternately, all the way from the Americas to Asia.
But overall, although they were a little crazy about chartering a flight, the whole process was peaceful and didn't cause trouble for the crew.
When getting off the plane, Zhou Zhen stood at the door of the cabin, replaced the flight attendant, and gave each fan a big hug, ending this amazing and joyful journey.