Chapter Forty-Eight: "I Want You"
"You're hard to find here." Feng Chong, under the command of Zhou Cheng, parked the car in a clearing at the mouth of the alley.
Feng Chong said that it was difficult to find here, mainly because he turned around twice on the main road of Liuliqiao to find this inconspicuous auxiliary road.
"This area is the dormitory of the Yanjing Railway Bureau, and it is estimated that it will be demolished soon."
"Demolition, you're afraid you're going to become a nouveau riche now." Feng Chong showed envious eyes. In the past few years, every demolition will create a large number of rich people, and the demolition is about to be linked to getting rich overnight.
Zhou Cheng shook his head with a smile, didn't continue the topic, looked at the man with four and a half minutes of long hair who came down from the co-pilot, and asked, "This guy looks familiar, I don't know who it is?" ”
"Hello, I'm Wang Yang, you can call me an old wolf."
Although Feng Chong has been mixing in the underground music scene in Yanjing, his reputation in the music circle is not small. In addition to his professional recording equipment, which is the envy of many professional singers, his own musical literacy is not far behind that of ordinary professional singers.
A few days ago, when Zhou Chenggang took out the song "Live Hard" and hummed it out for Feng Chong to help compose the music, he was also surprised.
He knew that Zhou Cheng was a screenwriter in the literature department, and it was natural that he could write good lyrics. It's just that I didn't expect him to even hum a song. This made him, like Chu Ran at the beginning, have a trace of doubt about his professional ability.
Then he saw that the relatively straightforward lyrics of this song, and the cathartic emotional music expression, was completely similar to a popular saliva song on the Internet, and the tune hummed by Zhou Cheng was also very ordinary, and Feng Chong was finally relieved.
This kind of song, just like "Mice Love Rice", "Autumn Doesn't Come Back", and "Seeking Buddha", which have been popping up in the past two years, are often popular for a period of time after being spread on the Internet, and then slowly forgotten with the passage of time. Maybe many years later, you will feel familiar when you hear this song again, and if you ask who he sings, you may not remember it.
So Zhou Cheng said that this song would be given to Lin Shan to sing, and hoped that Feng Chong would help guide him, and Feng Chong readily agreed, after all, the transaction with money will not be pushed out.
With Feng Chong's understanding of Lin Shan, the upper limit of the other party is at most a second-tier singer, and now at a stage where the future is not clear, if he can become popular with the help of such an online song, he may still have some opportunities.
When Zhou Cheng took out the lyrics of the song "I Want You" before saying goodbye, Feng Chong thought it was the same type as the previous one, although Zhou Cheng hummed a sentence to set the tone of the song, Feng Chong didn't care. After all, just looking at the name of this song is the same as "Live Hard", which is as popular and straightforward as an Internet pop song.
It wasn't until Zhou Cheng said that it was the soundtrack for a movie script that Feng Chong was a little interested. And when Zhou Cheng sent him the script and asked him to compose music with reference to the content of the script, Feng Chong finally became serious.
After all, there is still a certain difference between movie interludes and Internet songs. Many movie episodes have been slowly sung because of the influence of movies. There are also cases where movies are not good, but songs have become classics. In either case, there are some possibilities to become classics.
Movie scripts are different from novels, and their writing techniques and story structures are different. Feng Chong could only find one of the main characters expressed in this song according to the outline. Then, according to the plot of the characters, the lines and the emotions expressed in the lyrics of the song can be composed.
At this time, Feng Chong found that the song "I Want You" was different from what he imagined. This song follows the tone set by Zhou Cheng, and the emotion in the lyrics is completely a story, a gentle and sad story. In it, there is a response, a sigh, and a trace of determination.
Then Feng Chong read the script sent by Zhou Cheng completely, and was also attracted by this story.
"It's all to blame for this night, sultry madness,...... My lover, where are you ......" The ambiguity revealed in these lyrics is completely similar to Zhang Yiman's sentence "I'll go to sleep for him".
Feng Chong then began to compose the music, initially using the piano's chords as the main accompaniment, but found that the sound of the piano was too agitated and could not match the artistic conception of the characters in the play.
Then he switched to the more melodious clarinet as the main accompaniment, and found that it was still a little unsatisfactory, with a little more sadness, but less grace.
In the end, he forwent all complicated accompaniments and used the simplest guitar chords instead, which gave the piece a sultry temperament. Coupled with the accompaniment of the clarinet, it is not only melodious and slow, but also the melody is clean, simple and refreshing.
"This has to be my proudest work." When the finished product came out, Feng Chong cried with joy when he listened to the recorded soundtrack, and completely sank into the music.
"Wang Yang, I have a song here, you come over and help record a demo...... If you don't come, I think you'll regret it......"
Feng Chong thought about his friend for a while, and found that only Wang Yang could control the gentleness and coldness in the song.
After Wang Yang recorded the demo, he also fell in love with the song and hoped that Feng Chong could sell the copyright to him, Feng Chong woke up that the copyright of the song belonged to Zhou Cheng. And Zhou Cheng should already have his own belly, so he will set the tone, and the work he is responsible for is only to take money to help compose the music, if Zhou Cheng does not agree, he does not even have the right to sign this song.
Feng Chong also had the idea of taking it for a moment, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the special Chinese cigarette tin can that had been smoked but had not been willing to throw it away, and was used to hold it, so he threw this thought away.
After thinking about it, Feng Chong decided to talk to Zhou Cheng. First of all, there is the issue of authorship, if Zhou Cheng can let himself sign in the composition column, he can even do not need the composition fee. As for the old wolf who wants to buy the copyright of this song, let him talk to Zhou Cheng by himself, and Feng Chong can be responsible for recommending it.
"Brother Wang, hello." has seen a lot of stars, even popular actresses have fought with him, Zhou Cheng saw that Wang Yang didn't have too many excited or surprised expressions, just like an ordinary star. And Zhou Cheng really had a relationship with Wang Yang, but I don't know if the other party remembers: "We have met before, do you remember Liu Tian?" My cousin-in-law. ”
"Oh, it's you. I remembered, are you Zhou Qian's younger brother? At that time, when Liu Tian greeted his relatives, did you block the door as a relative of the woman. When Liu Tian got married, Wang Yang also went to be his best man, and gave him a wonderful performance on the spot. Even now, the two still make appointments to drink together from time to time.
"You haven't given the red envelope you promised yet. When are you going to give it? Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand at Wang Yang and teased.
When his cousin Zhou Qian got married, Zhou Cheng was only seventeen years old, a young man and a half. At that time, I was excited to see a star like Wang Yang at first glance, and then I was fooled by the other party, and I didn't even ask for a red envelope. Because of this, Zhou Cheng was ridiculed by Zhou Ya for several days.
"You also know, on that occasion, how can you scatter red envelopes, in case you enter the door and find that there are not enough red envelopes, it will not be more embarrassing." Wang Yang smiled to hide his embarrassment: "It's just that you kid was really easy to deceive at the time, so we flickered and let the door open." ”
"Well, remember what you owe me. After a while, two drinks will be considered as reparations. Zhou Cheng smiled and said to Feng Chong: "I don't know if you brought Brother Wang today, what I arranged is this small restaurant, don't be surprised." ”
"It's my fault that I didn't greet you in advance." Feng Chong saw that the two knew each other and knew that today's matter was half done, so he hurriedly took the responsibility on himself.
"Donkey meat hot pot is very good, and I'm not a celebrity." Wang Yang shook his head self-deprecatingly: "Besides, we Yanjing people, who have not seen celebrities, have long been accustomed to it." Not to mention an out-of-fashion singer like me. ”
"Good! Since Brother Wang said so, then I'm not welcome. After speaking, Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand to make an invitation gesture: "Let's go, it's hot outside, let's talk inside." ”