Chapter 283: Lobbying
"Hey, Simon, can you tell me why this damn Ola came out of here?"
In a villa in Los Angeles, California, a middle-aged white man with white hair is growling at another black man who looks much younger.
The black man, known as Simon, was just about to open his mouth after being so ranted.
On the other side of the sofa, a black woman with brown skin said, "Oh, Jill, I think you're a little too excited. Maybe you can choose to communicate with Simon calmly. ”
The woman who spoke was called Renas Johnson, and like Qiu Yicheng, she was 95 years old, and she was the best of the new generation of female singers in the United States in recent years.
can become the leader of the new generation, not because she inherited the excellent singing skills of her black female singer predecessors.
It's because she's a staunch feminist and environmentalist, and at the same time a minority-oriented minority.
Oh yes, and she's also backing the leaves, which can be seen in her music, which is full of West Coast elements.
All of the above, combined with her incomparably correct skin tone, can be said to be a player with a full range of buffs. This is much more awesome than the slightly false Lala Buff on Qiu Yicheng's body.
Of course, aside from these, her music creation ability and singing skills are still relatively past. Moreover, she is indeed a black person who conforms to the public's aesthetics, and her image is quite outstanding.
Otherwise, Buff alone will not be enough to support her to become the leader of the new generation of American pop music.
As for the brown-haired man who just roared, Jill, whose full name is Jill Davis, is her agent.
Simon Coens, a black guy, is the executive agent and is responsible for the implementation of Renas's work.
At this time, seeing that Jill's anger was slightly stopped by Renas, Simon opened his mouth and said to Jill: "You know, my understanding of Ora is no different from yours. ”
This seems to be an explanation, but in fact it smacks of mockery. Meaning, I'm just like you, you don't know how I can know?
Therefore, Jill exploded instantly when he heard this, only to see him pointing at Simon and scolding: "Shit, dereliction of duty, Simon, you are too derelict in your duties, as an executive broker, shouldn't you go to understand the movements of our competitors?" ”
"In fact, I've researched all the artists in our market who could pose a threat to Renas, and the results are just as you can see.
None of them had any intention or behavior of releasing new works during this time. I think I've done my job perfectly. Simon said with his hands outstretched.
"So what's going on with this Ola? Why she and Renas released their albums so closely. Jill continued to question loudly.
"She is a Chinese singer, and she is not within the scope of my research. Besides, I don't think she's a threat to Renas. Simon still held the bear hand out pose.
After saying this, he turned to Renas on the sofa and said, "Renas, do you think that a Chinese will pose any threat to you?" ”
"Of course not." When Renas heard this, she immediately laughed.
On the other hand, Jill next to him, waved his hands, rolled his eyes, turned his head back, and said to the two of them in an extremely speechless state: "Oh my God, I can't believe you dare to say such a thing."
You should really put down that damn leaf in your hand and open that damn tubing on your fucking phone or computer.
Thirty hours have passed since the release of the music video for Ola's "Sugar", and the 30 hours have been played almost 18 million times.
And what about ours? Our music video has only 3 million views now. Do you know what that means? ”
"What does it mean?" Hearing this, Renas looked at Jill with some dissatisfaction and said.
Before Jill could reply, she continued: "When I was a child, my mother took me to the zoo, and I saw a yellow-skinned monkey that I had never seen before, and it was extremely ugly.
That ugly and special appearance made all tourists, including me, look at it with curiosity.
But no matter how much vision it has, it doesn't mean that it can replace those noble and beautiful black panthers and become the apex predator on the grassland. ”
"Oh, Renas, you know, I've always loved your vivid metaphors. Every time I hear it, I learn a lot. As soon as Renas finished speaking, Simon burst out laughing.
Jill, on the other hand, looked at Renas in disbelief and said, "Is it an ugly monkey in your eyes Orah?"
I feel compelled to remind you that Ola's Far from Home is a Billboard double weekly title, with 6 weeks in the first 10 and 13 weeks on the charts.
The advertising song "Dreams Come True" filmed by her and Hua Wei has now reached more than 200 million views on YouTube.
If it weren't for the fact that the advertising song wasn't included in the list, that damn "Dreams Come True" would have been the champion along with "Far from Home". ”
“So?” Renus shrugged her shoulders and looked at Jill Dao when she heard this, "She's a Chinese, and she doesn't know what kind of music we Americans need."
Of the three English songs she has published, the first one is extremely simple, but her singing voice is suitable so it looks unique.
As for the last two, one is a self-moving advertising song, and the other is a clever way to attract attention through a wedding.
Soon my second song will be released, and that is my best work, and no matter how high the number of plays on YouTube is, it can't shake my achievements and honors.
Because she doesn't understand Americans now, her lyrics are too serious and too unfree, no violence, no leaves, no sex, not even alcohol.
Oh god, is she really the same age as me? Her songs made me think she was just an elementary school student in school. ”
"Hahaha, as I just said, Renas, I love your expression too much." When Simon heard this, he burst out laughing.
At the same time, in Shanghai, across the Pacific Ocean from the United States, Xu Chuan was also listening to Qiu Yicheng's new songs with Remy using the audio equipment he bought at a high price, while chatting about Qiu Yicheng's new album.
"Is Sanger an American?" Listen, Rémy asked suddenly. She still doesn't know that Xu Chuan is Sanger.
Xu Chuan shook his head when he heard the words and said, "No, a serious Chinese." ”
"Did you live in the United States?" Remy continued.
"Why do you ask?" Xu Chuan did not reply, but asked rhetorically.
"I don't know if you usually come into contact with many Americans, this song has a very American song flavor, I don't understand the composition, mainly the lyrics.
How to describe it, it describes what many ordinary Americans look forward to, or go through, the love process. At least the lyrics resonate with them. Remy thought for a moment and analyzed.
"Really?" Xu Chuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard this.
The song in Remy's mouth is the second song in Qiu Yicheng's album, called "Shape of you".
Of course, you may not be able to react for a while when you look at the name, but when its melody sounds, it is estimated that many people will react to which song it is.
The lyrics of "Shape of you" can be said to be not "healthy" compared to Qiu Yicheng's other songs.
Of course, it's just relative to Qiu Yicheng's other songs. If you really put it in the United States, the lyrics don't even have the meaning of talking about the size of the scale.
The whole lyrics are about a boy who was drinking with friends in a bar and met a girl who came over to talk to him. The boy is also in a state of love at first sight for this girl.
Then the two of them started dancing, and then went back to spend the night together.
Since then, the boy has been inextricably in love with this girl and has begun to date and fall in love with this girl.
It's a very simple love story. What's special about it is that they don't use the same language to express their love as we do.
In the lyrics, the way of expressing love is more reflected in "lust" and "body".
We can't sing these things so bluntly in the lyrics, we have our own way of expressing them.
The exception, of course, is those Rapers, who boast of learning orthodox black rap and not being cool enough to be dirty.
That's why Remy asked Sanger if he was an American.
Because in her impression, if Sanger was Chinese, he would not have written such lyrics.
"Speaking of which, "Sugar" is a song from a male perspective, and this "Shape of you" is also a song from a male perspective, could it be that in Sanger's eyes, Mr. Qiu is really a man?" Remy spoke suddenly.
Hearing this, Xu Chuan couldn't hold back his laughter, only to see him shake his head and say, "It doesn't matter, she can sing men and women, after all, the character is there." ”
"That's just as well." Remy nodded when he heard this.
Xu Chuan saw that Remy believed this, and a smile appeared on his face.
To be honest, it was also a helpless move for Xu Chuan to choose a song like this.
Qiu Yicheng's album is a MINI special, and Xu Chuanhui prepared a total of four songs for her.
Originally, it was planned that "Sugar" would lead the way, and then "Someone like you" and Adele got "Rolling in the Deep" for the 2012 Grammy Music of the Year.
Finally, I will add a "My Name is Elaine" to give the French people a taste of the authentic flavor of the orthodox tricolor, and see what it has been invaded now.
But the problem is that "Sugar" and "My Name is Elaine" are okay, Qiu Yicheng can sing her own taste.
But Adele's two songs, Qiu Yicheng can't sing.
It's not that the vocal range can't go up, but that there is no momentum and taste of Adele.
In this regard, Xu Chuan's last suggestion is to practice again, anyway, Qiu Yicheng is still young now, practice for two years to see if it works.
In the end, Xu Chuan changed his song.
Considering the market and the need to win awards, Xu Chuan changed to two other divine comedies.
The first song is this "Shape of you".
This is the True Divine Comedy, the number one single of the year by Billboard in 2017, which reached the top spot the week of its release, and then dominated the charts for 12 weeks in a row.
It was also very strong, spending a total of 33 weeks in the top 10 and 59 weeks in the top 100.
At the same time, the song is also the first song in Spotify, the largest music streaming platform in the United States, to reach one billion plays, the highest number of plays in ten years.
IFPI (International Phonographic Association) 2017 best-selling digital singles of all time. The best-selling single in the UK for a decade and the winner of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance.
It can be said that, judging from the market data, it belongs to the state of God blocking and killing God and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha.
The most important thing is that this song is easy to sing, and Qiu Yicheng has no pressure at all when she sings.
As for the other divine comedy, although it is not easy to sing, it is a healing country music, and Qiu Yicheng can interpret it in his own style, so it is also very suitable.
The song is called "Need you now."
This song can be said to be the mother of the major awards, and it has won a total of 14 awards in the year since its release.
Let's put it this way, the 2011 Grammys alone won four awards, including the most prestigious Song of the Year and Production of the Year.
You can actually see it here.
Among the songs prepared by Xu Chuan, the first song is that the MV playback is extremely terrifying, the second song is that the music source results are very exaggerated, and the third song is directly full of awards.
Finally, let's go to Europe to play retro with an old French style, which can be said to cover all aspects.
If this is the case, this album is not successful, then Xu Chuan really has no choice.
"Speaking of which, sometimes I envy Teacher Qiu, so many talented people help her." Remy said with a sudden sigh.
"You're one of the talented people, too." Xu Chuan said with a smile when he heard this.
As soon as these words came out, Remy was stunned, and then couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh, and the flowers and branches of laughter trembled...... No, it's not a flower branch, it's a fruit.
"This time, we have arranged some trips for Mr. Qiu to perform in the United States, do you want to go?" Remy laughed for a moment and then said.
"Tsk...... Speaking of this, my head is big. Xu Chuan couldn't help but scratch his head when he heard this, "There are still some things to deal with at hand." ”
"The crew's business?"
"The crew's business is on the one hand, on the other hand, there is a national style cultural festival on Mr. Lin's side, which was originally planned to be held on the spring equinox, but there was a temporary situation and it was going to be moved to 51." Xu Chuan said and leaned back.
"Spring equinox, isn't that the 20th, it's 18th now." Remy was stunned.
"yes, it's the 20th." Xu Chuan said.
"You said you, at the beginning of this year, you first made a crew of "Wandering Blue Star", and then published a "Three-Body Problem". Now Mr. Qiu has an English album here, and Mr. Lin has a national style cultural festival on Mr. Lin's side?
Co-author: Are you planning to make 2020 the year for your Hilly River trio? The beginning of the year is going to give all your peers a small shock, right? Remy couldn't help but quip when he heard this.
As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan was stunned.
To be honest, he didn't really think about this place.
Just as he spoke, he heard Remy say: "I will also go to the United States this time, I have found the best security company, and I can rest assured in terms of security." Don't you want to see the scene of foreign audiences chanting Mr. Qiu's name? ”
As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan's heart really moved.
However, at this time, another thought jumped into his mind, and he said to Remy: "Do you have the resources of the lobbying company over there?" ”
"Lobbying firms? How many awards are you going to help Mr. Qiu win? Mr. Xu, I don't think it's necessary, the quality of the songs is here, once the publicity trip to the United States begins, there will be no shortage of awards.
When the Grammys start, let's put some money into it and lobby for the awards. Hearing this, Remy immediately said, he really knows more about this than Xu Chuan.
"No, no, no, I'm not worried about Mr. Qiu, I'm talking about another thing."
"Another thing?"
"Have you watched "The Three-Body Problem", what do you think?"
"Do you want to help "The Three-Body Problem" lobby for foreign awards?" Remy reacted instantly.
"Yes, Hugo Award." Xu Chuan said with a smile when he heard this. The highest award for science fiction on the Blue Star side is also called the Hugo Award.
Da Liu has taken it once on Earth, and if he can, there is no reason why he shouldn't help him get it again at Blue Star.
(End of chapter)