My Songwriting Was Rejected, But I Became A Superstar

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Chapter 281 Waiting for you to finish class!

Zhou Yu has been resting at home these days, and occasionally goes out to participate in some activities. He is not as tired as before. At the end of the month, he will attend the third rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. In recent days, he has basically stayed in Zhonghai or traveled to several surrounding cities.

Work during the day, and come back at night to live a shameless nightlife with Yang Qian.

Time flies, and it is February 1st. In three days, it will be the Spring Festival, and the number of people in the city has begun to decrease. Especially in an international metropolis like Zhonghai City, there are many migrant workers. Every year when the Spring Festival comes, many people from other places return home to celebrate the New Year, which makes the city, which is usually very crowded, become much emptier.

There are no more traffic jams during the evening and morning rush hours.

On February 1st, Zhou Yu’s company released a message, which opened the entertainment hot search discussion of this month.

“Welcome Yang Zihan to join our big family! @杨子涵!”

It was just such a simple Weibo message, and it was not sent by Zhou Yu, but a message released by Zhou Yu’s company Weibo with more than 5 million fans. It rushed to the hot search list in just half an hour.

After all, this is Zhou Yu’s company, which has gained the attention of 5 million fans by relying on Zhou Yu’s popularity and influence. And this time, it was directly announced that Yang Zihan signed with Zhou Yu’s company, and the topic was immediately popular.

“Oh my god! What did I see? Yang Zihan actually joined Zhou Yu’s company?!”

“Oh my god! This is a successful star-chasing. When she was on Singer, I could see that Yang Zihan liked Zhou Yu very much. Now she has signed a contract with Zhou Yu’s company. Her star-chasing dream has come true.”

“It was rumored that Yang Zihan’s contract with her original company was about to expire. Some fans were speculating whether she would choose to renew the contract or sign with another company. I didn’t expect that she would go directly to Zhou Yu’s company this time.”

“It’s good to go to Zhou Yu’s company. Yang Zihan’s original company was really not good. Moreover, she can become an artist under Zhou Yu. With Zhou Yu’s help, her career will definitely go to the next level.”

…

Everyone is not surprised that Zhou Yu’s company signed a new artist. If an entertainment company doesn’t sign artists, what’s the point of using them?

What surprised everyone the most was that Yang Zihan, an idol singer who is currently on the rise and has a high popularity, went directly to Zhou Yu’s company. This is another great helper for Zhou Yu’s company.

Besides, Zhou Yu’s company has no female artists except Zhao Lei, Wang Jiachao and himself. This is the first time that Zhou Yu’s company has signed a female artist.

The key is that Yang Zihan is still a fan of Zhou Yu. This is the envy of countless Zhou Yu’s fans. When Yang Zihan was on “Singer”, he showed the excitement and attitude that a fan should have in the show. Everyone can really see that Yang Zihan really likes Zhou Yu.

Now, after chasing stars, he has become an artist under his idol. The most important thing is that Zhou Yu will definitely release a new song for Yang Zihan in the future, and it is a song written by Zhou Yu himself, which is what everyone is most looking forward to.

“With Zhou Yu as the boss, Yang Zihan’s future career will definitely rise. Don’t you think Zhao Lei and Wang Jiachao are like this?”

“Indeed, Zhou Yu is very good at promoting people. Any song he writes will make him popular.”

“I’m starting to look forward to the new song Zhou Yu will write for Yang Zihan. Haha, hurry up and release the new song.”

…

When other artists in the circle saw this scene, their expressions were also a bit complicated. Especially those artists who are not very famous and neither up nor down. Seeing Yang Zihan enter Zhou Yu’s company, they were also envious.

Nowadays, there is a tacit rule in the circle, that is, if Zhou Yu can write a song for you, you will definitely become popular and take your career to a higher level. This is why many artists have to ask Zhou Yu to write songs for them.

But no one has succeeded, and even offered a high price to Zhou Yu to invite him to write songs, but it depends on his mood.

So far, Zhou Yu has not helped others except for writing songs for people around him.

So now, many artists saw that Yang Zihan directly joined Zhou Yu’s company, which made other artists who were not doing well and were exploited by the company envy Yang Zihan even more.

Being able to enter Zhou Yu’s company, then

It means that Zhou Yu is optimistic about you and you will definitely be trained by Zhou Yu in the future. You will get new songs and various resources.

As for why Zhou Yu’s company has just started and has been established for less than a year, it can get so many top resources. That is because of Zhou Yu’s own influence. He is now at the top of the circle, so the top resources will be given priority to Zhou Yu. And after Zhou Yu gets these resources, he will also give them to other artists in the company. Or, Zhou Yu will push these resources to other artists in his company.

And those investors will basically give Zhou Yu this face in order to cooperate with Zhou Yu in the future. The key is that the artists in Zhou Yu’s company have developed very well. If they can’t invite Zhou Yu, then they can invite first-line artists like Zhao Lei and Wang Jiachao.

On Zhou Yu’s company side, this is the day when Yang Zihan officially came to the company to join.

Ning Wanqiu brought her here before. Although it was a newly established company, it was very large. In addition to the PR and HR departments that are essential for an entertainment company, Yang Zihan also saw the film and television department, music department, lyrics and composition department. Although they were all newly established, it was possible to see the ambition of his idol.

Zhou Yu also recruited a lot of talents, such as the lyrics and composition departments, which recruited some talented employees. After all, it was impossible for him to do it himself in the future, and it was time to train some talented young people to provide songs for the company’s artists in the future.

Yang Zihan and her agent came together, and Zhou Yu also arranged their own offices in the company.

After a simple welcome ceremony, Zhou Yu held a meeting with the heads of various departments.

“The music department and the lyrics and composition department will strive to produce a few popular songs this year. There will definitely be new artists joining the company in the future. I can’t keep writing songs for them, so it will depend on you at that time.”

The heads of the three departments nodded solemnly. In fact, although it is called three departments, it is actually just one music department strictly speaking, but Zhou Yu separated the lyrics and composition departments separately.

Zhou Yu looked at the person in charge of the film and television department: “This year, our focus will be on film and television. You will be responsible for connecting with Penguin and Yang Qian’s company for the Bad Guys animation and Tian Gang Chuan. As for the others, I will start planning a new movie after the new year, so you have to prepare well.”

“Okay, boss.”

Everyone was very motivated. Everyone could see the boss’s ambition for some of the plans made by Zhou Yu and the company. Most of the people in the company are young people, full of fighting spirit for the future.

After the meeting, Zhou Yu met Yang Zihan.

Yang Zihan was as excited as ever to see her idol. Especially now that she came to the idol’s company again, and she also heard that many troubles with the original company were also solved by the idol.

“Sit down, Zihan, don’t be nervous.”

Yang Zihan sat on the sofa in Zhou Yu’s office, and Zhou Yu handed Yang Zihan a new song that he had prepared for her before.

“This is a new song prepared for you. You should get familiar with it, record it, and find a suitable time to release it after the New Year.”

Yang Zihan looked at the new song Zhou Yu handed over, and her pretty face was a little excited and surprised. She didn’t expect that her idol had prepared a new song for her just after she came here today.

Yang Zihan spoke excitedly before she even saw the new song.

“Teacher Zhou Yu, don’t worry, I will definitely practice this song well!”

Zhou Yu also found it funny to see the little girl so excited. It seems that Yang Zihan is only one year younger than him, and it is quite strange that she keeps calling him Teacher Zhou Yu.

“I am only one year older than you, so you don’t have to call me teacher. If you don’t mind, you can just follow Zhao Lei and call me brother.”

Yang Zihan nodded excitedly, with a sweet smile on her pretty face.

“Okay, brother Yu.”

“That’s fine. You can go back and get familiar with the songs first. Go on more shows recently to increase exposure and popularity.”

After chatting with Yang Zihan, Zhou Yu smiled as he watched Yang Zihan carefully take the new song away. It seems that it’s good to have female artists in the company, especially sweet and sexy female artists like Yang Zihan, who are pleasing to the eyes just by looking at them.

And today is not only February 1st, but also Monday of a new week. There are still three days before the Spring Festival, and before that, there is a final new song PK between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie that everyone is looking forward to the most.

At ten o’clock this morning, Zhou Yu posted a message on Weibo.

“The new song will be online at twelve o’clock today.”

There was also a picture of a playground below, which immediately made everyone

Everyone was imagining and began to guess the type of Zhou Yu’s new song this time.

“What type do you think Zhou Yu’s new song is?”

“I saw Zhou Yu added a picture of the playground. Is it related to campus love?”

“It feels a bit like that. Otherwise, why would Zhou Yu add this picture?”

“Then I’m going to start looking forward to it. Wow, Zhou Yu’s modern love songs are famous for being good, and they are also campus love themes. I’m looking forward to it.”

“Haha, I’m also looking forward to it. Zhou Yu has had many such songs before, such as “Dandelion’s Promise”, and they are all of high quality.”

…

For a while, Zhou Yu’s new song has not been released yet, and the discussion on the Internet has been soaring.

“Zhou Yu’s new song preview!”

“Guess the type of Zhou Yu’s new song!”

…

These terms are high on the hot search list. Even Zhang Junjie was a little curious after seeing Zhou Yu’s Weibo post, and commented under Zhou Yu’s Weibo.

“Why don’t you tell me about the new song in private?”

Not long after it was sent out, Zhang Junjie’s reply message was pushed up by netizens. After Zhou Yu saw it, he also interacted with Zhang Junjie in the comment area.

“Ahem, keep the mystery and anticipation, there will be surprises when you hear it later.”

This time, netizens all stood on Zhang Junjie’s side, and even Zhou Yu’s own fans spoke up.

“No, Zhou Yu, can’t you just say it? My brother Jie asked you, you should tell me quickly, otherwise I will go listen to brother Jie’s new song first.”

“Actually, what brother Jie said is what we want to know, brother Yu, please tell us the type of the new song.”

“I’m telling you, don’t force me, Zhou Yu, just be honest and tell me quickly, otherwise I will stop being a fan in 30 seconds.”

…

In this competition between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie, from the first new song, the two of them acted happily, and they didn’t look like rivals at all. The two fans get along well, but there have been some frictions, but overall it’s okay.

This is the last match between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie. As everyone knows, this is Zhang Junjie’s third new single, and there will be no new songs after that. If you want to hear Zhang Junjie’s new song again, I don’t know how long you have to wait.

The key is that the competition between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie is also the last one. Zhou Yu won a game before, which made some of Zhang Junjie’s fans think that Zhou Yu is only temporarily ahead. This time they also want to see if Zhou Yu can still win and if Zhang Junjie can maintain his position.

Lin Jiajia couldn’t help but smile knowingly when she saw the interaction between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie on Weibo. The good relationship between the two of them also makes their fans feel very comfortable. After all, whether it is Zhou Yu or Zhang Junjie, Lin Jiajia likes them very much. Zhou Yu is her favorite idol now, and Zhang Junjie is, Lin Jiajia grew up listening to her songs.

However, looking at the playground picture Zhou Yu posted on his Weibo, Lin Jiajia was also a little curious.

“The new song is most likely a campus song, but I don’t know which type it is.”

Is it a sweet little love song, or a sad and tear-jerking love song?

Looking at the time, there is still more than an hour until noon today, and Lin Jiajia feels a little anxious.

“Forget it, let’s order takeout first.”

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she will rush back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year tomorrow. Today, she listened to Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie’s new songs and made a video. She will wait for a few days of rest during the New Year.

When the clock struck twelve at noon, Lin Jiajia directly clicked into the interface of Penguin Music, and the beginning was the recommendation of Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie’s new songs.

“It seems that Penguin still prefers Zhou Yu more.”

Although the recommendations of the two seem to be the same, Lin Jiajia found that Penguin Music ranked Zhou Yu ahead of Zhang Junjie in the recommendations of these few times. It has to be said that Zhou Yu has an exclusive cooperation with Penguin Music, and the resources he has obtained are different from those of other singers.

But this is understandable, after all, exclusive copyright cooperation means that they are one of our own.

Moreover, Zhou Yu is currently cooperating more and more with Penguin, not only in music, but also in film and television. For example, the animation “The Bad Man” that Zhou Yu cooperated with Penguin Video is currently Zhou Yu’s cooperation with Penguin, and it has directly become the number one domestic animation.

Therefore, the resources and treatment that Penguin gives Zhou Yu are much better than other artists.

Lin Jiajia looked at Zhou Yu’s new song recommendation page, and for a moment she hesitated about whose new song she should listen to first today.

This is the last competition between Zhang Junjie and Zhou Yu. After that, Zhang Junjie will probably not release new songs for a long time. So

Today is the last time I heard Zhang Junjie’s new song in a long time.

After a little hesitation, Lin Jiajia clicked on Zhang Junjie’s new song page.

Well, Zhou Yu’s new song must be there later, after all, he will be on the Spring Festival Gala in two days. So after hesitating for a while, Lin Jiajia decided to listen to Zhang Junjie’s new song first.

“Back to the past…”

Looking at the title of Zhang Junjie’s new song, Lin Jiajia clicked on the play without hesitation, and the soothing melody sounded. The first sound was an old wind chime, accompanied by the faint sound of cicadas, which seemed to pull people back to that green years.

Memories of youth always appear in summer, and the prelude of Zhang Junjie’s new song also highlights the theme of summer better.

Lin Jiajia listened to the prelude and was also the kind of person who was brightened.

“It’s the prelude again!”

Songs like this that can catch people’s ears just by listening to the prelude are definitely prelude killers.

Just relying on the prelude melody, it can make people want to continue listening.

As the prelude melody ended, Zhang Junjie’s singing sounded in Lin Jiajia’s ears, soothing and gentle, with a strong sense of memory.

After the song ended, Lin Jiajia listened to Zhang Junjie’s new song and took a long time before slowly coming out of the song. There was a feeling of emptiness in her heart. This song is a memory of youth and a regret…

“As expected of Zhang Junjie, this song “Back to the Past” is very good!”

Lin Jiajia has also listened to a lot of such songs. Zhou Yu’s songs before also have similar songs, and the quality is very high. After listening to Zhang Junjie’s new song, Lin Jiajia felt that it was also very nice, and it was really not bad compared to Zhou Yu’s previous songs of this type.

“The quality of this last song is still so high.”

The quality of each of Zhang Junjie’s three new songs is online, and there is no perfunctory situation at all. Even though Zhang Junjie has released a new song after three years, his attitude towards music is not slack at all.

“It’s time to listen to Zhou Yu’s new song.”

After launching the page of Zhang Junjie’s new song, Lin Jiajia found the recommended page of Zhou Yu’s new song and clicked in.

“Waiting for you to finish class…”

Looking at the title of Zhou Yu’s song, Lin Jiajia also smiled. Judging from the title of this song, it is similar to the content of the playground picture Zhou Yu posted before. It is a campus love song, which can be seen from the title “Waiting for you to finish class”.

This immediately made Lin Jiajia look forward to it. Zhou Yu’s creation of this kind of song is amazing. Zhou Yu’s previous songs of this kind, with simple lyrics and melodies, can evoke people’s memories of that period of youthful and frivolous years, and are more touching.

This time, Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie’s new songs are both modern love songs, and the genre is similar. It depends on whose song can touch people more.

Click to play, when the melodious prelude melody sounded, the soothing and relaxing guitar playing seemed to lay out a beautiful picture of youth stories for the audience.

The prelude of Zhou Yu’s song also caught Lin Jiajia’s ears instantly. She stared at the lyrics page and waited quietly for Zhou Yu to sing.

“In the alley where you live

I rented an apartment

In order to meet you by chance

Why did I not study hard in the three years of high school

I didn’t get into the same university as you…”

Zhou Yu’s singing sounded in Lin Jiajia’s ears. The gentle rhythm and Zhou Yu’s low singing gradually unfolded a beautiful picture of youth in Lin Jiajia’s mind. Looking at the lyrics, a beautiful secret love story emerged in her mind. For a while, Lin Jiajia gradually fell into the story described in the lyrics.

“I found a job

Very close to your dormitory

When I started to learn how to make omelets

I found out that you don’t eat breakfast…”

Listening to Zhou Yu’s new song, Lin Jiajia felt very relaxed and happy. The cautiousness and caution of secret love, as well as the expectation of the girl he liked, were expressed vividly by Zhou Yu through simple and plain lyrics.

“A very refreshing song.”

This is what Lin Jiajia was thinking at the moment. This song is a song that expresses the male protagonist’s secret love for the female protagonist. There is no depressed love song expression. Every word and sentence only reveals the cautious secret love for the girl.

Simple and plain, beautiful but also moving.

“Oh, you passed by again

What are you listening to in your headphones

Can you tell me…”

As the rhythm gradually accelerated, Lin Jiajia knew that the song had come to the chorus.

“Lying on the playground of your school and looking at the stars

The lights in the classroom are still on and you haven’t left

Remember the love letter I wrote to you

What era is it

I am still writing it now…”

The new song “Waiting for You to Get Off get out of class” released by Zhou Yu this time was written and composed by Jay Chou and sung by Yang Ruidai. This song was released as a single on January 18, 2018, and was later included in Jay Chou’s album “The Greatest Work” released on July 15, 2022.

This song was released by Jay Chou after he released the album “Jay Chou’s Bedtime Stories”. He has been busy with concert preparations and tours and has no time to release new songs. But Jay Chou doesn’t want to keep his fans waiting too long, so he hopes to release a new song on his birthday as a gift and surprise to his fans.

This song was written by Jay Chou during a celebration banquet after a concert. When the staff was relaxing at the celebration banquet, he suddenly got inspired and immediately returned to his room, picked up the guitar and brushed the melody to write this song “Waiting for You to Get Off get out of class”.

This song comes from a story that Jay Chou came up with. Imagine a young man who has a crush on a girl and regrets that he didn’t study hard and couldn’t get into the same university as her. In order to wait for her to finish class, he rents a house near the girl’s residence, silently waits for her, plays the piano and writes love letters, just wanting to convey his feelings to her, but can’t find the time and the way. Jay Chou invited his good friend Yang Ruidai, a recording engineer who grew up with him, to sing together, because Jay Chou thinks Yang Ruidai’s literary voice is quite suitable.

(End of this chapter)