Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Unlike the audition, preliminaries, and semi-finals, which are held one after another, the regional finals and semi-finals are separated by a week, so that the twenty finalists can prepare well.But to Li Wei's surprise, he was invited to the company headquarters by the staff of Yaxing Production on Monday, saying that the producer had something to talk to him about.Li Wei didn't doubt that he was there, and immediately took a taxi to Yaxing Productions after receiving the call from the staff.

After confirming the appointment with the front desk, Li Wei was taken to the meeting room by the assistant.After Li Wei waited for a few minutes, he saw Simon, the producer of "Asian Avenue of Stars", and Sun Ping, the producer of the program on ATV, rushed to the conference room.

After Simon saw Li Wei, he smiled and said, "Are you surprised, do you think it would be a bad thing for us to find you?"

"No surprises?" Li Wei said with a relaxed smile, "This is just a show, a show. All the results and rules of the game are for the ratings of the show. And if you want to persuade In my case, there is no need to specially invite me to Yaxing. After all, this show is so popular, do you dare to say that there are no paparazzi around Yaxing? If I come to Yaxing, and then I am quickly eliminated inexplicably, gossip The media will not let this hot spot go unnoticed.”

Producer Sun was a little surprised, but Simon didn't change much in his expression.As the producer and judge of the show, Simon felt that he knew Li Wei quite well.Li Wei really just regarded this show as a performance, without bringing in too much competitive psychology. On the contrary, Li Wei paid great attention to the stage effect.

Thinking of this, Simon couldn't help applauding Li Wei.The other contestants are jealous that Li Wei has the most shots and has the highest exposure on ATV, but they don't think about why?Every time Li Wei takes the stage, his appearance is carefully designed, and he uses limited resources to create the greatest stage effect. How can the media not like such a performance?

Compared with Li Wei's cleverness, the Huang Azhe that Smart & Associates launched in the Jinguan City competition area is not enough.Although Simon also admits that Huang Azhe has made a unique blood path in the idol-like music scene, compared to the calm young man in front of him, Huang Azhe is still too young.

"Actually, it's a very good thing that I asked you to come." Simon said, "You also know that so far, our program has not announced the support song, so we want to know, are you interested in taking this task? ?Our requirement is to sing this song in the finals and be loved by the judges and the audience. Then we will strongly recommend this song before the finals, which means you can get additional recommendation resources. Of course, this part It is impossible for you to enjoy the resources exclusively, but you must have the most. How?"

Of course Li Wei is not stupid, the mission rewards that Simon threw out are too tempting.The cheering song will be promoted nationwide along with the promotion of the program, and it will also be broadcast separately on major music programs and variety shows to hit the charts.To achieve such a large amount of publicity, the cost is beyond what Li Wei can imagine now.And now Simon tells himself, as long as you help me write the cheering song, I will give you these resources for free.At the same time, this also means that the producer secretly owed himself a favor.

In this kind of talent show, if the producer owes you a favor, it is equivalent to having a life-saving talisman. How could Li Wei miss it.Therefore, Li Wei nodded and agreed.Then Simon told Li Wei a little about the demand for the support song, and then let Li Wei leave.

After Li Wei left, Producer Sun said to Simon: "Are you really optimistic about him? You know, even if he wins the championship, he will not be able to move a single step in the music world. Although we don't need to give the Smart agency any face, the other four What about the TV network? Even if it is a cable TV channel, MTV and BET, the two major professional music channels, would not dare to mess with Smart. If there is no promotional channel such as TV, even if we pay him to make an album for him, what do you think the sales volume will be? How many? If our inaugural championship is so quietly forgotten, what about our second? Simon, we are taking too much risk!"

"Music, it depends on the essence of the music. Publicity is just an auxiliary means." Simon said with a smile, "Besides, who said I want to give him the championship? If he is not capable enough, the first round of the general election It is also possible to be eliminated."

"A support song?" After listening to Li Wei's words, Chen Wendi fell into deep thought.

Because there is no so-called "support song" in the Chinese music scene on the plane where Chen Wendi lives, only neighboring Japan has it.The support songs are generally passionate and positive, and the main theme is to sing friendship, unity and other content.However, after entering the new century, the Chinese music scene has basically gone to a narrow alley, and there are almost no other themes except love.So when Gao Xiaosong said that his mother's nagging was adapted into "Life is More Than What I See", many literary and artistic youths burst into tears, because there was finally a song about idealism.

Since the Chinese music scene couldn't find a suitable one, Chen Wendi set his sights on Japan, the plane he was in.Anyway, Japan in this country does not have those songs, so it must be wasted.

Chen Wendi first sang "YELL" by the director of biology to Li Wei, but was quickly denied by Li Wei.Although "YELL" is one of the reference tracks for the middle school section of the National School Music Competition in Japan in Chen Wendi's plane, and the lyrics are also about ideals and the theme is positive.But the problem is that the imagery in the lyrics is cut from autumn, which is a bit inconsistent with the "Asian Avenue of Stars" competition being a spring and summer competition.

In addition, although the imagery of another reference song "If I Can Bloom" (光るなら) fits the bill, this song is only about spring, and the lyrics are too girly, so it's a bit strange for Li Wei to sing it.

"Well, it seems that I can only hold back my big move! You should know Koshien, right? My world also has it, which is similar to this world. Every year, top Japanese singers create support songs for Koshien. I have two here For your reference. One is "Perseverance" (あとひとつ) by FunkyMonkeyBabys, and the other is "Diamond" (ダイアモンド) by Kobukuro, listen to it?"

"These two songs are really passionate, and they are indeed the support songs of Jiaziyuan!" Li Wei praised.

Unlike Chen Wendi's plane, Huaxia Kingdom also has its own high school competition.Unlike Japan, which loves baseball and football, China mainly focuses on basketball and football.Moreover, the annual Koshien competition in Japan is also broadcast in Huaxia, so young people like Li Wei still know it well.

"The theme of these two songs is actually the same, which is to persevere in the face of adversity, and the ideal is right in front of us. However, "Perseverance" is more suitable for a chorus, and "Diamond" is a bit suitable for use when reviewing the losers after the game .And "Diamond" uses an image, which is the diamond shape of the infield of the baseball field, and this line of lyrics needs to be revised."

Li Wei wrote down the scores of the four songs based on Chen Wendi's singing, and then added the appropriate Chinese lyrics, and then registered them in the copyright library.However, if you want to hand it over to Simon for inspection, of course you can't just take the score, you must record a DEMO.Fortunately, I can record at home, and LogicStudio is powerful enough to support the recording of a popular song.

Li Wei compiled the song first, and then started recording.Because "Persistence" required a chorus in the chorus, Li Wei, who couldn't find a suitable harmony, had to change his voice and record a few tracks, and then mixed them in as an accompaniment.After the production of the two songs was completed, Li Wei burned the songs into CDs, and then sent them to Simon by courier with the lyrics attached.

"This kid's speed is quite fast!" Simon was taken aback when he received the courier, because it was only two days since he assigned the task.

"Is this kid really as he evaluated in the Smart Office? Is he really a genius? No wonder the old man Chen Wende has always looked at this kid differently. I think the AKids formed by the genius Li Wei and the general Zhou Xiao back then can be regarded as a genius. In the name of the limited group, three singles were released, and one of them won the weekly chart. Tsk tsk,—— Cecilia, let Liu Fan come to me for a while, and say that it is a support song. , need him to check."

Liu Fan is the music director of Yaxing Productions. He is usually responsible for the production of opening and ending music for various programs.The production of the support song was handed over by Simon, which made him feel dissatisfied.So when he heard that the support song was ready, he immediately showed a mocking expression.Although some people can write songs immediately when inspiration strikes, inspiration is not something that is always there.Therefore, Liu Fan naturally regarded these songs as songs rushed out to meet the occasion, so he looked down on these songs from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Fan came to Simon's office, and Simon had already put the CD into his stick & Olufsen stereo in the office. "This is a song made by a genius I found in the competition. How do you listen to it? He gave us two songs, and we will work together."

Simon pressed the play button, and then Li Wei's "Diamond" rang.Originally, Liu Fan still showed a contemptuous expression, but after "Diamond" started broadcasting, Liu Fan's expression became serious.Especially after "Perseverance" finished broadcasting, Liu Fan was already shocked.

"Is this just a contestant on your show? You're right! You thought your show was a postgraduate entrance examination for the National Conservatory of Music! -- These two songs are enough to be the cheering song for "Asian Avenue of Stars", but My suggestion is to use "Perseverance" as the theme song of the show. This is very in line with your positioning of your show, ordinary people achieve success through persistence. And "Diamond" can be used as a support song, and the information of those eliminated players Incorporate it and let everyone know that every diamond is born without a lot of grinding and elimination. In short, I have no opinion on these two songs."

With Liu Fan's support, Simon knew that there would be no problem with these two songs.After sending Liu Fan away, Simon told his secretary Cecilia: "You inform Li Wei to come to the company to find me tomorrow. Then you schedule my appointment for tomorrow and leave me an hour or so. Time to talk to him."

After giving the order, Simon returned to his office.A letter from Smart Office is on my desk, and the last signature of the letter is Teng Jingli.Simon actually looked down on Teng Jingli, a woman.If she wasn't Her Majesty the Princess of Smart & Associates, she would be nothing in the entertainment industry.Especially Simon was disgusted that she always used her late father to speak out, and Teng Jingli's superior attitude made many people in the entertainment industry feel uncomfortable.

After thinking about it, Simon threw the letter into the shredder.

To be continued...