Chapter 105 Chapter 104 The Wind Is Changing
Chapter 105 Chapter 104 The Wind is Changing
Perhaps many years later, when Li Qian's fame is getting bigger and bigger, even if there is no need for deliberate publicity, many people are eager to know who he is and are eager to pay attention to all the information related to him. Gradually, some people and some media will start to recount the brilliance Li Qian created when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, but at least for now, even if nine of his works are on the Voice of China's Golden Songs on-demand list at the same time, Ten is useless.
The media will not give him extra attention and reports because of this, and the fans will never notice that their favorite singer actually became popular because of the work of a person named Li Qian .
Isn't it fair?
It's not fair!
But, that's the rule.
Moreover, this is not just the rules of the pop music world, nor just the entertainment industry. This rule applies to everything in the world.
For example, in the time and space that Li Qian once lived in, what later fans talk about most is probably the combination of Jay Chou + Fang Wenshan, and the combination of Faye Wong + Lin Xi. In fact, the latter two are indeed Chinese. The two most well-known lyricists in the industry during the 30 to 40 years of music development.
But they are just an example.
And even for the two of them, when they really became known to the public and became well-known, in fact, they had already written several works in several years, and many of their works had become popular. It came to the public little by little - for example, there are many fans who like Jay Chou's works, and quite a few who know Fang Wenshan, but they know the songs "In the Name of the Father" and "Chapter Seven of the Night" Who are the lyricists and how many are there?
For another example, JJ Lin's song "Jiangnan" was popular all over the country. At that time, the influence of his song was no less than that of Jay Chou's Chinese style, and the media also reported numerous articles. At that time, there must have been many fans who listened to the song "Jiangnan" and were amazed by its rather ancient lyrics. However, how many knew that the lyricist of this song was written by Lin Qiuli? It goes without saying that the media will chase after JJ Lin, but the lyricist who will report on this song at that time is called Lin Qiuli, and will seriously comment on the popularity of this song is inseparable from Lin Qiuli's ancient lyrics, is there any?
No.
For another example, even if it was only around 2000, domestic movie fans were already very familiar with the names and faces of Ge You, Tony Leung, Jiang Wen, Gong Li, etc., and even Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Li An, etc. A group of great directors are also familiar, but do you know who the screenwriter of the movie "Hero" is? So, what about the screenwriter of "Farewell My Concubine"? Otherwise, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?
Obviously, no one will pay attention to this.
The media must be hanging around those big directors and famous actors all day long. They would rather report gossip about celebrities than pay attention to who is the screenwriter of a famous movie.
Ordinary viewers... Please, when watching a movie, when the feature film is over, they will seriously read the credits on the subtitles. How many are there?
It's like a concert, the spotlight will only follow that one person.
As for the other staff members, whether you are the director, the accompanist, or the dancer, sorry, you are all just green leaves, just to set off the big red flower in the center of the stage more perfectly. Take the money, do the job well, and leave! Want to be the protagonist of the concert? No way!
The simplest principle is that very few concerts will be held during the day, because only at night, when everything is dark, at this time, when all the lights are concentrated on a person, he will truly shine .
Therefore, we say that stars live under the spotlight.
It's cruel, but this is reality.
But fortunately, it doesn't matter if ordinary fans don't know who Lin Qiuli is, but almost all practitioners in the pop music industry know that the song "Jiangnan" is Lin Qiuli's work.
Just like the current Li Qian, even if all the fans who like Liao Liao, plus all the fans who like the combination of Wuxingwusu, plus all the fans who like the song "Half Pot Sha", no one knows Li Qian It doesn't matter who it is. Because the bosses, general managers, music directors of major record companies, as well as many singers and producers, they will never ignore the shock of these nine songs being on the list at the same time brought by Li Qian, and they will never go to Ignore the immeasurable musical energy possessed by this seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy!
The age of female singers has come?
Stop it!
Do you think that changing a male singer to sing "Perseverance" won't be popular?
Do you think that based on Liu Mingliang's singing skills, if the song "Farewell" fell into his hands, he would be worse than those girls in the group Wu Xing Wu Su?
As for "Evening in the Suburbs of Moscow"... Come on, that style is simply Zhao Xinfu's favorite!
The so-called "the era of female singers has come" is analyzed by the media in a clear and logical way. Fans see the clouds and mountains and mists, and they don't understand it when they are in a trance. This statement is nothing more than a laugh--
This is just the most normal work to achieve a singer!
Therefore, if Li Qian chooses to debut at this time, he has really paved all the roads for himself, whether as a producer, as a producer, or even as a singer, as long as he is willing, almost all records in the country The company, even the three giants of Sony, Huage and Cinda, would welcome him with open arms without hesitation!
There is no need to be low-key at all, as long as he is willing, if he is behind the scenes, even if it is with the three giants, he will at least be a music vice director level, and if it is another company, he may even be the music director directly. Even if he chooses to be a singer, he can definitely get the most generous artist contract that various companies can offer.
Any industry is full of the fiercest competition for resources, and right now, Li Qian has become the most precious and sought-after resource in the domestic music scene.
but……
Apparently, so far, through repeated trials by various companies, he has never had the slightest intention of making a debut.
Although after Liao Liao became popular, Changsheng Records had been repeatedly invited by Liao Liao, but he didn't even attend Liao Liao's million-selling celebration party. It was also the first time that he called on behalf of the company and tried his best to invite him to Shuntian Mansion. The senior officials of Hua Ge were eagerly looking forward to meeting him, but faced with such attention... Li Qian Still indifferently declined.
"I still have to go to school, the final exam is coming soon, don't dare to delay the course!"
He said so.
As the wind spread, everyone knew that this guy seemed to be preparing to go to school honestly, at least within the last six months. Don't expect him to come to Shuntian Mansion to join the real operation of the pop music industry. up.
Some people were disappointed, some were dissatisfied, and some even had opinions on Li Qian because of it, some ridiculed, some despised, but some secretly breathed a sigh of relief...
Of course, the major record companies are extremely eager for talents like Li Qian. After all, he has made three shots, and each time he is so amazing that people are overwhelmed and amazed! His achievements are there, and he is already so powerful that even the most conceited musician has to face it squarely. However, he is unwilling to make his debut, or in other words, even if he is willing to make his debut, the only company that can grab him is definitely a company. That's all, so, will other record companies watch it?
Obviously not.
Still the same sentence, at any time, any time, any place, there is never the saying that you can't play without someone!
The domestic music scene has undergone 20 years of great development. Whether it is because of love for music, or because of fame and fortune, there are countless musicians who have entered it one after another. It will definitely not affect anything just because there is one less Li Qian.
With the success of Li's Chinese style such as "Unfinished Love", "Half Pot Yarn" and "Bingtanghulu", all major record companies know that this is a good way, so if Li Qian doesn't make a move, other musicians will play Do not switch to Chinese style?
With the popularity of "Persistence", "Wild Flowers" and "Cheers, Friends", some people may shout that the spring of rock and roll is coming, and of course some people will disdainfully think that this so-called light rock is not worthy of being called rock and roll at all. , However, the real masters in the industry can quickly judge, is it really the spring of rock and roll?
wrong!
It is the spring of urban love songs!
The so-called rock and roll, the so-called light rock, are actually just the external manifestations of those songs. Their real core, what really touches people, is actually singing the outlook on love and life of urban men and women today.
SO, light rock okay? Can other styles be used?
Maybe big-name singers want to test the water, and they will be as cautious as He Runqing when he tried Chinese style, but among the newcomers, and those second-tier and third-tier singers who are anxious to get ahead, some of them have no worries at all. As long as the record company dares to produce, they will immediately You can charge ahead, hoping to take advantage of this wind to become famous overnight!
Also, even if many people didn't believe it in advance, with the popularity of songs such as "Happy Baby", "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and "League of Broken Love", it is the same as the judgment of urban love songs. How could the big names in China fail to see the coming of the era of fast songs? Even by analogy, many people with broad vision will only need a few days to start to understand: In fact, it is not just the era of fast songs, it is very likely to be an era of idols who want to sell their faces!
A lot of the time, that's the way it is!
A circle, a country, or a nation, without external stimulation, will always move forward slowly according to its own established pace, and even when it clearly discovers a new direction, it will try to explore and hesitate , But once you hurt it, when the stimulus is so strong that it is completely unacceptable, then the outbreak will begin.
But now, it is obvious that Li Qian's nine songs are on the list at the same time, which plays exactly such a role.
A seventeen-year-old boy, in just half a year, has made the previously unknown Liao Liao and Wuxingwusu popular, and has largely saved He Runqing from declining. A piece of cake.
However, nine songs were on the list at the same time!
Could it be that those other lyricists, composers, producers and big-name singers who have dominated the music scene for many years are only worthy of one of the top ten spots on the Golden Melody Chart?
How embarrassing is this?
Therefore, there is no need for anyone to do any mobilization, and in fact, there will be no fools who stand up and shout such inconspicuous slogans as "Down with Li Qian" and "Reject Li Qian from entering the music scene". For Li Qian, a young genius who was suddenly born in the second half of 1995, the entire pop music world was generally surprised with a certain feeling of disbelief, but for Li Qian, everyone did not reject him. It's just unconvinced that he stole the limelight and the market!
Therefore, at the beginning of 1996 in the Western calendar and during the period before the Lunar New Year, with the continuous hot sales of the second album of Wu Xing Wu Su, the entire domestic music scene suddenly fell into the background of seemingly great prosperity. In an atmosphere that is very quiet, so quiet that it is faintly disturbing, but vaguely expectant.
Compared with before, only some people studied Li Qian's light rock and Chinese style, now, almost the entire domestic music scene is working hard to study the 14 songs he released before.
Leaving aside "Farewell" and "Evening in the Suburbs of Moscow", which are either natural or full of exotic flavors, it is easy for everyone to analyze and understand that Li Qian's current works on the market can be roughly divided into four categories: kind.
One category is urban love songs, including three songs by Liao Liao and the song "Love Birds" by Wu Xing Wu Su.
One category is the quick songs of youth, mainly the three works of Wu Xing Wu Su.
One is the Chinese style. This Liao Liao has a song, He Runqing has a song, and Wu Xing Wu Su has a song.
And the last one is folk songs, which include the country songs represented by "My Hometown I'm Passionately Loved" and the nursery rhymes of "Let's Swing Oars"-in the final analysis, they are all classified as folk songs.
So, look, the result didn't come out right away?
It goes without saying that there are too many masters in the domestic music scene who are good at this. In fact, Li Qian's two folk songs, whether they are the folk songs of "My Hometown I'm Passionately Loved" or "Let's Swing Together" Even the nursery rhymes of "Paddle" are excellent works, but they are not original.
Although it doesn't mean that just anyone can write works of that level, but judging from past works, the entire music scene is rambunctious, and he is qualified to wrestle with him in folk songs. number.
Then, Chinese style, this is not uncommon to put it bluntly, it is still the same reason, I dare say that there may not be any good writing, but as long as you study hard and try more... You know, this is China!
Also, urban love songs, not to mention this, you must know that in at least the past ten years, there have been not one or two producers and singers who have tried to follow this path, although they have not been able to occupy the music scene The mainstream, but in fact, the tributary is also a stream, and there have been successful female singers of Zhou Mo's level!
In a word, it is not that there are no talents in the domestic music scene in this category!
Finally, um, the song of youth.
Well, this has to be admitted. Although the domestic music scene has been started for 20 years, there is really no precedent for Kuaige to be truly successful. Before the album "Sister Sister Stand Up" became popular, even There are many people who look down on this kind of work that is so fast-paced. The traditional concept is that the classical composition method has more artistic conception and charm... because at that time, the mainstream of this market was folk songs and folk songs!
However, it is not impossible!
Not in China, but in foreign countries?
The domestic pop music scene started late, but the pop music in Europe and the United States has been developed for decades, especially in the United States, which is simply a paradise for fast songs—we still don’t know how to play fast songs. But with so many talents and so many fast songs that are popular in the United States, can't they learn?
If it's really not possible, can we buy other people's arrangement and fill in the Chinese lyrics?
... ... ...
At this time in mid-January of 1996, what ordinary people saw was the big sale of the album "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up", but what people in the industry saw was the entire Shuntian Prefecture, Even the entire music circle in China is undercurrents, and various large and small record companies are making consistent moves.
Meetings, all kinds of large and small meetings of various record companies, seemed to suddenly increase overnight.
Discussions, during the period before the Spring Festival, various record companies began to frequently call together musicians who usually maintain a relatively close cooperative relationship. Everyone sat together, although it was not possible to speak freely, but the top group in this circle When the musicians and the top managers sit together, the best music meets the best brains, and Li Qian's works are basically disassembled. up!
Then... visit!
Before the Spring Festival, it was time for the industry to move around with each other, but this year, the actions of various companies have all become much larger. According to the gossip circulating in the circle, some relatively big-name musicians have received a large number of, and also Invitations to invite songs at a high price——the only difference from the past is that many musicians who were not paid much attention at first, but who are good at writing ancient lyrics or urban love songs, have received more attention, and they have also received more attention. A higher invitation price has been reached!
Before the outside world knew it, the direction of the wind was slowly changing.
The entire Chinese music scene can be said to be sharpened!
Of course, no one would think that this was aimed at Li Qian or something, that would be too flattering Li Qian, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a big boy who has only appeared for less than half a year and has only made more than a dozen songs ! However, with Wu Xing Wu Su's new album selling well, everyone understands that this market seems to be starting to heat up!
Everyone sharpened their knives one after another, with only one purpose, and that was to follow the passages that Li Qian had opened up, and quickly go in and make a fortune!
And in this case--
In the director's office of Sony (China) Records headquarters, Xie Mingyuan nodded slowly.
"Are you sure the project for Wu Xing Wu Su's next album has already started?" He asked while holding the phone.
On the phone, a voice said: "Sure! Absolutely sure! Mr. Xie, this is the news that I took a lot of effort to get from an old friend. It is absolutely reliable! And according to my friend, even in Huage Inside the record, there are absolutely no more than five people who know this news! They probably don't want the girls of Wu Xing Wu Su to have conflicts with the company. After all, they are now Hua Ge's cash cow. It is said that the price of commercial performances has already been paid It’s already opened to 300,000 yuan, and it’s said that they had a pretty good relationship with Li Qian during their album production in Jinan Prefecture! Therefore, it’s said that within Hua Ge, the project for their next album is under the name of I'm doing it in the name of collecting songs for new singers in the company."
Xie Mingyuan nodded, "Judging from the current situation, their album has sold five million copies, so it shouldn't be a big problem!... Fifteen percent, it would hurt anyone if they changed! I guess Lao Huang and the others would also I feel that since the road has been found, the quality of their next album will not be as good as this one even if they leave Li Qian. The stock is so strong that it can sell millions of copies, there is no need to continue to give Li Qian so much!"
On the other end of the phone, the man smiled and said: "He Runqing took the song "Half Pot of Shade" from over there, and it succeeded. Haven't you been collecting Chinese styles in the circle recently? To put it bluntly, as long as there are substitutes , no one is so stupid as to send him to the door to admit slaughter!"
Xie Mingyuan laughed when he heard the words, nodded, and said, "That's all right, that's it, I understand, thank you!"
After a few more polite words, he hung up the phone, but immediately frowned and thought hard.
A few minutes later, he got up and paced slowly in his office, looking preoccupied and undecided. During the period, an assistant came in to ask him to sign the document, and he signed it in his hand, but he still looked absent-minded.
It was not until dozens of minutes later that he finally sighed dejectedly.
Tapping lightly with his fingers on the piece of paper with name, address and phone number on the desk, he said to himself, "Forget it, just bear with it! It's not time yet!"
After a pause, he raised his hand and stroked his hair, then laughed suddenly, and continued to talk to himself: "Young man, although I am very anxious, I wish I could pull you over now, but with your character... I at least I have to wait until you figure out that you are not so indispensable and irreplaceable before I can talk to you!"
After finishing speaking, he glanced at the information on the card again, and said with a smile: "However, I believe it will not be long, half a year? Or a year?"
Smiling, he stood up and instantly returned to his usual majestic appearance.
Pressing the call button in the external room, he slowly said to the assistant in the external room: "Talk to Zou Wenhuai and say that if it is convenient, I want to see Zhou Mo this afternoon. Also, don't forget In order to say this to him, let’s just say that I said it—the domestic music scene is so chaotic now, the two hardcore partners, they can’t be idle like this anymore!”
Well, you read that right, this is a chapter of 6,000 words! In order to let everyone watch it comfortably and smoothly, there will be no chapters!
Oh, by the way, I didn't mean to use one update to replace two. Although the number of words is enough for two chapters, today's third update is only the first update!
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