In the recording studio, Jay Chou took Chen Mo back to his recording studio and introduced Chen Mo to his band teachers.
During previous chats, Jay Chou once told the band teachers that there was a super talented student recently who also created a new music genre.
Director Chou brought Chen Mo over. Chen Mo greeted these band teachers respectively. They were all very friendly and full of curiosity about Chen Mo.
Now that he's here, Chen Mo's phone has been turned off. Otherwise, he would have received several calls from the companies he had previously signed a contract with, including NetEase Music. The big thing now is recording songs, and nothing else matters. , Chen Mo and folk songs are still being criticized on the Internet, so he must give a positive counterattack.
Hit someone in the face!
Chen Mo expressed his thoughts. His ballads did not require much accompaniment. Bass, drummer, keyboard, and guitar were provided by himself, and then they were gone.
The song "Fireworks Easily Cold" mainly includes violin, piano, pipa, bass, guitar, drums, and other musical instruments. After handing the score to the band teachers to familiarize themselves with, Chen Mo and Jay Chou explained the creative background of "Fireworks Easily Cold", which is the story behind it.
This song originates from a fictional story, and the background of the story is the thousand-year-old city of Luoyang, which was described in "Luoyang Jialan Ji" written by Yang Xuanzhi during the Northern Wei Dynasty on earth. It was prosperous and then collapsed.
After a royal general in the city of Luoyang met a woman by chance, the two fell in love at first sight and made a private marriage. At this time, the general was recruited by the court to fight on the border. In the years of war and chaos, the imperial capital of Luoyang had been reduced to ruins and dilapidated. In the end, the woman held on After the general was not met, he became a nun. When the general returned from the storm and found the ancient Jialan Temple where the woman had become a monk, she had already passed away.
People told the general that there was a woman waiting for him here.
The song "Fireworks Easily Cold" was created based on this fictional story. The music style is more Chinese and more ancient. (In order to cater to the setting of the novel, I have to classify it as a ballad. Please forgive me and lighten my temper.)
After listening to the story, Jay Chou got familiar with the lyrics and music for a while and then started his simple recording.
He has a good understanding of the band and is very skilled in control and control. Chen Mo watched quietly and wrote down every step the instructor took. He is a newbie and needs to learn, although he has learned these things on earth in his previous life. , but he has not actually recorded a song and does not know how to accompaniment and harmony, so he will pay great attention to the rhythm of the contract.
The lyrics are sung with Jay Chou's unique singing style.
The bustling sound escaped into the empty door and disturbed the world
The dream is cold and a lifetime of love debts and several books
If you default to life, death, etc.
Waiting for the growth rings round and round
How many layers of the pagoda are broken and whose soul is broken?
The pain went straight to the mountain gate where a broken lamp collapsed
Let me wait for history to turn around
Waiting for the wine to be mellow, waiting for you to play a guzheng song
Jay Chou is worthy of being Jay Chou. He can completely bring his own emotions into the song every time he sings it. He can sing the song in his own style and tell the story in the lyrics.
It rains heavily and the vegetation is deep in my old hometown
I heard you are always alone
The mottled city gate is surrounded by old tree roots
What echoes on the stone slab is wait a little longer
It's like you're dealing with a past life
Follow the world of mortals and follow me throughout my life
It rains heavily and the vegetation is deep in my old hometown
I heard you are always alone
The mottled city gate is surrounded by old tree roots
What echoes on the stone slab is wait a little longer
It rains heavily and the vegetation is deep in my old hometown
Jay Chou's singing is very good. He can sing this song very easily just by looking at the sheet music. He also has a very personal style. He is a talented singer and the founder of the Chinese style genre. What is the meaning of singing? What, now this ballad is very ballad-like!
I heard you are still guarding the lonely city
The sound of the pastoral flute on the outskirts of the city fell on that wild village
Fate takes root and it’s us
It rains heavily and the vegetation is deep in my old hometown
I heard you are always alone
The mottled city gate is surrounded by old tree roots
What echoes on the stone slab is wait a little longer
It rains one after another. The vegetation is deep in my old hometown.
I heard I heard you are still guarding the lonely city
The sound of the pastoral flute on the outskirts of the city fell on that wild village
Fate takes root and it’s us
Fate takes root and it’s us
Jialan Temple listens to the sound of rain and looks forward to eternity
The song ended and the recording was completed, but he was not satisfied. It was the first time he sang this song. Although he could sing it just by looking at the sheet music, it did not meet his requirements. He felt that he could do better.
On the third time, he recorded this song perfectly. It is a very classic song, very folk style.
Next is Chen Mo. The song "Prose Poem to Father" requires more emotion. In his previous life, Chen Mo had listened to the original version sung by Xu Fei and the adapted version by teacher Li Jian. It can be said that there are many emotional templates that can be used for reference. Therefore, You can master it perfectly after practicing a few times.
Afterwards, Chen Mo thought that since he planned to cooperate with NetEase, he also recorded a version of "Miss Dong" from the previous campus competition.
Because "Anhe Bridge" was given to Song Yang, it was not recorded. "Written to Huang Huai" was not aired because The Voice was aired, and a confidentiality agreement was signed before, so it was not easy to record. Let's record it after The Voice is aired.
Chen Mo was very familiar with the song. He opened his mouth and sang it. As long as the harmony and accompaniment kept up, it was basically completed in one go. However, under Jay's persuasion, he played it a few more times and used the best one.
Although it seems to be very fast, four or five hours have passed, and they are all striving to achieve their satisfactory requirements. Then the next step is cooperation.
Director Jay Chou said without further ado, he immediately called the people at NetEase and told them that a single would be released this Valentine's Day. The people there were immediately excited. He is a veteran singer and has not released a new song for several years. This time Everyone is looking forward to what surprises it will bring.
Director Jay Chou directly took Chen Mo to NetEase Music Company. Liu Sisi came out to greet him. It was natural for her to see Jay Chou, but when she saw Chen Mo, she was a little stunned. Of course she knew that Chen Mo entered Zhou Mo in the blind audition of "The Voice". Dong's team, but she didn't think about the meaning of releasing a new song and bringing a student here, but she was still very happy to see Chen Mo, because the phone was always turned off when calling Chen Mo today.
"Xiaomei, Yang Ying calls to my office!" Liu Sisi whispered to the assistant beside her.
"Yang Ying? Who is Yang Ying?" Assistant Xiaomei asked in confusion.
Yang Ying is just a small music editor at NetEase Music. It is normal for Xiaomei, who is the assistant to the general manager, not to know. After all, their status is very different, and they have no overlapping positions. Naturally, they will not know each other. Little music editor.
"This is the mobile phone number. Call him to my office right now!" Liu Sisi gave her Yang Ying's mobile phone number. The reason why she left this little editor's mobile phone number was because she wanted to use Yang Ying to win over Chen Mo. .
Assistant Xiaomei wrote down the mobile phone number and immediately turned around and left.
"Chou, you have to know that the Knicks haven't released a work for a long time. Do you know how anxious I am waiting? Do you know how anxious your fans are?" Liu Sisi said with a smile. After speaking, he shook hands with Director Jay.
It seems that the relationship between Jay Chou and Manager Liu should be good. Chen Mo thought silently beside him.
"Haha, didn't I come with my work? As the saying goes, it's never too late to say good things, hahaha." Jay Chou replied with a smile.
Liu Sisi gave Director Zhou a big roll of her eyes, looked at Chen Mo next to her, and said to Director Zhou, "Why don't you introduce me to your classmate Chen Mo?" Liu Sisi already knew Chen Mo, and they had even called her before. When the call came, he just wanted to tease Director Jay.
"Haha, you already know his name is Chen Mo, do you still need me to introduce him?" Jay Chou said, he was very happy that Liu Sisi could stand up to speak for Chen Mo in the campus competition.
"Let's go, little Chen Mo, let's go in together!" Liu Sisi said, holding Chen Mo's hand and leading Jay Chou towards the office.
The employees in the office all knew Director Jay. They were not surprised to see Manager Liu joking with Director Zhou, but they were surprised to see Manager Liu holding the hand of a little boy and walking inside.
The general manager’s office of NetEase Music Company. The office style is simple, with a sofa, a desk, three chairs, and a tea table with a Yuan blue and white tea set on it. The teapot is still emitting wisps of smoke. There are several potted plants on the windowsill with green plants growing there.
The whole office looks very grand and simple. This is an office for ordinary women. Chen Mo and Jay Chou are sitting on the sofa. Manager Liu has asked the assistant to go out. She personally pours tea for the two of them. The assistant wants to help, so she He didn't let him go, he felt that coming by himself would make him appear more serious.
"Dr. Jay, let's not say any polite words. I already know the purpose of your coming today. I will promote it for you. I believe that with your strength and status, your songs will be fine and will definitely be I’m on the list, but I don’t know what style your song is this time?” He said to Jay Chou while pouring tea for the two of them.
Jay Chou is a famous music talent, and his music has always been loved by a large number of loyal fans. She just didn't know what style Jay Jay would use to release a new song after not releasing a new song for so long. This was what she was curious about and concerned about.
"Haha, don't worry about my song in advance, let's talk about Chen Mo first!" Director Jay pointed at Chen Mo and said with a smile.
"Chen Mo, tell Manager Liu your thoughts. Try to be as clear as possible about your requirements and what you can provide to this platform." Director Zhou said.
Dong-dong-dong, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
Yang Ying slowly opened the door and walked into the general manager's office.
"Sit down, Chen Mo's matter is related to you, you sit down and listen together first." Liu Sisi said to Yang Ying, motioning for her to sit next to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo took a deep breath, glanced at Yang Ying, then looked at Liu Sisi, stood up, and said respectfully: "I want to be an independent musician, and I want to cooperate with your company. My songs will be on your NetEase music player." Exclusive broadcast, I know I am not a big star and cannot bring you traffic, but I am willing to give you more shares appropriately.
I know NetEase has a membership system. I can allow one of my songs to be free for members, but the other songs have to be sold as singles. You charge two yuan for a single here. I want to bet with you. A handful. If my downloads exceed 200,000, we will divide it 30-70. I will divide 70% with you. If the downloads do not exceed 2000000, I will not take any money. All the benefits will belong to you, NetEase. What do you think? "Chen Mo said sincerely.
"Two hundred thousand?" Liu Sisi looked at him with some confusion. This is a king-level download volume, and NetEase Music's player is not the one with the largest installed base. Anyone who can reach 200,000 downloads is a king-level player. , of course, it is not difficult for a king-level singer like Jay Chou to break through the 200,000 downloads. He can easily achieve it as long as he maintains the previous level. After all, this is an era of developed economy and everyone's wallet is full, so they don't care about that. Money, what they need is spiritual food.
"Yes, two hundred thousand, I have confidence in my songs!" Chen Mo said, very firmly and confident.
Liu Sisi looked at this boy, who looked shy just now and was quite cute, but now he acted so determined and had the upright side of a man. Such a man is the most attractive.
"Xiaoying told me before that you wanted to be an independent musician, but I didn't believe it, and I thought it might be because you didn't understand the current market, but now it seems that you are very determined!" Liu Sisi said,
Then he looked at Jay Chou and continued: "You must have a mentor like Jay Chou by your side. He has already told you everything about independent musicians, so I won't say more. Since you want to be an independent musician If you want to cooperate with NetEase Music, I welcome you. However, since you are a newcomer without any reputation, and your reputation online is very bad now, I can give you a chance, but we will not do anything for you. Preliminary publicity, unless your work can drive it on its own.”
After hearing this, Chen Mo knew that the reputation on the Internet had seriously affected him. NetEase Music Player was also supported by netizens. Netizens were all connected together. Netizens knew that Chen Mo had a bad reputation. I won't listen to his songs.
"I believe you can understand what is going on online. I will speak out for Chen Mo on my Weibo. At the same time, I hope NetEase can give him a little chance. Even if it is an insignificant recommendation, I have no choice but to do it." I brought him here because he just wants to be an independent musician. It’s a little difficult now with his reputation. Also, I think after The Voice airs, there will definitely be companies out to grab him, but I also know that when the time comes, He will pay a higher price to get the company's innocence," said Jay Chou.
Chen Mo has a bad reputation now. If he is really signed by an entertainment company, he will definitely have to clear his name before making his official debut. Otherwise, he will die when he debuts. As a condition for clearing his name, Chen Mo will definitely have to exchange his own terms. , this world is like this. Liu Sisi did not respond immediately, but was thinking about it. Jay Chou was an old acquaintance, and he was very authoritative in the entertainment industry. As long as he came forward, more or less someone would come out to help. But is this really enough?
"Manager, I want to say a few words!" Yang Ying couldn't help but whisper.
"Say it!" Liu Sisi said casually.
"I think you have seen Chen Mo's talent. His songs can evoke people's memories and touch the tears in their hearts. I hope you can give him a chance. We have a song on NetEase Player." There is a similar song on the page. I think since Jay Chou is here to release a new song, I think this position in Jay Chou's new song page can give Chen Mo a recommendation. This is a very inconspicuous recommendation. Only if you enter Jay Chou's You can only see it on the new song page, I hope you can give me this chance!" Yang Ying said a little uneasily.
She is just a small editor, and her speech is still a little shaky.
Liu Sisi did not speak, but looked at the little editor who did not dare to look directly at her. A smile appeared on her lips, she turned to look at Jay Chou and said, "What do you think?" "I think this is a good idea, because my new song It’s a ballad written and composed by Chen Mo. I want to try a new genre. I’m very interested in ballads now. Our songs are also of a similar type! This can be said to be not a recommendation. Generally, the system does not select some similar songs. Songs are entered automatically, if you let this little girl do it once, Chen Mo will only have two songs." Jay Chou said.
"What about you? Little Chen Mo." Liu Sisi looked at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo knew his current situation very well, but this recommendation, which was not considered a recommendation, was indeed not very good, but there was no other way. He said, "You can give it a try. I still have the same conditions as before, but I heard the teacher say that NetEase is all music player." The fairest one among them, if my songs show signs of becoming popular, I wonder if I will get better recommendations because of it?"
"I can definitely give you a definite answer to this right now. If you show signs of becoming popular, I will put your song on the home page to recommend it. This is a must. We will not let go of any genius. You are also a Genius, but your current reputation is a bit bad. I can tell you this, as long as you give up being an independent musician and sign with our NetEase company, I can help you clear your name. Then the conditions I mentioned before are still valid. How about it? ?" Liu Sisi said.
"I insist on being an independent musician." Chen Mo said firmly.
"Okay, Yang Ying, Chen Mo will be left to you from now on. If his downloads reach 3,000, I will give you a salary increase immediately!" Liu Sisi promised, looking at Yang Ying meaningfully.
