"Strangers" did very well at the box office, reaching 20 million on the first day.
Although it is not comparable to Nie Yun's previous "Charge", "Charge" was finally released from theaters in early December, with a final box office of 3.6 billion.
In addition to the support of the audience, there are also many relevant departments and companies that have booked the venue to watch.
After all, "Charge" is the best theme-themed film made in recent years, and there are no problems with its content, so the higher-ups also support it.
But for a subject like "Strangers", you don't need to count on the support of relevant departments. If it can be released, it will already be a big hit for radio and television.
Ning Xiu did not stay here with them waiting to see the box office, but returned to Hangzhou the next day.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the company has to hold an annual meeting, and at the end of the year, each department also needs to calculate this year's performance, including the company's year-end summary and plan for next year.
But before Ning Xiu left, she told Gu Yi that Gu Yi could come back to attend this year's annual meeting, because in previous years Gu Yi was very busy at the end of the year and didn't have the time.
Gu Yi naturally agreed.
The company's annual meeting will be held on January 10th.
As the company's top performer, Gu Yi naturally wanted to perform. Gu Yi also wanted to take this opportunity to get to know the newly recruited actors in the company.
However, in just these two days, Zhou Le took over another music festival job.
Normally, as it is now, the weather is getting colder and there are fewer and fewer music festivals, especially here in the north.
But the music festival Zhou Le received was held in Harbin.
Because every year at this season, the ice sculptures in Harbin become popular, and some southerners who have never seen snow will go to the Northeast to play and see the snow.
"What's the temperature over there now?" Gu Yi asked.
"It's about minus 20 degrees, and the weather is still very cold. What they said is that we used to sing four songs in total, but they must include "Xian'er" and "Destiny". You can choose the rest of the songs by yourself, and They also said that if we have any songs that need promotion, we can tell them in advance and they can help us promote it.
But the weather over there is really cold. Now I’m freezing in Yanjing. If everyone thinks it’s cold, I’ll put this job down. Anyway, I asked around and found out that everyone at that music festival this time is Some singers from the Northeast. "
As Zhou Le spoke, he also sent the confirmed guest list to the WeChat group.
"I don't have any objections. The ice sculptures over there are really popular right now. It doesn't hurt to go there and sing." Yu Xue said.
Every time there is a decision like this, Zhou Le will tally up the work first, and then everyone will vote on whether to go or not.
And everyone has a veto.
Jia Zhe and Zhu Yanfang thought it was nothing. Speaking of which, they had never sung in that kind of weather.
Finally they looked at Gu Yi.
"Don't look at me. I don't have any problems. I quite like the people there, and it's not like you don't know who I am. As long as there is a job, I will go there."
"Okay, if that's the case, let's make a decision first." Zhou Le nodded, and then went to communicate with the organizer of the Ice Fish Music Festival in Harbin.
However, it has been very cold outside these days, and they are shivering when they go out, so they stay in the office every day, either practicing Gu Yi's new song "Above the Moon" which was released some time ago, or sitting around the electric heater. Play games next to the device.
If you really have nothing to do, just take a video and post it to your video account.
Now the company's several video accounts have been fully handed over and are managed by staff.
Therefore, the data will be collected by staff every time.
But during the three days they rested, the group destroyed an entire basket of sugar oranges.
Everyone's fingers, including the staff, were yellow.
Can't even wash it off.
"No, we can't eat these sugar oranges anymore. If we continue to eat them, we will probably all turn yellow."
Yu Xue looked at her originally white fingers turning yellow and felt like crying without tears.
"Okay, I've finished eating the sugar oranges anyway. I'll buy some pears later and we can make frozen pears ourselves, but today we will try to make "Above the Moon"."
"good."
The last few people started recording the song with their yellow fingers. They had almost practiced this song before. Gu Yi found a Mongolian teacher some time ago and asked him for advice on the two lyrics.
"I'm looking up,
above the moon,
How many dreams are flying freely,
Forgot yesterday,
The wind has dried up the sorrow,
I want to meet you again on that vast road."
Yu Xue sang very hard, and Gu Yi sang very well. Anyway, there were only a few lyrics, and they were all rap.
Yu Xue also fully memorized those few Mongolian lyrics. In fact, Yu Xue has a very good talent for languages and can learn foreign languages very quickly, including some minor languages and Russian tongue flicks.
After recording, Zhou Le began to do post-production. Since he needed to add some other sampled sounds, Zhou Le found a lot of materials and finally spent money to buy some.
It took a total of two days to work on the post. After finishing it, they released the song, but it did not bear the name of the New Bee Band. The lyrics, composition and arrangement were all Gu Yi, and the singers were Gu Yi and Yu Xue , and some post-production projects such as recording engineers, mixers, mastering production, mastering engineers and mastering post-processing are all Zhou Le.
And drums, guitar, bass, etc. are the corresponding names of several people.
But it is worth mentioning that Jia Zhe went back to his teacher specifically for this song and asked the teacher to learn the morinouqin. After all, it is a grassland style, so adding corresponding folk music according to the customs on the grassland must be more Suitable.
"Gu Yi has released a new song."
"Great."
"It's forbidden."
"No, no, no."
"Why is it this style again? If you release a few good songs, you should reward yourself with a saliva song, right? How long has it been since this type of song was released? Don't show off, Gu Yi."
"This is still a saliva song. It sounds very good to me. The style of the grassland is very obvious. Although the lyrics are a bit popular, it doesn't matter if the lyrics are popular."
"It doesn't sound good just because it doesn't sound good. I don't like it anyway."
"It's okay, honey, don't be discouraged if you don't like it. Gu Yi will produce good songs in the future. It's impossible to make everyone like it even with money, let alone songs?"
Although there are still many people on the Internet, including some professional music critics, saying that Gu Yijiang has exhausted his talents with this song. He has released so many masterpieces in one breath before, but this time he ran out of inspiration, so he can only follow the national The path of the wind, showing off and showing off feelings.
But the number of downloads of this song is not large at all.
Including the comments, there are also comments from some aunts who look like they are elderly.
After all, their songs are free of charge and anyone can listen to them for free.
Although it cannot reach the first place on the popularity list, it has been hovering between third and fourth.
But just two days after "Above the Moon" was released, Gu Yi also received a WeChat message from his third aunt.
"Erdan, how do you download your song "Above the Moon"? I can't get it no matter what. I clicked download in the software, but I can't get it to the USB flash drive. It seems I can only listen to it in the software."
"Third Aunt, why do you need to download it to the USB flash drive? Can't you just listen to it in the software? The sound quality will be better that way."
"Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? The village is having a square dance competition in the county, and I'm in it. They also know that you are my nephew, so they asked me to download it, but I couldn't download it after struggling for a long time after I came back. .”
"Haha, Third Aunt, it's okay. I'll send you the song later, and then you can just drag it in on your computer."
"Okay, then you get busy first and Auntie won't disturb you, but remember to send the song."
"I know, Auntie."
In the end, Gu Yi sent the MP3 format of the song to his third aunt via WeChat.
And the third aunt also sent herself a rose.
Today they were discussing what songs to sing at the music festival.
"Destiny" and "Xian'er" were designated by the organizer. In addition, they can also produce two songs on their own. However, since the organizer of the music festival can help them with publicity, there are only two songs suitable for promotion at the moment. It's "Above the Moon" and the other one is "The Past You" which was released on a variety show.
In comparison, "Over the Moon" has a more country feel, but at a music festival they still feel better.
What's more, it's freezing cold there. If I sing a soothing love song, I'm afraid it will be even colder after singing.
On the other hand, if you sing a high-energy song and jump up and down, you might even break out into a sweat after singing.
But their band also had high-end songs, but they were just picking and choosing, and no one had decided on which one to sing.
"Gu Yi, why don't you release another song, like "Destiny" or "Xian'er". Songs like this are easier to promote in the Northeast."
Zhou Le said.
Anyway, now they all know that Gu Yi is an idea bank and can come up with good ideas at any time, so there is no need for Gu Yi to surprise them by writing a song on a whim, and they have also learned to push for updates by themselves.
Whenever he couldn't make up his mind, he would ask Gu Yi to come up with a new song.
In fact, Gu Yi also has some thoughts in this regard. Now he and the band have a lot of songs, which is enough to hold a concert next year, but the real album is not yet complete.
Whether it's Jay Chou, Secondhand Rose, or Phoenix Legend, none of them can reach the number of about ten songs.
"Okay, then I'll do another Erezhuan style song."
Gu Yi agreed immediately.
There are still five days left before the music festival, but today is the end of the year. After today, it will be the New Year of the Gregorian calendar.
There are activities held in many places outside, and many people attend New Year's Eve parties. However, New Bee is busy in December, so there is no time to attend rehearsals, and there is no work for New Year's Eve parties.
But they can watch it in the studio first.
After comparing several TV stations, they finally chose Station i.
The main reason is that in recent years, all the major TV stations have their own artists, and they are just the same ones, and the songs are not interesting.
In addition, there are many young talents who actually have no ability will go up, just to bring their fans there and increase the number of views.
They really don't like this kind of program, compared to i station, it is much better.
At least every year's show is sincere.
In addition to some singers and sentiments that everyone prefers, there are also many two-dimensional styles.
"Should I say it or not, some anime theme songs are really nice to listen to."
"Yes, many songs are definitely good songs if they are taken alone. Now that they are tied to anime, the popularity is even higher."
What Gu Yi is thinking about now is some anime songs he has listened to before.
It sounds like there are some really powerful ones, but Gu Yi doesn't understand Japanese.
"I'll find a chance to learn it later and see if I can reproduce these songs. Although I could only hum along at the time, maybe after I learn Japanese, I can also reproduce the songs."
As they watched, they also saw that Station i held a symphony this year, and Jia Zhe suddenly pointed at the computer screen.
"This is my teacher and this is my senior brother. I didn't expect them to be on this show."
"I just said that my teacher asked me if I had time to go on a show with him this month, and it turned out that I was going to go here."
Jia Zhe said excitedly.
The Western symphony orchestra is mixed with folk music, but it sounds like the two are perfectly integrated.
Although the songs are basically two-dimensional style songs, they are very pleasant to listen to.
On this night, they made a big pot of braised food in the office, and watched the show while eating and drinking beer with their gloves on.
The countdown to New Year’s Eve has finally arrived.
The five members of New Bee also each held a can of beer, but when the countdown inside counted to one, they raised their glasses together and stood up to clink together.
"Happy New Year!"
As freelance workers, there is not much difference between holidays and working days for them.
Even if it is a holiday, as long as there is work, they have to go to work. If there is no work on weekdays, they can only rest.
So this New Year's Day, they did not go out to crowds of people on the streets, but quietly prepared new songs in the studio.
What Gu Yi brought out this time was a song by Second Hand Rose, after all, he wanted to do this style.
Gu Yi's next plan is to bring all the fire songs from Second Hand Rose and put them together into an album and release it.
In this way, their band can be regarded as someone who has an entire Chinese album.
After recording the song, they took a plane to Harbin on the afternoon of the 4th.
The staff members started driving there on the 3rd.
Although this was a business event for the band, Song Fuxing still went with him. After all, he stayed in the studio and could help them with things in the past.
Moreover, it is a long way to drive to Harbin, so if the driver gets tired during the driving, he can easily replace him.
Since it was already getting late after arriving in Harbin, they did not go out to see the ice sculptures. Instead, they strolled around and had a barbecue.
“The barbecue here is indeed delicious, but it’s a little more expensive than I expected.”
Yu Xue said while eating barbecue.
"After all, this is Harbin. If you want cheaper and more authentic food, you have to go to Jinzhou."
Zhu Yanfang also asked curiously after hearing this: "Are there any places in our country that are famous for barbecue?"
"In China, it should be Jinzhou, Xuzhou, and I remember Yueyang in Hunan. XJ and Inner Mongolia should also be good. After all, there are sheep in these two places, and I heard that the mutton in these two places does not have any odor. .
There are also Lanzhou and Guizhou that I have seen more online, especially in Guizhou. They seem to dip the root of the ears when eating barbecue. "
The few of them chatted about the barbecue for a while, and then chatted with Song Fuxing about tomorrow's arrangements before going to sleep.
On the second day, they rehearsed in a venue arranged in advance by the organizer. However, the organizer's staff also came to see them. Not only did they bring them many local specialties, they also gave them, including the staff, Each person included has a ticket for Harbin Ice and Snow World, as well as tickets for the most famous bathing city here, as well as tickets for various attractions.
"That's very kind of you."
"It's okay. We Northeasterners are just hospitable. Since we're here, we always have to play before leaving. These are the characteristics of our place. You can experience it more."
"Haha, okay, thank you then."
"It's okay. You can come to our place for more concerts and music festivals in the future. Even if you don't have a job, you can come and have fun. It would be great if you can help promote the city."
"Absolutely." Zhou Le took the gift from the other party and shook his hand.
"It seems we have to stay here for a few more days this time."
"Yes, I have long wanted to experience the special bathhouse here."
"Okay, then when the time comes, we gays will go together, and the lesbians will go to the lesbians' place."
They looked at the tickets and found that this bathing center was relatively high-end, and they had to wash themselves when washing.
After you come out, you can play mahjong, there are various buffets to eat, and there are many entertainment projects.
After reading it, they decided to stay there all day.
Also on this day, a group of people who were familiar with Gu Yi also drove to Harbin.
They took their tickets and entered the music festival early to wait.
"Brother, you said that our master asked us to come here this time just to give us a holiday to have fun."
"What are you thinking about? If you want to go out to play during the holidays, when can't you come out? You don't even think about it. Do you know who is attending this music festival?"
"I don't know."
"Hey, look at your stupidity. In addition to our brother Lang, Gu Yi and the others are also coming this time. Master is asking us to support them."
"Oh, I see."
"Then let's just wait here."
"Otherwise, the music festival is not a concert. There are fixed places. Once you go out, you won't be able to come back. You will have to wait in front."
"What if I need to pee later?"
"Just pee in your pants. It's so cold outside anyway. It will freeze hard after a while."
"Well, if I had known I would have brought a diaper when I came out today."
So they kept waiting here. As more and more people came behind them, although some people recognized them, everyone came to see the music festival. After taking a few photos, they started here. Small talk.
The apprentices at Youshu Mountain are all good at chatting, and the tourists from the south feel like they are watching a live sketch.
"I didn't even think you would come to the music festival today."
"You must have earned it. The ones performing on the stage today are our junior brothers and Gu Yi. Gu Yi has also become close to us. As long as we go to the Northeast, we have to support the show. After all, there They are all good buddies.”
"Is your relationship so good?"
"That's necessary. Gu Yi has a good relationship with our master, and he even sang duets in our small theater."
"Where is your little theater? Is it in Harbin? I haven't seen the duo live yet."
"That's not there. Our small theater is in Tieling, Liaoning. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. We are destined to know each other here. Otherwise, please leave my phone number and call me when you get there. Come in and watch for free. "
In the end, the other party left their phone numbers for these tourists.
And we discussed going to take a look after a while. Anyway, they got off early for winter vacation. This time they came out just for fun. They would go everywhere, wandering around big cities and small places.
We waited like this until the afternoon, after the previous stars sang one after another, it was finally the turn of the new bee.
In order to fit in with the atmosphere and theme here, the members of the New Bee Band all wore thick cotton-padded jackets printed with big red flower patterns.
New bees are now very well-known in the country because they can absorb any kind of group.
So when they came on stage, the audience started calling their band's name.
But after shouting for a while, I don’t know who started it first, and everyone started shouting again.
Anyway, this is both a compliment and the English name of the New Bee Band.
It can't be explained enough.
As soon as it came up, they started singing "Xian'er", which was a version of the overture from the Little Knife Club.
This version is more popular than the original version.
The place immediately became hot. Even though it was freezing cold at the moment, they still raised their hands high, and the fluorescent sticks on their wrists changed colors according to the field control.
But the only thing Gu Yi felt now on the stage was that it was really cold.
It was simply too cold.
The hand holding the microphone was frozen, even wearing thick gloves.
So Gu Yi sang and jumped around.
After singing, "Destiny" follows immediately.
"Oh, I'm talking about fate."
The second song started, and the audience started singing along loudly again.
Especially when singing the line about rubbing against the edge of the kang, how could everyone in the audience still feel the cold?
After singing this song, Gu Yi stopped.
"We like Harbin very much, we also like Shenyang, and we also like the Northeast, so for our Harbin Ice Fish Music Festival, we worked overtime to come up with two songs. I hope everyone will like it."
The third song they prepared was "Monkey Play".
The lyrics of the song "Monkey Playing" are not too outstanding, but when the suona sounded in the middle, everyone went crazy.
"This suona is so amazing."
"I'm getting goosebumps, but it's not from the cold, it's from being blown by this suona."
"I feel like I'm about to be sent away now, but I feel like I'm about to ascend."
And there are many fans who know "Journey to the West" and they hear that this song seems to be about "Journey to the West".
Finally, after "Monkey Play" ended, it was time for their last song. By this time, Gu Yi was no longer cold.
He took off his hat and even his gloves and threw them aside.
From the audience's perspective, Gu Yi was not only not cold at the moment, but also had mist on his head.
"At the peak of love,
Who cares about your life and death in this world. "
At the beginning, Gu Yi recited a verse, and then the sound of the band sounded.
"Falling in love is a mistake and getting married is a mistake.
Divorce is a wake-up call for remarriage.
One person is lonely and two people are happy,
Three people can achieve youth through lonely paths.
Are you still hard? Still hard?
When your left hand touches your right hand, just take a shower and go to sleep.
I want to be lonely, I want to be happy,
I want to bloom non-stop, will you love me or not?”
When singing this point, Gu Yi paused.
But then Gu Yi jumped up.
"I want to bloom!
I want to sprout! "
Then the whole place went crazy.
Although this was the first time I heard it, when Gu Yi sang "I'm going to bloom" later, the audience went crazy.
Started jumping crazily, shouting that I want to bloom, I want to sprout.
After the last song, Gu Yi didn't put down the hand holding the microphone for a long time.
After hesitating for two minutes, the audience realized that because the weather was too cold, Gu Yi's mouth was too close to the microphone, and his lips were stuck to the microphone due to his breath.
This caused another burst of laughter from the audience... (End of this chapter)
