In fact, this was exactly the case. On the day when Liu Qingshan and his team rushed to Shanghai two days later, the MV that had just been edited was officially launched on National Television 1.
The song itself is a very well-produced work. It triggered countless sung songs on the day it was released and created a strong social topic effect.
Even later, it was evaluated by many music critics as a phenomenal Olympic promotional song.
So the expected popularity was extremely smooth, and the popularity was extremely resilient and widespread, because its background was that kind of national-level ceremony with extraordinary significance.
Moreover, with its public welfare nature, sense of identity, social appeal and high exposure, bringing together so many popular artists to perform together is a huge social effect in itself.
Such a rare first-line cooperation lineup has also set a benchmark for "government propaganda + top-notch artists" platter-style cooperation.
The lyrics are simple and clear, the melody is catchy, and the MV features landmark buildings such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube, and the Siheyuan, which have strong local characteristics of Kyoto.
Top-notch popular artists take turns appearing on the show, which is dizzying.
The song also hits the mark of public sentiment and is an uplifting message after a catastrophic disaster. It conveys the core of patriotism and love for the people, enthusiasm and friendship, and sportsmanship without borders.
With official support, this song has also become a symbol of China's inclusiveness and openness as a great country, and is also a wonderful business card for its external image.
In the era of 3G mobile phones at that time, factors such as the distribution and marketing of ringtone music and the dissemination of television media at all levels from the central to local levels accelerated the popularity of the song.
In a nationwide competition, this sense of ritual belonging to music is indispensable. Music has important cultural symbolic meaning and public communication power, and it has been mentioned frequently by almost all participants.
Among them, Liu Qingshan's idol influence has not surprisingly been widely praised, but it is the participation of several foreign stars that has made the headlines in various media.
In addition, Lin Wanyi became popular overnight and quickly gained a huge fan base. Her beautiful appearance was once featured on major websites and newspapers.
In particular, the fact that she had been ostracized by Naying was brought up again after the MV was released. Compared with the sympathy she received before, it was overwhelmingly distressed and supported.
Lin Wanyi's Mandarin accent does not have the 9-6 tones of Hong Kong Mandarin, and people often mention her original identity as a Hong Kong native.
But this does not mean that mainland audiences cannot accept her. On the contrary, because she and Ajie, who is also from Hong Kong, are often in the same stage during the singing process, she has won great favor from Ajie's fan team.
Don't underestimate Ajie today. He has become a representative figure of an emerging force in the mainland rock market and has long been widely accepted by domestic audiences.
In particular, several of his songs composed by Liu Qingshan himself still occupy half of the mainland music charts six months after their release.
In this song, Liu Qingshan specially arranged for Lin Wanyi to sing the first two lines of lyrics, but those two a cappella lines did not appear in the MV.
This design is an Easter egg buried in advance, and the crisp opening like a child's voice will be used as a revelation one day to help her become the focus of public opinion again.
Although "You Look So Pretty When You Smile" had already become a huge hit before, Lin Wanyi's two a cappella lines and her voice in that song were even more immature.
The last two lines she sang were the original ones, and they were sung together with Ajie. No one noticed that she had any connection with those two lines.
The original version of "Welcome to Kyoto" is the masterpiece of composer Xiao Ke, and the recording method at that time was completely different from this version.
The original version is recorded one by one, that is, each participating singer must record a complete version, and then pinch out one or two lines from each person's entire song for final editing.
In order to complete this huge project, it is said that more than 200 staff were used to complete the song demo in 5 days, and the recording was recorded in Kyoto, Xiangjiang, and Wandao within two weeks.
Then, post-production was completed in 6 days, with 11G of recording file material and more than 7,000 minutes of documentary material... This was undoubtedly a huge and ambitious project at the time.
This time is different. Liu Qingshan's appeal is not only reflected in the market, but also has many magical abilities that can win those singers to willingly rush to Kyoto to record together.
You must know that there are many people here who are kings and queens of the Chinese music scene, and the famous singers that everyone knows are almost completely wiped out from the Internet. This kind of appeal is truly a response to one call.
This ingenious way of recruiting talents has been widely publicized by the private market, and is regarded as the first of its kind by many professionals. It is also widely said that it is unprecedented.
In fact, this is the case. Looking at the whole world, it is really jaw-dropping that a young man in the entertainment industry who has never had a chance to star in a leading role has actually used his personal influence to bring nearly a hundred big-name singers together.
Of course, the roles played by Gu Yun and Li Zhongsheng are also crucial. Otherwise, if Liu Qingshan was the main convener, it would take a long time just to collect everyone's phone numbers.
The popularity of this song has also raised expectations for the premiere of "Kung Fu".
Perhaps the expectations related to the quality of the movie are not as eye-catching as Liu Qingshan's strong appeal, because the recent arrival of Hollywood king-level actors and hall-level directors has caused a violent response in the country.
Shanghai, this international metropolis, has been seeing a steady influx of people from all over the world since January, and it is attracting serious attention from the world.
The reason why it attracts the attention of ordinary people is naturally closely related to Liu Qingshan himself. Projects with him as the main planner have always been a hot topic around the world.
But for professionals related to the entertainment industry, they are more concerned about the kung fu movie that is said to incorporate the most advanced special effects in movies today.
The special effects technology used in this film is still inferior in many ways compared to the Hollywood team that has more high-tech technology patents and the most top-notch professional-grade equipment.
However, Liu Qingshan's special effects design includes many high-tech CG visual effects from later generations, and his design concepts are even higher than those of his Hollywood counterparts.
Although Hollywood's special effects blockbusters have long been synonymous with the most advanced video special effects, the large number of special effects shots that appeared in "Kung Fu" feature the latest digital technology and are revolutionary in terms of theme, technology, processing, etc. Special effects patent.
Perhaps the final effect they show is far less than that of some Hollywood blockbusters, but the creative concept of closely combining martial arts action and stunts is something that current Hollywood does not have.
In particular, although the other film is produced by Hollywood, the special effects are jointly created by Snowland Studio and Yimeizhi Film Studio. That film will have breathing, real skin, muscles and movements created by digital technology. Textured character.
Today, this technology is still in the laboratories of Hollywood, and no project has yet entered the stage of scientific research verification. Snowland and the others have come up with mature technology to process data in advance. This is their biggest concern.
In other words, although "Kung Fu" is only leading in terms of design concepts, it does not prevent professional researchers from finding data clues, even if it is just a trace, it will also provide conceptual guidance for their technology research and development.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Hollywood related personnel cannot wait for the global release of "Kung Fu" and flock to Shanghai to see the actual effects as soon as possible.
Don't forget that there are also a large number of European and American superstars and big-name directors who came to Liu Qingshan. This is also a great opportunity that the eight major Hollywood film studios are not willing to miss. Being able to grab a contract with several of them in advance will undoubtedly have a great influence on the future. A year's worth of company performance helps.
What's more, in January, countless media reporters from all over the world gathered in Shanghai. This originally ordinary premiere would completely transform into a grand gathering of global entertainment figures.
In addition to those who have already arrived, the planes of Tobias Oliver and Tracy Gerrard also landed at Shanghai Airport on the day Liu Qingshan arrived in Shanghai.
Following the two veteran figures, Rob Marshall and Ethan Coen, representatives of the Mesozoic directors in Hollywood, were followed by more than a dozen European and American movie stars.
Among them, Tobias Oliver and Ethan Coen came for the script of "No Country for Old Men", and Rob Marshall was a choreographer, so naturally he came for the musical movie "Chicago".
These two scripts were agreed to by Liu Qingshan when he was in Los Angeles, and Tobias Oliver, who approached him at that time, was the leading actor in the original version.
He found Ethan Coen. There are too many big-name directors in Hollywood, Martin is just one of them, and he can't cope with so many scripts.
As for the musical "Chicago", Liu Qingshan gave it to Tracy Gerard, the first vice president of the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscar Awards and one of the main members of the previous Oscar jury. .
Her other identity is that she is a world-famous sociology expert who is regarded as a "leader" by sociology scholars around the world. She has also conducted a complete set of research on social behavior and human beings for some government agencies in the world (such as the Bureau of Statistics). Research monographs on groups.
This is a research result that covers social actions or interpersonal actions at the micro level to social systems or structures at the macro level, which has greatly affected the purpose of government agencies.
This person has a set of norms and standards in children's education. Countless people interpret her attitude as a generous and responsible interpretation. The industry calls it an "international perspective" code of conduct in early childhood education.
On the surface, "Chicago" is a musical, but in fact it has a theme of criticizing current ills and colorful characters. It has always been the script that Liu Qingshan recognized as the first aunt.
She has been the main judge for several consecutive Oscars and has seen many high-quality films. Not only does she have the most say in the review, but she is also very upset that she cannot participate in a film that will go down in history.
