We sat down and started ordering, and several people started chatting. Li Zongsheng is sitting on Yang Dongxu's left, and Zhou Yilun is sitting on his right.
"I heard that you are very satisfied with the songs this time. The quality should be very good, right?" Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
"It's really good. It's mainly the collision of traditional elements and pop music. I feel like this collision created sparks." Li Zongsheng said with a smile.
It can be said that those present here are lyricists and composers, and they all have their own unique understanding of music. So being able to satisfy Li Zongsheng shows that the quality of this song is really good.
After all, where is the status of lyricist Fang Shan in the world, Zhou Yilun also gained a lot of points by virtue of his identity as a singer-songwriter in his debut. So he chose this song and invited Fei Yuqing to perform together. Obviously he was extremely satisfied with this song.
"If you have a chance, Director Yang will come to the recording studio to give you some advice." Zhou Yilun took over and said.
Regardless of Yang Dongxu's status as the company boss, his status as a lyricist and composer is enough for Zhou Yilun to admire him.
After all, the person in front of him has left various legends in the world. Although the number of lyrics and music compositions has decreased in recent years, it is obviously not that Fang Jiang has exhausted his talents.
In recent years, female singers and girl groups have suddenly appeared in South Korea and have become popular throughout Asia. Several of the most popular pop songs were written by Yang Dongxu.
Therefore, when others stop creating, it may be because they have exhausted their talents and want to wash their hands in a golden basin to preserve the reputation they have worked so hard for. Yang Dongxu rarely writes songs because he has no extra energy to focus on it.
After all, for a CEO of a company with tens of billions of dollars, what price would he pay for writing songs by himself? So Yang Dongxu stopped writing songs for anyone a long time ago, and even when he wrote songs, they were all given away for free.
In short, it's just a matter of favor. He no longer uses the No. 1 highest-priced song or anything else to flaunt his worth. He doesn't need such flaunting now.
"Notify me when the time comes. If I happen to be in Yanjing, I can go over and have a look." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
If someone else had said this sentence, it would have been perfunctory, but Yang Dongxu obviously didn't mean it when he said it. After all, he has so much business under his control, he is not sure where he will be when the time comes.
Maybe he would be in the United States by then, so he would fly back from the United States and come to the recording studio to give some advice? This is obviously not logical.
"If you are free that day, we will record it." Zhou Yilun said with a smile.
"Don't, I don't want to be scolded by Brother Li. The person who produced the album will follow up and you know his temper. If I disrupt your established formation, I probably won't even think about entering the recording studio in the future." Yang Dongxu's expression He waved his hands exaggeratedly, as if he was scared.
Li Zongsheng next to him smiled and slapped him in the face. Others at the table also laughed. Obviously everyone knew that he was joking.
"This time the album will be produced, in addition to the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, it will also focus on the Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian markets. When the time comes, you, the big boss, will have to help say something." Li Zongsheng said.
"It sounds like you don't have to speak?" Yang Dongxu curled his lips and glanced at Li Zongsheng: "It's not that you don't want to make an excuse for yourself, right?"
"You are sowing discord in front of me." Li Zongsheng slapped him again angrily.
In fact, this is also a joke. With Li Zongsheng’s status in the company and as a shareholder, and the fact that Yang Dongxu, the record department of Hainer, is just a nominal person, he has absolute power over everything. The matter of allocating resources to promote Zhou Yilun’s new album is just a word from him. things.
"Do you think there is still a market for traditional music now?" The food arrived quickly, and several people chatted while eating. The topic shifted to Fei Yuqing.
"Then you have to look at how you define tradition. In fact, whether traditional or popular music, what really defines their boundaries is not the era but the market.
For example, in my brother's time, his singing style and songs were pop music, not traditional music. Now Yilun's style of music is welcomed by the market, so it is popular now, and other previously popular song patterns have become traditional.
A few years later, new elements of popular music emerged. Or maybe the music elements are still the same, but new singers are singing and being sought after by the market. Then it is pop music, and the Yilun music is classified into traditional music. "
Yang Dongxu pondered for a moment and said.
"That's right. People's favorite thing is to label what they like as the best and most popular, without even realizing that the music is actually still a traditional piece, and even the singing method is traditional." Li Zongsheng nodded.
“So you can’t say that my singing style is old-fashioned and old. If you want to develop better, you must start to change to the current popular style.
The market is constantly changing. Maybe you haven’t completed the transformation yet, but as a result, another kind of music is already popular in the market. And one day you feel that you are no longer good enough to quit the music scene, and suddenly a song from many years ago is translated and becomes popular again.
Just like the current YY music, there are a lot of old songs on it, and it is estimated that many old people who have listened to it before have forgotten it. Now because a certain netizen has made him his background music.
It was instantly welcomed by many young people, and then evoked the memories of some seniors. As a result, songs that the singer himself probably doesn’t care much about now became popular again in an instant. "
What Yang Dongxu said was definitely on target. After all, as someone who has been there, he knows very well that some songs may have been forgotten by people, but suddenly because of a certain movie or a certain video, they became popular on the Internet in an instant.
For example, my brother's "Yijianmei" has almost become the standard song of a certain young star. After DouM came out, many old songs that had been buried in the pit became instant hits.
Then the younger brother announced his retirement from the music scene and retired to enjoy life in peace. As a result, because of the video of Brother Dan, "Yijianmei" broke out of China and went to the world.
So you can't say that traditional things are no longer popular, it just lacks a chance to become popular again. Once an inconspicuous little thing resonates with everyone again at a certain stage, a song that has become obsolete in time will instantly become more popular than a pop song.
"That's the truth. I had forgotten some songs myself. But one day someone from the company told me that my song was now in the top ten downloads on YY Music, which made me also I was stunned for a while and couldn’t remember when I had written such a song." Li Zongsheng said with a smile.
"That's because you've written too many classic songs, so it's normal to forget them. It's hard for me to forget if I only rely on a few songs to make a living. These are my living expenses." Fei Yuqing, the younger brother, added. .
"Then for someone like me who has no representative songwriting, will I have to beg on the streets?" Lin Zhiling asked.
Everyone at the table laughed.
"So just stick to yourself. You also said that you have several masterpieces. This proves that your music and your singing are good things that have been recognized by the market and you need to stick to it.
Of course, we cannot blindly insist on it. Good things must be retained and new things must be added. Just like what Brother Li said, isn't your collaboration with Yilun a spark from the collision of traditional music and pop music? While sticking to your fundamentals, you can try more things in this area. "
"I think so too." The younger brother kept nodding.
"Then you were still hesitant when I invited you." Zhou Yilun made a stab at the side.
"That's not because, like Dong Yang said, I don't want to give up traditional singing."
"I won't take the blame for this." Yang Dongxu waved his hand quickly.
Everyone laughed.
Time passed quickly while talking and laughing.
The meal lasted for nearly two hours. Yang Dongxu and Li Zongsheng had work to discuss, so they made a car and left.
Zhou Yilun, his brother, and Lin Chiling went back to the hotel together. The three of them booked a hotel because they were filming the MV.
"Director Yang seems very kind and not as scary as the legend says." Lin Zhiling, who was sitting in the car, raised a topic.
"Dr. Yang is a very good person. It's just that the circle you were in contact with before was from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many people there now hold the attitude that because of the existence of Haina, it has impacted the film and television and record markets of Hong Kong and Taiwan, so This will lead to the decline of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
This is actually a way of shirking responsibility. Although many film and television stars and singers have indeed emerged in the mainland in recent years. But many of you still go back to Hong Kong to get gold plating.
And in recent years, whether it’s me, SHE, or other popular singers or groups in Hong Kong and Taiwan, or other artists and stars.
If you look at it in detail, most of them were sponsored by Heiner. Other companies have spent far more resources than Haina, but only a few people have been able to support it?
To put it bluntly, the current market in Hong Kong and Taiwan is supported by those old stars. Many companies are still following the same old path of making money by making parallel films and releasing records. This is basically the decline of this era. "
"Indeed, there are many things even without the existence of Haina. In fact, the audience no longer buys them. For example, what was the status of our TV series in Southeast Asia in the past? What is it now?
Heiner aside, the market for the same old TV series we have produced over the past few years has been dwindling year by year. I found a few experimental small productions that became very popular and attracted many newcomers. It's just that these newcomers feel a little weak. "The little brother nodded and said.
“It’s not that there’s a lack of success, it’s that their brokerage companies are still following the previous profit model. When they see newcomers become popular, they think about making money in various ways, including TV series, commercial performances and endorsements.
But I never thought about selecting some high-quality works to solidify my reputation. When this wave of fame is used up, will there be any new popular TV series released? Regardless of those endorsements, He Shangyan felt that his star power had declined and would not hire him.
This resulted in the exposure of these people starting to get lower and lower. In the end, their own company's resources felt like they were wasted on them, and they began to train new people, preparing to train a big hit and continue to harvest. "
Before he became famous, Zhou Yilun helped others write songs, and the feeling he wrote was so bad that he couldn't sell it. So from the bottom to now, I can see these things in the circle more clearly than other newcomers and even old people.
"In the past few years, my company has been urging me to hold concerts, and the number of concerts arranged is more intensive than those of the kings." Fei Yuqing said with a wry smile.
Obviously, the company feels that his fame has almost come to an end, and is preparing to harvest the last wave while he still has some popularity.
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