"You must have done it on purpose. Tianhai must have done it on purpose."
"Absolutely. Otherwise, there is no such thing as a coincidence. That idiot just said that Tianhai signed Lin Zhixiang because of charity. As a result, Tianhai immediately broke the news that Lin Zhixiang's signing bonus was 15 million. The idiot just said what he said, and there was no basis for it. If you have the ability to expose the contract, Tianhai immediately disclosed the details of the contract. It is obvious that Tianhai is just slapping the idiot in the face."
"It's making trouble, but I like it."
"You idiot, are you still being tough? Keep talking tough."
"Haha, I don't know who the idiot is. I signed Lin Zhixiang for 15 million, and I'm just waiting for Tianhai to lose money."
"You better worry about yourself, keyboard warrior. It's as if Tianhai's think tank doesn't know any more than you do."
"Does it mean that the entire entertainment industry is not as knowledgeable as Tianhai's think tank? Other entertainment companies are not optimistic about Lin Zhixiang, so Tianhai signed Lin Zhixiang and offered a high price of 1,500 nights. Who is the fool?"
"Okay, just keep talking tough."
"Why do you care about this idiot? I believe in Wang Xuan. Since Wang Xuan dares to sign Lin Zhixiang and pays such a high price, he is definitely sure to make Lin Zhixiang popular again."
"You talk about Wang Xuan all day long. Is Wang Xuan your father? He can't make mistakes, can't make mistakes?"
"Wang Xuan YYDS, no explanation!"
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Regarding Tianhai's signing of Lin Zhixiang with an annual salary of 15 million, there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet. There are many people who are optimistic about this signing, but there are also many people who are not optimistic about it. It is almost half a catty.
Not only the general public, but also the industry has sparked discussions, and most of them are not optimistic about this signing. Everyone thinks that Tianhai people are stupid and have too much money, and they actually spent 15 million annual salary to sign Lin Zhixiang.
This is the annual salary of a popular singer. Why is Lin Zhixiang now? The popularity of the latter has long since declined, okay? The number of followers on Weibo is now less than 8 million, which is even lower than that of a second-tier singer.
Therefore, everyone in the industry felt that Tianhai had done something stupid, and many people were mocking Tianhai in private.
Cheng Kun was also mocking: "Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan, I thought you were capable? I didn't expect you to even ask Lin Zhixiang, who was kicked out by Huayi. That's it?"
Let alone 15 million annual salary, Huayi wouldn't even want 5 million annual salary given Lin Zhixiang's current popularity. The reason why Lin Zhixiang was offered an annual salary of 5 million to renew his contract was just because of Lin Zhixiang's many years at Huayi.
Cheng Kun didn't feel that the price he offered was an insult to Lin Zhixiang. He felt that the 5 million annual salary was actually provided by Huayi to support Lin Zhixiang in his retirement. Huayi was already very kind.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhixiang still didn't appreciate it.
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In fact, not only the outside world thinks that Lin Zhixiang is not worthy of the 15 million annual salary, but even Lin Zhixiang himself feels that he is not worthy of the 15 million annual salary.
When signing the contract, there was a little incident. Lin Zhixiang was very surprised when he saw the annual salary of 15 million. He once thought that Tianhai had accidentally marked it wrong.
After receiving Tianhai's affirmative answer, Lin Zhixiang kept shaking his head and saying that he was not worth 15 million, and actually offered to take a salary cut.
Later, Wang Xuan explained that the 15 million annual salary was not only for him, but also for the outside world. In Tianhai's eyes, he is the king of popular singers. From now on, anyone from the outside world who wants to seek him out for endorsements or commercial performances must follow the standards of a popular singer.
This is more in line with Tianhai's interests.
Lin Zhixiang gave up after hearing this. He knew that what Wang Xuan said was not false.
In the entertainment industry, why do many popular celebrities refuse to lower their prices and remuneration easily when accepting commercial roles, endorsements, and film and television roles? This is because once they are lowered, others will follow the same rules when looking for you in the future. This standard is here.
As the saying goes, if there is a first time, there will be a second time.
When some stars accept a film, what should they do if they really like the role, but the producer cannot offer such a high salary?
Friendly guest appearance!
The star can introduce the salary offered by the producer, but both parties must agree that external publicity will be a friendly guest appearance.
It means that I am a friendly guest star in this film at a low price because I have a relationship with the producer. If others don't have a relationship with me, they have to follow my quotations.
But it’s best to do this less often. The so-called friendly guest appearances will appear false if done too much.
Specific to Lin Zhixiang, if he reduces the signing bonus with Tianhai to 10 million annual salary, 10 million annual salary is the standard for first-line artists. If the outside world comes to him for endorsements or commercial performances in the future, the price will be based on first-line standards. The loss is naturally Tianhai's interests.
Because the market price of the king of singers is much higher than that of the first-tier artists, in comparison, the extra 5 million annual salary is really nothing, which is why Lin Zhixiang finally accepted Tianhai's contract price.
He is not a greedy person, and he also knows how to repay kindness. Without Wang Xuan and Tianhai, he is probably facing retirement now.
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Wang Xuan is a resolute person. After signing the contract with Lin Zhixiang, as a show of sincerity, Wang Xuan notified Lin Zhixiang to go to the recording studio to record songs the next day.
In fact, Lin Zhixiang is known as the King of Iron Lung Singer. His voice is very powerful and he is most suitable for singing such majestic songs. There is a song by Wang Xuan that is more suitable for Lin Zhixiang, and that is "Men Should Improve themselves", but that song by Wang Xuan is of great use.
"Once Upon a Time" hasn't come out yet, so Wang Xuan naturally doesn't want to throw out a Wang Zhazhong Wang Zha song right now.
The song Wang Xuan prepared for Lin Zhixiang this time is "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud".
In another time and space, "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud" was the theme song sung by Zheng Shaoqiu for the TV series "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud" of the same name. The lyrics are straightforward but very touching. In the joys and hatreds of life, the storm will be over with a smile. Don't worry too much about gains and losses in life, just sit back and watch the tide rise, smile and watch the storm, and live a good life every day.
This is definitely a legendary Cantonese classic song, and it is more suitable for Lin Zhixiang's current state of mind to sing this song.
Anyway, Lin Zhixiang fell in love with this song as soon as he saw it.
"Who doesn't have some unforgettable thoughts, who can predict the consequences, who doesn't have some old grudges and inner demons, a little innocent mistake, who doesn't have some unrealized dreams, who has owed you and me more, who is willing to explain why, a smile has already The storm has passed...the lyrics are great." Lin Zhixiang thought to himself.
"Live happily and don't hold grudges."
Sing a song for today’s laughter
Let your mind absorb new happiness
Open your heart in the evening breeze"
He sang the climax acapella along with the score, and the more he sang, the more he liked it.
During this period, he has experienced a lot. Since three years ago, Huayi has refused to give him resources. The industry is not optimistic about him, and merchants are not optimistic about him either. How many cold looks and ridicules he has suffered, it is estimated that only He knows it himself.
It can be said that it is like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it is cold or warm.
And Wang Xuan composed the song "Laughing at the Storm" for him, which seemed to be a response to what he had experienced during this period. He wanted to tell him that all his previous encounters were over, and in the future he could just sit back and watch the tide. Get up, smile at the situation and live a good life every day.
This is why Lin Zhixiang doesn't like this song.
And Lin Zhixiang's singing skills are naturally not comparable to ordinary people. When recording this song, it only took one hour to complete. The effect is simply more Zheng Shaoqiu than Zheng Shaoqiu. The boldness and freedom in the song are vividly displayed in Lin Zhixiang's singing.
Wang Xuan made the finished product. Li Tao and Zhu Xu gave a thumbs up after listening to the finished product.
"Awesome! I thought Brother Xiang could only sing songs with a weak voice, but I didn't expect Brother Xiang to sing such a tender song." Li Tao said.
Yes, although the lyrics of "Laughing at the Storm" are very bold and free-spirited, its melody is tender and the singing style is also tender. The free and easy lyrics and the tenderness of the melody should be very contradictory, but in this song they are perfectly combined.
As for the Iron Lung singer Lin Zhixiang, who can only sing songs that strain his voice, that is definitely the biggest misunderstanding of Lin Zhixiang from the outside world. Lin Zhixiang's voice is bold, heroic and extremely impactful. When he sings, it seems like he is howling and roaring every song, sparing no effort and reaching the sky with his breath.
This kind of singing method can easily give fans and the audience an illusion that Lin Zhixiang can only sing songs that strain his throat, and sing heroic songs. But in fact, Lin Zhixiang's voice may be more deadly if he sings tender and sweet songs.
In another time and space, there was also a king of iron lung singers similar to Lin Zhixiang. The song "Choice" he sang with his wife on the same stage was regarded as a classic by countless people and infected countless people.
And "Choice" is a very tender song, and the tenderness and sweetness in it are enough to melt countless people.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Xuan composed the song "Looking at the Storm with a Smile" for Lin Zhixiang. And he plans to use this song to hit the new song list in July and announce the return of the Iron Lung Singer.
In fact, Wang Xuan has carefully investigated Lin Zhixiang's experiences in recent years, and he has a very clear understanding of the reasons for his decline.
Huayi wasted Lin Zhixiang's talent.
A singer like Lin Zixiang with such a voice is actually more suitable for singing Cantonese songs. What he is best at is Cantonese songs. As a result, there are not many songwriters at Huayi who are good at Cantonese songs.
After Lin Zhixiang signed with Huayi, Huayi released a few Mandarin albums for him. Lin Zhixiang was still very popular in the first few years, but that was all an illusion, and he was taking advantage of Lin Zhixiang's previous capital.
After eating his meal, Lin Zhixiang's popularity quickly declined. But in fact this is also an illusion. If Huayi knew to change its thinking and spent heavily on Lin Zhixiang to create a few Cantonese songs of good quality, Lin Zhixiang's popularity would definitely recover quickly.
Lin Zhixiang is still Lin Zhixiang, the popular Lin Zhixiang.
It's a pity that Huayi couldn't understand and thought that Lin Zhixiang was dead, so she gave up on him. This allowed Tianhai to take advantage. Let's see, after this song "Laughing at the Storm", Lin Zhixiang's popularity will definitely skyrocket.
After some time, Wang Xuan filmed "Once Upon a Time" and sang the theme song of "Once Upon a Time" to Lin Zhixiang, "Men Should Be Strong". At that time, Lin Zhixiang was truly in his prime, even more popular than he was at his peak.
Huayi had no place to cry.
Those in the industry who ridicule Tianhai should just slap themselves in the face.
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On the 17th, the "King of Masked Singer" revival will finally be broadcast.
Because the "King of Masked Singer" program team has promoted that a heavyweight mysterious figure will appear in the resurrection competition, there are a lot of expectations from the outside world for the "King of Masked Singer" resurrection competition.
Even before the Easter match was aired, it was already being discussed online.
"So, does anyone know who the mysterious figure promoted by the "King of Masked Singer" program is?"
"You won't be a singer or a queen, right?"
"Are you stupid upstairs? Do you think the king of singers and queens can now be called heavyweight mysterious figures in this show? Qinglong, Enchantress, and Black Swan, aren't these three already recognized as kings of singers and queens?"
"Okay. But if you are not the king of singers and queens, what kind of person do you think can be called a heavyweight?"
"Could it be a top composer? For example, Mr. Huang Zhan."
"Probably not. In terms of status, Huang Zhan is definitely a heavyweight, but whether Huang Zhan appears or not has little impact on "The King of Masked Singer". Is it possible that Mr. Huang Zhan can still be on stage? Can’t sing?”
"I don't think it's Huang Zhan, nor can it be other top songwriters. Gu Jiahui is already sitting on the main judges' bench, and the other three judges are big enough. If there is another top songwriter, it will just have overlapping functions. .”
"If it's not a top songwriter, then who is it? Could it be a king at the top?"
"Impossible! If the "King of Masked Singer" program team had such a big reputation to invite a certain top-level superstar, the ratings in the first two years would have been average. Let alone "The King of Masked Singer", even Suning TV’s Spring Festival Gala can’t invite the king of superstars. If the king of stars comes to Suning TV’s Spring Festival Gala, they will lower their status.”
"I don't think it's possible either. In fact, the reason why "The King of Masked Singer" became so popular this year is due to Wang Xuan and Bai Hu."
"Ah? Why does this involve Wang Xuan?"
"Think about it, if Wang Xuan hadn't been dominating the new song charts since his emergence, making it difficult for big-name singers to get ahead, would Qinglong and other big-name singers be able to sign up for "The King of Masked Singer"?"
"It makes sense. In previous years, "The King of Masked Singer" would have had three or two first-line singers in one season. Even if there were singers, they would be outdated singers. For example, Lin Zhixiang participated in "The King of Masked Singer" earlier. .This year, there are several first-line singers who have been eliminated.
Ding Wei, Zhi Zhi, Xie Xun, Ye Xinghua... these are all powerful singers, and they are popular first-line singers. Therefore, Wang Xuan must take half of the credit for "The King of Masked Singer" to be as popular as it is today.
The other half belongs to White Tiger.
Without Bai Hu, "The Masked Singer" wouldn't be as popular. Didn’t you see that after Bai Hu quit “The King of Masked Singer”, the ratings of “The King of Masked Singer” have dropped a lot? "
"Indeed, Bai Hu's influence on "The King of Masked Singer" is visible to the naked eye. Wait, by the way, the heavyweight mysterious figure promoted by the "King of Masked Singer" program team will not be Bai Hu, right?"
"Hiss! It's possible! Bai Hu can definitely be called a heavyweight guest."
"It's not just heavyweight guests. If Bai Hu comes back to participate in "The King of Masked Singer", "The King of Masked Singer" will explode, okay?"
"Yes, even when the superstars come to participate in "The Masked Singer", they are not as popular as the return of Bai Hu. After all, in terms of singing skills, creative ability, or voice talent, Bai Hu is not inferior to any of the superstars."
"Actually, among the superstars, only two or three can compose songs, but their creative abilities are not necessarily as good as those of Bai Hu."
"White Tiger YYDS!"
"Except for Wang Xuan, White Tiger is invincible! With Wang Xuan included, Big White Tiger and Wang Xuan are evenly matched. But this is only half a pound in terms of composition. If you add in singing skills, Big White Tiger is invincible!"
"The problem is that Wang Xuan may also be able to sing."
"Then have you ever seen Wang Xuan sing?"
"Hasn't seen it before, does that mean Wang Xuan can't sing? I don't believe that a person with such a strong composing ability can't sing."
"No one said that Wang Xuan can't sing. It's just that even if Wang Xuan can sing, his singing skills are difficult to compare with that of Big Brother Baihu. Big Brother Baihu's singing skills and voice talent are already unrivaled in the music industry."
"I said, what do you 7 have to fight for? Isn't the White Tiger we are discussing now? So the White Tiger boss will not really come back to participate in "The Masked Singer", right?"
"The probability is very high. This is the resurrection competition. If Baihu wants to return to the stage of "The Masked Singer", he will only have to pass the resurrection competition."
"Damn it! I can't wait to tell you that."
Amid the anticipation of countless people, at 8pm, with Li Hao's opening remarks, "The King of Masked Singer" was finally broadcast.
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