Chapter 107: Anhe Bridge, Miss Dong
The first month after the new album’s release is usually the sales sprint month, and everyone is putting in their best effort to promote it through any means possible.
It was indeed tiring, but the result was excellent.
As for the subsequent sales, they would not change much, declining at a slow pace until finally stabilizing at a few thousand copies per month.
The current intense work could finally ease up a bit.
After discussing it, the two decided to spend money to find happiness.
They bought a full cart of things at the mall, including watches, phones, bags, and clothes, all brand new. When they got home and calculated, they had only spent two hundred thousand…
Not satisfying enough~
In the afternoon, they went to the vicinity of the Olympic Village and spotted two high-end villas, three floors above ground, two below, with several hundred square meters of lawn…
Gritting their teeth, they paid a deposit of 1 million.
So satisfying~
Currently, these large villas are only over 6 million each. In another two years, when the Olympic Games are held, property prices here will skyrocket.
A 6 million house will quickly become a small fortune.
No business can yield such a profit margin.
After returning, Zhang Liangying hummed 《Small Happiness》 and excitedly jumped around in the living room. Then she squatted in front of Shen Qing, rested her chin on his knee, and said with longing eyes, “Spending money feels so exciting, haha…”
Shen Qing asked, “Are you that happy?”
“Of course, I’m happy! From now on, we’ll be people with two large villas in the capital. Just thinking about it makes me happy! Haha, I’ve never seen so much money before. I’m still uneasy after paying the deposit…”
“You’ll get used to this kind of spending gradually.”
“Mhm! It’s so good to live without worrying about money. Qing, you’re amazing, earning so much from just one album. If you release one every year, we’ll have a billion in ten years.”
This girl’s vision is still too limited.
Earning only a billion in ten years? How will I fill my garage with 100 Rolls-Royces then? The tax on buying cars alone wouldn’t be enough.
At this moment,
there must be two people feeling very emo~
Pan Xiaoshuai: You guys complain about not having enough money, while I’m worried about how not to lose money. Please, stop talking. I really need some quiet time today!
Jolin Tsai: Alright, alright, you’re a little heavenly queen. You earned a hundred million from one album, so where should I stand? There’s no room left!
…
“I’m cooking, what do you want to eat tonight?”
“Anything.”
“OK!”
Zhang Liangying hummed a little tune and went to the kitchen to make dinner.
Meanwhile, Shen Qing continued to use the pen given by Yuan Yuan to diligently copy lyrics.
After writing a few characters, the image of Gao Yuanyuan giving him the pen that night suddenly appeared in his mind. The evening breeze blew her hair, adding a touch of delicate, wronged beauty to her.
Especially her eyes, which seemed to speak. If she were to cry, her sorrowful, tearful gaze would surely stimulate a man’s hormones~
Shen Qing shook his head, “What am I thinking? We’ll talk about it later.”
For now, focus on copying!
Recently, 《Super Boy》 is about to begin the ‘National Breakthrough Competition’. Zhao Lei, who secured second place in the Chengdu Division with his own strength, called me these past two days, hoping for a song to help him conquer the breakthrough competition.
Shen Qing thought about it and realized it was indeed necessary.
This year’s 《Super Boy》 competition format is different from last year’s 《Super Girl》. Because Tianyu was outmaneuvered by Shen Qing and Zhang Liangying last year, they’ve become much smarter this year.
They’ve changed many rules, such as: increasing the judges’ authority, canceling the uncontrollable public judging mechanism, and adding a more exciting and tense national breakthrough competition segment…
Their current division finals only have 10 contestants advancing to 1, with the champion directly qualifying for the finals.
As for the 2nd to 4th place contestants from the six major divisions, a total of 18 people, they will gather in Changsha to participate in a 48-hour breakthrough competition, from which 7 will advance to the national finals’ top 13.
Since Lei Zi is already his signed singer, he can write a few songs for him to ensure his advancement to the national finals.
Preventing him from being eliminated during the breakthrough competition stage.
Of course, even if he writes songs for him, there’s still a possibility of elimination.
Because the current general manager of Tianyu, Wang Peng, has learned from his mistakes and is no longer the ‘naive youngster’ of last year.
Zhao Lei, who hasn’t signed a contract, will absolutely not make it to the Super Boy national finals if he can’t produce a sufficiently topical song.
However, if Zhao Lei performs a phenomenal song in the ‘breakthrough competition’, like 《Anhe Bridge》 or 《Painting》, then Wang Peng will consider whether to eliminate him immediately!
This is a dilemma…
On one hand, Zhao Lei is indeed quite strong.
Apart from Chen Chusheng, almost no other Super Boy contestant in 2006 could compare to Zhao Lei. Eliminating him early would be a significant loss for Tianyu.
On the other hand, Zhao Lei is stubborn and refuses to sign.
Wang Peng really wants to hit someone!
Why is he like Zhang Liangying last year? Both have talent but refuse to be managed. Could Shen Qing be behind this kid too?
The thought of Shen Qing’s nonchalant demeanor made Wang Peng furious.
Faced with these two choices, Wang Peng is now hesitating. If Lei Zi sings another 《Anhe Bridge》, Wang Peng will probably be driven crazy.
As long as Lei Zi doesn’t reveal that he’s Shen Qing’s person, Wang Peng will definitely try to persuade him kindly and not eliminate him immediately.
After all, on such an influential stage, deliberately eliminating a phenomenal singer against the fans’ wishes would be detrimental to the show and could provoke public backlash, leading to a boycott of the program.
Wang Peng is already displeasing Vice Director Li. If he causes any more trouble, Vice Director Li will definitely fire him immediately.
To keep his position, Wang Peng won’t act impulsively.
If everything proceeds according to Shen Qing’s predictions, then Zhao Lei will safely pass the ‘breakthrough competition’ and advance to the national finals.
Once it’s the national competition, it will be easier…
Shen Qing will continue to cultivate Zhao Lei in the same way he cultivated Liangying, and his fans will surely grow.
Moreover, many people don’t know that the fans of folk singers are much more fervent than Li Yuchun’s fans.
After all, folk music is a niche genre, and many who like it are artistic youths. Artistic youths have much stronger fighting power than androgynous female fans.
Female fans can at most talk big, but what can’t artistic youths do?
If Zhao Lei were eliminated tonight, dozens of artistic youths would be at the Mango TV entrance tomorrow, holding banners and blocking the door.
Currently, the worst-case scenario is probably Zhao Lei being eliminated in the first round of the national finals, ’13 into 11′.
The problem isn’t too big.
By this time, Zhao Lei will have gained fame.
This fame will be enough to support his debut.
At that time, Shen Qing will find a way to give Lei Zi some military training, ignite that unrestrained artistic youth temperament within him, and turn him into a singer-songwriter. Perhaps he can write many songs that differ from his previous life.
…
Thinking of this,
Shen Qing picked up his pen again, not only copying 《Anhe Bridge》 but also half of Song Mouren’s representative works in one go…
Song Mouren must be crying to death~
This person is indeed talented. His folk songs are top-notch in China, but after becoming famous, he became too arrogant and insisted on indulging in those things.
Page after page of A4 paper filled with lyrics: 《Anhe Bridge》, 《Miss Dong》, 《Zebra Zebra》, 《Guo Yuanchao》. Each song is an excellent work that makes many artistic youths emo late at night.
“Let me look at you one more time”
“From south to north”
“Like eyes covered by the Fifth Ring Road”
“Please tell me again”
“…”
“I know, the boasts I’ve made”
“Will also be laughed away with youth”
“…”
Especially this song, 《Anhe Bridge》, which, upon its release in 2011, propelled Song Mouren’s name to the forefront of folk music fans nationwide.
It became famous overnight across the country.
Shen Qing plans to have Zhao Lei perform this song in the very first round, so as to establish his fame as early and thoroughly as possible.
Additionally, 《Miss Dong》 can also be presented in the first round. With two songs out, who would dare say Wang Peng would eliminate him?
“Miss Dong”
“You never forget your smile”
“Even though you, like me, yearn for and fear aging”
“Miss Dong”
“You look beautiful when your mouth turns down”
“…”
This song, 《Miss Dong》, was written by Song Mouren in 2012. At that time, bars frequented by artistic youths would play this song every night.
After writing, Shen Qing didn’t stop and also copied 《South of the South Mountain》 by the Beijing native Ma Di.
After dinner, Shen Qing marked all the simplified notation and then used a DV camera to record a video, capturing all the lyrics and music scores. At the end, he stated, “The current time is 9 PM on June 14, 2006.”
This video serves as proof of copyright.
At 10 PM.
Zhao Lei sat alone in a small park near the hotel, talking on the phone with Shen Qing.
For every sentence Shen Qing said, he wrote down the lyrics and musical score. Finally, Shen Qing explained the instruments needed for the arrangement and the points to pay attention to.
Zhao Lei was already an insightful singer, and he understood as soon as Shen Qing explained.
Afterward.
Shen Qing personally demonstrated it to him one more time.
Zhao Lei sang along three times.
…
The next day, Lao Mouzi called Shen Qing three times, asking him to come to the film set for inspiration.
The film set was at the Beijing Film Studio.
The indoor scenes of Curse of the Golden Flower were almost entirely filmed in rooms built within the Beijing Film Studio.
Anyone who has seen the movie knows that the indoor scenes of Golden Flower expose the most steamed buns, making viewers dizzy （ A picture should be here ）.
When Shen Qing arrived, the crew was in the middle of a scene.
Looking around, all he saw were snow-white steamed buns. Dozens of female servants were practicing getting out of bed, folding quilts, and getting dressed.
It was all “Lei Zi” (thunderous), and it was very snowy…
How could I find inspiration?
Jay Chou poked Shen Qing’s side, “Stunned? Hey, little virgin, never seen so many beauties wearing so little, have you?”
Shen Qing looked at Jaylen with disdain and said calmly, “I’ve dated more ex-girlfriends than you’ve written songs.”
Old Zhou didn’t believe him and pouted, “Tsk, always bragging. You’re only 18, you know. Does Liangying know you’ve dated so many?”
“Haha, just kidding. Actually, I’ve never been in a relationship. My first love is still intact. Why don’t you introduce someone to me?”
“Guess if I believe you?”
“No!”
“Kid…”
“Brother Lun, enough joking. Introduce me to the movie’s plot so I can find inspiration for writing lyrics. I already have some initial ideas in my head, just need to refine them.”
“Alright. The plot isn’t complicated. It’s inspired by 《Thunderstorm》, and also a bit like 《Hamlet》. It unfolds against the backdrop of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, with the Eldest Prince and the Queen…”
