I turned out to be top-notch!

Chapter 272 Second New Album

Two days later, in an apartment in Donghai City, Chen Ling looked at the WeChat message page with some hesitation and anxiety on his face.

After trying to remind Zhou Dingran about "introducing Wen Chao Gong" two days ago, although the other party said that there would be news in the next two days, two days have passed and she has not received any reply until now.

She wanted to send another message to Zhou Dingran, but she was worried that the other party would hate her, so she was in a daze for the past two days, holding her phone in her hands all the time, waiting for news.

Just as she gritted her teeth and prepared to send another message, a message suddenly came from the mailbox bound to WeChat, reminding her that she had some emails to check.

At the same time, Zhou Dingran also sent a WeChat message: "The new song written by Mr. Wenzhao has been sent to your mailbox. You can take a look if you have time."

Chen Ling felt his scalp was numb and said excitedly: "Thank you, thank you so much!"

"You're welcome!"

Zhou Dingran replied.

Chen Ling suppressed the excitement in her heart. After taking two deep breaths, she immediately picked up the tablet next to her, logged into her mailbox, and clicked on the email sent by Zhou Dingran.

Song: "Courage"

"Aling, you are going to be popular!"

She immediately contacted her agency to explain the matter, and the agency obviously already knew what happened during the "Singer" program. They attached great importance to the cooperation between Chen Ling and Wen Chaogong, so they immediately sent someone after hearing the news. Come pick Chen Ling up to the company, and then quickly produce the song "Courage" in the company's recording studio.

At this time, other singers in the company also heard the news, and came from all directions one after another to come to the recording studio to enjoy the masterpiece written specially for Teacher Chen Ling by the master of literary copywriting.

The agent laughed loudly, "Wen Chao Gong's works have a price but no market. The starting price is three million, but you may not be able to get it even if it is doubled. Therefore, the price is secondary to being able to get Wen Chao Gong's works. No matter what No matter how expensive it is, the company will pay for it.”

Chen Ling's manager is also a singer. When he heard the arrangement sample of "Courage", he couldn't stop admiring him: "As expected of Wenzhao Gong, this song sounds simple, but the melody has the potential to become a hit. , it is very easy to achieve a high degree of dissemination. As long as it is marketed properly, it will definitely have the potential to become popular all over the country once it is released.”

Lyricist: Wen Chaogong

Composer: Wen Chaogong

Arranger: Wen Chaogong

……

Chen Ling's heart almost jumped into his throat when he saw that the lyrics, composition, and arrangement were all signed by the author.

Hearing these words, Chen Ling just breathed a sigh of relief, and then, under the enthusiastic and envious gazes of other artists in the same company, he went to the recording studio to start recording "Courage".

Referring to the production suggestions left by Wenzhao Gong in the email, the main melody of the arrangement is based on drums, piano, and guitar.

When the melody of the entire song was produced, Chen Ling's eyes lit up as she listened.

However, times and environments are changing. A song that was popular in the previous life may not be able to rise in this life. Zhou Dingran cannot guarantee this, but he has a good impression of Chen Ling as a singer. He feels that Chen Ling is very similar to himself in his previous life. He has accumulated a lot of internal strength and is just one step away from being able to break through the threshold.

Although the official version has not yet been heard, just a few song snippets are enough to make the hearts of the singers present quicken.

And this song "Courage" specially tailored for her is not popular for no reason.

This song was a song that deeply impressed Zhou Dingran in his previous life. It was the most popular song since the turn of the millennium. It was with this song that the original singer Liang Jingru dominated the music scene that year and became a well-deserved No. 1 on the annual list, she was awarded the title of Queen of Love Songs. Unfortunately, despite her popularity, she was not included in the Golden Melody Award speech. Although she was nominated at major award ceremonies, she was almost always a runner-up.

"Don't worry, the copyright fees will be paid by the company."

In fact, this song "Courage" is indeed a song tailor-made for Chen Ling by Zhou Dingran. Of course, he hopes that this female singer with a strong and beautiful presence in the music industry will become famous, so he searched over and over in the system mall and finally chose The song "Courage" was decided.

But somehow, the news that Wen Chao Gong wrote songs for Chen Ling spread like wildfire in the industry, and many people heard the news, including Fanghua Entertainment CEO Wan He, music director Song Xinran and others.

But there is no doubt that this is a song that is enough to make any female singer popular for twenty years.

Sensing her agent's excitement, Chen Ling was very happy. She also liked the song "Courage" very much, but then she remembered a very important issue, "Copyright fees..."

She didn't know whether "Courage" would be popular in the future, but she believed in Wenzhao Gong's ability, because even Su Ke's song "Under the Moon", which was least favored by the world, was making a lot of money.

And "Courage" is the "final kick" prepared by Zhou Dingran for Chen Ling.

Even though they still respected Wen Chao Gong, Wan He and Song Xinran felt a little emotional when they heard that Wen Chao Gong wrote a song for Chen Ling, who they had never met before.

On this day, Zhou Dingran had just finished attending a brand ribbon-cutting event when he received a call from Wan He.

Wan He came and went in ink on the phone, but didn't mention anything serious. This made Zhou Dingran a little strange. He looked at the time, interrupted the other party's chatty conversation, and asked: "Can you talk about the important point? I'll wait a moment. There’s still an event to attend.”

"Uh, okay, that's it."

Wan He cleared his throat and started to get down to the topic: "Back then, Fanghua Entertainment was willing to hand over 90% of the company's shares to Wenzhaogong, and Wenzhaogong promised to write ten songs every year for Fanghua Entertainment to operate. But now, one year has almost passed. , Wen Chaogong only wrote one "Lanting Preface" and one "Yu Xi Sigh" for us..."

"Now there are many singers in the company who are waiting for support. Shi Yucheng, who was able to be promoted to the front line, and Su Ke, who has signed with the company for several months, are in urgent need of a few good songs to consolidate and enhance their popularity..."

Zhou Dingran suddenly understood. He shook his head and laughed: "It's up to me to do this. I forget about it when I get busy. Just wait for me for a few days."

"How many days exactly?" Wan He asked cautiously.

Zhou Dingran thought for a while and said: "I really don't know the specific days, but I have songs in my hand. I will send you two songs later."

"Okay, okay, thank you so much!"

Wan He was inexplicably surprised and thanked him repeatedly.

After hanging up the phone, he rushed to the company and asked Song Xinran, Liang Xiaobo and others to come to the recording studio to prepare to receive the songs sent by "Wen Chao Gong".

"Is it done?" Liang Xiaobo asked.

Wan He smiled and nodded: "It's done!"

Liang Xiaobo breathed a sigh of relief: "Let me just say, Teacher Zhou is not the kind of person who goes back on his word. He must have been too busy with work and forgot about it. You remembered him as soon as you mentioned him!"

"Yes, yes, it's my villain's heart. Hey, the email came to remind me!"

Wan He kept an eye on his company mailbox. When he saw an email coming in, he immediately clicked on it to check it. When he saw it was a credit card application, he was so angry that his nose started to smoke.

Before he could curse, Liang Xiaobo held up his cell phone and exclaimed: "Here he comes, mine is here!"

Everyone took a peek and saw that the sender of "Wenzhaogong" was displayed on Liang Xiaobo's mobile phone mailbox. "Quick, quick, open it!"

Song Xinran couldn't hold back and immediately asked Liang Xiaobo to project the screen of her mobile phone onto the projection screen in the recording studio.

Soon, two songs appeared in front of everyone.

The first song: "So Proud".

The second song: "Chi Ling".

The composer and lyrics were all written by Wen Chaogong.

There are notes at the end of the lyrics and music scores of these two songs. Both songs are customized according to the singer's voice characteristics. The first one is written for Su Ke, and the second one is written for Shi Yucheng.

Su Ke's voice is very bright and highly recognizable. It is ethereal with a bit of magic, and high-pitched with a bit of tact and melodiousness.

So Zhou Dingran gave Su Ke a song "So Proud". Although the lyrics of this song are old-fashioned, it is euphemistic and touching, and the melody is very beautiful. If Su Ke performs it properly, it will not be difficult to further conquer the market and the audience with this song. .

Although Shi Yucheng's voice is not that highly recognizable, his drama is a magic weapon. In the entire singer circle, when it comes to drama, Shi Yucheng's skills in this area are among the best.

With this unique magic weapon and the blessing of the hit song "Lanting Preface", Shi Yucheng has become a quasi-first-line singer in the music industry.

If "Chi Ling" is performed properly, it is not impossible to become the No. 1 in this field.

Speaking of which, Zhou Dingran still felt a little guilty towards Shi Yucheng. After all, capital had operated behind closed doors to kick Shi Yucheng out of "National Idol", who was much stronger than himself. In the final analysis, he was still in the wrong. Of course, now he was helping Shi Yucheng. Yucheng writes songs not only to make up for the other party, but also to help the company increase its market value.

Zhou Dingran is still very busy right now, and it's a blessing to be able to find time to send two songs to Fanghua Entertainment.

Because his new album hasn’t really been released yet!

Now I just have a specific playlist, and if I want to monetize it before the end of this month, time is very tight.

But no matter how tight the situation was, Zhou Dingran had to do it. After all, at the Chart-in-Chart Awards Ceremony, Zhou Dingran publicly promised that the new album would be released three months later.

Now that he has finished working on other people's new songs, his own new songs are about to be put on the schedule.

Therefore, after exchanging opinions with Liu Ruyan, Liu Ruyan immediately helped Zhou Dingran turn down some activities that were not considered trivial.

A week later, Zhou Dingran arrived at Fanghua Entertainment.

This time, not only will he bring the remaining six songs to Fanghua Entertainment, he will also use Fanghua Entertainment's recording studio to record his new album in the next period of time.

The new album has a total of ten songs.

The first song was "Nocturne". Zhou Dingran had great hopes for this song. He also wanted to replicate Jay Chou's miracle at the Golden Melody Awards ceremony. As the saying goes, as soon as "Nocturne" played, he went on stage to receive the award. It can be said that it has become a popular music legend for a long time in its previous life.

In addition to "Nocturne", a song that is like a sea-dwelling magic needle, Zhou Dingran also wrote three Chinese-style songs as labels for the new album.

The three songs are "Hair Like Snow", "Fireworks Easily Cold", and "Chrysanthemum Terrace".

These three songs have fought for Jay Chou in his previous life and laid the foundation for Jay Chou to be king. Of course Zhou Dingran will not miss it, but the minimum favorability value of each song is 10 million, which makes Zhou Dingran's body ache.

Of course, the new album can't just be about Jay Chou.

Zhou Dingran did not miss out on other singers' talents either.

So the fifth song is "A Mountain Road". This song is one of Mao Buyi's masterpieces. It is a song that Zhou Dingran often listened to in his previous life. The reason why he chose this song is because it often echoes in his mind recently. He couldn't find the melody of the song at first, but after digging around, he found the song in the system mall.

Whenever he hums the melody of the song, the chorus line "The gurgling water finally passed through the mountains, as if you are still persistent after many years..." really makes Zhou Dingran feel deeply, and his eyes will get wet for no reason. .

The sixth song is "Looking Back Again".

After this song was released in 1989, it was officially rated as one of the top ten hits in the country the following year.

After more than 30 years of ups and downs, this song became an episode of Wong Kar-Wai's TV series "Flowers" and became popular again.

Classic songs have been honed over time, and no matter how much time has passed, they still have a deeply fascinating flavor.

There is no doubt that "Looking Back" is such a song, and it was also a song that Zhou Dingran liked very much in his previous life.

The first six songs are all Zhou Dingran's personal favorites.

Starting from the seventh song, they are basically songs that Zhou Dingran decided to release to cater to the market.

For example, "Fairy Tale".

This song was really popular at the time, and Zhou Dingran has a deep memory of it. Songs from the same period such as "Sun and Moon in the Heart", "Jiangnan", and "Red Beauty" all have to avoid the spotlight for the time being.

Another example is "Qili Xiang". The only song that could be slightly comparable to "Fairy Tale" back then was "Qili Xiang". The lyrics and music of this song are very simple, but when the melody comes out, it will still become the youth in the memories of many Jay Chou fans. .

The ninth song is "Wishful", originally sung by Faye Wong, and written by Tang Tian, ​​the anti-cancer fighter who wrote "The Lonely Warrior". Zhou Dingran thinks this song is good, and the lyrics express the inseparable emotional bonds in the Chinese blood. , it’s a big song, very touching, and he also wanted to challenge the male version.

The last song is a duet song between men and women, namely "Happy Worship".

This song was also a chart-topper at that time, becoming the youth of many boys and girls, and laying the foundation for Wilber Pan's popularity that year. Correspondingly, there are also songs such as "Have to Love", but Zhou Dingran does not like these love songs. I love the tone, but in terms of popularity, "Happy Worship" is not bad for impacting the market. It is a song that can add a different color to the album.

The above ten songs are the songs that Zhou Dingran is considering for his upcoming second album.

Every song released is at the level of a hit song, and a few of them are even more popular. Zhou Dingran is not worried about stretching his hips. Time is passing, but classics will never go out of style.

However, compared with the first album, the style of Zhou Dingran's songs in this second album has changed significantly.

But there is no way. The songs in the first album are just a dish that was put together by tightening one's belt. The second album is a feast carefully prepared by Zhou Dingran. I dare not say that it will change the music world to a new world. But it can definitely cause some changes.

(End of this chapter)