I was rejected when I wrote a song, but I became a king on my debut.

Chapter 281 Waiting for you to finish class!

Zhou Yu has been resting at home these days, occasionally going out to participate in some activities, but he is not as tired as before. At the end of the month, he will attend the third rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. In recent days, he has basically stayed in Zhonghai or traveled around several cities.

He works during the day and comes home at night to enjoy a shameless nightlife with Yang Qian.

Time flies, and it is February 1st. In three days, it will be the Spring Festival. The number of people in the city has begun to decrease. Especially in international metropolises like Zhonghai City, there are many migrant workers. Every year when the Spring Festival comes, many outsiders return home to celebrate the New Year, which makes the city, which is usually very crowded, become much emptier.

The evening and morning rush hours are not as congested as before.

On February 1st, Zhou Yu’s company released a piece of news, which started this month’s hot entertainment discussion.

"Welcome Yang Zihan to join our big family! @杨子涵!"

It was just such a simple Weibo message, and it was not sent by Zhou Yu, but a message released by Zhou Yu’s company Weibo, which has more than five million fans. It rushed to the hot search list in just half an hour.

After all, this is Zhou Yu's company, and thanks to Zhou Yu's popularity and influence, it has gained the attention of five million fans. And this time, it was directly announced that Yang Zihan signed with Zhou Yu's company, and the topic became popular immediately.

"Oh my god! What did I see? Yang Zihan actually joined Zhou Yu's company?!"

"Oh my god! This is a successful star-chasing dream. When they were on Singer, I could see that Yang Zihan really liked Zhou Yu. Now he has signed a contract with Zhou Yu's company. His star-chasing dream has definitely come true."

"It was previously reported that Yang Zihan's contract with her original company was about to expire, and some fans were speculating whether she would choose to renew the contract or sign with another company. I didn't expect that she would go directly to Zhou Yu's company this time."

"It's good for her to go to Zhou Yu's company. Yang Zihan's previous company was not very good. Moreover, if she can become an artist under Zhou Yu, with Zhou Yu's help, her career will definitely reach a higher level."

……

There is no need to be surprised about Zhou Yu’s company signing new artists. If an entertainment company doesn’t sign artists, what is the point of having them?

What surprised everyone the most was that Yang Zihan, an idol female singer who is currently on the rise and has a high popularity, went directly to Zhou Yu's company. This is another capable person for Zhou Yu's company.

Moreover, apart from Zhao Lei, Wang Jiachao and himself, there are no other female artists in Zhou Yu's company. This is the first time that Zhou Yu's company has signed a female artist.

The key is that Yang Zihan is still a fan of Zhou Yu. This is something that countless Zhou Yu fans envy. When Yang Zihan was on "Singer", he showed the excitement and attitude that a fan should have. Everyone can really see that Yang Zihan really likes Zhou Yu.

Now, after chasing after stars, they have become artists under their idols. The most important thing is that Zhou Yu will definitely release a new song for Yang Zihan in the future, and it will be a song written by Zhou Yu himself, which is what everyone is most looking forward to.

"With Zhou Yu as his boss, Yang Zihan's future career will definitely rise. Isn't that the case with Zhao Lei and Wang Jiachao?"

"Indeed, Zhou Yu is very good at promoting people. Any song he writes will become a hit."

"I'm starting to look forward to the new song Zhou Yu will write for Yang Zihan. Haha, please release the new song soon."

……

When other artists in the industry saw this scene, their expressions were somewhat complicated. Especially those artists who were not very famous and were neither up nor down. Seeing Yang Zihan enter Zhou Yu's company made them envious.

There is a tacit rule in the industry nowadays, that is, if Zhou Yu can write a song for you, it will definitely become popular and take your career to the next level. This is also the reason why many artists use their connections to find Zhou Yu to write songs for them.

But no one has ever succeeded, even if someone offered Zhou Yu a high price to invite him to sing, it all depends on his mood.

Up to now, Zhou Yu has not helped anyone else except writing songs for people around him.

So now, many artists saw that Yang Zihan directly entered Zhou Yu’s company, which made other artists who were not developing well and were exploited by the company envy Yang Zihan even more.

Being able to enter Zhou Yu's company means that Zhou Yu has high hopes for you and you will definitely be trained by him in the future. You will get new songs and various resources.

As for why Zhou Yu's company has just started, less than a year after its establishment, it can get so many top resources. It is because of Zhou Yu's own influence. He is now at the top of the circle, so the top resources will find Zhou Yu first. And after Zhou Yu gets these resources, he will also give them to other artists in the company. Or, Zhou Yu will push these resources to other artists in his company.

In order to cooperate with Zhou Yu in the future, the investors would basically give Zhou Yu this face. The key point is that the artists in Zhou Yu's company are all doing very well. If they can't invite Zhou Yu, they can also invite first-line artists like Zhao Lei and Wang Jiachao.

At Zhou Yu’s company, today is the day that Yang Zihan officially starts working at the company.

Ning Wanqiu had brought her here before. Although the company was newly established, it was very large. In addition to the PR and HR departments that are essential for an entertainment company, Yang Zihan also saw the film and television department, the music department, and the lyrics and composition department. Although they were all newly established, she could see the ambition of her idol.

Zhou Yu also recruited a lot of talents, such as the lyrics and composition departments, which is to recruit some talented employees. After all, it is impossible for him to do it himself in the future, and it is time to train some talented young people to provide songs for the company's artists in the future.

Yang Zihan and her agent came together, and Zhou Yu arranged their own office for them in the company.

After a simple welcome ceremony, Zhou Yu held a meeting with the heads of various departments.

"The music department and the songwriting department will try to produce a few hit songs this year. There will definitely be new artists joining the company later. I can't keep writing songs for them, so it will all depend on you guys."

The heads of the three departments nodded solemnly. In fact, although they were called three departments, strictly speaking, they were just one music department, except that Zhou Yu separated the lyrics and music departments.

Zhou Yu looked at the person in charge of the film and television department and said, "This year, our focus will be on film and television. As for the animation of The Bad Guys and Legend of Tian Gang, you will be responsible for connecting with Penguin and Yang Qian's company. As for the others, I will start planning a new movie after the new year, so you need to prepare well."

"Good boss."

Everyone is full of energy, and everyone can see the boss's ambition in the plans that Zhou Yu has made for the company. Most of the people in the company are young people, full of fighting spirit for the future.

After the meeting, Zhou Yu met Yang Zihan.

Yang Zihan was still as excited as ever when she saw her idol, especially now that she was at her idol's company again. She also heard that her idol had solved many problems with the original company.

"Sit down, Zihan, don't be nervous."

Yang Zihan sat on the sofa in Zhou Yu's office. Zhou Yu handed Yang Zihan a new song he had prepared for her and said.

"This is a new song prepared for you. Go and get familiar with it, record the song, and find a suitable time to release it after the New Year."

Yang Zihan looked at the new song Zhou Yu handed over, with some excitement and surprise on her pretty face. She didn't expect that her idol had already prepared a new song for her just after she came here today.

Before even seeing what the new song was like, Yang Zihan started talking excitedly.

"Teacher Zhou Yu, rest assured, I will definitely practice this song well!"

Zhou Yu also found it funny to see the little girl so excited. It seemed that Yang Zihan was only one year younger than him, and it was quite strange that she kept calling him Teacher Zhou Yu.

"I'm only one year older than you. You don't have to call me teacher. If you don't mind, you can just follow Zhao Lei and call me brother."

Yang Zihan nodded excitedly with a sweet smile on her pretty face.

"Okay Brother Yu."

"That's fine. Just go back and familiarize yourself with the songs. Go on more shows recently to increase your exposure and popularity."

After chatting with Yang Zihan, Zhou Yu also smiled as he watched Yang Zihan carefully take the new song away. It seems that it is quite good to have female artists in the company, especially sweet and sexy female artists like Yang Zihan, who are pleasing to the eyes just by looking at them.

Today is not only February 1st, but also the Monday of a new week. There are still three days until the Spring Festival, and before that, there is a final new song PK between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie that everyone is looking forward to.

At ten o'clock this morning, Zhou Yu posted a message on Weibo.

"The new song will be online at 12 noon today."

There was also a picture of a playground below, which immediately made everyone imagine a lot, and they began to guess the type of new song Zhou Yu would sing this time.

"What type of song do you think Zhou Yu is singing this time?"

"I saw Zhou Yu posted a picture of a playground. Could it be related to campus romance?"

"It feels a bit like him, otherwise why would Zhou Yu take this photo?"

"Then I'm really looking forward to it. Wow, Zhou Yu's modern love songs are famous for being beautiful, and they're about campus romance. I'm really looking forward to it."

"Haha, I'm looking forward to it too. Zhou Yu has written many songs of this kind before, such as Dandelion's Promise, and they are all of very high quality."

……

For a time, Zhou Yu’s new song had not yet been released, but the popularity of online discussions continued to soar.

"Zhou Yu's new song preview!"

"Guess the genre of Zhou Yu's new song!"

……

This type of term was high on the hot search list. Even Zhang Junjie became curious after seeing Zhou Yu's Weibo post and left a comment.

"Why don't you PM me about your new song?" Not long after it was posted, Zhang Junjie's reply was pushed up by netizens. After seeing it, Zhou Yu also interacted with Zhang Junjie in the comment section.

"Ahem, we need to maintain the sense of mystery and anticipation, so that we can be surprised when we hear it later."

This time, netizens all stood on Zhang Junjie's side, and even Zhou Yu's own fans spoke up.

"No, Zhou Yu, can't you just say it? My brother Jie has asked you, so hurry up and tell me, or I'll go listen to brother Jie's new song first."

"Actually, what Brother Jie said is what we want to know. Brother Yu, please reveal the genre of the new song."

"I'm telling you, don't push me. Zhou Yu, just be honest and tell me quickly, or I'll stop being your fan in thirty seconds."

……

Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie's competition started with the first new song, and they were very happy and didn't look like rivals at all. The fans of the two groups got along well, but there were some frictions, but overall it was okay.

This is the last match between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie. As we all know, this is Zhang Junjie's third new single, and there will be no new songs after that. If you want to hear Zhang Junjie's new song again, I don't know how long I have to wait.

The key point is that the competition between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie is also the last one. Zhou Yu won a game before, which made some of Zhang Junjie's fans think that Zhou Yu is only temporarily ahead. This time they also want to see if Zhou Yu can win again and if Zhang Junjie can maintain his position.

Lin Jiajia couldn't help but smile knowingly when she saw the interaction between Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie on Weibo. The good relationship between the two of them also made fans like them feel very comfortable. After all, Lin Jiajia likes both Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie. Zhou Yu is her favorite idol now, and Zhang Junjie is Lin Jiajia who grew up listening to her songs.

However, looking at the picture of the playground that Zhou Yu posted on Weibo, Lin Jiajia also became a little curious.

“The new song is most likely a campus song, but I don’t know which category it is.”

Is it a sweet little love song, or a sad, tear-jerking love song?
Looking at the time, there was still more than an hour until noon today, and Lin Jiajia felt a little anxious.

"Forget it, let's order some takeout at this time."

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she will rush back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year tomorrow. Today she listened to Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie's new songs, made a video, and is waiting to rest for a few days after the New Year.

When the clock struck twelve at noon, Lin Jiajia directly clicked on the Penguin Music interface, and the first thing that appeared was a recommendation for new songs by Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie.

"It seems that Penguin still prefers Zhou Yu more."

Although the two recommendations seem to be the same, Lin Jiajia discovered that Penguin Music always ranked Zhou Yu ahead of Zhang Junjie in the recommendations. It must be said that Zhou Yu's exclusive cooperation with Penguin Music has given him different resources than other singers.

But this is understandable. After all, it is an exclusive copyright cooperation and they are our own people.

Moreover, Zhou Yu is currently collaborating more and more with Penguin, not only in music, but also in film and television. For example, the animation "The Bad Guys" that Zhou Yu collaborated with Penguin Video is currently the first in the country's animation industry.

Therefore, the resources and treatment that Penguin provides to Zhou Yu are much better than those for other artists.

Lin Jiajia looked at Zhou Yu and their new song recommendation page, and for a moment she hesitated about whose new song she should listen to first today.

This is the last competition between Zhang Junjie and Zhou Yu. After that, Zhang Junjie will probably not release any new songs for a long time. So today is the last time to hear Zhang Junjie's new songs for a long time.

After a little hesitation, Lin Jiajia clicked on Zhang Junjie's new song page.

Well, there must be more new songs from Zhou Yu, after all, he will be on the Spring Festival Gala in two days. So after hesitating for a while, Lin Jiajia decided to listen to Zhang Junjie's new song first.

"back to those days……"

Looking at the title of Zhang Junjie's new song, Lin Jiajia clicked the play button without hesitation. A soothing melody sounded, and the first sound was that of an old wind chime, accompanied by the faint sound of cicadas. It seemed to bring people back to those green years.

Memories of youth always appear in summer, and the prelude of Zhang Junjie's new song also highlights the theme of summer better.

Lin Jiajia's eyes lit up when she listened to the prelude.

"Another prelude to the killing!"

Songs like this one can catch people's ears just by listening to the prelude, which is definitely a killer prelude.

The prelude melody alone is enough to make people want to continue listening.

As the prelude melody ended, Zhang Junjie's singing sounded in Lin Jiajia's ears, soothing and gentle, with a strong sense of reminiscence.

After the song ended, Lin Jiajia took a long time to come out of the song after listening to Zhang Junjie's new song. She felt empty in her heart. This song was a memory of youth, but also a regret...

"As expected of Zhang Junjie, this song "Back to the Past" is pretty good!"

Lin Jiajia has listened to a lot of songs of this type. Zhou Yu has also had similar songs before, and the quality is very high. After listening to Zhang Junjie's new song, Lin Jiajia thought it was also very nice, and it was really not bad compared to Zhou Yu's previous songs of this type.

“This last song is still of such high quality.”

The quality of each of Zhang Junjie's three new songs is online, and there is no perfunctory feeling at all. Even though Zhang Junjie has released a new song after three years, his attitude towards music has not slacked off at all.

"It's time to listen to Zhou Yu's new song."

A page for Zhang Junjie’s new song appeared, and Lin Jiajia found the recommendation page for Zhou Yu’s new song and clicked on it.

"Wait till you finish class..."

Lin Jiajia also smiled when she saw the title of Zhou Yu's song. Judging from the title of the song, it was similar to the picture of the playground Zhou Yu had posted before. It was a campus romance song, as could be seen from the title "Waiting for You to Get Out of Class".

This immediately made Lin Jiajia look forward to it. Zhou Yu's creation of this type of song is amazing. Zhou Yu's previous songs of this type, with simple lyrics and melodies, can evoke people's memories of that period of youth and frivolity, and are more touching.

This time, Zhou Yu and Zhang Junjie’s new songs are both modern love songs, and the genres are similar. It just depends on whose song can touch people more.

I clicked play, and when the melodious prelude melody sounded and the soothing and relaxing guitar playing sounded, it seemed to lay out a beautiful picture of youth story for the audience.

The prelude of Zhou Yu's song instantly caught Lin Jiajia's ears. She stared at the lyrics page, quietly waiting for Zhou Yu to sing.

"In the alley where you live

I rented an apartment

To meet you unexpectedly
Why did I spend three years in high school?

why not study hard
I didn’t get into the same university as you…”

Zhou Yu's singing rang in Lin Jiajia's ears. The gentle rhythm and Zhou Yu's low singing voice gradually unfolded a beautiful picture of youth in Lin Jiajia's mind. Looking at the lyrics, a beautiful secret love story emerged in her mind. For a moment, Lin Jiajia gradually fell into the story described in the lyrics.

“I found a job

very close to your dormitory
when i started to learn how to make omelets
I just realized you don’t eat breakfast…”

Listening to Zhou Yu's new song, Lin Jiajia had a very relaxed and happy feeling. The cautiousness and caution of secret love, as well as the expectations of the girl he liked, were expressed vividly by Zhou Yu through simple and plain lyrics.

“A very refreshing song.”

This is Lin Jiajia's inner thoughts at the moment. This song is a song expressing the male protagonist's secret love for the female protagonist. There is no bitter love song expression. Every word and sentence only reveals the cautious secret love for the girl.

It’s simple and unpretentious, yet beautiful and moving.

"Oh, you passed by again
What are you listening to with your headphones?

Could you tell me…”

As the rhythm gradually quickened, Lin Jiajia knew that the song had reached the chorus.

"Lying down in your school's playground and looking at the stars
The lights in the classroom are still on and you haven't left

Remember the love letter I wrote to you

what age
I am still writing now..."

周宇这次发布的新歌《等你下课》，是由周杰伦作词作曲，和杨瑞代共同演唱的一首歌。这首歌在2018年1月18日以单曲的形式发布，后来收录在周杰伦2022年7月15日发布的专辑《最伟大的作品》当中。

This song was released by Jay Chou after he released the album "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories". He has been busy with concert preparations and tours and has no time to release new songs. But Jay Chou doesn't want to keep his fans waiting too long, so he hopes to release a new song on his birthday as a gift and surprise for his fans.

This song was written by Jay Chou during a break in a celebration party after a concert. When the staff were relaxing at the party, he suddenly got an inspiration. He immediately returned to his room, picked up the guitar, and wrote the song "Waiting for You to Finish Class".

This song comes from a story that Jay Chou came up with. Imagine a young man who has a crush on a girl. He regrets that he didn't study hard and couldn't get into the same university as her. In order to wait for her to finish class, he rents a house near the girl's residence, silently waits for her, plays the piano and writes love letters, just wanting to convey his feelings to her, but can't find the right time and way. Jay Chou invited his good friend Yang Ruidai, a recording engineer who grew up with him, to sing with him because he thinks Yang Ruidai's literary voice is quite suitable.

(End of this chapter)