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

Chapter 314 Second Album

Teacher Wang Teng and Li Li signed the contract with Zhou Yu's company very quickly. The two of them had always been self-employed, and there was no contract or work to be handed over. The day after the celebration banquet, they went directly to the company to sign the contract.

For Zhou Yu's company, two more generals have been added.

Now the company has singers and actors, and Zhou Yu thinks that Wang Teng and Li Li are very suitable for some of his comedy scripts. For example, after the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" became a big hit this summer, the popularity and status of the two also rose.

The key point is that this "Charlotte's Troubles" directly broke the domestic movie box office record. If one or two more such high-grossing comedy movies are released in the future, perhaps it will be able to promote Teacher Wang Teng and others to become the new generation of comedy kings.

Moreover, the company's main development direction is now almost in the film and television sector. With him and Zhao Lei in the music sector, the company no longer needs to worry. The company's business now is to stabilize the music sector and then take over the film and television sector.

Now in the film industry, they have successfully entered the industry with the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" and have established a firm foothold. They will definitely not miss out on TV series and even variety shows in the future.

They must take such a big piece of cake.

Just when Zhou Yu was preparing for the filming of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Ning Wanqiu asked Zhou Yu.

“Aren’t you planning on releasing a new album this year?”

Ning Wanqiu actually knew that Zhou Yu was busy with TV dramas recently, but Zhou Yu was still a singer, and this was his main job since his debut. It has been almost a year since the last album was released. Although Zhou Yu also released some singles in the middle, his fans were too enthusiastic and urged Zhou Yu to release a new album under his Weibo and the company's Weibo all day long.

It was already the end of August, and it had been several months since Zhou Yu's last new song was released at a music festival. Plus, it was almost September, and it was almost a year since Zhou Yu's first album last year. At this point, Ning Wanqiu felt that he still needed to stabilize his music career.

After all, Zhou Yu also has a company that has developed based on music. This is their base and cannot be lost.

The point is that since Zhou Yu started filming movies, he has not released any new songs, and even did not participate in some programs, with very little exposure. Although at Zhou Yu's level, it will not affect him, but not appearing in public for a long time, or not having new works online, will still have a certain impact.

Zhou Yu looked at Ning Wanqiu. The air conditioner was on in the company, and she was wearing a professional suit, a white shirt and a hip skirt, and gold-rimmed glasses. Her slightly curly long hair was draped over her shoulders, and she was full of the charm and gentleness of a mature woman. She spoke softly, which sounded particularly comfortable.

A pair of slender yet plump legs are wrapped in flesh-colored stockings as thin as a cicada's wing, making the legs look even more perfect.

Zhou Yu was handling the company's documents. When he heard Ning Wanqiu's words, he looked up at her with a smile and asked.

"How to say?"

Ning Wanqiu stood in front of Zhou Yu's desk, with her beautiful legs together as if there was no gap between them, and spoke slowly.

"It's almost the one-year anniversary of your first album, and you haven't released any new songs in such a long time. Fans have been urging you to release a new album. Penguin Music has also asked about it several times, so I came to ask if you have any plans to do so. If so, I can make arrangements later."

Zhou Yu fell into deep thought when he heard this. It seemed that he had not released a new song for a long time. The last time he released a new song was last time.

After the music festival, he released a new song, but it has been several months. Recently, he has been busy with the TV series. If Ning Wanqiu hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known that it was almost a year since the release of his first album.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yu replied.

"A new album..."

"Let's release it next month. I'll write and record the new song in the next few days, and I'll leave the release to you guys then. I have to work on the TV series later."

Since Ning Wanqiu had already mentioned the new album, Zhou Yu thought about it and felt that it was time for him to release a new album. After all, he had been busy with film and television this year, and music was indeed his foundation, so he naturally couldn't just give it up.

The key point is that he also checks Weibo and watches videos on a regular basis, and many fans are urging him to release new songs and new albums.

Now that the TV series has not started filming, he still has time to record the new album. Anyway, the songs for his new album can be written easily, so he can just record them when the time comes. It won't take much time.

Seeing this, Ning Wanqiu's mouth corners slightly raised.

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

Zhou Yu looked at her happy expression and couldn't help but ask.

"No, Sister Ning, why do you seem so happy to hear that I'm going to release a new album?"

Ning Wanqiu had already walked to the office door. When she heard Zhou Yu's words, she turned around with a smile and gave him a look.

"Because I'm also waiting for your new album."

Ning Wanqiu speaks very nicely and gently, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

Zhou Yu also laughed when he heard Ning Wanqiu's words.

"It seems that I am quite charming."

Sister Ning is her fan, so it seems like it’s time to release a new album.

Zhou Yu was very quick, and he started recording songs for the new album the next day. Even Ning Wanqiu was surprised. She had just confirmed it with Zhou Yu yesterday, and she thought that even her boss could write songs quickly. But it would take at least several days to write the songs for this album, but it was finished in just one night.

The key is that the recording was also quite fast. Ten songs were recorded in about two days.

Zhou Yu's business ability is really amazing.

Zhou Yu was in charge of the entire new album, and it took others a long time to polish their new albums, but he finished it in a few days. The key is that Ning Wanqiu and other internal staff listened to it and found the quality to be ridiculously high. "Next month, the music industry will have another earthquake."

Ning Wanqiu also smiled and shook her head. She knew that there were many singers who would release new songs next month. There were even superstars who would release new songs or new albums. The news that Zhou Yu would release a new album next month had not yet been officially announced.

If it is officially announced by then, these people will probably be shocked.

With Zhou Yu's current status and popularity in the music industry, if he dares to say he is second, no one dares to say he is first. Even Zhou Yu's influence is far ahead, not only in the music industry, but also in the entire entertainment industry.

Zhou Yu is now a well-deserved top star with great talent and status. The key is that Zhou Yu now runs his own company and is the boss of various businesses. Take the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" for example. As the first domestic movie to break 2 billion, it set a new record in the history of Chinese-language movie box office and is a milestone movie.

This alone is enough to make Zhou Yu look down on many people. Even in front of those so-called senior bigwigs in the circle, Zhou Yu is on equal footing with them, or even superior to them.

After all, Zhou Yu's status, influence, and achievements in other fields are better than theirs.

Many artists in the industry are unilaterally developed, or have developed in multiple areas, but none of them have achieved the same success as Zhou Yu. At this age, Zhou Yu is the only one who has achieved such success in various fields.

This is one of the reasons why Zhou Yu is so special in the entire entertainment industry. Even Zhou Yu's current international status and popularity are rising, and Zhou Yu is even more special because he has the support of CCTV.

Ning Wanqiu seemed to be able to imagine how devastated those singers who were also going to release new songs and albums next month would be after it was announced that Zhou Yu would be releasing a new album next month.

Nowadays, when singers release new songs or new albums, they definitely want to get a good ranking. They even want to take advantage of the traffic and exposure during the same period, so that the new song or new album can get the best publicity, and then the singers will get more benefits.

But if the people in your same period are too powerful and suck away all the traffic and attention, then this will definitely not work.

Coincidentally, Zhou Yu is one of the singers in the same period this September. As the current No. 1 in the Chinese music scene, Ning Wanqiu is very confident that no one can rival Zhou Yu.

These days, Ning Wanqiu has been busy arranging Zhou Yu's new album next month. This is no trivial matter and must be taken seriously.

Zhou Yu has already completed the preparatory work for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and it will start filming on the 20th.

This is a fantasy drama, and it needs to be filmed in various places, so the shooting period is relatively long. Zhou Yu estimates that it will take three or four months, which is about the end of the year. Of course, if the progress is fast, it is not impossible to finish shooting ahead of schedule.

Zhou Yu has already led the crew to the first shooting location. The filming will start tomorrow. The entire crew is resting in the hotel tonight.

Zhou Yu has been receiving a lot of attention during this period. As the director of a 2 billion box office movie, Zhou Yu has received a lot of attention throughout the summer vacation. However, we saw the leading actors of "Charlotte's Troubles" frequently appearing in programs and activities during the summer vacation, but there was no news about Zhou Yu at all.

However, recently, the news that Zhou Yu was going to film a TV series was quietly spread in the circle. After all, everyone was in the same circle, and Zhou Yu was going to film a TV series, so naturally he needed to cast the actors. It was easy to hide this from netizens outside the circle, but it was impossible to hide it from people in the circle.

At this moment, everyone in the circle was confused again.

What's going on with Zhou Yu? He just finished filming his first movie, and now he's working on a TV series?

"No wonder this guy didn't show up much despite the movie being so popular. It turns out he was secretly planning something new."

It can be said that Zhou Yu's achievements in "Charlotte's Troubles" are really envied by everyone in the industry. Even many people who previously looked down on Zhou Yu or thought that Zhou Yu had no directing ability have changed their minds.

As a result, everyone thought that Zhou Yu didn't show up because he was too low-key. However, this guy was secretly working on a new project, and it was a big project like a TV series.

This guy is really ready to master the film and television industry!

The summer movies haven't even stopped yet, but Zhou Yu is already preparing for a TV series. From big-screen movies to TV series, this guy really wants to take it all!

"This guy is a little too anxious."

Everyone felt that Zhou Yu was a little anxious. He didn't take time to calm down. This movie had just achieved success, so he should strike while the iron was hot and release another new movie to fully understand the film industry first.

As a result, this guy, as soon as his first film work became a success, immediately switched to filming TV series. This span of time is really unprecedented.

Even the film directors in the industry were confused. They thought Zhou Yu would continue to work hard and launch new films. But after his film career reached its peak, he suddenly turned around and went to make TV series.

"Hey, the only one who dares to play like this is Zhou Yu."

However, this also makes people in the industry start to look forward to the show. Zhou Yu's movie is so successful, what about this TV series? Will it also be a big hit?
Now, not many people dare to doubt Zhou Yu's talent and directing ability. If Zhou Yu wants to make a TV series, everyone thinks that the quality of this drama will not be bad. Even if it doesn't become a big hit, it should be a small hit.

But some people still think that Zhou Yu is too anxious. He should just stay in his comfort zone and continue making movies. He should take advantage of the popularity of comedy movies with "Charlotte's Troubles" and then launch another comedy movie. The box office will definitely be good.

As a result, I went straight to filming TV series. Although both are film and television, they are completely different tracks. It can even be said that there are essential differences between TV series and movies.

Zhou Yu, you may be able to make a successful movie, but that may not be the case for a TV series.

Even many TV drama directors in the industry panicked after hearing the news, thinking that Zhou Yu was coming to take over their market and steal their jobs. However, some were dismissive, thinking that Zhou Yu was so anxious to make a TV drama, and it was highly unlikely to succeed.

Many directors who shoot big-screen movies don't know how to shoot TV series, and the quality of the films they shoot is very low. On the contrary, if you are a director who shoots TV series, the effect will be the same when you shoot movies. The narrative methods and structures of the two are different.

This is also one of the reasons why many people are not optimistic about Zhou Yu being so anxious to film a TV series.

"I want to see what you, Zhou Yu, can come up with in a TV series."

(End of this chapter)