The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 264 The International Version of Chinese Music Ceremony. (two chapters in one)

Li Mu just returned to the backstage, ready to drink saliva to wipe off his sweat, but before his buttocks could sit still, he saw the stage, Wang Tianhou suddenly smiled and said: "This song is really good, then, everyone, how about listening to my version?" Sample?"

Almost sprayed water on the screen, Li Mu was speechless for a while, was this intentional?Or did you learn it from Zhao Xuan?
Well, Miss Zhao Xuan lies innocently
But there is one thing to say, this song, Wang Tianhou sang it in a different way. It doesn't sound better than Li Mu, but it has a completely different feeling, with a bit of bitterness and a mature charm.

The same song, different emotional expressions, and vocal methods have created Wang Tianhou's unique singing characteristics, and at the same time kept the live accompaniment band busy enough. You must know that they have not rehearsed beforehand, and they are completely following Tianhou's emotions Walking, this is really hard for ordinary musicians to handle.

The three-hour concert is a difficult test for any singer. After lip-syncing and returning to the stage, Wang Tianhou was exhausted when she finally got off the stage.

But looking at the satisfied expression on her face, Li Mu opened her mouth and swallowed some persuasive words before she could utter them. Maybe this is the meaning of her comeback.

The popularity of the concert has also made music companies big and small in the circle jealous. After entering the digital music era, the biggest source of income for singers - record sales have become dispensable. In addition to commercial performances and endorsements, there is also Only the concert is the big money maker.

However, if you want to hold concerts in first-tier cities, you must be a big name. The entire Chinese music scene can hold concerts in first-tier cities. For example, Yang 32 Lang, all of his 32 concerts were held in second- and third-tier cities. , and in fact, the number of fans in many shows is not many at all.

So the concert cake seems to be very tempting, but in fact, very few people can eat it. Of course, there are also people who are beyond their control. For example, a certain musician thinks he is very famous and dares to hold a concert in the Bird's Nest, but he turns up at the scene The audience is even smaller than the security guards, which once became a joke in the circle.

Originally, this trip to the capital was considered to be over at this point, and Li Mu had packed all his luggage, but unexpectedly received a call from Mr. Liu Dejiang, a folk music master he had worked with before.

For these masters who have been studying national musical instruments all their lives and have treated art as their life for decades, Li Mu admires from the bottom of his heart. When he was invited by Master Liu, he naturally went to the appointment with pleasure. All returned.

As a result, when he got to the private room of the teahouse, Li Mu was stunned. There were too many people inside. He thought it was a private party.

I didn't expect that the masters I had worked with before would not talk about it, but there was also a director from CCTV. Coincidentally, he invited me to appear on the show a few days ago, but he refused, which is a bit embarrassing.

However, Li Mu has nothing else to do in these years of walking in the rivers and lakes, but he has a thick skin, and he doesn't even look at the director, but just keeps saying hello to several masters.

It was embarrassing for the director.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, old Mr. Liu Dejiang finally spoke: "Xiao Li, I heard that your work schedule is a bit tight recently, can you spare a little time to help us old guys?"

What kind of work schedule is tight? In fact, Li Mu is completely fine now. It is just an excuse to perfunctory the director of CCTV, but he is sitting here now, so he can't directly slap him in the face. He can only pretend to be wrong: "This, Mr. Liu. Why don't you tell me what's going on first, so I can have a better idea?"

To be honest, Li Mu's impression of CCTV's variety shows in recent years is really not good, especially during the Spring Festival Gala, lip-syncing is his bottom line, and it is absolutely untouchable. This is a matter of principle.

Of course, CCTV’s early variety shows are not what they are now. For example, Zhengda Variety Show, Lucky 52, and Happy Dictionary are all groundbreaking programs.

Especially the early Zhengda Variety Show, it can be said that it opened up the vision of a generation, allowing many people who have no conditions to go abroad to appreciate the customs and customs of other countries in the world.

Mr. Liu said to the director of CCTV: "Director Liu, why don't you introduce the situation of this program to Xiao Li, we don't have a comprehensive understanding."

Director Liu nodded: "Mr. Li, it's actually like this. In order to respond to the country's protection and inheritance of national culture, CCTV [-] is planning to create a folk music column, but you also know that folk music is on the decline. If it's just folk music, It doesn’t have much appeal to the audience, so we consider whether we can introduce some elements of pop music.”

"In terms of pop music, in the current Chinese music scene, we can't think of a second candidate."

Even though Director Liu said this very politely, and his tone was somewhat flattering, Li Mu still didn't intend to agree. It wasn't that he was shameless. The program team is just completing it as a political task, and they have no similar experience at all.

It’s not nice to say that the recording of variety shows has already reached a demanding level for the production team. No matter how good an idea is, it will always be a castle in the air. This is why Li Mu has not participated in the production of variety shows for so many years. s reason.

Li Mu also has to think about his own reputation. In the entertainment circle, no one would not cherish his feathers in his position. Participating in a bad show might ruin the good image he managed so hard to manage.

This is still the case that the studio is not listed. If it goes public, it may even directly affect the company's stock price.

Seeing that Li Mu hadn't spoken yet, Elder Liu exchanged glances with the other masters: "Xiao Li, do you have any concerns? Why don't you just say it, or if you have any requests, you can ask Director Liu, or As if we owe you a favor"

Li Mu waved his hands again and again: "Mr. Liu, masters, you are talking too much. Of course I want our folk music to be good, but with all due respect, if you want to shoot such a large-scale folk music variety show now, it is not a one-time shoot." From the planning of the copywriting to the actual shooting, and then to the post-editing, there is no similar experience in China."

"Not to mention anything else, folk music is different from ordinary pop music, it can only be shown in the form of pure music, but how many audiences are willing to watch such pure music programs?"

"Secondly, since we are going to hold such a program, if it is just a simple show, it will be too monotonous? There must be a competition, how to set the rules of the competition? How to highlight the highlights of folk music? How to ensure the fairness of the judging? These questions , have you all thought about it?"

Li Mu originally thought that after saying a few words, everyone could be bluffed, and then everyone went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers, and the matter would be over.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Liu suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Director Liu, let me just say, this show is sure to find this kid."

"." Li Mu just came to his senses. The feelings before this were all aggressive?No wonder Director Liu is so "soft" as a CCTV director.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, I, this is all on paper." Li Mu smiled and tried to struggle again.

Director Liu said seriously: "Mr. Li, let me answer your question just now. First of all, because this program is a political mission, we CCTV will pay special attention to it. From the preparation of the program group to the selection of contestants, the country's top-quality All the resources will be gathered in our hands. In this regard, I believe it is unmatched by any local satellite TV, and only our CCTV has such energy!"

Director Liu's words were decisive, and there was an air of abandonment in his tone. Li Mu couldn't help but secretly nodded. This is the air of CCTV.

I have to say that Li Mu was a little moved. It is true that it is difficult to turn around when the ship is too big, but when it comes to sailing in the high seas and conquering the sea of ​​stars, you have to have such a huge ship. In fact, there are similar folk music genres in another time and space. Programs, such as "National Music Ceremony", unfortunately Guangdong Satellite TV can only be regarded as a second-tier satellite TV in the whole country. The resources are actually very scarce, and I have little experience in large-scale variety shows.

It was originally a very good program idea, but it turned out to be unsatisfactory in all aspects. It is entirely due to the top performance of a group of folk musicians to support the ratings of the program.

In fact, this is a very failed variety show, but in any popular variety show, there must be bonuses for the contestants in the program, and the outstanding performance of the contestants is fed back to make the show more exciting. This is a virtuous circle.

"These are some of the contestants' profiles. They are folk music masters we have invited from all over the country, and this is a plan made by our program team. Mr. Li may as well take a look." Director Liu felt heartbroken when he saw Li Mu's expression. Secretly happy, this is a joke, and quickly took out a stack of documents from the bag.

Li Mu hesitated for a moment, but took it anyway. After casually flipping through a few pages of contestants' information, he couldn't help feeling: CCTV is worthy of being CCTV. These contestants are all masters of folk music with unique skills. A little-known musical instrument master in the folk.

Mr. Liu looked at each other with the other masters, and he was relieved. Li Mu is different from ordinary entertainers. He doesn't have so many scruples. The program, even the Spring Festival Gala, has never seen him give face, and this guy is not short of money, even if he is given half of the program's funds, he may not be able to agree.

Fortunately, he still has a sense of awe for folk music, such young artists are really rare.

However, less than 3 minutes after Li Mu opened the planning document, his expression became ugly, he put the document on the tea table with a sneer, and fell silent.

Director Liu was startled, and quickly asked, "Mr. Li, are you not satisfied with this copy? If there is anything that needs to be revised, feel free to mention it."

"There's no need to change it, let's wait until it's reworked." Li Mu waved his hand. It wasn't that he announced the victory, but that the planning copywriting was really bad.

"The rules of your competition, the six groups of contestants go through two duels, the last place will be eliminated by the comprehensive score, and then another contestant will fill the place. It's fine to copy the singer completely, and the copy is so bad, the audience will score I don’t even mention it, how about a voting method where good, very good, and very good represent one to three points respectively, can the audience not scold their mothers after seeing it?” Li Mu also didn’t save any face, in his opinion, this The copywriting was nothing new, and he was self-righteous in making such a rotten so-called "innovation". After reading it, he wondered how the copywriting planning skills got into CCTV.

Director Liu was embarrassed by Li Muyitong's approval. In fact, he had reviewed the copy, and thought it was not bad at the time, but what they said was indeed pointing to the point. The lack of new ideas is the biggest original sin of variety shows.

"Then, if you follow Mr. Li, how do you think this competition should be set up?"

But Li Mu didn't answer right away, his right index finger kept knocking on the table, making a crisp sound, and the old masters of Liu also looked at him intently.

After a while, Li Mu put away his right hand, snapped his fingers and said, "Director Liu, have you ever thought that the layout is a bit too small for us to close the door and play by ourselves?"

"Ah?" Director Liu was a little puzzled for a while, since it was a show promoting folk music, wasn't it just playing in China?Could it be possible to invite foreigners to the show?

A meaningful light flashed in the eyes of Mr. Liu and the other masters, and they opened their mouths, but said nothing.

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders and smiled wryly: "Actually, Mr. Liu, you should also know that folk music has withered, and many musical instruments have even been lost in China, but they have been carried forward in Japan."

Before he finished speaking, Director Liu was so startled that he almost jumped up: "Mr. Li, you, don't you want to invite Japanese folk music contestants to our show?"

It's no wonder Director Liu was taken aback. Originally, he just wanted Li Mu to propose amendments to the rules of the game. Who would have thought that this guy would overthrow all their previous assumptions directly.

Seeing Li Mu's affirmative nod, Mr. Liu and the other masters also sighed. If this program is really held according to Li Mu's idea, it will definitely attract the attention of the whole society. At that time, the attention of folk music will naturally increase. It's a good thing, but once the Japanese players are introduced, it means that the nature of the entire program has completely changed, and winning or losing will become a social issue.

The previous China-Japan-Korea Singer Competition is a good example. If Wang Tianhou did not win the championship in the end, I am afraid that all Chinese players participating in the competition will be strongly condemned by public opinion.

This plan is too risky. Of course, more importantly, Mr. Liu and the others know that the development of Chinese folk music has been stagnant in recent years. On the contrary, Japan has been committed to the promotion of folk music. , in fact, the Chinese players are not dominant.

Moreover, the cognition of the entire China is still generally based on the idea that "folk music is our traditional musical instrument with 5000 years of rich heritage", which is different from pop music. After all, Japan is the well-deserved NO1 of Asian pop music, even if it loses , Everyone is still a little bit able to find excuses.

But if they lose in folk music, one can imagine what kind of shock it will cause?
Opening your eyes to see the world is easy to say, but in fact, it takes courage to face the reality!It is difficult for ordinary people to have such courage, and they tend to blame the players.

Sweat dripped from Director Liu's forehead. He kept thinking about the feasibility of Li Mu's plan. I have to admit that this plan is very attractive.

(End of this chapter)