Entertaining Children

   Chapter 864

   "Why not?" Xiao Yao smiled, "People are selfish, and I am no exception! If you ask my opinion, I certainly recommend Liang Xueying, who has a better relationship with me!"

   "Well, don't be kidding!" Elbert said, "Tell me what you really think!"

   "I'm not kidding, this is what I really think!" Xiao Yao said.

"That also has to give me some reasons that sound more reasonable and allow me to relay it to others," Elbert said helplessly. "I can't tell others that we chose Liang Xueying because she has a better relationship with Yang, right? "

"Why not?" Xiao Yao said with a shrug. "Isn't this a human relationship society? If it weren't for me and you and the models, you would choose me as a guest performer and let me be responsible for the tidbits. Shooting?"

"That's because we have seen your abilities, and your reputation in the United States and the world." Elbert said seriously, "I think you have the highest international reputation among the stars of China. ,none of them."

   "What?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

"Of course, I mean within the range of singers." Elbert seemed to understand Xiao Yao's thoughts, and added, "Some of your directors and actors in China may be more famous than you in the world, but what we need for the Eva show The guest performers are professional singers."

"Look, you already have the answer. Do you still use me to give you a more reasonable reason?" Xiao Yao smiled, "What you need is a professional singer! Zhuo Zhiyuan has more fans, which is good, but strictly speaking He is an idol star. I am not saying that he can't sing, but from a professional point of view, Liang Xueying is obviously better than Zhuo Zhiyuan in singing!"

"Also," Xiao Yao continued, "From the perspective of masterpieces, Zhuo Zhiyuan does not seem to have a masterpiece popular in the United States or even in the world. But Liang Xueying is different. The song on the bulletin board is well-known in the United States, right? And that song is the overseas promotion song of our China Basketball Professional League. With the sale of the broadcast rights of our China Basketball Professional League, it is also very popular in many countries in Asia and Europe."

   "These sound like more decent reasons!" Elber nodded, "I'll consider it seriously!"

   "These are some obvious reasons!" Xiao Yao put his hands on the armrest of the chair, and got up and left, "So, is our conversation over?"

   "Wait, our conversation is not over yet!" Elbert waved his hand to stop Xiao Yao from getting up, "I have one more thing to discuss with you!"

   "One more thing?" Xiao Yao relaxed and sat back on the chair, "What is it?"

  "It's also about the performance of the Eva show." Elbert said, "As you know, we have always invited three groups of guests to perform separately in four units. One group of guests will perform twice."

   "I know!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"Originally, we arranged for Nicole to play twice." Elbert said, "but now Nicole can't come. We only plan to temporarily invite a singer to replace Nicole to maintain the total number of performers. But no matter what. We are not planning to let the newly invited Chinese guest perform twice in place of Nicole. We hope you will fill the other performance opportunity that is vacated."

"Me?" Xiao Yao pointed to his nose in surprise, "Don't you also have Mr. Smith from the United States? He won an award at this year's Grammy, and he should be more suitable for playing than me. Twice?"

"No," Elbert shook his head. "Although Jamie won a Grammy award this year, he is different from Nicole. He specializes in singing spiritual songs and has a relatively single style, and it has been the past two years. It’s just getting hot, no matter it’s performance style or popularity, it’s not suitable to perform twice on the Eva show. We have been in contact with him, and he himself has no intention of increasing the number of performances on the Eva show."

   "So you are looking for me!" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.

"Yes!" Elbert said, "You are the selected performer we determined in advance. Whether it is Liang Xueying or Zhuo Zhiyuan, they are all temporary substitutes. This extra opportunity for performance should be given to us before Definitely selected guests. At least from the perspective of the diversification of the style of the work, you are a more suitable candidate than Jamie."

   "So not only do I have to perform twice, but the repertoire of the two performances must be of different styles?" Xiao Yao asked.

"It's best!" Elber said, "The masterpiece "Fighter" by Liang Xueying you mentioned is a more intense song, and Jamie's soul song is more soothing and gentle. So I hope you The two repertoires of his performance are one fast and one slow, one intense, and the other gentle and soothing."

   "There are so many requests?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.

   "I have confidence in you!" Elbert smiled and blinked, "I heard that you are a well-known creative talent in China, and have won many different types of music awards. This must not be difficult for you!"

"This~ okay!" Xiao Yao thought for a while, and finally nodded, "By the way, I would like to make another suggestion. The star singer and model on the Eva show are the most important thing to watch. I don't think you need it at all. Stick to the rule of three groups of guests performing four times. It is absolutely possible to invite more guests and arrange guest performances in each unit. I think the effect may be better!"

"We have also discovered this and are considering it." Elbert smiled, "It's just that this year is our first time in Asia, and we don't want to make too many changes at once. We may make changes in this area in the future. ."

"Actually, I think you also have a lot of ideas in performance planning," Elbert continued, "If you can't mix in the show business in the future, you can come to work for Eva. Maybe after a few years, you will Sit in my seat!"

   "Can't mix in the show business anymore?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes, "Are you a curse?"

  "Well, my fault!" Albert laughed, "If someday you don't want to continue to develop in the entertainment industry and want to try something different, you are welcome to come to Eva to have a try!"

   "I have to go back to the song I'm preparing to perform, and see you at the rehearsal!" Xiao Yao stood up and left without comment.

  It’s not difficult for Xiao Yao to perform more than once, but the choice of repertoire still makes Xiao Yao feel a bit embarrassed, mainly because Elbert also requires two songs with different styles.

  In fact, Xiao Yao’s work styles are indeed very diverse. If it is a Chinese song, there are still many suitable songs to choose from in Xiao Yao's works. But the Eva Show is a world-class show. It is not appropriate to perform Chinese songs on it, nor is it appropriate to sing new songs. You must sing more famous English songs. When it comes to well-known works that are widely circulated, Xiao Yao’s original sings, and different types, Xiao Yao doesn’t have many choices.

Originally, Xiao Yao’s performance was "ThinkingOutLoud". With the support of the duo MV with very high difficulty and sweetness, this song was not only widely circulated, but also achieved good results on the billboard in the United States. , Is a very suitable choice.

  This is a relatively gentle and soothing English love song, so correspondingly, the other song needs to be relatively intense. In fact, there are English works like Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao wrote several popular electronic music and rock English songs, but most of these songs were written for others, not Xiao Yao originally sang or not only Xiao Yao. Original singing.

Judging from the fact that Elbert asked Xiao Yao to help him choose from Liang Xueying and Zhuo Zhiyuan instead of asking Xiao Yao to recommend candidates, Eva still has high requirements for the popularity of performers, so Xiao Yao also There is no rash request to add Gong Chen or Chen Chen to the lineup of performing guests. As for the "Immortals" band, it may be too late.

  Of course, Xiao Yao was able to agree to Albert, and that was his reason. When Xiao Yao sold the copyright of his songs, he didn't sell it cleanly. Even if the original singer was not him, as long as he wrote the song, he retains the power of commercial performance. Just as he could publicly sing the "sugar" he wrote to the band "Daydream" during the seaside performance of the Eva Swimsuit Special, Xiao Yao could also perform the songs for "Immortals" in public business occasions. .

  It’s just that those songs were written by Xiao Yao to the "Immortals" band. Xiao Yao didn't have any pressure when performing with them, but he still felt a little awkward when performing alone. So unless there is really no choice, Xiao Yao doesn't want to perform the "Immortals" song alone. This is just a guarantee that Xiao Yao can promise Elbert.

  After returning from Elbert, Xiao Yao did not engage in rehearsal, but sorted out his English works over the years, and wanted to see if there were any suitable choices in the English songs he sang.

  While Xiao Yao was sorting out his English songs, his personal mobile phone received a call from Liang Xueying.

   "Xiao Yao, thank you!" After the greeting, Liang Xueying's first sentence into the topic was to thank Xiao Yao.

   "Oh? Thank me for what?" Xiao Yao asked knowingly.

Although Eva only officially announced that Nicole Ao Dai was unable to come to China to participate in the Eva show due to visa issues, she only said that she would find another performer as a substitute. It has not yet announced who the alternate performer is. When Liang Xueying called this call at this time, Xiao Yao guessed that Eva had decided to invite Liang Xueying as a guest performer and had already notified her team.

   "Thank you for helping me win the opportunity to be a guest performer on the Eva Show this year!" Liang Xueying guessed that Xiao Yao might have asked knowingly, but he was still very formal.

  Xiao Yao has a close relationship with Eva and Xiao Yao, and has cooperated a lot. Eva naturally hopes that Xiao Yao’s development can be better. When facing Zhuo Zhiyuan’s team, Elbert didn’t say that Xiao Yao chose Liang Xueying because of Xiao Yao. Bai made Xiao Yao an enemy. When facing Liang Xueying’s team, he intentionally revealed to the other party that Liang Xueying had chosen Liang Xueying. Part of the reason is because of Xiao Yao's suggestion to help him strengthen his network in the entertainment industry.

When recording "Singer" two years ago, Liang Xueying also said in a big way that she would use her international resource advantage to help Xiao Yao do the overseas release and promotion of singles. As a result, two years later, Xiao Yao was shown by Eva early. Not to mention that this kind of internationally renowned big show invited to be a guest performer, but I still rely on Xiao Yao's help to play the Eva show as a substitute. Thinking of this, although Liang Xueying didn't feel particularly embarrassed, she was also embarrassed in her heart.

   But sigh, return sigh, after learning the reason from Elbert, Liang Xueying called Xiao Yao the first time to express his gratitude.

   "This, you are welcome," Xiao Yao smiled, "Who are we with whom!"

   "Well, I didn't make friends with you in vain!" Liang Xueying also smiled.

"But I'm a little curious," Xiao Yao asked again, "Since you knew that Nicole could not come to China, Eva is looking for new performers in China, and you are fighting for this opportunity again, why didn't you? Tell me earlier, let me say hello to Eva? You know? Eva eliminated a group of people first, and finally only two people were left for me to choose! If your luck is a little bit worse, I might just I can’t hear your name from Albert!"

Xiao Yao has long been determined to be a guest performer on the Eva show. Some time ago, he was busy shooting urban documentaries and daily highlights of the Eva show models. He did not pay much attention to this aspect. Only after being found by Elbert did he know about Eva. They have been screened, and only two candidates are left in front of them.

"The main reason for getting job opportunities is to rely on your own strength." Liang Xueying smiled, "Eva asked you, you help me say something good, I have no objection! But people have nothing to say, I will let you People who took the initiative to find Eva as a lobbyist for me? Don’t say whether you feel embarrassed, I feel embarrassed myself. No matter how powerful you are, you are so much younger than me. Sister, I also want face!"

   "Understood!" Xiao Yao nodded.

  To be honest, if Liang Xueying really asked Elbert to talk to Elbert before she asked her for advice, Xiao Yao really didn’t know if she would agree. Even if I agree, I guess I will feel a little disgusted in my heart. Thinking of this, Xiao Yao couldn't help sighing. Sometimes, making friends really depends on character, temper and style.

   "Will you just call me today to thank you?" Xiao Yao smiled again, "Doesn't it need to be so formal?"

   "This should be polite, no matter how good the relationship is, this attitude must be expressed!" Liang Xueying said.

   "Okay!" Xiao Yao nodded with a smile.

   "However, besides thanking you, I have other things to discuss with you." Liang Xueying continued with a smile.

   "I knew it!" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and continued smiling, "What's the matter?"

"Now Eva has decided to invite me to be a guest performer on the Eva show. I decided to fly to Shencheng to rehearse tomorrow!" Liang Xueying said, "Your recording studio has more than one rehearsal room. I want to go to your place and use you to record. Rehearsal in the rehearsal room, okay?"

   When recording "Singer" the previous year, Xiao Yao helped Liang Xueying prepare the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" which was rehearsed in the studio located in Yin Xi's studio. Liang Xueying was very satisfied with the environment and equipment there. She also knew that although Yin Xi built the recording studio, Xiao Yao was in charge of it. Xiao Yao had the final say on how to use it.

   "Okay," Xiao Yao smiled, "Just pay!"

   "Okay~" Liang Xueying was quite happy when Xiao Yao agreed so readily in the first half, but after hearing the second half, she immediately cried out with dissatisfaction, "Well, you little money fan!"

  (End of this chapter)