My Songwriting Was Rejected, But I Became A Superstar

The first time, the last time.

Chapter 15 Watching the stars line up

On the stage, Zhou Yu held the guitar, gently plucked the strings with his fingers, and slowly opened his mouth to the rhythm of the music.

“Wandering in the blue sky with the wind

A cloud fell in front of me

Pinched into your shape

Follow me with the wind

Eat away the sorrow bite by bite…”

Zhou Yu’s singing sounded in everyone’s ears, with a touch of joy and pleasure, combined with a simple and light melody, giving people a fresh feeling. It seems to make people return to that green and unforgettable time. At that age when love first blossomed, the figure of that person once emerged in people’s minds.

Zhou Yu had written this song “Starry Sky” before and submitted it to other artists, but as expected, other artists didn’t like his songs at all and it was rejected. This song is a single from Jay Chou’s first album “Jay”, released on November 7, 2000, and won the 24th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Outstanding Mandarin Gold Award in 2001.

This album is Jay Chou’s first album. Many classic songs, such as “Lovely Woman”, “Tornado”, “The Clock in the Opposite Direction”, etc., are from this album. Especially the song “Lovely Woman”, everyone said that this “Oh” opened a new era in the Chinese music scene, a new era that belongs to Jay Chou.

Many young people only see Jay Chou’s current glory, but they don’t know that before his debut, he also wrote many songs, but they were all rejected. Finally, he found Wu Zongxian and wanted to release his own songs, but Wu Zongxian perfunctorily said that he could only write 50 songs in 10 days, so he picked 10 to release for him. Then Jay Chou took it seriously and completed this impossible task in ten days, and met his mentor Yang Junrong.

With the support of Yang Junrong, Jay Chou finally released his first album. However, at that time, the company did not pay much attention to Jay Chou, and even the cover of Jay Chou’s album was designed by himself.

Now when you see the cover of the album “Jay”, the young man with curly hair and a little immature is the high-spirited Jay Chou.

And the most profound impression of this song “Starry Sky” in Zhou Yu is the words of Uncle Shen beating up the Taiwanese contestant Zhou in the movie “Charlotte’s Troubles”.

Various images flashed through his mind, but Zhou Yu remained calm, just sitting on a high stool with a guitar in his arms, singing softly.

“Carrying you is like carrying the sunshine

It’s sunny wherever you go

Butterflies fly freely

Flowers fill the sky

Every flower is fragrant because of you…”

The crowd gradually quieted down. Zhao Lei sat below, looking at Zhou Yu shining on the stage, with a touch of surprise in his eyes.

“Brother Yu is so amazing!”

From Zhou Yu’s current performance, he is not as nervous as himself. He thinks that his singing skills are the best among all the students. And from Zhou Yu’s singing and lyrics, he can also see that although the song lyrics are simple and straightforward, it gives people a very fresh feeling. Following Zhou Yu’s singing, unconsciously, it seems to make people dream back to the age of first love.

In the mentor seat, Chen Mo looked at the lyrics written by Zhou Yu and listened to Zhou Yu’s singing, and he was also a little surprised. He looked up and looked at Jun Ge, and they could see the surprise in each other’s eyes.

He whispered to Jun: “I didn’t expect him to be such a good talent.”

At present, Zhou Yu’s overall performance is the best student they have met.

Jun also nodded: “With his singing skills, I thought he was a professional singer.”

Jun touched Zeng Huayu beside him: “Huayu, what do you think?”

Zeng Huayu glanced at Zhou Yu, then whispered to Jun’s ear: “It’s just like that, the lyrics are too simple, but for a new student, it’s okay.”

Everyone laughed, and Yang Qian on the side also whispered to Wen Shiyi: “Shiyi, what do you think?”

Wen Shiyi looked at Zhou Yu on the stage. To be honest, she was more surprised than Teacher Chen Mo and the others. She thought Zhou Yu was just a lyricist and composer, but now, after hearing his singing, Wen Shiyi realized that this person is not only talented, but his singing skills are not worse than those of professional singers like them.

“Very good.”

Wen Shiyi said these three simple words.

Li Xue, who was standing aside, had always been at odds with Wen Shiyi. Seeing her praising Zhou Yu, Li Xue

I just want to sing a different tune.

“I can only say it’s OK, the lyrics are too simple.”

The conversations of the mentors here are very secretive, the microphones are turned off, and no one except them will know.

Sister Lin looked at Zhou Yu, and her brows furrowed deeper when she heard his singing.

This student has some talent and strength, is he really the one who wrote the song for Shiyi?

Xiaoqin handed the water to Wang Lin flatteringly: “Here, Sister Lin, drink some water.”

Sister Lin glanced at the girl: “Pay attention to your image.”

Xiaoqin laughed, but still sat down and secretly took the phone to record the video.

Well, this little brother is quite photogenic, wow, his hands are also very beautiful, and the key is that he sings well, love it.

“Xiaoqin, have you seen Mr. Zhou Yu who wrote the song for Shiyi?”

Sister Lin looked at the girl who was obsessed with love and asked helplessly.

Xiaoqin shook her head, took two photos, and thought it was pretty good: “I haven’t seen it, what’s wrong, Sister Lin?”

“This person has the same name and surname as Teacher Zhou Yu. I feel that it may be Teacher Zhou Yu.”

Xiaoqin was shocked when she heard this, and there was some doubt on her round face.

“Teacher Zhou Yu? Impossible, how could he come to participate in such a talent show?”

Sister Lin also thought so, but this would have to wait until the recording of the show was over, and then ask Wen Shiyi carefully.

Zhou Yu’s singing continued.

“Try to let the sunset fly

Lead you and me around nature

Facing the wind

Start to spend every day together

Hand in hand

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps looking at the sky

Look at the stars one, two, three, four connected into a line

Back to back

Make a wish silently

Look at the stars in the distance

Can you hear it…”

The first half has ended, and the lyrics of the first half are repeated in the latter part. Backstage, Director Jiang Dan was wearing a high-end black dress, staring at Zhou Yu’s profile in a daze.

“Keep more footage of Zhou Yu, he’s probably going to be popular.”

Based on her many years of experience in making programs, amateur contestants like Zhou Yu, who are talented and capable, will easily become popular after the program is broadcast. Keeping more footage of him will naturally bring more heat and topic to the program.

“It’s interesting, is it really the same person?”

Director Jiang Dan looked at Zhou Yu on the monitor, and then glanced at Wen Shiyi in the mentor seat. Is this Zhou Yu really the Zhou Yu who wrote the song for Wen Shiyi? Is this the same person?

At the end of the song, Zhou Yu slowly stood up and bowed to the music teachers of the day after tomorrow and the mentors on the scene.

The scene was quiet for a moment at first, and then Zhao Lei stood up first to applaud Zhou Yu. More and more people were inspired, and thunderous applause rang out on the scene.

“Oh my god! It turns out that this guy is a hidden talent. Let’s not talk about the songs, just his singing skills are amazing.”

“Uh… It’s over. Now I’m really embarrassed. I thought he was just here to make up the numbers.”

“I told you not to judge people by appearance. Although he is more handsome than you, he is more capable. Don’t say nonsense next time.”

“What the hell? You said he is strong, I admit it, but if you say I am not as handsome as him, then I definitely won’t admit it.”

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Several mentors also applauded Zhou Yu. Chen Mo spoke first: “Zhou Yu, right? Very good. I will remember you today.”

He took Zhou Yu’s lyrics: “I read the song you wrote. The lyrics and music are very simple, but it has a sense of purity…”

Chen Teacher Mo couldn’t find the words to describe it, so he looked at Yang Qian and said anxiously: “Well, it’s that kind of… how should I put it, that kind of youthful feeling…”

Seeing Chen Mo looking at him for help, Yang Qian also picked up the microphone and said: “I know what Lao Chen means. Zhou Yu’s song can instantly bring people back to the age of first love, that kind of description of young love, right?”

Teacher Chen Mo’s eyes lit up and nodded quickly: “Ah, yes, yes, that’s it.”

He said jokingly: “Teacher Yang Qian is still good at describing because she reads a lot.”

After saying that, he didn’t forget to look back at the students and teased: “Don’t learn from me, go back and read more.”

Everyone was amused by him, and Yang Qian also took the opportunity to speak.

“I think it’s very good too. Although the lyrics and music are simple, there is a touch of pure emotion in it. I like your song very much…”

The mature and beautiful queen stared at Zhou Yu with a sweet smile: “I hope I can hear more and better works from you in the future.”

In the future?

Zhou Yu looked at the beautiful Yang Qian, whose mature and sexy demeanor was much more attractive than those young girls.

(End of this chapter)