China entertainment started from 07 fast boys

Chapter 297 Xu Yang’s Singer Level

I have to say that 2012 was a magical year. The film industry’s first billion-dollar box office movie was born, and the music industry’s The Voice of China was broadcast, which influenced another generation.

But if someone looks back on this year later, they will find that Xu Yang's shadow is present in both of them.

At the end of May, Xu Yang came to Hangzhou and met Xia Chenan, the director of The Voice China.

At the same time, there are also four mentors from The Voice, Liu Huan, La Yin, Yu Chengqing, and Wang Toutiao.

Liu Huan and La Yin were invited by Xia Chenan personally, while Yu Chengqing was recommended by them, and Wang Toutiao was recommended by Xu Yang.

At first, Liu Huan and La Yin decided to recommend another person, but in the end, after learning that Xu Yang recommended Wang Toutiao as the producer, they simply recommended Yu Chengqing to save face.

After all, judging from the horizontal comparison and vertical comparison, Wang Toutiao is better than the 32 concerts.

So the initial lineup of mentors on The Voice was determined, but only the mentor program was only halfway started.

Xu Yang declined to comment on Blueberry Channel's method of introducing contestants, but Xu Yang argued for the internal round-robin battle after the auditions.

"What do those media know about music? It is absolutely impossible for a music talent show that aspires to be the most professional music talent show in the country without music judges."

After that, everyone except Xu Yang fell silent, including Liu Huan.

The principle is this, but it is too difficult to do.

Apart from anything else, if we don't please these uncrowned kings, who knows what they and the players will be said about afterwards.

However, Xia Chenan is courageous and far-sighted. At first, he only prepared for media review, but after Xu Yang reminded him, he also discovered the problem.

If The Voice of China is only judged by the media, it is not worthy of being called The Voice of China.

"Xu Yang, tell me who are the representatives of these music judges."

Leaning slightly on the chair behind him, Xu Yang said: "Of course they are the group that best represents the Chinese music scene."

Under everyone's thoughtful gazes, Xu Yang continued: "First of all, it is the representative of physical music, and this representative is the record company. I believe you have no objection to this, right?"

Everyone shook their heads. If the record company represented the musicians, they would have no objection at all.

Not to mention anything else, their musical literacy is much better than this group of media who know nothing and love to talk and do random things.

Secondly, the purpose of participating in such a talent show and variety show, including Liu Huan, is to discover some new talents in the Chinese music scene.

The decline of the Chinese music scene. Anyone who knows a little bit about its past glories knows it. No matter what the media says now, only those who came from the last century know exactly what kind of glory the Chinese music scene has gone through.

It is undeniable that since the new century, many singers have emerged that make them feel very good, such as Milk Tea Week, Zhan Zhuang Chen, Xu Yang, etc., are all listed here.

But overall, the Chinese music scene at this time no longer has the hundreds of flowers blooming in the Chinese music scene just a few years ago. This is a manifestation of decline.

Up to now, the current situation of the Chinese music scene has confirmed their view.

Taking a closer look at the five years since [-] to now, there have been almost no particularly amazing singers born.

Xu Yang is one, Wanwan Lin Youjia, Yang Zongwei can barely count as two, Zhang Jie is half, and there are some good performers from Xiangjiang.

But Xu Yang is probably the only one who can really shoulder the responsibility. This was incomprehensible in their era when there were so many capable people.

So no matter what they think or do afterwards, at least these four people really want to make some contribution to the Chinese music scene.

But the second music review representative Xu Yang mentioned next made them frown a little.

"Next, the music review representatives should be familiar with music. What do you think?"

Liu Huan kept frowning when Xu Yang said this, and so did several other people.

At this time, Wang Toutiao looked at the people around him. Liu Huan was the eldest brother and it was difficult for him to speak. The only queen of spicy yin could not speak easily. Yu Chengqing and Xu Yang were not familiar with each other, so he could only speak by himself.

“Isn’t it too early to have digital music representatives as music judges?”

Wang Toutiao’s thoughts are also those of others. They can see that it will be a matter of time before digital music replaces physical music.

But it has not been completely replaced yet, so should we still focus on physical music? It is not impossible to wait a few years and then focus on digital music.

Xu Yang knew what they were thinking, and Xu Yang felt the need to make it clear to them.

"I'm afraid it has only been one or two years since digital music replaced physical music. It will take no more than four years to completely replace it. I think it is necessary to start planning now."

After hearing this, some people were silent and others were thoughtful. Finally, Xia Chenan made the final decision: "Then we will add digital music representatives, but physical music representatives will occupy [-]% of the quota, digital music representatives will occupy [-]% of the quota, and media representatives will occupy [-]% of the quota."

It seems that the media judges and the music judges are evenly divided, but in fact the media judges have the advantage. As the project director of The Voice of China, Xia Chenan's first consideration is not the future of the Chinese music scene, but that this drama cannot be defeated.

So it is understandable that he arranged it this way. After all, this is a bargaining process.

Then several people signed the written document together. Liu Huan's document was one point longer. This was the promise of the program team.

No shady activities are allowed, and no interference in the instructor's decisions is allowed, either on or off the field.

In addition to these two conditions, there are some conditions. Xu Yang could only sigh after reading it. I am afraid that only Liu Huan can make Xia Chenan, who represents Blueberry Taiwan, bow his head.

Then the four instructors discussed some details with Xia Chenan and Xu Yang, striving to run the program well.

After finishing the business, the atmosphere in the entire conference room relaxed. In the evening, a few people except Xia Chenan had a simple meal.

After all, Xia Chenan is not a singer after all, and has nothing in common with them.

The hot girl on the table introduced Yu Chengqing to Xu Yang. Although his reputation has not been great these years, he was still a big shot in their time.

If it weren't for Xu Yang's experience, one would really think that this person had risen to the position based on his qualifications.

Except for Xu Yang and Yu Chengqing, who are not very familiar with each other, the rest of the five are still very familiar.

Needless to say, Liu Huan, La Yin, Wang Toutiao, and Yu Chengqing all came from the same era. There were music disputes in the past, but now they can talk about the past in a calm manner, which is enough to prove that the relationship is not bad.

As for Xu Yang, the most outstanding singer in the mainland in recent years, they have met each other both at award ceremonies and in private life, and their relationship is okay.

Now that Yu Chengqing has met Xu Yang again, the atmosphere among the five of them has become even more harmonious.

But since they are singers, and singers who have basically reached the top before and after, they naturally have to test each other's abilities.

Mainly Liu Huan and a few old guys were testing Xu Yang's strength, wanting to see what this leader of the new generation of young singers was like.

Especially Yu Chengqing, as a Wanwan singer, he has long wanted to test Xu Yang's ability to see if it is as good as the media boasts.

But how could Xu Yang put himself at a disadvantage, so he also made a vague condition.

If you can give it a try, let's do it together, but after I finish singing it, I'll post it online.

When Xu Yang revealed his intention, the expressions of the other four people changed. They just let it go in private. What's the point of putting it on the Internet?

But they didn't object because they didn't think they could suppress Xu Yang.

But what song to sing?
"How about "Tomorrow Will Be Better". We are one family on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. There is no song more suitable for the purpose of today's gathering."

Several people nodded and immediately agreed to Xu Yang's proposal.

After a few people got familiar with the lyrics, they asked the assistant to record the song with their mobile phones.

"Knock gently to wake up the sleeping soul..."

However, when the other party opened their mouths, they could feel each other's surprise. How could Xu Yang sing so well?
Although he is still far behind Liu Huan, this is an S-level singer after all. The only S-level domestic male singers and mainland male singers are Liu Huan, Han Lei, Tengger, and Wu Tong.

It's a little worse than La Yin, but it's better than the current Yu Chengqing and Wang Toutou who have just rejuvenated their second life.

You must know that among female singers, La Yin is also at the S level, while Wang Toutiao and Yu Chengqing are also at the A level.

This made several people feel moved. They are lower than Liu Huan and spicy, but higher than Wang Toutiao and Yu Chengqing. Then isn't this an A+ grade?
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Singers at this price are basically top-notch in a certain category. For example, Li Jian 17 years later was top-notch in mixed vocals.

What makes Xu Yang reach the top level is to combine top-level emotions with less than top-level skills.

Xu Yang's own emotions are top-notch, which gave him the talent and strength to aspire to be an S-level singer from the beginning.

Now that skills and emotions are integrated, reaching A+ level is not an incomprehensible thing.

It’s just that there is no great achievement yet. If someone achieves greatness, it will not be an A+, but an S. It will be on the same level as La Yin and Liu Huan, and they will have blazed their own path.

After singing the song, the four people except Xu Yang sighed, what a terrible young person.

Liu Huan looked at Xu Yang, smiled and shook his head, saying: "Work hard, the future depends on you."

La Yin is also a little bit sad. From being a little girl to the current queen of the Chinese music scene, La Yin has endured a lot of hardships.

But now he sees that a little kid who is not old enough to debut is about to have the same strength as himself, and he really has mixed feelings.

Envy, even a little jealous, but mostly still confused, did he start singing from his mother's womb?
Unlike La Yin, Liu Huan lamented, Yu Chengqing and Wang Toutiao were both a little embarrassed and depressed.

Although Yu Chengqing said that he wanted to try Xu Yang's strength, but Wang Toutiao did not want to try Xu Yang's strength.

After all, last year was the year of his second youth, but at the same time, it was also a year where he basically had no sense of existence.

Because last year's Xu Yang was so abnormal that as long as Xu Yang was present at Wang Toutiao's major award ceremonies this year, he would basically win a guaranteed rock award.

So Wang Toutiao said nothing on the surface, but privately he was still a little unconvinced.

Do you think you can’t surpass a little kid after singing for more than 20 years?This must be a non-war crime, and that little kid must be very lucky, otherwise he couldn't have been singing to dogs for more than 20 years, right?
At this moment, Wang Toutiao feels that it is really possible for him to sing to dogs in the past 20 years...

Fortunately, it was embarrassing, but he didn't say what he thought, otherwise Wang Toutiao would most likely hide his face and walk away.

At this time, Liu Huan and La Yin came out to smooth things over, making Yu Chengqing and Wang Toutiao less embarrassed.

It's just that after doing this, few of them had anything else to think about. They are more popular than you and can sing better than you. There's nothing more to say.

"By the way, will you release an album this year?"

Suddenly, Wang Toutiao asked Xu Yang this question. Xu Yang was stunned for a moment, and then told the truth.

"No, but a few singles will be released, and one will be released in early June."

The other four people looked at each other and understood what Xu Yang meant. Is he going to go all the way in digital music?
Although there is no intention to discriminate against digital music, in their view, physical album sales are the most powerful proof.

"It's better to release more albums in the future. It's a pity that you don't release more albums at your age and ability." Liu Huan said.

Hearing this, Xu Yang smiled bitterly: "Brother Huan, I want to release it too, but last year's album almost wiped out my life. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover in the next two years."

Although it was a pity to hear Liu Huan, it was not surprising. After all, he had listened to Xu Yang's album last year, and several of the songs were indeed rare songs.

This kind of song is something you can come across but not ask for. I think Xu Yang spent a lot of effort in creating these songs, so he deserves a rest.

"Then take a rest, see more of the world, and experience more things. The thickness of your songs depends on how much you have seen and how much you have experienced."

Xu Yang nodded and said: "I understand Brother Huan, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Liu Huan hummed and said no more. Xu Yang was not his apprentice, so he was very happy to be able to give him some guidance.

After that, the group returned to the hotel, and the next day Xu Yang visited the audition portion of Blueberry Channel's production of The Voice of China.

There is really a huge crowd, and it is a hard job to pick out the players from all over the country who can listen first.

However, no one else can do this job yet. It can only be done by the four mentors, who select their future members from a variety of music sources.

After choosing a noon day, Xu Yang felt that it was indeed quite tiring, and was going to suggest that if we do it again next year, try to change the format.

After that, he visited some other production units, and then Xu Yang returned to the Magic City.

It's just that the others have gone back, but the discussion about the five of them on the Internet has just begun.

The cause was a video posted by Xu Yang on Big Eye Blog. This video was a video of Xu Yang singing "Tomorrow Will Be Better" with four good voice instructors.

After the video was released, after almost a day of tap promotion, basically anyone who cares about the music industry knows that Liu Huan, La Yin, Xu Yang, Wang Toutiao, and Yu Chengqing met and sang a song together.

At this time, people were already guessing what these five people were doing together. According to the law of kings and kings, if singers of this level gather together on occasions other than award ceremonies, something big must have happened.

Then everyone, including the paparazzi, traced the formation of the five of them, and finally they were found.

"According to the news, Blueberry Channel is going to produce a new music talent show. Liu Huan, La Yin, Wang Toutiao, and Yu Chengqing should be similar to the Fast Boy judges, but it is really unclear why Xu Yang went there."

After being dug out, Blueberry did not want to hide it. Instead, they learned a Mango song and used this incident to promote their good voice.

Although the name and production model were not announced, it was actually announced that they would produce a variety show based on a music talent show.

This made many netizens feel strange. Are there still people producing music talent shows these days?

Last year, Super Girl couldn't fight anymore. At the same time, the radio and television also issued a paper document restricting the draft, which directly put the death penalty on the talent show.

Nowadays, Blueberry Channel is so stubborn in producing talent show programs. Although it is labeled as a music talent show, it is still a talent show after all. How is this different from Fast Man and Super Girl?

Although everyone is not optimistic about Blueberry Channel's new move, it does not mean that they are not paying attention.

After all, although Fast Man and Super Girl have struggled miserably in recent years, the concept of the draft has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Now even if it is a talent show that knows that it is unlikely to have any good results, the public still has the slightest expectation for it.

However, there are still some people who are still paying attention to Xu Yang's role in this.

However, their questions cannot be answered after all. As long as the The Voice program team is not stupid, they will definitely not reveal their relationship with Xu Yang at this time.

Wouldn't it be nice to wait until it's about to air before releasing it, and use Xu Yang's name to boost ratings again?
Instead, Xu Yang received quite a lot of calls at this time, especially from Mango Channel. He Ling, Wang Han, Xie Na and Long Danni all came to ask him what the Blueberry Channel was doing.

Xu Yang's reply was always "I don't know. I don't understand. I just went there to have a meal."

Others said that I believe you a ghost, Cengfan, do you think we are stupid?

But even if they knew that Xu Yang was fooling them, they would not be able to turn against Xu Yang. Instead, they had to follow Xu Yang's words in a good voice.

After all, Xu Yang at this time is no longer a simple artist, but a film and television company boss who can directly talk to their deputy director.

With three top-tier artists under his command, including himself, Tang Ren is truly the undisputed leader in the field of TV dramas.

Although the position of this first brother is not very stable, nor is it very convincing to others, but based on the results of these three first-line players in the past two or three years, they can indeed take the position of this first brother.

In addition, Tang Dynasty's new drama will be broadcast on Mango Channel in another month. It is really not appropriate to have a grudge against Xu Yang at this time.

But the more secretive Blueberry Terrace and Xu Yang were, the more curious Mango Terrace became.

That's right, they were just curious. They were just curious about Blueberry Taiwan's actions.

After all, Mango Channel has been number one in the province for so many years, so there is no reason why Blueberry Channel should pull them down all of a sudden.

Moreover, at this time, the Blueberry station is not even as good as the Tomato station among the five major stations, so the people on the Mango stage will not even think that the Blueberry station wants to challenge their provincial No. [-] brother, and sit in this position.

It wasn't until The Voice aired that they were given two big slaps, one for Fast Guy and one for Super Girl. They were doing well now if they could do it, but they were doing poorly in the past when they couldn't do it. These were just two slaps.

Then, after Mango Channel took it seriously, it launched a number of variety shows one after another, including "I Am a Singer" and "Where Are We Going, Dad", but in the end, it failed to push Blueberry Channel down again.

But in the end, it was a near miss. Mango Channel is still the first in the province and Taiwan, but Blueberry Channel has jumped to the second place in the province and Taiwan. I really can’t say for sure after that.

After distancing himself from the incident, Xu Yang returned to his busy work.

Although he has left many specific matters to Cai Yinong, there are many things that he has to deal with as a big boss.

And in early June, news came that made Xu Yang happy: "Tornado Girl" was finished.

Since it was her first time filming a youth idol drama, Lin Yufen had little experience. In addition, the actors were basically a group of newbies, so it took a little longer than expected.

But it didn't take long. It took nearly three months to complete the filming of "Tornado Girl". With the post-production time included, the finished product should be available in August at the most. This is indeed good news.

Although "Tornado Girl" was released in advance by Xu Yang, some actors have remained the same. Senior Brother Chu Yuan is still Bai Jingting, 22 years old.

Then Cai Yinong signed this person with a rating of C after the evaluation of the signing department. After all, although his acting skills may be more eye-catching, he is indeed handsome.

Also, Fang Tinghao, played by Chen Xiang, was originally cast by another Beijing Film Academy student. Chen Xiang originally came for an interview, but was passed directly by Xu Yang.

So except for Tan Songyun's casting as the female lead in "Shanshan Is Coming" which was an accident, the rest basically followed the original version.

Later, Xu Yang saw Jin Minqi's name in the soundtrack plan in the post-production planning, which gave Xu Yang some ideas.

"When was "The Thief of Time" sung? It was cut in advance."

The quality of this song is really good, and it was even included in the shortlist of the top [-] songs in the [-]s, which means that the quality is there, but the popularity of singing is not bad.

This is already a scarce commodity for Xu Yang, and with the addition of Jin Minqi, Xu Yang has this song in his pocket without any psychological burden.

But this is all a story for another day. At this time, Xu Yang has solved another problem. He is planning to launch the copyright price of the single in early June.

Since Penguin Music tasted the benefits last year, they have taken the copyright issue very seriously. After all, Penguin all started by plagiarism.

So they fell in love with this song again because it fit their plans for students so well. In addition, the price was not low. They had signed a guaranteed minimum price before going online, and they would increase the amount accordingly based on market feedback. The copyright price.

(End of this chapter)