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Chapter 229 Title Song Released

Zhou Dingran stood in front of the stage and realized that his mentality had made great progress compared to the first time he stepped on the stage of "The King of Masked Singer". His heartbeat was no longer racing and his palms were sweating nervously. Now he seemed to have completely adapted to the singer. identity of.

He stood there, facing the Spring Festival Gala director team and dozens of staff in the audience. Then he became angry, picked up the microphone, and used the most comfortable and natural vocal method to sing this song a cappella. He spent a total of two thousand yuan. A work worth buying if you have a good opinion.

"The plain embryo outlines the blue and white, and the strokes turn thick and light

The peony depicted on the bottle is just like your first makeup

The scent of sandalwood comes through the window, and I understand what's on my mind

The writing on the rice paper is half done..."

Zhou Dingran sang a cappella in a low voice, as if he was telling a traditional story at this moment.

When those poetic words flowed into the ears, and the sense of the picture hit their faces, many people in the audience became focused in an instant.

Even some people who were talking in low voices stopped communicating and looked at the stage with strange eyes.

Assistant director Fang Shengyu has been looking forward to this song for a long time. When Zhou Dingran sang two or three lines, he had already closed his eyes and carefully experienced the beautiful scene in this song.

The ancient charm and profound artistic conception contained in those words made Fang Shengyu feel amazed with just a brief taste of the work.

"Just a few words can outline a beautiful artistic conception in my mind. This song is interesting!"

The others exclaimed in amazement, and Fang Shengyu felt greatly comforted and wished she could become close friends with him immediately.

But there are still many people who are not culturally literate enough and cannot understand the meaning of this song without reading the lyrics. Therefore, although they find the song very vivid and attractive, they have not yet understood the details of the words. It is difficult to be emotionally involved in the first place.

But even if he didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, Zhou Dingran's singing voice alone was enough to attract the attention of all the staff in the room.

"The glaze color renders the lady's picture, and the charm is hidden privately

And your beautiful smile is like a bud waiting to bloom

A ray of your beauty drifts away and goes to a place I can't go..."

Zhou Dingran sang slowly and slowly. Even without musical accompaniment, the singing voice still made people feel as smooth as satin. Many people even felt that their ears were being massaged and squinted their eyes in comfort.

"This is...Chinese style!"

"What a beautiful Chinese style. I can actually appreciate the hazy beauty of the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River."

"This word has such an ancient rhyme to it, perfectly reflecting the details of Chinese porcelain. It even made me feel like I was back thousands of years ago, witnessing the elegance of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Zhou Dingran's singing has a hint of Jiangnan opera singing style. It is as tender as water and full of ancient meaning. I really enjoy it!"

The eyes of some staff members were filled with surprise. For the first time, it was almost audible in the entire studio. Only Zhou Dingran's singing was echoing in the audience.

In this song, people seem to see a girl standing by the flowing water lake in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, looking into the distance. Her emotions are so strong that it almost makes people gasp in admiration.

When the chorus started to be sung, everyone felt the beauty coming from the singing.

"The sky is blue waiting for misty rain, and I'm waiting for you

The smoke rises up, thousands of miles across the river

On the bottom of the bottle, the Han Li imitates the elegance of the previous dynasty

Just think of me as foreshadowing my meeting with you——"

Even the director Yu Lei sat up straight, picked up the lyrics and music score of "Blue and White Porcelain" and read it carefully, while carefully savoring the song sung a cappella by Zhou Dingran. When the love reached the depths, Yu Lei subconsciously held his breath. For fear of ruining this amazing singing voice.

"Sky blue is waiting for misty rain, and I am waiting for you

The moonlight was salvaged and the ending fainted

Such as the handed down blue and white porcelain is self-beautiful

You have a smile in your eyes..."

After singing a song, Zhou Dingran put down the microphone and looked at the scene of countless people in the quiet studio, stunned and speechless. He grinned and walked off the stage. At this moment, the majestic self-confidence came to Zhou Dingran. The feeling of explosion when a real man never looks back.

Even the echo from the speakers that his ears heard was completely immersing and enjoyable for Zhou Dingran, not to mention the staff on site.

And so is it.

Everyone at the scene was a little stunned at the moment.

They didn't feel it just now, but when Zhou Dingran's singing stopped, many people felt empty in their hearts, as if they had lost something.

Even those who don't understand the lyrics suddenly feel filled with emotion when they recall Zhou Dingran's singing just now.

"I have never heard a cappella song from any singer that made me lose my mind. It's amazing!"

"Strange, when did Zhou Dingran's voice sound so good? Although it still feels like the same voice, it seems like a different person..."

"This song is so beautiful. When I understood the lyrics, I instantly got goosebumps."

"Of all the singers who came to the rehearsal this morning, no one could sing better than Zhou Dingran. Those songs pale in comparison to this one, "Blue and White Porcelain"!"

"Even compared with the Chinese-style songs in the entire Chinese music scene, I think this song is definitely among the best. It has been a long time since a song has surprised me with its lyrics alone. Only the line "The sky is blue waiting for misty rain," I’m waiting for you to amaze me all year long!”

"This is a true Chinese style song, the lyrics are so beautifully written!"

A group of people were discussing among themselves.

Director Yu Lei also thought about it for a few seconds before picking up the microphone and saying: "Okay, Zhou Dingran, you sang well. Let's go back and wait for news."

Because there were still a lot of people to rehearse later, although Yu Lei felt that he could have a good chat with Zhou Dingran, he ultimately chose to be busy with work first.

Zhou Dingran also walked off the stage after hearing this.

He was a little unhappy. Although he felt good about himself, he didn't hear praise or praise, not even applause. This was completely different from the stage of "The Masked Singer".

"It's boring."

Zhou Dingran muttered, handed the microphone to the staff, and was about to turn around and leave. Suddenly, he saw a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a black down jacket walking quickly. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Zhou Dingran, Let me meet you, I am the planner of our Spring Festival Gala Organizing Committee and also the deputy director of our Spring Festival Gala, my name is Fang Shengyu."

Zhou Dingran was a little surprised and quickly shook hands and said, "Hello, Director Fang."

Fang Shengyu smiled and said: "Your song "Blue and White Porcelain" is very good, and your singing skills are also very good. You can interpret this song perfectly. If nothing else, you have advanced. Remember to compile "Blue and White Porcelain" into Song, it won’t be a cappella by then, by the way, let’s add a WeChat account.”

Zhou Dingran heard this and nodded in agreement.

After exchanging WeChat messages, Zhou Dingran said goodbye to Fang Shengyu and left the CCTV building.

After leaving the gate, there was another crowd of media people. Fortunately, this time Zhou Dingran had gained experience and no one paid any attention to him. After meeting the driver Wang He who was waiting outside, he quickly lowered his head and left quickly.

As a result, this scene was photographed and posted online, with the text: "Zhou Dingran failed in rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala audition and left sadly."

Then that afternoon, Zhou Dingran received text messages of condolences from countless people.

"It's okay if you can't attend the Spring Festival Gala. One day you will use your strength to make those who reject you regret it!"

"The Spring Festival Gala is an outdated program. Who among young people still watches the Spring Festival Gala? Don't worry!"

"Xiao Zhou, I'm shocked to hear that you failed the Spring Festival Gala audition. Will you come to the Zhejiang TV Spring Festival Gala?"

"As an actor, you mainly rely on your film and television works to speak for yourself. If you can't attend the Spring Festival Gala, you won't lose much."

"You are already ahead of countless others at the beginning. Don't be discouraged. One day the Spring Festival Gala will beg you to go."

Zhou Dingran looked at these WeChat and text messages with some confusion on his face, who told you that I failed the Spring Festival Gala audition?

Even his father Zhou Jixian called to ask. Zhou Dingran was helpless, but it was difficult to explain, so he could only say that he understood it.    …

Fang Shengyu also paid attention to the discussions on the Internet.

While working in the afternoon, he also discussed this matter with Yu Lei during his free time.

Yu Lei said with a smile: "Zhou Dingran is a singer, despite his young age, but his singing skills are really good. This is the first time I listen to someone singing a cappella and he listens so seriously. His singing seems to have a poetic beauty, which is very special." advanced."

"Yes, advanced, very advanced singing. His singing skills are very strong. Compared with the "King of Masked Singer" period, he feels completely different. If paired with music, this song "Blue and White Porcelain" will definitely be the most beautiful song in the current music world. The Chinese-style songs and the few lines in the chorus made me have the illusion of visiting a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and it touched me inexplicably and unspeakably."

Fang Shengyu catered to Yu Lei's words, and finally changed his tone and asked, "Is Zhou Dingran considered promoted?"

"What do you think?" Yu Lei looked at the contestants on the stage who were preparing for the show and said without looking back: "Although Zhou Dingran is young, he has the aura of a top singer, and his own strength and talent are very high. I think it’s okay to leave him a place on the Spring Festival Gala.”

Hearing these words, Fang Shengyu was shocked, and then a smile appeared on his face: "That's great."

With a song like "Blue and White Porcelain" appearing in the Spring Festival Gala, Fang Shengyu believes that this will be the most anticipated Spring Festival Gala since the Spring Festival Gala has been held in recent years.

After receiving an accurate reply from the chief director, Fang Shengyu edited the WeChat message box and said: "Xiao Zhou, don't read the public opinion on the Internet. There is a 90% chance that you will appear on the New Year's Eve stage in this Spring Festival Gala!"

After sending the message, Fang Shengyu couldn't help but urge Zhou Dingran to produce the complete track as soon as possible.

Because every time he recalled the lyrics and music score of "Blue and White Porcelain" and Zhou Dingran's singing style during today's rehearsal, he was astonished.

In Fang Shengyu's view, the artistic conception conveyed by "Blue and White Porcelain" is something that every Chinese can deeply feel and be deeply moved by.

And Zhou Dingran's singing skills are beyond his imagination. He can guide the emotions of all the listeners and plunge them into it step by step. In this poetic singing, it seems that an ink painting is slowly unfolding, making it difficult to extricate yourself.

"This song is truly a collection of Chinese-style songs."

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On the other side, after Zhou Dingran finished the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, he rushed to Donghai and arrived at Fanghua Entertainment.

Fanghua Entertainment's current general manager Wan He and music director Song Xinran were already waiting in the company lobby early, and standing with them was Zhou Jixian.

After agreeing to help his son, Zhou Jixian resigned from his job as editor-in-chief of "Demon Fire" magazine and came to Donghai to join Fanghua Entertainment as the vice president.

Although his title is vice president, Zhou Jixian is not involved in any company operations for the time being. He is here mainly to learn business management. At the same time, with the help of Liu Ruyan, he is preparing to set up a film and television company to help his son manage various copyright operations. , as well as investment and production of movies and TV series.

There is a long way to go in this regard. Zhou Jixian's main focus at this stage is still learning. Even if he establishes a film and television production company, many high-level positions must be found and managed by headhunters.

Zhou Dingran arrived at Fanghua Entertainment to produce his first new album. Since the company has all kinds of production equipment, Zhou Dingran plans to stay at Fanghua Entertainment for a while until the new album is produced before leaving.

Regarding the fact that Zhou Dingran is a copycat, only a few senior executives such as Wan He in the entire Fanghua Entertainment know about it, and it is kept strictly confidential.

But because they knew about this, Wan He and others were a little aggrieved, because since Wen Chao Gong gave him a "Lanting Preface", there has been no follow-up for three months.

You must know that the reason why Fanghua Entertainment was willing to hand over 90% of its shares to Wenzhaogong was because Wenzhaogong had to write 10 songs every year and hand them over to Fanghua Entertainment for operation, and the period was ten years.

For ten consecutive years, a total of one hundred songs have been written for Youth Entertainment Management.

But what now? There is absolutely no further content.

Although he was a little aggrieved and depressed, no one dared to urge him. Even Liang Xiaobo, a Samsung composer who boasted a good relationship with Wenzhaogong, had not dared to contact Wenzhaogong recently.

After all, the news that the copywriter was Zhou Dingran was a bit too shocking, causing some insiders in the company to have their heads fogged up recently.

But now it happened that Zhou Dingran was here to record a new album, so Wan He and others wanted to mention this matter in front of Zhou Dingran.

"The company is planning to sign a singer. Brother Ran, you should also know her. It's Su Ke. She sang the song "Under the Moon"..."

In the recording studio, Song Xinran helped adjust the equipment and said to Zhou Dingran as if reporting: "I heard your father, Mr. Zhou, said that you agreed to sign Su Ke, but after signing Su Ke, what should we do next?"

"She is a singer. If I sign her, I will definitely send her new songs, and then let her go out for commercial performances."

Zhou Dingran said without raising his head: "Let the company's songwriters write a few songs for her first, and I will come up with another one here."

"Okay, okay." Song Xinran smiled, nodded repeatedly, and felt relieved inside.

If you can’t get ten songs, you can get one!

But Zhou Dingran didn't take this matter to heart. He is now arranging the songs for the new album step by step. Writing music and lyrics is not easy, and arranging is also the same, even a little more tiring. Zhou Dingran just arranged two songs and felt a The first two were older, and he began to miss the show "The Masked Singer" at this time.

At least the program team also has Lin Cheng, a master arranger. As long as he throws in the lyrics and exchanges about the direction of the arrangement and the use of some instruments, the other party can always make just the right arrangement. This kind of arrangement ability is not common. This is also one of the reasons why "The Masked Singer" has been popular for so many years.

After all, every contestant who takes the stage needs Lin Cheng to help re-arrange the songs they want to sing, whether they are new songs or old songs. From time to time, an outdated old song will be brought back to life and given a second life.

Although Fanghua Entertainment also has arrangers, they are not specialized. They have never even heard the names of some of the musical instruments mentioned by Zhou Dingran, and even if they have heard of them, they have never used them. This shows the gap with Lin Cheng.

"How much does it cost to recruit Lin Cheng?"

Zhou Dingran suddenly picked up his cell phone and asked Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan quickly replied: "You can't poach him. He signed a contract with "The King of Masked Singer". Unless "The King of Masked Singer" is no longer held, otherwise, he will stay at Zhejiang Satellite TV. "

Zhou Dingran smiled helplessly when he heard this.

Only now did he realize the importance of an excellent arranger, such as Lin Cheng. If he were here, it could help him save at least 80% of the recording time.

In fact, the reason why many kings and queens of singers in previous lives were so popular, and even took off after their debut, is that in addition to their own creative talents, it is also very important to have one or more powerful arrangers.

For example, Jay Chou has the so-called Big Three arrangers behind him.

Namely Hong Jingyao, Lin Maike and Zhong Xingmin.

Of course, at the very beginning, Hong Jingyao and the other three were not ranked high in the arranger world at all. The biggest reason why Wu Zongxian asked the three of them to arrange music for Jay Chou was just to get a cheaper price from them.

The two sides complemented each other. After the cooperation achieved good results, they continued to cooperate. So more than 20 years later, Baodao's music scene gained a singing king and three giants in the arranger world.

"Lin Cheng is indeed a master arranger, but besides Lin Cheng, there are many excellent arrangers on the market that you can work with. If you want to find an arranger, tell me your requirements and I can help you ask. Ask." Liu Ruyan sent a voice message and said.

When Zhou Dingran heard this, it was exactly what he wanted, and he immediately stated his request.

It doesn’t matter whether you have rich arranging experience or not, but you should at least know and skillfully use all the mainstream instruments on the market, and you should also be involved in most of the less popular instruments.

Apart from that, the most important thing is to be obedient and willing to arrange music according to the songwriter's ideas.

"This condition should be easy to find, leave it to me." Liu Ruyan replied and went to work.

Zhou Dingran continued to devote himself to the difficult arrangement. Fortunately, among the songs he chose, most of the required arrangements were not complicated. Zhou Dingran worked overtime, ten hours a day, and produced all the songs in two days. complete.

Then we took a short break and started recording songs for the new album.

At the same time, Zhenshijia also received the news and immediately contacted the operator of Haijiao.com and began to warm up Zhou Dingran's new album.

The new album is scheduled to be released on December 12th.

With more than half a month left before the release date, the title song of Zhou Dingran's first album was released first.

(End of this chapter)