You are a star, why do you have all the skills from the underworld?

When Li Fei rushed to the courtyard, Xu Yi was the only one there.

This is her second time here.

When he first came, Pang Ju suspected that the two were in love. Later, it was confirmed that the boss and Li Fei were just business dealings, not romantic ones, so Pang Ju didn't care anymore.

"Teacher Xu, it's rare that you still think of me when you have such a good thing!"

As soon as she saw Xu Yi, Li Fei joked: "You don't know, I haven't released any new songs since you wrote "Red Bean" for me last time. Alas, there really is nothing to like!"

Xu Yi could tell that Li Fei was praising him in disguise.

Just listen to Xu Yi smile and say:
"This time... I actually want to ask Sister Fei for a favor."

"This new song of mine is for a friend. She works at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. She said there's an important cultural performance on National Day this year and they're in need of a theme song."

“So, the main mission of this song is that cultural performance.”

"As for who they will let sing in the end, I really can't decide. But I will definitely push for you to sing."

Li Fei is not stupid.

Being able to reach this level of status in this circle, one must be much more sensitive to such incidents than the average small star.

National Day, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and cultural performance.

The combination of these three elements alone demonstrates the high quality of this cultural performance.

If you can sing the theme song, it's like having official status!
Thinking of this, Li Fei said passionately:
"I know about this art performance. A TV station invited me, but I didn't agree. I didn't expect that I would end up here after all the twists and turns. Fortunately, I didn't agree to others, otherwise I would have missed the most important part."

"I told you in advance~" Xu Yi repeated: "In the end, the leaders above decided who would sing. I have no influence on it."

Li Fei didn't care at all: "It's okay."

It’s more about confidence than indifference.

Li Fei is very confident that as long as it is a song that she has sung, no one else will be able to sing it in the same flavor.

So, she just needed to be the first to sing this song.

Of course, there are many considerations when it comes to leadership matters, and Li Fei has fully anticipated this.

but……

Even if it's just because this song was written by Xu Yi, it's worth singing!

Xu Yi then handed the manuscript to Li Fei and said:

"This is a main theme song. You know, it's not appropriate to sing about love in that situation. So I wrote this song. Sister Fei, take a look and you can interpret it according to your understanding."

Li Fei laughed and said, "I heard that you would hum the songs you wrote first. Why don't you even hum them when it comes to me?"

"Am I just showing off my skills in front of an expert?" Xu Yi said modestly.

In fact, with Xu Yi's current singing skills, he is definitely top-notch in the domestic music scene.

Li Fei looked at the song carefully and hummed along unconsciously.

Intermittently, slowly getting familiar with it.

Gradually, Li Fei's expression became solemn. She immediately felt the meaning of the lyrics of the song.

The scene description is delicate, but the structure is grand.

“Wherever I go.”

"Everyone left a hymn."

"I sing of every mountain."

"I sing of every river."

"..."

The lyrics incorporate all the images of the motherland's mountains, rivers and streams. They are smooth and seamless, without any traces of splicing or forced matching.

After Li Fei was almost familiar with the song, she looked at Xu Yi without any surprise:

"It still has to be you, Teacher Xu!"

"Okay, I'll sing this song!"

Xu Yi was not worried about Li Fei at all. He just asked about the time: "Sister Fei, how soon can you give it to me? Can it be done before noon?"

"What?!"

Li Fei showed the expensive watch on her wrist and said:

"It's almost 11 o'clock, and you ask me if I can record the song before noon?"

Seeing Xu Yi taking it for granted, Li Fei said helplessly: "Okay, I know you write songs quickly. But... Teacher Xu, not everyone is a pervert. We are all ordinary people. It takes a work cycle for ordinary people to complete a task."

"The most I can promise you is that I'll give it to you in the afternoon."

Xu Yi: “Deal.”

Li Fei was stunned and stared:

"I still fell for your trick!"

But Xu Yi smiled and explained:
"I can't help it either."

"I promised that friend that I would send her the demo at noon today. Now, I can only try to buy time. But I think it should be OK in the afternoon."

Hearing Xu Yi mention that friend several times, Li Fei couldn't help but ask curiously: "Teacher Xu, can I ask, is your friend a man or a woman?"

Xu Yi's face turned serious:
"Look, Sister Fei, this is wrong."

"When we help our friends, do we have to see whether they are men or women?"

Li Fei: “Hehe~”

She suddenly stopped asking questions and looked at Xu Yi with a sly smile:
"Okay, I get it."

Xu Yi: “???”

I only heard Li Fei say:

"I'm 90% sure that your friend is a female friend. If it was a male friend, you would have said it directly and would not have reacted like this."

Xu Yi frowned:

Is there such a thing?

Why didn’t I think of this with my IQ?

Li Fei took the song and went home, no longer discussing the matter of the friend with Xu Yi. After all, time was tight, and the song had to be handed in in the afternoon. If it was not sung once, it might have to be recorded twice more.

Just after sending Li Fei away, Fat Ju came back.

The two missed it perfectly.

As soon as he entered the yard, Fat Orange saw two teacups under the big tree.

She looked at Xu Yi suspiciously:
"Boss, do you have guests at home? How about I catch up with you later?"

"It's okay, the person just left." Xu Yi held his hands and said, "Talk about your business, don't get close."

Fat Orange readily agreed: "Okay!"

Since the boss said it's okay, then it must be okay.

Fat Orange pulled out an invitation letter from his briefcase and handed it to Xu Yi:

"Boss, here is a cooperation invitation for you."

Xu Yi didn't even look at it, nor did he answer it, "Sister Ju, can't you just handle this matter yourself?"

Fat Orange was unmoved, still holding up the invitation letter and said:

“This is different.”

"Boss, you should take a look at it. Whether you reject it or not, just give me feedback after you finish reading it. I fully respect your opinion."

Seeing Fat Orange making such a fuss, Xu Yi frowned and took the invitation.

At first glance, I realized that this was actually an invitation for cooperation from the headquarters.

It simply stated the background of the cultural and artistic performance, and hoped to invite Xu Yi to sing a song from the new album on behalf of the central station. The song would be chosen by Xu Yi himself, and the station would not interfere in any way.

This invitation...

Xu Yi raised his head and looked at Fatty Orange:

"Sister Ju, what do you think?"

Fat Orange: "I'll just move a small stool and watch slowly."

Seeing Xu Yi pretending to be angry, Fat Orange quickly changed his words and said:

"Of course, boss, if you ask for my opinion."

"I can say a few words, too."

"I think this is a good opportunity to ease the relationship between you and CMCC. After all, CMCC is the leader in the industry, and it is not a solution for you to keep being in a stalemate like this."

"Now that the headquarters has handed us a ladder, we can just go down the ladder. It won't be embarrassing for anyone, and it's a good thing."

Xu Yi was thinking about what Fat Ju said.

To be honest, Xu Yi had no intention of making an enemy of the whole world.

Being able to reconcile is of course a good thing.

But he always felt a little sick in his heart.

After thinking it over, Xu Yi finally couldn't convince himself and said:
"Sister Ju, what you said makes sense. But I think... let it go this time."

"Just tell the radio station that I have participated in this cultural performance in other ways and will not sing the song alone."

Fat Orange understood.

This other method should be what the boss talked about last night.

So, the boss has already written the song?

On second thought, there's nothing strange about this. It's already been an evening, and it's normal for the boss to write a song, right?

"Okay, that's what I'll say!"

Fat Orange is very sensible.

If Xu Yi asked her opinion, she would tell him her objective thoughts truthfully. She would never deliberately agree with Xu Yi just to please him.

As for what choice Xu Yi will make, Fat Ju no longer cares.

There was only one thing she needed to do:
Make the boss's choice reasonable and have a good explanation to the outside world.

However, it was beyond Xu Yi's expectation that the headquarters could take the initiative to invite him to cooperate. He was very sure that Chu Ningning did not put pressure or hints on the headquarters, so it should be the headquarters that took the initiative to contact him.

Is it because of his new album?
This is probably the only explanation.

Xu Yi’s new personal original album “In the Name of the Father” is truly crazy!

This phenomenal breaking of the circle forced the CCTV to humble itself and take the initiative to "admit its mistakes".

Unfortunately, Xu Yi didn't buy it.

Xu Yi didn't have any requests from the main station, so he didn't need to consider the station's attitude. As soon as his paper album was released, his status and influence in the Chinese music scene directly jumped to the level of a superstar.

Such a genius is rare in the music industry every century.

Among those former kings of singing, which one of them didn’t get to the top by accumulating experience, works, popularity, and age?

Xu Yi is the only one.

With just one album, he can kill any god that stands in his way, and even any Buddha that stands in his way.

Whenever you encounter any doubts, just throw out this album and the other party will be speechless.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Li Fei sent the recorded demo on time.

After listening to it once, Xu Yi didn't find any problems, so he directly forwarded the demo to Chu Ningning.

You can feel at ease when you let the little queen do the work.

……

State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, National Day Cultural Performance Preparation and Command Center.

Chu Ningning was dealing with the busy work at hand.

This cultural performance is of a very high standard.

It's not just a matter of the cultural sector, it's said that the higher-ups are paying close attention, and several leaders at the central government have even personally asked about it. This has changed the nature of the entire art performance, making it comparable to the Spring Festival Gala plus an internal work report.

How to grasp the degree here is a test of one's skills.

The program format and performers are certainly materials that need to be reviewed over and over again, and the content of the program is also an element that the leaders are very concerned about. This level of art performance cannot be held completely according to the model of the entertainment industry, and of course it cannot be all about singing praises, which seems out of touch with reality. How to balance the selection of content is also a test of ability.

"Ningning, come here for a moment~"

Just when Chu Ningning had just sorted out the documents on her desk, Director Guo Weijun knocked on the office door and called Chu Ningning over.

Chu Ningning quickly put the documents in place and then walked into the director's office skillfully.

She was still wearing a white shirt and black trousers, and did not dress casually at all because of her special status.

"Director, are there any new tasks?"

Guo Weijun shook his head and said with a smile: "Besides this art performance, what other tasks do you have right now? You have worked hard these days."

"Not hard." Chu Ningning is very ambitious, very motivated and has a sense of accomplishment, so she really doesn't think it's hard to be busy. "Director, recently all TV stations have submitted programs. We will review them first and then we will have another interview."

Guo Weijun nodded and said:

"Well, the task has been assigned. I'm not worried about that."

"By the way, has the theme song been decided yet?"

Hearing this, Chu Ningning said helplessly: "No, several leaders attach great importance to this. Everyone has their own ideas and opinions. It is difficult to reach a consensus in a short period of time."

After she said this, she suddenly seemed to think of something and said quickly:
"Director, wait for me. I'll check my mailbox."

"A friend promised me yesterday that he would write a theme song for us. It's... 3:50 now. He should have sent the theme song to my email."

Upon hearing this, Guo Weijun said:

“Just log in on my computer and I’ll listen too.”

Guo Weijun was desperate and was trying every possible means to cure his illness.

The entire cultural performance, the major program structure, arrangement, and progress were basically in order, except for the theme song, which has not yet been finalized.

I found several famous old artists and did the work myself, but I still couldn't meet all the requirements of the leaders.

This makes it very difficult to deal with.

So, when he heard a new theme song, Guo Weijun felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Chu Ningning did not hesitate and logged into her mailbox on the director's computer. Sure enough, there was an unread email that was sent twenty minutes ago.

She clicks on the attachment and sees the file name:

"My Motherland"

Chu Ningning couldn't help but secretly thought, he is quite good at naming, this song title is much better than the previous theme songs. In one night, I don't know what he can write.

Click to download, and soon the song "My Motherland and I" will be downloaded and lie quietly on the desktop.

Chu Ningning closed the web page and glanced at Guo Weijun.

Guo Weijun was stunned for a moment, then said:
“It’s all downloaded, just listen to it!”

“I think this song title is okay…”

No matter what, since it's your friend who's helping you, you should at least give your friend some face, right?
Chu Ningning hummed, then double-clicked the song to start playing. (End of this chapter)