Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 75: Guaranteed Satisfaction
On July 7, the 13th IOC General Assembly will be held in Moscow, when IOC President Samaranch will announce the host city of the 112 Olympic Games.

There are still two months left.

The Olympic Bid Committee decided to hold an "Olympic Bid" concert at the Yanjing Workers' Stadium on June 6.

"We would like to ask you to write a backup Olympic bid theme song, and also invite you to participate in the New Yanjing New Olympics concert."

The person who came to find Shen Lang was a deputy director, and he went straight to the point.

"My pleasure."

Shen Lang has deep memories of the Yanjing Olympics.

The theme song for the Olympic bid is "Meet in Yanjing", with lyrics written by Hong Kong musician Lin Mincong and music composed by EMILIO ESTEFAN, who has won nine consecutive Grammy Awards. Only the Mandarin version was recorded.

Moreover, the singers have already been decided at this time. Among more than a hundred singers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Lai Ming and Li Wen were finally selected.

But during the recording session, Li Wen's voice became hoarse due to a cold, and finally the right to sing lead vocals fell into Lai Ming's hands.

Honestly, this song is just average.

Whether in terms of quality or popularity, it is far inferior to the Olympic theme song "Yanjing Welcomes You".

This is a good opportunity to show his face and increase his popularity. Now that Shen Lang has been found, he will definitely seize it.

Of course, we won’t choose the song “Yanjing Welcomes You” as it would be a waste to use it as the theme song for the Olympic bid.

He has other options.

"We hope you can write it before the concert. The time is tight and the task is heavy. We hope you can work harder."

"That's no problem. I'll give you the song next week."

"We must ensure the quality. This is the theme song for the Olympic bid. It is to show the spirit and determination of the Chinese people and the Olympic bid to the world."

Shen Lang said solemnly: "Director, don't worry, I will pour all my passion into every song."

The implication is that satisfaction is guaranteed.

So the matter was settled.

The above means that Shen Lang is currently the most popular new generation singer, and his songs are deeply loved by young people.

Young people symbolize the future of China and play an important role in the Olympic bid.

Ask Shen Lang to write a song for the Olympic bid to represent the "youthful China".

Give the Olympic bid committee one more option.

After seeing off the deputy director, Shen Lang returned to the set.

Gao Yuanyuan came over, handed him the script, and asked curiously, "Who is he? He looks like a leader."

Shen Lang said half of it and kept the other half, saying: "The Olympic Bid Committee invited me to attend the Olympic Bid Concert to be held at the Yanjing Workers' Stadium on the 1st of next month."

When Gao Yuanyuan heard this, her eyes lit up instantly and she said, "Can I go to watch it live? I've never been to a concert in my life."

Shen Lang took a stool and sat next to her, saying, "Wait for me to ask them if I can get the ticket. If not, don't worry. Then you can pretend to be my assistant and go with me."

Gao Yuanyuan smiled sweetly and said, "I saw on the news that there will be many celebrities, and my idol Sister Mei will also be there."

Shen Lang tilted his head to look at her and said with a smile: "Isn't I your idol?"

Gao Yuanyuan's eyes curved as she met his gaze and said in a tender voice, "You wish."

The filming of "Love Across Time and Space" has entered its final stage, and most of the actors have finished filming and left.

The two of them have almost finished filming their scenes, so they feel a lot more relaxed every day.

The whole drama will be finished around the 25th or 26th.

After work in the evening, Shen Lang drove Gao Yuanyuan home before returning to the apartment.

Following the principle of saving as much as possible, the two of them did not stay in a hotel with the crew when they arrived in the city.

In the car, Du Ting said with a smile on her face: "The company has negotiated a big order for you. You know ZTE, right?"

We all know that this is one of the domestic brands that will be sanctioned by the United States in the future.

Shen Lang nodded and said, "I know. You want me to be the spokesperson for the mobile phone? Or to shoot a mobile phone commercial?"

Du Ting replied: "It was two years of endorsement of Xiaolingtong, plus an advertising song and five advertisements, a total of 2 million."

A gleam of light flashed in Shen Lang's eyes.

It's really a timely help.

Know I need money.

This year, ZTE won 7.5% of the total bidding amount in the first phase of China Unicom's CDMA bidding, a total of 9 million yuan in contracts, becoming the first Chinese company to break the monopoly of foreign companies on China's CDMA system equipment.

In addition to CDMA, ZTE also dabbled in the mobile phone industry. In 99, it launched its first mobile phone, the ZTE189, which was also the first domestically developed all-Chinese dual-band mobile phone. However, due to problems with distribution channels, popularity, and publicity, it failed to sell and lost a lot of money.

Just when the leadership was planning to abandon the mobile phone business, founder Hou Weigui believed that after the separation of the domestic telecommunications industry, the market demand for Xiaolingtong phones would increase, and Xiaolingtong phones had the advantages of mature technology and one-way billing, so he decided to fully enter the Xiaolingtong market starting from the second half of this year.

Having learned from the previous experience of manufacturing and selling mobile phones, they decided to invest a large sum of money this time, find a celebrity as the spokesperson, release a promotional song, and run full advertisements, as they simply didn’t believe that the phone wouldn’t sell.

Shen Lang is currently very popular, has a good image, and can write and sing. He is exactly the star they need.

We hit it off and signed the contract to get the money.

Now Shen Lang's deposit has exceeded 2000 million and reached 2333 million.

And this is the amount after commission and tax.

In 2001, at the age of 22, Shen Lang was a "first-generation rich". However, he was not satisfied.

Still less.

The current exchange rate of the US dollar is 8.27, 400 million US dollars ≈ 3308 million RMB, a difference of more than 900 million.

It is impossible to get the opportunity from Xiao Ma Ge. 1260 million US dollars is over million RMB, and it will take at least two to three years.

Li Zekai’s shares are not going to be sold to you in part; they will definitely be sold all at once.

And for the $400 million, you can ask Lao Ma for investment.

Alibaba is in a period of capital chain interruption, and the third round of financing has not been put on the schedule. This amount of money is enough to sustain the company for at least half a year.

Return to the apartment.

Shen Lang took out paper and pen and began to select songs.

There are three songs in total.

A title song from Stefanie Sun’s new album;
An Olympic bid theme song;

A ZTE Xiaolingtong advertising song.

"I told Stefanie that I should make her a fun song this time. How about this one..."

An hour later, the lyrics and music were completed.

"For the Olympics, this is the one..."

Another hour passed and the lyrics and music were completed.

"Xiaolingtong advertising song, sorry, BBK..."

Another hour and the lyrics and music will be copied.

Shen Lang stretched lazily.

Look at these three songs.

Invincible.

As long as the money is in place, we guarantee satisfaction and we never cheat anyone.

Then some time later.

Shen Lang's daily life revolves around these three points.

First I go to the crew to start work, then after work I go to the company's recording studio to record songs, and finally I go back to the apartment to sleep, and repeat this process.

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Yanjing, Olympic Bid Committee.

"The more love the world has, the more wonderful it is.
The sunshine is flying and can't wait to enter my arms
Fly to the sky
The sky and earth are pure white..."

……

“We all need love
Hold hands, everybody.
Together for a shared future
Let’s move towards the future together…”

……

It was just one song, but the lingering sound filled the office.

The deputy director who went to see Shen Lang that day said excitedly: "Old Wang, isn't this song amazing?"

When he received the song sheet and tape sent by Du Ting in the morning, he listened to it himself first.

I was amazed when I heard this.

He immediately gave it to his superior.

The director did not answer, but said, "Play it again."

To the lyrics.

Listen again and again.

There are more and more smiles on my face.

This time, the slogan of the Olympic Bid Committee for Yanjing's 2008 Olympic bid is "New Yanjing, New Olympics".

The main meaning is:
Yanjing, a city with a history of more than 3000 years, will enter the new century with a new and colorful look after the baptism of reform and opening up. It will warmly welcome athletes and friends from all walks of life from all over the world to participate in the Olympic Games.

The modern Olympic Games, which have gone through a century of vicissitudes, will be held in the populous China. This will spread the Olympic spirit more widely and open a new chapter for the Olympic movement.

And this song "Together Towards the Future" is very "down-to-earth".

The scenes and characters in the song are things around them and ordinary people that the audience are very familiar with. It has both positive energy and is very lifelike, with a melody that carries positive energy. The lyrics are very simple, easy to remember and catchy.

Not only does it convey the Olympic spirit that transcends national boundaries, races and cultures, it also expresses people's longing and expectations for the Olympics, and the common voice of the world's desire to work together towards a better tomorrow.

This is totally right.

How to do?
It is better than the already confirmed Olympic bid theme song "Meet in Yanjing".

"Notice a meeting!"

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)