Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 77, "Waves" and "Same Day, Next Year"

"Even if the world around me doesn't make sense anymore, I will always be connected to you. You won't let me go and I won't let you go. I want to make sure I hold the same arm every day..."

"Please don't say you missed me, but you actually love me. Why are you so eager to let me go? You seem to have divine help. Once you care about me, it's the same as killing me again..."

"Kiss me with all your heart, this kiss is like spilled water, maybe we will be reunited in heaven next time..."

Outside the recording studio, Chen Yaochuan's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

What Shen Lang had faxed to him before was only the arrangement. As far as the melody was concerned, it was top-notch.

However, the difficulty of Cantonese songs lies in the lyrics.

First of all, the rhymes are different. Mandarin has four sounds, while Cantonese has nine sounds. The two have different rhymes at the end, which causes two words with the same pronunciation in Mandarin to have two completely different pronunciations in Cantonese.

Secondly, the finals are different. Cantonese has 53 finals, while Mandarin has only 24. Cantonese has a more complex pronunciation.

This is also the reason why writing lyrics for Cantonese songs is slightly more difficult than writing lyrics for Mandarin songs.

However, the two songs "It's Hard to Love" and "Parting with Good Intentions" alone cannot reflect Shen Lang's attainments in writing lyrics for Cantonese songs.

Now, Chen Yaochuan knows how powerful Shen Lang is. Writing Cantonese songs is as easy as writing Mandarin songs.

At this moment, a very clear idea emerged in his mind, a little scary and a little outrageous.

But the worst part is, he's already accepted it.

And the bold idea is that Shen Lang might also write Korean songs, Japanese songs, and English songs!
"How many secrets do you still have? How many surprises can you bring?"

Chen Yaochuan looked at Shen Lang in the recording studio.

At this moment, his keen vision was ineffective and he could not see what kind of achievements Shen Lang would make in the future.

Or rather, he didn't dare to think about it.

Or maybe it was beyond his imagination.

Time disappears in the song.

Shen Lang took off his monitoring headphones and came out of the recording studio, saying, "Brother Qi, thank you for your hard work. Please copy the final version of these three songs for me. I won't do the post-production yet. I will go back and listen to what needs to be improved."

Lao Qi nodded and said, "OK, wait a moment."

Chen Yaochuan was surprised and said, "Is the requirement so high? It sounds good to me."

Shen Lang explained: "You also know that my Cantonese is not very good. I may make mistakes in pronunciation and rhyme. It is better to be cautious. I can't say that I strive to be perfect, but at least I have to live up to the money spent by the fans."

After hearing these words, Chen Yaochuan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and said, "All the artists in the company should take you as an example and learn from your meticulous and dedicated spirit."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lang hurriedly said, "No, I can't be a role model at all."

This kid, Chen Yaochuan laughed, turned back to the business, and said: "First, you decide the album title, title song and release order of these two albums, so that I can arrange the promotion."

Shen Lang had already thought about it when he was choosing songs, and said: "The Mandarin album is called "Lang", and the title song "Blue Lotus" will be released first; the Cantonese album is called "This Day Next Year", and the title song has the same name and will be released later."

Chen Yaochuan silently repeated the album title twice and said with a smile, "This 'lang', doesn't it mean that?"

Shen Lang raised his eyebrows, knowing that he meant "unruly", and immediately denied it: "How could it be possible? It means 'play', which expresses my attitude towards music."

Chen Yaochuan squinted his eyes and looked at him, as if to say, whether you believe it or not, I don’t believe it anyway.

During dinner, we talked about the sales data of the album "The Most Beautiful Voice".

As of the 25th, 86 copies were sold in the Mainland, 16 copies in Hong Kong, 41 copies in Formosa Province, and 45 copies in other regions, with total sales in Asia of 188 million copies.

Due to the impact of piracy, the golden period for sales of genuine products is the first month of release, and the sales will plummet afterwards.

According to the normal ratio, it can probably sell around 210 million copies.

This basically secures the sales crown of the Chinese music scene in the first half of the year.

As for whether we can win the annual championship, it depends on the performance of the big guys in the second half of the year.

Of course, it also remains to be seen whether Shen Lang’s two new albums, "Lang" and "Same Time Next Year", can achieve even greater success.

Shen Lang spent three days recording songs, and the MV was also on the agenda.

The director still chose Ning Hao.

He recently finished filming the student film Thursday, Wednesday.

This movie was funded by Shen Lang.

So when Shen Lang approached him, he agreed without thinking.

The workload was quite heavy, so Shen Lang only provided the general style and main plot of each song MV, and he had to come up with the script himself.

As for the female lead, there is definitely Gao Yuanyuan, as well as Sun Yanzi, and then we can look for a few more nearby from Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama.

We will start filming after the Olympic bid concert is over, and plan to finish it in one month.

Then, one will be issued in September and one in November.

The music is over for this year.

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May 5st, Yanjing, Xinsuo Records Building.

"I'm not urging you. It was President Zhou who asked me to ask."

"I should have asked, otherwise I would have forgotten it. I actually wrote it a while ago."

Stefanie Sun was also on the list of performers for the Olympic bid concert. She came a day in advance and the first thing she did when she arrived in Beijing was to find Shen Lang: "Then sing for me first. I'm very curious about how it's so interesting."

Shen Lang took the guitar beside him, plucked the strings, and sang: "Just because you are too beautiful, baby, just because you are too beautiful, baby..."

Stefanie Sun was stunned on the spot.

My head is buzzing.

What is this?

It’s hard to imagine that this was written by Shen Lang.

It's also hard to imagine her singing this song.

Shen Lang couldn't hold it in any longer, so he sang a few lines, then vowed, "Let me tell you this, with this song, I guarantee that it will make you famous all over the country and dominate the Chinese music scene for 20 years."

Sun Yanzi stared at him blankly and asked, "Are you kidding?"

Shen Lang frowned, pretending to be angry, and said, "Not nice? Don't like it?"

Sun Yanzi was speechless for a moment.

Shen Lang continued: "It's okay, see if this one works."

After that, the guitar sounded again and the song came: "You say hum your mouth, hum hum hum hum, hum a little, and you will come..."

Hearing this, Sun Yanzi knew that Shen Lang was teasing her. When he couldn't sing any more, she said, "It's very nice. Please finish singing. I want to hear the full version, as well as the song just now. I'm just catching up with it now."

Seeing that she had seen through his purpose, Shen Lang sighed and said, "I won't come. It's not fun at all."

Sun Yanzi laughed, looking very unhappy.

At this time, Shen Lang plucked the strings again.

The simple and clean melody instantly attracted Stefanie Sun's attention.

I saw that the smile on her face faded, replaced by anticipation.

She knew that this song was for her.

(End of this chapter)