This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 139: Who can I choose? Xu Feng

After careful consideration, Xu Feng felt that it would be a waste to perform this song on the variety show "Singer".

The price you pay is how much you will do. The price offered by the program team is obviously not enough to make Xu Feng release this song.

"Then keep drawing, hoping that a suitable one will come out."

[Drawing successful! This round of drawing consumes 10 points... Congratulations to the host for winning the song "Little Apple"]

Uh, forget about this song.

It’s not to say that it’s not good. All popular songs have their merits, but this song is obviously more suitable for other scenarios rather than this kind of variety show.

Pop song is a neutral term with a slightly derogatory connotation, but Xu Feng has no prejudice against it - just like a skit, this kind of song needs a suitable scene and timing to perform.

It is actually not difficult to distinguish what is a pop song from a professional perspective.

The melody sounds catchy, and the main rhythmic patterns are quarter notes and twenty-eight notes, with occasional half notes and flat sixteenths.

There are no syncopated dotted three-speed notes, and the melody range is within one octave, with only a few notes exceeding one octave.

The arrangement idea is to use musical instruments to support the vocals, and the accompaniment follows every syllable of the lyrics, without any vocal harmony.

The lyrics are also relatively straightforward and you can understand the meaning at a glance.

As long as the above conditions are met at the same time, it is definitely a catchy song.

I hit the mark on most of them, and most of them were catchy songs.

"The opponent's level is relatively high, so using catchy songs will definitely not work, as it will easily lead to failure."

"It feels like it's not a good idea to always rely on luck to draw songs. Is there any special props that can guarantee a minimum number of songs?"

Just like the previous song selection card, you can replace songs directly in the music library.

However, no matter how many ideas you have, you have to wait until you complete this commission to see them.

Keep pumping!
[Drawing successful! This round of drawing consumes 10 points... Congratulations to the host for winning the song "Rice Fragrance"]

"Okay! This one will do."

In fact, this song is also very awesome, but considering that the opponent is equally awesome, Xu Feng thinks it’s better to increase the intensity a little bit.

Avoid any accidents.

Since the desired result was obtained after two songs, there was no need to draw a third time.

Wait until you get the gift from Little Bird Sister and the discount before you draw.

After wasting such a while, Lin Shenghuan had already rested well and started bombarding Xu Feng with all kinds of harassing messages.

"I'm up, are you asleep?"

"I got up and went back to the hotel. It was really nice to have someone to help me clean up the mess! You don't know that during the time when I had a falling out with the company, I had to do everything... It was exhausting."

"The view from my hotel is pretty good. I can directly see the big lake over here. [Picture], what do you think?"

"Ah, I'm so sleepy...but I want to have a midnight snack before going to bed."

"If I gain a little weight, I won't be able to wear this outfit. I'm so confused..."

Xu Feng looked at the news and felt that this big star really had the leisure time... and he was afraid of getting fat. When I had dinner with you before, I never saw you have any dietary restrictions, nor did I see you get fat.

Moreover, compared to the bamboo pole figure, Xu Feng still thinks that Lin Shenghuan's figure is better, both visually and in other aspects, it is better than a thin line.

Xu Feng muttered a few words in his heart, and typed: "Sister Huan, I have a new song. Didn't you say that guy is very good? Let's see how this song is?"

As soon as the new song was mentioned, Lin Shenghuan stopped being sleepy and stopped playing: "Okay, okay, send it to me! How can you be so productive? If I could be like you before, wouldn't Xiao Yue be pinned to death by me?"

While copying data from the system, Xu Feng complained: "Sister Huan, is that a problem with the song? Isn't that a copyright problem?"

The copyright lawsuit with the boss's family is almost complete with the help of the company and the other party's compromise.

Lin Shenghuan was already in the right legally, had a strong legal team, and the other party had already given in, so the final trial result came out very quickly.

Lin Shenghuan won the case and the copyright freeze was lifted.

After those songs were unblocked, Lin Shenghuan forced them onto Xu Feng.

After listening to it, Xu Feng felt that the lyrics and music arrangement were not too far behind those of the big guys in his previous life.

If Xiao Yue hadn't done some tricks, these four songs would indeed have made Lin Shenghuan a queen... but at most she wouldn't have become as popular as she is today.

Lin Shenghuan got a headache when he heard the word copyright: "Brother Xu, please don't bring up something irrelevant!"

"Speaking of which, Sister Huan, why haven't you released these songs that you were originally planning to use to prove your status as a queen?" Xu Feng sent the files of his songs to Lin Shenghuan and continued to chat. "I saw that you sang old songs in these concerts?"

Lin Shenghuan took the file and directly turned on the player to start playing it.

She prefers to listen to the new song first, and then carefully study the score and lyrics.

If she had read the score and lyrics in advance, with her level of skill, she would have easily been able to reproduce the entire song in her mind, and there would not have been the particularly stunning effect of "first sight killing".

At the same time, she replied: "I originally planned to sing it, but I feel the timing is not right...these songs are not bad, I can't just sing them casually."

It turns out that I have my own arrangements...

Xu Feng didn't ask Lin Shenghuan how she planned to use her own songs, and continued: "Let's listen to the songs first. Does Sister Huan have any ideas?"

In fact, Lin Shenghuan doesn’t need to have any ideas.

This song would be a sure bet for a variety show like "Singer".

It’s just that Lin Shenghuan said that he wanted to listen to it before he took a nap. Maybe he was a little confused after waking up, so he didn’t mention it.

Moreover, having a big boss to help and advise can also improve my level.

Don't underestimate the singers from another world.

At least Xu Feng has heard many nice and classic songs on music player software, which are put in the loop list of various taxi drivers.

Some of them are not inferior to the classics handed down from previous lives.

It’s just that the problems this world encounters are the same as in the previous life—these songs are relatively old, and in recent years, or in the past seven or eight years, the quality of the songs has been steadily declining.

The Chinese music scene has also been impacted by the Internet era and the traffic era.

A large number of catchy songs that are not even pleasing to the ear or have hidden good qualities have received a large amount of marketing resources and are flooding the platform.

And here, it is rare to see a lot of classic songs appearing under the name of one person at the same time.

Many of the singers who have sung top songs only have two or three classics to their names.

After that era passed, he suddenly retired from the world.

Currently, the one who has broken away from this trend and has been moving upward is Lin Shenghuan.

"I'm still listening, let me finish..." Sister Huan, who was immersed in the song, suddenly lost her attribute of chatting and gossiping, "Oh, this place is nice, I like it."

"I found that you like to add another upswing after the chorus, when others think that the cycle should end. It's amazing."

"This time you put this part in the second verse, and before the main chorus. Wow, handsome Xu, you can surprise me every time, huh?"

A general song is a cycle of verse-chorus, verse-chorus.

And Xu Shuai likes to add a chorus after the chorus, either in the first loop, or in the second loop, or in both loops.

Lin Shenghuan likes to call it a "little chorus".

But this time, Xu Feng’s “little chorus” was not placed after the chorus, but in front of the chorus and after the verse!

That is, the first cycle is "verse-chorus", and the second cycle is "verse-chorus-chorus".

sure!
Every time, it can give people unexpected surprises in unexpected places.

After listening, Lin Shenghuan said, "Very good, really good! Actually, I can only comment on it from a professional perspective. In terms of lyrics and music, you are now the best and the strongest."

"Maybe I'll ask you about the songs I write in the future."

"Ah~ I wonder how much money you're going to charge me, handsome Xu?"

Given your level, if you want me to give you some pointers, I think you'll need quite a bit of skills, and the price you'll pay won't be low...

"...Okay, okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Let me sing this song and see if you can use it as a reference."

"I think there's still a little bit of room for improvement in these areas. It's not that you sang it wrong, it's... well, if you do this, you can improve the flavor a little bit."

"You have strong skills, but you are not proficient in operations. I need Sister Huan to help you develop more..."

"..."

……

Two days later, the variety show "Singer" was staged.

The guests who were invited by the program team or registered on their own money walked into the venue with a mixture of excitement and trepidation after queuing up and having their identities checked.

The reason for excitement is that the vast majority of people working in the entertainment industry are extremely lacking in traffic.

With the support of Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan, the current traffic of "Singer" has far exceeded many people's expectations.

This registration fee is well worth it!
Because there are no restrictions on the singers' performance in the second round, they can sing any song they want!
As long as you can perform well in this round, you don’t have to worry about not becoming famous.

Of course, the prerequisite is to complete the third round of challenges and grab the position of the first singer on the stage.

If you fail to successfully get the position of the first singer, you will only have one chance to perform, and you will appear as a loser, and you cannot choose your own song.

It can be said that the compensation was enough to make my grandmother's family suffer.

In order to ensure fairness as much as possible, the opponents drawn by the alternative singers are not actually completely random.

Although you can pay to sign up for this show, there is still a basic round of auditions.

The judges of the program will give each singer a score based on their performance in the auditions.

Depending on this score, they will draw different opponents.

The higher the score, the lower the ranking of the opponent drawn. In other words, the singers who perform better in the audition have a greater chance of defeating their opponents and performing on stage. This rule can largely prevent talented singers from having bad luck and drawing more talented singers, which results in them only being able to sing one song on stage before leaving.

Of course...this mechanism also makes it easier for the program team to "sign".

If for some special reasons the program team wants a singer to meet another singer 100%, then when selecting the eight singers for this round, they can rank the singer's score where they want.

For example, if the program team wants a singer "A" to meet Xu Feng, who is currently ranked third, then they should select eight alternative singers, make sure his ranking is not among the top four, and then arrange Xu Feng for him.

This way, people won't criticize you for tampering with the draw.

"I'm so nervous." A singer walked back and forth in the waiting room, rubbing his hands, "I wonder which teacher I will be selected for?"

"What I'm curious about is, since one singer has withdrawn from the competition, why is there no one from our side who can take his place? Why do we still have to go through the third round of eliminations?"

"I heard that Su You's illness was cured, and Yu Chen, that god, happened to run away, so she took over."

"Yes, she also said on Weibo that she has made great progress recently and wants to have a showdown with Xu Feng."

"Hahaha! Teacher Su You's level is very high, but when facing Teacher Xu Feng, even though Teacher Xu Feng's mental state is more advanced, it is still easy for him to defeat Su You."

"Ahh! You guys are still talking about them. I just want to know who I will draw later. I'm so nervous."

"It would be fun if I could draw Xu Feng."

"Brother, don't say such horrible things. Isn't that the same as declaring a one-round elimination?"

"That's not necessarily true." Another singer said, "I've been following the show's and Xu Feng's Weibo. They didn't release the 'death list' this time."

The other singers didn’t understand for a moment and asked, “So what’s the problem?”

What does it have to do with people like us whether others are on the death list or not?
In other words, do they also deserve to be on the death list?

It’s not that there are no strong singers among the candidate singers this time. The problem is that based on the performance of the strong singers in the auditions, it is impossible for them to be selected as Xu Feng!
The top four backup singers will be randomly selected from the bottom four starting singers, and there will not be any chance of encountering Xu Feng.

As for the bottom four people, most of them paid for the registration themselves. The program crew was too lazy to care about them at all. Why would they spend money to put them on Xu Feng’s death list?

You think too highly of yourself.

However, the singer reminded him: "It is because the production team will not put us on the death list that we have a chance, brother!"

"What do you mean?"

"Have you forgotten how Xu Feng would perform against someone who is not on the list? He would really dare to act badly if the show doesn't assign him any tasks. Even if I were a supporting actor, I couldn't sing so badly."

"Wait! That's right! We are not on the death list. We drew Xu Feng, and he just gave up. So we are going to take off, right? Take off, take off!"

"Hahaha! You're overthinking it. There's no way they'd give up their seat to you so easily."

"It's not impossible to fantasize a little. Think about why Xu Feng was invited by the program team. He was invited to replace Su You as the main pillar. Now that Su You is back, it makes sense for Xu Feng, the hired thug, to find an excuse to leave and make room for Su You, isn't it?"

"It's indeed reasonable. Do you want to draw Xu Feng?"

"I don't want to, hehe, do you want to?"

"I don't want to either, hehe."

Just as the atmosphere in the waiting room was getting better and everyone was joking and getting to know each other, a discordant voice suddenly appeared.

"Haha, instead of thinking about these unrealistic things, it is better to improve your own strength, so that you don't have to be afraid of any opponent you meet."

The sarcastic tone immediately cooled the originally lively atmosphere in the waiting room.

The singers' expressions suddenly changed and they looked in the direction of the voice.

Everyone, are you kidding? Let's ease the tense atmosphere. Who asked you to remind us of such things?

The chat atmosphere was broken, everyone shook their heads and whispered.

"Who is that person? He speaks very arrogantly. Does he have any amazing works?"

"do not know."

"I've heard of his name, Zheng Hua... He wrote a song a while ago that was full of disdain for the lower-class workers. It was criticized and ranked in the top ten trending searches. I guess he has some mental problems because of being criticized."

"That's really disgusting. It's really forgetful of one's roots."

"Oh, I know what you mean by that song. He sang it. That's not disdain. It's not an exaggeration to say it's a curse. He became like this after living in a big city for a few days. I don't understand."

"He's so crazy on the Internet that people who don't know him would think he has Lin Shenghuan's ability."

"Why did the program team let this kind of person go on stage?"

"It seems that this matter had not been exposed during the auditions, and this person has a bad character, but his singing does seem to be okay."

"Then just return the money and kick them out. This production crew isn't that gentlemanly..."

"Who knows? They want to make money."

Zheng Hua saw that he had suddenly become the most popular person in the entire waiting room, and an undisguised smug smile appeared on his face.

The reason why he dared to say this was that he was confident that his performance in the audition was very good, and compared with the alternative singers, it would be no problem for him to get second or third place.

Even if something unexpected happens, the fourth place can always be secured.

As long as you rank in the top four, there is absolutely no chance of drawing Xu Feng.

When the atmosphere was about to cool down, a staff member suddenly pushed the door open and walked in, saying mysteriously, "Dear teachers, the lottery results are out!"

All the guests felt nervous.

"Teacher Pan Mingxuan is right..."

"Mr. Morrison is right..."

"Teacher Zheng Hua, to Xu Feng."

The one who just spoke so arrogantly, to Xu Feng? !

Ouch?

Didn’t someone just say “I’m not afraid of any opponent”?

I haven't seen you for a few minutes. Why are you so rubbish now? Did you draw Xu Feng?

There was silence in the waiting room for a while, and then bursts of gloating laughter broke out - this boomerang came too quickly.

After talking trash, who else could he pick but Xu Feng?
Zheng Hua's face suddenly turned blue and purple. He didn't expect that he would be ranked in the bottom four, and he didn't expect that he would actually draw Xu Feng!
Zheng Hua, who had just boasted that he was "not afraid of anyone", suddenly thought of what others in the waiting room had just said.

Small characters like them should not be worth the program crew's effort to draw up a death list for Xu Feng to target.

Su You is back, and the program team should have reached an agreement with Xu Feng, asking him to think of a reasonable way to be eliminated... It must be like this!
"Heh!" Zheng Hua tried hard not to let his hands tremble, "Xu Feng won't use his full strength."

"That's not right. Didn't you just say that as long as you have the strength, you are not afraid of anyone? Are you relying on others to perform poorly? Where is your previous spirit? Show it out."

"Haha, feel the iron fist of Teacher Xu Feng!"

"..."

Zheng Hua's face was filled with shame and annoyance. Thinking about the possibility that Xu Feng might let him win, he made up his mind and slammed the table: "Xu Feng is actually just that good. Don't make him look so great. Just wait and see how I perform!"

……

At the same time, in the private room belonging to Xu Feng.

Feng Xiaoqiang took a list and said, "Teacher Xu Feng, this is this issue's 'Death List'. Please take a look."

"The opponent you will be fighting against later is Zheng Hua."

Now he can say the words "death list" very smoothly.

Xu Feng was very curious: "Who is Zheng Hua? How did he get on this list?"

This is a name he has never heard of.

No matter how strong the previous opponents were, they were at least a little famous.

"It's nothing." Feng Xiaoqiang shook his head. "He sang a very controversial song that aroused public anger. The nature of the song was indeed quite bad."

"The song is called...Teacher Xu Feng, you will understand it if you listen to it when you have time."

"But before this matter was exposed, we had already signed the contract. If we resolve it now, we will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages, so the chief planner thought about it and decided to let you come out to solve the problem."

Instead of paying the penalty, it would be better to let Xu Feng go on stage and crush him, making him embarrassed. At worst, he could give all the registration fees he paid to Xu Feng as remuneration.

The price of breaking the contract is losing money, and letting Xu Feng take over means neither gain nor loss, so there is no need to think about which one to choose.

"Okay, got it." Xu Feng nodded. "That's what I was wondering. Why are you guys offering such a high, uh, bounty to such an unknown little singer?"

"Hahaha!" Feng Xiaoqiang laughed, "Oh, by the way, Teacher Xu Feng, we have one more thing to do."

Xu Feng was least afraid of clients having too many things to do, so he asked, "Just ask directly if you have any needs. We are old customers, so why should we be polite?"

"Well, it's not a demand."

Feng Xiaoqiang wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead and said, "It's like this. Didn't Teacher Xu Feng sell us the singing rights to a few songs before? One of them will appear in this episode."

Oh, this thing.

It's a completed order...

Xu Feng, who does not provide after-sales service, was very alert: "Did you encounter any problems?"

Feng Xiaoqiang was at a loss: "No... But, we are going to use your song, Teacher Xu Feng. Isn't it a kind of, uh, basic respect to tell you in advance that we are going to use your song?"

Thinking of the scene where Feng Xiaoqiang had talked to him before, Xu Feng complained that you are really a person who is full of formalism and ritual sense...

"It's okay. It's already sold. You can use it if you want."

At this time, a notice came from the small speaker in the room: "The program is about to begin. Teachers, please gather in the waiting room."

ps: 6000 words. It took me some time to look up some information. I guess there are quite a few typos. I will update it first and then correct it. If you see it, you can correct it in the comment section... Thank you!

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