Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 175 Meeting Wang Leehom on the Road

"It is an honor for me to be part of this country and to write songs for such a grand event and sing a song for promotion."

Hearing Wu Zhuo's words, Wang Pingjiu was stunned at first, and then the smile on his face couldn't help but become more sincere.

“Although this song will not be the theme song of the Olympics, as a promotional song, it represents the Olympics.

Representing our country, we will invite the best filming team to shoot the MV.

You will first stay in the hotel arranged by the organizing committee, and we will immediately make plans for the recording and MV shooting of this song.

The recording of the song will begin the day after tomorrow at the latest.”

"Okay, no problem on my end." Wu Zhuo nodded.

The two chatted for a while before Wu Zhuo left.

Watching Wu Zhuo's back as he left, Wang Pingjiu lowered his head to look at a plan on the table.

【"Welcome to BJ" recording and shooting plan】

Originally, the Olympic Committee had already prepared a recording and filming plan.

Among the songs that have been confirmed so far, this song has been selected, but because it is in English, the organizing committee did not actually plan to put much effort into producing it at the beginning.

But Wu Zhuo's words made Wang Pingjiu change his mind.

“This song is worth the effort!”

Such a sentence came out faintly.

Wang Pingjiu picked up the phone on the table and dialed.

"Let's make a new plan for the MV shooting of 'Welcome to BJ'."

"To put it in a positive light, this song can be considered as a pre-Olympic promotional song.

The quality of the song is also good, so you can contact those record companies that have good distribution capabilities in the country, and after the song is online, ask them to help promote the song globally.

As for the MV, try to capture all the elements that reflect BJ..."

Wu Zhuo didn't wait too long in BJ.

The next afternoon, the organizing committee sent him the production plan for "Welcome To Beijing".

There is nothing much to say about the recording of the songs, it’s just a matter of using the best recording studio.

Mainly shooting MVs.

“It actually takes five days to shoot?”

After reading the shooting plan, Wu Zhuo couldn't help but reveal an expression of surprise.

Generally speaking, a simple MV for a song can be shot in a few hours, but a more complicated one, even a whole day would be considered a huge investment.

The shooting time of this song "Welcome To Beijing" actually took five days.

Touching his chin, Wu Zhuo calculated.

If all five days were spent on filming, it would probably cost at least hundreds of thousands.

From the perspective of an MV, this is already a big production.

Shaking off his thoughts, Wu Zhuo did not continue to focus on this issue, but went to the organizing committee to meet the production team of his song.

"Huh? Wu Zhuo?"

The organizing committee has a lounge, which should be specially prepared for the songwriters and singers who come to submit their songs to rest.

As soon as Wu Zhuo entered, he saw several singers already inside, probably all of whom came to submit their works.

Among them is the acquaintance Wang Leehom.

Wang Leehom and Wu Chao are indeed acquaintances.

The two of them communicated a lot at various major award events at the beginning of the year and even exchanged phone numbers.

"Are you also coming to participate in the Olympic song contest?"

Wang Leehom walked towards Wu Chao.

"I submitted it in January, and three songs were shortlisted. I'll start recording one of them tomorrow, and it should be released in May."

Wu Zhuo had a smile on his face.

"That's amazing! Three songs. The organizing committee has very high standards for songs, and you've got three shortlisted."

Wang Leehom was stunned and couldn't help but praise:
"I've submitted several songs, but one of them has not been accepted. I'll try again today."

After a pause, he asked curiously, "Has anyone been selected for the theme song?"

The Olympic Organizing Committee's song solicitation is divided into categories.

There are seven types of music works, including Olympic Games songs, Paralympic Games songs, Olympic Torch Relay theme songs, Paralympic Torch Relay theme songs, Olympic and Paralympic Games Volunteer Theme Songs, Olympic and Paralympic Games Award Ceremony Music, and Olympic and Paralympic Games Sports Exhibition Music.

Below that are promotional songs. When submitting your work, everyone will specifically mark the category they are submitting to.

"Welcome to BJ" and "Beijing Welcomes You" directed by Wu Zhuo are promotional songs.

"Love Each Other" is the theme song.

Wu Chao's original idea was that only one promotional song might be shortlisted.

Considering that both songs are promotional songs, it is not easy for one person to get two places.

What Wu Zhuo didn’t expect was that all three songs were shortlisted.

“Two promotional songs and one theme song. As for the theme song, I don’t know if it will be selected.

As for the two promotional songs, one has been recorded and will be released in May.

As for the other song, I am still unsure about it.”

As for the song "Beijing Welcomes You", Wu Chao feels that it will be used 100% in the future.

But as for "Love and Destiny", Wu Chao feels that there may not be much hope.

There is no way, although the best theme song will definitely be given priority.

But there is a lot of trickery involved.

In the past, there was a lot of controversy regarding the theme song.

According to the organizing committee, the theme song was chosen based on the title.

In other words, the songs submitted will be named, and everyone will only look at the quality of the songs, not who created them.

This can maximize the selection of the best songs, which are also the songs that everyone agrees are OK.

This method is definitely good.

It seems very fair.

It is also a great blessing for some people who are capable of writing good songs.

Because who knows, their work might be selected.

But things got a little weird afterwards.

The best opening theme song chosen was "You and Me".

This song is undoubtedly very good.

It was also successful.

But this has caused some criticism.

Because, this song was written by the referee.

What is a referee?

It's the teacher who checks homework.

The author of this song, Chen Qigang, has another identity. He is the director of the Olympic Song Organizing Committee.

Among the people who chose the title of the song, he was the boss.

This is the opposite of me writing the homework and then checking it myself. It would be strange if I wasn't criticized.

And then there is another key point.

In July of this year in the previous life, after the song "Love Each Other" was submitted to the organizing committee, it was very close to the position of theme song and was almost selected.

The final result was that "You and Me" was selected.

What happened, or what happened.

Of course, ordinary people don’t know.

The final result was that "Love Each Other" was retained by the organizing committee and used as the theme song of the 2009 Asian Games.

This time, although Wu Zhuo submitted "Love Each Other" in advance, he felt that the possibility of being shortlisted was slim.

No matter how big you are, can you be bigger than the judges?
"I've been in BJ recently, let's get in touch when you're free and sit down and chat."

After chatting for a few words, Wu Chao said goodbye to Wang Leehom and went to meet the production team arranged by the organizing committee.

"Director Wang, are you personally directing the MV?"

There's not much to say about the people who produced the songs.

However, it was the MV director of this song that surprised Wu Zhuo.

It turned out to be Wang Pingjiu.

(End of this chapter)