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Chapter 407: Zhang Chen is going to grab the bride?

"You are free too."

"This movie made me dizzy, and I had to find something to distract myself."

"I didn't realize you were in the United States, but you seem to be quite interested in the domestic music scene."

In the crew of "La La Land", Liu Yifei, who has completed all her scenes, was wearing light casual clothes and sunglasses and sitting next to Zhang Chen's director's chair.

Her chair is even more exaggerated than Zhang Chen’s recliner, and people would believe it is a sofa.

Bad influence?

After these two months, everyone knew about the secret affair between her and Zhang Chen.

Moreover, the crew members are basically employees of Zhang Chen's film and television company in the United States. The boss rarely uses them to make a movie in all these years, and they don't want to lose this job with little work and high salary because of a trivial matter.

As for what the boss and the future boss lady talked about, it was not something they could care about.

Because they don’t understand.

Chinese became the encrypted language for Zhang Chen and Liu Yifei's conversations throughout the entire crew.

They can talk about sensitive topics in Chinese in front of everyone.

Of course, it is limited to some private topics.

For example, astringent.

"What can I do? You've been hanging out with Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne lately and have no time to spend with me. I can only pay attention to the news in China."

"You're still talking about me. You're so busy on the set every day, and you fall asleep as soon as you get home." Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Chen with disdain, "Are you done?"

Zhang Chen sat up straight when he heard this and said unconvincedly, "It seems that since I haven't dealt with you these days, you start to think you're good enough, right?"

Liu Yifei curled her lips: "Some people are just good at talking."

"Ha!" Zhang Chen laughed out of anger, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you tonight."

"Yo, busy people don't care about your movies and music anymore?"

"These are small matters that can be dealt with immediately."

Although the filming of the movie is slow, it is also being shot in an orderly manner. The crew has also been constantly working together during this period, leaving Zhang Chen with less and less things to worry about.

In the beginning, several or even dozens of shots were needed. Now, under Zhang Chen’s training, the photographer can basically understand Zhang Chen’s requirements in one go and can also take shots that Zhang Chen is satisfied with.

In "La La Land", perhaps the costume designer is the only thing that Zhang Chen is most dissatisfied with.

The difference in aesthetic tastes between 06 and 16, a whole decade, is still a little hard for Zhang Chen to accept.

In many movies of that era, one can clearly feel the changes in people's pursuit of fashion.

Therefore, in the entire crew, Zhang Chen has the most communication and exchanges with the costume designer, and is also the busiest department.

In addition, Katie and Chris have also made great progress during this time.

Because the protagonist Sebastian is a jazz lover, there will inevitably be some shots of musical instruments being played.

If Zhang Chen finds it troublesome, he can use post-production dubbing and let Chris reproduce it.

But Chris is also willing to endure hardships.

After getting the script, I knew that there would be a piano solo scene later, so after each shooting, I would ask Zhang Chen for some music knowledge.

The director in the crew is a musical genius himself, and is said to be proficient in various common instruments and some less popular ones. He also heard from the crew that every morning at dawn, their director would get up early to practice his voice.

The crew members who saw Zhang Chen practicing morning exercises every day all had a question in their minds.

Can ordinary people really succeed through hard work?

Look, successful people like Zhang Chen work harder than anyone else. Are their efforts necessary?
Fortunately, when Chris saw Zhang Chen doing morning exercises, he just sighed and said, "You are worthy of being everyone's idol." Then he waited for Zhang Chen to finish his exercises and went forward to ask for advice.

Zhang Chen did not dampen the enthusiasm of Captain Chris.

Zhang Chen really admires actors who are ambitious and responsible for movies.

"After almost two months of study, your piano skills have improved rapidly."

Zhang Chen looked at Chris's hands moving smoothly on the piano with some surprise.

With Chris's talent, if he had chosen to be a performer, he might have achieved something different.

"It's all thanks to Leon's good teaching." Chris smiled shyly.

Both of them are around 183cm tall, but Chris always feels half a head shorter than Zhang Chen. I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect or something else.

However, when he faced director Zhang Chen, he felt that he could learn a lot from him, whether in terms of shooting professionalism or world-recognized musical talent.

With this mentality, Chris always faced Zhang Chen with the mentality of a seeker of knowledge and a subordinate.

"It seems that we need to have a real combat exercise."

"Actual combat drill?"

"Yes, you can do it again when filming a movie, but that won't happen in real life."

This thought suddenly popped up in Zhang Chen's mind.

Think about the people in the crew.

He, Liu Yifei, Avril Lavigne, and Taylor Swift, basically all play music.

Chris has also made great progress in these two months.

Perhaps Katie is the only one who has no special feelings about music.

But it doesn’t matter, you can just be a spectator.

Zhang Chen, who keeps up to date with world trends through the Internet every day, would not have noticed Xue Zhiqian’s new album a few days ago if he hadn’t been stuck on the set for so long.

It was really boring after leaving the crew.

"I don't know what kind of shit luck you have, kid, to be followed directly by Zhang Chen's account."

"Hahaha, maybe my talent was noticed by Mr. Zhang Chen!"

"Old man." Zhang Yadong was speechless. "If I remember correctly, you are one year older than him."

"That's different. Zhang Chen is a senior in the eyes of many people. Even singers of the older generation don't think that Zhang Chen is of the same generation or even older than them."

"Yeah, that pervert."

"Hey, hey, hey, I didn't say that this time." Xue Zhiqian denied it in an exaggerated manner, "Let's talk about whether I have a chance to get the first place in the Morning Light Music New Song Chart this time."

"With Zhang Chen's interference, you haven't felt the terrifying traffic in the past half month?"

"Indeed." Xue Zhiqian couldn't hide the joy on his face. "If I take one more step forward, I will be able to surpass Jay Chou's "Huo Yuanjia" and look forward to Zhang Chen's five Chinese songs."

"What are you dreaming about in broad daylight?" Zhang Yadong slapped Xue Zhiqian on the back of his head in annoyance, "Don't be so ambitious."

Currently on the entire Morning Light Music new song chart.

Zhang Chen's new album and Jay Chou's song "Huo Yuan Jia" are still at the top of the list:
No.1《Finally Waiting for You》/Zhang Chen
No.2 "Confession Balloon" / Zhang Chen
No.3《The Rest of My Life》/Zhang Chen
No.4 "The beauty of the world is closely connected with you" / Zhang Chen
No.5 "I Believe So Much" / Zhang Chen
No.6 "Huo Yuanjia" / Jay Chou

No.7 "Serious Snow" / Xue Zhiqian

No.8《Sugar》/Zhang Chen
Zhang Chen dominates the charts unsurprisingly. Even though his album has been released for more than three months, he still occupies the top six positions on the music charts without any dispute. This is the revenge consumption of Zhang Chen's fans after they had been holding back for two whole years.

Jay Chou's new song "Huo Yuanjia" in January became well-known because of the music movie. Also, because the Huo family went to Zhang Chen's Weibo to complain, the song once again gained popularity.

However, no matter how hard Jay Chou has worked in recent years, there is still a qualitative gap between him and Zhang Chen.

The difference between a "master album" with 10 hits and an ordinary album with only one or two hits, the influence of a world-class superstar and the influence of an Asian superstar, all make Jay Chou always live in the shadow of Zhang Chen.

Even in music creation, he always felt that he could not get rid of Zhang Chen's shadow, and many of his musical styles were extremely similar to those that Zhang Chen had created a long time ago.

Some people also jokingly call Jay Chou "Little Zhang Chen".

Poor Jay Chou, who is five years older than Zhang Chen, the current Asian superstar can never get rid of this label.

In comparison, Xue Zhiqian, who had never had any fame before, only gained fan attention due to Zhang Chen's sudden attention on the day his new album was released.

After his new song received the first wave of traffic, he quickly rose from a group of low-level singers and defeated many veteran singers, successfully entering the top ten of the personality rankings, second only to Zhang Chen and Zhou Jielun.

This achievement alone is enough for Xue Zhiqian to clear most of the obstacles in his future acting career.

“I’ll go to Weibo to recruit people. I want to strive for fifth place!” Xue Zhiqian looked at the ranking list on the computer, his heart burning with excitement.

Zhang Chen occupied the top five, Zhou Jie was sixth, and Xue Zhiqian was seventh.

If he defeats Jay Chou, he will be able to take the sixth place.

If he was luckier, he could pull down Zhang Chen's song "I Believe So Much" which was ranked fifth and move up to fifth place.

The fifth and sixth are worth the gap. "You" Zhang Yadong opened his mouth, not knowing how to comment.

In the end, I can only say: "Go for it."

Young people, it’s a good thing to be energetic.

Just don't be hit by reality.

The new song ranking list of Morning Light Music is not just a simple sales ranking, but also the result of a comprehensive score of multiple factors such as the number of citations, the number of secondary creations, the number of comments, the number of clicks, the number of discussions, the number of likes, etc.

There is a huge difference in the number of fans between Zhang Chen, Jay Chou and Joker Xue.

This item alone can create an unimaginable gap in the score.

Not to mention that there are quite a few extreme fans among Zhang Chen and Jay Chou.

Especially Zhang Chen’s fans, they will not allow any flaws in the ranking of other singers’ new album that their idol finally released after two years.

As long as you dare to show a trend of upward leap, these fans will not hesitate to re-upload their idols' songs at any cost, and then use some shady means to belittle your songs.

This kind of extreme fans are also loved and hated by celebrities.

Morning Light Music can only improve its ranking system to prevent these people from manipulating the charts, but it cannot take any drastic measures against these fans who have spent real money and have not crossed the red line.

“No!” Xue Zhiqian just opened Weibo and looked at a series of entries with a confused look on his face:
【Zhang Chen is back again! 】

【Zhang Chen’s new song MV makes a surprise appearance! 】

[Raiding someone else's wedding, Zhang Chen wants to steal the wedding? 】

[Can MV be shot like this?! ]

[Zhang Chen, who hasn’t made a music video for a song for many years, has returned to the music video track! ]

[Zhang Chen brought a group of people in black to someone else's wedding. Was he trying to steal the wedding? ]

These extremely eye-catching titles make people want to click in to find out more.

Just as Chaoqi said, when Zhang Chen first debuted, he would also add MVs to his songs.

Xue Zhiqian still remembers that the people who appeared most frequently in Zhang Chen’s MVs at that time were Fan Bingbing, the current nominal “number one sister” of Chen Guang, and another veteran figure, Gao Yuanyuan, who is also the “wife” in the minds of many men.

But as Zhang Chen's fame grew, he rarely appeared in the MVs of his own songs, and in the end he was not even worthy of a MV.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen’s songs are of such high quality that they don’t need an MV to add extra points to the songs.

If it were any other singer, it would have been a failure long ago.

So when people suddenly saw these Weibo entries saying that Zhang Chen was filming another MV, many of them clicked on it out of curiosity.

Xue Zhiqian was no exception and clicked on it involuntarily.

“Oh my god!” Xue Zhiqian stared at the people leaving the country with wide eyes, “This is such a big deal!”

Who did he see?

The little princess of Maple Leaf Country and Asian diva Avril Lavigne, the new diva of Beauty Country and Taylor Swift, the top female star of the new generation of China Liu Yifei, and a white man whose name Xue Zhiqian couldn't remember but who was very handsome and tall.

To shoot a MV, we got this team together.

And looking at the instruments in these people's hands, it is obvious that they form a band.

This big deal
The video begins with a monologue by Zhang Chen: "Today is May 2006, 5. In Chinese, 20 is pronounced as 'I love you', so we have to do something big today!"

After saying that, Zhang Chen led Liu Yifei, Avril, Taylor Swift and Chris, who were also wearing black suits and black bow ties, into several convertibles. Behind them was another car that was obviously a work car.

Everyone was curious about what they were going to do.

The neutral style of the girls also caught many people's attention.

Everyone in front of the computer saw the convoy passing through the streets and stopping at the back door of a hotel.

The person who got off the car was not Zhang Chen, but a work vehicle that arrived at the scene earlier.

The music also entered a prelude.

Many people looked on in confusion as they saw these people carrying iron racks into the hotel.

When these people ran into a banquet hall that was obviously a wedding venue, the wedding guests in the video were as confused as many people.

I don't know where the staff came from, but they marked off an area and started building without saying a word.

At this point in the video, the camera switches to the driving process of Zhang Chen's convoy, which should be on the way.

Zhang Chen's singing voice sounded:
"I'm hurting, baby, I'm broken down
I need your loving, loving, I need it now
"

While singing, Zhang Chen led Liu Yifei, Avril and others through the guests who had focused their attention on the center of the wedding scene, which was surrounded by curtains.

He and a few others carefully crawled through the curtain from a place where no one could see.

The singing also happened to arrive

“Your sugar
(sweetheart)"

The curtain falls!

Zhang Chen surprised everyone by appearing at someone else's wedding!
“Yes, please
(Yes please)

Won't you come and put it down on me
(Can you show up and give me the love I want?)

I'm right here, 'cause I need
(I'm here because I need to)
"

Lead singer Zhang Chen stood at the front holding the microphone.

Behind him are guitarist Taylor Swift, bassist Liu Yifei, drummer Avril Lavigne, and keyboardist Chris Evanson.

The moment the curtain fell, everyone widened their eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

No one expected that they would be able to see world superstars and divas perform at a wedding today.

Even today's bride and groom did not expect that in their wedding, which was already an unforgettable one, they would actually have Zhang Chen, a superstar who had not performed in public for a long time, singing at their wedding.

what is this?
This is the most unforgettable memory of a lifetime!
"Sugar" was originally considered an indispensable song in many weddings by the newlyweds, but who would have thought that the original singer himself would come to the scene to perform this song for himself?

Even if the newlyweds had dreamed of becoming president, they had never dreamed that Zhang Chen would sing for them at their wedding.

This is an experience worth bragging about for a lifetime!
Everyone in the world who saw this MV regretted why they didn't get married on May 5th of this year, so that they could have enjoyed the same treatment.

Just like in the MV, there is a Chinese-style wedding for a yellow couple, a Western-style wedding for a white couple, and an ethnic wedding for a black couple.

Many people feel that Zhang Chen is not partial to anyone, and that anyone of any race who gets married on that day has the chance to be "favored" by Zhang Chen.

The surprise of the guests in the MV and the surprised tears of the newlyweds are also seen by many as real reactions.

Anyone who goes up there would cry when seeing their idol singing at their wedding, right?

Because the link to this video was directly from Morning Light Music, the click rate of "Sugar" rose rapidly at a rocket speed.

In just ten minutes, there were over 20 hits and the number of comments quickly exceeded 5.

Many people also shared the good news of Zhang Chen's MV shooting with their Penguin friends and Facebook friends by sharing the link.

Soon, this MV spread rapidly around the world like a plague.

An hour later, "Sugar" topped the regional charts of Morning Light Music in various countries, and the number of song downloads once again reached a climax.

"Didn't they say Zhang Chen was filming a movie? Why did he suddenly go to film a music video?"

"It's been so many years, folks! Finally, we see Zhang Chen appear in a music video again!"

"Don't you see the value of Zhang Chen's band? Except for the keyboard player, everyone else is a well-known figure now!"

"What do you think would happen if Zhang Chen held a concert and let these people form a band? How explosive would that be?"

"You're just wishful thinking. These people are a brand in themselves. Would they be willing to serve as foils for others?"

"It's impossible. Take a good look at the history of these girls' fame. I think this day will come."

"These three couples must be the luckiest newlyweds in the world. I'm so envious!"

"If Zhang Chen releases a similar song next time, I will marry my husband again no matter what!"

"No! I'm going to divorce my wife right now, in case Zhang Chen has other music videos to record!"

"Look at Zhang Chen's reputation and influence, and then look at someone who was convicted of plagiarism a few days ago. Some girls are really blind when choosing idols."

"Who, who?"

　The song MV is in the easter egg chapter at the end.

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