Top Chinese celebrity: Debuted from Running Man

Chapter 96 Watching from the Sidelines

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Back to the hotel,

Despite her fatigue, Gu Qing washed up and lay down on the bed, beginning to recall the songs she had covered in the past.

Since you promised someone something, you should naturally put in a little something.

"Tang Dynasty...Tang Dynasty..."

"It seems like there are actually a few covers."

Gu Qing thought back carefully and realized that one of his favorite ancient-style songs, "The Banished Immortal," was a song dedicated to the great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai.

【Chang'an Girl】is also a top-notch ancient-style song, and the Tang Dynasty adopted a dual-capital system, with both 'Luoyang' and 'Chang'an' serving as capitals.

So it's possible to skirt around the issue and associate it with the Tang Dynasty.

However, both songs have a problem: they have absolutely no connection to the era of Empress Wu Zetian.

You can't exactly hand the production company a song called "Chang'an Girl" to describe Wu Zetian's youthful beauty, can you?
Gu Qingguang felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.

"Is this the trouble of a plagiarist?"

With the back of his head resting on the bedside table, Gu Qing sighed deeply.

Finding a song that is both grand and majestic, reflecting the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, and also fitting the fate of Empress Wu Zetian, is quite difficult.

Gu Qing picked up the "Outline and Easy-to-Understand Record" from the bedside table, and deliberately turned to the section on the Tang Dynasty Empress, intending to find some inspiration from the book.

After searching for a while, I finally found some useful information.

"During the Wu Zhou period, in order to maintain the legitimacy of her rule and promote the flourishing of Buddhism, she explicitly implemented the policy of 'Buddhism first, Taoism second,' ensuring Buddhism's exalted status in the Tang Dynasty..."

"Buddha?"

Gu's eyes brightened slightly, and he quickly opened his phone to search for information, as clearly stated in the Baidu search era:

"During the reign of the Empress, the Dunhuang murals underwent significant development and enrichment."

In the same year he ascended the throne, 690, Cave 96 (the Great Buddha of the North) of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang was built. The large Maitreya Buddha statue in this cave is very famous and is known as the "Great Buddha of the North".

Furthermore, during Wu Zetian's reign, more than 1000 caves were excavated at Mogao Grottoes, and a Maitreya statue modeled after Wu Zetian was built…”

"Dunhuang murals, the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty..."

Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief; he had an idea.

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Three days passed in a flash.
—The Wu Zetian production team

"Director Gao, Director Gao, there's a song!"

Screenwriter Pan Pu excitedly pushed open the director's door.

"Screenwriter Pan, no need, we already have a new song."

Director Gao looked at the lyrics of "The Wordless Stele" with great satisfaction.

This song was covered by the well-known female singer Jane Zhang, with lyrics by legendary producer Fang Wensan and music composed by the male lead Li Zhiting.

"Xuanwu, a place of vicissitudes and war, where the sound of horses' hooves echoes in

"This internal strife is too much to bear to watch?"

"Long days spent in seclusion? Who sighs in vain?"

Director Gao watched with a look of utter fascination, "And then there's the line: Whose empire am I actually protecting?"

Silently erecting a wordless monument, eyes brimming with tears, who was that who once softly called out "Meiniang"?

"Master Fang's writing is truly excellent, so tender and poignant."

"Director Gao, the lyrics are well written, but I think they are too soft. Limiting the Empress to love, hate and revenge is a bit petty."

As a screenwriter, Pamp is quite cultured.

For a woman in a feudal society to become an emperor and reign for fifteen years is something that ordinary people cannot even imagine.

How could she possibly be portrayed as a melancholy and sorrowful young woman confined to her chambers?

They wouldn't hesitate to kill their own son!

Just at this time,

The producer and the producers from both Tao and Kuzi came over to inquire about the progress of the series editing.

"Producer Wang, you guys have arrived just in time."

Director Gao said, "Screenwriter Pan said that Master Fang's theme song is not good. You guys be the judge."

“I didn’t say it was bad, I just said it was a bit too soft.”

"You mean gentle? Then give me a song that isn't gentle."

"Isn't this right here?" Pamp picked up his phone irritably. "This was specially written by Gu Qing, a top celebrity, at Bingbing's request."

"I just listened to it too. It's well-written and sung!"

"Gu Qing?"

"Is that Gu Qing from Running Man?"

The producers of both "Peach" and "Pants" were immediately impressed.
Their big company has just entered the market and happens to lack top-tier artists to collaborate with. If they can connect with Gu Qing, it would undoubtedly be a great thing.

"Then let's use Gu Qing's song for the theme song. Screenwriter Pan, could you contact her again and see if you can invite her out for dinner?"

The producer of Tao Family's product said with a smile, "We'd like to thank them in person as well."

"Won't you listen to the song?"

Director Gao was dumbfounded.

He had heard of Gu Qing's name before; wasn't he just a rising star with a large following?

Can the songs I write be better than those of Master Fang?
But in the eyes of the two major internet companies, Tao and Ku,

Whether a song is good or not is nobody's business!
The most important thing is to be able to connect with Gu Qing.

Even if Vincent Fang and Jane Zhang, who covered the song, knew they had been replaced, would they dare to be angry?
No, they do dare to keep their anger inside.
But which of them would dare to vent their anger?
nowadays,
Because coal mine owners were swindled into bankruptcy, three major internet companies collectively invested in the project.

Those established entertainment companies treat them like ghosts, fearing their artists will be abducted, and the contract terms they negotiate are increasingly harsh.

The three major companies have been unhappy for a long time.
If it weren't for the fact that you can't eat too rudely...

Those Hakimi should have been killed long ago!
"Gentlemen, I'll try to contact Teacher Gu Qing when I get back."

Pamp said awkwardly, "But don't you really want to listen to this song?"

"Listen, you must listen!"

Don't listen to how they praise Gu Qing at the dinner table afterwards.
The producer of the pants found a chair, sat down, and said casually, "You can put it down for a moment."

"By the way, what's the name of this song?" he asked casually.

"Viewing from the wall, the wall of a mural."

Panpu quickly turned on his phone and started playing a song.

The intro echoed throughout the room.

The producers from both Taoku and Taoku were still chatting casually.

The desolate woodwind instruments linger in the air, gradually introducing strings and heavy drumbeats, as if awakening the heart of a sleeping giant.

"【Forgotten sands entwine and flow from fingertips】"

A fairy maiden in the cloud tower, her beauty lingering on the water.

The guest of Kālaṇībhūti has arrived.

"A dream invites us to dance across the eight heavens."

A sense of melancholy emanated from the song; Gu Qing's voice instantly captivated listeners.

"What does this song mean? I only understand the part about fairies."

"Hold on a second, do you have the lyrics? Send me a copy."

The producer of Taochang couldn't help but say.

"There are some."

Panpul joined the group and sent out the lyrics.

"The fairy maiden of the Cloud Tower, the Bodhi tree of Canaan, a guest arrives, and in a dream she is invited to dance—the imagery in this poem is quite beautiful..."

"It doesn't feel like piling up fancy words at all, and it even carries a touch of Buddhist Zen."

"I remember Buddhism was quite prosperous during Wu Zetian's reign, wasn't it?"

People who can make it big in large companies almost never have low levels of education.

"It's actually not bad."

Director Gao nodded subconsciously.

People often say that in the relationship between lyrics and music, the music is far more important than the lyrics.

A song without good lyrics is like eating a piece of fatty meat; it may feel satisfying at first, but you'll quickly get tired of it.

Both complement each other.
The beauty of words can better draw the listener into the emotions and artistic conception.

Gu Qing's first four lines had already captivated the audience.

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(End of this chapter)