A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 3 This guy is awesome!
It was both unexpected and not unexpected.

The door opened, and the first person to enter was surprisingly Gao Xiaosong.

This person should be considered to have followed the folk music route. Regardless of what happened to him later, he should definitely be considered a figure in the capital's music scene at that time.

The younger version of Gao Xiaosong wasn't ugly.

Zhang Peiren stood up and introduced them.

Gao Xiaosong and Xiao Ke.

To be honest, for the sake of the project, Lin Jianlu did cover quite a few old songs from twenty or thirty years ago in his previous life. He even looked up some information about the people involved to answer questions or to use as topics of conversation during his live streams. He was somewhat familiar with the name "Xiao Ke," but if you really say he knew a lot about it, that's simply impossible.

He's not Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei, or Liu Shishi...

However, Xue Zhongding spoke up at the right time, clearing up Lin Jianlu's doubts.

Gao Xiaosong currently works for Earth Records, a Hong Kong-funded record company. Its founder, Liu Zhuohui, was the lead lyricist for the famous Hong Kong rock band Beyond and a well-known musician in Hong Kong. Liu Zhuohui wrote the lyrics for Beyond's famous song "Earth." The record company he founded a few years ago was simply named Earth. Earth Records was acquired in 92 and primarily shifted its focus to mainland China.

Previously, Earth Records' releases of "My 1997" and "Campus Folk Songs I" in mainland China were very popular upon release, with sales of genuine cassette tapes reaching hundreds of thousands of copies. "Campus Folk Songs I" was a work by Gao Xiaosong.

"My Deskmate", "My Brother Who Sleeps on My Upper Bunk" and "Dust in the Wind" are all his representative works.

He is now reportedly preparing to launch his own label, called Wheatfield Music.

A true industry expert!

As for Xiao Ke, he is currently signed with another record company in the capital, called Red Star Music Production Company, where he is both a singer and a producer. His first album was just released on December 1st, and it's titled "Xiao Ke".

Yes, Red Star Production Company mainly produces rock music, and it is said that their current leading singers are Zheng Jun and Tian Zhen.

Lin Jianlu stood up and shook hands with them.

Gao Xiaosong was very enthusiastic, while Xiao Ke was a bit shy.

After exclaiming "The song is really good" and "The singing is pretty awesome," Gao Xiaosong quickly called out, "Call him! Call him! Old Zhang has struck gold again! Xiao Ke and I were listening to it at the door just now, and wow, this song has such a cool vibe! Call him! Old Zhang has to treat us to dinner today!"

Then, without any hesitation, he plopped down at the only desk in the room, picked up the phone and started dialing, while simultaneously giving instructions and assigning tasks to the person on the other end of the line.

It spread from person to person, so fast.

The capital city of that era seems to have been far smaller than it would have been in later times.

So the people arrived very quickly.

The group had only been chatting for about twenty minutes when Lin Jianlu was still a little dazed. People started arriving one after another, and within ten minutes, the small hotel room was overflowing. Xue Zhongding urgently borrowed a meeting room from the hotel, and everyone went there to drink tea, eat melon seeds, and chat.

Xue Zhongding hurriedly prepared to entertain the guests, his face beaming with smiles. Zhang Peiren also put aside his feelings of loss and thought that "they didn't come for me," and helped introduce the guests as they arrived.

However, it was soon no longer his turn. Gao Xiaosong was very active and had a better understanding of people in the capital's music scene, so he quickly turned this not-so-large conference room into his own stage.

Lin Jianlu quickly became overwhelmed by the large crowd.

Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, He Yong, Liu Huan, Lao Lang, Zheng Jun, Tian Zhen, Song Ke, Baojia Street No. 43 Band, Tang Dynasty Band, Reincarnation Band...

There is also Guo Chuanlin, also known as Brother Guo the Fourth, who is the manager of the Black Panther Band, the Reincarnation Band, and Zheng Jun.

There's another person named Xu Wei, currently an insignificant little songwriter at Red Star Production Company, who hasn't yet had the opportunity to release an album. He's basically doing odd jobs.

It was a little awkward... but Lin Jianlu still shook hands with the other person earnestly.

"The Past You" will definitely be plagiarized, and it will be plagiarized very soon!
It doesn't matter. A creator as talented as him, even if he loses "Once Upon a Time," he'll create "Once Upon a Time." If he's not good enough, how can he make money without copying?

Everyone was so enthusiastic.

These days, there seems to be no factionalism in the music scene in the capital. People from many labels, and even the CEOs of record companies, are all very familiar with each other.

Everyone was drawn here by Gao Xiaosong's phone call, all to see the newcomer and hear the new song.

Whether it's pop music or rock music, mainland China started relatively late. To put it bluntly, about half of the so-called "pop music scene" in mainland China is now based here.

Of course, they are all self-employed.

Those who work within the system, or those who regularly perform on the Spring Festival Gala, seem to be a different group from them. For this group, if you enter this industry now and have real talent, you're already considered a like-minded friend. They seem to have an extraordinary enthusiasm for new singers and good new songs—once they hear about them, they have to come and meet and listen.

As for seniority ranking, who is a top-tier, who is a first-tier, and who is a second-tier? Sorry, that doesn't exist. Everyone here is currently in the thirteenth tier, where they are often struggling to make ends meet.

It has an indescribable sense of ruggedness.

Oh, by the way, in the midst of her busy schedule, Lin Jianlu noticed that Dou Wei came, but it seems the Black Panther band didn't.

Yes, I understand.

Before 10 o'clock, everyone was still chatting, and some people had already started urging us to sing. Suddenly, another big shot arrived late—ah, this one needs no introduction, Cui Jian.

A string of people followed behind, and Lin Jianlu recognized one of them: Zang Tianshuo.

A little while later, another band came, called the Knights Band, and the lead singer was a girl named Siqin Gerile.

…………

Then sing!

We're all here to listen to music and make friends!

At that time, Wang Banbi was still a green young man, currently working as the lead singer and songwriter of the band No. 43 Baojia Street. So he sang a song called "Brave Heart".

Xu Wei is here, let's sing "The You of the Past" again.

Sing another song, "The First Tear".

After singing three songs, Lin Jianlu stopped to drink some water and rest for a while.

The conference room was already packed with people, the door was wide open, and there were even many hotel staff standing at the door and in the corridor outside, but there wasn't a sound of anyone eating sunflower seeds or drinking water.

Everyone waited quietly.

Soon Lin Jianlu picked up his guitar again.

Sing another song, "Love is Just One Word," and another song, "Ten Years."

Finally, they sang "Twilight".

These were all things he prepared for his career in the pop music scene, and they were all carefully chosen.

First, the songs must not overlap with existing ones. I wouldn't dare choose a song if I wasn't sure if it had already been written, or even if it was just vague. Second, the songs must have been hugely popular before, so that if I sang them now, I could still make money and become famous. Finally, each song must have its own style and direction—who knows which direction will be popular? Just make one song of each style, and don't repeat any. As long as one song becomes popular, the whole album will be a hit!

I'm not afraid of being criticized for being a hodgepodge!

He was singing while holding a guitar, acting a bit like a madman, and his voice was near its peak.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of the guitar and his singing could be heard.

Four, five, six, seven or eight waitresses were standing crowded at the entrance, all listening intently, some even staring at Lin Jianlu's face with infatuated expressions.

Finally, Lin Jianlu finished singing "Twilight" and put down his guitar again. "That's all! Thank you everyone for your support, and please feel free to offer any criticism or suggestions! I forgot my pick, and my hands are starting to hurt!"

Some people chuckled, but then a burst of applause erupted.

It was very enthusiastic and passionate.

It was even quite deafening.

Standing against the wall on the side of the corridor, Cui Jian clapped his hands and said, "Holy crap, this guy is fucking awesome!"

Standing to his left was Dou Wei, and standing to his right was Liu Huan.

They both heard it, turned to look at him almost simultaneously, and nodded almost simultaneously as well.

Dou Wei remained silent.

Liu Huan, his face filled with solemnity and shock, said, "That's awesome!"

(End of this chapter)