HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 205 [205] The actress's fight was simple and unpretentious!
"Oops! I Did It Again" is the title track from Britney Spears' second album, released in 2000.

The song was a huge success, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reaching the top ten in music charts in more than a dozen English-speaking countries.

The album "Oops! I Did It Again" sold 2800 million copies worldwide, and the title track played a major role in that success.

Qi Yuan directly copied the song and gave it to Li Wen to sing, so that Li Wen could compete with Britney for the lead.

Li Wen and Britney Spears have similar styles; both are known for their powerful stage presence and initially followed the pop dance music route.

If Li Wen achieves success in the English music scene with this song, the benefits to Qi Yuan will be obvious.

The American music scene is more mature and commercialized, and songwriters can enjoy a share of the profits.

The most classic distribution ratio is: lyricist 8%, composer 12%, singer 13.33%, and record company 66.67%.

The song sold very well, and Qi Yuan, who wrote and composed the entire song, earned more money than Li Wen.

Moreover, Li Wen's successful foray into the English music scene is equivalent to his successful entry into the English music scene as a behind-the-scenes producer, which will be of great benefit to his conquest of the Japanese music scene next year!

The relationship between the US and Japan is obvious to everyone. A successful behind-the-scenes music producer in the American music scene has an aura that Japanese people see as superior, and can have a devastating effect on ordinary Japanese singers.

Qi Yuan handed the sheet music and song demo to Li Wen and gave her some advice.

The music video for this song should abandon the Latin theme and return to her energetic and normal dance music style.

Li Wen is currently at her peak, so she should still have some control over a song.

Li Wen's first English album, she herself was one of the producers.

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New York, USA.

Li Wen played the song written by Qi Yuan for the other three producers.

The three foreign producers were astonished after hearing this!
"CoCo, did you write this song yourself? This pop dance track is amazing."

Li Wen was very happy: "It was written by a musician friend of mine from China. He is known as the King of Pop Music in China."

These producers scoff at the idea of ​​a "King of Chinese Pop"!
What kind of superstars would dare to try their luck in the American music scene? They probably wouldn't even make a ripple.

It's normal for American musicians to have a sense of superiority, as the English music scene is dominated by the American music scene, which has led music trends for the past few decades.

The R&B music that is currently popular in the Chinese music scene was already popular in the United States 20 or 30 years ago.

However, the song "Oops! I Did It Again" made these American producers look at Qi Yuan in a different light.

Qi Yuan, this Chinese superstar, is different from other Chinese superstars; Qi Yuan understands American pop music.

This song has a light and catchy melody, a strong rhythm, and is full of dynamism and energy.

The composition of a song is very important; you can tell whether a song is good or not just by listening to the music.

If you put the lyrics of "Just Because You're Too Beautiful" into those classic songs, they still won't sound bad.

Qi Yuan's piece is excellent, and several foreigners praised it highly.

afterwards.

Li Wen made a phone call to thank Qi Yuan: "Yuan, thank you. The producer here said you are very talented and that your compositions are great."

A producer asked me for your name. It seems you don't have an English name yet, so I can only introduce you using the pinyin of your Chinese name.

Li Wen also told Qi Yuan that the producers had removed one song from the album and planned to include Qi Yuan's song as the second or third single.

Qi Yuan smiled. The producers at Sony Music in the US have good taste; it's good that they used this song.

Now all we're waiting for is the release of Li Wen's first English album.

Whether Li Wen can establish a foothold in the English music scene depends on the market performance of this album. Qi Yuan is taking the matter of his English name to heart; having an English name would be beneficial for his future forays into both the Japanese and English music scenes.

Many people in Hong Kong and Taiwan have English names, but currently, very few actors and singers from mainland China can develop their careers abroad, and they don't have the habit of having English names.

Later, Fan Xiaopang and Li Bingbing were very straightforward and used the pinyin of their Chinese names as their English names. Even Zhang Ziyi did the same.

That's actually possible. Li Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi did quite well in Hollywood using their pinyin names, didn't they?

In short, Qi Yuan can do some research on English names.

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After securing Li Wen's English single, Qi Yuan focused all his energy on filming.

Wang Jing knew that Qi Yuan was good at action scenes, so he had a lot of cool action scenes designed for Qi Yuan.

For example, in the scene that is currently being filmed, Hua Wuque makes his appearance.

Dressed in a white robe and holding a white paper fan, he descended from the sky in a spinning motion, looking both handsome and dashing!
"President Qi is so handsome. If they air this segment later, it will definitely steal the hearts of countless girls."

As always, Fan Xiaopang fawned over Qi Yuan and even thoughtfully prepared fruit for him.

After Qi Yuan landed, Fan Xiaopang presented the cut fruit to Qi Yuan like a treasure: "I cut it myself, Mr. Qi, please have a taste."

Fan Xiaopang openly tried to curry favor with Qi Yuan on set.

Qi Yuan is her good brother-in-law, so she's practically his sister-in-law. It's reasonable for a sister-in-law and brother-in-law to have such a good relationship, right? Being close to him can also keep some vixens from spying on her, that's what she and her good sister Gao Yuanyuan said.

"Flattery!"

Li Bingbing watched Fan Xiaopang walk past him and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"You want to be a sycophant? Only if President Qi approves of you, you old woman!"

Fan Xiaopang didn't care at all.

She's come clean, she's not pretending anymore. Anyway, she's changed agents, and she'll definitely compete with Li Bingbing for the lead role in Chen Kaige's movie next year.

"Who are you calling an old woman?" Li Xue snapped.

"I'm cursing you two, one of you is almost thirty, and the other will be almost thirty in two years."

Fan Xiaopang is not afraid of two opponents at once, and his offensive power is particularly strong.

Age is Li Bingbing's weakness. Born in 73, Li Bingbing is 8 years older than Fan Xiaopang. In terms of age, Fan Bingbing has the advantage.

The Li Bingbing sisters were furious after their lungs were punctured, and they were preparing to retaliate and have a big fight with Fan Xiaopang.

Before either side could even start arguing, a group of people, oblivious to the situation, barged into the fray.

Those were a few reporters carrying cameras, arranged by Wang Jing, who came to the film crew to interview the actors and increase the crew's exposure, a fairly common publicity method.

As the camera panned over, Fan Xiaopang forced a bright smile, ran over and hugged Li Bingbing's arm, saying in a teasing tone, "Sister, you've worked hard filming."

Li Bingbing felt a pang of pain in her heart, but responded with a smile, "Sister, you're too kind."

"You are my senior."

“You are the older sister, the senior.”

A heartwarming scene of sisters showing deep affection and mutual care, with a cool breeze in the surrounding air.

The reporters were bewildered. Who was the older sister?
The rivalry between actresses is indeed simple and straightforward: they use the sweetest terms of address to fight the fiercest battles, calling each other "sister" on the surface while secretly plotting to destroy one another.

(End of this chapter)