HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 242 [242] Plans to enter the European and American music scene next year!

After Qi Yuan attended the opening ceremony of the Jia-A League, Little Pony had another meal with him.

QQ's old promotional song has been used for over a year. Little Pony asked Qi Yuan to write a new promotional song for QQ. Tencent will definitely pay for the new advertisement.

In Qi Yuan's plan, the QQ promotional song was originally divided into two parts: the first part was the sweet "Romantic Love (Romantic Phone)", and the second part was the sad "Gray Avatar".

From sweet online romance to heartbreak, and even the death of the online love interest, this is the complete process.

Qi Yuan is now the largest shareholder of Tencent and wants Tencent to prosper more than anyone else, so he agreed to Xiao Maju's request.

Pepsi will also be changing its advertisements and theme song.

Qi Yuan's "Right Now" has been on TV for a long time. It's good, but even the best meat gets boring if you eat it every day.

Pepsi is asking for a new commercial with the theme song changed to "Get Moving".

Since we were going to record songs anyway, we might as well record "Get Moving" and "Gray Avatar" together.

……

Qi Yuan stayed in Shenzhen for two days before returning to Beijing.

Starry Sky Films.

Fan Xiaopang pushed open the door and came in carrying a steaming cup of tea.

"Don't you have an assistant? Why do you have to do such a small thing for me?"

Qi Yuan smiled slightly.

"She's not here, but I happen to have some free time. What's wrong with making you a cup of tea, Mr. Qi? You're my benefactor. Without you, I'd still be suffering at Qiong Yao Company."

Fan Xiaopang smiled, exuding charm. The baby fat on her face gradually faded, and she became even more beautiful.

Qi Yuan had told Fan Xiaopang several times that she didn't need to do these chores, but she wouldn't listen to Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan didn't object.

This woman is destined to be a billionaire!

The billionaire woman poured herself tea, maximizing her emotional value; whether the tea was well-brewed or not was irrelevant.

Fan Xiaopang's eagerness to please her brother-in-law was definitely not to take care of Gao Yuanyuan's brother-in-law.

This young lady has her eye on the movie "The Bouquet".

Chen Kaige and Qi Yuan have already been cast, and Fan Xiaopang will play the female lead.

Li Bingbing and her sister guessed some of it, as did Fan Xiaopang and Chang Jihong.

However, Qi Yuan and Chen Kaige have not yet announced their answers, and everything is still uncertain.

Li Bingbing has already won "Young Justice Bao" and "Infernal Affairs". Who can guarantee that Li Bingbing doesn't want to go further and win "Bouquet"?

What if those sisters suddenly become uncivilized and actually play Frozen?
And then there's Yang Xue. She seems kind and gentle, but who can guarantee she's not just like Jiang Yuyan? Fan Xiaopang thinks Yang Xue's portrayal of Jiang Yuyan doesn't seem like acting.

In short, Fan Xiaopang didn't dare to get cocky; she didn't dare to open champagne halfway through the performance before securing the role.

While chatting with Qi Yuan, Fan Xiaopang showered her with all sorts of nice and flattering words, making Qi Yuan feel quite comfortable.

Qi Yuan wasn't blind to Fan Xiaopang's thoughts; some things are pointless once pointed out.

To paraphrase Liu Bei's classic line: "You've worked so hard for so long, can't you enjoy yourself a bit? Keep the music playing, keep the dance going!"

Fan Xiaopang was happy to film, and he was happy to listen; everything was fine.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Li Xue glanced at Fan Xiaopang as she came in.

Fan Xiaopang didn't care at all.

Sooner or later, she would also spend the New Year at Qi Yuan's house.

"I'll pass on taking the child," Fan Xiaopang thought seriously. Right now, she was in the prime of her career, and she would consider having a child when she was 28 or 30. Right now, she needed to focus on making money and building her career.

"It's something very important."

Li Xue glanced at Fan Xiaopang out of the corner of her eye, signaling that anyone not involved should leave.

Fan Xiaopang gritted his teeth, somewhat indignant!

"Just say it directly, Xiao Fan is one of us too." Qi Yuan smoothed things over, and Fan Xiaopang finally smiled broadly.

Li Xue reported: "Li An has arrived in the capital and wants to meet with you."

Qi Yuan was quite surprised.

Fan Xiaopang was suddenly stunned, and his admiration for Qi Yuan increased even more. Actors like them had to be mindful of the director's mood, but with Qi Yuan, it was the other way around.

Actually, this isn't unreasonable when it comes to Li An and Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan is the king of Asian pop music, at the height of his fame.

Li An has no right to be arrogant now, nor does he dare to be arrogant.

His first two films both flopped at the box office, and no investors believed in him when he made "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

If this film fails again, it won't just be a matter of Li An packing his bags and leaving Hollywood; the banks will come after him.

This film is a huge gamble for Li An. If he wins, his directing career can continue; if he loses, there will be no chance of a comeback.

Li An asked Qi Yuan, and his ultimate goal was Li Wen.

Li Wen swept across the European and American music scene with "Oops! I Did It Again".

On the 23rd of last month, at the 42nd Grammy Awards, Li Wen was nominated for 'Best Pop Female Vocal Performance'.

This is the first Chinese female singer to be nominated for a Grammy, and she's already won a highly prestigious award like Best Pop Female Solo Performance. Li Wen is currently enjoying immense success.

Li An initially wanted to book Li Wen in advance and invite her to sing the theme song after it was written.

Li Wen only replied with three words: "No time!"

Li Wen has been flying between the UK, the US, and Australia these days, and her schedule is full. She doesn't have time to deal with Li An.

Sony headquarters also didn't want to deal with Li An. "You're a poor director who made the film on loan, how much money can you possibly offer? You dare to ask Coco to sing the theme song? Do you know how much money we'll lose by having you sing the theme song?"
Li An was devastated, and just then Zhang Ziyi recommended an advertisement for Wuliangye to him, which brought Qi Yuan into his view.

At the time, an American friend told Li An that Li Wen's wildly popular English song was written by Qi Yuan.

Li An slapped his thigh, realizing he had a great idea.

He asked Qi Yuan to write the theme song.

With Qi Yuan joining, we might be able to get Li Wen on board.

Even if Li Wen doesn't give him face, she should at least give face to Qi Yuan, her mentor.

With this in mind, Li An personally flew to the capital to meet Qi Yuan, and also brought Zhang Ziyi along.

He wasn't familiar with Qi Yuan, so he could ask Zhang Ziyi to help introduce them.

Qi Yuan agreed to meet with Li An without much hesitation.

They flew all the way to Beijing; that shows they were very sincere.

As a reborn individual, Qi Yuan knows how successful "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is in overseas markets.

Singing the theme song for this film could get me on the Oscar stage next year and give me a huge boost in the American public eye.

Qi Yuan has already planned it out. He can write the theme song, and after going to the Oscars next year, he can take advantage of the momentum to release an English single or EP to enter the European and American music scene and make money from Americans.

……

Qi Yuan and Li An met at Fireworks Wish.

"Director Li, I've long admired your name!"

Qi Yuan felt that Li An's later works had some problems, especially "Lust, Caution".

But he had no personal grudge against Li An. Since Li An had come all the way to see him and was very polite, he had to be polite in return.

Li An was not good with words, so Zhang Ziyi assisted him. Zhang Ziyi did most of the nice things, while Li An would occasionally pick out a sentence or two to emphasize.

Having finished the pleasantries, Li An got straight to the point: "President Qi, I sincerely invite you to write a Chinese theme song for my new film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'."

(End of this chapter)