HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 250 [250] What qualifications did I have to mistakenly enter such a high-level game?
After filming "Today You're Going to Marry Me", Fei Yu-ching came.

Upon returning to Taiwan, Qi Yuan immediately sent the melody of "A Thousand Miles Away" to Fang Wenshan.

After many days of delays, Fang Wenshan has finally finished writing the lyrics.

Fei Yu-ching was quite surprised when he received a call from Chi Yuan's agent.

At that time, Qi Yuan was willing to appear on his show to promote his album.

After the show's recording, he casually mentioned to Qi Yuan that he wanted to collaborate with Qi Yuan on a Chinese-style song.

Qi Yuan readily agreed at the time.

I thought Qi Yuan was just being polite, but the line of people wanting to ask Qi Yuan to write a song could stretch from Taipei to Hong Kong.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan actually took it seriously and wrote a Chinese-style song, which was even tailor-made for him.

The late 70s were a period of rapid career advancement for Fei Yuqing, and Qi Yuan may not have been born at that time.

During that period, Fei Yuqing frequently traveled to Japan to hold concerts. At a celebration banquet, he met Yasui Chie, a Japanese actress.

The two fell in love at first sight, and Fei Yuqing would fly across the ocean to Japan every month to spend more time with his lover.

A few years later, the two got engaged in Taiwan and referred to each other as 'fiancé' and 'fiancée' in public.

Just as they were about to walk down the aisle, fate intervened. The Yasui Chie family was very prominent in Japan and demanded that Fei Yuqing give up his music career, renounce his Chinese citizenship, and become a live-in son-in-law in Japan.

Fei Yu-ching couldn't let go of music and his nationality, so he had no choice but to break off his engagement with his fiancée.

Fei Yu-ching never married, which is largely due to this past relationship.

Chie Yasui was equally affectionate; she opened a café in Japan, filled with photos of Fei Yu-ching, and played his songs on repeat every day.

These two are the real-life version of "A Thousand Miles Away".

I see you off, to the ends of the earth, will you still be there?

When Fei Yu-ching saw this lyric, his eyes welled up with tears.

Qi Yuan really put his heart into it; these lyrics are clearly about him.

Qi Yuan did not deny it, and said sincerely, "Teacher Fei, you guessed right, it is you I wrote about. I gave the music to Wen Shan and specifically asked him to refer to your experience when writing the lyrics."

This song was originally written for Fei Yu-ching.

Fei Yuqing was deeply moved. He patted Qi Yuan heavily and remained silent for a long time.

Qi Yuan only knew that Fei Yuqing had a burst of talent while recording the song, and his voice was stunning and moving, with a clear and unique voice that was extremely infectious.

If they had chosen a different singer, Fei Yuqing would have crushed them in no time.

Qi Yuan did not hesitate. His singing skills were already top-notch, and he had also adopted the vocal characteristics of several rascals. He could rival Fei Yuqing, but Fei Yuqing's singing still shocked him!

For the female lead in the music video for "A Thousand Miles Away," Qi Yuan plans to find an actress from mainland China.

Since his debut, Qi Yuan's MV female lead has always been of the highest quality. In this field, he dares to call himself second, and no one dares to call themselves first.

The female leads he has used in his music videos include Yan Danchen, Zuo Xiaoqing, Sun Li, Fan Xiaopang, Chen Hong, Gao Yuanyuan, Lin Zhiling, Zhang Baizhi, Charlene Choi (Ah Sa), Gillian Chung (Ah Jiao), Yang Xue...

Just one question: who else is there?

The lyrics and music of "Far Away" are exquisitely beautiful, so of course he had to choose a suitable female lead from mainland China to shoot a high-quality music video.

This is another song that can win over the elderly.

"East Wind Breaks" has already garnered Qi Yuan a wave of middle-aged and elderly fans.

To capitalize on the success of "A Thousand Miles Away," we aim to produce a high-quality music video, ensuring that middle-aged and elderly people across China remember Qi Yuan's name, face, and songs. After Qi Yuan and Fei Yuqing finished recording the song, Star Wish Studio has already selected a group of outstanding actresses.

Qi Yuan spotted a familiar name on the list: Zhou Xun! Xun Ge?

Zhou Xun is a naturally gifted actress, blessed with natural talent.

In 98, she played her first leading role in the film "Suzhou River," taking on two roles and winning the Best Actress Award at the 15th Paris Film Festival.

However, after winning this award, Zhou Xun only gained some fame within the industry, but it didn't really make her known outside of it.

What truly brought Zhou Xun fame was the TV series "Palace of Desire".

Coincidentally, "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" had just finished airing on CCTV-8 when "Palace of Desire" took over.

It can only be said that audiences these days are truly fortunate, enjoying a constant stream of excellent dramas.

The drama "Palace of Desire" has only been airing for a few days, and Zhou Xun is not famous yet, so it's not surprising that she signed up to be the female lead in Qi Yuan's music video.

The quality of music videos such as "Dongfeng Po", "Tonghua", and "Jiangnan" is evident to all.

A lot of relatively unknown actresses are lining up to film Qi Yuan's music video.

Zhou Xun thinks the music video for "Love Me or Him" ​​is also great.

Before coming to Taiwan, Zhou Xun was even mentally prepared to film a remake of "Love Me or Him" ​​with Qi Yuan. She would play the Red Rose, which would definitely be very exciting.

She felt a little disappointed after arriving in Taiwan!
This is so bland and tasteless, not exciting at all.

The general plot is that the male protagonist, A-Yuan, works odd jobs at a nightclub and secretly likes the female protagonist, Xiao-Xun, on stage. After spending some time together, their feelings deepen. A foreign friend is attracted by Xiao-Xun's talent and invites her to develop her career abroad, giving her a boat ticket.

Xiao Xun hesitated, but A Yuan accepted the boat ticket for him and encouraged him to seize the opportunity. The two made a promise to meet again in three years.

Three years later, Xiao Xun has become a big star and returns to the nightclub to find A Yuan, but A Yuan is still doing odd jobs.

The gap between the two was too great. A-Yuan hurriedly fled, not daring to face Xiao-Xun, who hid in a corner and sobbed.

If the great poet Chen were to summarize it: "With a life of poverty, how dare I enter the bustling world? With sleeves of pure breeze, how dare I mislead a beautiful woman?"

If filmed well, this music video could easily outperform many romance dramas.

Zhou Xun also knew that this was a pretty important MV in Qi Yuan's new album. Although she was disappointed that she couldn't act in the exciting scenes, she still gave it her all when she actually got on stage.

As it turns out, Qi Yuan's decision to have Zhou Xun direct this music video was absolutely the right one.

Zhou Xun added a lot to this music video.

When the foreign friend handed over the boat ticket, Zhou Xun's eye acting and micro-expressions were impeccable, a cinematic performance.

Qi Yuan helped her pack her luggage. She sat behind Qi Yuan, looking at him with a resentful gaze that was both endearing and pitiful.

She so wished that A-Yuan would tell her not to go abroad, that he loved her.

When they hugged, Xiao Xun shed a tear.

This was Zhou Xun's exceptional performance, something that wasn't in the script.

Foreigners came to the dance hall to pick up Xiao Xun. Xiao Xun looked back every three steps, her expression hesitant, lost, reluctant, and with tears welling up in her eyes.

Ah-Yuan hid backstage and didn't dare to look out. He was afraid that if he saw Xiao-Xun's reluctant appearance, he wouldn't be able to control himself and would stop her. If he did stop her, it would be like delaying Xiao-Xun's career.

Zhou Xun and Qi Yuan, one with an expression of reluctance and hesitation, the other with self-consciousness and pain, made the photographer's palms sweat.

Hey!
Who could understand his excitement at this moment? He was just a photographer who specialized in shooting music videos, and at most he had only played an auxiliary role in TV drama crews. How could he have been so lucky as to be involved in such a high-level game!

(End of this chapter)