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I remembered black skies

I still remember that sky covered with dark clouds.

The lightning all around me

Lightning tore through the sky around me

I remembered each flash

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Wang Fei volunteered to provide backing vocals for Jiangnan's harmonies, and Chen Jiantian, the boss of the Red Star Production Company, had no reason to refuse. Therefore, he handed over a copy of the lyrics immediately.

When Wang Fei held the musical score in her hands, she was stunned.

Putting aside how standardized the sheet music Jiangnan hand-drew with a pencil was, let's just talk about the lyrics. This is a set of lyrics with Chinese and English labels, with the English lyrics being the main lyrics and the Chinese lyrics being the annotations.

This writing style is extremely rare in the industry. If you're singing an English song, just sing the English song. Why add Chinese annotations?!

Is it because the musicians or backing vocalists don't understand English?

Perhaps sensing her friend's confusion, Dou Ying smiled and explained as she came out of the lounge:

"Fei-jie, Jiangnan said that everyone's English level is different, so the Chinese sentences translated from English will vary greatly."

To prevent any misunderstandings during the performance of the song, he added annotations to make it easier for everyone to understand.

At this point, Dou Ying shook the sheet music in her hand and said, "To be honest, Jiangnan is really talented. My brother said that, looking at the entire Chinese rock music scene, there are definitely no more than five people who could write English lyrics like this."

"Hehe... yes, that's right."

Seeing Dou Ying praise Jiangnan, Wang Fei smiled happily. A couple of days ago, she showed the lyrics and music of the song "Sky" to Leung Wing-Chun, the producer of Cinepoly Records. Leung Wing-Chun said that the creator's writing skills were really good.

A few words can make people feel open-minded.

  

"Fei-jie, can I ask you something?"

"explain!"

"Are you really dating this guy?" Dou Ying was still a little unwilling to give up. In her eyes, Wang Fei and her older brother Dou Wei were a match made in heaven.

"Um…"

Wang Fei, who was engrossed in studying the musical score, hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Jiang Nan, who was busy in the control room. She bit her lower lip with her teeth before whispering:

"We're not officially dating yet!"

I pursued him, but he didn't agree to be with me. He said his favorite person was Wong Cho-han, and he even asked me to introduce him to her.

"what!"

Dou Ying looked Wang Fei up and down, and was surprised.

With that figure, that charisma, and that musical talent, is Jiang Nan blind? Or is he crippled? How could he possibly like Wang Zuxian?

"Dou Ying..."

"Um?"

"Believe it or not, give me a month and I can win him over." Wang Fei whispered to her best friend, her pretty face slightly flushed, before turning and walking into the control room outside the recording studio.

"Well…"

Looking at her friend's retreating figure, Dou Ying was first stunned, then shook her head helplessly.

"It seems she's completely given up on my brother."

……

Having been reborn, Jiangnan has gradually developed a clear plan for his career.

During her university years, she focused on the Chinese music scene while tentatively venturing into the Japanese, Korean, and Western music scenes.

I don't mean to be a Western worshipper. It's just that the music scenes in Europe and America, Japan and South Korea are more lucrative. In the Chinese music scene, for example, an album that can sell a million copies is considered a god-like achievement.

Not only do you need ability, you also need luck!

But what if we put it in the Western music scene?

An ordinary music album can sell about two or three million copies. If it can reach the level of Michael Jackson or Madonna, selling more than ten million copies is not a myth.

Some might say that racial discrimination is still very serious in Europe and America, and if you are not white, basically no one will even look at you.

Jiangnan did not refute this statement, but simply smiled.

It's not even worth refuting...

Was Michael Jackson black? Yes!

Was Michael Jordan Black? Yes!

When these two have both reached the pinnacle in their respective fields, who would care about their skin color?

Now, Jiangnan is planning to do just that!

It's supposed to be a bonus recording for a Chinese album, but it's really a stepping stone to the Western music scene. If it doesn't work, I'll keep doing it until I succeed.

Of course, Jiangnan has made ample preparations for this. For example, with the song "New Divide," under Chen Jiantian's leadership, it has basically gathered the top talents in the current Chinese rock music scene.

Lead guitarist Liu Yijun, drummer Zhao Muyang, bassist Zhang Ju, keyboardist Dou Peng, guitarist Li Yanliang, and backing vocalists Ding Wu, Wang Feng, Zheng Jun, and Zhou Xun.

In fact, Chen Jiantian had invited Dou Wei to do backing vocals for Jiangnan, and Dou Wei, who loved the song "New Divide" very much, agreed.

But now that Wang Fei has joined, Dou Wei, who is somewhat introverted, has withdrawn.

The two broke up less than a week ago, and he can't accept that they can remain friends after seeing each other again.

While Jiang Nan was thinking about this in the control room, Zhao Xiaodong, the planner from the Red Star Production Company, walked in from outside.

"Jiangnan, the music recording is complete, we can proceed with the vocal recording."

"Okay, Brother Zhao!"

Jiang Nan responded with a sentence, gathered his thoughts, and then pushed open the door and walked into the recording studio.

As soon as he entered, Wang Fei, who was usually aloof in public, took out a box of Marlboro cigarettes from her pocket and threw it on the table next to the control panel.

"I bet I'll visit Jiangnan no more than four times. Anyone want to bet?"

This kind of betting game is a common game at Baihua Recording Studio. Whenever Wang Fei is there, she is usually the first to start playing, and then everyone else follows suit.

But this time…

Very deserted!

Not only did no one pay attention to her, but everyone also urged the recording engineer to turn on the speaker so that everyone could listen to the recording of Jiangnan's voice.

"What happened?"

Wang Fei was a little embarrassed, so she nudged Dou Ying next to her with her elbow.

"Jiangnan recorded a total of 10 songs. Four were completed in one take, one in two takes, four in three takes, and one in four takes."

If you bet four times or less and you win, do you think any fool would follow suit?

"Well…"

Wang Fei blinked, as if to say, "Is Jiangnan really that strong?"

At that moment, the singing of Jiangnan suddenly rang out.

I remembered black skies

The lightning all around me

I remembered each flash…

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In early August of the lunar calendar, the nights in the capital were already getting a bit chilly.

At 7 p.m., Wang Fei, who was only wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, shrank her body involuntarily as she came out of Baihua Recording Studio.

Wearing summer clothes, Wang Fei flew in from Hong Kong and came straight here without having a chance to change into autumn clothes.

It looks quite cold right now!

Even so, she didn't wait for Jiang Nan at the Baihua Recording Studio to go back to the Central Academy of Drama together.

No other reason!

It's because the rock musicians in the industry are a bit too obsequious. Jiang Nan only recorded an English song called "New Divide," and guys like Ding Wu, Liu Yijun, Jiang Xin, and Wang Feng all gave him a thumbs up.

"This song is amazing!"

"They could absolutely dominate the Western music scene!"

"Jiang Nan, if one day I can stand on the Grammy Award stage, I hope you can let us perform with you."

"hehe…"

Wang Fei couldn't help but let out a cold laugh when she thought of those people's praise of Jiangnan.

Yes, Jiangnan's song is great!

But as a Chinese person, is it really impossible to conquer the Western music scene with just one song?! Those people clearly know this, so why do they shamelessly praise it?!

It's nothing more than a case of praising someone to death!

In fact, the rock music scene in Beijing is not much different from that in Hong Kong and Taiwan. When a new singer wants to get in, they will first try to "squeeze out" him. If squeezing out doesn't work, they will "praise him to death".

Beyond, who went to Japan to develop their career, was basically taken away by the Hong Kong music scene in this way, with Anita Mui being the one in charge.

Just as she was thinking about this, Wang Fei suddenly felt a warmth on her upper body and saw that a black suit jacket had been draped over her shoulders.