Chapter 163: Charlotte's Troubles
The shooting and production of movies is far more complicated than that of TV series. Shen Lingyou currently has some money and some fame, but now is not a good time to enter the film industry.
This was because the typology of domestic films had not yet begun at that time, and the marketization was very low-end. Even cinema chains were dominated by state-owned film companies. Everything about movies was still a continuation of the past era and the past studio system.
To put it simply, it’s not the right time yet to make money from movies.
Shen Lingyou is just thinking about it. At this stage, he still focuses on music and TV dramas. He will take the next step when he truly becomes the last king of the Chinese music scene at the end of the 20th century and a superstar popular throughout Asia.
After going to the movies with Jiang Qinqin, Zeng Xiaolai and Gao Yuanyuan respectively, he returned to school life. He took advantage of the time he still had to do some extra tutoring and prepare for the upcoming final exams.
Songs need to be released, movies need to be filmed, and performance needs to be maintained.
"Ling You, do you have enough people to report your work at the end of the semester? If not, take me with you." Liu Huohua's partner has always been Zhang Ziyi, but Zhang Yimou's movie "My Father and Mother" was not completed so quickly, and he could not make it back in time for the end of the semester, so he came to Shen Lingyou for help.
"Just me, Lai Zi and Ming Hao, that's enough, but we can add you." Shen Lingyou didn't have any strict requirements on the number of people. One less or one more wouldn't make too many, and this skit could be arranged.
"I knew you would take me in." Liu Huohua let out a long sigh, hooked his shoulder, and said, "The number of people in other groups has reached the limit. You also know that the more people there are, the harder it is to write scripts and stage skits. And in our class, you are the best at writing scripts and arranging skits. I have no choice but to rely on you."
"Okay, stop flattering me." Shen Lingyou smiled and said, "Go call Laizi and Minghao over, and let's study together how to write the script."
"Okay." Liu Huohua happily went to call Zeng Xiaolai and Chen Minghao.
When everyone arrived, Shen Lingyou said, "I have an idea, which is..."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Hao and Hu Dajing came running over.
It turned out that Chang Li had criticized their scripts from head to toe, and then they couldn't write a second script no matter how hard they tried.
There is no other choice but to ask Shen Lingyou for help.
"We haven't even started writing our script yet, and I can't spare the time to help you guys. How about this, you two join our group."
"Is this okay?"
"You 1, 2, 3, 4, plus us, that's 6 people, is it easy to line up?"
Shen Lingyou groaned and said, "It's okay. Having too many people is troublesome, but it's not too difficult."
Hu Dajing smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Qin Hao followed up and said, "Whatever you need me to do, just tell me!"
Shen Lingyou thought for a moment and said, "The original idea is no longer useful, but I just happened to have another one..."
He plans to stage a short version of "Charlotte's Troubles".
He played Xia Luo, Zeng Xiaolai played Qiu Ya, Hu Dajing played Ma Dongmei, Liu Huohua played Yuan Hua, Qin Hao played Dashachun, and Chen Minghao played Teacher Wang.
It's just a final report, so it doesn't need to be too rigorous or complete.
After the script was written, I showed it to Chang Li and he found no problems.
The following rehearsals were conducted by Shen Lingyou and there were no problems.
Now that a big issue has been resolved, everyone feels much more relaxed.
The skit took up the time after school, so the recording of songs and the filming of the MV were arranged on the weekend. The release of Shen Lingyou's Chinese style album had to be postponed again.
However, the campaign has already begun.
"Huaxia Music News"——[Shen Lingyou's fifth album is named "Meeting Chinese Style", can it set a new sales record this time? 】
"Contemporary Music"——[Feel the unique charm of Chinese pop songs, Shen Lingyou will sing the brilliance in people's hearts! 】
"Fans"——[New Century of Music, Creating New Miracles! 】
This is what some mainstream music media reported in newspapers and magazines.
In addition to eye-catching positioning, the album's promotional copy must highlight sales, and all sales records and chart records must be in place, because the singer's album sales are a reflection of hard power in any cycle.
From planning, production to promotion, it is not easy to make a good album.
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On May 5st, the first season of "Initial D" was broadcast on Fuji TV.
The Japanese name of "Initial D" is "かしらもじ", which means the first letter D. The D here refers to Dream, which can be understood as the beginning of a dream, and it also represents Drift.
Almost all of the racing scenes were produced with exquisite 3DCG, which makes the competition very realistic and the scenes more exciting. Coupled with the large number of energetic and dynamic songs interspersed in the animation, the audience can feel the extremely strong audio-visual effect!
There is no doubt that the animation of "Initial D" was a success.
The songs in the album also made it to the Japanese music charts, starting with the theme song "Around The World" and the ending song "Rage Your Dream". The duo Move, with the high-pitched and sharp voice of the female lead singer and the high-speed rap of the weird guy, was simply "sexy".
Within a few days, the interludes "Drifting" and "All the Way North" came from behind to take the top spot. Although the Japanese versions were always a little less interesting, they were more suitable for local people. After knowing that they were composed and sung by Shen Lingyou, fans accumulated from the previous album took action and pushed the two songs to the first and second place on the list.
When the system announcement sounded, Shen Lingyou was having dinner with Liu Huan.
The opportunity for this meal was that an enterprise in northern Hubei provided funds to launch an activity to select the "Four Great Singing Kings", and both of them were listed as candidates for the "Singing King".
Liu Huan believes that selecting the King of Singers in the current recession of the record industry will not bring vitality to the Chinese music scene, nor will it bring reputation to the company.
"I'm not going to go," he said.
"If an outsider comments on an expert, it will only turn into a farce," Shen Ling lobbied.
For example, if a professional music award ceremony cannot convince everyone, how can an event organized by a company possibly produce satisfactory results?
To put it bluntly, they just want to use this marketing hype to achieve the effect of promoting themselves.
However, an evaluation without credibility will have a counterproductive effect.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Liu Huan sighed, adjusted his mood, and said, "Director Chang came to me a few days ago and talked about the three songs you wrote for The Lotus Lantern. I could hear from his words that he seemed to want a different feeling."
Shen Lingyou understood immediately after hearing this and said, "What we gave Director Chang was a demo, not the final version. He can ask anyone to sing it."
Just like the "Boundless Rivers and Mountains" for "Kangxi's Private Visits" and "Vast Universe" for "Water Margin", neither of them were sung by him.
Liu Huan added: "You know your songs best, do you have any recommendations?"
(End of this chapter)
The shooting and production of movies is far more complicated than that of TV series. Shen Lingyou currently has some money and some fame, but now is not a good time to enter the film industry.
This was because the typology of domestic films had not yet begun at that time, and the marketization was very low-end. Even cinema chains were dominated by state-owned film companies. Everything about movies was still a continuation of the past era and the past studio system.
To put it simply, it’s not the right time yet to make money from movies.
Shen Lingyou is just thinking about it. At this stage, he still focuses on music and TV dramas. He will take the next step when he truly becomes the last king of the Chinese music scene at the end of the 20th century and a superstar popular throughout Asia.
After going to the movies with Jiang Qinqin, Zeng Xiaolai and Gao Yuanyuan respectively, he returned to school life. He took advantage of the time he still had to do some extra tutoring and prepare for the upcoming final exams.
Songs need to be released, movies need to be filmed, and performance needs to be maintained.
"Ling You, do you have enough people to report your work at the end of the semester? If not, take me with you." Liu Huohua's partner has always been Zhang Ziyi, but Zhang Yimou's movie "My Father and Mother" was not completed so quickly, and he could not make it back in time for the end of the semester, so he came to Shen Lingyou for help.
"Just me, Lai Zi and Ming Hao, that's enough, but we can add you." Shen Lingyou didn't have any strict requirements on the number of people. One less or one more wouldn't make too many, and this skit could be arranged.
"I knew you would take me in." Liu Huohua let out a long sigh, hooked his shoulder, and said, "The number of people in other groups has reached the limit. You also know that the more people there are, the harder it is to write scripts and stage skits. And in our class, you are the best at writing scripts and arranging skits. I have no choice but to rely on you."
"Okay, stop flattering me." Shen Lingyou smiled and said, "Go call Laizi and Minghao over, and let's study together how to write the script."
"Okay." Liu Huohua happily went to call Zeng Xiaolai and Chen Minghao.
When everyone arrived, Shen Lingyou said, "I have an idea, which is..."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Hao and Hu Dajing came running over.
It turned out that Chang Li had criticized their scripts from head to toe, and then they couldn't write a second script no matter how hard they tried.
There is no other choice but to ask Shen Lingyou for help.
"We haven't even started writing our script yet, and I can't spare the time to help you guys. How about this, you two join our group."
"Is this okay?"
"You 1, 2, 3, 4, plus us, that's 6 people, is it easy to line up?"
Shen Lingyou groaned and said, "It's okay. Having too many people is troublesome, but it's not too difficult."
Hu Dajing smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Qin Hao followed up and said, "Whatever you need me to do, just tell me!"
Shen Lingyou thought for a moment and said, "The original idea is no longer useful, but I just happened to have another one..."
He plans to stage a short version of "Charlotte's Troubles".
He played Xia Luo, Zeng Xiaolai played Qiu Ya, Hu Dajing played Ma Dongmei, Liu Huohua played Yuan Hua, Qin Hao played Dashachun, and Chen Minghao played Teacher Wang.
It's just a final report, so it doesn't need to be too rigorous or complete.
After the script was written, I showed it to Chang Li and he found no problems.
The following rehearsals were conducted by Shen Lingyou and there were no problems.
Now that a big issue has been resolved, everyone feels much more relaxed.
The skit took up the time after school, so the recording of songs and the filming of the MV were arranged on the weekend. The release of Shen Lingyou's Chinese style album had to be postponed again.
However, the campaign has already begun.
"Huaxia Music News"——[Shen Lingyou's fifth album is named "Meeting Chinese Style", can it set a new sales record this time? 】
"Contemporary Music"——[Feel the unique charm of Chinese pop songs, Shen Lingyou will sing the brilliance in people's hearts! 】
"Fans"——[New Century of Music, Creating New Miracles! 】
This is what some mainstream music media reported in newspapers and magazines.
In addition to eye-catching positioning, the album's promotional copy must highlight sales, and all sales records and chart records must be in place, because the singer's album sales are a reflection of hard power in any cycle.
From planning, production to promotion, it is not easy to make a good album.
------
------
On May 5st, the first season of "Initial D" was broadcast on Fuji TV.
The Japanese name of "Initial D" is "かしらもじ", which means the first letter D. The D here refers to Dream, which can be understood as the beginning of a dream, and it also represents Drift.
Almost all of the racing scenes were produced with exquisite 3DCG, which makes the competition very realistic and the scenes more exciting. Coupled with the large number of energetic and dynamic songs interspersed in the animation, the audience can feel the extremely strong audio-visual effect!
There is no doubt that the animation of "Initial D" was a success.
The songs in the album also made it to the Japanese music charts, starting with the theme song "Around The World" and the ending song "Rage Your Dream". The duo Move, with the high-pitched and sharp voice of the female lead singer and the high-speed rap of the weird guy, was simply "sexy".
Within a few days, the interludes "Drifting" and "All the Way North" came from behind to take the top spot. Although the Japanese versions were always a little less interesting, they were more suitable for local people. After knowing that they were composed and sung by Shen Lingyou, fans accumulated from the previous album took action and pushed the two songs to the first and second place on the list.
When the system announcement sounded, Shen Lingyou was having dinner with Liu Huan.
The opportunity for this meal was that an enterprise in northern Hubei provided funds to launch an activity to select the "Four Great Singing Kings", and both of them were listed as candidates for the "Singing King".
Liu Huan believes that selecting the King of Singers in the current recession of the record industry will not bring vitality to the Chinese music scene, nor will it bring reputation to the company.
"I'm not going to go," he said.
"If an outsider comments on an expert, it will only turn into a farce," Shen Ling lobbied.
For example, if a professional music award ceremony cannot convince everyone, how can an event organized by a company possibly produce satisfactory results?
To put it bluntly, they just want to use this marketing hype to achieve the effect of promoting themselves.
However, an evaluation without credibility will have a counterproductive effect.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Liu Huan sighed, adjusted his mood, and said, "Director Chang came to me a few days ago and talked about the three songs you wrote for The Lotus Lantern. I could hear from his words that he seemed to want a different feeling."
Shen Lingyou understood immediately after hearing this and said, "What we gave Director Chang was a demo, not the final version. He can ask anyone to sing it."
Just like the "Boundless Rivers and Mountains" for "Kangxi's Private Visits" and "Vast Universe" for "Water Margin", neither of them were sung by him.
Liu Huan added: "You know your songs best, do you have any recommendations?"
(End of this chapter)
