Chapter 847 947. Shock
When Nie Wei and Alan came to the recording studio, there were two music producers waiting for a long time.
They were also Alan's album producers. Nie Wei, the general producer, only provided songs and borrowed a name. The two musicians in the recording studio were really responsible for the daily recording operation.
Among them, the album producer responsible for the Chinese album was Zhang Yadong, who had just joined the company not long ago.
When people mention his name, what they think of most is his love story with Xu Jinglei, a famous talent in the entertainment industry, who was once one of the four little beauties.
Just like what is written in the novel, talented women are usually matched with talented men.
This Zhang Yadong is also the same. He has learned cello since he was a child. At the age of thirteen, he learned to arrange music in a song and dance troupe. He also knows orchestral music, can play the piano well, and can play drums well.
That's not all. In addition to classical music, he can also play rock, folk songs, and pop music.
He used to be the music producer for many big-name singers in the circle, such as Wang Fei, Xu Wei, Dou Wei, Yu Hequan, and Wang Feng. His strength and fame are really well-known in the circle.
In order to win him over, Huayi even intended to give him a share dividend second only to the current Huayi Records President Song Ke, just to keep this talent in Huayi Records.
As for another musician from Japan, he is also very famous. His name is Oda Tetsuro. He is a famous composer in the Japanese music circle and has collaborated with many well-known singers.
As soon as Nie Wei and Alan entered the room, Nie Wei took out a stack of works from his briefcase as if he was possessed by a rich man, and directly "slapped" them on the table.
Everyone was stunned by Nie Wei's exaggerated behavior. For several seconds, everyone's eyes were on the thick stack of A4 paper.
Looking at the music score and notes on it, everyone present knew that this was obviously a song created by Nie Wei.
Of course, they knew that Nie Wei would definitely bring his works today, but they didn't expect Nie Wei to bring so many works. Looking at this thick stack, it might be a bit conservative to guess ten songs.
"Here are twelve songs, three Japanese songs, and the rest are Chinese songs. I've been too busy this year, so these are the outputs. After listening to the DEMO, let Alan choose first. After the selection, put it directly in Huayi's song library for other singers." Nie Wei said afterwards.
After hearing this, Alan kept staring at Nie Wei, which made Nie Wei feel a little scared.
Because Alan knew the quality of Nie Wei's songs best. All the songs he brought out were never below the standard.
And now he brought out twelve songs in one breath, and said in a self-deprecating tone that he was too busy. In Alan's opinion, this was Nie Wei pretending to be cool again. That sentence was too good. Being too low-key is showing off, and Nie Wei is obviously behaving like this now.
On the contrary, Zhang Yadong didn't know the truth. He was shocked by Nie Wei's performance of more than ten songs at once, but then he was relieved. He never thought that Nie Wei would produce so many songs that were above the standard.
After all, although every song Nie Wei released in the past was indeed a masterpiece, he thought that these must be the few songs that Nie Wei carefully selected from his own works. After all, everyone does this, but Nie Wei's rate of masterpieces is higher.
And didn't Nie Wei say that he was too busy this year and only wrote twelve songs? If it were an ordinary singer, Zhang Yadong would think that there would be nothing decent in these twelve songs, but Nie Wei might be able to have two or three good songs?
This ratio was already very scary in Zhang Yadong's opinion, and it just happened to be in line with what Nie Wei said just now. Select a few high-quality songs for Alan to play as the main hits, and eliminate the rest to other singers in the company, or in order to preserve Nie Wei's reputation of being a masterpiece, simply seal it up and put it in the warehouse and never use it.
As for Oda Tetsuro, he didn't understand what Nie Wei said at all. At this time, he had already found the three songs in Japanese from the twelve music scores, and sat there to read them by himself, completely immersed in his own world.
"Then let's listen to the DEMO first." Zhang Yadong picked up the music score and didn't look at it, but decided to listen to the DEMO while watching.
Nie Wei and Alan naturally had no objection.
Zhang Yadong skillfully operated the machine in the recording studio. When he put the DEMO tape given by Nie Wei into the machine, he didn't forget to praise: "Huayi is really rich and powerful. Such top-level equipment was not even available in our best recording studio in Maitian before, but in Huayi, every recording studio can be equipped with a set as standard."
"Maitian is now part of Huayi, so there is no need to divide it too clearly." Nie Wei smiled and answered after listening to Zhang Yadong's words.
Hearing this, Zhang Yadong's smile froze, and then he smiled helplessly and echoed: "That's right."
He could hear that Nie Wei reminded him of what he had just said. Whether Nie Wei was reminding him with good intentions or warnings, Zhang Yadong was much more alert.
After all, the most taboo thing for a company is that low-level employees work in the company but their hearts are not in the company.
Such people, no matter how talented they are, the company dare not really use them. Moreover, although Zhang Yadong thinks he is very talented, he knows that he is not unique. Not to mention anything else, there is a great god of Huayi who can suppress him. Nie Wei's reputation is much greater than his in and out of the circle.
Soon the first song sounded in the recording studio. With the rhythm of the piano, even Oda Tetsuro, who was originally immersed in the music score, was attracted by the prelude and raised his head blankly.
And Zhang Yadong's eyes immediately lit up. He has been in the industry for so many years and has listened to thousands of songs. He can basically be 60-70% sure whether it is a good song or not just by listening to the intro.
The intro of this song gave him a feeling that this song would not be bad.
"Love is too true, it is too easy to sacrifice yourself, it is too easy to let yourself sink, it is too easy to be reckless and full of scars, I am too stupid, I know that you are the wrong person, I know that this is not fate, but I still work hard... "
When the song entered the chorus, Zhang Yadong was completely immersed in the story created by this love song. He also sincerely admired Nie Wei in his heart. The song was written like a story, with beautiful melody and resonant lyrics. Really awesome.
To him, this song would score at least eighty-five.
It's completely qualified to be the title song of an album. If it weren't for the fact that there were eight songs that he hadn't listened to yet, Zhang Yadong would have decided on the spot to make Alan's new album in the style of this song.
"This song "The Wrong Person" is very touching. It will obviously resonate a lot with those who have lost their love. I think this song should be used as an alternative title song first. How about it?" Listen to one song Finished, Zhang Yadong immediately said impatiently.
"Brother Yadong, don't worry, let's continue listening." Nie Wei didn't answer, but Alan beside him opened his mouth and said.
Zhang Yadong was a little confused by what Alan said. How could Alan, who was such a good singer, just look like he thought it was pretty good? Do you even have reservations about this song?
Isn’t this too pretentious?
In Zhang Yadong's perception, even a diva-level singer should be extremely excited by a song of this caliber. Although Alan is also a diva-level singer, after all, she has only been a diva for a few years, so she shouldn't be looking for talent for good songs. When you are thirsty?
With some confusion, Zhang Yadong started playing the second song.
This song is called "What brought me to meet you like this". The name of the song is very long, with eleven characters in total. The style is the same as the previous song, both are popular, but the previous song "The Wrong Person" is more Close to traditional Chinese pop music, the rhythm of this song is closer to Western pop music.
The verse part of this song is a little dull, but when the song reaches the chorus part, the moment the phrase 'What made me meet you like this' sounds, Zhang Yadong has the same feeling as when she heard "The Wrong Person" before. The same heart-pounding feeling.
Unconsciously, his attention was completely on the song.
"What made me meet you like this? What made me stop doubting myself. What made me no longer afraid of losing. In this vast sea of people, I don't want to become transparent..."
After listening to a song, Zhang Yadong couldn't help but clapped his hands, and Oda Tetsuro on the side also couldn't help clapping his hands. Although he didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, the music itself has no borders, and the beautiful melody It also gave him a thrilling feeling.
"Nie Weijun, your strength is really impressive."
"Thanks."
After accepting a wave of compliments, Nie Wei acted very indifferently. After all, he had heard these words many times and had long been used to them. Alan, on the other hand, was delighted and looked like he was very proud of Nie Wei.
Zhang Yadong felt that he was really lucky, so he listened to two songs, both of which were above the standard. If he was willing to give eighty-five points to the previous song "The Wrong Person", then this song "What made me meet such a person" "You" he is also willing to give eighty-five points.
Because both songs are equally good at the chorus, the only difference lies in the different popular styles, one is more Eastern and the other is more Western, and he is not sure which one the public is willing to accept.
"Is this one also an option?"
"Can."
Seeing that Alan still had an indifferent attitude, Zhang Yadong even felt a little angry for Nie Wei. After all, these two good songs are enough to be the main hits of an album. Logically speaking, after listening to them, you should have a choice, but this Alan still looked uninterested. Could it be that she had higher expectations?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yadong was suddenly startled. He looked at the remaining music scores and suddenly thought in his mind, could it be that Nie Wei really had hidden some more powerful songs in these music scores, and had passed with Alan in advance?
With many thoughts in mind, Zhang Yadong pressed the play button, and the third song also played.
"Wake-up, you are a great artist, and the love you truly create is priceless. Wake-up, stop being a philanthropist. In fact, you don't love him that much..."
Listening to this song, Zhang Yadong frowned for the first time today. It's not that the song is not good. This song is a typical pop dance song, very rhythmic. It sounds like it makes people want to dance along. If If it can be paired with a good dance, it also has the potential to become popular.
But he just can't like this song because it lacks artistic sense. The whole song is filled with a sense of commercialism. It can be said that it is a song that is purely for commercial performances and selling albums to attract attention.
Although Zhang Yadong is also in the music business, he still feels a sense of rejection from the bottom of his heart towards this kind of purely commercial music.
But aside from his inner disgust, Zhang Yadong thinks it’s okay to give this song a seventy-point rating. The song is very addictive and the lyrics are full of charm. Even listening to this, he can think of Alan dancing in hot pants and a vest. , it must be very attractive to those male fans, right?
As long as it can be paired with a good dance, this song can even exert stronger commercial capabilities than the previous two songs.
But you asked Zhang Yadong to choose such a song as the main song, he was unwilling from the bottom of his heart. This was also the first time he was silent after listening to the three songs, and he did not propose a main song alternative.
Instead, Nie Wei spoke for the first time, but he explained to Alan beside him.
"The album cannot always be lyrical or inspirational. Occasionally, you should try the route of vigorous songs and dances to give your male fans some benefits. Besides, the dance you have trained for these years cannot be vain. You still have to show your fans the results of your hard work, right?"
"Yeah." Although Alan didn't like this song very much, she still listened to Nie Wei's words very seriously and felt that it made sense.
As a commercial singer, sometimes you can't always consider things according to your own preferences. At least in your own commercial works, you have to keep yourself to a certain extent and try to cater to the preferences of fans. Only in this way can you succeed.
This is a situation that no commercial singer can avoid, whether it is Asian, European or American, no matter how big the brand is.
Zhang Yadong, who was standing by, felt a little ashamed after hearing what Nie Wei said. He was just like what Nie Wei said, caring too much about his own preferences, but ignoring the preferences of the fans.
"Should this song also be included in the main selection?" Zhang Yadong asked Nie Wei.
"No, this song is not suitable. Just put it in the album as a fan benefit." Nie Wei replied. In Nie Wei's opinion, the quality of this song is not worthy of the word "main", but it is still okay to put it in the album as an easter egg.
Hearing Nie Wei's words, Zhang Yadong was stunned at first, and then immediately laughed happily.
Originally, after listening to Nie Wei's explanation, he thought Nie Wei was the kind of musician who focused on commercial interests. Now it seems that the other party's values are consistent with his own. He still pursues the essence of music and will not be enslaved by this kind of false and flashy pure commercial music.
"Then let's listen to the fourth song next. The fourth song is called... "In My Singing"?" Looking at the name of the song on the screen, Zhang Yadong read it.
One second later, Zhang Yadong pressed the play button.
Five seconds later, Zhang Yadong's eyes began to become serious...
When the song reached the 43rd second and the chorus sounded, Zhang Yadong began to tremble with excitement.
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