Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 162: Make the Album into a Movie
After the launch conference of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", overwhelming coverage followed.

——【Shen Lang shines at the press conference and becomes the target of media attention! 】

——[Hu Jun declined the role of Qiao Feng in the movie "Painting Soul" and missed out on the role with Li Jiaxin! ]

——【Gao Hu signed a contract to play "Xu Zhu" in "Tian Long" and even called himself lucky! 】

——【“Myanmar Princess” Liu Tao chooses “Azhu” to challenge herself! 】

——[15-year-old "Fairy Sister" Liu Yifei admits that she is "a little precocious"! 】

——[Shu Chang plays the role of "Tianshan Child Grandma", playing an old person at a young age is a huge challenge! 】

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The headlines on the front pages of major entertainment news are basically about the main actors.

Shen Lang and Hu Jun have been famous for a long time. If their names are in the title, there will be clicks and sales.

Liu Tao participated in Qiong Yao's "Return of the Condor Heroes 3", which was also a hot topic.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, on the other hand, are alternative topics.

At the same time, "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" also ushered in the finale.

Today's two episodes achieved a satisfactory viewership rating of 16.23%, and the average viewership rating was fixed at 14.88%.

If nothing unexpected happens, it won’t be a problem for me to be the number one this year.

"This is my favorite version. Gao Yuanyuan and Alyssa Chia are so charming and beautiful!"

"The actresses in this version are well chosen. Both are beautiful women with equal beauty. It fits the original work!"

"The soundtrack is very 'mainland', with a Jianghu feel. The opening song "Drunk Spring Breeze" and the ending song "Xiaoyao" are both very nice!"

"Each version has its own god. Brother Lang's Zhang Wuji is invincible in this era!"

"This drama is very successful. The characters, plot, and storyline are all very well done. Especially the actors, each of them has their own characteristics. If I have to say who I like the most, it must be Brother Lang!"

"Brother Lang is really good at acting in ancient costumes. I am already looking forward to Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils!"

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July 7th, Beijing Film Studio.

In order to make "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" a success, Zhang Jizhong not only put a lot of effort into hyping it up, but also took substantial measures.

It is rare for a film crew to provide unified training for the actors before filming begins.

The first week is about practicing ancient manners, the second week is about horse riding, and the third week is about martial arts moves.

At the end of the day, I feel more tired than filming a movie.

Liu Yifei had a more difficult time, because she moved to the United States with her mother after she was 10 years old. She didn't know much about costume dramas, but she had a sharp mind and learned quickly, which was highly praised by Zhang Jizhong.

As for Shen Lang, he only went for one day. He had acted in two costume dramas, so he had no problem with ancient people's manners, horse riding, and martial arts moves. He said goodbye to Zhang Jizhong and went to do his own thing.

The post-production of "The Story of a Noble Family" is proceeding in a tense and orderly manner, and he has to choose two songs as the theme song and the ending song.

I used "An Xiang" before as the theme song for "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", but now I have to find a new one.

"Dengdengdeng..."

Shen Lang sat in front of the piano, tapping the keys in a disorderly manner.

He was not worried about having no songs to copy, but that there were too many and he didn't know which one to choose.

The good thing is that "The Story of a Noble Family" is a romantic drama, so just find love songs.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

Shen Lang gradually gained inspiration, and the tapping of his fingers became rhythmic.

And this prelude is "Blue and White Porcelain".

Teacher Xiaogang, I’m going to steal your songs again.

The song was released on October 2007, 10 and was the first song written for the album Blue Turkey.

Zhou Chuanxiong has always wanted to compose a song about "tokens", but has been unable to do so. However, Chen Xinrong was inspired to write the lyrics of "Blue and White Porcelain" at a Blue and White Porcelain SPA salon, which fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

Blue and white porcelain is not only elegant and beautiful, but also gives people a sense of tranquility and calm, just like the promise of love.

In addition to the ancient meaning, the lyrics also contain a bit of philosophy and the traditional, more introverted thinking of the Chinese people. The Chinese melody is mixed with the atmosphere of rock and roll, which immediately expresses the loneliness and pain of separation, and makes people feel the power and persistence of faith even more.

"Ding ding ding..."

With the theme song, Shen Lang’s fingers changed the rhythm and the ending song came out.

"This moment suddenly feels so familiar, like it was playing at the same time yesterday and today..."

"I tried hard to change for you, but I couldn't change the foreshadowing. I thought that being with you would mean forever..."

"It's a pity that it wasn't you who stayed with me until the end. We walked together but lost the intersection..."

At this time, Gao Yuanyuan, who had just returned from outside, leaned against the door of the piano room and listened quietly to Shen Lang's singing.

This song carries a gentle, faint sadness, which makes people feel a kind of regret that hurts and makes their hearts tremble.

Just like the love between Jin Yanxi and Leng Qingqiu, Cinderella put on the crystal shoes prepared by the prince and turned into a princess, and walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand with the prince. They thought this was the beginning of happiness, but unexpectedly, just one year later, the building of happiness collapsed before it was completed. A mirror shattered their beautiful memories, and a fire burned the only connection between the two. Their families fell into poverty and they were separated.

When they broke up, Jin Yanxi said firmly, "Except Leng Qingqiu, I have never loved any other woman in my life." But, since Jin Yanxi loved Leng Qingqiu so much, why did he let her down after marriage?
Just because - unfortunately it’s not you.

After Shen Lang finished singing, he heard a breathing sound. He turned around and saw that it was Gao Yuanyuan. He immediately smiled and asked, "When did you come?"

Gao Yuanyuan stepped forward, smiled, and said, "When you sing this song."

Shen Lang took her into his arms and asked, "How is it?"

Gao Yuanyuan said without hesitation: "It sounds nice, and it suits Jin Yanxi and Leng Qingqiu very well."

Shen Lang continued: "I sang it for you."

"Me?" Gao Yuanyuan blinked and said, "Didn't you sing?"

Shen Lang smiled and said, "I'll sing the theme song, and you can help me sing the ending song."

Gao Yuanyuan didn't refuse and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll share the burden for you."

Shen Lang didn't want Gao Yuanyuan to become a singer. Singing movie and TV songs, or duet songs, is a way of expressing love.

In a blink of an eye, beautiful music was played in the piano room, and it lasted until the sun set in the west.

In the evening, we called Yang Junyi, who was teaching martial arts moves on the set of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Ning Hao, who was revising the script of "Crazy Stone" in the company apartment, and Zhang Guorong, who was playing mahjong with a group of old neighbors in the Siheyuan Hutong, and went to the cinema together.

There is also a poster for Zhang Guorong's new film "Into the Dark" which will be released in May at the door, which is quite scary.

There were rumors that his depression worsened because of this horror film, and he eventually went on the road of no return.

The story focuses on revealing the secrets of human mental illness, combining the "inner ghost" with the emotional dilemma and personality fission in real society, decoding the mental illness and repressed potential desires that people suffer from under tremendous survival pressure, and the childhood shadows and difficult-to-heal emotional trauma that continue into adulthood. For normal people, it would be very depressing and uncomfortable.

Shen Lang glanced at Zhang Guorong, who was chatting about the movie with Ning Hao and the others, and did not show any discomfort.

At this time, the gloom between his brows had long disappeared, and his complexion and condition were much better than before. It seemed that the combined psychological and drug treatment had greatly improved his depression.

In fact, as long as you look at things in a positive way, everything will be easy. If you insist on being stubborn, even gods cannot save you.

Today, they watched not "Into the Dark" but "Escape from the Amazon" which was released a few days ago.

This cinema was one that Shen Lang often visited before, and the clerk recognized him at a glance by looking at his appearance.

But she didn't ask for his autograph because Shen Lang was not only her idol, but also her boss.

Yes, this small cinema chain has been acquired by Julang Film and Television and Shenghua Film and Television, and renamed "Xinghuo Cinema", which means "a single spark can start a prairie fire", and thus fired the first shot in building China's number one cinema chain.

They are not just playing around, they want to do their best.

However, the star that the clerk did not dare to chase was chased by the customer.

Seeing Shen Lang, Gao Yuanyuan, and Zhang Guorong, the whole theater went wild. Fortunately, the attendance rate of "Escape from the Amazon" was average, and there were not many people, otherwise this movie would not be able to be watched.

Shen Lang has seen this movie. He mainly serves as a shield for Gao Yuanyuan, and then for Zhang Guorong, Ning Hao, and Yang Junyi.

It is a modern military action film produced by the August 1800st Film Studio. It is known as the "ancestor" of military-themed films. The total investment in filming was 2 million yuan. It was only released for a few days and the daily box office exceeded yuan.

The total box office in the original time and space was only more than 700 million, and the investment cost was not recovered, with a loss of more than 1000 million.

However, it won many awards that year and was hailed as the highest level of domestic military action films since 2002.

The most profitable series of the same type is Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series, with a total box office of 62.38 billion.

This movie can be scheduled later, so Wu Jing doesn't have to sell his house and car to shoot it. Shen Lang will pay for it.

After coming out of the cinema, I got into Zhang Guorong's business seven-seater Mercedes-Benz Vito. This is the car he uses to travel in Yanjing. It is mainly used to carry multiple passengers. This car played a big role in his previous camping and fishing trips.

In the car, several people also talked about the movie "Escape from the Amazon" they had just watched.

Zhang Guorong commented from an actor's perspective: "I personally think the reputation will not be very good, but the characterization is still successful. To sum it up in a few words, it is tenacious, persistent, strong, brave, simple, smart, loving the motherland, putting national interests first, and sacrificing the self for the greater good."

Ning Hao commented from the perspective of a director: "I think there are big problems with the filming. There are too many close-up shots and overhead shots, which give people a deliberate sense of elevation. In some explosion scenes and action scenes, only some fixed shots are used, ignoring the film's sense of movement and rhythm. In my opinion, such scenes are more suitable for moving shots such as shaking shots and tracking shots to create a sense of reality, movement and rhythm, rather than simply recording and presenting."

Yang Junyi looks at it from the perspective of an action director: "It is difficult to strike a balance between realism and freehand in the action design of military action films. Freehand ones look good but don't look like soldiers, while realistic ones look like soldiers but don't look good. In short, it's not good enough."

Gao Yuanyuan thought the film was quite good. Scenes such as the special forces soldier jumping directly into the sea from a helicopter, the hero hanging in the air by grabbing the pulley of the plane with one hand in order to chase the plane that had already taken off, as well as the serial explosions, and the fights between people and crocodiles were all very thrilling.

Shen Lang did not comment on it. He had watched this movie countless times in his previous life. CCTV6 broadcasts it every once in a while, and it has almost become a propaganda and educational film.

He did see the uncertainty of the current domestic film market from this film. The audience's preferences are unpredictable, but they prefer Hollywood popcorn blockbusters with big productions and grand scenes.

"Crazy Stone" will have to be postponed. Filming will start in the second half of next year and it will be released in 2004. This timing would be better.

As a result, Ning Hao had nothing to do for almost a year.

However, Shen Lang did not plan to give him this vacation.

He actually didn't want to rest for that long.

"Brother Lang, your idea is a bit..." Ning Hao couldn't find the right adjective for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's a bit risky, but very creative."

“It’s okay to take risks. The estimated cost is only 400 million. Just think of it as a large-scale MV.” Shen Lang said indifferently. He has been wanting to do this for a long time. He had this idea when he released his first album “Shen Lang·Radio Love Song”. It’s just that he had no money at that time. Not to mention making it into a movie, he hadn’t even filmed MVs for 10 songs. Now that he is rich, of course he wants to do it.

"Okay, since you trust me so much, I will take on the responsibility without hesitation." Ning Hao said, patting his chest.

"Don't feel pressured. You've already shot so many MVs, and you still don't feel confident." Shen Lang said with a smile.

"Honestly, Brother Lang, it's a genius idea to make a movie out of ten stories and match them with songs." Ning Hao started to flatter him.

"Okay, read the script quickly." Shen Lang kicked him in the butt.

He will leave Newso Records in just over two months.

The first thing I would do when I return to my own company is definitely to release an album.

So it was decided to use the Mandarin version of "Love Transfer" of "Under the Mount Fuji" as the main song and release it in a new format of album + movie.

This song was the theme song of the movie "Love Call Transfer", which tells the story of a man's philandering journey. After experiencing the "seven-year itch", he divorced his wife and by chance got a mobile phone with magical powers. This phone allowed the man to meet 12 beautiful women of different zodiac signs and fall in love with them.

It was released on February 2007, 2, starring Xu Zheng and Liu Yiwei, and co-starring Ning Jing, Bai Qiao, Yi Nengjing, Che Yongli, Shen Xing, Song Qi, Fan Qiao Qiao, Jiang Hongbo, Qin Hailu, Huang Shengyi, Gong Beibi, and Qu Ying. It won the Best Viewing Effect Award at the 8th College Student Film Festival and a box office of 1200 million.

Shen Lang changed the plot, and the divorce of the seven-year itch became the breakup of the seven-year itch. Then he asked the seven screenwriters in the screenwriting department to write a love story each, plus the one he wrote and the one written by Ning Hao, a total of 7, corresponding to the 10 songs in the new album, connected into a movie.

Love Transfer

"Let's Go"

"one thousand years later"

Big City, Small Love

Little Love Song

Serious Snow

Did No One Tell You

"onion"

You Are Not Really Happy

When You're Old

The 10 songs in this album follow the same theme as the first album "Shen Lang·Radio Love Songs", 10 kinds of love.

The unit-style story can save a lot of trouble. Shen Lang arranged the time so that he could start filming at the same time as "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

What’s more, the movie clips can be edited into song MVs, killing two birds with one stone.

Fang Wanhua did not get any investment share in this film, and the budget was only 400 million, which he ate up all by himself.

The next step is to select the actors, and he plans to make a major change.

Liu Yiwei was replaced and Fan Wei was asked to play the role of the angel.

The actresses retained are Ning Jing, Fan Qiaoqiao and Song Chen, while the remaining six are replaced by Yu Feihong, Dong Xuan, Zeng Lai, Qin Lan, Li Xiaoran, Zhang Junning and Deng Lixin, from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the main focus is on being pretty and cheap.

Ning Hao took the list and talked to them one by one.

Shen Lang is not done yet, there are still two important things to do.

CCTV invited him to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala and hoped that he would participate with a new song.

The 53rd National Day Symphony Concert also hopes that he will sing a new song.

The latter is more important, there will be big leaders in the audience.

Of course, the former is also important. After all, it is an evening party broadcast to the national audience.

"You wrote so many songs in just one month. Let's see who dares to say that you have run out of ideas!" Gao Yuanyuan said angrily with his fist raised.

“It’s not that I’ve run out of ideas, it’s just that I’m running out of brain cells.” Shen Lang said with a smile.

The 10 songs in the new album were written and copyrighted very early on.

Normally speaking this month, there are 3 songs sung by Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, 3 songs by Huang Bo, 2 songs from "The Story of a Noble Family", and 2 songs from the two evening parties, which is exactly 10 songs.

So from Gao Yuanyuan's perspective there were 20 songs, but in reality there were only half of that.

"By the way, your luggage has been packed. Please check to see if you have forgotten anything."

"You are so careful, it is impossible for you to miss anything."

Shen Lang hugged Gao Yuanyuan into his arms and kissed her hard.

Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help him with his career, so she helped him in life and acted as his logistics minister.

He will take a flight tomorrow morning from Yanjing to New York, and then transfer to Milwaukee to attend a music festival.

Summerfest, the largest music festival held in the Western Hemisphere, was first held in 1968 at Henry Maier Festival Park.

Since its creation in the 80s, Summerfest has grown to attract around 1999 people each year and calls itself the "largest music festival in the world", a title certified by the Guinness World Records in .

The week-long event features more than 700 artists, from some of the biggest names in the music industry to local bands, 11 stages, more than 800 performances, and a stellar lineup ranging from rock to electronic music.

Since there is this opportunity, Shen Lang will naturally go.

It was a good opportunity to sing the new song "Believer" on the spot, and the single of this song would be released simultaneously around the world the next day.

Another perfect opportunity.

The music festival started on July 7st. Shen Lang's performance was on the afternoon of July 21th. He came three days in advance. He was accompanied by Du Ting and two male bodyguards Yu Chuan and Ma Qi introduced by Yang Junyi.

He is tall and strong. When he was in martial arts school, he was selected to be a member of the special operations team of a certain armed police special service detachment. He has now retired.

The two happened to be preparing to go for an interview at a bodyguard company. After receiving the news from Yang Junyi, they decided that with Shen Lang's momentum, he would be popular for at least ten to eight years. As long as he was popular, he would have to have bodyguards accompanying him when he traveled. This would be a stable job, so they chose to join Julang Film and Television.

(End of this chapter)