Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 347 Writing a Song for Chinese Paladin 3
"Hello, I'm Hu Ge. I often heard Shi Shi mention you when we were filming The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Also, I'm a fan of yours; I've bought several of your albums..."

Wu Zhuo brought a bunch of things to visit the set of Chinese Paladin 3. He first hugged Wu Zun and caught up with him, and then greeted the other members of the crew.

Hu Ge was the first to run over, holding a copy of his album "Mr. Senses" and asking Wu Zhuo to sign it.

Not only him, but most of the other crew members were carrying records.

Including Yang Mi, Tang Yan, and others.

Only Liu Shishi and Wu Zun were empty-handed.

"To be honest, I'm also a fan of your dramas. Your 'The Little Fairy' and 'Chinese Paladin 1' were very popular in Taiwan."

Especially "Chinese Paladin 1", before I even debuted, I would sit in front of the TV every day to watch this show.

For a while, my room was covered with posters of Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er.

Wu Zhuo's words were no mere politeness.

Whether it was his past life or his original self in this life, he really liked the first Legend of Sword and Fairy game.

This is one of Wu Zhuo's favorite fantasy idol dramas.

Another one is "Chinese Paladin 3".

If it weren't for the disagreement with Tangren Media about the collaboration, he would actually have really wanted to take on this role.

pity……

"Haha! Yuan Hong, did you hear that? Abel is a fan of my dramas."

Upon hearing Wu Zhuo's words, Hu Ge immediately burst into laughter and called out to Yuan Hong, who was not far away.

"What's there to be so smug about!"

Yuan Hong walked over with a look of disgust and handed Wu Zhuo a record with some restraint. "Abel, could you please sign this for me?"
I especially love your songs; I'm your most loyal fan in this production crew.

"Yuan Hong is a real fan of yours, he listens to your songs almost every day."

Liu Shishi spoke with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you for liking it."

After chatting with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, Wu Zhuo also chatted with the other two leading actresses in the drama, Yang Mi and Tang Yan, for a while.

It has to be admitted that the Chinese Paladin series is a star-making hit.

Especially the first part and this third part.

Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Eddie Peng, Wallace Huo, and others all became known to the audience because of the Chinese Paladin series.

Furthermore, because of the immense influence of these two dramas, they gained a huge fan base, which solidified their status as top-tier actors in the future.

Oh! But this timeline needs to be changed.

Wallace Huo's role was snatched away by Wu Zun.

Say something.

With this role, Wu Zun's career development will definitely not be like it was in his previous life.

In his past life, he was obsessed with movies, but each one flopped.

In this life, after starring in Chinese Paladin 3, his path may undergo a huge change.

With the role of Xu Changqing as a foundation, he won't have to worry about not having any roles for at least several years.

Of course, it also depends on his own efforts.

If he doesn't improve his acting skills, the final outcome remains to be seen.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Wallace Huo seems to have only acted in period dramas in his past life; he does have some acting skills.

At least in Wu Zhuo's opinion, he was far superior to Wu Zun.

Without acting skills, it's unrealistic to expect to go far in the television and film industry.

"Abel, are you leaving this afternoon?"

After chatting with several main actors and exchanging contact information, the director of the series, Li Guoli, contacted Wu Zhuo.

"The Olympics are about to begin, and the organizers have invited me to be a torchbearer. Also, there's a CCTV gala tomorrow night, and I've been invited to perform on stage."

The Olympic Games are a rare grand event in China in many years.

As a result, there were countless related performing arts activities throughout the year.

Wu Zhuo has declined many related events, but there are some events he cannot refuse.

Tomorrow night's event is one of the few that I can't cancel.

This gala, titled "A Century-Long Dream Fulfilled – A Cultural Performance to Welcome the 2008 Olympics," was the most important performance before the Olympics. Because of its significance, CCTV invited only the most prominent singers and performers.

Including Jackie Chan, Emil Chau, Karen Mok, Liu Huan, and many other top celebrities from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Many people want to play but can't get in.

Wu Zhuo, who has become increasingly popular internationally in the past two years, also received an invitation.

He is also the only singer from Taiwan.

Of course, this doesn't mean he's the number one superstar in Taiwan.

There are people of higher status than him.

But those people were either not invited, or they were invited but chose not to come.

For example, Jay Chou.

In this respect, Wu Zhuo and Jay Chou are fundamentally different.

He will attend any major events hosted by CCTV if he is available and is invited.

Unlike Jay Chou, he rejected many invitations.

"That's great! You've been doing better and better these past two years. I heard you're very popular abroad now. In another two years, you'll probably be an international superstar."

He might even break into Hollywood like Jackie Chan.

Li Guoli expressed his admiration.

Wu Zhuo smiled but did not respond.

During this period, domestic artists considered it an honor to break into Hollywood.

Unlike them, Wu Zhuo had little interest in making movies in Hollywood.

His biggest hope is that his songs can achieve something globally.

"Actually, I'm quite disappointed that you didn't come to act in this play. I originally thought we could work together again, but it's a pity."

As they chatted, Li Guoli began to lament his inability to work with Wu Zhuo again.

Wu Zhuo realized that he actually had something to ask him, so he spoke directly:
"Director Li, just say what you have to say! This beating around the bush isn't like you."

"Haha!" Li Guoli chuckled awkwardly, then, without bothering to be evasive, spoke directly:
"Here's the thing, I've discussed it with Mr. Cai, and we'd like to invite you to write the original soundtrack songs for our drama."

"Should we write one song, or a theme song, end song, or insert song together?"

After pondering for a moment, Wu Zhuo asked.

"We'll do it all together, but there's one thing we need to make clear beforehand: we hope you'll write two songs for Hu Ge to sing."

As you know, our company is currently promoting him a lot, and we're even planning to release an album for him.

As for the other songs, it would be best if you could sing them.

After all, with your immense popularity, having you sing would allow us to benefit from increased exposure.

Li Guoli paused for a moment, then stated the conditions under which they invited Wu Zhuo to write a song:

"As long as the song you write is suitable, we are willing to pay you 200,000 yuan per song. In addition, regarding the copyright of the song, apart from the physical distribution rights of the soundtrack, the other copyrights still belong to you."

Of course, we'll still pay you a share of the lyrics and music revenue when we release physical records.

Wu Zhuo nodded.

This is a very good condition.

At this stage, besides Jay Chou, he should be the only one who can get this condition.

"When do you need the songs? If it's too urgent, I might have time."

Wu Zhuo did not agree immediately.

He had a lot of things to do in the second half of the year.

He was worried that the Tang people were pressuring him too much.

"There's no rush. As long as it can be produced before the TV series airs, that's fine."

However, you'd better pay attention; the songs must fit the drama series.

Li Guoli was worried that Wu Zhuo would just throw in an unsuitable song to get by, so he gave him a heads-up beforehand.

"Don't worry, I've read the script, I know what I'm doing."

(End of this chapter)