Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 144 How can the all-round ACE not know how to dance

As the end of the year approaches, the entertainment industry, which was extremely lively in the past, seems to have entered a silent period before the companies go public.

Bingbing bought over 40,000 yuan worth of cosmetics at Neon Drugstore, Dilireba announced her withdrawal from this year's Running Man recording and all the guests left messages to say goodbye, Baoqiang's divorce case has the latest developments, Shen Teng and Chang Yuan's Happy Twist skit program was suddenly cancelled and missed the Spring Festival Gala, and our Taotao lifted Yang Mi's bangs in the play, exposing his hairline problem
These days, the hot searches on Weibo and the news produced by major marketing accounts are all news of this kind that has little practical value.

Of course, some things may not matter to the spectators who are indifferent to the matter, but they are particularly important to the celebrities themselves.

For example, the day before yesterday, Shen Juan was criticized by netizens for being pretentious because he was walking while working on his computer at the airport.

How could one write a song in such an environment?

It is said that he did this to increase the public's expectations for his album and to establish his image as a "musical genius".

They also said that he was very pretentious and had a histrionic personality.

But what is the real situation?
In fact, those non-title songs in his album are about to enter the subsequent mixing and mastering stage.

Because time was very tight, he needed to immediately check whether there were any problems with the semi-finished products sent across the ocean by the production team.

The plane itself takes several hours, and there is a time difference between China and the United States. Capitalist beasts of burden also need to sleep, so if the inspection is not completed in time, it is likely that half a day will pass in the round trip.

Some things are not as simple as they seem.

In fact, anyone who has participated in team work knows that sometimes only after you complete your part of the work can the next part of the work start.

As long as one of them gets stuck and something goes wrong, the work plans of everyone else will be affected.

Those who understand will understand.

People who don’t understand only believe in what is within their own cognitive scope, so it’s useless to explain it clearly.

Artists like Shen Juan, who not only have a large number of fan traffic but also tear off the fig leaf of other traffic, will definitely become the target of public criticism and be caught by the traffic of the same period.

So just keep a calm mind.

Once a person becomes famous, no matter what he does, others will find strange entry points to attack and distort his behavior.

It is also because of this that Shen Juan’s current online reputation can be said to be extremely polarized.

It can be said that everyone in the fan circle is calling for his death, not only because Xiao Chunjuan has offended too many fans, but also because Shen Juan's existence not only brings shame to other top streamers, but also blocks the way for many second- and third-tier traffic to climb up.

Outside the fan circle, more mainstream netizens have varying degrees of favorable impressions of him.

This is how different the world is.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

When the pile is beyond the shore, the current will surely become turbulent.

If your behavior is higher than others, everyone will reject you.

Although he never had the idea of staying clean from the beginning to the end, in the eyes of some people, what he is doing at this stage is that he is unwilling to go along with them.

This is the current situation that Shen Juan needs to face.

2 month 13 number.

Four days later, Shen Juan came to Changsha from Beijing again to participate in the recording of another program on Mango TV.

Let me briefly talk about the ratings of "Singer".

The average viewership in 2013 was 2.361%.

The average viewership in 2014 was 2.301%.

The average viewership in 2015 was 2.710%.

The average viewership in 2016 was 2.131%.

The average viewership in 2017 was 1.404%.

The average ratings of the first five episodes updated this year have shrunk significantly to 1.151%.

It can be seen that although the ratings of this program are very good every year, basically ranking among the top in the same time period, it has been on a downward trend since last year.

Not only can it not produce classic performances that spark heated discussions among netizens, it can also not produce a popular singer like G.E.M. who became famous overnight with the song "Bubble".

That’s why the singer program team tried to bring popularity to the program and stimulate ratings through other means this year.

Including but not limited to inviting the runner-up contestant of the neighboring "China's Hip-Hop" to come and serve as the first singer.

Invite Jessie J, a singer with outstanding talent but whose development has stagnated in Europe and the United States, to come and attack the domestic entertainment industry and create controversial topics between Chinese and foreign singers.

Hua Chenyu, who has great traffic and unique musical style, was invited to participate in the subsequent recording as a replacement singer.

Anyway, just come up with whatever topic comes up.

The new generation singer Shen Juan, who has an idol-like appearance, is undoubtedly their trump card. Therefore, they specially designed a new set of "chart-swiping competition" rules for him, allowing him to directly compete 1v1 with the singer with the highest Weibo votes.

"I took some time to watch the previous episodes, and I feel that the main content of this show is still about high notes. The audience will vote for whoever sings the high notes better." In the dressing room, Yang Yangjin was chatting with Shen Juan: "This is similar to the "China Hip Hop" you participated in before. Whoever is good at rhyming and whoever finds the rhyme well will be voted by the judges."

"It can only be done this way, otherwise how can we compare?"

Shen Juan closed his eyes and replied, "Music itself is not like sports where you can directly determine the winner. Everyone has different musical aesthetics, so the judging results are naturally very different. High notes are undoubtedly the best way to show your strength, distinguish yourself from other singers, and widen the gap."

Anyway, he will sing high notes on the show this time.

In a competition program like this where the ranking of singers is entirely determined by the audience, it is certainly possible to showcase a unique style, but if you want to win, you must be utilitarian when choosing songs.

"But speaking of high notes, why aren't there many songs with high notes in this album of yours? I think you definitely have the talent and ability for it," Yang Yangjin asked.

"Popularity and popularity have little to do with singing high notes. The singer's personal abilities and skills are ultimately to serve the song itself." Shen Juan replied calmly.

Just a quick cue to Brother Jie.
Zhang Jie is actually very similar to Yang Yang, they both do have talent and abilities, one is a good singer and the other is handsome, but they both like to show off every now and then.

For example, Teacher Yang Mao always shows off his sharp jawline, and Zhang Jie always sings high notes.

This gives people a greasy feeling that "women must be fascinated by me" or "the audience must be shocked by my high notes", which will greatly reduce one's own charm and make people feel strange and awkward no matter how they look at it.

"Okay, and there's one more thing. Kiwi just sent you a job invitation. The "Hot Blood Dance Crew" wants you to be a guest on an episode. Do you want to go?"

Che Che still wanted to take advantage of Shen Juan's influence to better promote the street dance show he produced.

"Just say I don't have time to push it."

But Shen Juan refused without even thinking about it.

"You really don't like dancing?"

"Among the three basic abilities of an idol, singing, dancing and rap, I really don't like dancing the most. But the reason is not because I really hate dancing, but because dancing is a waste of time and the cost-effectiveness is not high. If I add up the time I spend on making songs and choreographing and practicing dance, it is at least enough for me to make three pure singing singles of the same level."

"My schedule is so tight now and my time is so precious, so naturally I have to choose a job with higher income."

To put it simply, because Shen Juan had memories of his past life in his mind, he could learn many songs without a teacher, and the time he spent practicing songs was greatly shortened.

But dancing is different.

He had never learned dancing systematically in his previous life, and the dance moves for each song were very different. Naturally, he could not master them as quickly as singing, so he often needed to spend a lot of time and energy to learn and use them on the spot.

As an artist who is active in film, television and music, it would be a real pain if I had to choreograph and practice dancing for every song.

After all, the time a person can allocate is limited.

“In that case, then what about the song ‘Seven’? If I remember correctly, this song seems to have choreography.” Yangjin Zhuoma thought she had found the highlight.

(Originally sung by Jeon Jungkook, the song is actually okay, but the lyrics are watery, the MV is good, the full version can be watched on Bilibili)
"There is a limit to how lazy you can be. You can't expect me to just stand there and produce all the songs in an album, right?" Shen Juan shrugged and said helplessly, "Besides, I was trained as an ACE by my former company. Since I have the ability, why not use it?"

When producing an album in the United States some time ago, Shen Juan accepted the suggestions put forward by the team producer:
Since Shen Juan can sing and dance and can handle any style of music, why not make this album more diversified and let Alex become the spokesperson for omnipotence.

So we temporarily decided to scrap some singles whose styles were relatively monotonous and slightly repetitive with other songs in the album.

Then he added a few of his favorite R&B songs and singles with choreography like "Seven".

That's the legendary hodgepodge album.

An album like this may be criticized by veteran music critics and old music fans because it has no clear central theme, but the corresponding thing is that each single in it can attract different audiences.

Anyway, Shen Juan has a very clear idea, which is to capture the hearts of Generation Z teenagers and always keep streaming media supreme.

Therefore, this "I want it all" model has become the option that best suits his personal interests at the moment.

"But didn't you say you didn't like dancing?"

"Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can't accept it."

Whether you like it or not depends on actual interests.

If there was a street dance-themed movie casting within the circle now, Shen Juan would probably change his words and say that he had a street dance dream since he was a child. Not only did he master hip-hop, breaking, popping, locking and other dance styles, he even became a trainee because he wanted to debut as an idol and dance on the stage.

"Okay. So has anyone chosen the female lead for the MV?"

Who is the heroine in the MV of this song "Original Time and Space"?

I should be able to find a lot of substitutes in the domestic entertainment industry.

Shen Juan thought for a moment and replied, "Let the company help find a suitable candidate. I only have two requirements. The appearance must be high and the traffic cannot be too bad."

"Yeah, I got it."

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