The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 137 Pattern Rap
"Che Che told you, he will fly to the island province to find you in two days."

"Not yet, it's only been a few days. He won't wait for me to finish filming?"

"I didn't tell him the wrap date. What are you going to tell him?"

"I thought of a question yesterday."

"what?"

"Why didn't you advise me not to take on variety shows while I was acting, Brother Cheng?"

Xu Xing asked with a smile.

"..." Liu Cheng was speechless, "Does that mean you don't want to answer it again?"

The recording of The Rap of China will probably start in April, and The Wandering Earth will probably start shooting in May. He has already decided that he will consult with director Guo Fan once everything is basically confirmed.

With Xu Xing's current popularity, there will definitely be no problem if he brings in money to help their crew spend money.

"Yes, but answer it before the machine starts."

Xu Xing expressed his thoughts.

Since the program crew has indeed come back to lick the chin, we can also try to see if we can "press further".

It is really a headache to find someone who is more suitable to be the champion than PG1 in the first season of "The Rap of China".

All contestants were trying their best to look cool and rock the show, but the Korean rap style that PG1 learned was more appealing to the middle school girls.

In addition, he had someone to help him write lyrics, so his popularity rose from the first episode and he has always been the most popular contestant.

As for the other champion, Gai, there were a lot of negative news about him before the show started, so Xu Xing didn't have to pull him over to protect him.

Unlike in the past, the entire circle knew that if they wanted to get to the front stage, they had to do a good job on the surface and hide the negative information.

This is the current environment of underground rap.

Xu Xing racked his brains to promote another one that looks relatively better, but it is hard to say whether it can be promoted, and there is no telling whether it will expand or collapse in the future.

PG1 and Gai, one attracts female audiences and the other attracts male audiences, both are very important.

The best thing is to get off after the first few episodes and let them do what they want.

In this kind of talent show, the contestants are more important than the mentors.

In the previous life, this variety show did not become popular because of the phrase “Do you have freestyle?”

"How much do you think this variety show is worth watching?" Liu Cheng complained, "Do you think they and the sponsors will agree to it?"

And you only recorded half a season of the show Chris Wu wanted to record. How big of a grudge do you have?
"Let's give it a try. It's not something that can be decided so quickly. We need to talk about it slowly. When Che Che came over, I told him that I really wanted to join, but there was another key movie that might conflict with the schedule, so we were still in the process of coordination.

"I finished filming this movie on January 1th, and then I flew to the United States to shoot the promotional materials for "Love Yourself", and produced that song there. I will wait for the two rap songs to be released and then see the response."

If that doesn't work, then record the whole season.

"The Rap of China" was recorded in advance, and joining the crew of "The Wandering Earth" was postponed.

"What about the pay?"

"In that case, the amount per issue cannot be less than 1000 million."

……

When Che Che came over, he unexpectedly brought Hot Dog, a senior from Shima Province who was good at rap.

The first words Che Che said at the dinner table were——

"Today we're just going to talk about rap and hip-hop music."

That is to see whether Xu Xing really understands rap.

Xu Xing had no choice but to raise his glass.

"Cheers to Hip Hop."

clink.

After taking a sip, Hot Dog couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, Xing, the expression on your face looks funny. It seems like you are trying not to laugh."

"It's a sense of ceremony," Xu Xing also smiled, "or shout peace & love?"

"Peace & love!"

Che Che raised his glass and shouted again.

“Peace.”

Xu Xing went to clink glasses with him.

"Love."

The hot dog also came over to clink glasses.

After drinking again, all three of them burst into laughter.

Laughed for a long time.

Che Che just started the topic.

"But to be honest, I've listened to a lot of Ah Xing's songs, and I love every one of them after listening to them many times, but it's still hard to imagine you playing hip-hop."

Xu Xing sighed.

"It's hard to imagine now that we're meeting, right? It seems I forgot to bring my sunglasses, chain, ring, and tattoo stickers today - uh, Gou Ge, I'm not talking about you, I mean you don't have to look a certain way to play hip-hop."

Seeing that the hot dog who was "named" seemed unhappy, Xu Xing explained.

"Fuck," Hot Dog, who was still wearing sunglasses, laughed at himself, "I agree."

"..."

Che Che's face was also very embarrassed.

He felt that Xu Xing didn't like hip-hop music like Liu Cheng, but he also felt that Xu Xing seemed to have his own opinions.

"I became interested in hip-hop music when I went to school in the United States. At first, I thought rap was very cool, but gradually I realized that the real good hip-hop is not the one who sings the coolest, but the one who sings himself. What kind of background and experience you have will determine what kind of hip-hop you play.

"I wasn't born in the ghetto, I didn't have a gang life, guns and drugs were not part of my life, my life had some ups and downs but it was pretty smooth sailing, so why can't I play hip-hop?"

Xu Xing smiled.

"Of course not," Hot Dog said immediately, "I think as long as you have an opinion about the world, you can play rap. Hip-hop is an attitude."

"I think so too." Xu Xing nodded. "In fact, the main reason why I am interested in this variety show is that I think if hip-hop culture is to go public, people should see that hip-hop is not just what they think it is. I want to break their prejudices. "I also want to tell everyone who is interested in hip-hop that you can play your own hip-hop. You don't have to follow blindly or be the same as others. In this way, in the future, hip-hop that is truly rooted in our local area will flourish and usher in a golden age."

Xu Xing could utter such high-sounding words fluently and skillfully.

It wasn't Xu Xing who had to play this awkward game, it was Che Che who just started to laugh and have fun.

clap clap clap!
Hot Dog immediately clapped his hands.

Che Che also applauded and raised his glass again.

"Cheers to the Golden Age!"

He really felt that compared to Chris Wu, Xu Xing was indeed a talented person who could write both songs and scripts, he was indeed the best-reviewed young actor, and he was indeed the top star!

He speaks much more sincerely than Chris Wu and has a much broader vision.

Chris Wu only said that he wanted to promote hip-hop music to the public, but he had no further understanding of the current situation of hip-hop music in China and how to promote its development.

Although celebrities don’t need to have this kind of understanding, Xu Xing does!
only--

“But to be honest, although I have tried to make beats and practice flows in private, and I took rap courses when I was a trainee in South Korea, I don’t write many rap songs on a regular basis. Just like what Gogo said, hip-hop is an attitude, and the songs I write more often are about emotions.

"Right now I have just roughly finished a rap song because it is relatively simple, but I don't know if it will work. The other song is in English, and I have already contacted an American producer, who will fly over to produce it in a few days. So... for now I can only be evaluated as someone who speaks better than I sing."

Xu Xing looked a little embarrassed.

"Rap, rap. It's normal that the rap is better than the singing," Hot Dog rubbed his hands excitedly. "Let's listen to the first song first. You must have brought it, right?"

Putting aside the song, what Xu Xing said was much more sincere than he had imagined before he came!
"Cheers to Axing's first rap!"

Che Che also laughed and raised his glass again.

It seems like that's all he knows how to do.

This time he brought the hot dog along as a show of force, to offset his unhappiness at having to come over and lick Xu Xing.

He knew Xu Xing had seen it too.

Well, now is the time to stretch out your face and expect to be slapped in the face!

Xu Xing took out his cell phone.

Find the lyrics first, then click on the song.

Then he went back to the lyrics interface and handed the phone to Hot Dog.

“It’s really simple, it’s mainly the lyrics.”

Che Che quickly sat next to Hot Dog and put his head close to him.

At the top is the song title - "Dear Lover 2017".

The phone has already started rapping.

[Qiuyun:
How are you doing?

It has been ten months since I last saw you.
I miss you so much.

At this moment I can smell the gunpowder in the air.
I followed the army and hid in a dark cellar by the Yangtze River.

...]

This……

Isn’t this recitation?
Che Che glanced to the side.

Hot Dog was still looking at the lyrics motionlessly.

Are you listening carefully because you can’t see the lyrics clearly through the sunglasses you’re wearing?
He looked up again.

Xu Xing, who had been watching the two of them, smiled at him.

Then listen again.

Che Che is doing a hip-hop variety show, so he naturally knows that this is also rap.

But because of Xu Xing's other popular songs and the previous high-pitched pattern, he originally thought that he would be able to hear it until the end of next week.

The expectations are too high.

【…

This is the most exciting time of my life.

Ah~ah~la~la~】

ended.

Sung, but sampled.

Xu Xing was reciting from beginning to end.

"The lyrics are really well written," Che Che said immediately, "I like them very much."

Although there is a gap, it is enough to be a mentor in the show.

The most fundamental reason for inviting Xu Xing or Chris Wu is to gain traffic and attract investment.

The lyrics are really good, and it feels like reading a prose poem.

"Awesome, the whole song is in reverse beat, it's hard for me to time it correctly."

Hot Dog finally raised his head and praised it, and was a little humble.

Hot Dog, who is often dissed by Alvin and the Chipmunks, was quite accepting of this kind of singing and reading at the beginning. He also knew that the lyrics were the most important in this style and he was always reading the lyrics carefully.

"The sampling is also great, I like it too," Hot Dog thought for a moment and continued to praise, "It's amazing that young people can write songs like this. I think this is the best Chinese rap I've heard in the past year."

Che Che made an expression of silent surprise.

I couldn't help but lower my head and look at the lyrics again.

"I think you want to express a lot in this song, not just the love story itself," Hot Dog looked at Xu Xing, "right?"

"I had the initial idea for this song when I went to school in Taiwan and lived with my grandmother. Later, when I went to school in the United States, I had more feelings and slowly began to try to write the lyrics of this song. It was not until I heard that such a variety show was going to be produced in China some time ago that I reluctantly finalized it and recorded it first."

Xu Xing spoke out the speech he had prepared in advance.

Che Che, who was reading the lyrics, heard the conversation between the two and felt a shudder in his heart, then he looked up.

Is it a hint of unity?
Is this Xu Xing not just talking big, but actually trying to play rap?
(End of this chapter)