How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 368 Following the Teacher Has a Bright Future

Zhang Wen led the five trainees back to practice room number 9.

All the people who were burning incense had left, leaving only bundles of incense still burning in the incense burner.

Su Jin felt that burning incense and praying to the gods was still very useful, because the wish she made when offering incense in the morning was not to be sidelined by the company.

Not only have they not been sidelined, but they've also been given the opportunity to debut as a group. The God of Literature is truly capable!

Zhao Tong also felt that the God of Literature was very effective, and while praying, he kept thinking to himself that he would make the "Super Trainee" program team regret it...

Before long, they got the chance to debut as a group.

"Teacher Zhang, I'm sorry for causing you trouble again," Chen Silu said softly, her head bowed, like a child who had done something wrong, her heart filled with guilt.

Upon hearing this, the others also snapped out of their excitement about forming a group and felt a surge of trepidation and unease.

"It's alright, you didn't do anything wrong." Zhang Wen waved his hand, then stared at the handprint on Chen Silu's face and asked with concern, "Does it still hurt? Should we put some ice on it?"

"I'm fine." Chen Silu shook her head resolutely.

It was just a few slaps, much lighter than she had expected.

"And you guys?" Zhang Wen asked, looking at the other four. "Did President Liu do anything to you?"

“Teacher Zhang, Mr. Liu only hit Silu just now, he hasn’t had a chance to teach us a lesson yet,” Zhao Tong said.

"Well, thank goodness you came, Teacher Zhang, otherwise we would have gotten slapped too," Zhang Jiajia said, still shaken.

Everyone witnessed how angry President Liu was. After dealing with Chen Silu, the main culprit, the next ones to be dealt with will definitely be the accomplices.

She was even prepared to take the beating along with Chen Silu.

"Teacher Zhang, is what you just told President Liu true? Are you really planning to have the five of us form a girl group and debut?" Cheng Sisi, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, the other four all looked at Teacher Zhang, fearing that he might say something like, "I was just trying to help you out," which would make them happy for nothing.

"Of course it's true. How could I joke about something this big?" Zhang Wen said seriously.

Upon hearing this, the five could no longer contain their excitement and cheered, hugging each other and jumping for joy.

"yeah!"

"Long live Teacher Zhang!"

Zhang Wenxiao watched the scene unfold before him and completely understood the feelings of the five trainees.

When things take a turn for the better and one is saved from a desperate situation, who wouldn't be happy?

It's important to know that even if Zhao Tong, Zhang Jiajia, Cheng Sisi, and Su Jin weren't eliminated in the first round of "Super Trainee," they wouldn't have made it into the top nine to become members of the girl group.

At most, this program will only garner some attention.

After a period of excitement, the five trainees quickly calmed down, and a question popped into their minds: Can the group become popular?
Forming a group to debut is easy, but becoming famous is extremely difficult.

There are so many girl groups in the entertainment industry, and almost every entertainment company has one or two, but only a handful are truly memorable.

"Teacher Zhang, are we okay?" Chen Silu asked weakly, her voice lacking any confidence, but it voiced what the others were thinking.

Zhang Wen's gaze swept over the five faces one by one, and then he said in a very confident tone, "Don't doubt yourselves, trust my judgment, you can do it."

The five people's eyes lit up.

Yes, they may not believe in themselves, but they cannot disbelieve in Teacher Zhang.

Thinking of this, the group suddenly felt much more confident.

"Teacher, when will we debut as a group? Will we need special training?" Zhang Jiajia asked.

“It seems you weren’t listening to me carefully just now. I said that your debut would be after the episode where you were eliminated aired,” Zhang Wen said.

"what?"

Zhang Jiajia was stunned.

The other four people also looked stunned.

Of course they remembered that Teacher Zhang had said that, but at the time they thought it was just a casual remark. They never expected that Teacher Zhang would actually take it seriously.

"But, but we're not ready yet." Su Jin suddenly became nervous.

"You don't need to prepare anything, just do as I say."

As Zhang Wen spoke, he took out his phone from his pocket and then took out five slips of paper from the phone case.

"These are five songs. They were originally intended to be given to you during the final of 'Super Trainee' to help you get into the top nine and become a member of the girl group. Since you have been eliminated from the show, these songs will be included in your debut album."

"!!!!!!"

The women's eyes widened upon hearing this, and they were almost speechless with shock.

Five songs?
Teacher Zhang prepared a song for each of them.

As far as they know, the songs written by Teacher Zhang are not only in high demand in the music industry, but also very expensive, selling for eight million yuan a song, plus a share of the profits.

Five songs would cost 40 million, plus revenue sharing...

It’s unimaginable!
"Teacher Zhang, am I dreaming?" Zhao Tong murmured to himself.

"I feel like I'm dreaming too, Su Jin, pinch me." Cheng Sisi said to Su Jin beside her.

Su Jin also wanted to know if she was dreaming, so she reached out and pinched Cheng Sisi's arm hard.

"hiss!"

Cheng Sisi gasped and quickly pulled her arm out of Su Jin's hand.

"Does it hurt?" Su Jin asked.

"It hurts!" Cheng Sisi nodded.

The others looked at Cheng Sisi, who was rubbing her arm; it seemed she wasn't dreaming.

"Teacher Zhang, are these five songs really written for us?" Chen Silu asked in a trembling voice, her eyes fixed on the five slips of paper in Teacher Zhang's hand.

Back then, Tang Yi became a household name across the country with Zhang Laoshi's song "Human World," and was hailed as a super newcomer in the music industry.

Tang Yi, like them, was a trainee in the training department.

"Why would I need to lie to you?" Zhang Wen rolled his eyes.

That's the kind of question you ask, as if he were a liar.

Chen Silu was deeply moved upon receiving the affirmative reply.

Everyone else felt nothing but gratitude towards Teacher Zhang.

Seeing that the five trainees' eyes were red and they were about to cry, Zhang Wen immediately stretched out his left index finger and poked the palm of his right hand.

"Stop, don't get emotional yet. I didn't write songs for you guys for free."

The women were stunned.

Do you want money?
But they don't have that many.

Zhang Wen naturally understood what these people were thinking, so he continued, "I know you can't come up with the money now, but that doesn't mean you can't come up with the money in the future. We'll sign an agreement later. I'll give you the performance rights to these five songs, and you'll have to give me all the profits from your performances until you pay off the cost of the songs. Then we'll sign a new revenue-sharing agreement. Do you understand what I mean?"

"understand!"

The women breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

To put it bluntly, they owe it to them first, and then pay it back when they earn money.

This meant no loss to them; in fact, it felt like they were getting something for nothing. Clearly, Teacher Zhang was doing this with their best interests at heart.

“Teacher Zhang, whatever you say goes, we’ll do it,” Zhao Tong said.

With the song written by Teacher Zhang, she can't wait to debut.

“Teacher Zhang, as long as I can sing the songs you wrote, I’d give you all the proceeds from the performances,” Zhang Jiajia said.

A singer's income is not limited to singing; it also includes commercial endorsements, participation in variety shows, and more.

Once the group becomes popular, endorsements and TV shows will naturally come knocking, and the income from those alone will be enough for them to achieve financial freedom.

Seeing the five trainees' reactions, Zhang Wen nodded in satisfaction, then said seriously, "Super Trainee will air in September. At the pace of one episode per week, your episode should be released in the second week of September. There's less than a month until the show airs, so we need to finish recording the song quickly. If there's enough time, we also need to choreograph and shoot a music video..."

Upon hearing this, everyone became incredibly excited.

It's definitely more promising to follow Teacher Zhang. I estimate that by the time the girl group from "Super Trainee" is launched, they will already be incredibly popular.

"By the way, teacher, what's the name of our group?" Zhang Jiajia asked curiously.

"Teacher Zhang, you need to give us a nicer name," Cheng Sisi said.

"I haven't decided yet, do you have any good suggestions?" Zhang Wen looked at the five girls in front of him.

Actually, it wasn't that he hadn't thought it through; to be precise, it was that he hadn't even considered it at all.

The idea of ​​forming a girl group with Chen Silu and others was just a spur-of-the-moment decision, but unexpectedly, these five trainees with decent skill levels were sidelined.

If these five people are cleaning toilets in the company, while Cao Qing becomes an overnight sensation on the show "Super Trainee", where would he put his face?

Wouldn't Gu Chunyan stand outside Tianxi Media's gates and laugh at him then?
He also wants to save face.

"The group name for 'Super Trainee' is Super Girl, how about we call ourselves 'Top-Notch Girl'?" Su Jin excitedly looked at her companions, seeking their opinions.

"Top-notch? That sounds like a derogatory term, it doesn't sound nice."

"What about top-tier girls? They're even more amazing than Super Girls."

"not so good."

"Where are the goddess-level girls?"

"According to you, why don't we just call it the Goddess Duo?"

"also."

"..."

The five girls had a heated discussion, but they couldn't reach a conclusion. They all wanted to outdo the Super Girls in name, but after much thought, they couldn't reach a consensus.

"Clap clap clap!"

Zhang Wen didn't want to waste time on such a meaningless thing, so he clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

The five girls thought that Teacher Zhang had already come up with a name, so they stopped arguing and their eyes were full of anticipation.

"Put the name aside for now, think about it carefully before you go to sleep. Now come with me to the record production department, recording the song is the most important thing."

After finishing his sentence, Zhang Wen left the practice room immediately.

Upon hearing that they were going to record a song, the girls immediately became excited again. Although they hadn't seen the sheet music yet, they couldn't wait to sing the song written by Teacher Zhang.

Record production department.

Zhang Wen found Wang Qi in the recording studio.

Tang Yi's new album has been recorded, and Wang Qi is not as busy as she was two months ago.

"Teacher Zhang, Tang Yi isn't here. She went to Shacheng to record a program to promote her new album." Wang Qi assumed the other person was looking for Tang Yi, so he told them where Tang Yi was.

“I’m not here to see Tang Yi, I’m here to see you,” Zhang Wen said.

"Me?" Wang Qi was stunned, his face full of question marks.

Zhang Wen didn't beat around the bush and directly told everyone that the company was going to launch a five-member girl group.

If you need help from other departments, you naturally have to use the company's name; otherwise, who would be willing to help?

If you're not doing music arrangement willingly, can the resulting music sound good?

"Teacher Wang, these are five songs I wrote for the group. I would like to ask you to be in charge of the arrangement and also to be the producer of this mini album. Originally, Mr. Liu recommended Teacher Hu Ming to me, but I thought that we have worked together many times and have a good understanding of each other, so I decided to ask you for help."

As Zhang Wen spoke, he handed five slips of paper to the other party.

Like Wang Qi, Hu Ming is a music producer in the record production department. However, Hu Ming has been with the company for a longer time and is the most senior music producer in the record production department.

Zhang Wen brought up Hu Ming at this time mainly to get closer to Wang Qi, implying: I refused President Liu's recommendation in order to cooperate with you, how can you refuse me?
However, Wang Qi did not understand Zhang Wen's implied meaning, because her attention was completely drawn to the five slips of paper in her hand.

To be precise, she was shocked.

The other party actually wrote five songs for this girl group?

Didn't you say you were very busy on set?
Did you write it in your spare time?
This is such a fast creative speed!
As expected of a man who can compose a song in seven steps, his strength is simply terrifying.

She eagerly opened one of the slips of paper. The paper was familiar, the notes and words were familiar, but she didn't know how good it was.

Seeing that the other person was engrossed in reading, Zhang Wen didn't disturb them and quietly waited for their reply.

Wang Qi was very fast and finished reading the entire sheet music in no time.

To describe my feelings, I can only say I was shocked.

This is a song with a completely different style from "Human World" and "New Life".

The melody is catchy, the rhythm is strong and varied, and the lyrics revolve around themes such as humanity and psychology, possessing a certain depth of thought.

After watching it, she even had the urge to debut.

That's so well written.

The key point is that there are four more songs like this.

“Teacher Zhang, it’s an honor to work with you,” Wang Qi said excitedly. “However, it’s too difficult for you to complete the arrangement and recording of five songs in less than a month.”

Let alone such a classic song, even for ordinary songs, it would be impossible to complete the arrangement of five songs in such a short time.

“But this group is supposed to debut in mid-September.” Zhang Wen frowned slightly.

"So soon? Can't we postpone it? It's such a big deal to debut, it's better to be careful, especially for a new group, we can't be careless," Wang Qi said.

Zhang Wen thought about it and felt that what the other party said made sense, but he had to ride the wave of popularity of "Super Trainee".

"Teacher Wang, how long does it take you to finish arranging a song?" Zhang Wen asked.

"At least a week, preferably two weeks," Wang Qi said seriously.

With such a good song, she naturally had to put a lot of effort into the arrangement, and couldn't just rush through it.

"Two weeks..."

Zhang Wen thought for a moment before saying, "Let's do it one song at a time. It would be best if we could finish making them all. If we can't finish making them all, we'll release one song first, and then release another one a month later."

"Huh? Aren't you going to release an album for the group?" Wang Qi asked in surprise.

"We'll release two songs first. After the show ends, we'll combine the two released songs with the three unreleased songs to create a mini album. With the groundwork laid by the first two songs, I believe this mini album will definitely receive a lot of attention."

Wang Qi's eyes widened in surprise.

Can you still play like this?
Teacher Zhang really doesn't follow the usual path!

(End of this chapter)