Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 150 Son-in-law, God of War, Dragon King, Grandpa Niu

They had all heard of Yu Qian's connections in the circle, but as far as they knew now, all they knew was that he was the vice president of the Rock Association.

So they didn't mind letting Yu Qian have more connections in the rap circle.

It's just a song. In the past, they might have thought that nothing can be done for free, but now they both know very well that free things are actually the most expensive.

With just one word from Zhou Le, the two of them could make cameo appearances in the movie. This is what connections and favors mean.

Although they can make cameo appearances in these movies with the help of a company, the nature of the company is different.

After all, the capital for rap and the capital for movies are two completely different concepts.

Besides, if you really want to talk about it, which rapper wants to stay underground forever?
This time it's a guest appearance, maybe next time he can play a supporting role. If he has enough opportunities to show his face, rappers may play major roles in movies in the future.

That night, Yu Qian took the initiative to take Zhou Le and the director to treat the two of them to dinner.

They also witnessed Yu Qian's alcohol tolerance. He drank a lot, but when they finally returned to the hotel, the two of them still kept Zhou Le with them and had started to treat each other like brothers.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for today. You guys take a good rest. We'll start when you get up tomorrow. We'll take our time with recording the songs. Anyway, being here is like being at home." Zhou Le said.

Although it would cost tens of thousands of dollars to entertain the two of them, it would still be difficult to use that money to buy these two songs.

All in all, I haven't lost anything.

After Zhou Le left, the two of them said, "Alas, even though we are both quite famous now, and you even won a championship this year, and even though Zhou Le is just barely at the level of a first-line actor, the influence we have when we stand together is far less than theirs.

They are willing to come to us because of backward compatibility. Even if there is overlap in fans, it is mostly our fans who overlap with theirs."

"Yeah, but I think he's a nice guy, and he doesn't put on airs. You wouldn't know it this year when I went on a show, but few people there looked up to me.

Even though they don't say it and always smile when they meet, to be honest, we are all adults and what we think can be revealed in a few words."

Zhou Le naturally didn't know what the two were thinking. He just felt that these two people were very down-to-earth and had strong professional skills. They just went into rap. If they really wanted to break into the circle of pop singers, it would be easier for them than for others.

Over the next two days, Zhou Le followed the two of them to record a song. Although there were long sections of rap in it, it was still relatively easy.

If they really gave him a rap like Eminem, Zhou Le could only sit there and watch, waiting for the system to give him a skill to enhance his lip skills before he could finish recording the song.

"Let's play for a few more days. You finally came here, and I didn't treat you well."

"Brother Le, it's time for us to go back. Seeing how hard you've worked, we feel like we're just wasting time here. When you're free later, we can take over and entertain you."

"Alas, I was hoping you could stay here a few more days."

"Next time, next time."

"Okay, but let's go tomorrow and hang out tonight."

"Okay, our flight is also tomorrow morning."

Last night Zhou Le took people to a nightclub again and ordered a lot of girls, but they didn’t sing themselves. They just watched the girls sing the whole time.

"Brothers, although I like to play, I usually only play here. If you want to play another game, you can choose any one. When the time comes, just play and don't worry about anything else."

Zhou Le has principles. Although he likes to have fun, he doesn't just play everything. Singing and drinking are enough. Zhou Le is worried about problems when he goes to the hotel.

Finally, after sending the two away, Zhou Le sorted out his current songs. It had been several days since Zhu Feng contacted him, and Zhou Le finally sent him "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth" which he had recorded together with the two raps.

The copyright has already been registered.

Ten minutes later, Zhu Feng called: "Zhou Le, did you write this song yourself?"

"Yeah." Zhou Le said a little guiltily, and at the same time thought that what the system gave him shouldn't involve plagiarism, right?
"It's amazing. The music and lyrics are very well done. Not only are the themes clear, but they're also catchy."

"Thank you, Director Zhu. Can I sing this song then?"

"Okay, okay, that's great. But I'm also sending it to the general planner. I'll let you know if there's any news when we meet in Changsha in a few days."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Teacher Zhu."

This song has been preliminarily approved, and Zhou Le has put his mind at ease. However, when looking at this song, he can always see the shadows of other people.

For example, when Zhou Le was recording, the teacher in the recording studio suggested that he could add a little bit of R&B style when singing.

The other party also said that the lyrics were written with the essence of Fang Wenshan.

So if I really think about it now, if Fang Wenshan were to write this song, he could probably do it, and if he were to sing it, he would definitely have to find a Chinese R&B singer with top singing skills.

"Well, if I were just a creator, I think it would be great to have Wang Lihong sing this."

While thinking about this, Zhou Le sent the songs he had saved, "Aspirin", "Don't Be Afraid of Change", and "Don't Send Me Off", to Bilibili, asking them to pick two.

About half an hour later, the director of the B station New Year's Eve party preparation team also called Zhou Le.

"Teacher Zhou, we think 'Don't Be Afraid of Getting Old' and 'Don't Send Me Off' are pretty good. 'Aspirin' is also very good, but after all, a large part of our audience is students. Maybe they can't empathize with this song yet."

"That's ok, these two then."

"Okay, then we'll start designing the stage and stuff. We'll need Teacher Zhou to come over for a rehearsal at the end of the month. We'll have two more rehearsals in November and two more in early December. We'll officially start recording on the 11rd."

"Okay, I'll find time to go there then."

"But are the rehearsals only at night, or do we have to rehearse during the day as well?"

"We have both. The evening rehearsals are in December, and the rest of the time we can do it during the day."

"Okay, that's no problem."

After confirming it, Zhou Le directly posted the song on Douyin.

And the caption reads "We are so awesome."

Fans who often follow Douyin bloggers will receive push messages as soon as the blogger releases a new video, so a large number of fans will soon flock in.

"Great! I finally got a front row seat. Can anyone help me with some dirty talk?"

"No buddy, you really can?"

"Yeah, it's a dream collaboration."

"Whoever can tell me the blogger's name, I'll date him."

"If you feel itchy, just use your slippers to pat it yourself, don't hang around here, poor buddy."

"The beauty sent you a private message, why didn't you reply?"

Fans didn't expect Zhou Le to suddenly release a rap song on Douyin, nor did they expect him to collaborate with Ai'er and Wang Yitai. After all, the videos he released before were very abstract, either about a dragon sucking water or playing various memes.

Suddenly posted such a serious video.

And the lyrics are getting more and more awesome the more I read them.

"Damn, I'm in tears. Isn't this what we workers are like? Can't make money and can't get a girlfriend?"

"When is it time to release an album?"

"It's obvious that he's a studio player, a late-stage genius. He can't write his own songs, so he sings other people's."

"He's an actor, not a singer, and he's all black, right? Haven't you seen the video of Zhou Le singing at the Second Hand Rose concert a few years ago?"

"Oh, so you listen to Ershoumeigui. I won't tell you what the content is."

After Zhou Le released this song, it quickly became a hot topic on Douyin, and naturally his followers increased.

But at this time Zhou Le had already packed up and prepared to go to Hunan. This time, the recording location of "Sound into the Scene" was at the Meixihu International Culture and Art Center in Changsha.

It’s just that Yin Zheng had some urgent matters to attend to, so we can’t leave until noon.

The organizers have also booked hotels for all the guests.

This time, Zhou Le took Zhou Ye with him by plane.

After arriving, as soon as Zhou Le walked out of the station, he saw many people holding their own signs.

"Why are you here again?"

Zhou Le was stunned. He didn't expect that after several months, another fan knew his flight in advance?

Suddenly, he felt a little overwhelmed.

Just after Zhou Le walked out, the fans also began to walk to a corner led by a man who looked to be in his thirties.

"Le brother this way."

Zhou Le was amused when he saw it: "They are organized."

Zhou Le felt relieved that the fans were so understanding. What he feared most was that the fans would block the way for other passengers and then become a hot topic because of this.

But just as Zhou Le was walking over there, two people grabbed his cell phones and started taking pictures of him.

But before Zhou Le could say anything, the man who organized the fans to come over shouted, "What are you doing?"

The two turned a deaf ear.

"Don't think I don't know you're proxy photographers. Are you trying to ruin Brother Le's reputation? Hurry up and leave before we have to send someone to chase you away." The two photographers looked up and said, "Why aren't you allowing passersby to take pictures? You're acting so arrogantly."

When Zhou Le heard this, he thought that it was indeed directed at him.

But a girl in the crowd said, "You are just photographers. Why are you pretending to be a passerby? We have seen you here many times!"

But no one can stop a person from being shameless, and Zhou Le doesn't want to push and shove others and affect his image.

So the two of them were fearless for a while, but the fans were still very rational and went directly to find the ground staff here to take the two of them away. The two of them were still shouting and cursing when they were taken away.

Zhou Le breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this situation.

I walked over and took photos with the fans.

"How did you know I was here?"

Zhou Le asked.

"I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but this is a friend of mine who saw you at the Beijing airport and told me after seeing your flight. I just mentioned it in the group chat, but I didn't expect so many people to show up."

"Alas, actually this isn't a good idea. If we can meet by chance, taking a few photos is fine, or even a group photo is fine, but if we keep gathering like this it's bound to affect others."

"Yes, yes, Brother Le is right. We won't organize these anymore. We'll go watch some variety shows when they come out."

"That's fine."

Zhou Le said this and looked around to see that there were more than twenty people here.

"But I can't let you all come here for nothing, and I didn't know you were coming to pick me up at the airport, so I can only give you some small gifts."

As he said that, he opened the suitcase.

I also distributed to them some new clothes that I had brought with me that I had never worn, as well as disposable shampoo, facial cleanser, power banks, data cables, umbrellas, masks, etc.

"These are all new and have never been used. If you don't think you need them, just throw them away. If they are usable, use them."

But as they were handing out the toothbrush, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Can you give me that toothbrush?"

Zhou Le was stunned for a moment: "A toothbrush definitely won't work. I've worn out the bristles of it."

"Pants are fine too."

"Even my underpants are clean, but I've worn them all."

"I want the ones I've worn."

"Don't try to play tricks on me in public, or I'll call the police and have you arrested."

Everyone laughed.

After distributing all the things, Zhou Le’s suitcase was half empty.

It's just that everyone was busy collecting things just now. Although they noticed that Zhou Le seemed to have changed his assistant, they didn't ask curiously until they had collected all the things.

"Brother Le, where did Sister Shuxin go? Why didn't she come with you this time?"

"Shu Xin is filming a movie. Everyone can look forward to it. It will probably be released next year. If you like campus-themed movies, you can go and watch it."

"Okay, then we will definitely go, but this young lady..."

"Oh, her name is Zhou Ye. She's temporarily following me. Her acting skills are also very good. She will definitely go filming in the future."

Zhou Le pulled Zhou Ye over and said, "Say hello, maybe these will all be your fans and friends in the future."

Zhou Ye greeted him generously.

"Wow, the young lady is so beautiful and has such a good temperament."

"Miss, is your Weibo name Zhou Ye? I'll follow you. If you appear in a TV show or film in the future, please tell me on Weibo. Although we are both poor friends of Brother Le, it's still okay to show some support."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone. I will study hard with Brother Le and strive to be as good as him soon."

"come on!"

Then, Zhou Le got into the car arranged by Hunan TV under the gaze of his fans.

The two returned to the hotel first, but Zhou Ye planned to go out for a while. After all, a lot of things had been delivered, and Zhou Ye still had to replenish these things.

Zhou Le went directly to Hunan TV.

This time he came mainly to say hello, but he was not taken to the program team first, but directly to He Jiong's office.

"Teacher He, long time no see."

"Haha, Le'er is finally here. I missed you so much. Long time no see, long time no see."

The two hugged each other when they met.

"Actually, I should have called you earlier, but I think it's better to talk about it in person. Congratulations on winning the award at the Changchun Film Festival."

"Haha, only with Teacher He's congratulations did I feel that winning this award was meaningful."

"You're so good at talking, so handsome, so capable, and so emotionally intelligent. If not you, who will be?"

"Teacher He, are you talking about yourself?"

After the two of them praised each other's business, they started chatting again.

We first talked about the show "Sound into the Scene" for a while, then talked about "A Longing for Life" and said a few bad things about Huang Lei.

Finally, after the staff here came in and informed that several directors had arrived, He Jiong asked Zhou Le to find a few people for a meeting.

Zhu Feng is one of the directors of "I Am a Singer".

After meeting, they exchanged a few pleasantries and then enthusiastically introduced Zhou Le to Director Xu Qing.

After they got to know each other, the other party explained the competition rules to Zhou Le.

"Teacher Zhou, you need to come up with a pseudonym first. Anything is fine, it can be an anime character or an online name."

Zhou Le thought for a moment and asked, "Is it okay with Grandpa Niu?"

Xu Qing: “?”

Zhu Feng explained, "It's a character from the cartoon 'Big Ear Tutu'."

"Oh, that's fine. We can just buy the copyright from them later. It won't cost much anyway."

Zhou Le nodded: "Then I will call the son-in-law, Dragon King, God of War, Grandpa Niu."

Xu Qing: “???”

Zhu Feng: “???”

What kind of abstract name is this?

"Mr. Zhou, are you sure you want to call it this?"

"Yes, that's what we'll call it."

Xu Qing nodded and wrote the name on the paper.

"Also, you can choose any character from these works, and the lines will follow the ones at the back. This part is first come first served. Anyway, we have a lot of backup works."

Zhou Le looked at the thick book that the other party handed over.

I found that there are indeed many, from cartoons to movies to TV series.

From "Country Love" to "Kangxi Dynasty", from "Crazy Stone" to "SpongeBob SquarePants".

"Wow (three sounds), this is really complete, how much did you spend on the copyright?"

"It didn't cost much, but as long as the show is successful, it's worth spending some money."

Seeing the other party's righteous look, Zhou Le curled his lips in his heart. He just asked casually, but no matter how much money is spent on this, won't it still be paid by the sponsor?

In the end, Zhou Le chose Kangxi played by Chen Daoming in "Kangxi Dynasty", Xiong Er in "Boonie Bears", Hei Pi played by Huang Bo in "Crazy Stone", and the Führer in "The Rise of Devil".

Looking at the characters chosen by Zhou Le, whether it is Xu Qing or Zhu Feng, I feel that Zhou Le really wants to win. These characters are completely unrelated, and it can be said that their personalities are very different.

"Teacher Zhou, are you sure about these four?"

"Well, I'm sure it's just these four."

Then Zhou Le received four numbers. These four numbers corresponded to the four characters mentioned earlier, and they would be selected by drawing lots.

As soon as Zhou Le left, Zhai Tianlin arrived.

After chatting for a while, he chose his own role and asked others about it. Xu Qing didn't think much of it. After all, these choices were obviously part of the script, and everyone just had to follow the rules.

As Zhai Tianlin listened, something in his mind moved. He glanced at Zhou Le's character, Xiong Er, and an idea emerged in his mind.

(End of this chapter)