Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 162: The Identity of a Supernova – Establishing a Foothold in the Chinese Entertainment Industry!

Xu Heli explained, "The recording studio employs professional acoustic design, utilizing equipment such as condenser microphones, monitor speakers, 4K cameras, and mixing consoles to capture even the most subtle flaws in the human voice..."

"Pitch deviation, rhythm mismatch, throat noise, etc. Weaknesses that are not usually noticed will all be magnified dozens of times in the recording studio."

"Even singers with formal training often have to record repeatedly in the recording studio for several days."

"I remember Lin Xingzhuo didn't have any professional training, right..."

Zhang Youqian said anxiously, "But we only asked for two days off!!"

Xu Heli took a torreya nut, pinched it slightly with his thumb and forefinger, and the shell cracked open along its natural lines, revealing a pale yellow kernel. He said:
"Manager Zhang, there are indeed singers in the industry who can finish recording within two days."

"For example, Lin Zhixuan once recorded 'Single Love Song' here. He got the pitch and rhythm right the first time, but the emotion needed to be fine-tuned, which took about two days."

"But I think it's unlikely for a newcomer like Lin Xingzhuo..."

"Don't rush, music creation is all about taking your time and doing things meticulously!"

"Zhang Liangying, the third runner-up of the 05 Super Girl competition, spent three months recording her album 'The One' here!"

"And then there's Yu Kewei, the fourth-place finisher in this year's Super Girl competition who signed with Rock Records. Her debut album, 'Blue Shorts,' took over a year to record!!"

Xu Heli used his extensive industry experience as an example, which silenced Zhang Youqian.

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Xu Heli is a veteran in the music industry.

For newcomers who achieve instant fame with a single song, this is all too common...

Youth is naive; people are so arrogant and ignorant!

He got lucky and made a hit song, but he thought he had established himself in the music industry and became arrogant!
When he experienced setbacks on the first day of recording, he realized the importance of a veteran musician like himself.

Finally, I still have to take matters into my own hands and honestly opt for the star-level post-production package!
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Suddenly, Zhang Youqian stood up and said, "Xingzhuo, why did you come out?"

Xu Heli knew this must be a setback, and that he had come out early to catch his breath, so he said:
"It's okay, take a break and then record again. It's really hard for amateurs to adapt to professional recording studios."

"Actually, the most basic hourly package is just for singers and fans to try it out. For professional recording, you should still choose ours..."

Lin Xingzhu interrupted, saying, "I've finished recording."

Xu Heli: ? ? ?

Zhang Youqian glanced at the time; it had only taken fifty-seven minutes. She looked at Xu Heli and asked, "Mr. Xu, what level is this...?"

Xu Heli stammered, "Um...that...when Wang Fei recorded 'I Do,' it seems like she completed the recording in one take."

Zhang Youqian exclaimed excitedly, "Lin Xingzhuo has the same strength as Wang Fei?!"

Xu Heli stammered, "That's not quite right... Wang Wen has a longer career path and more experience recording songs..."

Zhang Youqian was even happier to hear this and said, "President Xu, do you mean that Lin Xingzhuo is even more amazing than the diva Wang Wen?"

Xu Heli realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to make amends, saying, "I can't say it. Stop talking, stop talking..."

At this moment, the bewildered sound engineer led the mother out of the recording studio.

Faced with Zhang Youqian's questioning, Xu Heli immediately glared fiercely at the sound engineer.

What's going on? It was all recorded in less than an hour?!

The sound engineer, seeing the boss's angry gaze, felt helpless...

Following his usual tactic, this sound engineer had already prepared his lines to deal with this newcomer who was a easy target!

They use various anxiety-inducing tactics, such as saying the voice has background noise and sibilance, has rhythm problems, or the timbre is much worse than a certain singer.

But this Lin Xingzhuo is truly a prodigy!!

Perfect pitch! Rhythmic stability! Perfect vocal quality! The entire song was completed in one take!!
The recording engineer was completely helpless throughout the entire process, unable to offer any opinions and could only watch as the new singer dazzled the entire recording studio.

When Zhang Youqian was exporting and handing over the original track files to the sound engineer...

Lin Xingzhuo picked up a cup of green tea from the table and took a sip.

The tea is still warm...

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Having lived two lives, coming to this old-fashioned recording studio for the first time is indeed a unique experience...

In a few years, traditional recording studios like Xiaochang Recording Studio will face operational difficulties and lose their former glory.

With the industrialization of pop music production, the technology of audio editing plugins that receive MIDI signals for audio editing has become increasingly sophisticated.

Not only can you control the pitch of a human voice via a MIDI keyboard, but you can also manually edit the pitch, duration, and formant of a single note...

This technology was first used and was a huge success at Rihanna's "Bad Girls Tour" stop in Los Angeles two years ago.

Then it began to become popular in the European and American music markets...

The teams behind phenomenal newcomers like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, who swept five American Music Awards, skillfully utilize audio editing plugins in concerts, commercial performances, and other events.

Thus, the era of "million-dollar sound engineers" arrived.

Those days of slowly refining recordings and spending time in the recording studio are gone forever!
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After recording the DJ version of "Sorrow", Zhang Youqian contacted the QQ Music platform's operations staff in accordance with the exclusive release agreement that Xu Zhixia had already signed with the platform.

During this period, Tencent's ecosystem had not yet developed the problems associated with large corporations, and its efficiency was extremely high!
Xiao Ma drove his BMW 7 Series to the Hengdian Tourism Building Hotel. After checking in, he lay on the bed to rest.

The DJ version of "Sorrow" has been released on QQ Music and immediately topped the QQ Music Popularity Index Chart, beating Li Yuchun's "See You at the Next Intersection"!
In the days that followed, this DJ version of "Sorrow" was unstoppable!

They successively defeated Huanzi's "Heartache 2009", Top Combine's "Cotton Candy", Zhang Shaohan's "That's Not Love", Jiang Yuyang's "The Pig That Lost Its Happiness"...

By late at night, the score had surpassed that of "Psychedelic Prince" Lin Youjia's "Lying" which ranked second!

Currently, it's engaged in a fierce battle with "Preference," the number one song in QQ Music's Top Ten Songs of the Year in 2009! The competition is incredibly close!

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In the second week, data from the QQ platform and web scraping data from Jinyang Information Security Protection Center, a subsidiary of Tiger Vision Group, also came out.

DJ version of "Sorrow" has been played 16 million times, with over 8 million individual collections. It's a nightclub hit, a staple of QQ Space background music, and the number one song on the global Chinese music chart.

The Baidu MP3 channel has been searched more than 500 million times.

It was played on over 50 radio stations including MusicRadio and Hit FM. According to radio play statistics from Yintui.com, the DJ version of "Sorrow" was requested over 800 times in a single week!
Lin Xingzhuo has officially established himself as a supernova in the Chinese entertainment industry!

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In the days that followed, the crew of "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" accelerated their filming schedule, which was extremely hectic.

Carina Lau hasn't organized a mahjong game in many days!
She lives a very secluded life, and except when she's filming, she stays in her hotel the whole time!
She could only catch glimpses of her Central Asian assistant, Lisa, occasionally.

The scenes of Empress Wu's inspection and court confrontation, filmed at the Ming and Qing Palace Garden, have been completed. The next scene, featuring the Tongtian Pagoda, will be filmed in the open space on the west side of the Ming and Qing Palace Garden.

After the makeup artist finished applying layers of bleaching and coloring to create Pei Donglai's albino makeup, Lin Xingzhuo was on her way to the waiting area of ​​the film crew.

Dong Dong... Dong Dong...

At this moment, the coordinator knocked on the door and entered the dressing room, greeting everyone as follows:
"Brother Zhuo, I'm sorry! Today's scene has been canceled."

Lin Xingzhuo glanced at Zhang Youqian, who was drafting a report next to her.

Zhang Youqian understood immediately and stood up, saying, "I'll go find out what's going on."

(End of this chapter)