This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 298 A Shout from Huayin Laoqiang
Lu Ran added a sentence when he reposted this Weibo post.

"I feel honored to participate in the program planning for the Qincheng branch venue of the Spring Festival Gala. This is not only an honor but also a responsibility. I hope to present a satisfactory program to everyone."

I can't speak for other things, but Lu Ran is definitely fine when it comes to attitude.

Moreover, he has great confidence in the program "Poetry of Chang'an".

This program was praised by many netizens as the best program of that year's Spring Festival Gala, and it also ranked among the top in terms of viewership.

This show will definitely bring a different feeling to the audience.

Lu Ran forwarded the Weibo post and then ignored it.

His fans couldn't sit still anymore.

"Director Lu, you've improved so fast! Have you ever seen a celebrity who became a program planner in their first year on the Spring Festival Gala?"

"Brother, how did you do that? Teach me! I want to improve too."

"Wait a minute, what's going on here? Let me sort this out. Wasn't it supposed to be the first year of performing on the Spring Festival Gala? How did I end up being a program planner?"

The program planning for the Spring Festival Gala is a huge team, and different programs require different plans.

For example, the planning of language-based programs is often handled by comedians.

Those who can be program planners are all people with certain experience in the industry.

There's never been a newcomer like Lu Ran who was put in charge of planning right away.

The critics fell silent after seeing the message posted by the official Weibo account of the Spring Festival Gala.

This is not what they imagined.
But soon, the little black guys came back with a vengeance.

"Isn't it just being a program planner? What's so great about that? Everyone knows how bad the Spring Festival Gala programs have been in recent years."

"Let's look forward to the trashy show that Lu Ran will bring us on New Year's Eve."

"The Spring Festival Gala is no longer good; who watches it anymore?"

"Even shows made by big directors are not good, and Lu Ran is no exception."

"If the show is bad, I will definitely come to Lu Ran's Weibo and criticize him."

These haters are really finding some tricky angles.

Indeed, most of the programs on the Spring Festival Gala in recent years have been unappealing.

Four years ago, Qincheng served as a branch venue for the Spring Festival Gala.

The performance at the Qincheng branch venue was just average; you couldn't really call it good.

To say it's ugly wouldn't be an excruciating sight.

After all, they are all song and dance programs, so it's a bit difficult to make them look bad.

But being conventional and following the rules is meaningless in itself.

With the development of the internet in recent years, audiences have access to more information and have seen more of the world, making it no longer so easy to amaze them.

Lu Ran's fans flocked to the comment section of Lu Ran's Weibo to comfort him.

"It's alright, Director Lu. It doesn't matter if the show is a flop. Just write a few more songs. Think about how long it's been since you released a song."

"Director Lu, don't worry. No matter how bad your Spring Festival Gala program is, it won't be the worst one. There will be comedy sketches to make up for it."

"Hahaha! Director Lu, do your job well. If you do a really bad job, we won't blame you. We'll just scold you."

After receiving training from the Burning Study Group, Lu Ran's fans are becoming increasingly clear-headed.

Blindly praising your favorite celebrity? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Meanwhile, celebrities in the entertainment industry also noticed this development.

Some celebrities don't care, but others are secretly very envious.

Cheng Yarui is one of them.

Despite being in the music industry for so many years, she has never actually appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

Every program that is submitted is eliminated in the first few rounds.

One year, a show finally made it to the end, but it was eliminated due to time constraints.

Throughout her life, she has never appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage.

"Why? Why can Lu Ran perform on the Spring Festival Gala in his very first year as an artist?!"

Cheng Yarui felt extremely upset.

Even if she could participate in Hunan TV's Spring Festival Gala and earn more appearance fees than the Gala itself, it wouldn't ease her current mood.

At that moment, a message popped up in a group chat on her phone.

This is a chat group for singers and musicians; most of the members are people working in the industry.

At that moment, a musician sent a message.

"Lu Ran's agent posted on WeChat Moments that they need to find a female singer with a powerful voice. Is this preparation for the Spring Festival Gala?"

The post was followed by a screenshot, which was Li Quan's WeChat Moments post.

After the message was sent, the group chat became lively.

"That's quite possible. Lu Ran has just become a program planner, and he's in need of manpower right now."

"This is a great opportunity, but unfortunately, my voice isn't powerful enough to go."

"This is the fast track to the Spring Festival Gala! If I can get past Lu Ran, will I be able to get on the Spring Festival Gala too?"

"Whether or not we get to perform on the Spring Festival Gala is irrelevant. The important thing is that Lu Ran is writing a song for us. It's obvious that Lu Ran is going to write an original song!"

In the group chat, all the female singers were very excited.

Who wouldn't want to sing the songs written by Lu Ran?

Even someone as obscure as Wang Jiayue, who debuted through a talent show, can be promoted.

Cheng Yarui stared at the group chat, her face contorted in pain.

"If I weren't with Star Shine Media, I could have given it a try. Guo Weicheng ruined my life!"

Cheng Yarui let out a long wail.

By the next day, Li Quan's message on his WeChat Moments about finding a singer had spread throughout the music industry.

This singer was the one Lu Ran found.

In the original design of "Chang'an: Poems of Mountains and Rivers", there was a rap section in the middle, which belongs to the Shaanxi school of rap.

The rap was alright, but it felt a bit out of place mixed in with the rest of the stage.

In Lu Ran's memory, there is another scene that is suitable to be placed here.

That is "Huayin Laoqiang Yisheng Han" which appeared on the 2016 Spring Festival Gala.

The original version of this song is "Give You Some Color" composed by Tan Weiwei. It is adapted from the traditional folk art of Huayin Laoqiang and incorporates rock elements.

Before appearing on the Spring Festival Gala, the lyrics of this song were rewritten, resulting in the song "Huayin Laoqiang Yisheng Han" performed on the Gala.

This version of the lyrics is perfect for the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Huayin Laoqiang is also a form of intangible cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province, so there's no problem adding it to the program "Poetry of Chang'an".

We just need to work on the musical transitions later. Right now, we just need to find a female singer who can sing this song.

After returning to Wutongyuan in the evening, Lu Ran went through the proposal he had written during the day in detail and added some details.

In a rented room in Beijing, singer Qin Yue saw Li Quan's post on WeChat Moments in a group chat.

Qin Yue is not well-known in the entertainment industry. She debuted on a talent show and released a few songs, but she has never been able to make a name for herself in the music scene.

Qin Yue is now thirty-two years old.

She has terminated her contract with her previous company and is now completely on her own.

"My voice seems to meet the requirements."

Qin Yue had the idea of ​​giving it a try.

But after having this idea, she felt a little uneasy.

The person opposite me is no ordinary person; he is a new generation singer and producer in the Chinese music scene.

Lu Ran's name is well-known in the music industry.

Some singers joked that they didn't want any income from singing Lu Ran's songs, as long as they could sing them.

"Will I be selected? I'm definitely not as famous as the other female singers."

Qin Yue quickly thought about her living expenses and rent, and decided to take a gamble.

She contacted Li Quan using the contact information provided.

Then I received a demo of a song.

The rest is a sound check, singing out a demo of this part of the song.

The demo she received was the demo of "Huayin Laoqiang Yishenghan".

After receiving the demo, Qin Yue didn't rush to sing it, but instead learned more about the song.

After learning that the song was adapted from Laoqiang, she immediately went online to search for related videos of Laoqiang.

She thoroughly learned about the development, history, and characteristics of the Laoqiang opera style.

He also studied the singing techniques of the Laoqiang artists by watching their performance videos, repeatedly reflecting on and pondering their methods.

Qin Yue pondered this until noon the next day, when she felt she had grasped the feeling.

She took out her recording equipment, recorded the short clip, and sent it to Li Quan.

After doing all this, Qin Yue finally felt exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.

The auditions ended the following day.

Li Quan packaged the documents he had received and sent them to Lu Ran.

When Lu Ran opened the app, he saw that there were quite a few singers auditioning.

"We need to officially expand the staff of Burning Studio after the New Year, otherwise we won't be able to find suitable people even if we have songs."

Compared to other major entertainment companies, Burning Studio still has too few singers.

This prevented him from releasing many of his songs.

Lu Ran put on his headphones and began listening to them one by one.

When he heard Qin Yue's voice during the audition, his eyes lit up immediately.

Qin Yue's singing voice came through my headphones.

"Zhou, Qin, Han dynasties, thousands of years, we toiled in the fields, our backs to the sky."

In my dreams, the Yellow River flows crystal clear, and the road to heaven leads us to Chang'an.

These auditions included some well-known singers.

However, these singers' singing styles don't quite match this song.

On the contrary, Qin Yue's singing of this part is very fitting for the song.

Lu Ran didn't rush to finalize the selection. After carefully reviewing all the auditions, he listened to a few that he thought were good one by one.

Ultimately, Qin Yue's voice was determined to be the best.

Lu Ran then checked Qin Yue's profile and online information.

This person also graduated from a music academy and debuted on a talent show a long time ago, but his subsequent development was not very good.

He has released albums but they haven't become popular, and he still doesn't have a representative work.

These days, popularity is king; without representative works, few viewers will remember you.

However, none of this was a problem for Lu Ran.

The rest depends on whether Qin Yue fits the values ​​of Burning Studio.

Lu Ran sent a message to Li Quan.

"Brother Quan, let's invite Qin Yue over."

Soon, the news that she had passed the audition reached Qin Yue.

Qin Yue had no time to be happy and immediately booked a high-speed train to Qincheng for the next day.

In the afternoon, she met Lu Ran in the Burning Studio office.

Lu Ran took out a character assessment card to check Qin Yue's character.

With a character score of 91, this person's character is beyond reproach.

Lu Ran didn't waste any words with Qin Yue and first talked to her about the song.

Qin Yue explained her preparation process.

Upon hearing that Qin Yue had gone to research materials and listen to Laoqiang opera, Lu Ran nodded.

Very good, that's 30% of his learning attitude.

Otherwise, Qin Yue's singing would be just right.

If you haven't heard of Laoqiang, you can't possibly sing it with the correct flavor.

After discussing these matters, Lu Ran asked, "Would you like to sign with our studio?"

Qin Yue's face lit up with surprise.

"Can I?"

"I don't know if it's possible, the question now is whether you want to."

Qin Yue nodded: "I want to!"

Are you kidding me? A singer like her signing with Burning Studio is incredibly lucky.

But she didn't quite understand. Lu Ran had asked, and she had agreed, so why wasn't it necessarily possible?
Isn't Lu Ran in charge of this studio?
At this moment, Lu Ran said, "Okay, take our studio's written test. If you pass the test, you can sign a contract."

A question mark immediately appeared above Qin Yue's head.

What the hell?
Does Burning Studio have written tests?

(End of this chapter)