Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 146 A mistake
According to Xu Yuejin—also known as Brother Xu—he organized several gatherings for the Compass Band and has always liked the song "Your Tenderness I Will Never Understand".

This time, Wang Jinghua recommended the song to Zhang Yan. Thinking that I should prepare a gift for Mr. Zhang, I gritted my teeth and spent 1500 yuan to buy the copyright of the song.

Zhang Weining and Zhang Yadong spent the whole afternoon tinkering and found that the song was indeed quite suitable for being adapted into a pop song.

However, the two disagreed on how to make the changes.

Zhang Weining felt that the explosive power of rock should be preserved, highlighting the anger and struggle of the song itself, until the final resolute decision;

Zhang Yadong felt that the most captivating aspect of the song was the fragile sense of confusion and sorrow, as well as the gradual and progressive emotional shifts.

Seeing that the two were arguing, Zhang Yan simply had them each create their own version to see whose understanding was more correct.

at the same time.

Xu Wei also released two new songs, one is "My Autumn" and the other is "The lamp burns at midnight and the rooster crows at dawn" - the latter song is a song to encourage learning that he tailored for him according to the company's requirements.

The overall quality is certainly not as good as "Persistence", but with Zhang Weining's help, this song is obviously more suitable for Xu Wei's vocal condition. When he sings it, it has a kind of gentle, fatherly feel, like an old father nagging his children to make progress.

Young people probably won't like to hear this, but older folks would be happy to share it with their children.

It's self-evident which side has stronger purchasing power.

So Zhang Yan immediately decided to include this song in the MV domination plan—this can be considered Xu Wei's official debut work.

As for the other song, "My Autumn," its sorrowful tone didn't quite fit the requirements, so Zhang Yan advised him to save it for his own album as one of the main tracks.

That night.

Zhang Yan specially set up a table to celebrate Wang Zhongqi and Xu Yuejin's official joining and to wish Xu Wei's first song great success.

A dozen or so people gathered together, including Cao Fang who brought her child; only Chen Hong and her assistant were missing.

When Chen Hong arrived in Beijing, the author of "When I Grow Up, I'll Be You" had already returned to his hometown in Northeast China. However, she heard that Yuan Meng had taken a liking to her lyrics and promised to come to Beijing as soon as possible.

Chen Hong said on the phone that she hadn't seen Zhang Fang for a while, so she decided to stay in Beijing and wait for the author, and take Zhang Fang to buy some winter clothes.

My girlfriend is so gentle and considerate, but I...

Hey~
That really shouldn't have happened.

That night, Zhang Yan buried his head in Wang Luyao's chest in shame and didn't lift it for a long time.

…………

Two days later.

Zhang Yan was filming the music video for "The Lights at Midnight and the Rooster at Dawn" in an old house when Zhang Weining and Zhang Yadong came over and presented their respective adapted works.

Spending all his time with musicians has greatly improved Zhang Yan's musical appreciation skills, but it would be too much to ask him to distinguish between different levels of skill from two scores.

Anyway, shooting a music video is simple, so he left the set to Wang Jinghua and followed the two back to the recording studio of Tianjin TV Station—which had been officially rented to Yuanmeng, though TV station staff could borrow it temporarily if needed.

"Mr. Zhang~"

Having been notified in advance, Tian Zhen, Han Hong, and Wang Luyao were already waiting in the recording studio. As soon as they met, Tian Zhen joked, "I heard you were just named one of Tianjin's Top Ten Outstanding Youths?"

"We were just notified yesterday."

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Actually, I didn't do much. I just helped the city revitalize two enterprises [Guangming Flour Mill and Tape Factory], and attracted investment from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places, which enabled Tianjin's GDP to overtake others this year and return to fourth place."

According to statistics from the first quarter of this year, Chongqing surpassed Tianjin by a narrow margin last year, but this year, thanks to its effective investment attraction efforts, Tianjin has successfully overtaken Chongqing and regained its title as the fourth-largest city.

Zhang Yan dared not say that he had made outstanding contributions, but he had at least made great contributions. Being named one of the Ten Outstanding Youths was just the first step in rewarding his achievements. Next, the city planned to arrange a representative position for him.

It's a pity he didn't want to go into politics, otherwise he would definitely be a high-ranking official.

"You're being too cocky!" Tian Zhen rolled his eyes at him. Now, the other singers under Yuanmeng's company all treated Zhang Yan with a bit of awe, but Tian Zhen was still as carefree as ever.

Zhang Yan walked to the vicinity of the mixing console and saw two fruit platters next to it, containing apples, oranges, bananas, and a large bunch of grapes.

"Wow, it's almost November, and you still have fresh grapes to eat?" Zhang Yan said, picking two grapes and popping them into his mouth, then secretly raising his eyebrows at Wang Luyao.

Wang Luyao's face immediately turned red, and then she looked somewhat resentful.

After eating two grapes at the same time, Zhang Yan sat down at the monitoring station, watched Zhang Yadong put in the accompaniment tape, and asked, "Who wants to go first?"

The background music was created by Zhang Weining and Zhang Yadong. It's still quite rough, but it's good enough for now.

"Let me do it."

Tian Zhen volunteered, and the version she was to sing was naturally the one adapted by Zhang Weining.

I watched as she took the lyrics and sheet music and casually walked into the recording studio, clearly having rehearsed beforehand—after all, they're a couple.

Although there was a suspicion of private exchange, Tian Zhen's singing skills are beyond doubt.

Her version is full of power, bursting out layer by layer the sadness and anger of meeting the wrong person, and combining rock and pop music almost perfectly.

After all, her voice is naturally more suited to rock music.

In terms of sheer emotional impact, it not only surpasses the original version by the Compass Band, but also outshines Chen Lin's version.

After listening to Tian Zhen's performance, Zhang Yadong was visibly nervous. He leaned close to Zhang Yan and whispered, "Mr. Zhang, my version is actually... well, maybe it should be... that's it."

Hearing his hesitant words, Zhang Yan glanced at Han Hong and Wang Luyao and asked, "Is it because there aren't any suitable singers in our company?"

Zhang Yadong meant it that way, but as a newcomer, how could he dare to criticize the accomplished Five Tigers who had achieved great success?
Seeing that Zhang Yan understood his meaning, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly said modestly, "It's mainly because my skills are limited, and I don't have Brother Zhang's ability to tailor things to fit the body."

There wasn't enough time to call in outside help, so Zhang Yan ultimately decided to let Han Hong and Wang Luyao both give it a try.

Zhang Yadong's version is quite different from Zhang Weining's version.

Zhang Weining's version focuses on accusation and emotional catharsis, as if he is constantly accumulating strength and finally choosing to break away without hesitation.

Zhang Yadong's version, on the other hand, is more like a helpless woman who is trying hard to win back her love but doesn't know what to do. She can only ask in anguish: How can I possibly understand your tenderness?

Han Hong is clearly not suitable. Her singing style is more like that of the national team, which is dignified and grand, but lacks the feeling of weeping and lamenting.

Wang Luyao surprised everyone. Her singing voice was usually a bit flat, but today it was noticeably deep and husky, and the emotions she displayed were very much in line with Zhang Yadong's requirements for this version.

The emotions are like weeping and lamenting, full of melancholy and lingering sorrow, and they are constantly accumulating.

Others might not understand, but Zhang Yan quickly grasped the reason. His deep voice was due to yesterday's intense battle, and the reason his emotions felt right was because Chen Hong expected to return to Tianjin this evening.

Although Wang Luyao had no intention of replacing him, it would be hard for anyone to feel resentful and reluctant to be interrupted just as she was getting into the swing of things.

Add to that Zhang Yan, the culprit, sitting right across the glass wall, their eyes locked, and it's no wonder her emotions were building up.

"That's fantastic! This is exactly the effect I wanted!"

After Wang Luyao finished singing, Zhang Yadong said excitedly, "President Zhang, this song still has some flaws. Let me adjust it according to Luyao's vocal characteristics. I guarantee it won't be much worse than Brother Ning's version!"

However, his excitement only lasted for two days before gradually turning into confusion.

Because Wang Luyao's singing just doesn't have the same feel anymore.

This disappearance didn't happen suddenly, but gradually, so Zhang Yadong thought that there was something wrong with the direction he had adjusted, but he really couldn't find out what was wrong.

Seeing Zhang Yadong scratching his head in confusion, Chen Hong, who had returned to Tianjin with "When I Grow Up, I'll Be You," asked Zhang Yan with a half-smile, "Darling, why don't you help me train him a bit more?"

(End of this chapter)