Huayu 2002, I'm going to dominate the music scene!

Jin Zhuo arrived quickly. He only offered some suggestions for the filming of JJ Lin's music video and did not personally direct it.

He's actually free right now, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed as soon as Bi Xiaoshi asked.

Song Mo and Xu Yuan went to the airport to pick up someone. The car was parked outside the arrival hall. After waiting for a short while, they saw a middle-aged man dragging a suitcase out.

Jin Zhuo was in his early forties, of medium build, wearing a dark gray jacket over a black turtleneck sweater, and his hair was neatly combed.

He wore a pair of metal-framed glasses. The eyes behind the lenses were not large, but they were very bright. He squinted slightly when looking at people, as if he was sizing them up.

"Teacher Jin, you must be tired from your journey." Xu Yuan went up to him and shook hands.

Jin Zhuo smiled, his voice not loud but clear, and without much of a Taiwanese accent: "It's alright, I slept the whole way, so it was quite relaxing."

His gaze shifted to Song Mo, looking him up and down before extending his hand: "You're Song Mo? You're even taller than in the photos."

Song Mo shook his hand: "Hello, Teacher Jin, I'm Song Mo."

"Teacher Bi told me many times on the phone that he hopes our cooperation will be pleasant this time," Jin Zhuo said in a calm and unhurried tone.

Song Mo smiled and nodded. "I hope so too."

The group got into the car and headed straight to Ocean Butterflies.

Jin Zhuo didn't say much along the way, occasionally asking a few questions about the album. When Song Mo answered, he would nod and not ask any more questions.

When they arrived at Ocean Butterflies, Bi Xiaoshi was already waiting in the conference room.

After a few pleasantries, Bi Xiaoshi got straight to the point: "Teacher Jin, Xiao Song's album has twelve songs, and we plan to shoot two music videos first, one for 'Happy Worship' and the other for 'Summer.' Also, we'd like to hear your thoughts on the album as a whole."

Jin Zhuo took the documents handed to him by Bi Xiaoshi and flipped through them.

Inside was a playlist written by Song Mo, along with descriptions of each song and several pages of lyrics.

He read very slowly, pausing to think about each song.

After watching, Jin Zhuo said, "The demos for these songs should all be out by now, right? Can I listen to them?"

"Of course." Bi Xiaoshi immediately had someone play the demo.

Jin Zhuo listened intently, becoming increasingly surprised as he listened, and several times he couldn't help but look at Song Mo.

After all the songs had finished playing, he let out a long sigh, looked up at Song Mo, and asked, "Did you write all twelve of these songs?"

"Yes." Song Mo nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Jin Zhuo was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Nineteen years old, you wrote twelve songs, each one different, and each one is a hit. You're really something."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Before I came here, Teacher Bi talked to me about your brand positioning. I was a little hesitant at first, wondering if it was too arrogant, but since you have twelve works to back you up, you should definitely have that kind of confidence."

"Our music videos are an important way to showcase your positioning. I'll handle the visual language; it definitely won't hold you back. But from my perspective, although the entire album has the concept of 'brush, ink, paper, and inkstone—the eighteen martial arts' to encompass all the songs, the contrast between the music videos will still be significant. So I was thinking, could we create a unified visual language? On the surface, each music video is independent, but they can be connected by an invisible thread. This thread could be a prop, such as a pair of headphones, a guitar, a silhouette, or a certain composition."

Bi Xiaoshi finally spoke up: "This is a good idea. It has continuity and makes it easy to do overall packaging."

Jin Zhuo nodded, then looked at Song Mo: "Specifically for each category, I'll give you a general idea of ​​the direction."

"For the three Chinese-style songs, I want to use real locations, not studio shooting. 'Luzhou Moon' is set in Huizhou, 'Broken Bridge in Snow' is set in West Lake, and 'Rain on Qingming Festival' is set in Suzhou gardens. The tone of these three music videos is a contrast between ancient and modern. You wear modern clothes and stand in ancient buildings. Time is out of place for you, and this kind of tension will be very sophisticated."

"As for the three hip-hop tracks, besides 'Happy Worship,' for the other two, 'My Territory' and 'Reverse the Earth,' I'll be playing with visual effects and incorporating street elements, but the overall visuals will always revolve around you."

"The two songs, 'Love Song' and 'Special Person,' were the most challenging," Jin Zhuo paused. "Because these kinds of love songs are too common, if you don't film them well, they'll just end up as background music in a karaoke room. My idea was to not film a love story, not film the male and female leads. Just film the process of you recording the song alone in the recording studio. From warming up your voice, testing your vocals, recording again and again, to the last take, when you take off your headphones and let out a long breath. The audience will imagine for themselves who that special person is, which will give the audience a sense of genius and deep emotion, an undeniable feeling."

"Elopement and Southern Girl..." Jin Zhuo glanced at Song Mo. "These two songs have a folk foundation, but judging from the arrangement, they lean towards pop. Elopement is meant to be a road movie: a car, a road that seems endless, a clear blue sky, lush flowers and plants, and you sitting in the passenger seat, or playing the guitar with the car door open. With your image, I guarantee that such a scene would be absolutely mesmerizing. Southern Girl is meant to be a shot in a small corner of the city: alleyways, rooftops, convenience stores, streetlights at dawn, a lonely figure walking in a corner of the city—a perfect match for this song."

"As for 'Jiangnan' and 'Summer,' I just looked at the notes on your lyrics, and I think your ideas are good. Could you elaborate?"

Jin Zhuo finished speaking in one breath, and Bi Xiaoshi nodded frequently as he listened.

Xu Yuan also thought Jin Zhuo's idea was good, but ideas are one thing, and in the end, it all depends on the final result.

He looked at Song Mo, who was deep in thought, and said, "Little Song, tell Teacher Jin again the ideas you shared with us before."

Song Mo nodded and said, "Teacher Jin, there's a line in the song 'Jiangnan' that goes, 'Having you by my side is fate, fate is written on the Three-Life Stone.' You know the Three-Life Stone, right?"

Jin Zhuo nodded.

"My idea starts here," Song Mo said. "I'll film a story spanning three lifetimes. In each lifetime, the male and female protagonists will meet, and each time it's love at first sight, but each time they can't be together for various reasons. The first lifetime could be in ancient times, with a scholar and a young lady in the misty, rainy water towns of Jiangnan. The second lifetime could also be in ancient times, but with different identities, such as a general and an embroiderer, still in Jiangnan. The third lifetime would be in modern times, a chance encounter on the street, and love at first sight."

He paused, then added, "It needs to have a sense of destiny, that feeling of déjà vu when two people meet, like I've seen you somewhere before. Combined with the hazy, misty atmosphere of Jiangnan, I think it would be very suitable for the song 'Jiangnan'."

Song Mo's music video is intended to completely overturn JJ Lin's version. To be honest, the original music video was quite hasty, with many meaningless street shots and nothing particularly noteworthy.

His idea of ​​three lifetimes actually came from Chinese Paladin 3 and White Snake.

He felt that the love-hate relationship between Zi Xuan and Xu Changqing in Chinese Paladin 3 was actually a good fit for "Jiangnan".