Chinese entertainment: Top stars have no holidays

"You always ask questions, and they're always followed by A, B, C~"

"I filled in ACDC, but you called me trash~"

"I just want to stay true to myself and retain my youthful spirit."

"I was standing in the November rain, listening to you scold me for being spineless~"

Jiang Bai played the drums while humming the promotional song for "Sewing Machine Band," titled "Choose C."

Because there are no other instruments accompanying it, it actually sounds quite close to a cappella.

Therefore, Tian Xiwei was able to clearly hear Jiang Bai's singing.

Although she doesn't understand professional music knowledge and is just a music enthusiast, Tian Xiwei still thinks Jiang Bai sings very well.

Yes, second only to her idol, JJ Lin Junjie.

Tian Xiwei didn't apply a thick filter to Jiang Bai; at most, she applied a thin one.

The drum teacher, who was standing quietly to the side, would occasionally nod along with the rhythm of the song.

If you're an amateur, Jiang Bai's singing is indeed excellent.

She's even better than those so-called idol singers.

Perhaps they can't compare to classically trained, established singers, but compared to the ordinary singers active in today's music scene, they're not much different.

Jiang Bai's one of his few hobbies in his previous life was singing in karaoke bars.

After ten years of training, coupled with some natural talent, his singing voice has indeed been honed.

The song ended.

Tian Xiwei immediately burst into applause.

"That's beautiful!" she said with a grin. "How come you can sing so well?"

Damn it, the more I learn about its advantages, the more I realize they are.

Jiang Bai nodded absentmindedly, his thoughts wandering.

When he was first reborn, he was single-mindedly thinking about making up for the fate he had missed in his previous life and embarking on the acting career that he had missed in his previous life.

Now that his acting career is on track, Jiang Bai has the time and energy to think about and plan for his future career.

During this time, he was learning to play the drums and would sing a few lines here and there, which reminded him that he was actually quite good at singing.

It feels like a shame not to make use of this ability.

Perhaps becoming a triple-threat artist in film, television, and music wouldn't be bad?

Many top-tier actors also release songs in other fields.

In his previous life, Jiang Bai had a very deep impression of one thing.

Xiao Zhan, who rose to stardom after starring in "The Untamed," released a digital single called "Spotlight," which sold a whopping 4600 million copies, generating over 1.3 million yuan in sales...

Even if he has to share the profits with the platform and the company, the profits he receives are still enormous.

All Xiao Zhan needs to do is go into the recording studio to record a song, which can be done in a few days at most.

This is much more lucrative than making TV dramas...

Of course, Jiang Bai also knew that this was an exception and could not represent the normal Chinese music market.

Later, Wang Hedi, Zhao Lusi, and others who followed his example did not achieve such good sales results when they released songs.

But Jiang Bai is very familiar with the songs that will be popular in the next ten years. He is not the kind of influencer who can only release bad songs to fleece fans.

It seems like being an actor as a main profession and releasing singles and albums as a side business is quite lucrative and can be quite profitable.

Jiang Bai gradually made up his mind.

However, there's no rush for this.

Right now, he still needs to focus on being a good actor and make a name for himself in that field before he has the resources and energy to pursue a career as a crossover singer.

Otherwise, you might mess things up on both fronts.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" A pair of fair and delicate hands waved in front of Jiang Bai's eyes.

"It's nothing," Jiang Bai said quickly, snapping out of his daze. "Let's keep practicing."

"I need to learn the rhythms of at least five songs in this period of time, so it's quite a tight schedule."

......

For the next period of time, Jiang Bai maintained this work routine.

During the day, I would work on set, and after work, I would go back to the hotel to practice drums with my teacher.

Tian Xiwei would also come over every day to watch him practice the drums.

With her chattering away about all sorts of trivial things happening on set every day, Jiang Bai's tedious repetitive practice didn't seem so boring anymore.

However, after this continued for half a month, Jiang Bai's whereabouts began to change.

"Isn't he practicing drums today?" When Tian Xiwei knocked on Jiang Bai's door at the same time as usual, she didn't see Jiang Bai himself, but her assistant.

"Brother Jiang is off today and went to see screenwriter Duan," the assistant explained.

"Looking for a screenwriter?" Tian Xiwei scratched her head and muttered to herself, "What does he need a screenwriter for?"

"Should we rewrite the script?"

"I don't know then." The assistant shrugged.

Tian Xiwei could only nod with a puzzled look on her face and turn to walk towards her room.

strangeness.

Jiang Bai usually raises any opinions about the script on set. For minor issues, he discusses them with the director and changes them directly if possible.

If it's a big problem, we'll discuss it with the scriptwriting team on set.

He usually doesn't contact the screenwriter privately after work; he tries to discuss things with the screenwriter in the presence of others.

This is to avoid being misled or spread rumors by malicious individuals.

Things like the male lead negotiating with the screenwriter to add scenes behind the scenes, or unspoken rules.

Fortunately, screenwriter Duan is a male screenwriter, so such strange rumors wouldn't spread.

I think so...?

Meanwhile, Jiang Bai, who was being nagged by Tian Xiwei, was in screenwriter Duan Yule's room.

Actually, he had wanted to talk to Duan Yule privately for a long time, but there were still some things he hadn't prepared.

Everything is ready now.

"Editor Duan, look at this script outline I wrote." Jiang Bai smiled and placed his laptop in front of Duan Yule.

"This script is just one of my ideas, could you take a look at it for me?"

Duan Yule took the computer with some curiosity.

I've never heard that the male lead, Jiang Bai, can also write screenplays?

He focused his gaze on the screen.

Sure enough, this can hardly be called a script; at best, it's just a story outline.

However, as Duan Yule watched, he gradually abandoned his nonchalant attitude and became more and more serious.

The entire document was only about 20,000 words long, but Duan Yule spent a full half hour reading it.

"This story..." After reading the entire piece, Duan Yule adjusted his glasses. "You wrote it?"

"Yes," Jiang Baitian shamelessly admitted.

"The story is very interesting," Duan Yule said with considerable approval.

Simply put, the story is about the female protagonist repeatedly traveling back to her high school by deleting text messages from her old phone, gradually uncovering the male protagonist's silent crush that he had harbored for over a decade.

The story is a fantastical coming-of-age romance that ultimately attempts to prevent him from falling to his death after the college entrance exam, leading to mutual redemption and the making up for regrets.

Such a fantastical love story is quite novel in 2017.

This kind of plot may be common in movies; there are quite a few foreign films that involve traveling through time to save a lover.

However, such themes are quite rare in the field of Chinese-language TV dramas.

The Taiwanese drama series "Someday or One Day," which deals with the same theme, will not air until 2019.

Yes, the story written by Jiang Bai is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," which is hailed as the mainland version of "Someday or One Day."

The viral Douyin (TikTok) meme "Zhang Wansen, it's snowing" originated from this TV series.

This drama is the top-rated domestic revenue-sharing drama of 2022 and the first dark horse of the year.

With over 17 ratings on Douban, it has the most ratings among the dramas on the three major revenue-sharing platforms.

It topped the Weibo drama series influence ranking during its broadcast.

With low to medium cost, no top influencers, and minimal promotion, it achieves explosive popularity across all dimensions, including viewership, revenue sharing, word-of-mouth, and trending topics.

It can be said that it has redefined the upper limit of revenue-sharing dramas.

Jiang Bai pointed to the document page on the computer and said in a tempting tone, "Editor Duan, would you be interested in perfecting the script for this story?"

"Once the script is finished, I will ask Mr. Dai to invest, and I will also invest my own money."

"And I will also play the male lead myself."

"This..." Duan Yule stared at the computer screen. For some reason, he was genuinely interested in the story after reading it, and felt an urge to turn it into a script.

"Then I'll give it a try." In the end, Duan Yule decisively agreed.

Jiang Bai's lips curled up; he knew this would happen, Duan Yule would definitely be interested.

Because Duan Yule was originally the head screenwriter of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" a few years later!

The script for this drama was written by Duan Yule at the request of Wang Chen, the producer of Cool Whale Pictures, in 2020!

"Then I'll leave the task of perfecting the script to you, Editor Duan."

Jiang Bai confidently stated, "Leave the rest to me!"