Huayu 2009: Who should we call the Heavenly King?

Zhou Lili is an ordinary entertainment editor at Tencent.com.

It's the editor.

He was neither a team leader nor an editor, nor did he have any experience in the media industry; he was just an ordinary graduate of a third-tier university majoring in journalism.

Without connections or influence, a graduate with a third-tier journalism degree couldn't possibly get into a newspaper or television station, but she loved the industry.

After going through many twists and turns, she finally joined the entertainment department of Tencent.

During her internship, she was lucky enough to meet a good mentor.

The person who mentored her was Luo Xueping, who graduated two years earlier than her. However, the older sister graduated from a prestigious university and interned in the entertainment department of Southern Weekly during her senior year.

Later, I went to Wangyi to specifically follow the 09 Super Girl contestants, and then switched to Tencent at the beginning of the year.

Although portal websites do not have formal editorial rights, Luo Xueping still trained them according to the standards of a "professional journalist".

Each person needs to submit five to ten topics every day. If the topics are outstanding and the results are good, there will be a special bonus.

As for the source of the topics?

They're just looking for gossip. They're not proper entertainment reporters; they haven't been on the job long and don't have any connections, so they can only find topics online.

Huh?

Zhou Lili, who was looking for "material" in the Tianya entertainment gossip section, suddenly stopped her eyes on a post.

[Repost! Massive collection of comments from YouTube and Yahoo! on Shen Yan's Expo overseas promotional song "Welcome to Shanghai"!]

Overseas promotional song?

What?

Zhou Lili was a little surprised that Shen Yan had even written a song for the World Expo.

Click to open.

[Reposted from Shen Yan's Tieba]

Brothers and sisters, after two whole days of digging, we've finally finished translating the comments on "Welcome to Shanghai" on YouTube and Yahoo!

I've finished translating the English and Japanese myself, but I really can't handle the Korean. I'd appreciate it if someone who understands Korean could help me complete it!

Before we start moving on, let me say that Shen Yan's song is really impressive. Foreigners are praising it, and the music video is also well made. It features all of Shanghai's landmarks and makes the city look like an international metropolis!

Enough talk, let's get moving!

[Image caption: Screenshot from Shen Yan's music video, featuring a stunning night view of Lujiazui. He and his band are performing on the rooftop.]

Although radio was no longer as popular as it once was, it could still reflect current market trends to some extent.

The next second, the battery was fully charged.

"I have traversed generations, with the ferocity of a beast."

The music awakened the dormant bloodline.

"No need to be worshipped, the pathetic state of a beast..."

The title track of "The Era" has already started charting?

Shen Yan is not a fan of Jay Chou. Although there are many negative reviews about the new album online, to be fair, the quality of the album is not bad.

Compared to Jay Chou's previous six albums, this one is indeed below par. However, no one can maintain such a strong creative drive indefinitely.

Compared to the music, Shen Yan would rather criticize the album cover.

After Jay Chou established his own label, starting with "Capricorn," his album covers became increasingly unrestrained, featuring medieval themes such as castles, gothic styles, and dark themes.

The first seven covers are so good.

Of those few, Shen Yan preferred the first version with the yellow floating design, as it was more creative and better suited the theme.

Let's leave the rest aside.

In fact, Shen Yan understands Jay Chou's mindset.

It was a huge success.

He was surrounded by false praise, both good and bad, all of it was good, especially after he went solo, when he was surrounded by lackeys.

Just make your older brother happy.

Even Shen Yan, a fake genius and a real plagiarist, became a little arrogant under the praise of those around him.

If you really rely entirely on yourself, how far will you drift?

The fact that Jay Chou could still write decent works under these circumstances can only be described as an overflowing talent.

but.

Shen Yan felt he wouldn't stray too far from the mark; after all, he knew his own limitations, and his actual creative ability was only average.

The most popular song he ever wrote in his past life only has a little over 3000 comments on QQ Music, not even 10,000, and he only has a little over 30,000 followers.

"Hello, it's rush hour again. For those of you stuck in traffic, don't worry, let music keep you entertained."

As the song ended, the host's voice came through the radio, cracking a few jokes before DJ Camping posed a question.

"Dingding, do you know what's the hottest topic in Shanghai right now?"

"It has to be the World Expo! The eyes of the whole world are focused on our Shenhai, and friends from all five continents gather together."

"That's right! As the hosts, shouldn't we play some special music to welcome our guests from all over the world?"

"Absolutely!"

"The next song is the overseas promotion song for the World Expo, the English version of 'Welcome to Shanghai.' This song is very popular recently, and many foreign friends who have heard it say they want to come and see it."

"Today, let Dynamic 101 dedicate this song to all listeners, to this city we love, and to all those who have contributed to the World Expo."

"I'd like to present 'Welcome to Shanghai,' written and sung by Shen Yan, to everyone."

As soon as the words were spoken, the highly recognizable prelude began to play.

"Brother Yan, it's your song."

Zhang Dandan turned her head excitedly.

"Um."

Shen Yan nodded; he was actually a little confused.

What's going on? How did I end up on the radio?

I hadn't mentioned this to him before.

According to the original plan, this song would not be promoted in the country.

Traditional channels like radio and television stations require prior approval before broadcasting any songs; it's not something a host can simply decide to broadcast.