Chapter 98 What is the voice of the emperor?
When Xu Nuo received the cast order for "Tang Taizong", he thought of this song immediately.
He was a little hesitant at first. After all, the song "Borrow From Heaven for Another Five Hundred Years" is so excellent. The top-notch imperial voice is no joke.
He plans to save these classic works for himself to sing after his debut.
However, the other party offered him an offer that he couldn't refuse, five million for a song!
This price is very rare in the industry. It is enough for the masters to brag if they can take one such order in their lifetime.
Not only that, the other party opened the door as soon as they came up and was sincere about the price. In addition, it was introduced by the director Yang Zheng, so he was very considerate and generous.
The conditions given by the crew were generous, but they did not necessarily think that the promised status was high. Among them, Yang Zheng's recommendation played a big role.
The more important reason is that this song is difficult to write. The four words "imperial voice" are enough to dissuade most composers.
Ordinary people have no access to the emperor's life, and they often make jokes about the emperor holding a golden hoe.
As for the layout of the emperor, it is even more extraordinary and cannot be imagined by just thinking about it.
Especially Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who can be called an emperor throughout the ages. As one of the most popular emperors from ancient times to the present, his status in the hearts of Chinese people is extremely high.
Such a character has always been a popular subject in TV series, movies and music, and there are naturally many songs about him.
However, most of the songs were written with a lot of curses. The reason is very simple. They do not reflect the domineering power of an emperor through the ages.
With the last hope, the crew listened to Yang Zheng's suggestion and found Xunuo, so Xunuo came up with the song.
"Borrow From Heaven for Another Five Hundred Years", as the theme song of "Kangxi Dynasty", has been criticized.
Of course, it is not the song itself that has been criticized, but the TV series. A considerable number of fans believe that Kangxi is not worthy of the song.
What's more, Kangxi succeeded to the throne at the age of 8 and was the emperor for 61 years. As the longest reigning emperor, he was the least qualified to say that he wanted to live another five hundred years.
Compared with other emperors, Kangxi's achievements can only be said to be the ratio of a firefly to a bright moon.
The only people who are undoubtedly worthy of this song are Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, Tang Taizong Li Shimin and other great men.
There will be great controversy when it comes to other people, including Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
From the lyrics point of view, this song has no sense of violation when it is placed on Li Shimin.
His literary and military skills and great achievements were unparalleled in the feudal dynasty for thousands of years.
While recording songs in the recording studio, Shen Kaiwen and Yu Zhou watched eagerly, almost drooling, and the desire in their eyes could burn through the floor.
Chen Fang was also intoxicated, wishing to absorb every note.
"Don't think about it, you can't sing this song." Xu Nuo shook his head and smiled.
"Teacher Xu, let me try it!" The two said in unison, making no secret of their ambition for this song.
Xu Nuo waved his hand, "First, this song requires a strong and high-pitched song. One of you is deep and the other is clear. Second, the director specified that the song should be sung by teacher Zhao Lei of the national team."
Listen When they heard this name, Shen Kaiwen and Yu Zhou withered like eggplants beaten by frost.
"Teacher Xu is really amazing. Now we are cooperating with the national team. I'm afraid we won't have a chance after the 18th line."
"Okay, okay, don't be so weird and get to work quickly."
I promised to send the song to director Zhang Heyu at noon that day.
When they got this song, even though Yang Zheng had vaccinated him long ago, Zhang Heyu almost lost his brain.
You are going too fast!
Zhang Heyu suddenly felt that this was a bit of a joke.
If "Eternal Emperor" was so easy to write, he wouldn't have offered five million for it.
But before, Yang Zheng swore to him to make him believe in his promise, which made Zhang and Yu a little entangled for a while.
Writing so quickly, you are not trying to fool people, are you?
With a dubious attitude, he opened the mailbox. "Borrowing from Heaven for Another Five Hundred Years", Zhang Heyu seemed to be touched when he saw the title of the song, as if there was something about it.
This entry point is very exciting.
It is difficult to calm down the wind, but unfortunately there are no what-ifs in history.
If we say the biggest regret of the Tang Dynasty was Li Shimin’s Xuanwumen incident.
Then Li Shimin’s biggest regret is that he died young.
The only emperor of the ages, Tian Khan, died of illness at the age of 50. If he had been given ten or twenty more years, the territory of the Tang Dynasty would have been much more than what it is now, and it might not be impossible to unify the world.
Zhang Heyu clicked on the music, and the majestic music hit his face, so majestic and heroic that even he had the urge to go to the battlefield.
The prelude alone shocked him. He never expected that the prelude would be so powerful.
After listening to the song, Zhang Heyu felt like he had found a treasure, and called Zhao Lei, "Teacher Zhao, come here quickly, it's urgent!"
It's not that I was in a hurry to record the song, The main reason was that the electronic synthesized sound made him uncomfortable to listen to. For such a good song, Zhao Lei still had to come in person.
While waiting, Zhang Heyu read the lyrics over and over again. The more he read, the more he felt itchy. It was so well written!
Zhao Lei rushed there in a hurry, thinking that something big had happened, but it took a long time for the promise song to be written.
"Director Zhang, are you making too much fuss?"
Zhang Heyu stuffed the music sheet into his arms, "Go and record the song."
Zhao Lei Zhang Er The monk was confused, took out the lyrics and looked at it, "His! This word..."
"How is it?"
"It's grand enough."
"Haha, hurry up and record it. This electronic sound makes me anxious to death." Zhang Heyu laughed and pushed him into the recording studio.
Zhao Lei became familiar with the music and tried it twice, but he always felt that it was not very interesting and he could not get up the energy.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Director Zhang, do you have any wine?"
Zhang Heyu was stunned for a moment, "Do you want to drink?"
"Drink some wine to calm down your emotions."
"Wouldn't it affect your singing?" Zhang Heyu was a little strange. He always thought that singers cannot drink alcohol when singing.
“It doesn’t have any effect. Drinking a little will make you feel better.”
“Drinking white wine and beer?”
“Red wine has a lot of stamina and you won’t get drunk. ”
"Want some peanuts?" Zhang Heyu rummaged through the cabinet.
"No need."
After two bottles of wine, Zhao Lei's face turned red, and he pondered his emotions for a while, finally feeling like he had the world under his control.
He stretched out his hand as if holding something.
“Come again.”
I have to say that it's different after drinking. The feeling of having the world in your hands is something you can't grasp without drinking.
The recording went extremely smoothly this time, and it was done in one go.
Zhang and Yu were so happy that they slapped their thighs, "No wonder so many people can't write such atmospheric songs. It turns out they didn't drink."
The two drank up the remaining liquor, After discussing with the producer, we will release the song today.
In the eyes of the two big guys, publicity is bullshit. Based on the level of this song and Zhao Lei’s strength, publicity or not will not affect the popularity.
(End of this chapter)