Chapter 183: Xu Kong writes a new song? What about the album?
In fact, Hua Hongjuan is indeed a little more modest.
Although this song is very difficult, for her, by the fourth or fifth recording time, the effect was already quite good.
Of course, this is only in Xu Kong's own opinion. Hua Hongjuan's requirements for herself will definitely not be low.
So this recording lasted all morning, but in the end it was not finished.
It will probably continue in the afternoon.
However, the opponent's condition is getting better and better, and the final version will definitely be recorded in this day.
Ding Lixin just heard Xu Kong mention that this song was a bit difficult to sing, so he asked Hua Hongjuan.
However, the follow-up attention was almost all on Hua Hongjuan, but not much attention was paid to the song itself written by Xu Kong this time.
It wasn't until the official recording today that he was shocked by the song written by Xu Kong.
This high note seems to be beyond the reach of ordinary singers.
No wonder Xu Kong insisted on inviting Hua Hongjuan to sing.
"Director Ding, what do you think?"
During a short break at noon, Xu Kong took the initiative to ask.
"What?"
Ding Lixin didn't react for a while.
"Do you think this song is suitable for the theme song?"
After all, the other party is considered Party A. Xu Kong adheres to the attitude of collecting money to do things and still cares about customer satisfaction.
Hearing this, Ding Lixin naturally nodded without hesitation.
“It’s a perfect fit!”
Ding Lixin praised him, mainly because he was unlikely to be dissatisfied.
Not to mention Xu Kong, the songwriter, Hua Hongjuan sang it herself, and the shock level of the whole song completely exceeded his expectations.
He really felt that the money he spent this time was indeed worth it.
Just a theme song is estimated to bring effects that some traditional publicity investments cannot.
Moreover, apart from Xu Kong, no one else in the entire entertainment industry can do such a publicity method.
He was very lucky that he had a sudden idea and invited Xu Kong to help write the theme song for the new drama.
The afternoon recording went smoothly.
At the same time as the recording of this song, there was also the shooting of a preliminary promotional video or theme song MV.
This aspect is relatively simple, it's nothing more than recording a few scenes of Hua Hongjuan recording songs.
At that time, there is a high probability that the theme song will be interspersed with some of the originally prepared promotional footage according to the common editing method.
For other singers, this approach would actually be unnecessary.
But Hua Hongjuan definitely wants to use this model.
After all, because of her popularity and status, she invited the other party to sing the theme song. If she didn't show up, it would definitely be a bit uneconomical.
Of course, for Xu Kong, the workload of this process is not particularly large.
The main reason is that Hua Hongjuan's voice condition and singing skills are almost at the top level. He doesn't need to spend much effort on mixing and trimming in the later stage.
As for the final expenses on Hua Hongjuan's side, it is Ding Lixin's business, and it is not easy for Xu Kong to participate.
Hua Hongjuan was able to agree to help sing this song mainly because of Xu Kong.
But these are all personal. As for business matters, we can definitely talk about them as we want.
Hua Hongjuan also has her own agent and team, so she doesn't have to step forward herself.
Of course, since the songs have been recorded, neither party will deliberately make things difficult for us regarding the cost, or negotiate for several days.
The copyright of Ding Lixin's "The Promise of Night" has also been negotiated recently.
Although the specific price has not been disclosed, with an investment of over 300 million, plus a luxurious cast and production team, the copyright fee will not be too low.
However, after helping write the song, the follow-up matter has less to do with Xu Kong.
Xu Kong soon returned to the post-production of "The Long Season".
Now he has already adapted to the rhythm of Feng Ge.
Soon, "The Promise of the Night" was announced to be released.
Airing on Kiwi and Ocean TV.
Feng Ge had previously signed an in-depth cooperation agreement with Penguin Video.
But that's just for so-called suspense theater.
As for other dramas that Feng Ge has invested in, the copyrights will definitely be sold to the platform with the highest bid.
For example, with these domestic TV stations and platforms, Fengge has had frictions and conflicts of various sizes.
However, this does not affect the continued cooperation over the years.
In the final analysis, no matter how bad the personal relationship is, we still have to continue talking about business matters.
As one of the largest film and television companies in the industry, Fengge has had a long-standing relationship with these platforms.
As for director Ding Lixin, he really doesn't waste the money he spent on the theme song.
On the day it was scheduled to be released, they directly announced in advance that the theme song of their new drama was written by Xu Kong, and the singer was a mysterious guest.
As soon as this news was released, the popularity has been high.
The main reason is that Xu Kong's popularity is too high now. Even though he himself has restrained himself from appearing in the public eye too frequently, he is still highly discussed.
Most of this depends on the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the first two months.
This is the biggest hit drama so far this year, even though it has been aired for such a long time, the discussion and popularity are still high.
I have almost booked the drama king this year.
"The theme song written by Xu Kong? Is it true? Doesn't Xu Kong never sell songs?"
"Indeed, apart from the songs he wrote for Su Zhi, Xu Kong sang most of the songs himself. This time he is actually willing to help write the theme song for a TV series?"
"It's normal. Go check out which company invested in "Ye Wuji". After all, Xu Kong is also an artist of Feng Ge. It's normal for him to create theme songs for his company's TV series."
"No, I just want to ask, where is the album? If the album is not released, you are writing songs for this TV series, right?"
As soon as the news came out, it aroused discussions among many netizens on the Internet.
In addition to being surprised that Xu Kong actually started writing songs for other people's dramas, the most discussed topic is why Xu Kong has time to write songs for other people, but there is no news about his own album.
This is also thanks to the program "Autumn Concert" that was broadcast some time ago.
On the show at that time, in addition to the scandals between Xu Kong, Su Zhi and Song Youyou.
His answer at that time that he didn't have time to make a new album was naturally remembered by many music fans.
There is no way, the outside world has been rumoring that Xu Kong will definitely release a new album this year.
Now suddenly the owner came out and said that he would not release it, and he was not even sure of the specific time. He only said that he was too busy and had no time to make an album.
In other words, if you want to hear Xu Kong's new album, let alone this year, there is no definite time at all. Such a result is definitely not satisfactory.
"Brothers, I don't know Xu Kong, so don't come to attack me!"
In Fat Bird's live broadcast room, he has been labeled as "Xu Chui" for too long now. Fans who were urging Xu Kong to release an album actually came to him.
"It's definitely not difficult to make an album."
"After all, the number of new songs Xu Kongguan wrote this year alone has already exceeded the size of an entire album."
"But I can't guess when."
Fat Bird truthfully stated his opinion.
From last year to now, the speed and quantity of Xu Kong’s songs have been released. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is as productive as a sow.
And in addition to quantity, the quality has still maintained a very high level, which is the most terrifying thing.
For example, the Cantonese song "Rascal" released some time ago is definitely of quality that can be used as the title song of an album.
But what Xu Kong said on the show at that time was that it was a song he wrote a long time ago but did not release.
From this point of view, who knows how much inventory Xu Kongna still has.
Although the quantity and quality of Xu Kong's songs are not low, what is frustrating is that most of Xu Kong's songs are the soundtracks of his own dramas.
From the original "Want to See You" to the later "Legend of Sword and Fairy", there have been many high-quality hit singles.
Although the claim that Xu Kong took time off to write songs while filming is mostly a joke.
But throwing away so many high-quality singles for free is indeed a bit too willful.
"Next year?"
"It will be boring for me to watch next year."
"But even though I don't have an album to listen to, it would be good to release more high-quality singles like "Rascal"."
Fat Bird saw a barrage saying that Xu Kong's new album would probably not be released until next year, and couldn't help but pour cold water on it.
"I'm really not being alarmist. It can be seen that Xu Kong has at least put down more than 90% of his business and activities, but he is still very busy."
Fat Bird has already analyzed Xu Kong's business and activities before.
Now Xu Kong, compared to when he was at Fengqing Entertainment, the number of advertising endorsements, variety shows, and various event performances has been greatly reduced.
Compared with the previous time, relying on the fire of the fairy sword, Xu Kong's popularity now is definitely higher and not lower, and it is impossible not to receive notifications.
The only explanation is that Xu Kong refused.
"Let me give you a little explanation."
"Xu Kong's current new drama is still being filmed, and it's not certain how long it will take."
"Referring to previous dramas, the filming and production cycle of Fairy Sword is almost nine months."
"The first "Want to Meet You" was slightly shorter, but it also took about half a year to air."
Fat Bird began to analyze the difficulty of Xu Kong releasing an album within next year.
To sum up, Xu Kong now spends a lot of time making money in order to film, so how can he still have time to make his own album?
"Yes, this barrage reminder has arrived."
"In addition to filming, for Su Zhi's new album, Xu Kong completely took over the songwriting and production of the entire album."
"In other words, don't think about it before Su Zhi's album is fully released."
"Director Ding, news about our new drama has been on trending searches for a day."
“Everyone seems to be very enthusiastic about the trailer.”
After hearing the words of his assistant director, Ding Lixin still had some self-awareness.
Most netizens are not looking forward to his dramas, but mainly to the new songs written by Xu Kong.
Of course, Ding Lixin won't care too much about this, after all, the song written by Xu Kong is also the theme song of their drama.
The popularity of the song indicates that the promotion effect of the new drama will be better.
Although he never told Xu Kong, Ding Lixin knew that the copyright fee for this drama could be negotiated tens of millions higher than the expected price, and it actually relied on the theme song composed by Xu Kong and sung by Hua Hongjuan.
There is no way, as long as you are not a fool, you will understand how important a song like this plays in the early promotion of the show itself.
But in comparison, Ding Lixin still doesn't have the same courage as Xu Kong did.
Otherwise, we will definitely wait for the first version of the trailer to be released before negotiating the copyright fee with the platform.
The price of copyright fees obtained in this way may be even higher.
"Don't be idle. The publicity and distribution process needs to be carried out. Don't let Kiwi and Ocean TV stop."
He can naturally see that the news of his new drama's release being on the hot search this time is almost entirely due to the popularity of Xu Kong's new song.
As broadcast platforms, Kiwi and Ocean TV have not yet begun to exert their efforts.
At this point in time, I hope they don’t think about saving on publicity fees or anything like that.
Strike while the iron is hot is the right choice.
However, Ding Lixin's worries were obviously unnecessary.
Because there is no need for him to remind me, the platform side is not a fool.
Having spent such a high copyright fee, there is no need to save this money on publicity and distribution.
Soon, with the promotion of various marketing accounts and trolls, the popularity of "Ye Wuji", a new drama that has not yet been aired, began to rise rapidly.
In addition to hot searches on Weibo, he has begun to gain a sense of presence on various social platforms.
In addition to the theme song written by Xu Kong for this drama, the cast of "The Promise of the Night" itself is not bad. Naturally, it has easily gained quite a lot of popularity.
However, there is still some time before the official broadcast of the show, so the focus of promotion is still the theme song that will be released in advance with the first trailer.
Fat Bird is actually not very interested in Ding Lixin's drama itself.
Although he usually follows dramas, "The Promise of the Night" is not the genre that interests him in terms of subject matter.
However, after the official reveal of the show that the theme song was written by Xu Kong, his interest grew.
On the day the trailer was released, Fat Bird himself also started his live broadcast on time.
"There's still half an hour. Don't worry, everyone. Let's chat. When the official announcement comes, I will accompany you to listen to it as soon as possible."
Fat Bird calmed some of the anxious viewers in the live broadcast room and spoke.
"Xu Kong wrote it, but he probably didn't sing it himself."
Fat Bird explained.
The official side of this drama has already released news.
It is true that the song was written by Xu Kong, but the singer who sang it was just a silhouette, and the mysterious singer mentioned in the copywriting.
If Xu Kong wrote this theme song himself and sang it himself, there would be no need for the official side to play with such suspense.
However, Fat Bird is still looking forward to it. The person who can be called the so-called mysterious guest by the officials of this show is probably not some second- and third-tier singers who are not well-known.
It’s not certain whether he is the king of singers or the queen of singers, but he must be a well-known first-line singer.
(End of chapter)