Chapter 253 The hot discussion brought by the Chinese style cannot be followed by others
For most ordinary people, the Spring Festival Gala is just a habit they have watched since childhood.
But for most artists in domestic entertainment, the Spring Festival Gala is indeed the most influential stage in China.
There have been many so-called seniors before, who all relied on the Spring Festival Gala to become popular overnight from newcomers who had no sense of existence in the first place.
It's just that there aren't any very eye-catching newcomers this year. On the contrary, Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain" really stole too much of the limelight.
Especially the remarks about the so-called "Chinese style" later made many colleagues who were watching the Spring Festival Gala stunned.
This kid has already had enough limelight this year, from two hit dramas to almost sweeping the three major domestic music awards with Su Zhi's new album.
Unexpectedly, even the Spring Festival Gala was not spared at all.
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Originally, Xu Kong's work for this Spring Festival Gala was over when his performance and subsequent few minutes of dialogue with the host on stage were over.
But with the efforts of the director team, I stayed.
Finally, during the countdown to the New Year, Xu Kong returned to the stage again to gain a sense of presence.
Although the stage was almost full of people, Xu Kong was still placed in the middle position.
It's not like he deliberately gave Xu Kong a shot.
Mainly because of the current Spring Festival Gala, which programs are highly discussed and who are the specific hot topics and characters can be seen from the real-time updated Weibo hot searches.
Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain" ended. He, the song, and even the so-called "Chinese style" concept he proposed directly appeared on Weibo's hot searches.
And even if Xu Kong is no longer on stage, his Spring Festival Gala performance will still steadily occupy the top positions in the hot searches.
It can only be said that although every Spring Festival Gala can have one or two popular songs.
But this is the first time in these years that "Blue and White Porcelain" has become so popular.
This is why in recent years, Spring Festival Gala directors tend to choose some old songs that were already popular back then.
It is also because the quality and response of new songs are difficult to guarantee.
Instead, many of them will be directly scolded by the audience.
Might as well play it safe.
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"Director Lu, the popularity of this year's party feels much higher than last year!"
"The ratings data have also increased a lot."
After hearing Liu Qiliang's words, Lu Pengtao's nerves, which had been tense for such a long time, finally relaxed a little.
Compared with other official directors who have little public fame.
Lu Pengtao, a well-known director who is already famous, must be under a lot of pressure when he takes charge of directing the Spring Festival Gala this time.
Now the Spring Festival Gala has basically reached the final stage. Not only has everything gone smoothly, but the reputation and data are generally satisfactory. Lu Pengtao is naturally happy.
"The popularity of Xu Kong's "Blue and White Porcelain" is exactly what I thought, it's scary."
Lu Pengtao sighed.
When he first heard Xu Kong's song, Lu Pengtao could tell that this song would most likely become a hit after it was performed on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
I just didn't expect that the heat would be so high.
The time period when Xu Kong performed was even the peak period with the highest ratings in this year's Spring Festival Gala.
In addition, a large number of discussions have begun on Weibo.
This song about Xu Kong and the so-called "Chinese style".
Generally speaking, Xu Kong's participation in the Spring Festival Gala can be regarded as a win-win situation for him.
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Although the Spring Festival Gala has ended, even on the first day of the new year, the popularity of some topics related to the Spring Festival Gala has increased instead of falling.
Among them, the most popular one is naturally the song "Blue and White Porcelain" written by Xu Kong during the Spring Festival Gala this year.
If it was just a new song, even if it was popular, it wouldn't attract that much attention.
But because Xu Kong named it "Chinese style" at the Spring Festival Gala, a new type of music that had never appeared before, and also threw out many concepts such as "three ancients and three new".
Naturally, this led to quite lively discussions in the entire Chinese music scene.
The first to die was naturally Fat Bird, the so-called leader Xu Chui.
But his main focus is still on the perspective of an ordinary listener.
Speaking of Xu Kong's priority in "Blue and White Porcelain", on the one hand, maintaining the charm of the ancient style is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is in terms of arrangement, melody, and even lyrics.
They have all made quite bold attempts and adaptations, or rather they are not attempts, but a very mature work.
It can be seen that Xu Kong probably did not write the song immediately. He had made many attempts in private before.
Otherwise, it is impossible for a so-called new type of song to be so complete.
There is actually not much controversy in Fat Bird's evaluation.
Mainly because it didn’t involve a lot of music professional stuff.
But apart from him, other self-media internet celebrities or traditional music critics would definitely not be able to let go of such a large amount of traffic.
Soon someone very professionally began to analyze the entire song "Blue and White Porcelain" and whether it corresponded to the theory of "three ancients and three new" that Xu Kong said.
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But what really brought this topic to the forefront was the well-known songwriter Gao Jie, who should be regarded as the oldest senior in the music industry.
Although there are not many fans on Weibo, the authority of various labels such as President of the Chinese Music Association is probably not questioned by anyone.
"I have tried before to incorporate our own Chinese style and culture into my creations, but judging from the current pop music market alone, they have undoubtedly failed."
"I originally thought I was the only one making such similar attempts, but I didn't expect that not only others had also done it, but they had reached such a mature level."
"What a terrifying future life!"
Although Gao Jie is not young, he is still half an Internet surfing expert.
It's just that in the past, there was nothing worthy of him taking the initiative to speak.
This time, it was obvious that after listening to "Blue and White Porcelain", I was a little excited for a while and couldn't control it, so I posted such a paragraph.
Of course, although most public opinions are praising or shocked.
But there are still some naysayers.
"No, ancient music already exists. Xu Kong really thinks that if he just randomly changes it, it will be a completely new style?"
"It's true that the song is a good song, but is Xu Kong too arrogant? Do you really think that just by writing a random song and talking about nonsense concepts, you can create a new genre?"
"I can't accept that Xu Kong just finished writing the song and temporarily inserted some so-called concepts into it. In fact, he was asked to write a song according to the 'Chinese style' he said. I don't believe he can write it!"< br>
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Obviously, Xu Kong's "Blue and White Porcelain" still touched the cake of a small number of people.
It cannot be ruled out that there are people who fish in troubled waters and deliberately set the rhythm.
But those who mainly questioned Xu Kong were the fixed group of people.
He is known as a so-called niche independent musician, but he has not even entered the professional singer circle.
The songs written in an ancient style are not to be said to be terrible, but the few songs that are barely listenable are of a fairly average level. This group of people used to use the labels of so-called ancient music and niche music to attract some people who need this kind of music taste to express their uniqueness.
As for these so-called listeners or fans of ancient music, they are also the main force in criticizing Xu Kong.
They believe that Xu Kong's various adaptations, especially the lyrics and melody, are all for the sake of popularity and are not pure ancient music at all.
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Of course, these people obviously don't have much fighting ability.
You don’t even need public relations, just ordinary netizens on the Internet can silence them.
There is no way, mainly because I don't look down on the "Chinese style" that Xu Kong calls.
But what I have to admit is that they themselves don’t have much music to offer.
Even many people can't convince themselves that the ancient songs they listened to before are better than Xu Kong's "Blue and White Porcelain".
Therefore, when debating, often when the other person asks about this aspect, what do you think is a more pure ancient style song, he will appear so guilty that he is unable to speak.
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The thing that least wants to see Xu Kong become the founder of a music genre is naturally Jiying Media, a company with the best singers and music resources in the country.
But for Jiying Media, the most they can do is fish in troubled waters and follow the lead.
Because he is actually a professional songwriter or singer, he understands more clearly what Xu Kong's song "Blue and White Porcelain" and the concept of "Chinese style" mean.
Needless to say, the quality of the songs, the market feedback can also be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
Although it is said to have the bonus of the Spring Festival Gala, if "Blue and White Porcelain" was really an ordinary new song, even if Xu Kong said it, it would probably not be as popular as it is now.
In the final analysis, the song itself is popular enough that so many people will spontaneously join the discussion online.
In other words, if the "Chinese style" mentioned by Xu Kong is really a brand-new pop music genre, there will be considerable commercial potential and market in this area.
If it works properly, there is no guarantee that it will be able to snatch this piece of fat from Xu Kong.
But if you can just take a few bites of it, it will be enough to make Jiying Media's mouth water.
"Can't write it?"
Xu Yaqin's expression was stunned for a moment.
In her opinion, Yang Jiangjie is the newcomer with the highest creative talent signed by the company in recent years.
For her, although Yang Jiangjie is also a singer himself, what really deserves cultivation and attention is his ability and talent in song creation.
But when he heard her question, Yang Jiangjie gave a frustrated negative answer without even saying to try it.
This was naturally something Xu Yaqin couldn't accept.
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"Sister Xu, to tell you the truth, I actually listened to Xu Kong's new song about half a month ago."
"Including the uniqueness of this song's arrangement, lyrics, and melody, I have been trying to figure it out for a long time, but I never had much of a clue."
"If it weren't for the concept of three ancients and three new that he proposed this time, there wouldn't be even a little bit of progress."
Yang Jiangjie himself is a relatively arrogant person.
But after so many times and being hit by Xu Kong in all aspects and without blind spots, the original spirit of Qi at this time has almost disappeared.
Not to mention comparing with Xu Kong, even the slightest thought of catching up with the other party was completely gone.
"But..."
Only then did Xu Yaqin recall that Yang Jiangjie had indeed participated in the selection for this year's Spring Festival Gala.
But she didn't pay attention to this. At this time, she heard the other party mention that she had listened to Xu Kong's new song.
During this period, he continued to experiment with Xu Kong’s so-called “Chinese style”.
It can be seen that even basic imitation is not that easy, let alone copying.
"I know."
In the end, I could only say a word of helplessness, say goodbye and leave.
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"I can write if I can, but it will probably take a lot of time, and the quality of the finished product will hardly reach the level of Xu Kong's song."
As a well-known songwriter in the country and one of the top songwriters in terms of reputation and ability in Jiying Media, Guo Min replied calmly after hearing the words of the manager Xu Yaqin.
"This song by Xu Kong cannot be written just by scratching the head."
"From the concepts and theories he put forward, it can be seen that Xu Kong himself has probably been trying and studying them for a long time in private."
"Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve the level of completion of the song "Blue and White Porcelain"."
"But except for him in the entire industry, the rest of us have not even heard of it before, let alone heard of it. Now it is our first contact. It is really difficult to reach his level in a short period of time. ”
This was the first time Xu Yaqing heard Guo Min's similar words this year. She had given up completely at this time.
If anyone in the entire country can grab a bite of the traffic of this "Chinese style" from Xu Kong's mouth, it is estimated that there are only a few companies.
Jiying Media has the highest possibility.
But now the entire company, all kinds of songwriters, big and small, have asked.
Almost no one has even the slightest bit of confidence.
Mainly because of the quality of the song "Blue and White Porcelain", followed by songwriters who wrote so-called Chinese-style songs, there is no way not to compare the two together.
Coupled with the so-called standards mentioned by Xu Kong, the three old and three new sounds very simple, but when you really try it yourself, you realize how outrageous it is to achieve.
This is the first time Xu Yaqin has been unable to do even the simplest thing of following the trend since she joined Jiying Media.
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On the first day of the new year, Su Zhi should actually be on vacation now.
But because Xu Kong's "Blue and White Porcelain" directly aroused discussion in the entire Chinese music world, even Su Zhi herself could not completely ignore this new style of music.
But unlike other singers, although she had a lot of doubts, she was not in a hurry to seek answers. After all, when she returned to the capital at worst, she would directly ask Xu Kong, the founder.
"Hello?"
Su Zhi answered the phone and Xu Kong's voice came from inside.
"I'm at the airport in Suzhou. Come pick me up."
Su Zhi originally thought that Xu Kong just called herself after the Spring Festival Gala.
But after hearing what the other party said, she reacted for a while before realizing that Xu Kong meant that the other party seemed to have come to her hometown.
Su Zhi looked at the sudden silence and turned her eyes to her parents. For a moment, there was a rare look of panic on her face.
"Are you serious?"
At that time, Xu Kong said that he was going to the Spring Festival Gala, so he would not come.
Although Su Zhi felt a little disappointed, she was also relieved.
After all, if Xu Kong really came, she always felt that he was not mentally prepared to meet her parents.
Who knew that Xu Kong was indeed going to attend the Spring Festival Gala, but as soon as it was over, he ran over directly on the first day of the new year.
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(End of chapter)