Chapter 291 "Singer" semi-finals, Xu Kong's new song
Jian Junfang really had no control over Lan Shu's thoughts.
The other party has always been a very independent person.
This has been the case since he entered the industry when he was young.
Up to now, although Lan Shu's career development seems to have reached a stagnation period, he actually still sticks to his original ideas and development plans.
"After this season of "Singer" ends, I guess you won't have many opportunities to participate in other programs."
Although Jian Junfang knew that this matter was cruel, he still needed to remind Lan Shu in advance.
After all, there are still a few months left in Lan Shu's contract with the company, and she doesn't choose to renew it. Even if he has a good relationship with the company, his boss is not so generous as to let Lan Shu leave early.
"I know."
Lan Shu is not a newcomer who doesn’t know anything.
However, compared with a few months of short rest, she will still firmly choose a path that is beneficial to her future development.
Although it would be very comfortable if he stayed in his current company, he would definitely not be short of some resources with Jian Junfang's relationship.
But after all, I am already in my thirties, and I am still a tepid one-liner.
It has not even passed the short peak period of the so-called big fire. If you don't take advantage of it, you may not have so many opportunities in the future.
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Jian Junfang is also very curious. Logically speaking, for most domestic singers, the best choice is definitely Jiying Media, a large domestic company.
Besides, is there any place more suitable for Lan Shu?
But the words have come to this point.
He didn't intend to ask any more questions.
In the years since Lan Shu entered the industry, Jian Junfang has done what he should do.
Some performance experience, as well as the other party's treatment in the company, etc., I helped everything I could.
But Xiaohong depends on the company and resources. If he wants to become popular, it still depends on fate.
The right time, right place, right people, nothing short of it.
Lan Shu has higher goals and pursuits, but he is not able to help later.
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On the day of the "Singer" semi-finals, Xu Kong arrived at the venue very early.
Although Wu Youxue is still the director, most of the work has been handed over to other people in the program team under him.
It can be seen that he is now gradually trying to break away from his original identity.
After all, he is no longer just a well-known variety show director, but the deputy director of Mango.
The things that need to be managed are more and more complicated than before.
From the fact that the other party took the initiative to go to the capital to talk to Xu Kong about cooperation, it can be seen that it also has a considerable say in the copyright of film and television dramas.
"It has been decided over there that Mao Yuzhe will be the cover guest."
"However, as far as I know, he should have been signed by Fengqing Entertainment now, right?"
He naturally attached great importance to what Xu Kong had asked Wu Youxue to do before, and even did it himself.
After all, he and Xu Kong had known each other for such a long time, and it was rare for him to ask him for help in person.
This matter is just a trivial matter to him.
The program "Chinese New Singing" was originally approved by him and was popular. However, it was not considered a key project for Mango.
"Well, his current contract is indeed with Fengqing Entertainment."
Hearing Xu Kong's answer, Wu Youxue was inevitably a little confused.
In the eyes of the outside world, Feng Qing is Xu Kong's former company.
Under normal circumstances, when an artist leaves his former company, even if they don't turn against each other later, the relationship will definitely not be that good.
He was able to get Xu Kong to agree to help with this.
"I have probably heard about Mao Yuzhe. This young man still has great potential."
Wu Youxue said something for the occasion.
In fact, in his opinion, newcomers like Mao Yuzhe are everywhere in the entertainment industry every year, but they are certainly not rare talents.
"I also have shares in Fengqing, so..."
Xu Kong was not prepared to hide it, so he openly revealed his current relationship with Fengqing Entertainment.
After all, Fengqing Entertainment will definitely cooperate with Mango in the future.
Notifying Wu Youxue of this in advance also saved some trouble.
Wu Youxue was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know that in addition to being Feng Ge's boss, Xu Kong also had shares in the former company.
And based on Xu Kong's level of concern and calling him personally, it is estimated that the shares are quite large.
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"Did you help him write the song?"
Wu Youxue immediately thought of this possibility.
There is no other way. Some companies have too many ways and methods to praise newcomers.
But when it comes to Xu Kong, just writing a song for the other party is enough to withstand most marketing methods.
Xu Kong nodded and admitted.
"His voice condition is quite good, and he works hard enough."
Yes, before, Xu Kong knew that when Mao Yuzhe had a quarrel with the show judge, Yu Huai, he was still a little worried that training such a thorny opponent might be troublesome.
Who would have known that when he was recording songs later, Mao Yuzhe seemed very obedient and almost obedient to him.
And the recording lasted a whole day, and I didn’t complain at all.
This made Xu Kong's impression of him a little better.
Although Mao Yuzhe is indeed Fengqing Entertainment's best choice based on the actual situation.
But the other party's attitude made Xu Kong feel a little happier when he sang.
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"I know."
Wu Youxue nodded.
It seems that he really needs to re-evaluate the newcomer Mao Yuzhe.
Although he didn't know what kind of song Xu Kong wrote for him yet.
But with the bonus of Xu Kong’s songs, there is a high probability that the popularity will increase quite quickly in the future.
Regardless of the quality of the song, as long as Xu Kong's name is written on the lyrics and music, it already has a pretty exaggerated flow rate.
No one now doubts Xu Kong’s traffic and popularity.
Including their live broadcast of the semi-finals of "Singer" this time, because the news that Xu Kong would participate was released in advance.
The popularity is not at the same level as the previous programs.
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Although "Singer" has reached the semi-finals, most of the faces are still familiar to Xu Kong.
For example, Jian Junfang, the king of singers, as well as Lan Shu, Su Yuwei and others, have been participating singers since Xu Kong first participated in the show.
However, the two original European and American singers have now been eliminated.
There is no way, despite the high appearance fee, this season of "Singer", the confrontation between European and American singers and domestic singers, has lost the popularity and confrontational effect of the previous season.
So when one of the European and American singers performed poorly in a subsequent episode, Wu Youxue let him be eliminated.
It is also equivalent to slightly saving part of the appearance fee.
In addition, Wang Songjie, who was a veteran singer like Jian Junfang before, is also a popular singer.
It was also a pity that he was eliminated in the last issue.
However, the other party has always been relatively Buddhist and did not come to this show with such a strong competitive spirit. Even after being eliminated, he was still happy.
The two people were replaced by a certain first-line singer in China and a well-known duo.
The first-line singer is called Xu Shangyi, and Xu Kong has also heard his name.
That's right, the so-called four new talents in the Chinese music scene created by some domestic media were, in addition to him and Bai Ran from Fengge, there was also Yang Jiangjie, whom Xu Kong had met several times on previous shows, and this was Xu Shang. One.
Among the four, the eldest is undoubtedly Xu Shangyi.
He is now twenty-eight or nine years old.
However, the other party became famous relatively late, and it only started to become popular in the past few years.
When he was an independent musician, he released a lot of hit singles. Later, he signed a contract with the company, and the singer's career gradually began to get on the right track.
As for the other two-person combination, they are the veteran combination Maple Leafs.
Maple Leaf was actually established almost twenty years ago, and over the years the two of them have begun to try to develop independently.
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They are well-known, but among the public, most of the impressions of the two and some of their popular works still remain when they merged as the Maple Leafs.
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Compared with Yang Jiangjie's look of looking down upon anyone he looked at.
Xu Shangyi, who is also called one of the top four newcomers by the media, appears to be more diplomatic.
When greeting Xu Kong, he was also very polite and his attitude was quite low.
Of course, for Xu Kong, in fact most of the time he doesn't show the so-called aggressiveness or act big.
After all, after being a top player for such a long time, I still have some professional qualities.
Moreover, Xu Kong also knows that in the final analysis, the entertainment industry is still a place that values relationships, and there is no need for him to make enemies everywhere.
After all, there are big companies like Changyun Film and Television, Kiwi Fruit, and even Jiying Entertainment that are not very easy to deal with, and they are already in trouble.
So most of the time, when facing these colleagues he had never met before, he tried his best to appear as friendly as possible. Although he would not be groveling, he was still talking to them on an equal footing.
Therefore, although it is already the semi-finals, although no one will be eliminated in this period, the final number of votes will still affect the subsequent championship.
But the singers at the scene still didn't have much smell of gunpowder.
Even the two music industry veterans from the Maple Leaf group took the initiative to come over and say hello to Xu Kong.
Logically speaking, Xu Kong should have gone there.
But the other party came to his side of the lounge one step ahead of him.
In short, in such harmony, the live broadcast of the "Singer" semi-finals is approaching its official start time.
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"Xukong is participating in this issue, so there is no big suspense."
Hearing the words of the music director of the small company next to him, Fat Bird, one of the media judges, shook his head.
"This is hard to say..."
The two have participated in so many programs together, and have also kept contact information in private. They have also had several dinner dates before, and now they are indeed relatively familiar friends.
So he said without mercy:
"Stop pretending, who doesn't know you are Xu Chuibo?"
"Are you not confident that Xu Kong will take first place in the semi-finals?"
Fat Bird coughed slightly embarrassed.
Yes, although based on his rational analysis, there should be well-prepared singers in the semi-finals, and there is a high probability that someone will sing a new song that he has not released yet.
But he still has high trust in Xu Kong and feels that the other singer will definitely be the singer with the highest number of votes in this semi-final.
"I didn't say that, the game hasn't even started yet..."
Fat Bird denies the relationship. After all, he is a media judge. Although all media judges have their own preferences, this is inevitable.
But in the final analysis, it is natural to behave more fairly and justly on the surface.
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"But Xu Kong has indeed not released a new song for a long time. In the past few months, the domestic music scene has been a little too boring."
Fat Bird couldn't help but speak.
There is no way, for a self-media like him, there are often endless topics to talk about and endless popularity throughout the year.
For example, in recent times, although there are many singers releasing new songs, there are also some well-known first- and second-tier singers.
But overall these new songs are still a bit too mediocre.
It's not completely bad, and it doesn't have any big hit singles. It's just mediocre works.
This has caused Fat Bird's recent video data to drop a lot.
The last song that became popular in China was the nostalgic theme song of the same name from Xu Kong's movie "Sweet Honey".
It was still sung by Su Zhi. As the movie became popular, the song itself also entered the audience's field of vision.
It even sparked a wave of retro nostalgia.
But those who follow the trend are destined to just follow the trend. In the end, it is still the song "Sweet Honey" that breaks out of the circle.
This time Xu Kong has finally returned to the stage of "Singer", and there is a high probability that he will also bring new songs.
Under such circumstances, not only Fat Bird is looking forward to it, but the number of viewers of the "Singer" semi-final live broadcast is 40 to 50% higher than the previous episodes.
Now that the live broadcast of the show has not officially started, the number of people has almost reached the level of the previous "Singer" without Xu Kong.
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After all, it is a variety show with a lot of investment. Now that it is the semi-finals, the stage, the scene, and some preparations in all aspects have improved a lot.
"In a blink of an eye, our season of "Singer" has reached the semi-finals. I believe that everyone is also looking forward to who the king of singing will be this season..."
The host has also changed from one to two, both of whom are well-known hosts from Mango.
The two sang and introduced the rules of the semi-finals and finals. It was nothing more than that the semi-finals would not determine the final champion, but the importance and proportion of the votes were the same as those in the subsequent finals.
In addition, the six groups of contestants and seven singers who participated in the competition finally came to the stage in advance and greeted the audience in a rare event.
"Xukong, do you have any goals for your ranking this time?"
"Also, are you preparing a new song for this semi-final?"
In the interview before the game, Xu Kong was asked about this.
He replied calmly:
"There is no goal, the important thing is to present a stage that satisfies both myself and the audience, and leave no regrets..."
"This time, it is indeed a new song that has not been released before."
Xu Kong's answer was quite official and standard.
"That's great. It's a new song indeed. It's a great addition to my playlist."
"Is Xu Kong always so humble?"
"Don't you just say that you are here to win the championship?"
"I don't have any goals, just win a championship [Dog Head]..."
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The audience in the live broadcast room began to joke after hearing Xu Kong's words.
There is no way. In fact, everyone now knows that Xu Kong's true character is actually very crazy, and he is still the kind of person who gets angry if he doesn't like it.
Many times in the past, Xu Kong personally stepped off the field to face melons in the lane, and he also suffered from them many times.
Now even if he behaves so modestly, it's hard to change people's impression.
Of course, no matter what the occasion, what you say, if you are blindly arrogant, it will easily attract trouble. Xu Kong's method is more acceptable to ordinary audiences.
Just in terms of popularity and the desire to win the championship, Xu Kong is still the highest among the singers even though he has been absent from several programs.
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(End of chapter)