After two and a half months of blind audition, the four major instructors all selected their fourteen students, and the first level of The Voice came to a perfect conclusion.
Among them, Yang Ye’s team is very strange. Eleven of the fourteen students are women.
When the show was aired, in the first four episodes, he didn’t take any men, which led to the media ridiculing him for only choosing women.
In fact, it is just an editing effect. The order of the students’ appearance and the words of the instructor shown in the program are all carefully arranged and edited.
The program team also shamelessly deleted the song that Wang Fei sang.
When she appeared on TV, she only sang a few lyrics, and then she chose Leslie Cheung and that was it.
The whole process only lasts for more than a minute, and the impression given to the audience is that of a glimpse.
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Then The Voice entered the second stage: tutor assessment.
At this time, under the deliberate promotion of the program, some newspapers launched popularity voting activities and began to rank the popularity of The Voice students.
Some people have even started to predict who will become the annual champion. It is said that someone in the casino below has made a handicap.
After all, this show has never been more popular. It is unimaginable how influential it will be after the winner is announced.
The favorite players predicted by the media to win the championship are mainly concentrated on a few fourth-level students.
Other than that, there are some players who, although they only have two or three turns, are very capable in appearance.
As for the little girls under Yang Ye, several of them are very good-looking and have become popular players.
Over the years, Yang Ye has discovered many beauties for the Chinese film industry, and now he is starting to work hard in the music industry again.
The media ridicules Yang Ye for his extraordinary talent in beauty appraisal. He can tell who is a beauty just by listening with his ears without turning around.
There is also a magazine that has created a popularity ranking for the beauties discovered by Yang Ye, calling it the "Yang Family Beauty Spectrum". They are actually very popular and have greatly increased sales.
The rules for tutor assessment are the same as in the original time and space. Each tutor will invite a dream tutor to help him.
Yang Ye invited Luo Dayou, and the final four were Lao Lang, Liu Xiaohui, Su Huilun and Yang Yuying.
Yang Yexin said that it was fortunate that I recruited an old wolf, otherwise if I debuted with four girls, I would have been ridiculed severely by the media again.
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While The Voice is in full swing in Asia, "The Lion King" has set off a box office frenzy around the world.
This version of "The Lion King" is led by people recruited from the American Film Studio. It does not follow the usual art style of the American Film Studio. Instead, it goes deep into the African savannah and conducts on-site sketching.
The final effect is that the prairie is majestic and the images of animals are as close to reality as possible, which is no less than the original version.
No effort was spared in publicity and distribution, with Baiyang Pictures spending US$20 million on its own.
The major film producers are also unambiguous. Out of their trust in Yang Ye, they also spend a lot of money and have no room for promotion.
In North America, "The Lion King" not only invited Whitney Houston to sing the theme song, but also invited her to voice the film's heroine Nana.
As a black woman, Whitney was perfectly suited to be the voice of an African lioness, and she naturally agreed.
In the end, the publicity and distribution costs of "The Lion King" reached more than 40 million US dollars, which was enough for Hollywood to shoot an A-level production.
With such strong publicity, it naturally became popular before it was released, making it the most anticipated movie of the summer.
The box office performance of "The Lion King" after its release did not disappoint everyone.
North America was the first to be released on June 28. Whitney Houston appeared at the premiere and vigorously promoted it. One and a half months after its release, the box office reached an astonishing US$150 million.
The "Chicago Post" published an opinion article titled "Bluebird Animation Eclipses Disney."
The article introduces the production team of "The Lion King", who are mainly from China's Shanghai Art Film Studio.
The glorious history and strength of the American Film Studio are no less than those of Disney.
The creative team of "The Lion King" dared to innovate and took the initiative to integrate into the world, moving the scene of the movie out of China to the magnificent African savannah.
In terms of story, it is a transformation of the world-famous "Hamlet", aiming to break the cultural gap between the East and the West.
After four years of continuous improvement, once launched, it was an instant success.
After this battle: Disney’s dominance in the field of animated films may be shaken.
The Los Angeles Times, based on the movie itself, believes that Blue Bird Animation has broadened the boundaries of cartoons.
It turns out that cartoons can also be used to tell an ancient and serious theme, and can be filmed for adults to watch.
"The Lion King" makes parents willing to take their children into the cinema and spend two hours happily with them.
Unlike the previous cartoons, the children smiled happily while the parents sat on pins and needles in the cinema.
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In late July, "The Lion King" was officially released in Hong Kong.
In the beginning, the theater alliance only gave 20% of the film schedule. After all, there was no precedent for cartoons to be successful in Hong Kong.
Unexpectedly, there was a long queue to buy tickets, and it was difficult to get a ticket, so we had to temporarily cut off some blockbuster movies and add more movies to "The Lion King".
Those blockbuster movies made me cry without tears. I originally wanted to take advantage of the summer season to make some money.
Hey guys, now everyone knows the power of cartoons.
Those who can go to the movies will definitely bring their children, and they will start with two tickets.
And Hong Kong is a family with many children, so there are often four or five tickets.
This horse-riding movie will be a ghost if it doesn’t explode at the box office.
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Zhang Zhiming squeezed out of the queue, waved two tickets, and said to Lin Chunjiao who was sitting on the chair waiting: "I got the tickets, let's enter!"
He had booked the tickets in advance, picked up the tickets at the right time, and could enter immediately.
Lin Chunjiao held a little boy of about four years old and said with a smile: "Lezai, let's go watch a movie."
This child is called Zhang Tianle, the son of Zhang Zhiming and Lin Chunjiao.
Zhang Tianle was very happy and cheered, "Watch a movie, watch a movie!"
He stretched out his hands, Zhang Zhiming quickly picked him up, Lin Chunjiao packed up her things and followed behind .
"Go buy popcorn and Coke first!"
After the couple bought popcorn and Coke, Zhang Tianle stared eagerly at the golden color and fragrant popcorn, wanting to eat it.
Lin Chunjiao said: "You can only eat when the movie starts! I have finished eating now, what will happen later?"
Zhang Tianle said helplessly: "Okay!"
Not long after, a family of three entered the venue.
Zhang Tianle was still young and did not need to buy a ticket, but he had no place to sit and could only sit on his father's lap.
He was very restless, staring at the popcorn bucket in his mother's hand, and asked in a cooing voice: "Are we going to start?"
Lin Chunjiao shook her head and said: " Not yet!”
Zhang Tianle was a little disappointed, but he still said obediently: “Okay!”
After a few minutes, the screen turned on and the lights dimmed, and Zhang Tianle was immediately full of expectations. He asked: "Are we going to start?"
"This is an advertisement!"
After one advertisement finished, Zhang Tianle asked again: "Is the next one going to start?"
Lin Chunjiao was speechless and leaned into Zhang Zhiming's ear. , whispered: "Is your son a talkative person?"
Zhang Zhiming suppressed a smile and said: "Why don't you just give him food and it's over?"
"No, we said it's time to start eating. "It's about to start. Eat, you can't spoil him." After a few commercials, the movie finally started, and Zhang Tianle got his wish and got the popcorn.
However, he was quickly attracted by the cute and cute little lion in the movie. He watched it intently and even forgot to eat the popcorn.
The movie was playing, and Zhang Zhiming and Lin Chunjiao, who were originally absent-minded, were also attracted by the plot and watched it seriously.
Soon after, the warmth and joy of the movie ceased, and the plot took a turn for the worse, with Mufasa dying to save Simba.
Although Zhang Tianle was very young, he understood this scene and felt sad.
When little Simba was nestling in the arms of the dead Mufasa, Zhang Tianle raised his head and asked Zhang Zhiming: "Does Simba have no father?"
Zhang Zhiming bent down and hugged him tightly with both hands. He picked up his son, kissed his forehead, and said: "His father just went to another place far away."
Lin Chunjiao sat aside, listening to the conversation between father and son, her eyes immediately turned red.
Zhang Tianle continued to watch suspiciously, he wanted to see Simba's father return to his side.
Then, the movie seemed to hear his wish, and Simba really saw Mufasa again.
"Dad, Mufasa is really back!" Zhang Tianle happily told Zhang Zhiming the news.
This time, Zhang Zhiming’s eyes were also moist.
He felt that this movie was really considerate. It used the form of a ghost to bring Mufasa back to Simba again.
It convinced a child named Zhang Tianle that Simba’s father was not dead, but had just gone to a far away place.
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After the top four of the four mentors were announced, the media began to evaluate the popularity and strength of the four major teams.
Unexpectedly, Team Yang Ye’s popularity and strength seem to be the lowest.
He has three sweet girls under his command, Su Huilun, Yang Yuying, and Liu Xiaohui. Although they are all beautiful and talented, it is well known that the fans of sweet girls are all men, and they are willing to gain popularity for their idols and provide all kinds of gifts. , mostly female fans.
Lao Lang, the only fourth-level singer, has an average appearance and a warm-hearted personality, so he is not very popular.
After various selections by the media, Teresa Teng’s team ranked first in both popularity and strength.
The top four under her command are Ren Xianqi (fourth rank), Lin Zhixuan (fourth rank), Tai Zhengxiao and Chen Kityi (fourth rank).
Three men and one woman, the opposite of Yang Ye.
Deng Lijun’s team has three rank fours and is very strong. In comparison, Yang Ye’s team is really not that interesting.
The teams of Leslie Cheung and Lin Zixiang are also very strong.
Zhang Guorong’s top four are Xu Meijing (fourth rank), Wang Fei, Zhang Weijian, and Chen Xiaocun.
Lin Zixiang's top four are Gu Juji (fourth rotation), Zhang Yu, Wu Bai, and Zhou Chuanxiong.
Lin Zixiang’s team is very unique. Zhang Yu, Wu Bai, and Zhou Chuanxiong’s singing skills are not the best, but they are all very strong creators.
Wang Fei only got two turns because she was scheduled to appear very late, while the most popular mentors Yang Ye and Deng Lijun used up their quota early.
When Wang Fei appeared on the stage, the two could only stare.
Of course, this is all due to the show's effect. It was deliberately arranged by the show team to have Wang Fei sing in the back.
Asking Wang Fei to choose Zhang Guorong was actually Yang Ye's intention. It was an effect he deliberately created by using the rules of the show. Even Zhang Guorong himself didn't know it.
Cheung Guorong has a relatively poor psychological endurance and is actually not suitable for wading into the muddy waters of the entertainment industry.
Liu Jialing once teased Zhang Guorong about playing mahjong.
Zhang Guorong loses more than he wins when playing cards, because when he listens to the cards, his hands shake, even his penis trembles. If he listens to the big cards, it's over, everyone will know that he listened to the cards.
Many of the decisions Zhang Guorong made were not based on his heart, but were influenced by the outside world.
For example, he quit the music scene in the original time and space because he was troubled by irrational fans and he was unwilling to quit.
When he finally came back, he couldn't stand the encouragement of his friends.
Zhang Guorong is very concerned about the outside world's opinions. Although he sometimes makes brave moves, he is often very painful afterwards.
It was precisely because of this kind of mental torture that I finally suffered from depression, which led to a dead end.
Yang Ye didn't care much about whether he could become a champion mentor, so he quietly gave Wang Fei, the strongest player this year, to Zhang Guorong.
If Wang Fei can win the championship, it will be a wonderful thing for Zhang Guorong, and it may make his life smoother.
However, there are so many strong players on The Voice this year, and it is still unknown whether Wang Fei can win the championship in the end.
Yang Ye did not intend to help any player cheat. He only made reasonable use of the rules by asking Wang Fei to choose Zhang Guorong.
If you want to win, win openly and openly.
The final list of sixteen people can be regarded as basically half of the singers who debuted in the 1990s in the Chinese music scene.
Yang Ye used "The Voice of China" to catch almost all the well-known singers who will appear in the next three or four years, which is a bit like fishing in a dry land.
And these people coming together to form a group will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the Chinese music scene.
The first-tier singers are okay, but the second-tier and third-tier singers all feel in danger.
With so many people debuting, it is bound to occupy a huge amount of resources.
And resources are limited. When they finish taking advantage of them, what will they eat?
What's more, this is not just a one-time thing. There will be a second season next year, and there will be another wave.
This year has been so popular, how can it be any worse next year?
Some small record companies are even more worried. They all have a premonition that the future will not be easy.
The record market is so big and the cake has been eaten up by Bai Yang and the Rolling Stones. What do they eat?
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Yang Ye summoned Zheng Donghan and the Duan brothers, as well as Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng and other record company executives for a meeting.
Zheng Donghan said with both joy and worry: "One of the problems we are facing now is that there are too many new people, and it is difficult for the company to digest them.
The popularity of the top 16 has already reached the level of second-tier singers Their level is so high that some of them can even compete with top-tier singers.
Everyone of them is now qualified to release records. However, if each of them has an album, it will be 160 songs based on ten songs. Where can they go? There aren’t enough producers to produce so many songs.”
Duan Zhongyi nodded and said, “You can’t fool them yet, otherwise it will be a waste of their popularity!”
Everyone looked at Li Zongsheng and other big song writers. Lao Li said helplessly: "You have to know that it is getting more and more difficult to write a song that everyone is happy with."
Yang Ye said: " Their popularity is brought about by the program, and it is only temporary. Except for a few outstanding students, the others can only maintain it until the launch of The Voice next year. "
Duan Zhongtan said: "So. We should take advantage of this wave of popularity to publish films, we can’t miss this great opportunity.”
What Duan Zhongtan said makes sense. If we don’t take advantage of this opportunity, how can we wait for it?
Yang Ye said: "So what are your thoughts?"
Duan Zhongyi: "Two ways. First, poach producers from other record companies with high salaries. As long as they are willing to pay, anyone can poach them.
Second, do cover songs. As Director Yang said, there are many People’s popularity is actually short-lived.
So, while they are still popular, it is the wisest way to use cover songs that have been tested in foreign markets.”
Duan Zhongyi’s. Everyone agrees with this statement, and the most popular ones will be carefully cultivated and produced albums.
For those who are slightly worse, harvest covers. This is indeed the most realistic way.
Otherwise, the second season will be released next year and there will be a bunch of new people. How will it be digested?
Yang Ye said: "I very much agree with Mr. Duan's idea, but I would like to add that many of the students have very strong creative abilities. We can give them opportunities and help them publish their own works."< br>
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Teng Lijun raised a question:
“If there are some powerful producers who have good relations with their employers, or some producers simply run their own music companies, when encountering this kind of poaching How to deal with the situation of being immobile and unwilling to come?
Yang Ye waved his hand: "Then acquire their company!" (End of Chapter)