He knew what Zhong Lei wanted to hear, but he didn't have the goods.

In the past, each of Zhong Lei's songs could be seen in the profound analysis left by countless top music critics in history.

These music reviews can be included in Zhong Lei's personal biography as peripherals, which itself has extremely high artistic value.

Chen Feng's theories all come from other people's music reviews.

"Self-Ignition" is a brand new version that has never appeared in the past timeline, and of course no one has written a music review.

He held it in for a long time, took a deep breath, and said heavily: "Okay!"

Then there was an awkward silence.

"Is that it?"

Zhong Lei asked after a long time.

Chen Feng: "Yes!"

Zhong Lei's expression was very uncomfortable, she wanted to say something but stopped, and she was angry but couldn't vent.

She managed to hold back with great difficulty, "Okay... OK. Then I'll publish it?"

Chen Feng became very frugal with his words, "Publish it!"

"No, you should give me some more comments."

"Don't you have a good idea in your heart?"

"But I want to hear your approval."

There was no way to escape, Chen Feng gritted his teeth, "Give me the engineering file of the audio track, I want to see how you synthesized the audio track."

An hour later...

Chen Feng said with confidence on the surface, but he was completely unsure in his heart: "Only seven basic instruments were used, and there are no complicated chords."

Zhong Lei: "Yes, I tried to do more subtraction, but I didn't pursue it deliberately. The purpose is to match the core of what the whole song wants to express."

Chen Feng continued to listen, pointed to a melody on the computer and asked, "What is the tone of this beeping section, it's very special."

"It's the sound of a motorcycle motor, but I raised it three keys and made a remix chord. It's an attempt."

Chen Feng nodded. "Well done. There's no need to deliberately be original. We don't need to care about what the sound is. We just need to know that I want this tone and it fits here. Tell me any other similar ideas you have."

"I recorded this piano piece using the Steinway in Lu Wei's house. I played it myself. Lu Wei helped me play the bass. We deliberately tuned the strings very loosely, so it sounds a little down-key and a little broken. But what I want to express in this melody is a kind of cynicism and freedom. And this guitar piece, you will never guess how I recorded it. Take a listen."

Chen Feng listened carefully again and asked tentatively: "In the toilet?"

"You are getting close to the standard answer. Let's go deeper."

"In the public toilet on the street of Caiweilou?"

"Let's go deeper."

"I can't guess."

"It's the men's toilet in that public restroom! Hahaha! Are you stupid? Lu Wei almost collapsed at that time! But I just think the echo and reverberation effect in the men's toilet is more comfortable, maybe because there is a toilet bowl. Also, the guitar I use is actually your Yangtze River guitar, what do you think?! This kind of muddy sound quality, after being re-edited by digital software, is really unique."

Chen Feng: ...

He was speechless.

No wonder I always felt a smell when I fiddled with my guitar after returning home these two days. I thought it was because the toilet was not flushed clean.

He looked at Zhong Lei's ears again and couldn't help thinking.

What is the structure of this person's ears? How is her brain designed? How can she hear such subtle differences that are completely beyond imagination? How does she know that this voice is the best and most perfect?

​​This... is probably the power of talent.

Too much.

Zhong Lei's self-introduction is still going on.

She is beaming with joy and in high spirits.

Chen Feng quietly watched her "pretending to be cool" in the name of asking for advice, smiling indifferently.

From this person, Chen Feng smelled the scent of talent pouring out like a blooming summer flower.

How embarrassing.

Her creative concept is completely unconventional. In order to pursue the perfect tone, she will do everything she can. What's more terrifying is that she knows what the perfect tone is.

There are many sounds in nature that humans find beautiful when they hear them by chance, but they don’t know how to copy, capture, or actively create nice timbres.

Zhong Lei seems to be born with the ability, and no one needs to teach her.

This is full of talent that is completely overflowing.

I am impressed.

Now Chen Feng roughly understands why Zhong Lei’s songs are so amazing.

With this ability, even if it is the same instrument, the effect of playing it in her hands will be very different from that in the hands of someone with ordinary playing skills.

No wonder she sounds so good when she plays and sings with the Changjiang guitar.

"Publish! Publish now!"

Chen Feng waved his hand, and the song "Self-Ignition" was released simultaneously on the entire network.

Then he kicked Zhong Lei out and let Zhong Lei, who had the greatest degree of autonomy, take charge of the publicity and promotion work.

Let's put the adaptation of "Bath of Fire" aside for now, since Meng Xiaozhou hasn't come to a conclusion yet.

In the end, Zhong Lei didn't get a single "real insight" from Master Chen.

It's just that Master Chen has a small vocabulary and can only talk

nonsense all his life. But he is not allowed to swear, so he can only say "no comment".

He only said one word, "Good!"

This song really became an undoubted hit, but it suddenly disrupted Meng Xiaozhou's negotiation plan.

At twelve o'clock that night, Meng Xiaozhou called Chen Feng, "Teacher Chen, Neil Brockamp has changed his requirements."

"What? Not cooperating?"

"He likes the song "Self-Ignition" more. He thinks this song has more rebelliousness and promotes a kind of righteous sacrifice, but it is not so rule-abiding, which is more in line with the style of the movie "Unravel". In his own words, he loves "Self-Ignition" so much that he wants to go crazy for it."

Chen Feng was stunned at first, but then he thought it was natural.

This is the taste of the United States.

Neil is worthy of being a genius science fiction director who made "District 9" and "Elysium" at a young age. His appreciation ability should not be underestimated.

Of course, in Chen Feng's opinion, District 9 is not bad, but too naive.

The world view of Elysium is simply eye-catching.

I don't know what level this time's Chaos is.

But Chen Feng doesn't care. He only cares about keeping the purity of Bath of Fire, and at the same time using this to enter the European and American markets and start making dollars.

"Okay, then we will adapt Self-Ignition according to the other party's needs." "

Time is tight, the other party hopes that we will go to Los Angeles tomorrow to communicate face to face and start adapting."

"No problem, we will go in threes. Me, you, and Zhong Lei."

Two days later, the three walked out of the LA airport side by side.

Waiting here was Wilt Jackson, one of the producers of Chaos.

As Neil Brockamp's best friend and right-hand man, Wilt is also young, with blond hair and a tall stature.

"Welcome all friends to the freest country on this planet. Do you feel that the air is sweeter? You know, we were so excited to create a big scene with you last night that we couldn't sleep."

Wilt was very enthusiastic, and his words were full of the arrogance and contempt that are unique to Americans.

Chen Feng barely understood what he said, but he was not very happy. He wanted to retort, but he was worried that his English level was average and he was afraid of embarrassing himself.

Zhong Lei, on the other hand, rejected the other's hug in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and said, "Freedom is a very profound word, and we cannot say it too much. Some freedom is superficial, and some freedom is essential. The ignorant are obsessed with comparison, and the wise are self-motivated. Our country does not like to compare with you, but our air is also very sweet."

Wilt was stunned, and after a long time he gave a thumbs up, "You are worthy of being the creator of "Self-Ignition", and you are worthy of being a Chinese. I was just joking just now. At the same time, the theme that "Chaotic Space" wants to explore is actually the definition of freedom."

Chen Feng and Zhong Lei thought that this cooperation might be a failure as they started arguing, but Meng Xiaozhou was not panicked at all.

As a returnee from the United States, Meng Xiaozhou is very familiar with the way people here do things.

Conflicts are just concoctions. As long as the core elements of interests can be agreed upon, even if you spit in the other party's face, he can lick it with a smile.

The negotiation process was very smooth. After just two and a half hours, the contract was finalized on the spot, with the same terms as before.

After that, the three of them went to the hotel arranged by the film company to check in and adjust to the time difference. After the three of them woke up, Meng Xiaozhou would immediately rush back to China, while Chen Feng and Zhong Lei would stay here to participate in the internal appraisal meeting with Katie Swift, the singer of the theme song, the director team and several main actors.

The two will watch the complete film at the tasting session. According to director Neal, this will help the theme song creation team grasp the core of the story when adapting the lyrics.