Chapter 436 I Have a Friend
Zhou Meng, the new generation female host of Lizhi TV, is an out-and-out literary young woman. She easily develops a liking for talented people who can play the guitar and write songs.
Because she prefers folk music, she likes the songs of "Yu Meiren" so much. At the same time, she is also attracted to the folk singer Li Yingkai, and the two got together.
While working as a host, she has also been writing and singing songs, and has appeared on some music variety shows that allow singer-songwriters to showcase their creative abilities. It was also through this variety show that she met Li Yingkai.
It's a pity that she wrote so many songs and released so many songs, but none of them became popular. She can be said to be the opposite of Gu Qingge. After all, every song Gu Qingge released became a hit.
Even so, Zhou Meng still enjoys writing songs and singing. It doesn’t matter whether the songs are popular or not, as long as she likes them.
Because Zhou Meng met Gu Qingge while working at Lizhi TV, she has been in contact with her, mainly to ask for advice from her and hope to gain some experience in music creation from her.
Gu Qingge could sense Zhou Meng's passion for music, but unfortunately, she had no experience in music composition. Once she activated her god-level skill [Revelation], inspiration naturally came, and the entire song flowed seamlessly...
It was naturally impossible for Gu Qingge to tell Zhou Meng about her experience in "creation" with cheats, so she could only talk nonsense.
Songwriting undoubtedly requires inspiration, and to make the lyrics of your songs have style, you definitely need a certain level of literary literacy. If you can write the lyrics of a song into modern poetry and then sing it, it will definitely give people a better impression than a catchy song.
Zhou Meng deeply agrees with this. As a literary young woman who likes to listen to folk songs, she pays great attention to the lyrics of a song.
Unfortunately, Gu Qingge then pointed out that the melody is the most important factor in whether a song can become popular. Even if you speak unclearly and others have no idea what you are singing, as long as the melody is good enough, the song will naturally become popular.
The fact that some catchy songs by internet celebrities can become popular also illustrates this point. Lyrics are actually not that important. As long as the melody is addictive, it can naturally brainwash people and spread widely.
Zhou Meng was not so receptive to this point of view. However, she knew that Gu Qingge's songs were popular not only in Chinese but also in other languages. She had to admit that melody was indeed the most important thing in a pop song.
Zhou Meng also asked Gu Qingge the most crucial question, which was how to generate inspiration.
"For talented singer-songwriters, inspiration is everywhere, whether it's their own experience, other people's stories, or just playing the guitar casually, inspiration may appear." Gu Qingge answered Zhou Meng.
After hearing this, Zhou Meng agreed deeply, but unfortunately she was not a talented singer-songwriter. She felt that she was only slightly talented at best.
However, this world is the cruelest to people with little talent, because on the one hand, she has little talent, but she cannot accept the real life, because she sees a little light from the moon, and she feels that the reality is too unbearable, so she wants to go towards the moon, but her talent is not enough to allow her to reach the moon, so she is not on either side, she has no way to enjoy the fun of life, but she will never reach the artistic ideal in her heart.
For Zhou Meng, Gu Qingge is like the distant bright moon.
As for Taeyang, of course he is her current boyfriend Lee Young-kai.
Before she started dating Li Yingkai, she sang a song she wrote for her ex-boyfriend on the show, "I'm Waiting for You on Monday", which means waiting for someone who cannot be found on a non-existent date. She then said, "This year someone helped me get out of it," and revealed, "Yes, I am in love, and he is a gentle person."
This person is naturally Li Yingkai. His stage name is "Akai". He is an original musician who has risen rapidly in the folk music circle. Although he is only 23 years old, he already has two or three widely sung folk songs. His voice is quite unique, with a smoky voice, giving people a sense of vicissitudes.
Since Li Yingkai is young but likes to write lyrics that are literary and vicissitudes of life, some music fans always complain that he is forcing sadness in order to write new lyrics.
Despite all the complaints, some of his songs are indeed popular and were once ranked high on the "Yin Yue Yun" charts. However, he is still at the stage where his songs are popular but he himself is not. This time he was invited by Zhou Meng to participate in "Daughters' Love", perhaps he can show his face and increase his popularity.
Li Yingkai is indeed a folk singer with great talent and potential, which is why he is so attractive to Zhou Meng.
In fact, Li Yingkai really didn't want to participate in this kind of variety show at first. He would rather show his musical talent in front of the camera rather than his personal feelings.
He is not the type who is good at showing affection in front of the camera. The songs he writes may be very literary, but his behavior is relatively anti-pretentious. He is not good at expressing himself in words, and perhaps he pours himself out in the songs.
However, Zhou Meng and Li Yingkai said that she had also invited Gu Qingge and other singer-songwriters, so that they could exchange music together and even perform on the spot.
Li Yingkai was still not in a good mood. Maybe other singers would admire Gu Qingge in their hearts and think that her creative ability was too strong, but he was not very interested in Gu Qingge's music.
He sincerely believed that Gu Qingge's music was "technical", and some of her songs were simply for showing off her singing skills. As for those Chinese and ancient styles, they were really awesome, and the various ancient Chinese lyrics simply showed her profound literary accomplishment.
But, he just doesn't like it. Li Yingkai likes songs that touch the heart. For example, in the first episode of the new season of "The Road to the King of Singers", the first one in his mind is the queen Yang Xiaolian, not Gu Qingge.
When it comes down to it, music is a matter of personal taste, and everyone has their own preferences.
Although he is not interested in Gu Qingge's "technical" music, Li Yingkai still cannot resist his girlfriend Zhou Meng's nagging. Moreover, the first outdoor love variety show is indeed quite eye-catching. It can be said that the program team pays for several couples to travel for free. Of course, there is also a couple who are specifically for "blind dates". Such a pioneering program has attracted a lot of attention before it was broadcast.
Gu Qingge appeared in this variety show not in the first episode, but in the third episode.
She didn't participate in the recording for long, probably only in the evening.
After the first and second episodes of "Daughters' Love" were broadcast, the couple Zhou Meng and Li Yingkai naturally gained popularity and traffic, but unfortunately they were scolded and became a hot topic.
The reason naturally lies with Li Yingkai. He is the least respectful to the female guests among the four male guests, fully demonstrating the style of a straight man.
This even caused Zhou Meng's father, who was observing the entire process in the studio, to become mentally broken and even wipe away tears, saying that his daughter was too humble in the relationship between Zhou Meng and Li Yingkai, and that they were not equal at all.
Of course, the host tried to smooth things over by saying that Li Yingkai was more genuine and not a hypocritical person.
The other male guests showed their gentlemanly manners in various ways, but he was not so pretentious. He just said what he thought and he did not cooperate with some of Zhou Meng's travel arrangements.
In fact, Li Yingkai doesn't like hot places, but Zhou Meng, who likes summer, chose a famous tourist tropical island as the shooting location. As a result, Li Yingkai was sweating all over and felt uncomfortable.
The program crew is also well versed in the art of "first criticizing and then promoting", and after discovering that it was rare to have a male guest like Li Yingkai who only played real roles, they deliberately edited the first episode only to show him in a way that seemed to show him not caring about the female guests at all, as if he was forced to participate in this variety show.
As a result, as soon as this episode was broadcast, the audience naturally criticized Li Yingkai, saying that he had low emotional intelligence and that his various behaviors showed that he did not like Zhou Meng at all. The two of them were in a relationship and would break up sooner or later.
The audience went to Li Yingkai's Weibo and lashed out at him. In addition, Li Yingkai's Douyin follower count also plummeted. However, Zhou Meng's follower count increased significantly because everyone felt sorry for her and felt that she had put her trust in the wrong person...
But some viewers also said that compared with the other three pairs of men and women, the relationship between Li Yingkai and Zhou Meng seemed more real. After all, they have been in love for nearly a year.
After the honeymoon period, everyone will understand.
Most of the viewers who criticized Li Yingkai were women, but then again, the audience for this kind of dating variety show is basically women as well.
The comments from male viewers are as follows:
"Didn't they say that the talented lady Gu would be a special guest on this variety show? Why isn't there any footage of her?"
"I originally came to watch this show just for Gu Qingge, but this is what happened?"
"Li Yingkai seems a bit gifted and willful. Doesn't he know that the girl's father will watch the entire recording? Why does he really not care about his father-in-law's opinion?"
"This isn't the first time Li Yingkai has shown low emotional intelligence. He previously appeared on a music variety show and seemingly made a direct statement to Li Jie, who is now on "The Road to Singing," saying he wouldn't win by singing, but by showing off his emotions. Naturally, he was completely outshined by Li Jie..."
"Li Yingkai's singing skills are just so-so. His strength lies in his songwriting ability. After watching this show, I have to say that I feel that he still likes Zhou Meng, but he is just not good at expressing it in words."
"I originally came to watch this show with the intention of seeing Gu Qingge, but I was unexpectedly drawn to it. I think it's quite creative. The scenery in the show is also very nice, and the comments from the guests in the studio are also very interesting."
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The popularity of the first episode of this program naturally doubled the motivation of the production team, simply because the ratings of this outdoor love variety show, which is a pioneering show in the world, are indeed very good!
Those couples or artists who were originally invited by the program team felt a little regretful when they saw the popularity of the program. After all, they missed this good opportunity to show themselves.
However, since this type of program has such high ratings, there will definitely be a second season in the future, so if there is a chance to be on the next season, it is actually not too late.
After the second episode of the show was aired, there were not so many people criticizing Li Yingkai, because they finally started to add sugar and feed dog food more naturally, and Li Yingkai also showed his creative talent in the show.
The program crew filmed the process of him singing and writing songs. After the audience discovered that he was indeed talented in music, their tolerance immediately increased.
The most important thing is that the song he wrote was a record of his trip with Zhou Meng——
The waves are blooming, the sunset is struggling
You are beside me, stepping on the waves
This is a painting, carved in the sand
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This act of improvising a song and singing it directly to your girlfriend is quite loving, and literary young women like Zhou Meng really like it.
However, since Gu Qingge still did not appear in the second episode, she still encountered complaints from some "fans". After all, they came to see Gu Qingge, not to watch the male and female guests interact and fall in love.
The scene that Gu Qingge participated in filming was like this——
It was evening, the sun was setting, and the sea breeze was blowing.
The setting sun shines on the sea, making the waves sparkle.
About six or seven musicians were sitting on chairs on the beach, which belonged to an open-air music bar on the beach.
Among these musicians, there are friends of Zhou Meng and friends of Li Yingkai.
Although Li Yingkai was previously criticized for not loving his girlfriend enough, he silently did a lot for Zhou Meng.
Just like now, he was the person in charge of grilling at the self-service barbecue. He asked Zhou Meng what she wanted to eat, and then carefully grilled it for her. Naturally, other musicians were also lucky enough to have some free food and drinks.
The musicians did not discuss music at first, but gossiped about the relationship between Zhou Meng and Li Yingkai, asking them who took the initiative first.
Of course, the person who took the initiative first was Li Yingkai. He said that he was the first to send a private message and asked Zhou Meng for her WeChat.
Everyone also urged Zhou Meng to read out the private message, which made Li Yingkai extremely embarrassed and he even called it social death...
If this part is broadcast, it will definitely make the audience smile.
After gossiping about the two people's relationship, the musicians finally started discussing music, and then decided that everyone would go up and sing a song, since the stage was already prepared.
The program team specially invited Gu Qingge, obviously just for this moment.
What no one expected was that Gu Qingge actually sang a song called "That Girl Told Me" from the new album "Remembering Jiangnan".
Gu Qingge's female version of "That Girl Told Me" naturally has a unique charm.
It is estimated that after this episode is broadcast, it will be more popular than the original version...
It was precisely because she sang this song that after this episode was broadcast, she was considered to have a good relationship with "Remembering Jiangnan". After all, without the other party's authorization, she had no right to sing "his" song on the variety show.
Since Gu Qing's singing of "That Girl Told Me" was really infectious and moved everyone, everyone naturally asked her to sing another song very enthusiastically.
Li Yingkai couldn't help but say, "How about singing 'Bicycle'? It's my favorite song about fatherly love from that legendary album 'Remembering Jiangnan'."
Gu Qingge smiled slightly and said, "A song about fatherly love. A friend of mine also asked me to write one. It's called 'Prose Poem Written by My Father'."
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