Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
Just as Liang Liang was pondering Dao Lang, Luo Lin arrived.
When Luo Lin arrived, Liang Liang was working on Zhao Lunjie's new album, which was scheduled to be released around New Year's Day.
Zhao Lunjie's album is called "Envy".
"Envy" is a song in the ancient Chinese style, sung by a singer named Ai Chen many years later.
This song is very similar in style to the songs of Jay Chou, so Liang Liang used this song as the title track of Zhao Lunjie's fourth official album.
This album contains more than just one song by Ai Chen. He also has a song called "Leaving", a song called "Thinking", and songs with one-character titles such as "Wish" and "Falling". These songs were also collected by Liang Liang in this album.
The rest are Jay Chou's songs.
This album is nearing completion and is currently undergoing final processing.
Just then, Luo Lin appeared in front of Liang Liang.
Liang Liang stared at Dao Lang for a full minute, not quite understanding what was happening.
"Brother Luo! It's not exciting when you keep doing this. You just show up all of a sudden without even saying hello. Aren't you afraid of getting lost?"
"Say hello? If we say hello, things will get chaotic and troublesome here. This way is much better."
"Brother Luo! You haven't realized your own value yet. Once you do, you won't be flying back and forth alone anymore. You'll be worried about being kidnapped."
“Kidnap me? What a waste of time! What value do I have? I’m just an ordinary musician. I don’t think I’m more valuable than a farmer.”
"You must have some good works to show us since you're in such a hurry to come. Let's take a look."
Luo Lin's "Love Song of the Western Regions" sold for more than three million last year, earning him his first pot of gold. This fueled his creative drive, and he wrote several songs that he felt were quite good. He couldn't wait to personally travel to Northeast China to show them to Liang Liang.
Liang Liang inserted the cassette tape that Luo Lin had brought into the tape recorder and listened to the demo that Luo Lin had brought.
Liang Liang heard Luo Lin's several familiar songs: "The Punishment of Impulsiveness", "Lover", and "The First Snow of 2001".
Apart from these three songs, the rest are all old folk songs.
Songs like "Toast Song," "New River Good," "Camel Bells," "Night on the Grassland," and "Meeting at the Aobao" are included.
These pieces are so old.
"Brother Luo! Your new songs are definitely fine, but the rest are just... well, they're way too old. Are you just using these old songs to fill out the list?"
Luo Lin scratched his head: "Brother! Making a new song is too difficult. I don't have your skills. You can make a song in the blink of an eye. I've lost a lot of hair from making just these few songs. Can't you see that I have to wear a hat before I dare to go out now?"
"Bro! Stop interrupting, okay? We're talking about songs, don't start tangling your hair."
Luo Lin chuckled.
"Any new songs?"
Luo Lin shook his head.
"It's gone! Bro! What are you doing now?"
"I'm working on Zhao Lunjie's new album, which is scheduled for release on New Year's Day. Want to take a look?"
"have a look!"
Liang Liang inserted the demo of Zhao Lunjie's album into the DVD player.
I have seen the flawless moon.
Falling into your eyes
I have also witnessed the ephemeral beauty of the night-blooming cereus.
It was your smiling face...
Luo Lin looked at the lyrics on the back cover of the album.
The wind rustled through the crabapple blossoms, their tinkling sounds like jade pendants.
A lingering fragrance on the ground, butterflies fluttering from fingertips like unspoken thoughts.
We are also close friends, our hearts as calm as water.
Should we stay where we are and let time reveal its purity?
Luo Lin gasped: "You wrote all these lyrics?"
Even if it wasn't written by Liang Liang, Liang Liang wouldn't admit it.
"Write me a few songs, and I'll pay you!"
Liang Liang chuckled.
"Brother Luo! I won't write songs if others don't pay me. But let's not talk about that between us. It's just a few songs. I've already made money since your album is selling well. I'll give you a few songs."
Liang Liang opened the safe and took out his little notebook.
What do you think of this one?
Liang Liang wrote a song and returned it to Liang Liang.
The song is called "You Are My Rose, You Are My Flower".
"You are my rose, you are my flower; you are my love, you are my longing... Not bad, not bad."
After Luo Lin hummed the song according to the score, Liang Liang also wrote down the songs one by one.
"The Last Tenderness," "Good Girl," "Broken Heart Stone," "Heart Like Still Water," "Wandering," "A Bridge of Fate"...
The song "A Bridge of Fate" was originally intended to be a song for both men and women, but Liang Liang decided to let Luo Lin try it himself.
The male vocals in this song require a high level of skill in using both true and falsetto voices, or you could say a mixed voice.
That singer from Green Island was at least passable in terms of singing skills. You could still hear falsetto in his early songs, but it was basically hard to tell in his later ones.
It's fair to say that his performance on "A Bridge of Fate" was quite good. After all, the girl was singing rock, and her voice was quite loud, so it was quite impressive that he could keep up.
But precisely because the female vocalist was born into a rock music background, she sometimes seemed to overdo it.
Liang Liang felt that singing this song with a pure male voice might have unexpected effects.
Anyway, he took away the female voice.
"Broken Heart Stone" is a song released by Xie Jun in 2004.
Liang Liang really liked the melody of the song, but he felt that Xie Jun sang it too softly. He thought that a slightly firmer tone might achieve a better effect.
Liang Liang was also very much looking forward to Luo Lin's distinctive voice singing this song, accompanied by jitterbug. This song might become even more popular than in the previous life.
Luo Lin was amazed that Liang Liang could write six songs in just over ten minutes.
"Is your notebook full of songs?"
Liang Liang nodded without blushing and said, "I just came up with these ideas when I had nothing else to do."
"I admire you for your songwriting skills; you're a genius."
Haha! If you were reborn, you'd be a genius too.
"These songs, plus your own, are enough to make an album. Do you want to finish this album before the end of the year?"
Luo Lin thought about it seriously: "There are still more than fifty days until the New Year. I'm afraid we can't get it done now. Even if we do, it probably won't be on the market before the New Year. Why don't we do it after the New Year?"
Liang Liang did some calculations and realized that there wasn't enough time. If Dao Lang's album from his previous life were released without any promotion, it might still be possible.
The reason this album was released without promotion in the previous life was because they didn't have the money.
Is Haiyun Company short of money?
Of course, it needs promotion. In his previous life, Dao Lang's album sold nearly five million copies without any promotion.
Of these, 2.7 million were sold through Universal's distribution, and there were also around 2 million sold before Universal's distribution.
It is said that the pirated copies sold eight million copies.
They sold five million units without any advertising, so Haiyun is obviously aiming for tens of millions in sales if they do advertise.
"That's fine. Go back and prepare properly. Come and record whenever you're ready."
Luo Lin took the six songs Liang Liang gave him home to practice.
The day after he returned to Xinjiang, Zhao Lunjie's third official album, "Envy," was officially released two days before New Year's Day.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com