Sunset Branch.
Music exchange festival countdown: 3 days.
Li Zhaoyang was in an exceptionally bright mood today.
Because these two days are the most relaxed time for him.
However...
That very noon, the six-member boy band responsible for recording "bANG bANG bANG" insisted on coming to the composition department to find Teacher Zhaoyang.
Please ask Teacher Zhaoyang to come out and rate their hairstyles and clothes.
At first, Li Zhaoyang thought that as long as it was trendy, everything else was secondary.
Who knew that the six of them had dyed their hair in such a variety of ways that from a distance it looked like an afro.
Even their clothes are styled in an exaggerated way.
The lyricists and composers in the department, including Sister Ling and Zhang Xiaohu, thought he had been discharged from a mental hospital.
"No need to go so far. Just keep your hairstyle normal, maybe make it a little more stylish. As for the colors, go with whatever you like. The clothes are fine, but don't go too far. A more understated look is just right." After Li Zhaoyang finished commenting, the six people nodded and did as he suggested.
"Okay, Teacher Zhaoyang, we'll continue revising!"
The six people left again.
They now treat Teacher Zhaoyang with even more respect than they would a star player.
Less than ten minutes later, Mu Qiusheng, who was in charge of recording "Take Me Hand," also arrived. She needed to ask Teacher Zhaoyang for advice on the song.
In the following hour, Bian Ling'er and Zhao Tianhe arrived one after another.
Especially Zhao Tianhe, the song he was responsible for recording, "Compendium of Materia Medica," was incredibly difficult.
The rap music in it is arguably at the forefront of the times.
If you don't control it well, you'll ruin the whole song.
Clearly, this was a situation Zhao Tianhe did not want to encounter.
Teacher Zhaoyang gave me such a good piece of work. If I can't perform it perfectly, even if Teacher Zhaoyang doesn't say anything, Zhao Tianhe will slap me.
This also led to many people in the composition department looking suspicious.
After the group of singers left, Zhang Xiaohu approached them with a big question in his eyes and said, "Zhaoyang, so many singers came to you. Did you prepare three songs for this exchange festival? Sister Ling only has two, I think."
“Five.” Li Zhaoyang wasn’t showing off; he was always honest and said what he knew.
If he really wanted to show off, he would have ten poems in his drafts by now.
"Five songs?" Zhang Xiaohu looked doubtful. "That many?"
"Zhaoyang, come here for a moment." Zhang Shulan's voice interrupted Xiaohu's attempt to continue digging deeper.
After nodding to Teacher Xiaohu, Li Zhaoyang headed towards the director's office.
"I have already handed over the list of participants for this exchange to Sifanglou," Zhang Shulan said.
"Do we need to include the drafts of the submitted works on the list?" Li Zhaoyang asked.
"No need for that. We just need to finalize the list of singers. We don't need to fill in the number of drafts we have," Zhang Shulan explained.
"Um."
"Alright, take a good rest these next two days. We'll be busy in four days."
"Yes, Director."
...
Countdown to the Exchange Festival: 2 days.
Sihai, Music Department.
"Minister, the matter of the suspended sunset may have to come to an end." Kimura, Zhang Wenlan, and Zuo Jingqiu came to the office. The matter had not been resolved, so their attitude was one of fear and trepidation.
“I heard that a group of singers were transferred from the Sunset Company headquarters. It’s not your fault.” Noda Kazuto didn’t act rashly and changed the subject. He then instructed, “The other music companies should have submitted their lists by now. Let’s submit ours before we leave work.”
Kimura Taro nodded: "Understood."
Noda Kazuto looked at Ms. Zhang Wenlan and Ms. Zuo Jingqiu meaningfully: "This is your first opportunity to come to Sihai, and it is also my sincerity. Sihai will definitely not treat you unfairly if you work for Sihai. Make good use of this opportunity. After the exchange festival, we will tailor-make several albums for you. If you can gain more than 10 million fans in the next six months, Sihai will make you the queen of songs next year."
Sihai is not a charity.
Besides Zhang Wenlan and Zuo Jingqiu being talented and popular singers, they have also provided a lot of useful information to Sihai during this period, so they will still make the promises they are promised.
Anyway, the promise has been made, and if they don't gain more than ten million followers, the two ladies won't dare to shamelessly ask Sihai for resources.
That's the charm of language.
"Okay!" To the two women, it sounded like a bright future.
The throne of a pop diva, which she could only dream of when the sun was setting.
After these topics were concluded, Noda Kazuto kept Kimura behind and asked, "What is the current market share of Chinese songs?"
Kimura was surprised that the minister would ask this question. After thinking for a few seconds, he remembered how to answer: "According to the official statistics of Sifanglou Music, sales are five times that of last month. The overall market share has indeed increased a lot, but it still cannot shake the three-way balance. On the other hand, those music companies that develop Chinese music have united as one and have continued to inject funds, and their sales are still climbing."
Kimura admitted that Zhang Shulan, who played Wanxia, was indeed very shrewd in terms of strategy, especially the songs that Li Zhaoyang had, which were of very high quality.
But can one or two people with their meager strength really lift such a large betting pool?
It was just a fleeting moment of glory.
For Chinese songs to truly break into the mainstream and create a four-way balance of power, there must be many truly outstanding works. Just one or two songs will have a negligible effect.
"Yes, if the sales of Chinese songs increase, the sales of other types of music will be affected, but it doesn't matter. Once we win the championship at this exchange festival, we'll completely seize control of the lifeline of Chinese songs." Noda Kazuto never thought of kicking Chinese songs out of the US market before.
After all, the market share of Chinese songs was barely alive at the time, so no one bothered to care.
Looking back now, if Chinese songs had really been kicked out of the market, the huge profits that would have been made would have gone into the pockets of many people.
A portion of it will also end up in Noda's pocket.
Thinking about this, he became even more excited for the exchange festival two days later.
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