"Director, I've always had a question: why can't the 'God of Music' participate in these kinds of music exchange festivals?"
Li Zhaoyang felt that the venue for the exchange festival was different every year, so it should be of high quality. How could it possibly restrict Qu Shen's participation?
"When a 'God of Music' makes a move, there are no rivals. That kind of existence represents the pinnacle of musical skill. Even a stable performance isn't enough for an ace to win. But if a song is exceptionally well-done and leaves the opponent speechless, then the ace is a different story. Although the level is very high, if the lyricists and composers who win silver or gold medals have an exceptional performance and a burst of inspiration, their creations have a certain chance of winning against the ace. That's the highlight of the exchange festival."
Zhang Shulan explained.
While Qu Shen's performance is undoubtedly brilliant, it can easily leave opponents feeling defeated. This is why, after the first event, Qu Shen was no longer allowed to participate in the exchange festival.
"Moreover, the rules of the current exchange festival are already very comprehensive. For example, if you are a silver medalist, you can challenge opponents who are silver medalists, gold medalists, or ace medalists, but you cannot challenge opponents with a lower title than yourself."
This rule is also a protective mechanism.
Zhang Shulan paused for a moment and said, "Of course, if those top-tier or gold-medal lyricists and composers want to challenge for silver or bronze medals, they must obtain the permission of the person in charge for it to be effective. However, it is generally not the case that they pick on the weak. Most of the time, they challenge those with the same or higher titles to exchange works."
"Yes, Director, I understand."
Li Zhaoyang now has a completely new understanding of the music exchange festival.
I can't even imagine what it must have been like before the rules of the early exchange festival were fully perfected.
When the master composer makes a move, it's like gods fighting, and mortals suffer.
"Go to the contract signing department first." After giving the instructions, Zhang Shulan closed the five audio files: "Don't show these manuscripts to anyone else before the exchange festival starts, to prevent them from being leaked."
"good."
On the other side.
After Zhang Xincheng made the call, he was beaming with excitement: "Old Gou, I can't say much. If you want to see them, just go to the director and have him take you to see Zhaoyang for those five drafts. Just be cooperative on your end, and Zhaoyang will come to your department to pick out singers in a bit."
Manager Gou: "I'm getting excited by what you've said. I'll take a look at these drafts later."
Zhang Xincheng: "I'll stop here for now. I saw Zhaoyang get into the elevator. You should get ready."
After hanging up the phone, Manager Gou straightened his collar and then walked to the office area to call out to all the artists in the department: "All artists in Group Three, assemble."
A voice broke the atmosphere in the department.
Half of the artists currently remaining in the contract department are former veterans, and the other half were transferred from the head office.
The other half of the veterans haven't switched jobs yet. Some are struggling and thinking it over, while others have come to realize that simply switching jobs doesn't guarantee access to good development resources.
On the contrary, the competition is even greater when you go to other places.
Therefore, these veteran artists who have a clear understanding of the situation have stayed at Sunset Glow for several years, developed feelings for it, and will not leave easily.
"Manager, is there any notification?" one of the artists asked.
"Yes, the company has finalized the lyricist and composer slots for this year's music exchange festival. Now we're finalizing the singer list. Teacher Ling's selections are basically confirmed, and Teacher Zhaoyang will be coming down later." Manager Gou gathered all three groups of artists who had already been formed.
In the previous all-around team, there was only Zhao Tianhe.
After Li Zhaoyang's two songs became popular, and with Zhao Tianhe gaining a large following, three artists who are proficient in all languages have joined, bringing the total number of all-around artists to four.
“Normally, when selecting people, aren’t there recording standards? Wouldn’t it be enough to just let those who meet the standards go directly to the recording area and wait for Teacher Zhaoyang?” Some female artists also felt that there was another layer of meaning in the supervisor’s words.
Manager Gou's next words filled in their doubts: "Teacher Zhaoyang has five drafts in hand, and he will definitely come to select people in person. If it is just a single work, he can give me a standard and I can make the arrangements."
"Five drafts in reserve?" Many people gasped in surprise.
"Bringing out five at once? Even the donkeys in the production team aren't that fierce!"
The artists looked at each other, each seeing a strong sense of competition and desire in the other's eyes.
At this moment, everyone is an opponent!
"Teacher Zhaoyang is here!" Bian Ling'er's voice cut through the crowd, drawing everyone's attention and causing them to look towards the corridor.
A slender and tall figure walked in slowly: "Manager Gou, I'm here to select a singer."
Manager Gou: "All the artists who haven't had time recently are here."
Li Zhaoyang directly named Zhao Tianhe.
"Me?" Zhao Tianhe was stunned for a couple of seconds by Teacher Zhaoyang's straightforwardness, then he was overjoyed: "I won't let Teacher Zhaoyang down!"
The song "Sunny Day" has already skyrocketed his value and made him realize the power of Teacher Zhaoyang.
Although Teacher Zhaoyang is still a bronze medalist, no, she's already a silver medalist, she's sure to become the youngest ace in the future!
"Bian Ling'er," Li Zhaoyang continued calling out names.
These two spots were already decided in advance.
The opportunity will definitely be given to Bian Ling'er. As for Zhao Tianhe, Li Zhaoyang has worked with him once and knows his unique singing style. His singing skills are also good, and he can handle the Compendium of Materia Medica. At most, he just needs to polish it up a bit in the next couple of days.
For the remaining three songs, we need to choose suitable artists.
"Okay!" Bian Ling'er skipped and hopped behind Li Zhaoyang, standing there like a good little girl.
“For the third song, I need a female singer with experience singing in English,” Li Zhaoyang stated his criteria.
"Me!" Suddenly, more than five female celebrities raised their hands in unison, two of whom came from the head office.
These artists who came from the head office were still feeling sorry for Teacher Zhaoyang when they were in China, but unfortunately the official order remained in place, leaving no room for maneuver.
It wasn't until they arrived in the United States that they discovered that talented people can thrive anywhere.
Moreover, the United States is free and open, without so many rules and regulations, making development relatively easier.
"Okay, those who think they meet the standard, come over first, we'll do a group audition later."
After explaining, Li Zhaoyang began to state the criteria for the fourth song: "The fourth song should be sung by a male or female singer who is fluent in Japanese."
"Me!" More than six people raised their hands this time from the foreign language group.
"For the fifth song, we need a group of male singers who are fluent in Korean. The exact number is yet to be determined. In short, a short-term boy group will be formed later." BANG BANG BANG, just listening to the recorded version might not be enough. For such an upbeat song, the effect would be even better if there was a boy group singing and dancing live.
"Forming a boy band?" This surprised Manager Gou.
"I can!" In the foreign language group, apart from the singers who had already been selected, all the other qualified male artists raised their hands.
“Yes, let’s begin the unified sound check now.” Li Zhaoyang looked at Supervisor Gou.
Manager Gou understood: "The confidentiality agreement has been prepared. Someone will deliver it to the recording area in a while. After they sign it, we can start the sound check."
If a work will not be released in the short term, a confidentiality agreement is usually signed.
Because there are some things you can't be sure of. If some singers fail their auditions and see someone they dislike succeed, they might hold a grudge and leak details of the song to others.
With confidentiality agreements binding individuals, an environment of industry self-regulation is formed.
With the singers basically finalized, the next step is to audition and select the most suitable person.
Then we can start preparing for the music exchange festival!
The copyright registration for these five songs has been handled personally by the director.
In fact, Li Zhaoyang didn't put any effort into copyright registration from beginning to end. The director registered it and then showed it to him, so there was no chance of him being scammed.
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