Chapter 153 The Contest between the East and the West, Western Orchestra

Chapter 153 The Contest between the East and the West, Western Orchestra

3:30 in the afternoon.

Yida Records Company, inside the assistant's office.

“Boom boom boom!”

"Come in."

Lin Zhixing had just received a call from Zhang Sihui, saying that there were two things to discuss. He pushed open the office door and saw Zhang Sihui, who was wearing a black dress, sorting documents carefully.

"Xiao Lin, I haven't seen you for a week. I'm impressed by you more and more!"

Zhang Sihui smiled and gave a thumbs up, then pushed the snacks at hand across the table, "Hurry up and sit down, let's have a good chat!"

"Um!"

Lin Zhixing sat across from the desk. Since they were very familiar with each other, he didn't say anything polite. He reached into the snack bag, took a piece of peach cake, and put it into his mouth.

She praised him vaguely, "Sister Hui, you have afternoon tea every day, and you still maintain such a good figure. I'm really enviable!"

Zhang Sihui looked at the sweet-talking Lin Zhixing, put down the documents in her hand, sat up straight, and said with a raised corner of her lips: "Keeping in good shape may be related to regular fitness. I go to the gym every day after get off work."

"Are you going by yourself?"

“Occasionally with my friends.”

Lin Zhixing gave a thumbs up and said, "This kind of perseverance is rare."

Then he smiled and said: "You should cherish the time you spend working out with friends who have gym memberships, because you may not see them once a year."

Zhang Sihui covered her mouth and smiled, then got to the point: "I have two things to tell you today. First, I have something great to share with you. The telecommunications company that you have been watching is planning to sign a contract with you for 30 million yuan, and is planning to launch a M-Zone card and have you be the spokesperson."

Lin Zhixing pursed his lips and said, "They agreed to it only after the song became popular. We should raise their price."

"That's for sure!"

Zhang Sihui smiled and pointed at the numbers with her hands. "I negotiated the price down to 38 million. They didn't agree to the profit sharing. All three telecommunications companies rejected it. 38 million is the highest offer! If you agree, we can sign the contract at any time."

"Thank you, Sister Hui."

Lin Zhixing was quite surprised. It was less stressful to work in a company like this. He nodded and said, "An increase of eight million is good. Let's take this price."

"Ok, then I'll sign a contract with them later."

Zhang Sihui smiled and said, "Last time you asked me to contact your Tang Music Group to appear on the People's Stage program. I did, and the production team is very interested, but..."

"But what?"

Zhang Sihui pursed her lips and said, "But I don't think it's appropriate to be on that show. On that kind of stage, singing is more popular with the audience, and playing is still a disadvantage."

"Right now there is such an opportunity. I don't know if you are willing to do it. There is a music program called "Summer of the Band". It is a competition program between bands. I think it is fairer to be on the same track."

Competition between bands? Lin Zhixing felt that what she said made sense. The reason why he thought of the "People's Stage" program before was because there was really no suitable stage. It would be better to compete on the same track.

"That's great, let's go on this 'Summer of the Band' show, I guess it's going to start sometime."

"OK."

Zhang Sihui explained in detail: "About a week after the competition begins, our company will go directly to greet the participants and let your band perform for them offline."

Lin Zhixing nodded, "Okay, I'll tell the band members later."

…

As soon as I walked out of the office, the system prompt sound suddenly rang.

【bite!】

【Let’s have a contest between the East and the West! 】

【Establish a Western orchestra and reward a piece of music for a film or TV show using Western instruments.】

"???"

"A contest between the East and the West? Western musical instruments for film and television soundtracks?"

Lin Zhixing was stunned for a while, and he probably understood the system's intention, which was to allow a hundred flowers to bloom in this world.

The Tang Music Band under his own studio is an orchestra that mainly plays Chinese ancient musical instruments, and plans to continue to follow the traditional Chinese style.

Establish a Western orchestra and obtain film and television soundtracks with Western instruments. That is probably the soundtracks of classic Hollywood movies, and the instruments are all Western.

If this Western orchestra were also sent into "The Orchestra's Summer", it would be a contest between the East and the West.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhixing slapped his thigh.

When Tang Music Band was founded, I had thought about how to make the band famous. That must be to compare it with a very strong opponent.

Unfortunately, there is no strong opponent when using classics from previous lives to fight.

Now that we have a track, if a Western orchestra is established, we will also have a strong opponent!

The battle between Western classics and Eastern classics is very interesting to think about. It can be called the alien version of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Zhixing's mouth curled up to his ears.

If I set up a Western orchestra, I wouldn't need a pseudonym and could just use the name "Lin Zhixing".

I hit my vest! The scene of two groups of fans fighting each other will definitely be very interesting.

…

…

Good Luck Studio.

"Long time no see!"

Zheng Lili pushed open the office door and greeted Lin Zhixing and others with a smile.

The members of Tang Music Band don’t come to the studio often. Their daily work is to practice songs and they often hang out in the company’s instrument room. I haven’t seen them for a while.

"Sit, sit, sit."

Lin Zhixing poured her a glass of water with a smile. He had come to find her specially because he was impressed by her connections. After all, the members of the Tang Music Band were all well chosen, and it would be best if she could also help in setting up a Western orchestra.

Zheng Lili took a sip of water and couldn't help but praise, "Brother Lin, I've watched all your shows. My Territory is so cool!"

Lin Zhixing smiled and replied, "It will be even cooler next time!"

"Okay, then I'm looking forward to it."

Zheng Lili smiled wickedly and asked, "Did you ask me to come here for a new song this time?"

"I'm writing a new song."

Lin Zhixing explained: "It's like this, do you know the music program "Summer of the Band"? "

Zheng Lili nodded, "Yes, we who play musical instruments all know this program. There are many great orchestras participating in it, such as the Philharmonic Orchestra that played the symphonic version of "Above the Moon" for you..."

"By the way, the program team also invited the top foreign orchestra, the Vienna Orchestra, to come for the sake of ratings!"

Top foreign bands?

That’s interesting!

I'm fighting against the elite!

Lin Zhixing raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "If you go to participate, what results do you think you can get?"

Zheng Lili raised her eyes and pondered for a while, then said, "If we perform exceptionally well, I'm confident that we'll be in the top three!"

“Only in the top three.”

"The second one is also possible. The first one is probably the Vienna Orchestra. Every musician of theirs can be a teacher if picked out individually."

Lin Zhixing nodded after listening to this. After all, the members of his band had just graduated. The average age of those band members was at least 30 or 40 years old, and they had quite a lot of experience and skills.

But it’s not a big problem. Even though they are a little lacking in experience and skills, the quality of the music is far superior. Your real opponent is still yourself.

Lin Zhixing said: "I have discussed it with the company, and we all feel that the program "People's Stage" is not suitable for you. We have decided to sign you up for "The Summer of the Band". Don't worry about the work."

"Really?"

Zheng Lili asked with eyes wide open, very excited, "We really want to participate, but we're afraid that it will conflict with the show you asked us to be on, Brother Lin. It's really great to be on this show! I've long wanted to compete with them to prove that we're not bad either."

“I hope you can achieve good results!”

Lin Zhixing smiled and gave a thumbs up, then said, "By the way, there is one more thing I would like to ask you for a favor."

Zheng Lili waved her hand generously, "Brother Lin, you're welcome. Just tell me what you have. I will definitely help you if I can."

"That's right."

Lin Zhixing did not hide it and said frankly: "I also want to form a Western orchestra to participate in this program. I want to create a collision of music between the East and the West."

Dong Chen, who was standing by, heard these words and looked at Lin Zhixing, who was speaking very calmly, with his eyes widened in surprise.

Wow, Lin Ge’s musical ambition is so big that it is invisible to the naked eye.

Zheng Lili was also quite surprised after hearing this. She thought that since he dared to say that, it meant that he had already prepared music for Western instruments. It was really terrifying that he was so productive.

"no problem."

Zheng Lili nodded happily. "It's hard to find musicians who play traditional instruments, but there are plenty of musicians who play Western instruments. I'll bring them to you within two days!"

"That's great, thank you very much, thank you for your hard work!"

…

…

Two days later, at ten o'clock in the morning.

A taxi stopped in front of Yida Records.

"Thank you, Master!"

Zheng Lili pushed the man who had fallen asleep in the back seat and said, "Here we are, Han Tao, wake up!"

The man named Han Tao was about the same age as Zheng Lili. He was fair-skinned and handsome, but a bit sloppy, with an untidy beard and wearing flip-flops.

Han Tao rubbed his eyes and reached into his pocket.

"The money has been paid!"

Zheng Lili curled her lips and dragged him out of the car, who was very sleepy. "What did you do last night that made you so sleepy? You didn't sleep!"

Han Tao smoothed his frizzy hair and said, "I was drinking with my brother yesterday, and my sister-in-law got angry and threw my brother into the corridor. I tried to talk to my sister-in-law about love, and we talked all night. I was exhausted!"

Zheng Lili glared at him and said, "You're just bragging. Why don't you go home and buy a radio? You haven't held hands with a little girl yet, have you?"

Han Tao smiled and stretched out his hand, "I'm waiting for you. I don't like those girls. Can I hold your hand?"

"Just lie down and continue sleeping."

Zheng Lili sighed and said, "You stayed in the Internet cafe again last night, didn't you? Can you be more motivated?"

"Oh!"

Han Tao shrugged his shoulders. "I want to make progress but I don't have a platform. Should I be like you and help those who are not as good as me? I can't stand that! I can only teach a few students to make a living!"

Zheng Lili didn't say anything else. He indeed had the same experience as herself. If she hadn't persisted at the beginning, she might have ended up like this.

Five minutes later, another taxi stopped and three boys and one girl got out.

"Wow, I'll be able to see Brother Oh Ye soon, I'm so happy!"

"I can see the goddess Song Ge, hehe!"

Except for Han Tao, all the other members of the band like Fengqi Wutong very much and they are all here for the fame.

"Okay, everyone come with me!"

Zheng Lili waved her hand and led all the band members into the company's instrument room.

…

Twenty minutes passed.

Lin Zhixing came to the instrument room and met the new band members found by Zheng Lili.

"Oh yeah! I like you so much. I watch every episode of your show. My favorite is your "Lady Shexiang"!"

"Can I take a picture with you later?"

Before Lin Zhixing introduced himself, everyone came over and the scene immediately turned into a star-chasing scene.

Lin Zhixing was very happy to be so popular, and agreed to everything with a smile, "No problem, everything is fine."

After a self-introduction.

Lin Zhixing didn't remember all the names clearly, but he was familiar with them all.

"Brother Lin, let me ask them to perform a piece for you to listen to."

"Okay, okay."

All the musical instruments were prepared in advance, and under Zheng Lili's arrangement, the band members performed a very difficult piece of music.

"very good!"

After listening to it, Lin Zhixing thought it was a good idea and that Zheng Lili had a very good eye for selecting people.

"Xiao Zheng has told you about the salary, right? If you are willing to join my studio and participate in the program "Summer of the Band", you can sign the contract at any time."

“We’d love to participate!”

The members had already decided to join, and they all raised their hands without hesitation.

Han Tao glanced at Zheng Lili beside him, raised his hand and said with a smile: "I'd like to be a colleague with Sister Li!"

"Okay, thank you all for believing in me!"

【bite!】

[Congratulations to the host for winning the soundtrack "Por una Cabeza" for the movie "Scent of a Woman"! 】

The system prompt sounded, and all memories about the song were retrieved.

Lin Zhixing's eyes lit up, "A famous tango dance song is coming?"

The movie "Scent of a Woman" has been hailed as a "must-see movie in life" and has a Douban score of 9.1. The song "Por una Cabeza", also known as "One Step Away", is the song played during the classic scene in the movie where the blind colonel dances.

He has also appeared in many films including "Schindler's List", "True Lies", "Go Lala's Promotion", and "The Intouchables".

Lin Zhixing particularly liked this movie and this song at the time, and he even learned tango dance.

Once this song is released, coupled with my outstanding dancing moves, it may lead a new trend in the dance hall like square dancing.

Some people say that "The Most Dazzling National Style" combined with square dancing is vulgar.

I'll show you guys some Ya! ...

…

In a private room of a hotel in Shanghai.

"Brother Zhou, I'll toast you another glass!"

Zhao Fan raised his glass and toasted Zhou Dan, who was blushing beside him.

After drinking the wine in the glass, he said angrily: "This show is so unfair. Some temporary workers made mistakes. They are just making fun of people!"

"Your Eminem sings so well, isn't it normal for him to be recognized by the judges? They even changed the first place. I was really pissed off last time!"

Zhou Dan snorted after hearing this and poured himself another glass of wine. "If the production team wants to do that, what can I do? I can just surpass them next time."

Zhao Fan slammed the empty wine glass in his hand heavily on the table. "I want to protest. If we don't fight for our rights now, they will not take us seriously in the future, and there will be more unfair things."

"How to protest?"

Zhou Dan shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Writing lyrics to diss the program team? That's not good, right?"

"Everyone in our team has agreed to sing English rap next time!"

Is the song a little too unpopular? I haven't heard it yet. I'll change it when I wake up tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)

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