Chapter 66: Either a complete work or a cheating
move Lin Zhixing's announcement of participating in a lyrics contest quickly spread on the Internet due to his Weibo post.
Netizens have different opinions on this, some are optimistic and some are pessimistic.
"Keep going, brother Ye, your creative ability is obvious to everyone."
"Take the damn first prize!"
"I think the lyrics he has created so far, "Mountain and River Map", are better. Do you want to use the pictures of mountains and rivers in "Mountain and River Map" to participate in the competition?"
"The winner is pretty good. If you look at the rankings, you can't say they are the top lyricists in the industry. There are too many bigwigs."
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Lyrics and music department of Yida Records.
Signing a contract with a popular artist is not an easy task and requires a lot of money. Many stars who have the potential to become popular have been snatched up by agencies in their early stages.
Wang Cong has established this music company for more than half a year, but he has not signed a single popular artist. However, he thought of another solution.
That is to sign contracts and discover talented songwriters.
Sometimes the popularity of a song is not actually that important to the singer. Many covers of songs are also very good, and some are even better than the original singers, and they become popular through covers.
As long as the lyrics and music are of very high quality, you can make a singer famous.
For this Weibo lyrics contest, Wang Cong gave an order and asked all the lyricists in the company to participate, which can be regarded as an assessment of the company's capabilities.
"Hey, there are so many big guys, aren't we just running with them?"
"This Wang Dongsheng is the top lyricist for Haisen Records. I didn't expect him to participate!"
"And there's Wang Xuejing. I think she's going to sing the song she sang for the Queen. The outcome will probably be decided between the two of them."
"I heard that Brother Cong is negotiating a contract with the big guy who wrote the hit lyrics for the queen, but the deal hasn't been concluded yet. With this big guy, our company has a very high chance of winning. What a pity..."
"When will our company be able to find a lyricist? Our singers can't beat singers from other companies, and our lyrics can't beat lyricists from other companies, ah!"
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11:50 the next day.
Lin Zhixing lay on the bed in the room, picked up his mobile phone, and started browsing Weibo, waiting for twelve o'clock to appear when the lyrics of all the contestants appeared.
Suddenly, the phone rang. It was a WeChat message from Zhang Sihui.
[Zhang Sihui]: Xiaolin, are you also participating in the lyrics competition?
[Lin Zhixing]: Yes, I participated.
[Zhang Sihui]: Oh, all the lyricists in our company have participated. Come on, if you can get a good ranking, they will look at you with admiration when you join the company.
[Lin Zhixing]: Sister Hui, what is a good ranking? First place? [Zhang Sihui]: Don’t be ridiculous. If you get second place, the lyricists in the company will treat you like a lyricist! If you get first place, and let the company win, Brother Cong will resign the lyric department and give you all the salary!
Lin Zhixing curled his lips after reading the message.
It would be so bad to be the only one left in the company when you just start working.
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The next day, at twelve o'clock noon.
All the lyrics of the songs written by 300 lyricists were published on Weibo.
An hour later, the first on the list was lyricist Wang Dongsheng, whose lyrics were from the once hit song "The Sound of Rain Falling".
The lyrics of his Chinese-style song are beautifully written and were once ranked among the top five Chinese-style lyrics in the Chinese music scene by netizens. As expected, he entered this song into the competition and is currently ranked first with 300,000 votes.
Ranked second was Wang Xuejing, who won 290,000 votes with the song "Flower Fragrance" written for the queen, almost on par with the first place.
However, Lin Zhixing's "May We Live Together Forever" ranked eighth with 180,000 votes.
The reason is very simple. Many netizens cannot understand the lyrics, especially the line "The red pavilion is low and the beautiful window is shining on the sleepless night."
Surfing the Internet is supposed to relax the brain, who would be willing to translate ancient poems?
Although some people don’t understand it, they think it’s quite amazing.
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Tianjin University.
In the Chinese studies class.
Xiao Zhang is a die-hard fan of Lin Zhixing. He knows that today is the day when the lyrics of the lyrics competition will be announced. In the boring class, he opened Weibo.
When will the bright moon appear? I raise my cup to ask the sky.
I don’t know what year it is in the palace in heaven.
He looked at Lin Zhixing's lyrics and translated them carefully.
When did the bright moon appear? I asked the heavens with a glass of wine in my hand. I wonder what year the palace in heaven is in...
I could understand it at the beginning, but there was a sentence at the end that I didn't quite understand and I got stuck.
After class, he found the professor and said, "Professor Guo, can you help me read an article? I can understand the other parts, but how should I understand the part about the red pavilion shining down on the sleepless night?"
"good."
Professor Guo took the phone and glanced at it. He was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly put on his glasses, read it carefully several times, and then asked in surprise.
"Which poet wrote this? How come I have never seen it before?"
Xiao Zhang scratched his head, "This was written by a singer..."
"Singer, that's impossible?"
Professor Guo picked up a pen and paper and said, "I'll translate it for you later. I need to write it down now and send it to my friends in the Writers Association."
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After Lin Zhixing's ranking remained silent for two hours, the lyrics of "Wishing You Good Luck" became a sensation on the Internet after a professor from the Chinese Department of Peking University translated and analyzed the song on Weibo.
"He must be an author who is familiar with ancient Chinese poetry. Every word in this lyric is worth chewing on."
"The more I read it, the more amazing it becomes. Even our Chinese professor was amazed by this poem."
"The last sentence, "May we live long and share the beauty of the moon, even though we are thousands of miles apart," is absolutely perfect!"
As the popularity of this poem continued to grow, twelve hours later, Lin Zhixing's ranking rose from eighth to first, exceeding the first place by 10,000 votes.
At the same time, Yida Records announced the news on Weibo.
[Singer Lin Zhixing has signed a contract with our company and has become a signed artist of our company. 】
As soon as this Weibo post was published, it became a hot topic again. With the support of the company, Wang Cong bought several hot searches related to this poem, which directly opened up a gap of 150,000 votes for the second place.
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Heisen Records, Lyrics Department.
"This competition is a lyrics competition, not an ancient poetry competition. The organizers require a complete work. It's not enough to just write well. You have to sing after winning."
"If this isn't a complete work, he's cheating. Brother Wang, don't just keep silent about this. Your first place has already been taken away from you."
Wang Dongsheng, who had been staring at the lyrics in silence, nodded and said, "Let's report this to the authorities."
While Haisen Records responded to the official event, it also bought hot searches, questioning whether Lin Zhixing's entry was a complete work.
While causing heated discussions, Lin Zhixing's votes also dropped from first place to third place.
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[Zhang Sihui]: Xiaolin, have you seen all the attacks on the Internet? Although your lyrics are very good, they all think that you entered the competition without submitting a complete work.
[Lin Zhixing]: Sister Hui, please help me clarify, this is a complete song. If I can’t sing it, my score will be cancelled.
Zhang Sihui looked at the message, added some adjustments, sang it a few times, and frowned.
It doesn't sound good. If you sing it in a far-fetched way, you will definitely be scolded.
I didn’t post what I wrote yesterday because I wasn’t satisfied with it. I only revised it this morning and will post four more chapters today.
(End of this chapter)
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