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Chapter 183 Xu Kong wrote a new song again? What about the album?

In fact, Hua Hongjuan is indeed a little modest.

Although this song is very difficult, for her, the result was already quite good after recording it for the fourth or fifth time.

Of course, this is just Xu Kong's own opinion. Hua Hongjuan will definitely not have low demands on herself.

So this recording lasted for the whole morning, but it was not finished in the end.

It will probably continue in the afternoon.

However, the other party's condition is getting better and better, and the final version can definitely be recorded within one day.

Ding Lixin had only heard Xu Kong mention that this song was a bit difficult to sing, so he found Hua Hongjuan.

However, almost all the subsequent attention was focused on Hua Hongjuan, and not much attention was paid to the song written by Xu Kong this time.

It was not until today's official recording that he was shocked by the song written by Xu Kong.

It seems that this high note is indeed not something that an ordinary singer can sing.

No wonder Xu Kong insisted on inviting Hua Hongjuan to sing.

"Director Ding, what do you think?"

During the short break at noon, Xu Kong took the initiative to ask.

"what?"

Ding Lixin didn't react for a moment.

"Do you think this song is suitable for the theme song?"

After all, the other party is Party A. Xu Kong adheres to the attitude of taking money to do the job and still cares about customer satisfaction.

Hearing this, Ding Lixin nodded without hesitation.

"It's a perfect fit!"

Ding Lixin praised a lot, mainly because it was unlikely that he would be dissatisfied.

Not to mention the composer Xu Kong, it was Hua Hongjuan who sang it herself, and the shocking degree of the whole song brought people completely exceeded his expectations.

He really felt that the money he spent this time was well worth it.

The effect brought by just a theme song is estimated to be beyond the reach of some traditional publicity investments.

Moreover, apart from Xu Kong, probably no one else in the entire entertainment industry can do such publicity and promotion.

He was very glad that he had the sudden idea to invite Xu Kong to help write the theme song for the new drama.

The afternoon recording went smoothly.

At the same time as the recording of this song, the pre-promotional video or the theme song MV was also shot.

This aspect is relatively simple, it is nothing more than recording a few shots of Hua Hongjuan recording songs.

At that time, it is likely that the theme song and some of the promotional video shots that were originally prepared will be switched alternately according to the common editing method.

If it were any other singer, this approach would actually be unnecessary.

But Hua Hongjuan is determined to use this model.

After all, her fame and status are there, and she has been invited to sing the theme song. If she doesn't show up, it would definitely be a bit of a loss.

Of course, for Xu Kong, the workload of this process is not particularly large.

The main reason is that Hua Hongjuan's vocal conditions and singing skills are almost at the top level, so he doesn't need to spend too much effort on post-production mixing and sound editing.

As for the final expenses of Hua Hongjuan, that is Ding Lixin's business, and Xu Kong is not in a position to get involved.

The main reason why Hua Hongjuan agreed to help sing this song was because of Xu Kong.

But these are all private matters. As for business matters, we should definitely discuss them in whatever way we want.

Hua Hongjuan also has her own agent and team, so she doesn't need to show up herself.

Of course, the songs have been recorded, so neither side will deliberately make things difficult regarding the cost, or spend days negotiating.

The copyright of Ding Lixin's "Night Without Promise" has also been negotiated recently.

Although the specific price has not been disclosed, with an investment of just over 300 million, plus a luxurious cast and production team, the copyright fee will surely not be too low.

However, since he had already helped write the song, the subsequent events had little to do with Xu Kong.

Xu Kong soon returned to the post-production of "The Long Season".

By now, he has already adapted to the rhythm of Fengge's side.

Soon, the release date of "Night Without Promise" was announced.

Airs on Kiwi and Ocean TV.

Fengge had previously signed an in-depth cooperation agreement with Penguin Video.

But that's only for so-called suspense theater.

As for some other dramas that Fengge has invested in, the copyrights will definitely be sold to the platform that offers the highest price.

Feng Ge has had frictions and conflicts of varying degrees with domestic TV stations and platforms.

However, this does not affect the uninterrupted cooperation over the years.

At the end of the day, no matter how bad the personal relationship is, business matters still need to be discussed.

As one of the largest film and television companies in the industry, Fengge has long had complicated relationships with these platforms.

As for director Ding Lixin, he really did not waste the money spent on the theme song.

On the day the release date was confirmed, it was announced in advance that the theme song of their new drama was written by Xu Kong, and would be sung by a mysterious guest.

Since the news was released, the popularity has remained high.

The main reason is that Xu Kong is too popular nowadays. Even though he has been very restrained from appearing in the public eye too frequently, he is still highly discussed.

This is largely due to the popularity of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the first two months.

This is the biggest hit drama so far this year. Even though it has been aired for such a long time, the discussion and popularity of this drama are still high.

It's almost certain to be the best drama of the year.

"The theme song written by Xu Kong? Is this true? Doesn't Xu Kong never sell songs?"

"Indeed, apart from the song he wrote for Su Zhi, Xu Kong sings most of the songs himself. This time he is willing to write the theme song for a TV series?"

"It's normal. You can go check which company invested in this "Night Without Promise". After all, Xu Kong is also an artist of Fengge. It's normal for him to create theme songs for his own company's TV series."

"No, I just want to ask, where's the album? You're not releasing the album, but you're writing songs for the TV series, right?"

As soon as the news came out, it aroused discussion among many netizens online.

In addition to being surprised that Xu Kong actually started writing songs for other people's dramas, the most discussed topic was why Xu Kong had time to write songs for others but had no news about his own album.

This is also thanks to the program "Autumn Concert" broadcast some time ago.

At that time on the show, in addition to the scandals between Xu Kong, Su Zhi and Song Youyou.

His answer at that time that he didn't have time to make a new album was naturally remembered by all his fans.

There is no way. There have been rumors that Xu Kong will definitely release a new album this year.

Now the real owner suddenly came out and said that he would not release it, and he was not even sure about the specific time. He just said that he was too busy and had no time to make an album.

This means that if you want to listen to Xu Kong's new album, there is no definite time point at all, let alone this year. Such a result is definitely not satisfactory.

"Brothers, I don't know Xu Kong, so don't come to attack me!"

In Feiniao's live broadcast room, because he has been labeled "Xu Chui" for too long, those fans who urged Xu Kong to release an album actually came to him.

“It’s definitely not difficult to make an album.”

"After all, the number of new songs Xu Kongguan wrote this year alone has already exceeded the volume of an entire album."

"But I can't guess when."

Fat Bird expressed his opinion truthfully.

From last year to now, Xu Kong has released songs at a speed and in large quantities that it is no exaggeration to say that he is as productive as a sow.

And in addition to the quantity, the quality remains at a fairly high level, which is the most terrifying thing.

For example, the Cantonese song "Wu Rascal" released some time ago is definitely of a quality that can be used as the title song of an album.

But what Xu Kong said on the show at the time was that it was a song he had written a long time ago but had not released.

It seems that no one knows how much inventory Xu Kong has left.

Although Xu Kong has released a lot of songs with high quality, what is disturbing is that most of these songs are actually the soundtracks of his own dramas.

From the original "Want to See You" to the later "Legend of Sword and Fairy", they have released many high-quality hit singles.

Although the statement that Xu Kong took time out to write the song while filming is mostly a joke.

But releasing so many high-quality singles for free is indeed a bit too willful.

"next year?"

“I think next year will be tough.”

“But even though there’s no album to listen to, it’s also good to release more high-quality singles like ‘Rascal’.”

Feiniao saw a comment saying that Xu Kong’s new album would most likely be released next year, and couldn’t help but pour a bucket of cold water on it.

"I'm not exaggerating. It can be seen that Xu Kong has at least turned down more than 90% of his business and activities, but he is still very busy."

Feiniao had already analyzed Xu Kong’s business and activities before.

Compared to when Xu Kong was in Fengqing Entertainment, the number of advertising endorsements, variety shows, and performances at various events has been reduced a lot.

Compared to the past, thanks to the popularity of The Legend of Sword and Fairy, Xu Kong's popularity will definitely go up and not down, and it is impossible for him not to receive any notices.

The only explanation is that Xu Kong himself refused.

"Let me give you a brief rundown."

"Xu Kong's new drama is still being filmed, and it's not certain how long it will take."

"Referring to previous dramas, the filming and production cycle of The Legend of Sword and Fairy is about nine months."

“The first episode of ‘Want to See You’ was a little shorter, but it still took about half a year to air.”

Feiniao began to analyze the difficulty of Xu Kong releasing an album next year.

To sum up, Xu Kong now spends a lot of time making money on filming. How can he have time to make his own album?

"Yes, this barrage reminded me."

"In addition to filming, Xu Kong is in charge of the songwriting and production of Su Zhi's new album."

"In other words, before Su Zhi's album is fully released, forget about it."

"Director Ding, the news about our new drama has been on the hot search list for a day."

“Everyone seems very enthusiastic about the trailer.”

After hearing the words of his crew's assistant director, Ding Lixin still had some self-awareness.

Most netizens are not looking forward to his drama, but are mainly looking forward to the new songs written by Xu Kong.

Of course, Ding Lixin wouldn’t care too much about these things, after all, the song written by Xu Kong is also the theme song of their drama.

The more popular the song is, the better the promotion and publicity of the new drama will be.

Although he had never told Xu Kong, Ding Lixin knew that the copyright fee for this drama could be negotiated to be tens of millions higher than the expected price, all thanks to the theme song composed by Xu Kong and sung by Hua Hongjuan.

There is no way. Anyone who is not a fool will understand how important a song like this is to the early promotion of the drama itself.

However, in comparison, Ding Lixin still does not have the courage that Xu Kong had at the beginning.

Otherwise, we would have to wait until the first version of the trailer was released before negotiating copyright fees with the platform.

The copyright fee obtained in this way may be even higher.

"Don't just sit there, go through the necessary promotional process, and make sure Kiwi and Ocean TV stations don't stop."

He could naturally see that the reason why the news of his new drama’s release date was on the hot search list was almost entirely due to the popularity of Xu Kong’s new song.

Kiwi and Ocean TV, the broadcasting platforms, have not yet started to make efforts.

At this point in time, I hope they don’t think about saving on publicity and promotion costs or anything like that.

The best option is to strike while the iron is hot.

However, Ding Lixin's worries were obviously unnecessary.

Because there is no need for him to remind them, the platform people are not fools.

Having already paid such high copyright fees, there is no need to save money on publicity and promotion.

Soon, driven by various marketing accounts and internet trolls, the popularity of the new drama "Night Without Promise", which has not yet been aired, began to rise rapidly.

In addition to being a hot topic on Weibo, it has begun to make its presence felt on various social platforms.

In addition to the theme song written by Xu Kong for the drama, the cast of "Ye Wu Ji" itself is also not bad, so it naturally gained quite a high popularity easily.

However, there is still some time before the official broadcast of the drama, so the focus of promotion will still be on the theme song that will be released in advance with the first trailer.

Feiniao actually has little interest in Ding Lixin's drama itself.

Although he usually follows TV series, the subject matter of "Night Without Promise" is not the type of show he is interested in.

However, after the official announcement of the drama that the theme song was written by Xu Kong, his interest actually grew.

On the day the trailer was released, Fei Niao himself started his live broadcast on time.

"There's still half an hour left, don't worry, just chat for a while. Once the official announcement is made, I will definitely go with you to listen to it as soon as possible."

Fei Niao calmed down some of the viewers in the live broadcast room who were beginning to get a little anxious, and spoke.

"Xu Kong wrote it, but he probably didn't sing it himself."

Fat Bird explained.

The official side of this drama has already released the news.

It is true that the song was written by Xu Kong, but the singer was just a silhouette, and the text said a mysterious singer.

If this theme song was written and sung by Xu Kong himself, there would be no need for the official to create such suspense.

However, Feiniao is still quite looking forward to it. The so-called mystery guest mentioned by the official of this drama is probably not some unknown second- or third-tier singer.

It is not certain whether she is the king or queen of singing, but she must be a well-known first-line singer.

(End of this chapter)