Starting with Super Girl, he began to train the Chinese entertainment industry.

Chapter 104: The Anxious Little Queen! Second Class Garden, triggering a passive ability?

As Chen Zebing of EMI Records said, the record market has been sluggish since the millennium, and even artists such as Jay Chou, Sun Yanzi, Wang Leehom, and Angela Chang could not escape this curse.

The prevalence of online music piracy is simply too great.

With just a click of the mouse, everyone can listen to free MP3s on platforms like Baidu, Kugou, and Qianqian Music... The number of people spending money to buy albums will definitely decrease.

Once the first wave of buying frenzy among fans is over, the remaining battle will be for the existing market (casual fans), who are also the main consumers. There will inevitably be a battle between Cai Yilin and Zhang Liangying.

At this moment, after listening to the first song "Radiance," Cai Yilin felt no emotional turmoil. Her assessment was: "An ordinary ballad, but Zhang Liangying's singing is quite good."

But when she heard the second song, she couldn't sit still.

"A carrying pole is wide, a bench is long"

"Trying to tie the carrying pole to the bench"

"..."

Ah this~
What song is it?

Nursery rhymes!?
it's wired!
Cai Yilin frowned.

The first few lines of lyrics puzzled her; they sounded a bit like tongue twisters. But she didn't dare underestimate Shen Qing's ability to write lyrics and arrange music, and she always felt that this song was not so simple.

I glanced at the song title: "Chinese Language"!
"Is it a Chinese-style song incorporating a tongue twister from classical culture? That's quite original, the theme is excellent, I wonder how the arrangement is..."

As you continue listening, Cai Yilin's brows furrow more and more tightly.

"Skin of all colors, hair of all colors"

"What people are saying and speaking is starting to become Chinese."

"For years we've painstakingly practiced English pronunciation and grammar."

"These past few years, it's their turn to roll their tongues."

"Changes in the tones of the Chinese alphabet"

"平平仄仄平平仄"

"How clever the Chinese are! How beautiful the Chinese language is!"

Seeing Zhang Liangying sing the lyrics in a rap style, Cai Yilin couldn't help but applaud her, "This arrangement is amazing, combining rap with tongue twisters, it's very trendy, Shen Qing is so creative!"

Cai Yilin's musical appreciation ability is beyond doubt.

Her intuition told her that "Chinese Language" would definitely become a hit, spread widely, and even gain official recognition.

In contemporary China, everyone from top to bottom is trying to figure out how to resist Western cultural invasion, but with little success.

Hollywood blockbusters, Korean girl groups and boy groups, the moon in Europe... all kinds of entertainment products and cultural trends have flooded in, coupled with a large number of public intellectuals promoting this idea in publications like "Yilin" and "Reader", leading many people to believe that the moon is bigger and rounder abroad.

Who wouldn't be anxious?
But is being anxious helpful?

Cultural confidence cannot be built overnight; it requires gradual, sustained effort and the participation and hard work of everyone.

But right now, China has very few things it can offer to defend itself...

The only thing that can give everyone confidence is the 29th Summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in 2008, two years from now.

This is an opportunity for the world to rediscover China!
Against this backdrop, Shen Qing actually wrote "Chinese Language" for Zhang Liangying—isn't this a genius music producer?!

So annoying!

Why don't I, Cai Yilin, have a producer like this behind me?

The lyrics of this song are full of confidence in Chinese culture and genuinely promote traditional culture. Cai Yilin never dared to imagine how popular it would become!
When the chorus began, Cai Yilin rolled her eyes...

"The whole world is learning Chinese"

Confucius's words are becoming increasingly international.

"The whole world is speaking Chinese"

"We speak in a way that makes the world listen."

The lyrics, paired with the melody...

Shen Qing, what kind of genius ideas are in your head?
Sounds good!

Catchy and easy to sing!

The key is that it also has a brainwashing magic!

The kind of music you can't forget once you hear it...

Is the whole world learning Chinese?
Although that's a bit of an exaggeration, why does it sound so satisfying?

Damn, how did you write something so awesome?!

One can imagine that after tomorrow, the streets and alleys of mainland China will be playing this song "Chinese Language," and even some businesses in Taipei will play it.

Damn, I'm so envious!

"But my 'Dancing Diva' isn't bad either, right?! After all, it sold quite well. So why do I have no confidence at all? Sigh, I've been in the industry for almost 6 years, how come I'm even afraid of newcomers?"

In recent years, Cai Yilin has become quite popular, with representative works including "Magic", "Prague Square", "Rewind", "Love 36 Strategies", "Savage Game", etc., but she has always been just one step away from the top.

She knows very well that a singer's golden age is only a few years, especially for a singer like her who sings and dances. If she can't break through herself in these few years, she will definitely go downhill in the future.

This album, "Dancing Diva," is her final assault on the title of "Queen of a Thousand Faces," and she cannot afford to fail.

Once she failed, she felt that her spirits were completely exhausted.

Now, facing Zhang Liangying, Cai Yilin can't quite describe her feelings; she always feels that Zhang Liangying is going to steal the spotlight from her.

It's important to understand that news resources and public attention are limited. Once a major event takes up these public resources, other minor events will lose their popularity.

This is what people often say: using one thing to suppress the popularity of another.

At that moment, after finishing the song, Cai Yilin shook her head, forcing herself not to think too much, and took off her clothes to go to the bathroom.

The CD was still playing, and Jing Tian appeared on the TV screen. Several lines of text were displayed in the lower right corner of the image:

What I miss
Lyrics by Shen Qing

Composer: Shen Qing

Arrangement: Shen Qing

Singer: Jane Zhang
MV stars: Jing Tian/Huang Xuan
……

Through the transparent glass, Cai Yilin saw the music video and heard the singing, then everything went black again: "Are all the songs this good?"

When Zhang Liangying's straightforward yet delicate voice reached the bathroom, Cai Yilin fell silent. She let the water run freely and quietly leaned against the glass, watching the television screen.

What I miss is the ability to talk about anything.

What I miss is dreaming together.

When she sang the chorus, Zhang Liangying's emotions were noticeably stronger, and the rhythm of the song also sped up, instantly drawing the audience into a deep sense of nostalgia and reluctance to part.

"Shen Qing's arrangement skills are amazing... I wish I could get a song from him!"

Cai Yilin's own creative talent is actually average. He doesn't have any representative works created by himself and relies on professional music producers.

For example, she relied on Jay Chou in the first few years after her debut. Last year, Jay Chou was unavailable, so she found Wang Leehom. This year, she found a foreign team for "Dancing Diva".

For these singers, they actually envy those talented music producers, because only they know how damn hard it is to write a song.

After listening to "The One I Miss," the next song was "Thinking of You at 00:01," and Cai Yilin's emotions calmed down a bit. "At least it's a little more normal now."

Taking advantage of a break in the song, she quickly wet herself, applied shower gel, and then wrapped herself in a towel before going to the TV. At that moment, the sixth song had just started playing.

Dream It Possible

"It's an English song?"

"That's my forte!"

"Huh? This singing voice... Jane Zhang, are your English songs that good too?"

"His voice sounds so much like those singers from Europe and America—deep, penetrating, and with an attractive timbre. He's definitely a natural talent... Is this a modified version of 'My Dream'?"

By the time she heard the sixth song, Cai Yilin had actually lost all her jealousy.

She just felt that Shen Qing was a genius and Zhang Liangying was very strong.

Turn to side B.

The first song is "The Song of Wonderful Abilities".

"It's folk music! The style is so versatile!"

"Zhang Liangying's singing style has become cold and resolute. The transition is too smooth. It must be the result of later training. The compilation she released after the Super Girl competition did not have this feeling."

Listening to song after song, I unknowingly arrived at "Little Happiness".

"look"

"The puppy barks, and the leaves laugh."

The wind is whispering.

"Why not appreciate it for a second?"

"A hazy, dreamlike romance"

As Cai Yilin listened, she actually started to laugh and murmured, "What a sweet song."

In the music video, Jane Zhang is seen running on a lawn at sunset with a small dog on a shaky leash, simulating the state of her boyfriend holding a DV camera to record the scene.

This scene is so beautiful!
……

After listening to all ten songs, Cai Yilin was still in a daze when the CD player switched to the three bonus songs—"Warm," "Moonlight," and "Ten Thousand Borders."

She listened to each song one by one, then sat on the sofa, hugging her knees. At one in the morning, she was wide awake, and the image of a shy young man gradually appeared in her mind.

I can't sleep this night!
Jay Chou, are you with Hebe Tien now? If you continue to write songs for me, will I feel less worried and anxious?
But that's all in the past now.
Jay Chou has had his share of relationships, and Cai Xiaotian is just a beautiful memory from his past.

……

Beijing, Chaoyang.

Gao Yuanyuan is also experiencing anxiety.

She also bought a beautiful CD today.

But she didn't really want to hear it...

At this moment, in the early hours of the morning, she was still sitting on the balcony lounge chair, covered with a thin blanket, gazing at the night sky in a daze.

"I was one of the first female celebrities that Liangying and Shen Qing knew, and we had a good relationship. But they still found an unknown girl to shoot the music video. Am I really that bad?"

"Shen Qing would rather choose someone else than ask me... Is he looking down on me because he's talented?!"

Since her breakout role in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" in 2003, Gao Yuanyuan's career has been on a downward spiral.

Although he took on roles in works such as "Detective Dee: The Good Minister Who Protects the Nation", "You Are Smiling While I Am Crying", "The Divine Doctor and His Companion", "Qin King Li Shimin", and "The World's Number One", none of them made much of a splash. Later, he started to get involved in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, but it didn't have any effect either.

After several years of silence, and having just been dumped by musical talent Zhang Yadong for Xu Jinglei, Yuanyuan is extremely fragile and anxious, and very sensitive to any slight disturbance.

Thinking of this, Yuanyuan wanted to cry.

She couldn't help but call Shen Qing, wanting to ask him face-to-face: "We've known each other for a while now. I even campaigned for Liangying in Changsha, but you didn't choose me this time... Shen Qing, just tell me the truth, do you guys look down on me?!"

(End of this chapter)