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

Chapter 116: The title track "As You Wish," you made a movie for a song?
2006 7 Month 20 Day.

The Beijing Daily published an exclusive interview with Zhang Liangying and Shen Qing, dedicating a full page of its entertainment section to the interview.

They've given us plenty of face.

The report confirmed the upcoming release of Zhang Liangying's new album, as well as her past experiences, plans for the next few years, and her latest sexy photos.

For a while.

The newspaper sparked a buying frenzy among liangfen (a type of cold noodle) fans.

The newsstand owner was completely dumbfounded.

Newspapers that usually don't sell out until evening were snapped up as soon as the store opened in the morning.

Fans who received the newspaper read it word by word, cut out Zhang Liangying's photos, some pasted them in their bedrooms to look at secretly, some put them in their books to take to class, and some even used them as textbook covers to flip through them.

"Wow, Liangying's new photos are so beautiful."

"She looks like a princess. It must be Shen Qing's doing again. He's very good at dressing up Liangying as a sexy princess. He's so clever."

"I want to marry Liangying."

You're dreaming!

"Am I the only one who cares about the album? You're all looking at sexy photos, that's so superficial. Shen Qing said the second album will excite everyone, and there will be something new that no one can imagine."

"Holy crap, what is it? Could it be related to the Olympics?"

……

Qingying Studio.

Shen Qing, Zhang Liangying, Zhang Lu, and others are having a meeting to discuss the production and release of the new album.

"With this album, I want to solidify Liangying's status as a 'little queen' in the Chinese music scene and ensure that no one can shake her position for the next ten years."

After Shen Qing finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Qing, is he really that arrogant?
I'm not confident!

But Zhang Liangying felt warm inside, gazing longingly at Shen Qing with eyes full of tenderness that could almost be drawn into threads.

Are you all surprised?

"Perhaps you won't be surprised after listening to the title track."

"Chen Liang, play the recorded demo~"

Chen Liang from Zhejiang University just reported for duty a few days ago and is currently Shen Qing's first assistant. Today, he attended the meeting for the first time and was as excited as Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden for the first time.

Chen Liang put the cassette into the radio and pressed play.

The sound of a piano filled the air, and the melody of "As You Wish" reached everyone's ears, light and melodious. But at 15 seconds, the trumpet and guitar joined in the performance.

The moment the trumpet sounds, it evokes a sense of historical weight.

Even Zhang Liangying was hearing this recording demo for the first time, and her expression gradually became interesting. "Wow, the melody is so beautiful, is it a patriotic song?"

Shen Qing gestured for Chen Liang to press the pause button. "Does anyone have anything to say after hearing this?"

Zhang Lu: "Let me say a few words from a listener's perspective. The intro is simple, grand, and has a solemn feeling. I don't think it's a love song. Could it really be related to the Olympics?"

It's worth noting that preparations for the 2008 Olympics began in 2004, and three batches of Olympic songs have already been collected.

However, these three batches of Olympic songs were mainly disseminated and collected among veteran artists in the music industry, with few people from the pop music scene participating.

As for the selected songs, they are profound enough, but they lack popularity.

None of them are ideal.

The organizing committee has yet to find a suitable and satisfactory design.

and so.

Next year there will be the fourth Olympic song solicitation, and submissions will be solicited from the public. Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the Olympic opening ceremony, revealed this information a few days ago.

Zhang Lu's thinking is not wrong. Which musician would not want their work to be performed at the Olympic opening ceremony?

But clearly, this song is not.

As the title track of Jane Zhang's second album, it was destined to be excluded from the Olympic theme song competition and could at most be performed at the 100-day countdown gala.

At this moment, Zhang Liangying continued Zhang Lu's words, saying, "Brother Lu, I don't think it's an Olympic theme song. It's more like a mainstream song disguised as pop music."

Shen Qing raised an eyebrow, clapped his hands with a hearty laugh, and said, "Great job, Liangying, you've made great progress."

Zhang Lu: "That's even more difficult. It has to be both a main theme and in line with the style of popular music so that a wide range of fans will like it. The lyrics are very difficult to write."

Shen Qing: "Of course, I thought about the lyrics for a long time, but this demo only has my 'la la la'. Let's listen to it first."

The music continued.

As the intro ended, Shen Qing's "la la la la" continued to fill the ears of the audience. Although the entire song only contained the word "la," it did not sound monotonous. The song, which lasted 4 minutes and 30 seconds, was roughly divided into three chapters, each with a progressive pattern in terms of emotion and pitch.

As the story wraps up, the emotions calm down, demonstrating a masterful control and appropriate balance in managing emotions.

"Great! This piece is well done."

"Impressive, no wonder he is the great scholar Shen."

"If the lyrics are good enough, this song can win on both fronts, and the melody is even better than Wang Feng's 'I Love You, China'."

"If she can take the combination of mainstream and pop music to a whole new level, then Liangying will have solidified her title as a pop diva. It's hard to believe that she's only been in the industry for a year."

"The hardest part right now is the lyrics..."

"How about we ask Vincent Fang to write it?"

"..."

In the meeting room, everyone was talking at once, but they didn't come up with anything meaningful. They all turned to look at Shen Qing.

Zhang Liangying: "Haha, judging from Qing's expression, she must already have some ideas, maybe she's even written the lyrics."

Shen Qing took out an A4 sheet of paper from his pocket, unfolded it, and pushed it to Zhang Liangying. A few minutes later, gasps of amazement echoed throughout the room.

That was awesome!
Shen Qing felt smug.

In his past life, he loved listening to the princess sing "As You Wish," not only because he was attracted by her voice, but also because he was drawn to the meaning conveyed in the lyrics.

If we had to choose the three best patriotic songs in everyone's opinion, "Wanjiang" might not make the list, but "Ruyuan" would most likely be.

This song had over 30 million favorites on various music platforms in its previous life, which is terrifying.

At the time, "As You Wish" was the promotional song for the 2021 film "My Father and I". Upon its release, it swept the internet and received praise from many listeners.

The movie had already become popular because of the song even before it was released.

The film itself did not disappoint; the four short stories were both funny and touching.

The stories are respectively about the "Hebei Central Cavalry Regiment" fighting against the Japanese, the struggles of the first generation of aerospace workers in 1969, the birth of the first commercial advertisement of reform and opening up in 1978, and the story of a robot traveling through the modern world in 2050.

This type of film actually existed as early as 2019, namely "My People, My Country," a patriotic film that received almost no negative reviews.

Of course, this excludes the part of "Daytime Meteor" directed by Chen Kaige.

Director Chen really spent his whole life proving that he didn't direct "Farewell My Concubine". If he could direct a Palme d'Or-winning film like that, why is the "Daytime Meteor" segment of "My People, My Country" the worst?
Unsolved mystery...

……

now.

Shen Qing revealed his plan, saying, "This time, the music video for the title track 'As You Wish' must be filmed well, so that everyone can enjoy watching it."

Zhang Lu wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Absolutely! Such a great song deserves a great music video. Which celebrity would you like to invite this time? I'll definitely get it for you."

Zhang Liangying said with a smile, "How about we invite Gao Yuanyuan? I felt bad for not inviting her last time, she was so enthusiastic in helping me campaign for votes last year."

Shen Qing smiled faintly and said, "I think I might invite quite a few actors."

Zhang Lu said cheerfully, "Say whatever you want. We made so much money from Liangying's album last time, we don't need to worry about making a little money from shooting a music video!"

Shen Qing: "Including the lead actors and extras, there are probably several hundred."

Everyone: "???"

Liangying's eyes widened like a curious child. She stood up from her seat and ran to Shen Qing's side, bringing her face close to Shen Qing's, only a few centimeters away.

Everyone thought she was going to kiss him...

Liangying frowned slightly: "Sir, you're not planning to make a movie just for an album, are you? You don't need that many people to make a movie!"

filming?
Zhang Lu and Chen Liang were both stunned.

Making a movie for an album is an idea that most people would come up with.
"My Xiaoying is so smart!"

what?
It really is?
Shen Qing pinched Liang Ying's cheek: "I'm not sure if it's a movie, but I do want to shoot a longer music video, with an investment of about 1 million? I don't know the exact budget, I've never done this before, we can add more if it's not enough."

Seeing everyone's surprised faces, he coughed and continued:

"Anyway, we've already received a portion of the revenue from the last album. We can't possibly spend all 60 or 70 million, so we don't need to worry about this little bit of money."

"Besides, the new album will earn another one or two hundred million, so spending a little money to shoot a longer music video to satisfy the fans is not a problem, right?"

“Liangying, you agree, right? Last year in the Super Girl competition, the fans voted you out of the top spot and made you the champion. We should give you a gift in return.”

Zhang Liangying: "Then, shall we collect the tickets?"

Shen Qing: "It depends on whether China Film Group will grant us the film license."

(End of this chapter)