Crazy Entertainment System

In 1700, to celebrate the arrival of the new century, Louis XIV, the "Sun King," held a grand ball in the magnificent hall of the Palace of Versailles in France. He appeared in Chinese clothing and sat in a Chinese-style sedan chair carried by eight men, which immediately drew gasps of amazement from the audience.

Subsequently, this Chinese style was reflected in European society at the time and permeated all aspects of European life, such as daily necessities, home decoration, and garden architecture.

The Rococo style, gradually influenced by Chinese aesthetics, and Chinese-style gardens also became popular among European royalty. The chinoiserie trend in Europe reached its peak in the mid-18th century and only began to decline in the 19th century.

Of course, these are all pursuits of traditional Chinese culture and customs.

However, in the realm of music, first the piano, the king of instruments, and then, since the advent of electronic music, traditional Chinese classical music has gradually been relegated to the corners of memory.

I believe that most people are not familiar with classical music in my country, but one thing is undeniable: when we hear this kind of music, the memories deep within us are awakened.

It felt so wonderful.

Our predecessors in the music industry have always strived to integrate our traditional music culture into today's popular music.

The most concentrated form of this art form is traditional Chinese opera.

However, traditional opera has its limitations. So I thought, why can't we combine classical Chinese music with modern pop music, taking our music as the main force, and develop a musical style that belongs to us?

To accomplish this, one must understand traditional culture, so I began to study ancient poetry.

The music style leans towards traditional Eastern performance, incorporating some Eastern instruments. The overall melody is melodious and resonant, possessing a traditional Eastern aesthetic.

Because I believe that Chinese-style lyrics emphasize the conciseness, refinement, and contextual meaning of language, using some adaptations of poetry and prose, and employing Chinese rhetorical devices such as metaphor and metonymy to express the artistic conception of the song.

Classical Chinese is the best interpretation, but it's too literary and can be difficult for listeners to understand. So I came up with a way to create a vernacular version of the words. However, the words themselves are not classical; they are very modern.

Finally, I summarized all my experience and came up with my current concept of Chinese style.

Chinese style is about "three ancient and three new" – ancient poetry, ancient culture, ancient melodies, new singing styles, new arrangements, and new concepts.

The combination of these six unique Chinese musical styles is what is known as Chinese style.

The lyrics are imbued with Chinese cultural connotations, and the use of modern singing techniques and arrangement skills enhances the song's atmosphere. The song combines a nostalgic Chinese background with rhythm to create a style that is subtle, melancholic, elegant, and lighthearted.

However, after thinking about it, I believe that Chinese style should be divided into two types: pure Chinese style and near-Chinese style. Pure Chinese style is a song that meets the above six conditions. Near-Chinese style is a song that does not meet some conditions but is very close to pure Chinese style.

"That's my interpretation of Chinese style!" Chen Yu said in one breath, feeling quite pleased with himself, but leaving Yan Su and the others stunned.

Especially for Yan Su, it felt like a raging storm was brewing in his heart.

"He actually created the standard for Chinese style?!" Yan Su originally thought that Chen Yu was just proposing an idea and being a pioneer, and that later generations would still need to improve it.

But the situation was far from what he expected; the other party had already taken care of it.

They've even established standards for Chinese style; this is definitely pioneering a new school of thought.

This is a world-class master.

At this point, Yan Su no longer dared to underestimate Chen Yu, but instead took him seriously, regarding him as a master of equal standing.

For no other reason than that Chen Yu was able to create this Chinese style.

"Based on this, you deserve a place among the world's top music masters." After a long silence, he said this seriously, which startled Ha Wen and the others.

Ha Wen and the others didn't understand what Chen Yu meant by all those Chinese-style theories he had just mentioned, but they were very clear about the meaning and power of the serious statement.

This means that Chen Yu's skill level is so high that even serious people have to respect him.

At such a height, they can only look up in awe; for such a master, they can only humble themselves.

"Old Yan, it's not as exaggerated as you say, is it?!" Song Jiji couldn't help but say, feeling extremely unbalanced.

"It's no exaggeration to say that Chen Yu has already established his own school of thought."

"No, this must be promoted! Kid, you write a paper on Chinese style and publish it in a top international digest to announce to the world, 'Our Chinese style has arrived!'" Yan Su said, somewhat agitated.

"Uh, Mr. Yan, isn't it a bit too much of a rush?!" Chen Yu said with a smile.

"You don't know anything. After you publish your paper, all official bodies around the world will recognize your status, and you will become the standard setter for Chinese style music. From now on, you will receive 3% of all the revenue from this type of song."

Until the day you die of old age.

"Then this will be made available to the world for free." Yan said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu was completely stunned. Such a thing?!

He never even considered that. Three percent.

This is absolutely terrifying.

For example, an average song sells 5 copies, and there are at least hundreds of songs released worldwide every year, which would amount to 50 million in sales.

The profit share is 150 million. Chen Yu doesn't want to live any longer; eighty years old is sixty years, and sixty multiplied by 150 million equals 9000 million.

This money is too good to pass up.

"Um, Teacher Yan, could you leave your contact information? I'll write it down tonight and give it to you tomorrow!" Chen Yu said immediately.

Chen Yu's actions left everyone speechless; did he have no shame?

"Chen Yu, are you really that greedy for money?" Ouyang Xue couldn't help but sneer.

"What do you know? If you had a manager following you around asking for money every day, you'd be just like me. Creating a Weibo account is like creating a fire pit. They keep asking me for money. Do you know how much money it costs to set up a server every moment?" Chen Yu said irritably. He felt speechless thinking about Gao Feiyan following him around asking for money.

Everyone was surprised to hear this. They thought Weibo would be very profitable, but they didn't expect that it was still constantly asking Chen Yu for money to make up for it.

"No, your Weibo account has sixty or seventy million users, how could it not have money?" Ouyang Xue explained. Logically speaking, a company with sixty or seventy million users should already have very high profits!

"Do you think I don't want to make money? In order to provide a healthier development environment for Weibo, all our services are free, and we haven't started any new businesses yet."

"So the funding source naturally can't keep up. It's estimated that at least four or five hundred million will have to be burned in the early stages to ensure that the operation reaches the break-even point," Chen Yu said, half-jokingly.