Chapter 603: "Tun'er"
The immortal myth, the eternal idol, and the superstar with the most die-hard fans to this day - Andy Lau.
The last guest invited by Chen Hao was Andy Lau, one of the four kings of Chinese pop music. He is nearly 60 years old and still looks as charming as ever. The years have only left traces on his skin, but have never taken away his admirable spirit.
"Brother Hua, thank you." Chen Hao's thanks were sincere. He really didn't expect the other party to agree, and agree so readily.
"Haha, others have asked you to write songs, but you didn't respond. You took the initiative to come to me, which is enough for me to show off to others."
There are many musical talents in the music industry, and there are also many powerful creators in China, but singers like Chen Hao, who become popular with every song they come out, and who have produced several songs destined to be recorded in history and become classic songs in a few years, can only be compared with Jay Chou, who has taken a different path and walked out of his own way in recent years, and the overall strength of his golden partner Fang Wenshan is also needed.
Two years ago, some people thought that this young man had bitten off more than he could chew. Today, there are very few people who think so. The song "Rolling in the Deep" has proved that this guy is not bragging when he wants to stir up the pop music scene. He has been the champion of the US Billboard singles chart for 21 consecutive weeks. Currently, the number of paid downloads of the single is the first this year, far ahead of the second place. It can be said that if nothing unexpected happens, he has already locked in the nomination list of the most popular songs in major music awards in the world this year. Even many professional musicians are discussing this matter - is there any suspense in this year's song of the year?
In the Chinese music scene, many people have to admit one thing, that this song is enough for Chen Hao to eat for a lifetime. Back then, a popular online song "Mouse Loves Rice" could make a singer sing for several years. With this song that has gained huge influence worldwide, there will be no good songs in the next 20 years. When people mention this song, they will still say that there was a singer from China named Haozi.
Chen Hao is the first person who can establish a singer's position in the entire Chinese music scene with a song. No matter how classic the songs were in the past, they could not do this. Being able to create such an impact on a song worldwide, he deserves a special status as a singer in the Chinese music scene. So at this moment, Andy Lau's words are not polite and have no other meaning. He is really interested in Chen Hao. After listening to a song that is completely different from his style, he is willing to make a cameo appearance and sing an interlude for his new movie.
"Brother Hua, you are embarrassing me. You made my face red."
"Hey, are you showing off your acting skills in front of me?"
"Haha."
He laughed, it was just a joke. Andy Lau was very serious when he entered the working state. Even if it was just a scene of picking up the phone and singing a few sentences with Chen Hao, it would not take two or three minutes of material to shoot before and after, and the post-production might only take more than ten seconds. Even so, he was still very serious and made sufficient preparations.
This scene is about Charlotte being found by Qiuya on the boat. As a gold medal producer, Andy Lau personally called him to invite him to write a song. The scene is a bit similar to reality, except that Andy Lau did not make this call in reality.
"Hey, Brother Hua, I have written your song for you. It is the first one I wrote for you. Please listen to it..." This is the scene of Charlotte on the yacht. At the same time, on the other side of the phone line, Andy Lau answered Charlotte's call and hummed along.
"My hometown is in this village. I am... I want you to get in touch with the mainland. I know you don't speak Mandarin well. There is also a Cantonese version."
This line of Charlotte's dialogue has a lot of space for Andy Lau to write a line, allowing him to have a dialogue with Charlotte across the air.
"My old man is from this village."
"I am a sheep born and raised in this village."
"Don't underestimate the village."
"There are mountains, rivers and mountains."
"The neighbors are very harmonious, and the young and old are very good."
"A lot of bad things happened in the village."
"Looking back, it was a special joke."
"My friends are really good."
"I will take you to look up, look up, look up at the sheep in our village."
In the play, Chen Hao only sang two or three sentences, and then said that this song was decided, and then hung up the phone and threw the phone into the sea.
Andy Lau's first scene was answering the phone in the living room, and then humming along with the tune and Chen Hao's rhythm.
Go to the recording studio to officially record this very short song. At the same time, the crew will also shoot the scene of the two people recording the song and add it to the plot. The two sing this song together, proving that although Xia Luo in the dream is at his wit's end, he can still go crazy in the end. It is precisely because of this madness that makes him more distressed. A series of scenes in this process are fast-forwarded. When he opens the door and sees Qiu Ya and Yuan Hua sleeping in the same bed, this episode is gradually coming to an end.
In the recording studio, Chen Hao told the photographer to just shoot directly. We will record the song normally and we won't care about you. You can shoot as much material as possible and go back to edit it.
There were two versions of the chorus part recorded by the two. One was the one that was normally put in the movie, sung by Charlotte Charlotte and Andy Lau, and the other was a spoof version proposed by Andy Lau, where Chen Hao imitated him and then the two sang together. Are they saying that you, Haozi, are imitating the real thing? Then in front of me, let's have a good PK and have some fun with this film and television song.
By the time the two of them recorded the song, all the scenes of the film were officially finished. Andy Lau helped with the attitude of supporting the younger generation and showing interest. He did not have any expectations for the future of the song, but he never thought that because of With the drama's popularity, this song has become the most magical brainwashing song of the year. He couldn't believe that one day he would be linked to the Divine Comedy. Later, this song even brought him quite a lot of money. In terms of income, it was really unclear at that time whether he was helping Chen Hao or someone gave him a divine song.
"Brother Hua, I will not include this song and your guest appearance in the early promotions. I will promote the new film under your banner. I am afraid that I will never have the face to see you again."
This was Chen Hao’s sincere words before leaving. It’s not that many big-name artists don’t have the ambition to support the younger generations. However, many crews or investors and distributors are very unscrupulous now. They are just making guest appearances to support them, but they are not included in their promotions. They put you in a prominent position and made it look like you were the starring role. As a result, the first batch of viewers were attracted into the cinema. At first glance, it was not that at all. They felt cheated. Once it breaks out, not only will the film be criticized, but the big names and artists will also be criticized.
It was originally a friendly guest appearance, and there was no formal contract for participation. In the later stage, in addition to using moral standards to criticize the investors and publishers, you found that you could only suffer a dumb loss. Since the other party can be so unscrupulous If you do this, you will naturally be prepared to face your moral judgment and even criticism from the industry.
After a short close contact, Andy Lau was not sure who Chen Hao was. The overall impression was very good, so he patted him on the shoulder and joked: "It's better to put it in the publicity. I Come and enjoy your warmth."
Chen Hao blinked his eyes and promised confidently: "Don't worry, Brother Hua, your appearance is a huge surprise in the film. I guarantee that when it is played in the theater, everyone will sigh in surprise, wow, Andy Lau, run away Come and make a cameo in such a low-budget movie..."
The sensory impression between people does not require long-term contact. As long as it is relatively close and high-frequency contact for a day and a half, it can form a sensory impression of distance and closeness. The impression Chen Hao left on Andy Lau is very good. It feels This young man is not pretentious at all, he is sincere and transparent, and he is nothing like those popular newcomers who have become famous. Perhaps this is also related to the fact that his agency has no restrictions on him.
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Back in Yanjing, Chen Hao was like an overloaded machine, leading the post-production team to start the post-production of the final version.
It was his request to shoot and post-production at the same time. Now that the whole drama is finished, two rounds of editing have been completed in post-production. In addition, he has a complete version of "Charlotte Trouble" in his mind, and the editing has a complete For reference, the speed is much faster, and the people next to you are frightened.
In China, it is normal for the director to have the power of final editing, but a young director like Chen Hao usually respects the opinions of post-production seniors when editing, and also takes into account all aspects of the radio and television review process. Question, but this guy didn’t seem to mean it at all. The editing speed was like a joke, which made people wonder if he was drunk and doing it randomly. How could he do such a thing so fast.
Chen Hao is not in a hurry to come up with a finished product or to meet a deadline. He likes to immerse himself in one thing and focus all his attention on this one thing. His body is good enough and his energy is strong enough. He thinks In this state, it is easier for oneself to perform beyond normal performance and to be in a better state. Furthermore, his schedule is coming soon, and the journey of the fourth season of "Flowers and Boys" is about to begin. This is not something you can coordinate if you have a big-name show team. No matter how big a name you are, you really have to ask the show team to compromise for you. , which means that you not only offended other guests, but also gave yourself a very bad reputation in the circle.
What's more, in the entire fourth season, he is really the number one, and he is also the most anticipated one in the audience's vote. In the last season, he made the adventure season, which had plummeting ratings, become the championship program in the same period. As Chen Hao, Since the episode when the abandoned tour guide returned to the team, the program's ratings have skyrocketed. This season, many designs are customized based on him, so his participation will be the top priority of this season. The team called the company almost every day, hoping that he would join the team in advance and discuss whether he could handle the many seemingly exciting journeys. If not, he would make changes immediately. However, it was not until the day before the show was scheduled to officially start filming that Chen Hao Come to the program group.