Time passed by and it was already the end of July in a blink of an eye.
In this past hot July, Ma Xiaolong had a very fulfilling life. First, he demolished a house for Cinnabar for half a month, and then recorded an album with Chen Jun for half a month.
One month has passed and I have gained a lot.
The MV for the new album has just been filmed. Bruce Ma personally directed the filming, with the script in mind, and the filming went smoothly and quickly.
This album contains a total of twelve songs, six new opera songs, four Chinese style songs, and two pop songs.
To be honest, although the quality of the first ten songs is very high, it remains to be tested whether they can become popular in this era. If fans are not interested in operas and Chinese-style songs, the last two pop songs are just for safety.
As a guaranteed song, Ma Xiaolong of course came up with two songs that would be popular in any era. One of them is "The Lonely Warrior" sung by him alone, and the other is "Love You" sung by Chen Jun.
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Before he was reborn, a very strange phenomenon occurred. At that time, the society was divided into three groups based on three songs. One was the Liu Genghong girl who everyone danced to "Compendium of Materia Medica", and the other was everyone sang "The Lonely Warrior"
children, and the Wang Xinling boy who everyone sings "Love You".
Ma Xiaolong will definitely not use "Compendium of Materia Medica". After all, the style of this song is also advanced in this era, but "Lonely Warrior" and "Love You" are pure pop styles that cannot be more pure.
"Love You" is sung by Chen Jun. It can ruthlessly harvest a group of boys who are embarrassed to express their love. Maybe twenty years later, they will become the sisters who ride the wind and waves, and they can rely on these boys to become famous.
And "The Lonely Warrior" is a song that can harvest all walks of life. This song is so magical. It transcends gender, race, age, occupation, and class. Anyone who listens to this song will have a certain feeling.
It resonated so much that I burst into tears, and then sang this song all day long to face the uncertain future.
"I love you walking alone in a dark alley, I love the way you don't kneel, I love you when you face despair and refuse to cry..."
The lyrics suggest that I don't want to cry, but I will definitely cry when I hear this. It's so touching.
With these two songs, this album can basically guarantee the lower sales limit of this album, but how high is the upper limit? It depends on the other ten new operas and Chinese-style songs.
In this era when domestic culture is being scorned by the West, in this era where foreigners are worshipped, Bruce Ma doesn't know whether this album can fly against the wind?
I hope so!
The mv has been recorded, but it still needs to be processed later. During this period, he asked people in the company to get a lot of touching video clips from society, from all walks of life. He would edit these clips as appropriate and put them in "
In "The Lonely Warrior", these clips were used as the mv.
Before the rebirth, there were many edited videos of the song "Lonely Warrior" on the Internet, about war, anti-epidemic, firefighting, and all walks of life. No matter what kind of editing, the playback volume was not low. It can be seen that this song has
How versatile and resonant it is to all walks of life.
This time, Bruce Ma came up with a hodgepodge, bringing people from all walks of life. The more industries there are, the more people will buy albums, right?
As a less qualified capitalist, you still need to use some skills that can earn money.
After all, this song is very positive. If more people hear and see it, it can be considered a positive contribution he has made to society.
As for the MV for "Love You", it was just a matter of shooting it in Wang Xinling's way. Apart from Chen Jun having to wear a mask, there were no other problems.
And with Chen Jun's approachability, dancing will definitely attract a group of embarrassed little boys to secretly donate generously.
To be honest, Chen Jun's current figure is really not suitable for dancing. Once he dances, the earth will shake. Apart from seducing some old and young women, what is its use?
Speaking of which, Chen Jun has had a bit of low self-esteem since he started growing up two years ago. The current atmosphere in the country is still conservative. Chen Jun's development is different from ordinary people at a young age, and there will definitely be some psychological fluctuations.
Fortunately, Ma Xiaolong has been praising her figure either explicitly or covertly, which has gradually helped her get rid of her inferiority complex and become more confident. Especially Zhu Sha, Ma Xiaofeng always likes to take advantage of her figure when they are with her.
The joking and unconcealable envy made her feel more confident despite being shy.
Although she is full of confidence, she still likes to wear loose clothes when going out. In addition, Chadian Elementary School also has school uniforms, which does not let her classmates notice too many abnormalities in her. A school uniform can really hide good or bad figures.
Strictly.
Thumbs up for Huaxia School Uniforms.
It took Ma Xiaolong two days to complete the video editing. Even if the MV for this album was finalized, the rest of the promotion and sales would be handed over to the relevant departments of the company, and he could retire with success.
During his busy period, Zhusha actually encountered an incident.
A few days ago, Zhu Sha and Dai Yu went to the Film and Television Academy in Beijing. It happened that when the two girls were wandering around the Beijing Academy of Film and Television, they were spotted by a teacher in the school because of their incredible looks.
The teacher took the initiative to greet them and asked them about their situation. He learned that they had just graduated from junior high school. It was a pity that they kindly invited them to take the art exam three years later.
The teacher guaranteed that they would pass. Zhusha was very happy at that time. This was the highlight moment when she was guaranteed to pass by Jingying teacher just because of her appearance without using any connections.
"Thank you teacher for your affirmation. I will definitely come to take the art exam in three years. Can you leave me your contact information first?" Zhu Sha took out her mobile phone.
"Of course." The teacher happily exchanged mobile phone numbers with Zhu Sha. Zhu Sha wrote down the number and asked: "Teacher, what is your surname?"
"My surname is Cui." She is a female teacher in her fifties. Although she is a bit old, you can tell by her facial features that she was a rare beauty when she was young.
"Teacher Cui." Zhu Sha entered these three words into her mobile phone and saved them, and said, "If I encounter any performance problems in the future, can I call you for advice?"
"No problem." Teacher Cui smiled and said, "If you have any questions, please call me anytime."
"Thank you, Teacher Cui."
"You're welcome." Teacher Cui nodded with a smile, then looked at Dai Yu and asked, "Little girl, what about you?"
Dai Yu shook his head: "Thank you teacher for your appreciation, but I want to go to Qingbei in the future."
"..." Teacher Cui was stunned for a moment and asked: "How many points did you get in the high school entrance examination this time?"
"648 points." Dai Yu said.
"What about the total score?"
"660 points."
"..."
Teacher Cui smiled bitterly and said: "Okay! I wish you will be admitted to Qingbei in three years."
"Thank you, teacher." Dai Yu expressed his gratitude.
"..." Zhu Sha felt that she had been slighted and said: "Teacher, I also scored 630 points in the high school entrance examination this time."
"Ah!?" Teacher Cui was stunned for a moment: "How much?"
"Ahem~" Teacher Cui felt that he was really lucky today. The good prospect he met was actually a top student. He hesitated for a while: "You have such good cultural scores, you can pass the Qingbei test, right?"
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"But I like acting." Zhu Sha said: "I started to teach myself how to act a few years ago. My future dream is to become a martial arts star."
"Martial arts star?" Teacher Cui was confused again.
"Yes." Zhu Sha nodded: "I started practicing martial arts when I was three years old and have been practicing for thirteen years. I specialize in Bajiquan, kick kicks, dragon-headed guillotine, and of course other boxing techniques and eighteen kinds of weapons.
To dabble, I also took a video of martial arts training last year for you to see."
Cinnabar took off the digital camera hanging from his neck, and the small screen on it could play videos.
Teacher Cui read through the collection of eighteen types of weapons that Ma Xiaolong shot for Zhu Sha in the courtyard last year. After reading it, he was so excited that he grabbed Zhu Sha's hand and said, "Great! I didn't expect that our Beijing Film Academy would produce one in the future.
He’s a martial arts star.”
A good-looking girl who has practiced martial arts since childhood and dreams of becoming a martial arts star must be allowed to become a student of Jingying Film.
As a teacher who is particularly good at discovering talents, she, Cui Xinqin, will never let go of such an outstanding talent.
"Wait a minute, the teacher has some performance experience, I'll give it to you." Cui Xinqin took Zhu Sha to his home, and then gave Zhu Sha a set of copies of his performance experience summarized over the years. Zhu Sha brought it back
On the same day, Ma Xiaolong read it. It was full of useful information that was not taught in school.
When he heard that the teacher's surname was Cui, that she was in her fifties, and that she was a woman, a certain person popped into Ma Xiaolong's mind. After all, the teacher who was selected by Master Huang for his face was also quite famous in the entertainment industry.
"Daughter-in-law, you are so lucky." Ma Xiaolong returned the copy to Zhusha and said, "In the next three years, as long as you understand three to five minutes of the contents, it will not be a problem to get admitted to Beijing Film Academy."
Zhu Sha narrowed her eyes and smiled: "I can pass the exam even if I don't understand. Teacher Cui said that she would accept me just because of my face."
"..." Is this the female version of Leader Huang?
Thinking of the annoying acting skills and the world-famous evil smile of Master Huang in his previous life, Ma Xiaolong couldn't help but shudder and said: "Don't be arrogant because of favors. If you want to make a movie,
Your acting skills must be good, otherwise even if you can do martial arts scenes, you will only be criticized for the literary parts."
Zhusha put away her smile and nodded: "I will try my best."
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On the last day of July, Ma Xiaolong and his party returned to the small town from the capital.
Before leaving, Ma Xiaofeng burst into tears.
She didn't feel much when she was alone before. During the half month that Ma Xiaolong and the four of them came here, she felt fine. But when they were about to leave, the string in her heart couldn't be stretched any longer, so she hugged Ma Xiaolong and
Crying: "Brother, don't leave..."
Ma Xiaolong patted her back gently and comforted her: "Smelly girl, you kicked your nose and face while I was here, but you cried when I left. What did you do earlier?"
"Uuuu~ Smelly brother." Ma Xiaofeng wiped her tears and snot on his clothes.
"Stinky girl." Ma Xiaolong cursed with a smile, touched her head and said, "Okay, it's not like we can't see each other anymore. Remember to go home during the National Day holiday. I'll make delicious food for you."
Ma Xiaofeng swallowed a few more times and said, "I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs."
"OK."
"I want to eat Kung Pao Chicken."
"no problem."
"I want to eat boiled fish."
"Anything is fine, I'll do it for you."
"Hmm~" Ma Xiaofeng felt tired in his arms for a while and said, "Thank you, brother."
"If you have delicious food, you won't be the stinky brother, right?" Ma Xiaolong said with a smile.
"Hmph~" Ma Xiaofeng wiped his tears and snot by his T-shirt, and said provocatively: "You're so dirty!"
"..."
After beating up Ma Xiaofeng, Ma Xiaolong took a taxi with the three girls who were dumbfounded and left.
Four hours later, the four returned to the town.
"Mom! Mom! Open the door!"
It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhang Chiling was taking a nap in the house. When she heard Ma Xiaolong's knock on the door, she quickly got out of bed, put on her slippers and went to open the door.
When the door opened and she saw the four children she hadn't seen for half a month, Zhang Chiling was very excited: "We're back!"
"I'm back." Ma Xiaolong patted the backpack behind him and said, "I brought you a lot of local products."
Zhang Chiling smiled and said: "Thank you son, I think about mom every time I go out and come back."
"Isn't that what it should be?" Several people entered the yard, and Ma Xiaolong saw at a glance that the tobacco leaves were ripe and ready for harvesting.
He walked into the house, threw his backpack on the bed, and said, "Mom, you guys have a rest first, I'll go collect the tobacco leaves."
"I'll help too." Chen Jun said immediately.
"That……"
Zhu Sha was about to help, but Zhang Chiling stopped her: "We'll talk about what tobacco leaves to collect at noon, we'll wait until the evening. Let's talk to mom first. How are you living in the capital these days?"
"..."
After Zhang Chiling spoke, Ma Xiaolong gave up harvesting tobacco leaves and took out all kinds of Beijing food he had brought back from his backpack. By the way, he talked about his experiences in the capital in the past half month.
Knowing that the new album has been recorded and will be on sale soon, Zhang Chiling couldn't help but ask: "How is the quality of this album? How much do you estimate it can sell?"
"It's hard to say." Ma Xiaolong did not hide anything, and expressed his attempts, concerns and expectations for this album: "The current market environment is dominated by pop music, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan pop songs that are popular in the mainland. This new album
The album’s style is too different, and I’m not sure whether current fans will accept it. The only thing that can be guaranteed is the quality.”
"Well, quality comes first." Zhang Chiling nodded and comforted: "Don't worry, as long as the quality is good, even if the current fans don't approve, future fans will. Maybe by then the songs in this album will be
It’s become popular!”
Although Zhang Chiling's words are mostly comforting, they are also true. Some high-quality songs may not be popular due to various reasons when they are first released, but after some years they will become popular due to various reasons.
Suddenly it became popular.
Ma Xiaolong has experienced this kind of thing many times in his previous life, and he fully agrees with Zhang Chiling's words: "Well, even if the sales of this album are not good, I believe it will become popular in the future, I am confident."
"It's good to have confidence." Zhang Zhiling breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Anyway, we don't lack this little money. It's good to sell more, but it doesn't matter even if it's not too much. Just keep your mind calm and leave everything to time."
"You are right." Ma Xiaolong nodded, turned to look at Chen Jun, and said: "Xiaojun, your opera skills need to be strengthened. You have practiced hard in the past few years. When you take off the mask and debut, I hope you can achieve
Professional standards.”
Chen Jun nodded: "I will work hard."
Zhang Chiling looked at the four children in front of her. They were all young, but they all had goals in life. She couldn't help but feel happy in her heart: How wonderful!
Although I was relieved, I couldn't help but ask myself: What about me? Do I still have a goal in life?
"..."
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The college entrance examination is coming, friends, come on!