In the venue prepared by Yueyin Records for participating singers.
Wen Zheng calmly waved his hand to Shang Yingying, who was practicing singing, and the latter quickly took off her headset and stopped.
"It still doesn't work. How come the more you practice, the more you practice and it still feels like it's your first time?"
Wen Zheng issued a soul torture, "The singing just now has no emotion, it is all about technique. Take a break first. I suggest you read the lyrics carefully several times. I will ask you a few questions later, and then you can practice again."
He waved his hand to Shang Yingying and turned to look at Zhou He who was led by Ye Xiaoxue.
"I'm ready."
When Zhou He saw Wen Zheng looking towards him, he immediately sat upright and put his own lyrics and music with both hands. He looked a little excited and expectant.
Wen Zheng glanced at Zhou He's lyrics and music a few times, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked in surprise: "Did you write this?"
"Uh... the company prepared it for me."
Zhou He looked embarrassed and quickly added, "There are quite a lot of songwriters' works on the market now. The industry is booming, and some old songwriters who originally closed their pens are now coming back to work. After all, the price of ordinary songwriters is now about the same as that of other songwriters.
Compared with a year ago, it has more than doubled. This is what the company selects from submissions."
Wen Zheng nodded and murmured: "This song is a bit interesting, but it needs to be changed in a few places. Just wait a moment."
"Ah? Wen, Mr. Wen, why don't you let this go?"
Zhou He's first reaction was no. In his opinion, the song was already very good. Even though Wen Zheng's achievements in this area were obvious to all, he didn't want to take the risk.
Since the competition was on the weekend, he had actually started practicing this song early.
If Wen Zheng changes it, it means that his previous efforts will be lost. Furthermore, if Wen Zheng changes it, it will no longer be suitable for him to sing. Isn't this a waste of time? After all, this song was specially selected for him by the company.
Yes, it was really messed up, and he couldn't afford the consequences.
Wen Zhengtian looked at him and asked, "You really don't want to give it a try?"
Zhou He said with a bitter face: "Let's put down one game. I have a contract with the company. I have been practicing this song for a long time. If I perform stably in the next game, I should be able to enter the top five. If I change the song now,
I have no confidence."
Wen Zheng was silent for a moment, spread his hands and said with a smile: "Okay then, I respect your choice."
In the next half hour.
Wen Zheng played the role of judge and mentor, telling Zhou He his feelings after listening to the lyrics and the suggestions he wanted to make.
Compared to a major matter like changing a song, where he was looking forward to correcting mistakes in every detail, Zhou He's attitude was much more serious.
Not only did he take notes in the margins of the lyrics and music, he even used his mobile phone to record Wen Zheng's words and the singing demonstration.
Wen Zheng didn't say much about this.
He gave him a better choice, and if the other party didn't accept it, there was no need for him to force it into their hands.
After checking for Zhou He, Shang Yingying has been waiting for a long time.
Wen Zheng stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "After reading it for so long, can you tell me your understanding of the lyrics?"
Shang Yingying said in a deep voice: "This is a love song."
"Well, what then?"
"And then? Well...it's a sad love song."
"Huh? Are you kidding me?"
"Am I wrong?"
Shang Yingying looked at Wen Zheng with eyes full of wisdom. She thought there was nothing wrong with this explanation.
Wen Zheng subconsciously glanced at her magnificent landscape and sighed: "You are really brainless. After watching it for half an hour, you summarized it for me, this is a sad love song."
He took out a cigarette and lit it, and said angrily: "I want you to understand the emotional direction that the lyrics want to express. You must at least understand why you wrote those lyrics, right? It's a love song, everyone knows it is a love song."
Shang Yingying scratched her head and smiled awkwardly.
Wen Zheng said speechlessly: "Forget it, let me tell you about the song "Our Love" in general. Just imagine, if your boyfriend is a social person, the kind who fights and kills all day long, and even
It hurts you, but you are still willing to follow him. One day, you two experienced a chase, and you realized that you had become a burden to him, and you didn't want to live such a frightened life anymore, so you started to think about breaking up."
"So complicated?"
Shang Yingying frowned.
Wen Zheng said unceremoniously: "I'll give you two days. When you put yourself into the story, we will sing with a microphone. Your skills are not as proficient as Ye Xiaoxue and Lin Qi. If you don't have emotion in your singing, then you won't be able to sing with emotion."
If you don’t come last in a game, who will come last?”
"Of course, this is relative. The fact that you can reach the finals means that you are better than the average person. I have thought about it carefully and found that your voice is very suitable for interpreting this song. So, come on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Zheng's cell phone lit up. It was Wang Yuehong's number.
He waved to Shang Yingying and said, "Let's go, that's it for today." After saying that, he picked up the phone and said with a smile, "Sister Wang, what are you calling for?"
On the phone, Wang Yuehong said anxiously: "Go back to the company quickly. Just now your assistant was looking for you all over the world."
"My assistant?"
Wen Zheng was stunned at first, and then he heard that Wang Sisi's manager was also his assistant, so he changed his words and said: "You said Li Nan, what does she want from me? I remember she has my number."
Wang Yuehong urged: "He has called you many times. As for what happened, I only know that someone is looking for you, and the background is not small."
"Okay, I get it."
Wen Zheng hung up the phone and smiled apologetically at Shang Yingying, "You have to go back by yourself, I have to go to the company."
Shang Yingying had no choice but to nod.
Not long after.
As soon as Wen Zheng got out of the elevator, he bumped into Li Nan.
"Mr. Wen, you're finally here. Go to Mr. Zhao's office quickly. People have been waiting for you for almost half an hour."
Li Nan's face turned red with anxiety.
Wen Zheng asked calmly: "Who is it? Doesn't it have the surname Feng?"
"I don't know," Li Nan just shook his head, "Mr. Zhao is waiting on me. He seems to be a high official. I don't know what I want from you."
Wen Zheng frowned.
High official?
Apart from the people I met during military training, there are no senior officials I know.
Could it be someone from that special department?
I was given the title of second lieutenant there, and I thought I could get paid by dawdling around, but unexpectedly things happened.
However, isn’t this a bit too high-profile?
With random thoughts in my mind, people have arrived outside Zhao Qiuxing's office.
Wen Zheng knocked on the door, and Zhao Qiuxing opened the door himself.
When Wen Zheng saw the two people sitting on the sofa, he immediately ran into the room and greeted, "Bureau Qin, why are you here in person? I'm really sorry. I was practicing singing just now and my phone was muted."
Qin Fenghu chuckled and said, "If I don't come, will you forget everything I told you? Hahaha."
"No way."
Wen Zheng said politely, and then said seriously, "I have been working on this recently. As soon as the singer's competition is held, I will start filming the movie that your Drug Enforcement Bureau has booked."
"Oh? You've already written the script?"
Qin Fenghu was quite surprised at first, but when he saw Wen Zheng looking embarrassed, it was obvious that the script had not yet been finalized.
He was not angry and waved: "It doesn't matter. Today I'm here in person again to do two things. Come on, come on, sit down and talk."
Wen Zheng sat down.
Zhao Qiuxing was busy pouring tea.
Qin Fenghu introduced the young man next to him and said: "This is Wang Ye. He turns out to be from the Propaganda Department. I heard that he had dealt with you, so he was temporarily transferred to my side."
Wang Ye nodded to Wen Zheng.
Wen Zheng recalled for a moment and immediately remembered that this was the person he was busy with in the promotional video for "Dislocated in Time and Space".
Qin Fenghu smiled and said: "He has also worked at the grassroots level and is no stranger to my industry. Regarding the movie, you can contact him from now on. I will explain it to him very clearly."
"Easy to say."
Wen Zheng agreed wholeheartedly.
Qin Fenghu continued: "The second thing is about the script. I believe you have the ability, but you have to follow my requirements. After all, this movie is led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and we don't dare to be careless in the general direction.
.”
Wen Zheng hesitated and said, "How about I tell you my thoughts?"
Qin Fenghu chuckled and said: "I am here to deal with this matter today. I have plenty of time. It would be better if we exchange ideas in person."
Wen Zheng was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but ask: "The key words are undercover and anti-narcotics, right?"
To be honest, he felt a little unsure.
Since the system locked his mall permission last time, he can only use worship points to download songs so far.
If you want something related to the movie, you have to wait until the singing competition ends and get a relatively high ranking.
Now that people are coming to our door, even though they are just here to remind and inform us, we can’t let people go all the way in vain. No matter what, we should finalize the outline of the script first, and even if that doesn’t work, we have to let people know the story ideas we want to film.
Qin Fenghu nodded and added: "It would be best if it could also play a propaganda role. It's one thing for me to miss my comrades, and it's another thing for people to know about the difficulties of our police force, but the film must also have
Positive influence. Let’s just say it first, I don’t care about the commercial aspect or the artistic aspect, as long as it has these three points, the script will be fine.”
"Understood."
Wen Zheng made an OK gesture, took out the cigarette and spread it around.
When it comes to undercover and anti-narcotics, "Infernal Affairs" is definitely the first choice. Not only is this movie the pinnacle of undercover films, it also has countless famous scenes.
He lit a cigarette, calmed down his thoughts for a moment, and said, "The script I want is roughly like this..."
Ten minutes later.
Wen Zheng organized the story according to the timeline of the three "Infernal Affairs" films.
After everyone listened, Wang Ye first expressed his opinion.
He affirmed: "Your story setting is very creative. The good and the bad guys work undercover for each other. But in reality, it is simply impossible for the bad guys to join our team."
Although Qin Fenghu said nothing, he nodded in affirmation.
Seeing this, Wang Ye also started talking, and then said: "Moreover, I can feel that your idea should be to express something deeper. Chen Yongren is unkind, Chen Yongxiao is unfilial, Liu Jianming suddenly realized that he wants to be a good person
, it’s a pity that I came out to arrest myself. As for the character of Officer Huang, who abets murder, I think it needs to be changed.”
Qin Fenghu suddenly interrupted: "Human nature makes sense, but after all, the Drug Enforcement Administration took the lead in the film, so we still have to pay attention to the impact."
He paused, turned to look at Wen Zheng and said: "What I want is not so complicated. The movie "Escape from the Amazon" you filmed was very good. It said one thing simply and clearly, We Dragon
No matter where our soldiers are, no matter what difficulties they encounter, they are always the best."
"The story you just told actually sounds a bit convoluted to me. I can imagine that in many places the audience will find it a bit brain-burning. If you don't handle every detail well, it can easily cause some misunderstandings. So I think it's better to keep it simple.
Just order it.”
Wen Zheng was a little embarrassed.
My mouth is dry, you can't tell me this, I want to express it simply and crudely.
Could it be that I didn't make it clear somewhere?
Zhao Qiuxing saw that Wen Zheng was in a bit of a dilemma, so he smiled and smoothed things over and said, "Wen Zheng, actually what Bureau Qin means is very simple. Just write about what an undercover agent went to the villain's side. Isn't that enough?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at him again, he could only bite the bullet and continue: "As long as we can express the dangers of being an undercover agent, show people why poison is called poison, and finally let the bad guys get the consequences they deserve, it's not
Is it over?"
Wang Ye smiled and said: "Indeed. To put it simply, Mr. Zhao's idea does meet the three keywords mentioned by Bureau Qin: undercover, anti-narcotics, and publicity. The problem is that simple and crude presentation does not mean that the story will fall into place.
Enter the cliché.”
"Xiao Wang and Mr. Zhao are right. I just want to show those three points simply and crudely, but the story shouldn't be too vulgar. After all, it's a movie."
Qin Fenghu affirmed.
Wen Zheng couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this.
The four words "simple and crude" made him suddenly remember another movie.
"disciple".
This crime film starring Hua Tsai, Principal Gu, and Yan Zu is completely in line with Qin Bureau's intention.
The most impressive thing in the movie is that it shows the audience why poison is defined as poison!
Wen Zheng remembers that when he was at Blue Star, he was almost frightened when he watched this movie for the first time, especially the scene where the wife of the character played by Principal Gu died of an overdose, which almost became a shadow of his childhood.
.
There is also the part about looking for hands, the part about Andy clamoring for a portion of caviar for each person, tsk tsk...
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "I have another idea, please listen to it first. The story is roughly like this, the undercover police went to the big boss to collect evidence..."
Another ten minutes later.
After hearing this, Qin Fenghu slapped his thigh and said: "This is what I want! Has the script been written? Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, hahaha..."
"That's it?"
Wen Zheng hesitated and said, "If there is no problem in buying shares, I have recently started polishing the script according to this story. I expect it will be completed after the singer competition. By then I will be..."
"No need to rush."
Qin Fenghu pressed his hands and said, "I have been waiting for half a year, and I don't mind waiting for an extra month. The story is a good story, but when it is made into a movie, the script should be polished carefully. Slow work will lead to fine work."
Wen Zheng didn't refute what he said, he just smiled and agreed.
As long as the singer competition is over and the system-locked permissions are opened again, isn't the script a matter of minutes?
Qin Fenghu suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted: "I almost forgot the most important thing. How much investment do you need? Which actors do you need?"
Speaking of investment, Zhao Qiuxing became interested.
He chuckled and said: "How about this, the investment thing is..."
Wen Zheng interrupted: "You don't have to worry about the investment. I want to do it myself. I want to keep the film copyright in my own hands, but I can give you a free license and you can use it as you like in the future."
He paused and then said: "Not only that, I want to donate half of the final proceeds of the movie to your colleagues who sacrificed their lives. The other half of the money, in addition to my costs, I want to also film the first story
come out."
"You don't want money, but you still want to donate money to me?"
Qin Fenghu couldn't believe his ears, "Actually, money is not an issue. I'm about to approve an exclusive sum of money. I'll find some investors for you after that."
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome," Wen Zheng chuckled. "Firstly, I still have some savings; secondly, I don't want to give up my copyright. After all, I still have a website."
Qin Fenghu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Since you insist, I will no longer insist on investing. However, you can hire actors in the name of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as long as you are interested in domestic actors."
If the actors can’t be invited, I’ll call them personally!”
"Thanks in advance then."
Wen Zheng said politely, and then said, "In addition, in order to achieve realistic effects, we may encounter some problems during the shooting, and I'm afraid I will have to trouble you at that time."
Qin Fenghu waved his hand and said: "These are all trivial matters. If you have any trouble, just go to Xiao Wang directly. But the premise is that the script can pass my level."
After everything was done, Zhao Qiuxing accompanied Wen Zheng and sent the two men from Bureau Qin downstairs.
After they left, before Zhao Qiuxing could say anything, Wen Zheng asked first, "You want to join the game, right? No problem. When Boss Lin comes back, I'll see how much money she can invest for me."
Zhao Qiuxing chuckled and said: "You have multiple people and multiple helpers. At least let the company participate, it can save you a lot of trouble. The director, actors, props, some certificates, and later publicity are not as simple as you think.
.”
Wen Zheng waved his hand and said: "Forget about being the director, I plan to do it myself."
"Huh? You want to be the director yourself?"
Zhao Qiuxing was shocked again, "It's not what I said. Director Zhang helped you last time. You may think that being a director is easy, but in fact, people are worrying about things you don't know. Besides, you are a professional in singing, but
When making movies, lines are separated by mountains, you must have heard this saying, right?"
"hehe."
"Don't be so hehe. I'm only telling you heartfelt words because of our relationship. Advice is offensive to my ears. Are you joking? I'll find you a famous director when the time comes. If we want to shoot, we'll shoot it well. This is also a pleasure."
This is the first step for music to enter the film industry, so we can’t let it go unnoticed.”
"You don't need to pay for the director?"
"..."
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The next day.
Ye Xiaoxue took the initiative to find Wen Zheng.
She asked: "I heard that you wanted to change the song for Zhou He, but he didn't agree?"
Wen Zheng spread his hands.
Ye Xiaoxue frowned and said: "I think he is confused. No one else can ask for such an opportunity, but he still dares to refuse it. He is simply too cautious, and seeking stability is not like this..."
"Okay," Wen Zheng interrupted angrily, taking out a copy of the lyrics and music that he had prepared a long time ago, "Take it. If we don't talk secretly, don't deliberately criticize him here. No matter what,
I am also the music director of the company. He can refuse my kindness, but I cannot derelict in my duties."
Ye Xiaoxue took the thing, pursed her lips and smiled: "You can see it."
"In terms of acting skills, you are really not bad at all."
Wen Zheng scolded, waved his hand and said: "Go ahead and do what you have to do, I'm busy. I'm going to record a song later. Although the entry song will be released after the competition, we still have to prepare it in advance."
Ye Xiaoxue stood still, looking at him with a half-smile and asked: "Why don't you ask me why I worry so much about him?"
"Does it have something to do with me?"
Wen Zheng choked back after saying one word.
Ye Xiaoxue curled her lips, imitated Wen Zheng's tone, and imitated coyly: "Are you familiar with him?"
That day when we went to Feng Yuyan's place for dinner, she suggested that Zhou He go practice singing with Shang Yingying, and Wen Zheng subconsciously said this.
Naturally, she could taste the sourness in her words. She was waiting for Wen Zheng to ask more questions before explaining, but she didn't expect that this guy was jealous, but he didn't have the slightest bit of curiosity.
"Very familiar?"
Wen Zheng corrected him, "These are my exact words."
Ye Xiaoxue chuckled and explained: "He and I knew each other before the competition. At that time, I was just an online singer. He has a legacy and has taught me a lot. Besides, he is married, okay?"
"What are you trying to explain to me? Can't we be more simple?"
Wen Zheng turned against General Yijun, but added another sentence, "Besides, who said that you are safe if you are married?"
As soon as the words came out, he realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly added: "I am worried that you will be taken advantage of by others. Let me make it clear. I admit that I admire you very much, but I am also a principled person. Do you understand principles?
?”
Ye Xiaoxue snorted softly and asked: "If I pester you a few more words, you want me to sing the opening song by myself?"
Wen Zheng said in a deep voice: "Don't think too much. We are all working hard for Boss Lin. I know how to make you talk about it, so I can only feel wronged by Wang Sisi."
Ye Xiaoxue had a hint of anger in her eyebrows and asked, "Do you know that these words are very hurtful?"
Wen Zheng raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Well, doesn't this already have the emotional tone of the opening song?"
Ye Xiaoxue stared at him for a long time, and finally left a "boring" comment, turned around and left with the lyrics for Zhou He.
A few days later.
Wen Zheng spent most of his time staring at Shang Yingying, helping her improve her singing of the song word by word, but the progress could only be said to be modest. After all, when you need to compare with others, talent is very precious.
The weekend comes in a blink of an eye.
The second round of the national finals of the singer competition was held as scheduled.
None of Wen Zheng's family came. The three elders did not want to suffer, and Wang Sisi and Liu Ziyue had no choice.
In Zhou Meiyun's words, I didn't hear anything Wen Zheng sang clearly in the last performance, and he still won first place. The competition level was simply not good, and there was even some shady stuff.
Moreover, it only lasts a few hours at the venue, which is still more comfortable than at home, and you can even set up a table of cards.
Like Wen Zheng's family, Lin Qi's family still did not attend.
As for Feng Yuyan, perhaps because she had benefited a lot from Wen Zheng in succession, although people were present at this scene, they did not put on the same posture as in the previous scene.
Beside the stage, Wen Zheng and Ye Xiaoxue were already in place.
The on-site director started the live broadcast countdown: "Every unit has decided to officially enter the live broadcast countdown! Ten, nine... three, two, one!"