"Summer of Idols" is indeed about to begin.
The symbol of the beginning is this promotional video.
The song "Summer Soseki" composed by Han Zhou serves as background music.
This music was not very famous in the past life. The Orange Sea band itself was a Chinese band that performed British rock and roll, and was a niche music band.
However, the prelude of this song is very famous.
On the Internet, many videos use the prelude of this music as BGM.
The most popular one is the one that plays on the meme "This kick brings about a hot summer", which is a spoof of the Dongbai Past Events series.
This BGM is also used by many people as a video clip of going through various hardships and reaping joy at the last moment.
Or, the BGM of going through many ups and downs and finally seeing the summer sunshine.
For example, some teams played this BGM during a crucial goal, and eventually the team won the championship of that season.
For example, there is a young lady who sits on a stool, lifts her legs high and changes into black stockings, high heels and a sexy little skirt in a changing video at the moment the BGM sounds.
The barrage of comments will all say "This kick will kick out the entire summer."
In its previous life, this song was actually quite controversial. A large number of users on WeChat who pretended to be cultured believed that the title of the song, Natsume Soseki, was a copy of the writer Natsume Soseki from the Land of Sakura.
Little did people know that Natsume Soseki was actually named Natsume Kinnosuke. He changed his name to this after reading Chinese classics and liking the idiom "Pillowing water and gargling with stones" from Chinese history.
There is an idiom that can be used by Chinese people, but it is called "碰瓷" (touching porcelain)? This kind of thinking can be said to be the most mindless wave of licking.
I guess even if Natsume Soseki were alive, he wouldn't have thought that someone would lick him like this.
Moreover, this idiom itself is the best complaint against these people.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was very popular to be fond of mountains and rivers, enjoy the bamboo forests, and express one's attitude by seclusion from the world.
Hence the expression "resting on a stone and rinsing one's mouth with water" came into being.
The general meaning is: I don’t live at home, I survive in the wilderness, I have personality, I am a cultured person.
But once, someone said "Pillowing the stone and rinsing the water", but it was wrong. It should be "Pillowing the water and rinsing the stone".
He explained himself before his companion could correct him.
The reason for sleeping on water is that you can wash your ears by sleeping in water.
The reason for rinsing your mouth with stones is that you can sharpen your teeth.
Here, an idiom from an even older era was used.
Xu You Washing His Ears probably means that Xu You was determined to cultivate his character and wandered around the mountains and forests. When he heard Emperor Yao say that he would give up the throne to him, he felt that his ears were polluted, so he washed his ears by the water.
Therefore, the idiom "pillowing water and rinsing stones" actually means that the world's judgments on me are all dirty words, I don't want to hear a word, I just want to hone myself.
This is also the reason why so many people say that Natsume Soseki is trying to copy Natsume Soseki, but neither the songwriter nor the singer has come out to respond.
The title of the song has already cursed these people, but they just don't know it because of their low level of culture. And this group of people pretending to be cultured are still posting comments on a certain website saying "They don't even know how uncultured Natsume Soseki is, and yet they still try to make trouble for me."
However, in this world, there is no such debate.
However, few young people can understand the title of the song Natsume Soseki.
I guess when they understand the four words "Summer Soseki" one day, they will realize how "sinister" Han Zhou is.
The song itself and the lyrics don't have much meaning. It basically means treating all bad things as romantic.
It's very typical British rock, but British rock is completely extinct in England, so in most cases, this is just a pop rock song that pursues a stylized prelude.
Many years ago, this type of song was popular. It hasn't appeared in many years. People who clicked on the MV felt it was refreshing.
When the music of "Da Da Da Da Dong" sounded, it really felt like summer was coming.
The pilot film was also very simple, with just a few actors practicing singing, body shape, dancing, and musical instruments.
Switching one by one, each scene looks boring and hard to practice.
Then, this group of people began to change their clothes, wearing the same small suits on the boat, combing their hair into the look of idols, and appeared in front of a door together.
One of them gently stretched out his foot and kicked the blocked door.
In the next scene, the BGM sounded "Da Da Da Da Dong!" and the scene switched to the venue set for "Idol's Midsummer".
There were four mentors standing in the venue.
The king of pop Zhang Ceyong, the little queen An Lan, the sleeping dragon Han Zhou, and the phoenix chick Lu Jin.
The four people laughed.
A recruitment order also appeared on the screen.
[Who will kick open the door to the entertainment industry and debut as the center this summer? 】
[This kick kicks out the whole summer]
Han Zhou was afraid that no one had thought of how to make a joke, so he kept repeating the phrase "This kick brings out the whole summer."
Han Zhou calculated the time and found that the first recording session was about to begin.
The next recording was already the first week after the college entrance examination, and the first episode was also broadcast at this time.
There are two months during this period, which is enough time for the BGM of the pilot film to become popular among the entire short video user group.
How much traffic can be brought during this period?
Especially after linking this song with midsummer, how many viewers will it attract in two months, especially since the short video user group is currently all teenagers.
It's a super coordinated promotion.
When the promotion came, Han Zhou had already arrived in Yanjing and was preparing every aspect of the program.
Although Han Zhou has a lot of information in his mind about how idol programs work.
But the only ones suitable for the current early stage of the program are the first two, one is Idol Producer and the other is Rocket 101.
Among the idol trainees, there is a famous idol who has fans all over the internet, but they are black fans.
But looking back at the show, he was already the one with the mildest illness.
Rocket 101 is better and received higher ratings, but the higher the ratings of a show, the more miserable its subsequent collapse will be.
Han Zhou's "Summer of Idols" can be said to be a combination of two programs to create a new program.
There is a pyramid at the venue.
There is a position at the top of the tower representing the C position.
There are many seats at the waist of the tower.
There are also many seats at the bottom of the tower.
At this time, many trainees had already entered and started choosing their positions.
Some people were bold enough to sit directly on the pyramid.
Someone is sitting under the pyramid.
These people are all getting to know each other.
They were all just young men of seventeen or eighteen years old, and the oldest was no more than twenty-two years old.
"Here it comes, that person is McCas!"
McCas is one of the two trainees bought by Penguin or Lee Sang-hong from South Korea.
McCas is very talented, but he has never had a chance to debut in South Korea. When Li Shanghong's people came there, it can be said that the three parties hit it off immediately.
There are so many trainees in South Korea now, and they would be happy to sell them for cash.
Li Shanghong was able to directly find people to participate in the program under the name of Penguin Entertainment, so he was naturally happy.
And McCas was even happier when he knew that he finally had the chance to make his debut.
Soon, another person that everyone knew showed up.
"Xu Ping from Global China!"
"He was originally going to debut as a singer, but this time, he was pushed to our show."
As more and more people came, there were already seventy or eighty people present.
The three members of Xinyu walked in at this time.
"Oh my god! Wang Chuyang is here!"
Some people didn't know Wang Chuyang and wondered, "Is he famous?"
The person next to him whispered, "The three new entertainment stars have already gained millions of fans even though they haven't made their debut yet and have only released songs on a small scale. Their first single has sold 800,000 copies, and they have already released their second single. Even though they haven't made their debut yet, it's not much different from having made one."
"Among the three new talents in the entertainment industry, Wang Chuyang has the best overall performance, Lin Jianqiu is a great singer, and Wang Mo is a great dancer."
"Wang Chuyang may be the most suitable person to sit in the center position so far."
Someone was already inviting Wang Chuyang to sit in the C position.
However, every contestant will be caught by the camera and asked to introduce themselves when entering the venue.
Wang Chuyang's self-introduction consisted of only one sentence.
With a cold face, he said, "My sister is one of the investors of this show, but I don't like this kind of life of just eating and waiting to die. I hope to become a real idol and make my debut."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the platform.
Lin Jianqiu: "I am just an ordinary person. I am not the son of a once-popular actor, nor the nephew of a first-line singer. I am just Lin Jianqiu. If there is anything special about me, it may be that my teacher is called Han Zhou."
Wang Mo was more honest: "Hello everyone, my name is Wang Mo, I am good at dancing and choreography, I hope you can like me."
Han Zhou knew that the idol trainee's appearance mode where everyone performed their talents individually would definitely be dragged out and criticized in the future.
So, this part adopts the format of everyone just saying one sentence in front of the camera and that’s it.
When Wang Chuyang arrived at the pyramid, the person who was originally sitting at the top of the pyramid immediately made way for Wang Chuyang to sit.
Wang Chuyang sat in the second row with a smile on his face.
The man immediately said: "Wang Chuyang, come and sit here."
Wang Chuyang: "No, no, the top of the tower is not suitable for secretly playing with your phone."
The man looked puzzled: "But... weren't our phones confiscated? Don't you have one?"
Wang Chuyang laughed awkwardly: "Ah? Really?"
Finally, Lin Jianqiu ran over and sat in the C position.
Many people are discussing who is more powerful between Wang Chuyang and Lin Jianqiu.
Many people think that Wang Chuyang is slightly stronger, with Lin Jianqiu closely behind.
To put it simply, Lin Jianqiu is the big devil, and Wang Chuyang himself is a rich kid. Due to reasons of avoiding suspicion, he may not be able to debut as the center.
At this time, HNT entered the market.
The whole place was in riot.
"HNT is here!"
“It’s HNT!”
"What a brain-dead...what an ugly combination."
"Zhangdie doesn't look as unfashionable as he looks in the video."
"That Liu Yanzhou looks very unhappy."
HNT is more famous than the three new entertainment companies.
Because there is no young person at the scene who doesn’t play short videos. Even if they don’t play Bilibili and only play Yinlang, they can’t avoid HNT.
"What are they doing here? Are their professional abilities really enough to make their debut?"
"Are you here to hype me up?"
In fact, all the conversations of these trainees have been recorded by cameras and radio, and will be broadcast in the future.
But many of them apparently don't realize it.
The three HNT people are not deaf and can hear what they are saying.
The three of them saw that there was no way they could sit together.
So they sat apart.
Liu Yanzhou didn't bother to be polite and went straight to sit in the second row.
Zhang Die found a seat at the bottom of the pyramid.
Wei Chengan could only sit in the area outside the pyramid.
At this moment, the door opposite the pyramid was pushed open.
The four great mentors came out.
Han Zhou walked in front, and the other three walked beside him.
All the trainees fell silent.
The most famous one is of course Zhang Ceyong. Zhang Ceyong in this world is almost equivalent to half of Jay Chou in his previous life.
He is the only king under the age of 35.
The strongest among the others are just quasi-kings, and they haven’t climbed over this hurdle yet.
Zhang Ceyong's appearance startled the trainees.
Their cell phones were confiscated, but they did not see the promotional video that the outside world could see.
"Chuck Yong!"
"Zhang Tianwang!"
"Hiss~"
Han Zhou has done some research and found that the biggest problem with idol-type programs is that the forces of each show are too dispersed, and it is difficult to gather a full lineup of singers to form a panel of judges.
Choosing actors to be mentors can certainly attract traffic, but it is not as effective as a superstar in film, television and music.
This time, Hanzhou New World is taking the lead, so of course we need the best lineup.
Global China sent Zhang Ceyong directly.
You know, Zhang Ceyong never participates in variety show recordings, so it's surprising that he appears on this show.
Obviously, after watching Han Zhou's early operations for idols, An Shengnan keenly discovered that Universal China had fallen far behind in this regard and must pay attention, so she asked Zhang Ceyong to come over.
Zhang Ceyong smiled: "Hello, fellow trainees, my name is Zhang Ceyong, from today on I will be your vocal teacher, if you have any questions, you can ask me."
Zhang Ceyong: "But let me make it clear first, I don't know how to wash clothes, so don't ask me questions about this."
No one expected that King Zhang's first sentence would be a joke, and many people laughed.
An Lan then spoke up: "Hello, trainees. I'm An Lan."
"From today on, I will be your instrumental music teacher."
"Of course, I guess you won't have too many questions in this area, so when Teacher Zhang is not here, you can ask me about vocal music."
Someone in the audience shouted: "Goddess An!!!"
"I love you!!!"
An Lan smiled and said, "I'm going to release an album soon, remember to buy it."
One trainee shouted, “But I heard we have to train in isolation for two months?!”
An Lan: "Well...it's okay then."
Lu Jin smiled: "Hello everyone, I used to be a trainee, but I didn't expect to become a mentor now."
"I'm a good dancer, so I'm your dance instructor."
"But I will be very strict. If someone doesn't train seriously, I will not show mercy."
Everyone at the scene knew that Lu Jin was a senior in this field.
Although they don't know that the Chinese idol industry and the Korean idol industry have parted ways from today.
But that doesn't stop them from knowing that Lu Jin is an awesome idol.
Finally, Han Zhou spoke: "Hello, fellow trainees. My name is Han Zhou, and I'm your arrangement teacher."
“That aspect is not really important.”
"I am still the representative of the National Producers. In the next 150 days, you will grow here, and the ultimate goal is to get nine positions in the group."
"And the opportunity to debut as the center."
"And I will be the biggest obstacle on your road to becoming an idol."
"Because I represent the national producers, I need to be responsible to all the audiences, so I will be very strict."
"Okay, please take your seats, three instructors."
The other three sat down, and Han Zhou followed suit: "Today is the first day. I know you haven't debuted yet, but some of you are in groups and some are individual trainees."
"So, does anyone want to perform? Today may be the last time you perform in a familiar team, so... seize the opportunity to perform."
Soon, a team of two people stood up together.
If one dares to be the first to stand up when singing or dancing, he must want to make a splash.
In fact, their singing is pretty good and listenable, and their dancing is also good.
Being able to sing and dance at the same time, to be honest, is better than most trainees.
However, their singing skills are not that good, their voices are just okay, and their singing skills are very standardized, like a production line.
Zhang Ceyong turned his head to look at Han Zhou and the other two, and whispered: "Is this considered a high or low level among the trainees?"
Han Zhou asked in return: "Is this considered a high or low level in a singer's talent show?"
Zhang Ceyong: "I debuted by releasing an album, and I never participated in a talent show."
An Lan smiled and said, "This is considered to be above average among the first-time contestants."
"But if the recording ends on that day, there's no way they'll be able to debut as a group at this level."
Zhang Ceyong understood: "Then I know."
It was Zhang Ceyong’s first time participating in a variety show and he had no idea how to record a variety show. If An Lan hadn’t been there, Zhang Ceyong had never even heard of Han Zhou and Lu Jin.
However, now that Zhang Ceyong has confirmed his participation in the program, he went to listen to Han Zhou and Lu Jin's songs.
Zhang Ceyong discovered that Han Zhou's songs were very powerful, and almost every song was sung for the purpose of standing out.
Lu Jin did not make any mistakes in any of his songs, but they were not very good.
Therefore, Zhang Ceyong is a little unclear about what an idol is.
Now just ask directly and I understand.
The show continued, and Zhang Ceyong praised every group.
"Yes, it sounds good."
"You can sing well."
"Oh, this is good."
“Well, this look is very handsome.”
It's obvious that he's just trying to be a good guy.
Until one group of contestants, Zhang Ceyong looked at the stage in confusion, and then looked at the speakers: "Stop!"
The three trainees dancing on the stage hurriedly stopped and bowed: "Teacher Zhang."
Zhang Ceyong: "Lip sync? Lip-synching??!"
Lu Jin hurriedly explained: "This group is good at dancing, so they are performing a group dance now, but they are used to singing and dancing during practice, not lip syncing."
Zhang Ceyong suddenly realized: "Oh! That's a good dance, keep working hard, but I hope you can sing while dancing in the future."
"After all, idols are also a type of musician, so lip syncing is not very suitable."
It was not until this time that the three new entertainment companies appeared on the scene.
Zhang Ceyong also didn’t know the three new entertainment stars.
But when the three began to sing, Zhang Ceyong keenly discovered that these three people were different from the others.
His voice is naturally better than others , and his singing skills seem to be different from the assembly line-produced singing of others. Each has its own characteristics.
Zhang Ceyong was a little confused.
Whispering: "Do idol groups pursue uniformity, or can they have individuality? This group seems to be different."
Han Zhou explained: "The reason for being uniform is that the others have not yet reached the level of being qualified. All of them need to master the necessary things in a unified way. After reaching this level, they can develop their own styles."
"However, when performing group dances or singing and dancing, the sound must be unified."
Zhang Ceyong understood: "This group is currently the strongest."
"It sounds like they have more money than other groups, and their songs are not on the same level."
Han Zhou smiled awkwardly: "I wrote it."
Zhang Ceyong smiled and looked at Han Zhou: "Why are there still trainees who have your songs?"
Han Zhou laughed awkwardly: "I need to eat, and it's not shameful to make money. People pay a high price for it, so I can't say I won't sell it."
Zhang Ceyong nodded: "Yeah, I wonder if anyone has asked me to write a song for them."
Han Zhou: "Brother Ce, your price is too high. I'm afraid they can't afford it."
The performance of the three new entertainment companies is over, and their level is obviously one level higher.
Someone shouted at this time: "HNT, go!"
Someone also added fuel to the fire: "Before debut, the only one who was more famous than them was you, HNT."
"Go ahead!"
Zhang Die stood up.
Liu Yanzhou and Wei Chengan stood up immediately when they saw Zhang Die stand up.
Standing on the stage, we still have to chat. Zhang Ceyong: "I heard that you are very famous, but are you blacklisted by the whole network?"
"Your company wants to promote you as a personalized idol, an idol that cannot be defined?"
Zhang Die: "I know our group is a clown. Many people look down on us and think we are too unsophisticated and shouldn't be on this show."
“But here we are.”
"Because we suddenly realize, or we want to know whether hard work can make us successful."
Zhang Ceyong was also surprised. He didn't expect these young people to like telling the truth so much.
How's that for editing?
However, Zhang Ceyong still nodded: "I support everyone who has a dream. What are you going to perform?"
Zhang Die: "We rehearsed a song that has never been performed publicly before, and saved it for today's stage."
"Dreaming of the Innocent Heart."