The three people on the stage sat and prepared.
Han Zhou was on the judging panel: "They can't sing, they can't dance, they don't study hard, and they don't have much talent."
Zhang Ceyong didn't expect that Han Zhou's description of a group could be said to be extremely derogatory.
A bit unexpected.
"So bad? Then I feel like they are the most famous of all the groups."
Han Zhou: "They shouldn't be here in the first place. As trainees, they shouldn't be eligible to release songs. They should keep training until they are past the debut age and still not be able to release songs."
"But the company gave them a chance to try out some more interesting songs."
“And they became famous.”
Zhang Ceyong nodded: "So that's how it is."
Han Zhou sighed: "If it were just this, it would be fine."
"When they released their second song, netizens saw through everything. At this point, the three guys realized their mistakes of evading and being lazy, and wanted to continue in this industry."
"But their poor business capabilities have long been known throughout the Internet."
"Among the young people nowadays, anyone who knows about the entertainment industry or the short video and niche music circles is a hater of theirs."
Zhang Ceyong was a little surprised.
Han Zhou: "However, in order to continue in this industry, they are willing to lose face and release songs on short video websites. They even agreed to go to Banana Country after becoming popular there. This is to make money. Only when they make money will the company continue to write songs for them."
"Well, they're going to sing this song. I wrote it."
Lu Jin: "But, you said they don't have good professional skills. If they can't sing well, wouldn't it be a waste of your song?"
Han Zhou turned around and looked at Lu Jin: "They paid."
Zhang Ceyong laughed.
Han Zhoucai continued: "I wrote a song that they can't sing. If they sing well, I will continue to write songs for them in the future. If they can't sing well again, I won't write songs for them even if you pay me."
An Lan smiled, thinking to herself: There is something fishy going on, you must have done this on purpose.
But he said: "So, their future does not lie in the program "Summer of Idols", but in whether they work hard enough after they wake up, and whether they can catch up with the progress of other trainees in a short time."
Zhang Ceyong smiled: "It's interesting."
At this time, Zhang Die on the stage raised his head and looked at Han Zhou.
There was a glimmer of fire in Zhang Die's eyes.
In the past, Zhang Die felt that life was just like this, and what difference did it make whether he worked hard or not.
Until that week when the business exploded, he gave all the money he earned to his grandmother.
Suddenly, Zhang Die felt his significance as a human being.
Sometimes people don't live just for themselves.
For the sake of family and brothers, these are not reasons to give up.
Life is not easy. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be called life.
Liu Yanzhou and Wei Chengan, one on the left and one on the right, both looked at Zhang Die.
The music starts.
Zhang Die spoke up: "Where is the world full of flowers?
If it really exists, I would go.
I want to be there on the highest mountain
Don’t care if it’s a cliff or not…”
After singing the first verse, Zhang Ceyong said: "It's over, it's too high."
"Oh, no."
Zhang Ceyong then remembered that Han Zhou had said that he had written a song specifically for them that they couldn't sing.
In fact, the original version of "Dreaming of the Innocent Heart" was set too high, and it was not intentional, it was an accident.
When the album was recorded, the background music had already been prepared, so the Gala band members discovered that the piano was recorded in a higher pitch.
But they no longer had the money to hire someone to re-record the song, so they just sang it anyway.
To the point that the sound was broken throughout.
But why was this song released? It was because the combination of the lyrics and the sound of the song, coupled with the broken voice throughout, achieved an unexpected effect. This song was born to be broken.
So, the whole time you sing it you haven't broken your voice but are on the verge of breaking it, and when it reaches the climax, it breaks directly!
Han Zhou did not tell HNT's third brother this.
Han Zhou just wanted to see when they would realize and show their true feelings.
Perhaps, the hardships during this period of time are enough?
“Maybe I don’t have the talent
But I have the innocence of dreams
I will prove it with my life
Maybe I'm clumsy.
But I want to keep exploring
Give all your youth without any regrets~! "
Zhang Ceyong knew that several people could not sing this song, so he waited to listen to the car accident scene.
However, Zhang Ceyong was a little surprised by the rich emotions of Zhang Die and the other two.
Lu Jin: “It’s broken…”
No regrets, the regret is broken.
What a pity.
But, what is more regrettable is that I broke my voice while singing 'No Regrets'.
Or is it more regrettable that you don’t even dare to go on stage and sing out of tune?
Zhang Die on the stage burst into tears:
"Run forward! Facing the cold eyes and ridicule
How can we feel the vastness of life without going through hardships?
Fate, it can't be helped! ! Let us kneel down! Beg for mercy! ! !
Even if my arms are covered with blood!"
An Lan took a deep breath and nodded: "It sounds good."
Lu Jin: “It’s broken, but it doesn’t seem to… ruin the completion of the song.”
Zhang Ceyong: "Sublimated."
Han Zhou's inner thoughts: See, see, I can inspire him with this combination, and inspiration leads to success, and success leads to explosive success! See, this is strength!
Wei Chengan: "Keep running! With the pride of a child
How can we see the brilliance of life if we don't persist?
Rather than lingering on, it is better to burn out."
Three people were on the stage, with their heads held high and their necks stretched, singing to their heart's content:
“One day it will sprout again!”
Broken voice? Who cares?
Wasn't "My Skateboard Shoes" out of tune enough? Didn't it become a hit?
and!
Who says broken voice can’t be nice?
Who says you shouldn’t pursue this career if you don’t have talent?
Who says it’s too late to work hard now if you didn’t work hard before?
Who is defining whether HNT is an idol group?
"Depression after failure
That's a coward's behavior!"
"As long as you have breath left, please clench your fists!"
"Before dawn
We must be braver!"
At the scene, many trainees stood up.
Damn it, how come this awful and brain-dead group got so excited while singing?
Is this song the theme song of our "Summer of Idols"?
Some people also despised it: "Such a good song, but it was completely ruined. What a joke... If we were a group to sing this song, we would definitely become famous overnight!"
Some people disagreed with their view: "He was already famous before he came here."
Some people are wondering: "Which one is better, "Proud Boy" or "Chasing Dreams"? "
On one side are the representative works of the three new entertainment companies.
On one side is HNT's new work.
It seems to be the same theme, the same thing, the same song, written by the same person.
"Keep running!!!! With pure pride!"
"How can we see the brilliance of life if we don't persist to the end?"
It is better to burn out than to linger on
For the good in my heart
Don’t compromise until you get old! ”
At the end of the song, Zhang Die burst into tears, and put his left hand around Wei Chengan's neck and his right hand around Liu Yanzhou's neck.
The entire network has been blackened in the past two weeks, and all the unwillingness and pain of falling to the bottom after success have been vented out.
Zhang Die knew that he was clearly wrong.
But Zhang Die was also stubborn and believed that that was his past self. What right do you have to say that HNT will also be a piece of shit in the future? !
I can learn!
You see, today I am just singing.
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will learn to dance well, and I will dance a dance that none of you can dance!
I can play the piano. You have been learning it since elementary school, and I started learning it today.
I can act cool. You are born in a privileged family, but I am born in the countryside, so I am a country bumpkin? I can learn.
But you can’t define who I am today by who I was yesterday.
Don't compromise until you get old.
Zhang Die had tears streaming down his face, but he held his head up stubbornly. Even though he couldn't stop the tears from falling at all, he remained stubborn.
Many people were applauding.
Many people were cheering.
Many people wondered: "Is this still the HNT that sang "Wrong, Wrong"?"
Someone sighed: "This is still the HNT singing "My Skateboard Shoes", but with a different spirit. They are serious today."
On the judges' panel, Lu Jin applauded: "Good, you sang well."
An Lan: "Well, very good, worthy of an A."
The principle of the five classes SABCD remains unchanged.
Maybe Zhang Die could have gotten an S if he had shown a little bit of dancing skills.
But unfortunately, no one in HNT is good at music theory, and no one is good at choreography, so they can't get an S.
But getting an A is definitely what everyone expects.
Wei Chengan, who often says nothing after three sentences, said: "Teacher An, we only want D."
As he spoke, Wei Chengan looked at his two brothers and said, "We know that we have the worst foundation, so we have to start from the lowest class. This doesn't mean we have to give up. Our goal in the future is to debut."
Zhang Ceyong looked at Han Zhou: "What do you say?"
Han Zhou stood up and looked at the three people: "In fact, there are some things that cannot be avoided. For example, this song was written by me."
"I made up my mind a long time ago that if you can't sing this song, I won't write songs for you anymore."
"In fact, you can sing, but... you should know that this is a trick."
“Sometimes people fail a little bit in doing something, but luck always helps those who work hard.”
"Or you can say it the other way around."
"Since luck has helped you, you should work harder."
"Your foundation is very poor, but there are still two full months until the next recording session."
"For two months, the best teachers will come to teach all of you."
"No matter who you are, today you only represent yourselves as trainees. In the future, when midsummer comes, who will succeed and who will fail will depend on your efforts during this period."
"To be honest, I think this show is quite interesting today."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "I have decided that in the future, I will write a song for each of your programs, a background music that is unique to your hard work."
"Let Brother Yong say a few words."
Zhang Ceyong stood up: "Okay, very good, it's all broken, all emotion, no technique at all."
"This emotion can certainly move me, but a singer can't always rely on emotions to make a living."
"So, from now on, you have to speak with hard work and learning."
"This song 'Chasing Dreams' is very similar to 'Proud Boy' by Wang Chuyang, Lin Jianqiu, and Wang Mo, but you should be very clear that you can't always rely on your emotions to fight against three such powerful people, right?"
Zhang Die: "Teacher Zhang, one day, we will confront Chu Yang and his group head-on."
Wang Chuyang stood up on the pyramid and said calmly: "I'll wait for you."
Up to now, everyone on the scene is very clear about how powerful this episode will be when it is released.
The concept of universal producers was proposed to enhance the sense of participation.
The format of the program is very attractive to young people.
It changed some of the things that were done to death in previous talent shows and reshaped new ideas such as "debuting as the center" and "aiming to form a group."
In the first episode, a powerful trio of new entertainment stars emerged, three tough guys labeled as "If you don't work hard at singing, you have to go back and inherit the family property", "Big Devil" and "New Generation Dance King".
The HNT trio stood out again and were mocked and blackened by the entire network, but they relied on "Dreaming" to make people feel their sincerity.
There are also some strong individual players. Everyone in the second tier is basically a handsome guy, young, with excellent professional skills and first-class expression management. It can almost be said that these people can make their debut directly if they are sent to South Korea.
With so many attractions, many people can find what they like in them.
It also means that this show can attract many, many people.
After recording for so long, it can almost be said to be a success.
Next, everyone received the first level assigned by the instructor, and then they were divided into classes and began training.
It's just a matter of following the process.
As for the training process, you have to become a member of Penguin Video to watch it.
It's the member version.
At this time, "Summer Soseki" had already become a huge hit in the outside world.
A large number of short videos have begun to use the prelude or the second interlude of "Natsumi Soseki" as BGM.
Especially, Yinlang has just attracted many good-looking UP hosts.
These people are not very popular and are trying every possible way to figure out how to attract fans.
Someone made a video of playing the prelude to "Natsumi Soseki" and then sitting on a stool and kicking their legs in casual clothes.
It instantly ignited the enthusiasm of creators in the entire beauty zone.
Almost everyone is using this template to shoot videos.
Now, Yinlang’s strategy is to reject rustic music and go for high-end music.
The BGM of "Summer Soseki" is advanced enough, and the appearance of these new anchors in the beauty zone, the quality of their costumes, and the lighting are all very advanced.
This can be said to be the first time that a large-scale heat template has appeared since the establishment of Yinlang.
Yinlang officially started promoting this type of video.
As a result, more and more people imitated it!
As more and more people imitated, some people started to use their brains.
If my looks have improved, I can dress sexier. If I’m funny, why can’t I take the opportunity to be funny too?
As this wave began, some official accounts that had just entered Yinlang discovered it.
Since everyone is cross-dressing, can't our uniform group also cross-dress?
Aren’t we handsome enough?
Under the scorching sun, the young people worked hard and sweated. Finally, to the sound of "Da Da Da Da Dong!", they transformed into full-fledged members wearing firefighter uniforms.
This video went viral at the fastest speed.
Even Yinlang officials didn't expect such a video to appear.
The popularity of this video is so high that it has created a new history of sound waves!
I'm afraid that among all people, only Lu Xiaosheng, the head of New World's network department, knows what is going on.
Because, five days ago, Han Zhou told him to wait for such a video and then promote it.
Various videos appeared, including fire police in disguise, police in disguise, armed police in disguise, special police in disguise, and even students taking graduation photos.
It ignited the entire traffic market.
At the same time, Lu Xiaosheng led the team to promote such videos crazily.
Received a new task.
That is to promote a concept.
'People born in the 1990s have started working'
' After the post-90s and post-00s manage official accounts, they are just skinny'
This wave of popularity is what Yinlang has been longing for. As they move from the primitive accumulation stage to truly entering society, they must have this wave of popularity.
What Han Zhou wants is this wave of popularity to make the BGM of "Summer Soseki" popular.
But Yinlang is not a fool.
Soon, their technical department discovered that there were operators who were frantically pushing the popularity of this type of video.
With this wave of popularity, the number of Yinlang users has increased faster than when it just started operating half a year ago and spent crazy money to attract users.
Professionals? What are you doing? Let us get the free stuff?
Soon, Yinlang sent its vice president to visit New World.
Han Zhou also had to return to Hengdian.
Originally, after the first episode of "Summer of Idols" was finished, Han Zhou was going to return to the crew of "The World's Number One" to prepare for the final shoot and then wrap up the show.
But now, Yinlang’s people have arrived, and Han Zhou has to go.
To be honest, the daily headlines have already appeared, but the sound wave has not yet risen.
At this time, the vice president of Toutiao came to visit, which was full of sincerity.
…
In the office, Yang Hong introduced: "I am the representative and legal person of New World, but the president and..."
Li Jiaan, vice president of Toutiao: "Han Zhou, the owner of most of New World's shares, I know, hello, Mr. Han."
Han Zhou shook hands with Li Jiaan: "Mr. Li, please take a seat."
Li Jiaan: "Recently, New World has been promoting itself on Yinlang and using official accounts to promote it, which was beyond our plan."
"But according to the rules, Sound Wave cannot allow such a situation."
Han Zhou smiled: "Rules are dead, but people are alive."
Li Jiaan said bluntly: "To be honest, with this wave of popularity, we have also seen the importance of operations."
"We feel that New World is a company with great capabilities and experience in this area."
"So, we have a plan where we exchange one percent of our shares for 55 percent of New World's shares."
Han Zhou smiled: "Just kidding."
Li Jiaan: "Our current valuation is 700 million US dollars."
Han Zhou: "You're just joking."
"I know that you are currently conducting a second round of financing, and the amount of financing is at least 300 million."
"If the number of Yinlang users exceeds 300 million, your financing amount can even reach 1 billion US dollars."
Li Jiaan was a little surprised.
Things like this...how can outsiders estimate this?
Short videos are a new industry, and it took our company a long time to calculate some key figures.
Han Zhou: "Even if you complete the second round of financing of 1 billion US dollars, exchanging 1% of the shares for my 55% of the shares is still a joke."
Li Jiaan frowned.
He checked and found out that New World was a new entertainment company that had been established not long ago.
Han Zhou: "Let's not talk about anything else. Just the fact that I took over more than 20% of the staff of Speed ​​Pass who disbanded a few months ago is already worth over 100 million. The cash cost of my current investment in this company is over 100 million, and the value of my works has long exceeded 300 million."
"In addition, my entire fortune is invested in the company, and I will not allow external share swaps."
"I have a plan. Do you want to hear it?"
Li Jiaan was puzzled: "What kind of plan?"
Han Zhou: "I will help you complete the task of 300 million downloads. After that, before your second round of financing, I will use 300 million to buy 6% of your shares."
Li Jiaan couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Boss Han, you are joking too."
"If we succeed in making Sound Wave, then 1 billion US dollars, or 6.8 billion, can only buy us 30% of the shares to expand our recruitment."
"Before this, three hundred million US dollars, or two billion, could only exchange for 30% of our shares. In other words, the value of each 1% of our shares is 66 million."
"Your 300 million in exchange for 6% of our shares is only 80% of our current price, not to mention that it is already time for the second round of financing."
Han Zhou smiled: "I am doing this for you to see. I am telling you that I may not be able to cause any damage to Yinlang, but I can always promote another short video company to the level of being on par with you, or even surpassing you."
Li Jiaan smiled: "Bi Station?"
Han Zhou: "It's impossible for Bilibili. Bilibili was originally positioned to provide free videos. Freeloaders can't make any money."
"I said, snap."
As soon as these two words came out, Li Jiaan's face changed immediately.
Li Jiaan knew that the operation route of the sound wave he represented was to move towards high-end first, using style to defeat fast beats, and finally, when fast beats no longer worked, the sound wave would start to move towards comprehensive things, including earthy and brainless things, which the sound wave would also want in the future, but not now.
However, Toutiao has a huge problem, that is, how to make the sound waves stylish and high-end?
And this is exactly what the New World is performing recently.
Although Bilibili is very large now, Yinlang is not afraid of Bilibili at all.
However, Yinlang is more afraid of Kuaipai, which it just started spending money to promote this month.
If you start shooting quickly and change your strategy to make high-end, templated videos, then that would be a scary enemy.
What New World has recently demonstrated is how to make stylish videos and promote the popularity of templated videos.
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you may not understand what I mean."
"What I want is 300 million and 6% of Yinlang's shares, and my shares will remain unchanged after the share expansion."
"If you cooperate with me, I am confident that I can lead the popularity wave by wave and make Yinlang use up all the capital investment of Kuaipai. Even if Penguin enters the market at that time, it will not be a match."
"If I'm fast-shooting, then..."
Li Jiaan: "If that's the case, why doesn't Mr. Han invest directly in Kuaipai? Kuaipai now has more than 20% of their shares for 300 million."
Han Zhou: "My main business is the entertainment industry, not short videos."
“What I value is your technology, and what I can give you is productization.”
"We are a strong alliance, and the 6% stake of 300 million is the benefit you must give me after the cooperation."
“If I want to promote Stories, fine, but I’ll have to put my energy aside and slow down the development of my own company.”
“So, I hope this cooperation can be carried out.”
Li Jiaan stood up and said, "Boss Han, you have a big appetite. Maybe you have the ability to eat it, but... this matter is not something I can decide."
Han Zhou also stood up: "We all work in the market, I know very well whether Mr. Li has this right or not."
"The president of your company is in charge of technology, not management."
"Besides, Mr. Li, you should consider one thing."
Li Jiaan looked at Han Zhou.
Han Zhou smiled: "People who work in technology are all very cold-blooded."
Li Jiaan looked at Han Zhou meaningfully, then laughed out loud: "Maybe, we can talk about it."
"However, the target of the second round of financing is Penguin. If they really participate, this matter may be..."
Han Zhou: "I have a good relationship with Penguin. Your second round of financing has nothing to do with me. It is your own business."
"But I know that your ambition and the penguins' greed will never work together."
"Instead of testing me, why don't you discuss it among yourselves?"
"Or, do you want to see New World run something similar on other short video websites? To show off its strength?"
Li Jiaan's face changed.
Now all short video websites are very vulnerable. Instead of letting such people stir up trouble in the market, it is better to pull them into your own camp.
"Boss Han, you don't need to say too much when talking to smart people. In this case, how about waiting for our internal news?"
Han Zhou extended his hand: "Okay, Mr. Li."
This is the last link in Han Zhou's arrangement. Once this link is completed, a closed loop of capital operation will be formed within the New World.
If this link is completed, Han Zhou can truly devote himself to the entertainment market and truly stir up the storm!
After the discussion, Han Zhou hurriedly set off for Xi City.
This time, not only does it have to finish "The World's Number One", but it also has to establish a branch of New World in Xi City.
But the framework has been set up recently, and it’s just a matter of recruiting people. Sister Hong will be in charge of this task.
Han Zhou just needs to watch the results.