Chapter 312 Xia Ye
The production of these tapes was the result of Pacific Records' efforts over a year, but even so, in He Zhili's opinion, these achievements were not worth showing off, because all the singers and songs were either already famous or old songs that had been sung for a long time, and Pacific Records merely re-recorded, organized and released them.
Although these songs are good, they also have many distinct mainland characteristics. Compared with those songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, these songs are not low in artistic content and have positive content, but because they do not belong to the category of pop songs, the professional are too high. And young people nowadays prefer pop songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In comparison, pop songs are more popular than traditional songs.
It is for this reason that Pacific Company has been trying to change and explore. In the beginning, it simply cooperated with famous singers to record and release old songs and good songs. It also intended to learn the model of its counterparts in Hong Kong to create singers and characteristics that belong to it, so as to create popular songs that are in line with the trend.
But this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is very difficult to actually do it.
Firstly, it is not easy to find good singers. There are only a few famous or promising singers nowadays. Moreover, these singers either have formal units or are unwilling to sing non-traditional songs. Due to ideological reasons, traditional singers have different views on pop songs, and most of them think that pop songs cannot be regarded as real songs at all.
Secondly, there are few good songs. Due to domestic realities and people's traditional concepts, many songwriters pay more attention to the positive and educational significance of songs in their creation, and they sneer at pop songs (popular songs) that are not traditional.
Even in Hong Kong, there are not many real creators, and many pop songs are actually plagiarized.
There are many cases where people take popular songs from Japan, rewrite the lyrics, and then give the songs to their own singers in a completely different way.
From the 1980s to the 1990s, many singers in Hong Kong or those songs that were widely circulated mostly came from this way, but the mainland was not aware of it due to lack of information and information asymmetry. After the 21st century, with the explosion of information flow, many people have figured out the true origins of many songs that they have been listening to since childhood.
The real explosion of pop songs in mainland China was in 1986, when Pacific Records produced the tape "Songs Across the Four Seas" for the famous singer Fei Xiang. In addition, Fei Xiang appeared on the stage of the 1987 Spring Festival Gala at the beginning of the following year, which ignited a blazing fire in that winter. The mainland's view of pop songs began to undergo a huge change, thus promoting the rapid development of this industry.
Today, He Zhili actually heard two unfamiliar good songs in Luo Yang. Although these two songs belong to the category of popular songs, they do not have all the problems of those popular songs that have been strongly criticized. The lyrics are sincere and touching, and at the same time they make people feel moved and nostalgic. If there can be more, even if Song Yuanchao can write songs directly for Pacific Company, it would be so much better!
He Zhili could not help but ask to get to know Song Yuanchao. If he could get to know this person, it would be very helpful for the future of Pacific Company. However, facing He Zhili's question, Luo Yang was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help laughing.
Shaking his head, Luo Yang said bluntly: "My friend is not a professional in this field, and he doesn't like to show up in front of outsiders, so I can only decline the offer for him."
"This... Mr. Luo, can't we discuss it? If your friend can cooperate with our company, the conditions we offer are very generous." He Zhili felt a little disappointed, but at the same time he also wanted to fight for it again.
Luo Yang shook his head: "There's no need to mention this matter anymore. I know exactly what he's thinking. To be honest, he told me before he came here that I must not reveal his true identity to anyone."
"This... is such a pity..." He Zhili sighed. If the other party was an ordinary person, He Zhili might have appealed to his feelings and reason, but Luo Yang's identity was different. Maybe his friend had the same identity as Luo Yang and was just playing around. In this case, it would be impossible to invite him.
If Luo Yang knew what He Zhili was thinking now, he would probably laugh his head off. Song Yuanchao has always been very independent. Not to mention He Zhili, even Luo Yang couldn't persuade him if there were things he didn't want to do.
Besides, Song Yuanchao was not short of money, so how could he care about the small amount of money from the Pacific Company? Although Luo Yang did not know how much money Song Yuanchao had and how much assets he had, he was sure that Song Yuanchao must have much more money than him. As for where he got it, Song Yuanchao made a lot of money just from the business of Dashilan, not to mention that Song Yuanchao had other businesses on hand.
Instead of talking about the lyrics and composition, He Zhili continued to bring the topic back to business after his questioning failed.
As for Luo Lin's release of the tape, He Zhili said that there was no problem. Although two songs were a little short, it would be OK to put a few more songs together to release a solo song selection. As for the other songs, He Zhili had already thought about it. He would just pick a few suitable songs from the current popular songs in Hong Kong and Taiwan and then put them together to release.
Then we discussed how to put together the songs and how to release the tape.
As for putting together the songs, such professional matters should be left to professionals. He Zhili said there was no problem with this. He would arrange for someone to select a suitable song list for Luo Yang as soon as possible, and Luo Yang would then pass it on to Luo Lin to select eight songs to sing.
Recording and the like requires professional venues and equipment. Originally, He Zhili suggested that Luo Lin come directly to Guangzhou to record the song, but this request was rejected by Luo Yang.
It is already August and September is coming soon. Luo Lin and Lin Yuhang plan to get married on National Day. It will take at least half a month to travel back and forth to Guangzhou and record songs. In addition, Luo Lin has a company and cannot take such a long leave, so the recording work can only be done in Yanjing.
Luo Yang was not worried about the venue and equipment. He could ask his friends in the Ministry of Culture to solve this problem. What equipment would be lacking under the feet of the emperor? Besides, singers like Li Guyi did not record in Yangcheng, but in Yanjing, so Luo Lin could do the same as them.
Due to Luo Yang's insistence, He Zhili had no choice but to agree and agreed to arrange a time for him to personally lead people to Yanjing to do this.
In addition to recording the song, He Zhili also asked about Luo Lin's name, because the singer's name and photo must be included when the tape is released, and Luo Yang also expressed his disagreement with this.
For the time being, Luo Yang doesn't want Rowling to use her real name. You know, Rowling is an employee of a company. His intention in doing this is to let Rowling try this path. But if the tape comes out with unexpected results, then Rowling using her real name will bring her a lot of trouble.
The same goes for photos. Having a photo on the cover would also cause trouble, so after much thought Luo Yang decided to keep it secret for the time being. He made two requests: no real name and no photo.
"If you don't use your real name, you have to use a stage name, right? Otherwise, the tape won't be released. As for the photos... I suggest using a silhouette if you don't want to show your front. Then use a side profile to create an artistic form so you can't see the face. What do you think?" He Zhili thought for a moment and asked.
"That's fine." Luo Yang nodded, but what should he use as a stage name? For a moment, Luo Yang didn't know how to give Luo Lin a name.
"How about using leaves?" At this time, Li Xiaoyun on the side suddenly said.
"Leaves?" Luo Yang was stunned.
"Yes! Isn't the poem "When You Are Old" written by Yeats? Yeats leaves, it sounds similar, and the word leaf is so beautiful! Just think about it, autumn is coming, the leaves turn yellow, and when the autumn wind blows, the golden leaves sway in the wind and slowly fall from the sky... How poetic is it?"
"I think it's a good name. Ye Zi is nice to the ear and easy to remember." Zhang Yong nodded in agreement. In fact, no matter what Li Xiaoyun suggested, Zhang Yong, who had long lost his bottom line, would agree without hesitation.
"Ye Zi...Ye Zi..." Luo Yang muttered, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head: "Ye Zi is not bad, but it feels weird and doesn't sound like a proper name. Instead, it sounds like a Japanese woman's name, such as Fangzi or Shuzi. If I really use this name, my old man will beat me to death if he knows."
"How can this be related? Why don't you mention Camel Xiangzi and Jiangbian Liangzi..." Li Xiaoyun couldn't help but complain in her heart. She was a little unhappy when Luo Yang said that. She frowned and continued to think about it.
"Mr. Luo, leaves are actually good, and Miss Li is right, leaves make people feel very poetic. But if you think these two words are inappropriate, maybe you can change them." He Zhili interjected.
"Flexibility? Manager He, how do you think it's best to be flexible?"
He Zhili raised his hand to adjust his glasses and said seriously, "Although autumn leaves are beautiful, they also give people a feeling of depression. From this point of view, it seems that the meaning is not very good. In addition, since Mr. Luo doesn't like the word leaf, how about using summer leaves? Summer leaves, summer is sunny and it is a happy season, and it is also a season full of passion. And the two words summer leaves sound more like a person's name. What do you think?"
"Xia Ye? Xia Ye!"
Luo Yang muttered twice, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He Zhili's suggestion is good, Xia Ye! This name is better than Ye Zi, and it is more like a person's name. Xia Ye is also very poetic and makes people think about it.
Luo Yang immediately decided to call her Xia Ye, and Luo Lin would use this as her stage name from now on. As for whether Luo Lin would like this name, Luo Yang was very confident. Brothers and sisters who grew up together would know each other. Luo Lin would definitely like the name Xia Ye.
