Chapter 44: Grassroots Singer

  Brother Zhou Fan really came, he really came.

  Chen Su was overjoyed and burst into tears, crying and laughing at the same time.

  "You silly kid, who's Zhou Fan brother."

  Li Yue was frightened on one side, thinking Chen Su had lost her mind.

  "Mom, I'm fine, this is just excitement, I think I've fully recovered, really."

  "You're talking nonsense again."

  "No."

  Seeing her mother's distrust, Chen Su Su pouted and stared at the white paper in her hand, ignoring everything else.

  In the past you were always very careful and asked me to borrow half an eraser.

  While reading the lyrics, humming some off-key tunes, Chen Susu's face turned red.

  She remembered that at the time, she had asked Zhou Fan to borrow an eraser. Moreover, at the time because she was afraid of Zhou Fan, thinking he was a hooligan, thinking he was a little rascal, always being very careful, very cautious. Now it seems, her cautious appearance, has become Zhou Fan's laughing stock. Hmph, who made you behave so badly, how could others not be afraid of you?

  You also mentioned unintentionally that you like being with me.

  Who likes being with you? Who said so? I didn't say so.

  At that time, the sky was always very blue, and the days passed too slowly.

  You always say graduation is far away, but before you know it, everyone will be going their separate ways.

  Yes, it's almost graduation time, I wonder if after we really graduate, everyone will go their separate ways?

  At this point, Chen Su also became a bit more arrogant.

  The days of old have gone far away, and I will also have my wife

  I will also show her photos and tell her about you, my deskmate.

  Who met your sensitive and sentimental self, who married your tearful self.

  Who tied up your long hair? Who made your wedding dress for you?

  La la la...... La la la......

  As I see this, in my mind, I still feel Brother Zhou Fan's voice lingering, drifting in the wind.

  However, Chen Su ultimately did not like the final lyrics.

  I'm not getting married, who gets married so quickly?

  Then I thought of the lyrics, I will also have my wife.

  Could it be that Brother Zhou has someone he likes?

  I don't know why, but I feel a sour feeling in my heart... Oh no, have I fallen for Zhou Fan Gege?

  My mind was a jumble of thoughts, causing me much distress. Yet somehow, in the end, I managed to see things through.

  Yeah, it's just song lyrics, not real, not true.

  She carefully put away the white paper and tucked it into her bosom, and Chen Su fell asleep once again.

  This time, Chen Susu had another dream.

  In his dream, he saw Zhou Fan's brother hugging him, curling up his hair and making a new wedding dress for him.

  ……

  Huaxia Music Original Network.

  "Sun Li, report on the situation of this competition."

  Huaxia Music Original Network Zheng Wenhao once again called Sun Li over.

  "Yes, Director Zheng."

  Sun Li was no longer in a difficult situation this time, but instead became excited. Moreover, he was well-prepared this time and opened the folder to start reporting on the original music competition. He said that under the impetus of "Qing Fei De Yi" by Zhou Mi, the Huaxia Music Original Competition achieved very good results. Especially with the popularity of "Qing Fei De Yi", it has entered the mobile phone download bestseller list again, once again witnessing the unique charm of original music.

  Affected by this, several record companies have successively launched their new songs, hoping to achieve a good ranking in this competition. At the same time, our original music competition has also received attention from several portal websites and gained consistent recognition...

  "Too good."

  After receiving Sun Li's report, Zheng Wenhao praised Sun Li for doing a good job this time.

  "And also, apart from this one, we saw another interesting phenomenon."

  Sun Li continued.

  "What's an interesting phenomenon?"

  "That's it, the rise of grassroots music."

  "Oh?"

  This phenomenon has been observed by Zheng Wenhao, who actually wanted to create a chart about "grassroots" music. However, since grassroots music is often not mainstream and there are only a few good songs each year, they never managed to make the chart happen. But Zheng Wenhao knows that the power of grassroots can be very strong, especially when a grassroots song becomes successful, its impact can be even stronger than that of a regular celebrity.

  This is nothing else, it's just because the grass root has a very strong representativeness. It represents the interests of the vast majority of people, and at the same time, the term "grass root" also allows more ordinary people to participate and feel closer. They will think that the person who is very powerful now was an ordinary person a few years ago, originally just like themselves. If you work hard, maybe you can be the next him.

  "What you said is true, Zhou Yifan's 'Qing Fei De Yi'."

  "Yes."

  Sun Li said, "The song 'Qing Fei De Yi' is actually not rough at all in terms of singing skills and music composition. Even some professional singers can't reach that level. However, Zhou Yifan's recording quality is a bit too rough. Not just us, but also ordinary people can tell that Zhou Yifan seems to have recorded the song casually in a room. Unconsciously, the grassroots nature of 'Qing Fei De Yi' has increased. Moreover, when everyone found out that Zhou Yifan was not a star, but an ordinary music enthusiast, their support for him became even more crazy."

  This phenomenon is really crazy.

  When Sun Li entered Zhou Yifan's "Qing Fei De Yi" into the original music competition, it quickly caught attention. At first, people just thought this song was nice and sang out the voice of young people's love. But as they listened more, they found that this song seemed to be made by ordinary people. Especially when hearing the sound of a stool falling over, sweeping, and car horns, it made people feel even more intimate, wasn't this just like their own surroundings?

  Later on, after discovering that Zhou Yifan was just an ordinary music enthusiast, "Non- mainstream" suddenly became popular. In PP groups, music forums and other internet spaces, "Non-mainstream" was labeled as the most grassroots-style music. Many friends listened to it themselves and couldn't help but share links with others to give it a try. Especially the sounds of a stool falling over and car horns in the music made them feel deeply moved. As a result, "Non-mainstream" quickly squeezed into the top 10 best-selling mobile ringtones chart within just a few days.

  "Who would have thought, it seems we've picked up a treasure."

  Zheng Wenhao got excited. There's a reason why grassroots singers are so popular. After all, everyone sings for ordinary people to listen to. If that's the case, those dressed-up and flashy stars can't compare with the grassroots singers who are just like them.

  "Since that's the case, Sun Li, we should promote this song even more. If possible, we can even recommend Zhou Fan to other record companies and turn him into a real grassroots star."

  "Okay, I can talk to him about it."

  Sun Li nodded, but he still had something to tell Zheng Wenhao, "Director Zheng, there's one more thing I don't know how to handle?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "This morning while I was working, I found out that Zhou Yifan uploaded a song."

  "Oh, this guy is quite talented, what's his name, let me hear."

  "Blue Lotus."

  "Blue Lotus?"

  Zheng Wenhao searched on his computer and immediately saw this new song.

  "Look at this guy, he's been put on another list again."

  "Haha, I think he's not very good at operating, after recording it well and uploading it, he doesn't even look at where he should post it."

  "Uh-huh, also, they are all into music, and are somewhat unfamiliar with the internet."

  Zheng Wenhao nodded and listened afterwards.

  Nothing can stop you from yearning for freedom.

  Not bad. Just from the first sentence, Zheng Wenhao felt that this song was full of power.

  As for what kind of power it is, it's unclear for now.

  As Zheng Wenhao listened carefully, that invisible force in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

  Finally, the strongest single is "Blue Lotus".

  Zheng Wenshu suddenly jumped up in anger.

  "Classic."

  Too classic.

  This song is definitely not something an ordinary grassroots artist can create, nor is it something an ordinary musician can produce.

  Unlike "Qing Fei De Yi", if it expresses the young people's longing for love, then what Blue Lotus says is a reflection on life and human existence. The former only requires musical talent, but the latter not only needs to have a higher level of musical accomplishment, but also a mature heart.

  Such music, Zheng Wenhao thinks, without decades of effort in understanding music and life, is impossible to create.

  What a genius. This kid, I don't know if he's been playing music since childhood or not. Judging by Zhou Yifan's voice, he's probably only in his early twenties. Being able to write songs like "Emotions Beyond Control" at the age of twenty is already impressive enough. But being able to write a song like "Blue Lotus", that's simply extraordinary talent...

  "Sun Li, sign, someone like this must sign."

  Although Huaxia Music Original Network is not a record company, it is an association composed of record companies. However, they are also the leaders of all Chinese record companies. Therefore, their connections and resources are extremely rich. Even if they don't produce records, they can still lead the future of records. Such a singer is still highly valued by them.

  Especially now at this critical moment, the emergence of such a genius can play an extremely important role.

  If packaged well, it is also possible for a short period of time to completely cover up the heavenly superstar Xu Fei of Hung Hua Records.

  Zheng Wenxi became excited, "Right, set this song aside for now and don't let it be released so quickly. Maybe when the time is right, we can release this song and achieve a shocking effect. Of course, you still need to discuss it with Zhou Yifan. Hmm, best not to put on any airs. I think, for these ordinary people, what they despise the most are us music managers or record company executives who are high up above them."

  Zheng Wenhao is also a music enthusiast and he understands the mentality of those singers.

  For them, singing is their favorite thing, and if there were fewer other constraints, who knows how good it would be.

  But this is also impossible, your music wants to promote, wants to spread, must need to have the record company's participation.

  If it weren't for them, relying solely on you alone would be absolutely impossible.

  Of course, if these degrees of mastery are well grasped, then such a relationship does not exist.

  Actually, they music association, originally wanted to establish a music producers' union. They wanted to maintain the interests of music producers and maintain the interests of singers in the Chinese-speaking region. In this regard, the European and American side has already had a mature system. However, in the Chinese-speaking region it is not very mature, the entire music circle has many hidden rules. But such practices were resisted by several record companies led by Hung Hua Records. So at this time, the two sides formed contradictions.

  The topic went a bit far, after Zheng Wenhao finished instructing Sun Li, Sun Li quickly contacted Zhou Fan.

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