Beijing, Baihua Recording Studio

Lin Wu parked the car, put it into gear and turned off the engine. He turned to look at the young man with glasses behind him: "We're here, get out of the car."

The young man stood in the yard and looked at this well-known recording studio in the industry, feeling a little disappointed.

This place, known as the "Hometown of Starry Singers", is known as Asia's top recording studio. Not only is the equipment and environment impeccable, but it is also full of honors. It has produced countless high-quality albums and even some classics.

In the eyes of many industry experts, this is one of the holy places in the Chinese music scene, but it is a pity that Baihua Recording Studio was closed to the public a few years ago.

Those who can come here are basically Fanxing singers, or musicians, singers, etc. who are related to Cao Xuan or Fanxing. Those who have no connections and money can't do it.

When he learned that he was coming to Baihua Recording Studio today, the young man was excited all night yesterday. As a result, he actually went to the actual place and looked at the slightly ordinary and old yard, which was completely different from what he thought.

Except for the LED signboard, which is pretty good, nothing else has the so-called "Asia's Top" meaning. It only takes up one big character compared to the rural compound in his hometown.

As Fanxing's manager, Lin Wu had more than one singer under him, so he had already experienced this matter. He smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"This is a recording studio, and it's not open to the public to attract customers. There's no need to make it so high-profile on the outside. It's a mess on the outside, but there's gold and jade inside. You'll know it when you get in."

The young man followed Lin Wu and greeted the security guard, came to the lobby, passed through the ordinary door, and immediately noticed something was different.

The off-white and light green decoration is clean and simple, with a stylish layout design, a mix of beautiful and exquisite furniture items, and a large number of music elements that can be seen everywhere. It looks fresh and unique with a bit of artistic atmosphere, which is eye-catching.

I dare not say how stunning and luxurious it is, but comparing the external performance does allow young people to understand what it means to be poor on the outside and gold on the inside.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been impossible for him to connect the inside of the room with the outside of the courtyard.

Lin Wu ignored him and asked him to observe alone while he went to the front desk to register.

"Xiao Ai, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you look beautiful again."

The pretty receptionist Xiao Ai ignored Lin Wu's flirtatious remarks, glanced at the young man, and asked as usual.

"Bringing a new guy?"

"Um."

"You look pretty good, what's your name?"

"High in the afternoon."

"Noon...high!?"

Xiao Ai, who was recording information on the computer, raised her voice an octave higher and looked at this ordinary young man with piercing eyes.

"That Wu Gao from QQ star who sang "Funeral of Roses"."

"We know each other."

Seeing that his artist is famous, Lin Wu is also a little proud: "Now that I have signed Fanxing, I will bring Xiaowu over to say hello."

Wu Gao, who had just graduated from college, was quiet, reserved, gentle and taciturn. When he saw a pretty girl, he just came over and said hello.

But this was enough. Xiao Ai, who had been perfunctory with Lin Wu just now, now turned slightly red and her voice became sweet and sweet.

"Hello, I am your fan. I have been following you since 2007, and I finally met you in person."

"Thanks."

Hearing that it was his fan or an old fan, Wu Gao smiled on his face, and Xiao Ai's face turned redder.

I quickly registered the information and helped Wugao find a free recording studio. I personally led the way and also gave him snacks and tea bags like Pangdahai, which can soothe the throat and refresh the mind, which is good for recording songs.

His attitude was so attentive that even Lin Wu was a little jealous: "I've been here eighty times if not a hundred times. Why haven't I seen you giving me snacks?"

Xiao Ai responded with a polite smile and ignored him. After saying hello to Wu Gao Tiantian, she exited the recording studio and returned to the front desk still feeling a bit crazy.

"So handsome and elegant."

The security guard at the door, Xiao Liu, has a crush on Xiao Ai. Seeing the goddess like this, he couldn't help but say, "Are you handsome? I think he looks average."

"What do you know? Talent is a bonus."

Xiao Ai retorted, and Xiao Liu couldn't help but want to continue the argument. Suddenly he saw a leader passing by the door and quickly silenced him. Xiao Ai glanced at him proudly, turned on the computer to check the registration of Wu High School, and wondered if there was any chance to send his mobile phone number.

Pull it over.

In the recording room, the sound engineer hadn't come over yet, and Lin Wu originally wanted to ask Wu Gao to wait.

Just watch the calm and silent artist of yours looking at the mixing console excitedly, slowly touching the equipment on it, and mumbling excitedly to himself.

Lin Wu listened for a while, and he couldn't quite understand the professional terms such as "32-track mixer", "vsx multi-channel movie sound system", "computer multi-channel sound pickup identification system", etc.

, but I saw the meaning and snapped my fingers proudly.

"How about it, these devices are awesome."

"Awesome, worthy of being the best in Asia,"

Different from ordinary singers, Wu Gao is a true all-rounder in music, not only song writing, production, arrangement, accompaniment, recording, mixing, post-production and other work.

In the early works, almost one person did all the work, one against ten, and another small-eyed Li Ronghao was known as "not letting others make a penny from himself."

It is precisely because of this that Wu Gao is very familiar with the things in the recording studio, and he can better understand the arrogant atmosphere of Baihua Recording Studio. This is really not money.

"What does this mean? Who is our boss? This little money is a drop in the bucket to him."

Lin Wu crossed his legs, looking proud, and felt secretly relieved, which shocked the boy.

Wu Gao, a native of Heshi, Hui Province, graduated from Hui Province Medical University. I don’t know if all those who study medicine like to change careers. Back then, Lu Xun studied literature, and Wu Gao and a junior named Mao became singers.

In 2006, when Internet songs began to gain popularity, Wu Gao released his own "Funeral of Roses" online under the name VAE.

This song quickly spread on the Internet and dominated the QQ space. It was once considered the beginning of the non-mainstream period of the post-90s generation.

Later, for a long time, wearing a killer hair style and listening to Wu Gao's songs became the symbol of many young people born in the 90s.

From this time on, Wu Gaolu began to compose songs one after another, and even wrote the theme song for the game "Dragon Babu", and his fame and influence grew.

However, at this time, online singers and physical album singers are completely different concepts. The former is an out-and-out non-mainstream and is not recognized by the music industry.

Even though Wu Gao is famous and his songs are played a lot, they are not taken seriously by professional record companies.

Except for the stars...

Perhaps a few years later, various legends about this matter will be circulated on the Internet. For example, when King Cao Tian heard Wu Gao's song, he was shocked and immediately came to the door to recruit people. When Wu Gao saw that it was King Cao who came to the door in person, he bowed to him.

, join the stars and create a legend in the music world.

But in fact, although Cao Xuan has gained a lot of talent, I really don't know when he made his debut.

After all, Wu Gao has no scandals exposed, and there is very little early information. If he is not a fan, it will be difficult for outsiders to remember him so clearly.

Cao Xuan only remembers that "Su Yan" was a hit in 2010.

In the next few years, the three giants of QQ emerged. Songs and network data were not weak, such as Xiao Zhou and Eason Chan, but that was it.

After all, he is born in the 1970s. Even if he is familiar with the entertainment industry, he will definitely give priority to those celebrities with sufficient exposure. Cao Xuan also knows some of the later deeds of the three of them, but he really didn't know much about them in the early days of their career.

Therefore, Cao Xuan really didn't pay much attention to Wu Gao at first. He only really learned about his debut at the end of 2007.

From that moment on, Fanxing came forward to contact Wu Gao, but was declined by the latter.

How should I put it, Wu Gao is still a bit aloof and arrogant. On the one hand, he feels that he can excel with his talent. On the other hand, he has a relatively reserved personality. He only wants to make music and does not want to be too active in the entertainment industry.

However, this idea changed after he released his first album at the beginning of this year.

On January 10, 2009, Wu Gao released his first personal music album "Custom". He almost single-handedly took over all the songwriting and most of the behind-the-scenes work for the album.

The quality of the songs is also good, and many of them are familiar songs, such as "On the Qingming Rain", "Why Not", "Chengfu", etc.

However, Wu Gao still underestimated the reality.

It is not an exception in the entertainment industry that the wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, but it is also rare. Most of the popular and popular word-of-mouth hits are also inseparable from publicity and marketing.

At that time, Cao Xuan had a lot of classic songs, and he also used the back door of radio stations at the beginning, riding on the popularity of Ren Xianqi, and became slightly famous. Later, he joined forces with Warner and bundled "Nan Ren Bei Cao" to successfully become popular.

Xiao Zhou also experienced a lot of twists and turns back then. With the help of the company behind him, and the Taiwanese media's desire to promote newcomers to the top in those years, he seized the opportunity.

Even so, it was only after two or three albums that Jay Chou truly became a big hit.

Therefore, if you want to rise to the top, even if you are strong, you still have to look at opportunities, luck and background.

Although the first album of Yuanshikong Wugao has good playback data on the website, it lacks promotion and publicity. There is no trace of mainstream media at all. The Internet is basically only about small circles and fan groups.

It was only after the second album that I really made some progress, got some honors and exposure, and then signed a contract with Haidie, and finally became one of the three QQ giants competing with many popular singers.

Now that QQ Star is restructured, Wu Gao has performed well due to its accumulated popularity and won the weekly championship, automatically gaining a certain amount of exposure and income.

But these were far from what Wu Gao expected, and he also knew that his previous ideas were a bit naive.

At this time, many record companies took a fancy to his potential and talent and invited him to sign a contract, but Wu Gao still chose Fanxing.

In addition to the fact that Fanxing's resources are top-notch in the industry and Fanxing has a good reputation, artists rarely come into contact with nonsense.

The environment and treatment are also relaxed. People like Wu Gao who don't want to show off will be respected by the company and will not be forced to work. There are no restrictions on music creation. As long as it is not too outrageous, there is basically no problem.

Many record companies cannot grant these conditions. Even if some record companies agree to these conditions, their credibility is obviously not as reliable as Fanxing's.

Wu Gao made a comparison and decisively signed a contract with Fanxing, and started preparing for his second album less than a month after joining the company.

Lin Wu is Wu Gao's manager. Because Wu Gao is different from ordinary newcomers and is relatively resistant to the entertainment industry, the initial relationship between the two was not smooth.

It wasn't until I came to Baihua Recording Studio today that I suppressed a wave of Wu Gao's "arrogance".
To be continued...