"English song? What does this mean?" Cheng Lixiang asked with a frown.
"After Director Xiang communicated with Teacher Yuan Hua, Teacher Yuan Hua said that he was not good at writing Chinese songs, so he tried improvising English songs." said a staff member sent by the program team.
"No, how could you do this? Yuan Hua can't write Chinese songs, but our Li He can write English songs?
If you want to propose a scope of subject matter, at least discuss it with us and make a decision privately without notifying us." Cheng Lixiang was very angry.
The staff member excused himself: "I'm sorry, this is the decision of the program team, I'm just conveying it."
Why is Li He not as big as Yuan Hua? Yuan Hua has the capital to favor him. Of course, Director Xiang doesn't want to offend him, so he has no choice but to pick on the weak.
"Okay, okay, let's do it!" Li He persuaded: "Sister Cheng, it's okay. Don't make things difficult for me. Well, you can go out first and tell Director Xiang that we understand."
"Okay, Teacher Li He, I'll leave first." The staff member exited.
After the others left, Cheng Lixiang said angrily: "This Yuan Hua has made it clear that he will use you as a ladder to step on, and he has also demarcated the area. He must have prepared things in advance and is just waiting for us to take the bait."
This was the first time in Li He's previous lives that he had been subjected to such a scheme, but his mentality was calm. It was useless to worry and get angry at this time. It was better to think about how to solve it.
"Sister Cheng, don't worry, they told us the scope at least. Look, English, love songs, expressing one's heart. Isn't this very suitable? I'm very good at it." Li He comforted.
"I'm not the boss, can you sing this English song?" Cheng Lixiang asked.
Li He looked confident: "Okay, at worst I can translate the Chinese songs and sing them into English."
There is such an UP owner on Station B who rewrites Chinese lyrics and sings them into English songs, and has gained a lot of clicks.
Moreover, the Chinese music scene has changed its trajectory, and so has the European and American music scene. If Li Hyuk randomly releases a classic from his past life, it will be a massacre.
Regarding English love songs, the most familiar European and American singers that Li Hyuk is familiar with are Boss Huang and Brother Martian.
I'm sorry to you two great gods. I remember that during the Gengzi Year, your two ancestors brought many good things to our homes.
I am also charging some interest. You two adults have a lot, so please don’t break the dimensional wall and come to me.
This matter was decided in this way. Mango Channel also worked hard for the effect of the program. All parties had calculations to see who could reap the biggest fruits.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Mango TV's Spring Festival Gala officially started broadcasting. Zhou Yawen took her parents and quickly locked onto the Mango channel, eating melon seeds and waiting for Li He to appear.
Father Zhou said: "What's so interesting about the local station's Spring Festival Gala? The CCTV Spring Festival Gala is more interesting."
"Dad, you are wrong about this. The Spring Festival Gala of local stations is interesting now. It is nothing like the Yangma Spring Festival Gala. The whole literary and art reporting work is not interesting at all." Zhou Yawen retorted.
Dad Zhou wanted to say something, but thinking about the situation of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and there was no way to refute it.
While the family was noisy, the Mango Channel Spring Festival Gala kicked off...
The backstage was a mess, the choreography and staff were running around everywhere, making it appear disorganized.
Li Hyuk shared a dressing room with several celebrity guests, and the stylist gave Li Hyuk a refreshing makeup look.
In addition to the assistant bodyguard team, Fan Noxuan paired Li He with her own styling team.
Nowadays, the styling team is also a standard part of the celebrity team. From the distribution of makeup to clothing selection, except for some specific occasions, the celebrity's own styling team is basically in charge.
On occasions like galas, the TV station's styling team is very busy, so some big-name celebrities are styled by their own stylists.
In addition, if you endorse a clothing brand, the brand will also send you clothing that meets the requirements, etc.
Female stars will also have jewelry, and male stars will have watch brands, etc.
"Boss, are you ready?" Cheng Lixiang asked softly.
Li He nodded and said, "Don't worry, it'll be no problem."
"That's good. We can't lose face, but we also have to leave a line for others. When you take the stage, you have to adapt to changes." Cheng Lixiang instructed.
"I understand..." Li He indicated that he understood.
"Teacher Li, it's your turn." A staff member came over to inform.
"Okay, thank you..." Li He stood up, and the stylist in charge of styling checked it again and said it was OK, and Li He went to prepare.
Among the celebrities waiting backstage, Li Hyuk looked familiar to many of them, but there was no intention of communicating with them.
Celebrities who finished their appearance hurriedly left, while new stars hurriedly came in to put on makeup and prepare.
Rehearsals are a must for such a party because there is a risk of accidents during the live show.
In fact, there is a thirty-second time difference between the program that the audience in front of the TV sees and the live broadcast, so that the party program team can deal with emergencies.
Performing in front of Li Hyuk was Kit Chan, a singer from Singapore who was also a competing singer in the third season of "I Am a Singer". However, before Li Hyuk joined, Kit Chan had already been eliminated.
After Kitty Chen left the stage, Mango Channel's head host, Mr. He, and Xie Na came on stage to host the show together.
"Well, do you know what surprised me the most last year?" Teacher He said in a cryptic way.
Xie Na asked: "What is it?"
"Of course, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. The mountains and rivers are safe, and the world is safe." Teacher He said: "Last year was a wonderful year. I hope that this year, people across the country will also have a wonderful year."
"Teacher He, I very much agree with what you said, but for me, the most important thing last year was finding my favorite music." Xie Na said.
"Oh? What kind of music is it?"
"To be precise, he is a musical talent."
Zhou Yawen watched Xie Na and Teacher He playing riddles on the TV. She hugged Zhou's mother's arm excitedly and said, "Mom, look, Li He invited to appear."
Zhou's mother was so shaken by Zhou Yawen that her head was dizzy: "Okay, okay, I understand, if you shake my mother to pieces again, you can cook the New Year's Eve dinner."
After the announcement by Teacher He and Xie Na ended, Li He, dressed in a festive red Tang suit, slowly walked out from behind the scenes, and then the prelude of "Snail" sounded.
This inspirational song is suitable for many occasions, before exams, before doing big things, and even on grand stages such as the Spring Festival Gala. The Spring Festival Gala of local stations is also considered the Spring Festival Gala.
The song "Snail" is from Lee Hyuk's "Jay" album. Compared to other highly popular songs, "Snail" is not too eye-catching in the entire album.
But compared to the love songs of love, love, love, this song is undoubtedly very clever in terms of subject matter and conception. In fact, this is also the reason why the album "Jay" is so well received.
Li Hyuk really did it, making all the songs except love songs truly popular, which is something that few new generation musicians in the pop music world can do.
There are only a few pop musicians of the older generation who can do this. Perhaps the one most familiar to fans is Luo Dayou.
At the end of the song, the audience applauded very loudly. In fact, such a grand occasion was not as fan-oriented as a New Year's Eve concert, and there were also big bosses sitting below.
There are political figures from Hunan Province, prominent figures in the business world, and TV station leaders, etc. So if you go up to sing a love song, the impression may not be good, and even the leaders who sing "Indian Old Turtle Dove" will not understand.
"Snail" is the most suitable, with beautiful melody and inspirational lyrics, which fits the atmosphere of the Spring Festival Gala.
The leaders in the audience were very satisfied. One leader even said a few words to the leader of Mango Channel, praising the TV station for doing a good job in hosting the Spring Festival Gala.
However, the subsequent saucy operation of Mango Channel left the leaders Zhang Er confused as to what Mango Channel meant.
After listening to Li He sing at Zhou Yawen's house, Zhou Yawen's father said to Zhou Yawen: "This young man sings well and his songs are very inspiring."
"Yeah, I said you will like him." Zhou Yawen said proudly.
"It's just Wenwen, this is the standard you mentioned for choosing a mate, so your standard for choosing a mate is a bit high."
Zhou Yawen rolled her eyes and said, "I just said that casually, who asked my mother to urge me to get married every day?"
"This child talks nonsense all day long, is he deliberately making me angry?" Zhou's mother was unhappy.
The mother and daughter were bickering, and on the TV, Teacher He came out to host and interacted with Li He about the lottery, and then Yuan Hua made a grand appearance.
"Actually, today we have prepared a small competition. Both of them are newcomers to the music scene and have their own understanding of music creation. How about we show it to the people across the country on this stage?"
This has been discussed long ago, and both Li He and Yuan Hua said there was no problem. Teacher He waved his hand: "Come here, put on the props..."
The staff brought the props up, which was a covered board with ten grids on it.
Teacher He invited: "Now please tear open three of the grids and let's see what's inside."
"Did it tear open randomly?"
"Yes, yes, it's just like a lottery." Teacher He said.
In fact, it was arranged in advance. Which one should be torn apart has already been decided in the background. Now it is just pretending to tear it apart randomly and specify the theme. Everyone knows it.
Li He came first and tore open the top note, which showed a love song. Yuan Hua then tore open the second note, which showed playing on a guitar, and then the third one, which showed an English song.
"Okay, now we have the conditions. It is a love song, and it needs to be played with a guitar and sung in English." Teacher He concluded, and then asked the two of them: "Do I need to prepare?"
Yuan Hua said very confidently: "No need, I already have a plan in mind."
Li Hyuk shrugged his shoulders where the camera couldn't see him, and when the camera came over, he said, "I don't have a problem either."
So Teacher He asked the staff to play two guitars, and an impromptu performance was about to begin.