Chapter 465 'Alone' (Bee-Gees)(1/2)
On the evening of April 5, Xu Nuo ended his trip to Xiangjiang in advance and returned to Fuwan from Xiangjiang with his makeup artist and assistant Xiaoyu.
Lin Jianguo still wants to stay in Xiangjiang to talk about cooperation with Huanya. Du Xinghe has already told Lin Jianguo about his idea of making a movie. Instead of asking him to make an album for Yuan Xiaotian, they would rather talk to Huanya Entertainment to have a bigger plan. Yunshi World will fund it to produce and release a series of movies starring Yuan Xiaotian, waiting for the movie to be sold before operating Yuan Xiaotian's album plan.
This plan involves many businesses, with large investment, high returns, and high risks. Lin Jianguo was quite resistant to seeing Du Xinghe paying for movies. Yunshi had just incorporated Fang Yajun's publishing house, and had already stepped from the pure record production industry to the text publishing industry. Now he is going to invest in movies. This step seems to be a bit big.
However, considering Du Xinghe's series of genius performances and wise decisions over the past period, Lin Jianguo also felt that Du Xinghe's plan to enter the film industry seemed to be a very reliable thing. If Du Xinghe's talent in making movies is as fierce as his making music and writing novels, then Yun World would make money faster. The film industry has always been the top industry at the entire entertainment industry chain, and the industry with the largest market, the most influential and the most money-making industry.
The five theater alliances in the country are each of the giants. They are the Southwest theater alliance with the smallest operating scale. The annual output value of theaters is much higher than that of all the records in the country. For example, the Southeast theater alliance with better operations, namely the theater alliance where Fuwan, Xiangjiang and other places are located. The annual output value of films is more than twice as high as the record output value.
The top ten film groups that the Southeast Cinema Alliance mainly cooperates with are no weaker than the four giants in the record industry.
Top movie stars may not have much gap with top singers in terms of net income, but their influence in Asia is incomparable to singers.
To give a simple example, like Du Xinghe's senior brother in Huayi, Huang Honglei, who only won the Golden Dragon Award last year, now his salary in China is only about 25 million yuan, which is not considered a top-level movie pay.
Huang Honglei made three movies a year, and with other incomes such as advertising endorsements, he was able to make over 100 million in the circle a year. This is not counted as other investment income that has nothing to do with the entertainment industry.
In terms of Huang Honglei's income alone, it is incomparable to the singer Zhang Dehua, who earns 300 million or 400 million yuan per year. However, Huang Honglei is not inferior to Zhang Dehua at all, especially in some small countries in Southeast Asia and other places. The citizens of those countries may not know who Zhang Dehua is, but they must have watched Huang Honglei's movies. It is just because the influence of Chinese-language movies is more dominant than music in Asia.
In the Chinese entertainment industry, there are at least 50 male movie stars like Huang Honglei. Huang Honglei is not a palace-level figure now, because the total box office of all the movies he starred in has not reached 5 billion.
Just like the record circle uses hard indicators of record sales to divide queen-level characters. In the Chinese film industry, top movie stars are also divided by box office.
No matter how many movies a male star takes the lead, as long as the total box office can exceed 5 billion and the average box office can exceed 200 million, then this male star is a palace-level superstar.
There are currently only 5 such superstars in the Chinese film industry, two of which are from Xiangjiang, the capital of film, one from Fuwan, one from Chang'an, and one from Peiping, the hometown of Du Xinghe.
Among the five emperor stars, the lowest-paid movies also start at 60 million. Usually, if you want to ask them to make a movie, the pay will be over 100 million.
The net income of these five emperor stars in the entertainment industry is similar to that of the singer Zhang Dehua, and also earns 300 million to 400 million annually. The value they personally create is higher than that of many medium-sized film companies. Like Zhang Dehua's position in the top of the pyramids in the music industry, these five emperor stars are also figures at the top of the pyramids in the film industry.
Those who are slightly weaker than these five superstars, with a total box office of between 2 billion and 5 billion, and an average box office of more than 100 million are almost all actors at the best actor level, just like Huang Honglei. They will have to last at least a few more years before they can enter the palace level.
From the perspective of income and influence, movie superstars of Huang Honglei's level are almost only four kings in the music industry, and the number is much smaller than that of the movie circle. It can be seen that the scale and influence of the Chinese album circle are much smaller than that of the movie circle.
Further down, the number of star figures in the movie circle is even more popular in the record circle. It is estimated that the number of stars in the movie capital Xiangjiang combined is more than the number of singers who can be called stars in the record circle. Not to mention that other theater alliances also have their own stars.
Du Xinghe is going to get involved in the film industry this time, which is definitely a critical step for the cloud world, which aims to become a cultural aircraft carrier. Therefore, Lin Jianguo must stay in Xiangjiang and talk about this matter with Huanya. He also needs to ask his friends in Huanya to help evaluate how high the risk of investing in movies is in this market today.
Although "The Dream of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies" has brought more than 30 million yuan to Yunshi, more than half of Yunshi have invested in the promotion of Yiyan's "Flower Heart".
After Yunshi moves, it will expand its recruitment of a group of employees. The company's available working capital is only 20 million. Even if "The Dream of Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly" and Xu Nuo's "I Am a Little Bird" can continue to make profits for the company in April, it seems that it is quite difficult to invest in filming a series of movies. Lin Jianguo has to think about how to spend a small amount of money to do big things.
That night Du Xinghe went to Liyuan International Airport to pick up Xu Nuo and Xiaoyu.
After not seeing him for more than a week, Du Xinghe missed Xu Nuo very much, but with Xiaoyu around, he couldn't show too much intimacy with Xu Nuo.
After taking Xiaoyu home from afar, Du Xinghe drove Xu Nuo back to Dongjia Garden villa. Xu Nuo's mother Zhou Chuhong was also at home that night. Du Xinghe and the others had called to communicate before. That night, they took Xu Nuo home to have a meal.
Before getting home, Du Xinghe drove the car to the beach and stopped by a place with few people. In front of the sea, he had a good time with Xu Nuo in the car until he begged for Xu Nuomo's hard work, and it was not over.
Re-buttoning the back of the bra that was pulled apart by Du Xinghe, Xu Nuo complained to Du Xinghe: "You are getting more and more lustful now, aren't you afraid of paparazzi taking photos of us secretly?"
"Don't worry, my driving skills are still very good. I just walked around a few times. I paid special attention to it. There was no car to follow me. Only then did I dare to drive here so boldly." Du Xinghe explained. He reluctantly grabbed Xu Nuo's chest through Xu Nuo's silk shirt.
"Stop making trouble. It's almost eight o'clock, hurry up and go back, otherwise my mother will be anxious." Xu Nuo smiled and helped Du Xinghe drive away. He urged Du Xinghe to drive.
"By the way. You have passed the car book exam. Why don't you drive, I'll watch it from the side. There are not many cars here, so you can practice driving. You can't get on the road with just a car book. You must practice more to be considered to be able to drive." Du Xinghe gave Xu Nuo suggestions.
"Okay!" Xu Nuo happily accepted Du Xinghe's advice. After taking the driver's license, she hadn't been passing by much. Now Du Xinghe is watching her, protecting her, and giving her courage. She naturally needs to practice well.
Xu Nuo got off the car excitedly and exchanged positions with Du Xinghe. After sitting in the main driver's seat, he changed the semi-manual transmission mode that Du Xinghe was used to to turn into a fully automatic transmission, preparing to drive in the simplest way.
"Do you want some music?" Du Xinghe was afraid that Xu Nuo would be nervous, so he acted to turn on the FM radio and play some music to help Xu Nuo relieve stress.
Xu Nuo hasn't seen Du Xinghe for more than a week, nor has he listened to Du Xinghe's singing. She is becoming more and more addicted to Du Xinghe's musical magic now because she finds that Du Xinghe's singing skills are getting stronger and stronger, and she is already unable to extricate herself. Listening to Du Xinghe's songs is like taking drugs, especially Du Xinghe's live performance. If she doesn't listen to it for a few days, she feels not so comfortable.
Only by wandering in Du Xinghe's singing can she truly relax.
After smiling sweetly, fastening the seat belt, and debugging the seat position, Xu Nuo asked Du Xinghe: "You sing a song for me, don't listen to the radio."
"Okay, what do you want to hear?" Du Xinghe turned his hand and picked up the small guitar from the back seat.
"It's easier, it makes people relax." Suddenly, Xu Nuo looked forward to Du Xinghe: "I haven't listened to English songs for a long time. Please give me an English song!"
Since returning from the United States, this little bird has been a little shocked by Western music. In addition, Du Xinghe is very good at Western music, which makes her like and accept Western music even more. She has heard Du Xinghe sing English songs, and she has more than one song. She knows that Du Xinghe is very charming when singing English songs, so she wants to listen to another song.
Du Xinghe thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll give you a relaxing song, but you have to concentrate on driving. Just listen to the melody and taste when listening to my singing. Don't listen to the lyrics. Because you can't understand the lyrics even if you listen to them."
Xu Nuo was laughed by Du Xinghe's last sentence, and gave Du Xinghe a silly glance, hung up the forward gear, and started the car carefully. At the same time, he said to Du Xinghe: "I will also make English great in the future, just like my mother, so I will save you from being gimmicked."
This is not the first time Du Xinghe has taken Xu Nuo to drive a car. When Xu Nuo had just finished his driving license, he took Xu Nuo to practice twice. He knew that Xu Nuo's driving talent was quite good. He was careful and cautious, but he was not timid. Unlike ordinary girls, beginners, who dared not drive at all. She was quite reliable in driving, so she was not so worried.
However, he still tied the seat belt. Xu Nuo is still a beginner. If an emergency occurs, it is not so safe to deal with it. If Du Xinghe has a seat belt, he will be more at ease.
At this time, the English song he wanted to sing "alone", which was a classic song from a veteran band Bee-gees that he admired.
In the last plane, the bee-gees group composed of three brothers Barry-gibb, Ron-gibb and Mau-gibb in 1958 has been active in the 1960s and 1990s with perfect sound combination skills. It is known as the most successful and perfect trio in history, and has created two unprecedented records: the only singer band in the history of the music industry that has created 6 consecutive American champion songs, and the only singer with 5 songs on the top 10 of the US singles charts at the same time. They have won 7 Grammy Awards and created the world's best-selling original soundtrack.
ro-gibb is the soul and lead voice of Bee-gees. With its unique Huairu singing style, he interprets Bee-gees' supreme status in the European and American music scene. He adapts and covers Bee-gees' songs, many of which are singers like Barbara Streisand, Super Boy, Real Destiny, Celine Dion, Elvis, Janice Japlin, Diana Rose and other superstar singers.
However, in 2014 when Du Xinghe traveled, only one of the three brothers of Beegees was still in the world. The third brother, Mau Rice, was a bass guitarist and piano player in the band. In 2003, he had to undergo emergency surgery due to intestinal obstruction. During this period, he died of a heart attack and was only 53 years old.
Robi Nibb suffers from intestinal cancer and liver cancer. After two major surgeries in April 2012, he fell into a coma for a week due to pneumonia. He woke up on April 22 and was able to nod and communicate with his family, but he died a month later and passed away.
The song "alone" that Du Xinghe wants to sing is the first choice title song in the album "still-waters" released by Bee-gees in 1997 (Chinese translation is: The Resurrection of the Storm). It is a classic work of Bee-gees in the late period.
This song highlights the unique soft voice of Bee-gees. Although the tone of the song is a bit lonely, if anyone who has not heard Bee-gees music, the first ear will remember the special band's special voice.
In Du Xinghe's view, bee-gees has a sense of vicissitudes of life, and after them, no one has the perfect and harmonious voice like them. Maybe it's a bit exaggerated to say this, but it is undeniable that this is all facts.
On the previous plane, bee-gees were neither leading the trend like the-beatles nor as avant-garde and bold as the-rolling-stones. They have always conquered people's hearts with their kind and friendly image and exquisite popular sketches.
Their songs are very strange. The same way of singing is that those who like it will be fascinated by it, and those who don’t like it will run away, just like durian.
Fortunately, Du Xinghe likes durian.
In the field of music, he is never picky about food. He has dabbled in all kinds of moving music forms, and has no preference, as long as it is not noise.
Just now, Xu Nuo said that he wanted to listen to English songs while driving, and the first song "alone" came to his mind.
Maybe Xu Nuo is not here for this period of time and he lives alone, it’s really a bit alone.
Seeing Xu Nuo driving the car on the coastal highway, Du Xinghe's guitar also popped up with the fun musical notes.
He pinched his throat tightly, and he started singing in the iconic voice of bee-gees.
...
i-was-a-fandnight-dayder-on-a-cloud-of-s touch ke~ (I used to be a midnight rider in the smoke and clouds)
i- could-make-a-woman-hang-on-every-privatengle-stroke~(I can make women fascinated)
i-was-an-iron-man~(I'm so heartless)
i-had-a-master-plan~(There are countless means)
butiwasalone~(but still single)
...
Xu Nuo was stunned when she first thought Du Xinghe was singing like this. She glanced at Du Xinghe, but found that Du Xinghe was singing very seriously instead of using the singing style of funny artists to make her play, which surprised Xu Nuo.
After listening to a few more sentences, she was gradually caught by Du Xinghe's singing style.
...
i- could-hear-breathing~(I can hear your breath)
with-a-private gh-of-the-wind~(sigh with the wind)
i-remember-how-tempered-wave dy-started-trembling~(I still remember your body trembling so violently)
oh, whats-a-night-its-been~(Oh, such a night)
and-for-the-state-im-in~(no matter where I am)
im-still-alone~(I'm still alone)
...
The more I listened, the more I felt strange, and the more I heard, the more I felt nice. Xu Nuo couldn't help but sigh again: Du Xinghe is simply "playing with" music. The music can be deconstructed at will in his mouth, and the effect produced after the deconstruction is so magical, it is so amazing!
His voice is becoming more and more ease. Du Xinghe is very comfortable in dealing with the sharp voice of bee-gees. In addition, his vocal cords have not changed completely. It is a bit high and thin. It is not difficult to sing this song "alone".
Enjoying the lyrics of "alone", he sang it more and more devotedly.
...
and-all-the-wonders-made-for-the-earth~(There are so many miracles in this world)
and-all-the-hearts-in-all-creation~(There are so many emotions)
somehow-i-always-end-up-alone~(I'm always alone)
always-end-up-alone~(always lonely)
...
so-i-play,ill-wait~(so I played alone, waiting alone)
cau color-temptation-know-that-love-takes-time~(because you know, love takes time)
we-came-so-far~(We have experienced so much)
To be continued...