Chapter 405 Feels Like a Beauty Pageant
"I didn't plan to do anything. Qiwu pop-up window qi." Ye Kai immediately clarified, "I just thought about how to help you form a band to get folk music out of the current predicament."
"There is no need to judge people by their appearance in forming a band." Ning Shuang said that she could not accept Ye Kai's explanation.
"That's different." He explained, "I'm going to form a women's band, which is aimed at the overseas market, so youthfulness and beauty are the key. As for folk music symphony, there will be new repertoire to be easily accepted by overseas public. In this way, you can't find some ugly girls to go out?"
Ning Shuang was a little interested after hearing Ye Kai’s thoughts. She thought for a while and said, “If this is the case, you can really find the candidates to form a band from the students.”
She thought it very clearly that this kind of band actually wants to cooperate, and is not so picky about the level of personal folk music performance, so it is not unimaginable to find members of this group from students.
As Ye Kai said, young and beautiful girls are the first choice for this group, and lively personality is also necessary, because such a group must do some coordinated movements on the stage, rather than sitting there in a lifeless manner in the traditional impression, playing music seriously.
"The overseas market has a stronger ability to accept, and music has basically no borders. As long as it is a good thing, everyone can accept it." Ye Kai said to Ning Shuang, "My plan is to form such a band, and then directly promote it to the overseas market after about half a year of training and packaging. If it starts, it will do a world tour and then promote it to the domestic market as appropriate.
Ning Shuang also agrees with Ye Kai's idea.
The domestic market always has a relatively rejection of new things, because once fresh things enter the market, they will impact the monopoly position of certain stakeholders and have various impacts on them. For this reason, everyone is trying to maintain the status quo to protect their interests from violation.
Of course, from the clear perspective, everyone's reason is very reasonable, that is, they must protect the purity of folk music, not be attacked by symphony and lose their independent status.
"In fact, the current situation in China is the same in many industries. Everyone has no enterprising spirit and only strives to ensure the status quo. So you can walk around and take a look. The conservative forces are very serious, not only folk music, but also in other aspects." Ye Kai sighed to Ning Shuang, "The cultural industry is the first to open the trend. If the gap can be opened in this aspect, it will be a good thing for a country that is in the exploration of reform."
After hearing this, Ning Shuang asked, "You boys, can you contact national affairs in all matters?"
"Haha, this statement is a bit over." Ye Kai smiled.
However, what Ning Shuang said also makes some sense, as if boys are born with a habit of discussing major issues in the world.
"What are you talking about? You're talking so speculatively?" Suddenly, a short-haired girl came over, put her arms around Ning Shuang's waist and put her face on Ning Shuang's shoulders, looked at Ye Kai and asked, "Ning Shuang, you haven't introduced your boyfriend to us yet."
Ning Shuang ignored her crazy words and just said to Ye Kai, "Ye Kai, this is the sister in our dormitory, Sun Lu, you can ask her to play the flute."
"Blow, Xiao?" Ye Kai was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Sun Lu's mouth.
Sure enough, my lips look a little thicker and a little more upright, which looks sexy, as if it was made specifically.
After a closer look, I felt that Sun Lu’s forehead was a little big and her eyes were deep. At first glance, she was the kind of shrewd person who likes to use her brain or behave like to be smart.
"Hello Ye Kai, my name is Sun Lu." Sun Lu felt a little embarrassed when she heard Ning Shuang's words.
Ning Shuang is relatively simple, but she just follows everyone's call, and she doesn't know the other meaning of the word "blowing Xiao".
"Hello, Sun Lu, are you really sarcastic?" Ye Kai asked with a smile.
"Don't listen to Ning Shuang's nonsense, I can actually do Yangqin and Hulusi." Sun Lu's face turned red.
Ye Kai nodded, feeling that Sun Lu's appearance was also very good, but her hair was shorter, so he said, "We are discussing forming a women's band and preparing to transform traditional folk music into symphony and then push it to the overseas market. If you are interested, you can also consider it."
"It costs a lot of money to form a band, and there must be a special creator. It is best to have a company operation to succeed." Sun Lu's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Ye Kai was surprised when he heard this. He looked at Sun Lu, but he didn't expect that she knew this well. It seemed that Sun Lu had also thought about these things, not like Ning Shuang, who only came to learn folk music for the sake of her hobbies.
"I also participate in some outside performances. I know that the development prospects of folk music are not very good, so sometimes I will think about it. Judging from the current situation, if I do not innovate, folk music will have no market in the future." Sun Lu saw the surprise in Ye Kai's eyes and explained herself.
Ning Shuang also said next to her, "In the past, it was just an impact from Europe and the United States on the domestic market. Now, not only Europe, America, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also Korean and Japanese music, and the development of domestic folk music is even more difficult."
"This is an inevitable thing." Ye Kai nodded and said, "The domestic market is so big. After being squeezed into development space by foreign music, there will naturally be very few places left for folk music. Therefore, it is better to go abroad and occupy a piece of territory overseas when we stay in China to seek development. After all, we are new and it is easier to make breakthroughs.
"Yes, there are too many old people in China." Sun Lu also agreed with this, "There are many people in the folk music industry. When it comes to symphony music, they seem to be facing a great enemy, and they are afraid that national music will be assimilated by it. Therefore, the Erhu transplanted a violin music, and some foreign composition techniques were used in the creation of anti-aircraft national instrumental music, and they did not agree! There is even an argument that Liu Tianhua even wrote the top ten famous Erhu songs created by foreign composition techniques, which ruined national music."
"They are not sticking to national things, but out of a fear of not protecting their own status." Ye Kai said, "Our folk music now has also developed over thousands of years. In ancient times, people knew that development and innovation have become more conservative now? This is a fallacy in itself. It seems that everyone is nationalists, but in fact they are conservative forces that hinder the development of the country."
"If our professor heard you evaluate them like this, he would probably be pissed to death." Ning Shuang said.
"But it's not easy to accomplish this." Sun Lu mentioned this again.
Ye Kai didn't say anything, because he just had such a preliminary idea now. As for how to operate, further plans need to be made, and creative talents also need to be done in advance. In addition, arrangements and directors are also essential, and costumes and props are the top priority.
Thinking of this, Ye Kai felt that he had to set up a company, otherwise he would not be able to coordinate all aspects of youth, let alone open up overseas markets.
Ye Kai preliminarily determined the instruments used in the performance, mainly choosing ethnic instruments such as Guzheng, Yangqin, Pipa, Erhu, Bamboo Flute, Xiao, Hulusi, Duqin, and other Western instruments are not rejected.
In fact, Ye Kai did not think that there should be no Western musical instruments in folk bands. If you think so, it would be a bit too narrow. Instruments like violins should be used.
Ye Kai took a piece of paper and roughly decomposed the composition of the band, including the requirements for members, the types of instruments, and roughly what kind of repertoire they can play, etc. The most important point is that if the band members have requirements, they cannot discuss personal issues within three years.
"This one is a bit too harsh?" Sun Lu said after seeing it, "It's not humane at all."
"This is also a last resort." Ye Kai explained, "The company has to cultivate talents, and the price it pays is too high, so the three-year contract is actually very kind in the industry. This is also a basic requirement to ensure the overall interests of the band. Especially after the band is formed, it must be aimed at the overseas market. You may not be able to return to China for a year when you tour, so you will be given the conditions for relaxation, and you may not have the chance to have a love conversation."
"That's right." Sun Lu nodded after hearing this, and said nothing.
"The twelve members are not so easy to get together." Ning Shuang looked at the request made by Jae Kai, then frowned.
It is really not easy to meet all the conditions. People should be beautiful, have a relatively uniform size, have superb skills in musical instruments, and are able to accept these terms. There are age restrictions. If they are implemented one by one, it is not easy to find such a candidate.
"If you can't find so many Jiangzhong University, you can go to other places to find them." Ye Kai replied with a smile, "There are so many music colleges in the country, and the most lacking is talents. You can ask for any military arts or Central Conservatory of Music."
Ning Shuang frowned immediately after hearing this. However, Sun Lu's mouth was faster and she said directly, "I think you are not choosing a band member, but it seems like you are attending beauty pageants for the national concert colleges."
Chapter completed!