Chapter 100 Lobbying
"In addition to professional sports equipment and clothing, Adidas also has a casual sports series focusing on fashion style... Young, trendy, vitality and dynamic are the goals our brand pursues. Therefore, in addition to requiring spokespersons to be well-known and friendly, they also have a fresh, natural, optimistic and sunny, and positive and enterprising personal image..."
"F&q has a very high reputation on the Internet, which we appreciate very much. But I am bluntly saying that F&q has become famous for too short, and its popularity, reputation, appeal and influence lack depth and breadth... Moreover, there is a gap between the Internet and the real world, and we cannot yet determine the real influence of F&q among young people..."
"Even if these data are true and credible, I still need to explain that the music style of f&q is very messy, without distinctive personality traits, and most songs are slow and have too mild style, which does not conform to the genes of our brand's main sports... We require more intense, rebellious, and individual dynamic music, so that we can attract the attention of young people..."
During the entire meeting, Fang Xiao didn't say a word and asked Zhu Linlin and Mai Qingxin to take the lead. Until this moment, he said, "There is no problem with music. What kind of thing do you want and what kind of thing I give."
"Can Mr. Fang come up with some works and let's refer to it?" A middle-aged man with dark skin and distinct Southeast Asian appearance said in English: "Is one week enough? Let's talk about it next week, ok?"
"Don't wait for a week, there are no musical instruments here, otherwise I can play it for your reference now." Fang Xiao looked at the time and said, "Tonight we will hold a small open-air concert at Songjiang Conservatory of Music. Mr. Gao Jieli - and these gentlemen - if you are interested, you can take the time to take a look. I will play some more intense and dynamic music on the spot."
This Southeast Asian, whose Chinese name is Gao Jieli, is the brand director of Adidas China. He smiled professionally and said, "I will consider the invitation from Mr. Fang."
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The temporary stage was relatively simple and not high from the ground. There was no lifting equipment, and only a few tents were built behind the curtain, which was considered a powder room and a lounge.
"So many people." Qian Qing looked at the dark crowd outside and asked in a low voice: "Alin, are you nervous?"
"What about you?"
“Something too.”
"There's nothing to be nervous about." Fang Xiao looked back at her and said with a smile: "The concert is free. We are no different from performing on the street tonight. It's no big deal if we fail. Anyway, those audiences didn't pay."
Xun glared at him and warned: "Give me serious!"
"That's right, boss, please be serious." Mai Jiexin held her glasses with both hands and said, "Tonight is my home court. If I messed up, I will have no shame to see my hometown elders."
Fang Xiao shrugged, made a very stressed expression, then snapped his fingers, led the way to the stage, and said, "Okay. Come on."
Qian Qing let out a slight breath and felt that her beating wildly calmer.
I didn't know if I didn't look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. After standing on the stage, Fang Xiao looked around for a week, he couldn't help but take a breath. There were much more audiences present than expected!
They decided to come to the concert temporarily. The preparations were very insufficient, so they did not do any other publicity except for having Mai Jiexin's classmates posted a few posters on campus, and no messages were pushed on the Internet.
The total number of students and faculty members of Songjiang Conservatory of Music is only about 10,000. Considering the school’s awesome heritage and consistent elegant style, the simple concert held by a newly-established online singer group, f&q should not be too many people to support it. However, the audience in front of them almost filled up most of the football stadium...
I don’t know if it’s for Mai Jiexin to save face, or if our f&q is really popular…
When the audience saw them appear, a mess of applause and whistles sounded, mixed with a few screams, which was very atmosphere.
After Fang Xiao and everyone was in place, he said the simple and boring opening remark to the microphone: "Then... let's start."
Then he carried the guitar and bowed to make a call. Mai Jiexin walked forward and picked up the microphone from the shelf. This was her alma mater, which immediately caused another round of applause.
When the piano started to play, she started singing "In My Singing", which was very popular. Although it was not sang all over the streets and alleys like in the previous life because of the short release time, as soon as Mai Jiexin spoke, there were audiences singing in the audience.
"Mr. Gao Jieli, F&Q came to China's top music academy to hold a concert without any publicity, and attracted so many audiences. It is enough to show their strength and influence in reality, right?" In the stands on the side, Zhu Linlin pointed to the crowded crowd in the stadium and said, "And if you observe carefully, you will find that many audiences are wearing F&Q T-shirts. Our T-shirts are sold in less than 10 days, and there are so many in Songjiang, which shows the appeal of F&Q."
Gao Jieli did not answer. He held a telescope and patrolled the crowd.
"It feels so good to go back to my alma mater." After Mai Jiexin finished singing "My Singings", she did not return to the electronic synthesizer, but held the microphone and said with a smile: "I really want to sing every song written by Fang Xiao, but I am alone in Hong Kong, and I am alone and dare not speak. Now when I return to Songjiang, I finally get what I want and sing as soon as I want. I have to thank everyone for their support and give me the confidence to fight against the five very outstanding Hong Kong people in the future."
While she teased herself, she also stirred up the sense of regional honor, and immediately made the applause and noise on the scene cheer for her.
Fang Xiao cooperated with the audience, clasped his fists and made a gesture of begging for mercy, and then signaled her to continue. Mai Jiexin continued to sing. Starting from "Childhood", she sang four or five songs suitable for her singing, including "Glass Cup", "Dream Sky is Extra Blue", and "The Story of Time". Each song was reorganized, and the electronic synthesizer was removed, using the simplest combination, which was simpler and fresher, and compared with the previous version, it had a unique flavor.
When the first episode of "F&Q Dream Rookie", Mai Jiexin said that her dream was to be a music producer, not a false statement. All these arrangements were completed by her alone, and the composition was very personal. It was also very suitable for her to sing. When she showed it to Uncle Bao, Uncle Bao praised her and looked at her with admiration.
The football stadium where the concert was held was very old, with only the stands on the east side, and the other three parties were barbed wire. After Mai Jiexin finished singing the song "We Are All Good Children", which made her very popular, the football stadium was already crowded with audiences, and even many people gathered outside the barbed wire.
"My father often teaches me to be content, I sing six songs in a row, and I am very satisfied. It is time to hand over the microphone to Fang Xiao... I know that although you support me very much, you would rather see Fang Xiao's performance, because he is the trump card of f&q and a real star." Mai Jiexin held the microphone and paused for a while before saying, "But there is a song. I must sing it once, otherwise I will feel very sorry."
She made a gesture of invitation. Two girls walked up from the left side of the stage, one holding a guzheng and the other holding a flute: "These two are my good friends, Ye Yixin and Han Su, they are top students in the folk music department. Next, we will sing a song with a very classical Chinese atmosphere..."
The audience immediately shouted and shouted: ""Blue and White Porcelain"! "Blue and White Porcelain"!"
"Blue and White Porcelain" is one of Jay Chou's representative works and one of the representative works of Chinese-style music. The beautiful melody and poetic lyrics have all the elements that are popular. Fang Xiao added a gimmick "creation process" to it, making this song legendary from the moment it was released. Therefore, it was repeatedly mentioned on the Internet and in the media circle. In just one week, it spread all over the country, helping it to listen to the Dragonfly music's Red Heart Listening List, surpassing "Childhood" and topped the list.
The melodious guzheng and sobbing flute sound, combined with Mai Jiexin's clear voice like pure water, made the audience intoxicated in the ancient atmosphere. I don't know when tonight, and the entire football field is silent.
"A piece of blue and white porcelain, love and hate things for all eternity." Fang Xiao stood in the backstage, holding a bottle of water and said, "Listen to the ancient style and charm, I remembered Su Dongpo's sentence in "Red Cliff Fu": I mourn my life for a moment, envy the endless Yangtze River, and roamed the flying immortals to travel, embraced the bright moon and ended up in a long life. Unfortunately, there was no moon tonight."
Xun stood side by side in front of the tent, looked up at the night sky, and asked, "When did you recite ancient Chinese?"
"There is no way, I have to recite it, otherwise I will always be deceived by Uncle Bao." Fang Xiao took a sip of water and said with a smile: "Last time we had dinner, Uncle Bao talked about Wang Xizhi's silk and bamboo orchestra, and spoke in a clear and quiet mood. In fact, what Wang Xizhi said in "The Preface to Lanting" was that although there was no richness of silk and bamboo orchestra, a cup and a chant was enough to express the secluded feelings."
"It's almost the same, you're actually chewing words at this time." Xun leaned against him and said, "You haven't practiced drums much. Now you're going to perform. Are you sure?"
"I just have to express that rhythm, technology is not the key."
"Why don't you write down all the scores and let Arlene practice in advance?"
"We are not very suitable to sing dynamic songs on the spot, so we can only play pure music." Fang Xiao put half of the plastic bottle on the ground and said, "I wrote the score and asked Arlene to knock it. The middle was separated by a layer, and the effect was weaker, so it's better to just put it on yourself and knock it as you want, and the effect may be better."
"Joyadan may be able to sing a more dynamic song. Lan Xiaoxi has a good sense of rhythm, but unfortunately she is too introverted and has no infectiousness."
"You can try it when she comes back." Fang Xiao heard Mai Jiexin finish singing, so he said, "I'm going to prepare."
"Yes." Xu clenched his fists and encouraged, "Bang well."
Fang Xiao smiled and turned around and said, "I won't give a kiss of love."
"Dirty, no kiss!"
"Blue and White Porcelain" accompanied by Guzheng and flute won a lot of lottery. Mai Jiexin and her two friends ended again and again before leaving the show.
Fang Xiao went on stage alone, sat behind the drum set, and said, "Good evening everyone... Thank you for your applause, I am very grateful... Really, Songjiang Conservatory of Music is a music holy place in China. When I come here to sing, no one is not timid. As soon as I went on stage, I saw so many people coming, I thought I was here to cheer, but I didn't expect it to be..."
"Mai Jiexin just played with the leisurely and leisurely ancient style. Let me try the strong and dynamic modern rhythm... This is my first time beating a drum. My level is average, everyone is very grateful. If you really can't listen, you can also drink a few more yells of color..."
Fang Xiao spent so long in a bar in his previous life and knew a little about all kinds of instruments. In the month after traveling through time, he did not simply play guitar and sing every time he rehearsed. He also tried other instruments when he had time, but he played the most electronic synthesizer, followed by bass, and finally a drum set.
If Shi Lilin's level is 100 points, Fang Xiao will only have 50 points at most. However, over the past month, his understanding of music has made great progress. He took a clever approach when beating the drums, simplified the complexity, and only beat those key rhythm points, abandoning the difficult work that he is not good at or cannot complete. Therefore, he does not beat it very quickly, but it can make people follow the rhythm without realizing it.
He then changed his songs and continued to beat them for a few dozen seconds, giving people the illusion that he was just right. When he hit the third song, Gao Jieli in the stands spoke: "Mr. Fang is worthy of being a music genius. The rhythm of these songs is very good, and it is very suitable to make background music for our advertisements."
Zhu Linlin just smiled.
If Fang Xiao heard it, he would laugh even more. These songs were all advertisements used by Adidas in his previous life. He only typed in a simplified version. Of course, he didn't hear it, so he typed in the fourth song - "adidas-to-addis".
As a brand with a history of nearly a hundred years, its corporate image and temperament have long been solidified into its bone marrow. Therefore, in the past and present worlds, the requirements for advertising music are naturally similar. So after even the name is played with the brand song for a while, Gao Jieli said: "This seems to be better."
"These are just improvised songs. Mr. Fang can tailor advertising songs for you according to your company's requirements." Zhu Linlin lobbyed: "Mr. Gao, in my opinion, music is second. Your company has a very famous advertising slogan, impos private-is-nothing, there is no impossible. I think Mr. Fang's performance in the fields of music and business is the best interpretation of this advertising slogan."
Gao Jieli stroked the telescope hanging around his neck and nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!