China Entertainment 2000

Strictly speaking, there are three versions of the song "Wavin Flag".

One is the first version created by the Somali-Canadian singer Kenan when he was concerned about his hometown of Somalia. It was included in his personal album "Troubadour" released on February 24, 2009. It is the second hit single of the album. song;

The second version is relatively niche. It is a charity song that was rewritten and sung by the "Young Haitian Artists" team of Canadian artists. It was released on March 12, 2010. All proceeds from the song were donated to those who suffered the earthquake in January 2010. of Haiti.

The third version after that was the World Cup version that is well-known around the world - it was released on April 30, 2010. The team involved in the production and adaptation was Bruno Marr, the Martian brother who was later known as the "Grammy's son" Sri Lanka-led team.

In conjunction with the global channel bombardment by Coca-Cola and record companies, the song became popular all over the world a month before the start of the World Cup. It was once dubbed the official theme song of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by domestic audiences.

If it weren't for the quality and popularity of Shakira's theme song "Waka Waka" around the world, I'm afraid Kenan would have stolen the limelight.

For Zhou Yi, his purpose of writing this song was to "replace".

The 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan is no different than the South Africa World Cup Organizing Committee, which has the king of Shakira——

There are three official theme songs. Except for the pure music "Anthem" (football anthem) created by Greek artist Vangelis, which caused some waves, the other two songs are actually not popular in terms of public popularity or artistic evaluation. What a presence.

It's the type where if you don't check it carefully, you basically won't know anything about the singer, creator, or even the title of the song.

Without any competitors to divert attention, "Wavin Flag" will undoubtedly be able to fully absorb the World Cup fever.

"The city theme you set has been echoed by many city tourism bureaus, and they have expressed their willingness to coordinate the work of all parties to help us complete the MV recording of this song."

With "Jiangnan" in front of me, and now that I have such an opportunity to show my face, cities in various cities naturally raised their hands and feet to express their approval.

Especially in cities with a strong football atmosphere such as Dalian, the enthusiasm for contacting Warner is even greater. It only takes three calls a day to care about how Qianjiang's life is going.

“There will definitely be more shots in the four cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. After all, the prosperous areas of the cities will be relatively more developed.

"Taking into account the length limit of the MV, we still have to make good choices about screen allocation in the remaining cities. After all, football is mainly used to reflect the positive spirit."

As Zhou Yi's agent, Qian Jiang actually has a headache recently.

As Zhou Yi returned home with a great reputation, he was either answering the phone or on the way to answer the phone every day.

There are even many celebrities who are willing to participate in the Zhouyi MV, such as Zhang Ziyi, who is also owned by Coca-Cola.

Zhang Ziyi has always spared no effort in making her appearance internationally.

"Hong Kong and Macau are also in contact with filming locations. Now we are waiting for the materials from Taiwan."

Although Zhou Yi himself was not allowed to go to Taiwan for filming, this did not trouble Warner. Stefanie Sun had unimpeded access to Taiwan.

Not to mention that she will hold the first concert of her "Start" tour at the Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taiwan on March 23. At this time, it is normal to be followed by a large number of filming teams filming everywhere in Taiwan, right?

The World Cup is here, and Warner and Coca-Cola are also organizing a few football events in Taiwan to keep the heat going. Is this normal?

As one of the twin stars, with Zhou Yi not present, there is nothing wrong with Stefanie Sun taking the lead, right?

Stefanie Sun, who made a brief cameo appearance in "The Lazy Song" but did not sing, will once again appear as a "pure passerby" in the Taiwanese scene of "Wavin Flag" to lead the extras to welcome the World Cup.

"Thank you for having me, otherwise your nationally pictured MV would be missing a piece."

March 15, Conference Room, Warner Building, Imperial City.

Stefanie Sun, who returned to the imperial capital amidst the noise from the outside world, stood behind the chair, smiled and put her elbows on the shoulders of Zhou Yi, who was sitting, to take credit for herself.

"Is there a possibility that there will be others without you. For example, Elva Hsiao, Angela Chang, or even Wen Lan." Zhou Yi, spitting out grape skins, shook the first draft of the song he wrote based on memory, and did not take it at all. One set: "Liu Genghong and Zhou Jielun are also good, I am the person who saved their lives.

"Ariel Ariel and Cyndi Wang can also do it. Since they starred in my music video, these two have become very popular in Taiwan's advertising industry. They will send text messages to thank me from time to time."

"Lulu Luuluo, yes, yes, you are right, you have a wide network of contacts."

Stefanie Sun, who had nothing to say, stuck out her tongue and made a face at him.

"The key now is the real recordings of Chinese musical instruments you requested. Your requirements are very high. I asked several friends, but no one they knew could come up with a schedule at the moment."

As a single that is related to global promotion, in order to meet Zhou Yi's requirements for excellence in the instrumentation of this song, Zhou Jianhui personally contacted many former friends, but the schedule was bumped up.

After the African musical instrument features of the original song were eliminated by Zhouyi, they were filled with other instruments with similar timbres and functions. The most rhythmic drum beats were also replaced by equally exciting Chinese drums.

However, there are not many people who can meet Zhouyi's requirements while retaining the characteristics of Chinese musical instruments. His arrangement concept is indeed a bit high for musicians.

"It's okay. I have someone suitable. Just contact Wang Xiaojing."

Zhou Yi was not worried at all about this.

In terms of using Chinese musical instruments to play pop music, Wang Xiaojing's still-unknown Women's Twelve Music Group is the number one in the current music scene.

It just so happened that the tacit agreement he had reached with Wang Xiaojing also included the condition of bringing a member of the Twelve Girls Band, which at least put him on the line.

"still have a question."

After Qian Jiang wrote down the notepad for Women's Twelve Bands and closed the cap of his pen, Qian Jiang's expression immediately became serious: "Ayi, you rejected the script written by Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen has probably come to the company by now. Looking for you."

When Zhou Yi returned to China last night, he naturally saw the script and storyboard concepts that Jiang Wen created in the name of Ning Hao——

How should I put it, although he was very restrained, there was an uncontrollable smell of Jiang Wen that still made Zhou Yi give it a cross.

After all, this is an album produced under his leadership, and the protagonist is not Jiang Wen.

And the reason he gave Jiang Wen was very simple: it didn't have the flavor he requested, and it wasn't enough to meet his psychological expectations.

This reason is very abstract, but Jiang Wen is also an abstract person in this regard——

"Brother Zhou Yi, I won't say any more nonsense. If you want me to change, you must at least give me a normal reason, right?"

At 10:37 in the morning, Jiang Wen, who arrived at Warner Bros. in a low-key manner, rolled up his sleeves, opened the door and walked into the conference room. Under the gaze of Qian Jiang and others, he went straight to Zhou Yi: "I think this script is perfect."

"No, no, no, it's not enough. As a producer, I have the right to demand perfection. I believe that Brother Jiang, you have been a director and you should know this."

Zhou Yi smiled slightly, revealed his identity as a producer, and refused to give in, almost choking Jiang Wen.

Feeling that he might have met his opponent, Jiang Wen unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and took a sip of water, and then began a "war of words" with Zhou Yi in the conference room——

"I think this is perfect, whether it's the alienation of people by the environment or the image of family on people, or even the final tribute to the Godfather."

"No, no, no, the most taboo thing in our industry is our own feelings. I think Brother Jiang, you should also know this in your heart."

"Brother Zhou Yi, isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to do this? Aren't you busy arranging that English song now?"

"That's easy for me. It doesn't take a lot of time. And don't change the subject. I'm the album producer and I have to be responsible for my own album."

"I think these four scripts are perfect."

"I'm the producer."

"I think your concept has been captured perfectly."

"I am the producer"

"you……"

"I'm the producer."

"..."