Entertaining Children

"Why not?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "People are selfish, and I am no exception! If you ask for my opinion, of course I recommend Liang Xueying who has a better relationship with me!"

"Okay, stop joking!" Albert said, "Tell me what you really think!"

"I'm not joking, this is what I really think!" Xiao Yao said.

"Then you have to give me some reasons that sound more reasonable and allow me to tell others," Albert said helplessly, "I can't tell others that we chose Liang Xueying because she has a better relationship with Yang, right? "

"Why not?" Xiao Yao shrugged, "Isn't this a society that emphasizes human relations? If it weren't for the relationship between me and you, and the models, you would have chosen me as a guest performer and let me be in charge of extras Shooting?"

"That's because we have seen your ability and your reputation in the United States and even the world." Elbert said seriously, "I think that among the stars in China, your international reputation is the highest ,none of them."

"What?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

"Of course, I mean within the range of singers." Albert seemed to understand Xiao Yao's thoughts, and added, "Some directors and actors in Huaxia may be more famous internationally than you, but what we need for the Eva Show The performers are professional singers."

"Look, you already have the answer yourself, do you still need me to give you a more reasonable reason?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "What you need is a professional singer! Zhuo Zhiyuan has more fans, but strictly speaking , he is an idol star. I'm not saying he can't sing, but from a professional point of view, Liang Xueying is obviously better than Zhuo Zhiyuan in singing!"

"Also," Xiao Yao continued, "In terms of masterpieces, Zhuo Zhiyuan doesn't seem to have a masterpiece that is popular in the United States or even in the world. But Liang Xueying is different. The song on the bulletin board is very well-known in the United States, right? And that song is the overseas promotion song of our China Basketball Professional League, and with the sale of our China Basketball Professional League broadcast rights, it is also very popular in many countries in Asia and Europe."

"These sound like more decent reasons!" Albert nodded, "I will seriously consider it!"

"These are some obvious reasons!" Xiao Yao put his hands on the armrests of the chair, making a gesture to get up and leave, "So, is our conversation over?"

"Wait, our conversation is not over yet!" Albert waved his hand to stop Xiao Yao from getting up, "I have one more thing to discuss with you!"

"One more thing?" Xiao Yao relaxed and sat back on the chair, "What is it?"

"It's also about the performance of the Eva show." Elbert said, "As you know, we have always invited three groups of guests to perform in four units, and one group of guests will perform twice."

"I know!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"Originally we arranged for Nicole to play twice." Albert said, "But now that Nicole can't come, we only plan to temporarily hire a singer to replace Nicole to maintain the total number of performers. But no matter No matter who we invite, we don’t plan to let a newly invited Chinese guest perform twice instead of Nicole. We hope that you will fill the other vacant performance opportunity.”

"Me?" Xiao Yao pointed to his nose in surprise, "Don't you have another Mr. Smith from the United States? He won the Grammy this year, so he should be more suitable to play than me twice?"

"No," Albert shook his head, "Although Jamie won the Grammy this year, he is different from Nicole. He specializes in singing spiritual songs, and his style is relatively simple, and he has He just became popular, whether it is performance style or popularity, it is not suitable to perform twice on the Eva show. We have contacted him, and he himself has no intention of increasing the number of performances on the Eva show."

"So you came to me!" Xiao Yao smiled wryly.

"Yes!" Albert said, "You are the main performer we have confirmed in advance,

Both Liang Xueying and Zhuo Zhiyuan came in as temporary substitutes. This extra opportunity to perform should be handed over to our previously selected guests. At least in terms of the diversity of work styles, you are a more suitable candidate than Jamie. "

"So not only do I have to perform twice, but the two performances have to be in different styles?" Xiao Yao asked.

"It's better like this!" Elbert nodded. "The masterpiece "Fighter" by Liang Xueying you mentioned is a relatively intense song, while Jamie's spiritual song is more soothing and gentle. So I hope you The two performances are one fast and one slow, one intense and the other gentle and soothing."

"There are so many requests?" Xiao Yao smiled wryly.

"I have confidence in you!" Elbert smiled and blinked. "I heard that you are a famous creative genius in China. You have won many different types of music awards. This will definitely not trouble you!"

"This~ okay!" Xiao Yao thought for a while, and finally nodded, "By the way, I would like to make another suggestion. The star singer and model on the Eva show are the biggest attraction. I don't think you need it at all. I stick to the rule of three groups of guests performing four times. It is absolutely possible to invite more guests and arrange guest performances in each unit, I think the effect may be better!"

"We have also noticed this and are considering it." Elbert smiled, "It's just that this year is our first time in Asia, and we don't want to make too many changes at once. We may make changes in this aspect in the future .”

"Actually, I think you are also very thoughtful in performance planning," Elbert continued, "If you can't get along in the entertainment industry in the future, you can come to Eva to work. Maybe in a few years, you will Sit in my seat!"

"Can't you get along in the entertainment industry?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes, "Are you a curse?"

"Well, my fault!" Elbert laughed, "If one day you don't want to continue to develop in the entertainment industry and want to try something different, you are welcome to come to Eva to have a try!"

"I have to go back to prepare the song for performance, see you at the rehearsal!" Xiao Yao stood up noncommittal and said goodbye.

It is not difficult for Xiao Yao to perform one more time, but Xiao Yao still feels a little embarrassed about the choice of performance, mainly because Elbert also requested two songs with different styles.

In fact, the styles of Xiao Yao's works are indeed very diverse. If it is a Chinese song, there are still many suitable songs to choose from in Xiao Yao's works. But the Eva show is a world-class show. It is not appropriate to perform Chinese songs on it, nor is it appropriate to sing new songs. It must be more famous English songs. When it comes to well-known works that are widely circulated, and Xiao Yao's original singing, and they have to be of different types, Xiao Yao doesn't have many choices.

Originally Xiao Yao prepared the performance track "Thinking Out Loud". With the support of the very difficult and sweet duet MV, this song not only has a very wide spread, but also achieved good results on the US billboard. Yes, is a very suitable choice.

This is a relatively gentle and soothing English love song. Correspondingly, the other song needs to be relatively intense. In fact, there are also English works like Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao has written several popular electronic music and rock English songs, but most of these songs are written for others, not originally sung by Xiao Yao or not only by Xiao Yao. Original singing.

Judging from the fact that Elbert asked Xiao Yao to help him choose candidates from Liang Xueying and Zhuo Zhiyuan instead of asking Xiao Yao to recommend candidates, Eva still has high requirements for the popularity of performers, so Xiao Yao also They didn't rashly request to add Gong Chen or Chen Chen to the lineup of performers. As for the "Immortals" band, it might be too late.

Of course, Xiao Yao had his reasons for agreeing to Albert. When Xiao Yao sold the copyright of songs, he didn't sell them all at once. Even if the original singer is not him, as long as the song is written by him, he retains the right to commercial performance. Just like he was able to publicly sing "Sugar" he wrote for the "Daydream" band during the seaside performance of Eva's Swimsuit Special, Xiao Yao can also perform those songs for "Immortals" in public commercial performances .

It's just that those songs were written by Xiao Yao for the "Immortals" band. Xiao Yao felt no pressure when performing with them, but he still felt a little awkward performing alone. So unless there is really no choice, Xiao Yao doesn't want to perform the song "Immortals" alone. This is just a guaranteed choice that Xiao Yao can agree to Elbert.

After returning from Albert, Xiao Yao did not engage in rehearsals, but sorted out all his English works over the years, to see if there were any suitable choices for his original English songs.

When Xiao Yao was sorting out his English songs, his personal mobile phone received a call from Liang Xueying.

"Xiao Yao, thank you!" After exchanging pleasantries, Liang Xueying's first sentence was to thank Xiao Yao.

"Oh? Thank you for what?" Xiao Yao asked knowingly.

Although Eva officially only announced the news that Nicole Ao Dai was unable to come to China to participate in the Eva show due to visa issues, she only said that she would find another performer as a substitute, and has not announced who the substitute performer is, but from When Liang Xueying made this call at this time, Xiao Yao guessed that Eva's side should have decided to invite Liang Xueying to be a guest performer, and she had already notified her team.

"Thank you for helping me win the opportunity to be a guest performer on the Eva Show this year!" Liang Xueying guessed that Xiao Yao might be asking the question knowingly, but said very formally.

Xiao Yao and Eva have a close relationship with Xiao Yao, and they have cooperated many times. Eva naturally hopes that Xiao Yao's development can be better. When facing Zhuo Zhiyuan's team, Elbert didn't say that it was because of Xiao Yao that he chose Liang Xueying. Part of the reason is because of Xiao Yao's suggestion, which conveniently helped him to lay a solid foundation for his connections in the entertainment industry.

When recording "Singer" the year before last, Liang Xueying also said that she would use her international resource advantages to help Xiao Yao's overseas release and promotion of the single. As a result, two years later, Xiao Yao was early accepted by the Eva Show. Not to mention being invited as a guest performer by such an internationally renowned big show, it was thanks to Xiao Yao's help that he was able to appear on the Eva Show as a substitute. Thinking of this, although Liang Xueying didn't feel particularly ashamed, she was extremely embarrassed in her heart.

But the sigh is the sigh, after learning the reason from Elbert, Liang Xueying called Xiao Yao immediately to express her gratitude.

"Well, you're welcome," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Which one of us is with whom!"

"Well, I didn't make you a little friend for nothing!" Liang Xueying also laughed.

"But I'm a little curious," Xiao Yao continued to ask, "Since you already knew that Nicole can't come to China, Eva is going to find a new guest performer in China, and you are fighting for this opportunity, why didn't you Tell me earlier, let me go and say hello to Eva? You know what? Eva eliminated a group of people first, and only two people were left for me to choose! If you are less lucky, I may not be at all Can't hear your name from Albert's mouth!"

Xiao Yao has long been determined to be a guest performer on the Eva show. He was busy with city documentaries and filming daily highlights of the Eva show models some time ago. He didn't pay much attention to this aspect. He only found out about Eva after being found by Elbert. After some screening, there are only two candidates left in front of them.

"The job opportunity is mainly based on your own strength." Liang Xueying smiled, "Eva asked you, you can say something nice for me, I have no objection! But they didn't say anything, so I let you The person who took the initiative to find Eva to be my lobbyist? Don't tell me if you will feel embarrassed, I feel embarrassed. No matter how powerful you are, you are so much younger than me, sister, I also want to save face!"

"Understood!" Xiao Yao nodded.

To be honest, if Liang Xueying really asked herself to go to Albert to speak for her before Albert asked her for advice, Xiao Yao really didn't know if she would agree. Even if I agree, I guess I will inevitably feel a little disgusted in my heart. Thinking of this, Xiao Yao couldn't help sighing, sometimes making friends really depends on character, temper and handling style.

"You called me today just to thank you, right?" Xiao Yao smiled again, "It doesn't need to be so formal, does it?"

"This is the politeness one should have. No matter how good the relationship is, this attitude must be shown!" Liang Xueying said.

"Okay!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded.

"However, apart from thanking you, I have other things I want to discuss with you." Liang Xueying continued with a smile.

"I knew it!" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and continued with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Now that Eva has decided to invite me to be the guest performer of Eva Show, I decided to fly to Shanghai to rehearse tomorrow!" Liang Xueying said, "Your recording studio is not just a rehearsal room, I want to go to your place and use your recording Rehearsal in the rehearsal room in the office, okay?"

When recording "Singer" the year before last, Xiao Yao helped Liang Xueying prepare the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" and rehearsed in the recording studio located in Yin Xi's studio. Liang Xueying was very satisfied with the environment and equipment there, and also knew that although the recording studio was built by Yin Xi, it was managed by Xiao Yao, and Xiao Yao had the final say on how to use it.

"Okay," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "just pay!"

"Okay~" Liang Xueying was quite happy when she heard the first half of the sentence Xiao Yao agreed so readily, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, she immediately cried out in dissatisfaction, "Okay, you little money fan!"