Chapter 14 Hello
ps: Today is one chapter, nearly five thousand words
At this time, the United States is still in 2014, and there are still two hours before the New Year. In a small makeup position in the waiting room, Chen Lan just put on her makeup. Ye Xuan looked at Han Xiao with headphones in front of her and kept her face tense, thinking she was nervous, so she hurriedly comforted her: "Han Xiao, don't be nervous, believe in yourself."
"Ah, Teacher Ye, what did you say?" Han Xiao took off his headphones and asked when he saw Ye Xuan's movements.
"I asked you if you are a little nervous and want to drink water to relax." Ye Xuan said again.
Han Xiao couldn't help but stick out his tongue: "Teacher, I'm not nervous. I'm just listening to 'Zhang Zhen telling a story'. This story was a bit scary just now."
"You..." Ye Xuan was speechless about her hobbies. Han Xiao used to go home at night. In order to train her courage, she found the audio of "Zhang Zhen's storytelling" to listen to it. Later, although she became more courageous, she also fell in love with such stories.
"Han Xiao, prepare, it's our turn soon." Tang Yuan and Qu Xiaoxiao walked in together and said to Han Xiao.
Han Xiao checked his wireless headphones again, and then followed Tang Yuan and the others to the waiting area on the stage. Linda and Universal Records' artists manager Matthew Phillips were already waiting here, and Linda enthusiastically hugged Han Xiao.
Originally, the organizer ABC TV station only gave Han Xiao eight and a half minutes, the singing time of the two songs, including the prelude and the pause between the two songs. This can only be tight for Han Xiao, and no difference in the middle cannot appear, and the accompaniment must be smoothly connected.
Qu Xiaoxiao found ABC Universal Broadcasting Corporation to communicate, but the staff in charge of contact with ABC were relatively arrogant. In the end, Linda came forward to find Matthew Phillips of Universal Records, and then adjusted the time to the current ten minutes and two songs, which would add nearly one minute of wealthy time.
Although the organizer is a little troubled to Han Xiao, Matthew Philip of Universal Records is very enthusiastic and proactive. Although Linda is Chinese, she is a American citizen. She holds a 5% stake in Wild Fox Investment Company and is also a relatively famous American beauty rich man. In this country where capital is king, if you have money, you have a certain status.
Moreover, the global film and television industry is developing rapidly, causing the music record market to shrink extremely. Matthew Phillips worked for Universal Records for 30 years and was once the agent of Whini Houston. However, after breaking up with Whini Houston for some reason in 2001, he never brought any artists again, but stayed at Universal Records for management.
This time I saw Han Xiao from China. He began to look at her with a erotic look like other colleagues. A Chinese singer wanted to get involved in the Grammy with a good song?
But after listening to Han Xiao's singing, he was shocked that this petite and thin girl could make such a penetrating song. He changed his opinion. He wanted to become her agent. This girl has a talent that is no less than Huini Houston. If she had a good chance, she might not have become the next world-class queen.
The performance of Kelly Clarkson in the previous session was over, but Han Xiao was stopped by the staff when he was about to take the stage. Kelly, who had finished the performance on the stage, was sending New Year greetings to the fans in the audience and letting out a big kiss. Matthew Phillips couldn't help but shout: "oh, no! Kelly Clarkson is sexy again."
Seeing that it had been more than two minutes, Linda hurriedly found the staff at the entrance of the stage to communicate. However, Kelly Clarkson ignored the director's request.
Looking at Kelly Clarkson who was still kissing everywhere on the stage, Qu Xiaoxiao and Tang Yuan were also anxious. Even the people in the Yanjing Company's conference room were talking. Chen Fang frowned and whispered to Zhong Lifang. Then Zhong Lifang got up and came to the propaganda department to guide them in how to guide public opinion.
At this time, Linda, who was communicating with the TV station on the spot, made a decision. She said to Matthew Phillips: "Mr. Phillips, since there is too much time, let's adjust the song. Please tell the director that we will only sing the second new song, "dream
Linda's words made Han Xiao's eyes lit up, and she said to Matthew Phillips: "Mr. Phillips, according to Sister Linda's advice, we will only sing the song "hello"."
"Ms. Han, are you sure you sing the second song?" Matthew Phillips confirmed again at Han Xiao.
"Well, I'm sure." Han Xiao nodded at Matthew Phillips. She believed that the new song Chen Fang gave her would definitely make a big splash. In the face of any conspiracy, strength is the most important thing.
"Okay, just sing this song, let's let them see what real strength is." Matthew Phillips hurriedly found the director and changed the song. At this time, Kelly Clarkson had already stepped down. When passing by Han Xiao, his eyes were slanted forty-five degrees and he snorted coldly. If she wasn't afraid of being caught by the possible cameras around her, she would have wanted to take the opportunity to push Han Xiao.
Although Han Xiao was disdainful of what she did, he had no way to fight back in words or actions. He could only wait until he came to the stage to compete.
Kelly Clarkson came to the waiting area and welcomed a hug from Megan Trina. The two of them were in the same music company and there was no conflict of interests yet. Kelly Clarkson deliberately spent Han Xiao's time. In addition to the indulgence of the TV station, he was more of accusation for the company, the new girl.
Han Xiao came to the stage, and the flashing glow sticks in the audience stopped waving. More than 70,000 viewers at the scene were wondering who the singer was and why an Asian singer appeared on the stage. After a brief shock, everyone began to communicate freely, because every New Year's Eve, many foreign singers would come on stage. Even if they didn't know each other, they could wait until the next person appeared to cheer. Only some Chinese students cheered excitedly when they saw Han Xiao appearing on the big screen.
Without too many movements, Han Xiao just stood quietly in the center of the stage, holding the microphone stand in his hand and quietly waiting for the moment when the music started. The music sounded, and an extremely soothing piano prelude seemed so gentle on this New Year's Eve carnival night.
“hello, it''s me (How are you, it's me)
i was wondering if after all these years you''d like to meet
(I want to know if you still love life after so long,)
to go everything
(All things I have forgotten about)
…”
When the first sentence "hello, it's me" appears, it seems to press the pause button for this carnival New Year's Eve. This ethereal and hoarse voice makes the scene of this originally noisy Global Times Square quiet instantly. The extremely deep penetration makes this sentence "hello" seem to be a greeting in everyone's ears, as if someone is whispering hello to you. Everyone looks at the stage and the big screen at the same time. They can't believe that this extremely infectious voice was made by this Asian girl with a low figure.
Matthew Phillips said to Linda: "Every time I listen to Ms. Han sing this song, I feel a little throbbing. Her talent is so good. The treble part can be compared with Rihanna. If your company can sign Ms. Han's agency contract with us Universal Records, I will definitely make her the first world-class Chinese diva."
Although Linda was a little proud, her face remained calm: "Mr. Phillips, I can't answer you for the time being. Han Xiao is a relative of our President Shen, and her development was personally inquired by our President Shen. And even this song was written specifically by Mr. Shen, so we cannot make a decision on Han Xiao's subsequent development." He paused for a moment: "Our President Shen will arrive in Los Angeles before the Grammy Awards Ceremony. He will hold a party. You can apply directly to him. He has high hopes for Han Xiao, and for Han Xiao's development, he should agree to you."
Although Linda did not say it clearly, Matthew Phillips had already heard the inner meaning. If Universal Records could help Han Xiao win the Grammy's "Best Newcomer Award", Shen Fang should agree to hand over Han Xiao's agent contract to him to take care of.
Matthew Phillips made a secret decision to seize this opportunity in the last few years of his career. It seems that Han Xiao’s biggest competitor this time is Megan Terina, so he can do something about Kelly Clarkson’s intentional time-consuming just now, and Matthew Phillips’s idea is no longer just the “Best Newcomer Award”.
“…
hello from other side
(Hello from another place)
i must''ve called a thousand times to tell you
(I have prepared thousands of times just to tell you in person)
i''m sorry, for everything i''ve done
(I'm very sorry for what I did)
but when i call you never see to be home
(But even if I call you like this, you will feel like you have long lost your home)
…”
Qin Mohan heard Han Xiao sing this song in the recording studio. At that time, she was quietly hiding in the recording studio and crying silently as she listened to the song. She once wanted to ask why Chen Fang wrote such a song, but she still held it back.
Although from the perspective of lyrics, this is a love song written by his ex. Qin Mohan still believes that Chen Fang wrote to himself ten years ago, to himself who was confused by his parents' breakup, and to himself who was lonely because of his family separation.
Liang Hui also attended CCTV's New Year's Eve party last night, but she came to the company early this morning to record New Year's greetings. Now when she heard Han Xiao's singing, she couldn't help but be surprised by her talent: "Han Xiao's singing skills have improved again. Her voice is very penetrating now. The sound she just spoke directly made my spine numb. It seemed that someone whispered 'hello' in my ear."
Liang Hui's statement was recognized by many people in the company, and the public relations staff of the Propaganda Department also began to control comments in the comment area. In fact, there is no need to control comments at all. Most of the replies in the online barrage were infected with ears.
Because this is an English song, most Chinese netizens who watched the live broadcast were admiring Han Xiao's singing skills. At this time, countless audiences at New York Times Square were immersed in the lyrics in the song.
Many people ask themselves in this song, asking their ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend if they say to him (her):
"Hello, I don't know if you still love life after so long."
"I don't know if you're sorry for your past."
This is like a farewell, a farewell to all the good, bad, happy, and sad things to the past; it is also like a kind of confidant, telling how you spent the days without the other person.
After singing the song, it ended two minutes earlier than the time given to him by the organizer. The song "dream �
When the audience saw Han Xiao leaving, they seemed to wake up from the afterglow of the song. They didn't know who took the lead and called "Enke", and then countless people followed and agreed with "Enke".
The "Enke" sound from the audience made Megan Trina, who could not wait to appear on stage after watching Han Xiao step down, stunned. She looked at her agent awkwardly. The agent didn't know how to deal with it, so she had to signal her to sing according to the established song.
The music started, and she sang "all about �
"Han Xiao, he performed great." Linda gave Han Xiao another big hug, who had just stepped down, and Han Xiao smiled embarrassedly.
Qu Xiaoxiao said from the side: "Your performance is great. We have made an announcement about the fact that you only sing one song. In addition, we also asked ABC TV to give us a reasonable explanation. We cannot suffer this loss inexplicably."
Matthew Phillips, who had already made up his mind, also said: "Miss Han, don't worry, Universal Records will not sit idly by this matter. ABC TV must give us an explanation."
"Thank you, Mr. Phillips." Han Xiao first thanked Matthew Phillips, and then gave a big hug to Ye Xuan who had been standing beside him and looking at him lovingly: "Thank you, thank you Teacher Ye."
Megan Terina also performed only two songs and ended up in a hurry. Her agent looked at her artist with a stern face. Although she was only a 10% gentleman, as a senior agent under Sony Records, he knew that his artist had fallen today. If there were no good methods to clean up, she might be over. They are not worried about Wild Fox Company from China. What he was worried about is Universal Records. With Han Xiao's just-executed strength, Universal Records will definitely stand out for her and strive to get her agency contract from the United States and even the world.
After the countdown to the New Year, the gorgeous crystal balls fell on Times Square, representing the arrival of the new year and time officially entered 2015.
After the New Year's Eve ceremony, all singers who participated in the live broadcast will be invited to a celebration party held by ABC TV. Although they were a little reluctant, Linda and Matthew Phillips took Han Xiao to attend. Kelly Clarkson and Megan Terina were brought back to the company by their agents. This matter requires Sony to come forward with public relations, otherwise the two artists will join forces to suppress other artists and affect their image.
The manager in charge of live broadcast of abc TV took the initiative to come to Linda to apologize. He was also amazed by Han Xiao's songs. If he had known that Han Xiao had such strength, he would never have allowed Kelly Clarkson to delay on the stage for so long.
Yes, ABC TV put all the blame on Kelly Clarkson, directly saying that Kelly Clarkson ignored their requests and delayed on the stage, causing the live broadcast accident. ABC will evaluate the impact of the whole thing and issue a notice to Sony's Epic Records.
Linda has been in the American entertainment industry for several years. Her ex-girlfriend is still a well-known Hollywood movie star, and she is very clear about the operation here. Now is not the time to hold ABC TV station responsible, but she has already received instructions when she was on the phone with Shen Fang in China. Now is the time to jointly suppress Megan Terina with ABC TV station and Universal Records. This is the biggest competitor of Han Xiao in this year's Grammy.
Sometimes people have to learn to compromise. After reaching a consensus with ABC, the three companies shook hands and joined forces. Linda also took Han Xiao to contact various musicians who attended the cocktail party. Of course, there are also people who are not in the entertainment industry but often come into this circle, such as the blonde Mr. Trump.
"Miss forest, happy new year."
"Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. Our boss also specifically told me that if you meet you, you must say Happy New Year to you for him."
"Thank you Mr. Chen for your concern, but after he returned to China, he seemed to have forgotten us American friends."
Chapter completed!