doitstory Chapter 579 The First Virtual Singer
Chapter 579 The First Virtual Singer
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"A song? What song?"
Gu Qing was led out of the room, and asked in confusion.
"Little brother, isn't it said online that you write a song for every female lead in every TV series you film?"
Dilraba jumped out from his side, playfully raised her eyebrows, hooked her fingers behind her back, leaned forward, and looked at him with a grin: "Sister Mi, she wants to hear the song you wrote for her."
Upon hearing this,
Da Mimi hugged Gu Qing's arms even tighter, so tight that her chest was slightly deformed, and her beautiful eyes were full of expectation.
Can you trust things you see online?
Gu Qing glanced at Dilraba,
"I usually write songs for the production crew at their expense, five million for a song, a friendly price."
The stock from the previous life is dwindling with each song.
He would never write songs to woo a girl.
Unless... you pay first!
Five million?! That's so expensive!
Dilraba's mouth opened slightly, a little shocked.
For someone of her current status, this is no small sum of money.
The endorsement fee for a good advertisement might not even reach this amount in a year.
"I don't believe it. Did the production team pay for all the songs you wrote for Zhao Xiaodao, Shishi, and Jing Tian?"
Da Mimi felt she was being treated differently, her pretty face turned angry, and she hugged her chest.
"Sister Liying and Sister Shi are from the film crew. Tiantian is not."
"See? Then why don't you—"
“Sister Tian bought it from me herself.”
Before Da Mimi could finish speaking, Gu Qing interrupted her bluntly.
"Ten million for 'A Smile That Captivates a City' and 'The Next Second'. 'Exclusive Flavor' was written by Teacher Wang, and this was the cover song fee the production team gave me, which was quite cheap, two million."
"You don't think I'm stupid, do you?"
Gu Qing looked at the bewildered Yang Mi and Dilraba with a strange expression:
"Feelings are feelings, and work is work. I keep those things very separate."
"Oh? Little brother, I thought you wrote the song out of genuine romance, but it turns out the production crew asked you to buy it."
Dilraba's dream was a little shattered.
"So the ship I was shipping was fake!"
"My friend always says I'm a straight man, of course I'm not romantic."
Gu Qing remained noncommittal, her released arm hanging down naturally, her long purple sleeves covering her hands.
"Then I..."
Da Mimi opened her red lips, but then closed them again as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Women all have a strange tendency to compare themselves to others.
After hearing that the song Gu Qing wrote for Zhao Xiaodao and Liu Shishi was actually purchased by the production team, her conscience began to waver.
She was eager to give it a try and asked Gu Qing, "Will I have to pay you to write a song for me?"
But as a smart woman, alarm bells were ringing in her mind.
The voice was sharp and urgent, telling Da Mimi that if she opened her mouth and actually asked the question, she would surely be doomed.
It's better not to humiliate yourself.
then,
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he forced himself to swallow them back.
"I'll contact the company; I'm definitely getting this song."
Yang Mi gently poked Gu Qing's waist with her fingertips.
"Little brother, I only have one request—the quality can't be worse than the others!"
"Don't worry, Honey, as long as the money is there, everything is negotiable."
Gu Qing blinked, smiled, and gave Yang Mi an OK sign:
"My service has an excellent reputation."
"Yes...the service was quite good."
Yang Mi, naturally half "dirty," blushed and gave Gu Qing a reproachful look.
She bit her lip lightly, her voice as soft as cotton soaked in water: "Wait a moment, tonight... no, no, I mean I'll come find you after I finish this call."
Dilraba: "..."
Isn't this car going a bit too fast?
Da Mimi took out her phone, walked to a quiet space, and called the company directly to discuss buying songs.
Gu Qing leaned against the pillar supporting the eaves, his brows slightly lowered, pondering the song as he waited.
The pillars are made of wood and painted with dark red paint. They have been there for many years, and the surface luster has faded.
He leaned against it, his purple robe contrasting subtly with the color of the pillar, like a painting.
In its previous life, "Three Lives Three Worlds" was a hugely popular drama, and not only was the drama itself popular with audiences, but the song was too.
Gu Qing herself has covered two famous songs.
One of them is the theme song of the same name sung by Jay Chou, "Three Lives Three Worlds," which has the highest number of plays and is also better in terms of data on music platforms.
However, in terms of song quality and subsequent influence, it is not as good as "Liang Liang" performed by Yang Zhongwei and Zhang Bichen.
The former's viewership was boosted by the immense popularity of the TV series.
Then came the song "Liang Liang," which not only made a name for itself in Southeast Asia but also garnered over 100 million views on YouTube, pioneering the internationalization of Chinese songs that year.
A video of a chubby teacher from Tyland singing a cover song in her true and falsetto voice at a school arts festival went viral in China.
Then, South Vietnamese netizens plagiarized and recreated classic works, translated them into their own language, and they became popular and gained considerable influence throughout Asia.
And in China,
The phrase "凉凉" (liángliáng) has been a popular meme and a common expression among young netizens for almost ten years, so its value is undeniable.
“If we’re going to sing, singing ‘Liang Liang’ would definitely be the most cost-effective, but it’s a duet, so who should we ask to sing the female vocals?”
Gu Qing thought of Teacher Su, who had written songs for her continuously.
"The Years" and "Exclusive Flavor" are so good that he can sing them freely, and they don't even charge him royalties.
Looking for Zhang Bichen? That's obviously not appropriate.
Moreover, compared to Gu Qing, the other party's status is now far inferior.
If I were to actually invite Zhang Bichen to sing a duet with me, I don't know if my fans would accept it.
Who knows what kind of headlines those entertainment reporters will come up with?
Just as Gu Qing was hesitating—
"Click~"
The spotlight flickered, and Gu Qing instinctively glanced over, a smile spreading across her face.
"Sister Dilraba, what are you doing?"
Upon recognizing Dilraba, Gu Qing was speechless, and his smile instantly vanished.
"Little brother, your pose is so beautiful, I couldn't resist taking a picture."
Dilraba looked at the pictures on her phone and became more and more satisfied.
In the photo, Gu Qing leans against a red pillar, her purple robe gleaming softly in the sunlight, her sleeves draped down, her eyes lowered, like a meticulous painting.
She quickly said, "I won't send it, I absolutely won't send it out!"
"Hey friend, you should have said so earlier! If you had said more praise earlier, I would have let you take a few more pictures."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qing straightened up with a serious expression, adjusted his collar, and patted the wrinkles on his cuffs.
“Come on, take a few more pictures and send them to me so I can make a nine-grid image. My fans have been talking about me for days.”
"Haha, okay, then I'll take the picture."
Dilraba laughed so hard she covered her mouth, her eyes narrowing into crescent shapes.
She was overjoyed, happily took out her phone, and even "professionally" instructed Gu Qing on her eyes and movements.
"Little brother, move a little to the left, yes, that's the angle."
“Chin slightly tucked in, eyes looking at the camera, not at the phone, but at the camera.”
"Okay, hold on, don't move!"
Her talent is all on the red carpet.
Later generations called her "Little Bingbing".
The air was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.
On the other side, Da Mimi was so angry that her breasts almost swelled up.
"What do you mean? You're not buying?!"
Her voice came from the other end of the corridor, she was furious:
"What do you mean by 'If the show is going to be a hit, there's no need to buy songs; just find a few singers to sing them'?"
"Don't you guys have any taste? Don't you know how much a good theme song can help a show?"
"Save money? Save money again? Are you asking us to film without clothes?!"
Yang Mi is still battling with a short-sighted company.
Her fingers swiped across the phone screen, as if she were commanding a war.
His expression shifted from anger to disbelief, from disbelief to helplessness, and from helplessness back to—continued anger.
the other side,
"Little brother, I'll finish editing it tonight and send it to you."
Dilraba put down her phone with satisfaction.
"to make."
Gu Qing nodded and smiled.
"Little brother, um, hehe... I'll send you pictures tonight, hopefully it won't disturb your 'intimate service' with Honey Sister, right?"
Dilraba blinked her big eyes incessantly, unable to suppress her ambiguous smile.
"Sister Dilraba, children shouldn't be so curious."
Gu Qing coughed lightly and turned her head away.
"Little kid? I'm four years older than you, and you call me a little kid?"
Dilraba really wanted to punch Gu Qing in the chest with her little fist.
"It's getting a bit ambiguous, Sister Dilraba."
Gu Qing stepped back to avoid it, and said jokingly, "If Sister Mi sees this, she'll think I'm not a virtuous wife."
"What's the big deal? Honey is a very traditional woman. She even asked me to be your maid this morning."
"Dilraba said innocently. Gu Qing's mind was filled with questions, and he didn't react for a moment."
"Tradition? A maidservant who shares a room with a concubine?"
"Is this a tradition that's gone back two hundred years?!"
Fortunately,
Dilraba wouldn't dare to steal her own sister's boyfriend in broad daylight. She looked at Gu Qing's bewildered expression, as if asking "What are you talking about?", and laughed so hard she almost fell over.
after that,
She then asked curiously, "Little brother, do you really only charge 500 million for one 'service'?"
"Sister Dilraba, I've paid five million for songwriting. And there are no extra services involved, so don't overthink it!"
Gu Qing's forehead was covered in black lines, and he was often shocked by Dilraba's surprising remarks.
This girl's thought process is on a completely different frequency from that of normal people.
"I see..."
Dilraba seemed quite disappointed, her tone suggesting she'd missed out on a big sale.
"Can I ask you to write a song? I really like the character Feng Jiu."
"Without an emotional foundation, you can't write it."
Gu Qingai was helpless, because he genuinely couldn't write it.
"Little brother, isn't that a bit much? Didn't you tell Sister Honey that you could write a song for 500 million? How does that require feelings?"
Dilraba protested, "You're treating me differently!"
"Writing songs is all about emotion. Money is just the price to buy those emotions. Besides, Sister Dilraba, I've never acted with you, so I can't write about the feelings of Feng Jiu and Donghua Dijun in their love."
Gu Qing replied.
"I only want Feng Jiu's songs, not Donghua Dijun's songs."
Having spent so much time with Gu Qing, Dilraba's aesthetic sense has indeed been raised to an incredibly high level, making it very difficult for her to get into character during filming.
"Then I'll be even less able to write."
Gu Qing spread his hands, looking completely innocent.
"you…"
Dilraba glared at Gu Qing with her big eyes, looking angry.
"Sister Dilraba, your cuteness isn't as good as Sister Honey's."
Gu Qing corrected.
"I...you..."
Dilraba's puffed-out cheeks deflated, she pinched her philtrum, shook her hand, and stomped her foot in anger.
Turning to leave, he reluctantly turned back, looking up at Gu Qing:
"So, if the two of us were to act in a play in the future, would you be able to write it?"
"Yes, it's guaranteed."
Gu Qing encouraged him.
"Come on, I'll be waiting for you at the top of the mountain. Come soon, or I'll freeze to death."
"I...wait for me!"
Dilraba cried out in despair, feeling underestimated.
"You're like an ice cube, but I can thaw you out!"
"Oh right, I forgot your last name is 'Hot'."
Gu Qing smiled.
"My surname is Dilimulati!! Who has the surname 'Re'?"
Dilraba left in grief and indignation.
She was determined to study the script carefully and rise to stardom as soon as possible, so that Gu Qing could take a good look at her.
"Little brother, where did Daddy go?"
When Yang Mi returned after making the phone call, she frowned and looked around, but did not see Dilraba.
Her face still bore the lingering anger from the phone call, and a faint vertical line ran between her brows.
"They probably went to cool down."
Gu Qing answered casually, but when he saw Da Mimi's forced smile, he immediately understood.
"Sister Honey, your company isn't willing?"
Gu Qing has truly experienced the overall capabilities of Jiaxing.
"Yeah, their vision is too narrow. They think that with you in the show, it will definitely be a hit, so there's no need to buy songs and waste money."
Yang Mi was so angry that her abdomen ached slightly, and she unconsciously pressed her fingers together, growing angrier the more she thought about it.
"What do you mean by wasting money? Isn't it obvious how much popularity your songs can bring to TV dramas?"
"How much marketing and promotion costs could be saved later? Why aren't they willing to do that?"
"Perhaps they took the money?"
Gu Qing smiled and speculated, then gently pressed Da Mimi's shoulder to help with the massage: "For example, did you take money from some singer to promote their songs and put them in our TV series as advertising?"
Da Mimi was shocked, her eyes wide open:
"Little brother, you know what, it's actually possible! They really could do it!"
"No, I need to go and argue with them again!"
“Sister Honey, they’ve already made it clear they’ve refused. No matter how much you plead, they won’t agree. After all, 500 million isn’t a small amount when it comes to production costs, let alone buying a song.”
Gu Qing reached out to stop Da Mimi:
"Forget it, forget it."
"No, how can this be counted?!"
Yang Mi pressed down on the arm in front of her, turned to hug Gu Qing, and looked at him pitifully with a wronged expression:
"I just want to hear the songs you write."
"Um... Honey, are you worried that if I don't write songs, netizens will mock me after the drama airs, saying that I'm not as good as Sister Liying and the others?"
Gu Qing was immune to the allure he was offered; he reluctantly burst the bubble.
"What's the point of comparing? They're all songs bought with money. Just be yourself."
"That's a load of rubbish! How could that possibly work?!"
Yang Mi is no longer acting; her delicate and fragile demeanor has vanished.
She said angrily, her voice rising eight octaves:
"I can't lose!!"
She and Zhao Xiaodao were mortal enemies, not to mention Liu Shishi.
How can you expect to see your former best friend doing better than you?
He finally managed to suppress Liu Shishi a few years ago, but now he has been overtaken again, and he has never been able to get over it.
Gu Qing's songs were "bought," but netizens didn't know that!
They only felt that Gu Qing "wrote" the song for Zhao Xiaodao and Liu Shishi, and even wrote a song as the theme song for every drama they filmed.
When it comes to her time, there won't be any songs written by Gu Qing for "Eternal Love". And since everyone is a post-85 actress, how much ridicule will she be subjected to as a competitor in the same niche?
Da Mimi knew perfectly well what was going on.
As for Jing Tian?
Da Mimi doesn't consider him a rival at all.
You're just a little brat. Besides having money, resources, and being pretty, what else are you?!
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"I'll pay for it! Little brother, can you write me a couple of poems?"
Yang Mi went all out, making a "two" gesture with her finger in the air.
"I'm asking you to buy two songs, just like Jing Tian, but you can't tell anyone. I have my pride!"
"Sister Honey, are you sure?"
Gu Qing has truly witnessed the intensity of competition among female artists.
"Yes! They all have two songs written by you, so I need at least two!"
Yang Mi was annoyed, tilting her chin slightly as if declaring war.
"I also want one of the songs to be a duet, I want to sing it with you!"
She did what neither Zhao Xiaodao nor Liu Shishi could do!
"what?"
Gu Qing was stunned, her mouth agape in an "O" shape.
"Honey, will you sing with me?"
I'm missing someone to sing with, but I'm missing a singer!
"What? I'm the Best New Female Singer, do you think I can't sing?"
Yang Mi felt slighted, so she put her hands on her hips.
"I also have some representative works!"
"The Power of Love..."
Gu Qing's lips twitched slightly.
"Doesn't that count?!"
"Yes, it is. I heard it every day when I was a kid."
"Don't underestimate me! Back then, I beat out Na Ying, Zhang Liangying, and Han Hong to win the 'Most Popular Female Singer in Mainland China' award!"
Da Mimi took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and grabbed Gu Qing's cheeks with both hands, pulling them hard as if she were kneading dough.
"Also, I'm only 10 years older than you! Don't call me old!"
"Sister Honey, I didn't say you were old. I know how to take care of people. I know I was wrong."
Gu Qing patted Da Mimi's head, comforting her, but still couldn't help saying:
"Sister Honey, I can sing, but the songs I write are quite difficult. Are you sure you can sing well enough?"
"Why not? Little brother, do you know what your sister Honey's profession is?"
Yang Mi asked back
"What is it?"
Gu Qing was puzzled.
"Virtual singer!"
Da Mimi said confidently:
"Back in the day, your sister was one of the first virtual singers. If I can't sing live, can't I at least arrange things backstage?"
"Even Chris Wu has to call me 'senior'!"
"The first virtual singer?"
Gu Qing's expression froze, thinking of the constantly audible sound of "The Power of Love".
You know what, you really shouldn't say it!
Regarding the plug-in application of Auto-Tune,
Our Honey Sister is the real OG!
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...(End of this chapter)