With Cao Zhan's arrival, a segment of the bass show was speechless, and the rehearsal quickly got on track. After walking through five or six times, when Li Qian felt that the band's coordination had no major problems, he let Wu Su start singing in time. At first, the cooperation between the band and the singer would definitely be a bit unfamiliar, but after two rehearsals, they quickly became familiar with each other.

  Then Li Qian decisively cleared the scene and started dubbing.

  The result was unexpectedly successful on the first try!

  But considering the pursuit of perfection, I recorded it twice more, and this is how the demo recording of "Sisters Stand Up" was finally completed!

  At this time, it was still not yet four o'clock.

  The next "Let's Row the Double Sculls" requires fewer instruments, and there are fewer people in the recording studio, but because it is a slow song, and Li Qian is more particular about details, it is actually harder to record.

  However, after being busy for nearly three hours, everyone successfully completed the recording of this song.

  It was only half past six at this time.

  It can be said that although there was a slight unexpected event at the beginning, this recording session went extremely smoothly overall.

  That evening, Li Baolong hosted a banquet to entertain all the musicians and recording engineers who participated in the recording. Li Qian and Wu Xun's sisters also attended, and even Cao Zhan made an exception to attend. Although the hotel suite was packed with two tables of people, he barely managed to exchange a few words with Professor Wang Huaiyu, as they were old friends. With others, he mostly just nodded his head, except when occasionally whispering a couple of sentences to Li Qian.

  "How could you think of writing songs for them? I heard Fu Zhenbang say that you're even going to produce their entire album?"

  "What else can I do? It's all about making a living! I need to eat and support my family. You have a big business inherited from your family, so you don't have to worry about anything, but I'm not in that situation!"

  "Do you think I would believe that?"

  "Okay, actually I just think they are all pretty, so... are you satisfied now?"

  "Hmm, this reason is somewhat plausible."

  “……”

  "A few days ago, Bingbing came back home and told me that you said bad things about me behind my back?"

  "That's right!"

  "Do you really think I've become more and more pretentious in recent years?"

  "Don't you think so yourself?"

  Someone smacked their lips and said, "So you're saying I should go sing for money too?"

  "That's not necessary! However... you also saw. We have five young and beautiful girls here, they need many youthful songs, mainly fast songs, so take some time to write two for them?"

  "Like your elder sister and younger sister standing up?"

  "What? Don't tell me you can't write?"

  Someone looked slightly embarrassed. "That's not it, but... you know, I'm getting old... that little girl's style, I... probably can't handle it!"

  "Alright! So, you take a week off and spend each day taking your son and daughter to and from school. Normally, chat with them more often. Oh, and it would be best if you could stay in kindergarten for two days. Play games with the kids, listen to their songs, and when you get back, write two children's songs, okay?"

  Someone seemed to have heard something astonishing and exclaimed, "I'll drive them to and from school?"

  "You can't even put up with this little bit of attitude? No wonder your wife told me last time that your son is afraid of you at home, just like a mouse seeing a cat!"

  "Hey, strict father and kind mother, aren't you afraid of your dad at home?"

  "No wonder you're getting old so fast! Old brother, if you don't change your ways, you'll really be left behind!"

  “……”

  It was past nine in the evening when the banquet broke up.

  Li Qian and Li Jindong stood at the door to see off the musicians, but unexpectedly Cao Zhan stayed behind till the last.

  Li Qian finally found something was off.

  He walked over on his own initiative and asked in a low voice: "Is there something?"

  Cao Zhan's face was a bit awkward, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Actually... it's nothing, let's talk about it another day!"

  Li Qian heard this and smiled, looking at him without saying a word.

  As expected, Cao Zhan soon couldn't hold it in and said with some distress: "There's a friend who somehow found out that our relationship is still okay, so he asked me to invite you to sing... Hey, don't laugh, okay? This is actually quite embarrassing for me!"

  Li Qian continued to smile, "Who? Male or female? You can't even give me a choice, you have to have mine?"

  Cao Zhan's face was expressionless as he spread his hands out, "In the past... owed some favors... you were the most popular one!"

  Li Qian disdainfully curled his lip, "A girl?"

  The other party nodded helplessly.

  Li Qian continued with a smirk, "Old lover?"

  Cao Zhan didn't seem to mind, "I was in a rock band in Shuntian Prefecture for a few years, we were together for two years, she's now at Sony and is He Runcheng's agent."

  Li Qian raised an eyebrow, "Sweet Song? Are you sure that's what Ruan Qing wants from me?"

  Cao Zhan scratched his head, looking puzzled. "Does Sweet Song really need to find you? She wants a Chinese-style song."

  Li Qian's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he suddenly smiled with ill intentions.

  If you want to talk about the most popular domestic music scene recently, it must be Liao Liao. If you want to talk about Liao Liao's hottest and most welcome songs, it must be the three light rock songs led by "Determination". So, it is said that many musicians in China are now pondering those three songs, one trying to find the reason why this so-called light rock love song suddenly became popular, and two hoping to grasp the essence of light rock and write other works. However, people who really focus on the market will not fail to notice that there are also two other songs on Liao Liao's album that have topped the Golden Melody Chart!

  "My Hometown" is easy to say, after all, it's a folk song, and it was once very popular. Even when this song came out, many people eagerly shouted the slogan of the revival of folk songs, which shows the thickness of its audience base.

  However, another song that follows the Chinese style route, "Unfinished Love", although the subject matter is not new - in China, Chinese style is nothing new, how can you be more Chinese than those Peking Opera records? - but its Chinese style, whether it's from lyrics and composition or arrangement, all seem extremely fresh and unique.

  Although this song seems to be not as popular as the three light rock songs "Dedication" at first glance, and also can't compare with "My Hometown", it's necessary to know that before its appearance, there has never been any Chinese-style work on the Golden Melody Chart! Now, as a not-so-new Chinese-style song, it has risen to the Golden Melody Chart, although the ranking is not too high. But in the eyes of true insiders, this achievement is by no means inferior to the great success of "Dedication".

  To some extent, if there can be subsequent successful works to follow up, continue to expand the market's acceptance and reputation of this brand new Chinese style. It is entirely possible to independently create a small category of popular music!

  Of course, at this point, in the entire popular music circle, probably only a handful of people standing at the top can see it, while more people would think that Liao's album is too hot, so it brought heat to other songs as well, and "Unfinished Love" just happens to be one of the beneficiaries.

  It's clear that whether it was He Rongqing's own idea or suggestions from her agent, producer, friends and other people around her, she has noticed this point and seen the market's real needs.

  With He Ruyun's musical talent and the opinions of so many professionals around her, she would easily understand that with her sweet voice, it might be difficult to transform into other song styles, but singing a comfortable Chinese-style song like "Unfinished Love" is absolutely guaranteed to make old fans and new fans alike zero resistant!

  Is the sweet song good?

  Of course!

  Over the years, rock, folk and ballads have dominated the market and been extremely popular. But sweet songs have always stood firm and been widely welcomed across the country. In fact, in terms of album sales by female singers, sweet songs have held an absolute dominant position for many years. Can you say that sweet songs are not good?

  How about being a sweet song queen?

  Of course!

  Over the years, He Rong has basically maintained a pace of releasing one new album per year. Although sales have been difficult to make a big explosion, each album has had decent sales. In addition, she is said to be a very hardworking person, rushing to perform every year, and at least 50 commercial performances are received in a year. Therefore, her income among female singers has always been considered the undisputed first.

  However, anyone who has done some research on the music market will find that the market is changing.

  Female singers are gradually rising, although they cannot temporarily compete with the influence and market position of male singers, but this overall upward trend is undoubtedly.

  However, the sweet song is declining.

  Perhaps it's because of saturation, or perhaps it's because of saturation, and maybe even more saturation... Of course, the main reason is that this market is constantly being impacted by new singers like Zhen Zhen, Zhou Mei, and Liao Liao, who are constantly bringing in fresh music styles, genres, and singing methods, causing the sweet song market to be on shaky ground.

  Li Qian didn't have any detailed data to prove it, but even just based on some casual conversations with Cao Zhan and occasional phone calls with Liao Liao, he could still infer that in recent years, the number of new female singers choosing to take the sweet song route has been decreasing. Even He Rongying, one of the Four Heavenly Queens and the Queen of Sweet Songs, who had reached a high level of fame, saw her album sales declining year by year.

  Otherwise... even if this newcomer female singer, Liao Fei, becomes very popular, it's just that everyone will go their separate ways. You sell yours and I'll sell mine, no harm done to each other. How can she make her first album outsell He Runcheng's new album? It's worth noting that even in the past when Zhang Zhen was at the height of her popularity, He Runcheng never feared competing with Zhang Zhen's albums, and often had higher sales figures!

  But now, the market has changed.

  He Runqing must have realized it, and she obviously also knew that if she wanted to continue being popular, a moderate transformation would be necessary. Of course, maybe others had already realized it too, but just couldn't think of a suitable transformation route for the time being.

  And now she has found this suitable route.

  That is Li Qian's Chinese style work.

  So she took action.

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  P.S: Can I tell you guys there's a second chapter today? (.)

  P.S: Can I tell you guys there's a second chapter today?