In the recording studio, Adam finished singing the song and felt very good about himself. He walked out with confidence and said to the people at the door: "Hey, guys, how was my performance just now? Is there anything I can improve?"
Adam's attitude recently has been much more humble than before. After each practice, he would humbly ask the team what needs to be improved!
This surprised Sisi and others.
Except for the time when Adam first participated in the competition, he was relatively low-key. Later, Adam showed great singing talent and crushed his opponents in every game. As his popularity grew, he became extremely confident and proud. He would not listen to anyone except Ceci, and sometimes Ceci's words were useless.
Many people expressed concerns and dissatisfaction about this, but because Adam's performance has always been perfect, and he finally defeated Green to win the annual championship, his performance was impeccable, so those dissatisfaction and concerns were suppressed.
The winner should not be blamed.
However, after winning the annual championship of The Voice of North America, Adam became humble and studious just like he was at the beginning.
This surprised everyone, but they were also happy to see it.
Everyone tried their best to give Adam suggestions, so that he could slowly correct some of his minor flaws and habits and become better at singing.
Just a few days.
Adam's singing performance is indeed a level higher than in the finals, and is basically not inferior to veteran and powerful singers like Ceci.
This time the Voice of China World Finals will be held at home!
While Adam was confident, he also felt some pressure and was afraid of failure, so he devoted himself to training and improving himself to ensure his chances of winning!
Once you lose at home!
Adam felt that he had no face to stay in North America any longer.
Therefore, Adam was under tremendous pressure.
Especially when I think of the Chinese player, the pressure is even greater.
The people standing at the door of the recording studio did not answer Adam's words. Everyone was still looking at Winston, digesting what Winston had just said.
Cece frowned at Winston and said, "Winston, I don't think you are right. He may indeed be a musical genius, but he is definitely not the best in the world. In terms of singing alone, can he be better than Adam? I know he has strong creative ability, but can he be better than Kristen?"
The singing talent and ability that Wang Qian had shown before were indeed weaker than Adam who had his own post-mixing skills!
But his creative ability is far greater than Adam's!
but…
Christine
Can you compare with Kristen
After hearing this, everyone was shocked again!
Kristen is a super queen singer who has risen in Europe and the United States in the past decade. She is also a ceiling-level existence in the current European and American music scene. She has been a musical genius since she was a child and is herself a legend in the field of North American pop music!
He started learning musical instruments at the age of three, published his first finished music work at the age of five, joined a certain orchestra's creative team at the age of ten, and quickly became a well-known creator. At the age of fifteen, he independently composed two songs and sold them to two famous singers at the time, which were a huge success!
He debuted independently at the age of eighteen, and all three songs in his first mini album were written by himself. It became an instant global hit as soon as it was released. His first mini album sold more than 10 million copies worldwide that year, ranking third on the annual sales list at the time, and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist!
From then on, Kristen's life got out of control!
Except for the first mini album.
She has been in the industry for eight years and has released an official album every two years, a total of four official albums. She has worked on all of her works by herself, writing all the lyrics and music herself, and arranging most of her works herself, while a small number of her works have the participation of top producers in the arrangement!
He created four albums, all of which topped the world sales charts of the year. Each album had annual sales of more than 20 million, and the total sales of the four albums have exceeded 150 million so far.
This is Kristen!
The most popular queen-level singer in Europe and the United States.
He is regarded by many professional music media as the most talented pop singer in North American history.
In history, there has never been a singer who can write all his own songs and win the annual sales championship for four consecutive albums!
Of course, there are several singers who have more annual best-selling albums than Kristen, but none of them has ever won the annual best-selling album for four consecutive years.
Christine is the only one.
Other popular singers of the same period have many top production teams behind them. They only need to select their favorite and best works and release them.
Only Kristen does it all by herself. She doesn't work with those top teams, but only makes the music she likes and wants to make.
There is such a top genius...
Winston actually said that the Chinese boy’s talent in music is the best in the world
Whether in the field of pop music or classical music, no one can compare to him
In the field of classical music, Sisi and his friends don’t know much.
But in the realm of pop music…
Can he beat Christine
In the view of Sisi et al.
Kristen is the true world's number one musical genius who is unmatched.
That Chinese boy has some talent, but he has only been in the industry for half a year!
Why compare with Kristen
Adam was surprised and said loudly: "Mr. Ceci, what do you mean? Of course Wang Qian is not as good as Christine. Christine is the number one music goddess in my heart. No one is qualified to compare with her."
Ceci then noticed Adam, glanced at Winston and said, "Winston said that the Chinese player's talent and strength in the field of music is the best in the world! In the field of pop music, he is better than Kristen. I don't agree with that!"
Adam also said affirmatively: "This is of course a wrong idea."
He looked at the silent Winston and said seriously: "Mr. Winston, is this the conclusion of your research in recent days?"
Winston did not refute Cece's words just now. He frowned and thought, and said, "This is indeed the conclusion of my research, so, Adam, you have to stay under pressure and continue to work harder. There were a lot of meaningless showmanship in your singing just now, which is unnecessary. If you want to show off your skills in singing, you need to grasp the timing, and your emotional expression is still insufficient..."
Winston went straight into talking about the shortcomings and deficiencies that Adam had made when he was singing in the recording studio just now.
Adam immediately listened carefully.
Ceci and the others frowned and looked at Winston. Seeing that Winston began to get into work mode and stopped arguing on this topic, they all thought that Winston had given up, and a hint of a victorious smile appeared on Ceci's face.
Winston and Adam chatted about the performance for more than ten minutes before finally saying, "Christine is indeed the most talented and gifted pop singer I have ever seen, and she also has a unique personality. However, what I want to say is that Wang Qian from China is almost as capable and talented as Christine, and he still has a lot of room for growth in the future and may even surpass Christine."
"However, Wang Qian's performance in classical music is also world-class, which is something that even Christine cannot do. Therefore, I say that his strength and talent are the best in the world!"
Winston looked at Adam, then at Cece who was frowning, and continued, "I know that Wang Qian has only been in the industry for a short time. But I believe time will prove this. I will not look at people with any discrimination or prejudice. I will only analyze him based on his true qualities and strengths."
Winston directly pointed out that Ceci and others were discriminatory and prejudiced against Wang Qian.
Cece's face darkened. Because he had white skin, his expression was clearly visible. He said in a deep voice, "Mr. Winston, I still don't agree with your point of view."
Winston said calmly, "I don't need your approval, I'm just stating a fact. Mr. Ceci, this time Adam has no advantage in strength at all. Adam's advantage is his skin color and place of birth! If you still use this prejudice to face such a powerful opponent, the result may be very bad. Do you understand what I mean?"
Ceci and Adam's expressions changed!
Winston's words were very strong.
Almost pointing at his nose, he said: Adam, your strength and talent are not as good as Wang Qian! You can only defeat your opponent by relying on the advantages of white skin and the advantages of being a native North American player.
Based on strength!
You can't!
Adam almost lost his temper.
He now understood why those top singers who had worked with Winston would not continue to work with Winston, no matter how successful they were, even if they won the annual sales champion!
because!
Having heard this kind of thing once, I really don't want to hear it a second time.
Which of those talented and successful singers does not have his or her own pride and temper
Adam clenched his fists together, his face tense, and said through gritted teeth: "Mr. Winston, what do you think I should do?"
Winston said seriously, "It's very simple! First of all, you should try your best to improve your singing ability. You are a world-class singer, but you can't just rely on that. You are far inferior to Wang Qian from China in understanding songs and expressing emotions. This is where you need to improve. Understand the emotions of songs more and think more about how to integrate your emotions into songs."
"Wang Qian can make everyone in the audience cry with one song, but you can't do that! I will try my best to avoid your weaknesses in song selection."
"However, you and Wang Qian won't meet too early, which is a good thing. He is currently best at rock music, which is the best type of music for live performances. You should also improve your live performance skills as much as possible. We will select songs for you in this area, jazz or rock music, so you must be mentally prepared."
Adam's expression was still tense, but his hands loosened a little. He just nodded without saying anything!
Winston continued, "I can't control the rest. As for the publicity, I think you must have a professional PR team, so I won't say much. However, my suggestion is to promote Wang Qian as your powerful enemy and you as a warrior protecting America, so that you can get more support."
"If you and Wang Qian make it to the end, you can recruit the entire European and American audiences to support you! That way, you will have a better chance of winning. Even if you perform slightly worse than Wang Qian, the audiences and judges from Europe and North America will choose to support you because you have the same skin color as them and you are a North American native."
Winston is indeed a professional veteran in the entertainment industry and is also very good at publicity.
These two opinions.
What you said makes sense.
However, saying that Adam would perform worse than Wang Qian made Adam even angrier.
Adam tried to calm himself down, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Mr. Winston, I will work hard. However, I still don't agree with your point of view. Christine is the world's number one genius, and I will not show that I am weaker than Wang Qian..."
Winston said calmly, "Then we'll wait and see! I met Christine on a farm in the south last week, where she was growing corn with her grandfather. She said she was looking forward to Wang Qian's performance, and she might come to the opening show to watch the performances of the ten of you!"
Adam instantly became excited, forgetting the anger in his heart, and almost exclaimed: "Is this true, Mr. Winston? Will Christine really come to watch my performance?"
Winston glanced at Adam and said, "She watched all of your performances. She is more interested in Wang Qian."
Adam chose to ignore Winston's words, turned around and rushed into the recording studio, saying loudly: "Okay, I know. I think I can sing this song better..."
…
Also in Los Angeles, inside another top recording studio.
Miyuki Nakamori stood in the recording studio, closing her eyes and softly singing an English country song. Her expression was very relaxed, and her singing was very nice, with a unique charm!
The soundtrack is simple and rich, and it matches Miyuki Nakamori’s singing almost perfectly.
Standing at the door was a young woman in a simple white dress. Her facial features were three-dimensional and delicate, with a hint of dainty. She had the grandeur of a European or American, as well as the graceful elegance of an Asian. She was none other than Qianyu Zhenzhu, who was regarded by many as the ceiling of Asian beauty. She was a little like Li Qingyao, but her temperament was more restrained than Li Qingyao.
Although in the finals, Mao Chiba lost to Miyuki Nakamori.
However, after the two of them met privately, they became friends. They both truly loved music and had common topics.
Mao Chiba and Miyuki Nakamori came to Los Angeles together to cheer for Miyuki Nakamori.
There was also a middle-aged woman from an island country, as well as several middle-aged white men and women around, all of whom were listening attentively to Miyuki Nakamori's singing!
The song is over.
Nakamori Miyuki breathed a sigh of relief, walked out, bowed slightly to the people at the door and said, "Teachers, is there anything I need to pay attention to in what I just sang?"
This middle-aged woman is Miyuki Nakamori's mentor in the island country's Voice of China, Shinhide Ito, a veteran queen-level singer from the island country, and will also serve as one of the top ten judges in this world competition.
The other middle-aged men and women are a top production team from Los Angeles. They came to help Miyuki Nakamori with her creation and re-creation!
The song just now is an old English country song that they selected together. It is also one of the classic old songs that has spread all over the world. Basically everyone in Europe and the United States has heard it.
They re-arranged the music for Miyuki Nakamori.
Miyuki Nakamori is not opposed to this, but she doesn't like it that much either. She just practices step by step.
The middle-aged man Miles clapped his hands gently and said, "Very good, your ability and performance can be said to be top-notch. The arrangement of this song is very suitable for your voice. Keep practicing more. At the opening performance, you will definitely surprise all the audience!"
Miyuki Nakamori smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Miles for the compliment. I will continue to work hard."
Miles said softly, "Okay, that's all for today. You should have a good rest. We'll go back first."
Miyuki Nakamori bowed slightly and said, "Goodbye, Mr. Miles!"
Ito Masahide and Chiba Mao also bowed gently to see the guests off.
Miles and his companions also said goodbye with a smile, then turned and left.
Watched Miles and others leave.
The only three people left are Nakamori Miyuki, Chiba Mao, and Ito Mahide.
Chiba Zhenzhu stared at the direction where Miles left, stood beside Nakamori Miyuki, and whispered: "Miyuki, don't you realize? They are not really helping you, they are just working."
Miyuki Nakamori pursed her lips and said softly, "I know."
Ito Masahide also said softly: "This is the reality of North America. They are extremely xenophobic. Whether it is us or the Chinese players, we will be discriminated against and prejudiced when we come here! Miyuki, you have to be mentally prepared. We come here just to show your strength and talent as much as possible. Don't expect to get good results."
"They don't like to see Asians get good grades."
Miyuki Nakamori's eyes were full of unwillingness and stubbornness.
Qianyu Zhenzhu frowned and said, "Then why don't you be the producer yourself? Why do you have to use them? Miyuki, your creative talent is so strong, you can do it all by yourself!"
Miyuki Nakamori still didn't say anything, her eyes full of thought.
Ito Shinhide sighed and said, "Maju, this is Los Angeles!"
A very simple sentence.
It tells the reality.
This is Los Angeles.
It is the highest temple in the world entertainment field.
Here is Hollywood, which represents the highest standards of the world's film industry!
There is also the Grammy Awards, which represents the highest level of pop music!
but…
This is the territory of native Europeans and Americans!
In fact, this is just the territory of North Americans.
They even look down on their peers in the entertainment industry in European countries.
Asia
He didn't even take it seriously.
In recent days, Miyuki Nakamori, Mao Chiba, and Masahide Ito have truly felt the arrogance inherent in the Miles team. Although they speak politely, they are only polite to customers. The sense of alienation and distance in their hearts is real.
Moreover, their team did not serve Miyuki Nakamori wholeheartedly at all, they were just working to make money!
This is something both sides are well aware of.
It's just that no one said it out loud.
The three of them were silent for a few seconds.
Chiba Mao said seriously: "Miyuki, Ito-senpai, since we are destined not to get very good results, why can't Miyuki make the music she likes? Why can't Miyuki make the decision herself? In this way, even if she loses, Miyuki will not have any regrets, and she can also enjoy the music she likes."
Miyuki Nakamori remained silent and walked slowly outside.
Ito Masahide said softly: "This requires Miyuki to make the decision herself!"
Although Miyuki Nakamori signed a contract with a big company, she still has absolute autonomy and freedom.
Chiba Zhenzhu followed Miyuki Nakamori and continued, "Don't you want to compete with Wang Qian face to face with music on the stage? Are you going to sing someone else's song and sing it to Wang Qian using someone else's arrangement and music composition? Is that your voice? You are using someone else's music to talk to Wang Qian, this is not okay."
Miyuki Nakamori stopped walking instantly, a flame burning in her eyes. She turned to Chiba Mao and Ito Masahide and said, "Masahide, you are right. I should have my own music and my own thoughts. Only then will I be qualified to have a conversation with Wang Qianjun through music on stage."
Miyuki Nakamori looked at Masahide Ito and said, "Teacher Ito, I want to make my own music!"
Ito Masahide smiled and said, "Of course, as long as you are happy."
Miyuki Nakamori took a deep breath to calm herself down. Her pretty face was full of longing as she looked towards the east: "When will Wang Qianjun come over?"
Ito Masahide: "I don't know. The Chinese team hasn't arrived yet, but it should be in the next few days. Time is running out."
Miyuki Nakamori picked up her phone and called her agent: "Please tell Mr. Miles that my cooperation with them has ended! From now on, I don't need any production team. I just want to rely on myself and use my own music."
After saying that, Miyuki Nakamori hung up the phone and began to quickly think about her recent thoughts and inspirations about music!
She wants to use her music to communicate with Wang Qian face to face on stage!
…
Wang Qian has suspended the update of Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
But.
the next day.
The Internet is still filled with various discussions and analytical articles about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Many self-media bloggers have begun to write special topics on The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, listing each individual character and historical event and marking the relationships between them.
so…
It is very friendly to many people who have difficulty reading books, and can help them understand the connections and developments more quickly.
Many people have listed many of the strategies.
A blogger used a big headline to attract a lot of attention.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the pinnacle of strategy in the history of fiction!"
The article lists the strategies used by many top strategists in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is very exciting. Finally, it concludes: "For now, Professor Wang's novel shows us how exciting the collision of human intelligence is. Many of the strategies and ideas in it can be copied into reality without any problems, and may help you win in the workplace or even in business wars."
This blogger called Romance of the Three Kingdoms the pinnacle of wisdom!
Many people exclaimed.
but…
Think about it carefully.
But I found that there seemed to be nothing wrong.
They didn't have this feeling in other novels they had read. They could clearly feel the power of the counselors in the book. Zhuge Liang divided the world into three parts with his mouth, talked people to death with his mouth, used the empty city plan to repel the enemy, etc...
In the past few days, everyone was reading non-stop, and many people did not stop to think carefully about the content and characters in the book.
Now there is no new content, so everyone started to discuss in detail the content they had read before, and combined with some bloggers' articles, they suddenly discovered the awesomeness of the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
so!
Even if there is no update.
Everyone's enthusiasm for discussion has increased instead of decreased. Many people went back and re-read the previous content, and suddenly had new discoveries and thoughts, which they immediately published and shared with everyone.
As a result, the discussion heat about the Three Kingdoms on several major platforms is even higher than yesterday, and it still suppresses the popularity of several Lunar New Year blockbusters and the Spring Festival Gala, occupying the top spot on the popularity list of several major social platforms, making other celebrities in the circle sigh helplessly, feeling that it is even more difficult to survive in the entertainment industry now.
And Wang Qian himself.
Still didn't go out.
Rest quietly at home and enjoy a leisurely world of two with Qin Xuerong. The couple had lunch with Qin Xuehong at noon and talked about Xuehong Entertainment. Now, they have made some money from Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the past few days, and the funds to buy Xuehong Entertainment are much more sufficient.
Qin Xuehong said jokingly: "Why don't you just stay at home and write novels? You can make 100 million a day. After a few years, you will be the richest man in Asia!"
Wang Qian shook his head and laughed, "I spent ten years conceiving this novel. How could I have continued writing it for several years? What about your own novel?"
Qin Xuehong shook her head: "I have been concentrating on reading your Romance of the Three Kingdoms these days and have put my own novel aside."
Qin Xuerong: "Did you lose confidence in your own novel after reading Wang Qian's Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
Qin Xuehong glared at Qin Xuerong.
Because Qin Xuerong was right.
She really had no confidence in her work, so she paused and wanted to think about it more.
Wang Qian did not ask any further questions. It was not easy to talk about such things.
We talked about Xuehong Entertainment, and the addresses of the two new Haidilao branches in Shanghai have also been finalized.
Previously, Wang Qian had asked the intermediary to negotiate the price with the original owner, and they were just waiting for Wang Qian to take the money to sign the contract for transfer of ownership. At that time, the property rights would belong to the newly established Haidilao catering company, and Wang Qian would hold 100% stake in the company.
at the same time!
Wang Qian asked people to go to several other first-tier cities to look for suitable storefronts and began preparing for multi-city expansion. In other cities, they would take the approach of purchasing storefronts with loans and suspend the scale of opening three stores in each first-tier city. They would wait until these first-tier cities were stabilized before making greater expansions.
Wang Qian really wants to expand Haidilao catering, rather than expand blindly and then go public to raise money, so he is not in a hurry and takes it step by step to ensure that each store can be as successful as Shanghai.
A leisurely day of rest!
Wang Qian entered work mode.
Murong Yue and Jiang Yu both came to the Magic City.
Wang Qian met with Murong Yue, Jiang Yu, Zhao Wei, and He Fulin. They spent a day in the recording studio to get acquainted with each other and practiced a few background music to get into the right shape.
Then…
Zhou Qinghua brought He Dongming and a few others over and gathered with Wang Qian's team!
Take a plane and fly directly to Los Angeles.
The Voice World Championship!
here we go!