When Li Mu and Chen Wan arrived at Jinling University, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.
In the Jinling University Gymnasium, the stage and sound equipment were set up as early as the afternoon. The competition will start at eight o'clock in the evening and last until eleven o'clock. However, due to the special nature of the band's performance, the participating bands will start at four o'clock. Assembling in the gymnasium has begun. Lots will be drawn first to determine the order of entry, and then the tuning will be done in the reverse order of the draw.
It is said that more than 50 bands from the entire South Jiangsu Province have signed up to participate in the competition. The competition will be divided into three days. Today is the first day of the preliminary competition, with 16 bands participating.
Of these more than 50 bands, eight will be selected after the preliminary round and then participate in the provincial and district semi-finals. Only the champions of the semi-finals will be eligible to participate in the finals to be held in Yanjing.
At this time, Zhang Kexuan's "Jinling Noise Control" band has completed the drawing and tuning. They are the ninth among the sixteen participating bands today.
Seeing Li Mu, Zhang Kexuan, who had been nervously watching others tuning, finally relaxed a little.
Seeing how restless he looked, Li Mu couldn't help teasing him: "Why don't you just participate in a third-rate competition? You look nervous, you have no future."
Zhang Kexuan and the other three people exploded when they heard this.
"What is a third-rate game!"
“This is a national band competition, okay!”
"This is a cooperation between multiple satellite TV stations. The preliminary round will be broadcast on the TV station, okay!"
Seeing the angry looks of the four of them, Li Mu shook his head repeatedly.
Even if this kind of competition is nationwide, it is impossible to achieve first-class influence, because the current TV stations do not have the courage and courage to conduct large-scale talent shows nationwide, whether they are mainland TV stations or Hong Kong and Taiwan TV stations TV stations have not yet realized the vastness of the talent show market. There were no singing competitions or dancing competitions in the past, but no one could really gain influence, so they would organize competitions in which multiple TV stations cooperate to share the costs. , a few small fights.
It seems that the spring of talent shows still has to wait until Mango Channel's "Super Girl" comes out! After that, there were national talent shows such as Happy Boys and The Voice of China.
Li Mu couldn't help but look at Zhang Kexuan and the four of them. To be honest, from their looks, costumes, to the name of their band, they were all standard street clothes, with no chance of becoming popular at all.
After all, rock music is a niche aesthetic in China, and most rock bands emphasize form more than music. For example, Zhang Kexuan and others have not even found a suitable music style for themselves, but the rock style is very strong, and everyone They are all wearing leather jackets and leather trousers, and the shortest hair is almost to the shoulders. The hair is as long as Zhang Kexuan's, and it basically reaches the chest. Such a look is not handsome at all. If you throw it into Yanjing, maybe some female literary youths will like it. Across the country, there is no market at all.
Li Mu began to worry whether the song "Li Bai" would really fall into the hands of these long-haired people, and then in a few years, it would be accidentally sung by a contestant on a talent show, such as Song The fat song "Miss Dong" makes people sigh.
The reason why Song Pang didn't make "Ms. Dong" a hit on his own was because, on the one hand, the contracting company was not strong enough, and on the other hand, it was really difficult for him to make his own image popular.
Just when the four of them were angry, Li Mu suddenly asked Zhang Kexuan.
"Can you lift up all your long hair and let me see it?"
Li Mu's words stunned the five people including Chen Wan.
"What...what are you doing?"
Zhang Kexuan felt a little weird.
Li Mu said calmly: "Let's see if you have the potential to become famous."
Everyone looked at each other. If someone else had made such a request to Zhang Kexuan, maybe he would have punched him immediately. But when these words came out of Li Mu's mouth, although he was awkward, he hesitated for a moment and still reached out and pulled all the hair out. The whole face is exposed from the back of the head.
Li Mu nodded: "She has pretty features and pretty eyes, not bad."
Zhang Kexuan's face turned dark: "What do you mean?"
Li Mu did not answer his question, but suddenly became interested. He looked at Zhang Kexuan and asked with a smile: "Why do you want to play rock and roll?"
"I like it!" Zhang Kexuan replied casually: "Rock and roll is a spirit, awesome."
Li Mu asked again: "Then why do you have long hair?"
Ye Tianming said: "Damn, what do you say in Yanjing dialect, Fan'er!"
"What kind of style?" Li Mu frowned: "Is it a pretentious style?"
Ye Tianming was anxious and just about to refute, Li Mu asked again: "What is your real purpose in participating in this competition?"
"prove yourself."
The four people answered simply and in unison.
Li Mu asked mercilessly: "Spend money to buy my songs to prove yourself?"
The four people blushed at once.
Li Mu then said: "If you want to be famous, just say so. I can be your behind-the-scenes promoter and compose songs for you. As long as you listen to me, I am sure that you will become the most popular band in the country."
"real?"
Li Mu smiled slightly: "It's too easy to think of fire. It can be a song that makes a fire, it can be a person that makes a fire, or it can be a person and a song that makes the fire go viral."
The four of them looked at Li Mu like a monster. They couldn't understand why Li Mu talked about becoming famous so lightly.
For Li Mu, a business prototype had already begun to take shape in his mind.
Internet music is still in its infancy. In two years' time, songs like "Mouse Loves Rice" will really let Chinese people see the influence of the Internet on music dissemination. If you want to achieve that kind of dissemination, you must know how to rely on the Internet for dissemination. That's the key.
Li Mu is now preparing to develop Eting Yiting.com. If he can find a way to make Zhang Kexuan and the others popular, it will be of great help to Eting in the future. When Eting reaches scale and has full wings, he can feed them back and make them more popular. Push higher.
The reason why he asked Zhang Kexuan to reveal his face was to see if his true appearance met the requirements to be popular as a singer and a popular person. I have to say that this guy looks pretty good, but it was delayed by his long hair. .
Last time in their rehearsal room, Li Mu already had a general understanding of Zhang Kexuan's voice. With a certain foundation, he could still sing with good guidance. In other words, his voice was passable.
Now, the appearance is passable, not to mention the songs. I know so many good songs in later generations. I randomly pick out seven or eight widely circulated songs, and combine them with the Internet. Who can I recommend
Li Mu was thinking, Zhang Kexuan and the others were stunned, and Chen Wan broke the silence: "Li Mu, is there any way you can help my brother and the others become famous?"
"Yes." Li Mu came back from his thoughts: "If you really want to be angry, you must listen to me in everything. This is the only way, there is no other choice."
The four of them exchanged glances with each other and nodded in unison: "Okay, I'll listen to you!"
The second generation of rich people also have pursuits. The pursuit of Zhang Kexuan and the four of them is to become famous and awesome through music, but they also know that their level is limited. However, Li Mu is different. Li Mu's songwriting ability is no longer just awesome to them. Damn it, it's so awesome.
Seeing that the four people had such a unified attitude, Li Mu immediately cleared his throat: "First of all, before the competition starts, go to the organizer of the competition and change the name of the band."
"Huh?" The four of them were dumbfounded.
"Why change the name? Isn't our current name pretty good?"
"What a bastard!" Li Mu curled his lips: "Making noise in Jinling? You said you yourself are making noise, what else is there to say? Besides, do you just want to be popular in Jinling, or do you want to be popular across the country?"
"Of course it's the whole country..."
"Then change the name." Li Mu said without any doubt: "It must be changed. There are not many requirements for the name, it just needs to be simple and catchy."
"How can I think of it now..." Zhang Kexuan said with a sad face. The four brothers had been thinking about the name Jinling Zaochao for two weeks.
Li Mu waved his hand: "Let's call it a simple plan."
Although it won't be long before a punk band called Simple Plan will appear abroad, and then a band called Escape Plan will be formed in China, everything is first come, first served, and Li Mu is naturally unceremonious.
"Simple plan..."
The four of them thought about their taste. The name was indeed very simple, but it sounded really catchy. Simple plan, simple plan. After repeating it several times, they all found that the name became more and more smooth. It was really interesting.
Zhang Kexuan gritted his teeth: "Okay, let's call it a simple plan. Xia Tian, you go find the organizer now and change our name."
"The competition started tonight, can I still change it now?"
"Yes, but if you can't just stuff money, you must change it anyway!"
He felt more and more that the words "Jinling Controlled Noise" were what the hell...
Xia Tian was ordered to turn around and leave.
Li Mu patted Zhang Kexuan: "Go and cut your long hair before the game starts."
"What the hell are you talking about!" Zhang Kexuan immediately jumped up and yelled: "Cut your hair? Don't even think about it. My dad has been asking me to cut my hair for several years and I haven't ignored him!"
Li Mu asked back: "Except for niche rock bands, think about it, among the big stars you can name now, who still has long hair like yours?"
Li Mu emphasized the word "big star" very seriously.
"Uh..." Zhang Kexuan thought for a while: "Power train!"
"Come on, people who sing are not popular. If it weren't for Huanzhugege, you might not know about them."
"Dick Cowboy!"
"What's the difference? Are you going to talk about Teacher Liu Huan next?"
"I didn't want to say Liu Huan..."
"Then you want to say Guo Feng?"
"I'll wipe you away!" Zhang Kexuan couldn't think of anything, so he waved his hands and muttered like a resentful woman: "Anyway, my hair will never move!"
Seeing that he was angry, Li Mu didn't care and just asked: "Do you want to be famous or do you want to show off?"
"Uh..." Zhang Kexuan hesitated for a long time, then lowered his head in shame: "I want to be famous..."
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