Volume 1 Chapter 87 Preparing for the Album

  "Ludi, this friend of mine has already agreed to join Bie Entertainment and will arrive in Huaqing in two days." When Ludi heard Lu Qiang say this the next day, he also let out a sigh of relief. Without the right talent in the company, it's really difficult to move forward.

  The team for making music is now complete, although there are not many people. Currently, the company only has a handful of artists in the true sense, including myself and Zhang Fengruo, Gao Mu, Wu Chuan, Lv Yi, and the upcoming music producer, which should be enough.

  In about two months, a new batch of graduates from the Huaxia Music Academy will graduate, and Professor Shen Pengjun has already informed Lu Li to return to school at that time to sign some talents.

  Jiang You is currently still in the crew of "Shooting", and it's estimated that he will return in at most three months. At that time, we will let Jiang You practice his hand by filming a TV series first. As for post-production of the TV series, honestly, we can only have others do it, as our company currently lacks personnel in this aspect.

  "Alright, Brother Qiang, thanks for your trouble." Lu Li said with a smile.

  "What's the point of being polite? I'm now the general manager of this company, and it's only natural that I should take care of this matter." Lu Qiang replied to Lu Li.

  Lu Li nodded and didn't say anything else, returning to his desk to start typing away. After editing out some explicit content from "The Legend of Qin", the word count was somewhat less than the original work, with only around 15 million characters left. Currently, about 11 million characters have been updated, leaving around 4 million characters before the grand finale. And now that it's April, this means the book will be ending around late June.

  It wasn't until three days later that Ludi saw the friend mentioned by Lu Qiang. At first glance, Ludi felt that this person gave off a sense of distance, as if his face was written with "strangers keep out". And his unkempt appearance made people easily think he was an artistic type.

  "Come, Lu Li, let me introduce you. This is my friend Zhou Chuanjun." Lu Qiang said, bringing over Zhou Chuanjun for the introduction.

  Lu Li looked at this thin man who was a few years older than Lu Qiang, shook hands and said: "Hello, I'm Lu Li, welcome to Bie Li Entertainment."

  Zhou Chuanjun loosened his grip and looked at Lu Li with a expressionless face, saying: "Hello, you're pretty good."

  Lu Qiang, who was standing beside him, widened his eyes when he heard Zhou Chuanjun's words. He knew this friend of his very well - arrogant and proud of his talents, with extremely high standards. Except for a handful of internationally renowned musicians who had received his approval, everyone else was beneath his notice.

  I didn't expect that this was the first time I met Lu Li, and yet he gave a very high evaluation of this person.

  "Lu Qiang, what's wrong?" Lu Li saw Lu Qiang staring with wide eyes and asked.

  "Uh, nothing." Lu Qiang's expression returned to normal as he said.

  "Take me to the recording studio first, I don't like staying in the office." Zhou Chuanjun suddenly interjected.

  Lu Li heard the words and didn't react, looking at Zhou Chuanjun in confusion.

  "He's always like that, preferring to stay in the recording studio, even longer than he stays at home." Lu Qiang showed a look of "this is how it should be" and smiled.

  Lu Li heard this and looked at Zhou Chuanjun with a different gaze, this is the real musician, a musician worthy of respect.

  "It's not far from here anyway, I'll take you there now." Lu Li said.

  Walking on the road, Lu Li was still not very familiar with this person, and seeing this person being somewhat cold, didn't know what to say, feeling a bit awkward.

  "'I' is written quite well, especially the lyrics, I really like them. How did you manage to write such great lyrics?" Unexpectedly, Zhou Chuanjun actually spoke up voluntarily.

  "This song was written for a senior I admire very much, and this is his true portrayal." Lu Li thought for a moment before saying.

  Although the lyrics of this song were written by Lin Xi, Lu Li felt that Lin Xi was completely writing from his brother's perspective.

  Whether it's "don't dodge, live for the life I like" or "I love me, let roses bloom with a result, and also flourish in the desert of loneliness", they are all my brother's most real monologue, true heart voice revealed.

  "Oh, there are people like that?" Zhou Chuanjun showed a tone of surprise for the first time: "I don't know if I can get to know someone like that, maybe I can be friends with him."

  If Lu Qiang were here at this moment, he would probably be surprised again, because Zhou Chuanjun not only took the initiative to speak first, but also wanted to make friends with others, which was simply impossible in the past.

  "It's gone." Lu Li let out a long sigh before saying it regretfully. Without mentioning that he was in another dimension, even if he were on Earth, he could only miss his brother.

  Zhou Chuanjun saw that Lu Li's tone was somewhat off, so he didn't say anything else either.

  The recording studio was not far away, and after a few words, Lu Li brought Zhou Chuanjun here.

  The recording studio is usually empty, with only Wu Chuan and Takagi occasionally dropping by.

  After entering, Zhou Chuanjun walked around inside for a while before saying: "Not bad, it's better than the average recording studio, whether it's the equipment or the soundproofing facilities are all pretty good."

  Lu Di was speechless upon hearing this, and he really didn't know how high this person's requirements were. After all, he had invested a lot of money and effort into building this recording studio, just to create a top-notch one. He hadn't expected that in this person's mouth, it would only be considered "just okay".

  But Lu Li is not dissatisfied with this, the higher the requirements for such people, the better the quality of music produced will be guaranteed. No matter what, Lu Li has always pursued high-quality products and strives to do his best.

  Lu Li then handed over a key to Zhou Chuanjun and returned to the office to continue typing. Tomorrow, he will start preparing for the album.

  The next day, Lu Li called Lv Yi and Gao Mu to the recording studio after arriving at the company to make arrangements for the album songs. For the new album's songs, in addition to "I" and "Find Yourself", which were previously mentioned, Lu Li had already confirmed the remaining eight songs, including Jay Chou's "It's Me", Su Rui's "Appearance", Yang Pei'an's "I Believe", Zero Point Band's "Believe in Myself", Zhao Chuan's "I'm a Little Bird", Wu Bai's "Suddenly Self", Zhou Jielun's "Snail", and Qu Wanting's "Nothing Different".

  The songs in here can be said to have a very different style, and Lü Li is good at his own voice, plus persistent practice to bring down these songs of different styles.

  Lüdi's idea for the album was to introduce himself to others, so he used "I" as the title of the album and made the same-name song "I" the main hit. Introducing himself, Lüdi divided it into finding himself, using objects to describe himself, believing in himself, introducing himself, and finally telling everyone that he is actually no different from anyone else.

  Moreover, these songs were written and registered last time when I went to register "I" and "Find Myself", so they were brought directly to the recording studio to prepare for composition.

  With the help of landing and leaving brainwave data, plus professional composer Lv Yi and Gao Mu who can help a little on the side, the progress is naturally much faster. Moreover, as a professional music producer, Zhou Chuanjun also knows how to compose music and joins in from time to time to put forward his own ideas and strictly control the quality.

  Lu Li soon discovered that Zhou Chuanjun was indeed very powerful, and his composition level was even higher than that of professional composer Lü Yi. Lü Yi also often asked Zhou Chuanjun for advice on composition, and gained a lot from it.

  Lüdi discovered that his busy days did not start two months later, but from the time he prepared for the new album. Now, except for going home to write for a while every night, most of the time is spent in the recording studio preparing for the album. In fact, arranging songs is not Lüdi's job, but Lüdi had to participate in it himself in order to improve the progress, and provide the materials that were already in his mind.

  With the efforts of the four, the progress was also very impressive. After about a month, they finally completed the accompaniment for all ten songs. When Lu Li listened to them, except for a few minor differences in some places, the rest were almost identical to the original versions. Of course, this was also one of the reasons why he participated in it himself, otherwise, many might have turned out quite different from the originals.

  After finishing the accompaniment, Lu Li didn't rest and continued to devote himself to recording.

  Although Lu Li's current conditions can handle these vastly different songs, it's not easy. Problems often arise during the recording process. Zhou Chuanjun is very strict with his music, never relaxing his demands. He scolds when necessary, even if Lu Li, as the big boss, gets scolded until he's covered in sweat. This makes Zhang Fengru occasionally look on in fear, wondering what to do if someone like this were to produce music for him in the future.

  Finally, after a month and a half of non-stop scolding, Lu Li successfully recorded all ten songs perfectly.

  "Hey, I've never seen anyone as clumsy as you. You have a great voice and your singing skills are not bad either, so why can't you find the right feeling when singing?" Lu Li finished recording the last song "Me", walked out of the recording studio, and heard Zhou Chuanjun say with a tone of frustration: "'Me' is actually my most favorite song, but you just happened to sing it the worst. Fortunately, you finally found the feeling and sang it out, otherwise this album might not have been released."

  Lu Li listened with great sweat, but could only nod hard. "I" is the song that Lu Li sang the most in his recording, although he sang it well, but he couldn't find that feeling, especially when his brother sang with all his emotions at the concert.

  Zhou Chuanjun's requirements, especially for this song, can be said to be demanding, and Lu Li suffered a lot. Fortunately, Lu Li finally found some feeling by putting himself in the role of Gege, but it was still not as good as Gege.

  "Haha, Lizi, I didn't expect you to have a day like this." Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the recording studio.

  PS: Thank you for the reward from Jing Sanjun. I spent a lot of time this afternoon selecting songs and only finished writing now, sorry about that.

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