Entertaining Children

Xiao Yao only heard about and met the cross talk master Zhang Baoqing on TV, but had never met in private, but it is not difficult to find out about this big man in the music industry and verify what A Zi said. To put it bluntly, it was just a matter of a few phone calls.

For the first call, Xiao Yao called Wang Yuan from Shonan Satellite TV. The well-known entertainment host who has been in the industry for nearly thirty years has a very extensive network. It can be seen from his attitude towards folk music that he also likes and values ​​Chinese traditional culture very much, and he also knows many famous people in the traditional folk art circle. Xiao Yao called and asked, and Wang Yuan really knew Zhang Baoqing, a cross talk master, and had a good friendship.

On the second call, Xiao Yao called his grandfather Xiao Chengru. Elderly people of this age are basically interested in traditional folk art. The old man is a native of Yanjing. Apart from being a fan of Peking Opera, he also likes folk arts such as cross talk. As a performance artist of the older generation, he also knows this master of cross talk.

Since Wang Yuan saw Xiao Yao on the show for the first time more than ten years ago, no matter whether it is public or private, he likes and values ​​this little guy very much. Xiao Chengru is Xiao Yao's grandfather, needless to say to Xiao Yao. When Xiao Yao asked the two elders to inquire about Zhang Baoqing and his daughter Zhang Huanian, both of them immediately agreed. Even when Xiao Yao asked to keep it secret, Zhang Baoqing could not let Zhang Baoqing know that he was inquiring during the inquiring process, although the two of them were a little strange, they still agreed.

It's just that Zhang Huanian didn't perform on stage or show up in the media when he was a child, so he was hidden by Zhang Baoqing. Many of Zhang Baoqing's acquaintances and friends had seen his youngest daughter. The relationship between father and daughter, career planning and career development are not particularly private matters for friends around me. Although few people know the "three-year agreement" between father and daughter in detail, but I heard that the cross talk master My daughter doesn't like to talk about cross talk, and there are also many people who have differences between father and daughter on this aspect.

Two days later, Xiao Yao received replies from Wang Yuan and Xiao Chengru. Except for the "three-year agreement" that needed to be kept secret, Xiao Yao did not tell the two of them, Zhang Huanian's age, appearance, growth experience, current situation, Regarding the relationship with Zhang Baoqing, etc., what Azi said is true.

On the third day of the New Year's Day holiday, Xiao Yao sent a message to Zhang Huanian, asking her to meet in the recording studio.

"What should I call you? Zhang Huanian, Sister Huanian, Sister Hua, Sister Nian, or continue to be called Azi?" Seeing Zhang Huanian, Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"I don't dare to call you sister. It's best not to call me Zhang Huanian at ordinary times, so as not to be heard by others, just keep calling me Azi." Hearing what Xiao Yao said, Azi knew that Xiao Yao had made up his mind. Despite my own identity, I also promised to help myself, and said with a smile on my face, "I prefer others to call me this stage name I chose."

"Okay, then Ah Zi," Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, handed over a few pieces of paper and said, "You should familiarize yourself first,

Go into the recording room and try singing for a while. "

"Okay," A Zi happily took it over, and after looking at it twice, the expression on his face quickly drooped again, "Why are they all old songs? You still let me sing a cover?" It turned out that Xiao Yao The few sheets of paper handed to her were scores of several songs, including songs written by Xiao Yao and others, but all of them were old songs that had been published by other female singers.

"I said I would let you audition, but I didn't say I would record for you," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I have seen your live video, but I haven't heard you sing live, so I need to know how your singing skills are. "

"I haven't written the song I gave you yet." Xiao Yao continued, "The types of songs you sang during the live broadcast are too mixed, and I also need to help you find the location. These songs are all different types, I have to Find out what you are good at and what type of songs you are suitable for, then you can decide what kind of songs to write for you.”

"Oh, okay." A Zi nodded, picked up a few pieces of paper in his hand and looked at them.

These are all songs that have already been released. Azi has heard them all before, so he just glanced at them, told Xiao Yao the order in which he was going to sing, so that Xiao Yao could play the accompaniment, and went into the recording room to test the sound.

Since it was a sound audition rather than a recording, Xiao Yao just listened quietly the whole time, basically didn't say much, and didn't call to stop to correct A Zi's problems in singing. After about half an hour, Azi sang all six songs that Xiao Yao had given her, and came out of the recording room.

"How is my singing?" Azi immediately asked Xiao Yao after returning to the control room.

"Let me tell you a secret first!" Xiao Yao didn't answer, but raised a finger and said.

"What secret?" Azi asked curiously.

"Did you send a demo to China Entertainment Records?" Xiao Yao continued to ask.

"Yeah!" A Zi nodded, and said in confusion, "Didn't you say it's a secret? Why is it involved in the matter of me sending the demo?"

"The secret I want to tell you is," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I got a piece of news from China Entertainment Records. When your father greeted people from China Entertainment, he didn't say you were her daughter, he just said that he knew a The female singer named A Zi has a mediocre singing level. I guess other record companies should have received similar hints from him."

After confirming Azi's identity, Xiao Yao remembered that Azi had said that he had sent a demo to the record company, so he contacted the people from China Entertainment Records through Xiao Siqi, wanting to listen to the demo that Azi had sent over. . After all, the sound quality of the live videos found on the Internet is uneven, and the content that can be heard is limited. Although Xiao Siqi left China Entertainment to set up his own company, the cooperation relationship with China Entertainment is still very close. It's not a big deal to ask them for a demo, of course the people from China Entertainment will not refuse.

When digging out the demo, the CEE staff also saw a special record in the relevant memorandum, that is, Zhang Baoqing had said hello, the singer was not good at singing, so he was not suitable for signing. The people in Huayu didn't know that Ah Zi was Zhang Baoqing's daughter, and they thought that this female singer had something to do with Zhang Baoqing or his subordinates, and the demo didn't sound particularly good, so naturally they wouldn't Replied to this kind of rookie singer who has never heard of it.

Xiao Siqi suddenly asked for a demo that was delivered more than a year ago. Although the people from China Entertainment did not refuse, it was impossible not to be curious. After a search, it was found that this Azi seemed to have the same name as a current Internet celebrity anchor, and it was probably the same person.

At present, the star who is closest to the live broadcast circle is Xiao Siqi's son Xiao Yao. He not only does live broadcasts by himself, but also wrote songs for three Internet celebrity female anchors. People from China Entertainment guessed that it might be that Xiao Yao was going to write a song for this Internet celebrity anchor named Azi again, and Xiao Siqi wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to sign this Internet celebrity anchor into his studio. In order to prevent Xiao Siqi, his partner, from unintentionally offending the master of folk art because of this singing Internet celebrity anchor, the people from China Entertainment also clicked on Xiao Siqi when they gave the demo. Xiao Siqi asked for the demo for Xiao Yao, so he naturally told Xiao Yao of CEY's cryptic hint.

"What? My dad did this kind of thing secretly? It's too much!" Azi immediately exploded when he heard this, and shouted extremely angrily.

"Don't be angry!" Xiao Yao waved his hand, "I listened to the demo you gave to China Entertainment. To be honest, even if your father's greetings are thrown away, by China Entertainment's standards, you were signing a contract at that time. Torn between signing and not signing. If China Entertainment arranges an audition before signing, the possibility of not signing you is greater than the possibility of signing you. It won't be the object of their praise. If you don't tell China Entertainment that Zhang Baoqing is your father, you may never get ahead in China Entertainment."

"You mean to say that I sang poorly just now?" Azi said a little discouraged, "I'm not suitable for the career of a singer?"

"Singing skills are indeed a bit interesting, but it's not that you can't be a singer." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Singing skills are the foundation, but not everything, and singing skills are not impossible to practice, so you don't have to be too discouraged."

What Xiao Yao said just now was a little exaggerated, and he deliberately lowered it, but he didn't want A Zi to be too complacent, thinking that everything would be fine if he wrote his own songs, instead of shocking her to completely lose confidence.

"You mean I still have a role to play?" A Zi immediately raised his head and said.

"Of course," Xiao Yao nodded, "Are you willing to listen to my arrangement?"

"Do you have an arrangement for me?" A Zi said, "Do you want to guide my singing skills? You promised to accept me as a student?"

"I'm sorry, I don't have the time, nor the patience." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I'm still a student now. Although I have Tang Jingjing as a nominal student, I don't actually have much time to guide her. She She is a student of the attached music middle school, and the knowledge of music is mainly learned in school, I just let her play in the recording studio, and sometimes give her pointers when recording."

"Then how do you arrange for me?" A Zi asked.

"Judging from that night and what you are wearing and the things you are using now, you don't have any financial pressure, right?" Xiao Yao said.

"Well," Ah Zi nodded, "Although my father doesn't support me as a singer, there are no financial sanctions against me. My mother and brother are very concerned about my life, and I'm still an anchor now. Not bad, there is no pressure on the economy at all.”

"Okay, since you have money, the first step is to find yourself a professional vocal teacher to study and improve your singing skills." Xiao Yao said, "If you don't know anyone in this area, I can give you Introduce one, the vocal teacher of our Shenxi Opera is good, graduated from the music academy, very good."

"It's okay for me to learn from a teacher, but in terms of time..." Azi hesitated.

"Worried about conflicting with your live broadcast time?" Xiao Yao smiled, "This is the second point I want to say. Since you don't rely on live broadcasts for a living, then in the future, the time of live broadcasts will be greatly reduced. Four or five times a week, every week About two hours is enough."

"Two hours of live streaming each time?" Azi asked in surprise, "Is it too little?"

"Yes, just two hours!" Xiao Yao said, "Not only is the live broadcast time shortened, but also the content of the live broadcast has to be adjusted. You are not the style of Sister La and the others, whether it is Sister La's humor or Yiyi's cute style Neither is suitable for you. So those email links and game links can be omitted. The two hours are mainly singing, and the rest time is simple chatting. You can learn the goddess style of Sissi, but you have to Even colder than her."

"Is this style of live broadcast going to be long?" Azi asked worriedly, "Although many of the more popular female anchors are singing anchors, besides singing, everyone has some other strengths and characteristics."

"You are different from them," Xiao Yao said, "From the fact that Sister La sang "Come to an End" on "The Voice" and intentionally took a tour, it can be seen that she has no intention of developing into the traditional entertainment circle, so they must It’s that kind of image that is very kind and close to the people. But since you don’t intend to be an anchor all the time, you don’t need to be too close to the people. You should give others the impression that you have nothing but singing. You still have one year left in the agreement with your dad Half, so in a year and a half at most, you will quit the anchor circle. From now on, you will start to change and manage your new image, preparing for entering the traditional entertainment circle in the future."

"In that case, why don't I just stop the live broadcast now and concentrate on going to school?" Azi said.

"Because the terms you agreed with your dad also included popularity," Xiao Yao said, "Isn't that why you did the live broadcast in the first place?"

"Actually, being a network anchor is also a good way to accumulate popularity," Xiao Yao said, "After changing the style and time of the live broadcast, you may lose followers, but I also thought of a remedy for you. The number of fans in the website may drop, but the number of subscriptions on Weibo and the website's music radio station should increase."

"What way?" Azi asked. The number of fans in the live broadcast room is not a condition she agreed with her father. At that time, she was not yet an anchor, so the number of fans in the live broadcast room does not matter. As long as the number of fans on Weibo and music websites can increase, it will be beneficial to her.

"It's very simple, go to the live broadcast room of other anchors as a guest, and live broadcast with others!" Xiao Yao said, "Anyway, you don't lack money, go to the live broadcast room of other anchors, and the income from props and gifts will be theirs. Deli, if you let more people know about you, it will be beneficial for both parties, so it should be too difficult. You don’t have to be limited to the live broadcast platform of "Kirin", even if you play across platforms, the three of "Yuyu" are all for me. I can ask my agent to introduce you. If "Kirin" has any objections to your going to the live broadcast room on other platforms, then terminate the contract and change to another platform, and you don't rely on live broadcasts to make a living."

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangement!" Azi thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"If all goes well, I should be able to write songs for you in half a year." Xiao Yao smiled.

"After half a year? So long?" Azi said.

"Is half a year long? Isn't the agreement between you and your dad still one and a half years away?" Xiao Yao said, "I can't guarantee the first one to let a well-known major record company sign a contract with you. It doesn't have that much energy, so our goal It’s the last three items. It’s already January, and the program list for the Spring Festival Gala is estimated to have been finalized. This year’s Spring Festival Gala will definitely be useless for you, so it’s better to accumulate it for half a year. If everything goes well, half a year should be enough time for me to send you to next year The stage of the Spring Festival Gala. If you can successfully stand on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala at that time, I believe that the other two conditions have probably already been fulfilled."

"I believe in you, I will do what you say!" Azi said with firm eyes.

"Actually, these are all plans. Whether they can be achieved or not depends most on yourself!" Xiao Yao said.

"Understood!" A Zi nodded, and couldn't help asking Xiao Yao, "By the way, speaking of the Spring Festival Gala, will you be in this year's Spring Festival Gala?"

"I received an invitation from the Spring Festival Gala program group, but I declined." Xiao Yao said, "I went to the Spring Festival Gala last year, so I want to spend time with my family this year."

"How many people are so desperate to go to the Spring Festival Gala that they still can't make it, and you refused their invitation?" A Zi shook his head and sighed, "This person is really incomparable to others!"