Chapter 22: Half-literate
Chu Ze tapped his head, thought for a while, and finally said, "I do have a song here, but I can't remember the melody clearly. I'm not sure if I can write it. It may take some time."

Although Chu Ze is a reborn person, he does not have any system or super memory or other golden fingers, so it is easy for him to remember the lyrics. After all, these classic songs are all familiar to everyone. Anyone who likes to listen to songs can memorize the lyrics of dozens or hundreds of songs.

But who can remember the music score?
The reason Chu Ze could remember the music score of "Legend" was because he had practiced this song specifically when he was studying music.

"You can't remember? Is it a song you wrote before?" Xia Anruo asked.

"I guess so..." Chu Ze touched his nose.

I can't say that someone else wrote it before, and I wanted to copy it now but forgot it, right?

Xia Anruo pondered for a moment, drew circles on the coffee table with her slender jade fingers, and asked, "Can you sing?"

"That must be no problem."

"Can't you sing and then transcribe the music?"

Transcribe the score?

Fuck you, not at all.

Although Chu Ze did learn music for a few months, he did it for fun. The best evaluation of him by his elder brother who taught him at that time was:

"Not bad, you can understand the score now, there is something to it!"

Therefore, Chu Ze is semi-illiterate in music.

You let an illiterate person copy the music?

It's like asking someone who only knows the Japanese kana to watch anime, and then asking him to write down the dialogue in kana.

Do you think it's feasible?
It's theoretically possible, but in practice...

I think you just want to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger.

"Then... can you transcribe the music?" Chu Ze glanced at Xia Anruo.

"Isn't this a basic skill for musicians?" Xia Anruo said as a matter of course.

"That's great, I'll sing and you write."

"Why don't you just transcribe the music yourself?"

"I don't know how to do that..."

"?"

Xia Anruo tilted her head, a look of question marks on her face.

"Don't ask questions anymore. I'm just such a rookie. Just tell me whether you want the song written by a rookie like me?" Chu Ze saw Xia Anruo's confusion.

"But I'm about to release a new song and I'll be busy next week, so if you want to transcribe the music, you have to wait until next week."

"It's up to you. I'm not in a hurry anyway."

It’s not like he’s in a hurry for the song.

……

The second week of September.

press conference.

"An Ruo, could you please tell me the content of the new song that will be released tomorrow?"

"There are three singles to be released this time, all of which are very nice ballads."

"The single "Legend" you released in June went viral. It was a love song with a very different style. Now, only three months have passed. Will the next three singles continue the style of "Legend"? " "I can only say that one of the songs was written by our famous songwriter Mr. Huang Wen. It is also a love song. It may be different from the style of "Legend", but it will also be a very nice song."

This time, Xinghua also invested a lot of money in publicity and promotion of the new song, using the first collaboration between Huang Wen and An Ruo as a selling point.

One is a famous celebrity in the songwriting industry, and the other is a singer whose song became a hit not long ago. It has to be said that the new song they collaborated on has really raised the expectations of all fans.

"Huang Wen x An Ruo, what a powerful combination! I'm looking forward to it!"

"Even Teacher Huang Wen can be invited to write songs. Our An Ruo has made it big."

"I'm looking forward to it. I was really amazed when I listened to "Legend" before. I haven't had this feeling for a long time. I hope the new song can surprise me."

Along with the heated discussions on the Internet, the topic of An Ruo×Huang Wen’s new song quickly became a hot search.

At twelve o'clock the next day, the new song was officially released.

There are three songs in total: "Summer", "Melody in the Heart" and "Rainbow after the Rain".

Because of the strong promotion at the beginning, all three songs quickly entered the top 20 of the new song chart within a few hours of their release.

The main promotional film "Summer" even made it into the top ten. Although it is not as terrible as the performance of "Legend", its momentum is also very strong.

However, as the sales of the new songs increased, fans soon discovered that of the three new songs, the main song "Summer" was nice but did not seem as amazing as expected, and the other two were just average and decent.

The quality of the song list "Summer" is also excellent, but because the expectations brought about by various previous publicity were too high, I thought it would be another masterpiece that was not inferior to "Legend", but it turned out to be... just so-so.

The original momentum of rushing to the charts gradually slowed down, and finally "Summer" stopped at the third place on the new song list, while "Melody in the Heart" and "Rainbow after the Rain" were at the ninth and twelfth place respectively.

The comments under Xia Anruo's official Weibo are also polarized.

Many old fans said that the quality of this new song was unexpectedly good, and it was also ranked among the top songs among An Ruo’s previous songs.

Many new fans attracted by "Legend" expressed that they were a little disappointed. Seeing the previous promotion was so awesome, they thought there would be songs that were not inferior to "Legend", but the result is like this?
Xinghua Entertainment, in the director's office.

Director Zhao Xiaosheng had just received the data report on Xia Anruo's new songs from his secretary. Two of the three songs were in the top ten, with the worst one ranking twelfth. The one he valued most, "Summer", even made it into the top three on the new song list.

This result is very good, at least Zhao Xiaosheng is very satisfied. It is obvious that the decision to release a new song while the popularity of "Legend" is hot was the right one.

Although a lot of publicity and promotion resources have been invested, the current profits are obviously huge.

"How is the preparation for An Ruo's new album going?" Zhao Xiaosheng asked the secretary.

"An Ruo seems to have already decided on three songs for the new album," the secretary reported.

"The company has collected so many songs in the past few months, but she has only selected three now?" Zhao Xiaosheng frowned, not very satisfied with the progress.

"It seems that he is not very satisfied with the quality of the songs..." the secretary said after a moment's hesitation.

"She has very high standards now." Zhao Xiaosheng smiled when he heard this. He could understand it. After all, times are different now.

The song "Legend" has consolidated An Ruo's position as a top star. Naturally, her vision in choosing songs now is not as casual as before.

It can be seen from the current performance of the new songs that now is the time to make a concerted effort to increase popularity. As long as the new album can be released in time, the sales performance will definitely not be bad.

So there was no time for An Ruo to waste time in choosing songs, and it continued to drag on.

"Well, you notify Liao Qing and ask her to tell An Ruo to add "Legend" and the three songs she just released to the new album, so there will be seven songs in total... And have someone contact a few gold medal producers to see if they can help her get a good song as the title song for the new album. She should hurry up and pick two of the eight songs, and try to finalize the track list this month and release the album before the end of the year." Zhao Xiaosheng tapped the table with his fingers and instructed his secretary.

"it is good."

The secretary nodded and left the office.

(End of this chapter)