Chapter 165

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In the backstage of the "Create Girls' Generation" program, makeup artists were touching up the makeup for the mentors, and staff members were rushing back and forth. Everyone was making final preparations for the stage that was about to be recorded.

Today, Luo Quan's face was covered with a thick layer of foundation. It wasn't that the makeup artist thought Luo Quan's skin was bad; it was just that with dozens of high-intensity lights shining on the stage, if you don't wear foundation, your facial features will be blurry on camera. This has nothing to do with whether your skin is good or not.

Before performing at the charity concert, the makeup artist said the same thing to Luo Quan.

She used to be quite disgusted with those stars who wore a thick layer of powder on their faces, making them all look that sickly white.

Now she knows that perhaps this wasn't their intention either. After all, applying so much makeup to the face does some damage to the skin.

But there's no way around it. Stars on stage have to look bright and beautiful. If you go up there with a yellow complexion and dark circles, the audience will spray you for being unprofessional.

After finishing the makeup here, the stage was still being adjusted, and several mentors started chatting backstage.

Wen Xia was dealing with the "veteran" Aila, and the two were discussing the development trend of Chinese girl groups in recent years. Zhao Zhao Yining and Jin Jin Zihao were discussing how to play the good cop and bad cop on stage later. Only Luo Quan was playing with her phone alone, and no one came over to talk to her until Zhou Zhou Yangwen arrived.

This program is a major project jointly cooperated by Tencent Video, Tencent Music, and Tencent Pictures, and these departments are all under the management of Tencent Interactive Entertainment. As the general manager of Tencent Interactive Entertainment, he definitely has to come to inspect it when the program starts.

For this program, these departments have been preparing since the beginning of the year, determined to make it the most popular variety show of this year or even recent years. Not only Tencent Interactive Entertainment, but even the head office attaches great importance to it, providing a considerable amount of resources and convenience in all aspects.

Seeing the boss arrive, the staff backstage stopped whatever they were doing and said hello to Mr. Zhou.

A smile hung on Zhou Zhou Yangwen's slightly chubby face: "You all go back to your work. I'm just here to take a look, don't mind me."

Several mentors also stood up and smiled, calling him Mr. Zhou.

Zhou Zhou Yangwen nodded: "This program is left to you all. If you have any good suggestions, feel free to bring them up. All employees will do their best to cooperate."

Zhao Zhao Yining smiled: "Mr. Zhou is too polite. We are making a program, so we must be diligent. With so many viewers watching, if you dare to slack off, you will be scolded on the trending searches tomorrow."

After saying this, everyone laughed.

After laughing, Zhou Zhou Yangwen looked at Luo Quan: "I wonder how your song... is coming along?"

"I gave Wen Xia three songs a long time ago. Those three are of very high quality and can be used as the main tracks. The remaining seven haven't been written yet, but there's still plenty of time."

Hearing Luo Quan say that she already had three songs of very high quality, Zhou Zhou Yangwen felt relieved.

If it were when he first met Luo Quan, perhaps he would still have doubts about Wen Xia's words, but now... now who in the industry doesn't know Luo Quan's talent?

Not to mention Japanese and English songs, just talking about the Mandarin album "18," Zhou Zhou Yangwen had asked several music producers under him.

These music producers are all the go-to behind-the-scenes production masters of Tencent Interactive Entertainment and have cooperated with many first-line and even top singers in China, and their evaluation of this album was surprisingly consistent:

This is an album with extremely high completion, extremely rich content, extremely mature production techniques, and extremely outstanding singing skills!

Especially the song "In the Name of the Father," the lyrics, composition, and arrangement have all reached the peak level of Mandarin pop music. Among so many music producers in China today, those who can produce works of the same level can be counted on two hands.

It's hard to imagine that this was completed by a girl under twenty in just half a month, and during this period, she also produced nine other songs. From lyrics, composition, and arrangement to recording, mixing, and tuning, she did it all by herself!

To be honest, even a top professional music studio in China might not be able to complete it in such a short time. It can only be said that the achievements of a genius truly transcend the limits of mortal thinking.

And Luo Quan, who has received such high praise, is naturally a priceless treasure in Mr. Zhou's eyes.

However, he didn't have any illusions about signing her. Sony and Universal, two of the world's top record companies, couldn't sign her. Zhou Zhou Yangwen felt that compared to these two companies, he had no advantage other than sharing the same nationality as Luo Quan, so he didn't intend to bring this up again to bother Luo Quan.

What he needs to do now is to build a good relationship with her and gain her favor, so that it will be much easier for him to ask her to help write a song in the future than for others.

Just like this time, in order to help her good friend Wen Xia, Luo Quan volunteered to produce an album for "Girls' Generation," which hadn't even officially formed yet, without even discussing the price.

Many singers in the circle know about this, and I don't know how many people are jealous that Wen Xia has such a talented good sister.

Zhou Zhou Yangwen nodded with satisfaction: "With your talent, there's indeed no need to rush. Then I'll wait for your good news."

Just as Zhou Zhou Yangwen finished discussing with Luo Quan, Jin Jin Zihao seemed to have something to say.

Luo Quan caught a glimpse of this from the corner of her eye and naturally couldn't pretend not to see it: "If you have something to say, just say it. We are all colleagues."

Zhao Zhao Yining also smiled: "That's right, Jin Zihao. You're a big man, why are you acting so coy like a girl?"

"You're the one acting coy!" Jin Jin Zihao glared at Zhao Zhao Yining and said to Luo Quan: "Actually, I have something I want to ask for your help with. I'm going to release an album recently, but I'm missing a title track that can hold the stage, so I wanted to see if you..."

Jin Jin Zihao didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.

Luo Quan said straightforwardly: "Want to buy a song from me, right?"

Jin Jin Zihao nodded: "That's the idea. The price is negotiable."

Luo Quan smiled: "Let's just consider it making a friend. I'll give you one."

She didn't care anyway; 1,000 popularity points could buy a favor from Jin Jin Zihao, which was a good deal.

"Then thank you so much. If there's anything you need my help with in the future, just ask!" Jin Jin Zihao was also very open and directly made such a heavy promise to Luo Quan.

In this situation, he definitely wouldn't use money to trade with Luo Quan again.

Luo Quan agreed so readily, clearly intending to make him a friend. If he said something about market price at this time, it would be too disrespectful to Luo Quan, so Jin Jin Zihao paid with a favor.

After the deal was made, everyone was happy. Zhao Zhao Yining focused on the variety show circle and wouldn't be jealous of anything.

And Luo Quan, by agreeing to Jin Jin Zihao's request so generously, also left a good impression in everyone's eyes.

Of course, these impressions are useless in the short term, but later on, if she encounters any trouble, these will become her helpers.

After a small interlude, the stage was finally adjusted. The lights, sound, microphones, recording equipment, and cameras were all ready.

In fact, from the moment the trainees arrived at the Xiaoshan International Film and Television Center in the morning, the cameramen had already started filming them.

This part is considered recording the most authentic side of them off-stage, but whether it's authentic or not is unknown.

The trainees all know that once you come here, countless cameras will be pointed at you at all times. Every word you say and every move you make will be recorded. As for whether it will be edited into that short two-hour video, it's all up to heaven.

But no one would act recklessly because of this low probability. The necessary expression management and polite modesty are a must. And many experienced girls have already started "performing" from this moment, which is what Wen Xia often calls setting up a persona.

The so-called persona is for stars to establish an image for themselves through reality shows, Weibo, online variety shows, and all other channels that netizens can see, using their words and actions.

For example, a foodie persona, a directionally challenged persona, or a straightforward persona.

These personas can also be understood as a trait. Stars deliberately show this trait to make passersby who have the same trait or like this trait develop a liking for the star.

This is one of the most effective ways for stars to gain fans nowadays, and it costs almost nothing. You just need to talk more and post more on Weibo.

However, one thing to note is that once a persona is established, you must maintain it all the time and cannot relax in the slightest. Because once the persona collapses, the backlash is very serious, sometimes even serious enough to directly destroy a star's career.

Of course, these hidden dangers are not a problem at all for the trainees participating in the "Create Girls' Generation" program.

They are just entering the industry, and most of them have no popularity. Now is the time to use every means to gain fans.

Simply put, it's about being dramatic. The more dramatic a trainee is, the more attention she gets, and the easier it is for her to become popular.

When they first arrived in the morning, the trainees were very active in front of the camera. Many of them started chatting with the girls around them as if they were old friends, marveling at the magnificence of the stage, looking forward to the guidance of the mentor idols, or envying those girls with outstanding looks.

The cameramen recorded these scenes faithfully on the side. In the future, the editors will definitely edit what they said and did into the program. But who can become this lucky one, no one knows, after all, there are more than a hundred trainees here.

And after a noon of calming down and applying makeup, the trainees were led by the staff to line up and come to the backstage of the stage.

They have to appear before the five mentors, because for this program, they are the real protagonists!