Not long after.
A call from the Organizing Committee came in.
Vice President Qi Yihai immediately said, "Teacher Zhang, let's get someone else."
Zhang Ye said, "Lillian is the most suitable candidate."
"The difficulty of what you said is too high." Qi Yihai shook his head repeatedly. "Our budget is not that high. It's very difficult to invite an international superstar like her."
Zhang Ye said, "We can play the emotional card."
Qi Yihai said, "They might not necessarily buy it."
Zhang Ye blinked. "Then what about the emotional card?"
Qi Yihai thought for a moment. "You want to play the emotional card?"
Zhang Ye said, "It's not me who wants to, but the Organizing Committee. I'm only making a suggestion. I don't care about anything else, nor can I."
Qi Yihai was speechless.
Lillian, an Englishwoman in her thirties, was one of the top international superstars. She was a famous singer and actress, and almost everyone in the world knew her name. Even Zhang Ye, who was not from this world, had heard of her name countless times over the past few years. From this, it could be seen how famous she was. Her popularity was much higher than a celebrity like Zhang Ye who had not even made it out of Asia yet. She was a legend in the industry!
It was worth mentioning that Lillian's grandmother was Chinese. Although Lillian had a standard British look, she had a quarter of Chinese blood flowing in her. This was also the reason why Zhang Ye wanted to invite her. Although Lillian rarely came to China and had never held a concert here, according to unreliable sources, Lillian could speak Chinese. She seemed to know seven or eight languages, which was even rarer. Of course, the authenticity of this news was not known. Perhaps it was just the media making it up. The media nowadays dared to say anything. If you could say "yes" or "baka," the media would dare to claim that you were multilingual.
After a few more words.
In the end, Qi Yihai was at his wit's end. "Alright, let's give it a try. But I can't guarantee anything. We can only try our best to invite her!"
Zhang Ye said, "Sure."
Qi Yihai smiled and said, "But I also have a small request."
"What is it?" Zhang Ye asked.
Qi Yihai said, "You have to write a song for us. It's a promotional song for the Olympics."
Zhang Ye was taken aback. "Don't we already have one? Six celebrities sang a duet? "
Qi Yihai said, "Yes, the promotional song was released a long time ago. However, it didn't have much of an impact and the dissemination was average. Not many people listened to it, so we analyzed that it was a problem with the song. That's why we would like to get you to write another song. This time, it'll be a little bigger. We've already arranged for close to a hundred influential domestic celebrities to sing it together and make it into a music video."
Zhang Ye asked directly, "When do you need it?"
Qi Yihai said, "The sooner the better."
Zhang Ye nodded, "Alright, I'll give it to you in the afternoon."
Qi Yihai was stunned. "It's already afternoon."
"I know," Zhang Ye said.
Qi Yihai was amused. "Alright, we really admire Teacher Zhang's high efficiency. You've really helped us a lot this time. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I thank you!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I'm also waiting for your good news."
"Alright!" Qi Yihai said.
After hanging up, Zhang Ye started working.
Promotional song?
What song should I use?
Looks like there's only that one, right?
…
An hour later.
The Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games received Zhang Ye's score via fax.
When the professional music team and the official staff of the Organizing Committee saw it, they all slapped the table and praised it. It was almost immediately decided on it!
"How amazing!"
"Yeah, doesn't he need inspiration to compose a song?"
"He can write any song he wants!"
Very quickly, the Organizing Committee started working on the production of the promotional song's music video. With nearly a hundred celebrities present, it was clearly impossible for them to record the music video at the same time. If there were too many of them, it would be too messy. Secondly, it was impossible for them to all be present at the same time. After all, they were all very famous celebrities in the country and were all busy. As such, the recording of the music video was done in batches. Each person or several people would record a segment of the music video and then put it together in post-production. This was a political task, so it was handled in a special way. The celebrities also gave them face and basically did not have any objections. Everyone fully cooperated with the Organizing Committee for the Olympics' publicity work!
As a result, the music video with dozens of celebrities only took a day and a half to complete before the opening ceremony rehearsal!
On TV.
On the Internet.
On the radio.
They were all being flooded by a song called "Beijing Welcomes You"!
Lyrics: Zhang Ye.
Composer: Zhang Ye.
Xiaodong: "Welcoming another dawn, bringing with it a brand new air."
Li Xiaoxian: "The atmosphere changes, but the mood stays the same. The fragrance of tea fills the air with friendship."
Amy: "My door is always open, waiting for you with open arms."
Shu Han: "Once you've hugged, you'll have a tacit understanding. You'll fall in love with this place."
Zhang Ye: "Beijing welcomes you, opening up the world for you."
Chen Guang: "The flowing charm is full of vitality."
Fan Wenli: "Beijing welcomes you, sharing our breaths under the sun."
Zhang Xia: "Refreshing our results on the yellow soil."
There were new generation singers.
There were Heavenly Queens and Heavenly Kings.
There were older generation singers.
There were dozens of big names coming together to sing a song. This was something that had never happened before. It was the Beijing Olympics that had brought them together!
The people were getting a kick out of listening to it!
"It's so good!"
"It's so good!"
"This song is such a classic!"
"Yeah, it's much better than that promotional song called 'Victory,' and the atmosphere is great too. It shows how we should welcome our guests from all over the world!"
"The lyrics and music were written by Zhang Ye!"
"How great!"
"I'm looking forward to Zhang Ye's performance at the opening ceremony more and more!"
"Just what kind of song is it going to be?"
"I don't know. It's being kept a secret!"
"Yeah, the news has been locked down really well. Besides, we don't even know if Zhang Ye will be singing alone or with someone else. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to it!"
On this day, "Beijing Welcomes You" became popular all over the country!
Be it the lyrics or the song, or the celebrities or the lineup, this song reached an unprecedented height. Then, with the help of the Olympics, it immediately took the top spot on all the music charts and music video charts. It was simply unstoppable. In a short period of time, the music video's views had reached 700 million!
Following that, almost without any warning!
A piece of news that sent the entire country's people into an uproar came out!
News Simulcast, Xinhua News Agency, and the official website of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games announced at the same time: International superstar Lillian has accepted the invitation of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games and will be arriving in Beijing the day before the opening ceremony. At that time, she will sing with Zhang Ye at the opening ceremony to the world!
Screams!
Shock!
Madness!
The people were in an uproar!
"Ahhh!"
"Oh my God!"
"Lillian? That Lillian? "
"I'm Lillian's diehard fan! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Lillian is coming to Beijing? She's going to sing with Zhang Ye? "
"How is that possible!"
"The Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games is too awesome!"
"Yeah, it's too awesome!"
"Even Lillian has been invited?"
"Lillian, my goddess!"
"Hey, hey, hey! They're playing a little too big this time! "
There was no one who didn't know Lillian!
This news was too shocking and exciting. Lillian would be attending the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony. This was really giving them too much face!
Compared to the enthusiasm of the people, the Chinese entertainment industry was a little taken aback. Lillian's name reverberated like thunder in their ears, but no one had ever worked with her before. Back then, a Chinese entertainment company had invited Lillian to come to China to hold a concert, but the invitation was not even answered. One of the most famous directors in the country, Li Ke, had once invited Lillian to make a cameo appearance in a movie. It was just a cameo appearance, and he offered her a salary of 40 million RMB for a day's worth of filming, but Lillian still rejected the offer!
She was an international superstar!
She was an existence that countless people looked up to!
But now, she was coming to China, and her first collaboration partner was actually Zhang Ye? This made many of Zhang Ye's enemies in the industry gnash their teeth in hatred!
However, as the person involved, Zhang Ye was rather calm. After all, he was not a person of this world in the full sense of the word. When he was young, he had never heard Lillian's songs or watched Lillian's movies before. He had only watched them recently, so it was very difficult for him to understand the admiration that people in the industry had for an international superstar like Lillian. As such, he naturally did not feel that strongly about it. If he were to collaborate with someone like Angelina Jolie from Zhang Ye's previous world, he would probably be very excited. That was because he had grown up watching Angelina Jolie's movies year after year. This was something that had been accumulated over the course of ten to twenty years!
So when Qi Yihai called, Zhang Ye was very calm.
"It's done!" Qi Yihai said.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Alright, thank you for your hard work, President Qi!"
Qi Yihai gave a wry smile and said, "We've put in a lot of effort this time. We even specially flew over to England to form a small team to negotiate with Lillian's management company. Let's not talk about how difficult the process was, but it's a good thing that we managed to invite her. But due to her schedule, Lillian will not be able to attend the opening ceremony rehearsal tomorrow. She'll only be able to arrive a day before the official opening ceremony.
Zhang Ye said, "There's still time. We're all live singers, so that's not a problem. But she still needs to practice the song first."
Qi Yihai said, "That's for sure. The song has already been sent to them. Or rather, if it weren't for your song, Lillian's team would probably not have agreed to it so quickly. They're also very satisfied with the song. Since she won't be able to make it in time, you don't have to attend tomorrow's rehearsal. You can just wait until the official opening ceremony. The stage has already been set up and we're just waiting for the performance. I'm really looking forward to the opening song that day, so don't let everyone down! "
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