The song that Hgirl performed for Lu Chen was their debut single, "Passion."
SYG had high hopes for Hgirl. Of course, they would not be careless with their debut work. The lyrics and arrangement of "Passion" were all created by famous artists. Just the choreography alone took them nearly a month to practice. Even the filming of the music video was done with the same emphasis on perfection.
Coupled with the publicity, SYG could be said to have spent a lot of money, hoping that Hgirl would become an instant hit.
However, it was very unfortunate that Hgirl encountered Kuro and Dawn Girls as soon as they debuted. The result was a terrible defeat. "Passion" only stayed on the K-pop charts for two weeks before there was no news, and it was ranked last.
This put SYG and Hgirl in an awkward position, and their subsequent promotions were greatly affected.
Inviting Lu Chen could be said to be SYG's move to save Hgirl.
As the accompaniment sounded, the seven beautiful girls danced a hot dance to the melody. Their performance was very serious, and the rhythm of their dance movements was very strong. Moreover, their cooperation with each other was very tacit, which was pleasing to the eye.
In terms of dancing, the average level of Korean artists could be said to be the best in Asia, especially boy or girl groups. They often went through a long period of arduous training, and with excellent choreography, they contributed a lot to the popularity of the "Korean Wave."
Hgirl's dance was also professional, and they put in 120% of their effort, which made Lu Chen secretly admire them.
The rarest thing was that Hgirl danced and sang at the same time. They were singing for real instead of lip-syncing.
The seven girls looked neat, youthful, beautiful, and had their own characteristics. They were hardworking and capable, and with the support of the company they signed with, it was reasonable to say that it would be very easy for them to become famous.
However, they were really unlucky. Not only did they encounter a strong opponent, but their debut song was also lackluster!
"Passion" had a strong rhythm and melody, and the climax was remarkable. However, there was nothing special about it, or anything that could make people "addicted" to it. The style was similar to many Korean pop songs.
Lu Chen had a certain understanding of K-pop, so he quickly realized the problem.
He fell into deep thought.
After Hgirl's performance ended, they looked at the silent Lu Chen. They couldn't help but look at each other, a little at a loss of what to do.
With Lu Chen's current popularity and influence in Korea, if he was willing to recommend Hgirl on FLOO, Hgirl would definitely gain a wave of fans and even get out of her current awkward situation.
However, they also knew very well that even the president of SYG, Li Zhenhao, might not have the face to make Lu Chen put in a good word for him. Although both parties had a long and friendly cooperation, in reality, SYG relied more on Lu Chen.
Now, Lu Chen's evaluation of their performance was very important!
The girls nervously looked at Lu Chen, who was sitting on the chair. Their eyes were filled with anxiety and expectation.
The senior members of SYG in the practice room, including Li Zhenhao, did not speak. They were afraid that they would disturb Lu Chen's thoughts. The atmosphere in the room was heavy.
After a while, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Not bad. You all danced well and sang well …"
Hearing Lu Chen's positive evaluation, the girls of Hgirl could not help but feel relieved and smiled sweetly.
Li Zhenhao smiled bitterly and said, "But this song won't do!"
She was beautiful, danced well, and sang well. Only the song would not do. Li Zhenhao helped Lu Chen say what he had not said.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "The song lacks some characteristics. I don't have any good guidance in terms of dancing and singing, so I'll write a song for Hgirl."
Lu Chen wanted to write a song for Hgirl?
Li Zhenhao was overjoyed. She had invited Lu Chen to teach Hgirl because she wanted to use Lu Chen's fame to promote Hgirl. She did not expect Lu Chen to be willing to personally write for Hgirl.
She knew that Lu Chen was a very talented singer and composer. He had extraordinary talent in music. However, in the past year, Lu Chen had focused on his development in the film industry and had not released a new album for some time.
In addition, Li Zhenhao also knew that Lu Chen's price for writing songs was very high. The price of a song could easily crush all the songs in Asia. It was the top tier in Europe and America.
It was not that SYG could not afford it, but whether Lu Chen was willing to do it, whether his song would be suitable for Hgirl, and whether it would be suitable for the Korean market were all problems.
Now that Lu Chen had taken the initiative to suggest it, the situation was completely different!
If he did not have enough confidence or good inspiration, she believed that Lu Chen would not have said it.
"That's really great …"
The girls of Hgirl were very smart. When they saw Li Zhenhao smiling, they looked at each other and then bowed to Lu Chen in unison. "Thank you, Teacher Lu Chen!"
Some of them spoke Mandarin, while others spoke Korean. Their voices were crisp and cute.
Lu Chen chuckled and gestured to his assistant to bring his briefcase over. Then, he took out his computer from it.
For this trip to Korea, he had brought along a supercomputer that he had bought not long ago. It was installed with a few sets of commonly used composing software so that it would be convenient for him to use when he was out and about.
Since he had agreed, Lu Chen simply started composing on the spot.
Because Hgirl was currently focusing on the Korean market, he did not need to think about the lyrics and directly typed out the music score.
His fingers flew across the keyboard, and in just a few minutes, he had finished writing a song.
The surrounding senior management of SYG were all dumbfounded. They felt that Lu Chen's songwriting was like child's play. All he had to do was type a few times on the keyboard and he could even sell a song for 10 to 20 million won?
For such custom-made works, the composer often had to spend a week or two or even more to prepare. They had to rack their brains to find inspiration, and then fill in the inspiration. Finally, the final product had to be revised repeatedly.
They were all suspicious that Lu Chen was just brushing them off. Did he think that it would be fine if he just casually passed it to them?
Lu Chen did not care what they were thinking. He asked Li Zhenhao if he could borrow the help of a few professionals to complete the first version of the song — it was not the first time he had done such a thing, and he did not care if it was shocking.
Li Zhenhao could not believe it either, but she immediately complied with Lu Chen's request.
Therefore, Lu Chen borrowed SYG's staff and equipment and spent about two hours to turn this song that was tailor-made for Hgirl into a finished product.
Of course, due to the limited time, the content and details of the arrangement could not be very rich. However, the basic melody, rhythm, timbre, and so on were all there. If he added in the lyrics, it would be a complete work.
After it was completed, Lu Chen played the final product in the testing room.
Many of the senior management of SYG, including Li Zhenhao, as well as the seven girls from Hgirl, listened to this work that only had background music.
After listening to it, everyone's expressions were colorful!
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