There was a school girl, Jay Chou, who almost didn’t recognize her, signed up for him on an entertainment program "The Rookie of the Year". Jay Chou was accidentally contacted to participate in the show. When the staff of the show contacted Jay Chou, Jay Chou was surprised. At that time, the entertainment program "Super Rookie King" hosted by Wu Zongxian was very popular. In addition to being the host of that show, Wu Zongxian was also the boss of Alfa Music Company. He arranged for Jay Chou to perform piano accompaniment and allowed him to bring a singer to sing. On the day of recording, Jay Chou was wearing casual clothes and a peaked cap with the brim of the hat lowered, giving him a cool look. At the beginning of the performance, the music he accompanied made his singer's singing sound very unpleasant. Suddenly, the audience burst into boos. His first TV appearance was a disaster. Jay Chou thought there was no chance, so he had to pack his things and prepare to leave. Wu Zongxian, who happened to be standing next to the judges, took the music sheet and took a look at it. What he saw surprised him - this young man who seemed careless and even a little bohemian wrote the song. Not only did he compose the music very complicatedly, but he also copied it. Gotta work hard. Out of curiosity, after the show, Wu Zongxian sent his assistant to call Jay Chou to his office. After a simple exchange, he invited Jay Chou to come to his music company to write songs after resigning. At that time, Jay Chou was not clear about his musical goals. When he heard that he could write songs full-time, he readily agreed. This opportunity is a powerful shot in the arm for a person who has just graduated from high school and cannot go to college. After joining Alfa, Jay Chou's initial position was a music production assistant. He was an assistant in name but actually a handyman. of. Only one person sees everything he does, and that person is his boss Wu Zongxian. Finally, Jay Chou's hard work moved Wu Zongxian. Wu Zongxian specially equipped Jay Chou with an office and named it Alpha Music Studio, allowing him to concentrate on composing songs. It was said to be an office, but it was actually very small. Here he dreamed of melodies and lyrics over and over again. When fragments of the music came to him like sleepwalking sounds, he would get up, stagger to the keyboard, and write the night scene-like melody into music scores or Recorded as a demonstration tape. He wrote syllables, composed choruses, scrawled lyrics on the back of takeout menus, and when tired, fell asleep among a pile of dusty rabbit dolls. When he wakes up, he will create another pop song like magic. In order to write songs, he rarely steps out of the recording studio and only lives on instant noodles and takeaways. Jay Chou's desire to create is so strong that he quickly produced a large number of works, but what is incredible is that almost no one likes his works. As time passed, the boss Wu Zongxian could only put Jay Chou's manuscript aside in disappointment. Once, Jay Chou took his new work and happily gave it to Wu Zongxian for review. Seeing his proud look, Wu Zongxian wanted to deliberately provoke him, so he crumpled the manuscript into a ball and threw it into the trash can without even looking at it. When leaving the boss's office, Jay Chou, who never sheds tears in front of others, cried. But he didn't give up, he continued to create, and he created at the rate of one song a day. For seven consecutive days, Wu Zongxian could always see Jay Chou's works on time when he went to work at eight o'clock every morning. Deeply moved by Jay Chou's talent and diligence, Wu Zongxian decided to find a singer to sing the songs he composed. In February 1998, Jay Chou composed a song called "Tears Know". When Wu Zongxian recommended it to the then king-level singer Andy Lau, Andy Lau only glanced at it lightly, then shook his head and said, "What about tears?" You know, what do you need to know with tears?" Because he didn't like such lyrics, Andy Lau rejected the song on the spot. Later, Jay Chou wrote a song "Nunchaku" for Zhang Huimei, who was popular in the Chinese music scene at that time, because in his impression, Zhang Huimei was more avant-garde and should be more receptive to his songs. Unexpectedly, his carefully composed "Nunchaku" was still rejected by Zhang Huimei without hesitation. Without Wu Zongxian, there would be no Jay Chou. At the critical moment, Wu Zongxian showed his courage as a Bole. Since no one wants to sing Jay Chou's songs, let him go on the stage and sing by himself! But before making the decision, Wu Zongxian wanted to test Jay Chou again. One day in December 1999, Wu Zongxian called Jay Chou to his office and told him that if he could write 50 songs in 10 days, he would select 10 of them to help him release a record. The excited Jay Chou returned to the Alfa Music Room. Instead of rushing to write songs, he ran to the street and bought a large box of instant noodles because he knew that this might be his last chance.
In the following days, Jay Chou stayed in the office and started writing. When he was hungry, he would make instant noodles to satisfy his hunger. When he was sleepy, he would take a nap in a corner of the room. Every time he finished writing a song, he felt like giving birth to a child. Same, very happy. Ten days later, Jay Chou really came up with 50 songs, and each one was beautifully written and the scores were neatly composed. Faced with this astonishing creation speed, Wu Zongxian had nothing to say, so he selected 10 songs from Jay Chou's songs and prepared them for album release.