Chapter 208: A Gesture of Effort
On Wednesday morning, the spring light was a little warmer. The class before lunch was "Modern Chinese History", Yang Jingxing was not absent, but still sat at the back of the large classroom, and was looked back by many people in front of him.
Xu Xuesi and Luo Jiaqian came to condolence Yang Jingxing, and Xu Xuesi asked, "Where have you been for so long?"
Yang Jingxing said: "Running around." Sorry to miss your premiere. β
"Homework! Xu Xuesi bored flipping through Yang Jingxing's textbook, and said: "When you fall in love, that's it, don't be so serious." β
Yang Jingxing was surprised: "What do you know?"
Luo Jiaqian sympathized: "There is a ...... on the forum Everyone knows the way. β
Yang Jingxing was angry: "Who is so boring." β
Xu Xuesi said: "You are a fan of the authorities. β
Yang Jingxing smiled: "What about you? opposites attract." β
Luo Jiaqian was not embarrassed, her eyes were very indifferent: "That's it, don't be so serious." β
Xu Xuesi hurriedly explained: "I'll comfort him!"
Yang Jingxing was very strange: "You call this comfort? naked showing off." β
Luo Jiaqian said again: "No! Our class should have a better relationship with you, otherwise who will come?"
Xu Xuesi looked at Yang Jingxing seriously: "Really, look down." β
Yang Jingxing nodded: "Xie Lu Xie." β
Luo Jiaqian said: "Why don't you have a wife, find another one." β
Yang Jingxing said: "Please don't stand and talk without back pain." β
Luo Jiaqian suddenly laughed: "Who said that? You are a decent man." β
Yang Jingxing asked, "Who said that?"
Luo Jiaqian said: "On the forum, you didn't read it?"
Xu Xuesi also smiled and guessed: "It's definitely not from our class, it may be the people around you." You go back and see, the chatty version. β
After the first class, Xu Xuesi, who couldn't wait, went to Yang Jingxing's side with the borrowed computer: "Have you seen it?"
Yang Jingxing pleaded: "Can I go home and watch alone?"
Xu Xuesi comforted: "It's nothing, it's a little interesting, hehe." β
"We are not friends. β
Xu Xuesi didn't care, opened the webpage, and quickly found the post: "Look." β
The dark blue post title: "Absolutely one-handed fierce material, geniuses will also fall out of love, the night watchman in the north building leaves Pu to heal his injuries, the butterfly effect may cause the Puyin earthquake, Fudan will have obvious tremors", dozens of pages of replies.
Xu Xuesi looked at it and smiled, but Yang Jingxing didn't give face: "I don't want to see it, forget it." β
Xu Xuesi comforted: "There are many people who help you speak, and you will know the Tao when you see it." See for yourself, I'll go ahead. β
Yang Jingxing shook his head: "Don't look at it." β
Xu Xuesi put away the computer with a little regret, and said, "I don't mean anything else, it's really all about comforting you." Some words make sense, and you should take a look. β
Yang Jingxing said: "You have been comforted. β
After eating lunch alone after class, Yang Jingxing drove out of Puyin and went straight to Hongxing. Pang Xi was quite responsible, first asked Yang Jingxing if he had lunch and what he drank, and then took him to the recording studio to see Gan Kaicheng.
Gan Kaicheng and five people ate a boxed lunch in the lounge next to the recording studio, and one of them was a female singer named Dai Qing. Dai Qing and Cheng Yaoyao are about the same age, but they are far less popular. She came out of a talent show two years ago, and her appearance and singing skills were good, but she only made it to the top eight after the worst.
Zhang Yanhao may have signed Dai Qing because he wanted to seize the market of young people and keep the taste and style of Hongxing Company. Hongxing Company cultivates stars by itself and does not accept second-hand goods.
After Dai Qing signed with Hongxing, she released a film and two singles, but the response was not even average, it was not good at all! She went to the downtown and walked on a street, and it was lucky to be asked for an autograph.
Looking at the dress, Dai Qing's slender figure of more than 1.65 meters does not have an international brand like Cheng Yaoyao. This is also the limitation of Hongxing's style, because the company will not give artists some low-grade advertisements or commercial activities, which leads to artists who are not popular and have to be poor with backbone.
Dai Qing, who didn't wear makeup, tied a simple ponytail, and shook hands with Yang Jingxing after Gan Kaicheng's introduction: "Hello, I've actually seen you." β
Yang Jingxing said: "Excuse me. β
Dai Qing also asked, "Have you eaten it?"
Yang Jingxing said that he had eaten and asked Gan Kaicheng: "I'll wait for you below?"
Gan Kaicheng shook his head with food wrapped in his mouth, and pointed to Dai Qing: "Hmm...... Go, bring the song. β
Dai Qing, who didn't have an assistant by his side, hurriedly went, and came back quickly, holding a few pages to read Gan Kaicheng. Gan Kaicheng frowned: "Total score!"
Dai Qing trotted away again, and when he came back, he handed a wad of paper to Gan Kaicheng.
Gan Kaicheng pointed at Yang Jingxing: "Give it to him." β
Dai Qing turned to Yang Jingxing, and in the process, his right hand was raised and pinched the paper.
Yang Jingxing took it. Gan Kaicheng said: "Look at it, I always feel that it is almost there. β
Yang Jingxing was worried: "Isn't it okay?"
Gan Kaicheng said: "I keep it a secret. β
The recording engineer often laughed: "I also keep it a secret." β
Dai Qingqing Yang Jingxing bowed slightly: "Thank you, Teacher 402." β
Chang Yiming's apprentice quickly finished the lunch box and wiped his mouth, and asked, "Teacher 402, do you want to eat fruit?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head and said, "My face is actually tanned, not that old. β
Gan Kaicheng looked at it and smiled: "It's much better." Did you see Nono today?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head, began to read the score, and found that there was no author, so he asked, "Who wrote it?"
Gan Kaicheng said, "You don't care. β
Chang Yiming said: "It's not at the same level as you." β
Yang Jingxing said: "I really watched it?"
Gan Kaicheng said: "You can look at it however you want!"
Yang Jingxing reads the score, this song is called "Self-Contradiction", and the lyrics of complaining about love are quite marketable, but the melody as a whole is clichΓ©. The chorus of the three-part song is weak, but there are two good lines in front and over.
Dai Qing sat down next to Yang Jingxing: "Does Teacher 402 need a keyboard guitar?"
Yang Jingxing shook his head and asked Gan Kaicheng, "What do you think?"
Gan Kaicheng ordered Dai Qing again: "Give him a pen." β
Yang Jingxing condemned: "You are too irresponsible. β
Gan Kaicheng said: "Torture me for two days, you have come at the right time. β
When Dai Qing handed the pen to Yang Jingxing with both hands, he bowed again: "Thank you." Then he moved the small coffee table next to the sofa in front of Yang Jingxing.
Yang Jingxing made changes with respect for the original work, retaining the mournful tone, expanding and changing a few good phrases in the original work, and then making some changes to the chorus, and then thinking about overdoing it......
Gan Kaicheng and Chang Yiming drank tea quietly, and Dai Qing kept standing at a distance that would not disturb Yang Jingxing, staring at the score that was revised by Yang Jingxing, and the painting became more and more. Sometimes it's a note or two, sometimes it's a whole sentence, Yang Jingxing flips through and writes hard, and sometimes he has to deny his own changes.
After watching for nearly half an hour, Gan Kaicheng found that Yang Jingxing had begun to change the harmony of the score, so he stood up and motioned for everyone to go out. Yang Jingxing didn't send it, but said, "It's going to take half an hour." β
Yang Jingxing was really punctual, and half an hour later, he took a pile of music papers that he had scribbled with bells and whistles into the listening room of the recording studio.
Dai Qing handed over another cup of coffee with both hands: "It's hard work." β
Pang Xi handed over the score in Yang Jingxing's hand to Gan Kaicheng, who glanced at it twice and then handed it to Dai Qing: "Sort it out yourself...... Xie Lu Xie 402 teacher. β
Yang Jingxing was angry: "You put such a big trap for me." β
Everyone laughs, but Dai Halal and thank you.
A few people were gossiping, and Yang Jingxing saw Dai Qing sitting in front of the computer and opening the software to input notes one by one, so he went to save time: "I'll come." β
Dai Qing hurriedly stepped out of the way to see Yang Jingxing's efficient work, he hardly had to look at the paper, and typed the keyboard at the speed of a professional typist. After a few minutes, the printer was up and running.
Chang Yiming's apprentice admired again: "It's amazing, God." β
Yang Jingxing said: "You spare me." β
Dai Qing put away the printed scores one by one, and didn't have time to look at them carefully. Gan Kaicheng said: "Two more copies of the main theme. β
Chang Yiming's apprentice helped print it, Dai Qing handed one to Yang Jingxing first, and then gave one to Gan Kaicheng, and he took one copy later.
Gan Kaicheng and Chang Yiming read the score together, and after reading it for a few minutes, he said, "You listen to the previous one." β
Chang Yiming's apprentice hurriedly played the audio track, and his movements were also skilled, Yang Jingxing sighed: "You are too powerful, God." β
Chang Yiming's apprentice Ha Lu laughed treacherously.
Dai Qing's cappella track is sung very seriously, but the song is soft and collapsed, lacking organization, lack of ideas, and lack of strength.
Dai Qing was a little depressed when he heard his songs, but Yang Jingxing still said: "Sing well." β
After listening to it again, Gan Kaicheng said to Dai Qing: "You go next door first, and come back after singing." β
Dai Qing nodded and went, and Gan Kaicheng invited Yang Jingxing downstairs to discuss the issue of "In the Wind Center", but first told Yang Jingxing that Dai Qing was actually a little related to him, and Dai Qing's father and Gan Kaicheng's wife had the same grandfather.
Gan Kaicheng said very depressedly: "Her mother talks to my wife about you all day long. β
Yang Jingxing was surprised: "I'm so famous. β
Gan Kaicheng said: "If you write it, the company will not give it to her." Poorly written, sorry for yourself. Today is just right...... I owe you a personal favor. β
Yang Jingxing asked: "Do you have many relatives, and when will I pay you back?"
Gan Kaicheng laughed, and after the two went to his office and sat down, they began to have a serious discussion.
There is no doubt about the melody of "In the Wind Center", but in terms of harmonic orchestration, Yang Jingxing's method is not the only one, at least it is more bizarre. In fact, this may also be one of the reasons why people who have graduated from the composition department of the conservatory often do not have a smooth ride in the pop music scene, they know too much, and they always want to make the best use of things, but in the end, they can only complain that there is no Bole.
Yang Jingxing frankly admitted that his orchestration was not the best unchangeable solution, and he did it because he didn't want to fall into the clichΓ©. It is possible to use the traditional method, and it is possible to make new ideas, but Yang Jingxing prefers to try new and more thorough, and compared with other instruments, Yang Jingxing has a better understanding of the erhu and other things.
Gan Kaicheng concluded: "Is it your personal hobby?"
Yang Jingxing nodded.
Gan Kaicheng nodded and said, "This song is probably not going to let Cheng Yaoyao sing it, she is proud enough now." If you don't give "Fingertip Flowing Water", the boss may let Lao Duan sing. Old Duan's voice ...... She is really going to retire, and the last Spring Festival Gala was also a summary farewell. When he decides, let's make your version first, and then look into it. β
Yang Jingxing nodded.
After finishing the business, Gan Kaicheng thought about it and asked, "What about your girlfriend?"
Yang Jingxing said: "I broke up. β
Gan Kaicheng was not surprised: "Nuno didn't tell me. β
Yang Jingxing smiled: "Xie Lu thanks her." β
Gan Kaicheng encouraged: "You still have time and strength to love!"
After sitting downstairs for an hour, he went up again, because Gan Kaicheng would not let Yang Jing walk, saying that since he had done it, he would be responsible. The two went into the instrumental music recording studio and saw Dai Qing practicing next to the piano in the shed.
Gan Kaicheng opened the door and asked, "How is it?"
Dai Qing took the score and hesitated: "...... I don't know what to do. β
Gan Kaicheng directly: "Sing it again." β
When Dai Qing began to sing, the first sentence was wrong, and the old version and the new version were confused. I'm sorry and then start and watch the score sing.
A song of a little more than three minutes, although Dai Qing did not perform well in many places, the overall feeling is definitely much better than the previous recording. The melodic lines are clear, the ups and downs are subtle, the climax can be regarded as wonderful, and the original few good phrases are more beautiful.
Now it seems that this is a song similar to "The Promise of Mood", which is a typical three-part style, except that this one is sadder and more emotional, but it is a little more superficial.
After singing the last sentence, Dai Qing took the initiative to admit his mistake: "I'm sorry, I'm not particularly familiar with it." β
Gan Kaicheng looked at Yang Jingxing: "You guide?"
Yang Jingxing said: "It's good. β
Gan Kaicheng was dissatisfied: "I said it was my relative!"
Yang Jingxing asked, "Let's discuss it." β
Dai Qing nodded again and again: "Thank you so much." β
Yang Jing walked to the piano and asked, "Do you know how to play?"
Dai Qing nodded. Gan Kaicheng said: "I can't compare with you, don't waste time." β
Yang Jingxing sat down: "Sing again, I will accompany." β
Yang Jingxing and Gan Kaicheng spent two hours helping Dai Qing correct or improve the pronunciation and tone of his voice in many places. Dai Qing is not like Cheng Yaoyao who will express his own opinions, he is completely obedient to his words and does his best to comply.
Although I haven't done it yet, I still record it to feel it. It was recorded in this room, and it was still Yang Jingxing's piano accompaniment. I don't pay attention to the specific details, anyway, it's just a sample, and the accompaniment must be redone.
Chang Yiming's apprentice seized this opportunity to practice, debug the equipment, and then ordered the two people in the shed: "You can start." β
After recording, Yang Jingxing and Dai Qing came out to listen to the effect together. After listening, Dai Qing was unusual, jumped and smiled at Yang Jingxing: "Xie Lu, Teacher Xie 402." β
Yang Jingxing said: "Thank you too." β
Chang Yiming's apprentice came to make fun of Yang Jingxing again: "God, God!"
Yang Jingxing didn't care: "In the future, there will be more opportunities to retaliate against you." β
Dai Qing was still saying: "Thank you so much, how can I thank you?"
Yang Jingxing said: "Say that he is a god." β
Everyone laughed for a while, Yang Jingxing said that he was leaving, Dai Qing wanted to send it, Yang Jingxing said no, let her record well. However, Pang Xi still followed Yang Jingxing downstairs, and after entering the elevator, Pang Xi asked Yang Jingxing if there were any arrangements for the next few days, and he wanted to intervene in such a matter as connecting Fu Feirong.
Pang Xi kept sending Yang Jingxing to the car, and once again said: "If you have any requirements for me, just ask, I hope we can establish a good working relationship as soon as possible." β
Yang Jingxing was surprised: "It hasn't been established yet?"
Pang Xi smiled: "You drive carefully." β