"Ice, Snow, Ice and ......"

Liao Yuan muttered these two words, and then subconsciously said: "Ice and snow...... Oddity?"

"Frozen?" Chen Muen was a little strange: "What kind of song is this?"

Liao Yuan didn't speak, and searched on the computer casually, and sure enough, there is no so-called "Frozen" animated movie in this world, and naturally there is no "Let-It-Go" that spreads all over the world......

He sat down in his chair and fell into deep thought.

He was thinking about whether he needed to change the lyrics of "Let-It-Go", but after combing through it carefully, he found that the content part of the song seemed to fit the theme of the Winter Olympics.

The premise is that you must find a powerful female singer to sing, and as for the MV shooting, it is best to have a female Winter Olympics player as the protagonist.

Because the lyrics "queen" and "girl" clearly indicate that the singer is a lady, and secondly, if a female contestant is used as the protagonist of the MV, then it tells the story of this female contestant......

The sense of substitution is more than doubled or tripled, and it also lays the tone of the story for the whole song.

If a song can become a story, it has the foundation of singing.

As soon as he thought of this, Liao Yuan raised his head and asked, "Do you know the information of the athletes in the Winter Olympics? ”

"Female Player?Champion?"

Chen Muen was stunned, but said: "This Winter Olympics is different from the previous ones, the proportion of female athletes has been the same as that of male players, and seven new competitions have been added for this purpose, so there are many female athletes." As for the champion women, of course, there are, and there are many, among which women's short track speed skating is the strength of our athletes, judging from the previous data, almost sweeping the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and even 3000 meters relay championship......"

Liao Yuan was surprised: "So strong?"

"But in addition to short track speed skating, other sports such as sledding, ice hockey, curling, etc., are all shortcomings. ”

Chen Muen said helplessly: "No way, my country's athletes are super strong in individual competitive competitions, but team sports have never been my country's strength, however, this is all a few years ago data, this Winter Olympics hosted in China, with home advantage, our sports sports, more or less will still fight for a breath, such as the 2008 Summer Olympics, is a good example." ”

Liao Yuan nodded.

After taking care of other matters, Liao Yuan began to write the Chinese and English lyrics of "Let-It-Go" on the computer, and then got up and went to the recording studio, found Lou Wenxing, and asked him to help produce the soundtrack together.

In just one afternoon, the song "Let-It-Go" was produced.

The next day, Liao Yuan sent all the Chinese and English lyrics and soundtrack of the song to the office of the Olympic bid group by email, and put forward his own suggestions for the singer and the heroine of the MV shooting.

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Wei Ming, deputy director of the Olympic Bid Office, was the first to discover the email, because he received the news in advance and was on standby at all times, so the email was quickly delivered to Minister Guo Qianguo's desk.

Guo Qian listened to the song "Let-It-Go" in the office, praised it, and affirmed Liao Yuan's suggestions, and made a video call with Liao Yuan for the first time, and screened the partners according to Liao Yuan's prompts.

In the end, the Chinese version of the song "Let-It-Go" was handed over to Song Baining, a singer of Xiaohuangyu's company, to sing, and the English version was to be decided, and the MV actress part was handed over to Zhang Meng, the short track speed skating 500-meter champion.

Zhang Meng, 26, was the women's 500m short track speed skating champion at the 2018 Sochi Winter Olympics and the only woman to have retained the dignity of the Chinese Winter Olympics.

Four years later, with the growth of training time, in this Winter Olympics, Zhang Meng will not only challenge the 500-meter women's short track speed skating, but also participate in the short track speed skating women's 1000 meters and 3000 meters women's short track speed skating relay, which can be described as an Olympic star of national attention.

Due to the urgency of the situation, coupled with the directorial experience in shooting the short film "Tuner", Liao Yuan personally served as the director of the MV for the song "Let-It-Go".

He flew to the capital for the first time, and met the Olympic champion Zhang Meng in the Olympic central area of the downtown area of the capital.

Zhang Meng is an ordinary girl, if she takes off her Olympic sportswear, she is actually no different from passers-by.

But when she put on sportswear, she was like a ray of light in the crowd, and the confidence she exuded made people want to look at her a few more times.

Liao Yuan was a little emotional.

In the previous life, it was the men's short track speed skating champion Wu Dajing who kept the dignity of the 2018 Winter Olympics Chinese team, and the only gold medal at that Winter Olympics.

In this life, it is women's speed skating that has won the applause of the world, and it is also the only event that can beat other countries' athletes in the Winter Olympics, and, judging from the momentum of this year, women's short track speed skating, free skiing and other events will be the venue for Chinese female athletes to display their ambitions.

"Hello. ”

Liao Yuan shook hands with Zhang Meng, and the two stood up together and accepted a group photo from the media.

Zhang Meng was very excited, but she was introverted and would not take the initiative to ask.

Only when Liao Yuan asks something, she will answer something, and it seems that she is a little unsociable.

Liao Yuan didn't ask Zhang Meng too much or know anything, but just took two photographers and stayed in the training hall for three days, taking pictures of Zhang Meng's normal training.

Three days later, he returned to the East China Sea with the video he had filmed, and cooperated with Fu Yuntao's studio to edit the images of the past three days with the songs.

In addition, Liao Yuan also looked for Dao Zhangmeng's appearance when he was short track speed skating on the Internet, and made relevant special effects according to his ideas.

At the end of the MV, Zhang Meng skated all the way to the top of the snowy mountain on skates, took off his glasses, and let out a breath of cold air, a touch of bright Chinese red on the costume was especially eye-catching in a snow-white scene, and the five gold stars on his chest seemed to be shining.

At this time, the music of "Let-It-Go" also came to an end.

The entire MV was successfully produced and took less than a week.

After the MV was produced, there was no time to appreciate it carefully, so Liao Yuan returned to the company's recording studio again and personally supervised Song Baining to sing the Chinese version of "Let-It-Go" "Let It Be".

When Song Baining received the task, he immediately began to return to the company to start training, and was able to sing the promotional song of the Winter Olympics, which made Song Baining feel honored and excited, and even Song Baining's tutors and classmates in college were impressed by Song Baining when they heard the news.

Prior to this, although Song Baining had made certain achievements in the music industry, almost all of Fudan's students were the pride of the sky, although there would be a group of fans at the beginning, but with the passage of time, after the freshness, coupled with the fact that Song Baining did not have follow-up works, this led to a gradual decline in her popularity.

Although "Fairy Tale Town" is still in the top ten of the major music charts, compared with the initial explosion of popularity, today's Song Baining, walking on the Fudan campus, will probably make people look at it a few more times and talk a few words, as if the phenomenon of being frantically surrounded by fans in the past has quietly disappeared.

This is Song Baining's choice, Liao Yuan is also very supportive, he does not force Song Baining, after all, compared with the previous regulations, Song Baining has made a lot of concessions, at least when the company needs her to run the notice, she will rush to the scene as soon as possible, which is enough.

And this time for the recording of "Let It Be", Song Baining dedicated unprecedented enthusiasm.

After receiving the lyrics and music manuscripts, Song Baining almost lived in the recording studio, except for the first day when she needed to memorize the lyrics, it was a little deserted, and in the next few days, when Liao Yuan went to the capital to shoot the MV, Xiao Huangyu's recording studio almost never rested.

As long as you open the soundproof door, you can hear Song Baining sparing no effort to practice her singing skills, and even sing word by word.

Each lyric must be pronounced to an ideal state before moving on to the next lyric.

This method lasted for about three days, and a song officially set the tone of the singing, and then in the remaining days, Song Baining began to sing tirelessly over and over again.

What is surprising is that her voice, even after practicing almost hundreds of times, has always maintained its original ideal state, which made Lou Wenxing marvel again and again.

Finally, a week passed, and when Liao Yuan returned, Song Baining's song "Let It Be" was finally recorded.

Liao Yuan sat in the recording studio, turned on the player, and began to listen to Song Baining's singing.

Next to him, Song Baining showed a nervous look.

She seems to have returned to her middle school days, and she was nervously waiting for the release of the scores after the college entrance examination.

In the blink of an eye, the music sounded, and the faint but smooth piano sound encircled the studio.

Song Baining's singing voice sounded.

"The snow is shining, covering my past

Where there are no footprints

Isolated countries are desolate

I'm the Empress here—"

Liao Yuan's eyes lit up.

Compared with the Chinese version, Liao Yuan actually prefers the English version.

Because the Chinese version of the rhyme is a natural hard injury, there is no English version, Japanese version and other natural charm.

This is due to the unique symbols in Chinese and phonological pronunciation, such as fewer open vowels, more closed accents, large monophonic jumps, and each word is independent of sound, paying more attention to ideographic rather than phonetic.

Therefore, once the rhythm is fast, there is no sense of continuity, after all, Chinese cannot be sung like English with the end of the word, and Chinese songs pay more attention to the clear and complete words.

But the version sung by Song Baining seems to have avoided the problem of continuity, and her singing voice sounds more like the charm of the English version, which surprises Liao Yuan.

"Frost flies in the sky, like a storm in the heart

Only God knows, the wounds I have ......"

Liao Yuan couldn't help but think of Zhang Meng he saw in the Olympic Central Area of Beijing in the past few days.

Zhang Meng is a qualified athlete, and the bruises on her body are already obvious, especially the knife wounds on her legs that were cut by ice blades, as well as the fall, which is even more distressing.

These scars are all achievements, but such a record would not dare to be borne by an innocent girl.

At the scene, Liao Yuan clearly heard the coach's answer to this matter: "The reason why athletes are great is because they sacrifice their small self and achieve their big self, and they can give up everything for the honor of the country." ”

Liao Yuan admires Zhang Meng very much, and feels very sorry for this girl, the two are almost the same age, and the age difference is only a few months, but the only topic they can talk about is short track speed skating.

This made Liao Yuan shoot this MV more seriously.

Every time I fell on the field, I screamed in pain, every time I gritted my teeth and got up to start again, and every time I tried my best to rush to the finish line, I recorded them one by one in Liao Yuan's lens.

As the lyrics in the song "Let It Be" describe, "The isolated country is desolate, and I am the queen here!"

Yes, she is the Empress.

"Let it be, let it be

There's no turning back

Let it be, let it be

As soon as I turned around, I was no longer worried

On the cliff, let me stay

Let it be, let it be

I'm not afraid of the snow anyway—"

At the end of a short climax, the blank space in Song Baining's singing voice still echoed in Liao Yuan's ears, and he couldn't help asking, "How many times have you sung this song?"

"I don't know, I've been singing all the time. Song Baining was also a little confused.

At this time, Lou Wenxing said: "Added up and on, at least a hundred times, I think she can simply recite it backwards!"

Liao Yuan smiled and continued to listen to the second song.

When the song was finished, Liao Yuan took a deep breath, he felt very satisfied, so he stood up and praised: "That's it, it's all in one go, there are no flaws, there is no need to change it, it's already perfect." ”

Recognized by the boss, Song Bai smiled and nodded vigorously: "I also think this version is the most suitable." ”

At that moment, several people synthesized this song with the MV picture.

At this point, a complete song MV is officially presented.

It was getting late, but Liao Yuan did not hesitate to send the MV of the song to the mailbox of the Olympic bid group office to let the senior management review it as soon as possible.

At the same time, he remembered that he had made a private agreement with Zhang Meng when he was leaving the capital, which was to pass the MV of this song through > Zhang Meng at this time was lying on the bed in the medical room of the Beijing Olympic Center and receiving treatment from medical staff.

Just now, she was a little tired, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and she fell from the training ground platform and landed on the training ground two meters high from her, and the strong impact made her dizzy.

Fortunately, she was in training and was wearing a helmet with protective capabilities, otherwise she would not have been able to run away with at least a slight concussion.

This is an old problem, low blood sugar, is also the most common symptom of many girls, although the country has matched all athletes with nutritionists, therapists, etc., but this symptom still exists after a lot of training, resulting in physical exhaustion.

"Let it be, let it be......"

The singing voice in the headphones made Zhang Meng, who was lying on the hospital bed, laugh.

Seeing this, the medical staff thought that Zhang Meng was watching a funny video, but they didn't care, and pinched and pounded Zhang Meng's body with both hands to relax her muscles.

But it didn't take long for the medical staff to look up, and they saw Zhang Meng laughing and crying at the same time, and the tears couldn't stop flowing, almost wetting the pillow.

The medical staff was startled and hurriedly asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts...... Distressed. ”

Zhang Meng pointed to the WeChat video and cried while laughing: "I'm so stupid, I will fall in this kind of place...... Haha!"

"Ah, this dog eating pose is too ugly, why did you shoot it...... Well, I'm good to stand up, and it's so handsome to stand up...... Hey, am I that handsome?

"Who is this? Is it me? I skated so fast...... Ahaha!"

"Ha, the top of the snowy mountain, this should be a special effect!

"I'm the empress, uh-huh, this lyrics suit me very well, hahahahaha!"

The medical staff looked at Zhang Meng, who was crying, and her tears couldn't help falling, she hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Zhang Meng's shoulders, and while helping her wipe her tears, she comforted and said, "Don't look at it, child, you need to rest." ”

Zhang Meng was very obedient, put the phone aside, and lay in the arms of the medical staff, and soon the snoring sounded.

"I miss my mother......"

The dream was an intermittent murmur.

The medical staff sighed, wiped her tears, gently put Zhang Meng on the hospital bed, helped her cover the sheets, and quietly left the ward.