Chapter 11 Mixed Crew
The album's ten songs are finally together. Xiao Siqi, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is a producer himself, and he is an album that he regards as a turnaround, and the quality requirements for the songs are quite strict, and there is naturally no problem with the ten songs being submitted to the record company for review. Immediately after that, the record company arranged a series of work such as arranging and recording.
Entering the album production stage, the record company allocated a complete set of production teams for Xiao Siqi. Xiao Siqi is the original creator of the lyrics and songs, and has the deepest understanding of the songs, and at the same time, because he is also a producer, he also has the ability to arrange music. So in addition to the singing recording, he has to participate in the arrangement of each song in the early stage and the synthesis of the audio track in the later stage.
Shen Yinan is a senior professional composer, arranger and producer of Huayu Records, and the cooperation with Xiao Siqi is not once or twice, Xiao Siqi's first two albums were arranged and produced by him, and the third album was co-arranged and produced by him and Xiao Siqi. He knew Xiao Siqi's music style quite well, but when he got the scores and lyrics of Xiao Siqi's ten songs this time, he found that three songs were quite different. In the past, Xiao Siqi's style was all small love songs with some sad feelings, but this time there are two songs with a sweet and brisk style, and the other is a grief from childhood sadness to the extreme. What's even more strange is that Xiao Siqi, who has always insisted on independent creation, has other people on the signatures of two songs this time. It is not without Xiao Siqi's works that other people's names have appeared in the past, but those are all composed by Xiao Siqi and filled in the lyrics by others. But these two songs, the lyrics and songs are the names of two people.
"It's definitely not easy for you, a little stubborn, to change your style, and someone who is willing to sign and co-create," Shen Yinan raised the two dictionaries in his hand, "Xiao Qi, tell me, who is this XY?"
"This... Teacher Shen, this is confidential. Xiao Siqi scratched his head in embarrassment. Xu Ting and the art director of the record company have been asked once before, and it was not easy to deal with the past, and now this is here again.
"You kid, your wings are stiff, aren't they? Keep them secret from me?" Shen Yinan rolled up a few pieces of paper in his hand and knocked them lightly on Xiao Siqi's head. Shen Yinan is in his fifties, not only an old qualification in the company and the entire industry, but also a teacher who teaches Xiao Siqi in arrangement and music production, so he is qualified to treat Xiao Siqi like this.
"It's not that I want to keep it a secret from you," Xiao Siqi touched the skull of the knocked head with a wry smile, "It's XY who asks for his identity to be kept secret, I have already promised him, you can't be untrustworthy, right? I'm counting on people to continue to work with me in the future. ”
Hearing that the art director who was the company's senior management and the agent who was close to Xiao Siqi didn't know the identity of this mysterious person, Shen Yinan's heart was a little better, and he also knew that since these two people didn't let Xiao Siqi speak, no matter how he forced him, this little stubborn probably wouldn't say anything.
"Okay, then you tell me about the creation process of these two songs, how you worked together, which ones you wrote, and which ones were written by that xy?" Shen Yinan retreated.
"This, XY said, has to be kept secret. Xiao Siqi said cautiously.
"You..." The paper scroll in Shen Yinan's hand rose again, and Xiao Siqi hurriedly held his head with both hands. Looking at Xiao Siqi's funny appearance of hugging his head, Shen Yinan couldn't help but feel a little funny. In the end, he could only say to Xiao Siqi angrily: "Get out of here and audition!"
Xiao Siqi slipped into the recording studio as if he had been amnestied, and he couldn't help but think about Xiao Yaolai, who was the original figuriner, and he didn't know what he was doing with his father Xiao Chengru at the moment.
At this moment, Xiao Yao is in Hengdian Film and Television City in Zhejiang Province, and is following Xiao Chengru to mix comfortably in a TV drama crew.
Since Xiao Siqi is very involved in the production of this album and has a lot of work to do, there is little time to accompany and take care of Xiao Yao. With difficulties, Xiao Siqi's first thought was naturally his father.
Xiao Chengru is naturally 10,000 willing to bring his grandson. Xiao Yao didn't have any opinion on staying with Xiao Chengru, originally thought that this time with Xiao Chengru, he would still live the same days as half a year ago, practicing boxing in the morning and practicing calligraphy in the afternoon. What he didn't expect was that this time Xiao Chengru actually took over the filming of a TV series and discussed with him to take him to Hengdian Film and Television City in southern Zhejiang Province to film together.
In recent months, although Xiao Chengru is not by Xiao Yao's side, he still knows Xiao Yao's situation relatively well. Practicing boxing, calligraphy, music theory, and musical instruments occupy almost all of Xiao Yao's time every day. For a four-year-old child to study and practice so diligently, Xiao Chengru felt relieved on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also felt that this child was pushing himself too hard.
With Xiao Chengru's current age, it is rare to be the protagonist in a film and television work, and now the TV series he takes over is a more conventional supporting role such as the protagonist's father. Although it has weight, but after all, it is only a supporting role, and only about one-third of the episodes in the whole play will appear in him, the role is not heavy, there is still a lot of free time, and the filming location is Hengdian Film and Television City in Zhejiang Province in the south, just to avoid the cold winter in the north, Xiao Chengru simply took Xiao Yao to the warm south to work and play.
So, Xiao Yao followed Xiao Chengru to this film and television city in Zhejiang Province. When Xiao Chengru was filming, Xiao Yao found a corner at the crew's filming site to stay quietly. When Xiao Chengru was not needed to participate in the filming for more than one day, Xiao Chengru took Xiao Yao to some beautiful places around the film and television city to enjoy the lush greenery of the southern winter.
The vast majority of people are very curious about filming, and Xiao Yao is naturally no exception. In his previous life, Xiao Yao didn't have a chance, but now that Xiao Yao has the opportunity to enter the set, he will naturally not let it go in vain. When Xiao Chengru was filming, although Xiao Yao's body and mouth were very quiet, his brain and eyes were not idle. The operation of the entire crew, the different division of labor and collaboration of each part, and even the specific performance of the actors, the arrangement of the camera position all attracted Xiao Yao's attention. And whenever Xiao Chengru comes to him without a role, Xiao Yao will always have a bunch of related questions waiting for Xiao Chengru.
Xiao Chengru has been in the industry for nearly 40 years and has stayed on countless sets. In addition to his own acting profession, the crew's camera, lighting, costumes, makeup, props, and even the director and scene notes, the work of various departments is also quite familiar with the ears and eyes, and at first Xiao Yao's various questions, Xiao Chengru can also answer them with ease. But as Xiao Yao's problems became deeper and more professional, Xiao Chengru, who gradually felt that he couldn't cope with it, had to take Xiao Yao to the heads of various departments of the crew with a shy old face to ask for advice. Of course, it must be during the rest time that does not affect people's normal work.
In the entire crew, regardless of age or seniority, Xiao Chengru is the highest. From the director to the drama manager, whoever sees it has to be called "Mr. Xiao" or "Mr. Xiao". For Xiao Chengru to ask for advice in person with his grandson, even if everyone is not flattered, how can they not hide their pretentious posture, plus Xiao Yao deliberately uses shameless methods such as sweetness and cuteness as a child, these guys who usually work behind the scenes and rarely receive praise and worship are naturally aware of everything and say everything when their sense of accomplishment and vanity are greatly satisfied. And as Xiao Yao stays in the crew for longer and longer, and everyone likes him more and more for his sensibility and well-behavedness, some of the language expressions are not very clear, and some people even dare to give Xiao Yao a game of eating that they cherish as if they were their lives, and feel the actual operation.
Later, even if there was no role for Xiao Chengru and he didn't need to go to the set, Xiao Yao pestered Xiao Chengru to take him to the set of the crew to watch. As soon as it was time to take a break in filming, Xiao Yao rushed to the pile of uncles, aunts, sisters and brothers he had newly recognized with great interest. Some time ago, Xiao Chengru could not go to the set to take him out for a spin and play, but now Xiao Yao is not interested at all. Seeing Xiao Yao happily staying in the crew, Xiao Chengru felt that his plan to take his grandson out to relax was completely bankrupt. Originally, I wanted him to forget about studying for a while, but this time, it seems that he has learned more.
"Bayi, I see that you are so interested in all aspects of the crew, do you want to do this when you grow up? What do you want to do specifically? Be a director?" Seeing Xiao Yao's enthusiasm so high, Xiao Chengru finally couldn't help but seize the opportunity to ask him one night.
"Director, it looks like the whole crew has to take care of everything, I feel so tired and troublesome. Xiao Yao shook his head and said. This is also his most intuitive feeling about being a director during this time.
"Then what do you want to do when you grow up?" Xiao Chengru asked seriously. To say that the average child asks this question at this age for most of it is just fun, and will not take it too seriously. But Xiao Yao's mind is far beyond that of ordinary children of this age, and Xiao Chengru feels that the answer given by Xiao Yao at this time should not be so joking. If he really has a goal, he should also guide and cultivate it in a targeted manner, and don't waste his learning talent that surpasses his peers.
"Haven't thought about it yet... No, I haven't thought about it, I'm still young. Xiao Yao said in an indifferent tone: "If you encounter anything that interests you, learn it first." If you're always interested, keep learning, and if you're not interested, forget it. I didn't even go to elementary school, so it's too early to think about my future career. ”
Listening to Xiao Yao's words, Xiao Chengru's expression was a little weird. Although Xiao Yao is indeed still young, when he heard Xiao Yao say "I'm still young" in person, Xiao Chengru still felt a strange feeling. What Xiao Yao said is also very reasonable, but such a reasonable thing came out of the mouth of a four-year-old child, which seems to be again... It's a very unreasonable thing.
Fortunately, Xiao Chengru was also accustomed to Xiao Yao's unusualness, so in the end he could only sigh and said helplessly: "Forget it, you can do whatever you want, learn whatever you want, as long as you don't get into trouble." ”
"Really?" Xiao Yao asked again.
Seeing Xiao Chengru nodding, Xiao Yao immediately said: "When I chatted with Sister Tian Tian who played your daughter yesterday, she said that when she was in film school, she had to do morning work every morning. And the "three-cavity resonance" she practiced when she went out of her morning exercise seems to be different from the morning voice practice that my father taught me before, isn't it?"
"Of course, the actor practicing his lines is different from the singer's vocal practice. Xiao Chengru said with a smile, "One is to say, the other is to sing, can it be the same?"
"Then you can also teach me what this "three-chamber resonance" is," Xiao Yao said with a smile: "Starting tomorrow, we will also do morning exercises, and I will practice boxing after morning exercises." ”
Xiao Chengru: "..."