Chapter 492: Visiting Tianlai Village
Although many entertainment media reported the news of Xiao Yao's appearance in Eva's swimsuit special for the first time, it is far from enough for entertainment reporters to just report on the event itself. Behind this news, there is still a lot worth digging for journalists.
Why does Xiao Yao appear in Eva's swimsuit special? Through what relationship did he get in and in what capacity? What exactly did he do during the filming, and did he have any other jobs besides shopping, cooking, and singing in the documentary? Why did he sing a Spanish song, and was that song really written by himself? Or was the model named Sally mistaken, mistaking an unheard song for Xiao Yao's own composition? The swimsuit special is not an Eva show, but celebrities were not invited to perform this item before, why did Xiao Yao seem to perform for the models there very formally?
These questions are being discussed by netizens on the Internet, but Xiao Yao did not speak out, and there is no official answer. As for Eva, the documentary of the Eva Swimsuit Special was originally a documentary that revealed the behind-the-scenes story of the filming of the special, and there will definitely not be a documentary that tells the behind-the-scenes story of the filming of the documentary to answer these questions. Eva's people are all far away in the United States, and Chinese reporters can't interview them. As a result, a large number of interview invitations flew to Xiao Yao's agent.
Because there are a lot of speculations and arguments on the Internet, Xiao Yao did not plan to ignore all the interview invitations this time, but planned to accept one of them, publicly explain the process of participating in the swimsuit special, and solve everyone's doubts.
The song and MV of "Despacito" have been produced, Eva's swimsuit special documentary has been broadcast again, and Xiao Yao is ready to release the song and MV for this song. Combining the two, Xiao Yao decided to be a guest on a TV music program with an interview session, not only to promote the MV, but also to speak publicly by the way.
"MTV Village" is a music TV program that includes music information, celebrity interviews, and new song recommendations. The show is produced by the Chinese channel under MTV Global Music Television, and several David TV stations and several well-known video websites in China have also purchased the rights to the show. In addition to being broadcast on MTV Chinese Channel, this program will also be broadcast on these satellite TV and websites, and the influence and audience area are very good.
This show has "MTV" in its name, and it is a TV show, so the recommendation of new songs is naturally carried out in the form of playing the MV of the new song. There is a section of celebrity interviews in the show, and the influence and audience of the show are also very good, and all aspects are more suitable.
Xiao Yao, who has recently become a hot topic because of Eva's swimsuit special, mainly contacted and asked to come to the show, and the production unit of this show was of course unwanted, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement to determine the date and time of recording.
This is a recorded program, and it is divided into several sections. Xiao Yao didn't need to participate in the previous music information part, and the talk show he participated in was a section called "Star Main", so Xiao Yao only needed to record this part of the content.
After the host who introduced the music information above finished recording, Xiao Yao and the host of the "Star Main" section walked into the recording studio together, and sat on the high chairs in front of the two background walls placed at right angles in the studio.
"Hello, everyone, welcome to MTV Tian Lai Village, I'm VJ Chen Lisha. After the pilot presentation began, Chen Lisha, the host of the "Star Masterpiece" section, first greeted the camera, and then introduced the guests around her, "The guest invited by our star star today is the most recently, in fact, it is not the most recent, it is a talented musician who has always been very popular, Xiao Yao!"
"Hello audience friends, I'm Xiao Yao!" The camera moved to Xiao Yao's side, and Xiao Yao also smiled and raised his hand to say hello.
"Welcome Xiao Yao!" Chen Lisha smiled and applauded a few times, and then continued, "In my impression, Xiao Yao seems to rarely appear on talk shows, and it is very rare for our show to invite Xiao Yao as a guest today!"
"I also went to a radio show with Ah Zi at the beginning of the month," Xiao Yao took the opportunity to mention Ah Zi again, and then said with a smile, "But judging from the time of my debut, in general, I have participated in very few talk shows." ”
"Why?" asked Chen Lisha curiously.
"I'm stupid, I don't know how to chat!" Xiao Yao laughed.
"Huh?" Chen Lisha said in surprise, "Are you still stupid? Although you are indeed rarely on talk shows, you can appear on TV a lot of times." Judging from your performance in "The Singer" last year, you are not a stupid person. A lot of people say that you are too good to say, and you can't resist you!"
"Well, it's my way that is too wild, and the average host can't resist it. Xiao Yao smiled and changed his words.
"Ahh Chen Lisha covered her chest and said with a frightened expression.
"No, I'm here to promote the new song and MV," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I won't embarrass you as a VJ." ”
"Okay," Chen Lisha breathed a sigh of relief, and then Xiao Yao's topic, "Then please introduce your new song." ”
"This is a Spanish song, the name is "Despocito", Chinese means "gently", Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "There is no physical record of the single yet, but the song and MV have been released." I think many people have heard the live version of this song in other places, so I rushed to make the official version of this song and the official music video. Please also ask fans and friends to support us. ”
"Speaking of your new song, I'm curious. Chen Lisha said, "Let's not talk about how you can write a Spanish song, if you want to promote Spanish songs, you should go to MTV's Spanish channel, why did you come to our Chinese channel?"
"Huh?" Xiao Yao pretended to be surprised, then got up and said, "I'm wrong! Then I'll go, book a plane ticket to the United States immediately." ”
MTV Global Music Television is a television media organization under the global media group, and its programs have reached homes in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. Because of its wide distribution, it has many channels in different languages and branches all over the world. Among them the Chinese channel is in China and the Japanese channel is in Japan, but because it is based in the United States, the English channel and the Spanish channel are in the United States.
"Don't, don't!" Chen Lisha quickly got up and grabbed Xiao Yao, and said with a wry smile, "Sure enough, ordinary hosts can't resist you!"
"It's me who is wrong!" Chen Lisha took the initiative to admit her mistake, "Our Chinese channel is for Chinese, not only for Chinese works, but also for MVs of English songs." Not to mention that there have been Chinese singers who have come to us with English works to promote in the past, and even foreign singers have come to us with English works to do publicity!"
"So I'm not looking for the wrong place, right?" Xiao Yao sat down.
"That's right, that's right, let's continue!" Chen Lisha nodded again and again, and continued, "Let's talk about your new song and music video." Let's talk about songs first, how do you come to write a song in Spanish?"
"I speak Spanish myself, and I met a lot of Spanish speakers during that time, and the environment at that time led to this Spanish song. Xiao Yao explained.
"Meet a lot of Spanish speakers, and the environment?" asked Lisa Chen, "so you really wrote this song by the sea in Puerto Rico?"
"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded.
"Pure music works, Chinese songs, English songs, Korean songs, and now Spanish songs," Chen Lisha counted with her fingers, "Is it possible to write songs in your language?" I heard that you can also write a French song, will you also write a French song when?"
"Actually, I have an electronic piece called Seve, which has Swahili in it, which is an African language. Xiao Yao smiled, "As for French songs, depending on the situation, it's not impossible." ”
"African language?" Chen Lisha covered her mouth, and then said a little deflated, "Let's not talk about language, it's too hard to talk any longer." Let's talk about the music video for your Spanish song. Just now we showed a little bit of the MV clip, I want to ask, are those people in the MV Eva's supermodel?"
According to the general flow of this show, at the end of the previous music information, VJ will preview the guests in the next "Star Main" section in advance, and at the end will also put a short MV of the guests. Although you don't really have to put it on again when recording, Chen Lisha can say the same.
"Yes, those are Eva's supermodels. Xiao Yao nodded.
"Asking Eva's supermodel to star in the MV is a big deal!" Chen Lisha exclaimed, "How did you do it?
"I didn't spend any money," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "This is the MV I spent the least cost, and I didn't spend a penny!"
"How is that possible?" said Lisa Chen.
"This MV wasn't made on purpose, but I made it myself. Xiao Yao smiled, "The video material of the MV is the material of this year's Eva swimsuit special documentary, and the supermodels did not shoot any shots specifically for this MV, and they did not ask me for the use of portrait rights." The post-editing and soundtrack of this MV were all made by myself. There was a bit of an expense to record the song, but I really didn't spend a penny to make this MV!"
"Made with material from the Eva Swimsuit Special documentary?" Chen Lisha said, "Now many netizens on the Internet are discussing your appearance in the Eva Swimsuit Special, can you tell us more about it?"
"Yes. Xiao Yao nodded and muttered to himself, "Where to start?"
"Just from why and how you appeared in the Eva swimsuit special, this is also the question that netizens are most concerned about. Chen Lisha glanced at the hand card in her hand.
"Here's the thing, during the summer vacation this year, I participated in the filming of a movie, the name of the movie is "127 Hours", the director is my mother Ye Jiaying, I am the leading actor, it is expected to be released in the second half of this year, I hope everyone will go to the theater to support it at that time. Xiao Yao started with a wave of advertising.
"We know this, it was reported by the media when it was launched, and we are all looking forward to it. The script of the interview was communicated in advance, and Chen Lisha had no opinion on Xiao Yao's advertising, so she took it in passing, and then asked, "And then?"
"That film took almost two months to make, and a lot of my scenes were done in a dark and relatively closed setting. After the movie was finished, my physical and mental state was not very good, it was late August, and it was still in the summer vacation, and there were still ten days before I started school, so I was ready to go out on vacation, relax my body and mind, and recharge myself. Xiao Yao said.
"Well," Lisa Chen nodded, and asked cooperatively, "Then how did you get into Eva's swimsuit special?"
"Because Thiel Chen, the cinematographer who shot this year's Eva Swimsuit Special, was my teacher!" Xiao Yao said, "When he decided to take over the project, he invited me to be his assistant and work with him on this project." But at that time, I was making a movie, and I didn't know what to do, so I rejected him. Although I didn't say yes at the time, I knew the time, place, and people involved in the shooting. ”
"After the film was finished, it just so happened that the project had not yet started, and it was about to start again. The sun, the beach, and the swimsuit supermodel, what a great opportunity to relax!" Xiao Yao continued, "So I contacted my teacher again and said I was going." After communicating with the person in charge of Eva's side, he agreed to let me go, and I went. ”
"So you're actually going to work as an assistant to your teacher?" asked Lisa Chen.
"No," Xiao Yao shook his head, "I said that I went on vacation, I went there to enjoy the sun and beach, and of course, to see beautiful women, I don't do anything that requires energy." ”
"If you don't do anything, that person agrees to let you go?" Chen Lisha said in surprise.
"Yes, indeed. Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Both of us have been the on-site photographers of the Eva show, and we have a good relationship with Eva." Eva's people not only agreed, but also helped me book a hotel room and cover all my expenses during that period. ”
"You're really good!" Chen Lisha said with a thumbs up.
"But I was embarrassed to eat for nothing, so I offered to help them do some work. Xiao Yao said.
"Didn't you go on vacation and don't work, why did you offer to work again?" Chen Lisha said strangely.
"I don't want to do that kind of work that requires energy, so I don't do anything related to feature filming, but I can still do other jobs that don't require too much energy and physical effort. Xiao Yao smiled.
"What is it that doesn't require too much energy and physical effort?" asked Lisa Chen.
"Not everyone has a daily task during the shoot. Especially in San Juan, where the models each have a full day off to go out and play. Xiao Yao smiled, "I also go to play, so my job is to go out with them when they go out to play." Of course, since it is my job, I also have some specific things that I need to be responsible for, which are mainly reflected in three aspects. ”
"Three aspects, three escorts?" Chen Lisha interjected with a smile, then realized that something was wrong, and added, "Eat, drink and play together?"
"It's not much worse. Xiao Yao smiled, "It's a translator, bodyguard and guide!"
"The official languages of Puerto Rico are English and Spanish, and the locals are generally used to speaking Spanish, and many of the models don't speak Spanish, so when they go out, I translate Spanish and English for them if they need to. Xiao Yao then explained, "The bodyguards understand very well, that is, to ensure their personal safety when they go out. I've studied martial arts, and as long as I'm not holding a gun, I can basically solve it. ”
"What about the guides, aren't they usually locals?" said Lisa Chen.
"It's the one who leads the way. Xiao Yao said, "Although I am not a local, I have a good sense of direction, and I have a good memory, I remember all the roads I have walked, and I will never get lost." The place where they went to play was the old town of San Juan, where there were many small alleys, like spider webs, not much different from the alleys of Yanjing and the alleys of Shencheng. I just need to make sure they don't get lost and get out when they get in. ”
"Okay, I see. Chen Lisha nodded and asked again, "What about cooking and singing?"
"Let's talk about cooking first. Xiao Yao said, "During that time, I met a friend who was a diving instructor, and I was learning to dive from him. He wanted to see the supermodels, but he couldn't bother during the shoot, so I made a lunch and invited him to eat with all the models, giving him a chance to see enough. ”
"Wow, you're so righteous, and I want to have a friend like you. Chen Lisha smiled.
"I know a lot less handsome guys than beautiful women. Xiao Yao smiled.
"Cut~" Chen Lisha glanced at Xiao Yao, and then said with some gossip, "Anyway, don't you have a girlfriend?
"You music VJs are also so gossipy?" Xiao Yao said funny.
"This is not what I asked, it was asked by netizens. Chen Lisha raised her hand and said, "Before you came, we collected a lot of questions on the Internet about your appearance in the Eva swimsuit special this time. ”
"Well, then answer. Xiao Yao smiled, "Although I went on vacation, those models went to work." The whole team of twenty or thirty people is together, and it's not that I go out on vacation with a certain model alone, what is there to worry about? I started learning photography at the age of eight, and I am a professional photographer at the age of ten, and I have seen countless beautiful models, and I have been in the backstage of the Eva show, and the least thing my girlfriend worries about is what I have with the model. ”
"Okay, let's talk about rapping. This is what has the most to do with your new song and MV, right?" Chen Lisha revealed the topic and continued to ask.
"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, "On the first night of our transfer to Vieques, Eva's production team arranged a party for the models to party with the locals, and I went with me as a translator, bodyguard, and guide. A local band was invited to do a live performance at that party. My teacher told the models that I was also a singer, and after we had a good time, some models asked me to go up and sing to everyone. ”
"As a singer, I definitely can't be cowardly, so I agreed. Xiao Yao continued with some stinky farts, "But at that time, I was already familiar with the models, and someone deliberately gave me a problem, saying that we were in Puerto Rico, and the locals spoke Spanish, and I translated for them, and they knew that I could speak Spanish, so they asked me to sing a Spanish song." I didn't want to make it difficult for foreign girls, so I wrote a Spanish song at that time, and I sang it to them at that party. ”
"So that's what happened. Chen Lisha nodded, looked at Xiao Yao again, and said, "But this is too coincidental, right? They asked you to sing a Spanish song, and you just wrote a Spanish song." Did you know in advance that they were going to make such a mess for you? The party was arranged by the production team, did someone from the production team tell you in advance so that you could be prepared?"
"Not really. Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "When I accompanied the models around the old town in San Juan, I also listened to some local music, and then I had some feelings, so I wrote such a Spanish song, and I didn't expect someone to ask me to sing a Spanish song." ”
"I knew before I went that this swimsuit special was going to be documentary, and there were cameras filming our daily work and life throughout the filming. Xiao Yao continued, "At that party, the documentary production team also had a shooting record. After I sang that song and knew that it was going to be in the final documentary, then I was definitely going to make and send it out. When it comes to song production and release, I think of music videos. Then I came up with the idea of making a music video for the images from that party. There are twelve Eva's supermodels in a MV, how awesome it should be~ Uh, eye-catching, what an attractive MV?"
"It's really fascinating. Chen Lisha smiled and nodded.
"So, I approached the person in charge of Eva's swimsuit shoot and asked them for a video of the party that night. Xiao Yao said, "When the person in charge heard that I was going to make a MV, he didn't object, not only gave me the video material of that party, but also gave me a lot of other materials that they shot at the time." At the same time, he also reminded me that the twelve models are celebrity supermodels, and I used the pictures they appeared to make the MV, which involves the issue of people's portrait rights, and I have to obtain their consent in advance. ”
"Then I went to talk to the models. Xiao Yao continued, "Those girls are very righteous, and they all gave me the right to use my portrait for free, and I didn't ask for a penny." Since they didn't ask for money, I wanted to thank them in another way. I thought they liked to hear me sing, and they were about to separate, so they prepared a separate performance for them on the night of the filming ended. So in the documentary, I have a total of two performances. ”
"This is how this happened!" Xiao Yao finally concluded.
"Okay, I think we've all figured out why and why you're on Eva's swimsuit special. Chen Lisha looked at Xiao Yao and said, "So now that we get back to music, can you give us a live performance of this Spanish song?"
"Yes. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded. This was said in advance, and of course Xiao Yao had already prepared.
Getting up and taking the guitar handed by the staff, Xiao Yao sat back on the high chair, adjusted his posture slightly, and waved his hand to play the prelude of "Despacito". Chen Lisha, who was sitting next to her, listened to this, and immediately patted her palms very devotedly, and her body also moved with the rhythm.
"Okay, let's watch the full version in the MV. In the performance in this interview, Xiao Yao did not perform the whole song, but only performed a short segment, and ended the performance with a strumming string, and said to the camera with a smile, "Quietly, some of the scenes in the MV are not cut into the documentary of Eva's swimsuit special." ”
"Okay, our "Star Masterpiece" for today is coming to an end. Thank you very much Xiao Yao for coming to our show today, I hope you can come often in the future!" Chen Lisha stood up.
"Thank you!" Xiao Yao also stood up and shook hands with Chen Lisha.
"Audience friends, goodbye!" Xiao Yao waved into the camera lens.
"Although Xiao Yao is saying goodbye, all the audience and friends in front of the TV must not leave," Chen Lisha said into the camera, "Next, we will play this super eye-catching MV for everyone! Twelve Eva's supermodels participated in the MV, and according to what Xiao Yao just said, some of them are not in the Eva swimsuit special documentary, you must not want to miss it!"