After listening to the recording, which had not yet been post-processed, Li Yuan felt very incredulous.

To put it mildly, the effect is simply amazing!

The rhythm is impeccable, the combination of guitar and harmonica is seamless, the melody is beautiful and moving, and many small details are not thought of at all when composing, and Li Yuan doesn't even know how he played it......

The only problem is that it's too long.

Shen Zhuyin said that Li Yuan played for 20 minutes, and the actual recording was 16 minutes and 56 seconds, although it was a pure musical work, but it was too long, after all, the original song was only about six minutes.

"Let's fade out later. ”

Li Yuan dragged the time slider and pointed to the audio track behind him.

Shen Zhuyin said regretfully: "Why cut it off, what a pity." ”

Li Yan also said: "Although there are more repeats, there are still changes in the details, and it is best to keep them intact." ”

"But I originally wanted to record a few more versions, and an EP can only be recorded for ten minutes, right?"

EP is a kind of CD, also known as slow record, thin disc, the playback device is the same as ordinary CD, the difference is that the capacity is small, generally about 15-20 minutes, usually used to record singles or small albums.

The EP price is cheaper than the CD, which is the main reason why Li Yuan chose it.

"The decision is yours. Li Yang understood what Li Yuan meant, and no longer made suggestions.

"I still don't think it's better not to cut it short. Shen Zhuyin said: "Anyway, it's a giveaway, we can record other versions, but there's no need to send them out." ”

"Listen to you. Li Yuan nodded, and asked Li Yu again: "Don't you need to re-record?"

Li Xiang asked playfully, "Are you sure you can still enter the state?"

"Uh......"

To be honest, Li Yuan really can't guarantee that he can perform better than this version, that kind of demonic state...... It's better not to experience it again.

Li Yuan proposed: "Let's try the Chinese-style version?"

Shen Zhuyin was puzzled: "There is no guzheng here." ”

"Chinoiserie?"

Li Yan asked with interest, and then said, "Do you need a guzheng? No problem, wait a minute." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked downstairs without any delay.

……

Soon, Li Yang panted and ran back, holding a guzheng in his arms, followed by a woman behind him, holding a guzheng stand, chasing and shouting: "Hey, hey, slow down, don't knock!"

"What's going on?"

Li Yuan and Shen Zhuyin looked at each other, thinking that Li Yu couldn't have snatched it from somewhere, right?

Shen Zhuyin stretched out his hand to pick it up, Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's better for me to come, it's really troublesome." ”

Seeing this, Shen Zhuyin hurriedly opened the door for him.

When the woman put the shelf and Li Yan carefully put the zither away, Shen Zhuyin had the opportunity to take a closer look at the zither.

At first glance, she couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, this is Shuanghe Chaoyang!"

"What twin cranes are the rising sun?"

Li Yuan didn't know much about the famous musical instruments, and he only thought that this piano looked very beautiful, but he couldn't see the specific quality or badness.

Shen Zhuyin ignored Li Yuan, and stroked the piano intoxicated and carefully, like a baby.

It was the woman who came with Li Yang who answered Li Yuan's questions.

"Shuanghe Chaoyang is the most famous woodcut pattern of our Dunhuang Guzheng, and this piano is a ...... created by Mr. Xu Zhengao"

“……”

Li Yuan didn't understand the guzheng and couldn't interject at all.

Listening to the woman's gushing introduction, he finally had a clearer understanding of the value of this piano.

Dunhuang Guzheng is the guzheng brand of Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory No. 1, and it is also the most famous guzheng brand in China.

Xu Zhengao is currently the only senior technician of guzheng production in China, and "Double Crane Chaoyang" is his innovative work.

Why innovation?

You must know that before the 60s, the appearance of the guzheng was not decorated, but the surface of the body was painted black, which looked like a coffin to outsiders. In order to change the impression of outsiders on the guzheng, Xu Zhengao began to learn pattern drawing and decorative arts, and finally created four woodcut patterns such as "Double Crane Chaoyang". Since then, his pioneering work has been vigorously developed and continued, a variety of colors and varieties have been introduced to the guzheng, and his creative design of the double crane Chaoyang style has become a classic style of the modern guzheng.

This is no longer a craftsman, but an artist.

Li Yuan listened to it, and looked at the guzheng again, although it was simple and gorgeous, the color was not black, but mahogany.

Wait, this color!

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of wood is used for this zither?"

"Rosewood microphylla. The woman replied.

"Hiss......"

Li Yuan took a breath, this is not a guzheng, this is a piece of gold!

The Chinese are the most expensive in gold and purple, and the small leaf red sandalwood has been exclusively used by the royal family and high-ranking officials since ancient times, and its value is extremely high.

To be honest, Li Yuan has seen the beads of Xiaoye Rosewood, but he has never heard of the piano made by Xiaoye Rosewood. As the saying goes, "ten sandalwood and nine emptiness", the largest red sandalwood diameter is only about 20 centimeters, which can be used to make a guzheng, but imagine how rare the material is. What's more, it is made by the master himself, and the combination of the two can be called a treasure!

Li Yuan swallowed his saliva and asked, "How much is this qin?"

"This one is for overseas exhibitions, not for sale. ”

The woman's answer made Li Yuan a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, such a piano is indeed only suitable for exhibitions, and the private collection is too tyrannical.

……

Even if it is expensive, it is still a piano, and it is also used to play.

Shen Zhuyin put on her nails, flicked them a few times, and signaled to Li Yuan that she was ready.

Seeing this, Li Yuan retreated, but the woman did not leave, she whispered: "Don't worry, I promise not to make a sound." ”

She said so, and Li Yuan couldn't say anything, after all, the piano belonged to someone else.

Li Yuan picked up the harmonica and nodded at Shen Zhuyin.

Speaking of which, playing "Reborn" with a national instrument was purely whimsical for Li Yuan, but when he actually started playing, he quickly lost his distractions and reveled in the music.

The harmonica is paired with the guzheng, a very strange way of collocation, how to say it, the taste is very special......

Well, to put it bluntly, it's not ideal.

……

Li Yuan took off his headphones and asked Li Yan, "What do you think is the problem?"

"Rhythm. ”

Li Xiang accurately grasped the core issue.

Yes, the national instrument certainly has its special features - mainly in the performance technique, but the folk music pays attention to the charm, so it does not pay much attention to the rhythm, and the forced combination will only give people an awkward feeling.

"Plus, it's a little thinner. ”

Li Yan continued: "It may be better to add some voices, you wait, I'll make a call." ”

As he spoke, he started the phone, and went downstairs to call Han Yunsheng, who was chatting with Jin Yong and the others downstairs.

"Teacher Han, come and stop. ”

Li Yan handed the headphones to Han Yunsheng.

Han Yunsheng listened for a while, took off his headphones and asked, "What do you think is the problem?" This question is exactly the same as Li Yuan's previous question, but Li Yuan really doesn't understand, and Han Yunsheng is a teacher.

Li Yang repeated what he said before.

Han Yunsheng nodded and said, "Increasing the variety of musical instruments is indeed an idea, but the melody also needs to be adjusted. You call this Chinese style, which is a good word, but I want to say that you don't want Chinese style if you don't use national musical instruments, you want to live up to the name, and you have to make a fuss about the melody. ”

Speaking of this, Han Yunsheng asked Li Yuan: "Can you play the flute?"

"No, it won't. ”

"It's okay, I'll come. Han Yunsheng said, picked up the music book, and wrote it.

Sure enough, your uncle is your uncle, after listening to it only once, Han Yunsheng ate the whole song, he brushed it, quickly wrote the score, and handed it to Li Yuan: "Yours." ”

Li Yuan took it and looked at it, and the word guitar was written on the corner of the score.

This is the guitar part.

Li Yuan could read the stave, but he still found a pen and paper and changed it to a six-line notation.

Han Yunsheng continued, and soon wrote another score and handed it to Li Xiang: "Yours." ”

Li Yuan glanced at it, and it was written on bass.

"Who else are you looking for?" Han Yunsheng asked.

“Malin。 Li Yang replied.

"Oh, he. Han Yunsheng said: "Then you don't need it." ”

He put down his pen and paper and said, "Let's go twice first?"

……

The harmonica was replaced with a flute, the guzheng remained unchanged, and after the addition of folk guitar and electric bass, the tune became much more complicated.

Of course, complexity is only for Li Yuan.

Han Yunsheng obviously took care of Li Yuan's guitar level, and the score he wrote was not difficult, and after a few times of rehearsing it together, Li Yuan finally stopped dragging his feet.

At this time, the drummer that Li Yang found also arrived, a tall, thick-lipped bald black man.

Sir Marin played the drums very well, and after listening to the rehearsal twice, he joined in seamlessly, and the whole piece was instantly plumped.

……

Tossed until almost five o'clock, the recording was finally completed, Li Yuan rubbed his hungry stomach, thinking that professional musicians are really not so easy to do.

However, Shen Zhuyin looked very excited, and his whole face was red from beginning to end.

After recording, post-processing was still needed, and Li Yuan couldn't wait, so he asked Li Yu to help him carve a few samples.

It was only then that he remembered Jin Yong and the others who had been left behind.

When he went downstairs, he didn't see anyone, Li Yuan hurriedly called Feng Wan, Feng Wan reported the address, and it turned out that everyone had gone back to the teahouse before.

……

"See you later. ”

Li Yuan and Li Yu exchanged contact information, called Shen Zhuyin, and rushed to the teahouse in a hurry.

Walking into the tea room, Li Yuan apologized for a while.

Jin Yong said with a smile: "It's okay, they want to call you to eat, I said don't interrupt you." By the way, how's the music recording?"

"You're done with the sample, will you listen to it?"

Li Yuan said, asked Shen Zhuyin to take out the portable CD player and handed it to Jin Yong.

Jin Yong did not express his opinion after listening, but handed the CD to Fan Xinman on the right hand.

By the time everyone had heard, more than an hour had passed, and it was completely dark outside.

"Tell me all, how about it?" Jin Yong asked.

After some pushing, in the end, Jin Yong was the first to comment.

"I don't understand music, all I can say is that it's good, especially the first one, it's special. Jin Yong asked Li Yuandao: "How did you think of using national musical instruments?"

"What belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world. ”

"Well said!" Jin Yong was amazed, and repeated in his mouth: "What belongs to the nation is what is global, this sentence is well said!"

"It's really good, I didn't really know that folk instruments could also play pop music. Fan Xinman continued with Jin Yong's words.

In fact, the application of national musical instruments in pop music is very extensive, Fan Xinman said, on the one hand, there were few national musical instruments to play the main theme before, on the other hand, it was also to praise Li Yuan.

So, just listen to that.

"Are you going to give away these two songs?" Li Xin paid more attention to things related to publishing.

Li Yuan shook his head: "If the two capitals send it, the fine disc can't fit it, and I'm going to give the second song as a gift, what do you think?"

"What is a fine dish?" Fan Xinman asked first.

Li Yuan explained, and Fan Xinman said: "The second song is also good, and the feelings are very full. ”

When she said this, she kept staring at Li Xin.

Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know how to choose, in fact, it's not impossible to make CDs, and the cost is not much different......"

……

After dinner, everyone was tired, so they went back to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, Shen Zhuyin hadn't gotten out of his excitement yet, and ran to Li Yuan's room to annoy him.

"Have you had fun today?" Li Yuan quipped.

"Uh-huh. Shen Zhuyin nodded heavily, "Where are we going to play tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow......" Li Yuan glanced at the mobile phone thrown on the bed: "Let Sister Feng take you to Aunt Fan tomorrow to play." ”

"Why are you looking for her?"

"Didn't you notice the way she looked at you tonight?"

"What do you mean?"

"Fool. Li Yuan knocked Shen Zhuyin's head: "She got the copyright of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" from Jin Yong, do you know "Smiling Proud Jianghu"?"

"Yes. ”

"Look, you are beautiful and can play the piano, isn't it very suitable to play Ren Yingying?"

"Huh?" Shen Zhuyin felt incredulous, "How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible, if you don't believe it, she will mention it to you tomorrow. Li Yuan looked confident.

"Oh......"

Shen Zhuyin nodded in a daze, came back to his senses, and asked again: "What about you, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

"I'm ......" Li Yuan's eyes drifted out of the window: "My troubles have just begun......