Chapter 48: Signal
Mingjing Nan is the second wave of recording studios, and she is also a member of the last recording of this wave, when she came in, Ji Jingyuan felt that she looked a little nervous, and she didn't speak the whole time when she waited for the two people in front of her to record, and it was okay when she sat there quietly.
By the time the other two members finished recording and left, Ji Jingyuan and the sound engineer were left in the room, and when it was Minami's turn to walk into the soundproof room, she looked even more uncomfortable.
"Why are you so nervous?"
Chi Jingyuan looked at Mingjing Nan standing in front of the microphone, his hands shrunk in his cuffs, his head lowered and his mouth pursed, looking restless, he didn't start recording directly, but said with a smile first.
"Hey ......"
She smiled suddenly, gently stroked her upper lip with her little tongue, raised her eyes and glanced at Chi Jingyuan quietly, and then lowered her head slightly and looked a little embarrassed: "I, I'm afraid that I can't sing well." β
Chi Jingyuan found out that Mingjing Nan's small expressions and small movements are quite a lot, although he is relatively quiet in private, he will use some actions to express his psychology, such as when he is shy and nervous, he will get used to shrinking his hands in his sleeves, and he will show a few fingers from the cuffs.
And often glances at her eyes, pouts her mouth, licks her lower lips with her tongue and other habitual small movements, and at the same time is different from Lin Nalian's childish Bala and a stinky child's expression of squeezing her eyebrows and making eyes, her movements are very natural, but with an inexplicable sense of charm that does not match her age.
When you are face-to-face, sometimes there is a feeling that she is flirting with you.
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Ji Jingyuan took her demeanor and expression into his eyes, and he didn't carefully ask Mingjing Nan whether he was 'afraid that he would sing badly' or 'afraid that he would sing badly in front of him', but just smiled and said casually: "Don't worry, no matter how bad it is, it can be better than ...... Ping"
After the recording just now, some members of TWICE left a very deep impression on him, which made him full of desire to complain at this time, but halfway through it, he felt a little inappropriate and stopped, and paused to change his words: "Come on, take your time, mina, you sing very well." β
Mingjing Nan's part weight is the third in "Cheer Up", second only to Lin Nalian and Park Zhixiao, and it also includes the introduction at the beginning, as well as the brige of the connection, which are quite important paragraphs, if you sing well, you can make the whole song more brilliant, plus he thinks Mingjing Nan sings OK, so Chi Jingyuan's requirements for her are a little higher than Zhou Ziyu and Hirai Tao.
After some contact, these two people, especially the latter, now have no more requirements except for not being out of tune.
asked for more, and he would even inexplicably feel that he was excessive, as if he was demanding the other party and deliberately targeting them.
"yes, okay."
Minami Nai answered softly, took a deep breath, seemed to cheer herself up, and began her recording.
"It's a little louder."
"Inside."
"Well, a little bigger."
"Okay."
"Well, it's almost ...... time to say the phrase 'I can't help but look at the phone'."
"Hmm."
"It's good, do it again......
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Minami Nai's recording didn't go very well, and it wasn't entirely that she didn't sing well, but there were always all sorts of small problems. Chi Jingyuan's encouragement and optimism do not seem to have played a very positive role, on the contrary, it seems to have brought some additional pressure to Mingjingnan.
Every time he encourages him, Mingjing Nan will work harder and more seriously, and he is very eager to sing well. But it's also a little more pressure than before.
Chi Jingyuan found that this girl seemed to care about him very much, or the opinion of people close to her, that she would carry the expectations and hopes of these people on her body to spur her character, and her own heart was actually relatively strong, so it was sometimes easy to drill some horns.
And she seems to have been affected by Lin Nalian's recording last time, and she was very worried that she was also unceremoniously scolded by Chi Jingyuan, every time she didn't sing well and was stopped, although she habitually lowered her head, but at the same time, she would also nervously raise her eyes to look at Chi Jingyuan outside, for fear of hearing something uncomfortable from his mouth.
"The last note is a bit run, the front is good, come again."
"Very well, do it again."
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"It's good, there's a little more air, but Brige really sings with a good feeling."
After recording for a while, Mingjing Nan was a little out of breath when he sang, and then Chi Jingyuan looked at the time and stopped today's recording: "Let's stop here today, and continue tomorrow." β
The recording work was not done in a day, the plan was two to three days, and less than half of it was completed today.
According to the previous thoughts, today's recording of Najing Nan should be done, but unfortunately the progress is a little slower because of various problems, so I can only wait for next time.
"Hmmm......"
In the soundproof room, Nai Nan stood in front of the microphone and answered softly, lowered his head, and bit his lip hard, looking a little unwilling, but more disappointed.
The long red hair enveloped the head, and it looked like a depressed bud closed by the backlight.
Chi Jingyuan looked at her like this, and didn't know what to say, obviously she didn't say a word, but this girl looked like she had been hit hard.
Obviously, when we played games together before, every time I praised her for playing well, Mingjing Nan would laugh twice with both reserve and pride, and her originally small voice would be slightly higher because of her excitement.
Today it's the other way around...... Shouldn't she have to scold her to be better?
But what if, like some people, you cry when you say a few words......
didn't say anything more, Ji Jingyuan and Twice's agent finally made an appointment for tomorrow's recording time and then left directly, returned to the crew and continued filming.
And Mingjing Nan came out of the soundproof room, looked at the back of Chi Jingyuan leaving, and gently deflated his mouth, and helped the recording engineer clean up his things before slowly leaving.
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"Is it because of me?"
When he returned to the dormitory at night after filming, Ji Jingyuan was lying on the bed and chatting with his two roommates who had not yet slept, and suddenly received a text message from Mingjing Nan on his mobile phone.
A clueless sentence, but Ji Jingyuan understood her meaning at a glance, she was asking, 'Is it because of her to end the recording today'.
Obviously, the shadow brought by Lin Nalian's incident two days ago still exists, and she doesn't seem to be relieved until the early hours of the morning when she is ready to go to bed.
Chi Jingyuan squinted at the phone and was a little speechless, leaned on the pillow, and unceremoniously and directly denied her high self-esteem: "What does it have to do with you that much of the scheduled recording time, I still have to film later, do you think I sold myself to you JYP like you?" β
On the other side, in the dormitory of TWICE, Najing Nan, who was lying on the bed and shrunk in the quilt, was not unhappy when he saw such an unkind tone, and his face was a little better looked at the care of the screen, showing a little smile, and his white fingers typed quickly: "...... I didn't sell myself to the company (disdain). β
Ji Jingyuan glanced at Wu Shixun and Do Junxiu, who were arguing next to him because of discussing acting, pouted and looked at the phone and replied: "Mina Xi, you won't be struggling with this matter from the afternoon until now, right?" β
ββ¦β¦ It's a little bit there. β
"As for it, it's just a recording, why are you so nervous, I feel that you are uncomfortable standing in the soundproof room, and you have an opinion about me?"
"No, because ...... I'm a 'if I want to do it' personality, and you've been encouraging me...... If you don't sing well and don't meet the requirements, you will be a little uncomfortable. β
In fact, more than that, Ji Jingyuan has some feelings, and he estimates that there are also some reasons why Mingjing Nan wants to show a little more perfection in front of him.
But there is no need to say this kind of thing, he thought about it, and comforted him a little against his will: "Actually, the singing is quite good." β
(pouts)"
ββ¦β¦ Well, there's a little bit of a problem...... But encourage you to blame me too? β
"No, I'm actually quite grateful to the pool producers."
"Then I'll take it...... But you're a little scared of me when you're recording? β
"Because...... The day before yesterday, when Nalianoni was recording, some of the things you said later...... Well, it's a bit hurtful, and I'm quite worried about hearing that, so I've been a little worried...... Especially when I felt like I wasn't singing well, I felt stuffy and nervous. β
Seeing a large text sent by Mingjing Nan, Chi Jingyuan blinked, and sure enough, he was right.
It's all because of Lin Nalian, who made all her members out of the shadows.
"Today's recording has actually gone a lot smoother, mina xi recording is generally because the mentality has been affected, I think you still have to find a way to adjust."
Ji Jingyuan thought about it, but still said his own suggestion, he felt that Mingjing Nan's mentality was a little problematic.
But it may also be because the producer is his relationship.
βsingalοΌβ
"What do you mean?" Chi Jingyuan didn't react when he saw the word sent by Mingjing Nan.
"It's the TV series "Signal", it's not a setting that spans time and space...... I just suddenly thought of a way, if I think I'm acting very badly and maybe I'm going to be scolded, whisper 'singal', can you just pretend that you didn't hear what you just sang, like turning back time in a TV series. β
Nan Nai tapped his hands on the screen quickly, his eyes bright, reflecting the bright smile in the pupils of the mobile phone screen.
She was actually joking, and she was so good-looking, of course, she could see that Chi Jingyuan was very serious when she was working...... Just agreeing with the other party about this kind of little code with a specific meaning inexplicably made her a little excited.
"Forehead ......"
Ji Jingyuan was a little speechless, and he only knew that the name 'signal' could still be used like this.
He hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Have you seen Signal too?"
"We've all seen it"
Although it felt a bit child's play, but seeing that Mingjing Nan was so interested, he also casually responded: "Whatever you want, try it." β
"That's it...... Hmm, can I use it when playing games? β
"I don't curse when I play games."
"I'll test it, Singal!"
β.β¦β¦ Goodbye, sleep. β
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After filming the next day, Ji Jingyuan continued to go to JYP, although the recording still didn't go very well, but the grinding was over, and this so-called little code 'signal' was useless, no matter how bad the singing was, he didn't say it at work.
But its existence made Chi Jingyuan and Mingjing Nan, who met today, smile knowingly when they saw each other, and they always felt that there was something more comforting.
After nearly three days, the recording of "cheer up" was finally completed, and with a sense of relief, Ji Jingyuan also followed EXO's group and boarded the plane on the 5th and flew to the mainland to start a series of activities.