Entertaining Children

"Of course you have enough material." Huang Qi smiled, "It's just that I thought you wanted to play billiards, and you wanted to show off your billiards skills in our program!"

"The audience knows that I know enough things." Xiao Yao said, "It's not a particularly rare thing to be able to play billiards, so there is no need to show it off. I really want to play billiards and do some exercise after dinner. That's all."

"Okay, then I'll play with you for a while!" Huang Qi said, "But the filming still needs to be filmed. I will ask the camera to find a few shots that only you have to shoot. Let Director Xu decide whether to use it or not, and whether to broadcast it or not."

"Okay, up to you!" Xiao Yao shrugged.

Strictly speaking, filming is Huang Qi's job. Xiao Yao didn't intend to show it on purpose, but he didn't have to hide it from being photographed.

Sure enough, Huang Qi found a pair of billiard balls in a box from under the table. The two set up the ball and started playing.

Xiao Yao and Huang Qi's table tennis skills are not bad, and their level is similar. The two fought for about half an hour, and they actually played five rounds. Xiao Yao narrowly won three to two.

After playing billiards, Xiao Yao didn't make any fuss, and went straight back to the lounge to make arrangements.

"Do you need us to print out the lyrics and original score for you?" Huang Qi asked Xiao Yao after entering the lounge.

"No need," Xiao Yao shook his head, "Are there blank sheet music papers and pens in the lounge?"

"Yes!" Huang Qi pointed to a cabinet in the lounge, "There!"

"Okay, that's enough!" Xiao Yao said.

After saying this, Xiao Yao stopped talking, sat down on the chair in a more comfortable position, and then closed his eyes.

Huang Qi and the cameraman looked at each other, and after thinking about it for a while, they still didn't say anything.

Xiao Yao sat for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, and then played on the electronic keyboard in the lounge. Huang Qi listened to it and found that Xiao Yao played short melodies. Not only did he never connect the whole song together, the timbres of several melodies were different, and he never sang.

After tossing around like this for a while, Xiao Yao went to the cabinet to get a pen and paper, sat down at the table and began to write.

"Director Huang, what are the rules for practicing with the band?" After writing for a while, Xiao Yao put down his pen and asked Huang Qi.

This is a highly professional music program. In the show, all the performers are accompanied by a live band. But in a show, there is usually only one live band.

Shonan Satellite TV's "Singer" is also all accompanied by live bands, but in that show, the competing singers spent a week making arrangements. On the day of recording, the program team directly arranged time for the competing singers to practice with the band. This program is arranged by the instructors on the spot. The completion time of each instructor cannot be determined in advance, and the program group cannot make unified arrangements in advance. Then the program group must have certain rules when it comes to the allocation of joint practice time with the band.

"The rules of the show are that after the guest teachers have completed the adaptation, they can apply for joint practice with the band, and line up in the order of application, but each rehearsal time cannot exceed half an hour, and time must be given to others." Huang Qi introduced Dao, "Then half an hour before the start of the program recording, each guest teacher will have a chance for a final rehearsal."

"Then can I apply to practice with the band now?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Ah? Did you fix it?" Huang Qi asked in surprise.

A hot pot meal plus about half an hour of billiards,

Xiao Yao was delayed for more than an hour. Huang Qi didn't say anything, but she was a little worried about Xiao Yao in her heart, fearing that he didn't have enough time. Unexpectedly, less than an hour after entering the lounge, Xiao Yao was going to practice with a band.

"En!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"So fast?" Huang Qi said.

"The adaptation was stipulated, but it didn't say to what extent it will be adapted!" Xiao Yao laughed, "I think it's okay."

"Well, maybe it hasn't changed much!" Huang Qi found a reasonable reason for Xiao Yao's efficiency in his heart.

"Okay, I'll help you apply!" Huang Qi said, "The six-hour preparation time is less than half. Other teachers should not be so fast, and they should start practicing together right away."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"Okay, you can go practice with the band now!" Not long after, Huang Qi came back and said to Xiao Yao.

"Let's go!" Xiao Yao sorted out the pile of papers on the table, held them in his hands, and stood up.

The place where I practiced with the band was in the studio where the official recording took place. When Xiao Yao entered, there was a middle-aged man in his forties standing in the middle of the stage.

"Xiao Yao is here! Welcome! I knew you would be the fastest!" The middle-aged man greeted Xiao Yao with a smile.

"Hi Teacher Wang, long time no see, thank you!" Xiao Yao smiled and stepped forward to hug the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man named Wang Yue is the music director of the show, the conductor of the live band, and the pianist and keyboard player. When Xiao Yao participated in "Singer" on Shonan Satellite TV a few years ago, Wang Yue was a member of the live band on the show, serving as pianist and keyboard player. The two had worked together before and knew each other well.

"It's not hard," Wang Yue said with a smile, "Cooperating with you has always been relatively easy!"

"Have you finished the arrangement?" Wang Yue asked.

"Well," Xiao Yao handed the stack of papers in his hand to Wang Yue, "You should know what my designated song is, right? Compared with the original version, I added violin strings and some strings to the soundtrack. Brass instruments, all right?"

"You are going to make a big change!" Wang Yue smiled while flipping through the things Xiao Yao handed over, "No problem! There are four violinists and two cellists in the band of our show. As for wind instruments, We also have six musicians, most of whom take care of two or three wind instruments, including French horn, tuba, trombone, trumpet, and saxophone. As long as there are no more than three players for a single instrument, the total number of players should not exceed six , can basically be arranged, it should be enough for you, right?"

"Enough, enough, enough!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"However," Wang Yue looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Since there is a violin in your soundtrack, why didn't you bring your wife? Is she not free?"

Wang Yue remembered that when Xiao Yao participated in "Singer", Sun Tingting was still in the United States, and Xiao Yao used a 3D projection in one of the episodes to put Sun Tingting's violin accompaniment on the "Singer" competition stage. Now that Sun Tingting has returned to China, Xiao Yao successfully proposed in public some time ago, and the relationship has been established, so it should be no problem to bring Sun Tingting to perform on the same stage.

"It's not that I can't come because I don't have time at all," Xiao Yao said, "The main reason is that I didn't know what song the program group would assign me before I came, so I didn't know how I would adapt it, and naturally I didn't know what song was in my soundtrack. Whether the violin will be used or not, I was worried that it would be a waste of time for her to come, so I didn’t call her.”

"With you, even if you don't do anything, it's not a waste of time, right?" Wang Yue said with a smile.

"But if she comes, it's not easy for me to leave her alone in the hotel and record the show myself?" Xiao Yao said, "It's okay to bring her to record the show together, but it's okay if she wants to go on stage and perform together. If you don’t go on stage, but only appear in the behind-the-scenes of the show, it’s better to keep a low profile so as not to appear too deliberate.”

"Are you still afraid of being high-profile?" Wang Yue said with a smile, "I think you sprinkle sugar, but it doesn't matter the occasion."

"There's another reason." Xiao Yao continued, "She's a big star now, right? But the program team only invited me. The program team didn't pay her an appearance fee, so why should I bring her here?"

Huang Qi, who was below the stage, couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard Xiao Yao's words.

"Haha!" Wang Yue laughed, "You still keep talking about asking for money!"

"Okay, let's not talk about your daughter-in-law, let's get down to business!" Wang Yue looked carefully at the things in his hand, pointed to one of them, and said, "This place, are you sure you want to do this? Does it sound a bit weird?" too difficult?"

"Try it!" Xiao Yao said, "If it doesn't work, change it. It's not difficult to change this place!"

"Okay!" Wang Yue nodded, "Get ready!"

After speaking, Wang Yue left the stage, walked to the band group, gathered the musicians, distributed the things in his hands, and gave some instructions.

On the stage, a staff member hung up ear monitors and other equipment for Xiao Yao, and sent a microphone.

"Okay, let's try it once!" After a while, Wang Yue waved to Xiao Yao and shouted.

Xiao Yao nodded and exhaled lightly.

There's music from the band. After the prelude, Xiao Yao raised the microphone and began to sing.

"Wow~" After Xiao Yao finished singing for the first time, the band burst into applause.

In the first joint practice, there will inevitably be some mistakes and flaws, and it is definitely not perfect, but one of Xiao Yao's sections is so amazing that the musicians couldn't help but applaud Xiao Yao.

"Cow!" Wang Yue gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up, "However, there are still some mistakes in some places, you can adjust it, and we will do it again later."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yue went to several musicians and began to communicate in a low voice. In fact, the mistakes in the first joint practice were not only caused by Xiao Yao, but also by the musicians. Of course, Wang Yue had to explain to the musicians.

The second time we practiced together, the effect was much better.

In less than half an hour, Xiao Yao practiced together four times, and Wang Yue nodded repeatedly to express his satisfaction.

Xiao Yao himself is also very satisfied with the effect of the joint training. Now that Wang Yue nodded, Xiao Yao thanked the band musicians and said goodbye, and left the rehearsal studio.

"Really awesome!" After leaving the studio, Huang Qi also said to Xiao Yao.

After watching Xiao Yao's joint practice with the band, Huang Qi was as amazed by a part of it as the musicians, and also found that Xiao Yao's version is quite different from the original version of the song, that is to say, the degree of Xiao Yao's adaptation In fact, it is not small. Thinking about the time it took Xiao Yao to adapt, and looking at the efficiency of his joint practice with the band, Huang Qi is now completely impressed by Xiao Yao's musical talent.

"Thank you!" Xiao Yao smiled, and asked Huang Qi, "The task of adapting is completed, what should I do now? I'll go to another tutor to have a look, is it okay to drop by?"

"Of course!" Huang Qi said, "Which teacher's lounge do you want to go to? I'll take you there!"

"Look, if there is time, of course we should all go." Xiao Yao said, "First of all, of course we should go to Sister Xueying first!"

"Okay, let's go!" Huang Qi said.

Huang Qi brought Xiao Yao to the door of Liang Xueying's lounge. Xiao Yao didn't rush to push the door in, nor did he rush to knock on the door. Instead, he lay down on the door and listened. Hearing that there seemed to be only the sound of talking and no music, he knocked on the door, then opened the door and walked in.

"Sister Xueying! Hello, Teacher Sang!" Xiao Yao smiled and waved.

Not only Liang Xueying was alone in the lounge, there was also a young woman in her thirties sitting behind the electronic keyboard next to Liang Xueying. This young woman is called Sandy. She is Liang Xueying's queen producer and arranger. She is a member of Liang Xueying's private team. Xiao Yao has met and knows her before.

"Xiao Yao is here!" Liang Xueying smiled and got up to greet her. Sandy also stood up and bowed his head slightly, as a gesture.

"Sit!" Liang Xueying let Xiao Yao sit down at the table, and asked, "How is your song doing? I also said that I will go and see you in a while!"

"It's done, even the band has practiced together. Just wait for the last rehearsal before the official recording of the show!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"So fast?" Liang Xueying was surprised, and then smiled, "But it's normal for you, a little monster!"

"How are you doing here?" Xiao Yao smiled and asked Liang Xueying.

"Basically, it's almost done." Liang Xueying said.

"That's good!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "You know, it's my first time participating in this program, so I'm here this time, I want to ask you to help me and impart some experience to me. After all, you are the The veteran of the two seasons of the show, if there is anything that should be paid attention to, and if there are any tricks, please let me know. I won’t delay you right now, right?”

"Delay is not delay, but with your ability, do you still need me to impart some experience and know-how in recording programs? I have participated in two seasons, and I don't have your ability to fool other people around." Liang Xueying laughed. .

"Sister~" Xiao Yao said with a bitter face.

"I know, I don't blame you for the effect of the show!" Liang Xueying smiled and waved her hands, "I mean, your sense of variety is much stronger than mine. In this show, apart from stage performances, you can play well at will Yes, those three have good personalities, there is nothing special to pay attention to."

"But when it comes to helping, I need your help!" Liang Xueying said again, "I wanted to find you, but you just came to my door."

"Send it to the door by yourself?" Xiao Yao crossed his arms and said in horror, "Why do I have an ominous premonition? What are you going to do?"

"Hey~" Liang Xueying smiled sadly, then she didn't hold back, she patted Xiao Yao with a smile and said, "What else can I do? This song of mine needs a pianist who cooperates with me on stage Play the piano accompaniment! How about you help me play the piano?"

"Piano accompaniment? Don't you have Teacher Sang?" Xiao Yao looked at Sandy strangely, "Mr. Sang is a very good pianist, and also your queen producer and arranger. You have cooperated so well." After a long time, no matter what, you have a better understanding than you and me, right?"

"Originally yes!" Liang Xueying said, "but Sandy is not feeling well these days. Let's discuss the arrangement with me below. It's not a problem to play a few melodies casually, but if it's on stage to accompany, Sandy feels that he It may not be possible to guarantee the status on the stage."

"Yeah!" Sandy also said, "If you can, we won't bother you. I know my own state, and I'm really afraid that Xueying will mess it up on the stage."

"Okay then!" Seeing that Sandy's complexion was indeed not very good, Xiao Yao nodded and said.

"Hey, you agreed so quickly?" Liang Xueying was a little surprised, and asked with a smile, "Didn't you say that the two mentors working together on the same stage are two against one, which is unfair to the challenger?"

"I personally think that if you just play the piano accompaniment, if you don't sing, it shouldn't have much impact." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Besides, there are so many unfair things in this world. How can you expect everything to be so fair?"

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