Entertaining Children

"Miss Jiang, I'm sorry," Xiao Yao said to Jiang Kailin after re-entering the reception room and sitting down, "Sorry for keeping you waiting."

"It's okay!" Jiang Kailin smiled and shook her head and said, "By the way, you can just call me Kailin. Although it's the first time we met, we are both singers, and we will inevitably meet again in the future. Even if we know each other today, there is no need So polite."

"Okay!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, "You can just call me Xiao Yao."

"Xiao Yao," Jiang Kailin adjusted her sitting posture before continuing, "I'm looking for you this time to discuss the copyright of a song with you."

"Oh?" Xiao Yao said, "It's not an invitation to sing, but to directly talk about the copyright. Are you interested in my old songs that have already been published?"

"It's not an old song that has been released, but a new song that you have written but not yet recorded." Jiang Kailin said, "I heard from Wu You that you have a Cantonese song that you have written and haven't found a good singer yet. I haven’t recorded it either. I’m from Hong Kong Island, and I’ve also released a Cantonese album. I’m very interested in your Cantonese song. I don’t know if it’s suitable to sing your Cantonese song. If it’s suitable, I want to buy it. The copyright of the original singing of your Cantonese song. Of course, if you are willing to help me create other songs, I would also like to ask for it, and I can ask you to invite another song!"

"Is it the song I narrated in "Sound on the Scene"?" Xiao Yao glanced at Wu You, then turned to ask Jiang Kailin.

"Yes!" Jiang Kailin nodded, "That's the one."

"That song hasn't been published yet, you probably don't even know the lyrics, so you're interested?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"I don't know what the lyrics and music of that song look like, but haven't you read the two narrations of that song in "Sound on the Scene"?" Jiang Kailin said, "I heard Wu You read those two narrations , I am very touched. Your music works have a good reputation and quality, and I have great confidence in your creative ability. The narration of the song is very good. It is a sincere work of my heart. I believe that the quality of the whole song must be the same, and it is worth my trip for that song."

"Thank you for your affirmation of my ability." Xiao Yao smiled and bowed his head.

"So do you think I'm suitable for singing that song?" Jiang Kailin asked.

"It should be possible!" Xiao Yao stroked his chin and thought for a while, then nodded.

"Then can I see what the lyrics and music of that song look like now?" Jiang Kailin asked happily.

"certainly,

"Xiao Yao turned to his assistant Pei Minyi and said, "Minyi, go to my office and help me get the sheet music. The song title is "One Plus One". "

"Okay!" Pei Minyi nodded in agreement, opened the door and left the reception room.

"What do you mean, you have written more than one song?" Jiang Kailin laughed.

"Creators, just write and play when you have nothing to do." Xiao Yao said, "It's normal to have a few songs with lyrics and music scores."

"Sure enough, he is a creative talent!" Jiang Kailin complimented.

"Thank you!" Xiao Yao smiled.

Not long after, Pei Minyi came back with some lyrics and music scores. Pei Minyi handed the score to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao took it and looked at it twice. After confirming that it was correct, he handed it to Jiang Kailin who was opposite.

After Jiang Kailin took it from Xiao Yao's hand, she immediately lowered her head to look at it, and hummed softly while watching.

"It is indeed a rare and good song." After Jiang Kailin finished humming, she smiled and said to Xiao Yao, "I like it very much!"

"As long as you like it!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Then can you sell me the original copyright of this song?" Jiang Kailin said, "The price is negotiable, I believe I will be able to give you a price that satisfies you."

"I don't care about the price. My agent is in charge of it. But as long as I agree to sell it, it's usually not a problem. My agent won't talk too much." Xiao Yao said, "But , It’s not time to negotiate a price yet.”

Jiang Kailin was still very happy to hear what Xiao Yao said before, but after hearing what Xiao Yao said behind, Jiang Kailin's enthusiasm quickly faded, and she asked worriedly, "What do you mean? Don't you think I am suitable for singing this song?"

"You are indeed suitable, but there are still some problems." Xiao Yao said, "First of all, didn't you realize that this song actually requires two people to sing together?"

Xiao Yao said in "Sound on the Scene" that his bright performance is the narration of a Cantonese song of his own, so this song will be released sooner or later. Xiao Yao didn't know many female singers who sang Cantonese songs, and he didn't write this song for a certain female singer, so it wouldn't be a problem for Jiang Kailin to sing it. The problem is, that song was sung by two female singers, and Jiang Kailin is the only one who is going to sing his song now.

"Even if it is sold to a record company, the songs I write are all designated by myself as the singer. I don't care about the cover, at least the original singer of the song is designated by me." Xiao Yao continued, "This song, I I think there is no problem with you as one of the singers, but this song needs two singers, and I have no idea about the other one. Since it involves three performers, the copyright issue must wait for these three We will talk after the performers are confirmed."

"Three?" Jiang Kailin said, "Aren't there two female singers working together? How come there are three again?"

"There is also a narration!" Xiao Yao reminded with a smile, "Two female singers are responsible for the singing part, and one is responsible for the narration. But don't worry about the performers of the narration. I have performed part of the performance on "Environment", so I will be responsible for the narration of the official version, so now we only lack another female singer."

"There is only one other female singer missing," Jiang Kailin asked, "Is there any request? Can I recommend a singer candidate for cooperation?"

"Of course you can recommend it to me," Xiao Yao nodded. "This is a Cantonese song, and the basic requirement is a female singer who can speak Cantonese. You can recommend a female singer you are familiar with and feel better to cooperate with. As for Whether it is suitable for this song is up to me to judge.”

"One more thing." Xiao Yao added, "I know that many singers have their own queen producers, but since I am responsible for the narration of this song and participated in the performance of this song, then this song must be produced by I will produce it myself, and I cannot find another producer to be responsible. Whether it is you or another singer, you must agree to this."

"I know that you are not only an excellent singer and music creator, but also a very good music producer." Jiang Kailin said immediately, "I wish you could record this song yourself. I believe many singers will also Everyone thinks so, so it’s definitely not a problem.”

"Then there's no problem." Xiao Yao said, "Now I can guarantee that you will be one of the singers of this song. We will talk about the copyright and recording of this song when another female singer is confirmed. .”

"Okay, no problem!" Jiang Kailin nodded.

"I suddenly had an idea." Jiang Kailin said to Xiao Yao, "You asked me to recommend a female singer who is more familiar to you and me, and who feels better to work with, and the final of "Singer" has a singing session, and so do the competing guests. I want to invite guest singers. If I can enter the finals of "Singer", I will also invite guest singers, and the guests I invite must be singers who are more familiar with me and feel better to work with. So can we take this The song will be sung in the finals of "Singer"?"

"It's no problem to sing this song in the final." Xiao Yao shrugged and spread his hands, "But I want to remind you that only one guest singer can be invited for the final of "Singer". According to this rule, if you If you sing this song in the finals, whether I want to or not, I, the narrator, will not be able to appear on the stage of "Singer" with another singer as your supporting guest. At that time, I will only The narration can be recorded in advance and played in the background music of the accompaniment.”

At present, there is still a third narration in "One Plus One" that has not yet been released, and Xiao Yao is planning to stay in the finals of "Immersive Sound" to say it. However, "Singer" has a total of 13 issues, which is more than "Sound on the Scene", and the final time is later than "Sound on the Scene". When the final of "Singer" was broadcast live, the final of "Sound on the Scene" should have already been broadcast, so Xiao Yao didn't mind letting "One Plus One" make its debut on the final of "Singer".

"That's fine too!" Jiang Kailin laughed, "As long as the narrator is you!"

"Okay," Xiao Yao said, "If you make it to the finals, and we have identified another female singer before the finals, we will record the official version of this song before the finals, and I will also help you Record a narration."

"The stage of "Singer"? You can't help the guests, but you can still be a musician. Even if you can't help on stage, you can still contribute behind the scenes!" Hearing Xiao Yao's words, Wu You couldn't help thinking.

"Xiao Yao, you should be relatively free during this time, right? Don't you want to go to the stage of "Singer" again?" Wu You saw that Xiao Yao and Jiang Kailin seemed to be having a good chat, so he asked Xiao Yao, "The one from the year before last In the "Singer" program, you helped Liang Xueying arrange music, design costumes and stage lighting, and also helped her as an electronic DJ on stage, are you interested in playing again this year?"

Now there are still several episodes before the final of "Singer", regardless of whether she can enter the final or not, Jiang Kailin still has at least three chances to appear on "Singer". If Xiao Yao can help Jiang Kailin put on a performance like he helped Liang Xueying that time, even if he can't help Jiang Kailin win the first place, it will be a very topical thing, and it will be very beneficial to Jiang Kailin.

"You want me to help Ms. Jiang create another performance?" Xiao Yao smiled and said to Wu You.

"Is it possible?" Jiang Kailin's eyes lit up, she looked at Xiao Yao expectantly and said.

Jiang Kailin also watched the performance designed by Xiao Yao for Liang Xueying the year before last, and knew that Liang Xueying won the first place in that competition.

"Hmm~ It's not impossible..." Xiao Yao intentionally pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.

"Really?" Both Jiang Kailin and Wu You said in surprise.

"But~" Xiao Yao continued, "I still have the finals of "Immersive Sound" to participate in."

""Sound on the Scene" is different from "Singer". The recording of the next few episodes has nothing to do with you. You just need to prepare for the final." Wu You said, "There are still more than 20 days until the final, you It won’t take so long to prepare for the finals, right?”

"Yes, the time until the final of "Immersive Sound" is relatively long. In theory, I should have the time and energy," Xiao Yao said, "But now I still have a problem that I haven't solved. So maybe I don’t want to spend time and energy on this matter!”

"Trouble?" Jiang Kailin said, "Can you tell me what it is, and see if there is anything I can do to help you."

From the words "in theory" and "possible", Jiang Kailin heard that Xiao Yao's words did not mean a direct rejection, but that as long as he solved his troubles, he could help her design the performance. Jiang Kailin was of course enthusiastic ask.

"My trouble is the final of "Sound on the Scene" that Wu You mentioned just now." Xiao Yao said, "During the final, there is a part where the contestants and the voice assistants will cooperate to perform a dubbing. Find it with you Just like the guest vocalist, I also need to find a guest vocal assistant in the final of "Immersive Sound", and my guest vocal assistant has not been confirmed yet."

"Assistant guest? Do you think I can do it?" Jiang Kailin said, "If I can help you, I'm definitely obliged!"

"I know you have been an actor and you have also dubbed animation films, but you are not my ideal candidate." Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Kailin and shook his head, "Since it is the final, it must take a lot of time to rehearse and prepare , you have the task of competing in "Singer" every week, and I don't want to trouble you about this matter.

After Wu You said that he would introduce Jiang Kailin to him, Xiao Yao also got to know Jiang Kailin a little bit.

Jiang Kailin is not only a singer, but also an actress. At the beginning of her debut, she played the leading role in idol dramas. Over the years, she has also played roles in some movies and TV series, dubbed cartoons, and even acted in musicals and stage plays. She also has certain acting skills . After learning about Jiang Kailin's life experience, Xiao Yao did consider the idea of ​​asking Jiang Kailin to be a voice guest.

But after carefully watching Jiang Kailin's film and television works, Xiao Yao gave up this idea. Except that Jiang Kailin was relatively tight in terms of time when participating in "Singer", Xiao Yao still considered professional issues more. Although Jiang Kailin has also acted, she is not a major in acting or broadcasting and hosting. She is a professional singer, but not a professional actress or a professional voice actress.

The TV series she starred in are basically idol dramas, with a relatively single character image, and there is nothing too dazzling about her acting skills. There are only four dubbing works by her, all of which are girly characters in animated films, which are more similar to her own temperament and image, and basically act in her true colors, not bad, but can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Jiang Kailin's film and television works and dubbing works are mainly concentrated in the early stage of her debut. In Xiao Yao's view, the reason why the film studio asked her to dub was because of her fame rather than her dubbing ability.

In addition, Xiao Yao felt that Jiang Kailin's acting style in typical Hong Kong Island film and television dramas did not match his own, and the final effect might not be very good, which seemed to be somewhat contrary to the professional principles of the show.

In terms of fame, of course Jiang Kailin is better than Wu You, but in terms of dubbing ability, Jiang Kailin is no better than Wu You, who graduated from a major in broadcasting and hosting and is also an actor. In terms of topicality, both of them are candidates who can cause a lot of topics, but Xiao Yao himself thinks that it is more interesting to cooperate with students from the new voice class than to cooperate with a singer from "Singer". So after thinking about it for a short time, Xiao Yao finally chose Wu You as his first choice as a vocal guest.

"What you mean is that you already have the most ideal candidate?" Jiang Kailin asked Xiao Yao, "Then who is your most ideal candidate? As long as I know someone, if necessary, I can come forward to help you find someone." .”

Jiang Kailin also knows that "Sound on the Scene" is a very popular program. If Xiao Yao really asked her to be a voice guest, Jiang Kailin might really agree. However, Xiao Yao said in a positive tone that he didn't want to trouble her instead of asking if he would trouble her, so he had no intention of asking her to be a guest speaker.

After all, "Sound on the Scene" is a program in which actors compete for dubbing and performance. Although Jiang Kailin has acted and dubbed, she knows that she is best at singing. In terms of acting and dubbing, she thinks she can't compare to those talented actors who appear on the show. So after knowing that Xiao Yao had no intention of asking herself to be a guest speaker, Jiang Kailin didn't force it, and volunteered to be his guest speaker, but to see if she could help in hiring someone.

"I already have a suitable candidate." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Not only do you know each other, but you should also have a good relationship. You have a lot of influence, and you can come forward and invite me together."

"Oh? Who is it?" Jiang Kailin asked curiously.

There are not many celebrity friends that Jiang Kailin has a good relationship with. Most of them are singers. There are very few actors or voice actors.

"It's far away in the sky, but it's close in front of us!" Xiao Yao pointed at Wu You and said, "It's her!"

"Wu You?!" Jiang Kailin looked in the direction of Xiao Yao's finger, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wu You is the voice assistant you want to invite?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, "Wu You is very good at dubbing!"

"Your candidate for voice assistant is Wu You, so it's impossible that you haven't found her yet. You went out just now to talk about this matter, right?" Jiang Kailin was stunned at first, and then said with some doubts, "But Xiao Yao, you said This is a troublesome matter that you have not resolved, meaning~Wu You refused to be your vocal guest in the final?!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Kailin was even more surprised, looked at Wu You and said, "Why? "Sound on the Scene" is so popular, it would be great to ask you to be a voice guest, how could you refuse?"

"I didn't refuse, I just said to think about it!" Wu You smiled wryly.

"Didn't you agree to give me three days to think about it?" Wu You turned to Xiao Yao and said, "Why do you still use me as an argument?"

"I agreed to give you three days to think about it, and I haven't changed my mind!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "It's just because you haven't agreed, I have to keep thinking about this matter in my heart, and I have to consider what if you refuse If so, who do I want to invite to be the voice guest? I have something on my mind, so I don’t have the time and energy to spend on other things. I just explained this to Kailin, and I didn’t say no to you Considered."

"Don't you have the time and energy to spend on other things?" Wu You grasped the point of Xiao Yao's words at once, and stared at Xiao Yao speechlessly, "For example, including helping Kailin design "Singer" show?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded with a rascal smile, "When will my voice assistant guest be confirmed, and when will I start thinking about helping Kailin design the stage for "Singer"?"

"You~ you want Kailin to help you persuade me to agree to be your voice guest?" Wu You completely understood Xiao Yao's purpose, and helplessly supported his forehead and said, "Are you too rambunctious?"

"Reckless? Is there? I don't think so!" Xiao Yao spread his hands shamelessly and laughed, "I didn't violate the promise I promised you to consider, and I didn't agree or refuse to help Kailin design the performance of "Singer". In your hands."

"Also," Xiao Yao continued to add shamelessly, "Now there are still about three weeks before the final of "Immersive Sound", I want to practice the dubbing of the final of "Immersive Sound", and I have to work with the voice assistant guests I have to go to school to rehearse the dubbing passages for cooperation, so it may take two weeks to prepare for "Sound on the Scene". My free time is the next week or so, and the time is not particularly abundant."

At this time, Jiang Kailin also fully understood what Xiao Yao meant. But she seemed a little hesitant, just looked at Wu You, and didn't speak.

"By the way," seeing Jiang Kailin looking at Wu You silently, Xiao Yao continued, "I don't plan to help Kailin make song adaptations like I did for Sister Xueying, but I'm going to write a new song for her , and the costumes I designed are tailor-made. You should spend more time practicing new songs than old ones when you are familiar with new songs, and tailor-made costumes are also more expensive to make than costumes modified from ready-made ones Time. I hope you can understand if the effect of the performance is compromised due to lack of practice or production of costumes due to time constraints.”

"Wu You, the voice assistant guest in the final of "Sound on the Scene", is it equivalent to the assistant singer in the final of our "Singer"? The benefits of showing strength, increasing popularity, and attracting fans should not be analyzed for you by others. "Jiang Kailin finally couldn't help it anymore, looked at Wu You seriously and said, "Leave aside the considerations related to me that Xiao Yao has time to help me write songs and design performance stages, and just say that Xiao Yao asked you to do "" Immersive Sound "Assisting guests. You ask yourself, do you really want to give up such an opportunity? Will you really reject him?"

"I~" Wu You said hesitantly, "Maybe, probably not!"

"It's not possible or should. I think you definitely won't! You will definitely agree in the end." Jiang Kailin looked at Wu You and said, "Since you still can't refuse in the end, what is the difference between agreeing now and agreeing three days later?"

"But for Jiang Kailin, there is a difference between agreeing now and agreeing three days later!" Of course Wu You understood what Xiao Yao and Jiang Kailin meant, and turned to Xiao Yao, "Okay! I will agree to be your voice guest now .”

"Okay! Then you can inform Ms. Jiang's follow-up team to come to Shanghai to shoot daily highlights tomorrow." Xiao Yao smiled, "I appear in the camera with Miss Jiang, which should be the biggest highlight in this issue of daily highlights." Have you ordered it?"