Entertaining Children

  Chapter 11 Mixed Drama Team

  The ten songs of the album are finally ready. Xiao Siqi himself is a producer and an album that he considers to be a turnaround. The quality requirements of the songs are quite strict, and there is no problem with the ten songs being reviewed by the record company. Immediately after that, the record company arranged a series of work such as arrangement and recording.

  Entering the album production stage, the record company assigned Xiao Siqi a complete production team. Xiao Siqi is the original author of lyrics and music, and has the deepest understanding of songs. At the same time, because he is also a producer, he also has the ability to arrange music. Therefore, in addition to singing and recording, he has to participate in the arrangement of each song in the early stage and the synthesis of the sound track in the later stage.

Shen Yinan is a very senior professional composer, arranger and producer of China Entertainment Records. It is not once or twice that Xiao Siqi has cooperated with Xiao Siqi. He is the arranger and producer of Xiao Siqi’s first two albums, and the third one is He and Xiao Siqi jointly arranged and produced the music. He is quite familiar with Xiao Siqi's music style, but when he got the scores and lyrics of Xiao Siqi's ten songs this time, he found that there are three songs that are quite different. In the past, Xiao Siqi's style was a little love song with a sense of sadness, but this time there are two songs that have a sweet and brisk style, and the other one is a sadness from a young age to the ultimate grief. What is even more strange is that Xiao Siqi, who has always insisted on independent creation, this time there are two other songs on the signatures. It was not without Xiao Siqi’s works that other people’s names appeared in the past, but they were all composed by Xiao Siqi and others wrote lyrics. But these two songs, lyrics and music are the names of two people.

  “It’s certainly not easy for you, a stubborn little stubborn person who is willing to sign and create together,” Shen Yinan raised the two scores in his hand, “Xiao Qi, talk about it, who is this XY?”

   "This... Teacher Shen, this is confidential." Xiao Siqi scratched his head embarrassedly. Xu Ting and the art director of the record company had already been questioned each time before, and they had difficulty coping with it. Now this is coming again.

   "You kid, the wings are hard, right? Keep it secret to me?" Shen Yinan rolled up a few sheets of paper in his hand and tapped on Xiao Siqi's head both lightly and lightly. Shen Yinan is more than 50 years old. He is not only a veteran in the company and the entire industry, but also a teacher who teaches Xiao Siqi's arrangement and music production, so he is qualified to treat Xiao Siqi like this.

"It's not that I want to keep you secret," Xiao Siqi smiled bitterly and touched the knocked head. "It is the person XY who asked to keep his identity secret. I have already promised him. You can't be unbelievable, right? I am definitely not targeting you. Last time Director Cheng and my agent Xu Jie jointly forced a confession, I didn't say anything. I still hope that others will continue to cooperate with me in the future."

Hearing that the senior art director of the company and the agent who is close to Xiao Siqi did not know the identity of this mysterious person, Shen Yinan felt better. At the same time, he also knew that since these two people did not let Xiao Siqi speak, how could he ask questions? , This little stubborn guess will not say it.

   "Okay, then tell me about the creative process of these two songs. How did you cooperate, which ones were written by you and which ones by that XY?" Shen Yinan stepped back and asked for the next best thing.

   "This, XY said, it must be kept secret." Xiao Siqi said carefully.

   "You..." The scroll in Shen Yinan's hand rose again, and Xiao Siqi quickly hugged his head with both hands. Seeing Xiao Siqi holding his head in such a funny way, Shen Yinan couldn't help but feel a little funny. In the end, he could only say to Xiao Si in an angry voice: "Get in and audition!"

  Xiao Siqi slipped into the recording studio with amnesty. He couldn't help thinking that Xiao Yao, the initiator, would come, and he didn’t know what he was doing with his father Xiao Chengru at the moment.

  At this moment, Xiao Yao is in the Hengdian Film and Television City in Zhejiang Province, and follows Xiao Chengru comfortably in a TV drama crew.

  Since Xiao Siqi is very involved in the production of this album, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, and there is no time to accompany and take care of Xiao Yao. With difficulties, Xiao Siqi's first thought was naturally his father.

  Xiao Chengru is naturally willing to take up grandchildren. Xiao Yao didn't have any problems with staying with Xiao Chengru. He originally thought that with Xiao Chengru this time, he would still practice boxing in the morning and calligraphy in the afternoon as he did half a year ago. What he didn't expect was that Xiao Chengru actually took the filming of a TV series this time and discussed with him that he would take him to the Hengdian Film and Television City in the southern Zhejiang province to film with him.

  In the past few months, although Xiao Chengru was not by Xiao Yao's side, he still knew better about Xiao Yao's situation. Practicing boxing, calligraphy, music theory, and instrumental practice took up almost all of Xiao Yao's daily time. For a four-year-old child who is so diligent in learning and practicing, Xiao Chengru feels gratified on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also feels that the child is pushing himself too tight.

  With Xiao Chengru’s current age, he seldom plays the leading role in a film and television work. Now the TV series he has taken over is a relatively regular starring role in the leading role’s father. Although it has weight, it is only a supporting role after all. He will appear in only one-third of the episodes in the whole show. The role is not too heavy, and there is still a lot of free time. The filming location is Hengdian in the southern Zhejiang province. The film and television city happened to avoid the cold winter in the north, so Xiao Chengru simply took Xiao Yao to work and play in the warm south.

  So, Xiao Yao followed Xiao Chengru to this film and television city in Zhejiang Province. When Xiao Chengru was filming, Xiao Yao found a corner in the filming scene to sit quietly by himself. When Xiao Chengru was not required to participate in the filming for more than one day, Xiao Chengru took Xiao Yao to some beautiful and worth visiting places around the film and television city to appreciate the lush greenery of the southern country in winter.

  Most people are curious about things like filming, and Xiao Yao is no exception. Xiao Yao had no chance in the previous life. Now that Xiao Yao had the opportunity to enter the set, he would naturally not let it go in vain. When Xiao Chengru was filming, although Xiao Yao's body and mouth were quiet, his mind and eyes were not idle. The operation of the entire crew, the different division of labor and collaboration among various parts, and even the performance of the actors and the placement of cameras all attracted Xiao Yao's attention. And whenever Xiao Chengru came to him without a role, Xiao Yao always had a bunch of related questions waiting for Xiao Chengru.

  Xiao Chengru has been in the industry for nearly forty years and has spent countless studios. In addition to his own professional performance, the crew’s videography, lighting, costumes, makeup, props, and even directors and scene notes, as well as the work of each department, have a good understanding of Xiao Yao’s various problems at first. Can answer without any problems. However, as Xiao Yao's problems became deeper and more professional, Xiao Chengru, who gradually felt unable to cope with it, had to take Xiao Yao to the heads of the various departments of the crew to ask for advice. Of course, it must be during breaks that will not affect other people's normal work.

  In the entire crew, regardless of age or seniority, Xiao Chengru is the highest. From the director to the drama, everyone who sees it must be called "Old Xiao" or "Mr. Xiao" respectfully. Even if Xiao Chengru took his grandson to ask for advice in person, even if they didn’t say they were flattered, they would not hide their pretending gestures. In addition, as a child, Xiao Yao deliberately displayed sweet mouths and sold cuteness and other shameless methods. These usually work behind the scenes. The guys who seldom receive praise and admiration, when their sense of accomplishment and vanity are greatly satisfied, naturally know everything and talk endlessly. As Xiao Yao stayed on the crew longer and longer, and everyone liked him more and more for his sensibility and well-behaved, some people didn’t understand the language clearly, and some people even dared to cherish their lives. The eating guy started playing with Xiao Yao, and got a feel for the actual operation.

   Later, even if he didn't have Xiao Chengru's role, when he didn't need him to go to the set, Xiao Yao always pestered Xiao Chengru to take him to the crew set to watch. When it was time to take a break between shooting, Xiao Yao excitedly plunged his head beside the bunch of his newly recognized uncles, aunts, sisters, and brothers. Some time ago, Xiao Chengru could not go to the set and take him out for a round and play, but now Xiao Yao is completely uninterested. Seeing Xiao Yao staying happily on the crew, Xiao Chengru felt that his plan to take his grandson out to relax was completely bankrupt. Originally, I wanted him to temporarily forget to study, but after this trip, it seemed that he had learned more.

"August 1st, you are so interested in all aspects of the crew, do you want to do this when you grow up? What do you want to do? Be a director?" Seeing Xiao Yao's enthusiasm so high, Xiao Chengru finally couldn't help it. Seize the opportunity to ask him one evening.

   "Director? It seems that the entire crew has to take care of everything. It feels so tired and troublesome." Xiao Yao shook his head. This is also his most intuitive feeling about being a director during this period.

   "Then what do you want to do when you grow up?" Xiao Chengru asked seriously. To say that most children at this age ask this question for fun and not take it too seriously. However, Xiao Yao's mind is far beyond the average child of this age. Xiao Chengru thinks that Xiao Yao's answer at this time should not be that joke. If he really has a goal, he should also be guided and cultivated in a targeted manner, and don't waste his talent for learning beyond his peers.

"I haven't figured it out yet...No, I haven't thought about it yet. I'm still young." Xiao Yao said in a nonchalant tone: "If you encounter something you are interested in, learn it first and then talk about it. If you are always interested, just keep learning. I’m not interested. I didn’t even go to elementary school. Now I’m thinking about whether my future career is too early."

   After hearing what Xiao Yao said, Xiao Chengru's expression was a little weird. Although Xiao Yao was indeed still young, Xiao Chengru still felt a strange feeling when he heard Xiao Yao say "I'm still young" in person. Xiao Yao's words are also very reasonable, but such a reasonable statement from a four-year-old child seems to be...very unreasonable.

Fortunately, Xiao Chengru was accustomed to Xiao Yao's unusualness. In the end, he could only sigh and reluctantly said: "Forget it, do whatever you want, learn whatever you want, as long as you don't cause trouble. "

   "Really?" Xiao Yao asked again.

Seeing Xiao Chengru nodding, Xiao Yao immediately said: "When I was chatting with the sister Tian Tian who played your daughter yesterday, she said that she would do morning exercises every morning when she was in film school. And she practiced morning exercises. That "three-tone resonance" seems to be different from the morning vocal practice my dad taught me before, isn't it?"

   "Of course, the actor's speaking lines are different from the singer's voice practice." Xiao Chengru smiled and said, "One is for talking, the other is for singing, can it be the same?"

  "Then you teach me the "three-chamber resonance"," Xiao Yao said with a smile: "From tomorrow, we will also do morning exercises. After doing morning exercises, I will practice boxing again."

  Xiao Chengru: "..."

  (End of this chapter)