Entertaining Children

Xiao Yao was pushed back to the stage by Zhao Rui, and continued the rehearsal of the graduation drama.

Although Sun Tingting, who was sitting in the auditorium, was still looking at Xiao Yao who was rehearsing on the stage, she was in a daze and couldn't see what Xiao Yao was rehearsing at all. It wasn't until Xiao Yao's rehearsal was over and everyone left the theater that Sun Tingting finally came to her senses.

Xiao Yao's rehearsal was in the morning, and after the rehearsal was over, it was almost noon, and a group of people went out to find a restaurant to have lunch together.

At the end of lunch, everyone discussed the itinerary for the afternoon at the table.

"Is that TV drama crew of yours starting work today? I want to visit your set!" Zhao Rui suggested.

"Why? To spy on the military situation?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"Spy on the military situation!" Zhao Rui glanced at Xiao Yao, "They are all projects of our company, and I also have an investment, so let's take care of what's wrong? Besides, we have a movie, a TV series, and one in theaters. , one is broadcast on the TV station and the website, it’s not the same at all, okay? Don’t you also hear what the gossip media said, thinking that it’s two schools fighting each other?”

"Bibi is not a bad thing!" Xiao Yao laughed, "Although the form is different, we can't compare box office or ratings, but we can compare word of mouth and website ratings! How about a bet?"

"No comparison!" Zhao Rui shook his head firmly and said, "Our movie is compared to your sitcom score, and we don't feel honored if we win!"

"Yo~ Don't you look down on sitcoms?" Xiao Yao said.

"The main reason is that our movie is adapted from your still movie," Zhu Zitong said, "Even if our movie has a high score, it doesn't prove that Stone has won against you!"

"Uh~Okay!" Xiao Yao waved his hands, skipped the topic, and said to Lin Qisan, "Take them there, I have rehearsals in the afternoon, so I won't go!"

"I didn't expect you at all!" Lin Qisan laughed.

"What? You still have to rehearse in the afternoon?" Zhao Rui said, "Isn't the theater used separately? You go to the classroom to rehearse? It's already this time, do you still have to wait for so long?"

"It's not rehearsing for the graduation play, it's rehearsing with the band." Xiao Yao said, "After the graduation play is the graduation ceremony, I have to perform on stage!"

"Oh~" Zhao Rui smiled suddenly,

"My own school, you don't have to refuse, right? It seems that we not only have to watch the graduation drama, but also go to your graduation ceremony!"

Students in art colleges are versatile, and it is common for students to perform on stage during graduation ceremonies to show off their talents. As the most talented star student recognized by Shenxi, Xiao Yao will of course be selected by the school to perform at the graduation ceremony. At Yandian's graduation ceremony last year, Zhao Rui once thought about letting Xiao Yao perform at the graduation ceremony, but Xiao Yao refused because he was not a student of Yandian. This time it was Shenxi's own graduation ceremony. It took much less time to prepare a performance than to rehearse a graduation drama, and Xiao Yao did not refuse.

"Then let's go to Bayi's band rehearsal first in the afternoon!" Zhu Zitong said, "Go and see what he will perform at the graduation ceremony first, and then go to the crew."

"Can you watch it?" Zhu Zitong looked at Xiao Yao and asked.

"Of course!" Xiao Yao shrugged indifferently.

Although Xiao Yao is preparing a new song, he is not afraid to show it to his partners in advance.

Discussion established. After lunch, everyone set off for Xiao Yao's rehearsal room.

The place where Xiao Yao rehearses plays is at school, but the place where he rehearses performances is not at school.

Xiao Yao is in charge of the recording studio in Yin Xi's studio. There is a practice room with good sound insulation in the recording studio. The place where the band rehearses is naturally placed in the recording studio of Yin Xi's studio.

The song Xiao Yao is going to perform is a rock song, and he is going to perform with a band on the spot. Having lived in Shencheng for so long, and recorded so many songs in this recording studio, Xiao Yao also met many professional musicians here. However, since it was performing at the school's graduation ceremony, Xiao Yao did not find professional musicians who had worked with him before, but found several musicians from among the school's students. As one of the three major film and television academies in China, it was easy to find a few students who could play musical instruments.

The time for band rehearsals is set in advance. When Xiao Yao and his group arrived at Yinxi's studio, the other musicians hadn't arrived yet, so everyone played in Yinxi's studio for a while and took a tour.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, several student musicians that Xiao Yao was looking for arrived one after another.

In addition to Xiao Yao as the lead singer and guitarist, there is also a guitarist, a bass player, a keyboard player and a drummer. These four people are all senior students of Shenxi Opera. Although not all of them are from the acting department, they should all be in the same circle in the future. Xiao Yao introduced the two groups of people, and after a brief meeting, the band began to rehearse.

Because Zhao Rui, Zhu Zitong and others watched the rehearsal because they wanted to hear what the song Xiao Yao was going to perform, so after a brief warm-up, everyone first performed the song to be performed in full.

"How do you feel?" After leading the four musicians to perform the song in its entirety, Xiao Yao asked several friends who were watching.

"Awful!" Zhu Zitong praised, "I got goosebumps when I heard it. If this song is sung at the graduation ceremony, it will definitely make the graduates below go crazy!"

"By the way, it's a new song written by you, right?" Zhu Zitong continued, "As expected of being the youngest and best songwriter of the "Golden Disc Award"!"

It was a new song that none of them had heard. Although Xiao Yao didn't explain it before, those who are familiar with Xiao Yao know that this song must be Xiao Yao's work.

These four musicians were recommended to Xiao Yao by the teachers in the school. They were recommended to Xiao Yao by the teacher because they had performed in various school activities. At least among amateur musicians, they are quite good in terms of technical level and performance experience.

These four people come from different majors, and they were not originally a band combination. After being summoned by Xiao Yao, the biggest problem was the tacit understanding of cooperation. Not only is their cooperation with Xiao Yao a problem, but also their cooperation with each other. But Xiao Yao didn't just practice with these four groups today. Half a month ago, Xiao Yao decided on the song to perform, and the temporary band was formed, so they have been rehearsing this song together for almost half a month. In terms of cooperation, the running-in of the five people is almost the same.

There is no problem with the technical level, and there is no problem with the coordination, so the effect of this complete performance is of course quite good. But even so, it's not without faults.

"The song is very good, and the musical instrument performance is also great, but the singing is just~" Zhao Rui, who also played musical instruments for a long time when he was a child, and has a pretty good sense of music, complained to Xiao Yao, "You who won the best actor The lead singer of the singer, why did he sing broken notes when he sang?"

"What do you know? I sang it on purpose!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Singing badly on purpose? Is it to prove that you didn't fake it?" Zhao Rui said speechlessly, "Are you still shameless? This is a rehearsal room, and you are singing live, not the recording and broadcasting of "I Want to Sing with You" TV show!"

When Xiao Yao participated in the opening of "I Want to Sing with You", the part where he sang with Hong Wei made a mistake and then quibbled was a highlight of the show. Of course, the program team will not re-record it, and it will be released in full in the feature film. Xiao Yao's explanation at that time has become a very popular meme on the Internet, and many people know it.

"You don't know that!" The musician with the bass on his back interjected to help Xiao Yao explain to Zhao Rui and the others, "Every time Xiao Yao sang to that place, he sang broken notes! This song That's how the song is sung, and when it gets there, it has to be broken."

"What?" Zhao Rui and the others looked at the bassist in disbelief and said.

"We also asked Xiao Yao at the beginning." The bass player continued with a smile, "He said that in that part of this song, the broken tone must be sung to make it sound good, and the broken tone must be sung in that place to be suitable. The mood of the whole song and the feelings to be expressed. We didn’t believe it at first, but after trying it out, we found that it was really like that!”

"Don't believe it?" Xiao Yao looked at Zhao Rui and the others and said, "Then I'll sing it for you again, this time it won't break!"

"You come!" Zhao Rui said.

Xiao Yao smiled and turned around to signal, the keyboard player nodded, pressed the keys, and played the prelude of the song again.

The band performed the song again. This time, Xiao Yao really did not sing a broken note again. After Zhao Rui and others heard it, they really felt that it lacked some taste.

"Believe it?" Xiao Yao smiled and looked at Zhao Rui who was silent.

"I believe it!" Zhao Rui thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, "You are such a monster, you can still write this kind of song that must be sung with a broken tone."

"What is this?" Xiao Yao shrugged and smiled, "Many rock songs are like this, and you have to use a broken voice to get a feel for it. It's just that the few rock songs I wrote before are not like this. It's so rare. !"

"You~" Zhao Rui glared at Xiao Yao, and asked again, "By the way, what's the name of this song!"

Xiao Yao and the others sang directly without introducing the name of the song.

"This song is called..." the keyboard player next to him said.

"I won't tell you," Xiao Yao cut off, "Didn't you say you're coming to our graduation ceremony? You'll know when the time comes. We will introduce the title of the song when we perform at the graduation ceremony!"

When Xiao Yao said this, the keyboard player immediately shut up with a smile.

"Cut~rare!" Zhao Rui rolled his eyes, turned to Sun Tingting and said, "Duo'er, you must know, don't you?"

Sun Tingting came to Shanghai very early, and she plays music herself. Zhao Rui couldn't believe that Sun Tingting hadn't seen Xiao Yao's rehearsal. Maybe she was there when Xiao Yao wrote this song.

"I know!" Sun Tingting nodded.

"Cut, don't you tell me that I don't know?" Zhao Rui asked Sun Tingting like Xiao Yao, "What's the name of that song?"

"Go to the graduation ceremony to apply for drama!" Sun Tingting laughed.

"You~" Zhao Rui stared.

"Heh~" Everyone else laughed.

"Hey~ I won't go yet! Anyway, you didn't go to my graduation ceremony." Zhao Rui said, "At worst, I'll wait for the official release of this song! Such a song, it is impossible for you not to release it!"

"I..." Xiao Yao said.

"If you have the ability, say you don't publish it!" Zhao Rui said, "Let's see if your classmates and fans are willing!"

"You won!" Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head. It is indeed impossible for him to hide such a song and not release it.

Everyone laughed for a while, Zhao Rui and others left first.

Everyone came to listen to Xiao Yao's performance songs. Now that they have heard it, their goal has been achieved. There is no need to stay here to watch their rehearsal. Xiao Yao wanted to stay and rehearse with the musicians, so Lin Qisan took Zhao Rui and others to the TV drama crew.

"Urban Youth" is operated in accordance with the model of American dramas. However, it is still difficult to copy the format of American dramas to China, and some compromises have been made in the specific operation methods.

In Huaxia, before the production crew started the production, they had to send the script to the radio and television for review. When it was submitted for review before, the crew sent all the scripts of more than 20 episodes to the radio and television for review. This is an urban sitcom, there is nothing illegal about it, and it passed the review smoothly, so there is no problem in this regard.

In terms of filming and broadcasting, Xiao Yao's original idea was to shoot two or three episodes as pilot episodes for TV stations and video sites, and then shoot subsequent episodes according to the audience's reaction after the broadcast. You can buy episodes from the former TV station, all of which are filmed, edited, and purchased as a whole. This kind of episodes are only two or three episodes, and they have to spend money to buy episodes that are arranged to be broadcast. They have never bought episodes, so And did not agree.

Of course, they are also aware of the filming and broadcasting of American dramas, and it is not that they have no idea of ​​trying. In some previous episodes and life dramas made by TV stations, the ending of the plot was determined according to the audience's reaction, but that was only one or two episodes at the end. In order to reduce the risk, they adopted a compromise plan, requiring at least half of the filming to determine the basic quality of the entire series before deciding whether to buy it or not. Since several TV stations have this kind of request, the producer can only agree.

The TV station did not dare to make up their minds to buy it casually. Apart from the unfinished filming of the series, another big reason was that there were no big stars in the actors of this series, and they were worried about the ratings of the series after it was broadcast. In order to allow the TV station's film purchasing department to make up their minds to purchase with half of the episodes shot before, the producers began to make some targeted changes, and began to increase popular stars with weight in the episodes.

The main cast members are all fresh graduates of the Shenxi Acting Department, all newcomers, and there are no big stars. This was decided at the beginning of the project, and it is also a major feature of this drama series, and it was also filmed earlier. It's been several episodes, and this one will definitely not change. However, there are no stars in the main cast, and stars can also be found to play guest roles and passerby roles. This is also a common practice in many dramas.

Characters such as sideshows and passers-by almost only appear once in a certain episode, and disappear after a guest appearance by a star, which has no impact on the overall plot of the episode. For the stars who come to play guest roles, it takes about one or two scenes to show their faces, and it can be done in about a day, and it doesn't take too much time for those stars. It is relatively easy to invite.

Although Xiao Yao and Lin Qisan are still young, their connections in the entertainment circle are very good. Xiao Yao is an actor, singer, and photographer, straddling the three circles of music, film and television, and fashion. Lin Qisan is an actor and model, straddling the two circles of film and television and fashion. The number of celebrities they know and have a good relationship with each other is quite a lot, and they add up to even more. If they really want to invite celebrities to comeo, they can invite every episode of the stars to the next season.

If there is a guest star in an episode, it is also a major feature of the episode. So from the next few episodes, Lin Qisan began to invite stars from all walks of life to make guest appearances in the episodes in the names of him and Xiao Yao.

When Zhao Rui and the others went to the film crew today, the film crew was filming the tenth episode. In this episode, Lin Qisan invited Cheng Xi to play the role of a bar customer in the name of Xiao Yao, and Cheng Xi's part has already been filmed. But since Zhao Rui and Zhu Zitong came to the door automatically, how could Lin Qisan let it go easily.

After taking Zhao Rui and Zhu Zitong to look at the crew and introducing the situation in the crew, Lin Qisan immediately summoned the director and screenwriter of this episode, revised the script, and added two more characters to Zhao Rui and Zhu Zitong. In this episode, the two also guest-starred as a pair of supporting characters who are lovers.