Entertaining Children

Although the layout of the rest hall on the first floor has changed, a guy as big as a grand piano will not move easily. When Xiao Yao was downstairs just now, he recognized that the piano in the hall was the one he played halfway through the program the year before last and felt that the tune was not accurate, so he tuned it himself, but he didn't play it. Henderson is also a very professional singer. If the piano is not in tune, it can be heard.

"No need!" Jiang Kailin's follow-up director laughed, "Since that time with you, as long as our program is being recorded, our director Tao has arranged for someone to regularly tune that piano."

"Oh!" Xiao Yao nodded, and continued to laugh, "Director Li, if I hadn't played the piano the year before last and heard it was inaccurate, and tuned that piano myself, you Director Tao would not have done it. Thinking of getting someone to tune the piano on a regular basis?"

Jiang Kailin’s filming crew was the same group that filmed Hong Wei the year before last. In the first episode of the show that Xiao Yao participated in that year, he mixed with his team and secretly filmed Hong Wei, so he is the second most familiar with this director besides Mei Fang. of.

"Yes, it wasn't that you held a piano recital on the show the year before last. Director Tao probably couldn't remember this!" Director Li laughed, "But why are you talking about this now? You won't want Director Tao to give you a raise again. Appearance fee, right? You are not a guest this time, so there is no appearance fee at all!"

"Cut~ Am I someone who only thinks about money?" Xiao Yao curled his lips, "It doesn't matter if I find that the piano is inaccurate, but if my international friends find that the piano is inaccurate, they can't find the tuning for a while. Teacher, if you lose your interest in playing, I'm afraid you will have to question the professionalism of your program group."

"This~" Director Li said helplessly, "Yes, you are right, we thank you!"

When Xiao Yao was bickering with Director Li, the following performance had already begun.

Seeing that Ellie Henderson ran to play the piano and sing, Jiang Kailin, who helped Xiao Yao finish the cover, was embarrassed to go upstairs and leave immediately, so she sat aside with Wu You and listened.

Allie Henderson didn't perform for too long, but stopped after playing and singing for a while.

"Bravo!" Even though it was only a short paragraph, Allie Henderson's manager applauded loudly.

"Great!" Jiang Kailin and Wu You, who stayed with her in the lobby on the first floor, also gave a round of applause.

"Thank you!" Allie Henderson bowed her head slightly to express her gratitude, and said with a smile, "This is a song I wrote when I was nine years old, just for fun."

"This is a song she wrote when she was nine years old." Ellie Henderson's program manager turned her head and turned to the camera lens of the scene and gave a thumbs up to translate a sentence, then smiled and shook her head and sighed,

"I can't write it at the age of ninety!"

Ellie Henderson's program manager is not the host of Shonan Satellite TV, but a singer who participated in the talent show of Shonan Satellite TV. His name is Jiang Jun. Just joined this year. He was a manager of a foreign company before participating in the talent show, and his English is very good. The program team arranged for him to be the program manager of Ellie Henderson, a British female singer. As Ellie Henderson's program manager, Jiang Jun naturally would not let go of any opportunity to improve the image of his singers.

Jiang Jun wanted Ellie Henderson to shine, but Wu You would not let Ellie Henderson shine alone. Although Wu You's singer, Jiang Kailin, can't play the piano and can't directly compete in the performance, she can also make Ellie Henderson look less dazzling from the side.

"You can't write it," Wu You said with a smile, "but we Huaxia can compose and write songs at the age of five!"

In terms of the level of playing the piano and the age at which he started writing songs and composing, Wu You felt that Ellie Henderson was inferior to Xiao Yao. Now that evildoer is upstairs, it is impossible for Wu You not to remember, so he naturally carried Xiao Yao out. Of course, it would be inappropriate for her agent to directly evaluate Ellie Henderson. The person she was talking to was Jiang Jun, who was also a manager, but the meaning in the words implied that Ellie Henderson was not unique in being able to write songs and compose at a young age, and it was not that rare.

"You mean Xiao Yao?" Jiang Jun quickly understood.

Xiao Yao is the only one who is able to write songs at the age of five in Hua Xia.

"That's right, "The Original Scenery of Hometown" and "Insects Flying" were both written when he was five years old." Wu You nodded with a smile.

"Who are you talking about?" Allie Henderson asked curiously. She also has a Bluetooth headset with translation software in her ears, and she can understand the Chinese they are talking about.

"Yang Xiao, a very young music genius in Huaxia." Wu You replied in English.

"I know him!" exclaimed Allie Henderson. "I love his 'Thinking Out Loud'! A singer who has never performed in the UK, but his song can be on the UK chart." To finish third, I'm very interested in him!"

"Xiao Yao, Allie Henderson knows you, it seems that you are an international superstar!" Director Li leaned behind Xiao Yao and smiled, "You are an international superstar who came to work as a makeup artist for others, hiding in the Peeking and eavesdropping here, won't it damage your image as an international superstar?"

"What kind of international superstar? Isn't Jiang Kailin's little follower?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Ellie, Yang sang "Thinking Out Loud" for the first time on this show, just the year before last." Jiang Kailin also said.

"I know," Allie Henderson nodded, "I only knew about this show after watching his singing video."

"It turns out that you agreed to participate in this show because it has something to do with Yang!" Wu You said with a smile, "Do you want to see him?"

"I'll go, Wu You won't sell me now, right?" Xiao Yao whispered.

"Of course!" Allie Henderson said in surprise, "Is he the new singer today?" She heard that there are Chinese singers who have participated in this program more than once.

"No, he is not among the competing singers for this year's show. Today's new singer is a female singer." Wu You shook his head and smiled, "But I think you will have a chance to meet him."

"Well, I hope so." Allie Henderson said slightly regretfully.

The show crew didn’t tell the other contestants that Xiao Yao was coming. They planned to let Xiao Yao appear during Jiang Kailin’s performance to surprise everyone. Of course, Jiang Kailin and Wu You would not reveal it to other guests in advance. Wu You said so and did it Warm up. Everyone changed the topic of Xiao Yao, and after chatting for a while, they went upstairs and went back to their lounges.

After staying in the lounge for a while, the staff came to inform Jiang Kailin to go to the rehearsal. Xiao Yao is not only Jiang Kailin's makeup artist, but also the arranger of the songs she competed in and the guitarist on the stage. He also attended this rehearsal with Jiang Kailin.

The location of the rehearsal is the stage in the studio, and there are two doors in the rest room of the competing singers, one is in the singer's rest hall, and the other door is connected to another passage leading directly to the stage of the studio. That passage, the rehearsal is also going out from this place at this time, and there is no need to pass through the rest hall, so Xiao Yao doesn't have to worry about being discovered by other singers.

Xiao Yao doesn't need to keep secrets from the band members, so there is no need to pretend. After following Jiang Kailin to the studio, Xiao Yao, who was only wearing a baseball cap, was quickly recognized by Liu Tong, the show's music director, and well-known musicians who had been in the show's band for several consecutive seasons. These few have cooperated with Xiao Yao for a season, and they are also old acquaintances with Xiao Yao.

"Xiao Yao, long time no see! Welcome back!" Liu Tong took the initiative to give Xiao Yao a hug, and said with a smile, "Seeing you makes me feel a lot easier."

"Are you saying that I arrange the music myself every time, which reduces your workload?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "There are several competing singers who bring their own producer and arranger in every season, and it's not only Me alone."

"But we still like you the most!" Amur, the piano and keyboard player in the band, followed up, shook hands with Xiao Yao, and said with a smile.

In that breakout match, Xiao Yao encountered a microphone failure, and changed his impromptu performance to complete the entire performance without a microphone, which has become the most classic performance in the history of "Singer". In the second half of that performance, Xiao Yao's singing without a microphone was also accompanied by a band, and the two parties cooperated very well. That is to say, that classic performance was completed by the singer Xiao Yao and the band directed by Liu Tong. The excellent on-the-spot performance of the band directed by Liu Tong also made a very important contribution to that performance.

In addition to lamenting Xiao Yao's awesomeness, the audience also praised their band's on-the-spot reaction, and the leaders in the stage also praised their band's performance. The band has benefited a lot from that, both financially and notoriously.

In the season of the previous year, Liu Tong and the whole band were already very impressed with Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao's ability in that incident amazed them, and it really brought them benefits, and they had a very good impression of Xiao Yao. Seeing Xiao Yao again at this time, the old people in these bands naturally seemed very affectionate.

After Liu Tong and Amuer, several old members of the program band also came forward one by one to shake hands or high-five with Xiao Yao in turn, and greeted enthusiastically.

When Jiang Kailin and Xiao Yao arrived, Gesang Lamu and several Harmony children had also arrived. After the music director and several old band members greeted Xiao Yao, the rehearsal began immediately.

In addition to being the guitarist in the band, Xiao Yao also played more of a role as one of the conductors in this rehearsal.

During the rehearsal, in addition to the music director Liu Tong, Xiao Yao also stopped several times, not only pointing out some problems in singing by Jiang Kailin, Gesang Ram and a few children, but also pointing out some flaws in the band's performance . Neither Liu Tong nor the old members of the band expressed any dissatisfaction with Xiao Yao's behavior, let alone the new members who joined the band last year and this year.

As a result, the facts also proved that Xiao Yao's ear sensitivity and music level are really not weaker than Liu Tong's existence. After everyone made adjustments according to what Xiao Yao said, the overall effect really improved, and the appreciation and admiration in everyone's eyes became stronger when they looked at Xiao Yao.

After the rehearsal, Jiang Kailin was called to the recording studio for an interview by the staff of the program group. During the rehearsal and the official competition, the route of the contestants is not to go through the rest hall when going to the studio, but to pass through the rest hall when returning from the studio. At this time, if you go back the same way, you may meet the next singer who came to the studio for rehearsal. It would be very strange for Xiao Yao to go back alone, so Xiao Yao didn't go back alone, but waited outside the recording studio. Prepare to wait for Jiang Kailin to finish the interview before pretending to be her assistant and follow Jiang Kailin through the rest hall back to her lounge.

When Jiang Kailin came out after the interview, the on-site director who interviewed Jiang Kailin also left the studio together, and Xiao Yao, who wanted to pull him waiting outside the door, also went in to do an interview.

Of course, Jiang Kailin had no objection to the interview with Xiao Yao, and even expressed her willingness to wait outside for Xiao Yao to finish the interview before going back together. But Xiao Yao was unwilling to accept the interview, and refused because he was not a guest in the competition. In the history of the program, there are interviews with guest singers in the final stage, but there is no precedent for interviewing arrangers or musicians invited by competing singers.

Xiao Yao is not so principled about breaking the program rules, but he can guess the problems he will face during the interview. How does it feel to return to the show as an arranger and musician behind the scenes? Why did you agree to help Jiang Kailin write songs and arrange music, design costumes, play as a musician on stage, and even design the entire performance? These are two problems that are almost certain to arise.

The former Xiao Yao can talk about it casually, but the latter question, Xiao Yao can't tell the camera that he helped Jiang Kailin to make Wu You agree to be his vocal guest in the final of "Sound on the Scene", right? Even if Xiao Yao really thought so and did so, he couldn't say so openly.

In Xiao Yao's eyes, a big-name singer who was invited to "Singer" as a contestant and has more than 10 million fans on Weibo is not as good as a manager on her show, who has less than one follower on Weibo under Shonan Satellite TV. Millions of "newcomers" hosting? If this is made public, it doesn't matter if Xiao Yao is said to be capricious. The point is that he might hurt Jiang Kailin's face and kill Wu You, giving people an excuse to mock Jiang Kailin and help Wu You recruit gangsters.

Although Jiang Kailin and Wu You are not Xiao Yao's true friends, at least they are good acquaintances so far. Especially Wu You, Xiao Yao still appreciates it very much. It doesn't matter that Xiao Yao is hacked, but no matter how willful he is, he will not do things that may cause harm to his acquaintances easily. Since the interview is not mandatory as stipulated by the program, Xiao Yao is too lazy to make up nonsense, it is better to simply refuse and not accept the interview.

Xiao Yao insisted on not wanting to break the routine of being interviewed, and the program team had nothing to do with him, and he had to be the on-site director of the final interview.

After rehearsals and interviews, when returning to the lounge, you have to go through the lounge. Jiang Kailin pushed open the door of the rest hall and walked in directly, but Xiao Yao immediately retreated, stopped Jiang Kailin from behind and followed the cameraman of the filming team and said, "Brother Zhao, give me the camera, and I'll help you take pictures!"

"Why do you want to be a guest cameraman again?" Director Li laughed.

"I saw an acquaintance!" Xiao Yao pointed to the rest hall, "Mr. Shazhou is below, I don't want to be recognized by him right now, so I can only block it with a camera. Of course, I will take pictures of everything that should be taken." of!"

When Jiang Kailin pushed open the door just now, Xiao Yao, who was following behind, saw the sandbar standing in the rest hall and immediately retreated.

Shazhou was Xiao Yao's mentor in "The Voice" back then, and later collaborated with Xiao Yao in an electronic music program. He has a good relationship with Xiao Yao and is relatively familiar. Before participating in this program, Shazhou asked Xiao Yao to help him write songs and arrange music, but Xiao Yao refused because he was too busy and had no time. If Shazhou finds himself here, Xiao Yao knows that he will definitely be scolded by Shazhou.

Although Xiao Yao will perform on stage with Jiang Kailin tonight, it will always be exposed in the end, but Xiao Yao also hopes that the moment of facing the sandbar will come as late as possible.

When Jiang Kailin met other singers in the lounge, it was definitely impossible to ignore the other singer and go upstairs to the room. It is the minimum courtesy to stop and say hello to the other singer. This also means that those who come back with Jiang Kailin will also stay in the lobby on the first floor for a while.

Xiao Yao only wore a hat, and no disguises such as sunglasses and masks. If it was someone else, Xiao Yao might still be able to stand in the follower group and pass by, but when he appeared in front of Shazhou without any cover for a long time, Xiao Yao was not confident that the other party would not find out, so he cameo as a cameraman up. When carrying the camera, the camera's viewfinder and preview screen can cover most of the cameraman's face, which is much safer for Xiao Yao.