Entertaining Children

Xiao Yao decided to do two things when he went to the United States this time. One is to watch Sun Tingting's graduation recital live, and the other is to participate in this year's NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game. Sun Tingting's graduation recital was in New York, and this year's NBA All-Star Weekend was held in Los Angeles, so Xiao Yao had to go to at least two cities when he came to the United States this time.

This year's NBA All-Star Weekend will have a Rookie Game on February 15th, a Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest on February 16th, and an All-Star Game on February 17th. As a warm-up for the All-Star event, the Masters game was scheduled to take place earlier on February 14. Sun Tingting's graduation recital is scheduled to be held on February 20th.

In terms of time, Sun Tingting's graduation recital will be after the All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game, but in terms of importance, Sun Tingting's weight in Xiao Yao's heart must be much heavier than the NBA Celebrity Game. The date for Xiao Yao to come to the United States from China this time is February 8th. There are still a few days before the Masters Competition and the graduation recital. Of course, he flew to New York to meet Sun Tingting first.

Xiao Yao promised that Sun Tingting would notify Sun Tingting in advance every time she came to the United States, so when she arrived in New York this time, Sun Tingting still came to the airport to pick her up. Although Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting, who are separated from each other, have been maintaining frequent video calls and have never lost contact, it has been more than a year since the two met last time, and they miss each other very much. Even though Paul and others came to pick up the plane with Sun Tingting this time, when Xiao Yao walked out of the airport passageway, the two of them still did not shy away from having a warm and affectionate relationship in the crowded airport hall.

This time, only Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi came with Xiao Yao, and Paul and TJ were the only ones picking up the plane besides Sun Tingting. These people, Xiao Yao came to find Sun Tingting to shoot the mv in the middle of the season of "Singer" the year before last. We had met each other before, so we didn't need to introduce each other anymore. We greeted each other warmly and left the airport together.

There were three people in Xiao Yao's party, and there were also three people who picked him up, so there were only six people in total. This time, Paul drove a seven-seater business car to pick up the airport, and everyone took the same car and went directly to the hotel where Xiao Yao and others had booked a room in advance.

The hotel room was booked online before Fang still came. As the landlords, Paul and TJ booked a restaurant to clean up the dust for Xiao Yao and others. When we arrived at the hotel, it was almost dinner time. Xiao Yao and the three of them went to the room to put their luggage, and immediately came down to join Paul and TJ, and went to a restaurant with a good environment to have dinner together.

Paul and TJ have always been grateful to Xiao Yao who helped their dance troupe reach the finals of the hip-hop competition and helped them in their future careers. Xiao Yao is also very grateful for their treatment of Sun Tingting in the United States for the past two years. Even though the three of them are separated by oceans and do not communicate very frequently, their relationship has always been very good.

Paul and TJ also haven't seen Xiao Yao for more than a year. They have a lot of things in their hearts that they want to talk to Xiao Yao, and they are not willing to part with Xiao Yao soon. So after dinner, the two of them are very enthusiastic to hold a few People go to the bar to drink.

Although the three of Xiao Yao took the plane for more than ten hours,

It was unavoidable that they were a little tired, but due to the time difference, they were not sleepy at this time. Seeing that the two said that they were going to a bar for a drink, and it was not as exhausting as going to a nightclub to disco, they readily agreed.

Xiao Yao came today, and Sun Tingting didn't plan to go back to the school dormitory. She had a whole night to spend with Xiao Yao at night, so Sun Tingting didn't think these two guys were blind to make light bulbs. Instead, they spent dinner and bars When I was young, I was eager to exchange my heart with Xiao Yao, just smiled and watched Xiao Yao chatting with two old American friends about their experiences for more than a year, and rarely interrupted.

Of course, Paul and TJ are not so blind. The drink in the bar after dinner neither made Xiao Yao drunk nor lasted too long. At about ten o'clock in the evening, Paul and TJ sent the four of them back to the hotel.

After returning to the hotel, Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi went back to their rooms, while Xiao Yao took Sun Tingting into his room together.

After some tenderness, Xiao Yao, who was lying on a bed, put his arms around Sun Tingting and asked with concern: "How is the preparation for the graduation recital going? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes!" Sun Tingting laughed.

"Really?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

Chambers Conservatory of Music is a place to train performers. The graduation recitals it holds for graduate students are generally classical music recitals, and Xiao Yao's ability is mainly in pop music. Xiao Yao originally asked casually to express his concern, but he didn't expect that Sun Tingting really needed his help.

"Why, don't you want to?" Sun Tingting wrinkled her nose and said.

"Of course I would," Xiao Yao said, "It's just that I can't think of anything that you, a top student at the Chambers Conservatory of Music, need my help for."

"I need you to give me the performance copyright of your work." Sun Tingting stretched out a finger, pointed at the tip of Xiao Yao's nose and said, "But I don't have the money to buy it, so I want you to give it to me for free!"

Although it was the graduation recital of Chambers students, this recital was held in a professional commercial concert hall. In addition to the teachers of the Chambers Conservatory of Music, there were ordinary audiences, and tickets were also sold to the outside world. This concert is a commercial performance, and the music performed naturally needs to be copyrighted.

"You want to play my work?" Xiao Yao automatically ignored Sun Tingting's question about the copyright, and said with some doubts, "You are doing a classical music concert, right? How can I have any music that is suitable for you to use the violin in the concert?" played?"

Speaking of Xiao Yao's music works, he has released an album of piano music, and some newage-style piano music in it are suitable for performance at that kind of concert, but Sun Tingting is learning the violin, not the piano. There are no famous violin pieces, let alone violin pieces that are suitable for performing in concerts.

"Why not?" Sun Tingting said, "Isn't there a string version of your "faded"? Isn't there a violin score in it? I'm going to use this piece as my repertoire."

"Is it suitable?" Xiao Yao hesitated, "Don't just use the opportunity to promote my song, but screw up your concert instead! I don't want to be separated from you for another year or so!"

"Your song is already very famous, and it has been on the bulletin board for a long time, do you still need me to help you promote it?" Sun Tingting smiled, "Don't worry about whether it is suitable or not. There is no requirement for our concert to All of them are classical, only classical music is the main one, and some popularity can also be taken into account. Your song is very well-known, and it is suitable for me to play this song at the concert."

"Can you still play pop music?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

"In fact, our school doesn't make a clear distinction between classical and popular, so it can also show our ability to control different styles of music." Sun Tingting said with a smile, "This concert will be completed by three students, each with five The first piece. As far as I am concerned, the instructor helped me to decide three of the classical pieces, all of which are classic classical music pieces, and the other two pieces are for me to choose. The instructor said that it can be classical music or more popular pieces. .”

"Understood," Xiao Yao nodded, and asked again, "In this case, do you need me to help you re-arrange "Faded"?"

"In the past two years, in addition to learning to play, I have also learned to compose and arrange music." Sun Tingting said, "Although I am not as talented as you, it is not a problem to make up a violin piece. I have already made up a version myself, tomorrow Find a time for you to listen first before speaking."

"It seems that you are ready, so I'll be lazy!" Xiao Yao smiled and asked again, "Then there is another performance song? Is it decided?"

"Not yet, I'm worried!" Sun Tingting sighed, "I prefer another song and choose a more popular one, but what else can I choose?"

Although Xiao Yao has also released pure music albums, in general, Xiao Yao is still in the pop music circle. The Chambers Conservatory of Music that Sun Tingting studied mainly focuses on cultivating classical music performers, while also taking into account some popular elements. Sun Tingting doesn't want to be too far away from Xiao Yao's music style, so she also wants to balance classical and popular.

"Will it be a problem to play a new piece that the audience has never heard?" Xiao Yao smiled, "Then how about I write one for you?"

"Can you help me write a violin piece?" Sun Tingting said happily, "Of course."

"Are you so confident in me? What if something goes wrong?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"At most, I will read it for another year and a half." Sun Tingting smiled, "But I messed up playing your piece, and you will be responsible at that time. The responsibility is not mine alone, and the pressure in my heart will be much less immediately. gone."

"So you made this calculation!" Xiao Yao smiled wryly, "Your pressure is less, but mine is greater!"

"Didn't you come to help me share the pressure?" Sun Tingting smiled, "My recital is on the 20th, but you came so many days in advance, and said that you would take me to Los Angeles for the All-Star Weekend to help me relax Decompression! Going to play is decompression, and sharing the pressure is also helping me decompress!"

"Okay! I'll help you write the song and help you share the pressure!" Xiao Yao smiled, "I will do whatever you tell me to do!"

"That's good!" Sun Tingting smiled and kissed Xiao Yao's cheek.

Xiao Yao stopped talking, hugged Sun Tingting tightly, and searched in his mind for any violin pieces suitable for Sun Tingting to perform at the concert in his previous life.

"By the way," Sun Tingting saw that Xiao Yao was silent, and took the initiative to bring up the topic again, "Why didn't I see your name on the introduction of the Masters game on the official NBA website?"

"I asked Bielsa for help and asked the organizer not to announce it in advance," Xiao Yao said.

"Why?" Sun Tingting was puzzled, "Participating in the NBA Masters is also a good thing to be proud of. Moreover, this year's Masters will be broadcast live by Haiyan in China, and Zhuo Zhiyuan will also participate. There must be a lot of people watching, and this news will always reach the country.”

"I know." Xiao Yao smiled, "I just ask them not to announce it too early, not to announce it in advance. I just don't want this news to spread to the country too early."

"Why?" Sun Tingting asked again.

Xiao Yaodao: "Before the NBA's official website announced the roster of the Masters, Zhuo Zhiyuan had already announced on his social media account that he would continue to participate in the NBA All-Star Celebrity this year. Basketball’s roster for the Masters is very concerned. As soon as the news on the official website is announced, it will definitely spread to the country immediately, and there will be many people discussing it on the Internet.”

"Are you afraid of others' comments? You said that they invited you on their own initiative, and they didn't force you in through the back door!" Sun Tingting was still a little puzzled.

"I'm not afraid of others' comments, but I don't want this news to affect the result of my participation in "Sound on the Scene." Xiao Yao said, "At that time, I had already entered the finals of "Sound on the Scene". The news of my participation in the celebrity competition As soon as I arrive in China, it will definitely be known to everyone, and those audiences who voted in the finals of "Immersive Sound" will definitely know about it. No matter whether this news makes their impression of me a plus or minus point, yes I don’t want to see whether the result has a positive or negative impact. Anyway, I don’t rely on this matter to increase my reputation, so I asked them to announce it later.”

"So you are afraid that they will be affected by off-court factors?" Sun Tingting looked up at Xiao Yao speechlessly and said.

"I don't care if the program is fair or not, I only do what I think is fair." Xiao Yao nodded.

"Then you haven't told me the result of your participation in the final of "Sound on the Scene". Sun Tingting asked Xiao Yao again, remembering this incident.

"I participated in "Singer" last summer and only took third place. "Sound on the Scene" is full of professional and capable actors, of course I am~" Xiao Yao stopped halfway through speaking, and deliberately sold out Guanzi.

"Don't amuse me, tell me!" Sun Tingting reached into the quilt and pinched the soft flesh between Xiao Yao's ribs.

"I won the championship!" Xiao Yao felt the threat from his waist, and immediately said.

"What? Champion!" Sun Tingting said in surprise.

Because of Xiao Yao's relationship, Sun Tingting has been paying attention to this show, and has watched every episode of the show on the Internet. At present, the program has been aired for seven episodes, and Sun Tingting also knows the seven guests who participated in the finals. Sun Tingting's father, Sun Zhihao, is a teacher at Yanjing Film Academy, and also a senior director, screenwriter and actor. Sun Tingting also knows the Chinese entertainment industry very well. Judging from the seven guests she knew, apart from Xiao Yao, the other six were all powerful figures in the circle who were much older than Xiao Yao and had much richer acting experience.

Sun Tingting was naturally very surprised to hear that Xiao Yao had won the championship of this show after winning the championship of Zhou Wenjian, Liu Qiaosong, Ding Ping and other well-known powerful factions and old actors in the circle.

"Why? Don't you believe me?" Seeing Sun Tingting's expression of surprise, Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"I don't believe it!" Sun Tingting smiled.

Xiao Yao chuckled, but couldn't tell the difference. Although Sun Tingting said she didn't believe it, Xiao Yao had already seen her true thoughts from the smile on her face.

"I hate you!" Sun Tingting suddenly reached out and slapped Xiao Yao.

"What's wrong with me?" Xiao Yao looked at Sun Tingting while supporting the place where he was beaten.

"Why are you so good? Want to win the championship?" Sun Tingting said angrily.

"I'm your boyfriend! Shouldn't you be proud and happy that I performed well and won the championship?" Xiao Yao laughed, "Why is this wrong?"

"You said that you haven't graduated from the acting department, and you have already won the old seniors such as Mr. Liu Qiaosong and Ding Ping in such a professional program. If I can't graduate from Chambers in three years, wouldn't it seem like a joke? I'm too bad!" Sun Tingting pouted, "This time, my pressure is even greater!"

"It's stress again!" Xiao Yao smiled wryly, then stared at Sun Tingting and said, "Then I'll help you decompress right now!"

"Now? How to decompress?" Sun Tingting asked curiously.

"Exercising can relieve stress, so of course we will continue to exercise!" Xiao Yao pulled up the quilt on his body and covered the heads of the two of them.

"Ah~" Sun Tingting screamed, but was immediately covered by the quilt, and then turned into a muffled groan.