Entertaining Children

After Xiao Yao turned off the live broadcast, he bid farewell to the girls of Gstar, and went with Hong Xiuyan to the recording studio they had just seen.

On the way to the recording studio, Xiao Yao sent another message to Pei Minyi, explaining the task to her. When he was free before, Xiao Yao let Pei Minyi move freely. Now that he has to do things by himself, Pei Minyi naturally has to help him with the work.

After Xiao Yao and others made such a fuss, the five girls of Gstar didn't have the mood to continue dancing. They could have gone to the recording studio with Xiao Yao and Hong Xiuyan, but they were afraid that Xiao Yao would not be disturbed when he was writing songs, so they insisted on staying in the practice room for about fifteen minutes before packing up their things and going to Xiao Yao together. He left the No. 3 recording studio that he had mentioned.

When the five girls knocked on the door and entered the control room of recording studio No. 3, they found that not only Xiao Yao and Hong Xiuyan were there, but also a sound engineer from the company. Although the sound engineer seemed to be sitting on the side with nothing to do, the five people still bowed to the sound engineer very politely.

Seeing the five girls coming in, Xiao Yao didn't show any more politeness to them. He directly picked up the two pieces of paper on the console and handed them to the team leader Yuni, saying, "This is the lyrics and score of the new song. I will write all the chorus, solo and rap parts." It’s clearly marked, take a look first, get familiar with it, and come to the studio to record at three o’clock in the afternoon.”

"Okay, got it!" Yuni bowed as he stretched out his hands to take the sheet music.

"I don't know much about the division of labor for each of you in singing. You can divide the singing passages yourself." Xiao Yao continued, "Before recording in the afternoon, I will conduct a sound audition. Your five-member team should Is there only one rap in charge? So I shouldn’t change the rap part, but I may make some adjustments to the solo part, but I will also refer to the solo passages assigned by you.”

"Understood, we will assign solo passages in advance, thank you teacher!" Yuni bowed again.

"Okay," Xiao Yao waved his hand, "I know that bowing is your etiquette, but I'm from Huaxia, and I'm not used to you bowing so easily, just feel free these days, don't be so polite anymore Also, I’m not used to others calling me teacher, so you can call me whatever you like.”

"Don't you call me teacher? Can we call you oppa?" Maknae Huizhen looked at Xiao Yao and asked.

"No one else can call you except you." Hong Xiuyan interjected with a smile, "Xiao Yao is not yet twenty-two years old. Except for you, everyone else in your team is older than him!"

"Xiao Yaoxi is so young? You can't tell it at all!" The girl named Liu Xiyan in the team said in surprise.

"You mean I look very old?" Xiao Yao smiled wryly and touched his face.

"Ah! No, I'm sorry!" Liu Xiyan hurriedly bowed and apologized, "I just saw you talking to the president just now, it's hard to imagine that you are not yet twenty-two years old!"

"Okay, just kidding, don't take it too seriously!" Xiao Yao smiled and waved his hand, pointing to the two pieces of paper Yuni was holding, "Only this one is written for the lyrics and music scores, if you want to read them separately If so, go make a copy yourself, I shouldn’t have to worry about this kind of thing, right? Remember to come to the recording studio for an audition at three o’clock in the afternoon, and arrange the rest of the time yourself!”

"Then let's take our leave first. Thank you for your hard work!" Yuni took the lead.

"Thank you!" everyone else said.

Xiao Yao smiled and waved, and the five girls turned and left.

On the way out, Maknae Huizhen couldn't help looking over the lyrics and music in Yuni's hands.

"The song written by Xiao Yao's oppa is called "Expectation"?" Maknae Huizhen turned her head and smiled, "So when I asked you the title of the song just now, you already told us, I thought you were trying to trick me!"

"Uh~" Xiao Yao couldn't help laughing after hearing Huizhen's words. He hadn't decided what song to write just now, so he was indeed selling his relationship. But Xiao Yao didn't explain, just smiled and waved.

Xiao Yao dared to agree to write songs for this girl group because he still remembered several popular songs and dances of Korean girl groups in his previous life. Among the songs Xiao Yao remembered from previous Korean girl groups, the one with the best popularity and performance was Girls’ Generation’s song “Gee”, which won nine consecutive championships at KBS Music Bank in 2009 and ranked first in the first half of the year. Xiao Yao did not choose the "Divine Comedy" when he was young, but chose "Expectation" by Girl's Day in his previous life.

The reason for choosing this song is that Xiao Yao saw that President Li set the release date of the new song on Thursday, and he didn’t seem to require his song to help Gstar win the first place. Take it out, another aspect is that his songwriting was ultimately caused by his dispute with the choreographer teacher, and he also wanted to choose a song with more characteristics in terms of dance. Although the dance of "Gee" in the previous life was very popular, in Xiao Yao's view, it was not as distinctive as the dance of "Expectation", which is called "sling dance".

After the girls left, Xiao Yao started to make the soundtrack. That song is a previous life song that Xiao Yao remembers in his mind. The lyrics, music and soundtrack are all ready-made, and it is very smooth to make.

Although President Li of KM Entertainment sent Xiao Yao a sound engineer, Xiao Yao didn't ask the sound engineer to help. It is extremely rare for a person to be both a musician and a sound engineer in a recording studio. The KM sound engineer was also surprised to see that Xiao Yao really composed the soundtrack of the entire song by himself.

Hong Xiuyan and Xiao Yao collaborated on a Chinese chorus song "Little Lucky", which was also recorded by Xiao Yao himself as a sound engineer. Although Hong Xiuyan had already prepared the soundtrack for that song when Hong Xiuyan went to record the song, Hong Xiuyan did not see the process of making Xiao Yao's soundtrack, but that song was a duet song of the two, and Xiao Yao did not record it in advance The part I sang by myself was recorded with Hong Soo Yeon. Hong Xiuyan saw that Xiao Yao was both a singer and a sound engineer when recording songs, and this shocking feeling was much smaller than that of the KM sound engineer.

However, Hong Xiuyan, like the KM sound engineer, stayed in the recording studio to watch Xiao Yao record the soundtrack, and did not leave.

After the KM sound engineer entered the recording studio, Xiao Yao just greeted him when he came in, and then let him sit aside and watch, not only did he not help when recording the soundtrack, but also had nothing to do with him comminicate.

Apart from the greetings when we met, the only time Xiao Yao took the initiative to talk to the sound engineer was not to ask about the recording, but to ask if there were any rules about eating and drinking in the recording studio during lunch time. Xiao Yao is in the process of making music, and he doesn't want to waste time to go out to eat. He wants to buy it and eat it in the recording studio.

In his own recording studio, there is no rule against eating and drinking in it. Instead, he often prepares something to eat and drink when working in the recording studio to replenish his physical strength and energy at any time. However, his recording studio does not have this rule, which does not mean that other recording studios do not have this rule. Some recording studios clearly stipulate that no one is allowed to eat and drink in the control room and recording room. In his impression, Korean entertainment companies have strict rules, so he thinks it's better to ask first.

The atmosphere in KM Entertainment is rather serious. It is true that few people eat and drink in the recording studio during recording, but to be honest, there is no such clear rule in the company. The sound engineer thought about it, and told Xiao Yao the truth.

When Xiao Yao heard that there were no express rules, he assumed that there was no such rule. He traded the song for the right to use the recording studio, but he didn't ask someone to take care of the food. He immediately called Pei Minyi to bring him food. Seeing that Xiao Yao was going to have lunch in the recording studio, Hong Xiuyan didn't plan to go out to eat. She came with her assistant today, so she stopped Xiao Yao and asked her assistant to go outside to buy lunch for the two of them.

Xiao Yao doesn't pay much attention to what he eats, so he can deal with ordinary bento. And when he was eating, he still wore earphones on his head, and he finished his lunch while listening to the soundtrack he made in the morning.

The process of recording the soundtrack was smoother than expected, and the addition of lunch saved some time than expected. Before three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Yao had completed the soundtrack of "Expectation".

Xiao Yao didn't leave the contact information of those girls, and he didn't bother to find someone to ask. After preparing the soundtrack in advance, Xiao Yao didn't notify a few girls to come and record in advance. I just showed Hong Soo-yeon and the sound engineer the completed soundtrack, and then I leaned back on the chair and closed my eyes to rest.

At exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, five girls knocked on the door of the recording studio on time.

Seeing them coming, Xiao Yao put himself into work again.

The five girls are artists who have already debuted, their professional quality is not bad, and it has been several hours since they got the lyrics and score, so Xiao Yao directly asked the five girls to enter the recording room to sing their own assigned passages in the song for audition.

After the audition, Xiao Yao did not change the rap part as he said before, but made some small adjustments to the distribution of the singing part.

After assigning the sections each person was responsible for, Xiao Yao played the finished soundtrack to the five girls several times to let them get familiar with and feel it, and then began to record the singing part of the girls.

Although the five girls are cooperating with Xiao Yao for the first time, Xiao Yao is fluent in Korean, and there is no barrier to communication at all. He is not very old, and it doesn't look so scary. The most important thing is to read the lyrics and music that Xiao Yao gave them. After listening to Xiao Yao's soundtrack, I really like this song, and I also sincerely admire his talent, so the recording process is also very cooperative.

But cooperation is cooperation, and the time spent on this recording is not short. The main reason is that Xiao Yao looks kind, but his requirements are very strict. Not only the pronunciation, rhythm, and even the emotional aspects of singing are carefully selected, but they also found that Xiao Yao's ears are very good. It seems that any small mistake has not escaped his attention, and he will stop and start again.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Xiao Yao finished recording the song. After the recording was over, Xiao Yao asked Hong Xiuyan for the email address of President Li, sent the recorded audio file to President Li, and sent a few copies of the song and soundtrack to several girls, letting them continue to practice by themselves.

Although it is said that whether to use this song can only be decided after being reviewed by President Li and others, but Xiao Yao and several girls believe that this song will definitely be selected by President Li, and the most is whether it will replace the original main song. The song is only the title song of the comeback album. But even if it is not replaced as the title song of this comeback stage, this song will still have the opportunity to be commercially performed in the future, and there is always no harm in practicing more.

After finishing these, Xiao Yao's work for the day was considered to be over. After saying goodbye to the five girls and the sound engineer, Hong Xiuyan sent Xiao Yao back to the hotel where he lived.

Although Hong Xiuyan said that she was relatively free during this time, Xiao Yao was embarrassed to let Hong Xiuyan pick her up every day. He had already been to KM Entertainment's headquarters once, and had business contacts with them, so Xiao Yao didn't ask Hong Xiuyan to pick him up at the hotel the next morning, but took Pei Minyi to KM's headquarters by himself.

Because yesterday was about writing songs with President Li, after arriving at the KM headquarters, Xiao Yao went directly to the front desk and asked to see the president. The two front desk receptionists at the KM headquarters saw Xiao Yao coming to the company with Hong Xiuyan yesterday. Later, President Li also explained Xiao Yao’s affairs to them, so after hearing Xiao Yao’s intentions, they immediately called the company’s senior management .

Not long after, a middle-aged man came to the front lobby to greet Xiao Yao, but this man was not President Li whom he met yesterday. Xiao Yao thought that the person coming was someone like President Li's assistant, but unexpectedly, the other party introduced himself as Gstar's manager.

It turned out that after President Li received the audio file from Xiao Yao last night, he not only listened to it himself, but also forwarded it to several persons in charge of the company's music department. After listening to the opinions of several heads of the music department over the phone, President Li has decided to buy the copyright of this song and replace the original title song as the title song of Gstar's comeback album. He also notified the relevant personnel in the company and Gstar broker.

At this time, President Li hadn't come to the company yet, so there was no need for Xiao Yao to wait in the president's office. In addition to writing the song, Xiao Yao also agreed to compose a supporting dance for the song, so Gstar's manager came forward to receive him and led Xiao Yao to the practice room to choreograph the five girls.

Xiao Yao had no objection to the arrangement after hearing the explanation from the Gstar manager who called himself Bae Sang-joon, so he took Pei Minyi and followed him to Gstar's practice room.

In the practice room, five girls have already arrived. Because I knew that I was going to learn to dance today, I was doing some stretching exercises at the moment, moving my body to prepare, and when I saw Xiao Yao coming in, I immediately greeted him.

"one two three!"

"Hi Xiao Yaoxi, thank you for your hard work!"

Although Xiao Yao said yesterday that he was not used to others bowing, but the manager was nearby, and the five girls did not dare to be presumptuous, so they lined up and bowed politely to Xiao Yao.

"Hello!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded in return.

Xiao Yao saw that the girls were much more reserved than they were in the recording studio yesterday, so he turned to Bae Sang-joon beside him and said, "Mr. Bae, you don't have to watch while you're practicing? If you have other things, Please get busy!"

In the past, when these girls practiced, Bae Sang-joon, the manager, didn't need to be present to watch. Today, it was just that the president ordered him to receive Xiao Yao, so he brought Xiao Yao to the practice room. At this moment, he heard that Xiao Yao's words meant asking him to leave, so he left politely.

Xiao Yao found that the expressions of the girls were obviously relaxed after the manager left, so he also smiled slightly.

"This is my assistant Pei Minyi!" Xiao Yao introduced Pei Minyi beside him to several girls.

"Hello, we are Gstar!" The five girls greeted Pei Minyi again, with a more casual attitude.

"Hello!" Pei Minyi smiled back. Pei Minyi doesn't know Korean, but at least she can say hello in greeting.

"Xiao Yao's oppa's assistant is very beautiful, and she knows how to dress up!" Maknae Huizhen said while looking at Pei Minyi.

Pei Minyi was standing behind Xiao Yao with a big paper bag, and she looked like an assistant, but she was dressed very stylishly, and she didn't feel like an assistant.

"Of course," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "she is not only my assistant, but also my makeup artist, and she is also an excellent stylist. If President Li agrees, I will ask her to design the next three scenes for you. Costumes for stage performances."

"Huh? Why didn't you design it yourself this time?" A smiling voice came from the door of the practice room.

Everyone looked back and found that it was Hong Xiuyan who walked in.

"Miss Xiuyan!" Pei Minyi greeted proactively. She has met Hong Xiuyan many times and is already familiar with her, and knows that she understands Chinese.

Similarly, Hong Xiuyan knew Pei Minyi quite well. After greeting everyone, Hong Xiuyan said to the five girls: "Miss Pei is indeed an excellent stylist in China. If she came to design costumes and styles for you, she must be very beautiful!"

"But I heard what O'Neill said, it seems that Xiao Yao Oppa can also design costumes by himself?" Maknae Huizhen said.

"Yes," Hong Xiuyan nodded with a smile, "When I participated in Huaxia's "Singer", he designed the costume for me."

"Alas~ It seems that we are still not as important as O'Neill in Xiao Yao's Oppa's heart!" Huizhen sighed deliberately.

"Yeah, I'm going to attend the opening ceremony of the film festival this afternoon, and I'm going to record my own performance songs tomorrow. How can I have so much time?" Although these girls really can't compare with Hong Xiuyan in Xiao Yao's heart, but seeing Looking at the girl's cute appearance, Xiao Yao still gave an explanation with a smile.