Entertaining Children

After confirming Xiao Yao as the new show host to replace Zhao Lixun, the recording of the first episode of Xiao Yao's participation and the third episode of this season's "Singer" program has also been completed.

The singers who have finished the recording will return to the hotel to rest, and the next day they will return to their own places to prepare for the next episode of singing repertoire. At this time next week, everyone will gather here again for the next episode of program recording.

For convenience, the program team tried to arrange the singers in the same hotel. Before the recording of the program, because Xiao Yao’s identity was to be kept secret, Xiao Siqi and Xiao Yao’s father and son did not meet in advance according to the requirements of the program group. The father and son who haven't seen each other for a while naturally want to get together and have a chat.

Both father and son are singers. When they get together, apart from talking about recent events and trivial matters, they care about each other's health. The most talked about music must be music. However, since the two are currently participating in the same show, they are also considered competitors, so in Xiao Siqi's hotel room, the two chatting on the sofa in tacit understanding did not inquire about the song that the other party wanted to perform in the next show.

"I won the second place in the pavilion competition. This is the best result in the history of the "Singer" program. It seems that my recommendation is really right." The songs to be sung in the next issue will not be discussed, but the ones that have been sung today The song can be talked about, Xiao Siqi also took advantage of the opportunity and asked Xiao Yao's plan for the song to be performed tonight, "Your song today is very special, and the live effect is also very good. Do you plan to follow it with an official song?" A studio version?"

"Not yet." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Actually, I have already recorded the studio version myself, but I don't plan to release it immediately. I don't know how many episodes I will record for this show, and I can't post it every other week. A single, right? Let’s talk about it after the show is over.”

"That's true." Xiao Siqi nodded and said, "You have released a lot of new original songs after the release of your first original album, and the number of songs in your second album is not far behind. Ten songs are enough to help you release your second original album. Since you want to wait until all the programs are recorded, I think it’s okay. We can pick and choose and try to form an album with a unified music style. "

"I don't think so," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Before participating in the program, I told Director Tao that the music styles of the original songs I participated in the program this time are also diverse. It is also difficult to make an album with a unified style. It is estimated that the style of the second album should be the same as the first one, and it is quite mixed.”

"You..." Xiao Siqi pointed at Xiao Yao, and sighed a little speechlessly, "Well, do as you like. I think you don't care much about those music awards, do you?"

"I still care about it, but I don't want to create specifically for winning awards. My music style is quite complicated. Why should I restrict my creation for the sake of unifying the music style of the album? I think that puts the cart before the horse. "Xiao Yao said, "The best album is affirmative, and the best song is also affirmative. Why bother to focus on the former. Besides, as long as the quality is high enough, miscellaneous albums can't win awards."

"All right, all right," Xiao Siqi waved his hands and said, "You can do whatever you want, anyway, it's your own career, and you've always done a good job, so you can handle it yourself. I never restrict what you do , let alone your creation, I just give you some suggestions."

"I understand, being your son, I have always felt very free and happy!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Okay, stop flattering, go back to rest early if you have nothing to do." Xiao Siqi smiled, "You are in Shencheng alone, pay more attention to your health." Tomorrow morning, father and son will return to Yanjing and Shencheng respectively.

"I haven't finished my business yet, why did you drive me away?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"What else do you need?" Jiachang chattered, music matters, and what should be ordered,

Xiao Siqi asked strangely, "Aren't you going to make trouble again?"

"You're right," Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and said, "I want to discuss with you about releasing an album, is this a mess?"

"To release an album, didn't you just say that we'll wait until the show is over?" Xiao Siqi was even more surprised.

"That's my original song album." Xiao Yao said, "What I want to discuss with you is a pure music album."

"Pure music album? Yours?" Xiao Siqi asked.

"Can it belong to someone else?" Xiao Yao smiled.

"Okay, our studio hasn't released a pure music album yet, but it's not impossible to release it." Xiao Siqi became interested, "Tell me in detail."

"It's like this," Xiao Yao said, "I was bored today while I was waiting for the rehearsal, so I played the guitar in the waiting room. Later, I played with the manager on the show, and she asked me to play the guitar specially. I played the guitar pieces I wrote for her, and after I played a few of them, I suddenly realized that I had written a lot of pure music over the years. It just so happened that I was short of money recently, so I planned to release an original pure music album.”

"Why are you short of money again? Didn't you sell the right to broadcast your short movie on the Internet and make money? I heard that you specially gave gifts to your grandfather and your mother, and a red envelope to Cheng Xi." Xiao Siqi first cared Talking about Xiao Yao's financial situation, "You didn't come to this show for the appearance fee, did you? If you really have no money, tell us that you still have to pay Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi and the others, so don't make it hard for you to eat." Xiao Yao got an ID card at the age of sixteen and became financially independent after having his own bank account. Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying really didn't know Xiao Yao's specific financial situation.

"It's not to that extent!" Xiao Yao said helplessly, "Lack of money does not mean financial difficulties. I live a worry-free life now, so don't worry. I'm just planning a relatively large project, and I want to prepare as much as possible It’s all about funds. When did you see me accepting other brand advertising endorsements, that’s when I was really in financial difficulty. Do you see that I have an advertising endorsement on me now?”

"Yeah, I'm surprised when it comes to this." Xiao Siqi said, "You said that you are quite famous, why don't you accept a single advertising endorsement? That's the fastest way to get money."

"I don't like those with low grades, and I don't like those with high grades." Xiao Yao smiled.

"Huh?" Xiao Siqi said, "I heard that Fang still said that you have even pushed for the endorsement of foreign first-line brands, how high is your level?"

"Okay," Xiao Yao finally said the truth, "I'm afraid of trouble. Endorsements generally stipulate how many commercials to shoot and how many commercial activities to appear. I don't want to tie myself down. You know, I have an idea right now Yes, who knows if there will be conflicts. I find it boring to just shoot an advertisement. Besides, your son is already the boss, and it’s not that there are ways to make money, such as releasing an album or something. By the way, we Off topic, let’s talk about pure music albums, why did you talk about advertising endorsements for a long time.”

"All right, all right, do you want to pick it up or not, anyway, me and your mother don't cost you a penny." Xiao Yao waved his hand and said, "It's still about the album. Do you want to release an album of original guitar music? It’s all about playing by yourself.”

"Yes, but not all of them." Xiao Yao said, "The tunes are all original and played by myself, but not one, but three!" Xiao Yao raised three fingers while talking.

"What, three at once?" Xiao Siqi stared and said, "You wrote more than thirty pure guitar songs?"

"Not so many." Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "An album of guitar music, ten songs. An album of piano music, not only ten songs. There is also a miscellaneous album, which is ocarina, hand disc, saxophone The wind and other musical instruments add up to a dozen or so pieces, and they are put together to make an album.”

"Have you written so much pure music in recent years?" Xiao Siqi asked in disbelief.

"Well, almost." Xiao Yao nodded.

As for guitar songs, there were already about ten of them played outside the Chambers Conservatory of Music when I went to see Sun Tingting last summer. Although those songs were not all pure guitar songs in the previous life, there is no song like "Hotel California" in this world, so I have no problem insisting that it is a guitar song. If you want to sing songs like "Hotel California" in the future, just say that you filled in the lyrics according to the tune. Anyway, in this world, the copyright is your own, and you don't just say what you say.

As for the piano music, Xiao Yao remembered more classics from his previous life. Even if he sold a few pieces of music to American pianists through Betty Bellett in the name of XY, it didn't affect Xiao Yao's ability to put those classic piano pieces into his album. It is certainly impossible for Xiao Yao to sell the copyright of the classic songs in the previous life all at once, and the original author's publishing and distribution rights are retained. Even if someone finds out that those songs appeared under the name of XY, the big deal is to disclose his identity as XY. At this age, Xiao Yao doesn't mind disclosing this identity for a long time, but he just doesn't want to be too deliberate and hasn't encountered It's just the right time.

The rest are tunes for instruments such as ocarina, handpan and saxophone. Although Xiao Yao doesn't remember many classics from his previous life, it should be possible to add them up and make a compilation of a dozen or so songs. To make up the number.

"Has the official version been recorded yet?" Xiao Siqi asked concerned.

"Not yet, but the songs are all ready-made, and they are all instruments I know, and they don't need to sing, and they are easy to record." Xiao Yao said, "After I go back, I will record the official version of the sound source in the studio as soon as possible. Here you are, you are ready to find someone to sell physical discs and contact music websites online. It doesn’t matter if it is publicized or not, anyway, I definitely don’t have time to run publicity. These are all songs written by myself and played by myself. Recording equipment is also readily available, and the cost is so low that it is almost negligible, and you can make money as much as you sell it, so it doesn’t matter if you just let it stand there and wait for the market to ferment.”

"Then you have to give me an approximate time, otherwise how can I arrange it?" Xiao Siqi said, "How soon can you give me the official version of the recorded sound source? Also, will this affect the preparation of "Singer" the match of?"

"I will arrange the time." Xiao Yao thought for a while, "Well, let's release the album of guitar music first. Today, when they recorded the sideshow, they recorded all the songs I played. No matter what Editing, this part will definitely be reserved to some extent. We strive to release this guitar music album after the broadcast of this program, and we can use this program to do some publicity. The program recorded today will be broadcast in two weeks, and within ten days I Give you the official sound source of the ten guitar songs, and leave a few days for you to arrange the release.

As for the other two albums, I'll record the official versions of the other two albums' sound sources and hand them over to you at the rate of ten songs in half a month. The piano is probably useless, but the ocarina, hand disc, and saxophone can all be taken to the lounge. I see if there is a chance to play these instruments in the lounge again, and then arrange the release time of the album according to the situation. Is this possible? ? "

"Of course." Xiao Siqi said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you don't take endorsement commercials, but you always use other people's programs to advertise yourself. I read the quick book you participated in, and it contained your personal clothes The advertisement of the brand is also the advertisement of your short film. I heard that you did not spend any money on this advertisement, and let people do it willingly. You are too shrewd, aren’t you?”

"I exchanged the rights to broadcast the short film on the Internet. I designed the plot of the show and integrated it ingeniously in order to increase the effect of my personal brand. It's just that I didn't spend any money. How can I say that I didn't spend any money? Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Your son has a lot of skills, and he doesn't need to use money to solve everything. Just like today I played the guitar in the lounge. I played the guitar for more than half an hour. It was all original songs. You let the show Let’s try to cut all of those out and see if they’re willing to part with it? I’ll contribute highlights for them to enhance the show’s effect, and they’ll help us promote it by the way, it’s a win-win thing.”

"Okay, you have a lot of skills, great skills, and considerate and comprehensive, then do as you say!" Xiao Siqi said with a smile. The son is capable, so he, the father, is naturally happy.

"Then it's settled." Xiao Yao said.

"En!" Xiao Siqi nodded as if confirming, and then asked curiously, "By the way, you just said about preparing for a big project, and what are you going to do?"

"Secret, you will know when the time comes." Xiao Yao stood up with a smile and said, "It's getting late, I'm going back to rest. You should also go to bed earlier!" After speaking, Xiao Yao turned around and left.

"This kid! Another trick!" Xiao Siqi smiled helplessly.