Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 31: Can't Let Them Down
On Monday morning, in An Jingzhen's studio living room, classical string music and avant-garde electronic music filled the air, and two young and ethereal voices intertwined and echoed softly.

One sound came from the video recorder, and the other came from the northern Xuanju.

The song sung was naturally "Fireworks" written by Yasui Makoto a few days ago.

Compared to what I remember, the version played on the VCR had no problem with the soundtrack.

Judging from the sound quality, rhythm and other aspects, they should all be created by famous artists, and the tone is very pure.

But there are other details in the mix that seem to have been rushed.

There is no way around it. Even though the elders of Northern Xuanju are very professional, it is really too difficult for them to produce an impeccable finished product in more than a day.

However, the singing part has a unique perfection.

It’s not that Northern Xuanju’s singing skills have reached any heights.

On the contrary, the girl started to practice vocal music systematically when she came to Tresen, and she had been influenced by her family.

This makes her musical sense excellent, but her technique is not even superb. At best, it can be said that it is a familiarity that comes from her family background and natural talent.

But the youthful and ignorant feeling that is unique to young girls is exactly what "Fireworks" wants to express.

It is so close yet so far, like a dream. It seems clear when not touched, but when you really touch and recall it, it disappears in an instant.

This unique tone has a dreamy quality that cannot be imitated even with the most advanced singing skills.

"...the ambiguous knot in our hearts melts and connects together/I wish this night would never end..."

After the song was finished, the black-haired girl bowed gracefully, just like a famous artist taking a bow at the end of a performance.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he returned to his usual noisy and carefree nature.

"Trainer, trainer! How is it? How is it? Did I sing well?"

Clapping, Yasui said half-jokingly and half-seriously:

"It's very nice. I owe Xiaobei a concert ticket."

"Hehehe, it's not as exaggerated as the trainer said..."

Scratching his head with a silly smile, he carefully took the song tape out of the VCR, carefully put it back in, and brought it over. Northern Xuanju said excitedly:

“To be honest, it should be the trainer who wrote the best song!
“After I got home, I sang it to my dad first, thinking it would be good if he could help me.

"But after hearing this, Dad didn't say anything and just called Grandpa over!

"Grandpa didn't say anything when he heard it, and called everyone in the family over!
“At first I thought something was wrong, maybe there was something wrong with the song the trainer wrote.

“I later found out that my grandfather and father thought I wrote the song and that there was going to be a musical genius in the family.

"Hehehe, how is that possible? I just like singing.

"If there's any real musical genius, it should be you, the trainer!
"Then Grandpa and the others were very surprised...

"No, he was probably very surprised and kept asking me if it was true."

Speaking of this, the black-haired girl was a little dissatisfied.

"I just doubt that this song was written by you, the trainer.

“They asked so many questions that I almost didn’t want them to help with the recording.

"But they didn't ask me any further. It seemed like they asked their friends and found out that no one had released the song before. Only then did they believe what I said and recorded it.

"Trainer, if you think this 'demo' is okay, I'll start the official recording next week."

Hearing this, Yasui Zhen thought for a moment.

It's no surprise that Kita no Genju's family was extremely shocked by "Fireworks" and even questioned whether he wrote it.

After all, the song's popularity and musical quality in its previous life were beyond words. It topped the charts two years later, and upon its release, it garnered a steady stream of accolades.

The most valuable of these is the "Golden Disc Award", which is comparable to the Oscars in the Japanese music industry, and the other is the appearance in the Red and White Songs Contest.

In other words, with this song, he can qualify to attend Japan's top music event, just like Kita Genju's grandfather.

He was only 18 years old and the youngest Central trainer ever.

This talent is already incredible, and when combined with a musical genius, it is normal to arouse suspicion.

But Yasui Zhen is not worried about this.

This song hasn't appeared in this timeline yet, so there can't be any problem.

More importantly, he came up with this top-notch song just to gather fans for his Uma Musume so that he could participate in the competition, and he never thought about developing his career in music at all.

In his opinion, Northern Black Horse may face the dilemma of insufficient fans in the last two games.

There's nothing we can do about it. The industry places a lot of emphasis on performance before debut, and it's no exaggeration to say it's a prejudice similar to bloodline.

In a sense, this view ultimately comes down to a question of resource allocation, background, luck, and the like.

Just as some people are born in Rome, with the same talent, horse girls born into wealthy and famous families or Central Tresen Academy will indeed have much better resources.

There may not be many horse racing girls in the family, or they grew up in the countryside, or they just come from an ordinary family. Even if they have talent and ability, they may still be buried.

However, An Jingzhen had no intention of changing this view. He just felt that it was enough to make the necessary preparations for the Northern Xuanju.

To be prepared in advance, perhaps in addition to "Fireworks", we can prepare a few more songs after this competition.

So now, listening to Kita no Xuanju's words, her family seemed to approve of this song, and Yasui Zhen nodded and said:
“If we record next week, that would be perfect.

"At that time, there was still a week before the competition, and the association would routinely do some publicity for you and drive some traffic.

"At this time, just record it and post it on the event account, and the requirements for the runaway race will definitely be met."

"Yeah! Grandpa and the others said the same thing!"

After nodding repeatedly, Northern Xuanju felt regretful.

"Unfortunately, the number of followers you can gain through this method is limited. I think it's only 3, trainer?"

"Well, fans over 3 will no longer be counted towards the competition. After all, the Shining Series is still primarily about competition."

Yasui Zhen nodded.

"It's actually enough for you. This is just a little help for the competition."

"That's true." After thinking about it, Northern Xuanju nodded with relief.

"Do you need my help or anything during the recording?"

An Jingzhen thought for a moment and asked, "I'm sorry to bother your grandfather and his family. I should go and thank them, but they must be very busy recently."

"It should be fine... I'm not too sure how grandpa and the others usually work."

Beibu Xuanju shook his head and said, "Besides, they originally wanted to come and meet the trainer, but I was worried that you were too busy, so I asked them to come and watch my game.

"It's a shame, they only watched the debut match on TV...

"But it doesn't matter. Next time I compete, I'm sure they'll be able to see me win the championship with their own eyes!"

"Oh? Will your family be attending the game?"

After a moment of surprise, Yasui Zhen nodded.

"In the next period of time, we must work hard and not let them down."

(End of this chapter)