Huayu 2009: Who should we call the Heavenly King?

"well."

Congratulations on passing the second round of testing.

"come on!"

"I'll celebrate with you after you pass the art exam."

"A sound? Where's the sound?"

"That's all, I have to go now, I'll hang up."

After hanging up the call with Naza, Shen Yan tapped Xiao Tang on the head.

Naughty!

"really."

Tang Yixin, perched on Shen Yan's shoulder, giggled.

I wasn't wrong about you.

"Can't you think a little healthier?"

Shen Yan rolled his eyes.

"It's a younger sister."

"My beloved sister?"

"roll!"

Shen Yan ignored Xiao Tang hanging on his shoulder and continued to recall the lyrics.

During today's filming, the scene where Tang Yixin looked back and smiled while holding an iced soda reminded him of a song.

That song also fits the theme of the second album.

Although it's not suitable as a title track, there aren't many popular songs after 2010, and it needs to fit the theme and be suitable for a male singer.

The range of options is very narrow.

Shen Yan's approach to releasing albums is very clear: each album contains three to four highly popular hits, along with some niche gems that he is familiar with or that fit the theme.

half an hour.

He started banging away.

"Wait for a sunny day that comes naturally."

I want to take you to the beach.

Capture this moment before it's too late to salvage it.

... "

Considering that there were people behind him, Shen Yan did not write line by line, but skipped lines, just to pretend.

There has to be some trace of 'creation' left behind.

then.

The smile on Xiao Tang's face slowly disappeared, and he stared intently at the computer desktop.

"Let's make this the last time." "The sweetness of iced soda." "A postcard with the sea breeze." "Can we run with all our might towards the horizon?" "The time we left behind." "How will we say goodbye?"...

Many of these sentences refer to events that happened today.

If the chilled soda was a pre-planned part of the photoshoot, then the postcards were entirely her own idea.

Seeing the handmade postcards sold in the store, she pulled Shen Yan to take a not-so-intimate headshot, and then sent it to her future self.

"Keep writing! Why did you stop?"

She snapped out of her daze as she watched the characters on the screen suddenly stop flashing.

"Am I that fast?" Shen Yan bumped her head with his own.

"You're fast, 180 miles per hour."

Xiao Tang gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Honey, my dear husband, hurry up and write it!"

"Writing lyrics is too much trouble, I'll write the music first. Go get the guitar."

"it is good."

Without saying a word, Xiao Tang ran to the bedroom and hurriedly took out two guitars, an electric guitar and an acoustic guitar.

I took the electric guitar, connected the input device, and plugged in the computer cable.

Start recording!

Actually, compared to lyrics, melody and rhythm are easier to remember, especially for people who have received professional training.

There's a set pattern, after all.

To draw an analogy, it's similar to memorizing mathematical formulas.

The song Shen Yan is preparing to record is called "Want to Go to the Beach," a single released in 2020 by the mainland band [Summer Invasion Project].

(QQ Music is not copyrighted; see the bonus chapter for details.)

Immediately afterwards, Tang Yixin rested her chin on her hand and sat quietly to the side, watching Shen Yan tune the guitar, adjust the tracks, and record the song.

Although the guitar's dry sound wasn't good without effects pedals, and she didn't know how the final product would turn out, she still watched it with great interest.

As she watched, she began to doubt her earlier judgment.

Was everything Shen Yan said back then true?

"I give 100% to every relationship."

She might believe such things when she's in a good mood, but once she calms down, who would believe them?

He dated about ten girlfriends in the past two years.

I don't believe it anymore!

but.

Seeing the song come to life rekindled the fire in her heart, and it burned ever brighter.

She even considered abandoning her previous decision.

Although the woman pursuing him comes from a family with considerable influence in the industry, being the woman behind Shen Yan isn't bad either.

After tinkering for more than two hours, Shen Yan completed the demo.

The arrangement of this song is actually very simple, consisting of only three main instruments: guitar, bass, and drums.

As for mixing, just do it casually.

It's just a demo.

Seeing Shen Yan stop what he was doing, Tang Yixin immediately asked.

"Is it recorded?"

"That's about it."

"Let me see it quickly."

Before she could finish speaking, she sat directly in Shen Yan's lap, her voice soft and sweet.

It's her turn now, she's been holding back for so long!

"it is good."

Immediately, Shen Yan clicked on the demo.

The drums and guitars sounded simultaneously.

Human voice?

No!

Shen Yan provided live accompaniment.

"Wait for a sunny day that comes naturally."

I want to take you to the beach.

Seize this moment, before it's too late to salvage it...

When he sang lyrics that hadn't been written yet, he would replace them with "de de de de".

Most singers do this when making demos.

Hum the tune.

The subsequent lyrics will be written by a lyricist.

Suddenly, the young woman turned around to face him, wrapped her arms around Shen Yan's neck, and looked at him with a determined expression.

"How about we get back together?"

Looking into her burning gaze, Shen Yan shook his head slightly. Just as her eyes dimmed, he whispered.

"No, you'll regret it."

"No, I don't regret it!"

"Not now, but you definitely will in the future."

Shen Yan said it very bluntly.

"Besides, I know myself too well. I'm not a person who holds onto relationships for long. We have a wonderful past, isn't that good enough?"

Hearing this, Tang Yixin remained silent for a long time. She did nothing but look at Shen Yan.

His eyes held love, anger, resentment, and also the joy of being lost in beautiful memories.

After a long while, she parted her red lips slightly.

"Then...let me enjoy these wonderful days a few more days!"

As she spoke, she kissed him.

……

One day later, on the filming location.

Xiao Tang completely dropped the pretense; facing the lens of the Sony F35 cinema camera, the sweetness and love in her eyes were undisguised.

"Okay, that's a great shot."

The actors were in good spirits, and the director was happy too. Li Weiran even started taking a nap behind the monitor.

They have a strong couple vibe.

No matter how you shoot it, it will look good; the expressiveness of the camera is off the charts.

The shooting task, which was originally planned to take a whole day, was successfully completed in just over half a day.

"Do you want to shoot more footage?"

When they transitioned to another location, Li Weiran was a little surprised to see the two people walking hand in hand with him.

"Yeah, I wrote a song last night."

Shen Yan nodded.

"The song is tentatively titled 'Want to Go to the Beach.' We're here right now, so we thought we'd shoot more footage and then edit a music video later."

"How do you want to film it?"

Keep it simple.

Shen Yan said with a smile.

"It's just the two of us interacting, like riding electric scooters along the coastal road, driving jet skis, skydiving, diving, running at dusk, and so on, along with some beautiful sea views. There's no plot, it's just a couple playing on the beach."

"That's easy."

Li Weiran chuckled.

"Let's rush to finish this today and tomorrow, and shoot these for you the day after tomorrow, using Sony's money."

In the film and television industry, there is a term called "film usage ratio," which is the ratio of the total shooting time to the final film length.

One minute of footage was shown, but ten minutes of footage was shot, making the ratio of footage used 10 to 1.

Music videos also have a video consumption ratio.

For seasoned veterans like Li Weiran, the ratio of pornographic content consumption is easily controlled at 8:1, or even 5:1.

However, if he were to increase it slightly, making it 10:1, Sony wouldn't say anything.

As for whether the footage Shen Yan mentioned can be filmed?

Damn it.

Are you the director, and am I the director?

If we don't have enough footage and we can't finish editing, who will be responsible? Or will I?

"Thank you, senior brother."

Shen Yan said with a smile.

Dealing with smart people is so easy. He came here for this very reason, since shooting a music video in a different location is very expensive.

For example, their expenses for food, lodging, transportation, personnel, equipment rental, etc., for more than 20 people alone amounted to more than 500,000 yuan.

Save where you can.

He wasn't saving money for Gold Medal Typhoon, he was saving money for himself.

Because the album production costs aren't free; they need to be deducted afterward.

For example, if the production cost is 200 million, the record company must recover 200 million of the cost first, and Shen Yan can only get a share of the portion exceeding 200 million.

Generally speaking, derivative revenues from ringtones and song lyrics/copyrights should also follow this rule.

but.

Shen Yan's contract with Gold Typhoon included a clause stipulating that revenue from ringtones, song lyrics and music copyrights would not be deducted from the contract.

This is also why he is able to earn revenue from ringback tones and licensing.