Chapter 72 Girl

Since I want to record songs, of course I can't stay in the karaoke practice room.

Xia Xue found a band, that is, seven or eight people, but they are all old birds. After hearing her say that she was going to record a song, she immediately understood what was going on.

The leader of the band is a young man with long hair hanging loose, but he has been in the industry for seven or eight years. He can be regarded as an elite in the industry. The other musicians have also been in the industry for more than three or four years. A team that can be pulled out to fight at any time.

Xia Xue took them into the recording studio, but found that there were still people auditioning there, but they were the two singers newly signed by the company.

"It's fine if someone uses it, and you can't grab the equipment from the employees." Fan Wubing said to Xia Xue when he saw that the two people inside were devoting themselves to training.

"It doesn't matter, they are just in touch, but your song, my mother has been talking about it for a long time." Xia Xue said to Fan Wubing, and then ran in to the sound engineer in the recording studio. for a moment.

The sound engineer is also an old acquaintance of Feng Xiaonan and Xia Donghai, and he is relatively well-known in the industry, because he is paid more generously, he is considered a full-time here, and occasionally does some private work when he is free, using the company's equipment.

"Boss?" Hearing Xia Xue's words, the sound engineer couldn't help but look at Fan Wubing more. He had heard Feng Xiaonan and his wife say that their big boss was a young man, but they never thought that they were so young. Feng Xiaonan once mentioned that the boss was the boy who had been tossing around for a while in the previous three Spring Festival Gala, so he already had a little impression.

You must know that at that time, he hadn't made his mark yet, that is, he was running errands behind the director of CCTV, so it is natural to think of how capable a young man is to give directions to a big director like Director Huang and accept his opinions with an open mind. He is very capable, but he never thought that this young man would become the boss of his company again today.

Under normal circumstances, the songs are recorded with the cooperation of the accompaniment tape. The situation is different this time because there are ready-made bands available.

The main equipment in the recording studio includes computers, professional sound cards, mixers, condenser microphones, microphone amplifiers, vocal effects, and professional monitor speakers. Headphones, headphone splitters, etc., there are a lot of zeros and zeros.

The configuration of the computer is not high. Now the mainstream computer of InTeR is only 48. The Pentium series will not appear until two years later, but the computer in the recording studio is of a higher grade than the configuration on the market. It can still be used for recording. of. But in Fan Wubing's eyes, it was still too simple.

It is really horrible to look back at those 486 computers after playing with quad-core or six-core processor PCs.

This is why Fan Wubing has never been like some successful people who put a few computers in his home to pretend to be gentle.

The core equipment in the recording studio is the mixer. Without this thing, you can’t record songs. Although some systems don’t use this, it’s because the computer’s sound card inherits this part of the content. Not that this is completely unnecessary.

The more expensive ones are monitor speakers and headphone microphones, which are professional-grade. The difference between professional and amateur is mainly reflected in these devices. The price difference is very large. Fan Wubing weighed the weight of the microphone, it was very heavy, it really was made of heavy money.

Another important thing is the microphone amplifier. It has a lot to do with the sound quality of the studio recording. However, a good amplifier is expensive, and ordinary players can only be intimidated. In fact, if the funds allow, they want to play music. It’s better to buy one. Although you can use the gain on the mixer to amplify the signal without buying one, the difference in sound quality is too great if there is no professional microphone amplifier!

Another interesting device is the microphone pop shield, which is to prevent the singer's breath from spraying on the condenser microphone and producing a "pop" sound.

After the sound engineer explained the precautions to everyone, he asked the staff to help Fan Wubing adjust the microphone. Put headphones on him. Then the first recording was performed with the accompaniment of the band, this time mainly to let the singer find the feeling. Feel whether your voice matches the level of the accompaniment.

After Fan Wubing put on the earphones, he felt it for a while, and then asked the sound engineer to adjust the pitch for himself. When he found that popping sounds occasionally appeared, he asked the sound engineer to adjust the level, and then hummed along with the accompaniment, which was considered familiar. .

"Boss, are we here formally?" The sound engineer felt that the effect was good, so he asked Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing nodded, and the band's music rang, and entered his hearing range through the earphones. He entered the master recording program very deeply. At this time, all thoughts were put to the back of his mind. finish singing.

"Xiaoxue, has our boss practiced before? It looks like we don't need to re-record." The sound engineer was listening outside, and asked Xia Xue in surprise.

"He is the original songwriter. It's up to him what style he sings. It's reasonable to sing well." Xia Xue listened blankly outside, and replied casually.

Although Xia Xue heard Fan Wubing sing for the first time, it was the first time she heard him sing in such a formal recording environment. She suddenly felt that his singing voice was very attractive, which made her a little distracted.

A song was recorded very quickly. The sound engineer saved Fan Wubing's dry voice and checked it twice from beginning to end. He was very satisfied. Then he started to perform post-effects and post-processing on each song, but it was useless. After a while, the mix was completed, and then let everyone listen to the effect.

The equipment in the recording studio is much better than the equipment used at home, and the sound quality has been corrected to the most perfect state, so that Fan Wubing was a little surprised after listening to it, "Is this what I sang?"

The sound engineer closed his eyes and listened to his newly recorded results a little intoxicated, and said to Fan Wubing with a smile, "Very good! In fact, the songs recorded in the recording studio are definitely better than those recorded by your own home recorders. It’s a hundred times better! Professionalism! Accomplishment! Post-production! It’s all very important! Most of the singing on the stage you usually see is just lip-syncing!”

"The celebrities also lip-sync?" Xia Xue asked in disbelief.

"Of course. It's so easy to lip-sync, and you don't have to worry about getting out of tune, and you don't have to worry about forgetting the lyrics. If you can really sing every performance, you won't be exhausted!" The sound engineer replied as a matter of course.

After hearing this, Fan Wubing also said, "This is the unspoken rule of the entertainment industry. Everyone lip-syncs, so it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong. In fact, many of your idol singers are produced in the recording studio. If she really sang it live, she probably wouldn't even be able to sing half of it!"

"Fight my idol!" Xia Xue said with some dissatisfaction.

"Boss, it's rare for you to come here once. Why don't we shoot the mV together?" Seeing the rare opportunity, the sound engineer suggested without losing the opportunity.

Still want to shoot mV? This has not been considered. Fan Wubing was stunned for a while, but he thought that this was also the first song he recorded independently, and he should put some thought into it, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Fan Wubing agreed to the work of the sound engineer as the director, he immediately ordered people to prepare various props. Then guide Fan Wubing how to cooperate according to his own understanding of music.

However, when shooting an MV, it is naturally impossible to just let a big man stand alone and sing stupidly. It is inappropriate without a beautiful woman to accompany him, but what kind of model should he find to match the boss? The sound engineer felt a little scratching his head.

Because Fan Wubing is really too young and looks a little tender, the average model is really not good enough for him. He thought for a long time but never thought that he knew a suitable candidate. When he suddenly turned around, he suddenly found that Xiaoxue was wearing a A piece of pajama-like clothes stood behind him and watched.

"Yes!" The sound engineer clapped his hands happily and laughed. "The image of Xiaoxue is suitable to be the protagonist of the MV!"

"Me?! Are you mistaken?!" Xia Xue pointed at the tip of her nose and asked loudly in disbelief.

Hearing what the sound engineer said, Fan Wubing looked at Xia Xue carefully, and he really felt that her outfit was more suitable for the MV with hazy scenery, so he said with a smile, "It's really good, if you add a big moon background. That would be even more perfect."

So the sound engineer took Xiaoxue, asked the makeup artist to make up her hair, and pulled her to Fan Wubing's side. Then he felt that Fan Wubing's appearance was not decadent enough, so he tore off the collar of his black shirt twice, and finally found some feeling.

"My shirt, more than two thousand yuan—" Fan Wubing snorted.

Xia Xue rolled her eyes and said, "More than two thousand yuan, is it considered money to you?"

"Of course! People have to think for a long time to eat pork!" Fan Wubing replied immediately.

"There's still something missing—" the sound engineer looked left and right, and always felt that there was something missing from Fan Wubing.

According to the content and artistic conception of this song. It should create an atmosphere that is a bit decadent, a bit negative, and a bit cynical. However, Fan Wubing's image was still too sunny. It is suitable for shooting campus songs or something, but it is a little immature to match this song.

Hearing what the sound engineer said, Fan Wubing also felt that it made sense, but he was more capable of this, so he said to Xia Xue, "Go and get two bottles of white wine. After I drink it, the problem will not be serious. .”

"Two bottles of white wine, can you handle it?" Although Xia Xue felt that Fan Wubing couldn't drink so much, she didn't say anything, and ordered someone to buy wine.

Not long after, the staff bought two bottles of old Baifen, a small porcelain altar, and came back.

A 300ml vial, isn't that underestimating me? Fan Wubing shook his head. After drinking a bottle, he felt that he was still satisfied, so he drank another half bottle, and then he felt a little fuzzy in his head. He nodded to the sound engineer and said, "It feels almost the same."

The sound engineer looked at it, and sure enough, this time it was more mature and masculine, and couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that a mature man is a drunk man, haha."

"Stop laughing, hurry up and take pictures!" Fan Wubing shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I'm a little dizzy now, and I'll be drunk in a while!"

The sound engineer quickly ordered the staff to take their positions, adjusted the lighting effects and rushed to shoot, and put the light to a slightly hazy level. Regarding the moon, special effects must be added at the end.

The overall shooting effect is still good. The MV naturally has a certain plot. Fan Wubing's character is a young man who made mistakes after drinking, and Xia Xue, who is wearing pajamas, is the root cause of Fan Wubing's mistakes. Fan Wubing sang with self-pity while looking innocently at the camera.

"Okay!" After the song ended, the sound engineer shouted happily to stop.

The shooting was very successful, and the performances of both of them were in place. It can be regarded as the smoothest shooting for him in the past two years. In addition, the previously recorded songs only need a little processing, and can be engraved into a song disc after post-production synthesis.

"Pack it up, this single should have a chance to win an award!" the sound engineer said excitedly.

"No, I can't hold it anymore. I drank too much just now. I'm a little anxious." Fan Wubing shook his head and said to Xia Xue.

Because he didn't eat, his stomach was empty. Drinking on an empty stomach is the easiest way to get drunk. Now that he's drunk, he can't hold on anymore.

"I'll help you go back to your room and rest." Seeing that Fan Wubing's eyes couldn't hold back anymore, Xia Xue hurriedly supported him, and led him into her room.

After entering the room, Fan Wubing fell headfirst on Xia Xue's bed, breathing out the smell of alcohol. He kept saying, "No, no! I haven't exercised for a long time, this time it's a bit too much!"

Xia Xue complained, "Boss Fan's disease-free little brother, you were arguing just now that two bottles are not enough for you to drink, but fortunately I brought you a small bottle, otherwise you would have been drunk already! I dare not drink it again in the future. Are you uttering wild words?"

"Maybe I'm not in a good mood today. That's why it's easier to get drunk—" Fan Wubing's body twitched, and then slowly stretched out. His eyes could no longer be opened, and his mind began to blur. But he was still subconsciously talking to Xia Xue.

Xia Xue saw that Fan Wubing was so drunk that he couldn't get any more drunk, and suddenly a thought popped up in her heart, so she ran outside the door nervously to have a look, then closed the door, and ran back to Fan Wubing's place. In front of the bed, he patted his face and asked, "Hey. Are you still awake? Shall I ask you a question?"

"I hate it—they are already drunk—" Fan Wubing hummed reluctantly.

"Wake up! Hey. Wake up—" Xia Xue patted Fan Wubing's face again, and then asked seriously. "In your heart, have you ever liked a girl older than you?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Fan Wubing nervously, feeling very uneasy in his heart, feeling like a deer bumping.

"A girl who is older than me? Who is it? Is there any?" Fan Wubing was already in a mess of drunkenness, answering and answering at this time was completely random answering by the brain that had lost control of itself.

"Yes! How could it not be! For example, I—" Xia Xue asked Fan Wubing's face guiltily like a thief.

"Me? Who am I—" Fan Wubing's voice became smaller and smaller, and the effect of alcohol made his face flush.

"I——I'm Xia Xue——" Xia Xuexin said drunkenly and uttered the truth. Such a good opportunity can't be encountered at any time. Regret for a lifetime.

In fact, Xia Xue is only one year older than Fan Wubing, but girls are very concerned about their own age, especially when they find that the boys they admire or like are younger than themselves, they will treat them differently. This question is rather tangled, and Xia Xue's current state of mind is exactly that.

"You—" Fan Wubing was finally shaken awake by Xia Xue's unremitting efforts. He opened one of his eyes with difficulty, and immediately saw Xia Xue who was almost riding on him.

Moreover, because this posture was too ambiguous, through the loose pajamas, Fan Wubing's one eye turned slightly, and saw the scenery inside, and soon, it was fixed on the bright red on the top of the snow-white mountain.

Even when he was drunk, Fan Wubing had to swallow his saliva, and then said vaguely, "Sister, it's popular not to wear underwear now! You seem to be a bit late—"

Xia Xue didn't get the answer she wanted, but was caught by Fan Wubing's sight of Chunguang, and she suddenly became overwhelmed. When she covered her chest and looked at Fan Wubing again, this guy was completely drunk.

"Don't steal food—" These were Fan Wubing's last words before falling asleep.

Steal? ! As for me! Xia Xue wanted to cry but said without tears.