Chapter 128 Brothers and Sisters

After processing the ingredients, Yin Hongxue was busy for a while and then served everyone four dishes and a soup, which was a very rich lunch.

Everyone ate and praised each other. After lunch, which ended before 1 p.m. as Sun Yutong had expected, everyone took a short rest and then took a bus to the company.

According to Sun Yutong's estimate, the material shot this morning can be edited into three episodes of the group variety show.

One phase is to allocate rooms, one phase is to buy groceries, and another phase is to cook and eat.

Although it only took one morning to record, everyone worked very hard on the effects and played the game very seriously, so the final editing result should not be too bad.

Sitting in the car, Sun Yutong recalled the morning's recording and took notes on some key points. In just a moment, he arrived at the company.

There are also some filming tasks in the afternoon.

First, I need to adjust the makeup and take group and individual official photos.

Also shoot a video of the captain selection.

Finally, record some oral broadcasts and accept interviews from a media outlet.

Although there is no long shooting task, the various detailed shooting tasks added together will take up a lot of time.

After finishing these tasks, it will probably be almost evening.

Watching the members enter the dressing room to change clothes, Sun Yutong was about to go get busy when she received a message from Ding Ling asking her to go to her office.

Although she felt puzzled, Sun Yutong still mentioned it to Li Qiang in a hurry and then went to find Ding Ling.

Li Qiang, who stayed behind, led the members to complete the afternoon work one by one according to the time agreed in advance.

The first step was to take the official photos, which was completed very smoothly.

Everyone had taken many official photos of all sizes when they were trainees, so there would naturally be no surprises if they took them again now. Moreover, in Li Qiang's opinion, it was quite easy to take photos of the six members selected for debut this time, almost no difficulty at all.

After all, there are no major flaws in the facial features, so there is naturally no need to adjust the angle and lighting. Just stand in front of the camera and you can take pictures.

Li Qiang looked at the cameraman who was taking the photo. He seemed to be in a much better mood than when he took the official photos before.

Then comes the choice of captain.

A boy group must have a captain, and as a training-based boy group, each member has a lot of fans before their debut. In this case, if the company directly decides who the captain will be, it may cause dissatisfaction among fans of different members, so at this time, the company will choose to let go and let the members make their own choices.

However, although it was the members' own choice, it is conceivable that once the video is released and the captains are announced, fans will still say that this is the company's script.

But it doesn’t matter whether the fans believe it or not. The company just wants a video to be released to explain.

So before the video started shooting, Li Qiang asked everyone who they wanted to choose as captain.

Everyone looked at each other. Before anyone said who the captain would be, those who didn't want to be captain were already impatient to speak up.

Zhu Xiangming and Yin Hongxue's voices rang out one after another. Lu Yao was one step behind them, but their attitudes were already very clear.

Seeing this, Li Qiang had an idea in his mind.

The company has its own list of who it wants to be the captain, but it still has to respect the opinions of the members.

After all, in a boy group, the captain still needs to bear considerable responsibilities.

To speak on behalf of the group in public, to call the shots during practice, to deal with members' emotional issues...

There are a lot of things to do, and someone like Zhu Xiangming, who has an overly lively image, is obviously not suitable.

Fortunately, Zhu Xiangming himself also felt that the position of captain was a hot potato.

Yin Hongxue is the same. In a group, he prefers to obey rather than take the initiative to take responsibility, which makes it easier.

Lu Yao's refusal was somewhat beyond Li Qiang's expectations.

Lu Yao's tough style always makes him feel that Lu Yao is a person who is not easy to control and has his own ideas. Rather than being obedient, he gives people the feeling of being in a superior position and giving orders.

But looking back at the experiences of the past few months, Lu Yao is actually more obedient than everyone imagined.

He was very cooperative during every recording session and completed all the tasks very well. Occasionally, there were some cute and coquettish contents that everyone was not very willing to do, but Lu Yao also accepted it well.

Therefore, although Lu Yao is tough on some things, as long as these bottom lines are not touched, Lu Yao is actually the most cooperative one.

Thinking of this, Li Qiang probably understood why Lu Yao didn't want to be the captain.

This is definitely not his style.

The remaining few people were all on the company's expected list of captains, and it didn't matter who would be the captain, so the recording of the captain selection began soon.

After everyone's recommendations and voting, the captain was quickly selected in ten minutes.

——Qiu Yuge.

A choice that is not at all surprising.

In the past five years, Qiu Yuge has always had more time to speak in front of the camera because of his high popularity. Therefore, although he is relatively young, he appears particularly mature when facing the camera.

At the same time, because Qiu Yuge has a very gentle personality, the trainees also like to play with him. He has a good relationship with everyone, and everyone is usually willing to listen to him.

In previous performances, Qiu Yuge often served as the captain of the team, so it was foreseeable that he would be chosen as the captain now.

The captain chose to end it calmly, and then everyone took a short break and arrived at the agreed time, and the interview started on time.

The recording of the interview also went very smoothly. In fact, in the past few years, the trainees have not participated in many interviews. After all, they are still young, and the company is also worried that these children will say the wrong thing, not to mention that if the interviewing reporter can guide them, the children are very likely to be fooled.

Therefore, the company has always tried to push back on external interviews whenever possible. Over the years, the trainees have had very few experiences of participating in external interviews.

The media conducting this interview is a column under Green Ocean Film and Television. Due to the good cooperation of Fifth Epoch, the company took over the interview and it was also the only media outlet.

Therefore, the reporters’ questions were all very friendly and the members had no problems answering them.

After all, these members who were able to form a group have been very popular among the trainees for many years and have maintained their popularity all year round. They have also developed the ability to speak and act long ago.

I know what to say and what not to say.

After watching the interview, Li Qiang was very satisfied, but when he saw the interviewer off, he saw that the expression on the reporter's face seemed not very satisfied. After the reporter got in the car, Li Qiang vaguely heard a few words like "boring".

After the car drove away, Li Qiang was still a little dazed.

No, what does this mean?

Are you thinking the interview was boring?

Li Qiang really wanted to make a phone call and ask that group of people to come back and explain things, but his rationality as an adult and a working person told him to ignore what he had just heard. No matter how the reporter felt about the interview, the interview was over and would be released after the company reviewed the content.

Feelings are irrelevant in the present.

Whether it is his feelings or the feelings of the reporter.

But despite what he said, Li Qiang still felt very angry when he thought about it.

How could the interview just now be boring? The children answered so well, smiling and cooperating. Zhu Xiangming even cracked a few dry jokes, and didn't the reporter just laugh happily?

Although he was angry, Li Qiang quickly adjusted his attitude after going upstairs to the room and seeing the members gathered together talking.

Other people's attitude towards them is their own business, they still need to remain positive internally.

The afternoon work is over, followed by a short dinner and rest time.

Zhu Xiangming had collapsed on the chair. The high-intensity work made him tired. Although he was sitting the whole time, he had to mobilize his emotions and respond to the group variety show in the morning, and he had to use his brain to conduct interviews in the afternoon. Each of these was mentally exhausting. So, only choosing the captain and taking the official photos were a little relaxing, allowing him to still have some strength to collapse on the chair instead of falling directly to the ground.

Seeing Li Qiang coming back, Cang Zizhen urged everyone to eat. The time for rest was so short, and now that they had rested for a long time, there was less time for meals.

Zhu Xiangming wailed twice, stood up tiredly and dragged his body out.

Zhu Xiangming was so depressed, and Yin Hongxue was so tired that she had completely lost control of her expression. Li Qiang looked over and felt that Yin Hongxue's face looked even uglier than Lu Yao's.

Comparing the six people one by one, Lu Yao is actually the one in good condition.

Although his face was expressionless, at least his eyes were clear.

The others did look a little bit dead.

And this is just the first day.

In the next few days, Li Qiang felt like everything was accelerated. He got up before dawn every day and sent the members to the company with Xu Bin. Then they put on makeup, filmed, attended classes, practiced, and filmed again. Twenty-four hours a day, every minute and every second was arranged just right.

Like mortise and tenon, the previous job fits perfectly with the next, so fulfilling that it takes your breath away.

The members' condition deteriorated visibly.

Last year during the quadrant assessment period, although I was busy, the busyness back then was more "simple" than it is now.

The trainees only need to attend classes, practice, attend classes again, and practice again to complete all the tasks. It is the body that accumulates more fatigue, while the brain is more relaxed.

But nowadays, apart from classes and practice, the members have many other things to do.

Endless recordings, sudden meetings, all kinds of teachers I have met and not met, and many seniors in the entertainment industry. The world that used to be only a place for practice is suddenly filled with too many things, making it hard to breathe.

I just discussed the recording of a new song with the producer this morning, and met with the choreographer in the afternoon. Although they seemed to be no different from the teachers I had in many years, the long list of works following their names was enough to make people dizzy.

The teachers are all seniors in the entertainment industry, and the Fifth Group is just a newly debuted boy group. These "teachers" are no longer teachers who impart knowledge, but colleagues invited by the company to cooperate. They are no longer inexperienced trainees, but artists who have debuted and are facing the market.

The recognition of the new identity becomes clearer with each communication. People who once only existed on TV appear in front of me. The way we address each other, our attitudes, our communications, new friends appear in the software... The content of life seems to have not changed, but the world has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Brother Tianyang, we're leaving first." Qiu Yuge said goodbye to Cheng Tianyang with a smile. Behind him, Zhu Xiangming and others also waved goodbye.

Cheng Tianyang put his arm around Bai You's shoulders, nodded to Qiu Yuge and the others, and patted Bai You on the back. "Go back and practice well. I'll make some changes here. I guarantee your new song will sound amazing."

"Hahahaha okay bro."

Bai You nodded obediently, then walked to Qiu Yuge and stood with him. Behind them were Zhu Xiangming and others with smiling faces.

Lu Yao stood behind Zhu Xiangming. Although his smile was not as bright, with the enthusiastic responses of Qiu Yuge and Bai You, the relationship between everyone facing Cheng Tianyang was still very harmonious.

After talking for a while, Xu Bin, who had gone to drive, finally arrived. Yin Hongxue breathed a sigh of relief and poked Qiu Yuge in the back. Qiu Yuge didn't look back, but he had already received Yin Hongxue's hint and said goodbye to Cheng Tianyang again: "Brother Tianyang, see you tomorrow."

Cheng Tianyang nodded: "Go ahead, be careful on the road."

"Okay, okay." Bai You turned around and waved as he walked away: "Brother Tianyang, please go back quickly. Let's go!"

After getting in the car and closing the door, Qiu Yuge could see Cheng Tianyang standing at the door of his studio through the film-covered window. It was not until the car started that Cheng Tianyang turned around and walked in.

Qiu Yuge let out a sigh and relaxed his body silently.

No one was talking in the car, and no one even took out their cell phones to play. Even someone as energetic as Bai You no longer had the enthusiastic look he had just had. He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and frowned.

Li Qiang saw from the rearview mirror that everyone looked completely tired, and sighed silently in his heart.

Cheng Tianyang is the producer of the Fifth Group's new song. In addition to being a producer, he is also a well-known singer in the entertainment industry. The songs he created are very popular among young people, so many singers will work with him. This time, the company also found him to produce the Fifth Group's first new song.

There was nothing wrong with the company's choice, but the communication with Cheng Tianyang obviously put a lot of pressure on these young people who were just starting out.

It was no longer a teacher-student relationship, but an equal cooperative relationship. How to grasp the scale of communication, friendly but not intimate, enthusiastic but not flattering. Just by calling Cheng Tianyang "Brother Tianyang", Li Qiang could tell that Qiu Yuge had prepared himself mentally for a long time on the first day.

There is a natural disparity in the identities of adults and minors. In the past few years, they have always been in the shell of teachers and students. Trainees can naturally not communicate too much with the adults who appear in front of them. Everyone is a teacher, teaching them, and they passively accept the relationship.

After losing this identity difference, no matter what their original personality was, no matter whether they were good at such socializing, in the entertainment industry, a circle where cooperation is possible at any time and the first meeting is extremely warm, they all have to start learning such communication.

Hide your minor's restraint and fear, stand in front of unfamiliar adults, show your enthusiasm, and accept the other person's enthusiasm.

Li Qiang felt very distressed and wanted to stand in front of them to help them communicate, but it was obvious that he could speak in front of the members of the Fifth Group, but in front of other artists he worked with, he was just a life assistant.

Collaborating artists will not communicate with each other's personal assistants on work or emotional matters.

After returning to the company, everyone looked better after a short rest. In the familiar environment, everyone's expressions became much more natural.

In Cheng Tianyang's studio, everyone was very reserved, even Bai You seemed quite awkward.

Lu Yao, on the other hand, was always in recording mode, making it impossible for Li Qiang to tell what he was thinking.

After dinner and a short rest, there was no other work for the day, but everyone still couldn't relax. Today they learned new songs in Cheng Tianyang's studio and made some adjustments. Now they have to practice based on these adjustments to ensure that they can record the day after tomorrow.

During their training in the past few years, the fifth-generation trainees have released their own songs, collaborated with producers, and recorded in the studio.

But the songs I recorded at that time and the producer I faced was more like the company's music teacher than a producer.

The recording studio is also located within the company.

Familiar environment, familiar teachers, and the lyrics assigned to them are also specially designated by the teacher based on the styles and songs that each of them is good at. They only need to practice according to the details taught by the teacher and then record.

But this time, it was the first time for them to work with a mature producer in the entertainment industry, a producer who was a singer himself, a producer with a certain popularity, and who had released many hit songs. From the moment they got the DEMO, everyone felt uncomfortable.

There was no teacher teaching them word by word, and there were no pre-divided sections. The day after they got the DEMO, they were taken to Cheng Tianyang's studio, where he directly asked them what they thought.

idea?

"According to your company's requirements, I've changed some parts of this song. I still feel like it's missing something. Do you have anything you'd like to do? We can take a look and see if there are any better sparks."

Something you want to make?

When he heard this, Qiu Yuge subconsciously looked at the agent who brought them to Cheng Tianyang's studio. This agent was also a completely unfamiliar new teacher. They had never met him before, but after their debut, he suddenly appeared and became one of their agents.

In response to Cheng Tianyang's question, the new manager kindly asked the members to share their thoughts. Qiu Yuge hesitated for a moment before calling Cheng Tianyang, whom he had only seen on TV. He opened his mouth to call him "teacher" when Cheng Tianyang interrupted him, "Just call me Brother Tianyang."

Brother Tianyang, a very equal title, shows that at this moment there is no longer a hierarchical relationship between them, but a completely equal relationship.

What Cheng Tianyang said was no longer instruction, but advice.

What they said were not questions, but thoughts.

Cheng Tianyang would consider their ideas, adopt their suggestions, and explain his own thinking.

What they received were no longer orders, but discussions, communications and exchanges.

He is not a senior, nor a teacher, but seems like a real friend of the same age.

This feeling was very novel and made everyone confused.

The world of debut was revealed to them so unexpectedly.

Li Qiang noticed the members' awkward social state, but he really couldn't provide any help. After all, they were just getting started. When they went on variety shows later, the entire variety show would be full of seniors from the entertainment industry, and that would be the real test of the members' social skills.

We don't ask everyone to have a good relationship with those seniors, but at least they still have to maintain their reputation. Now they are calling Cheng Tianyang "Brother Tianyang", and they may meet each other again in some program.

From the day they debuted, the artists in the entertainment industry no longer had teachers in front of the kids from the Fifth Group; everyone was like an older brother or sister.

Now that everyone has finished their meal, they gather together to think about what Brother Tianyang said during the day.

"Be more interesting? How can I make it more interesting?"

During the day, Cheng Tianyang briefly listened to the new songs sung by the members. After listening, Cheng Tianyang immediately applauded and cheered. But after that, he had one thing in mind, which was that he hoped everyone could sing it in a more "interesting" way.

What is interesting? How is it interesting? Where is it interesting?

Cheng Tianyang didn't say anything, just let everyone sing out their own feelings.

Qiu Yuge nodded quickly at that time.

Out of some nervousness in front of their seniors and fear of appearing weak, they knew whatever Cheng Tianyang said and what they were. But when they came back, problems arose.

Cheng Tianyang is the producer of this song. He will provide guidance based on the style he wants, the style of the Fifth Group, and the company's opinions, but Cheng Tianyang's guidance is completely different from the guidance everyone has received before.

There are only two words: interesting, but what is interesting?

Should I add some techniques, change the singing style, or add more jumping feelings?

Things that teachers used to point out directly are now all categorized as interesting.

The voice teacher arrived soon and started teaching the new song.

Bai You took the lyrics, looked at them left and right, and doubted the usefulness of such teaching.

They already knew how to sing this song, but the problem now was that Cheng Tianyang wanted something more interesting from them.

Let’s not talk about what is interesting for now, but are the things that teachers teach now interesting to them?

Bai You heard the sound of accompaniment in his ears, and felt as if he had touched something vaguely, but when he looked more closely, he found that there was still a fog in front of him and he could not see the way forward clearly.

After two hours of vocal lessons, it cannot be said that there was no effect, but everyone’s confusion was indeed not reduced much.

The recording time was set, but how the song would be sung was still unknown, which was worrying.

It was not yet time to get off work, and everyone was still practicing in the practice room. However, this time, not long after they started practicing, they received new news.

When I opened it, I saw that the group had sent the schedule for the next day.

Zhu Xiangming opened it in confusion and then instantly became clear-headed.

"Come to the company at 8 o'clock tomorrow?!" Zhu Xiangming suddenly rolled over from lying on the ground to kneeling on it. "I can actually come to the company at 8 o'clock?!"

So late!

Oh my God, could he finally stop getting up at five and going out in the dark? Could he finally see the spring morning?