Chapter 70 Another Song
Hou Jun was completely baffled.
"Little Songs Gathering" isn't a hugely popular show, but the people who have been working on it for several seasons have done so, and the reason it's been able to last so long is because of their love for the show.
However, Hou Jun has never encountered a singer who was dissatisfied with the rehearsal and had to do it almost ten times.
Chen Ziliang is one of the most popular singers right now, and also the biggest name singer in this episode of "Little Songs Gathering".
That's why, even though each singer was supposed to rehearse a maximum of three times, Chen Ziliang had already rehearsed ten times, and the production team didn't object.
However, after the singers finish their rehearsals, they still have a lot of preparations to do. At this rate, they won't be able to finish work until 2 or 3 a.m. tonight.
Chen Ziliang didn't finish the rehearsal until 10:30 p.m., when he was satisfied with the result.
Hou Jun asked, "Who else wants to rehearse?"
“Lu Yanhe, he arrived at nine o’clock and has been waiting.” Wang Lu immediately raised her hand and said.
Hou Jun: "Him? Hurry up and call him over, sigh."
Hou Jun, a director who has been involved in music variety shows, didn't have much interest in Lu Yanhe.
If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yanhe had just made the news and the positive energy halo was needed for the program, they wouldn't have rushed to add him to tomorrow's program recording.
Hou Jun was not the one who made the decision; he was merely the one who carried out the mission.
Hou Jun didn't have much respect for young idol singers like Lu Yanhe.
The staff on site all looked exhausted.
This is the norm in this industry.
"Why did they have to add an idol singer at the last minute?"
"Have you ever heard him sing? It sounds like a mosquito humming."
"Brother Wang will probably be cursing when he does the post-production audio editing."
...
The murmurs only subsided when Lu Yanhe appeared in the studio with Wang Lu.
His school uniform drew everyone's attention.
Wearing school uniforms to rehearsal?
Hou Jun arranged for someone to guide him through the entrance rehearsals, and he took the opportunity to go to the restroom.
When he returned, Lu Yanhe was testing the microphone.
Hou Jun looked at the boy on the stage and asked, "Can we just come on stage?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
His appearance was indeed clean and refreshing, without any makeup, and he looked like a very ordinary handsome high school student.
This image made Hou Jun feel more favorably toward him.
Hou Jun signaled to all departments to prepare.
The accompaniment started playing.
Lu Yanhe stood on the stage, feeling a little nervous.
Good heavens, this is the first time I've sung in front of so many people.
Below the stage, the people's faces were all expressionless, looking at him as if he were just a decoration.
All of them bear the marks of a corporate slave worn down by work.
Lu Yanhe suddenly lost focus and missed the part where the song started.
Everyone's expression immediately changed.
He then realized what was happening, gasped, bared his teeth, and immediately followed from the middle.
"...I thought it was an unattainable dream, and I didn't dare to give up everything to pursue it."
As soon as Lu Yanhe opened his mouth, everyone who had been expressionless froze, looked up in surprise at Lu Yanhe on the stage.
The moment he opened his mouth, his youthful energy and vitality radiated outwards.
Before Lu Yanhe arrived, Hou Jun had searched for videos of Lu Yanhe singing online. To be honest, his pitch was alright, he didn't sing off-key, and his vocal range was acceptable, but he sang in a very ordinary way, without any style or personality.
Hou Jun had no expectations for Lu Yanhe's performance at all.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yanhe's opening remarks gave a completely different feeling from those in the video.
Lu Yanhe is eighteen years old this year, and he is the most suitable age to sing "Chasing Dreams".
This song is youthful, passionate, and full of energy. Of course, it was created for a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers to sing.
Lu Yanhe sang casually and easily, which gave people a sense of youthful fearlessness.
Especially when it came to the high notes, Lu Yanhe reached that scale with ease, without any effort, unlike many young idol singers who have to strain their voices to sing.
Hou Jun looked at the boy on the stage in surprise.
Compared to the person he saw in the video, the progress is enormous.
In the past two years, Lu Yanhe has almost disappeared. Hou Jun thought that Lu Yanhe's already mediocre skills had long since deteriorated.
Surprisingly, he actually started to resemble a professional singer.
Most importantly, when he sings this song, it's like a new actor being chosen by a director to play a role that suits him perfectly, with a youthful energy that even professional singers can't replace.
The song ended.
Lu Yanhe said, "Sorry, I was daydreaming just now."
Hou Jun clapped and said, "It's alright, you sang very well. Did you go for further studies these past two years? You've improved a lot."
Lu Yanhe smiled with delight and shook his head, "I didn't take any further courses, I just figured it out on my own."
He had a bright smile.
Hou Jun said, "When you sing this song, there will be backup dancers. We originally wanted you to show off your dance skills with them, but because you didn't have enough time to prepare, you didn't add the dance part."
"That's great." Lu Yanhe really couldn't learn another dance in a single day.
"Want to do it again?" Hou Jun asked.
"Director, I just sent an audio file. Could you please pass it on to the audio editor? Can I try this song?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Hou Jun was taken aback. "Huh? What audio?"
“It’s a song I wrote myself,” Lu Yanhe said. “I know that ‘Chasing Dreams’ was a song that had already been decided before, but would you like to hear this song that I wrote myself again? If you think it’s okay, I’d like to try writing this one.”
Hou Jun hesitated upon hearing this.
To be honest, Lu Yanhe's performance today greatly exceeded Hou Jun's expectations. Especially after listening to Lu Yanhe sing "Chasing Dreams," he was already very satisfied. He could foresee that, given the quality of Lu Yanhe's performance of "Chasing Dreams," if a hashtag like #LuYanheSingsChasingDreamsAgainAfterThreeYears# were properly promoted, it would generate considerable online buzz.
"Okay, you can sing it," Hou Jun said. "But can you write songs yourself?"
Lu Yanhe said, "I just wrote it casually. If you guys don't like it, that's fine. Let's just sing 'Chasing Dreams' instead."
That's what he said, but Lu Yanhe was very confident in the song he had created with his special abilities. After all, it was the song that would be played everywhere during graduation season.
The accompaniment started.
A refreshing feeling washes over you.
If the previous song "Chasing Dreams" was about youthful passion, this song, from the moment the accompaniment starts, has a campus vibe with a touch of melancholy.
In the original timeline, the song's author and singer was a 17-year-old girl who was only 15 when she created the song. However, the song expresses more than just a girl's feelings; it expresses her reluctance to leave her three years of junior high school and serves as a commemoration of her youth.
A song can be performed in different styles by different singers.
When Lu Yanhe opened his mouth, his voice, which was even lower than in "Chasing Dreams," had a sunny and carefree quality. When combined with the slightly melancholic and reluctant style of this song, it surprised everyone in the audience and made them look up again.
(End of this chapter)
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