71 Breaking Dawn 2.0
The reason why Yuan Xiao was so relieved that he didn't ask about the song selection for the last two episodes was naturally because of the competition system.
When she got off the plane, she saw a string of messages from Pei Zijin explaining their considerations for song selection, and then she patted her head belatedly:
I was so busy that I forgot to tell them the competition rules.
In order to prevent a large number of contestants from showing off their big moves in the last episode, and also to ensure the fairness of the competition system, the final of "Codename: Heart Dancing Stage" will be divided into two halves, namely the eleventh and twelfth episodes. The results of the two episodes will jointly determine the final ranking, regardless of the theme.
So… Pei Zijin convened a meeting early the next morning, and after playing Yuan Xiao’s voice, he announced: “The good news is that some of the shortcomings of Dawn that we discussed yesterday no longer exist. The slightly less good news is that Misplaced Lighthouse may still need to be re-arranged.”
"Sister Xiaoxiao and Teacher Gu also responded to my discussion yesterday about the adaptation of "Dawn Breaking". They support us making an adapted version because there are more than one group singing the theme song on the final stage. If we compete with nostalgia, we may not win. Teacher Gu said he will come over in a while."
The timing was perfect. Before Pei Zijin could finish his words, the doorbell rang. Yu Le jumped up from Pei Zijin's bed to open the door, and welcomed in the sleeping Gu Yuchen.
The program crew booked the entire hotel for the program crew, members of the participating teams, and their staff to stay in. Gu Yuchen's room was not in the same floor as the program crew's room, but was directly on their floor, making it very convenient for them to walk over.
Gu Yuchen has been extremely tired recently. If he hadn't seen Yuan Xiao really fulfilling everything he had promised him bit by bit, in his own words, he would have stopped working.
He was wearing a black T-shirt and hotel slippers, and still holding the hard drive worth half his fortune in his hand. He walked in and waved to Pei Zijin, asking the team leader to take out his laptop and let him use it.
Jin Zeyu was very considerate and dragged a chair for Gu Yuchen to sit on. The five of them immediately surrounded Teacher Gu. This hard drive was full of good stuff, which they had seen many times.
Jin Zeyu has had his eyes on a song on his brother's hard drive since the "Ou Wei" period. He has been asking Gu Yuchen for half a year, but his brother still hasn't agreed to give it to him.
Gu Yuchen didn't waste any words and directly found the folder marked "Cui Ming-Ou Wei-Theme Song". He opened the demo named as the third version and said to them, "There were five versions of "Dawn". If you want to adapt it, listen to this one first."
Teacher Gu's folder classification method also has the free style of a producer. The sub-directories under the demo main directory are "Essays", "Freedom", "Anxious", "Urgent" and "Life-threatening". Su Chen has always been curious about whether there is anything in the "Anxious" folder, because it seems that the things Yuan Xiao gave their group were always in "Urgent" and "Life-threatening".
"The version Xiaoxiao chose for you is the most suitable for singing, but we also made a more hardcore version during our time. However, this version has no lyrics, so I just hummed it myself. You can just make do with it and feel it first."
Indeed, if the focus of their original version of "Dawn" was on the word "dawn", the excitement and hope when seeing the dawn, then the focus of the version of "Dawn" played by Gu Yuchen now was on "break". The bass drum was much more obvious, and the rhythm of the strings was more rapid. Although it was clearly the same song from the melody, the atmosphere took a 180-degree turn with a different mix.
People who can make music are truly amazing.
Gu Yuchen played it for them twice, and then changed to a different version. "I prefer the third version, but you can listen to the others as well."
There is also a more relaxed and cheerful variation version that is almost the same as the final version, just a little lighter. Teacher Gu knows Stary very well. After listening to it, all five of them decisively chose the third version.
"There's another reason why I suggest you choose this version." Gu Yuchen copied the file and sent it to the work group. "I made a rough choreography of this version when I was bored. How are your basic Krump skills?"
The five people looked at each other, and their eyes gradually changed from surprise to excitement.
Teacher Gu is still too strong. Yes, in the final, the most impactful adaptation should be accompanied by the most explosive dance. This version of "Dawn" will be a completely different version.
Pei Zijin made a prompt decision and exchanged glances with Jin Zeyu: "Let's go!"
The five men took Gu Yuchen away without any explanation, just like kidnapping him. No matter what, Teacher Gu had to go to the practice room today. At most, he was allowed to go back to change his clothes and shoes. While he was changing clothes, the five men had to squat at Gu Yuchen's door with a covetous look in their eyes.
Gu Yuchen was extremely helpless: "Show some respect to your teacher."
Jin Zeyu kept holding his arm until he got him into the car to the practice room, then he let go, "Brother, you are being too polite. As the saying goes, once a teacher, you are a father for life. We are family!"
Gu Yuchen: “…”
Practice room, Gu Yuchen paused at the door. It was a different feeling to come to class and to demonstrate choreography in person.
He went into the room and warmed up with Stary and the other five. He sighed under their eager gazes, raised his hand to smooth his hair, and stared at himself in the mirror helplessly: "I'm just demonstrating it roughly, it doesn't represent the final effect... and I haven't danced for many years, so if I don't dance well, you guys just have to make do with it."
Jin Zeyu nodded perfunctorily and waved to the captain behind him: "Play some music."
“Boom.”
Gu Yuchen strolled a few steps casually, raised his hand and tugged at his collar casually. Naturally, he knew every track of the songs he made by heart. The moment the heavy bass came in, he stomped his foot heavily on the floor.
The characteristics of Decepticon are the large frame and the force that seems to be able to kill someone with one punch. Gu Yuchen is not proficient in this dance style. He just performed a few Decepticon stages with their troupe. His third brother who is good at choreography is an expert. What he is dancing now is just a re-decomposition and reuse of the movements he danced before.
But this is enough. Decepticon itself is a type of dance that can arouse the emotions of the audience. Gu Yuchen rolled up his sleeves and opened his arms to drive the entire chest to explode. The muscles of his forearms were tense, and the power of his waist and abdomen was like a beast. The movements drove the wide hem of his clothes to fly, revealing a beautiful mermaid line. The kill out technique made the entire practice room seem like a primitive and bloody melee battlefield.
The five Starys seemed to be going crazy and screaming. Teacher Gu always said that he was not good enough because he was too old and had not practiced for many years and could not dance anymore. He was just being modest. His strength, technique and body shape were all perfect. At most it was his first time dancing and he was improving it as he went along, so the transition was a little awkward.
Yu Le in the back row had already quietly raised his phone under the cover of his teammates, and arranged for Su Chen to go to the other side to take a double-camera shot. As Gu Yuchen's last sniper shot ended the dance, Yu Le's straight shot was also sent at the same time.
A minute later, Yuan Xiao replied with a thumbs-up expression and a red envelope of 200 yuan. Yu Le happily accepted it and the smile on his face widened a little.
"Ah, I can't do it anymore." Gu Yuchen hadn't practiced for many years, and he was relying on his foundation from those years to support himself. Even among the current idols, it is estimated that no one can jump down a Decepticon and keep his breath stable. He didn't notice the small movements of someone behind him at all. He took a few deep breaths and raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face. "Stop yelling. Do you understand?"
Yan Fan nodded. He also had some basic knowledge of Crazy Style. Although he was not specialized in it, with his dancing talent, he could basically master it after watching it once.
"Pay attention to the upper body movements. The frame must be as large as possible. It takes a lot of energy to dance Decepticons once. This week, you can practice it interspersed with your "Misplaced Lighthouse". You can get it right by yourself and ask your choreographer to make corrections while you practice. This is just a rough sketch."
"It's already very impressive." Pei Zijin was very convinced. Fortunately, Sister Xiaoxiao did not invite Teacher Gu and his group to participate this season, otherwise their pressure would definitely be several times more than it is now.
If Yuan Xiao could hear his thoughts at this moment, she would definitely throw up her hands helplessly. She really wanted to invite him, but she failed.
The brother who was good at dancing Crazy Style and choreographing in Gu Yuchen's words finally played his first representative role in life last year. Although he was only the second male supporting role in the drama, his role as the white moonlight earned a lot of tears from the audience.
Gu Yuchen and Fu Daoyun were very happy for him. After all, he had been on the road of acting for so many years, starting from being a minor actor. Now he could be remembered and praised for his acting skills, and could get better roles and better scripts. This was the best thing. Since he had decided to change careers, he had to seize the opportunity when it came. It was right to film more and join more crews while the audience still remembered him. They both understood.
Gu Yuchen picked a place in the practice room to sit down and rest, and waved his hand to signal them to practice first. "Misplaced Lighthouse" is a song with a more atmospheric feel, in the citypop style. It is relatively lighter music among the three main songs. The choreography tends to be more urban with more movements, and the Bridge in the middle is just a pure dance step with hands behind the back.
Gu Yuchen watched them rehearse for a while, pointed out a few points they should pay attention to on the stage, and then went back to the hotel to catch up on some sleep. Before leaving, he finalized the recording time for version 2.0 of "Dawn" with Stary and the others. Gu Yuchen also knew a recording studio here, so he could just go over to record when the time came.
Amid the fans' nervousness and excitement, the first half of the finals arrived as scheduled. This time, all members of the Xiaoshuo group were dressed in macaron colors, and their accessories were also colorful and jingling. They were young to begin with, and now they looked even more youthful. Prism and Blaze were sitting in the waiting room watching them come in, and envy was almost written on their faces.
It’s better to be young.
Star, who has already prepared "Dawn Breaking 2.0", is very excited. Even if he can't get first place this time, he can definitely present a wonderful stage to all the audience and fans. Yuan Xiao came back here two days in advance and inspected their two final stages, and basically approved of them.
But it's not just Stary. Other participating groups are also holding back on their best moves. Whether it's saving the most exciting stage for last, or performing one show in advance when the opponent is off-kilter to gain more audience support, these are all strategies.
Blaze still has his hit song to sing, and now their member who did not participate in the first half of the competition has arrived to complete the lineup. In a previous interview, it was also revealed that in addition to his hit song that year, he will also sing a new song written for his brothers. Blaze, who has been circling in the upper circle and performing stably, is undoubtedly the most favorable contender for the championship of this season's "Heart Dance Stage".
SKY also still retains the theme song of their audition that year, which will definitely be performed again on the final stage. I wonder whose summer memory it will be.
There is also Prism. This first-generation group has been strong from the beginning, but the songs they chose were always too old-fashioned and not quite in line with the tastes of today's audiences. After they discovered this, they decisively changed direction, and started to exert their strength in the second half of the competition. Their rankings kept rising, and they are also strong contenders for the championship.
If Stary wants to win the championship, it will be extremely difficult. His fans have already prepared their family and friends' voting accounts outside the venue, and they are bound to become the strongest backing behind him.
Just go for it with all your strength. As long as you try your best, you won’t regret it even if you lose.
【Author’s words】
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