Chapter 292: Interesting Recording

“Are TV dramas nowadays so weird? The heroine works her way up from a small maid to become a royal concubine…” Zhao Lizhong was looking at the scripts for the next season in the production department. When he found something wrong, he turned the script around and saw that it was the one with the costume dramas.

As for Zhao Lizhong, he usually doesn’t watch costume dramas: because he was too naughty when he was a child, he was sent abroad to study directly after finishing elementary school, so his Chinese and Chinese history level is really not that good...

"Sorry, Second Master, this is the right stack!" The staff member nearby who noticed the situation quickly replaced the pile of scripts in front of him.

"It's okay, I just took it by mistake... But I have a question, what is a maidservant? Is there any difference between her and a maid?" Zhao Lizhong put the script of the costume drama in his hand aside.

"As for this question..." The staff member who was asked was an experienced screenwriter who was responsible for polishing the plot. He immediately bit the brush in his hand and spoke to Zhao Lizhong at length in an ancient style about the origin and development of the term "tongfang maid".

"Oh, so it's just a mistress who is visible in public..." Zhao Lizhong was confused after listening to the whole thing, and finally used his own words to summarize the modern transformation and correspondence of these complicated ancient systems: the principal wife is the first wife who is married in a formal ceremony, the concubines and the wives with official status under the old system, and the numbered wives starting from two, the maidservants are mistresses who are visible in public and recognized even though they have no official status, and the mistresses outside are mistresses who have no official status and cannot be seen in public...

Seeing Zhao Lizhong's expression of "I am so smart" after he came to the corresponding conclusion, the old screenwriter sighed, turned around and went back to his writing career.

"Contemporary dramas are more suitable for me." Zhao Lizhong shook his head. Just as he was about to pick out two scripts with names that he liked and read their contents, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Hello? Su Su? What do you want to talk to me, your second brother?" Zhao Lizhong picked up the phone and answered nonchalantly.

"Someone came to tell me that Zhuang Long was called into the office by my mom for a private talk. But I'm still recording here and can't leave. Can you please go over there for me?" Su Yun said on the other end of the phone, "If it's something serious, call me again and I'll try to make some arrangements and go over there."

"No problem, I'm free now, leave it to me!" It was a rare occasion that Su Yun asked him for help, and Zhao Lizhong, who felt that he owed Su Yun a lot of favors, agreed immediately.

Of course, although he said it was up to him, when it came to actually taking action, Zhao Lizhong strolled off to look for his elder brother Zhao Liming.

Although Fang Mona usually asked people to talk to her alone about official business, he was still a little scared when he thought of the gloomy look on Fang Mona's face after he "leaked the news" before.

It would feel much better if he asked one more person to go over: if they were just discussing business, he could also learn how to sign big-name artists; if they were discussing personal matters, he could let Zhuang Long, the man who coveted his little sister, see how powerful the uncles were!

Hearing Zhao Lizhong's unique idea, Zhao Liming couldn't help but press his forehead.

"Forget it, I'll go with you." Although his younger brother had a unique idea, if that guy Zhuang Long was really committing surveillance thievery... he would definitely let this dumb guy see how powerful his uncle was!

So, with his elder brother backing him up, Zhao Lizhong suddenly became like the man mentioned in the saying "the fox borrows the power of the tiger" and he marched all the way to the marketing department where Fang Mona was, without caring about his relatives.

As soon as they stepped through the door, the two uncles, who were full of thoughts, immediately saw Zhuang Long, who was suspected to be the target that needed concentrated fire, and was politely sent out by Fang Mona.

"It seems that they are just discussing business this time." Zhao Liming breathed a sigh of relief: they had wanted to sign Zhuang Long's contract in Hong Kong for a long time.

However, Zhao Lizhong looked left and right, and felt that he had hallucinated something: he didn't know if it was because of the old screenwriter's long speech just now, but the illusion that the evil mother-in-law was about to face the male version of Cinderella now seemed to have turned into a worried old mother secretly arranging an older and more knowledgeable maid for the restless playboy at home...

No, this guess is too scary, he must be overthinking it!

Zhao Lizhong shook his head vigorously, then pulled his elder brother, who had temporarily felt relieved, and quietly retreated together.

On the way back, he called Su Yun again. After telling her that nothing serious had happened, he reminded her vaguely, "You've grown up now. You should pay attention to the distance between you and your crush, especially since you and Zhuang Long have a movie coming up..."

"Hahaha, how come you suddenly become such a conservative!" Su Yun laughed at him for two full minutes on the other end of the phone, and then she responded carelessly, "Don't worry, John is much more conservative and rule-abiding than me. I don't know if it's because he studied drama before that he attaches great importance to the ethics of generation. He doesn't look like a warrior who dares to go to Hollywood alone - Oh, I won't say anymore, it will be my turn to record soon."

"In short, listen to your second brother and be on guard against others!" Zhao Lizhong rushed to give Su Yun one last warning before hanging up the phone.

On this side, Su Yun responded perfunctorily twice, then turned to look at the recorder: "I'm fine here."

"We're ready here, too." Mei Yanshuang turned around and looked at Tan Yunlun, Zhang Querong and Chen Boyang who were squatting in a small circle looking at the music score. After receiving their OK gestures, she also responded.

This version of "Hand In Hand" has very high requirements for the singer, which is rare. But when we think that this is Su Yun's theme song for next year's Los Angeles Olympics, everyone puts aside the thought that it is a luxury and waste.

At present, let alone Hong Kong, even the whole of China has not been able to launch a song for the global market, even if it is produced for the Olympics in another country and the main lyrics are in English... But it doesn’t matter, Su Yun has also prepared Mandarin and Cantonese versions of the lyrics, and they will be recorded together during this period.

From the "perfect" chorus version to the youth version by Su Yun and Tan, Zhang Mei and Chen, it also had to be recorded in three languages: English, Mandarin and Cantonese. The task was no easy one.

After the recording was completed, the English version was sent to the Los Angeles Olympic Committee to be arranged for its official release, while the Mandarin and Cantonese versions were also in their hands and would be released simultaneously with the English version.

Although the Olympics have been failing in recent years, this quadrennial sporting event still attracts a lot of attention, and the English version of this song is bound to be popular after it is released. With this popularity, the Mandarin and Cantonese versions will definitely not be overshadowed.

Not to mention, the quality of this song is quite good - this can be seen from the fact that the first five older generation singers basically gave positive responses very quickly after receiving the news and the music score.

The global orientation, internationalization, and the enthusiasm for the first privately-run Olympics next year, all these factors combined make it a rare opportunity, even if we cannot play the main role but are part of the chorus.

Therefore, Su Yun’s team building was relatively smooth this time. However, due to the communication and adjustment of the schedules of the older generations, they are temporarily unable to gather in this recording studio to record the “perfect” version of the chorus.

With the idea of ​​not wasting time, Su Yun brought three people from her company as well as Tan Yunlun, who didn't have much free time but was very loyal, to the recording studio to record a youth version of the song with the five of them.

The recording equipment nowadays is not as versatile as the later-generation full-featured ones. To record, one has to sing the whole song in large sections or even directly, and there are three language versions to record... No wonder the four young people around her who are very good at forgetting lyrics, even in the short time when she makes a phone call, have to gather together to recite the lyrics.

After the five young men had been recording in a dark room for several days, five "old" seniors who were highly respected in the music industry came in one after another.

It has to be said that a classic masterpiece is a classic masterpiece. When Su Yun played the youth version they had recorded before for the seniors to listen to, the accompaniment and prelude specially produced by the best orchestra in Hong Kong instantly attracted this group of knowledgeable seniors.

After the demo was played, a battle for the best song, which is customary in the music industry, took place right in the recording studio.

Relying on the fact that he and Su Yun are adopted father and daughter, and that his new record company Kang Yi has previously given him a preferential treatment of investing heavily in new songs, Xu Gujie is confident that he will get the rights to the solo version of this song: "As we are father and daughter, you should at least give me, your adopted father, some face, right?"

Luo Yun chose to use the results of the collaboration to show his strength and desire: "The results of the song "Under the Lion Rock" that you authorized me to sing before are obvious to both you and me. Now it has become one of the representative songs of Hong Kong people. If you authorize me, I will definitely not let you down."

Xu Yanmeng used a tender attack to get closer to them: "It's been a long time since we last met, Mary. I remember that before you and Ah Mei, you both performed on stage with me!"

Zhen Li was not as "connected" as the other three, but she had her own record company, so she thought about it carefully and expressed her sincerity to the utmost: "As long as you authorize me to play this song, I will get the best discounts for future cooperation with Zhao's companies, and I don't need to take the profit this time..."

Seeing a group of seniors who used to look up to Su Yun surrounding her for a song, and not until they all had to get their own solo versions authorized before they sat down to memorize the lyrics and rehearse contentedly, the four people, Tan, Zhang, Mei, and Chen, who were squeezed into a corner, looked at each other. Finally, the youngest Mei Yanshuang spoke up, "Good songs are becoming increasingly rare. We won't fight over them like they did in the future, will we?"

"I can compose music myself, so I won't compete with you." Chen Boyang, knowing that he must be at the bottom of the food chain among the four, spoke decisively.

"Come on, you love songs so much, if you really see a good song, won't you fight for it?" Tan Yunlun and Zhang Querong are old acquaintances, and he waved his hands on the spot, "At worst, we can do what they did, each of us can come up with our own version, at worst we can find someone to write more lyrics..."

"Well, in that case, I just got a song by Su Su for the interlude of the next movie. I don't need to compete with you for the time being." Mei Yanshuang said thoughtfully.

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything. Once she did, the other three immediately became unbalanced and started to make a scene: "Why? Mary always favors you, and we've been her friends for many years!"

“Share it! Share it! Let’s all sing it together. Maybe it will suit us too!”

“Yes, we want to sing too!”

They are not making this up: although there has always been a gap between male and female keys in singing, Mei Yanshuang is a rare mezzo-soprano with a deep voice, so her songs may also be sung by male singers.

At worst, I can just sing in a lower key - even if it's a bit troublesome, I can't let Su Yun be too partial!

"Okay, we've been good brothers for so many years, I won't eat alone!" Mei Yanshuang waved her hand, took out the song "Bad Girl" that Su Yun gave her last night and slammed it on the table, "Come on! You said it yourself, let's sing it together!"

After seeing the song title and lyrics clearly, Tan, Zhang and Chen, who had been shouting so happily before, suddenly became as quiet as chickens.