Chapter 36 Polishing Lyrics
"Which lyrics do you want to sing?"
Wen Yu asked for his opinion with a smile.
The trainees all witnessed Wen Yu singing "Spark" with Lu Ran for an hour. Even when they saw his gentle smile, the trainees did not let their guard down.
"I……"
Zhou Ran swallowed nervously: "I want to sing the first line of "Spark"."
"Then you try it."
Wen Yu raised an eyebrow, indicating that he could start.
"When the monsoon wind blows across a burning neck..."
Zhou Ran tentatively sang the first line of the lyrics.
His voice was very low, perhaps because he was nervous.
Wen Yu didn't say "yes" or "no", but instead set her eyes on the other boy: "Zhao Sheng, right? Tell me, how did he sing this line?"
Zhao Sheng, who was suddenly called out, was startled: "I...I want to say it?"
"right."
Wen Yu nodded: "What do you think of his singing?"
"I think his voice is too quiet."
Zhao Sheng told the truth.
"Anything else?"
Under Wen Yu's scrutinizing gaze, Zhao Sheng stammered as he added, "Also... Also, the emotions weren't strong enough... He didn't grasp the emotion expressed in the song..."
"very good."
Wen Yu clapped his hands and returned his gaze to Zhou Ran: "Did you hear your question?"
"Um."
Zhou Ran held the microphone and nodded heavily.
After seeing Wen Yu's attitude towards Lu Ran, Zhou Ran knew in his heart that if he didn't sing this line well today, he would never be able to move on to the next part, so he raised his voice and sang the first line again.
"Sing again."
Wen Yu spoke in a calm voice.
"When the monsoon wind blows across a burning neck..."
"continue."
"When the monsoon wind blows across a burning neck..."
"continue."
…
Zhou Ran and Wen Yu's conversation was repeated dozens of times.
When singing the song for the tenth time, Wen Yu asked the staff to play the original version again.
When singing for the 25th time, Wen Yu's eyes showed a hint of smile: "Great progress."
When singing for the thirty-ninth time, Wen Yu made an "OK" gesture to Zhou Ran, indicating that it was time to end.
"I'll continue to check your words tomorrow."
Wen Yu smiled and said, "The chorus is the part we need to sing together. I will also check this part."
"good!"
Zhou Ran knew that his assessment for today was over, so he nodded heavily.
When he returned to his original position, he found that his back was soaked with sweat.
Although it was December, the air conditioner was on in the practice room. Coupled with repeating the first line of lyrics over and over again, Zhou Ran became extremely nervous. Beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead and back.
"Next."
Wen Yu continued to scan the trainees present and called out, "Zhao Sheng."
Zhao Sheng had just finished commenting on Zhou Ran's singing skills, and before he had time to rest for long, he heard Wen Yu's familiar voice again. His body trembled subconsciously: "Here!"
"Which lyric do you choose?"
"I chose 'The bones hide an unrusted edge.'"
"good."
Wen Yu nodded: "Let's start."
Zhao Sheng took a deep breath, brewing his emotions for a while, and then began to sing: "There is an unrusted edge hidden in my bones..."
"Zhou Ran."
"arrive!"
Zhou Ran was still immersed in the singing scene just now. When she heard Wen Yu calling her name, she looked up at him.
"What do you think of Zhao Sheng's singing?"
"I……"
Zhou Ran licked her dry lips: "I... I'm sorry... Teacher... I didn't listen carefully..."
Because she was so nervous, Zhou Ran even forgot that Wen Yu was the "captain" and subconsciously called him "teacher".
"It doesn't matter."
Wen Yu looked at Zhou Ran's slightly trembling legs and began to wonder if she was too strict.
He did not pursue the matter of Zhou Ran's distraction, but said to Zhao Sheng: "Zhao Sheng, sing it again."
"There is an unrusted edge hidden in the bones..."
Zhou Ran listened attentively.
When Zhao Sheng finished singing this line, he immediately pointed out the other person's problem: "The tune is wrong."
"The pitch of the word 'fengmang' is upward, but Zhao Sheng sang it downward, which made it sound weird."
"Did you hear that?"
Wen Yu asked Zhao Sheng again.
"Um."
Zhao Sheng nodded heavily.
He repeatedly sang the lyrics "There is an unrusted edge hidden in the bones". When he sang it for the 43rd time, Wen Yu finally made an "OK" gesture to him.
"Congratulations, you passed."
"yeah!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng excitedly made a "yeah" gesture.
However, he quickly realized that they were in the practice room and that his reaction was too strong, so he coughed twice and said, "Thank you, Captain Wen..."
"Go back."
Wen Yu was amused by Zhao Sheng's reaction.
He selected another trainee in the order.
After this trainee finished singing, Wen Yu selected another person to comment.
And so the cycle repeats...
It wasn't until the last trainee returned to their original position that Wen Yu smiled and said, "You all performed very well."
Wen Yu and the others arrived at the practice room at 7:30, and Song Shinian left at 7:45.
After Song Shinian left the practice room, Wen Yu asked the staff to play the original version more than ten times, which took an hour; he took Lu Ran to go through "Spark" from beginning to end, which took another hour; each trainee sang the lyrics dozens of times, and the average time for each trainee was ten minutes, which added up to one hour and forty minutes for all ten trainees.
It's time for dinner now.
"Thank you for your hard work, let's go have lunch."
Wen Yu was very satisfied with the results of the morning.
To be fair, the trainees were stronger than he had imagined. Before the training officially started, Wen Yu had mentally prepared himself to have them polish the lyrics a hundred times, but things went much more smoothly than he had imagined.
After singing it for more than 20 times, these trainees were able to grasp the essence of the lyrics; by the time they sang it for more than 30 times, they were able to sing the lyrics very well.
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