Chapter 23 Is he...helping her again?
In her daily work at the agricultural channel, Ren Limeng shoots almost all the scenes in one take, whether in the studio or at the grassroots level. At this moment, when she heard Dong Zhu's sudden suggestion to re-record the scene, her pupils shrank slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed under her calm smile.
Filming work always involves a lot of work, few people, and heavy tasks. Sometimes when going out on location like this, she will also take the initiative to help the photographer record some empty shots and other materials, but their channel has never re-filmed due to insufficient materials. To be precise, no one has the time to go through the same process twice.
Especially for programs with a large number of people, re-recording would be too troublesome.
Ren Limeng observed the skilled movements of dozens of staff members on the scene, made a rough estimate, and began to secretly worry about the recording costs. To be honest, she was really envious and jealous!
Compared with their channels, the wealth of the entertainment channel is indeed reflected in all aspects. After all, the entertainment channel is the pillar of the Orange platform!
There is no comparison! There is no comparison at all!
Transformation!
Must transform!
Almost as soon as Dong Zhu finished speaking, the camera officially started recording. Shen Xingzhi glanced at the program crew without comment, cooperated with the program crew's camera as usual, and re-proposed the idea of ​​performing "Song of Heaven and Earth".
Although Ren Limeng was immersed in her own thoughts, she still paid attention to other people. When she heard Shen Xingzhi's calm voice that he was about to end, she was ready to echo the words of agreement, but she didn't expect that Li Qingzi's eyes moved and she took over Shen Xingzhi's words first.
"Brother Xingzhi, your suggestion of 'Song of Heaven and Earth' is great! It's a song that makes my blood boil. Combining it with the banggu will definitely create a '1+1>2' effect. Chichi, what do you think?"
"......Yes."
Xu Chichi couldn't help but look at Ren Limeng's calm smile, but in the end, she didn't say much. Whether she was willing to admit it or not, the role she currently played in the team was a bit awkward. In front of the camera, other than letting her act as the atmosphere group and express her agreement, other guests would not pay special attention to her.
At this moment, Li Qingzi called her specifically, and Li Qingzi needed a responding voice.
Xu Chichi thought very clearly. She was just a beauty blogger who had one foot in the entertainment industry. It was impossible and unnecessary for her to refute the actress Li Qingzi for the sake of Ren Limeng, whom she had known for two or three days. Besides, she was already planning to develop in the entertainment industry. She couldn't afford to offend Li Qingzi.
Although, everyone knew that Ren Limeng was the one who contributed the most to finalizing "Song of Heaven and Earth".
Li Qingzi spoke first at this moment, just to steal the spotlight from Ren Limeng and break the deadlock in front of the camera to attract fans, and by the way, secretly express her relationship with Shen Xingzhi.
Ren Limeng's eyes flashed, and her right hand holding the drumstick subconsciously tightened, and then loosened slightly. She calmly placed the drumstick on the drumhead of the bang drum in front of her, with the smile on her face unchanged.
"In that case, Qingzi, do you want to learn banggu together?"
Ren Limeng and Li Qingzi's eyes met in the air. Both of them smiled gently, but no one ignored the undercurrent behind the smiles.
This is a conflict that could be big or small.
However, Ren Limeng is just an unknown person on the Orange platform, but she is a female star promoted by Hanxing. Does Ren Limeng really dare to care about such a small matter?
Li Qingzi smiled meaningfully. She had already thought of a response before she decided to speak. No matter how unwilling Ren Limeng was to accept this loss, she had no way to do anything about it.
If Ren Limeng can't swallow this anger and makes a big deal out of it now, will the production crew, who are already exhausted after coaxing Yan Baiwei and Shen Xing, indulge her?
She is not the key guest of the program team. Ren Limeng is a smart person. Of course, if she is not so smart, Li Qingzi will also be happy to watch a good show.
For Li Qingzi, choosing to speak out can achieve multiple goals at one stroke.
"I'll let it go, Li Meng. You're a recognized academic genius. You're the only one who can handle it in such a short time. I won't bother you."
Li Qingzi finished speaking with a smile, and suddenly, Shen Xingzhi interrupted the conversation between the two, "One person's banggu is too weak, don't the rest of you want to give it a try?"
Shen Xingzhi seemed to have a different opinion from Li Qingzi. He stared at the banggu in front of him, and the thoughtful look on his face was too obvious. Yan Baiwei, who was watching the show, heard his question and straightened up vigilantly, ready to respond to Shen Xingzhi's next words.
During this trip, Shen Xingzhi's personality was very different from the legend. People in the circle said that he was cold and indifferent, but after getting to know him for the past two days, Yan Baiwei only felt that Shen Xingzhi's personality was more domineering and powerful, but he just looked nonchalant.
But whether in terms of status or background, Chen Xingzhi has the capital to be more arrogant than her. Even if she is angry and wants to lose her temper, she has to cooperate with the recording.
Yan Baiwei was really afraid that Chen Xingzhi would drag the other guests to learn banggu again, and it would not be worth it if there was another commotion.
"Forget it, Brother Xingzhi, time is too tight."
Yan Baiwei spoke slowly, her deliberately soft voice carrying an obvious hint of weakness, secretly expressing her compromise and concession. She really had no other choice. She would try her best to cooperate with him as the captain. Could he please show some mercy!
Shen Xingzhi's gaze passed over Yan Baiwei. Li Qingzi subconsciously avoided Shen Xingzhi's gaze. Xu Chichi stared at the banggu, which was wider than himself, with obvious hesitation in his eyes, and said nothing.
"Brother Xingzhi, do you want to try it?"
The atmosphere was quiet, and Ren Limeng's tentative eyes met Chen Xingzhi. Chen Xingzhi nodded and suddenly smiled, "Okay."
Everyone was shocked. Ren Limeng raised an eyebrow. She didn't expect Shen Xingzhi to really have such intentions. She didn't know what Shen Xingzhi was up to. She just listened to him continue, "I have discussed with Ren Limeng how to add a banggu performance to 'Song of Heaven and Earth'. Our ideas coincide. Ren Limeng, the stage you envision sounds very challenging. I am interested in trying it with you."
Shen Xingzhi explained softly, intentionally emphasizing Ren Limeng in his faint voice, causing everyone present to look at each other unconsciously, and the camera crew faithfully recorded his every word.
Ren Limeng raised her eyebrows, and under the shadow of the recording umbrella with her back to the sun, she pursed her lips and smiled, avoiding Shen Xingzhi's slightly melting cold and focused eyes, and a flickering complexity appeared in her eyes.
Is he...helping her again?
Isn't it...a waste of time?
"Then... add me in!"
Xu Chichi looked at Shen Xingzhi and finally made a decision in her heart. She gritted her teeth, put on a smile, raised her hand, and persuaded herself to try this not-so-good-looking instrument in front of her.
The subsequent recording of Yantan went smoothly. Everyone performed perfectly as teammates in unison in front of the camera, and checked in and toured the entire scenic area in a friendly manner.
Afterwards, the five of them split into two groups. Yan Baiwei and Li Qingzi decided to check in at other attractions to earn reward tasks; Ren Limeng, Chen Xingzhi and Xu Chichi stayed in Yantan to continue learning banggu with Teacher Li.
After choosing the appropriate banggu, Ren Limeng and the other two stood in a row behind their respective banggu, listening carefully to Teacher Li's explanation of the basic knowledge points about banggu.
"First, we'll learn how to hold the banggu correctly and the basic techniques for striking it... Striking different parts of the banggu will produce different sounds. You can try it yourself!"
Sometimes passionate and surging, sometimes deep and heavy, the drum sounds are like thunder and rain. With the different strokes of the hands, different positions on the drum surface produce different pleasant sounds.
Ren Limeng learns very quickly, and her movements even have a certain familiarity. This is her first time to formally come into contact with the banggu instrument, but she has been exposed to many drum instruments since she was a child, including single-skin drum, tang drum, basin drum, Huai drum, etc. These drum instruments appear frequently in opera performances. They can not only be used to beat the rhythm, but also to set off the emotions and atmosphere on the stage. They have been with her like a shadow during the years she learned opera.
More importantly, her father, Ren Shunan, is the drummer of the Meishi Qianfang Troupe Band. He can play many traditional musical instruments. After years of exposure, Ren Limeng is not completely ignorant of many traditional musical instruments, even if she is not proficient in them.
This was the reason why Ren Limeng agreed to Li Qingzi so readily in the beginning. She was not afraid of the tight time schedule and heavy workload of learning banggu.
If I have to say it's difficult, Ren Limeng would still think of her parents unconsciously when she looked at the smooth and taut drum surface in front of her.
One of the stops on this trip might be Mei City. Whenever she thought of this, Ren Limeng felt complicated. Standing on the land of Jingchu, she felt a little homesick.
Because after the college entrance examination, she made the "earth-shaking" decision to change her career despite her family's opposition, she had too many arguments with her parents in college. Her mother, Wu Murong, always felt that she was obsessed and insisted that she re-learn Huangmei Opera. Her father also silently agreed. Over time, Ren Limeng used activities and internships to go home less and less frequently during holidays.
It was not until she was admitted to graduate school that Ren Limeng firmly embarked on the path of a host. In her second year of graduate school, she won the first place in the news category of the National Host Competition. Her parents saw her talking eloquently on TV, and with the praise and persuasion of relatives and friends, they had to accept the reality - their daughter's stage was under the spotlight, not on a small stage.
In recent years, Ren Limeng rarely went home except during the holidays, and she no longer had any major conflicts with her parents. However, sometimes, when they talked about her choice, they could only remain silent.
My mother always said that she made them love and hate her, but who knew how much pressure and pain she had to bear behind her "willingness to go her own way".
Ren Limeng had swallowed all her tears and pain, leaving only the unchanging generous smile on her face and her professional qualities that were praised by everyone.
"Ren Limeng?"
Shen Xingzhi noticed Ren Limeng's dazed look. He put down the drumstick in his hand and called out softly, which made Ren Limeng suddenly come back to her senses and realize that the camera was on the side.
When she turned to look at Chen Xing, she happened to see Teacher Li on the other side teaching Xu Chichi how to hold the drumstick.
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