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Chapter 99 Voice Changing, Songs, Light Music

Jinling Normal University School of Music

"Hello, Teacher Zhang, I'm Xiao Qian!" Counselor Qian gripped the round-faced middle-aged man's hand tightly and shook it vigorously. "Let me introduce you. This is Chu Zhu, who hopes to borrow various facilities from you."

"No problem, no problem!" Teacher Zhang said with a smile and a sincere tone. "We're all sister schools, a word is all it takes. Actually, I'm the one who's a little embarrassed... I even had to trouble Principal Li to put in a good word for me..."

Teacher Zhang said casually, "Actually, it should have been our college's vice dean who personally received us, but he happened to have something to do, so I came instead!"

On the surface, Teacher Zhang was gentle, but in reality, he was sizing up Chu Zhu without making a sound, and in his heart he was thinking: Whose second generation is this?

For something as simple as recording music to require the principal to personally intervene is outrageous... This is definitely not something that can be done simply by having money.

In fact, if it weren't for the different surnames, he would have suspected that they might be Principal Li's nephews or nieces... Otherwise, he really couldn't understand this situation!
Then came the signing of the contract.

Next, under Teacher Zhang's guidance, Chu Zhu logged onto the relevant national website and quickly completed the copyright application for all the songs and light music she was about to perform.

"After it's approved, there's a 30-day public notice period! There shouldn't be any major problems!" Teacher Zhang coughed, then opened the recording studio door. "Come on! By the way... do you know how to use it? If not, let me help you adjust it!"

……

A few hours later.

Teacher Zhang followed Chu Zhu out of the recording studio, looking dazed.

At this moment, recalling the light music that Chu Zhu had played before—some cheerful, some solemn, some dignified, and some sad—he still felt as if he were in a dream.

Where is he? What did he do? What did he hear?!
In particular, it wasn't just light music... After recording these light music tracks, he also listened to and recorded Chu Zhu singing one song after another—

There are love songs! Folk songs! Classical songs! And pop songs!

Dozens of songs scattered throughout—and each one was sung only once and then immediately discarded. Unlike other singers who write new songs, there was no need to constantly adjust, add new lyrics, or even revise them to the point of being unrecognizable from the original version, as the songs were sung!
It's as if this person, who is highly suspected of being a second-generation rich kid, already has a finished song in his head!
For a moment, he even wondered if this second-generation rich kid had coerced or bribed them to steal the works of a bunch of talented producers.

Of course, he quickly denied this possibility! Because it was impossible, such a thing was too outrageous to be done by force... Moreover, most importantly, composing, writing lyrics, arranging music, these might be able to be seized... but, can you just start singing it?

How can you compete with such singing skills?
It's one thing for you to sing in a male voice, but you can actually switch your voice and sing in a female voice?!

Even the voices of male and female singers are different in every song.

He'd heard of voice changing before, but he'd never seen it like this... This was just too outrageous!
Even if Michael Jackson were to be resurrected and stand in front of him, Mr. Zhang felt... that would probably be about all the shock he would experience.

As we all know, every famous singer, or superstar, becomes famous because of their high-quality songs and their unique and recognizable voices—this is their most distinctive feature.

Compared to these predecessors, Chu Zhu's style... he couldn't see through it. If he really had a style, it would probably be ever-changing.

On the other side, Qian, the tutor, was also glancing at Chu Zhu from time to time.

He first pinched himself hard, and after feeling the pain, he fell into deep thought. A moment later, he pinched himself hard again, wincing in pain, and fell into deep thought once more.

The counselor initially thought Chu Zhu was just there for fun, but even though he didn't understand music, he could tell that Chu Zhu's songs, sung in different voices, were very beautiful and attractive. He was even captivated by them, especially the light music.

Because he wasn't a music student, he might find it difficult to judge the quality of songs with lyrics. However, light music is a different story.

Because it has no lyrics, light music is arguably the type of music that makes it easiest for ordinary people to distinguish between good and bad.

The solemn and dignified song that Chu Zhu had sung before, which he called "Rebirth from Fire," was, in his opinion, almost comparable to "The Battle Song of the Moon Palace." That song was practically a military anthem!

As for the other light music pieces played alongside "Rebirth," although they were different in style, he felt that their quality was not much worse than "Rebirth."
Chu Zhu held the portable digital recorder, which contained the results of his work over the past afternoon. "The matter is resolved, so I should go back now..."

"Wait a minute!" Qian, the tutor, suddenly interrupted Chu Zhu, his expression shifting. Finally, he gritted his teeth and looked at Teacher Zhang. "Teacher Zhang, I'm really sorry! I didn't think of this before, but now I have to emphasize it... Although you guided Chu Zhu to apply for the copyright, I don't know much about this. You guys wouldn't do anything underhanded during the review period, would you?"

Teacher Zhang was taken aback at first. After realizing what the counselor meant, he was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red, mainly from anger. "You...you're too much! How could you think like that! You're simply..." "I know it's not good to say this, but let me be frank with you from the beginning," the counselor said with a wry smile.

He really hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

He couldn't estimate the value of these songs at the moment, but judging from Teacher Zhang's almost speechless shock, and considering the quality of the light music he heard... it was probably a very high figure!

Especially in this era, compared to twenty years ago, there is a growing emphasis on copyright in all aspects.

"Don't worry!" Teacher Zhang said with a dark face, "We are a legitimate school, not a company. We wouldn't try to cheat our students!"

"What's more... you have Principal Li on your side. Hmph, even if you weren't looking for us, but for those companies... if those music companies really had any ulterior motives, knowing about Principal Li's existence, they might not dare to resort to dirty tricks."

The school principal may seem ordinary, but he has extensive connections within the system, especially the principal of a prestigious university.

To put it bluntly, even disregarding the principal's own rating... who knows which outstanding alumni have graduated from this school?
As long as the matter is resolved within the school, no matter how big the commotion becomes, companies in the community can do nothing about it, and may even suffer the consequences themselves.

Even if we take a step back and assume there is no connection with Principal Li, as long as Chu Zhu is a college student, she will naturally receive a thick layer of protection.

"Then I'm relieved." The counselor smiled with relief, and finally gave Chu Zhu a longing look.

He was sending a signal through his eyes: Good grief, I've really offended someone for you this time. If you ever really make it big in the future, don't forget to help me out.

Chu Zhu gave an OK sign in response.

"Oh, right!" Teacher Zhang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Um, I wanted to ask if I could let the professors at our school listen to this music? Don't worry, there will absolutely be no copyright issues."

"It's alright, do as you please." Chu Zhu waved and walked towards the school gate.

"No, you... at least..." The counselor's facial muscles twitched, and he turned around. His attitude was completely different from before. He was warm and apologetic, and he shook Zhang's hand again, shaking it hard. "I'm so sorry for my attitude before!"

"You've been so helpful today, running around doing all this! Thank you so much... If you ever come to Jinling University in the future, I'll personally welcome you and host a banquet to apologize!"

The counselor even bowed twice. To be honest, although he didn't know the exact identity of this Mr. Zhang opposite him... he was most likely a professor or associate professor. As a mere counselor, if it weren't for Principal Li's intervention, he wouldn't have been able to bring Chu Zhu to meet this person, and the person in front of him would have been busy running around all afternoon!

Especially considering that he had previously questioned the person in front of him...

"It's nothing, it's not that exaggerated... It's a sister school, it's only right, but wait a minute!" As Teacher Zhang was speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

He turned his head sharply and found that Chu Zhu's figure had disappeared. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but no words came out.

Upon seeing this, the counselor's eyelids twitched a few times, and he had a strange, ominous feeling, but he couldn't figure out where this feeling came from for the moment, so he finally chose to say goodbye.

After watching her counselor's figure disappear, Teacher Zhang stood there for a long, long time.

Finally, he murmured, as if talking to himself, or perhaps asking someone, "This musical level...this voice modulation! And those songs he played, the songs he sang, and the light music, I've never heard of them before, and, moreover, they even applied for copyright..."

Teacher Zhang's body trembled slightly. He had been purely stunned by the musical skill, but now that the two had left, he was alone and slowly sorting out everything that had happened. Only then did he come to his senses and realize that something seemed amiss—

"If it's really original, this level... doesn't seem right! Does his school teach music? I don't think they have a music department. And if they do, why would they come here to borrow this equipment to record?"

"But if we don't teach... if we don't teach, where do those singing techniques, arrangement skills, and lyric writing skills come from?"

Although there are indeed some amateur singers, Chu Zhu's previous singing clearly revealed a lot of the style of an academic singer—the difference between someone who has studied and someone who hasn't is too obvious in the eyes of a teacher like him! You can't hide it from him even if you want to.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong!"

"No, this is absolutely unbelievable!"

(End of this chapter)