0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Led by the staff, the four came to a conference room.

The conference room is not big. After putting a long table and a monitor on it, there is only some space in front and behind the long side of the table.

At this moment, the main production team of the program group was sitting around one side of the long table. Behind them was a row of photographers and sound engineers. The other side of the long table, which the camera was facing, was where the artists would sit.

Stage director Chen Qiyuan and music director Chen Weilun sat at one end of the short side facing the screen, while in the center of the long table were this year's Pi Ge producer Guoguo and the general director team.

In fact, a program as large as "Breaking Through the Thorns" cannot have only one director. Every performance stage of each performance will have a corresponding stage director and planner. However, the group meeting before each performance like this is usually attended by the producer and the chief director.

Producer Guoguo and her good friend and executive producer Wu Mengzhi were both old acquaintances of the 0713 brothers. Guoguo witnessed their entire journey from the various sub-stations to the finals, and Wu Mengzhi even worked in the TY publicity department.

Of course, the right and wrong and grudges of the past are long gone. Now the brothers can maintain a superficial relationship with Long Danni and greet her with a smile. It is even more unlikely that they have any grudges against other people who have no direct conflicts with them. At least they have no grudges against the people sitting in front of them.

There were other acquaintances in the conference room, including the stage director and the music director, with whom they had worked together before. So when the four of them came in, it took nearly ten minutes just to reminisce before getting down to business.

"Okay, brothers, we are all acquaintances. We can talk about reminiscing about the past later. I don't think we should have too much adjustment period, so just tell me directly, what do you think about the first stage?" After the pleasantries, Guoguo got to the point and asked directly in her voice with a strong Hunan accent.

First stage thoughts?

Yu Haoming looked at Wang Yuexin and found that Wang Yuexin was looking at Yu Yu, so he shifted his gaze to Yu Yu. As a result, Yu Yu looked at Chen Fusheng the next second after hearing this question, making it clear that he intended to lie down and not think, so Yu Haoming and Wang Yuexin looked at Chen Fusheng together with him.

Chen Fusheng had just started thinking when he noticed the burning gazes of his three blank-headed brothers beside him. He smiled helplessly. Apparently, they remembered that he was their eldest brother and that such matters required the eldest brother to make the decision.

After all, none of them had used their brains to think about the issues for the first stage in the rehearsal room just now. They were just busy chatting, and the three of them acted like thirteen people, so what ideas could they have now?

Chen Fusheng was having a pretty good time chatting with himself earlier, but he's the eldest brother, so he definitely has his own ideas about the stage! Yu Yu's serious face.jpg

"The current arrangement is that each of the five of us will have a solo stage of one and a half to two minutes, and then a five-person collaboration stage?" When the three younger brothers chose to cling to their eldest brother, the eldest brother was absolutely reliable. At least when it came to the stage, Chen Fusheng was always serious.

After receiving a positive response from the program team, he continued, "The collaborative stage definitely requires a relatively explosive song that can mobilize the atmosphere on the scene. In this case, our individual stages cannot choose too many lively songs. If we keep the atmosphere very high and lively all the time, the audience standing in the audience will be very tired."

"Yes, so we suggest that the atmosphere on stage should gradually progress from melancholy to cheerful dance music, with a transition process." Chen Weilun said that most musicians have similar ideas. Basically, all groups with more than three people use this progressive model. It depends on how the artists choose the songs.

"In that case, Brother Sheng, do you want to sing a rock song?" Before Chen Fusheng could speak, Yu Yu took the initiative to suggest that Chen Fusheng sing rock.

He knew that if he didn't say anything here, Chen Fusheng and Wang Yuexin might leave him to the last place.

Query's rock music is undeniably authoritative.

Wang Yuexin originally wanted to suggest that Yu Yu come. Even if he couldn't sing Q God's songs, Yu Yu's own new rock song was also amazing. Unfortunately, Yu Yu had predicted it. After a slight pause, he realized that the salted fish wanted to lie down and let the big brother take over, so he also began to encourage:

"Let me tell you, Chen Fusheng's rock music is very special. He can create a lively atmosphere just by singing."

As Wang Yuexin spoke, she also roared, imitating the way Chen Fusheng must say at the beginning of "Graffiti Forest".

"...It's certainly something we can consider. The beginning of 'Graffiti Forest' is also very interactive..." Chen Fusheng pondered. Just as he finished speaking, he heard someone clapping next to him.

"Pa, pa, pa——" Yu Yu played the rhythm of the prelude of "Graffiti Forest". Wang Yuexin and Yu Haoming immediately joined in the next section. After playing three beats, the three of them raised their hands and slapped the air back and forth to imitate the rhythm of their heartbeats.

Watching the three people quarreling, Chen Fusheng couldn't stop smiling: "Yes, that's it."

"Then let's put Fu Sheng last." Yu Haoming said that they had never fought for the center position or argued over who had the biggest status. It was always whoever was suitable and capable who would go on stage. "I think I can go first, so I'll sing 'Actually I'm Alright'."

Guoguo, who was quietly listening to their thoughts, exchanged glances with the people around her. What could they say? Their current thoughts couldn't be said to be exactly the same as those of the production team, but rather completely unrelated.

The program team currently positions these five people as "mascots" who bring popularity and traffic but ultimately no substantial benefits. They will give them shots and storyline editing that are only lower than the first tier, but it is impossible to give them a stage that is so outstanding that they steal the show. The so-called storyline editing will also secretly focus on some conflicting or controversial topics.

After all, they are currently the fake emperors created by the program team to cover up the real emperor, and they are targets.

They could find an excuse for "Graffiti Forest" and say it was more suitable for a music festival stage than for Phi Ge, but how could they refuse "Actually I'm Fine"? This is a song written by their chief producer Wu Mengzhi, how could they say it's not good?

The discussion among the four people opposite was getting better and better. Wang Yuexin said that if Yu Haoming sang "Actually I'm Fine", then he could be the second or third, depending on what Zhang Yuan was going to sing.

If he sings "Guest", he will sing "The Courtyard in the Sky". If Zhang Yuan sings something else, he can also sing "The Best of Us" as the second one.

"Then I'll play a slightly more upbeat country song, just in time for Brother Sheng."

Yu Yu said that it was too easy to choose a cheerful country song. He could even go for it and choose "Hotel California". After all, the Pi Ge program team was rich and could handle the copyright.

"But what should we sing in chorus?" He looked at the others.

"Why don't we just pick one from those group songs you wrote before?" Yu Haoming suggested, "We can't just keep going with 'Superboy,' right?"

After hearing nothing they wanted to hear, the production team decisively interrupted them.

"Brothers, if you haven't thought of a collaboration song, why not listen to our suggestions?"

It's not that they didn't think of it, but you stopped them before they even started discussing it, right? Yu Yu looked like he was listening attentively, but he was complaining in his heart.

"How about 'Red Sun'? It's a popular song with a strong rhythm. Yue Xin and Hao Ming have sung it a few times before, right?"

The two people who were called nodded. This was indeed a well-known popular song, but it was a little too familiar.

"This song is very classic, but relatively speaking, because it is a classic, there is not much room for adaptation. If we stick to the original song, it will be less surprising for the audience." Chen Fusheng said it quite tactfully.

Guoguo pretended not to understand: "It is indeed challenging, but it is precisely because of the challenges that we overcome difficulties. In fact, we have compiled a version, you can listen to it, but in this version, Haoming will have to sing last because we think it is better for Haoming to sing the first part of the verse solo, and then you can sing the chorus together."

Yu Yu raised her eyebrows and smiled knowingly, without any surprise. Although it was said to be a meeting to discuss, in fact, what they would sing had already been arranged by the program team.

According to the program team's idea, Yu Haoming and Chen Fusheng have to change the order, with Yu Haoming last, Chen Fusheng first, and then Zhang Yuan, Yu Yu and Wang Yuexin in the middle. As for their solo repertoire, the program team also gave several songs for reference.

However, when it comes to choosing one out of three, their recommendations are very clearly directional, mainly focusing on songs that are more familiar to the public, rather than their own first choices. Then, pretending to be considerate for your own good, tell them that it is better to be safe when it comes to their first performance and meeting the audience.

Listen, this statement is quite flawless, because if we put aside the singers' subjective ideas, what the program team said is correct.

Their fame is not yet big enough to become superstars known to everyone in China, so in the two-minute "self-introduction" of each person on the first stage, it is wiser to promote well-known songs rather than recommending their favorite works.

"'Wilderness', 'Midnight Neon' or 'Bird of Paradise'? Wow, I thought you were going to let me sing 'Dream Catcher' on the show." Yu Yu looked at the songs recommended to him by the program team and joked.

A hot fact is that "Dream Catcher" was supposed to belong to the album "13" of the top of Super Boy, but unfortunately it was not released at that time. When it was released last year, from production to promotion, it had nothing to do with the fruit company.

To say they didn't feel any resentment in their hearts? Perhaps they themselves wouldn't believe it.

"'Dream Catcher' is great, but we should focus on the overall performance, right?" Guoguo chuckled. "If you all have no objections to your individual singles, then let's listen to 'Red Sun'."

The song "Red Sun" was indeed adapted with great effort, especially the part at the end where the tempo gets faster and faster and the lyrics are so hot, which can definitely liven up the atmosphere on the scene. It is obvious that the production team did not treat them perfunctorily in the collaborative show.

After analyzing the arrangement, Chen Fusheng changed the subject: "But isn't the key a lot higher than the original?"

"It's a bit high indeed." Wang Yuexin agreed. He looked at Yu Yu naturally, "How high is it?"

Yu Yu replied: "To B."

"Maybe A will feel more comfortable..."

“Is that high?”

Chen Fusheng and Yu Haoming spoke at the same time. Chen Fusheng thought he had misheard. He and Wang Yuexin looked at Yu Haoming in confusion. Being stared at by the two of them, Hao Mingge gave a guilty smile and repeated it again, this time with a less confident tone: "Is this very high..."

"Come on, come on, give me the microphone and sing." Wang Yuexin clenched her fist and handed it to him disguised as a microphone.

"It's okay, I can sing." Yu Yu smiled innocently, "I can sing from a distance."

Zhang Yuan, who was unable to attend the group meeting, was put into the high voice section by Yu Yu, who could sing higher notes better than him.

Zhang Yuan: Thank you so much.

After the meeting, they took off the radios from their collars. On the way out, Yu Yu quietly came to Yu Haoming, hooked one arm around his shoulder, and gave him a thumbs-up: "Brother Haoming, the song 'Actually I'm Fine' you mentioned is really good."

"Of course this song is good, I like it very much." Yu Haoming blinked.

This rabbit has always been stuffed with black sesame.