Follow the sound and follow the way

Guan Xiao left in the middle of the night, and moved Mu Kang to the sofa with some conscience before he left.

When Mu Kang was woken up by the phone the next day, he didn't have much alcohol sequelae, but he was squeezed by the limited space of the sofa and his back hurt.He got up cursing, the scum's soul returned, and he had forgotten all about his gaffe after drinking the night before.

A schedule reminder pops up on the phone: Production, Fan Xing.

It was rare for Mu Kang not to feel irritable. He hummed a song and packed himself safely, leaving the house on time at nine o'clock.

Fan Xing is a contestant in Mu Kang's music talent show.A year ago, Wang Junfeng tricked Mu Kang into signing guests for two seasons with the reason of "looking for new hope in the music world". Naturally, manager Wang didn't really have the awareness of "looking for new hope in the music world". In fact, he just thought secretly. Use Mukang's face to create economic value.

After the first season was finished, Mu Kang realized that the so-called "New Hope of the Music World" was still a fertilized egg at this moment, and he had passively shifted from purely behind the scenes to half in front of the scenes.

Fan Xing is a player in the new season, and he is also a hopeful rookie that Mu Kang has endured for two seasons.

Her face is clean, her smile is sweet, and she has a purebred face. Her music writing skills are average, her lyrics writing skills are good, and her singing skills are amazingly talented. As a result, her popularity has exploded, and she has a faint trend of top traffic.

After he sang the first original song, many guests were teary-eyed. The eyes they looked at Fan Xing were similar to those of their own sons, so Fan Xianrou was surrounded by guests and fans all the way to the final.

There is a semi-reward link in the finals. The contestants can choose a guest to cooperate with, and the form of cooperation is arbitrary.

Fan Xing chose Mu Kang.

For two whole seasons, not to mention cooperation, no player dared to have a direct dialogue with Mu Kang.Everyone in the circle knows that Mu Kang is too good and has a bad temper. There are people behind each of the contestants who come to participate in the competition, and they are told every day. Don't touch Mu Kang, the Buddha, if his level is not up to standard. The general comments and the handsome face against the sky lasted for two seasons.

And Fan Xing, who knows that he is not an amateur, and who is definitely guided by someone behind his back, actually chooses Mu Kang.

Mu Kang thought to himself, he was right.

Fan Xing signed with a record company and released a non-original album. The company is not very good, and the album is not very good. What Mu Kang likes is his voice that has not been polished by commercial albums.

He is a newcomer who has backbone and knows he has talent.

When we arrived at the recording studio at ten o'clock, Fan Xing had already arrived.He sat in front of the electric piano and read the score, his beautiful side face looked docile and soft under the dim light.

The moment Mu Kang opened the door and walked in, several girls who wanted to catch a glimpse followed behind him.

Mu Kang quickly closed the door without mercy.

Girls: "..."

When Fan Xing saw Mu Kang coming in, his eyes lit up, and he got up immediately: "Teacher Mu."

Mu Kang said "hmm": "Let's start."

Fan Xing shook the score in his hand and asked excitedly, "Mr. Mu, did you write this?"

Mu Kang didn't even look at it, and leaned over to turn on the phone: "No."

Fan Xing: "...But your name is written on it."

Mu Kang directly ignored this sentence, pointing to the recording studio: "Go in."

"Just record? Don't you want to communicate?" Fan Xing hesitated, "I... I have no experience."

Mukang: "Have you released an album yet?"

Fan Xing: "Send it."

Mu Kang: "Then why have no experience?"

Fan Xing: "..."

Mu Kang clicked his tongue: "Okay, what are you talking about?"

Fan Xing asked cautiously: "Is it the recording of "Persistence"?"

Mukang: "Yes."

Fan Xing gave Mu Kang all his original demos a few days ago. It took nearly [-] minutes for Mu Kang to finalize "Perseverance" in less than an hour. Fan Xing didn't quite understand this. He said: "I wrote "Perseverance" several years ago. At that time, I was very immature in songwriting, with both melody and harmony..."

"I know." Mu Kang interrupted him impatiently, "With me, don't worry."

Fan Xing was stunned: "Huh?"

"Sit down." Mu Kang pushed the two chairs to the mixer, "Listen."

Mu Kang turned on the power amplifier: "Ready?"

Fan Xing nodded because he didn't know.

Mu Kang pushed away the voice: "That's the beginning."

Music came rushing in from all directions at once.

A few single notes on the piano lay out the introduction, and then the marimba enters, playing a wonderful chord.

Fan Xing has never heard such an arrangement, the harmony is strange but firm, and the whole song is full of unheard of chords and sentence breaks.

Is this... jazz?Fan Xing thought, but immediately denied it.

Neither lazy nor lustful, not jazz.

Although the sense of virtuosity breaks through the sky, the whole piece only relies on the original sound of classical guitar, piano, strings and marimba, and there is no interlaced electric sound and voice changer for virtuosity.

And persistent, innocent and cool.

Fan Xing's heart was beating fast, he peeked at Mu Kang's pensive handsome side face, and was speechless.

After the song was over, Mu Kang asked, "Can we start?"

Fan Xing asked in a low voice: "Is this "Persistence"?"

Mu Kang said with certainty: "Yes."

Fan Xing's eyes turned red instantly, he tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart, and looked at Mu Kang silently.

It is indeed the same "Persistence", but it has been completely changed.

"I don't know if I can sing well." Fan Xing said hesitantly, "I've never sung this kind of harmony."

Mu Kang: "You wrote the lyrics and music yourself, right?"

Fan Xing: "Yes."

Mu Kang: "What do you think of the arrangement? Is it consistent with the artistic conception of the lyrics?"

"Consistent." Fan Xing paused, "I didn't expect to be... so consistent."

It is also extremely advanced.Fan Xing thought to himself, he didn't have the nerve to say it out.

I used to think that "Persistence" was the most earthy song among all my original songs, thinking that Mu Kang didn't listen to his demo carefully and chose a song at random.It's really a big misunderstanding, to judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

No, it's a mortal's heart to measure the belly of a talented scholar.

Mu Kang nodded: "That's fine, think about your mood when you wrote this song, go."

Fan Xing is really talented, and he was beaten by Mu Kang's magical arrangement, and his emotions poured out, as if he was taken away by Queen Li. The recording process was very smooth, and it was completed in less than three hours.

This work will not only be performed in the finals, but will also be released as a single on major online platforms.

Mu Kang was in a good mood, and it was rare for him to be merciful, and invited Fan Xing to have lunch.

During the dinner, Fan Xing asked curiously: "Mr. Mu, it seems that you are rarely a producer?"

Mukang: "Yes."

Fan Xing: "Why?"

Mu Kang said bluntly: "Most of them sang too badly."

Fan Xing: "..."

The two ate in silence for a while, and Fan Xing couldn't help but asked again: "Is there no singer in the entertainment industry that you like?"

After all, Fan Xing is a newcomer, and he hasn’t learned how to deal with each other mellowly. This question is inappropriate both in terms of content and way of asking. Mu Kang glanced at him and didn’t care too much: “It’s not that there is no such thing, we have cooperated a few times. "

Fan Xing: "Who is there?"

Mu Kang mentioned a few names, and added: "And you."

Fan Xing let out an "ah" and blushed.

Mu Kang didn't notice Fan Xing's embarrassment, he just felt that after two seasons, he finally met a good newcomer, and he should give some encouragement, so he said: "Your voice is not good, but your emotional expression Kind, easy to sing to people's hearts."

Fan Xing smiled: "Thank you, Teacher Mu."

Mu Kang continued: "Pop songs don't have much depth. Singing is telling stories. If you have a good voice, it's suitable for telling other people's stories. If you have an average voice, it's suitable for telling your own stories. Do you understand?"

Fan Xing: "I don't quite understand..."

"Some people's voices are so nice that people feel distance when they hear them. Once such voices come out, the audience thinks it's a singer, an aria, or a script." Mu Kang explained, "And some people's voices are just ordinary people. The audience will not feel the distance, but only feel that it is you and me, and it is the story of their own life that is happening."

Fan Xing looked at Mu Kang with thought in his eyes.

"You are the latter. With the latter singing style, it is easy to produce one or two mouth-watering songs, but it is difficult to consistently produce good works, because you have to keep looking for the delicate emotions that people have in their subconscious but not usually aware of. Only then can people have the spiritual resonance of reminding, enlightening, moving, and remembering." Mu Kang smiled, "You are talented, and your perception is always rich."

Fan Xing felt it was worth it, and he boasted that he could brag about it for the rest of his life. He finally plucked up the courage: "Thank you, Mr. Mu, I would like to ask you... to be the producer of my next album, is that okay?"

Mu Kang didn't hesitate: "Yes."

Fan Xing: "..."

Agreeing so easily? ?

He didn't know that Mu Kang's biggest purpose for coming to the show was to "find new hope in the music world". Now that he had found "new hope", he had to cultivate it.

"However, the human voice is always only a part of the music, always keep in mind." Mukang finished his tea and planned to withdraw, "The only meaning of a musical work, no matter classical, pop, jazz or rock, is to express emotion or attitude, not to show Singing."

"I remember." Fan Xing nodded vigorously, seeing that Mu Kang was about to leave, he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Mu, can I invite you to sing?"

Mu Kang stopped holding the coat, and said directly: "No."

In desperation, Fan Xing carried forward the newcomer spirit of "not at all knowing how to judge words and expressions" and "which pot is not open and which pot to carry" without a teacher: "Why? There are many songs written by you in the recording studio? How much is it? can pay..."

Mu Kang was a little more tolerant of the "New Hope" he chose, and did not turn his face: "I can teach you how to write, but I don't write myself."

Fan Xing asked stupidly: "How to teach?"

Mu Kang sighed inwardly, put down his clothes and sat up straight again: "How do you usually write music?"

This question touched Fan Xing's area of ​​self-confidence, and he quickly said: "Build the harmony first."

Mukang said, "Well, and there are templates."

Fan Xing thought for a while and admitted, "Yes, there are several favorite combinations."

Mu Kang: "In your early works, you first hummed the melody and then matched the harmony. In your recent works, you start to build the harmony and then the melody, right?"

Fan Xing: "Yes."

Mu Kang: "So you think that your current works are not as vulgar as before, don't you?"

Fan Xing: "Yes."

Mu Kang: "You actually didn't like "Perseverance" before, right?"

Fan Xing: "...um."

Mu Kang: "After the recording in the morning, don't you still look down on it?"

Fan Xing shook his head, wanted to say something, opened his mouth but closed it again.

From the look on his face, he seemed to have a clue, but he couldn't grasp it.

Mu Kang raised his hand to look at his watch, didn't say any more, put on his coat and got up, and said casually, "Let's talk about it when the album starts recording. Goodbye."

Fan Xing nodded, and mumbled, "Goodbye, Teacher Mu."

Mu Kang ignored him and left without looking back.

Fan Xing: "..."

Fan Xianrou sat there feeling apprehensive, did I do something wrong?

Fan Xing's worry is purely superfluous, Mu Kang's temper is not as big as it was a few years ago, and he didn't worry about Fan Xiaoxianrou's attitude at all. He left in such a hurry because he still had an appointment in the afternoon. The job introduced by the small matchmaker needs to be discussed.

Even though we broke up with Guan Xiaoxiao, we still have to proceed with the cooperation we negotiated with others.

Wang Junfeng didn't pass this job, and the price was average, but Mu Kang attached great importance to it.Specifically, it was a soundtrack for a documentary about floods and the social environment. The shooting of the film has not yet started, but the script is almost the same as the previous stage.The director is a young talent named Xia Shu. Mu Kang has met him a few times and we can chat well. He has also watched Xia Shu's previous films and thinks that this friend is very suitable for him.

The meeting point is at Xia Shu's company.As soon as Mu Kang entered, Xia Shu quickly handed him the coffee and said, "I'm sorry."

Mu Kang took the coffee and said casually, "Oh, kneel down."

Xia Shu: "...Can I bow instead of kneeling?"

Mu Kang put the coffee on the coffee table first, took off his coat smartly, leaned back on the sofa casually, picked up the coffee again, and said arrogantly: "Say, what are you sorry for?"

"Little new boyfriend..." Xia Shu thought about it, but stopped halfway.

Mu Kang looked at him: "Huh?"

Xia Shu: "...I know it."

Mu Kang was stunned: "...ah."

Xia Shu didn't speak again.

Mu Kang said impatiently, "What's wrong with you?"

Xia Shu hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Actually...it's me."

Mu Kang: "..."

Xia Shu said dryly, "I'm sorry."

Now it was Mu Kang's turn to stop talking.

Xia Shugan stood where he was, silently lucky, ready to face the storm.

Unexpectedly, Mu Kang was silent for a few minutes, and only waved his hands: "It's okay."

After thinking for a while, I asked, "No, why are you sorry for me?"

Xia Shu: "..."

"Xiaoxiao is not my wife. Men/husbands/female/hobbies get together and hang out, so whoever is sorry for anything." Mu Kang said, "Director Xia, your awareness is not high enough."

Xia Shu was shocked, and couldn't grasp Mu Kang's attitude for a while: Is this guy talking irony?

Fortunately, I have been struggling for a long time, and I feel that poaching my brother's corner is unreasonable.

Although it was a brother who loosened the corner first and then got to know each other.

"Treat her well." Mu Kang took a sip of coffee, pointed at Xia Shu, "Second Spring."

It sounds like the matter is over.

Xia Shu: "...Oh."

Fuck your mother's second spring, you really overestimated the conscience of this scumbag.