Chapter 167 Little Transparent Who Was Surrounded By Big Stars
What is it like to eat while surrounded by a group of big stars who were famous all over the world when you were not even born?
Yang Qian can tell you, it’s very embarrassing!
He didn't expect that they would arrive so quickly and the team would be so huge!
Zhan Boyue, Lu Miao, Zhong Rensheng, this is the lineup Jian Jinchuan told him before.
Who knew that Zhan Boyue could still have such charm, calling together Xenia and Kong Qiang, two female singers from Hong Kong who are not just mothers to Yang Qian, but even close to grandmothers!
Xenia and Kong Qiang!
These two are not as focused on the small world of Hong Kong music circles as Lu Miao and Zhong Rensheng. They have sung many classic Mandarin songs. If you pick a few people of Yang Qian's parents' generation in China, they may all be the same.
They are their fans.
Yang Qian is also their fan.
However, he is not very qualified as a fan, and he did not recognize these two grandmother-level goddesses at first.
It was while he was eating that he listened to Zhan Boyue, Lu Miao, and Zhong Rensheng chatting with them and calling each other by their names. Only then did Yang Qian realize that these two women were now covered with silver hair and even cosmetics could not cover their wrinkled faces.
, it’s Xenia and Kong Qiang!
Xiniya is a little older. She is the same age as Yang Qian's new teacher Li Guangmin, who is now close to seventy years old.
But compared to Kong Qiang, who is not yet 60 years old, Xiniya's skin looks plumper because she is a little fatter.
Of course, the elegant temperament of the goddesses has not faded at all. Even with gray hair, Xiniya and Kong Qiang have rosy faces, talk and laugh happily, and are graceful and luxurious!
"Xiao Yang, don't be anxious (hurried), eat slowly, we are not in a hurry."
Perhaps seeing Yang Qian's excitement, Xiniya smiled gently and spoke to Yang Qian in Mandarin with a Hong Kong accent.
"Eat slowly, Xiao Yang has worked hard today."
Zhan Boyue chuckled.
Several old singers surrounded Yang Qian by the car in the small courtyard of the hotel and watched him finish the box lunch.
Yang Qian also finished eating and got into the car. He picked it up and put it on the passenger seat. He plugged in the mobile phone charging with the power bank and saw the WeChat message sent by Jian Jinchuan - it turned out that he had already informed Yang Qian of several old singers.
It passed, but Yang Qian didn't pay attention.
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Guangdong TV Station is not as poor as Hecheng TV Station. It has spent huge sums of money to build two professional recording studios, one large and one small, to facilitate the recording of singers on the station, or the dubbing of programs and film and television works.
However, these veteran singers are all well-informed people. What kind of recording studio have you not seen before?
Moreover, they didn't want to come over because they were curious about the recording studio or the Guangdong TV station. They just wanted to have fun after dinner. They just wanted to take a walk to eat and familiarize themselves with the working environment tomorrow.
No, after entering the recording studio, the veteran singers were watching and chatting, talking and laughing, and they were not anxious at all.
"Teacher Yang, what is going on?"
Recording engineer You Yi, who had already finished get off work and came over to open the door for them, and Yang Qian, who was trailing behind, asked in a low voice.
Yang Qian has also communicated with him in the past few days, and You Yi knows Yang Qian's identity.
"It's not clear yet, but they probably want to come over and have a look... Brother You, thank you for coming here so late at night."
Yang Qian said politely.
"Why bother? I don't have anything to do during the day."
Youyi smiled.
No one paid attention to Yang Qian and the others. It wasn't until they entered the shed and needed to understand the performance of the equipment that You Yi was called over.
Yang Qian stood outside and saw Xiniya taking out a golden microphone from her bag, and Youyi didn't know what she was talking about.
Seeing this scene, Yang Qian felt a little magical.
Because Xenia's bag is not big, it may be long enough to hold her microphone.
The way she took out the microphone was very similar to the way the little old lady pulled out a small pistol from her handbag in the spy movie!
After a while, Yang Qian saw Youyi carefully holding the golden microphone out, standing in front of the console and starting to debug it.
"Is this Teacher Xi's own microphone? She also uses her own microphone to record songs in the studio?"
Yang Qian vaguely knew that some professional singers had their own microphones, just like on variety shows, they would often be seen wearing the same microphones whenever they sang in any show or scene, but he didn't know much about these.
"Yes, Teacher Xi's microphone. I have several exclusive microphones, and this one is specially used for recording songs in the studio!"
Youyi answered without raising his head.
"What is the difference between this microphone and the microphones we usually use in the recording studio?"
Yang Qian asked if he didn't understand.
"There is not much difference in the components. They are all pickups, signal transmitters, etc. The microphones in our recording studio are not cheap, and the materials used should not be much different."
"But there are differences in technical adjustments. The diaphragm and impedance conversion circuit will be adjusted according to the singer's voice characteristics, fullness, brightness, etc., as well as her own needs, to restore the singer's voice characteristics to the greatest extent."
Youyi rarely sees singers bring customized microphones to the recording studio.
Because custom-made microphones are too expensive, and these adjustments and restorations can actually be done by the mixer in the recording studio.
"Will her custom-made microphone be expensive?"
Yang Qian couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, the main thing is to do her own styling design and make additional molds, so customization will be much more expensive. Her microphone is also inlaid with artificial crystal, and it should cost around 500,000 to 700,000..."
Youyi shook his head.
In fact, he thinks this is a bit luxurious. They also have over 100,000 top-grade microphones in their recording studio. The exposed effect may not be worse than this custom-made microphone. The key lies in the post-production tuning.
But sometimes, celebrity singers use customized microphones as a gimmick to highlight their personal image.
Or the microphone manufacturer wants to pursue the eye-catching effect and deliberately customizes it to be flashy, so as to achieve the purpose of advertising for itself.
To put it bluntly, it's all business.
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When Yang Qian and You Yi were chatting outside, the veteran singers inside sang with the microphones in the recording studio.
"Mo Nian Hongchen still has some expectations,
But how many times can we get together in this world?
It talks about love and tears,
Where do you go in the dream..." (Note 1)
What came out of the monitoring earphones was Kong Qiang’s singing. Yang Qian was also familiar with this song. It was called “Where Will the Red Dust Go?” and it was a Mandarin love song.
This song is much older than Yang Qian's, but Yang Qian likes it very much, and many people still like it.
Because although the lyrics are slightly sad, describing the sorrow of the emotional stage, Kong Qiang used her unique and majestic voice, soft yet strong, to sing the pain that is not lost, and sing the sober remembrance and thinking.
It can be said that she may not be delicate enough in emotional expression, but such a voice characteristic is something that no one else has, and it also gives this song a charm that people can't put down!
Of course, now that she is nearly sixty, Kong Qiang's voice is no longer as clear and powerful as it used to be. You know, Kong Qiang back then could directly sing from bass to treble!
Kong Qiang's breath now is not as abundant as when she was at her peak. Listening to her singing "Where Are the Red Dusts Going", Yang Qian could notice several situations where her breath was short and she needed to breathe.
If she were young, why would she need to use so many little tricks? Just rely on her own body functions and extreme talent, and just hit it head-on and that's it!
It has to be said that time is indeed ruthless. The wrinkles on the face and the decline of body functions have taken away the best things they once had.
But the singers in the past did have singing skills and strong talents. They were the diva singer Kong Qiang who was at a stage earlier than Jie Fei. Now her singing voice is still full and her timbre is equally chic and majestic, and her faults are not hidden!
Yang Qian was intoxicated by what he heard outside. Unfortunately, Kong Qiang only sang a part of the song under the coaxing of others and did not sing the entire song.
Xenia also sang a part of her song after the microphone was put in.
Xiniya became famous earlier. In the past, her voice and Kong Qiang's voice characteristics were somewhat similar, both were clear but not sweet.
Moreover, her high notes are also very powerful. When she was young, only Kong Qiang could compete with her.
It's just a pity that Xiniya retired for more than ten years after giving birth and missed the last glory of the Hong Kong music scene.
When she came back later, she and Hong Kong City were no longer glorious...
Now, Yang Qian couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when he listened to Xiniya's voice, whose voice was still pleasant but whose function had deteriorated even more seriously than Kong Qiang's.
Sing well and cherish the time.
Of course, you must also protect your voice and become an evergreen tree in the music industry!
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Yang Qian was meditating outside, and then when he was bored, he picked up his mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to Dai Yuni, telling her which big stars he was with now. The warm-up and fun of the old singers in the recording studio was over.
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They decided to sing "Keep the Roots" which will be recorded tomorrow to get a feel for it.
"Who will sing at the beginning? I sing 'Year after year, my whole life is only for this day'."
Zhan Boyue took the lyrics and said to them.
These lyrics have already been assigned, but the singer of the first line is not here.
Although now they are just having fun and singing casually, they still need to divide the singing, otherwise it will be a mess when singing.
"Lao Lu, come and sing!"
Zhong Rensheng suggested.
"Okay, I'll sing. Let me see..."
Lu Miao put on her reading glasses and squinted her eyes to read the lyrics board.
"Hey, Lao Zhan, what's the name of the little brother you just introduced?"
Lu Miao finally noticed the name of the songwriter on his line of lyrics on the lyrics board.
"Xiao Yang, his name seems to be Yang Qian, right?"
Zhan Boyue was still somewhat impressed by this. Yang Qian asked him to sign it, and he also wrote his name to Yang Qian.
Zhan Boyue even remembered uncle Yang Qian's name...
"Yang Qian? Is this Yang Qian?"
(Note 1: "Where Will This World Go" is a song and lyrics made up by Xiaohan.)