Early in the morning, Taylor rode a bicycle from her dormitory to the company. She was wearing a black mask and a black leather jacket, just like a rebellious girl in the movie. Along the way, the breeze blew, and her golden hair seemed to attract attention as usual.
Countless pedestrians are watching, but Taylor has long been accustomed to the surprised looks. Maybe half a year ago she would have been so nervous that she was at a loss. But now, after living in China for several months, she seems to feel that this is the safest place in the world.
country.
In the United States, she would not dare to run to a nearby bar at one o'clock in the morning, let alone have a violent argument with someone easily. After all, it was a world where gun ownership was legal.
Or like now, when she was stopped by a traffic policeman, she didn't have to worry that the other party would pull out a pistol and put it against her head, or throw her over the shoulder because of her lack of cooperation.
"Miss, if you go any further, you'll run through a red light."
When Taylor came back to his senses, he quickly braked and put his toes on the ground. Then he smiled at the traffic policeman who stretched out his hand to stop him, and replied in slightly stiff Mandarin: "Thank you, I will pay attention."
When the light turned green, Taylor continued to ride forward rapidly.
After arriving at the company, the company's HR director Fu Yan'er was already waiting at the door. When she saw Taylor, she quickly said: "The bosses are already waiting impatiently. Why are you here so slowly?"
"There's a traffic jam on the road!" Taylor said aggrievedly.
The elevator went up all the way. After a while, Fu Yan'er pulled Taylor out of the elevator. As she walked, she said without looking back: "I have arranged everything, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. You must stay in the recording studio these two days.
Until the work is completed, as for whether this work can be handed over to you to sing in two days, it depends on your performance in these two days."
"Did the boss write it himself?" Taylor asked with bright eyes.
Fu Yaner said: "Of course! Didn't I make it clear to you on the phone? Didn't you listen to the recently popular "Fade"?!"
"Of course I did, I was listening to it when I went to bed last night." Taylor said happily.
"The song you want to sing is "fade"!"
After Fu Yan'er finished speaking, she corrected herself: "Maybe it should be called "faded", the past tense of fade."
faded...
Taylor blinked. Although he already knew some information on the phone, it felt completely different to be told in person.
Various emotions such as excitement, nervousness, apprehension, and uneasiness gathered in my heart at this moment.
Along the way, the staff in the office hall were gathering in small groups, listening to the morning meeting of their respective supervisors. When Fu Yan'er and Taylor walked over, the entire office hall fell silent.
It wasn't until these two beautiful girls with Chinese and Western styles disappeared into the hall that the morning meeting continued.
"Coming."
In the recording room.
Zhou Shu, Tie Xu, Ma Xuzhen, Qin Hai, Bao Yunyun and others were all waiting here. There were two sound engineers in the room, and a familiar music "fade" was playing on the speakers hanging on the wall.
When Fu Yan'er brought Taylor into the recording studio, everyone looked over.
"What do I need to do?" Taylor asked quietly.
Zhou Shu smiled and was the first to step forward and shook Taylor's little hand: "You are a singer, and all you have to do is sing."
"Singing? I can."
Taylor breathed a sigh of relief.
Ma Xuyi took out the lyrics and music book that he had prepared and handed it to Taylor: "After these few months of systematic study, you should be able to understand this. Take a look first and carefully understand the artistic conception of this song. Then
, we are playing a song demo for you. The boss said that the way to sing this song is to follow your feeling."
Just go with your feelings...
After Taylor struggled to understand what Ma Xuzhen meant, he nodded silently.
She took the lyrics and music book, spread it out and looked at it, she was suddenly surprised: "English song?"
She has never read the score of "Fade", but she has listened to it no less than a hundred times in the past few days, and the melody is already familiar to her heart.
When the song "faded" appeared in her hands, Taylor looked at the lyrics, and the melody of "faded" subconsciously echoed in her mind. In just a moment, she had the urge to speak out.
"Do you feel it?"
Zhou Shu noticed Taylor's strangeness and encouraged: "Believe in yourself!"
Taylor felt his heart beating thumpingly, and the melody of "fade" suddenly sounded in his ears.
So the next moment, without any scruples, she opened her mouth and sang softly:
"you-were-the-shadow-to-my-life
did-you-feel-us
another-start
you-fade-away”
The air seemed stagnant.
Everyone felt their scalps numb.
No one expected that after Taylor got the lyrics and music book, he would...
I didn’t even finish reading the lyrics once, and then... started singing...
The most important thing is that this little guy seems to sing pretty well...?
The song was like the cry of a lark, ethereal and fresh.
Although the voice is slightly hoarse, when it reaches the bottom of people's hearts, it is extremely clear, like a piece of Lin Laiquan rhyme.
Such a sound should probably be listened to in the early morning, coupled with the singing of bards.
At that moment, morning dew was gently rippling on the branches and leaves outside the window.
…
"A cappella?"
In the recording room, the first thought that flashed into Bao Yunyun's mind shocked her: "Yes, the a cappella singing is so good. This Taylor should not be underestimated in the future..."
"Compared to half a year ago, when he first came to the company, Taylor has made great progress..."
At this thought, Tie Xu couldn't help but admire his boss's keen eye.
When Li Qing brought Taylor to the company, no one understood the boss's intention, and no one understood why the company signed this American singer who didn't even seem to have the right tones.
But now, everything seems to be clear.
"I found a treasure!"
Zhou Shu's eyes were bright, and he looked Taylor up and down, as if he was admiring an artistic treasure.
Taylor did not sing the entire song "Faded" completely. After all, it was her first time exposure to this song, and she needed more systematic and specific practice.
But it is undeniable that language really gives soul to electronic music, so that people are no longer confused in the fog, but can understand the song and get straight to the essence of the song.
At least, in Taylor's case, this view is very concrete.
At this time, Taylor, with her mask still hanging on her earlobes and wearing a black leather jacket, looked like a punk girl.
Only her fair skin, sapphire blue eyes, and golden ponytail can still tell that she is a real person, not an elf walking out of the forest.
"Okay?" Taylor said timidly after singing for a while.
"Okay, that's totally fine!"
Qin Hai laughed loudly: "With a voice like yours, it would be a pity not to be a singer. Maybe you would have been a singer a few years earlier, and you would have become a superstar in the European and American music circles."
"No, I couldn't sing before..."
After receiving the praise, Taylor was a little happy: "But from now on I will sing better, starting with this song "Faded"."
"I received a call from my boss early this morning. On the phone, he talked a lot about your future development plans."
Zhou Shu looked at Taylor and said with a smile: "Maybe after a while, you will return to the United States."
"Go back to the United States?" Taylor was a little confused: "Why? I stayed in China very well."
"You are an American, so naturally you belong to the United States."
Zhou Shu smiled and said: "Don't you miss home after being away from home for so long?"
Taylor fell silent and then said, "I think China is pretty good."
"But you have to go back eventually."
Ma Xuyi said with a smile: "The most important thing is that if you want to become a successful singer, you must go back. Don't worry, even if you go back, you are still a singer in Hanhai. In the near future, the company may set up temporary facilities in the United States.
office, or even establish a US branch, and then we can meet again."
"Really?" Taylor was surprised.
"Okay, I don't have any plans at the moment."
Ma Xuyi shrugged: "After all, the company has little business in the West..."
"But if your song can achieve good results in Europe and the United States, it is not impossible to establish a branch in the United States."
Zhou Shu smiled slightly: "I think that when you resigned from "National Geographic", you didn't just find a record company to hang out and wait until death. I think that when you stopped the boss's car, you didn't just do it.
I want to be a singer. Maybe there’s more you want?”
Looking at Zhou Shu's meaningful gaze, Taylor seemed to understand.
Those scenes that she had once imagined seemed to have disappeared from her mind after half a year of numbness. However, at this moment, those scenes all returned. They flashed with golden light and poured into her mind, making her heart gradually boil.