Liao Yuan muttered these two words, and then subconsciously said: "Ice and snow... romance?"
"Frozen?" Chen Muen was a little surprised: "What song is this?"
Liao Yuan did not speak, and casually searched on the computer. Sure enough, there is no so-called "Frozen" animated movie in this world, and naturally there is no "let-it-go" that has been spread all over the world...
He sat in a chair deep in thought.
He was thinking about whether he needed to change the lyrics of "let-it-go", but after combing through it carefully, he found that the content of the song seemed to be in line with the theme of the Winter Olympics.
The premise is that you must find a powerful female singer to sing. As for the MV shooting, it is best to have a female athlete competing in the Winter Olympics as the protagonist.
Because the words "queen" and "girl" in the lyrics clearly indicate that the singer is a woman. Secondly, if a female contestant is the protagonist of the MV, then the story of the female contestant will be told...
The sense of immersion is more than doubled, and it also lays the tone of the story for the entire song.
If a song can become a story, it has the foundation to be sung.
As soon as he thought about this, Liao Yuan raised his head and asked: "Do you know the information about the players in the Winter Olympics? Is there any champion player? It must be a woman."
"Female player? Champion?"
Chen Muen was stunned for a moment, but quickly said: "This Winter Olympics is different from previous ones. The proportion of female athletes has been equal to that of male athletes. For this reason, seven new competition events have been added, so there are many female athletes.
As for champion female athletes, of course there are, and there are many. Among them, women's short track speed skating is the strength of Chinese athletes. Judging from the previous data, they have almost won the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and even the 3000m relay championship.
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Liao Yuan was surprised: "So strong?"
"But apart from short track speed skating, other sports such as skeleton, ice hockey, curling, etc. are all short-track."
Chen Muen said helplessly: "There is no way. Our athletes are very strong in individual competitions, but team sports have never been our country's strength. However, these are all data from a few years ago. This Winter Olympics will be hosted in China. With the
With home field advantage, our sports can still compete to some extent, such as the 2008 Summer Olympics, which is a good example."
Liao Yuan nodded.
After handling other matters, Liao Yuan began to write out the Chinese and English lyrics of "let-it-go" on his computer. Then he got up and went to the recording studio to find Lou Wenxing and ask him to help create the soundtrack.
In just one afternoon, the song "let-it-go" was completed.
The next day, Liao Yuan sent all the Chinese and English lyrics and soundtrack of the song to the Olympic bid office via email, and put forward his own suggestions for the singer and the heroine for the music video.
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Wei Ming, deputy director of the Olympic Bid Office, was the first to discover the email. Because he received the news in advance and was always on standby, the email was quickly delivered to Minister Guo Ganguo's desk.
Guo Qian listened to the song "let-it-go" in the office and praised it greatly. He also affirmed Liao Yuan's suggestions and immediately had a video call with Liao Yuan, following Liao Yuan's prompts.
Partners have been screened.
In the end, the Chinese version of the song "let-it-go" was given to Song Baining, a singer from Little Yellow Fish's company, and the English version was to be selected. As for the actress part of the mv, it was handed over to Zhang Meng, the 500-meter short track speed skating champion.
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Zhang Meng is 26 years old. She is the women's 500-meter short track speed skating champion at the 2018 Sochi Winter Olympics. She is also the only female skater to maintain the dignity of the Chinese Winter Olympics in that session. It was her first time four years ago.
On the stage of the Olympic Games, he became famous in one fell swoop.
Four years later, with the increase in training time, in this Winter Olympics, Zhang Meng will not only challenge the 500-meter women's short track speed skating, but also participate in the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating and the women's 3,000-meter short track speed skating.
The relay race can be said to be an Olympic star that attracts national attention.
Due to the urgent situation, and with his experience in directing the short film "The Tuner", Liao Yuan personally served as the director of the music video for the song "Let-it-go".
He immediately flew to the capital and met Olympic champion Zhang Meng in the Olympic Center District in downtown Beijing.
Zhang Meng is an ordinary girl. If she took off her Olympic sportswear, she would be no different from a passerby.
But when she puts on her sportswear, she is like a bright light in the crowd. The confidence exuding from her body makes people want to look at her more.
Liao Yuan was a little emotional.
In a previous life, the person who kept the dignity of the Chinese team at the 2018 Winter Olympics was the men's short track speed skating champion Wu Dajing, who also won the only gold medal in that Winter Olympics.
But in this life, it is women's speed skating that has won the applause of the world, and it is also the only event that can beat athletes from other countries in the Winter Olympics. And, judging from this year's momentum, women's short track speed skating, free skiing, etc.
All events will be a venue for Chinese female athletes to display their ambitions.
"Hello."
Liao Yuan shook hands with Zhang Meng, and the two stood together to accept photos from the media.
Zhang Meng was very excited, but she was introverted and would not take the initiative to ask questions.
She would only answer when Liao Yuan asked something, and she seemed a bit unsociable.
Liao Yuan did not ask or learn too much from Zhang Meng. He just stayed in the training hall with two photographers for three days and took photos of Zhang Meng's normal routine during training.
Three days later, he returned to Donghai with the video he shot, and worked with Fu Yuntao's studio to edit the three days' images with songs.
In addition, Liao Yuan also searched for Zhang Meng's short track speed skating appearance on the Internet, and created relevant special effects based on his ideas.
At the end of the MV, Zhang Meng skated all the way to the top of the snow-capped mountains on skates, took off his glasses, and let out a breath of cold air. The bright Chinese red on the clothes was particularly eye-catching in the snow-white scene.
The five gold stars on his chest seemed to be shining brightly.
At this time, the music of "let-it-go" also came to an end.
The entire MV was successfully produced and took less than a week.
After making the MV, without having time to appreciate it carefully, Liao Yuan returned to the company's recording studio and personally supervised Song Baining's singing of the Chinese version of "Let It Go".
When Song Baining received the task, she immediately returned to the company to start training. Being able to sing the Winter Olympics promotional song made Song Baining feel honored and excited. Even Song Baining's mentor and classmates in the university looked at Song Baining with admiration when they heard the news.
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Prior to this, although Song Baining had achieved certain results in the music world, almost every student at Fudan was a favorite of heaven. Although there would be a group of fans at the beginning, but as time went by, after freshening up,
In addition, Song Baining has no follow-up works to maintain her, which has led to her gradual decline in popularity.
Although "Once Upon a Time" is still in the top ten of major music charts, compared to the initial explosion of popularity, when Song Baining walks on the Fudan campus, people will probably look at her more and chat with her.
The appearance, like the phenomenon of being frantically mobbed by fans in the past, has quietly disappeared.
This is Song Baining's choice, and Liao Yuan also supports it. He does not force Song Baining. After all, compared to the previous regulations, Song Baining has made a lot of concessions. At least when the company needs her to make announcements, she will rush to the scene as soon as possible.
, this is enough.
And this time for the recording of "Let It Go", Song Baining showed unprecedented enthusiasm.
After receiving the lyrics and music manuscript, Song Baining almost lived in the recording studio. Except for the first day when she had to memorize the lyrics, it was a little deserted. In the next few days, when Liao Yuan went to Beijing to shoot the music video, there was almost no recording studio in Little Yellow Fish.
Had a rest.
As long as you open the soundproof door, you can hear Song Baining sparing no effort in practicing her singing skills, and even singing carefully word for word.
The pronunciation of each line of lyrics must reach the ideal state before continuing to the next line of lyrics.
This method lasted for about three days, and a song had just officially set the tone for singing. Then in the remaining days, Song Baining began to sing it again and again without getting tired of it.
What's surprising is that her voice, even after practicing it for almost a hundred times, has always maintained its original ideal state, which made Lou Wenxing amazed again and again.
Finally, a week passed, and when Liao Yuan returned, Song Baining's song "Let It Go" was finally recorded.
Liao Yuan sat in the recording studio, turned on the player, and began to listen to Song Baining's singing.
Beside him, Song Baining looked nervous.
She seemed to have returned to her middle school days, nervously waiting for the moment when her scores would be released after the college entrance examination.
After a blink of an eye, the music sounded, and the calm and smooth piano sound surrounded the entire recording studio.
Song Baining's singing sounded.
"The white snow shines, covering my past
Where there are no footprints
An isolated country is desolate
I am the queen here”
Liao Yuan's eyes lit up.
Compared to the Chinese version, Liao Yuan actually prefers the English version.
Because the phonology of the Chinese version is a natural flaw and does not have the natural charm of the English version or the Japanese version.
This is due to the unique symbols in the Chinese language and phonetic pronunciation, such as fewer open vowels, more closed accents, large jumps in single sounds, each character becoming an independent sound, and more emphasis on meaning rather than phonetics.
Therefore, once the rhythm speeds up, there is no sense of continuity. After all, Chinese cannot be sung with the end of the word and the beginning of the word like English. Chinese songs pay more attention to the clear and complete pronunciation.
However, the version sung by Song Baining seems to have avoided the problem of continuity. Her singing sounds more like the charm of the English version, which surprised Liao Yuan.
"The sky is filled with frost, like a storm in my heart
Only God knows the injuries I have suffered..."
Liao Yuan couldn't help but think of Zhang Meng whom he had seen in the Olympic Center District of Beijing these days.
Zhang Meng is a qualified athlete, but the bruises on her body are very obvious, especially the cuts on her legs caused by skates and falls, which are even more distressing.
These scars are all results, but such a record is not what an innocent girl should bear.
At the scene, Liao Yuan clearly heard the coach's answer to this matter: "Athletes are great because they sacrifice their small self to achieve their greater self. For the sake of national honor, they can give up everything."
Liao Yuan admired Zhang Meng very much and felt sorry for this girl. The two were almost the same age, with only a few months of age difference, but the only topic they could talk about was short track speed skating.
This made Liao Yuan take the filming of this MV more seriously.
Every painful cry after falling on the field, every backside gritting one’s teeth and getting up to start again, every excitement of rushing towards the finish line with all one’s strength, were all recorded one by one through Liao Yuan’s lens.
Just like the lyrics in the song "Let It Go" describe it, "The isolated country is desolate, and I am the queen here!"
Yes, she is the queen.
"Let it be, let it be
There is no way to look back
let it be, let it be
Turn around and no longer care
On the cliff, let me stay
let it be, let it be
Anyway, I’m not afraid of the ice and snow.”
After a short climax, the blank space in Song Baining's singing still echoed in Liao Yuan's ears. He couldn't help but ask: "How many times have you sung this song?"
"I'm not sure, I've been singing all the time." Song Baining was also a little confused.
At this time, Lou Wenxing said: "If you add it up intermittently, at least a hundred times, I think she can recite it backwards and forwards!"
Liao Yuan smiled and continued to listen to the second part of the song.
When the song was finished, Liao Yuan took a deep breath. He felt very satisfied, so he stood up and praised: "That's it. It's done in one go. There are no flaws. No need to change it anymore. It's already perfect."
After receiving the boss's approval, Song Baining smiled and nodded vigorously: "I also think this version is the most suitable."
At that moment, several people synthesized the song and the music video.
At this point, a complete song MV is officially presented.
It was getting late, so Liao Yuan did not hesitate and sent the song's MV to the mailbox of the Olympic bid team office so that the senior management could review it as soon as possible.
At the same time, he remembered the private agreement he had made with Zhang Meng before leaving in Beijing, which was to pass the music video to this song. At this time, Zhang Meng was lying on the bed in the medical room of the Olympic Center in Beijing, receiving treatment from medical staff.
Just now, she was slightly tired, and suddenly she felt like the world was spinning. She fell from the platform of the training ground and landed on the ground of the training ground, which was two meters high from her. The strong impact made her dizzy.
Fortunately, she was in training mode and was wearing a protective helmet. Otherwise, she would not have been able to escape with at least a slight concussion from this fall.
This is an old problem. Hypoglycemia is also the most common symptom for many girls. Although the country provides all athletes with nutritionists, conditioners, etc., this symptom still exists after a lot of training and physical exhaustion.
"Let it go, let it go..."
The singing in the headphones made Zhang Meng laugh while lying on the hospital bed.
When the medical staff saw this, they thought Zhang Meng was watching a funny video and didn't pay attention. They squeezed and beat Zhang Meng's body with their hands to relax her muscles.
But not long after, when the medical staff looked up, they saw Zhang Meng laughing and crying at the same time, with hot tears flowing uncontrollably, almost wetting the pillow.
The medical staff was startled and asked quickly: "Does it hurt? Where does it hurt?"
"It hurts...it hurts."
Zhang Meng pointed to the WeChat video channel, laughing and crying at the same time: "I am so stupid that I would fall down in a place like this...haha!"
"Ah, this dog's shit-eating posture is so ugly. Why did it need to be photographed... Well, luckily he stood up. The way he stood up is so handsome... Hey, am I that handsome? Haha!"
"Who is this? Is it me? I actually skated at such a fast speed...ah haha!"
"Ha, on the top of the snow mountain, this must be a special effect! Haha!"
"I am the queen, hmm, these lyrics suit me very well, hahahahaha!"
The medical staff looked at the crying Zhang Meng and couldn't help but shed tears. She quickly stepped forward and hugged Zhang Meng's shoulders. While wiping her tears, she comforted her and said, "Don't look at it, kid, you need to rest."
Zhang Meng was obedient, put her cell phone aside, and lay in the arms of the medical staff. Soon, she heard snoring.
"I miss my mother..."
There was intermittent murmuring in the dream.
The medical staff sighed, wiped away tears, gently placed Zhang Meng on the hospital bed, covered her with sheets, and quietly left the ward.