booktalesy Chapter 773 What are your opinions?
Chapter 773 What are your opinions?
Chapter 773 What are your opinions?
“Jeongyeon, here we are.”
Seeing Yu Jeongyeon bowing as she entered the practice room, Ji Jingyuan waved at her and signaled the girl to come over here.
"Aniha Saiyo~"
"Aniha Saiyo~"
Yu Jeongyeon was obviously a little nervous. She smiled at Ji Kyung-won and walked towards him. As she walked, she kept bowing to the agents and assistants standing on the other side. When she walked in front of them, she bowed and greeted Wu Sehun and Jiang Seul-gi.
Wu Sehun, as a senior, sat there without moving, smiling and nodding in response, while Jiang Seqi stood up and returned the greeting, making it a bit formal.
"Okay, it's not like we didn't know each other before, don't stand there, just sit anywhere."
After saying hello, Chi Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand, pointing to the sofa next to him.
Although it is a bit cumbersome, after all, Yu Jeongyeon and Oh Sehun are not very familiar with each other, so this kind of courtesy is still necessary when they meet for the first time. After they meet a few more times and become familiar with each other, there will be no need for these.
"This is your first time in our company. Do you know the way?"
Looking at Yu Jeongyeon who was sitting carefully next to him with a reserved smile on her face, Ji Jingyuan turned his head and looked at her and asked.
Knowing that she had to practice dance today, Yu Jeongyeon wore a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants, which was loose, casual and quite handsome. Her makeup was very light, just covering up some blemishes. The most eye-catching thing was her short yellow hair.
It's really short. Apart from the bangs covering half of the forehead, the sideburns on both sides just pass the earlobes and completely reveal a pair of ears. It's not even as long as Chi Jingyuan's hair. She really doesn't look like a female idol.
But it looks very stylish and handsome...short hair style is really not something that most people can digest.
But actually, Chi Jingyuan thinks that this girl has delicate facial features, and with the right makeup, she can be marketed as a beautiful woman. However, it is estimated that they want to target female fans, and the positioning given by JYP, with a neutral dress and short hair that has not changed much since her debut, has concealed her gender characteristics, and people always ignore her girlish charm.
Standing on the stage, next to her stood a group of cute and pretty energetic girls from Twice. She was the only one dressed in a neutral style. In comparison, it was quite difficult for her to compete with her teammates for male fans.
This is also the character setting given by the company. It can be said that there are gains and losses... But judging from the current popularity of this girl, Chi Jingyuan feels that there are more "losses".
"My agent, Oppa, brought me up here. He's been here a few times before."
In the entire practice room, Yu Jeongyeon was the only one who was familiar with Chi Jingyuan. Hearing his casual voice, Yu Jeongyeon seemed to be more relaxed. She answered in a low voice and then pointed to the manager over there.
"..."
Chi Jingyuan glanced over there and felt that he looked familiar. After a little recollection, he remembered: "Oh, this guy is the agent who came to our company with Lin Nayeon before. No wonder..."
When Yu Jeongyeon heard Ji Jingyuan calling Lim Nayeon without even using honorifics, she glanced at him quietly without making any expression, feeling a little helpless.
"By the way, this is the drink for you." Chi Jingyuan remembered something, stood up, picked up the last drink from the table next to him and handed it to her.
"Kang Sang Mida." Yu Jeongyeon quickly stood up, took it and thanked him, looking very happy.
Chi Jingyuan shook his head and pointed at Jiang Seqi who was making noise next to him: "Don't thank me, Seqi bought it for you."
"Thank you, Unnie..."
"Hehe." Jiang Seqi showed her signature smile, with her unique enthusiasm in her naivety: "I don't know what you like to drink, so I just bought orange juice... Jingyuan likes this very much."
The two girls smiled at each other and the atmosphere was quite good.
Chi Jingyuan also seriously interjected: "The orange juice made by the company's water bar is really good..."
After chatting for a while, the awkwardness of the first meeting was slightly relieved. When the drinks were almost finished, Chi Jingyuan looked at the time and said to several people, especially Yu Jeongyeon: "From now on, dance practice will be in this practice room. Just come directly when the time comes."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and clapped his hands: "Everyone is here, let's go, let's go to the music room first."
The others also stood up and followed Chi Jingyuan out.
……
Chi Jingyuan brought a group of people to the music room specially prepared by the company. He arranged a few people, sat them down around the coffee table, and handed them several sheets of lyrics and music scores of "Really Really".
Since it is a collaborative song,
"You've heard the song, right?"
After debugging the computer, Chi Jingyuan also sat down and looked at the three people around him.
Although the tone did not change from what it was just now in the practice room, the atmosphere seemed to have changed a lot once the environment changed. Everyone got into the working state and became serious, no longer joking around like before.
"I heard that, it's good, it's your level."
Wu Se-hun shrugged his shoulders and acted like a senior in front of the unfamiliar Yu Jeong-yeon. He looked quite calm.
"Although I haven't seen the choreography yet, the melody sounds very cool. I really like it." Jiang Seulgi seemed to like the style of this song very much. As she spoke, she lowered her head to look at the music score. Judging from her lip movements, she should be reading the lyrics.
"Yes, it's a very nice song." Only Yu Jeongyeon nodded quickly and didn't say much.
The other two were quite natural, but Yu Jeongyeon seemed a little nervous. Ji Jingyuan glanced at her, nodded, and briefly introduced: "Just listen to it. 'Really Really' is a dance song that leans towards hip-hop. The main style is lazy and handsome. The choreography is also in this direction. We'll see it in a while..."
"Now let's divide the parts first..."
As he spoke, Chi Jingyuan looked at the music score with many marks on it in his hand: "I have already roughly divided it according to my understanding of you... You have all listened to the song. If you have any suggestions on the part allocation, or if you have any ideas like 'parts you particularly want to perform', please tell me."
The main promoter of this song is naturally Chi Jingyuan, but he certainly won't give all the good parts to himself. Since it is a collaboration, it naturally has to be a collaboration. Besides, they are all acquaintances, so any ideas can be communicated, and he won't be said to be unkind.
He made the initial version of the part distribution plan himself. The other three people's shares were almost the same, and there was not much difference between them. Only Wu Sehun had a little less... Chi Jingyuan knew him too well. His natural electronic voice was really not very suitable for singing. He was only suitable for singing simple passages, reciting some not-so-difficult rap, dancing with a cool face, and looking cool.
Fortunately, "really really" also makes extensive use of electronic music, which prevents his voice from being too abrupt and allows him to sing a few more lines. He doesn't have to go on stage without a microphone like he did in the group, and his in-ear monitors are purely for decoration.
"First of all, I'm the one singing the opening lines of 'Really Really Really Really'."
Chi Jingyuan saw that everyone was ready, so he looked at his own music score and started talking:
"Then it goes into the verse until 'Just listen to it'. This part is Seulgi's..."
"Um……"
Jiang Seulgi nodded and marked her own part with a pen, indicating her part and the other people's part. She silently recited her own lyrics and looked up and asked, "Are these all mine? Aren't they a little tight and lack some variety?"
“If you and Jeongyeon take turns singing, it might be better with some variety…but for now, let’s divide it like this and try out the sound after the parts are divided.” Chi Jingyuan thought about it and thought her idea was not bad, so he nodded to indicate that they could change it later.
"Ok."
After seeing her finish, Ji Kyung-won continued, "Then there's the line 'I like you (Naqiuwahei)' before the chorus. I discussed it with other musicians and we all think that this line will be the killing part of the whole song. It will appear three times from the first chorus to the end. The current distribution is that I will sing this line in this section, the second time will be Sehun, and the third time will be Seulgi and Jeongyeon together..."
When talking about this song with Kang Hyo-shin, both Ji Kyung-won and him felt that this single line of lyrics was very meaningful, and if the lighting and camera were specially set up for this line on the stage, it would have the potential to become a famous scene-killing part.
The others looked at the line that Chi Jingyuan specifically mentioned in the composition, sang it silently in their hearts, nodded, and did not speak out loud.
"After the chorus, it's your lyrics, Sehun, from 'Beautiful Goal' to 'Do You Understand My Heart'..."
"……so much?"
Wu Sehun looked at these lyrics and felt inexplicably uncomfortable. After reading them once, he couldn't help but look up and blinked.
"If you think it's too much, give half to Ding Yanchang." Chi Jingyuan glanced at him and felt that this man was really cheap.
“Ah, no, no…” Yu Jeongyeon was not used to the way these two people got along with each other. She didn’t realize that Chi Jingyuan was joking, so she quickly waved her hand to refuse.
Jiang Seqi next to her smiled and pulled her, signaling with her eyes that she didn't need to do that.
Chi Jingyuan shook his head and continued, "Then it's Jeongyeon's turn. You will sing the next part..."
Finally hearing her name, Yu Jeongyeon quickly responded and wrote down her paragraph.
Soon, Chi Jingyuan had distributed most of the parts of the song, and the scores of the four people were slowly filled with marks and notes. There were still a few controversial passages left, and Chi Jingyuan had not yet decided who to assign them to, and planned to wait and see the actual effect.
Because Ji Jingyuan had said it beforehand, when making the distribution, Jiang Seqi and Wu Sehun both spoke up and expressed their ideas and suggestions, and Ji Jingyuan also made adjustments based on their demands and actual results.
Some parts require singing skills and expressiveness, and the effect will be different if someone else sings them... but there are some parts that are actually the same no matter who sings them, so Chi Jingyuan is also happy to let them sing the part they like.
Only Yu Jeongyeon didn't say anything extra the whole time. She just remembered whatever Chi Jingyuan said, like a yes-man.
“…This sentence, Jeongyeon is also yours.”
“Oh, okay.” Yu Jeongyeon nodded quickly and marked it carefully.
Seeing her hurriedly lowering her head to mark, Chi Jingyuan paused, thought about it, and then took the initiative to ask, "What do you think of your parts? Is it difficult to perform? Do you have any other ideas?"
"No, Oppa has made a good assignment. I'll listen to you." Yu Jeongyeon shook her head and smiled at him, looking like she had no opinion and was ready to follow his instructions.
But when he heard her say that, Chi Jingyuan didn't look happy. Instead, he frowned and looked at her seriously: "If you have any ideas or requests, remember to tell me."
He played the music score with the back of his hand, making a sound of crumpling and colliding paper, and his tone became heavier, with some stern emphasis:
"This is different from when I produced "Cheer Up" for you guys before... I invited you to come and work with me, not to be my backup dancer."
There will be another chapter later.
(End of this chapter)