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Chapter 291 Ice Queen
"Ice and snow, ice and snow..."

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 didn't speak, and searched on the computer casually. Sure enough, there is no so-called "Frozen" animated movie in this world, and naturally there is no "Let-It-Go" that has spread all over the world...

He sat in a chair lost in thought.

He was thinking about whether he needed to change the lyrics of "Let-It-Go", but after careful review, he found that the content of this song seemed to fit 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 participating in the Winter Olympics as the protagonist.

Because the "Queen" and "Girl" in the lyrics clearly indicate that the singer is a woman. Secondly, if a female contestant is used as the protagonist of the MV, then the story of the female contestant is told...

The sense of substitution is more than doubled and doubled, and it also sets the tone of the story for the whole song.

If a song can become a story, it has the foundation of singing.

At this point, Liao Yuan raised his head and asked, "Do you know the information about the athletes in the Winter Olympics? Is there any champion? It must be a woman."

"Female player? Champion?"

Chen Muen was stunned, but immediately said: "This Winter Olympics is different from the previous ones. The proportion of female athletes has been equal to that of male athletes. For this reason, seven new competitions have been added, so there are many female athletes. Yes. 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. From the past data, they have almost won the 500-meter, 1000-meter, 1500-meter and even 3000-meter relay championships ..."

Liao Yuan was surprised: "So strong?"

"But apart from short-track speed skating, other sports such as skeleton, ice hockey, and curling are all shortcomings."

Chen Muen said helplessly: "There is no way. Our country's athletes are super strong in individual competitions, but team sports have never been our country's strong point. However, these are all data from a few years ago. The host of this Winter Olympics is in China. With Home field advantage, our sports luck, will still win to some extent, such as the 2008 Summer Olympics, which is a good example.”

Liao Yuan nodded.

After dealing with other affairs, Liao Yuan began to write the Chinese and English lyrics of "Let-It-Go" on the computer, then got up and went to the recording studio, and asked Lou Wenxing to help make the soundtrack together.

In just one afternoon, the production of "Let-It-Go" was completed.

The next day, Liao Yuan sent all the Chinese and English lyrics and soundtrack of the song to the office of the Olympic bid team by email, and put forward his own suggestions for the singer and the heroine for the MV shooting .

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Wei Ming, deputy director of the Olympic Bidding Office, first discovered this email. Because he received the news in advance and was always on standby, the email was quickly delivered to Minister Guo Qianguo's desk.

Guo Gan listened to the song "Let-It-Go" in the office and praised it greatly. He also affirmed Liao Yuan's suggestion, and made a video call with Liao Yuan immediately, following Liao Yuan's prompt Partners were screened.

In the end, the Chinese version of the song "Let-It-Go" was handed over to Song Baining, a singer of Xiao Huang Yu's company, to sing. The English version is to be determined. As for the MV actress, it was handed over to Zhang Meng, the short track speed skating 500m champion. .

Zhang Meng is 26 years old this year. She was the short track speed skating women's 2018m champion in the 500 Sochi Winter Olympics. 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 1000-meter short-track speed skating and 3000-meter women's short-track speed skating. The relay race can be described as an Olympic star that has attracted national attention.

Due to the urgency of the situation and his experience in directing the short film "The Tuner", Liao Yuan personally acted as the director of the MV for the song "Let-It-Go".

He flew to the capital immediately, and met Olympic champion Zhang Meng in the central Olympic area of ​​Beijing.

Zhang Meng is an ordinary girl. If she takes off the Olympic sportswear, she is no different from passers-by.

But when she puts on her sportswear, she is like a ray of light in the crowd, and the confidence she exudes makes people want to look at her more.

Liao Yuan was a little emotional.

In the previous life, it was Wu Dajing, the champion of men's short track speed skating, who kept the dignity of the Huaxia team in the 2018 Winter Olympics, and was also 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. It is also the only event that can overwhelm athletes from other countries in the Winter Olympics. All events will be the venue for Huaxia female players to display their ambitions.

"Hello."

Liao Yuan shook hands with Zhang Meng, and the two stood up together, accepting a group photo from the media.

Zhang Meng was very excited, but she would not take the initiative to ask questions because of her introverted personality.

Only when Liao Yuan asked something, she would answer something, and she seemed a little unsociable.

Liao Yuan didn't ask Zhang Meng too much or know anything. He just took two photographers and stayed in the training hall for three days, taking pictures of Zhang Meng's normal state during training.

Three days later, he returned to Donghai with the video he shot, and cooperated with Fu Yuntao's studio to edit the videos of the past three days with songs.

In addition, Liao Yuan also found Zhang Meng's winning posture in short track speed skating at the last Winter Olympics on the Internet, and made relevant special effects according to the ideas.

At the end of the MV, Zhang Meng stepped on skates and skated all the way to the top of the snow-capped mountain, took off her glasses, and breathed out a breath of cold. The bright Chinese red on the costume was particularly eye-catching in the snow-white scene. The five gold stars on the 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 it took less than a week before and after.

After making the MV, Liao Yuan returned to the company's recording studio again before he had time to appreciate it carefully, and personally supervised Song Baining's singing of the Chinese version of "Let-It-Go" "Let It Go".

When Song Baining received the task, she immediately returned to the company to start training. Being able to sing the promotional song for the Winter Olympics made Song Baining feel honored and excited. Even Song Baining’s tutors and classmates at the university were impressed by Song Baining when they heard the news. .

Before that, even though Song Baining had made some achievements in the music world, Fudan students were almost all the favored ones. Although at the beginning there would be a group of fanboys and girls, but as time passed, after the freshness passed, there would be a group of fans again. In addition, Song Baining did not have the support of her follow-up works, which caused her popularity to gradually decline.

Although "Fairy Tale Town" is still in the top ten of the major music charts, compared to the initial explosion of popularity, now Song Baining, walking on the Fudan campus, probably makes people look more often and chat a few words The appearance, like the phenomenon of being frantically besieged by fans in the past, has quietly disappeared.

This is Song Baining's choice, and Liao Yuan also supports it very much. He does not force Song Baining. After all, Song Baining has made a lot of concessions compared to the previous regulations. At least when the company needs her to make an announcement, she will rush to the scene as soon as possible. , which is sufficient.

And this time for the recording of "Let It Go", Song Baining dedicated unprecedented enthusiasm.

After receiving the lyrics and music manuscripts, Song Baining almost lived in the recording studio. Except for the need to memorize the lyrics on the first day, it was a little deserted. In the next few days, when Liao Yuan went to the capital to shoot the MV, there was almost no recording studio for Little Yellow Fish. rested.

As long as you open the soundproof door, you can hear Song Baining spare no effort to practice her singing skills, even singing word for word.

The pronunciation of each lyric must reach the ideal state before continuing to the next lyric.

This method lasted for about three days, before the tone of a song was formally set, and in the remaining few days, Song Baining began to sing over and over again tirelessly.

What is surprising is that her voice, even after practicing it almost a hundred times, has always maintained its original ideal state, which made Lou Wenxing amazed again and again.

Finally, a week later, when Liao Yuan returned, the recording of Song Baining's "Let It Go" was finally completed.

Liao Yuan sat in the recording studio, turned on the player, and began to listen to Song Baining's singing.

Next to him, Song Baining showed a nervous expression.

She seems to have returned to the middle school days, waiting nervously for the moment when the scores were released after the college entrance examination.

After the blink of an eye, the sound of music sounded, and the calm but smooth piano sound surrounded the entire recording studio.

Song Baining's singing sounded.

"The white snow shines, covering my past
no footprints

An isolated country is desolate

I'm the queen here—”

Liao Yuan's eyes lit up.

Compared with the Chinese version, Liao Yuan actually prefers the English version.

Because the phonology of the Chinese version is a natural flaw, and it does not have the natural charm of the English and Japanese versions.

This is due to the unique symbols in the pronunciation of Chinese phonology, such as fewer open vowels, more closed accents, large single-syllable jumps, each word is independently formed into a sound, and more emphasis is placed on ideographic rather than phonological.

Therefore, once the rhythm is fastened, there will be no sense of continuity. After all, Chinese cannot be sung like English. Chinese songs pay more attention to clear and complete enunciation.

However, the version sung by Song Baining seems to have avoided the problem of sense of continuity. Her singing sounds more like the charm of the English version, which surprised Liao Yuan.

"The sky is full of frost, like a storm in the heart

Only God knows, the injuries I have suffered..."

Liao Yuan couldn't help but think of Zhang Meng whom he had seen in Beijing's Olympic center these days.

Zhang Meng is a qualified athlete. The bruises on her body are already obvious, especially the knife wounds and falls on her legs, which are even more distressing.

These scars are achievements, but such achievements are 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 great self. They can give up everything for the honor of the country."

Liao Yuan admired Zhang Meng very much, and felt sorry for this girl. The two were almost the same age, and the difference in age was only a few months, but the only topic they could talk about was short track speed skating.

This made Liao Yuan take this MV more seriously.

Every time he fell down on the field and wailed in pain, every time he gritted his teeth and stood up to start again, every time he was excited about rushing to the finish line with all his strength, they were all recorded in Liao Yuan's camera.

As the lyrics of the song "Let It Go" describe, "The isolated country is desolate, and I am the queen here!"

Yes, she is the queen.

"Let it go, let it go
There's no way to go back

let it go, let it go

Turn around and don't care anymore
on the cliff, let me stay
let it go, let it go

Anyway, I’m not afraid of ice and snow—”

After a short period of climax ended, the blank space in Song Baining's singing still echoed in Liao Yuan's ears, and he couldn't help asking, "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: "Add up intermittently, at least a hundred times, I think she can recite it backwards!"

Liao Yuan smiled and continued to listen to the second song.

When the song was finished, Liao Yuan took a deep breath. He felt very satisfied, so he stood up and praised: "This is the only version, it's done in one go, there are no flaws, no need to change it, it's already perfect."

With the approval of the boss, Song Baining smiled and nodded vigorously: "I also think this version is the most suitable."

Immediately, several people synthesized the song with the MV screen.

At this point, a complete song MV is officially presented.

It was getting late, 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 he left in the capital, which was to send the MV of this song to Zhang Meng via WeChat.

At this time, Zhang Meng was lying on a bed in the medical room of the Beijing Olympic Center, receiving treatment from medical staff.

Just now, she, who was a little tired, suddenly felt dizzy. She fell from the platform of the training ground and landed on the ground of the training ground two meters away from her. The strong impact made her dizzy.

Fortunately, she was in a state of training and was wearing a helmet with protective capabilities. Otherwise, at least a slight concussion would not be able to escape this fall.

This is an old problem. Hypoglycemia is also the most common symptom of many girls. Although the country has matched nutritionists, conditioners, etc. for all athletes, this symptom still exists after a lot of training, resulting in physical exhaustion.

"Let it go, let it go..."

The singing in the earphones made Zhang Meng, who was lying on the hospital bed, laugh.

Seeing this, the medical staff thought that Zhang Meng was watching a funny video and didn't care. They pinched and beat Zhang Meng's body with both 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, the tears could not stop flowing, almost wet the pillow.

The medical staff was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Does it hurt? Where does it hurt?"

"It hurts...my heart hurts."

Zhang Meng pointed to the WeChat video channel, laughing and crying at the same time: "I'm so stupid, I would fall down in this kind of place...haha!"

"Ah, this shit-eating pose is too ugly, why did you take a picture... Well, fortunately, I stood up, and the standing pose is so handsome... Hey, am I so handsome? Haha!"

"Who is this? Is it me? I actually slid so fast...Ahaha!"

"Ha, the top of the snow mountain, this should be a special effect! Haha!"

"I am the queen, um, this lyrics suits me very well, hahahahaha!"

The medical staff looked at Zhang Meng, who was crying, and couldn't help but shed tears. She hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Zhang Meng's shoulders, wiped her tears, and comforted her, saying, "Don't look, kid, you need to rest."

Zhang Meng was very obedient, put the phone aside, and lay in the arms of the medical staff. Soon, snoring sounded.

"I miss my mother..."

There were intermittent murmurs in the dream.

The medical staff sighed, wiped away tears, put Zhang Meng gently on the hospital bed, helped her cover the quilt, and quietly left the ward.

(End of this chapter)