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Chapter 71 This is... getting into the role!

Accompanied by Gu Bei's performance,
The dull and powerful drumbeats echoed in the room.

The melody is like a torrential rain, wave after wave,
The atmosphere progresses layer by layer, reaching an exciting peak.

Andrew and Henry felt the pressure on them increase dramatically.

There is a scene in the movie where the three drummers compete for the position of lead drummer, playing in turns one after another.

If you put the three of them together to play now, the comparison would be quite terrible!
The two of them have no solution yet.

That’s the thing about drummers.

Drums are a very typical instrument that is easy to learn but difficult to master.

After all, drums only have one note, and there's no need to learn. A three-year-old child can pick up a drumstick and, following the ancient memory of shaman dance in their body, improvise a melody.

Because the drumming technique is so simple, it is extremely difficult for drummers to improve, and it is the most difficult position to train in a jazz band.

Like other more complex instruments,

Like piano, guitar, etc.

Their learning is like a complete mathematics system, with clear levels from learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to elementary school mathematics, then to middle school mathematics, and finally to advanced mathematics.

A drummer’s learning is just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, nothing more.

Then, I would use ten years as a unit of calculation and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division over and over again. It was rare that I would get positive feedback, which was like mental torture.

So this is the core of Whiplash's story,
Apart from the drummer, no other position can produce this kind of story tension where nothing can turn into something crazy.

Not only Andrew and Henry, but other crew members also gathered around curiously after seeing Gu Bei playing.

The ones who reacted the most were undoubtedly the actors in the band.

These actors are not professional actors.

Many actors can play musical instruments, but it is very troublesome to form a band.

So they hired an entire music college student band to play the club band in the movie.

"I didn't expect that this director can actually play drums."

"Isn't this basic skill? Sam, you can do this too, right?"

"Of course there's no problem. Not every drummer in our academy can pull off this kind of rhythm, but I'm definitely one of them."

There is no one who plays music without being arrogant.

Especially those people from music colleges, each of them has worked their way up from childhood and has one foot in the professional field.

Hearing this, Gu Bei looked up at them.

He didn't care about this level of discussion.

It was originally just a test to let these people know that I can play music, so that they can be more obedient, which is also a pleasant surprise.

However, J.K. Simmons, who plays the perverted teacher Fletcher, seems to be enjoying the fun.

He shouted, "Double Time!"

This is his classic line in the movie.

It means doubling the original speed from 80-200BPM (beats per minute) to over 300BPM, or even over 400BPM.

And at this terrifying speed, you have to maintain the rhythm.

Rhythm is the core of a drummer.

The whole jazz band follows the drummer's rhythm.
Once the drummer's rhythm is messed up, the rhythm of the entire band will completely collapse.

In a way, the drummer is like the conductor of the band, and also like the drumsticks in the conductor's hands.

The relationship between the male protagonist and the teacher in the movie also derived from this.

"Da da da!"

Gu Bei quickly adjusted his pace.

He swung his drumsticks faster, the beats becoming more intense, the stirring beats seemingly bursting through the walls of the room. The band members, who had just been whispering to each other, fell silent in an instant.

"Sam, can you still do this now?"

"Who do you think I am? Barty Rich? Of course I can't do that!"

"If he could do that, he'd have his pick of jazz bands in New York!"

The band members who were originally confident in their musical skills,

After seeing Gu Beixin's new skills, he immediately put away his inner pride.

The song is over.

Gu Bei stood up with a little sweat on his body.

The band members all applauded. Gu Bei's move really impressed them. In the world of music, technology is universal and everyone can be impressed.

The camera nearby quietly recorded this scene.

After the filming started,
Gu Bei found that the skill he had shown before was quite useful.

The band, which was originally lazy and casual, now has a very serious attitude and treats every performance as a formal one.

What surprised Gu Bei even more was Andrew's performance.

Andrew began to practice drumming more diligently in private.

Even if his practice at this time actually did not have any effect of improvement,

If drumming skills can be trained intensively, then it will not be the most difficult position to develop.

And it was precisely the lack of improvement in his drumming skills that gave him a paranoid temperament, a temperament that perfectly suited the male protagonist.

This is... getting into the role!

After Andrew was provoked by Gu Bei,

The more he wanted to train hard to improve his drumming skills, the more he could feel the hero's inner struggle.

Gu Bei was naturally happy to see this happen. While Andrew was still immersed in the role, he sped up the filming of the interior scenes of the music academy.

……

The new year has passed.

Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli also returned to Jiangcheng from Kyoto.

Liu Yifei also met her long-lost grandmother.
In the past two years, she was busy filming and even spent the New Year on the crew.

In the past two years, although there was no filming during the Chinese New Year, the number of announcements on weekdays was several times more than in the previous two years, and the opportunities to go back were actually less than in the previous two years.

When she was happy,
An unexpected voice sounded in my mind.

"Ding!"

Less than a week had passed since the last mission, and a new mission had been triggered in Jiangcheng.

While Liu Yifei was chatting with her grandmother, she glanced at the light screen panel in front of her that was invisible to everyone, and fell into deep thought when she saw the task on it.

[Trigger task: Go home often]

When you are 38 years old, you return to Jiangcheng again and see your grandmother who has aged a little.

Not only do you feel that time has left traces on her body but not on her soul, grandma still treats you like a little girl and wants to cook your favorite food for you.

You can't bear to see your elderly grandmother working so hard. Isn't the purpose of working hard to take better care of your family?

[Task Objective: Cook a meal for grandma personally]

[Task Reward: One random draw opportunity from the Entertainment Treasure House]

She seems to need off-field assistance.
Because...she can't cook!

(End of this chapter)