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The woman known as Li Mei is a representative figure among the Mei School Qingyi actresses of the National Peking Opera Company, and holds a significant position in the industry.

This afternoon, the Palace Museum arranged a lecture on traditional opera culture, and she was the speaker.

Upon seeing Lao Zhou, Li Mei greeted him with a smile.

"Old Zhou? What time is it? You're only just eating?"

Old Zhou chuckled.

"Something came up and I was held up."

Li Mei turned around and pointed to her young assistant behind her.

"I have a lecture at the Palace Museum this afternoon, so I came here in advance to familiarize myself with the venue."

"It just so happens to be lunchtime, so I brought my assistant over for a quick meal."

Without hesitation, after a few polite words, Lao Zhou immediately recounted the whole story of "Guangliang" and the opera singing style.

"We were just wondering who should sing this opera tune."

"I never expected you to be at the Forbidden City today!"

Li Mei became interested immediately after hearing this.

She first greeted several acquaintances, including Shen Weimin and Tang Huaiyuan, before turning her gaze to Fang Yu beside her.

"Teacher Fang, I've heard so much about you."

"I've heard several folk music teachers in the academy mention your piece, 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix,' and they all spoke highly of it."

Fang Yu also stood up.

"Teacher Li, you're too kind."

"Just call me Xiao Fang. When I hear the words 'Teacher Fang,' I always feel like they should be followed by 'Class begins.'"

Li Mei chuckled at his words.

Shen Weimin was preoccupied with important matters and had no interest in idle chatter, so he handed over his phone directly.

"Teacher Li, this is the demo that Xiao Fang just recorded in the activity room."

"Would you like to listen first?"

"it is good."

Li Mei took the phone and put on a wireless earphone.

As the melody of "Light" began to play, the smile on her face quickly vanished.

She sat at the table, her brows slightly furrowed, and her breathing slowed down.

He tapped his right index finger on the table, making rhythmic beats.

No one made a sound to disturb them.

After listening to the song, Li Mei did not immediately offer her opinion.

She took off her headphones and listened to the middle section of the dialogue and opera singing again before looking up at Fang Yu.

"Great lyrics, great music."

"Especially the part where the spoken lines transition to Peking Opera singing, the balance was very well maintained."

Li Mei paused for a moment.

"Professor Fang's foundation in traditional culture is even deeper than I imagined."

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhou quickly took half a step forward.

"Teacher Li, what about this opera singing style..."

Li Mei didn't beat around the bush.

"It is my honor to lend my voice to a work like 'The Forbidden City'."

"As long as Director Shen and the experts trust me, I'll take this part."

"Very good!"

Old Zhou slapped his thigh so hard that half the cafeteria could hear it.

"With your words, the last problem with the ending theme song is solved!"

Shen Weimin and Tang Huaiyuan exchanged a glance, and their expressions relaxed.

Fang Yu wrote both the lyrics and music.

Liu Yifei is in charge of the pop singing segment.

The most demanding aspect of the opera singing is handled by Li Mei, a renowned master of the Mei School.

Once this configuration is laid out, it's almost impossible to find any shortcomings.

"Come on, come on!"

Tang Huaiyuan picked up his teacup.

"Let's toast Teacher Li with tea instead of wine, to express our gratitude for his timely help!"

Everyone at the table responded with smiles and raised their glasses in unison.

Just as the teacups were about to collide, a hand suddenly reached out from the edge of the table.

"that……"

Fang Yu tactically cleared his throat, looking at the table full of beaming experts with an utterly innocent expression.

"Teachers, perhaps... we could wait a moment?"

Everyone stopped moving at the same time.

Shen Weimin's eyelids twitched.

"What kind of trouble are you causing now, you little rascal?"

"Actually, it's my fault."

Fang Yu sighed, his face full of sincerity.

"There's something crucial that I didn't tell you all earlier."

Old Zhou's heart skipped a beat, a strange sense of foreboding rising within him: "What's the outcome?"

Fang Yu met the gazes of the group of bigwigs at the table and said in an extremely natural tone, "I can sing this opera-style song myself."

The huge cafeteria suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was staring at Fang Yu.

You? Sing it yourself?

This was actually Fang Yu's original script.

He originally planned to have Liu Yifei sing the verses and chorus, while he would handle both the male spoken parts and the female opera vocals.

Once we got to the recording studio, we went all out and gave these veterans a big surprise!

Who would have thought that, in the time it takes to eat a meal, Lao Zhou would bring in a renowned Mei School master for the project team.

Old Zhou was stunned for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a sound that was both helpless and amused.

"Xiao Fang, you sang really well in the activity room just now."

"But 'Light' is a female-voiced song, and that opera-style section in the middle should also be sung by a female voice to feel right, right?"

"I know."

Fang Yu calmly uttered a sentence that caught everyone at the table off guard.

"What I'm talking about is... I sing in a female opera style."

This time, let alone these experts.

Even the cooks preparing to clean the window in the distance stopped ladling their ladles and craned their necks to look this way.

A male singer in his twenties.

Do you want to sing in a female opera style?

Is the entertainment industry in such a mess now?

Old Zhou took a deep breath, trying to sort out the logic.

"No, if you have this special skill, why didn't you just sing it in the activity room earlier?"

"Hey, teachers, try to imagine yourself in that situation."

Fang Yu spread his hands and began to spout nonsense with a straight face.

"The atmosphere in the activity room was so solemn and serious just now!"

"If I were sitting at the piano alone, switching between a soulful male voice and a delicate female voice, it would sound like a schizophrenic performance, which would severely damage the artistic appeal of the work!"

The reason is so absurd that it's impossible to find fault with it.

The group looked at each other, momentarily at a loss for words, unsure of where to begin their rebuttal.

Liu Yifei, standing next to her, silently rubbed her forehead.

Case solved.

If others don't know, how could she not know?

This guy held back from singing just now purely to find an opportunity to show off!

Li Mei, on the other hand, didn't think the young man was arrogant.

She looked Fang Yu up and down a few more times, her smile still gentle and dignified.

"Teacher Fang is joking."

"Many famous male dan performers have emerged in the history of Peking Opera, and it is not uncommon for men to sing qingyi (female roles)."

"But this skill isn't just about making your voice lower."

Her tone became much more serious as she spoke.

"From a young age, you need to warm up your voice, practice your breath control, and then learn the initial consonant, the final vowel, the phrasing, and the resonance position. You can't skip any of these steps."

"The pseudo-voice in pop music mainly aims to make the sound sound like a female voice."

"Traditional opera is different."

"Voice is just the surface; the real skill lies in the breath support, pronunciation, and strength within."

Shen Weimin's head ached more and more as he listened, and he raised his hand to press his temples.

There is no doubt that Fang Yu is an unparalleled genius.

But this kid can be too much of a troublemaker sometimes!

You're good at writing lyrics, you excel at composing music, you're good at male vocals, and now you want to handle female opera vocals all by yourself?

This is a national-level project, not a talent show for you!

Unfortunately, Fang Yu was the original author of this divine song, and even the director couldn't simply ignore the original author's obsession.