superstar director

Chapter 4 Rehearsal
Ning Cheng took out the prepared song, but the result made him helpless. When Yang Rui and Ding Xuan took over the sheet music in surprise and read it, Yang Rui laughed directly, "Where did you get this thing? It's more rubbish than saliva songs Toy, why take it out!"

After Ding Xuan read it, although he didn't open his mouth to ridicule, he looked at Ning Cheng in surprise and said, "This is a trio's song, where did you come from?"

Although Ding Xuan has only read it once, he has roughly figured out the tune of this song in his heart. He thinks it is quite good. Although the lyrics are a drool song with no connotation, it is the easiest to become popular. Isn’t it this kind of drool song? , Therefore, after Ding Xuan saw this song, he was very happy.

Ning Cheng opened his mouth, ignored Yang Rui, and said to Ding Xuan, "Yes—yes—it was me who wrote it randomly."

Although Yang Rui and Ding Xuan were surprised that Ning Cheng could write songs at the age of 13, they didn't think too much about it. There is a huge difference between writing a song and writing a good song.

Yang Rui obviously didn't like Ning Sheng's song, but Ding Xuan thought it was pretty good.

In the end, Yang Rui directly decided that regardless of Ning Sheng's saliva songs, he would choose a song from a trio in Huaxia before and practice first, and he would think of a way in the next few days. As for Ning Cheng's saliva songs, he never It's within Yang Rui's consideration.

In his eyes, Ning Cheng had always been the one among the three of them, and he didn't take it seriously at all, so why would he use Ning Cheng's "trash" song in the competition?

Ning Cheng didn't say a word about this, and took back the score in silence, and then the three of them chose from the songs of a trio that was barely a second-tier star in Huaxia. Of course, Ning Cheng didn't say a word, just looked at Ding Xuan Discussing with Yang Rui, the two finally discussed for nearly an hour, and finally chose a song called "Youth Doesn't Regret".

Select the song, and then assign it. Originally, each of the three people had a section, but because of Ning Cheng's situation, Yang Rui directly transferred the section that Ning Cheng should have sung to himself, and Ning Cheng only needed to sing in the song. It's good to sing the climax of the chorus together with the two of them. At that time, even if Ning Cheng opens his mouth dryly, it won't have much impact if he doesn't make a sound.

The three first familiarized themselves with the song, and then started practicing.

Three days passed by, and Yang Rui still couldn't find a better song, so the three of them could only compete with this song "Youth Doesn't Regret".

Now the three of them are participating in the competition as a group. According to Yang Rui, in order to replace the band on the original entry materials with a group, he secretly gave them thousands of Huaxia coins.

On October [-]th, there was only one day left before the leave. The three of Ning Cheng were sent to the competition venue early this time by Yang Rui's father, Yang Guangliang.

After the audition, there are a total of 40 contestants entering the second round. [-] of them will be eliminated in this round, and the remaining ten will compete in the third round for the final three spots in the national competition.

This time, the venue for the competition was in the auditorium of a music school. The three of Ning Cheng drew the No. [-] lottery. When the first nine contestants finished, nearly an hour had passed before it was their turn to play.

"Come on, don't be nervous, if you really can't, just open your mouth and keep silent!" Ding Xuan finally told Ning Sheng.

Yang Rui on the side also took a deep breath and said, "Remember to open your mouth to lip-sync, in short, don't let people see it stupidly."

Ning Cheng nodded and responded, then put on the black and white mask again, and followed the two of them onto the stage.

This song "Youth Doesn't Regret" is a lyrical slow song with a simple melody and straightforward lyrics. It is not difficult to sing, and apart from the occasional one or two fast songs, other songs rarely require dancing So, the three of Ning Chen stood on the stage like this, looking at the dark stage below, where three mentor-like people were sitting, and sang the competition song along with the accompaniment.

And Ning Cheng didn't need to make a sound at all other than opening his mouth during the climax, he just had to stand there. To be honest, during the performance, Ning Cheng really enjoyed singing on the competition stage for the first time. He got stuck and stuttered. Fortunately, when this happened to him, he immediately opened his mouth and didn't make a sound, and got away with it, but it didn't affect the performance.

When the three of Ning Cheng bowed and thanked each other, after the singing was over, someone from the three instructors below said, "Well, you all sang very well, but I remember that you should be a band during the audition, right? "

The three of Ning Cheng were shocked. They didn't expect this mentor to have such a strong memory, and he remembered them from hundreds of contestants. They didn't know whether they should be proud.

Yang Rui smiled awkwardly, and quickly explained, "It's like this. We participated in the competition as a band before, but later we found it difficult to sing rock and roll. A friend suggested that we perform as a group, so we changed it. .”

The instructor smiled and said, "Your friend is right, you were really not good at singing rock and roll before, but this time the three of you sang a group pop song, it's really good, hey, that's right, the masked Your contestant is called Ning Cheng, right? Why do you keep wearing a mask? When you were auditioning, I remembered that you kept your head down while playing the guitar, and you still wore a mask. It was really special. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t I will definitely remember you! But on this stage, it’s not good to always wear a mask.”

Hearing this, Ning Cheng looked up at the other party, and then looked at Ding Xuan and Yang Rui at the side.

Yang Rui hesitated, wondering if he should tell the truth or make up a lie, but Ding Xuan next to him said, "Actually, Xiao Sheng wore a mask on stage because he was not fluent in speaking and easily nervous, so he wore a mask. Come up with a mask on, it relaxes a bit and makes him less nervous."

"Oh, no wonder he only sings the climax part of this song with you, then you have to find a way to let him overcome this difficulty, otherwise it will be bad if something happens on the stage, okay, I hope next time I saw you perform better in the promotion round."

"Thank you, mentor, we will definitely work harder!" Yang Rui, as a representative, quickly expressed his gratitude.

The other two mentors didn't say much, but they also let Ning Cheng and the others advance. Therefore, when Ning Cheng and the others left, they could already prepare for the top ten competition in ten days.

This time, they didn't go back to their respective homes quickly, but they were taken to a hotel by Yang Rui's father, asked for a private room, served a table of delicious dishes, and then said that he wanted to celebrate their achievements.

After all, there will be a live broadcast of the Ten Jin San competition they will participate in next, and it is no longer unknown before. If they are lucky, they might be signed by those entertainment companies soon.In this way, it can be regarded as a solid step on their road to fame.

Yang Guangliang said a few words, drank a glass of wine, paid the bill, and left first, letting Ning Cheng and the others eat slowly.

The three of them had a big meal, then hiccupped, discussing the game ten days later.

"Brother Rui, the tenth and third competition will definitely be more difficult. If we use songs like today, it will be difficult to advance, right?" Ding Xuan said while drinking tea.

Yang Rui sighed and said, "Yes, but what can I do? You don't know that we didn't have a popular pop group in China before, and the translators of foreign songs I know are all half-baked and useless. ah."

Ding Xuan looked at Yang Rui, then paused and said, "Brother Rui, why don't we try Xiao Sheng's previous song? Although it's a mouth-watering song, the rhythm is brisk and the tune is good. Maybe it will be good? "

Hearing this, Yang Rui glanced at Ding Xuan, and then at Ning Cheng, who was not very happy, and was about to refuse directly, when Ding Xuan hurriedly said, "Brother Rui, I heard that in this kind of competition, if There are a lot of bonus points for original songs, not to mention, we don’t have any suitable songs right now, why don’t you show Xiaosheng’s songs to the music seniors you know, if they think it’s not good, then take it as a joke Well, if it is possible, then our game will be more hopeful, isn't it?"

Yang Rui looked at Ding Xuan and said, "Do you really think Ning Cheng can write any best-selling hits?"

Ding Xuan smiled and said, "Hehe, you don't need a best-selling hit, as long as you can help us win the promotion spot in the tenth promotion competition ten days later, it's just a try anyway, Brother Rui, let's try it, if it's true Yes, if we sing the original combination like this, it will definitely attract more attention and be more popular, don’t you think?”

Yang Rui looked again at Ning Cheng who was silent and was regarded by him as making up the numbers, suddenly smiled inexplicably and said, "Ning Cheng, Ding Xuan highly recommends your song, what do you think of your song? "

Hearing this, Ning Cheng opened his mouth and stammered, "It's better than—better than—the—before!"

Yang Rui raised the corner of his mouth, looked at Ning Cheng with a sneer in his eyes and said, "You mean, your song is better than the song "Youth Doesn't Regret" that we sang before?"

Ning Cheng nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes!" Although the "Youth Cultivation Manual" he picked up was not a classic in the last life on Earth, it was definitely a very popular song.

With this song, three teenagers could become popular in the mainland in the previous life. Ning Cheng believes that in this life, if they use this song to participate in the competition, they will not even be able to enter the national competition, right?As for the song "Youth Doesn't Regret", to be honest, whether it is in terms of lyrics, arrangement, or popularity, Ning Sheng thinks it's really not as good as "Youth Practice Manual".

"Hahaha——You are a teenage kid, and you still don't like the group songs that someone released an album, hahaha——" Looking at Yang Rui, it seemed that Ning Sheng was the most ignorant idiot in the world Seeing this, Ding Xuan on the other side frowned, but he didn't know how to persuade him. He really praised Ning Cheng's song well, but now it seems that Yang Rui didn't listen to what he just said at all. ah.

Just when Ding Xuan opened his mouth to make Yang Rui stop, Yang Rui actually stopped by himself, while Ning Cheng sat next to him as usual, but looked at Yang Rui with the same expression, just like that Yang Rui stopped laughing.

Looking at Ning Cheng's appearance as if he didn't hear him laughing, Yang Rui suddenly felt that his appearance just now seemed a little silly, and then suddenly a wave of annoyance and unhappiness surged in his heart. Thinking of what Ding Xuan said before, he directly Spreading his hands, he said, "Bring me the score, I'll find someone to look at it today, okay, I'll go first, see you tomorrow!",

After finishing speaking, he casually folded the sheet music that Ning Cheng took out into a piece like a trouser pocket, and left the private room.

Ding Xuan got up and walked to Ning Cheng's side, then patted Ning Cheng's head, and said with a smile, "Let's go, maybe tomorrow, we will start rehearsing your original song!"

Ning Cheng got up, smiled, but did not leave with Ding Xuan, but held Ding Xuan, pointed to the leftovers on the table and said, "Pick it up!"

Ding Xuan listened, smiled and said, "Oh, I see, you are going to bring it to your little sister Tongtong, okay, waiter, please trouble those few packing bags." Ding Xuan said and shouted to the waiter outside.

After a while, Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan packed up some leftover fruits and snacks on the table, and some clean stewed meat separately, and then left the hotel under the inexplicable gaze of the waiter. Strange, nowadays, it is really rare to eat in such a big hotel and pack the leftovers at the end!

After leaving the hotel, the two of them walked for a while before they parted. Ning Cheng didn't politely let this leftovers be nothing good, and Ding Xuan didn't care about them at all.

It's just that Ding Xuan was kind to him, and Ning Cheng always kept it in mind.

I went home early today. When Ning Cheng arrived home, it was still dark. It was less than six o’clock. When I walked into the small yard, Tongtong was sitting on the small bench next to her mother, holding a book in her small hands and reading a book. new anime.

It was the Havoc in Heaven comic book that Ning Sheng bought for Ning Tong with his salary after working part-time in a musical instrument store.

The little girl likes it very much, and she has to take it out to have a look every day. After reading it, she carefully wraps it up in a piece of clean scraps, puts it under her little pillow, and treasures it like a treasure.

Ning Cheng walked into the small courtyard, raised his index finger on his mouth towards his mother who was looking over, and then, under his mother's smiling gaze, quietly came behind the little girl, and moved forward slightly with the packing bag in his hand.

Ning Tong, who was reading comics with relish, suddenly sniffed his little nose, then turned his face, and saw the packing bag next to him, and his brother behind him, and suddenly said pleasantly, "Brother, you are back!"

Ning Cheng squatted down with a smile and said, "Tongtong, see what brother brought you back?"

The little girl turned her eyes and looked at the bag in Ning Cheng's hand, "Brother, what is this, it smells so good!"

Seeing that the little girl was almost drooling, Ning Cheng smiled, picked up Tongtong, and walked home, saying, "Brother was invited to a big meal today, this is what's left over." , specially brought it back for Tongtong to eat—"

"Wow—this is meat, what is this, it's delicious—brother is so good——" Seeing Tongtong holding a piece of creamy snack and eating it happily, Ning Cheng looked at it with pity. She, "Tongtong eats a piece of dim sum first to satisfy his cravings. The meat is a little cold. I will eat it after my mother heats it up in the evening. After my brother earns money, let Tongtong eat whatever he wants, okay?"

"Okay, brother, you need to make money quickly—so that both parents can eat meat and delicious snacks—"

Although there were not many leftovers brought back, it was already a rare delicious meal for Tongtong.

After her parents and elder brother expressed that they were full and didn't like to eat those things, Tongtong happily ate several large pieces of meat and three pieces of snacks.

Although the family is not so poor that they can't afford even a little meat, but apart from Ning's father's hard-earned money on the construction site, the family has no other income. Apart from occasionally buying some delicious food to improve Tongtong's food, Ning Cheng's part-time wages are nothing but There is nothing left.Coupled with the occasional relatives who came to borrow money, as well as the exchange of favors during the New Year and holidays, Ning's father and Ning's mother saved the remaining money for Ning Sheng's family in the future.

Therefore, the life of Ning Cheng's family is indeed not very affluent. Although the three-year-old Tongtong is sensible and does not want this or that from the family, every time she sees other children eating sweets and snacks, her envious little eyes It's really pitiful.

It is precisely because of this that when Ning Cheng used his part-time money to buy snacks for Tongtong, Ning's father and Ning's mother didn't say much, but just asked Ning Cheng to study harder and let Tongtong remember how good his brother was to her.

At this time, I heard Tongtong say to everyone in a childish and lovely voice, "When Tongtong grows up, he will definitely earn a lot of money and buy a lot of candy for his brother!"

At this moment, Ning Cheng would think of his previous life. After his parents passed away, he basically relied on his younger sister to support him, and he felt endless sourness in his heart.

In the evening, the village in the city is still lively, but Ning Cheng's family has already rested early, lying quietly on his bed, Ning Cheng said softly to himself, like an oath, "In this life, I will let my parents be young Sisters live freely and happily!"
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Early the next morning, the last day of the October holiday, Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan arrived first, and after waiting for a while, they saw Yang Rui rushing over.

Yang Rui looked at Ning Cheng with a strange expression, then asked in a suspicious tone, "Is that song really your own?"

Ning Cheng nodded, Ding Xuan's expression changed, and he said, "Brother Rui, how about Xiao Sheng's song? Can it be our competition song?"

Yang Rui's complexion changed, then he smiled, and said to Ding Xuan, "I've already found someone to read this song, and this song is very suitable for us, but the song can only be taken out for the competition after being composed, and the rhythm of this song is relatively brisk. , we have to make some dances to cooperate, so the effect will be better."

"Great, Xiao Sheng, we're going to compete with your song!" Ding Xuan hugged Ning Sheng happily and shouted.

Although Ning Cheng felt in his heart that this result was not unexpected, he was still happy. This song was probably his first step into the music scene.

"Okay, let's not waste time here today. You guys and I will go to a dance training class in the city. I will find someone to arrange a dance for us. The song arrangement is also in progress. It may take a day or two before we can get it." Here. Let's practice dancing in the next two days." Yang Rui said and glanced at Ning Cheng again.

If it wasn't for what happened last night, he would have seen it with his own eyes. He couldn't believe that such a stutterer who couldn't speak well could make a song praised by professionals.

Although that person was just an accompaniment band for a small music company, he had been in this business for several years, and compared to them, he was already a very professional musician.

And yesterday, this professional, after reading Ning Sheng's score, praised him a few times, saying that although the song has no connotation, the most popular songs in the music world are this kind of pop songs.Maybe, if one is lucky, this song will become an instant hit!
Yang Rui had a smile on his face at the time, but he was complaining and cursing inwardly. Of course he wouldn't really believe what the man said was an instant hit, but since he praised him so much, it is obvious that this song will not be inferior. Their entry songs are obviously enough.

It's just that when he thinks that this song is made by a stutterer that he has never looked down upon, he feels uncomfortable, especially when the other party is four years younger than himself, but he has never written a complete song.

These inner thoughts, Yang Rui naturally will not show on his face, just like what his father Yang Guangliang said, even if you don't like someone who is useful to you, you should have a smile on your face so that you can get something from him. It's good!
"Uh--this--this-just-just-that's the arrangement, I've finished it all." Ning Cheng was happy, and took out the things he had prepared, and handed them to Yang Rui.

Yang Rui took a few glances at it, then smiled with a complicated expression and said, "In that case, let's go to the recording studio first and let them have a look. If possible, get the accompaniment tape ready as soon as possible, and then go to dance practice."

On this day, the three of Ning Cheng spent half of their time in the recording studio, and one and a half of their time in the dance practice room.

With the arrangement given by Ning Sheng, the accompaniment tape of the song was quickly recorded in the recording studio.

Of course, this is definitely not free, and Yang Rui paid for it in advance. Now Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan are unable to pay, but the three of them have already discussed this matter. From now on, the expenses spent on the combination, the three of them Evenly distributed, but whether Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan can pay off as soon as possible later depends on whether their combination can become popular.

When it was a band before, it can be said that the band belonged to Yang Rui alone. Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan were only hired by Ding Xu to work, so the band's expenses were naturally borne by Yang Rui alone, but now the three have formed a group. Although It is still dominated by Yang Rui, but the identities of Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan have changed. They are both members of the group. The chances of becoming famous are greater, and the responsibilities and expenses that need to be borne are naturally indispensable.

To this, Ning Cheng and Ding Xuan agreed after a little thought, especially Ding Xuan, unlike Ning Cheng, he was born again, so he naturally had confidence in his heart, but he had nothing. To become famous in one fell swoop, the part of the group expenses that he needs to bear these days is also a big expense for him. However, young people are always more willing to try and make a difference, so naturally they will not give up such an opportunity .

And Yang Rui himself was not sure whether their group could become famous, especially since Ning Sheng and Ding Xuan could get the same chance of becoming famous as himself, and after they could sing on stage, he felt a little uncomfortable. Not to mention continuing to let him bear the cost of composition alone.

Fortunately, the three of them didn't have any disputes over this matter, otherwise, the newly formed group would probably be disbanded immediately.

(End of this chapter)