Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1020 Two Bands

  The American Screen Actors Guild not only requires an eight-hour work system, overtime is required to be paid for the excess time, but also stipulates that there must be a rest day every week. In addition to Zhou Jingyi in this crew, the American Latino actor and some supporting actors are also members of the Screen Actors Guild. In addition, some photographers and other staff in other departments are also members of various unions in the United States, and those unions also have regulations on working hours.

  A few days after the startup, the shooting progress of the crew was still very good, so Xiao Yao and Mu Ying announced the suspension of work on the first weekend after the startup and gave the entire crew a day off.

  Only one day off a week, surely I won’t go back to the country again. Zhao Rui, Xu Fei, and Chen Xiaoting did not come to the United States very often, and came to Los Angeles even less. They went out to play on their own while the crew was off. Xiao Yao had been to Los Angeles when he was running around with Chen Xuan when he was a child. In his sophomore year, he was an international exchange student in Calabasas. If you are familiar with it, you naturally have no interest in going out.

  The labor union in the United States stipulates that actors and some crew members must rest, but there is no requirement that Xiao Yao, the producer and non-union director, must also rest. On the day when the crew was off, Xiao Yao chose to continue working.

  The actors and staff of the crew are on holiday, and the filming is definitely not possible. However, in addition to being the producer, director, and leading actor of this film, Xiao Yao also has an identity as one of the film’s soundtracks. The film is not finished, Xiao Yao is still not easy to make a pure soundtrack, but Xiao Yao can do it first for the theme song episodes in the movie.

  As early as when the script of this movie was finished, Xiao Yao had an idea about the songs to be used in the movie, but he hadn't made it yet. Now that he has free time during shooting, Xiao Yao intends to use this time to produce the songs of the movie, which can also save some time for later post-production.

  This is an action movie. Many of the plots in it are more intense and burning. The soundtrack will definitely be more intense and burning style. In terms of movie songs, Xiao Yao is also preparing to use two rock songs.

  Speaking of rock songs, the first thing Xiao Yao thought of was the "Immortals" band in Los Angeles.

  At a party after the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the beginning of the year, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying discussed the preparations for the parkour film crew. At that time, in addition to Mu Ying and a few friends of Huaxia, members of the "Immortals" band and Zhou Jingyi were also present. At that time, they also expressed their intention to invest in Xiao Yao's film. As the co-producer of the movie, the members of the band "Immortals" also know about Xiao Yao and others coming to Los Angeles to make movies.

  On the day Xiao Yao and others arrived in Los Angeles, the "Immortals" band happened to have a performance mission, so they didn't pick up the plane at the airport. However, after the crew was turned on, several members of the band had come to visit the class and learned that Zhou Jingyi was one of the protagonists of the movie.

  Although the band members didn’t say it clearly, Xiao Yao knew they had some thoughts in their hearts, so when they came to visit the class, Xiao Yao told them that he wanted to invite them to sing the songs in the movie.

   Zhou Jingyi, who was present at the time, has already joined the film as an actor, and they are naturally unwilling to follow. The band members don’t know how to act, but they are a band that can sing for the songs in the movie. Xiao Yao's arrangement happened to be in the hearts of the band members, and he agreed without hesitation at the time.

  Samien Smith in the band, just like Zhao Rui, has just graduated from university, and the other three, like Xiao Yao, have just finished their junior year. It’s summer vacation, so I don’t have to go to school. They didn't have a tour this summer, and there were not many other business performances, so they were relatively free. Xiao Yao plans to give the crew a holiday every Sunday. In order to take care of Xiao Yao's shooting, the band has agreed to meet on Sundays in the next few weeks to rehearse and record songs together. As for the location, it was set in the "Daydream" recording studio.

  On the day before the crew’s holiday, Xiao Yao contacted Dean and others in advance. After learning that there was no accident on their side, he drove to the "Daydream" recording studio alone on the morning of the crew’s holiday.

When Xiao Yao arrived, the four members of the band were already waiting for him in the studio, and not only the members of the "Immortals" band, but even the "Daydream" band's Keith Craig and others were there. Waiting for him in the studio.

   "Kees? Why are you here?" Xiao Yao was slightly surprised when he saw Keith Craig and others.

   "This is where we are. Is it necessary to be so surprised to see us?" Keith Craig laughed.

   "Uh~ well, my fault!" Xiao Yao scratched his head slightly in embarrassment.

"Unexpectedly, you started to be a director and make movies at such a young age!" Keith Craig asked as if he was guilty, "but why didn't you tell me and Betty when making movies? You know that Betty and I also invest Movies."

   About Xiao Yao’s filming, Keith Craig did not listen to the "Immortals" band members, but the news he saw on the Internet.

   "This~" Xiao Yao continued to scratch his head, "This movie was made by me and a few friends from China, and we did not want money from our parents, so we didn't find other people to invest in it."

   "Okay," Keith Craig nodded, "It doesn't matter if you make a movie, but are you trying to hide from me when you are recording songs in Los Angeles?"

   "Why am I trying to hide from you?" Xiao Yao said funnyly, "We are recording songs in your studio. Wouldn't Dean tell you? Do I have to call you?"

   "This~" This time it was Keith Craig's turn to have nothing to say.

   "Okay, let's not talk about it." Keith Craig waved his hand, "Where is the song you wrote? Show me."

  In Keith Craig’s impression, Xiao Yao has never sung or produced songs written by other musicians. This time Xiao Yao came to the "Immortals" band to record the song, and Keith Craig also determined that it would be Xiao Yao's own composition.

  "Immortals" band has been established for more than four years. In more than four years, this band has not only released the few songs written by Xiao Yao. In the meantime, Dean himself wrote songs, Keith Craig helped them write songs, and helped them buy songs. Some of them have achieved good results, but let’s talk about the best music of this band. The work is still the best of the three songs written by Xiao Yao.

  "Daydream" band themselves, in the past few years, none of their music works can achieve the results of the song "Sugar" that Xiao Yao helped them write. In the eyes of Keith Craig and others, Xiao Yao is an out-and-out musical genius.

   Keith Craig didn’t really care about Xiao Yao’s filming. The purpose of his coming this time was mainly to see what new work this genius in his eyes had had.

  "Here!" Xiao Yao stretched out his right index finger and nodded on his right temple, and said with a smile.

   "Then write it down!" Keith Craig said, "Why don't you go to my office, where I have spare sheet music and pencils."

   "So anxious?" Xiao Yao smiled, "It would be nice to listen to the finished product after we finish the recording, what score do you look at?"

   "It's okay," Keith Craig smiled, "Anyway, you have to write it out for them to practice! I've come here, and there is nothing wrong. Look at the song you wrote before leaving!"

   "Okay!" Xiao Yao shrugged indifferently. As Craig said, it was written anyway.

  The group turned to Keith Craig’s office.

   "Come on!" Keith Craig pressed Xiao Yao on his office chair, and took the initiative to put a pen and paper on him.

   "Thank you, it's an honor!" Xiao Yao smiled flatteredly.

   "It's okay," Keith Craig waved his hand. "The coffee table over the sofa is too short. The desk must be comfortable!"

   Xiao Yao nodded and smiled, stopped talking, picked up a pencil and started writing.

   Ten minutes later, Xiao Yao sorted out the sheet of music on the table and stood up.

   "Done?" Keith Craig stepped forward and handed Xiao Yao a cup of coffee. The other hand took the music score in Xiao Yao's hand, "Let me see!"

   Xiao Yao didn't care, and lowered his head to drink coffee.

"Great!" Keith Craig gave a compliment after reading it, and then took out one of the scores and praised it, "Yang, I think this song would be more suitable for us "Daydream" to sing ! Give us this song "Daydream"!"

   "Puff!" Xiao Yao spouted a sip of coffee.

  "Boss, you can't do that!" Xiao Yao who sprayed coffee had not had time to speak, and Samien stood up dissatisfied.

   "Yes," Dean also stood up and said, "How can you **** our song?"

"Of course I can do that!" Keith Craig turned to look at the two of them and said, "I am not grabbing your song, but I think this song is really more suitable for us!" With that, Keith Craig Ge handed out all the scores in his hand.

  Samien stretched out his hand to take it, and Dean, Mike, and George all leaned over to watch.

"You are a rock band, of course that song is suitable for you!" Xiao Yao finally recovered from the coffee spray, and said to Keith Craig with a smile, "In fact, what you want to say is that another song may not Isn’t it right for you? Otherwise, do you want to pass the two songs?” When Keith Craig raised the score just now, Xiao Yao saw the words on the score and knew what he was after Which song.

"No!" Keith Craig said sternly, "I just think that if there are two bands to promote your movie, it must be better than a band to promote your movie! Do you think What?"

   These two songs are works by Xiao Yao, so the decision is naturally in Xiao Yao's hands. When Xiao Yao sold the copyright of the song, he would specify the original singer as an additional condition. When Xiao Yao was still a high school student, Keith Craig wanted to buy the copyright of Xiao Yao’s "Immortals" and returned to "Daydream" to sing it by himself, but he failed. Xiao Yao at this time and that time have long been unsuccessful. On the same day, he was naturally more afraid of rejecting him, so Keith Craig could only fight for Xiao Yao from Xiao Yao's own personal interests and from the aspect of the movie.

  "This~" Dean and Samien Smith, who were about to talk, listened to Keith Craig's words, swallowed them again, and looked at Xiao Yao together.

"Yan, Keith is right," Samien considered it for a while, and seeing Xiao Yao not responding to Keith Craig, he took the initiative to speak to Xiao Yao, "I think the two songs are for two different bands. The movie that sings to you is better."

  Samien said so, not just because they are a signed band under the "Daydream" studio, Keith Craig is their boss. In fact, the boss Keith Craig has always been very good to their band. Even in this situation, Keith Craig did not threaten or persecute them as the boss, but persuaded them with Xiao Yao's interests. This is already very rare.

   And Keith Craig is right. In terms of fame and status, the veteran rock band "Daydream" is still much better than "Immortals". Both of Xiao Yao's two songs were written for the movie, so before the movie is released, these two songs must be used to promote the movie. Whether it is in the United States or around the world, the difference between a movie song sung by "Daydream" and a movie song sung by "Immortals" is obvious.

  If you think about it purely from the aspect of movie promotion, in fact, the effect of "Daydreaming" is the best for both songs. I don’t know if it was Keith Craig who really felt that one of the songs was not suitable for them, or considering the relationship between Xiao Yao and the "Immortals" band, as long as one of the two songs was required, the two bands were proposed to sing separately. Two-song scheme. In the view of Samien Smith, this plan seems to be the best plan in all aspects.

  But Xiao Yao didn't think so.

   "Sorry," Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "I don't agree with what you said!"

"First of all," Xiao Yao said to Keith Craig, "Kiss, I wrote these two songs for that movie, and I have to sing it myself. I am a member of the "Immortals" band. Members, these two songs are just right for "Immortals" to sing. If one of the songs is given to you, it will become Yang feat. "Daydream" or "Daydream" feat. Yang. I have a band myself , I don’t like this way!"

"Secondly," Xiao Yao continued, "This movie about parkour was made by a few of us who play parkour together for parkour enthusiasts. It is a movie we made and played by ourselves. In order to fulfill a wish of a few of us. Everyone who participated in this film is very young, and the target audience of the film is also young! "I don't deny that your "Daydream" is more famous than "Immortals", but "Immortals" "This young band is more suitable for our young movie. "

"Of course, we hope to make a movie with more box office as possible, but in fact, we did not set any goal or ambition for the box office of this movie." Xiao Yao finally said, "Compared with the effect of publicity, What I care more about is the youth of the team, so..."

   "Young?" Keith Craig exaggerated his chest and smiled bitterly, "I feel hurt!"

  (End of this chapter)