Chapter 186 – Not Simple
In Lu Chen’s dream world, the song “Woman Flower” was one of the classic music masterpieces of a Heavenly Queen-level singer.
This song described that in the dreamlike season, the protagonist who yearns to be loved was silently waiting for the man of her dreams, leading her and inspiring her out of ignorance to maturity.
But these things couldn’t be explicitly said, much less be proactive about it, showing a lingering strong desire.
There were four major sections in the entire song. Many of the same lyrics needed to be sung repeatedly, but the emotions expressed were not the same each time, so only a very good female singer could truly grasp the essence of the work.
Lu Chen wrote “Woman Flower” to Chen Fei’er after careful consideration.
First of all, this work was not something anyone could sing well. One has to have years of accumulated life experience to sing the feelings in the song. Those young singers in their teens and twenties couldn’t sing its real essence.
For example, the sample of “Woman Flower” was sung by Wang Jing of Nirvana Studio. She should have sung it fairly well. The melodic syllables were all in place and accurate, but she couldn’t sing the essence of mature vicissitudes.
Chen Fei’er was completely different. She was a top-class singer who has made her debut more than ten years ago. After going through the baptism of wind and rain, she was fully capable of handling this work.
Secondly, Chen Fei’er intended to achieve transformation through the new album. If this song “Woman Flower” was successful, then her transformation would undoubtedly be a matter of course. She could get rid of the image of Queen of Sweet Song, which has not changed for ten years, and let everyone see another charming side of this Heavenly Queen.
That day when he and Chen Fei’er went shopping and sang karaoke together, he discovered another side of her.
This was a big challenge, and Lu Chen loves a challenge!
Just imagine, a Heavenly Queen-level singer completed a magnificent transformation under his own guidance.
What a sense of achievement would that be!
Chen Fei’er didn’t disappoint Lu Chen.
It was even beyond his imagination.
Chen Fei’er’s interpretation of this work was perfect. The traditional nostalgic and gentle song inadvertently touched the listener’s heartstrings. One could hear her loneliness and heartbreak, her longing and true feelings.
What was truly scary was that the accompaniment of her audition was still a rough semi-finished product, and her voice has not gone through modification in any post-process, yet the effect was already surprisingly strong.
Chen Fei’er could achieve the title of a Heavenly Queen was obviously not just luck.
After singing the song “Woman Flower”, Chen Fei’er took off her monitoring headphones and walked out of the recording room.
She didn’t sing the second song that Lu Chen wrote for her.
The corners of the Heavenly Queen’s eyes were still glittering with tears, but she didn’t feel shy. Her beautiful and delicate face with a kind of joy and ferocity returning from happiness after sadness looked very touching.
“You sang wonderfully!”
Lin Zhijie sincerely exclaimed in admiration: “The song is also good. I was skeptical about it, but now I’m convinced!”
He gave both Chen Fei’er and Lu Chen two thumbs-ups.
Chen Fei’er wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile: “It was mainly because the song written by Lu Chen was good. My album will use this song as the album title and title song. Brother Lin, what do you say?”
“No problem at all!”
Lin Zhijie nodded heavily and said without hesitation, “The name of this song should be ‘Woman Flower’, right? The nostalgic love song style is very suitable for your transformation!”
For an album, it was often necessary to determine the title song first, and then the whole album would be created around the title song, so as to ensure the unity of style.
He asked, “Didn’t Lu Chen wrote another song? Why don’t you sing it?”
This song “Woman Flower” made his ears seem to have been washed once, but it was not enough.
Chen Fei’er smiled and said, “I can’t sing anymore. I’ll sing the second song next time.”
She wasn’t really unable to sing. But she had incorporated too much emotions in this song. If she sings the other song, she might not be able to control her mood and affect her image.
This was, after all, the Flying Stone Records, and there were so many people in the monitoring room!
Lin Zhijie understood it after a little thought. He said with a smile, “That’s right. I’ll ask the MSN group to sing a song too. Please give them pointers and guidance together with me.”[1]
The music director of Flying Stone Records has a special feeling for MSN, which he established with his own hands. So, even if he was a little too eager, he didn’t care about the strange look in other people’s eyes.
Such an opportunity was very rare!
If he could get Chen Fei’er’s approval or even appreciation, then it would be of great benefit to MSN’s future development of.
As for Lu Chen, that didn’t need to be mentioned.
He was counting on Lu Chen to help supervise the production of MSN’s debut album.
Chen Fei’er said with a smile, “Okay…”
She and Lin Zhijie have known each other for many years and they were friends. She would definitely help with this little favor.
Guiding some newcomers. It was really nothing to her.
Lu Chen also nodded, and he also knew Lin Zhiji’s idea.
Asking Chen Fei’er for guidance was one thing, but the most important thing was probably to let him listen to MSN first, so that it would be convenient for him to create a song for MSN.
Lin Zhijie hurriedly called the three young girls from MSN.
Mu Xiaochu, Su Jiajia and Ning Tian came over. They all bowed at the same time and said, “Thank you, Sister Fei. Thank you, Teacher Lu.”
They all knew that Lu Chen was likely to write a song for their album.
And Lu Chen was a songwriter who was qualified and able to write the title song for Chen Fei’er’s album. They were all fascinated by the song “Woman Flower” just now, and they completely felt the strength of the two in front of them.
Thinking that they have the opportunity to sing Lu Chen’s works, the MSN girls were a little excited.
At present, in the pop music world, there were a lot of boy and girl groups, competing for the youth market.
There were a large number of idol groups and the competition was too fierce. The problem of homogeneity was very prominent. Many boy and girl groups imitate the style of Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. Especially South Korean group, its influence was very big.
However, it was really difficult for MSN to copy this successful route. It was necessary to find another way to stand out from the crowd.
So what were they talking about?
It must be a work, a really excellent song that can be sung by countless people!
Lin Zhijie put his bet on Lu Chen.
Now was their chance.
Three beautiful girls entered the recording room.
In the interval between their preparations, a man in the monitoring room greeted Chen Fei’er: “Sister Fei!”
Chen Fei’er said with a smile, “Hello, Hu Xu.”
This man with an elegant bearing was nearly 1.8 meters tall and has the charm of a mature man. He was about 30 years old, has a slightly deep voice and his speech has a very special flavor.
His name was Hu Xu. He was a very famous actor. He has played roles in many movies and TV dramas, and his evaluation in the circle was quite good. He belonged to artists with great potential.
Lu Chen recognized Hu Xu when he came in a moment ago.
Chen Fei’er once worked with Hu Xu in a movie, and both sides could be regarded as acquainted with each other.
The entertainment circle could be said to be very big, but it was actually very small.
There were often intersections between star artists. Even if they don’t know each other, it was easy to have an opportunity to get to know each other.
As the so-called acting and singing are the best, Hu Xu intended to develop in pop music. He has sung in two episodes of a TV series and came up with a solo album. That’s why he appeared in Flying Stone Records today.
There were also excellent singers, such as Chen Fei’er, with her fame in the music scene, even if she does not take the initiative, there are many movie companies that come to invite her.
It was just that Chen Fei’er didn’t have much interest about making movies and TV dramas. She has played several small roles out of friendship.
Hu Xu praised: “Today I was so lucky to hear a really good song…”
His eyes turned to Lu Chen and took the initiative to extend his hand: “Are you Lu Chen?”
Lu Chen nodded, shook hands with him and said, “Hello, Brother Hu Xu. I have seen your movies.”
Hu Xu said with a hearty smile, “I have also seen you in the competition “Singing China”. I admire your strength very much!”
Lu Chen was modest: “Brother Hu Xu praised too much.”
Hu Xu shook his head and said, “Not to mention your talent in music, with your appearance alone, you can develop into the film and television industry. You’re much more handsome than me. When I see you, I am worried about being robbed of my job.”
The people around him were amused by his words.
Lu Chen couldn’t help laughing – That was a bit interesting.
It must be mentioned that if it was before, don’t even talk about Chen Fei’er, even looking at Hu Xu was like looking at someone from another world.
But now he could talk to the other party on an equal footing. And even joke with each other.
However, Lu Chen keenly noticed that Chen Fei’er sent him a meaningful look.
His mind stirred, he said with a smile, “Brother Hu Xu is too modest.”
He didn’t continue with the topic raised by the other party.
At this time, the MSN girl group began their singing in the recording room.
The song sung by the three girls was the famous song “Rainbow After The Rain” by the former girl group Seven-Color Rainbow.
This song with bright rhythm, beautiful melody, and sunny lyrics was very suitable for a girl group. At the same time, it also fully expresses the characteristics of their voice.
Mu Xiaochu’s voice was as sweet and clean as ever, with a bit of sound of nature.
Su Jiajia’s voice was a little more neutral, slightly hoarse and very audible.
As for Ning Tian, her voice recognizability was not as high as Mu Xiaochu and Su Jiajia. However, in terms of singing skills, it was absolutely better than the latter two. The breath was controlled freely, and the melody rhythm of the song was mastered very well.
In the chorus part, the group of three brought the audience a sense of layered girl’s voice. Although their cooperation with each other was not very tacit, there was almost no disharmony or conflict.
As a minority girl group, MSN was fully qualified regardless of appearance, image and singing voice.
After they came out after they finished singing, Chen Fei’er clapped her hands and said with a smile, “it’s really good, it sounds good.”
The three girls shyly expressed their thanks.
Lin Zhijie almost couldn’t wait to ask Lu Chen, “Teacher Lu, do you have some advice?”
Lu Chen said with a smile, “I don’t have a problem now. Let me think about it after I go back.”
At this moment, Lu Chen didn’t know that Lin Zhijie didn’t just want him to write a song for MSN!
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[1] To clarify, both of them will give pointers and guidance to MSN. And the original text was “… together with Lin Zhijie” not “together with me” as if he was talking in the third person. He hasn’t talked like this before so I changed it.
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