The scene in front of him made Xiao Yuxuan couldn't help but think of the past.

His wife hates his smoking, which not only costs money but is also bad for his health. Because of smoking, his wife and he have argued many times, so he tries not to smoke at home.

In order to persuade him to quit smoking, his wife presented facts and reason, nagging him countless times, saying it was for the sake of the children, for money, for health, etc., and even equated quitting smoking with love.

He couldn't understand his wife's strange logic, and he couldn't find a reason to convince himself to quit smoking. Even when he was seriously ill, he would occasionally light one.

It's like a very ironic painting. The person in the painting is sitting on a chair, stroking his forehead with his left hand, holding a cigarette in his right hand, blowing smoke rings from his mouth, and there are many cigarette butts scattered on the ground, but he is thinking about the ultimate meaning in his mind——

How to quit smoking?

Is it difficult to quit smoking?

Not difficult!

Because he has quit smoking more than once and has satisfied his wife's various reasons.

He quit smoking for a year for love, but his love did not grow stronger because of quitting smoking. He quit smoking for a year for his children, but he did not give up smoking to make his children live a better life. He also quit smoking for half a year to save money, but he quit smoking for half a year.

His pocket didn't feel better because he quit smoking; he didn't quit smoking for health...well, he didn't quit smoking for health, because it was meaningless.

Regardless of whether he was making excuses for himself or not, he just felt that smoking was one and the only luxury he could get in these days when there seemed to be no hope.

If at this moment, his wife finds him lying on the bed smoking, and dares to dirty the bedside table and quilt, a scolding will be inevitable, which will definitely start with angrily pointing at him and asking, "Where did you get the courage?"

Smoking in bed?!"

Familiar recipe, familiar taste.

Xiao Yuxuan's usual stress reaction was to get up quickly and carefully collect the "criminal evidence".

But this time, when I stared at the cigarette butts and the ash marks on the quilt, I didn't hear the familiar shouting and cursing, but I wasn't used to it.

"Bitch!" Xiao Yuxuan cursed himself in disappointment.

When I light up a cigarette, I always want to see your face clearly, and suddenly I realize: It’s okay not to quit smoking!

The sky outside is gray, gloomy and cold.

Xiao Yuxuan walked out of the guest house, put on his sweater and hat as usual, and found a noodle shop on the street to fill his stomach, and then walked back to the TV station building.

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps coming and going, people passed by in the corridor from time to time. The men were handsome and the women were beautiful, different from Xiao Yuxuan's incompatible clothing.

Ignoring those looking or questioning glances, Xiao Yuxuan walked straight to the recording studio.

Okay! The back room has been occupied. Through the soundproof glass, you can see three people busy inside. One of them is the master Zhou Xianjun from the back.

Xiao Yuxuan didn't rush in to say hello.

There are also workbenches and many musical instruments outside the recording studio, but the sound insulation effect is not as good as the inside.

Xiao Yuxuan sat down directly in front of the only piano outside. There was a movable table on the side of the piano, which was convenient for writing without affecting the playing of the piano.

Xiao Yuxuan took out a stack of paper from his backpack, which Director Liu Peng gave to Xiao Yuxuan yesterday. According to Director Liu Peng: "These are some simple ideas I have about the soundtrack for the episode. You can take a look first..."

…We can talk about the specifics in detail, and we can even communicate based on the plot of the edited drama.”

Xiao Yuxuan weighed it over and over again, wondering if Director Liu Peng had made a mistake, so he took the script over directly - Good guy! I guess there must be twenty pieces in this?

Fortunately it’s not printed on both sides!

Even so, you tell me it's just a simple idea?

Xiao Yuxuan curled his lips - Teacher Liu really didn't regard himself as an outsider!

Xiao Yuxuan put away his thoughts of complaining and started reading from the beginning.

The first part is the background and story outline of the entire drama. After watching it, you can figure out the plot's direction: the setting of two female protagonists and two male protagonists, a family and a country, a court and a world, oppression and resistance.

It is a romantic costume idol drama that has both thunder and tenderness, intertwining all kinds of love and hatred.

What a bloody mess!

After a rough reading, Xiao Yuxuan has no interest in this part.

The screenwriter deeply understands the essence of "heart-torture".

Next comes the "simple ideas" part about the interludes and soundtracks. First, there is a detailed description of the scene. In some places, it is even as detailed as explaining the use of split shots, and then points out the purpose of the interludes and soundtracks, and the feelings they want to express.

What is it like, what effect do you expect to see...

After reading it, Xiao Yuxuan was speechless.

It's so simple!

It’s just simple arithmetic that elementary school students can do - not counting the ending song, there are six interludes and two soundtracks!

In fact, how did Xiao Yuxuan know that this was the detailed requirements and list compiled by Liu Peng when he asked a special music studio to help create interludes and soundtracks, and he gave it to him for reference.

Liu Peng never thought about replacing the entire set of music, including the opening and ending songs. The music studio has already paid in full, and re-production here will definitely incur expenses. No matter how much money is spent, it can be settled.

In this account, where is the money that is not used as money?

This is just a matter of cost, and time is also a factor to consider. He wrote six interludes, two soundtracks, and three ending songs in three days. No matter how naive Liu Peng was, he didn't think Xiao Yuxuan could do it.

Besides, the replacement of interludes and soundtracks means that the corresponding parts need to be re-edited, which affects the whole body... This workload is not that small.

In the end, even without considering the cost and time factors, the music studio cooperated many times and replaced all the songs. When the TV series was released, people saw: OK! All the customized music parts were shot! This

Isn’t it offending someone?

Liu Peng would definitely not do this kind of thing of spending money to find fault and offending others!

It happened that Xiao Yuxuan was busy arranging the music for "You Are the Wind, I Am the Sand" at that time, so Liu Peng had no explanation.

So, the misunderstanding occurred.

…

Xiao Yuxuan brushed his forehead, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples: Including the soundtrack, there are 8 songs. With this time, it would be very difficult to create a new song, but this is without considering the effect.

It seems that we can only rely on the "exclusive music library", but the question is, can we match suitable songs?

Even if there is a match, if I can't remember the lyrics or the song clearly and I have to fill it in slowly, will it be able to maintain the same level as in my memory?

Even if these are not problems, according to yesterday's experience, even if I almost remember the lyrics, I can still sing, but it is not easy to just figure out the musical notation, let alone arrange the music.

It took almost 6 hours to make the midi version of "You are the wind and I am the sand", which means that if you don't eat or sleep 24 hours a day, you can only make 4 midi songs at most.

What about the later formal production?

Don't dare think!

The only consolation is that, as Mr. Liu Peng said... there are 52 episodes in the whole drama, and 2 episodes will be broadcast every day. If the opening and ending songs are solved, they can be recorded in the order of appearance of the episodes, and then

The parts of the episode that need to be replaced are re-edited, so as not to delay things.

This is the only solution to this problem!

If you follow this logic, the first thing you should do is to get the musical notation, and then let Teacher Liu coordinate with professional musicians to take charge of the arrangement, and you can give some suggestions based on the version in your memory.

As for other things, let Teacher Liu take the headache!

…

Just do it!

Xiao Yuxuan took out a pen from his backpack and carefully read the description of the first episode:

The song is written about one of the heroines of the play, the twelve royal princesses... As the emperor's most beloved princess, she has been fearless since she was a child and regards rules as nothing... In front of the emperor, she is a good girl,

Behind the emperor is a Rakshasa. He has studied with the great Confucian for many years. He can write like a chicken crawling. He can't read a basket of big words. He doesn't like red clothes and prefers weapons. He relies on his skills as a three-legged cat to lift roof tiles from a house, catch fish in the water, and translate

It was common for him to get into fights and get into trouble outside the palace, and he was known among Kyoto's dandies as "the most powerful person in Kyoto."

Xiao Yuxuan thought for a moment and his eyes lit up - this song should be very appropriate!

He turned the paper over and quickly wrote the title of the song "There is a Girl" on the back. Before he could write a few sentences, Xiao Yuxuan had another headache - he had forgotten the lyrics!

I can't control that much.

If you forget the words, just make up your own. Anyway, the general impression is there, just pay attention to the overall style and rhyme!

While constantly thinking about "filling in the blanks", I played the piano keys a few times and proofread the corresponding melodies and tunes.

Xiao Yuxuan has been busy for most of the time, and the song "There Was a Girl" was freshly released. Then he wrote down the key signature and beat 1=d4/4, with a cheerful and naughty feeling. He marked the part where the key should be changed in the simplified score, and then continued

Note below: The arrangement can use musical elements such as grand piano, flute, electric bass, bass drum, etc.

Although making accompaniment on the piano and playing the musical score directly on the piano are two different things, Xiao Yuxuan still played the musical score directly and felt quite satisfied.

Next, "There Was a Girl" came to an end, and Xiao Yuxuan began to work on the second episode.

The second episode is about the other heroine Liu Ruyu of this drama.

Liu Ruyu was born in a poor scholarly family. He was frail and sick since he was a child but loved poetry, calligraphy and painting. Gradually he developed great attainments in this area. "The heart is more beautiful than Gan, and the illness is as good as Xizi." Perhaps this is the best thing for Liu Ruyu.

The interpretation is in line with the imagination of "classical beauty".

The theme of this interlude is to describe the hazy beginning of love. The scene presented is: the night is slightly rippled, the white moonlight exudes tranquility, the crystal dewdrops cling to the tranquility, Liu Ruyu stands in front of the independent window, looking into the distance...

The image is very strong. Is there any song that is suitable for humming softly in a quiet night and singing that kind of gentle imagination?

Xiao Yuxuan searched his mind, but found that most of the ones he was most familiar with were about breakups. They were either about bitter feelings and sighing about grievances, or about being heartbroken and reluctant to leave, or about heartbreaking curses about betrayal... Anyway, all kinds of useless things.
To be continued...