There is actually some discussion in the film and television industry about the popularity of "Hachiko: A Dog's Story".
Industry insiders have once again refreshed their understanding of Xianyu—
This fish is really strong!
From comedy to suspense, and now even feature films, the genres are clearly not compatible, but the box office is consistently high.
Moreover, the reputation has never been bad!
This time it even broke through to more than nine points for the first time in history!
This is hard for experienced film industry veterans to imagine that Xianyu is just a newcomer who has entered the film industry not long ago.
Including "Hachiko: A Dog's Story", the cost of all of Xianyu's movies is not too high, but the box office is always frighteningly high.
The feeling it gives people is:
Xianyu is very good at making small gains with big gains.
Some people even think that Xianyu's screenwriting ability is almost as good as his composing level.
However, this statement was quickly refuted by people who understand Xianyu:
"Xianyu's screenwriting skills are definitely not as good as his achievements in composing music. He is a master in the composing circle, but among the new screenwriters in the film and television industry, Xianyu's ability is definitely one of the best!"
And for Xianyu’s success this time.
What shocked the industry was not actually the box office data of "Hachiko: A Dog's Story".
The ultimate potential of a movie can be seen from the first week's box office data.
Under normal circumstances, the final box office of this movie is estimated to be around 1 billion yuan, which is better than Xianyu’s previous movie.
But this is the box office data that many movies can get.
After the continents merged, many movies had box office revenues of over 10 billion.
The real amazing thing about Xianyu is that the cost of making "Hachiko" is so low!
And don't forget.
This "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" is a serious drama!
In the film market, feature films have never been a genre with high box office, but being able to make such a film with both good reputation and box office success is itself worthy of recognition.
Lin Yuan himself is also satisfied with the box office of "Hachiko: A Dog's Story".
Although he didn't have enough knowledge about the current market model, Lin Yuan was very clear about how difficult it was for feature films to get box office success.
In Lin Yuan’s original expectation, as long as the box office of this movie could be comparable to that of “The Piano Tuner”, it would be a good result.
Unexpectedly, the box office of this movie is likely to surpass that of "The Piano Tuner".
This is also a pleasant surprise.
"Next, it's time to record the new song for December."
Although he is still paying attention to the box office performance of Hachiko, Lin Yuan has not forgotten about the Battle of the Titans in December.
He finally contacted Jiang Kui and prepared for the recording of the song.
Jiang Kui rushed to the recording studio as soon as he received the news.
"Teacher Xianyu..."
"Here's the song, familiarize yourself with it first."
Lin Yuan took out the music score of "May We Live Together Forever".
Originally, Lin Yuan did plan to change the title of the song to "When Will the Bright Moon Rise?"
But recently Lin Yuan considered it carefully and decided to use the original name of the song.
Because the words "When will the bright moon appear?" do not express the emotion more directly than "I wish you a long life."
The latter's meaning is indeed better.
You should know that the most recognized famous line in "Water Melody" is "May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands miles apart."
"May we live long?"
Jiang Kui got the music score and saw the song title at a glance.
But what really stunned her were the lyrics of "May We Live Together Forever"!
"Teacher Xianyu, these lyrics..."
"Any questions?"
"No, I mean..."
Jiang Kui actually has a pretty good literary accomplishment.
The moment she saw the lyrics, countless gorgeous descriptions appeared in her mind, but in the end, what she blurted out were four words that could not be more vulgar:
“Too slutty!”
Lin Yuan: “…”
There seems to be nothing wrong with what he said.
"Let's give it a try." Lin Yuan said, "You don't have to record today. I'll help you get familiar with it."
"OK!"
Jiang Kui's enthusiasm was about to overflow, and even his steps as he walked into the recording studio were vigorous.
The staff in the recording studio looked at Jiang Kui with a touch of emotion in their eyes, just like what the recording engineer said before -
This girl is so lucky.
If those kings and queens of singing knew about such a good song and such good lyrics, they would probably fight to sing it.
"Sing the front one first."
Lin Yuan ignored other people's thoughts and spoke directly.
Jiang Kui nodded, almost in reverence, and tried to sing.
Lin Yuan didn't say anything? He just listened quietly.
The early stage is to let Jiang Kui get familiar with this song? Specific requirements? We have to wait until she is relatively proficient in it.
And for excellent singers, it won’t take long to achieve basic proficiency.
Half an hour later? Jiang Kui had mastered the melody.
Lin Yuan said, "In the mid-bass range, you need to use nasal resonance appropriately. In addition, the high-pitched range does not need to be too loud. Make full use of the effect of mask resonance. Concentrate the sound, so that it can appear clear and penetrating..."
"Um."
Jiang Kui immediately sang the way Lin Yuan requested.
Although it was not a formal recording, from this attempt onwards, Lin Yuan began to frequently interrupt Jiang Kui's singing:
“This is the resonance of the head cavity.”
"The oropharyngeal control is not natural enough. When singing, don't just think about the technique. The technique should come naturally."
"Singing high notes softly is also a skill. Don't practice it yet. See if you can use your natural voice range, that is, the strength and timbre of speaking, to sing the high notes from C5 to G5."
Soft voice has always been the most difficult technique to master in vocal music.
Teresa Teng was very good at this kind of soft high-note singing. Some fans who were used to the bombardment of loud voices even thought that Teresa Teng had no high notes. But in fact, this is a very advanced way of processing high notes.
In the song "Wishing You a Long Life", there are high notes, but they are not too high for the singer.
He needs Jiang Kui to show stronger abilities.
This is also the reason why he gave Jiang Kui practice in advance.
Jiang Kui sang again according to Lin Yuan's explanation. This time she made obvious progress. Lin Yuan nodded slightly:
"Try this again."
Lin Yuan gave Jiang Kui a demonstration.
This was not the first time that Lin Yuan had demonstrated in the recording studio. The staff and singers like Jiang Kui who had worked with Lin Yuan knew that in addition to being able to write lyrics and compose music, Lin Yuan was also a very talented singer. It was just that his voice seemed unable to handle high-intensity singing, so they were not overly surprised.
“The ending tone should be upturned?”
"Yes, but it has to be natural."
This is Lin Yuan’s advantage.
He can communicate with singers in a singer’s own way.
Some directors in the film and television industry are particularly able to understand actors and are better at training them because they used to be actors with pretty good acting skills.
Lin Yuan's situation is similar in nature.
that's all.
While "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" was still in theaters, Lin Yuan had been in the recording studio, practicing singing with Jiang Kui.
This made Jiang Kui's singing of the song "Wishing You Good Luck" more and more adept.
It's not just the singing that's getting better.
Even Jiang Kui's confidence in the December Battle of the Gods grew stronger during the practice.
The biggest source of this confidence is the quality of the song "May We Live Together Forever" itself!
The practice continued for several days.
Lin Yuan finally stopped the practice: "You have basically mastered the song. Just practice it every day. We will wait a week before the official recording."
"good!"
Jiang Kui answered very loudly.
Lin Yuan nodded and suddenly asked, "What's wrong with your eyes?"
Jiang Kui was fine a few days ago, but today her eyes were particularly red. Lin Yuan was worried that she was under too much pressure from practicing singing.
"Eye?"
Jiang Kui paused for a moment, then said with a somewhat resentful look, "I met Sun Yaohuo yesterday, and he was so kind as to give me a ticket to the movie Hachiko, saying that the movie was very warm and healing. I thought it was your movie, Teacher Xianyu, so I went to the cinema to watch it tonight."
Lin Yuan: “…”