Chapter Thirty-Three: A Masterpiece of Reversal, Recording a Joyful Bachelor Life

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  In the entertainment industry, there have been many cases where an actor or singer, due to a very popular TV series or because of singing a specific type of song, has been labeled by the public as a certain type of actor or a certain genre of singer.

  One of the most obvious examples is Zhao Wei, who became a household name in Asia after starring as Xiaoyanzi in "My Fair Princess". Since its broadcast on TV in 1999, she quickly gained immense popularity among ordinary people across the country. Later, even 80-year-old seniors would exclaim upon seeing her on TV: "Ah, isn't that Xiaoyanzi? Why isn't it Princess Pearl?"

  So, from this we can see that once a certain star is stereotyped by the audience, it will be a "terrible" thing. Zhao Wei has worked hard for 8 or 9 years, during which she has taken on countless new roles and new plays, but in the hearts of the vast majority of audiences, she is still seen as that innocent and lovely, naive little swallow.

  This is a kind of helplessness, and also a kind of sorrow. No matter how hard you try, you can't wash away the label that everyone has "forced" on you. So, this will also lead to investors, directors, producers and other people who have the right to choose actors to be very hesitant to choose someone else, rather than the "naive and romantic" Zhao Wei.

  Okay, if someone is also labeled by everyone because of a certain performance, and this label is not the kind of teasing type like "imitation emperor" or "god of imitation". Then Xiao Shuai Ge would just smile wryly and then ignore it, because he is still an original singer, rather than an "imitator" who can only make a name for himself by using other people's songs.

  Imitation is not scary, but what's scary is that after he releases an album, people are unwilling to buy it because everyone thinks "This little Tang is still better at imitating others, original works don't suit him". As a result, his path as a singer will probably take N times more effort to get back on track.

  It's really hard to turn over if something goes wrong! Xiao Sao's head almost exploded, he leaned on the chair and thought for a while, suddenly his face moved, and he became excited in an instant: "To break through the current passive situation, unless..."

  He immediately asked the increasingly silent system in his heart, "I'd like to ask, can I record a single within the system and have you help me synthesize an MV, and finally release it on Potato Website?"

  No mistake, now the top priority is to take advantage of everyone's attention and enthusiasm while it's still high, as well as the time period when the nickname "Copy Emperor" hasn't spread too far, to draw everyone's attention to his original songs. This way, who knows, maybe a bad thing can turn into a good thing and make him truly famous in one move?

  But it depends on whether the successful system will continue to be powerful or not? However, it is clear that the system's strength does not need explanation. As soon as Xiao Shuai Ge finished stating his requirements, the system directly said: "This system can satisfy any recording, filming, and publishing needs, but this time the player will consume 200 points of system credits..."

  "It's okay, just deduct the points then." Xiao Sa Ge was very fond of his hard-earned points, but he obviously cared more about his positioning issue. So he said very generously: "Then can I come in and start now?"

  Because he entered the system as if he had fallen asleep, with no other abnormalities. Moreover, one day outside equals 100 days inside the system, so he was very relieved to directly enter the system and start working urgently.

  As for this non-problem, the system obviously won't make a fuss about it. It directly "photographed" Xiao Suo Ge into the system training center again. And with a wave of its hand, "it" and Xiao Suo Ge were in a recording studio together.

  "Geez, so many devices?" A country bumpkin who had never seen the world before was almost blinded by the dazzling array of equipment in front of him. In a room about 100 square meters in size with transparent glass walls on all sides, there were all sorts of professional and expensive-looking audio equipment everywhere. Then he saw the condenser microphone and large headphones that he would be using later.

  "Actually, the system can be much simpler, directly combining your voice and accompaniment together, then continuing to combine with the MV, and it can be published on the website within 5 minutes at most." The system said calmly.

  "What? Is it that simple?" Xiaosan Ge said with excitement, "Then let's do it this way! I'm really busy now!"

  Cut the crap, if I had uploaded it a second earlier, I would have fewer "copycat" labels, isn't that a good thing?

  "But for the sake of recording songs for you in the future, this system will take the same approach as recording songs in reality." The system said with a straight face, not acknowledging that it was teasing someone.

  Xiao Sa Ge: ……

  So, the person who was teased could only endure the depression and helplessness, honestly wearing headphones and standing in front of the microphone, carefully looking at and trying to sing a song provided by the system, which is said to be a super classic song "Gangnam Style".

  That's right, this song with a **~silk name is the reward given by the system last night, and it's also Xiao Sao's "turning over" tool.

  I don't know why

  There is an inexpressible loneliness now

  It seems like you're leaving me with a happy heart

  Having a house and a car has become someone else's wife

  ……

  Xiao Xiao Ge's singing skills are now beyond doubt, his piano skills have reached a high level, so reading sheet music is also very easy. So he just spent half an hour trying to sing it a few times, and quickly grasped the flavor of this "**~silk" song, and understood what to pay attention to when performing this song.

  "Alright, let's start!" After confirming once again that there were no issues, someone eagerly gave a thumbs-up to the system sitting outside with headphones on, acting as the producer.

  "I don't know why..."

  "Too high, let's start again."

  "I don't know why, but now..."

  "Breathing sound is too obvious, try again."

  ……

  It turns out that recording is not as simple as imagined, and a certain abnormal system has extremely high requirements for someone, making it impossible for the person who was originally full of confidence to sing a complete song, constantly having to start over, again and again.

  Most of the singers' recordings were done in a paragraph-like method, such as recording one sentence at a time. If a certain part was not sung well, it would be re-recorded directly, which saved time and effort while maintaining an acceptable effect. After completing the post-production, software could still be used to synthesize and modify the recording.

  However, the system does not do so. Its requirements for Xiao Wan Ge are simply abnormal. Even if it's almost finished singing, as long as a slight breathing noise appears, it still requires a complete restart. And some "country bumpkin" who has already sung with great passion doesn't know that there is a segmented recording method, so he can only start from the beginning again and again.

  If it were outside, a singer who came 30 times in a row would definitely be scolded by the recording engineer or producer until he was covered in dog blood and shouted to rest before coming back. But the system won't do that, it will always look at someone who is biting their teeth and doing futile work over and over again with an expressionless face, and then shout "retry" somewhere.

  This situation continued until about 60 times of re-singing, Xiao Shuai's clear voice had a bit of fatigue and indifference, but strangely, this time he actually sang all the way through.

  "What's...?" Someone stared blankly at the system outside the recording studio, why didn't anyone come?

  "You didn't get into the emotions from the start, and you were always detached from the emotions that the song wanted to express." The system gave a big thumbs up, then turned off the device and spoke directly into my ear: "This song wants to convey a sense of freedom, but you were too serious at first, and then too hasty later on. You never really fell into the mood of the song."

  "I knew it, why didn't you say so earlier?" Xiao Sao suddenly realized and then became furious and enraged. "You're messing with me? If you had said something earlier, we could have settled this earlier!"

  "Every song has a mood, whether it's happiness, sadness, nostalgia or quietness." The system said calmly without any apology: "A singer must first understand what the song wants to express before starting to record it."

  "You're ruthless!" Xiao Sa Ge is no longer foolish now, of course he understands what the system said is very correct. He didn't have experience in this aspect before, and was only trying hard to show off his singing skills instead of getting into the mood of the song. So today he can't avoid suffering.

  "The song is done, what do you want the MV to be?" The system asked, holding a master tape in hand: "Is it a temporary shoot of your performance, or editing and processing on another existing video?"

  "Kidding, of course it's going to be a video of me!" Xiao Sao immediately responded. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Can you make the video more stylish? Just film me walking alone on the highway under the sun, and then add a clip of a beautiful girl, just like a real story."

  "Alright, take a look at this MV then!" With a wave of its hand, a screen appeared in front of Xiao Sao, and the sound of train whistles could be heard coming from the sides. The camera gradually zoomed in to reveal a wide highway shrouded in mist, with a figure slowly emerging from the distance. As cars sped by, the figure became clearer, and it was none other than Xiao Sao himself, carrying a guitar and a backpack.

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