Chapter 289 289. Striving for perfection
The reason why Director Jiang is so excited is because he knows that a good piece of music can really represent a place.
Just like when the song Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is mentioned, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is XZ. When it comes to the Loess Plateau, everyone will immediately know that it is singing about Shaanxi and Shanxi. Don't mention these distant ones, just say Recently, Guangxi has become famous throughout the country precisely because of Liu Sanjie’s folk songs.
Yunnan and Guizhou also had representative songs before. The most famous one was the song "Phoenix Tail Bamboo Under the Moonlight", coupled with teacher Yang Liping's peacock dance. This was the deepest impression that Yunnan and Guizhou left on everyone at first. But today, when he heard this song, It gave him another feeling of the birth of a classic.
This is a famous song about Phoebe Bamboo under the moonlight without any rain at all. It can definitely become another Yunnan signature song!
"Director Jiang, thank you for your compliment." After Nie Wei took out his hand, he found that his arm was red from Director Jiang's grip, which showed how excited the big director must be.
After being reminded by Nie Wei, Director Jiang also noticed his gaffe, but he didn't cover it up. Instead, he couldn't help but apologize to Nie Wei: "I'm so sorry, I can't hide my feelings after hearing such a classic song." I'm so excited, Nie Wei, this song is so good, it can completely represent Yunnan and Guizhou. "
"Thank you for your approval." Nie Wei responded politely.
Director Jiang finally sat back in his seat, but his mood still did not calm down. Soon, at the strong request of the audience, he played the song again.
After recalling the beautiful music once again, Director Jiang suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the name of the song yet.
"South of colorful clouds."
"It's very appropriate. This name is great. I decided that the next promotional video will be called Caiyunzhinan. What do you think?" Director Jiang heard the words 'Caiyunzhinan' and immediately nodded in agreement with satisfaction. , this time it was complete from beginning to end, the song was good, the lyrics were good, and even the title was good, it completely exceeded his expectations.
Director Jiang was now convinced in his heart that it was definitely worth the money to hire Nie Wei.
"There is also a soundtrack version. You can also create two versions when choosing a promotional video." Nie Wei reminded him. Although he didn't know why the soundtrack version was not played backstage, he still wanted to remind him. After all, it is the fruit of his labor.
"Okay, okay, when the photo is taken, I will be the first to send it to you for your review." Director Jiang replied with a smile.
During the subsequent collection of opinions, except for a few professionals who raised a few minor questions and Nie Weiwei answered them, the rest of the audience provided only compliments.
"How do you evaluate it? If I could give it a score, I would definitely give it 100 points."
"Of course I am satisfied. As soon as the cucurbit flute played the prelude, I knew that this was the song that belonged to Yungui."
"Yes, the key is that the music and lyrics are good. When I listen to it, I feel like I am actually there. It's great."
Listening to the praises from all around, Lin Jiaojiao couldn't be more proud. This was his idol and he was so powerful. Nie Wei's success made Lin Jiaojiao admire and feel honored. Isn't this the fun of chasing stars? Well, grow up with him, experience hardships, enjoy successes, and witness brilliance.
Even Xiao Wang and Xiao Liu, who came with prejudices, were convinced at this moment.
This is totally evil. Although they are not professionals, they know the quality of Nie Wei's song as soon as they hear it, and they have to admire each other's strength. What the master couldn't do in a month is really impressive. Nie did it in only a week, and he did it so beautifully that they couldn't go against their true intentions.
After the meeting was over, Nie Wei did not leave smoothly. At the strong request of Director Jiang, they held another celebration banquet. Young people and old comrades who were about to retire in their fifties all pulled Nie Wei to have a chat.
There were countless people who wanted autographs and photos. After the banquet, Nie Wei felt that her face had frozen with laughter.
Fortunately, Director Jiang knew that Nie Wei had to take a car back to Dali the next day, and even filmed, so he ended the celebration party early and personally sent Nie Wei to the hotel. When he returned to his car, He immediately took out his cell phone and started giving instructions about the song.
"Remember, find me the best documentary director. Who is the one who worked with Nie Wei last time? Let's see if we can invite him to come from Yunnan and Guizhou."
"What, you said you contacted the other party and he said he didn't have time? Then did you tell him that Nie Wei is still the one to score the music this time?"
"Let me tell you, no matter what, I have seen a promotional video worthy of this song. This is a fatal order. It is the most important task of our tourism bureau this year. We must not neglect it at all. In terms of publicity, I have no We can make as big a budget as we can. Didn’t the Forbidden City’s advertisements go to the United States last year? We do the same, not just in the United States, Europe, and Asia. As long as there is budget, we will do it. We must do it in one go. Make Yungui’s reputation known!”
More than ten phone calls were made, and more than an hour had passed, but Director Jiang was still thinking about whether he had missed anything.
"Director, we're home." While he was still thinking, the driver in front of him suddenly reminded him. When he looked up, he realized that he had arrived at the government's family building.
"Xiao Wang, thank you for your hard work." Director Jiang praised the driver and was about to get off the car. Suddenly, he remembered that the CD was still in the car, so he immediately went back and took it out. Although the song was still a while away from being released, he naturally had privileges as the director. When he thought of his wife who loved music very much, Director Jiang couldn't wait to let his wife listen to the song to see how she would react.
This time, the task of composing music for the Yunnan-Guizhou Tourism Bureau went very smoothly. The rest was just to provide a complete version of the song. This was a very simple thing at first glance. After all, the demo was already a complete half song, and the lyrics, melody and music were basically very mature. The rest could be done easily.
The next morning, Nie Wei refused Director Jiang's request to see him off, and took Luo Kai on the train back to Dali early in the morning. It was another five-hour journey. After arriving at the station, Nie Wei did not stop, and sat in the nanny car driven by Luo Yuan at the station entrance and drove towards the studio.
After all, as the absolute protagonist of the Legend of Sword and Fairy, he has a lot of scenes, and it is rare to take a day and a half off. He must catch up as soon as possible.
When he arrived at the set, Nie Wei got the schedule and immediately went to the dressing room. Soon, the makeup artist and the costume designer came to help Nie Wei put on makeup and choose clothes.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the difference between this version of the Legend of Sword and Fairy invested by Nie Wei and the original version.
In addition to investing more in special effects, Nie Wei also paid more attention to the costumes and weapons.
Thinking about the previous version, Zhao Linger was better. Li Xiaoyao only had two or three sets of clothes from beginning to end, and the other actors were not much better, which made Nie Wei unbearable.
For this kind of TV series that looks like a fairy drama, but actually has an idol atmosphere, the most important thing is appearance. This not only requires the actor's face to be good-looking, but if the costumes can keep up, wouldn't it be more beautiful?
Therefore, Nie Wei specially invited a designer who specializes in ancient style to design costumes for this TV series. The main male characters need at least five sets of changeable clothes, and the female characters need more. For example, Lin Yifei and Shu Chang each have no less than ten sets of clothes in the play, and there are countless miscellaneous accessories. The final result is that everyone's clothes can be called a costume fashion show.
To use the words of an actor, he has never changed so many sets of clothes in a TV series.
And Nie Wei did not just make it look good, but chose the appropriate clothes to match the growth experience of the characters in the original work, so that the pictures taken are both beautiful and harmonious.
The final effect made Cai Yinong, who complained that Nie Wei was spending money indiscriminately, speechless.
Not to mention the weapons. The big golden sword of Li Xiaoyao in the original time and space really made people lose interest in the game. So this time, Nie Wei also found craftsmen to specially create a batch of weapons that match the description in the original game. He even consulted the art producer and general manager of the original game and learned their suggestions. When the famous Seven Star Sword in the original game was created, it was directly "grabbed" by Yao Xian, who called it a collection.
Because it is really restored to the Seven Star Sword in his mind.
Being recognized by the original author also makes Nie Wei more confident in this batch of equipment. Even if it can't surprise the audience, at least the audience should not find any points to complain about.
Because he knows the audience's requirements for beauty. Since he can do better, why not do it?
He is not Cai Yinong, who was restricted by the small productions of Taiwan and always thought about how to save money. His ideas are closer to the future, and he thinks more about how to spend money and create greater value. This is also the main reason why the film and television industry in the mainland gradually surpassed Hong Kong and Taiwan, because the film and television industry in the mainland is willing and dares to spend money. It doesn’t matter whether they spend it right or not. At least this investment has been made, and the effect is much better than those small productions, which makes people feel high-end at first glance.
Just as Nie Wei was reading the script while accepting the makeup artist’s application on his face, a brisk footsteps walked into the dressing room. When the door was pushed open, Nie Wei’s ears immediately rang with a silver bell-like laughter.
Without looking up, Nie Wei knew that Lin Yifei was here.
"Nie Wei." Lin Yifei shouted happily.
"Don’t you have a role in the afternoon?" Nie Wei looked up at the girl in front of him, and suddenly asked in confusion, because Lin Yifei was wearing casual clothes.
"Of course, you didn't come this morning, and the director didn't shoot my scene, so I just came back." The girl explained with a smile, and then sat next to Nie Wei without hesitation, very close.
The staff on the side had long been accustomed to it, and were a little surprised at first. After all, Lin Yifei always looked cold and frosty in front of strangers, making people think she was a cold beauty at first glance. It was not until someone discovered Lin Yifei in front of Nie Wei that everyone knew that the girl didn't like to laugh, but the person who made him laugh didn't show up.
However, when thinking of Shu Chang, who always smiled on weekdays, the gossip fire in everyone's heart was also burning. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that these two girls liked Nie Wei very much.
Ignoring the glances from all around, Lin Yifei waved to a makeup room on the side after sitting down. The other party immediately trotted over, opened the cosmetics that Lin Yifei brought personally, and began to put on makeup for Lin Yifei.
"By the way, Nie Wei, how about my new song? Do the people from the Tourism Bureau like it?" Lin Yifei suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Nie Wei's face was strange, because it goes without saying that the song is popular, but it is not entirely true to say that there are no flaws. In the meeting room that day, the only flaw that the professionals found was the singer of the song.
In their words, the voice is good in essence, but too amateurish.
Nie Wei also deeply agrees with this. Lin Yifei has not learned to sing systematically. She just took a few interest classes when she was a child, and then practiced in KTV for a while. She can't even do the most basic breathing. Of course, she is not professional.
However, looking at the girl's expectant look, Nie Wei decided to keep those comments in his heart and replied with a smile: "They like it very much. The director even held my hand and thanked me repeatedly."
"Haha, I said, there is a demo that I sang for you, and those people must love it. By the way, Nie Wei, sing this song for me, what do you think? "Lin Yifei first praised herself conceitedly, but her subsequent words gradually exposed her purpose.
She wanted to sing this song, very much.
In fact, Nie Wei wanted to find Shu Chang to sing this song. After all, although Shu Chang had not sung for many years, she was at least a person who had released records. Even if she was not professional, she should be at least semi-professional. However, under Lin Yifei's strong fight, it was finally handed over to this girl. However, Nie Wei did not expect that this girl was addicted to singing. Singing the demo was not enough, and now she even wanted to sing the real version.
Nie Wei shook his head and refused without hesitation.
"Your singing skills are not good. When your singing skills are recognized by professionals, I will write a song for you. How about it?" Nie Wei said.
"Keep your word?" Seeing Nie Wei's refusal without hesitation, Lin Yifei, who was very familiar with him, knew that there was no hope. Fortunately, Nie Wei's next sentence dispelled a lot of depression in the girl's heart.
"When have you ever seen me break a promise? "Nie Wei did not answer, but just asked a question in return, but this was the most powerful guarantee.
"Then it's a deal." Lin Yifei encouraged herself, isn't it just singing? This girl has talent and can definitely do it. She will go find a professional music teacher to learn.
Seeing that Lin Yifei did not bother him too much, Nie Wei was also relieved, but then he also had an idea, who should be given this song to sing?
Thanks to 0773, Tian Xiaolin, two book friends, for their rewards.