Chapter Seventy-Three New Year's Gift

  Lü Lì, who had never recorded a song before, thought it was easy and could be done in one day, but he soon found out that he was wrong.

  Without a professional recording engineer, Lu Li still had to ask Gao Ming for help. The two were actually both newbies and could only grope their way through the process, which made it even more difficult for Lu Li to record her song.

  "Stop, no good, let's try again." Suddenly Takagi interrupted Rikka for the third day in a row in the recording studio.

  "Let's take a break for now, I was just a bit anxious earlier." Lu Li removed his headphones and walked out of the recording studio.

  "It's okay, this song you wrote is very festive and happy, the lyrics and melody are all like that. I think your singing skills aren't a big problem, the key is that the feeling of festivity and happiness hasn't come out." After recording songs for several days, Takagi also gained some experience, and said to Rikka at this moment.

  "Let's take a break and continue later. I used to listen to others' songs without knowing how hard it is to be a singer, but now I've experienced it myself." Lu Li smiled upon hearing this.

  "Stop being so pessimistic, I'm sure this song will be a huge hit. I don't know what's going on in that head of yours, not only can you write well, but your songs are also incredibly good." Gao Mu heard Lu Li's words and scolded with a smile.

  "Don't reveal your true self, I'm planning to give everyone a surprise." Lu Li said in response to Gao Mu's words.

  "Alright, no problem." Takagi readily agreed.

  "Alright, let's continue then."

  ……

  This time, Lu Li stood in the recording studio with his headphones on for a long time without starting, thinking about what Takagi had just said. Perhaps compared to professional recording engineers, Takagi was very amateurish, but as an observer, Takagi could clearly discover the problems in Lu Li's singing.

  At this moment, I recall the scene of visiting relatives with my parents when I was a child. Everyone was smiling and wishing each other well, saying auspicious words. Those words of blessing were not spoken insincerely, but came from the heart, genuinely wishing the other person well.

  As he opened his eyes, after the firecrackers, gongs and drums, as well as the suona sounds faded away, Lu Li slowly found that festive feeling and began to chant.

  I wish you prosperity and wealth

  I congratulate you on your brilliance

  The best come over

  Go away if you're not good.

  Many people don't think it's strange at all.

  ……

  Singing this chorus, Lu Li's mind flashed back to the scene of New Year's greetings, feeling even better. After a slight pause to find the rhythm, the popular and interesting main song part also came out of Lu Li's mouth.

  That's right, Lu Li was reborn in a different world and the first song he sang was Liu Tianwang's 2005 New Year's song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" from Earth. At that time, this song quickly became popular all over China after being sung on the Spring Festival Gala stage in 2005.

  Even many years later, every time there is a wedding or New Year's celebration and other occasions and festivals, its melody will always be played.

  The festive atmosphere of this song is self-evident, especially its lyrics are not only catchy and easy to recite, but also straightforward and easy to understand. It uses extremely colloquial language to capture the thoughts of Chinese people very thoroughly, going deep into people's hearts, making it very suitable for oral transmission.

  Wishing all girls in the world to marry a good man and live together forever, wishing all children in the world to be smarter than Xiucai and have high IQ, and interesting words that guess the thoughts of all grandmothers in the world, such as "36 circles competition, breathing smoothly and facial expression unchanged", are all very enjoyable.

  If such songs don't become popular, then what kind of songs will?

  There is almost no difference between the Chinese people here now and those in the past. With the traditional Spring Festival approaching, Lu Li brings a song to give to his employees who are away from home for entertainment and to his book fans as a New Year's gift, which can be said to be perfect.

  I wish everyone smiles often

  Carefully water with love

  Tomorrow we will be even more fierce

  I wish you success on the world stage

  Run faster than that black man

  Every year produces outstanding talents

  ……

  After the feeling of Lu Li came, this recording was very smooth. After finishing the recording, Takagi in the control room couldn't help but applaud: "Great, it's really great! This song is truly flawless, I now can't help but hum a few lines, congratulations on your wealth, congratulations on your brilliance!"

  Tall trees said, and really followed hummed up.

  Ludi didn't care about Gao Mu's praise, walked out of the recording studio and listened to the just-recorded result, feeling that it was okay. In fact, compared to Ludi's real idea, it was far inferior to the upgraded version of 2007 in his previous life.

  "Gong Xi Fa Cai" was produced by Liu Tianwang in 2005, but an upgraded version was released again in 2007.

  The upgraded version has a unique approach to music production, whether it's the song's prelude or accompaniment section, no real instruments were used, but instead all simulated with human voices. The production team, including Liu Tianwang, can be said to have put in a lot of effort into handling this aspect, striving for coordination in the mixing part.

  Finally, the upgraded version of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" did not disappoint, with sound effects that are in no way inferior to real instruments, while also adding a sense of intimacy, giving people a fiery feeling that the New Year is approaching and everyone hopes for good fortune for themselves and their friends. This is the ideal version in Lü Li's heart.

  Of course, under the current conditions, Lu Li had no way of recording such a version. Not to mention not having a powerful production team, even the recording engineer and arranger were almost all done by Takagi, an outsider in this field.

  And this song is still quite rough under current conditions, and can only be said to be slightly better than those made at home with a computer.

  He's really talented! Lu Li couldn't help but think to himself again. To know that the superstars on earth, which one of them doesn't have a strong production team behind them? And now he can be considered a lone wolf.

  Perhaps the only thing that made Lu Li satisfied with this recording of the song was that he sang out the true heart of blessing everyone, celebrating and rejoicing, without ruining the good song of Liu Tianwang from his previous life.

  "Alright, let's go out first. Recording this song took a lot of effort, let's give everyone a surprise." Without a professional producer, Lu Li didn't plan on doing any post-production either.

  It's okay if it's a bit poor, after all, it's the first time recording. When conditions are better in the future, just re-record it again.

  After copying the good audio files, Lu Li and Takagi left the recording studio and headed towards Biei Entertainment.

  Upon arriving at the office, Lu Li had Meng Qi gather everyone together, including the security guards and front desk staff.

  "I believe everyone has been curious about what I've been busy with in the recording studio all this time, so today I'll give you a surprise. With only a month or so left until Chinese New Year, consider it an early New Year's gift." Lu Li said slowly as he looked at the crowd surrounding him.

  "What's a New Year gift?" As soon as Lu Li spoke, the familiar crowd began to whisper and discuss among themselves.

  But Wu Chuan, who has a good relationship with Lu Li and is more straightforward, directly asked: "Fourth brother, stop being mysterious, what is it?" He had gone to the recording studio several times in the past few days, but was blocked by Lu Li each time.

  Ask tall wood, also a mysterious look, how can not say.

  "Alright, everyone calm down, the answer is about to be revealed." Lu Li clapped his hands to quiet everyone down, then inserted the U-disk into Meng Qi's computer. He took it to the crowd, turned up the volume to its maximum and clicked play.

  When the music started, everyone in the office was stunned, this is...

  What a happy feeling.

  A burst of joyful firecrackers, drums and suona sounds later, after a brief pause, the sound of scattered singing rose up:

  I wish you prosperity and wealth

  I congratulate you on your brilliance

  The best come over

  Go away if you're not good.

  Many people don't think it's strange at all.

  ……

  No one spoke, and everyone quietly listened to this joyful song, but many people's bodies had already swayed with the rhythm.

  By the time it got to the second chorus, even some of the more outgoing people started singing along.

  "Isn't there still more than a month before the New Year? How come after listening to this song, I feel like it's already got the atmosphere of the New Year?" said Zhang Song, head of the media promotion department with a surprised expression.

  "I also have this feeling, I've never heard such a joyful song before, and the lyrics are very interesting, easy to understand, suitable for all ages." The oldest head of the performing arts department, Zhou Yuhai, chimed in.

  Others also praised this song.

  Ludian was also very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and took over the conversation: "This is the result of my collaboration with Takagi for almost half a month. Although it sounds pretty good, if you listen carefully, you can find many flaws in it. It's not that the song itself has flaws, but there are many inadequacies in the production, which is also due to the lack of professional producers. Currently, our company lacks various types of talent, and I hope General Manager Mengqi can recruit as soon as possible."

  After everyone listened to "Gong Xi Fa Cai" a few more times, they all returned to their own office desks to attend to their own matters.

  Ludie also came to his own desk and started updating. In order to record this song, Ludie's updates have slowed down a lot during this period of time. The "Peerless Double Pride" which was supposed to be finished long ago has just been completed recently.

  Although Lu Li had previously told Meng Qi and others that he would switch to Xian Xia or Xuanhuan, when creating a new book, another work suddenly appeared in his mind and couldn't be shaken off.

  And this work is what is called the ancestor of historical crossing, "The Legend of Qin", and Lu Li has always thought about this book in his mind, so he decided to temporarily slow down the immortal fantasy and write "The Legend of Qin" first.

  To be honest, the classification of "The Legend of Qin" is not very clear. You can say it's a historical time-travel genre, or you can say it's fantasy, or even martial arts, because there is also a martial arts system in it.

  Finally, Lu Li thought that since he had written martial arts novels before and was called a martial arts master by book friends, he would update one last martial arts novel, so he put it in the martial arts category.

  After the update, Lu Li added a PS at the end of the chapter: Recently, the updates have slowed down a lot, and many book friends have also grown dissatisfied. Lu Li just wanted to give everyone a surprise, sending out an early New Year's gift, which is also the result of being busy for half a month. The gift will be delivered tomorrow, hoping that everyone will like it.

  PS: Thanks for Bomei's smile and previous rewards