29 Chapter 28 – Spicy Crispy Skin Fish 6 (2/2)
Oh god, who could give her a few pounds of courage so she could refuse Toupai for the second time in a day?
In that tranquil atmosphere of her room, she could even hear the steady sound of Mo Qingcheng's breathing coming from her phone… She very despicably chose to ignore his question and asked about the priority that was on her mind instead. ”I wanted to talk to you… because, actually, I wanted to talk about that song we recorded…”
His voice was gentle. Immediately, he understood what she was talking about. ”Shang Ye?”
”Mm-hmm… Shang Ye.”
”What about it?”
”I wanted to ask, that song… could we… post it on an ordinary date instead?” As a singer, she could not bear to not release a song that she had put so much heart into recording. But if they were to post it on this particular day, she did not know if she would ever dare go online again. T.T
”Mm. Sure.”
...
...
That simple?
So… simple.
Gu Sheng was relieved.
”But we might need to change it to a different song, then,” Mo Qingcheng said with a little chuckle, ”because they all know that I'm going to post something today as a gift for all of them.”
She knew, of course, the ”them” he was talking about was his fans.
Right. He had promised already… so he could not go back on his word and not upload a song. Gu Sheng also felt that would be inappropriate, but… if that song was released today, she truly felt she would not be able to keep it together. Seriously, she honestly, honestly would not be able to keep it together.
”How about this? Tonight, let's collaborate again on a new song.” Mo Qingcheng very considerately offered her another suggestion. ”Do you have a song arrangement that is ready to go? Send it to me and I'll sing it, how about that?”
”... Okay.”
It seemed that was the only option.
Toupai was not a singer. If he was, his computer would have to have some stock songs ready, right? And he would not be caught in a bind where he wanted to change songs last minute but had nothing he could use.
”I think, in my computer… the newest one I have is 'Jinli Chao' [Legend of the Koi].” She was a little embarrassed to tell him this. After all, right now, the whole country was making covers of this song, and having Toupai sing it seemed… not special enough.
”Nice. We will stir-fry koi tonight[1].” His voice seemed to resonate slightly, and he did not mind at all. ”You do the harmony?”
”... Okay.”
She gave in and agreed. Getting up off her bed, she started to look for her new arrangement of ”Legend of the Koi.” Actually, it was precisely because the whole country was making covers of this song that she had decided to also have some fun and had made an arrangement with her guzheng playing the main melody. Harmonizing… She had only tried it once or twice. As she thought about harmonizing with Mo Qingcheng, she still felt tremendous pressure weighing down upon her.
It was half an hour of hard work before she finally completed the background music.
Even when she had sent it over, she still felt uneasy…
Until…
He sent over a WeChat message: ”I posted it. You can go have a listen.”
That fast?
Did he do it in a single take?!
...
He truly was Toupai [number one, lead attraction], indeed.
She opened up Toupai's Weibo. Since he was still at the hospital, after he received the background music, he could only use the Changba[2] app to record the song and then directly upload it from there. Hence, it was a very simple, clean Weibo tweet. There was no additional explanation and no one was @ either.
Gu Sheng breathed out in relief. The harmonies… People should not be able to tell it was her, right?
That would be the best situation. T.T
Only three minutes had passed, and the Weibo post had been re-tweeted more than a thousand times.
She suddenly did not dare click on the link to listen to the song. But deep inside, she still very much wanted to immediately have a listen of Toupai's version of ”Legend of the Koi”... In the end, she finally mustered up her courage and opened up the link.
While she was still inhaling a deep breath, she could already hear the musical introduction that she had played on her guzheng.
This song's introduction was relatively long…
And it was with that guzheng music playing in the background that she very clearly heard Toupai use his unique, low voice to gently introduce the song: ”This song is a gift from me and her to all of you. Happy Valentine's Day.”
[1] Toupai is playing on words and similar sounds. He said 炒锦鲤 ”chao jinli”, where this ”chao” means to stir-fry and ”jinli” is the koi fish. The title of the song is 锦鲤抄 ”Jinli Chao.” In this case, the ”chao” is a different character and is actually a Japanese literary style.
[2]唱吧. A free social networking app that acts almost like a mobile karaoke machine. During singing, it will automatically record and add in built-in effects such as reverb and echo. It can then directly upload onto other social networking sites such as Weibo or QQ. Changba.com