When Lin Zixuan heard Zhou Shoujuan’s conversation with the troupe’s headmaster, he realized that he had thought things too simple.

He slapped his forehead and made the decision to use original folk music to give the movie soundtrack. Now it seems that this matter is much more complicated.

He has read some time travel novels, where the male protagonist hums a few lines of songs, and others can write songs.

This seems a bit unreliable.

Well, even if this method is feasible, the stalk and Chinese music score should be different.

Nowadays, most of the records played in the dance halls in Shanghai are foreign music. Even Chinese music is mainly opera. Chinese pop music has not yet developed, and it is still in its infancy with new culture and new music.

However, some school music is made by re-write lyrics from European and American or Japanese songs.

No wonder Zhou Shoujuan came to the opera troupe to find someone.

There are two places to find players who use ethnic instruments, one is a theater and the other is a brothel.

Now that things have come to this point, Lin Zixuan has to face the challenge, hoping that this girl named Meng Xiaodong has a strong ability to accept.

You have to try this to know.

Lin Zixuan needs to find a closed room and communicate with Meng Xiaodong alone. He has no habit of singing in public, especially singing songs that do not belong to this era.

There are restaurants and hotels in Shanghai, and four people went to the restaurant for a meal.

Zhou Shoujuan and the troupe's headmaster stayed for tea and chatting. Lin Zixuan took Meng Xiaodong into the private room in the restaurant, and the two sat opposite each other.

Facing a fourteen-year-old girl, he was a little unwilling to let go.

After coming to the Republic of China, he has always maintained a cautious attitude and does not want to reveal his identity as a time traveler, so he is unwilling to let go and trust others.

This is a kind of self-protection, so when he sings songs from later generations in front of others, he will instinctively repel.

"I'll sing a few words in my cape, and see if I can play it." Lin Zixuan said in a deep voice.

Meng Xiaodong nodded. She didn't say much, and she looked a little calm.

Lin Zixuan searched in his mind and first looked for songs from the Republic of China period. He didn't hear much, many of them were found in TV series.

The most famous singer during the Republic of China period is probably Zhou Xuan, known as the "Golden Voice". "Night Shanghai" she sang in the 1940s was very popular in Chinese society.

"Night Shanghai, night Shanghai, you are a city that never sleeps. Lights are on, night sounds, singing and dancing are coming to peace. I saw her smiling face, but she felt depressed. Nightlife is all about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and everyone is drunk without getting drunk, and they waste their youth with the heaven and earth..."

Lin Zixuan's singing voice was getting lower and lower. He had little confidence in his singing skills, and this song was too old for him.

In order to save face, he thought about it and prepared to sing Deng Lijun's song.

"Sweet, you smile sweetly, as if flowers are blooming in the spring breeze. Wherever you have seen you, your smile is so familiar, I can't remember it for a moment..."

Meng Xiaodong, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly couldn't help laughing, forcing Lin Zixuan to stop.

For Meng Xiaodong, this is a fresh experience.

She had never heard of the songs that Lin Zixuan sang, but the tune seemed to sound good, and it would have been better if it weren't for Lin Zixuan's singing.

She felt that these two soft songs should be sung by a woman.

She sang Kunsheng on the stage, using the voice of a man, while Lin Zixuan sang more like a woman, which made her laugh. Fortunately, she still remembered Lin Zixuan's identity as an employer, so she quickly curled her smile and apologized.

Lin Zixuan wasn't angry with a girl, he thought he had chosen the wrong song.

"Do you know the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai?" he asked, "The following song is called "Liang Zhu".

Meng Xiaodong naturally knew about this story. There were still operas in the troupe, but she had never sang it.

Lin Zixuan hummed the "Liang Zhu" composed by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao in the 1950s. They used the tunes of Yue Opera as materials and added expression techniques of symphony and folk opera.

This is one of the soundtracks prepared by Lin Zixuan for "Shanghai Holiday". Whether using the guqin or Dongxiao, or the erhu, you can play very touching tunes.

Meng Xiaodong's music is good, and he can hear it is a good song.

The two began to communicate.

There was a problem with this exchange.

Lin Zixuan's understanding of music is too superficial, and Meng Xiaodong is not a professional school student, but has self-taught in the opera troupe and has no theoretical foundation.

The two of them didn't even talk together, and it was difficult to achieve the desired effect.

Lin Zixuan felt that there was a lack of someone who truly understands music between him and Meng Xiaodong.

A few days later, Zhou Shoujuan introduced him to someone.

This person is called Li Jinhui, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. He has learned guqin and plucked instruments since he was a child and has been widely exposed to ethnic instruments.

In 1916, he participated in the Peking University Music Troupe event, advocated new music, and advocated that new music and new literature work together.

In 1921, Li Jinhui worked at Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company, editing children's magazines and children's books, and began to write children's songs.

With Li Jinhui's participation, things became simpler.

Lin Zixuan conveyed the music he wanted to Meng Xiaodong through Li Jin's stroke, and played it by Meng Xiaodong.

Li Jinhui has a profound study of both national and Western music. Through contact with Lin Zixuan, he feels that Chinese music has a new direction.

Because Lin Zixuan provides finished music products.

Giving a soundtrack to a movie is a technical job. You need to wait until the filming of the movie is completed and then select the required tracks according to the plot. There is no rush to do this.

Li Jinhui wanted to experiment with his ideas about music and was preparing to make a record for Meng Xiaodong first.

In 1908, French EDA established the "Oriental EDA Record Company" in Shanghai, marking the official birth of the Chinese record industry. In the years that followed, dozens of foreign record companies flocked to China.

With the popularity of phonographs, the sales of records in China are increasing day by day, and foreign songs are followed.

Lin Zixuan thought it was good to make a Chinese pop song record, so he selected several widely circulated classic songs for Meng Xiaodong to sing.

The first record selected four songs, namely "Night Shanghai", "Night Fragrance", "Jasmine Flower" and "Sweet Honey".

They chose EDA to record and release records.

Lin Zixuan specifically reminded Li Jinhui that when signing a contract, you must take the copyright of the lyrics and music into your own hands. These are all songs that can become famous and cannot be cheaper than foreigners.

For Li Jinhui and Meng Xiaodong, they are not as confident as Lin Zixuan.
Chapter completed!