After the heat and white dew had passed, the dry air gradually dissipated, and Jinan Prefecture had a bit of autumn coolness.

  Li Qian rode his bike between school, home and Lao Dou's record store. He no longer had the situation where he would pedal all the way, sweating profusely like before. Instead, he could always welcome the cool autumn breeze, feeling refreshed.

  At this point, after about two weeks, Li Jinlong, who had been traveling back and forth between Shuntian Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, finally completed the accompaniment for those five songs. For this small team that made records, it was also time for their first formal studio recording.

  Li Qian was not a professional in his past life, and in this life so far, he has always been an outsider entering the music circle. So, let alone the market positioning of the group "Wu Xing Wu Su", there won't be too much demand for singing skills, even if there is, don't expect Li Qian to make any adjustments or guidance in the recording studio.

  His requirements for recording Wu Suo's Five Lines were particularly simple: I listened and felt that it was right, then OK!

  The recording studio is a special place, and it's hard for people who haven't been there to understand.

  In the recording studio, any slight imperfection, tremolo or instability in your voice will be captured by advanced recording equipment and amplified without limit - ordinary people think their throat is good enough, go in and record a song to listen to yourself, you'll find that your singing sounds simply unbearable!

  Although making a record will inevitably involve post-production, and it is impossible to avoid using electronic devices and computers to embellish and process the sound, even for some singers with poor vocal skills, it is possible to use computer editing to cut together good parts of multiple recordings to form a relatively "perfect" version. However, there is no doubt that any post-production technique cannot match the emotional unity formed by a single take in a recording studio.

  So, even if it's just from the perspective of completing a song. Li Jian also requires Wu Xing Wu Su to complete the work in the recording studio as much as possible and try to reduce dependence on post-processing.

  So, good singing skills are put aside, stability is the first priority.

  The problem is, Wu Su has five people in total.

  Lao Dou Records has the most advanced and largest professional recording studio in Jinan Prefecture, with a total of four microphone positions, which can theoretically accommodate up to eight people for simultaneous recording.

  So, Wu Xing and I will record at the same time. There is no problem technically.

  But as soon as the recording started, Li Qian's eyebrows furrowed. Afterwards, his eyebrows almost never relaxed.

  Yes, the five members of Wusuo indeed have a very good foundation in singing, and after joining Huaying Music, they also received professional vocal and performance training. In fact, they have already released an album and are not lacking in experience recording in the studio. However, their biggest problem is that they are not stable enough.

  Five people record at the same time. If anyone is slightly unstable, it will immediately affect the completion of the entire song. In fact, when a song is sung, although they have been very careful, the problems that arise are never just one person.

  Of course, the biggest problem is Xie Bing.

  Among the five girls in Wu Su's Five Elements, Xie Bing's voice is not bad and her singing skills are also good. However, her voice tends to be sweet and mellow, which makes it particularly suitable for solo a cappella performances without accompaniment. The problem lies in the fact that due to the sweetness of her tone, even minor issues that wouldn't be noticeable on others become major flaws on her - whether you admit it or not, in the era Li Qian experienced from the 60s and 70s to the new century, among the top few people with the best singing skills in the Chinese music scene, Teresa Teng's name would always be included.

  And Xie Bing seems to be a little afraid of entering the recording studio?

  In short, every time something goes wrong, she is definitely among them!

  The song has been practiced to be very familiar, and Li Qian's requirements have also been fully communicated to them in the previous guidance. They all understand now, so the current recording studio recording is just a test of the stability of several girls.

  Then, once again, and again, and again.

  From the perspective of protecting their vocal cords, even if they don't sing all the time, there are plenty of rest sections, but each recording session is at most two hours, followed by a one-hour break.

  So, adding up the whole day's recording time is just six to eight hours.

  Not even a simple "Happy Baby" was completed.

  After a day of recording, the five girls were all somewhat nervous in their hearts. Even Wang Jingxue, who had the most stable voice and the best singing skills, made mistakes countless times, not to mention Xie Bing, who was the easiest to make mistakes.

  Every time during the recording break, five girls came out of the recording studio and apologized in a flurry. By the end of the day's recording, they all noticed that Li Qian, the producer, had almost no smile on his face, with deep frowns on his brow, making their apologies even more sincere and fearful.

  Although Li Jinlong said that it would be fine to just produce the current versions later, Li Qian was still not satisfied.

  Alright, Li Qian knew that Wu Xing was not Liao Liao.

  Considering their style and market positioning, even if Li Qian joins now, it would already be a twist in their image and positioning. However, when their work comes out, very few people will carefully appreciate it because they are originally on the youthful idol path, not like Liao Liao's strength faction. So, even with later synthesized versions, there isn't much to say. But that only applies to certain songs. There is one song... as soon as that song comes out, Li Qian believes someone will definitely use a magnifying glass to pick apart their insufficiencies in performance and singing skills.

  So all the pickiness before was actually serving that song.

  If it doesn't work on the first day, then on the second day. If it still doesn't work on the second day, start from Monday and record two hours every night.

  So they recorded and recorded, Li Qian torturing the five girls as well as himself. Finally, after being forced to change songs three times and spending a whole week recording, they finally completed the first piece of work.

  And afterwards, perhaps due to the affirmation and encouragement of this success, their recording gradually became much smoother. In the following week, they consecutively completed two more songs. Finally, their performance in the recording studio began to become increasingly stable and mature. As a result, the speed of completing the recording also accelerated, and before the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, they finally completed one-third of the progress of this album's recording part.

  In addition to the previous song "Charge! Charge! Charge!", there are currently six songs completed for this album. As for the remaining three songs, Cao Yun's "Love Me!" shouldn't be too difficult, and they have already practiced it well. "Love Bird" is relatively more challenging, while "Moscow Nights" is slightly easier. So... if they can maintain their current state, Li Qian is confident that he can complete the recording of these three songs within a week after the holiday.

  And the remaining one-third of the progress is obviously the last great work.

  That song, which was once sung for a hundred years and considered the pioneering work of Chinese-Western music fusion, as well as a classic model, is still regarded as one of the best Chinese-language musical works of the entire 20th century.

  Farewell!

  …………

  Xie Bing finally sat on Li Qian's bicycle back seat.

  But in fact, she was quite uneasy inside. Because she didn't know if Li Qian wanted to impart some experience to her alone, or... to avoid being too embarrassed herself, he had to take her out and scold her separately?

  In fact, she herself was very clear that even until now, her performance in the recording studio has always been the worst - at least half of the time, it was because of her own mistakes that ruined a recording.

  In her imagination, sitting in the back seat of Li Qian's car, hugging his waist, and letting him take herself through the alleys of Jinan Prefecture should be a sweet and happy thing, but now, it is clear that she only has tension and anxiety.

  Mid-Autumn Festival, after consulting with Li Qian, producer Li Jinlong gave them a holiday that was neither too long nor too short - five days! So, before the festival arrived, everyone rushed back to their respective homes.

  It's not easy to do other industries, and it's even harder to be a singer - ordinary employees can take a few days off or go back to their hometown to visit their parents, but those in the entertainment industry rarely have holidays.

  In the past, during national holidays such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, New Year's Day and Spring Festival, they were often busiest - the company would not let them idle around on vacation, but instead arrange commercial performances for them and send them out to earn some performance fees.

  This year, mainly because they are producing an album, the company doesn't know what to consider, after handing them over to Li Jinlong and bringing them to Jinan, they actually didn't arrange any commercial performances for two consecutive months.

  Now that they finally got a holiday, they all went back home. Xie Bing also wanted to go back and see her parents whom she hadn't seen for almost a year, but after some thought, she just made a phone call back home to report her safety, then stayed in Jinan Prefecture, in the house rented by the company for several girls, alone facing the wall practicing non-stop...

  Then Li Qian's phone suddenly came over.

  Then she simply changed her clothes and sat on Li Qian's bicycle downstairs, but didn't dare to ask where they were going or what they were going to do.