NOVEL WEB Chapter 129 Using Explosives
"I Am the Best" is the representative work of 2NE1, a girl group from South Korea who is famous for their singing skills. This song was written in 2011, but it was sung at the Coachella concert in 2022 and was praised by Rolling Stone. As one of the 20 greatest albums, it was also ranked eighth among the top 2023 K-POP trend music in the world selected by Rolling Stone again in 100. Both fans and music professionals speak highly of this song.
Xia Haoyang himself also likes the melody and rhythm of "I'm the Most Popular". Now that the "Rolling Stone" K-pop rankings are mentioned, everyone must be curious about which music is in the top few? It’s really not unfamiliar.
The first place on the "Rolling Stone" k-pop list is "gee" by Empress, which is a bit surprising to Xia Haoyang, but not surprising. This song has indeed established Girls' Generation as the number one girl group. The third place is IU's "Good Days", and the sixth place is Blackpink's "DDU-DU DDU-DU" which was forgotten by Xia Haoyang. The empress's famous song is hailed by netizens as the best debut song in the world. "The World Meets Again" ranked 1rd. tara's only song to chart was "Bo Peep Bo Peep" at No. 33.
And Xia Haoyang's favorite "Hide and Seek" was not mentioned at all. For this kind of list of subjective works of art with obvious personal preference, you can actually just look at it casually and don't take it too seriously. Not everyone likes to watch some highly rated movies. Xia Haoyang couldn't watch several of the Oscar-winning best movies. Individuals have their own aesthetics, so just like what you like.
Still shot by Director Ji, this time "Hide and Seek" was simpler to shoot, requiring only a few close-ups, and the scene, background, clothing and even expressions of several people remained unchanged at all. So the shooting was completed in one morning, and it took a whole day to set up the location yesterday.
After the filming, everyone relaxed a little and felt pretty good. Qin Jiali spoke: "Bad fat boss, why can't I sit down and shoot this MV? My feet hurt after standing all morning."
"Because this MV was originally called Park Yoo-zao. By the way, I also kept the children's half-seat." Xia Haoyang said with a smile.
Although a few people didn't understand what Park Yoo-zao was, they understood the joke about children's half-zao and they all laughed.
Quan Wen was trembling with joy: "Bad guy, you are either making fun of the beauties' hair or trying to make fun of my height. Are you very tall? You are so fat. How can you find a girlfriend like this?"
Quan Wenxin was so angry that she lost her mind, while Xia Haoyang went one step further: "Yes, I can find a girlfriend like this. Her name is Tang Wanqi, the beauty of Yanying School."
"I'm so angry. Tang Wanqi is so blind that she chose such a man." Quan Wenxin was angry on one side, but everyone else was laughing happily.
"How about it, does Jingyi think today's outfit goes with your white hair? Anyway, I asked Director Ji to take several close-ups of you. Then we'll see how the fans respond." Xia Haoyang greeted Zeng Jingyi.
"I personally think it's okay. It depends on the fans." Zeng Jingyi said quietly.
"Well, if there is no feedback, then Jingyi, you can grow your hair long. Anyway, I will take the blame." Xia Haoyang said helplessly.
"Okay, if the fans don't give me good feedback, I'll treat you to a feast." Zeng Jingyi said with a smile.
"No problem." Xia Haoyang agreed firmly.
"Director Ji, I want to talk to you about the MV shooting of "DDU-DU DDU-DU"." Xia Haoyang stopped Director Ji.
"Mr. Xia, do you have any advice?" This is not the first time that Director Ji has dealt with Xia Haoyang. In previous cooperation, he also provided Director Ji with some constructive suggestions, so Director Ji also respects Xia Haoyang.
"Director Ji, look at what you said, how can I dare to speak when you say that? I am a layman, I just have some small ideas, and I don't know if they are suitable or not, so I put them forward for Director Ji to consider." Xia Haoyang is also very fond of Director Ji. respected.
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"Actually, it's basically what's in my script, but there is a scene with pets. I personally think the desert fox is the most suitable." Xia Haoyang suggested.
"Fox? It's just a pet. You can hold any kitten or puppy you want. It's only for one or two seconds, but you go on." Director Ji felt that Xia Haoyang's request for a desert fox as a pet was a bit exaggerated, but he still listened to Xia Haoyang. Provide other opinions.
"I think explosives can be used in this scene." Xia Haoyang pointed at a page of his script and said.
Director Ji looked at Xia Haoyang blankly, "Brother, we are just shooting a music MV. Your scene already has fire and rain as the background, and you still need to use explosives? This is a bit exaggerated, and the use of explosives requires a lot of effort. Please hire a professional blaster, I’m just a young director who shoots commercials and music videos, and I don’t know how to do this.”
"Okay, let's put the blasting scene in another song, and I'll hire a professional blaster." Xia Haoyang said seriously.
Director Ji looked at Xia Haoyang with an embarrassed look on his face. Is Tiexin going to use explosions? Is this really making a girl group music MV? Although there are some questions and confusions, it does not affect the shooting of the next three MVs. Although I spent a little more time on "DDU-DU DDU-DU", it actually only took 3 days, and the filming of "Reunion" The MV only lasted 2 days. "I'm the Most Popular" only lasted three days, and the total time for the four MVs including the set design didn't exceed two weeks. This is due not only to Director Ji's understanding of Xia Haoyang's MV requirements, but also to Tara's familiarity with the script, singing and dancing.
After several days of intense post-production, four MVs were produced on April 4th. After seeing the overall post-production effect, everyone was very satisfied.
"Fat man, are we going to release each song one by one, or are we going to release a mini album like you said and release all four songs together?" Zhao Yishen asked.
"What's wrong? I agreed to release four songs together as a mini album." Xia Haoyang asked.
Tara and the others were silent and stared at Zhao Yishen. What's the problem?
After thinking for a while, Zhao Yishen said: "Okay, then as a mini album, which is your title song? In the past year, the quality of your works has been surprisingly high. The works for Tara are really any song. It can be the title song.”
"Do you think you are suspected of cutting leeks again? The album was produced only after the year, and the mini-album was released only in April. You don't think the impact will be good." Lao Xie thought about it and guessed that Zhao Yishen should have considered this.
"Well, that's true. I didn't expect Fatty to be so efficient." Zhao Yi touched his hair deeply.
"I won't take the blame for this. It was obviously you and Xiao Yuzi who came to me and said they were going to release a new MV. Now that it's really going to be released, you're saying I'm cutting leeks. Brother, is it really okay for you to have such double standards?" Xia Haoyang Weird, it was obviously you who asked me to make the MV.
"Xiao Yuzi and I came to you. At that time, Xiao Yuzi was worried that you would sell a song like "Reunion Again" to others. He thought Tara could sing it very well, so he hoped that you would make it for Tara to sing. In fact, there is no need to make it after it is made. You were so anxious to publish it. But you were lucky enough to write four songs in one go, which made me unable to react for a while." Zhao Yishen also expressed embarrassment.
"The problem is that now that it's made, it's not good if we don't sell it. It's such a waste." Han Xiyu was also a little anxious.
"How about this? Today is only the 8th. We postpone it for half a month and release it on April 4nd. Everyone has been working hard. Tara doesn't have any schedule recently, so let's take a few days off. Fatty will also take a few days off to visit southern Fujian. Look at Tang Wanqi. How about it?" Brother Hong spoke steadily.
Everyone agrees with Brother Hong's arrangement. I have been working intensively on the album recently, which is really hard work. Especially in the post-production period, several people stayed up late to work. It is really necessary to take a few days off.