Sound of Rebirth

Shen Yanru's arrangement has achieved unprecedented success. After the end of the Golden Melody Awards this year, An Zhizhi's popularity has skyrocketed again. Weibo fans have exceeded [-] million, and she is also among the best on major music charts. Various invitations And quotations are pouring in, marking that she has officially stepped into the range of front-line leaders.

From his debut to this step, it took less than a year and a half in total. This speed can be said to be very fast among singers, and it is also a very rare achievement.

However, there are too many coincidences along the way. Although many of them are inseparable from Shen Yanru's planning, even if she does it all over again, there is no guarantee that such an effect will be achieved in the end.

But no matter what, for An Zhizhi, the hardest part at the beginning has passed.

Next, it will enter a stage of steady but high-speed development.

In Shen Yanru's plan, she must first settle down and produce a sufficiently outstanding album, win an award, establish her current status, and then consider other things.

For Shen Yanru, since he wanted to win the prize, he had to win the one with the most weight.

So after the Golden Melody Awards, the four of them gathered together as usual to discuss the work arrangements for the next year. Shen Yanru made the decision. He only chose two commercial endorsements for An Zhixiao, and turned down all other jobs.

One of the advertising endorsements is a one-year cosmetic product endorsement contract, and the other is the original Zhang Chongyuan's clothing brand endorsement contract, but this time it is not a product endorsement, but the Asian spokesperson of this brand.The two contracts are full of weight, and they are not the same as those before An Zhizhi.This is one of the indicators of her rising popularity.

Less but better, that's why Shen Yanru chose these two contracts.Because both are big international brands with good reputation and customer stickiness, this cooperation is beneficial to both parties.Because it is an advertisement throughout the year, even if there are no other announcements, it can guarantee An Zhizhi's appearance rate, so that he will not be forgotten.

And because An knows that they don't go to school very much now, so in the next time, they have enough time to study in retreat and create new albums.

Of course, the so-called "retreat" this time is different from last year's one, and it doesn't mean that I completely shut myself at home and cannot come out.After all, the creation of an album is very dependent on inspiration, especially Shen Yanru still hopes to produce a high-quality product, and this aspect is even more difficult.

"Is there any place you want to go?" Shen Yanru asked An Zhixiao.

Although it is going to work, since it is to inspire, it is natural to choose a place with beautiful scenery and suitable for living.Leaving aside the search for inspiration, this is also the first time for two people to travel together, so it is natural to choose a place you like.

An Zhizhi is looking forward to this event very much, but she is not obsessed with the location. "Sister, you can just pick a place. I can go anywhere."

Anyway, as long as they are together with Shen Yanru.

Now that she has expressed her attitude, Shen Yanru naturally no longer struggles. After weighing things up, she decided to go back to the small town where An Zhixiao was born and grew up, instead of going abroad or choosing major scenic spots in China. Go live for a while.

The reason for this choice is because that place has a very special meaning for both of them.

And the scenery near the small town is indeed beautiful and authentic, and it even often becomes the location of film and television dramas.

In addition, of course, it is also because the place where the small town is located is rich in folk songs.There are many country folk songs handed down by the old people, which may bring them different inspirations.

Shen Yanru always felt that An Zhixiao has such a unique voice, which cannot be separated from the gift of the place where she grew up.For her, perhaps the most able to display her own characteristics are these folk songs that she has heard since she was a child.

And it happened that last year's album adopted a jazz style, and this year Shen Yanru also plans to make some breakthroughs. Maybe Chinese-style country folk songs are a good choice.It can also be related to their destination this time.

After learning of Shen Yanru's choice, An Zhixiao was a little surprised.

The word "hometown" has a very unique meaning for all Chinese people.Even though An knew that she had nothing to worry about in this place, the small town was still a very popular place for her, and whenever she mentioned it, she would always feel a little special emotion.

After leaving the small town in her previous life, An Zhixiao never went back.

It wasn't because she didn't want to, it was just a coincidence that led to such a result.In the initial stage of hard work, she didn't have the time or energy to think about these things, she just gritted her teeth and went all the way.When I finally made some achievements, I suddenly felt a bit of "near-native feeling timid", so although I had such an idea in my heart, I was unable to put it into action.

Until she opened her eyes and returned to the day when her fate was changed.

And in this life, being able to meet Shen Yanru again in the small town and completely reverse her own destiny, the small town is no longer just her hometown for her.

So An Zhixiao was naturally very happy to be able to revisit the old place.

"But sister, if you want to experience the original local folk songs, you can't live in the city, you have to go to the countryside." An Zhixiao said.

Shen Yanru had already prepared for this, "We can live in the village, how about it?"

What she actually wanted was to live in the village where An Zhixiao's family was located, because for Shen Yanru, the life that An Zhixiao experienced that she didn't know and had no time to participate in was all her regrets.If he could get to know her earlier and know of her existence earlier, maybe An Zhizhi wouldn't have to suffer so much.

It's just that she wasn't sure if An Zhizhi would be willing to go back there, because for her, this place probably wouldn't have many good memories.

But An knew that there was almost no hesitation, so he nodded and said, "Speaking of which, our old house should still be there. When I left, I lent the house to the neighbors to help them repair and maintain it. It should still be able to live in now. I turn around Make a call and ask."

Contrary to Shen Yanru's guess, An Zhixiao doesn't actually have bad memories of the village.

Memory is a very interesting thing. It has its own filter and beautification function, which will dilute all bad things and refine all good things to make it more beautiful.

So maybe it was unbearable when I experienced it at the beginning, but when I look back many years later, An Zhixiao has almost forgotten the hardships at that time in her heart, and feels that this kind of life experience that ordinary people will not have is for me. It is not a kind of wealth.

So she can face all this calmly, and naturally she will not have any resistance to returning to live in the village.

What's more, the people in the village gave her a lot of help back then. Although An knew that although she had never returned in her previous life, she had set up a small bursary program to anonymously help students with excellent academic performance in the village to complete their studies.It's just because of my own problems that I haven't gone back. In fact, An Zhizhi really wants to go back and have a look.

So now that you have an opportunity, you will naturally not refuse it.

Furthermore, although there is no relative in the village now, taking Shen Yanru back to his hometown still has a very special meaning to An Zhixiao.

In film and television dramas, the phrase "wait until XX and then go back to my hometown to get married" is often used as a death flag. Later, in the period of rapid Internet development, this sentence has a lot of ridicule meanings, so that everyone knows it.

So when the idea of ​​"going back to my hometown" came to An Zhixiao's mind, the word "marriage" was automatically added to it.

It's a good idea to go back to my hometown and get married.

Although the development of rural areas is not as rapid as that of cities, the popularity of mobile phones has allowed villagers to use mobile phones.An Zhizhi made a phone call, and the neighbor's aunt knew that she was going back, she was surprised and happy, she patted her chest and promised to vacate the house for her immediately, even if she went back to live.

After the place is settled, all that remains is to pack up and leave.

An Zhixiao and Shen Yanru had nothing to delay here, so after making a decision, they informed Zhou Yu and Xuan Zihang and set off directly.

When the two arrived in the village, it was already the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.There are still five days until the New Year's Eve.In Shen Yanru's words, it's just a good time to experience the atmosphere of the New Year in the countryside. It is said that it is much richer and more interesting than the New Year in the city.

An Zhixiao hadn't been back to the village for several years, and the past few years happened to be the years of rapid economic development, so now everything he saw was strange.After the two got out of the car, she even forgot where to go for a moment.

Fortunately, the general layout of the village has not changed after all. Even if many people have built new houses, most of them have demolished the old houses and rebuilt them.So An Zhixiao quickly found a little bit of familiarity in the strangeness - the place where they stayed was the small square where people in the village often gathered when they were young.

In An Zhizhi's memory, this place should be very large, but now, among the many buildings, it seems so narrow.

Walking along the square for a certain distance, you can see An Zhixiao's house.

Among the newly built concrete houses with beautiful tiles, the old wooden house of An Zhixiao's family looked low, dilapidated and crumbling, out of tune with the surrounding environment.

It seems to have been forgotten here by time.This was the first thought that came to Shen Yanru's mind after seeing this house.

"This house looked tall when I was a child." An Zhixiao sighed again.As we grow older, things that used to be considered huge become smaller, and things that are far away can come closer, and everything changes.

Things are wrong.

Fortunately, An knew that in this place, he really didn't have many memories to be moved by, so he quickly broke away from this emotion.

The old house looks old, but the inside is actually in good condition.Because the house was lent to neighbors, it has been used by people all the time, so it didn't fall down so quickly, and it seemed a little popular.The inside had obviously been tidied up, and it looked clean and tidy.Apart from the old fashioned windows which are too small to make the room very dark, everything else is fine.

However, after all, the service life of the wooden house is not high, and many tiles covering the roof have been damaged. Although it has been repaired several times, I am afraid that the house will not last for a few years.

The neighbor's aunt suggested that An Zhixiao could overturn the house and rebuild a new one, or if she didn't need it, she could sell the homestead.

However, Shen Yanru was very interested in this old house. An Zhixiao said that he knew someone who was doing cultural relics restoration work. Maybe he could introduce a construction team to maintain the house as much as possible and preserve it. down.

The ancient buildings left over now are basically maintained in this way to ensure that the repaired houses are exactly the same as the original ones.Of course, because of the special materials used in the process, the price will of course be a little more expensive.An Zhizhi's house is actually not at the level of an antique, and repairing it in this way is purely a waste of money.

But An Zhizhi gave up this plan in the end, not because he didn't have money, but because he didn't need it.

Even in the village where she has lived all her life, the villagers can tear down the old house and rebuild it without hesitation, let alone her?An Zhixiao felt that if he couldn't bear to part with the small town, he could buy a house in the city and come and live here for a while. There was no need to keep the house in the village.

The two settled down here, because the New Year is coming soon, so every household is preparing for the New Year. Shen Yanru and An Zhizhi followed the neighbor's aunt's family, and it was a good experience.The New Year's Eve dinner was made by the two of them. Some things were bought, and some were given by the villagers. It was full of dishes for a big table.

There is no TV set in the old house, and the two watch the Spring Festival Gala on their laptops.Of course, in fact, most of the time, their attention is not on the show, but they lean together and start chatting freely, saying whatever comes to mind, and when they are tired, they just close their eyes and go to sleep.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year, temple fairs have been held in every village.At the temple fair, being able to enjoy the most original local singing and dancing performances is also one of the most anticipated items of Shen Yanru.After all, they are not really here to travel, and they are also responsible for finding inspiration.

It is said to be a temple fair, but in fact it is not like a serious party. After professional rehearsal and arrangement, most of the programs are live impromptu performances.It's just because the people in this land are passionate and fond of singing and dancing, so every temple fair looks very lively, and there is never worry about being left alone.

When it was the village's turn to hold a temple fair on the eighth day of the lunar new year, An Zhixiao even sang a folk song, which stunned everyone around him.

It was also the first time for Shen Yanru to hear her sing this type of song.She already knew that An Zhizhi's voice had a wide range and a perfect timbre, which could control almost any style.But it wasn't until this time that I had an intuitive feeling about it.

Maybe her original thought was not wrong, An Zhizhi's voice was indeed a gift given to her by this land.Only such a beautiful place can produce such a good voice.

Shen Yanru originally thought that the process of finding inspiration would be the most difficult, but she didn't expect that after An Zhizhi's performance was over, ideas popped up in her mind one after another without stopping.She has too many ideas, and she only needs to sort them out to present many works.Even for her, such smooth creation is almost unprecedented.

When attending temple fairs, it is always inevitable to be distracted and unable to create. Shen Yanru carries a small notebook with him to record all kinds of inspirations and organize them later.

For anyone involved in artistic creation, this feeling of having a spark of inspiration strike almost every moment is so refreshing!In the end, Shen Yanru was even a little obsessed with it, and when the last temple fair ended and the whole New Year came to an end, she still had some unfinished business.

The lively New Year is over, and rural life has returned to its former peace and tranquility.

This kind of atmosphere is very suitable for Shen Yanru to calm down and create.Every morning, after she got up, she would take a walk around the nearby mountain with An Zhixiao to get some fresh air.Then go home and start organizing and creating.

During this process, Shen Yanru will consciously discuss with An Zhixiao.

After a period of college career, An Zhizhi's basic skills are already very solid, and Shen Yanru hopes that she will also be able to touch songwriting in the future.So taking her with me at this time and letting her participate in my own creation is the best way to learn.

For singers, it is not necessary to write songs, you can always sing songs written by others.But as long as you observe carefully, you will find that almost all singers who are super popular and enduring are creative.

Because only by knowing how to compose a song can one be able to deeply understand a song and express it better.

So with Shen Yanru around, An knew that she didn't have to write songs, but she couldn't understand them.

If it was before, Shen Yanru would definitely hesitate to do this.Because if An Zhixiao had learned all these, then her role to An Zhixiao would be extremely limited.Because Ann knew she could do it.For Shen Yanru, who has always been very insecure and hopes to control the situation as much as possible, this result is certainly not what she would like to see.

However, after getting along for such a long time, the two people have grown from acquaintance, acquaintance to love, and now their relationship is getting deeper and deeper. An Zhizhi has never hesitated to express her dependence and trust in Shen Yanru, so Shen Yanru He also gradually let go of his guard.

Now Shen Yanru hopes to use all means to push An Zhixiao forward to the pinnacle of glory, so naturally she will not have any reservations.

In addition to creation, although rural life is quiet, there are actually many interesting things.Especially after the weather gets warmer and spring comes, when you go up the mountain every day, you will encounter all kinds of different scenery and surprises.Shen Yanru immediately decided to move the two people's work place from home to the mountain.

The warm sun shines on the body, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the people you love are around you hand in hand with you. It is not an exaggeration to describe such a life as "happy".

And among the best scenes in the world, the music created by Shen Yanru is naturally the most touching.

Six months passed in a blink of an eye, the creation of the entire album was over, and the secluded life of the two finally came to an end.

In fact, the creative work can be said to be overdone because new inspiration bursts out almost every moment.There are 24 songs in an album, but Shen Yanru finally composed [-] songs.

Because the range of choices is very wide, after returning to Shanghai, Shen Yanru decided to release a digital EP first in order to let An Zhixiao officially return to the public's eyes and build momentum for the new album.

The EP includes a total of six songs, all of which are songs describing various rural scenery.They are different scenes of morning, noon, dusk and cloudy, sunny, and rainy days.

This mini-album named "Liujing" has many similarities with An Zhixiao's first album "Four Seasons" released when he debuted.Especially in terms of content, it is almost in the same line, but the way of expression is different.But in fact, the styles of the two are quite different.

When "Four Seasons" was released, Shen Yanru knew little about An Xiao, so this album is completely Shen Yanru's own style.It is An Zhizhi's singing that fits the song, not the song specially created for her.

But now, these songs are all tailor-made by Shen Yanru for An Zhizhi.Some of them can be played out perfectly only by An Zhizhi's voice. To put it bluntly, even Shen Yanru herself can't sing that feeling.

This is also what Shen Yanru is most satisfied with.

There are so many singers in the music scene, not to mention those seniors who have been evergreen for more than ten years, there are countless newcomers pouring into this circle every year, hoping to get ahead.Among so many people, why should others remember you?It is based on a unique feature that cannot be imitated by others.

This is one of the necessary conditions for a singer to become a classic, and now, An Zhixiao is gradually showing such qualities.

This characteristic is not particularly obvious in "Flowing Scenery", but it will be very clear in the official album.

This can be regarded as a small trick by Shen Yanru. Since it is the first EP, it serves the album, and it should belong to the album from content to style.It's like a movie trailer, it only needs to reveal a little bit of the most exciting part, not so clear, so as to create suspense and anticipation.