He didn’t dare to vocalize it; someone with that level of skill, good family conditions, and backing from big names in the industry wouldn’t just allow them to be his students, would they?
“Is your leg injury really serious?” Zhang Yue asked while driving. “No, no injury,” Qi Shejiang replied. “Remember I told you about practicing the step-on technique? Since Xiao Yinyue is an expert, the director wanted me to learn it too; it just feels swollen and sore after practicing, but resting it will be fine.” Zhang Yue looked at him doubtfully and said, “Tang Shuangqin is just full of himself!” He paused and added, “What a pity, I’ll soon be like you, suffering from him.” Qi Shejiang: “Huh?”
Zhang Yue found out that Tang Shuangqin had already been pondering over the film’s music. The “Lovebirds buckle” will feature quite a few segments of traditional performance arts, along with original lyrics that need to be set to music. It must embody the characteristics of that era while somewhat appealing to modern tastes, striking a subtle balance.
Tang Shuangqin went through everything and finally thought of Zhang Yue, intending to have him handle the theme song, insert songs, and background music all in one. “When he invited me to chat, he played for me the recording of the excerpt we sang together from the Child’s Classics, the revised version. He was very satisfied after listening to it. So—” Zhang Yue looked at Qi Shejiang, “You still need to authorize its use.”
What do you think?”
Qi Shejiang’s eyes widened, pleasantly surprised, “…I think you should just go ahead and use it.”
The Child’s Classics is a traditional performance art that has no copyright anymore, but since they both made changes to it, they still needed to discuss this part.
Qi Shejiang now understood Tang Shuangqin’s status; so many people would watch his film. If Zhang Yue indeed sampled and adapted the Child’s Classics, selecting it as background music or even an insert song, wouldn’t that be the very intention of adapting it—to revive the Child’s Classics and bring it back to an audience?
Zhang Yue glanced at Qi Shejiang in the rearview mirror, seeing him extremely pleased, and felt quite proud.
