In addition, there are many "remnant materials" left over from the Fengcheng Wheel. [No pop-up novel website] From the warehouse of the Planning Institute, we found a lot of junk that was collected from the ship at that time: a Nie Er brand upright piano, a damaged accordion, three guitars without strings, and other items in the entertainment room. A set of broken karaoke equipment, which also comes with an LD player; a Shanshui stereo with a record player, radio, cassette player and CD player, a Toshiba video recorder, a Sony 21-inch color TV... and finally two large boxes of audio tapes, video tapes, CDs, LDs and vinyl records.
"These things are the history of popular culture in China from the 1970s to the 1990s." Dongfang Ke couldn't help but sigh when he was sorting it out: the oldest tapes inside were not officially released, but were made by an unknown small factory in Hong Kong. The song was ripped from a blank audio tape, and on the yellowed label was the faded pen handwriting that was very beautiful by 21st century standards: "Teresa Teng".
As for those ripped VHS tapes, many of them have nothing written on the labels. When you play them on the VHS tapes, they are all vague "yellow tapes" that were filmed in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
The songs and movies on these tapes were of little value - most of them were found on hard drives in the planning institute's warehouse, so after inspection, they were all handed over to the IT department to be used as data storage devices. The other items were officially handed over to the Propaganda Department and allocated to the experimental art troupe.
The biggest reward for Okamoto was a set of lamps and consoles in Toyojo's entertainment room. Although almost all the light bulbs were broken, the whole set was still there. It's pretty good for stage lighting.
These things should be repaired by someone and they should still be usable. The Planning Institute allocated some new equipment. In particular, a decent recording studio was built, and even post-processing equipment was saved.
The recording studio itself was built in a local style and there were few people in the county. There is no industry around and there is very little ambient noise. Although there are no modern sound-absorbing materials, it is not difficult to make your own. Whether it is kapok or paper pulp, these materials have been widely used in high-rise buildings. As for professional equipment and software, it turns out that the Planning Institute has already prepared them and has them in stock. And quite professional.
In fact, recording and mixing equipment is not very valuable: a relatively good computer, plus a microphone, sound card, microphone preamplifier, and monitor speakers purchased for 10,000 yuan are enough to produce records. As for mixing, it can be solved entirely with software. There are a large number of software effects circulating in professional circles, including all kinds of reverberation, equalization, compression, excitation, pitch correction, rhythm modification... everything is available. Not only can it beautify the voice, but it can also make a tone-deaf singer as perfect as a professional singer.
Although the sound quality is not as good as top-end hardware, ordinary people cannot tell the quality at all. In this plane of time and space, the sound quality is already incredible.
And recording equipment is actually very durable. If you don't pay attention to it, there will still be no problem with the sound quality after using it for more than ten years. Plus the spare parts in the Planning Institute's warehouse. It is not a problem for the recording studio to last for thirty or forty years.
The only problem is that Lingao currently cannot manufacture tape recorders and tapes, nor does it produce phonographs or records. This recording studio is somewhat of a "no place for heroes".
For a time, the Central Experimental Art Troupe was well-equipped and the number of people was quite large, which gave Okamoto the feeling of "strong troops and strong horses". Dongfang Ke didn't dampen his interest, and let him busy in and out while humming "I remember my team just opened back then", and continued to do the accounting for Cai Jinkou.
However, after today's manpower allocation meeting, Okamoto discovered that his experimental art troupe lacked the most important asset: "people."
Liu Shuixin was officially transferred in. But no matter how capable she is, she is only one person. As for the elders who have other literary and artistic expertise, there are quite a few elders with various "talents" who can play, play and sing, but there are no idle people in all departments. It was extremely difficult to be transferred to full-time positions. Okamoto lobbied everywhere and only settled on a few "part-time jobs."
There is a shortage of teachers, and there are also few suitable acting talents. Okamoto wanted to do an opera or something - even if he couldn't do an Italian opera as good as that, an operetta would do. Just as he was gearing up for a big fight, some idol group appeared to compete with him for resources.
Today is the day of the third audition of the idol group. Liu Shuixin, the "pillar" of the art group, must be a judge. When he thought about half of the already nervous teachers being divided by some idol group, Okamoto couldn't help but complain to Dongfang Ke in the office.
"Well, our Senate only has Liu Shuixin, a professional who can sing, dance and perform." Dongfang Ke was not so "indignant". He listened to Bach's "French Suite" and flipped through the account book given to him by Cheng Dong. A completely nutritious sentence, it felt like it was purely perfunctory.
"You'll die if you don't keep more books!" Okamoto finally broke out, "You are also the art director after all!"
"Well, it's the deputy director." Dongfang Ke continued his sterile tone and put down the ledger, "Okamoto, you must have a goal in running this group."
"Of course I'm preparing to rehearse the operetta..."
Dongfang Ke shook his head: "Well, the operetta is good. But then our experimental troupe is too high-end..."
Okamoto understood what he meant. Under the current conditions, any operetta was a dream. Rehearsing a new play requires half a year to a year of preparation, even among professional literary and artistic groups in the 21st century.
"Of course, results won't come immediately. What I mean is to train actors first, start training in singing, dancing, art, etc., teach them from the most basic things, lay a foundation, and then start projects after a few years when conditions are better. .”
"This is too slow, and there are not so many resources to invest. It only takes a few idol groups over there to perform on stage. I wonder if the indigenous people understand. At least one appearance at the annual meeting can make the elders excited. We What's there? Can you ask the girls to come up and pose a few figures?"
“It’s always okay to rehearse a few songs and a few dances.”
"Well, let's work hard on this. Aren't you a vocal student, Okamoto? First give the girls some training in folk singing. Then let Teacher Liu teach some folk dance, classical dance and the like. The troupe will be in the new year You can perform when you win. At least it’s a result.”
"Is this related to operetta?" Okamoto is still obsessed with his "Merry Widow".
Dongfang Ke rarely laughed: "It doesn't matter. But if you can't get some results soon, your operetta will have no chance to be staged."
"Okay." Okamoto knew that Dongfang Ke was right. When Fang Fei said "results within one year" to Wu Ciren, he was probably talking to himself. If there is no performance, how can you ask for resources in the future?
"Okay, let's get close to the masses first." Okamoto said, "What else do you have to say?"
"No, Takami. I have a small opinion. Let's set up an orchestra first. I'm afraid the orchestra won't be fully assembled. Use whatever instruments are available first and train some musicians - no matter what you plan in the future, the orchestra is the basic base. I can start with Teaching people how to play the piano, even if they don’t have a level of performance, they can still get the tenth level of the Music Association." Dongfang Ke frowned, "Our most embarrassing problem is that there are no real professional-level performers among the elders: Needless to say, my piano, Liu Shui Xin's piano is not much better, he is just an accompanist. At the last annual meeting, Lando played and sang at the same time, which made several female elders fascinated - he seemed very awesome, but in fact, he was I can just play it. There are no orchestral instruments, and apart from violinists, I can't count on Europeans - at the same time, Europe seems to be still in the early Baroque period...the systems are all different...so there is no way to cultivate high-quality musicians...it feels like We can only teach basic skills, and then let the indigenous students listen to the recordings to understand...
"What you said is really dark. Just like this, if we hold a low-level solo concert at best, what kind of orchestra can we talk about?"
"This will give you results." Dongfang Ke said, "If you want quick results, you can start a folk band..."
“It’s not a bad idea: a women’s twelve music workshop.”
"It's a performance group. It's essentially the same as Wu Ciren's idol group. The main sales are visual effects." Dongfang Ke immediately made a strict distinction, "If we want to do it, we can just start a folk band. . There is no shortage of equipment and talents - at least they are easy to obtain."
"I remember Yang Yun said that among the refugees admitted in Operation Engine, there were also members of the theater troupe. There should be professional musicians among these people who could be transferred." Okamoto became interested, "It is really impossible to go to Guangzhou and Jiangnan to search for musicians. The work is not difficult either.”
"Maybe." Dongfang Ke nodded, "Well, speaking of it, last time I was at the guard post outside Bairen City, I saw a resting guard battalion soldier playing the huqin. I stood there and listened for a long time. That level Definitely worthy of performance level..."
"Oh? What's his name? Bring him here!"
"did not ask."
Okamoto was defeated, but he refused to give up and asked about the date. He planned to go to the security camp to look for it. No matter what, he would dig it up first.
"There is another veteran who is now a music teacher in Fangcaodi. Why don't you recruit him too?"
"There is such a talented person?!"
"It was only when I was in charge of the recording studio that I realized there was such a master. He was responsible for the overall planning of the recording studio. He is a professional and much better than a two-sword enthusiast like me..."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"You didn't ask me."
Okamoto decided not to dwell on the issue: "What's your name? Don't tell me and you didn't ask!"
"Looks like he's called Nangong or something."
"Damn, we are so awesome: Dongfang, Okamoto, and Nangong are all high-ranking compound surnames."
"Okamoto is not a compound surname - that is Benzi's surname."
"Let's talk about this later." Okamoto said, "First transfer people to the art troupe!" (To be continued...)
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