Chapter 142: Qi Language_i |
The villa was unfinished and needed renovations. The handover date was close, but in the meantime, Lin Yuan and his companions still had to live in their original home…
After settling this matter.
Lin Yuan and his team found a restaurant nearby to have dinner.
During dinner, Lin Yuan spoke to Sun Yaohuo, “Senior, I’m going to study at Qi Continent Art Academy for a year as an exchange student.”
Lin Yuan already regarded Sun Yaohuo as a friend, hence he felt the need to tell him about this decision.
Qi Continent?
Sun Yaohuo was taken aback and felt a pang of disappointment.
However, realizing Lin would be away for only a year made him feel better, “I wish you a joyous year there, Junior. I’ll visit you in Qi Continent when I get the chance!”
Hmm.
Lin Yuan nodded, “That’s correct.
Sun Yaohuo’s expression changed slightly, “Are you aware of the situation there?”
What situation?
Lin Yuan was somewhat curious.
Sun Yaohuo sighed, “The music environment in Qi Continent is far from being as good as ours in Qin Continent. After all, our Qin Continent is the Land of Music. It’s less accommodating for the composers over there…”
Why do you say that?
A lot of people said that Qi Continent was a trap, but Lin Yuan never quite understood.
Sun Yaohuo explained, “Over there, it’s predominantly the realm of TV series and film. The game industry is also booming. As a result, the music mainly focuses on customized compositions for these mediums. The composition of songs is tailor-made according to the client’s needs.”
Customized?
Lin Yuan began to understand.
Unlike free composition, tailored songs have many restrictive elements and stick to specific themes.
Just like the movie “Dragon Fish Dance” produced in Qi Continent. It customized an impressionist tune with Starlight.
Lin Yuan could not possibly send “Red Rose” as an entry, right?
This has nothing to do with whether “Red Rose” is outstanding!
What they want is music that matches the theme of the “Dragon Fish Dance movie, and even the composition style is predetermined.
Many composers in ’10th Floor’ couldn’t handle this project, and it was only because Lin Yuan had “Big Fish” on hand that he was able to complete the order.
No wonder Starlight’s composers are reluctant to go to Qi Continent.
Most composers enjoy the freedom of creating whatever they feel inspired to, not being dictated by a client’s demand, as if writing songs for the sake of writing them!
However…
Lin Yuan, who can order songs from the System, isn’t afraid of such situations; the System’s song library is rich!
There’s another issue.
Sun Yaohuo helplessly asked, “Junior, do you speak the dialect of Qi Continent?”
Lin Yuan was stunned, “Don’t they speak Mandarin over there?
Isn’t the language standardized in Blue Star?
Sun Yaohuo shook his head, “People over there definitely speak Mandarin. There is no one in Blue Star who doesn’t. However, the issue lies in that the music pieces sung in local dialect are more mainstream. Let me sing a few phrases for you…”
Sun Yaohuo cleared his throat and sang, “I’m the black pineapple, you’re my black phoenix!”
Lin Yuan: “..
Unbelievable, but that was Cantonese from the Celestial Dynasty?
The so-called Qi dialect was Cantonese?
Don’t take it too seriously.
It’s indeed an alternate universe.
Having sung, Sun Yaohuo looked at Lin Yuan: “Junior, since you usually write both lyrics and music, according to their customs there, you might need to collaborate with lyrical writers.”
Lin Yuan didn’t respond.
With a disposable glove on, Sun Yaohuo peeled a shrimp for Lin Yuan: “Of course, Mandarin songs exist there as well. Your ‘Big Fish’ had a pretty good response over in Qi Continent. Jiang Kui had gone there for some activities and sang this song. But overall, Mandarin songs aren’t very popular when compared to songs in the Qi dialect.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
If it’s just to this extent, Qi Continent would not be a fiery pit for him.
Anyway, when you go there, don’t be too serious.
Sun Yaohuo cautioned, “As a singer, my understanding of the branch company’s situation is limited. But from what I know, it’s quite a troublesome state. There have been a few legal disputes with clients because they ordered a custom song and then couldn’t find a suitable piece. In the end, they had to turn to our headquarters for help, unleashing our trump card to finally resolve the issue…”
Lin Yuan nodded again and took a bite of the shrimp he was handed.
Sun Yaohuo swiftly stripped a few more shrimps, leaving Lin Yuan slightly stunned.
Someone had done the same for Lin Xuan before.
That man had tried to pursue Lin Xuan, but he was not as attentive as Sun Yaohuo; he forgot to wear disposable gloves…
Sister, have some too.
Sun Yaohuo also peeled a few for Lin Xuan.
Seeing that her eyes looked somewhat puzzled, Sun Yaohuo coughed lightly and said, “Well, mainly, I just love peeling shrimp for people. Yes, I enjoy peeling shrimp.”
Lin Xuan: “.
Good habit, please keep it up.
Sun Yaohuo’s attention quickly returned to Lin Yuan, saying with great resentment, “In any case, there are clients all over the Qi Continent. The composers in our company who have been there all complain about it. They say that the place is littered with demanding clients who know nothing about composition, yet love to interfere and blindly direct the composers. If you ever come across such difficult clients, just ignore them, it’s not worth getting angry with them, treat them like they are your kids… no, like they are your grandkids!”
Oh.”
Lin Yuan questioned, “Then why did Yang Zhongming go to the Qi Continent?
“Well-
After pondering for a while, Sun Yaohuo said, “Even though the Qi Continent is not friendly to composers, songs in the Qi language are quite nice to listen to. It might be due to the nine tones and six accents inherent in the Qi language, which has more intonation than normal Mandarin. Father Yang probably went there to learn the Qi language. Just like you, he also enjoys composing both the words and the music. In fact, many composers like to write their lyrics, you composers often feel that you know the best what lyrics your music should get, don’t you?”
Demanding clients?
Lin Yuan nodded, indeed, clients can be difficult to deal with.
Besides, Sun Yaohuo was right.
Usually, composing and writing lyrics are separate jobs.
But, on Blue Star, a lot of composers like to write lyrics for their own music.
Their theory is:
Nobody understands better than them what lyrics should match their music.
But many composers’ lyrics are not very well written. At these times, the company would intervene and assign professional lyricists to the task.
There is nothing composers can do when their lyrics are simply not good enough.
Therefore, writing the lyrics for your own music isn’t an easy feat.
Lin Yuan can write lyrics for his own songs. He has never encountered a situation where the company has assigned someone else to write for him, mainly because his lyrics have always been quite good. The reviewing department at the company has repeatedly failed to point out any issues as his musical and lyrical harmonies have constantly remained at an impressive level.
As for the nine tones and six accents Sun Yaohuo mentioned for Qi language songs…
It’s not a fabrication.
Lin Yuan remembers that the phonology of Cantonese is indeed more complex than Mandarin.
Mandarin has only four tones.
While standard Cantonese retains the entering tone.
Divided into “high flat, low flat, high rising, low rising, high departing, low departing, high entering, mid entering, low entering” which amounts to 9 tones in total.
Cantonese has 19 initial consonants.
Lip, tongue, teeth, dental, throat
A five-category system of initial consonants.
59 finals.
Perhaps this is why some people believe Cantonese songs sound better than Mandarin ones?
The Qin Continent is dominated by Mandarin songs!
So Lin Yuan initially thought that this world didn’t have Cantonese.
He never expected that.
The so-called dialect of Qi Continent, was in fact Cantonese.
This wasn’t due to the original’s lack of knowledge or exposure.
After all, the official language commonly used in Qi Continent was still Mandarin.
There isn’t a tradition in the different continents to communicate in their respective dialects.
But given this revelation.
Does English, Japanese, Russian or even Korean exist in this world?
But exist only in the form of dialects?
He has to research this later.
Lin Yuan’s system contains many songs from his past life that are in different languages.
If he doesn’t have the language foundation, he would have to rewrite them into Mandarin versions. That was what Lin Yuan had planned originally.
Some songs can undergo such changes, like “Initial Dream”, which was translated from Japanese.
However, the meaning of some songs gets lost when translations are made.
After all, some lyric rhymes match perfectly with the music.
