#1750 - Let's form a band (there are many things to do)

"Xiangzi, let's form a band."

I have to say that when Toyokawa Shoko heard these words from Duanmu Huai, he was completely stunned.

"Form a band?"

"Yes, I remember you signed a trainee contract with the agency."

"Ah, that's right."

Toyokawa Shoko nodded. After all, she was only a high school student, and it would be difficult for her to find a job if she wanted to work somewhere else. If she hadn't joined Strawberry PRO through this method, Toyokawa Shoko would never have been able to find a good job.

"Haven't you been in a band before? Then you have some experience."

"this…………"

When Toyokawa Shoko heard Duanmu Huai's words, her expression became very strange.

"Besides, I heard that Kasuga Shadow was written by you? It's quite nice."

"No, I still don't understand. Please wait a moment, Miss Duanmu."

Seeing that Duanmu Huai was about to lead her astray, Toyokawa Shoko hurriedly spoke up to stop him.

"Why do you want to form a band? Why me? Who forms a band?"

"I."

Duanmu Huai pointed at himself.

"For some reason, I want to form a band, debut in the shortest possible time, become famous, and let more people hear our songs."

"……………………???"

Although Duanmu Huai's words were very direct, Toyokawa Shoko was still confused. Although it seemed normal from the perspective of fame, considering Duanmu Huai's current popularity... frankly speaking, she felt that many bands could not reach Duanmu Huai's level.

Does she still need to rely on the band to become famous?

Moreover, Toyokawa Shoko was somewhat resistant to forming a band. After all... although what happened before was in the past, it was not completely over for Toyokawa Shoko.

"Of course, I also know that this is not an easy task, and I have made some preparations. Forget it, words are not enough, just follow me."

"Why?"

Although Toyokawa Shoko was somewhat reluctant, Duanmu Huai still took her out of the office and went to a recording studio.

"This place is mine."

Duanmu Huai walked into the recording studio, closed the door, and explained to the somewhat nervous Toyokawa Shoko. Of course, what he said was not wrong. Duanmu Huai had so many companies under his control, all of which were related to performing arts, and of course there were many places like recording and videotaping.

"One of the reasons I asked you to come here is that I was attracted by your ability to arrange music."

"The ability to arrange music, eh?"

"Well, I'm going to sing a song next, and I hope you can compose music based on the lyrics. Do you understand me?"

"Ah, yeah, I understand..."

"Okay, listen to me."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai cleared his throat. Fengchuan Xiangzi sat obediently on the chair next to him, looking at Duanmu Huai with puzzled eyes. After all, she still didn't understand what Duanmu Huai wanted to do. Although it was a general trend for girls to form a band, looking at Duanmu Huai's appearance, it didn't seem like a whim, but more like a job.

Has Strawberry PRO taken over this kind of work recently?

Just when Toyokawa Shoko was puzzled, Duanmu Huai opened his mouth, and then a loud voice emerged from it.

That's not singing.

Fengchuan Xiangzi realized this in an instant. Unlike the melody and jumping rhythm, Duanmu Huai was not singing, but chanting. The sound from his mouth reminded Fengchuan Xiangzi of the choir chorus he had listened to in the church on Christmas.

Soft, smooth, and filled with a sense of ethereality and sacredness.

Not only that, the language he sang was a language that Toyokawa Shoko had never heard before. It was obviously not Japanese, but it didn't sound like English, German, French or anything like that. Strictly speaking, for some reason, Toyokawa Shoko always felt that this was not a language that existed in this world, but more like a language from another world...

Not only that, if Toyokawa Shoko were to describe it, the feeling it gives people would be like - sacred, ethereal and shocking from the soul.

It was not a kind of entertainment where girls sang and danced, but more like some grandiose… chanting that seemed to involve the concept of the entire world. Even though Toyokawa Shoko did not understand the words sung by Duanmu Huai, she could feel that this singing style and phrases had already surpassed the mundane concept, as if they were reaching the sky…

“Pah.”

At this moment, suddenly, the originally dim lights around suddenly lit up, which scared Toyokawa Shoko, who thought someone was coming. Looking closely, he found that the entire recording studio was still quiet. There was no one except himself and Duanmu Huai, and Duanmu Huai also stopped at this time.

"Oh, nothing, normal situation."

"Yes, is it?"

"Well, the wiring here has some bad contact, it happens all the time."

Of course, this was all Duanmu Huai's nonsense. Every time he sang hymns, the electronic devices around him would react unconsciously, although this was normal from a certain perspective.

After all, it is a praise of the machine soul...

"So, what do you think?"

Duanmu Huai directly changed the topic and looked at Toyokawa Shoko, who was stunned for a moment and nodded vigorously.

"It sounds really nice. How should I put it? It doesn't feel like ordinary music. It feels sacred and profound! But... doesn't it have a melody?"

"No, so I want you to compose the music."

After all, this is a hymn to the machine spirit, so of course there is no accompaniment.

"And this word... I have never heard of this language..."

"Just think of it as a language from another world. It's actually my creation."

Duanmu Huai said that it was a rare opportunity for him to be a plagiarist, after all, he really didn't have the patience to do this - no, this thing originally belonged to the tribunal, and what belongs to the tribunal belongs to the judge, so it originally belonged to him.

"Um……………"

In fact, Toyokawa Shoko didn't really believe what Duanmu Huai said. Although she didn't understand what the words were, at least she could hear that the words were quite coherent, and the emotions were layered and connected. It was a completely mature language. Could it be that Duanmu Huai was thinking about these weird things when he had nothing to do?

In fact, this is the best solution Duanmu Huai has come up with so far.

There are so many bands, and if you want to stand out from the crowd, you must be fresh. Of course, it is meaningless to be unconventional, at least you have to come up with something to be popular. So Duanmu Huai came up with this idea - Duanmu Huai knew the hymns from the Tower World, after all, these were used to praise the machine soul, and Duanmu Huai certainly learned them. In other words, because those Revatiers were Duanmu Huai's devout believers, the content of the hymns they knew was naturally stored in Duanmu Huai's soul realm.

It's like the collections in a library, you just need to take it out and use it when necessary.

As for pronunciation and so on, Duanmu Huai has asked Kurokawa Akane to find a teacher from the LALALAI troupe to help with guidance. Fortunately, the physical fitness of this person is very good. As long as he practices hard and combines this unique singing method, he will definitely be a great success.

But one person is not enough.

“So I need a band.”

Duanmu Huai stared at Toyokawa Shoko.

"Also, this time I don't plan to rely on our reputation to hype ourselves up from the beginning. Instead, I'm going to reach the highest point before revealing our true identity. It can be considered a marketing strategy."

This kind of marketing strategy is quite common in the film industry, but it is a bit unreasonable for a band to use this trick. After all, most bands are motivated by becoming famous as soon as possible.

However, Duanmu Huai wanted to stir up people's emotions as much as possible, so the best way was to play hard to get. As long as the band continued to be famous, people would pay more and more attention to them. When it reached the highest point, it would be completely heated up. Although with Duanmu Huai's popularity, even if he just promoted that he was going to form a band, it would cause a lot of noise.

But... this isn't dramatic enough after all.

Moreover, Duanmu Huai also knew the trouble with his fame. Once his true identity was exposed, various programs would come to him for participation.

After all, I was just acting in movies before, so if it had nothing to do with movies, I could just refuse. But if I wanted to form a band, there would be too many people who wanted to get in on the fun.

After all, Duanmu Huai is still lazy.

"I see."

After listening to Duanmu Huai's explanation, Toyokawa Shoko was silent for a moment and raised his head.

“………………Although I don’t know how far I can go, I want to give it a try.”

"Oh, no problem, go for it, I believe you."

In fact, with Duanmu Huai's reputation, if he really wanted to find a big name in the music industry to cooperate, it would be a matter of minutes. However, since the GM has given a hint, Duanmu Huai decided to follow the advice and go directly with the route of the numerous girl bands.

Besides, forming a band with young and beautiful girls always makes people happy, right?

It has to be said that Toyokawa Shoko did have some musical talent. After a week, Duanmu Huai, who was already a little impatient, finally got a sample of the music from Toyokawa Shoko.

"Will it take so long?"

After receiving the demo, Duanmu Huai was surprised to see Toyokawa Shoko, whose eyes were dark and could not hide her tiredness and excitement. He thought the music arrangement was quite simple, after all, he had already sung the rhythm, so all Toyokawa Shoko had to do was to follow the rhythm and make the music.

"I want to do my best, and it takes a lot of combinations."

Toyokawa Shoko was also somewhat excited. Although Duanmu Huai's unique hymn was the main attraction of this kind of performance, the beautiful music was the icing on the cake. Although Duanmu Huai might think that playing a triangle and a harmonica would be acceptable, Toyokawa Shoko obviously would not compromise like this.

Duanmu Huai only cares about whether it sounds good or not, but Fengchuan Xiangzi considers more. After all, this is a band and they need to perform together on stage. Moreover, it is often much more difficult to add icing on the cake than to send timely help. After all, the expectation of sending timely help is not high and it is easy to satisfy.

But the icing on the cake is different, especially the brand new style of hymns sung by Duanmu Huai. If it is messed up, it will have the opposite effect. Therefore, in order to cooperate with Duanmu Huai's performance, Toyokawa Xiangzi also thought of countless combinations, and arranged the music again and again, and finally came up with a result that she thought was satisfactory.

“As for instruments, I think keyboard and violin are necessary.”

At this point, Toyokawa Shoko bit her lip. Generally speaking, few bands use violins, but Duanmu Huai's hymns are different. Whether it is entering or leaving, the melodious and gorgeous sound of the violin is necessary, just like the curtain of the stage is opened, and the thin and luxurious silk gauze is pulled to both sides, bringing a grand opening to the audience.

The heavy tones of the keyboard form the foundation of the altar, and the elegance of the violin brings a gorgeous unveiling, all of which are necessary.

Then come the guitar and bass - not to mention the bass. In most bands, the guitar is the core of the core, but in this band, the importance of the guitar can only be ranked behind the keyboard and violin, responsible for embellishment like a flower, while the soft tone of the bass will turn into a breeze and send it to the ears of the listeners.

"No drums? I remember bands usually have drums."

Duanmu Huai listened to the sample and asked curiously, while Toyokawa Shoko shook his head.

“But then the numbers wouldn’t be right.”

Is the number of people wrong? There are only five of us, keyboard, violin, guitar, bass, and myself. One more person won't cause any harm. There is no law stipulating that a girl band can only have five people. Will it explode if we have six? By the way, didn't your previous band with five people also explode?

Of course, Duanmu Huai didn't need to say this to Toyokawa Shoko, as she would definitely get angry when she heard it.

“Also, we’re not following the rock route, so the drums don’t play a big role.”

"Um……………"

That's true. Hymns are supposed to be sacred and solemn. How can it be turned into rock music? Who will be held responsible if the machine soul is overloaded with excitement?

“I’ll play the keyboard.”

Shoko Toyokawa quickly began the next step of her report.

"I will be responsible for finding the guitar and bass, but it may be more difficult to find the violinist..."

"Let me ask."

Duanmu Huai took out his cell phone and walked aside, then came back after a moment.

"Well, we found a violinist, Akane, and she said she's very good at it."

"Akaon? Is that the talented actor Kurokawa Akane?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Toyokawa Shoko was somewhat surprised. She didn't expect that the other party would actually join the band.

Of course, if it was someone else’s band, Kurokawa Akane wouldn’t participate, but Duanmu Huai…

"That's settled then."

Duanmu Huai took out his cell phone and glanced at it. In fact, if we talk about the violinist in Duanmu Huai's mind, Mary must be the first. Unfortunately, Mary is not in this world, so he can only settle for the second best.

"Then, let's meet at the studio in three days for our first rehearsal!"

Then he made a decisive decision.

Speed ​​is of the essence in war.

The search for members was quite quick. Toyokawa Shoko quickly found a guitar and a bass. As for the drummer, she once recommended a host called Meow Mengqin to Duanmu Huai, but Duanmu Huai directly rejected it.

"That woman is no good. She looks like an idiot who will get into trouble."

So in the end, the plan to add a drummer to the band was cancelled, and then three days later, Duanmu Huai also met the other members of the band in the recording studio.

The guitar was an acquaintance - Ruo Ye Mu. It must be said that Duanmu Huai was somewhat surprised to see her. After all, in Duanmu Huai's impression, Ruo Ye Mu was the kind of introverted girl who didn't like to talk. It was really hard for Duanmu Huai to imagine that she could play the guitar.

I don’t know if Wakaba Mu has the magical skill of playing the guitar with his teeth.

As for the other one……

"My name is Hachiman Kailing."

Appearing in front of Duanmu Huai and others was a girl who looked expressionless and very calm.

"I'm currently serving as a member of about 30 bands. Please give me your guidance. However, only about 10 bands are actually still active."

"???"

Duanmu Huai looked at Hachiman Kailing with a confused look on his face, then at Toyokawa Shoko - is it really okay for you to find someone who can say "I cured thirty patients, and ten of them are still alive"?

"Yawata-san's skills are worthy of recognition."

Okay, if you say it seriously, I will listen seriously.

"I'm Duanmu Ai, this is Kurokawa Akane, hello."

Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane also greeted the two. Strictly speaking, among the five people, only Hachiman Kailing was an outsider, and the others knew each other. But as for the bass… it didn't make much difference whether there was one or not, and Hachiman Kailing didn't seem to be someone who particularly cared about such things. Perhaps this was the value of being able to play the role of thirty bands at the same time.

“Also, I set the background.”

"???"

Seeing Toyokawa Shoko excitedly taking out a notebook, Duanmu Huai suddenly had a very bad premonition.

"I think that since everyone is wearing a mask, we might as well use different identities and code names. This is how I set it up..."

Listening to Toyokawa Shoko's enthusiastic explanation, Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane looked at each other in bewilderment. In short, Toyokawa Shoko set up a world view in which they were all abandoned puppets who then gained souls, and the concert was like inviting the audience to a dinner party, etc. Toyokawa Shoko even suggested making use of Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane's acting skills and inserting a few short skits in the show.

No, this is too childish!

Although he was also a bit childish when he performed in the stage play Tokyo BLADE, it was a 2.5D comic adaptation, so it was normal to be a bit childish.

But now, this band is my own!

Moreover, Toyokawa Shoko also gave everyone code names, such as Oblivionis, Timoris and other messy things... Wow, Duanmu Huai got goose bumps just by hearing it!

So, is this a LIVE or a stage play?

I really didn't realize that this young lady has such a middle school side...

Faced with Toyokawa Shoko's enthusiastic explanation, Duanmu Huai sighed silently.

"Start practicing. As for your setting... well, we'll talk about it later."

If possible, he didn't want to say anything at all.