Chapter 36 Finally, a victory!
Chapter 36 Finally, a victory!
Three days later, a space-themed symposium.
Zhou Xiaobai handed the sheet music for "We Are All Good Kids" to An Xixi.
"I can definitely learn this song within a week." Anxi took the sheet music and looked at it. She gritted her teeth and said, "We have to get revenge. Da Meili is so stingy. She beats the kids every day."
Last night, the two of them complained that Liu Xiaoli's fried rice wasn't good, so they decided to make it themselves. They added an extra spoonful of salt, and got beaten up again.
Zhou Xiaobai's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he nodded in agreement.
The forced interrogation of the past two days and the torture and beatings last night—this is new grudge.
The public spanking at school, which made the students laugh at me every day—this was an old grudge.
The two could not help but feel heartbroken.
Now, I'll give you the nickname "Big Beauty" to make you feel a little embarrassed.
The nickname "Da Meili" was a result of a private discussion between the two. The reason was that Liu Xiaoli and Zhou Wenqiong were both beautiful and pretty, and they both had big balloons, so the two of them together were "Da Meili".
In the past two days, Zhou Xiaobai has finally mastered the music composition skills on his social media platform, meeting the basic requirements for composing simplified musical scores.
Although the system promised to provide the full score and individual scores for the first copy assignment—that was the blueprint for the band's recording.
However, Zhou Xiaobai had considered that at this stage he only knew how to play the guitar and piano, and knew nothing about using other instruments.
The full score and individual parts involve various instruments, ranges, playing techniques, and harmonies... It is a vast and complex system.
Wang Shuzhen is indeed a music teacher and knows how to compose, but ultimately her abilities are limited, which Zhou Xiaobai will need to learn systematically in the future to overcome.
Furthermore, if you really have to create the full score and individual scores for an album yourself, then if any issues with professional accuracy are exposed during the recording, you'll be doomed.
So he figured it out: all he had to do was copy out the sheet music and clearly mark the instruments, atmosphere, and style of music he would be using.
As for the full score and individual scores—leave the professional work to the professionals; record companies can't just make money without doing any work.
Having mastered the art of musical notation, Zhou Xiaobai didn't stop for a moment. With the full cooperation of Wang Shuzhen, they created the song "We Are All Good Kids".
Everything is settled now, except for Anxixi's singing.
"Mmm, mmm, mmm! Sisi, it's all up to you now." Zhou Xiaobai praised, "During winter break, the record company will come to discuss the contract. Once the album is released, we'll have money and fame, and then we'll slap Da Meili in the face."
A couple of days ago, one of Wang Shuzhen's students came to visit her—from the record company.
Zhou Xiaobai and An Qianqian were also present, and the two sides reached a basic agreement.
"Yeah, Da Meili calls us idiots and morons now, but they're the morons themselves." An Qianqian held a grudge even more. I accept being called idiots, but I don't accept being called morons. I'm a smart person.
After saying that, she seemed to remember something: "Let me tell you, the money has to be in my account, so you don't spend it recklessly, understand?"
Anxi's eyes widened as she forced Zhou Xiaobai to agree to this unequal treaty.
During this time, Anxixi found an excuse to ask her mother to take her to get an ID card.
As soon as they received their ID cards yesterday, the two of them dragged Wang Shuzhen to the bank and opened bank accounts together.
I wonder who An Qianqian learned this from, wanting to be a housekeeper at such a young age. Her parents have become financially independent in recent years, so she might have learned it from her mother.
"You..." Zhou Xiaobai suddenly felt a darkness in his life. Money is a man's backbone, and although he was still a little kid, his backbone was now broken in two.
"I'm your older sister, it's only right that I manage the money, do you hear me?" Anxi put down the playlist and opened her blood-red mouth wide.
"Okay, okay..." Zhou Xiaobai pouted so much her lips could hang an oil bottle, feeling incredibly wronged.
Anxi took out two lollipops: "That's a good boy, this is a reward for you." She peeled off the coating, licked each one to taste which one tasted better, and finally stuffed the red one into Zhou Xiaobai's mouth.
Zhou Xiaobai frowned in disgust and said, "Hurry up, finish eating and learn to sing."
Zhou Xiaobai has a deeper understanding of vocal music than An Qianqian—he can listen to the songs in the audio-visual library in his mind, which is an exclusive privilege of the system master.
However, Anxixi has a better voice, mainly because most of these nursery rhymes are suitable for little girls to sing.
"Mmm-hmm!" Anxi nodded, her actions decisive as she was driven by both dreams and hatred.
She took the lollipop out of her mouth and shoved it into Zhou Xiaobai's mouth. She then picked up "We Are All Good Kids" and started reading it carefully.
With the infinite time of space, Anxixi has now learned to read all the characters and can understand musical scores.
Despite her usual fearlessness, she was still a little nervous when she tried singing for the first time without any guidance.
Zhou Xiaobai sang "Learn to Meow" first, and since he had no singing skills at the time, she ridiculed him. She was not afraid of being worse, but she would play the drums if she was better.
Furthermore, "Learn to Meow" is sung in its original form, without any technique. The line "Let's meow together, I'll act cute in front of you" is just her true nature.
After a long while, An Qianqian looked at Zhou Xiaobai with tears in her eyes.
She was faking her pitiful appearance; she just wanted Zhou Xiaobai to coax her.
Zhou Xiaobai wanted to laugh, but didn't dare.
Ugh!
He dared not be fierce to her, dared not scold her, and certainly not hit her. As long as An Qianqian acted cute and had tears in her eyes, Zhou Xiaobai's heart would melt.
But he still looked smug; an adult's thinking and learning methods were ultimately beyond An Qianqian's reach.
Having been called a "bad student" so many times, Zhou Xiaobai also had his pride. He often secretly practiced diligently in his space, hiding it from An Qianqian.
Now, in terms of music theory knowledge and singing skills, he is far superior to her.
According to Wang Shuzhen, they could all be An Qianqian's teachers.
Now, with the added benefit of "one-click learning," it's taken to another level.
But for the sake of achieving immortality, he patiently led Anxixi in singing...
"Again!"
Zhou Xiaobai's voice was gentle and full of forgiveness: "Come on, follow my voice and hum it out softly with an 'oh' sound."
He played the prelude on his guitar, slowly beginning the melody: "Push—open—the—window—to see the white birds on the horizon," each word seemed to be soaked in a clear spring before shining forth.
An Qianqian repeated each sentence slowly, mimicking Zhou Xiaobai's tone.
When Anxi whispered "white bird," Zhou Xiaobai called for a stop.
"You don't need to imitate my voice, use your own voice, your voice is very nice, use your silly..."
Seeing An Qianqian's wide eyes, Zhou Xiaobai quickly pointed to a small bird flying by and asked, "Look at these birds in the sky, do you feel happy and free, or lonely?"
These little birds were bought by An Qianqian and placed in her space. She said they made the place more lively. She even pestered Zhou Xiaobai to catch a lot of fish and put them in the lake.
An hour later.
"Your vocal cords are still developing, so you can't practice for too long each time, or you'll damage them." Zhou Xiaobai pulled An Qianqian to sit on the grass.
An Qianqian pouted and turned the tables, shifting all the blame onto Zhou Xiaobai: "Hmph! It's all your fault, why did you make it so hard to sing?"
Zhou Xiaobai decided to show off a bit. He flipped over and straddled An Qianqian, holding both of her hands with one hand while tickling her with the other: "Are you even being reasonable?! There's no law anymore!"
"Hehe...haha...let go...if you don't let go I won't forgive you...you..." Anxi's body kept rolling around, trying to shake off the person on top of her.
"Quickly say, 'I'm sorry, I was wrong,'" Zhou Xiaobai shouted.
"Haha...hehe...sorry, you're wrong..." Anxi seized on the words, trying to bluff her way out.
Having seized the initiative, Zhou Xiaobai continued to unleash his ultimate move.
"Haha...hehe...woo...woo...cough cough..." An Qianqian's snot and tears immediately covered Zhou Xiaobai's face.
As he was washing his face with water, An Qianqian grabbed his neck tightly and launched a counterattack: "Now you'd better admit you're wrong."
She wasn't afraid of falling into the lake at all. Besides, the temperature in the room was adjustable, and it was currently 26-7 degrees Celsius. If she fell in, she would just treat it as a swim.
Zhou Xiaobai, skilled in martial arts, was not concerned about the counterattack. He got up and hugged back, but An Qianqian immediately strangled him with her legs and wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm so happy, it's so good to have you." Anxi's mouthful of lollipop flavor wafted into his nose.
These words were tantamount to surrendering and admitting defeat, which made Zhou Xiaobai extremely proud—he had finally won a battle.
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