Chapter 197: A Perfect Score on Reading Comprehension: Is

In another recording studio, Hua Chenyu wore a face full of smugness.

He pulled out paper and pen and began to scribble and sketch.

"This song is something I just wrote."

"Writing songs is like this—when inspiration strikes, writing one is just something that follows naturally."

The band members off to the side couldn't help but let a trace of contempt show in their eyes.

Just wrote it? Then what was all that stuff we were working on day after day recently?

Forget it, if he says he just wrote it, then he just wrote it—who asked them to pay so much anyway.

Before long, Hua Chenyu had already walked over with the paper in hand.

"Teachers of the band, I have already written the song—would you take a look first?"

"As for the arrangement, I probably have an idea too."

"Let's touch base in a bit and aim to wrap it up in two days, yeah?"

The band members nodded and, following the script, began chattering away all at once.

"Huahua is really amazing, worthy of being a songwriting prodigy of the Chinese music scene."

"Being able to take part in recording a song like this is our honor."

"Recording something out in such a short time—that'll cost extra… oh no, I mean we need to step up the rehearsals."

……

"Alright, alright, let's get to work—who's going first?"

Liu Huan had finally figured it out: so the person Deng Ziqi had been talking about was actually Su Meng?

For a moment, he felt a bit awkward and hurriedly changed the subject.

"My song is just missing Su Meng's suona—how about we record mine first?"

Deng Ziqi hurriedly jumped in.

"They've never recorded a song before and aren't too familiar with it, so let me set an example for them first."

Su Meng thought it over and said casually.

"Sure, then you record first. There's quite a bit to record today."

"Once you're done, I'll record my funeral piece—there's still other songs after that."

The staff member beside them had already nimbly handed over the suona sheet music.

Deng Ziqi was still explaining off to the side.

"This piece is called 'A Peach Blossom Promise'—it's a theme song custom-made for a TV drama."

"The suona isn't especially important here, just a little embellishment."

"But when performing it, you need to convey sorrow, lingering tenderness, and reluctance to part."

"That emotion isn't easy to express—you'll need to try a few times… Su Meng, what are you doing?"

She was still speaking when she saw Su Meng glance over the sheet music twice, pick up the suona, and head straight for the recording studio, and hurriedly grabbed him.

Su Meng gave her a strange look.

"What else? Record. Finish it sooner, get my funeral piece done sooner."

"No, aren't you going to practice first?"

"For a little job like this, do I still need to practice? What a waste of time…"

Su Meng shook his head and ducked straight into the recording studio.

His suona skill was a godlike, divine-level technique!

He only needed to glance at the sheet music once, and he naturally understood exactly what to do.

Deng Ziqi still wanted to say something, but Liu Huan cut her off directly.

"Ziqi, don't fuss for now—let Su Meng record a take first, just relax."

He knew Meng's technique perfectly well, so naturally he was full of confidence.

Deng Ziqi looked at one, then the other, and let out a helpless sigh.

So because it isn't your song, you just don't care, huh?

……

The soundproofing of the recording studio naturally went without saying.

Behind the thick glass, apart from the sound engineer wearing monitor headphones who could hear the sounds inside, the others could only see Su Meng's movements.

The piece wasn't long, and before long Su Meng walked back out again.

Liu Huan patted the sound engineer on the shoulder.

"Old Tian, how was it?"

The sound engineer took off his headphones and let out a long sigh.

"Boss, let's discuss something—how about you give me a 5% discount on the fee for this one song?"

??? A bunch of question marks floated up over everyone's heads.

The sound engineer explained.

"Teacher Su's technique really needs no further praise."

"Not only did he nail it in one take, it was far, far better than I imagined."

"All I need to do now is some track layering and tweak the volume and reverb, and this song is done!"

Huh? Deng Ziqi jumped up at once.

"Teacher Tian, you're saying my song is finished?"

The sound engineer, nimbly working the equipment with both hands, stole a moment to point and say.

"There are headphones over there. Listen for yourself."

"This song of yours... is a bit unworthy of Teacher Su's suona..."

Deng Ziqi was nearly numb with shock and hurriedly put on the headphones.

A moment later, her gaze instantly went blank, and she murmured to herself.

"This is... my song? Why do I feel like the suona has... lifted my song to a whole new level?"

"Little Martial Uncle has worked hard. Quick, have some water and wipe your sweat."

Seeing Su Meng come out, Xiao Xiao Yueyue hurried forward to greet him.