Chapter 22

Fangcun Daoyou is very efficient; he found a music teacher who specializes in training singers just a day later.

Fangcun Daoyou brought Yongshan Zhishu to a Western-style building. The room was filled with musical instruments, various music books, and simple recording equipment, which should be convenient for teaching students to listen to their own voices.

"Mr. Zhishu, this is Professor Tokunaga Yukiko from the Toho Gakuen University." On the second floor, Yongshan Zhishu met a dignified lady in her forties, "She is also a specially appointed vocal teacher for our agency, having trained many idol singers~"

"Nice to meet you, Professor Tokunaga Yukiko. I am Yongshan Zhishu. Please take care of me from now on!" He bowed politely.

"Hi, nice to meet you, Mr. Zhishu. I'm glad to meet you." Tokunaga Yukiko seemed very pleased to see a young and handsome man.

"Since both of you have met, I'll leave it to you two." Fangcun Daoyou nodded at the two of them and then quietly went to work.

After the door closed, Tokunaga Yukiko served Zhishu a cup of hot tea and said, "When Mr. Daoyou mentioned it, I was quite curious. A songwriter who has a hit song but doesn't know how to compose music..."

"Hi, it was a sudden inspiration, and I've never studied music theory before." Yongshan Zhishu was straightforward, "Last time, I asked a friend to help me compose the music."

"So, you just have a bit of melody in your head?"

"No, Professor Yukiko." Yongshan Zhishu took out the lyrics he had already written, "I've already written the lyrics, and the melody is basically complete."

"Ah, so it's almost a complete song, then."

"Hi, from my perspective, I can sing it, but I can't let others know the melody or play it."

Tokunaga Yukiko took the lyrics: "This is quite unusual. I've met students who claim to create songs without knowing how to compose, but they usually just have a bit of melody."

"The lyrics are a bit sad," the teacher said after reading them.

"It's a song about a regretful love."

"I see. Then, Mr. Zhishu, could you please sing it a cappella? From the lyrics, it seems to be an excellent song. I'm looking forward to it~" Tokunaga Yukiko seemed moved by the lyrics and took a deep breath to calm herself.

Is music so emotionally rich? Yongshan Zhishu was a bit confused and then gently sang "Sakura ~Anata ni deaete yokatta~" (Cherry Blossoms, I'm Glad to Have Met You).

Although it's a song for a female singer, it has a unique flavor when sung by a male voice, especially with Yongshan Zhishu's clear and resonant voice, which has a quality like fine jade.

After the song, Tokunaga Yukiko seemed to be still immersed in it. Yongshan Zhishu couldn't help but call out, "Professor Yukiko?"

"Ah, indeed, it's a great song, and very touching~" Tokunaga Yukiko said, "But, Mr. Zhishu, it seems you haven't learned how to sing... Your technique is a bit off, even though you have a good voice."

"Ah?" -_-||

"Ha ha, then, Mr. Zhishu, let's start composing the music!" Tokunaga Yukiko was very excited and began working immediately.

Yongshan Zhishu didn't even have time to drink his tea and started working with the teacher on the composition.

As expected, she is a professional. The work that took three days with Hoshino Reimi was much faster with Tokunaga Yukiko. After listening to the song once, she quickly wrote down the basic melody and had Yongshan Zhishu hum it a few times to refine the details.

Finally, she played it on the piano at home and had Yongshan Zhishu make corrections.

In total, it took about three hours to complete the composition.

"Thank you, Professor Yukiko. The previous composition took three days with a friend, but it's done in less than an afternoon now."

Tokunaga Yukiko was relatively calm: "It's just transcribing the music. What's so difficult about that?"

She thought about the many students she had met who wanted to compose but couldn't: "The truly difficult part is the process of creating the music. Not many songwriters can come up with such excellent melodies, like Mr. Zhishu."

Yongshan Zhishu was a bit embarrassed, after all, he was replicating "future knowledge": "I was just lucky."

Then, he thought about the request to have Itou Shuichi and others listen to it, so he said to Tokunaga Yukiko: "Professor Yukiko, I'm a bit embarrassed, but could you please record it for me? I want the agency to hear the complete song."

"Recording is no problem, but without accompaniment... Can you play the piano, Mr. Zhishu?" Tokunaga Yukiko asked.

"Um, I can't..."

"Ha ha, I should have guessed." Tokunaga Yukiko thought for a moment, "How about you sing it yourself? Your voice is very good."

"Ah, but you just said my singing technique was off?"

"No problem, just one song. I'll correct you as we go." Tokunaga Yukiko said this was part of her job.

With that, what could Yongshan Zhishu do... "Hi, I'll give it a try."

Indeed, it was just a matter of singing a song. After a few corrections, Yongshan Zhishu could sing it smoothly.

Then, the music teacher put a blank tape into the recorder and started playing the piano accompaniment, signaling Yongshan Zhishu to start singing.

Unexpectedly, everything went so quickly. The demo version of the famous song "Sakura ~Anata ni deaete yokatta~" (Cherry Blossoms, I'm Glad to Have Met You) was recorded.

Watching Tokunaga Yukiko skillfully label the tape with the song title, singer, lyricist, and composer, it seemed that composing and singing weren't that difficult...

Yongshan Zhishu thought that he might recall more songs in the future and that composing might be necessary, so he asked: "Professor Yukiko, can I learn composition and singing from you?"

Tokunaga Yukiko noticed Yongshan Zhishu's interest in learning more: "Of course, the agency has entrusted me to train artists."

"Especially someone as handsome and talented as Mr. Zhishu~"

Finished, is this teacher also after my good looks?

...

...

Since starting to work out and pay attention to his appearance, Yongshan Zhishu has experienced a level of attention he never had before. On the street, he is occasionally approached by young girls.

Fortunately, he is usually a homebody and doesn't go out much, and he always has a car to pick him up and drop him off.

No wonder handsome guys always wear sunglasses...

While lost in these thoughts, Fangcun Daoyou parked the car under an apartment building in Waseda.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Daoyou."

"Of course, it's my job as a manager, um... it's the agency's responsibility." Fangcun Daoyou almost treated Yongshan Zhishu like an artist from the agency.

"Ha ha, Mr. Daoyou, please give this demo tape to Mr. Itou Shuichi and see if it can be used as background music for GG."

"Hi, I'll make sure to deliver it."

"Thank you very much."

Until he couldn't see Fangcun Daoyou's car anymore, Yongshan Zhishu went upstairs.

While walking, he thought, it seems I really need to buy a car...

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