Chapter 54: Spring Day Before getting off work, Jin Shiming finally signed TO on a box of albums and had the staff move them to the practice room. A group of trainees immediately surrounded it, and if you didn’t know, you would think it was the Peninsula version of the zero-dollar shopping event. At the critical moment, it was Jin Shaoqing, the eldest sister among the trainees, who spoke up and stopped the crowd from snatching. After distributing all the albums one by one, Jin Shaoqing was left with only her own copy. She had just noticed that the content of the TO signature Jin Shiming wrote for each trainee was different. It was obvious that he wrote it with care and not mass-produced for wholesale. For example, the TO sign written by Jin Shiming for Jin Shizheng is "forever healthy, happy and blessed", the TO sign written for Cui Yuna is "the future number one lead singer of the third-generation girl group", and the TO sign written for Ding Enfei is "grow taller"... Even the two new trainees Cheng Xiao and Saito Asuka, Jin Shiming sent their unique blessings. Therefore, Jin Shaoqing is very much looking forward to what kind of blessing Jin Shiming will write for her? She glanced at the title. Jin Shiming did not choose a name that would avoid suspicion, but instead used the more intimate nickname "Ah Qing".
Jin Shaoqing subconsciously glanced around. Everyone was holding their own albums happily, and no one noticed that her signature was different. Although it was not something shameful, she still felt guilty and was afraid that others would see it. After secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Jin Shaoqing found a corner and carefully read the contents of the TO signature. To her great disappointment, the blessing message Jin Shiming left for her was much simpler than those left by others, consisting of only three English words. "'Here we are', what does this mean?" Jin Shaoqing couldn't help but fall into deep thought. She could naturally understand such a simple English sentence. But it was precisely because she knew the literal meaning of this sentence that she became even more puzzled, and always felt that there must be some deeper meaning in it. After much thought, Jin Shaoqing still couldn't guess the "riddle" left by Jin Shiming, so she had to ask for help from Jin Yiyuan, who had attended an international kindergarten since childhood and was fluent in English. "Yiyuan, I need your help now!" Jin Shaoqing said seriously. Seeing that this sister had a serious look on her face, as if she had encountered some big trouble, Jin Yiyuan felt the pressure increase sharply. I’m just the maknae with limited abilities. Can I really solve a problem that even my unnie can’t solve on her own? Thinking of how Jin Shaoqing had taken care of him and others like a mother during these days, Jin Yiyuan made up his mind and replied, "Shaoqing, as long as I can do it, I will do my best to help!" "I just want to ask you, how many meanings does the English sentence 'Here we are' have?" Jin Shaoqing asked straight to the point. "Mo? Is this what you mean by help?" Jin Yiyuan was stunned. He never expected it to develop like this. "Yes! Please, Yiyuan! Your English is so good, you must know it!" Jin Shaoqing nodded firmly to confirm. "This sentence literally means 'we are here', and it is often extended to mean 'we have arrived'," Jin Yiyuan said without hesitation. While answering, she glanced at Jin Shaoqing with a strange expression, thinking that this sister's English couldn't be so bad that she couldn't even understand such basic sentences, right? "I know all of these! In addition to these two common translations, are there any other special uses?" Jin Shaoqing asked. "Other special uses? Well, depending on the context, this sentence can sometimes be understood as 'that's why we meet by chance' or something like that." Jin Yiyuan thought seriously for a while and began to explain. That’s why we met by chance! What a chance!
"That's it! That's right!" Jin Shaoqing was certain that this was the code left by Jin Shiming! In her joy, Jin Shaoqing couldn't help hugging Jin Yiyuan and teasing her like a child. "Our Yiyuan, you are indeed a young lady with excellent character and academic performance! You are so cute, Ouni Bobo!" Jin Shaoqing looked like she had drunk fake alcohol. Jin Yiyuan was worried. Could it be that this sister was completely broken because of too much pressure recently? …… Out of anticipation and curiosity about Jin Shiming's new album, the trainees did not rush home after class, but could not wait to play the newly acquired album on the equipment in the practice room. As the first of four albums, the mini album "Spring" contains a total of 8 songs. Among the 8 songs, excluding the album's INTRO song, the Inst version of the title song, and the pre-release song "Haru Ai Sakura", there are actually only 5 real new songs. The INTRO song began to play, and an electronic string music came out from the speakers. "It sounds a bit sad. Is this really the melody of spring?" Choi Yuna looked down at the album in her hand, making sure she didn't put in the wrong disc. This INTRO song completely subverts the sweet atmosphere of early spring in the previous song "Spring Love Sakura". The first impression it gives is more like a cold winter day covered with snow than spring. "The next song, 'Spring Day', is the title song of this album! It should be very nice to be able to squeeze out 'Spring Love Sakura' from the title song!" Ding Enfei said with great anticipation. However, the prelude of the title song "Spring Day" basically continues the style of the INTRO song and has no flavor of spring at all. The double bass and electronic piano, combined with the mechanized, crisp percussion beats, give people a feeling of closure, crampedness, darkness and depression. "Listen carefully, the arrangement is looping and rising." Kim Sejeong said suddenly. With the addition of more instruments, the originally closed and depressing melody becomes fuller and brighter. "I miss you~After I said it out loud~I miss you even more~~~" Jin Shiming's singing voice sounded, and the tone was very different from the previous "Spring Love Sakura". "Is this a distortion of the human voice to enhance the electronic style?" Huang Enfei likes this style of music very much and shakes her head to the beat. "It shouldn't be that the vocals were processed, it's just that President Nim changed his singing style." Choi Yuna corrected. "Oppa increased the proportion of breath when mixing voices, which made his originally very clear voice have a bit of hazy beauty." Kim Sejeong added. Well, to some extent, it is similar to JYP's ancestral "semi-air" singing method, the difference lies in the position of the resonance. As two promising lead vocalists among the trainees with the strongest singing skills, Choi Yuna and Kim Sejeong naturally know how difficult it is to change their usual singing style in order to fit the style of the song. Why do many singers always give people the feeling that their songs are highly homogenized? This is precisely because of the singer's unchanging musical style and his inherent singing method that has long been confined to his comfort zone. On the other hand, those excellent singers can still give people a refreshing feeling when they sing their old songs again after many years. Because they are constantly developing their own functions and adjusting their singing methods according to their own circumstances to avoid hoarseness as much as possible. In the song "Spring Day", Jin Shiming changed the singing style and techniques that he rarely uses. However, the effect was so good that Huang Enfei and others thought it was due to the use of technology. From this we can see how terrifying Jin Shiming's singing skills are.
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