Cāi Cāi

Chapter 78: Act X: Singing In the Rain (3)

After thinking about it, Xiang Cai decided to have an interview with the music director.

In fact, not only did he want to meet Yao Yin, but Yao Yin also wanted to meet him.

This musical was called Waiting for the Midnight Sun. It is a story of a schizophrenic patient who sought to save himself. The original script came from an unknown autobiography, where the protagonist would often hear a voice speaking in his ear. This voice was not only his friend, but also his enemy. That voice would laugh at him, hurt him, and yet encouraged him.

There was a rumor on the market that this autobiographical novel was picked up by the actor Chang Yiheng. Now that its film remake had been approved, this would be Chang Yiheng's first self-directed and self-acted work.

With such a halo on its head, the musical project Waiting for the Midnight Sun progressed smoothly but with some difficulty.

The smooth part was that investments were easy to pull and directors were easy to find; the difficult part was that no musical actor dared to take it on, as everyone was afraid to be compared with the film emperor.

But when the crew eventually finalized a male lead, the other party actually dropped it! The crew begged grandpa to tell grandma to look around, and finally set their sights on Xiang Cai.

[T/N: beg grandpa to tell grandma = a saying that means to go through another layer of trouble to get something done]

Xiang Cai didn't know how big of a challenge he would face until the day he joined the group.

And the trouble didn't stop there - unexpectedly, it was a one-man show!!

Yes, that's right. They asked Xiang Cai to play twelve roles by himself, dressing up on the spot. Him, a single person, would sing and dance for two hours while interacting with the audience.

After Xiang Cai got the plot summary: "..."

He blinked and asked, "I haven't signed the contract yet, can I refuse this job?"

The producer smiled and stood up with the director, dragging the dying swan to Yao Yin's recording studio.

Yao Yin was actually the composer of the musical Waiting for the Midnight Sun. But because he was worried about the presentation of his work, he decided to be the music director as well.

Outsiders might think that both the songs and lines of a musical script were created by the one person. In fact, this was a very rare phenomenon. Usually, they'd find a composer to compose and fill in the lyrics after the script was completed.

In many cases, the position of music director was part-time; for example, they could usually be a pianist, a conductor, or even an actor.

Before meeting Yao Yin, Xiang Cai had fantasized the appearance of the crossover composer many times.

But he didn't expect Yao Yin... to have such a personality.

He couldn't tell how old he was - he might have been in his twenties, or maybe in his thirties. He would purse his mouth and look at Xiang Cai with a critical gaze, adding an unpredictable temperament to his neutral facial features. He tied his long hair into a small bun on the top of his head, and he had a row of earrings on each ear, all of which looked very valuable.

Under the cuffs of his sweater, a blue-black tattoo could be seen, the dense pattern covering Yao Yin's five fingers. It was not like a musician's hand at all - at least for the musicians Xiang Cai had met, in order to ensure the nerve sensitivity on their hands, they would not add a trace of anything on their fingers.

"Hello, Teacher Yao." Xiang Cai took the initiative to stretch out his hand.

"Don't call me teacher yet." Yao Yin's voice was cold as he interrupted him directly, "Let me hear how you sing."