When all the orchestras had finished their performances, the gold medal undoubtedly went to the folk orchestra.
Before going on stage, Xiaochun, Xiaotang and others felt as if they were dreaming, their steps felt as light as if they were stepping on cotton.
Ying Wenlin looked at them and scolded them for being useless, but his eyes were full of smiles.
"I'm too nervous. Can you help me check if the back of my clothes is wrinkled?" Xiao Tang breathed a sigh of relief and gently poked Xu Qiao beside him.
Xu Qiao took a look and said, "Not wrinkled."
Xiao Tang smiled, feeling relieved, and touched him with his arm: "Hey, isn't there a show to entertain you after the awards ceremony? Are you ready?"
After the ceremony, the orchestra leaders who won the gold, silver and bronze awards will present solo pieces to celebrate the successful conclusion of this exchange meeting.
Since it is a program to entertain the audience, the requirements are not that high. It is enough as long as it can liven up the atmosphere. The audience is very tolerant of this.
Xu Qiao nodded: "Ask the guest."
This piece of music is an elementary exercise piece composed by the folk music orchestra. It has a brisk rhythm, is easy and smooth, and is not very difficult.
Xiao Tang wanted to say a few more words, but when he saw the etiquette lady coming over to lead them to the stage, he straightened his back, straightened his clothes, and followed her.
Under the gaze of audiences around the world, this group of black-haired, yellow-skinned Orientals walked to the center of the stage one by one.
In the previous rounds, the media was forbidden to take photos in order not to affect the orchestra's performance. Now there is no such concern, and the flashes have been clicking non-stop since the moment they came out.
The award ceremony attracted worldwide attention. This time, there were many more media outlets in the audience, and the logos of several Chinese TV stations could be seen.
Ying Wenlin looked at the crowd of audience members, most of whom had Western faces, and was in a trance for a moment.
He really didn't expect that the folk music band could get to this point.
He couldn't help but look at Xu Qiao beside him.
This is an exchange meeting held every five years and the biggest event in the music industry.
CCTV Music Channel broadcast the award ceremony in its entirety, and party media, official media, and major Vs reported and reprinted related news.
The ratings are rising steadily, and the data in the live broadcast rooms of online platforms are also being updated rapidly.
The huge crystal chandelier in the concert hall emitted a light that was not dazzling. Mr. Maltz, one of the greatest musicians of the last century who is still alive, walked slowly onto the stage with the help of his students.
He took the golden trophy handed over by the etiquette lady and handed it to Ying Wenlin solemnly.
Ying Wenlin bowed, took it and thanked him.
At this moment, the screen was filled with so many comments that the content of the picture was almost invisible.
[The Chinese Folk Orchestra has brought glory to the country, congratulations!!]
[Qiao fans cried excitedly]
[I am proud of it]
Malz glanced at everyone and finally said in English with a strong Italian accent, "You all exude vigor and concentration on music. This is great. Everyone is great."
“The three works of art brought by the folk music ensemble will be passed down through the ages. I look forward to your future performances.”
All the audiences applauded in respect. Malz nodded to Xu Qiao again and walked off the stage slowly.
After the applause slowly died down, everyone was waiting for the leader of the folk music band to speak.
Ying Wenlin slightly raised the trophy in his hand towards the camera.
Over the years, they have taken too many detours, been questioned and ridiculed. They want to work hard, but can't find the direction to work towards.
It wasn't until I participated in a traditional Chinese music variety show that I accidentally heard Xu Qiao playing the sanxian.
If someone records all of this in the future, they will probably regard that Sanxian playing as an important node in the history of folk music development. The author will probably describe it like this: "No one at the time thought that this piece of music played in the countryside would turn a corner in the development of folk music symphony..."
At that time, Ying Wenlin just wanted to bring over Xu Qiao, a good talent. He couldn't miss such a talent, but he really didn't expect that his joining would bring much change to the folk music symphony.
After all, it is a road that has been explored for decades with no hope in sight.
Ying Wenlin is ready to wait for the younger generations, and their younger generations' younger generations, to slowly explore.
Who could have thought that this journey, like a dream, would actually come true.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Ying Wenlin finally spoke: "The road to the folk music symphony is not all smooth sailing. We have encountered many difficulties. The children and I were also frustrated and doubtful that it was really impossible to make it."
After a pause, he continued: "But now you see the charm and potential of folk music."
"In artistic pursuit, we don't compete for the first place, but for continuous expression. I have always hoped that through our efforts, we can explore a new development path suitable for folk music."
Facing the camera, he described in detail how Xu Qiao wrote the theory of consonance in the folk music orchestra's lounge, and how he arranged music day and night to complete the arrangement of three symphonies.
Ying Wenlin's eyes moistened, and his voice became more steady and powerful: "And now, "Suzhou Moonlight Night", "Elegy", and "Nuwa" will be milestone works in the history of the development of Chinese folk music ensemble. This is a reform of folk music symphony, and the reform starts from today, from Xu Qiao."
The powerful words stunned the domestic audience.
The translator simultaneously translated his words into English and conveyed them to the audience, and people's faces were moved.
They knew that they were witnessing the birth of history. From then on, the path of folk music symphony had a clear direction.
Ying Wenlin turned around, put the trophy in Xu Qiao's hand, hugged him tightly, and patted his shoulder: "Good boy."
The applause from the audience was thunderous.
Domestic mainstream media highly praised their success with the title "The reform of folk music symphony starts from today, starting from Xu Qiao" by Ying Wenlin.
The directors, actors and program crews that Xu Qiao has worked with also sent their congratulations.
Joe’s fans were as excited as if it was Chinese New Year, and the super topic was refreshed very quickly.
[When my brother looked towards the camera, the bright lights of the magnificent music hall were reflected in his eyes. It was so beautiful]
[Ahh, let’s see if anyone else says that our Qiao Qiao is not worthy of Xu Siyi!!! I will be the first one to go up and tear his mouth apart!!]
[Wow, who would have thought that I was just a fan of my brother at first, but my brother gave me so many surprises]
[I can’t wait to walk out like a crab and tell everyone I’m a big fan of Qiao Qiao, hahahahahaha]
The trolls who had been dedicated to discrediting Xu Qiao have stopped talking, and Xu Siyi's only fans who refused to accept their relationship have also remained silent.
It's impossible to criticize him. CCTV has come out to endorse him and highly praised his artistic achievements. How else can they criticize him
Joe's fans were overjoyed, but suddenly realized something was wrong.
How come my Qiao Qiao is so powerful, but her boyfriend Xu Siyi doesn’t say a word
So many friends in the circle sent congratulations on Weibo immediately, why didn’t he make any response
So, rumors emerged that Xu Qiao went abroad for exchange and that the relationship between the two had changed after being separated for too long.
Before her fans could be happy, Xu Siyi posted on Weibo.
A photo of Xu Qiao standing on the stage of a music hall. The soft light from above shines on the boy, and he seems to be surrounded by a halo, young, handsome, and exceptionally tall.
Just a photo, nothing to say? Wait—
The onlookers finally realized that something was wrong. Why did this photo look so much like it was taken from the audience
The live camera swept across the audience, and the girl with the magnifying glass finally identified the young man wearing a baseball cap sitting in the middle seat. It was clearly Xu Siyi.
When did you go to Vienna? You were busy running announcements a few days ago, how come you went to Vienna without a word
When the audience was watching Ying Wenlin speaking, Xu Qiao was listening with her eyes downcast. It seemed as if she wanted to rush into the screen and whisper in his ear to tell him: Qiao Qiao, look down at the audience, your husband is here to see you!
Of course Xu Qiao didn't know that Xu Siyi was here too.
After the award ceremony, the concertmaster of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Orchestras performed a solo for the audience.
The process went very quickly. Xu Qiao had no time to look at his phone and had no way of getting any news from the outside world.
As the leader of the gold medal winning orchestra, Xu Qiao was the last to go on stage. He sat down with his pipa in his arms and played "Ask the Guests".
After a relaxing and lively piece of music ended, the audience was still reluctant to leave until this exchange meeting officially came to an end.
The staff was about to lead the audience to leave, and Xu Qiao stood up, holding the pipa and prepared to leave.
At this time, a little girl appeared out of nowhere, jumping and running towards the stage, her steps were very anxious, as if she had seen someone important. The staff wanted to stop her, but when they saw who it was, they retracted their hands.
The little girl was only a few years old, with clear and bright eyes, and she hugged Xu Qiao's legs.
Xu Qiao lowered his head and saw a little girl with a round face and short curly hair scattered around her cheeks, hugging her thighs and looking up at him.
Xu Qiao felt that she looked familiar. After a little recollection, he recognized her as the little girl playing the accordion in the choir whom he met in St. Mark's Square in Venice.
"Norma, why are you here?" Xu Qiao squatted down and asked in Italian, somewhat surprised to meet this little girl again in Vienna.
Norma looked at him, obviously a little surprised: "Mom brought me here to find grandpa, and then I saw my brother."
As he spoke, he pointed his chubby finger down to the stage where Mr. Maltz was sitting.
Ever since she discovered that the person on the stage was the brother who taught her the accordion, she has been waiting for the exchange meeting to be over so that she can run over to see him.
Xu Qiao thought of the strong Italian accent in Malz's English and roughly figured out the relationship between the two. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. Compared with Malz's outstanding musical talent, Norma's poor performance in music made it difficult to imagine the relationship between the two.
Malz was also a little surprised to see his granddaughter running over.
The audience in the audience was reluctant to leave and lingered in their seats, refusing to leave.
The live broadcast is still going on.
[Who is this little girl?]
[Looks like she is Maltz’s granddaughter. How did they know each other?]
Xu Qiao touched Norma's head and said, "Let's go downstairs and talk."
Norma nodded and happily took his hand.
At this time, someone posted a short video on Weibo: "This is what I saw on St. Mark's Square while traveling. Sure enough, this is Xu Qiao, right? I thought he looked a bit like him at the time, but I couldn't see his face clearly because he was wearing a hat and sunglasses, so I didn't dare to recognize him."
The video shows Xu Qiao holding an accordion and teaching Norma to play it.
The scorching sun made their shadows very short. Countless pigeons were attracted by the music and circled around them. Not far away was the majestic St. Mark's Basilica.
The scene of the boy and the child playing the piano facing each other is beautiful and warm.
[This is indeed an angel!]
[Qiao Qiao can actually play the accordion, and he plays it so well. Damn it, don’t tell me he can play other Western instruments, he is simply not a human being, how can others live?]
[Wait, the ones behind are Xu Siyi and Xu Qiao’s manager Mo Chenghong, right?]
[Even through the sunglasses I can see Xu Siyi’s gentle gaze]
[It looks like a family of three, I feel jealous]
…
The live broadcast was officially cut off, but netizens were still discussing it on the Internet.
[I am overwhelmed by Qiao's talent. I am fascinated by this crystal-like beautiful oriental boy.]
[I really fell in love with him. Please tell me how to pursue Oriental people. I heard that they are conservative and reserved and don’t like overly passionate confessions, right? Yes, such a fragile treasure should be treated with care]
[It is undisputed that they won the gold medal. I am just a little curious, why have such amazing musicians only been discovered now?]
Logically speaking, with such musical talent, he should have shined on the world stage long ago.
A British netizen responded below.
[I work in China and I was a fan of Qiao before the exchange meeting. I want to say that music is not Qiao's main job, and you shouldn't use words like "crystal" and "fragile" to describe him, and he already has a boyfriend]
Many netizens who were eager to express their love only felt like they were hit hard in the heart.
Before they could recover from the shock of Xu Qiao having a boyfriend, the British netizen posted another video, which was the scene in a survival documentary where Xu Qiao faced bullets and knocked down a poacher with her elusive body.
[??? Is this... a movie?]
[No, this is the scene faithfully recorded by the camera in the documentary]
Documentary? Not special effects
Foreign netizens were shocked.
How good are the skills and how fast is the reaction speed to dodge the bullets at such a short distance
Afterwards, more and more people spoke out, vividly describing his performance in the documentary, including parachuting, making fire with wood, setting up camp with bare hands, and delivering antelopes...
Among them, there are many domestic netizens who climbed over the wall to join in the fun and reposted the edited videos about Xu Qiao.
It turns out that his main profession is really not music...
On the other side, Xu Qiao held Norma's hand and walked backstage, asking the staff to tell Mr. Maltz that Norma was here.
As soon as he returned to the lounge, before he could recover from the shock, Xu Qiao met Xu Siyi's face.
He blinked slowly.