“Revisiting an old place
The full moon makes me more lonely
The candlelight awake at midnight cannot bear to blame me
… ”
The singing flows.
The melody lingers.
While savoring the song, Li Yang's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he felt as if something was quietly melting.
He subconsciously looked around.
Wherever his eyes moved, everyone's expressions began to change.
The scene brought together elite musicians from the entire city, all of whom are ace composers with sharp ears. Naturally, they could hear something extraordinary about this song.
The song in my ears continues:
"A pot of drift
Wandering around the world is hard to swallow
After you leave
The wine warms the memories and the yearning is thin
Water flows eastward
How to steal time
Flowers bloom and mature at once
I missed it.”
If we say that Yang Zhongming’s “Blue Star” is bold and majestic, and has the realm of “great joy must be easy”…
The song "Xianyu" is exquisite and graceful, like a slowly unfolding "carved dragons and painted phoenixes".
Bold.
To graceful.
The faint sadness and helplessness in "East Wind" are the feelings of a young boy's first love.
The music is retro in style, mixed with the soul of modern piano, but it does not feel out of place at all.
Everything seemed so harmonious.
In mourning.
Daydreaming.
It's like swimming on a lake.
What you see while boating are charming green mountains, rippling lake waves, and the passage of time.
This scene is full of ancient charm and seems natural.
The waves of panic are gradually rising.
The natural jumping feeling of classical minor keys.
The pipa rolls like jade beads;
The erhu dances through the years;
The occasional harp is graceful.
When the melody of the chorus sounded, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to have undergone an inexplicable change, and everyone's heartstrings were suddenly stirred:
"Who is playing the song Dong Feng Po on the pipa
Years peel off the wall and I see my childhood
I still remember that year when we were still very young
And now the sound of the piano is faint
You haven't heard my waiting..."
Li Yang's mouth gradually opened wider.
And to the left of Li Yang.
The ace composer who had previously talked about the exquisite composition of "Blue Star" now had his eyes as big as ping-pong balls.
To the right of Li Yang.
The ace composer who said "Yang Zhongming is sure to win" had a constipated expression, as if he was listening to a mentor on the Voice of China live show.
The facial expressions are perfectly restored.
The singing is not actually strong.
The singing of this chorus is as light as the sake savored carefully before a meal, with only a slight feeling of drunkenness.
but…
When everyone was caught off guard, the drunkenness seemed to surge into their hearts in an instant, with an aftereffect stronger than that of strong liquor.
Everybody was drunk.
Drunk by the courtyard fence.
At this time, the solitary lamp has burned out. In the dim night, the wandering traveler, after drinking the mellow wine brewed by his wandering, slowly sings a song that lingers in his childhood memories.
"Who is playing the song Dong Feng Po on the pipa
Maple leaves color the story, I see through the ending
I'll lead you along the ancient path outside the fence
The Years of Smoke and Grass
Even the breakup was silent
… ”
The drunkenness gradually wore off.
At this moment, although they were in a modern and magnificent hall, everyone felt that they were vaguely seeing an ancient era, whose outlines gradually blurred over thousands of years.
There are no popping drums.
There is no explosive interlude.
No fancy voice required.
This is a story that is told in a leisurely manner.
When the second chorus ends, only music remains in the aftertaste, but there seems to be no need for narration or elaboration, and everyone can still understand the expression of the song.
The end of the song seems to be the moment when everyone wakes up from their dreams.
Suddenly I felt a sense of regret...
Everyone seemed to be in silence, feeling lost.
The helplessness of that age is neither strong nor weak. I don’t want to think about it, but I will never forget it.
All the beauty is lost in the ancient and beautiful years;
All the sorrows are reduced to a specious question:
"Who is playing the song Dong Feng Po on the pipa?"
So the silent people became even more silent, and from some unknown moment, someone let out a soft sigh.
The silence was finally broken once again.
Li Yang said with some difficulty: "I have never been so desperate since my debut. I suddenly realized that I will never be able to become Qu Dad in my lifetime..."
Everyone smiled bitterly.
Isn’t Li Yang’s emotion the voice of others
That night, Yang Zhongming and Xianyu attacked from both sides and shattered the spirits of too many composers, making the little pride hidden in everyone's heart worthless.
Because all the ace composers here understand:
Whether it is "Blue Star".
Or maybe "Dong Feng Po".
These are songs they couldn't write.
A song that I could never write in my lifetime.
This song "Dong Feng Po" is an ancient style song, but from a comprehensive perspective...
Is it still considered an ancient style song
"If this song can still be considered a so-called ancient style song, then once "Dong Feng Po" is released, all other ancient style songs seem to be nothing more than this."
"Piano, pipa, erhu, guzheng, and maybe a harp or yangqin?"
"It's a harp."
“Even the lyrics are more modern than “May We Live Long”, but they are still brilliant.”
“The lyrics don’t deliberately talk about missing someone or feeling sad, but when the music starts, you will feel that way. Even if you don’t read the lyrics or listen to the performance, it is very appropriate to describe it as sad but not heartbreaking.”
“Ancient poetry, ancient culture, ancient melodies, new singing methods, new arrangements, and new concepts.”
“Whether it’s the artistic conception, melody, or style, it’s the best choice. This is a masterpiece that is meticulously crafted and almost perfectly combines ancient and modern music.”
"It's a kind of..."
“New style…”
“Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to call this the culmination of ancient style music. This song has raised the ceiling of ancient style music to a place that many other composers cannot reach.”
"… "
Everyone was discussing.
There was no applause and no excitement.
But the seemingly calm tone actually contains a deeper shock!
This kind of shock was not felt again when everyone continued to listen to other works by Qu Die.
then…
After roughly going through the songs on the season chart, someone asked, "Who do you think will win this time between Yang Zhongming and Xianyu?"
Li Yang pointed to the ceiling and said, "God knows."
Someone suggested: "Why not try voting?"
Everyone nodded.
"Those who support Xianyu raise their scissors, and those who support Yang Zhongming raise their fists."
Swish, swish, swish.
Everyone raised their hands.
Li Yang took a quick look and couldn't tell the voting results of the thirty people for a moment. There were quite a few scissors and rocks -
This is not the most outrageous thing.
The most outrageous thing was that Li Yang clearly saw seven or eight people, whose gestures were changing back and forth between scissors and rock.
Jump sideways repeatedly.
"Can we not change it?" Li Yang scratched his head.
"It's not that I want to change."
The ace composer seemed a little distressed: "When Yang Dad's songs sound in my mind, my brain tells me that Yang Zhongming will win this time, but when "Dong Feng Po" sounds in my brain, my brain tells me that Xianyu has won three consecutive championships."
"you… "
Li Yang wanted to complain, but stopped talking.
Because everyone was nodding.
Li Yang suddenly remembered Zheng Jing, whom he followed on his blog, who posted a picture a few days ago...
It was not until this moment that Li Yang understood the meaning of the picture.
Xianyu is Sun Wukong.
Yang Zhongming is Erlang Shen.
If this game is not played for a full thirty days, it may be impossible to determine the winner.
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ps: The extra chapter is a new activity of Yuewen, so you have to subscribe to the book in full to read it. I will probably write some follow-up about the extra chapter when I have the chance. Actually, I originally wanted to write an extra chapter about a certain character in Yu Dynasty, but on second thought, I feel that writing about Lin Yuan’s past life would be more meaningful. After all, the content of the past life will not be mentioned in the main text of this book. I would like to take advantage of this activity to ask for everyone’s full subscription~