Qin Xizhen remembered that many years ago in Shanhai, she accidentally saw a boy trembling with ashes on a crowded bus. A man behind him was holding a knife against his waist, and his free hand was taking money from his trouser pocket. It was probably in middle school. At that time, neither the person involved nor she who encountered the incident had any experience in dealing with similar incidents, let alone being a student. But when the thief looked at her fiercely, Qin Xizhen suddenly said loudly: "Uncle, where did you buy your knife? It's really beautiful!"
In the end, the thief was taken to the police station by a group of people. Originally, it was thought to be just an episode. But when Qin Xizhen was walking home from shopping, she heard her mother talking about how a thief held a knife against a student on a bus today and dared not speak out. A little girl was smart and brave and stopped him in this way. You should learn from her in the future. Such a child is so smart...
Finally, Qin Xizhen explained the whole story to his mother, which made her believe that the girl that everyone was talking about was actually her own daughter.
After that incident, Qin Xizhen had a feeling that the world was small and this city was even smaller. Once there was any disturbance, people would spread the news by word of mouth, and soon most of the city would know about it. What’s more, it was a big event happening at the music festival.
When they got home, their parents Qin Keguang and Luo Xin were sitting on the sofa, the atmosphere was solemn, because Qin Xizhen had said beforehand that she was going to participate in a performance, which was normal in itself, and she often performed, basically taking it for granted, but today the child of the Li family in the unit went to the music festival and came back to talk about what happened, and they knew that Qin Xizhen was participating in the music festival. Now both of them couldn't sleep, and had to wait for Qin Xizhen to come back.
When he got home and saw the situation, Qin Xizhen first calmed his mother who was impatient to ask questions, and said he would make a phone call, so the call was made to Cheng Ran.
After school this afternoon, many students went to the music festival. Cheng Ran also learned about this through Yu Xiao. His first reaction was that there was such a thing. It is often said that the world is complicated and dangerous, which probably refers to such things. Although Cheng Ran is not a rookie, he also finds it a bit incredible. There were so many people at the scene at that time. Could it be that any one of them was not a witness to prove that this song was written by Cheng Ran? How dare Zhao Le use it
Yes, Cheng Ran thought about it and probably understood what Zhao Le was up to. He was just a high school student, and he couldn't stir up any storm. Zhao Le took the lyrics and music structure and re-arranged the music. Even if someone had heard it that day, in front of an ordinary high school student and Zhao Le, who was famous, they would probably think that the song originated from Zhao Le. As a high school student, probably no one thought he had much ability. Even if he made a fuss, it was very likely that Zhao Le had a way to keep things quiet, such as giving him hush money, or if it really didn't work, adding him as the lyricist. But this kind of thing was not brought up at the time. Zhao Le was also in the mentality of bullying him, a high school student who couldn't stir up any storm, or he was in a hurry and made his own decision, so there was no need to discuss it with him.
But I never expected that Cheng Ran would give this song to Qin Xizhen and then perform it together at the music festival.
This caused things to get out of hand.
Although the main venue and branch venues of the music festival are organized by the same organizer, their systems are actually different. The only thing that can be distinguished between the main venue and branch venues is whether the song names are the same. As for the content, of course there is no one specifically responsible for comparing them, and some band singers will temporarily change the songs, so the song content will basically not be compared.
When Qin Xizhen called, Cheng Ran explained the causes and consequences of Zhao Le's theft, and finally asked her to do her best, and then talked about some coping strategies. After listening, Qin Xizhen put down the phone, and then faced her parents who came to consult her and told them the truth.
Finally, Qin Xizhen gave Qin Keguang a forced smile and said, "Dad, I'm sorry to disappoint you... I finally went to that music festival."
She knew that her father, a professor, was obsessed with classical music, almost like a stubborn aesthetic. He had spent his entire life instilling in her the grandeur and beauty of classical music and its philosophical conception, and his contempt and hatred for popular music.
Under his authority, Qin Xizhen felt like a thief when she listened to some pop music at home. So when Qin Keguang found out one day that his daughter was not sitting in front of the piano but standing on the stage of "Qian Su He Zhong" with a microphone, you can imagine how shocked he was.
In Qin Xizhen's opinion, he might be criticized by Qin Keguang, but he said nothing.
Qin Keguang was silent for a moment, then said, "I have nothing to say."
Qin Xizhen's heart sank. In fact, the reason why she had been carrying Qin Keguang on her back all these years was not because of his authority or his protection, but because she already had the ability to fly, and she didn't want to see him find out one day that his aging wings could no longer influence her direction, and finally have to watch her go away with disappointment.
Be it concessions or compromises, Qin Xizhen has been trying to delay the arrival of this day.
After an awkward silence, Qin Keguang said, "The vitality of pop music cannot be compared with that of classical music. It is often a temporary atmosphere and does not have the style and value of eternal prosperity. Even if it is extremely popular, it is often short-lived. After fifty years, no one will know who a singer is, but after five hundred years, the whole world will still know Beethoven. Are you sure you still want to go this way?"
Qin Xizhen thought for a moment and said softly, "In fact, I think classical music has been continuously selected in history to become the current classical music. In the era of Mozart and Beethoven, their music was the most popular at the time, just like our ancient Chinese. Can you say that there is a difference between vernacular and classical Chinese? Wouldn't that mean that many great works will be covered in dust? Pop music is popular nowadays, but there may not be works like classical music that will last forever. No matter how good the things of the predecessors are, they are just following in the footsteps of others, and I want to go my own way. Even if it is an ephemeral flower, people will know it is an ephemeral flower only after it blooms, otherwise it is just a bud. What's more, even if it blooms for a short time, it can let people smell the fragrance for a while... This is also a very beautiful and lucky thing. Right, Dad?"
Qin Keguang and Qin Xizhen looked at each other, and after a moment, he nodded, "I wrote in your photo album before that you were a girl, and I didn't want you to have a wandering life. I hoped that you would get married and start a career soon, and live a stable, prosperous and happy life. But since you have chosen this path, I will give you another sentence: leave everything to time, and regard life as a practice."
"Sing well. Let those phony little cowards see the true ability of my daughter Qin Keguang."
"I've trained you and immersed you in classical music for so many years. If you really love pop music, are you afraid that you can't play it well? Let Zhao Le see it for himself... In terms of skills, who is he?"
Qin Xizhen suddenly realized that although Qin Keguang had been almost unreasonably restricting her and cramming her with music theory for so many years, this actually made her learn his true teachings. Qin Keguang was a dedicated classical music professor, but just like the career he loved, classical music is still a niche today, and there will never be a huge crowd of people, but only a quiet concert hall and a short applause at the end of a song. But the strict music logic, rigorous structure, exquisite form and profound and far-reaching philosophical conception are real and eternal.
Qin Xizhen, who possesses such an inheritance, is like someone who has mastered unparalleled internal skills and has a powerful treasure trove in her body. Cheng Ran is at best just a key to open her treasure trove, and he is just a mentor who guides and teaches her to give full play to her strengths and imparts her martial arts moves.
Just like in all those martial arts stories, once Qin Xizhen mastered the art of using no moves to defeat the opponent, I'm afraid that once he made a move...
It's just a crushing defeat.