Chapter 68: Standing Out from the Crowd
±μμμμμWhen Xiao Ran said that Tang Shuo could play the guqin, the atmosphere in the ward instantly became quiet.
Not only Lu Wanqi, who heard about this for the first time, but even Lu Qian looked at Tang Shuo in disbelief.
In Lu Qian's impression, she knows quite a few people who can play instruments such as piano and guitar, but it is really rare to find someone who can play guqin.
As for those who are qualified enough to play the guqin on stage, they are even rarer.
Most of these people wore long blue robes, and they had to be at least forty years old. This was because the guqin was an instrument that mainly relied on expressing the player's emotions to infect others. Only players with rich experience could express the emotions in the music.
Does Tang Shuo, who is just in his early twenties, have this ability?
Xiao Ran's concert tonight will be held at the Yanjing Workers' Stadium. There will be more than 70,000 people on the scene. If it goes wrong, it will be a big deal.
"You can also play the guqin?" Lu Qian asked Tang Shuo in surprise.
"I learned a little when I was a child." Tang Shuo replied.
"Have you learned a little?" Lu Qian frowned and said, "Then can you handle Xiaoran's concert? There will be tens of thousands of people there, and nothing can go wrong."
She didn't mean to provoke Tang Shuo. Xiao Ran was her daughter's best friend and often visited her home, so her two inquiries came from the heart.
"yes."
Tang Shuo nodded and said to Xiao Ran in agreement, "Otherwise, I'd better not go. If anything goes wrong, I can't take the responsibility."
"Don't even think about it." Xiao Ran said with a smile: "You can go to rehearsal with me in the afternoon and go on stage directly in the evening."
Lu Wanqi, who was acting like a real little woman, heard someone praising Tang Shuo and said with a smile on her face, "Why didn't I know you had this ability before? I must demonstrate it when I get the chance."
At this time, Lu Xiangrong, who had gone out to buy food, pushed the door and walked in.
"Xiaoran is here." Lu Xiangrong greeted him and put away the things he bought. "I just bought lunch. Let's eat together."
"Okay, I've been busy all morning and I'm a little hungry." Xiao Ran nodded and, without hesitation, pulled out the medical dining table in front of Lu Wanqi's bed. She had a good relationship with Lu Wanqi's parents, and Lu Xiangrong was her drinking buddy, so naturally, she wouldn't feel awkward.
Tang Shuo picked up the rice that Lu Xiangrong had placed in front of him, exchanged it with the rice in front of Lu Xiangrong, and said, "Uncle, you have this portion. This portion is more. You've worked hard these past two days, so you should eat more."
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Lu Xiangrong was quite speechless by Tang Shuo's childish tricks. Then he turned away from the annoying Tang Shuo, trying to get rid of the annoyance.
"Xiaoran, how is your concert going?" Lu Xiangrong asked.
"It went smoothly. We already had a rehearsal this morning," Xiao Ran replied. "We just need to go through the motions again this afternoon."
Lv Qian on the side interjected, "Tang Shuo will be a guest at Xiaoran's concert and play the guqin."
"Oh?" Lu Xiangrong sneered, "He also knows this?"
"Yeah." Xiao Ran, who mistakenly thought Tang Shuo and Lu Xiangrong were having a good chat, said, "Tang Shuo is amazing."
Lu Xiangrong snorted coldly and stopped talking about this topic.
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After lunch and chatting with Lu Wanqi for a while, Xiao Ran took Tang Shuo to Yan Sports Center for rehearsal.
After getting into Xiao Ran's nanny car, Tang Shuo said, "No need to introduce me to the concert tonight. I'll leave after I finish playing the piano."
"You are too self-indulgent, aren't you? Who said I wanted to introduce you?" Xiao Ran said with a look of disgust.
Tang Shuo was stunned. When he used to watch concerts on TV, didn't celebrities always like to introduce the guests? Had the process changed?
Then he ignored Xiao Ran's sarcasm and continued, "And don't publish my appearance."
"You talk as if no one wants to see you."
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When they arrived at Yanti Stadium, they rested for a while, and then Xiao Ran went on stage to rehearse first.
In order to protect my voice, the afternoon rehearsal was mainly to familiarize myself with the venue and coordinate with the dancers.
Xiao Ran's concert partners had all been with her in several concerts and they had a very good understanding of each other, so the rehearsal went very smoothly.
The song "ザMibuyou Hatsushi" that Tang Shuo was to accompany was the finale of the entire concert and needed to be performed last.
Tang Shuo was working with the Shengmeng Fuge band that he had met last time. They knew each other, and after greeting the band leader Wu Le, they began rehearsing.
What Tang Shuo had to do in the evening was to go directly up through the lifting stage with the other members of the Shengmeng Fuge band when the last song started and start playing.
After going up through the lift platform under the stage, the guzheng played the first note, and Tang Shuo began to play it.
The addition of the sound of the guqin makes the originally smooth and melodious melody instantly beautiful and lingering.
Xiao Ran, who had been rehearsing lip-syncing, couldn't help but make a sound.
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After the rehearsal, the staff on the scene stood up and applauded.
Although they have listened to this song many times, they still feel that this version is a little different. It seems to have a more lingering feeling than before, and is more in line with the mood of the song.
Wu Lezhe admired Tang Shuo more and more. After listening to Tang Shuo playing the piano, he felt that Tang Shuo was better than Zhou Tong in their team, but he also felt that the gap between Zhou Tong and Tang Shuo was not too big.
But when the two of them played the same song at the same time, he realized that compared with Tang Shuo, Zhou Tong was simply not up to par.
"Brother Tang, are you interested in developing a career in classical music?" Wu Le said with a smile to Tang Shuo who had just stepped off the stage.
"No." Tang Shuo shook his head and said, "I play the guqin just for fun."
Wu Le shook his head regretfully and said, "Brother Tang, it's a complete waste of talent if you don't pursue music."
Tang Shuo smiled bitterly. Although he was thick-skinned, he still felt a little embarrassed when someone praised him like that in person.
Xiao Ran was the protagonist of the evening, so naturally he had a lot to do. After the rehearsal, he said hello to Tang Shuo and went to do his own thing.
Tang Shuo got himself a box lunch and then, under the arrangement of the staff, went to a lounge backstage to rest.
Not long after lying on the sofa in the lounge, he fell asleep. It was not until the staff came to call him to go on stage that he got up and walked backstage.
Seeing Tang Shuo's uneasy expression, Wu Le thought he was nervous, so he walked over and comforted him, "Don't be nervous, Brother Tang. It's normal for first-time performers to be nervous. When you get on stage, just focus on playing the piano."
Tang Shuo chuckled inwardly. He wasn't nervous at all; he just slept a little too long. "Thank you, I understand."
After the staff signaled everyone to get ready to go on stage, Tang Shuo sat down in front of the guqin on the lift stage.
Seeing that the seats of Sheng Meng Fu Ge's group were slightly different from this afternoon, Tang Shuo asked, "Shouldn't they be sitting next to me?"
The staff member replied impatiently: "The guqin is right here."
Then, the stage began to rise slowly.
The scene of tens of thousands of people waving glow sticks still made Tang Shuo feel a little shocked.
Tang Shuo looked around and found that he had overlooked a big detail.
The members of Shengmeng Fuge were all wearing the same uniform, but his casual clothes became quite eye-catching, and his position was a little closer than the members of Shengmeng Fuge, making him stand out from the crowd.
As soon as she stepped onto the stage, Xiao Ran, wearing a black low-cut miniskirt that fully showcased her fiery figure, pointed at Tang Shuo and said, "Everyone, please welcome our special guest accompanist, Shengmeng Fuge Band. Next is the last song of this concert, ザMi Bu You Chu Xi."
After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he lay down and a burst of enthusiastic cheers broke out.
Seeing Xiao Ran's signal, the guzheng played the first note of the whole song.
Although Tang Shuo was still wondering who had arranged this, he didn't hesitate and began playing seriously. When the sound of his guqin joined in, a noisy discussion broke out from the audience.
"I've heard this piece before, and the sound of the guqin doesn't seem right," said a fanatical fan wearing a T-shirt with Xiao Ran's portrait.
"What's wrong?" The fan next to him replied, "It sounds pretty good."
"It sounds even better than before!" emphasized the enthusiastic fan.
Xiao Ran began to sing along with the soft and lingering accompaniment.
Where are the mountains and rivers in the dusk with the rain all over the sky?
I watched the seven sea dragons dancing on the water.
He plays the sword, sings a song and remains as romantic as ever.
Every journey to the end of the world has its beginning.
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When the song ended, cheers as loud as a landslide and tsunami immediately rang out from the audience.
The phone in Tang Shuo's pocket suddenly vibrated.
When he saw that it was a phone number from the United States, he immediately answered it.
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After Xiao Ran finished singing, he took the microphone and said to the audience with a smile: "Is the song good?"
"It sounds great!" exclaimed the fans in the audience.
"Where's the tune?"
“Nice!”
"I like this piece too. At this final moment, how about we listen to a guqin solo?"
"good!"
At this moment, the spotlight on the stage suddenly shone on Tang Shuo, and Tang Shuo's back, who was holding a mobile phone and making a call, appeared on the big screen of the concert.
At this moment, he stood out even more from the crowd.
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