Chapter 298 297. From now on, no one dares to criticize Professor Wang! He is the god of music. (Please subscribe!)
Los Angeles.
In the hotel room.
Cui Wenfeng, Zhou Qinghua, He Dongming, He Fulin, Zhao Wei and others gathered together, watching the TV screen and listening to the fierce pipa sound that was like the sound of swords and horses!
Several people remained silent, staring at the TV screen, listening carefully to the sound coming from the TV speakers. On the TV screen, Wang Qian was holding a pipa, with his ten fingers dancing back and forth on the strings like an elf. Everyone's eyes were filled with shock and a hint of disobedience! In their perception.
It seems that the pipa is played by women.
When most Chinese people think of the pipa, they will have this picture in their mind: a dignified and virtuous woman wearing Tang Dynasty clothing, sitting there with a pipa in her arms, her body swaying gently with the sound of the pipa, extremely beautiful and moving.
Therefore, Zhou Qinghua, He Dongming and others felt a little bit awkward when they saw the scene of someone concentrating on playing the pipa on TV.
but……
Professional musicians such as Cui Wenfeng, He Fulin, and Zhao Wei can all clearly see Wang Qian's extraordinary attainments in playing the pipa.
They all knew some people who could play the pipa, including a male professional pipa player. Although they were all professional pipa players in the field of music, they seemed to be far from Wang Qian's current level.
Cui Wenfeng felt that the two professors he knew who taught pipa at the Central Conservatory of Music's Department of Traditional Chinese Music were not as good as Wang Qian's current performance level.
Even though it's across the TV screen, even though we're not there.
However, they could all feel the war and excitement conveyed by the sound of the pipa, which made them feel a little nervous.
They can imagine that those who are listening to it live will feel it more clearly and excitingly.
Cui Wenfeng said with a regretful tone: "If I had known earlier, I would have gone with Wang Qian."
Zhao Wei and He Fulin's faces were also filled with regret and remorse.
Cui Wenfeng did not go because he had to cooperate with the program team's promotional plans in China.
Zhao Wei and He Fulin saw that Wang Qian was bringing Qin Xuerong and the other two, so they, two grown men, felt it would be inconvenient for them to go. Moreover, they felt that Wang Qian was going to give lectures at one of the world's top classical music schools, so they, as band players, did not want to go and add to the stain on Wang Qian. They could just wait for him to come back at the hotel.
But now they think that their presence won't have a big impact! With the strong musical skills and background that Wang Qian showed in this class, who would care about playing in a band?
What a pity that they missed a lesson that will be recorded in the history of the development of world music!
I also missed a lesson that could have influenced the direction of the world.
As a major domestic variety show director and a veteran in the entertainment industry, Zhou Qinghua thought of more and said admiringly, "Now, no one can shake Wang Qian's position in China."
It is great that we can promote traditional Chinese cultural music so loudly on the international stage and gain recognition from so many people.
This will inevitably cause a sensation in the country, and many people will be attracted to Wang Qian and become his fans.
Zhou Qinghua even thought about it with his fingernails and knew that the domestic authorities might invest more in promoting Wang Qian and might spare no effort.
It doesn’t matter whether Wang Qian can win the championship of The Voice of China World Championship in the end!
Wang Qian's performance in this class alone was enough to make the domestic official media put aside all their thoughts and wait-and-see attitudes and focus on promoting Wang Qian.
Cui Wenfeng thought about it and nodded: "Yes, he might be the number one in the domestic music field!"
Cui Wenfeng couldn't imagine that in the field of music, whether it was pop music or classical music, who else could compare with Wang Qian now?
Basically, there is no one left.
He Dongming thought about it for a moment, and nodded in approval. He looked at Wang Qian, who had finished playing the pipa piece on the screen, and felt happy for his old classmate! Buzz buzz buzz...
The phone rang.
Zhou Qinghua picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from China, so he answered it immediately: "Lao Wang, what's the matter?"
Lao Wang is Zhou Qinghua's company partner, one of the company's major shareholders, and a behind-the-scenes big shot in the circle. Not many people in the circle know him, but he is one of the real super capitals in the circle, and many people want to know him and curry favor with him.
Lao Wang said softly, "Talk to the program team and edit the video of Wang Qian's class at Curtis and send it back to China. It may be broadcast on CCTV."
Zhou Qinghua's eyes flashed with joy, and he immediately asked, "Really? It's being broadcast on CCTV?"
Lao Wang said affirmatively: "Of course it is true, I can't lie to you about this. Moreover, I just spoke to the CCTV leaders, and this is their initiative. Although Wang Qian's class was not broadcast live in China, many upper-class people still paid close attention to it, and there are videos about this class everywhere on the Internet. The several songs Wang Qian played in this class played a very important role in promoting our Chinese culture in the world."
"So CCTV will produce a special program on the weekend and broadcast it during prime time."
Zhou Qinghua grinned and said, "That's great. I'll ask the production team for it right away. They will definitely agree."
Only a fool would not agree.
CCTV broadcasts it during prime time on weekends, which is equivalent to helping The Voice of China to carry out large-scale publicity. It will bring considerable benefits to the entire Voice of China program. The profit-seeking program crew will definitely agree to it, as this will bring naked benefits.
Lao Wang smiled and said, "Okay, as soon as possible!"
Zhou Qinghua: "As soon as it's over, I'll go and get it myself."
Lao Wang hung up the phone.
Zhou Qinghua looked at the phone, then looked at the TV screen where Wang Qian was calmly enjoying the warm applause after finishing his performance. He whispered, "This kid is going to be great."
Zhou Qinghua knew that after this episode, he might have to look up at Wang Qian whenever he faced him.
…
At this moment, the discussion about Wang Qian's class in China has actually never stopped.
Although, ordinary Chinese people cannot watch the live broadcast of this program.
However, there are still many kind-hearted people who have posted some video clips about this class on the Internet through various channels, and some self-media have also broadcast text live, which have attracted a lot of people to watch and pay attention! A DouYue self-media has moved some videos shot by European and American audiences on YouTube with their mobile phones, and selected the essence of them, that is, several videos of Wang Qian's performances, with commentary text attached.
"Professor Wang shocked the whole of Europe and America at the Curtis Institute, with over 300 million viewers! This is the piano and violin music that Professor Wang played live in class that I specially brought here, as well as a pipa piece that you can't imagine! Oh, and there's also an English poem. There are many surprises in it, don't miss it!"
This self-media has gained a lot of attention because of this. The number of views of each video he released has quickly exceeded 10 million, and various data are still accumulating at a high speed.
The number of messages is also in the hundreds of thousands.
It almost exceeds the total data of all videos in the previous one or two years of operation of this self-media account.
"Professor Wang is so awesome. This is Curtis. Those sitting here are all the world's top music artists and people who understand music. The few familiar faces I saw are people you can only see in music art textbooks. Max and Marlon are both living fossils in the field of piano music art, and Murphy is one of the top ten violinists in the world. This scene is scary enough."
"I am impressed. He has super-fast memory on the spot. He can remember a piece of music after listening to it once, and can even play it perfectly and reproduce it immediately! Professor Wang's talent is simply invincible. I just don't know if he can only remember music. If there is no limit, and he can have such super memory in other fields, then he is a true genius and can be the best in the world in anything he does."
“The sound quality of this video has been lost several times, but Professor Wang’s live performance is still beautiful and amazing.”
"Oh my god? This is the folk song that Professor Wang sang. When you are old? Can you still write English poems like this? Many foreigners cried after reading it."
"Another new piano piece, The Goddess of Luo River by the Water, so beautiful."
"The violinist is here too? I was stunned by Professor Wang's performance of Liang Zhu. Although the sound quality is definitely not as good as the live performance, I am sure that Professor Wang's violin skills are absolutely world-class. This Liang Zhu, which he composed himself, is also amazing. It is so sad and mournful."
"The foreigners at the scene gave Professor Wang difficult questions again and again, but Professor Wang solved them all and slapped them in the face like crazy. It was so exciting to watch."
"Pipa? Are you kidding me? I've never seen this instrument before, let alone foreigners."
"Wow, wow, wow, whenever Professor Wang's pipa starts playing, I feel like crying. Although this piece of music sounds very exciting and intense, and not sad at all, I just want to cry because our national music has finally been heard in the world. I am so excited that I want to cry."
"From now on, Professor Wang has become the god of music in my mind, no one can compare to him!"
"Does anyone dare to question Professor Wang's musical talent and ability?"
"This pipa music makes my scalp tingle. Does anyone know where I can download it?"
"Wait for Professor Wang to upload it. This is a pipa piece composed by Professor Wang himself. I just want to ask if you are convinced or not."
"I'm impressed. Composing a pipa piece on the spot? Only gods can do that."
"Anything else? Keep sending it out, any more?"
"When will Professor Wang return to the Central Conservatory of Music to give lectures? Am I qualified to attend the lectures?"
"These foreigners were all shocked by this pipa music. It's awesome."
…
The video of Wang Qian's live performance at Curtis's lecture went viral on DouYue, quickly dominating the top of the play list and the top hot topics.
At the same time, it quickly became the hottest topic on other social platforms such as Weibo! Many self-media and bloggers began to repost these videos, and also followed the trend to comment on Wang Qian's performance in Curtis' lectures, sharing this wave of traffic dividends.
Almost all of Wang Qian’s fans were paying attention, and most of the other passers-by were also attracted.
Once everyone sees it, they can’t ignore its content.
because……
Wang Qian is bringing glory to the country and the nation.
When everyone saw Wang Qian playing the pipa music on the podium, they were shocked. After the music ended, there was applause that lasted for several minutes. Many Chinese people who watched the video were so excited that they wanted to cry. They all had a sense of pride and honor from the bottom of their hearts, as if they were standing on the podium enjoying the applause.
This is the first time for many ordinary people to feel the recognition of Chinese culture in high-level art scenes abroad, which makes many people feel surprised and proud of being recognized.
In the past, the National Art Troupe has performed abroad many times to promote national culture, but they were not widely disseminated and ordinary people did not pay attention to them. There are also performance videos on the domestic Internet, but the number of views is very small. Most importantly, they have not received much recognition and love in Europe and the United States.
This time, several of Wang Qian's songs obviously received support from many European and American artists on the scene. There were also hundreds of millions of European and American audiences watching the live broadcast, and the influence was unprecedented.
Especially the song "Butterfly Lovers" and the pipa music which clearly have elements of Chinese culture, are pure Chinese cultural music, which received such warm applause from thousands of people at the scene. It is a grand scene that most ordinary Chinese people have never witnessed.
Xue Mandu, who was watching the video on Douyin at home, shouted excitedly: "Dad, come and see!"
Xue Zhenguo was practicing calligraphy in the study. He was practicing Wang Qian's Slender Gold calligraphy, and the content of his calligraphy was Wang Qian's poetry, which was the "Xia Ke Xing" written by Wang Qian when he gave a lecture at Shuangxing last time. This poem was Xue Zhenguo's favorite among all Wang Qian's works. He had written it many times, but still wanted to write it.
Seeing that his father did not respond, Xue Man picked up his phone and ran inside. Risking being scolded for interrupting his father's calligraphy, he shouted, "Dad, stop writing and come and watch Professor Wang's performance at Curtis."
Xue Zhenguo put down his brush with a gloomy face. His mood for writing had been ruined. He glared at his daughter and said seriously, "Why are you so confused? How old are you?"
Xue Man laughed and said, "Dad, look, look at this!"
Xue Zhenguo looked at Xue Man's mobile phone screen with a serious face, and saw that the video playing on it was exactly the video of Wang Qian playing the pipa music, and it started from the beginning.
Just the prelude, the exciting melody made Xue Zhenguo's expression change. He frowned as he looked at the video and said, "Wang Qian is playing a pipa piece at the Curtis Institute?"
Xue Zhenguo's tone was very strange, as if he had seen something very strange.
The Curtis Institute is the top classical music school in Europe and America. The instruments it focuses on are all classical European and American instruments, such as piano and violin, etc. The teachers and students there cannot play Chinese instruments at all, and may not even have paid attention to Chinese national instruments and music.
Most of the audience were musicians and music lovers from Europe and America.
Playing pipa music in such an occasion? From Xue Zhenguo's usual point of view, it seemed inappropriate.
Are those European and American musicians and audiences willing to listen? Xue Man's pretty face was full of pride and pride, and she smiled and said, "Why? No? Didn't you see that those foreigners were stunned? Professor Wang's pipa music is very nice, and it was written by Professor Wang himself. Isn't it amazing?"
Xue Zhenguo's eyes flashed with surprise. He quickly forgot about his daughter interrupting his writing mood. He stared at the video screen and listened carefully to Wang Qian's pipa music. He whispered, "It's a bit like the guzheng piece "General's Order" he played last time. It should also be a piece describing war. The emotions are more dangerous and exciting, and the rhythm is constantly progressing, as if it shows a complete war."
Xue Zhenguo kept listening. Although this video had gone through several processes and the sound quality had been greatly degraded, with his research and background in traditional culture, he was able to hear more inner meaning from the degraded sound quality.
Xue Man said softly: "I also think it describes war. The melody is very compact and exciting. I didn't expect Professor Wang's pipa playing level to be so high. I think that several pipa masters of the National Orchestra may not be as good as him."
Xue Zhenguo immediately glared at his daughter again and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You can't just comment on those masters casually, and you can't just comment on Professor Wang casually either."
Xue Man said in a low voice with grievance: "Professor Wang doesn't care about these things, only you guys..."
As a professional critic, she has made many public comments on Wang Qian and his music, which have attracted widespread attention. She knows that Wang Qian would not care about other people's comments on him.
Only the older generation cares! Xue Zhenguo glared at his daughter again, then continued to listen carefully to the sound of the pipa in the video. Looking at Wang Qian's extremely skilled playing skills while holding the pipa, he exclaimed: "He may not be inferior to those pipa masters. Professor Wang is really an incredible musical genius!"
After saying that, Xue Zhenguo stopped.
Because he remembered Wang Qian's achievements in the field of literature.
Those poems and lyrics, which can be regarded as classics, are enough to make all contemporary literati feel ashamed.
Not to mention the unfinished Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which has stirred up the entire field of literature and history. Now almost all experts in the entire field of literature and history in the country are digging for information on the history of the Three Kingdoms.
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Xue Zhenguo suddenly didn't know how to evaluate Wang Qian, and just listened to the music in silence.
Listen to the end! Seeing the warm applause from the audience, Xue Zhenguo also felt a sense of pride in his heart, that is the pride and pride that his culture is recognized by the world.
Xue Man laughed softly and said, "How about it, Professor Wang is amazing, right? See those European and American musicians all stood up and applauded!"
Xue Zhenguo nodded: "This time, Professor Wang really brought glory to the country. That's amazing."
There was a pause.
Xue Zhenguo added: "However, I guess this pipa piece is about the Chu-Han contention, or the final battle, when Xiang Yu committed suicide at the Wujiang River!"
Xue Man was startled, looked at her father and asked, "Dad, have you heard of this song?"
Xue Zhenguo shook his head: "Never heard of it!"
Xue Man asked: "Then how did you know?"
Xue Zhenguo: "Didn't I say that? I guessed it. After listening to the song, I guessed it based on the mood and imagery of the song. Let's see if my guess is right when Wang Qian explains the song."
Xue Man: "Then we have to wait. Those media outlets that reposted the video haven't uploaded any new videos yet."
Xue Zhenguo clicked the replay button again and listened to the pipa music from the beginning. He said softly, "Let me listen to it again!"
Xue Man also listened carefully along with his father, and at the same time, he took out many details of the last battle of the Chu-Han Contention in his mind and compared them with the emotions and artistic conception of the song, and found that they were indeed very similar, so it was not an exaggeration to say that they were identical.
Awesome! Xue Man praised Wang Qian in her heart, and also praised her father, and then wrote on Weibo with another phone: "Professor Wang, a god-like musician!"
…
At Ascendas headquarters.
Wang Jianqiang and Jiang Rong were also paying close attention to Wang Qian's lectures at Curtis College! Their plan to flatter Wang Qian was about to enter the closing stage.
As for when to close the net, it depends on when Wang Qian fails in North America!
Once Wang Qian falls, they will immediately mobilize all the public opinion energy accumulated in the early stage, and beat Wang Qian to death with one blow, making it impossible for him to make a comeback in the entertainment industry. Then they will move to Qianqian Jingting or even acquire Qianqian Jingting.
Originally, they thought that Wang Qian's class with Curtis would be their biggest chance.
Because, for a Chinese pop singer to gain recognition from many European and American classical musicians at a top classical school like Curtis is almost impossible. No one will believe it if you tell them!
but……
It's the kind of thing that no one believes.
He just happened.
And it happened in front of their own eyes.
The two of them directly climbed over the wall and watched the videos on YouTube that were shot by North American viewers on their mobile phones on the TV screen. Their expressions were somewhat solemn.
Wang Qian's brilliant performances time and time again told them that their preparations were of no use.
Jiang Rong whispered, "Based on Professor Wang's performance at the Curtis Institute this time, he will probably have a high status in the world of classical music. It will be even more difficult to target him in the future."
Mr. Wang leaned back in his chair, and sighed with an even uglier look on his face, "This is not the most important thing. The last pipa piece is the most important! With this piece, even if he fails on the international stage of The Voice of China, we won't be able to blacken him."
Jiang Rong was stunned and asked, "Why?"
President Wang glanced at Jiang Rong and said, "Didn't you see that? This song will greatly promote Chinese folk music internationally, allowing people around the world to understand our Chinese culture through music. What is this?"
Jiang Rong's eyes widened instantly, and she was shocked. She realized, "This is what the official media has always wanted to do!"
President Wang nodded. "Yes, that is what the higher-ups have been working on, but the results have not been significant. However, Wang Qian's pipa music has a greater effect than the official efforts of more than ten or twenty years. Who dares to smear Wang Qian in the future? As long as he does not do anything that is harmful to the world, no one can smear him, and the official media will always protect him."
Mr. Wang's voice became weak and he lay down on the chair and didn't want to move, as if all the strength in his body had been drained.
In order to strike down Wang Qian and Qian Qian Jing Ting, I have been preparing for such a long time...
So many resources were spent in the early stage to promote Wang Qian, but now it is impossible to continue.
That means that a lot of publicity resources were invested in Wang Qian in vain in the early stage, which was almost a great assist for Wang Qian!
Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on this, but all wasted.
The most important thing is that it may be difficult for them to attack the entire Qianqian Jingting by attacking Wang Qian in the future, and they can only deal with the competition and rise of Qianqian Jingting by purely commercial means.
However, if purely commercial means were effective, why would they go to such great lengths to come up with a plan of flattery and deception?
Jiang Rong's eyes were filled with a hint of relaxation, and she said softly, "So, are you going to give up on the plan of praising someone to death?"
President Wang nodded and said, "Let's discuss this with the other companies first. Anyway, I don't think this plan can go on. As long as they have a little bit of brains and vision, they can see that there may be no chance to discredit Wang Qian in the future. It would be a waste of resources to continue this plan. Cutting the loss is the only option."
Jiang Rong: "Okay, I will contact them tomorrow. However, Mr. Wang, I think that The Voice International Competition is also an opportunity for us. I have been paying attention to domestic public opinion recently. Many people are very interested in the songs sung by the contestants in The Voice International Competition and want to download them. However, they can only download Wang Qian's works from Qianqian Jingting. There is no place to download other people's works."
"Can we spend money to buy the copyright of other contestants' performances?"
President Wang's eyes lit up. "Yes, I've been so busy finding flaws in Wang Qian recently that I forgot about these resources. Contact the Voice of China International Operations Team right away. Price is not an issue. You must buy the exclusive license."
Jiang Rong: "Okay, I'll contact them right away."
After standing up and walking out of Mr. Wang's office, Jiang Rong felt much more relaxed. Her mind was still full of the scene of Wang Qian playing the pipa music she had just seen. She was in a very good mood thinking that she finally didn't have to target Wang Qian.
Replaying the scene of so many European and American artists standing up and applauding Wang Qian just now in her mind, Jiang Rong's face was full of pride.
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Curtis College.
Wang Qian looked at the thousands of hands raised at the scene, among which there were many familiar faces.
Mars, Elton, David, Denzel and others.
And Kristen and Green! And Wang Qian is very familiar with Taylor and Sophie, etc...
Wang Qian learned from his previous lesson and decided to call an acquaintance.
Calling them Taylor and Sophie definitely won’t work, they are too familiar.
Myers and Elton? David, Dazel?
They are all too professional, which is not conducive to slacking off! Wang Qian looked at Christine and said loudly: "The people I just talked to are all seniors in the field of classical music, so I will now ask a super queen in the field of pop music to stand up and talk. Christine, what do you want to say?"
Christine, who was raising her hand, heard Wang Qian calling her name. Her pretty face was full of surprise and she was stunned for a moment.
Many people around looked at Christine. Some were surprised that Christine also came to listen to Wang Qian's class; some were regretful that they were not selected by Wang Qian.
Many viewers in front of the TV then noticed that Christine was actually listening to Wang Qian's class on the spot. They were all curious and surprised at Wang Qian's appeal that he could attract Christine to attend the class on the spot.
Under everyone's gaze.
Christine stood up slowly, the expression on her pretty face had returned to normal. She took the microphone handed over by the staff, looked at Wang Qian and said seriously: "This song is simply incredible. This is the first time I know that this Chinese national musical instrument that I have never seen before can actually play such beautiful music."
There was still a hint of aftertaste and surprise in Christine's eyes.
She has always focused on the field of pop music and is familiar with mainstream European and American musical instruments. She really doesn't pay much attention to Chinese musical instruments.
She had seen this pipa before in the musical instrument introduction, but she didn't know how to use it, nor did she know it could play such music.
After hearing what Christine said, many people at the scene nodded in agreement, with expressions of approval on their faces.
Anyone with the ability to appreciate music would not be able to say anything bad about Wang Qian's performance. If they tried to do so, they would only be laughed at by many other artists at the scene.
Wang Qian looked at Christine and smiled, "Thank you, your music is also great."
Wang Qian has specifically listened to Kristen's album music, and he must admit that Kristen's country music is very attractive, especially in this era when electronic music is rampant. It is absolutely a genius to be able to dominate the world music scene with pop music based on country music.
Of course, Kristen also incorporated some electronic pop into her country music, but it was just a supporting embellishment.
Christine looked at Wang Qian and began to ask the questions that everyone at the scene and the audience in front of the TV wanted to ask: "Mr. Wang Qian, can I ask you a few questions? It may be offensive to you."
Wang Qian nodded: "Of course, please!"
The scene returned to silence again. Most people looked at Wang Qian, and some looked at Christine.
Christine asked: "Mr. Wang Qian, this Pipa music, forgive me, I don't know how to pronounce Pipa. Did you compose this music yourself?"
Everyone looked at Wang Qian closely.
Looking forward to Wang Qian's answer! Especially many people like Nick who have ulterior motives, their eyes are eager to swallow Wang Qian.
Nick searched for several famous Chinese pipa pieces on his mobile phone. After listening to them briefly, he realized that they were not the same piece that Wang Qian had just played, so he gave up.
Many other people also want to know whether this beautiful, clear and complete song of Chinese national instruments was written by Wang Qian himself?
Did Wang Qian keep his unprecedented promise?
Wang Qian faced everyone, looking at Christine calmly, and nodded again: "Yes, I wrote it. But it was definitely not written just now. In fact, I wrote some prototypes of this song five or six years ago, but I just wrote a little bit for fun at the time, so it was not perfected. When I got the pipa just now, I thought of this song, so I temporarily improved it again and played it. I don’t know if my temporary improvement is good."
There was silence! Many music artists looked serious, as if they were in pain.
Especially some music creators who focus on composing music feel that they seem to be offended.
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