Li Shishi gently touched Caibao's head and praised: "This kitten is really well-behaved."
"Yes, sister! It's very smart and can even understand what I say. It will do whatever I tell it to do."
"Yes, I saw it. When you were singing, it lay on the edge of the stage, staring at you without blinking." Li Shishi stroked its fur lovingly, "It makes you suspect it's not just an ordinary cat, but a fairy cat."
Zhang Shixun smiled.
"Sir, don't laugh. Sister Li is right. This kitten is a fairy cat."
"If you say so, then so be it. I won't refute it."
"Humph! When you wake up, it's lying next to your pillow. Who are you trying to fool..."
Zhang Shixun stood there with a smile on his face, not saying a word, determined not to respond to their words.
My husband, I lied, wasn't it for you?
The rehearsal is proceeding step by step.
Everyone was busy, only one person was still in a daze, that was Cai Tao.
He just went to take a look behind the stage, but there was nothing there.
I even went under the stage to take a look, but of course there was nothing there.
He didn't know what he was looking for, he just felt that he should do something, such as finding out where the musician was.
He found nothing.
Without musicians, where would such beautiful music come from?
Could this be the legendary sound of nature?
The fairyland is right before your eyes, right above the stage. The green mountains and green waters, the red bricks and green tiles are all vivid in your eyes, and even the fairies inside seem to be right in front of you.
What was even more incredible was that Li Shishi and the others had also appeared in the fairyland... No! To be more precise, the fairies in the fairyland had become Li Shishi and her daughters.
If this was just a Taoist magic, Cai Tao would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.
He stood stupidly in the audience, looking up at the dreamlike scene on the stage, his mind in a mess.
There was a reason why he was sent by his father to assist Zhang Shixun.
"It is very important to understand who Zhang Shixun is." This is what Cai Jing told him.
As Cai Jing's most beloved son, Cai Tao certainly understood his father's thoughts.
My father didn't believe that Zhang Shixun was a Heavenly Master, and even less that he believed that Zhang Shixun was a god.
Even though he saw Zhang Shixun summon the thunder with his own eyes, his father still classified him as a Taoist master with great skills.
Cai Tao did not believe in the existence of gods and immortals. Like his father, he followed Confucianism, always regarded himself as a Confucian, and kept his distance from ghosts and gods.
But now the gods appeared.
When he looked at Zhang Shixun again, his eyes were different.
Jealousy, envy, admiration, worship...all kinds of emotions intertwined together, even Cai Tao himself couldn't figure out what his feelings were towards this immortal.
Zhang Shixun didn't know what Cai Tao was thinking. He was standing in the audience at the moment, discussing the details of the performance with Li Shishi and Ding Dusai.
"I think the opening show should be grand and create a warm atmosphere, arousing the enthusiasm of everyone on and off the stage."
Li Shishi nodded. "Mr. Zhang and I have the same idea. But how can we realize the 'grandness' you mentioned?"
"That's easy. Let's have a chorus."
"Chorus?" Li Shishi and Ding Dusai looked at each other, and then turned their inquiring gazes to Zhang Shixun at the same time.
Zhang Shixun smiled slightly and hummed softly:
Flowers once told me how you walked,
The earth knows every corner of your heart,
Sweet dreams, no one will miss them,
Finally, we have arrived at this happy gathering today.
We have walked through thousands of rivers and mountains,
Every encounter and smile is engraved on each other.
…
Zhang Shixun stopped singing after the beginning and asked them, "The title of this piece is 'The Same Song.' How about singing it together?"
"That's great, the music is nice and the lyrics are suitable for the Lantern Festival." Ding Dusai looked at Zhang Shixun with a pair of beautiful eyes, his eyes burning.
"That's really great." Li Shishi couldn't help but be moved. "Master Zhang said it right away. Could it be that he had prepared it a long time ago?"
"That... I guess so." Zhang Shixun was afraid they would ask who the author was, so he quickly said, "This Lantern Festival is on a larger scale, so our chorus should be bigger too."
"How big?" Li Shishi and Ding Dusai asked in unison.
"At least a hundred people."
"Ah!" The two girls had the same surprised expression.
"Fifty female voices, fifty male voices, and a lead singer."
Li Shishi couldn't help but question: "Mr. Zhang, aren't a hundred people too many?"
"At a concert with hundreds of thousands of people, a chorus of one hundred people isn't that many, haha!"
"Are men and women on the same stage?"
"It shouldn't be a problem if the women stand in front and the men stand in the back, or if the men stand on the left and the women on the right."
The two girls looked at each other, then turned their gazes to him.
Ding Dusai looked over there and was unhappy: "Sir, are you kidding me? It's not appropriate for us to share the stage with a bunch of stinky men."
"Yes! It's not good for men and women to be on the same stage!" Li Shishi also disagreed.
Due to ethical norms in this era, men and women generally performed on different stages.
The two women disagreed, and Zhang Shixun was helpless, so he had to compromise and said, "Since that's the case, then let's have all the voices be female, and Madam Li will be in charge of selecting the people. How do you think that is?"
Li Shishi nodded in agreement.
"Once Madam Li has chosen the candidates, I will play this piece of music on the marquee, and then we can all learn it together."
"Sky curtain?"
Zhang Shixun pointed to the virtual screen on the stage.
The word "sky curtain" was conceived by Zhang Shixun on a whim. It is not as abstract as "screen" and is easy for people of that era to understand.
Moreover, the "sky curtain" easily evokes associations.
Everything related to heaven is high, great, and superior.
After sending the two girls away, Zhang Shixun walked towards Cai Tao. He had noticed Cai Tao a long time ago. This guy's eyes were a little different tonight. He just stared at him straight.
"Brother Yuezhi, you've been looking at me, is there something wrong?"
"No...it's okay." Cai Tao stammered.
"Oh, I saw you kept looking at me and thought everything was fine."
"Um... Shixun, I've always wanted to ask you something, but I'm not sure if I should ask it or not."
Zhang Shixun smiled and said, "There's nothing you can't ask. A gentleman is open and honest. Just ask."
"Okay, then I'll ask." Cai Tao coughed lightly, "Are you a deity?"
Zhang Shixun was stunned.
This question is too difficult to answer. If you say yes, that would be a bit shameless; if you say no, how do you explain these things that are ahead of their time that he showed?
It's hard to explain.
"What difference does it make whether you are a god or not?" Zhang Shixun asked back. There was no good way to deal with this kind of problem, so he had to retreat in order to advance.
"How can there be no difference?" Cai Tao smiled bitterly. "If you were a deity, mortals like me would treat you with respect and courtesy. How could we be so casual like we are now?"
"Brother Yuezhi, you are too persistent." Zhang Shixun tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said something with a double meaning: "No matter when you ask, I will never admit that I am a god."
Cai Tao bowed and said, "Okay, I won't ask again."
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