Hear this name.

Lu Chen and Feng Nan’s eyes widened at that moment.

"Fuck, this is agarwood oil, let me see!"

Feng Nan took the small bottle and looked at it carefully.

"Is this thing expensive? Why are you so surprised?"

Only Zhao Ling didn't understand at all.

Feng Nan: "Very expensive? Do you know how much this small bottle is worth? It's probably worth at least a car! This thing is worth a thousand gold, much more expensive than gold. It is the essence extracted from agarwood, and about ten kilograms of raw materials can extract one gram. The key is that this thing is in short supply, and it's hard to buy the real thing without a connection. Miss Su bought two bottles at once, what a big deal!"

This bottle is worth a car?! Holy crap!

Zhao Ling was stunned.

I didn’t expect Su Siyu to be so arrogant!

This time Lu Chen felt embarrassed: "Ms. Su, it's too expensive. I can't accept it."

Su Siyu: "Teacher Lu Chen, you taught me such great skills. These two bottles of agarwood oil are nothing. Don't worry, I didn't buy it with my own money. This agarwood oil is produced by my family. This batch is relatively better in quality. I don't have much left, otherwise I would have given you a few more bottles."

As soon as these words came out.

Hiss~ What is the real high-level "rich"? This is it! Zhao Ling said resentfully: "Siyu, why haven't I seen you give me such a good thing?"

Su Siyu: "Then... next time, when the next batch comes out, I'll give you two bottles."

Zhao Ling waved her hands: "I'm kidding. I don't sing, so I don't need such good stuff. I don't need to use a bottle of treasure worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintain my voice just to curse people, right? Haha."

Lu Chen: "You have made progress, Mr. Zhao. You even know that your voice is not worth it~"

Zhao Ling: "You! Forget it, forget it. I have to go to the airport. I'll leave Siyu to you. You shouldn't express your gratitude for receiving such an expensive gift."

Zhao Ling asked the group of people to leave the office, picked up their suitcases, and after giving them repeated instructions, she set off.

"Miss Su, how about going to my office?"

"OK."

Lu Chen's office.

"Miss Su, would you like some tea?"

"Um!"

"Is black tea okay?"

"Can."

Lu Chen nodded and took out his treasured first-grade "Qimen Red" at 48,000 yuan per kilogram from the tea cabinet.

They sat down at the tea table.

Lu Chen boiled water to make tea, and played with the tea set in a very experienced manner.

"Come, try it!"

Su Siyu looked at the bright red tea soup and leaves, took a sip, and was surprised to find the taste fresh, mellow and rich. "This tea is delicious! Teacher Lu Chen, I see you like tea, too. Could it be that the inspiration for your song "Tea Brewed by Grandpa" came from this?"

Lu Chen laughed: "Just call me Lu Chen, we are about the same age. Um... I'm sorry about what happened yesterday, Miss Su."

Su Siyu: "Just call me Siyu, Teacher Lu Chen."

Lu Chen: "Okay, Miss Su."

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.

Su Siyu sipped her tea, but she would secretly glance at Lu Chen from time to time.

Lu Chen, I don’t know what to say.

He really has no idea what to do with the gift-giving thing.

"How about... let's talk about music, Zhao Ling said, do you have something to ask me?"

Lu Chen broke the deadlock.

Su Siyu agreed: "Okay, I was just thinking of asking Teacher Lu Chen for advice!"

After saying that, she fixed her beautiful eyes and said, "Actually, I really want to ask a question. I was very curious about this question when you wrote "Moonlight". Teacher Lu Chen, how did you write the Chinese style so uniquely? It seems to be very different from our original Chinese style songs.

You used a lot of traditional Chinese instruments in this song, and of course, there were also a lot of electronic synthesized sounds.

The key is that the combination of the two is not abrupt.

Because I myself am devoted to studying traditional Chinese music.

I know how difficult it is to achieve a high degree of integration between the two.

In addition, the songs "Ranwu Chunqiu", "General", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Nunchucks" are all typical Chinese styles based on their lyrics.

But if you are frank, I really can't imagine that Chinese style songs can be written like this.

It can actually be combined with rap.

So, when I heard these songs, I really felt like my three views were overturned.

If I hadn’t heard it with my own ears, I wouldn’t have believed that such music existed.”

Su Siyu asked almost all the questions she wanted to ask the most.

These questions had indeed been in her mind for a long time.

It was so rare that she, who seldom spoke at length, said so much in one breath.

Lu Chen guessed that Su Siyu would ask questions about traditional Chinese style, after all, she is the little queen of traditional Chinese style.

As expected, he smiled and said, "If I have to give a reason, I'm not being modest. It's probably because I've broken away from the rut of traditional Chinese music. You know, the mainstream Chinese music currently uses the traditional pentatonic scale, which is Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, compared to 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in the simplified notation. That is: DO, Re, Mi, Sol, and La."

Of course, this was my opinion before, but now, it may not be the case.

Whether it is "Moonlight" or "The General" which touched me the most later.

You may not know that our company, as a company specializing in traditional Chinese music, is full of praise for these songs.

However, "Moonlight" still uses the gong, shang, jue, zhi and yu notes, but the arrangement is more bold and innovative."

Lu Chen nodded: "Yes, this is the key! In fact, I don't write much about ancient style. You can roughly know this from my previous works. What's the reason? The reason is that I have always had my own thoughts on ancient style, but at that time I didn't have enough experience and didn't see the essence of many things. This is the main reason why I almost never touched this subject later.

I think the biggest problem with the current national style is that musicians are still lacking in innovation in their subject matter.

That is to say, this is the cliché I mentioned before.

Many of our traditional Chinese musicians still like to work with Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu.

Of course, let me make this clear first.

I have absolutely nothing against the use of pentatonic scale.

On the contrary, I support composing music using the Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu notes from our traditional culture.

Because the songs written in this way will indeed have a more authentic Chinese style, after all, they are treasures left by our ancestors.

As the new generation, we must inherit the treasures of our predecessors."

Su Siyu's face was serious, and she nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Lu Chen changed the subject: "But at the same time, we must also clearly realize that if we simply use the things of our ancestors and fully apply them to this era to gain market recognition, I'm afraid this will be too difficult.

Because it is purely ancient style, it is out of touch with the current market.

I won’t talk about the song first.

Let’s talk about musical instruments.

Chinese folk music generally uses traditional instruments such as erhu, pipa, flute, and guzheng.

Frankly speaking, it is really difficult to make young people today simply like these musical instruments.

You can see this from the music cram schools that parents are providing today.

The instruments I learn the most are always the piano, violin, or foreign instruments such as accordion and cello.

How many parents would let their children learn guzheng, erhu, etc.?

Of course there are, and the number is not small.

But in comparison, the number of people taking tutoring classes in the former is definitely much larger than that in the latter.

Do you agree with this? "

Su Siyu nodded again: "I agree, that's the fact. Even when I first started learning music, the first class my mother signed me up for was piano lessons. Later, I took the initiative to fall in love with traditional instruments, so my mother signed me up for other classes. I'm not saying that the piano is bad, but the reality is that traditional instruments are constantly weakening."

Lu Chen nodded: "This is only part of the reason. In fact, the impact is nothing more than the impact of foreign music on the domestic market. Let's take the QQ member chart as an example. Look at the top 100 hot songs last year.

Thirty-six of them are European and American songs, and if I remember correctly, Japanese and Korean songs account for thirty-three or thirty-four.

In comparison, we only have about 30 songs in our country.

The key point is that among these more than 30 songs, nearly 99% are pop music, and RNB love songs alone account for 70%. I remember you have one Chinese style song on the list, and I think you have one folk song, but forget about rap.

It can be said that almost all the songs on the list use Western music.

To some extent, this is the core factor that causes the deviation in the direction of music training.

After all, parents will definitely choose which songs are popular and which instruments to learn, and there is nothing wrong with that.”

Su Siyu smiled when she heard this: "Teacher Lu Chen, but now the members' list is full of your songs."

When Lu Chen heard this, he didn't seem very happy.

"For me, this is certainly a good thing, but for the entire domestic entertainment industry, it may not be the case."

Su Siyu's smile froze.

"I have said so much, but my point is just one. If the traditional Chinese style theme wants to regain its popularity, it must change with the times. "Moonlight" is my attempt, but... it is not a pure attempt."

“Isn’t Moonlight a pure experiment?”

“Yes, ‘Moonlight’ uses a new arrangement and a new singing style, but it still has some shortcomings.”

"What are the shortcomings you are referring to?"

Seeing Su Siyu was puzzled.

Lu Chen hesitated, wondering whether to elaborate further.

But I saw that the other party was full of curiosity.

Lu Chen put down the teacup and said, "Okay, then next, I'll talk to you about my thoughts on Chinese style. I hope it will be helpful to you."

Hearing this, Su Siyu's heart beat faster instantly.

I had a vague feeling that Lu Chen’s next words might be earth-shattering!

Lu Chen said slowly and firmly: "I think there may be a new situation in the future development of Guofeng.

The first is the combination of Western music and traditional instruments to complete the new Chinese style arrangement.

Of course, composing music alone is definitely not enough.

It also depends on new singing methods and lyrics with a strong Chinese style.

Therefore, I summarized this situation into a theory. I call it "Three Ancient and Three New Writing Methods"..."

(End of this chapter)