Chapter 331 The truth 20 years ago - Tuoba Jianhui's band

Lin Tian didn't expect that Yao Han would ask this question so directly.

It seems that this is most likely the reason why Yao Han asked me to come here today.

Worried that I don't understand the trend of the competition and will fail in song selection? So I came to check the works prepared by Lin Tian.

He is quite nice.

“.”

In fact, Lin Tian had discussed this issue with Gan Yanyu before coming here.

But we didn't talk much.

Neither of them took it seriously.

The reason is simple.

From the very beginning, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu embarked on the journey of the competition with the dream of performing classical music to the world.

How could you easily change yourself just because of the direction of the game?

Lin Tian has also experienced the cruelty of this.

On the former Star Cup.

It was precisely because of the unfair scoring mechanism that Gan Yanyu's "Cello Concerto in E Minor" was defeated by Bai Xi.

This was also Gan Yanyu's only major defeat.

Although he had experienced this once before, Lin Tian was mentally prepared.

But, Yao Han reminded again.

It still makes Lin Tian feel a little overwhelmed.

Perhaps, the situation of the Longqin Cup seemed a little worse than he had imagined.

"Teacher Lin Tian, ​​do you know when the International Music Association's current scoring standard began?"

Seeing that Lin Tian was slow to answer.

Yao Han was not in a hurry and said.

"When did it start?"

Lin Tian remembered that Gan Yanyu had told him about this matter.

It was probably at the beginning of the 21st century that, in order to promote music competitions and attract more young people to become the audience, the official repertoire gradually shifted from classical music to modern and pop music.

Major music competitions have gradually divided into two types of competition: performance competitions that focus more on artistic expression like before, and competitive competitions that are more eye-catching and give performers extremely high gold content.

The effect was very successful.

The popularity of music events today is far beyond what it was in the past.

Around the world, young people's personal worship of musicians and their pursuit of music events have reached an all-time high.

These are what Lin Tian knows.

Lin Tian didn’t know how deep it went or when it started.

“.”

"Well, what you said is pretty much right. It seems that Teacher Gan Yanyu has a deep understanding of this period of history from Mr. Gan."

After listening to Lin Tian’s brief explanation, Yao Han nodded.

"It's just that there are still many details you haven't added."

Yao Han smiled.

"In fact, the International Musicians Association proposed this plan more than 30 years ago, but it was only 20 years ago that it was fully promoted."

"At that time, the International Music Association decided to change the competition repertoire from classical music to modern pop music in order to attract more young audiences and sponsors. The obscurity and seriousness of classical music were considered not conducive to market promotion, while modern music was easier to spread and commercialize."

"With the development of technology, the attention of the younger generation is occupied by fast-consumption content such as online videos and pop culture. The complex structure and long length of classical music can hardly adapt to this fast-paced aesthetic demand."

"The association introduced new scoring criteria that emphasize 'innovation', 'entertainment' and 'audience interaction', and classical music was deducted points for 'lack of novelty' and 'distant from the audience'."

After hearing this, Lin Tian roughly understood something.

No wonder, domestic competition rules have not been aligned with those of the International Music Association so quickly.

It’s purely because the domestic Internet is developing slowly.

Compared with other countries, fast food culture arrived a little later.

Tell the truth.

Although this competition system is unique to this world.

However, it does reflect many problems in the current music industry.

It's very typical.

Nowadays, not many people can listen to classical music.

In this era of fast food culture, everyone is polluted by short videos and clichés.

The long videos on Bilibili are gradually declining, and there are fewer and fewer UP hosts who carefully produce exquisite content. Instead, there are more and more Douyin anchors who are on the edge of the line.

The traffic of the old novel website "Qidian" is getting worse and worse, and fewer and fewer people are reading traditional online novels. Instead, Tomato Novels, which focus on gimmicks and brainless and refreshing novels, are rising rapidly.

As a result, Qidian.com had to start cracking down on piracy, which it had not dealt with for many years, in order to retain platform traffic and authors.

But does this phenomenon mean that those slow and old-fashioned things are no longer viable? Not really.

A typical example is: there are quite a lot of high-quality long video content on Bilibili.

Someone cuts a few minutes' slice of the video, adds some Tang's fast food BGM to it, and posts it on Tik Tok, and it is often more popular than the original author.

This shows that the audience is not blind. As long as they can watch high-quality content, they will like to watch it.

However, as we are influenced by the fast-food culture every day, we really don’t have the patience to watch slow-paced things.

The same is true for classical music.

Many excellent works may seem obscure and boring at first glance.

It needs to be savored carefully.

The structure, harmony and melody of classical music are considered the pinnacle of human art. Its complexity and depth are difficult to match by modern music.

For example, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" shows the struggle of mankind against fate through four movements. This emotional depth is difficult for modern pop music to carry.

When you are completely immersed in it, savor it with your heart.

The emotions felt are priceless.

“That trend of changing the format came with a bang.”

Yao Han sighed and said with emotion.

My gaze seemed to have gone back many years.

Yao Han was only a teenager that year, but he had already played the piano for many years.

Moreover, under the influence of his brother Yao Xing, he always pays attention to the turmoil in the music industry.

He saw it with his own eyes.

Countless performers of the older generation have been defeated in this vigorous trend of the times.

Many people, after falling down, never stand up again.

In a trance, Yao Han's sight gradually caught sight of a group of figures. "In such a change, how could there be no musicians to resist?"

He glanced at Lin Tian.

After thinking for a few seconds, he finally spoke:

"Twenty years ago, there was a group of classical musicians in China who tried to reverse the trend by playing classical music, but they were eventually drowned in the tide of popular culture."

“.”

Lin Tian was stunned and looked at Yao Han.

"The reason for their failure is not only the bias of the judges, but also the irreversibility of the aesthetic trend of the entire society."

"It's ridiculous to go against the entire era."

"Teacher Lin Tian."

Yao Han stared into Lin Tian's eyes.

There was an indescribable sharpness in his eyes, as if he was confirming or warning someone.

——It is ridiculous to go against the entire era.

Such words.

It seems to be talking about the group of classical musicians 20 years ago.

At the same time, it was also a warning to Lin Tian.

“.”

Yao Han almost said it explicitly.

"Change the music, Teacher Lin Tian."

Yao Han said,

"Twenty years have passed, and now the world music landscape has stabilized."

"You can't accomplish what those crazy people didn't accomplish."

"Teacher Lin Tian, ​​I really admire you. I hope you can make it all the way to the Cole Cup."

Speaking of this.

Yao Han, who always had a frivolous attitude, never spoke so seriously. "In my mind, your composing skills are absolutely world-class. Creating modern music shouldn't be difficult for you, right? One Step Away is a good example."

"If you choose to stick to classical music because of Mr. Gan's granddaughter, the cellist, then I think it is totally unnecessary."

“.”

"Is Mr. Gan one of the people from 20 years ago?"

As if he heard something from the words, Lin Tian raised his head and asked hesitantly.

Yao Han looked at him and nodded.

So that's how it is. Lin Tian nodded slightly and lay back in the chair.

Hear this.

All the previous clues are connected.

Uncle Gan, back then, was one of those crazy people who went against the trend of the times as described by Yao Han.

And the base camp of that group of crazy people, if Lin Tian guessed correctly, was probably Tuoba Jianhui's band.

Under the influence of Tuoba Jianhui, Gan Hua and a group of outstanding classical musicians.

The legendary band that was once very popular in China.

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When the wind of the reform of the World International Music Association swept across the world and blew to China.

They showed their persistence in classical music.

After the competition system spread to China, they still insisted on performing classical music around the world and worked hard to cultivate more young classical musicians.

As other orchestras, organizations, and major music colleges began to embrace the new system.

Tuoba Jianhui, Gan Hua and others are constantly creating and looking for ways out. They give speeches and perform around the world, trying to use their influence to resist the trend of the times.

And the extremely talented performer "Yao Xing".

Perhaps it was the young generation that Tuoba Jianhui wanted to cultivate at all costs during that period.

The older generation will eventually pass away.

In the future, decades later, perhaps classical music has completely disappeared from the mainstream music circle.

At least, there are still young performers who can carry on this legacy.

However, Yao Xing eventually became a bomb.

The "genius" who was cultivated at great risk messed up everything in one performance.

Along with the failure of the concert, the future that Tuoba Jianhui, Gan Hua and others had placed their high hopes on was also shattered.

The final outcome.

Lin Tian knew.

Nothing has changed.

In the torrent of the times, a group of "talented classical musicians" are nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and will be shattered by the first impact.

In the end, for some unknown reason, or perhaps it was just Yao Xing's concert, that made everyone completely give up.

All the older generation members of the band left and went their separate ways.

Gan Hua, alone, embarked on the journey for the Cole Cup.

In the end, in the final of the Cole Cup, Gan Hua was ambushed and lost the game, and threw away his cello forever.

The story ends here.

Lin Tian was silent for a long time.

Thinking back to the time I’ve been with Gan Yanyu and my interactions with Tuoba Jianhui.

Gan Yanyu may be the next generation that Gan Hua has high hopes for.

This genius has an unprecedented gift for playing.

This rekindled hope for Gan Hua, who had retired from the music industry for 16 years, and he poured all his efforts into Gan Yanyu.

But it was Tuoba Jianhui, who had never left the music industry, who could not accept such a thing.

So many years have passed, Tuoba Jianhui has long let go of his obsession and is working peacefully as a university professor. The orchestra he leads is no longer the same group of people who were high-spirited back then.

After seeing Gan Yanyu's performance, Tuoba Jianhui was both angry and puzzled.

He couldn't accept that after so many years, Gan Hua still hadn't forgotten what happened back then, and even let his granddaughter take part in learning such a "dangerous" performance.

So, in that preliminary round of the Yingqin Cup.

Only Tuoba Jianhui would say those words to Gan Yanyu.

Gan Yanyu was deliberately targeted that day.

In fact, it was also Tuoba Jianhui's final words to Gan Hua:

"I've let it go, and I hope you have too."

"Let our obsession die in our generation"

Scenes from the past came to my mind.

The fate of those crazy people back then is still vivid in my mind.

Tuoba Jianhui will solve all of this. As the former head of the group.

originally,

It should be like this.

However, Tuoba Jianhui never expected this.

It is the uncertain factor of "Lin Tian".

This pianist is in perfect harmony with Gan Yanyu's performance and possesses extremely terrifying creative abilities.

The stage was completely turned into a performance show for two people.

A cellist who can fully unleash the soul of classical music, and a pianist who can easily create classical music that is 100% in tune with the two of them.

That stage scene stunned Tuoba Jianhui.

In a trance, something in his heart that had been stagnant for a long time was ignited again.

At that moment, the following words might have appeared in Tuoba Jianhui's mind.

——Perhaps, they can?

Therefore, he gave it an "A+" in the final rating.

Lin Tian only found out about this later.

But this does not prevent Tuoba Jianhui from still being a petty old man.

Before leaving, he came to Lin Tian and put on some pretense, but Lin Tian didn't give him any face at all and scolded him.

Afterwards, Tuoba Jianhui left in disgrace.

Although they never met again after that, Tuoba Jianhui gave Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu a lot of help behind the scenes.

For example, it was Tuoba Jianhui who recommended Lin Tian to participate in the Sakikuni International Piano Competition.

Everything has come full circle.

However, this made Lin Tian's mood seem even more complicated.

Is it really necessary to continue to stick to classical music?

If Gan Yanyu continues along this route, he will most likely be covered in bruises.

It seems so.

Didn’t Gan Yanyu become a tool?

He became a tool used by Mr. Gan to realize his obsession that had not been realized in the past.

Compared to classical music——

What Lin Tian cares more about is Gan Yanyu.

“.”

Lin Tian needs to talk to Gan Yanyu.

He absolutely could not accept that Gan Yanyu was hurt for everything she insisted on, and in the end she just became a tool of the previous generation.

"Thank you, Teacher Yao Han."

Lin Tian stood up and said, "This meal is great. I will treat you back later."

"Hey, don't leave yet."

Yao Han waved his hand and stopped Lin Tian. "Don't be impatient. Now that you are here, don't you want to get to know your opponents?"

"No."

There is no need to worry about Lin Tian.

Because of the existence of data guru He Zhichen, he always has first-hand information about the competition.

"No, no, no, there must be something you don't know."

Yao Han smiled mysteriously.

Seeing Yao Han being so persistent, Lin Tian sat down half-believing and half-doubting.

Is there anything else that He Zhichen doesn’t know?

"There is one contestant that you must pay attention to no matter what this time, Teacher Lin Tian."

"In a few days, the news that he will officially participate in the Longqin Cup will shock the entire circle."

"He is a legendary pop music composer and a veritable music monster. Although he does not sing, as a behind-the-scenes producer, he has always been at the top of the industry. Countless top singers have sung the songs he wrote."

"In fact, he has played the cello for many years, but no one expected that he would become a professional cellist this year!"

"Teacher Lin Tian, ​​your next opponent may be the entire pop music industry!"

(End of this chapter)