Chapter 345 Moonlight and Cat, here they come!
Ancient. Classical music?
Zhuye took another look to make sure he was not mistaken.
Whether it was true or not, Zhuye didn't have time to think more about it.
A huge chord sounded.
The live performance reached its climax again, forcibly pulling Zhuye's gaze back.
Mao Weiang's cello became more and more intense, and the cello in his hand seemed to be cast with a special musical magic:
The bass strings he pulled produced the electrical noise of an old radio tuned to FM.
The bow dances on the four strings like a street dancer following the wrong beat of a drum.
And when it came to the final climax, Mao Weiang suddenly leaned back and pointed the neck of the guitar towards the sky, as if he wanted to shoot the notes into the stars. At that moment, all the audience, including the commentary booth, were stunned.
They all became the objects of this wonderful magic, and every cell in their body became happy. "This is the King of Pop!!" Maple Leaf exclaimed loudly.
As the music ended.
Amidst thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.
Maozi stood up, still hunching over his thin body, and walked to the front of the stage.
He bowed to everyone humbly and politely.
Show your gentlemanly demeanor.
".good!!"
"Masterly style! Teacher Maozi's cello is worthy of his reputation in the Chinese music scene!!" Zhuye cheered.
On the jury panel, a group of senior professors nodded repeatedly, with a look of unprecedented relaxation on their faces.
This stage is a pure time of enjoyment.
A flawless performance.
Stunning original musical composition.
A "Sonnet of Electricity and Gut Strings", just as its name suggests, is an auditory feast that is pieced together by purely utilizing the combination and matching advantages of musical instruments and the charm of the notes themselves! Almost all listeners can easily feel the purest charm of music from it -
That is to bring happiness to people!
Such playing.
At the moment of the 2025 Longqin Cup, it is really very representative. It represents the openness and inclusiveness of the current music industry and leads the direction of the entire music circle.
In the eyes of the judges.
This is a 100-point politically correct work!
Not all political correctness is necessarily against the public. On the contrary, such a trend itself emerges to cater to the public's aesthetic taste.
Perhaps it can be said that this is a kind of "people's correctness"! "."
Zhuye's interpretation raised the level of the entire competition and brought the atmosphere in the live broadcast room to an unprecedented peak.
The audience's current reaction just proves this point.
[Really. Don’t be fooled by others. This is my first time watching a competition. I didn’t quite understand the previous songs, and I didn’t know if they were good or not. But when I heard Mr. Maozi’s song, I knew it was a good piece!]
[Right!! Actually, I’ve watched quite a few competitions, and most of the time I can’t really tell who’s good and who’s bad, but I’m embarrassed to say that it was Mr. Maozi’s performance that finally made me feel like I could understand the competition myself]
[Hahaha, it's true! Mr. Maozi's cello sounds much better than the previous ones! ]
[Maybe I'm a bit vulgar, I can't tell what it means, but I just like it.]
【.】
Until the moment Mao Weiang finished playing.
In the live broadcast room of the official Longqin Cup competition, the number of online users reached the highest peak since the start of the broadcast - a full 500,000+.
It's no exaggeration to say.
These 500,000+ are already the limit of the audience for music competitions in China.
Moreover, for quite a number of people, it was their first time to watch a music competition of this scale!
at the same time.
The title of the Sonnet for Electric Current and Gut Strings.
At the same time, it also became a hot topic on Weibo!
Moreover, it has dominated the public eye on major video platforms such as Tik Tok and Bilibili.
The performance had only been over for a few minutes.
Videos and slices have been released continuously.
This is also the first time that the cello competition has made a big splash this year!
Among these, of course, there is the traffic blessing of Mr. Maozi as the king of pop music.
The quality of the music itself is a powerful weapon to promote all of this.
[The first time I watched a cello competition in its entirety was because of Teacher Maozi! ]
[Ahhh, who knows! Mr. Maozi looks really handsome when he plays the cello! ]
[It's so good that my ears are pregnant! It's the first time I found that music without lyrics can be so beautiful! 】
[Can you add lyrics to this song and re-release it? Hahaha, can you let Mr. Chen sing it? 】
【.】
This is the rhythm on the Internet.
The two commentators at the commentary desk no longer had to be stingy with their praise.
"Although it was his first time participating in the competition, Mr. Maozi's performance was at the finals level!" Fengye said.
"Yes, after today's competition, there are quite a few pianists who played the same type of pop music. Objectively speaking, the pieces selected by some pianists may not be much worse than Mr. Maozi's "Sonnet"."
Bamboo Leaf said,
"But when it comes to the ability to interpret pop music, they are far inferior to Mr. Maozi."
"Yes, after all, he is a very good music producer in the industry." Maple Leaf sighed.
Compared with many cellists in China, the music education they received in local music schools and music conservatories is different.
At a time when the music selections in music competitions are increasingly leaning towards "modern pop music".
Like Mao Weiang, who comes from the Chinese music scene with pure pop music pedigree, the result of many years of experience in producing pop music.
For this group of miserable cello players who are only studying cello.
In the field of popular music research, Mr. Maozi is simply a dimensionality reduction strike! This dimensionality reduction strike was fully demonstrated in this performance.
Same type of tracks.
Teacher Maozi is able to make up for the shortcomings of "cello skills" with his own creations and interpretation of popular music, and defeat other cello players of the same type!
Listen now.
Probably, only Nanali's "Flying Geese" and Bai Junze's "Rambo Rhapsody" at the beginning could compete with Maozi's teacher's stage.
It’s so scary!
A new cello player who had just arrived and was "specially invited" to participate in the Longqin Cup.
It can actually make a large number of cellists feel breathless.
"I just heard from the director that 'Sonnet for Electricity and Gut Strings' has become the number one trending search on Weibo!"
On the commentary platform, Maple Leaf happily conveyed the news to the audience in the live broadcast room.
“Thank you for your love. I am very happy to be able to witness the birth of such an excellent work on the commentary platform.”
“It doesn’t sound good.”
In the lounge, watching the grand scene on the stage.
Gan Yanyu just said in a low voice.
"ah?"
Hearing this, even Lin Tian was shocked.
He came in front of Gan Yanyu and stared into the girl's eyes, "Not good?"
Although they were opponents, even Lin Tian, after listening to the performance just now, had to admit that the biggest advantage of his song was that it sounded good! Now, in a short while, the commentator, the audience, and the entire network were praising it!
Even Lin Tian was feeling a lot of pressure at once, not knowing how to deal with such a piece of music.
But when it came to Gan Yanyu, it turned into a casual "not nice"? "Empty."
Gan Yanyu lowered her eyes and spoke in a low voice.
"Empty?"
"Um."
Gan Yanyu said,
"It can't hear anything. Its soul has no voice"
Hearing this, Lin Tian was stunned.
He turned his head and looked at the big screen again.
After a brief thought, I understood what Gan Yanyu meant.
Yes, Gan Yanyu is right.
What does this "Sonnet to Electricity and Gut Strings" express?
Nothing at all.
All the arrangement and combination of its notes are just for the sake of pleasant sound and enjoyment of the audience. The composer's voice cannot be heard from the music.
If you insist on saying that it has a core, it does, but that is just the educational significance that I want to add to it in order to meet the needs of future generations when doing reading comprehension.
It doesn't seem like a complete work, but more like an "etude" or "experimental work" by a certain composer. In fact, to say so is a bit of an exaggeration because it is not difficult.
This is a "commercial work" that can make everyone happy.
Without the lyrics, there is no room for people to even imagine a story.
But this is pop music.
It originally sacrifices some of its artistic qualities in exchange for a larger audience, allowing more people to easily get happiness from it.
It's like The Avengers.
The great director Martin Scorsese once commented:
"I tried, you know, but that's not a movie. To be honest, the most accurate name I can think of is a theme park, the kind of movie that is well-made and the actors try their best to perform the best, but it's not the kind of movie where the actors express their emotions to the audience."
Let’s put aside this topic that has been debated in the film industry for many years.
It's a pure popcorn movie, and no one expected to feel any deep emotions in it.
As long as the production is good enough, the special effects are cool enough, and everyone can enjoy it - for everyone, it is worth the ticket price.
Not everyone likes to watch movies like "An Elephant Sitting Still".
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And Mao Weiang's Sonnet is even worse.
It is no longer just your average pop music or "popcorn movie".
It is the culmination of all.
Taking all the advantages of pop music to the extreme will inevitably magnify its shortcomings.
In fact, there is no right or wrong here.
It's just a matter of choice.
Everything is the choice of the market and the times.
But when Gan Yanyu said "it's not nice" so frankly, Lin Tian was still quite surprised.
“Actually, it can’t be said to be bad.”
Gan Yanyu's eyes were a little confused. "There is no sound inside. I can't tell whether it sounds good or not."
Gan Yanyu raised her head and looked at Lin Tian, her expression suddenly turned sad.
"Lin Tian, what should I do? I can't even understand why it works, how can I compete with him?"
So you put the blame on yourself!
Lin Tian choked up for a moment, and quickly consoled her, "It's not your problem. It's normal for you to think it doesn't sound good. It's not that there's something wrong with your aesthetic taste."
"I can't listen to music that everyone else thinks is good. Is there something wrong with me?"
The girl's eyes began to show despair.
“No, no, no!”
Lin Tian patted Gan Yanyu's shoulder.
"How do you know that other classical musicians are not thinking the same thing as you right now?"
“.”
Gan Yanyu stopped talking.
Lin Tian took a deep breath, as if he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Gan Yanyu asked.
"Teacher Gan, actually, this is your advantage."
Lin Tian looked at the girl gently and smiled.
He has a completely different train of thought from ordinary pianists.
A weird, confusing cellist.
Be able to hear voices that others cannot hear.
Faced with such a song with only a gorgeous appearance, she even lost her judgment.
It's like a passive skill.
Good news: You can see the essence.
The bad news: there's no looking outward.
Just like Saiki Kusuo couldn't see what Teruhashi Shinmi looked like until he lost his ability of perspective in the finale. At that moment, after three seasons of running together, he was finally moved. Before that, all he saw was a group of skeletons.
But that's why.
Only then can he be completely unconfused and uninfluenced by any external factors and look at everyone's soul with equal eyes.
perhaps,
It is precisely because of this kind of Gan Yanyu that she can perfectly interpret truly excellent classical music.
“.”
As the staff knocked on the lounge door.
In Gan Yanyu's still somewhat frightened gaze.
Lin Tian stood up and stretched his muscles.
He smiled at Gan Yanyu and said, "Let's go."
"If you don't like it, let them listen to real music!"
The scene at this moment.
The first half of the game just ended and the 15-minute break just passed.
But whether it is the audience seats, the commentary desk, or the live broadcast room.
I am still immersed in the tremendous aftereffect of Mr. Maozi's "Sonnet on Electricity and Gut Strings" just now.
A warm atmosphere.
Until the female host with her signature smile came on stage to give a report.
"The next contestant to appear is Gan Yanyu from Qingjiang."
With the appearance of this voice, the atmosphere at the scene calmed down.
——Then he turned to another peak! [Fuck, it’s Moonlight and Cat! Are they finally coming? ]
【Ahhh, it’s finally here! I’ve been waiting for so long!!】
[Cat sister, come on! ! ]
[Go, go, go! Brother Moonlight, kill him for me! ! ]
[Especially the guy who played pop music just now, kill him! ]
【.】
It only takes a moment.
In the live broadcast room with more than 500,000 viewers.
Suddenly, the screen was occupied by a mysterious group that had been silent for a long time! The number of comments suddenly increased several times! This grand occasion was no less than when Mr. Maozi took the stage just now.
At a glance:
It's either [kill, kill, kill] or [charge, charge, charge].
It's outrageous! Many new audiences who came from the Chinese music circle because of Mr. Maozi and watched the cello competition for the first time have also heard of the names of Moonlight and Cat and know that their influence in the music world is not low.
But after seeing this horrible comment, I felt that I hadn’t done enough preparation! [I’m awesome! The music industry also has its own fan club!]
[Oh my god, why are the comments all spamming? Am I really living in the same world as them? ]
What makes the new audience even more confused is that
It’s fine if the barrage is like this.
At this moment, the director's camera in the live broadcast room randomly cut to the backstage lounge.
——Many other cellists also showed excitement upon hearing the name of the contestant on stage.
Even some contestants who had been playing with their phones quickly put their phones away, looked at the big screen seriously, put down their crossed legs, and showed an admiring and respectful look. Isn’t it so exaggerated? ?
The new audience was stunned.
I knew he was famous but I didn’t know his status was so high!
When Maozi, the king of all stars, appeared on the stage just now, it wasn't so exaggerated, right? !
“.”
at the same time,
In order to cope with the overwhelming popularity, Maple Leaf, as the commentator, also stepped up to organize his language system, intending to find topics from the works of "Moonlight and Cat" as he did just now.
However, at this moment, Zhuye next to him patted his thigh under the table.
Under Fengye's puzzled gaze, Zhuye directed his sight to the performance repertoire column -
"The Blue Danube".
“.”
Maple Leaf's eyes suddenly widened.
The bamboo leaves in front of him seemed to have let it go a long time ago, revealing a slightly bitter expression.
now.
Stage lights in focus.
Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu walked onto the stage.
At this moment, Maple Leaf understood what Bamboo Leaf meant.
Wow, this is a tough battle for Moonlight and the Cat!
(End of this chapter)