Chapter 178: Learn Music from a Master
Lin Yilan took the two tickets given to her by Huo Juncheng and came to what Huo Juncheng called the best theater in the city with Grandma Huo. Lin Yilan held Grandma Huo's arm and smiled happily.
After being idle at home for so long, I can finally go out and relax.
Grandma Huo and Lin Yilan arrived at the theater early, showed their tickets and walked in. The show had not started yet, so the two of them sat down and chatted casually.
"Why did you think of coming to watch a play with grandma recently? I saw that you were having a lot of fun with the second daughter of the Chu family. Why didn't you invite her over today?"
Lin Yilan smiled awkwardly. Although her grandmother complained that she always went out to play with Chu Siran and had no time to accompany Grandma Huo, Grandma Huo's face was indeed kind.
"If grandma likes to watch a play with me, we can come again next time. Siran is busy with her milk tea shop recently. Unlike me, a lazy person, I have nothing to do and can only wander around."
"The second young lady of the Chu family is really capable. I never thought she could open a chain of milk tea shops in such a short time. Even an old man like me now admires her."
"Yeah, yeah, Siran is really amazing. Unlike me, I don't understand these things."
Grandma Huo heard Lin Yilan's somewhat lamentable complaint, and smiled as she patted Lin Yilan's head. "Chu Siran is indeed very capable, but our Yilan is even more capable. Besides, why are you so busy? How can you have time to accompany grandma to watch opera?"
Lin Yilan knew that Grandma Huo was comforting her, so she stopped talking and didn't continue complaining. In fact, complaining was not her intention. More importantly, Lin Yilan admired Chu Siran. This friend of hers was really amazing.
It’s just that the talented people are all very busy, and they haven’t played together for a long time.
Suddenly, the lights in the theater went out, and a young actress appeared on the stage, singing in a sad and melodious voice. Lin Yilan was instantly attracted by the singing.
I listened to the opera attentively. This was only the first show, but I didn't expect it to be so amazing. And the finale... it had to be even better.
Lin Yilan and Grandma Huo were completely fascinated. As the theater's music and performances played, Lin Yilan would hum along quietly when she came across a song she could sing.
"Today is our theater's 40th anniversary, so we'd like to invite one of our opera friends to perform on stage. I'm wondering if anyone here is interested in joining us?"
Lin Yilan was still immersed in the performance and didn't react. But when Grandma Huo heard the man in white say this, she raised her hand without hesitation.
Because the tickets Huo Juncheng booked for the two of them were for the innermost area, the man quickly noticed when Grandma Huo raised her hand.
"I saw this elderly person over here quickly raised his hand. Do you want to go on stage and perform?"
When Grandma Huo heard the man's question, she waved her hand and shook Lin Yilan beside her, "Yilan, look, Grandma has fought for this opportunity for you. Go up and perform, let everyone see how good you are."
Lin Yilan was surprised that Grandma Huo would let her go on stage. "Grandma, there are so many people here, and I'm just singing casually. What if I embarrass myself?"
"Why are you being so modest? Even if others don't know, I know how good you are at singing. Although you can't compare to the man on the stage now, compared to the young actresses who just appeared, you are no less impressive."
When the man saw Grandma Huo and Lin Yilan started whispering, he was not in a hurry. He waited quietly for them to finish speaking before speaking lightly.
"So this lady is raising her hand for the person next to her. That's fine too. So, would you like to come up, young lady?"
Although Lin Yilan was a little shy, she really wanted to try it out, so she didn't refuse and went straight up. Lin Yilan bowed to the boy and said, "Excuse me, I want to sing a song called 'The Palace of Eternal Life', is that okay?"
"No problem, accompaniment teachers, please pay attention to playing the excerpt from "The Palace of Eternal Life." Because Lin Yilan didn't have a loudspeaker, the boy specifically used the microphone to repeat the program that Lin Yilan was going to perform.
After that, the boy walked down very considerately. When passing by Lin Yilan, he leaned slightly closer to her and said, "Keep going. I look forward to your performance."
As the music started, Lin Yilan began to sing with full confidence. Everyone present had originally just been there for some fun, but now they were stunned to hear Lin Yilan singing.
I never thought an amateur could sing so well! If they didn't know the character of this theater, some people would even suspect that Lin Yilan was a shill hired by this theater.
Grandma Huo looked at Lin Yilan on the stage, her face full of wrinkles as she smiled, and she looked very kind.
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After the song was finished, the whole audience burst into thunderous applause. Even the man in white was so shocked after listening to Lin Yilan's opera that he couldn't recover for a long time.
Compared to the audience, Lin Yilan seemed calm. After singing, she bowed slightly, walked to her seat, and smiled mischievously at Grandma Huo, "Grandma, did I sing okay?"
"Yes, yes, that's great."
It took the man a while to recover from Lin Yilan's performance. He walked onto the stage and announced that today's performance had concluded successfully. Although the audience felt a little unsatisfied after hearing that the performance was over, they did not linger for long and left one after another.
Lin Yilan and Grandma Huo felt that there were too many people leaving now, so they planned to leave when there were fewer people. They still sat in their seats and chatted casually.
At this time, the man who had just come over came over and said, "Excuse me, young lady, but I'd like to ask if you have studied opera since you were a child?"
Lin Yilan looked at the man and laughed, "No, I just like opera, and I practice my voice when I have nothing to do."
"Really? Few young people nowadays like opera, a national treasure. I didn't expect you to like opera. I thought you were here with this grandmother."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Huo also joined in the conversation. "That's not right. It's more like I accompanied her than she accompanied me. This child has been bored at home lately, so she found two tickets to come to your place to listen to the opera. I didn't expect the opera here to be so good."
"Grandma, thank you for your kind words. My name is Xu Ziwen, and I am the ninth-generation successor of a master opera artist. I wonder if you would be honored to meet this young lady?"
Lin Yilan looked at the hand Xu Ziwen extended, put on a polite smile, and extended her hand to shake it back. "My name is Lin Yilan, just call me Yilan."
"Hmm... It's like this, Yilan. I feel like your voice is made for opera. Although you didn't practice opera since childhood, your foundation is really good, so..."
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