Chapter 1035: A Great Performance
Without the director's instructions, Liu Lan was already in position, sitting on the floor of the elevator. This old stage elevator was the only antique in the club that had not been thrown away.
Miao Xiaomei was busy around her, helping her to fix her hair and the hem of her skirt, eliminating any details that might affect her beauty. She was still working until the last second before the performance.
Liu Lan could hear the music in her ears. Even though she was backstage, she was highly focused. Her hands never left the strings of the guqin. Her heart followed the tune... and then it connected perfectly.
The voice arrives before the person arrives.
The ethereal piano music seemed to come from the sky. The audience looked around. Li Xiaoru stopped playing the piano, sat up straight, and placed her hands on both sides. Jason stood there, closed his eyes, and listened to the quiet and distant piano music. The first time he heard Liu Man's music, he was deeply moved. This was the Nth time he had heard it, but his mood had not changed.
Only Lina's dance continued, but it was slowed down a bit. She followed the rhythm of the guqin, tapping the ground with one step and lifting her legs with another. She was like a lovely girl playing by the stream.
"The orioles are singing on the island in the river. The beautiful lady is the ideal match for the gentleman..." An ethereal voice, which was completely different from Jason's singing style, came from behind everyone.
Everyone turned around immediately and saw a girl in a white dress rising slowly from the middle of the stream, with the hem of her white skirt covering the entire ground. She did not have her hair tied up in a bun, and her waist-length black hair was like the most gorgeous silk, hanging down her sides and all over her back, with a few strands of hair wrapped around her slender arms, making her black hair look even darker and her snow-white skin look even whiter. The stark contrast between the black and white hair was dizzying.
She sat cross-legged on the ground, playing the guqin between her knees with both hands, carp swam happily in front of her skirt, and munias chirped in a duet above her head. A bright warm yellow spotlight illuminated her like a sun, and a gust of wind came from nowhere, blowing her hair. She raised her head, showing her eyebrows and smiling at everyone. Her eyebrows were like mist and her eyes were like ink. She seemed to be out of touch with the world, but she didn't have that kind of indifference that was detached from the world.
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On the contrary, looking at her smile, with a light in her eyes brighter than that of spring, and listening to her piano and singing, everyone can't help but feel that the wind is sweet, the sun is warm, and everything is beautiful.
The audience was full of praise, and some couldn't help but applaud softly.
"It's worth our trip!" Bryan said to his cousin excitedly. In fact, he was not very happy to go to New York for business just to watch Jason's performance. When Michael Films invited Jason to compose the theme song for the movie, Bryan's father took the lead, which means that Bryan's family has a bigger grudge against Jason.
Even though Bryan is busy following Harvey around, he actually doesn't think highly of "The Song of Gaixia". Putting aside the question of whether this Chinese historical story is tortuous and moving, just looking at the subject matter, it has nothing to do with Hollywood's current selling point. No matter how much money is invested, it will definitely lose money!
Now he can say to Harvey with his hands dancing, "Our movie can also be shot like this. A heroine like Liu Man will drive everyone crazy!"
Harvey smiled but didn't say anything, his eyes never leaving Liu Lan.
When Liu Lan sang the harmony to the second paragraph, Jason continued to sing, and the two voices merged together, one singing English and the other singing Chinese, but there was no feeling of chaos, because Liu Lan's voice was higher and lighter, and the man's singing was deep and rich. At this time, language was just a carrier of music, and the boundaries of nationality, history, and civilization became blurred. Everything was in the service of art.
Jason sang and slowly approached Liu Lan, and stopped at the stream. He looked at Liu Lan across the stream, smiling, and their eyes showed deep friendship, but not ambiguous and lingering, just like the lyrics of "a beautiful lady, a friend of zither and harp". The heartwarming song showed the mutual appreciation between the singers. Jason would never know that the lyrics he wrote, the imaginary princess of the Han Dynasty, were real. He became friends with a Chinese girl who lived two thousand years ago, sang together, listened to her playing the harp, and even performed on the same stage. Such cooperation can be called "unprecedented".
Li Xiaoru's piano became the main melody accompaniment again, Liu Man's guqin gradually became a chord-like embellishment, and Lina's dance movements became larger in amplitude.
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