Chapter 248: Anxiety
The night breeze blows across my face, taking away the fatigue of the day, making me feel extremely relaxed and comfortable. The air is filled with the tranquility and beauty of the night.
The two people sitting on the bench snuggled together, enjoying the quietness that belonged to them alone.
Lin Zhixing kneaded the little hand in his palm, turned his head and asked: "Pigeon, your birthday is in a week, do you want any gift?"
Song Ge smiled and looked up and asked, "Do you remember my birthday clearly?"
"You thought I would forget?"
"No, I know the code to unlock the RV is my birthday."
Lin Zhixing chuckled and asked, "What gift do you want, or where do you want to go?"
Song Ge pursed her lips and thought for a while. "As a gift, I only need a rose. As for where I want to go... I want to ride the Tianjin Eye Ferris wheel. I used to pass by there after my part-time job. It's really beautiful."
"no problem."
Lin Zhixing raised his hand and scratched her nose lovingly, "All satisfied!"
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As they walked back hand in hand, their eyes were attracted by a male street singer by the river. The melody played by the wooden guitar connected to the speakers sounded particularly familiar.
"If you have too many complaints about this world"
“If you fall, you won’t dare to move forward.”
The street singer was singing the song "Dou Xiang" and his voice was pretty good. A few passers-by who were walking around gathered around him.
"Pigeon, it's my song!"
This kind of scene is rare. Lin Zhixing became interested and walked to the street singer with a smile, pointing at the standing microphone in front of him.
The street singer turned around, his face full of surprise, nodded quickly, took a step back and gave up his seat.
Lin Zhixing stepped forward, grabbed the microphone, nodded and continued singing.
"Remember you said home is the only castle"
"Keep running along the rice-fragrant river"
When the onlookers didn’t see Lin Zhixing’s handsome face clearly.
Passerby: "The singing is really good, just like the original singer."
When they see clearly.
Passerby: “Oh yeah!”
"This singing fellow can brag about this for the rest of his life!"
There were originally three or five people watching, but with screams and exclamations, in the blink of an eye, they were surrounded by a crowd.
Some people didn’t understand before why “Singing Around the World” was not recorded in China like in foreign reality shows on the streets.
Now they understand.
With Lin Zhixing's popularity, he might not be able to walk out of the street in a whole day on the streets of China.
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Two days later.
Yida Records, inside the recording studio.
"She sang about meeting an old friend in a foreign land"
"Every step and every word is about lovesickness"
"The names of the people in the audience are on the list of winners"
“I never recognized old acquaintances on stage”
In the recording studio, Lin Zhixing and Dong Chen, wearing headphones, sat in front of the console. Dong Chen held a copy of the lyrics in his hand, staring through the glass at the members of the 416 Art Girls Group who were singing hard, and shook his head in surprise.
"Fuck!"
As soon as they open their mouths, they are speaking the quintessence of the country. As soon as I open my mouth, I am also speaking the quintessence of the country.
Some pop songs use operatic tunes just for the sake of it, and they force operatic tunes into places where they are totally unsuitable, which makes them sound awful.
This song, coupled with the people singing it, is simply a dimensionality-reducing attack.
When Dong Chen was a child, he didn't like it when his elders turned on the opera channel, as he always thought it was boring. Now, when he heard the combination of opera and pop music, he understood why the ancients liked to listen to opera in brothels and marry famous opera singers.
"Let's change it!"
Lin Zhixing communicated with the girls in the recording studio through the microphone, "Let's sing the chorus directly at the beginning, because considering the short video form of promotion, we must catch the ears of netizens in the shortest time."
The five girls made an OK gesture.
"Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is like meeting a friend after a long drought, or meeting a friend on the wedding night or passing the imperial examination."
Dong Chen murmured, then turned his head and asked curiously, "Brother Lin, this song is about the four great happy events in ancient times, right?"
Lin Zhixing shook his head.
The lyrics of this song contain too much poetry and allusions, so it is normal that he can't understand them.
"In fact, the story of the song is in the name. "Looking out the Window" as the name suggests is about a woman looking out the window to see if her beloved has returned. Her lover has passed the imperial examination, while the woman is trying to make a living on stage. When they meet again, they look at each other in silence, and can only express their sorrow with lyrics from the opera."
Dong Chen gave a thumbs up after listening to him, "No wonder there is a sense of sadness in it. We both have nine years of compulsory education. Brother Lin, you are so outstanding!"
Lin Zhixing waved his hand and asked with a smile: "Just now you mentioned the four great joys in ancient times. Do you know what the four great sorrows in ancient times are?"
Dong Chen shook his head. "There are four great tragedies? I haven't heard of them."
Lin Zhixing smiled and explained, "The four great tragedies in ancient times are: meeting an old friend in a foreign land - a creditor, a long drought followed by a drop of rain, the wedding night - next door, and passing the imperial examination - having the same name."
"Hahaha, this is so funny!"
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"OK, very very good!"
After two hours of careful consideration of every word, Lin Zhixing was very satisfied with the performance of the girls from the 416 Art Girls Group.
"Thank you Brother Lin for your dedication to us!"
The five girls smiled brightly and bowed to express their gratitude.
“You’re welcome.”
Lin Zhixing pointed at Dong Chen beside him and said, "Are the Hanfu ready? I'll ask your brother Dong Chen to go back to school with you and take a video for you. He takes great videos. I'll help you promote it on Weibo later. We'll send out the video on time at 8 o'clock this evening."
"OK."
The five girls nodded enthusiastically, full of anticipation for the work.
After leaving the recording studio, Lin Zhixing took out his mobile phone and edited a Weibo post.
【Have you not listened to "One Night in Peking" enough? At 8 o'clock tonight, the Chinese style song "Exploring the Window" composed by me will be released on the short video platform. Everyone is welcome to come and listen. 】
After sending out the Weibo post...
Lin Zhixing couldn't help but think of what Mr. Guo said. If crosstalk is to be promoted, at least there must be people who listen to it. If Peking opera is to be passed on, at least it must be sung first.
I hope these girls can open the door for at least some people to pay renewed attention to Peking Opera.
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Seven o'clock in the evening.
"How's it going, Brother Lin?"
Dong Chen showed the edited short video to Lin Zhixing.
Lin Zhixing watched it twice and gave a thumbs up, "As expected of you, it's a great shot. You definitely contributed to its popularity."
Dong Chen stroked his chin and thought: "Brother Lin, do you think that after this kind of song becomes popular, the quintessence of Chinese culture can really be revived?"
“I don’t know.”
Lin Zhixing shook his head and said, "I think if the Chinese quintessence wants to be revived, it must capture the market of young people. They don't like the original expression of opera at all. It has to be like this, integrating into the trend little by little, slowly winning people's hearts. It is undoubtedly beautiful to listen to. After they like it, we can promote the authentic Chinese quintessence."
"Yes, indeed."
Dong Chen nodded. "I don't know if it will work, but this is the only way. It will become clear after it is sent out."
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7:50 pm.
Peking Opera Academy.
Female dormitory 416.
The five girls were waiting in front of the screen, feeling both excited and scared. Just one Weibo post by Lin Zhixing helped them gain 80,000 followers.
So many people are waiting to listen to it with great anticipation, and they are afraid that the song will not be liked by everyone.
At the same time, as the only person who successfully interviewed at Good Luck Studio, countless colleagues were also waiting for the release of this song. If the song did not create any waves, he would definitely be ridiculed.
What will be the result? The five girls were worried.
——The song "Looking into the Window" was released on time.
(End of this chapter)
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