Chapter 303: Preface to Lanting

Chapter 303: Preface to Lanting

The lights dimmed.

The three words "Lanting Preface" are particularly eye-catching on the stage screen.

Not only Zhang Yuanzhou was surprised, but others also didn't understand why Lin Zhixing did this.

"Does Lin Zhixing have any grudge against Zhang Yuanzhou? Last time Zhang Yuanzhou published "Lanting Collection", and this time Lin Zhixing published "Lanting Preface"?"

"I heard there's a feud between them that started with the movie Huo Yuanjia. It looks like it was pretty serious."

"It's only been a week since the last recording. I guess the quality of this song won't be as good as Zhang Yuanzhou's, right?"

"Wuhu, the atmosphere is tense!"

When the audience learned that it was a grudge match, they were full of expectations for Feng Qi Wu Tong's performance, and the number of people in the live broadcast room continued to increase.

Amid enthusiastic applause and cheers from the audience, Lin Zhixing and Song Ge, dressed in Chinese style, walked calmly and confidently to the center of the stage.

【bite!】

[Singing skills (emotion) proficiency +1 point. ]

【Current: Emotion B (47/50). 】

Lin Zhixing, who collected fragments of Zhang Yuanzhou's singing, blushed.

It's a bit embarrassing to hit the cook after eating.

Judges' seat.

When Zhang A-mei saw the song information, her eyes widened a little, she patted her thigh, turned around and asked Li Zonghua beside her, "I remember someone sang a song called "Lanting Collection" on stage, I think it was Zhang Yuanzhou just now?"

"Yes."

Li Zonghua nodded.

Zhang Yuanzhou's "Lanting Collection" left a deep impression on me and I gave it a very high evaluation.

——I prefer to study the music and lyrics, and I think you have a talent for this. Under this proposition, I think no one can beat your song.

Whether it is too early to say this will depend on their performance later.

Luo Desheng hugged his shoulders and looked at Lin Zhixing, who was bowing his head in the middle of the stage, thinking, "If you want to get a high score, do your best. I will use the most stringent standards to hold you to account!"

…

Gorgeous center stage.

Under the spotlight, Lin Zhixing and Song Ge looked at each other, and when they saw that they were ready, they nodded in tacit understanding to the music teacher on the sidelines.

As the play button was pressed, the prelude to "Lanting Preface" flowed out and slowly spread to every corner of the recording hall.

The tortuous sound of the erhu is amazing. Before the person opens his mouth, it seems as if an inexplicable melancholy atmosphere is overflowing, and one even feels as if a beauty has been waiting for him for several reincarnations.

The prelude alone was enough to make everyone's eyes light up.

"Don't ask me how old I am. I'm in a state of emotional disarray right now."

"I think the prelude of Feng Qi Wu Tong's song is good, because if you are not a member, you can't hear the end."

"Lin Zhixing is really average. If we want to talk about excellence, it has to be Beethoven, who is known as the Western Lin Zhixing."

The camera turns to the judges' panel.

“This prelude is nice!”

Rock godfather Wu Boqiang looked at Lin Zhixing who was nodding along with the music in the center of the stage, nodded in appreciation, and marveled at his powerful composing ability.

The prelude of the last issue's "Yellow Man" was already invincible, but I didn't expect that the prelude of this issue's "Lanting Preface" would still be amazing.

Li Zonghua, who had just closed his eyes and listened, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment, lowered his head and anxiously flipped through the lyrics of "Lanting Preface" on the table.

Player seats.

"His prelude is amazing! It brings up images in my mind when I listen to it."

"The prelude of "Lanting Xu" has already surpassed "Lanting Collection"!"

"It's normal that he is not as good at composing as Lin Zhixing. He composed music for two bands in "Summer of the Band" and he is unrivaled. He can be called the father of contemporary music!"

Zhang Yuanzhou listened to the singers in the back row talking, his face turned red and white, he was angry but helpless because what they said was right.

Objectively speaking, the prelude of my song is indeed not as good as Lin Zhixing's song. Let's look at the overall quality!

…

The prelude of the song raised the anticipation to the maximum. As the audience waited, Lin Zhixing slowly raised the microphone and spoke.

"Lanting calligraphy is like flowing clouds and running water"

"Under the moon, my heart is as careful as your footsteps"

"The thousand-year-old stele is easy to copy"

“It’s hard to expand your beauty”

“Who can I give the true heart to?”

His singing voice was like thick ink covering the fine tip of a pen, singing out wisps of ink-scented and ancient verses, flowing smoothly.

"As expected of the man who wrote "May We Live Long" and "Song of the Wine", the lyrics have a poetic flavor!"

At first listen, although the audience didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, they felt that it was a bit mysterious.

Zhang Yuanzhou's heart sank after listening to just a few lines of the lyrics.

Not only is the prelude of my own "Lanting Collection" not as good as this "Lanting Preface", but the lyrics also sound like plain language in comparison.

…

"Shepherd's flute, rice wine and a few side dishes"

"The afterglow of the sunset is like your shyness and drunkenness"

"It's easy to copy, but the fragrance of the ink will last and leave a lingering aftertaste with you"

"Who is surrounded by the line of cinnabar?"

The camera turned to Song Ge, who continued to sing and her performance was still stable. The audience seemed to be surrounded by the mist and rain, and the sense of narrative was fascinating.

"The pigeons are so steady! They always make us feel at ease. They will definitely advance today!"

Ji Yu was so engrossed in the audience that she seemed to have forgotten that she was participating in the competition. It was like she was watching a live show.

Dong Chen glanced around and saw that the singers in the back row were staring at the stage with admiration and envy. The corners of his mouth gradually rose to his ears.

"Is it awesome? These are my older brother and sister!"

…

Gorgeous center stage.

When it came to the chorus of the song, Lin Zhixing and Song Ge held hands and sang affectionately towards each other.

"It has nothing to do with romance. I will write a preface and wait for your reply."

"A stroke of pen and ink, and the waves on the shore roll up thousands of times"

"Why is it that no matter how you write the word love, it is wrong"

"And the only thing I lack is your understanding of my whole life"

The harmonious chorus of the two people seemed to condense the two forces into a pen and a plate of ink, outlining the emotions in people's hearts stroke by stroke.

As soon as these four lines of lyrics came out, the audience was deeply shocked.

Many audiences have never heard such beautiful melodies and words full of originality. At this moment, the recording site is like a magnificent art city, cultivating the souls of the audience in a world full of music.

"It has a very oriental mood and a sense of traditional Chinese culture. Without cultural background, it would be impossible to write lyrics like this! Lin Zhixing is really awesome!"

"This is the flavor of Chinese style. Those who use a bunch of words and add some plagiarized tunes to call it Chinese style really have no shame!"

"This is no longer a song, it's a work of art!"

Judges' seat.

"This is a wonderful creation technique, it's really thoughtful!"

Li Zonghua listened to the music, bit his nails while looking at the lyrics on the A4 paper, and nodded in admiration.

He saw the hidden meaning in the song. The theme was not about love, but about the longing for love that could not be obtained.

It also uses a lot of ancient elements and many allusions to express the longing for the beloved. The writing is beautiful and the charm is long, which is really excellent.

As soon as the chorus came out, there was no doubt which of the two songs performed better.

The level of "Lanting Preface" is far higher than that of "Lanting Collection", it is simply not a heavyweight song.

After understanding the song, Li Zonghua smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

It seems that as a judge, I need to leave room for maneuver in my comments in the future.

Player seats.

“Lose!”

After listening to Zhang Yuanzhou's chorus, I felt that there was no suspense at all. My song was inferior to others in all aspects. I couldn't even find a single point that was better than "Lanting Preface", not even one.

He sighed deeply and lowered his head silently, while mentally calculating the current usage of the song.

Today's "Blue and White Porcelain" is my second best work.

At the moment, the odds are probably 40:60 compared to today's "Lanting Preface", so the hope of winning is slim.

To Zhang Yuanzhou now, Lin Zhixing is not just a cloud hanging over the sky, but an endless sky. No matter how hard he flies, he cannot escape from this sky.

After some thought, he made a bold decision in his heart.

Since my second best work couldn’t beat him, I will bring out my best song "West Wind Breaks" to compete in the next issue.

"If fate is predetermined by heaven, I will break it!"

Zhang Yuanzhou vowed to regain his face and fly away from this sky in the next episode.

…

Off screen.

After listening to the poem "Lanting Preface", Xiaofei, a Chinese teacher, was deeply impressed.

By expressing emotions through scenery with just a few strokes, a story is created.

The deep longing and endless melancholy give people a sense of fantasy and romance. He also uses rhetoric techniques such as parallelism and metaphor to create artistic conception, and uses psychic words to integrate "love" into calligraphy. Love and calligraphy complement each other, which can be said to be an extraordinary artistic conception.

“It’s really high quality!”

Moved by the song, she wrote a line in the comment section.

——Tomorrow I will talk about Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Lanting Collection. I will finally have the chance to play the song “Feng Qiu Wutong” for my students!

…

Gorgeous center stage.

"It has nothing to do with romance. I will write a preface and wait for your reply."

"Handwritten without shame and fear of worldly disputes"

"The rain beat on the banana leaves for several nights."

"I'll wait for the spring thunder to remind you who you love"

Finally, with a beautiful and graceful chorus, Lin Zhixing and Song Ge brought the song to a perfect end, and the audience burst into applause.

"I declare this song to be one of Lin Zhixing's four great masterpieces! 'Lanting Preface', 'Rice Fragrance', and you guys can add the remaining two!"

"The work is so good, there won't be another Lin Zhixing in the Chinese music scene even after a hundred years!"

Inside the studio.

Director Jia Wen rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he looked at the live broadcast data that continued to rise.

She didn't expect Feng Qi Wu Tong to be so popular. In the previous episode, a song increased the number of online users in the live broadcast room by 600,000, and this episode increased the number of online users in the live broadcast room by 800,000.

"This is too much, please stick to it until the end!"

…

When the music ended, the host Wang Bing smiled and walked back to the center of the stage. "Okay, now please invite the five judges to give scores for Feng Qi Wu Tong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere became increasingly tense. The audience felt that with the performance of this song, it was inevitable that they would be ranked higher. It all depended on whether they could sit in the first or second row.

At this moment, Lin Zhixing was a little nervous, wondering whether the judges' scores would meet his expectations.

"I really like your poem "Lanting Preface"!"

Zhang A-mei raised the B rating sign without hesitation and said seriously: "This "Lanting Preface" is the best Chinese style work I have heard this year. Thank you very much for letting me hear such an excellent work. I hope you can keep it up in the next issue!"

Lin Zhixing and Song Ge bowed to express their gratitude, and the camera turned.

Wu Boqiang gave a thumbs up and praised: "Except for the boy's half-beat at the beginning of the second verse, the rest of the performance was almost flawless. The songwriting is also excellent. Keep it up!"

After saying that, he also raised the B rating scoreboard.

Li Zonghua also gave a B rating, "As a song based on "Lanting Xu", the lyrics and music are so well written. I take back what I said last time, you guys are so good!"

Zhang Yuanzhou's face was burning with anger as he listened to Li Zonghua's comments. He almost said directly that he was not as good as them.

Zhang Wuying also raised the B rating card and said: "As a group, the coordination is perfect, and the performance of the song is also excellent. Keep it up!"

Four B ratings mean a secure advancement to the second row.

There was applause from the audience and fans waved their cheering sticks, feeling happy for them.

The camera turned to Luo Desheng who was sitting in the C position.

Lin Zhixing, who was standing in the center of the stage, looked at him. In view of the previous unpleasantness, he was curious about how he would rate himself.

“My opinion is different from everyone else’s.”

Luo Desheng held up a C-rated sign and explained his opinion: "Lanting Xu is not a work about love. You gave it a name, but the content is mainly about love. I don't think it is very suitable."

His comments sparked heated discussions among the audience.

Some people resonated with and supported his views, while others opposed them, and the reviews were mixed.

Fang Wenshan once said that he regretted naming this song "Lanting Xu" and wanted to name it "Nothing to do with Love"...

Lin Zhixing felt that he was targeting him, but he had no way to refute his point of view.

"Thank you Feng Qi Wu Tong for the wonderful performance. Who will be the next to perform? Please look at the big screen!"

Amidst rounds of applause, Lin Zhixing and Song Ge waved goodbye and left the stage. They walked straight to the second row of contestant seats and sat next to Zhang Yuanzhou, who also advanced.

【bite!】

[Special mission completed, congratulations to the host for obtaining the song "If You Have Heard It Too" and a song selection card! ]

The system prompt sounded suddenly, and all the memories about the song were retrieved.

This song "If You Also Heard" was written by Jay Chou for A-mei Chang, and is one of A-mei Chang's most well-known songs.

This song is a very high-quality ballad.

When it comes to lyrical songs, Lin Zhixing, who was thinking of the system confrontation task, set his eyes on Cheng Huan, one of the new four kings in the back row.

In the future, the competition with him in the field of lyrical songs will be very fierce.

"Lin Zhixing, you are targeting me on purpose, right?"

"Um?"

Lin Zhixing turned around in surprise and found that Zhang Yuanzhou beside him was staring at him with a frown.

"No……"

Lin Zhixing shook his head with an evasive look.

"It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not."

Zhang Yuanzhou shrugged indifferently and said seriously, "There is something I want to tell you in advance."

"What?"

Zhang Yuanzhou said: "In the next competition, I will use my right to challenge you! I will use my best works, and I hope you can also use your excellent works, so that you don't have to say that I suddenly attacked you and you were not prepared."

"Remember, we are in the same level. Whoever loses will be eliminated!"

(End of this chapter)

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