Chapter 308 Whose Charity
"Do you feel anything?" Chu Ge asked Gu Ruoyan, "The emotions that are stimulated by the music."
Gu Ruoyan: “…”
Chugochi asked, "What?"
"I don't understand music, I don't even know the musical notation." Gu Ruoyan said with a straight face, "So all I can feel is that it sounds really good."
Chugo almost laughed out loud.
Gu Ruoyan has a white-collar temperament and works as an editor. I have always imagined that Gu Ruoyan is a petty bourgeois literary person. But if I think about it carefully, it is not necessarily the case. Just like I am a serious literature student, but I only know a little about music. The two are not related. And Gu Ruoyan, who is in the system, may be a bit rustic at heart...
Their ideas may be similar to those people in the publishing house and Chen Bozhong from the Writers Association who I scolded a few days ago. Hahaha, when I think about it this way, the contrast becomes cute. The glamorous young lady is actually a country aunt.
"What's that expression on your face?" Gu Ruoyan glanced at him and said, "At least I know the song just now was "To Alice". Do you know what this song is?"
Chugo puffed out his chest: "I don't know either."
They both laughed, and Gu Ruoyan said, "But I can feel the sadness contained in this song. If you listen carefully, you will feel depressed."
Chu Ge nodded: "This is the power of music, it triggers emotional resonance. You and I don't know much about it, and we can only feel it superficially. People who really understand music may be able to appreciate the artistic conception and be intoxicated by it."
Gu Ruoyan turned around and looked around, and was shocked to find that someone was already crying.
So exaggerated?
When watching TV shows, when singers are singing, the audience often cry. Gu Ruoyan always thought that they were a group of actors. But this time there was no camera, so there was no need to act. Gu Ruoyan knew that there were indeed low and sad emotions, which showed that other people's feelings were real.
This is amazing. With just two or three songs at the beginning, he is already able to manipulate people's hearts. Moreover, there is no supernatural power fluctuation, just pure musical power.
On the contrary, we two country folks don't know much about music so we are not affected much?
Gu Ruoyan found it a little funny when she thought about it, but she was also alert in her heart.
The power of pure music is already so great, what if he really has supernatural powers? What will the result be?
The arrangement of music is not just the mood of a single song. The order of the tracks in the entire concert is a work of art. The successive songs become increasingly sad, as if one song after another pulls people's hearts into the deepest seabed, without sunlight and full of despair.
When the entire theater was filled with tears, at the most depressing and heartbreaking moment, a ray of sunlight gently sprinkled down, as if an angel reached into the sea and pulled the drowning person out of the sunlightless sea.
Those warm hands and soft light save the despair in my heart.
Then the sun rises, the birds circle, the gospel is sung, and the whole human soul is baptized and redeemed.
With Chugo's musical attainments, he could easily get this feeling. When he looked at others, the expression on his face was as if he had seen Jesus.
The sound of the piano gradually faded away until it became silent.
The whole audience stood up and applauded, and the applause lasted for a long time.
Chu Ge and Gu Ruoyan also stood up and applauded like everyone else, but their expressions were rather solemn.
Gu Ruoyan whispered, "I've never seen such a terrible concert before..."
Chugo asked, "How many concerts have you attended?"
Gu Ruoyan: “…”
"I've heard people say that many people who go to celebrity concerts become crazy fans. That's probably true." Chu Ge whispered, "But this is a bit outrageous. We are all very good psychics, but we can't control our emotions. What should ordinary people do?"
Gu Ruoyan said: "The more you understand music, the more you understand it. It's okay overall. Ordinary people don't understand so much, and at most they form a fan circle. As long as it's not about supernatural powers, it's not my business."
"It's amazing to have a fan circle." Chu Ge had just tried this magic sword himself and was still frightened. He thought to himself, if such a worldwide fan group could really be mobilized, he didn't know what the effect would be.
But what Gu Ruoyan said is indeed right. Ordinary things are nothing, as long as they do not involve superpowers.
But Daniel Robin finally stood up on the stage, took the microphone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!"
The Chinese characters were fluent and clear, and people cheered: "This Chinese is really good! Robin, I love you!"
Chugo said "Hey".
Gu Ruoyan asked curiously, "Why do you look so dissatisfied? Isn't it a good thing that foreigners are learning Chinese?"
Chu Ge said: "It's good, but is there anything special to praise? If you are good at English, will you be praised in the UK or the US? If you come to China to make money, isn't it normal to know Chinese? Why come here without knowing Chinese?"
Gu Ruoyan remained silent.
"Are you still at the stage where you get excited when a foreigner gives you a thumbs-up and praises China very good?" Chu Ge said, "You should improve your thinking a little bit."
Gu Ruoyan stopped talking.
During these two sentences of the conversation between the two, Robin on the stage said a few more pleasantries, and finally added: "The theme of this concert is war and redemption. I hope everyone will have permanent peace."
There was another round of cheers and applause from below.
Gu Ruoyan glanced at Chu Ge: "What else do you want to argue?"
Chu Ge said: "Yes, both in office and in office."
Gu Ruoyan laughed out loud: "You..."
"Our concert won't be long, and there will be a charity reception afterwards. This is the theme of my visit to Nanjiang this time, to make friends with everyone." Daniel Robin said with a smile: "This time our event is co-organized by Nanjiang City. Thank you Secretary-General for your strong support..."
Someone in the VIP seats turned around and waved, as if to thank the comrades for their hard work.
Gu Ruoyan frowned.
This is definitely not just an ordinary matter of supporting a cultural event. It may involve things like overseas investment and local investment promotion.
The so-called charity reception should be a meeting of businessmen to build connections.
Sure enough, the secretary general smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Robin for settling the Marine Music Theme Park in Nanjiang."
Sea Park.
Chu Ge’s first reaction was the clam pearl he had obtained from the bottom of the sea. This object had been refined by Qiu Wuji into a Guanyin pendant, which is still hanging around his neck.
What Gu Ruoyan thought of was the drug lord’s cruise ship on the sea.
The two looked at each other, both having a strange premonition in their hearts, but they knew very well that these things were not directly related.
"Continue to attend the meeting and observe more." Gu Ruoyan whispered, "Don't be too impulsive. It's very troublesome to involve foreign guests and attracting investment."
Chu Ge said: "Don't think that I am really impulsive just because I am a little angry. I am just an ordinary person living a normal life."
Gu Ruoyan smiled brightly: "I hope so."
As expected, when we turned to the so-called "charity reception", we found that this reception had nothing to do with the theme of "charity", or if we had to say it was related, Robin auctioned off several "collectible artworks" at the reserve price at the reception, claiming that all the proceeds from the auction would be donated.
However, there was no charity organization present, so no one knew whether the donation would be made or not. However, Chu Ge believed that the donation might be made, after all, the other party was not interested in this, but still wanted to gain fame.
It can be seen that the theme is clearly about the upcoming sea park, which involves many supporting projects, including infrastructure and various supply channels. Robin is unfamiliar with the place, so he had this "meeting to make friends".
Chu Ge took a glass of red wine, leaned against the wall in the corner and watched coldly. The charity auction hadn't started yet, but the feeling at the scene already made him very uncomfortable.
I had attended a similar high-end cocktail party in Shanghai before, which was a banquet for Xie Wenyuan's project launch. Even the nature and significance of this cocktail party were very similar to this one, and the essence was to communicate more with various potential partners. But that time, everyone was very equal and talked and laughed with each other, but this time the scene was a little different.
Of course Robin didn't come alone, he brought a whole business team and art team with him, and all he saw was a group of white people.
Maybe because of the Secretary-General's support, or maybe because of the "fan-attracting" ability of the concert just now, the scene now looks like a star-studded crowd, with everyone surrounding the foreigners and licking them like stars in the sky. If they can't lick Robin, they will lick his assistant. That kind of atmosphere makes Chu Ge very unhappy.
Of course, there is nothing much to say about this, and it is not Gu Ruoyan’s business.
Gu Ruoyan also leaned against the wall with a wine glass in hand, keeping a distance of several meters from Chu Ge. The two of them looked at the scene in silence.
"You two look unfamiliar?" An energetic old man walked up to the two of them, holding a wine glass. He looked around and politely raised his glass to Chu Ge, saying, "What's your name?"
Chu Ge was stunned and pointed at his nose: "You're looking for me?"
"Yes." The old man smiled and said, "There are many stars surrounding the moon, and there is someone leaning on the side with a sullen face. It's interesting to see. Let's get to know him."
Chu Ge said, "I'm here to listen to the music, not to see them brag. If this is really a charity party, I'll also help with the charity, but looking at the current scene, I don't know who this charity is for."
The old man laughed loudly, "Real charity is done through deeds, not by holding a cocktail party. It is ironic to pity the frozen bones on the roadside among the rich and powerful. Any cocktail party under the name of charity is of course a charity for the organizer."
(End of this chapter)
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