Chapter 516: Audition (II)
With the wave of Yang Sen's baton, the prelude music of the song sounded, for the people who were seated, this music was very familiar, because the people sitting were all the leaders of the group, and they were all about 4o years old, and this [my Chinese heart] was popular all over the land of China, they were their more than ten years old, and that era was the beginning of China's reform and opening up, the country had just opened, and they were used to hearing Wei Guangzheng, The Chinese of the tall and full mode red song have just come into contact with the pop music model of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the meaning expressed by this song just touched the relatively simple patriotic complex of the Chinese at that time, so it is not surprising that this song can move an entire generation. Eight?? 1. Chinese network =≠≈.≈8=1≠Z=≥.≥COM
"The rivers and mountains are only in my dreams, the motherland has not been close for many years, but no matter what, it can't be changed, my Chinese heart ......." The prelude music passed, and the singer walked into the center of the stage from behind the curtain on the left.
Originally, this was supposed to be a solo song, but it could also be adapted into a solo and chorus singing to express it. The singer's name is Xu Sheng, who is a lead singer of the Qingshan Island Passenger Ro-Ro Ship Band, and his costume style is also carefully designed, completely in accordance with the style of returned overseas Chinese in the 80s of the old time and space, wearing a short windbreaker, with a top hat, a scarf around his neck, and a suitcase in his hand.
"Although I wear a dress, my heart is still Chinese, and my ancestors have already branded everything I have with a Chinese ......"
At the beginning, the audience was somewhat careless, but after hearing half of it, when they heard the ** part of the chorus, they couldn't help but be attracted freely. Even Prince Qing, Li Hongzhang and others stared intently at the stage. First, this song cuts in the tone of an overseas traveler's direct expression, and uses symbolic Chinese places to convey patriotic feelings, expressing a magnificent theme in a natural form, which is indeed enough to move people's hearts; second, this form of musical expression has never been seen in China in this era, but music is all the same, so whether it is a traverser or a person more than 1oo years ago, after all, even if it has leapt over more than 1oo years, the Chinese bloodline buried in the hearts of Chinese is the same.
After this song was sung, the audience was still silent for a long time in the rotation of the music just now, and it was only when the traversers present took the lead in applauding that they reacted and immediately applauded.
And the next second song is "Descendants of the Dragon".
In fact, the order of the songs is also very particular, but it is not a random arrangement, it took a lot of effort from the responsible group, the whole concert is divided into four parts, each part has a title song, which also represents the theme of this part; Chinese 6 songs, and the content is basically to show the identification with the Chinese nation or Chinese culture, in Jiang Huanwu's words, that is, to play the family card, with a sense of national identity to mobilize the audience's emotions.
After the 6 songs were sung, the curtain was closed, and the two hosts appeared again, expressing their feelings of returning to their homeland in China, in the eyes of Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and other travelers, the performance of the two hosts was of course quite contrived, but people in this era did not have such a feeling, according to the observation of Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and others, many people nodded again and again.
Then the curtain opened again, and the concert entered the second part, the title song of this part is "Song of the Seven Sons", but there are a total of 8 songs, in addition to "The Song of the Seven Sons", there is also "On the Songhua River". The common feature of these 8 songs is to express the hatred of the invaders and the sadness and indignation of the Chinese nation, that is, to play the sad card.
[On the Songhua River] was originally the "918 Incident" in the old time and space, and from the perspective of a woman who had lost a loved one in the north, crying and mourning on the grave, it expressed the grief and indignation of the people in the northeast and even the Chinese people over the loss of the three eastern provinces. At this time, Russia took advantage of the Gengzi Revolution and sent troops to occupy the northeast region of China, so it was just the right time. Of course, the 918 in the original song room has to be changed.
"Song of the Seven Sons" is a set of poems written by the famous scholar Wen Yiduo in 1924 in the old time and space, a total of seven, "Seven Sons" refers to the seven lands occupied by the foreign powers at that time: Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Kowloon, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay (Zhanjiang, Guangdong) and Luda (Lushun, Dalian). This series of poems uses anthropomorphic techniques to compare these seven "lost lands" to seven children who are far away from their mothers, crying about their strong emotions of being bullied by foreign races and longing to return to their mother's arms. Therefore, as soon as the poem came out, it aroused strong resonance among Chinese people at home and abroad. It was composed into a song when Macau returned to China in 1999.
[On the Songhua River] is sung by the adult female group and the junior female group, and the "Song of the Seven Sons" is all performed by the juvenile male and female groups, of course, each song has a teenager who crosses as the lead singer, but now Weihaiwei has been recovered by the traverser, so in terms of order, the responsible team has made a little fine-tuning, the original [Song of the Seven Sons] In chronological order of being forcibly occupied, Weihaiwei was moved to the end, and an adult female singer was joined to perform with the youth group, suggesting that Weihaiwei had returned to his mother's arms.
As the music sounded again, the performance went on again, first singing "On the Songhua River", and this time the audience's emotions were completely mobilized, and it was much heavier. Because the music and lyrics of [On the Songhua River] are originally biased towards desolation and sadness, and for the Qing court, the Northeast has a special significance, it was originally an auspicious place for the Manchus, so it is even more infectious, and even Prince Qing can't help but shake his head and sigh.
The following performance of "Song of the Seven Sons" is another effect, because all of them are performed by young men and women, which is also in line with the "Song of the Seven Sons" is a creative interpretation from the perspective of children, and the boys and girls who participate in the chorus have experienced the loss of their families and the displacement of orphans, so although they are locals and their performance is a little restrained, they can better understand the mood and feelings expressed by [Song of the Seven Sons]. In contrast, although the cross-cutting teenager who serves as the lead singer has more temperament and confidence, he is obviously inferior in emotional expression.
Wang Jun, who was watching at another table, whispered to Jiang Huanwu: "Old Jiang, can't you let local children lead the singing?"
Jiang Huanwu said: "Minister Wang, you also understand, this is a political issue, and you can't be sloppy." ”
Wang Jun nodded and said, "That's right, but the effect is a little worse, this concert is the highlight of our ***, it's done well, everyone will have a better life in the future, so I hope to achieve the best effect." ”
Jiang Huanwu said: "Minister Wang, I understand what you said, but because it is the main event, it is even more important that you can't make political mistakes, and this is just a audition, there is still time for them to practice, and when it comes to the official performance, it will definitely be better than now, besides," Jiang Huanwu said that Jiang Huanwu leaned closer to Wang Jun and said, "Look at what these people can understand?"
Wang Jun looked around, although the lights were dim, he could clearly see that many people in the surrounding audience were crying, which was obviously very touching, and the effect was far beyond Wang Jun's expectations.
The title song of the third part is "Hymn to Heroes", which includes songs such as Ode to the Yellow River, Yellow River Cantata, Unity is Strength, Our Team to the Sun, and The Great Wall Will Never Fall6. In addition to expressing the sorrow of the invaders, the content of these songs also has more meaning of encouraging the people to fight against the invaders, as well as praise for the heroes who resist the invaders. Therefore, this part is mainly performed by the men's senior group, and 2 are performed by the men's group.
Of course, this is also based on the glorious achievements achieved after the return of the traverser, if there is no laying out of these achievements, then the meaning expressed by these 6 songs has become an empty and powerless begging, but it is the brilliant results achieved by the traverser that shows the effect of being tall and magnificent.
The performance of the third part is indeed very uplifting, completely dispelling the sad effect caused by the second part, even though most of the viewers have passed the age of impulsiveness and enthusiasm, but still feel very encouraged, if there is a recruitment on the spot, maybe a few people will really sign up.
The theme of the last part is Ode to the Motherland, there are only three songs, and there are songs about the motherland and my motherland, of course, the content is to praise the motherland and express the infinite love for the motherland and hometown. For Chinese, they generally like a perfect and bright result, so the content of this part is also appropriate.
The first half of the melody is euphemistic and beautiful, showing the beautiful scenery of the motherland with lyrical female voices, and the infinite love for the hometown; the second half is in sharp contrast with the front in the form of mixed chorus, surging passion, magnificent, as if the mountain torrent is gushing and pouring for thousands of miles, deeply expressing the strong patriotic thoughts and feelings and heroism. The audience was fascinated by the listen, many people hummed along gently, and some people shook their bodies rhythmically with the music, which also brought a perfect ending to this concert.
In the beautiful music of [My Motherland], Xia Bohai said to Qin Zheng: "It's still easy to move people with artistic crystals, this is much better than empty words, I think our reaction weapon is sharp enough this time, and it will definitely work this time." ”
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, think about how much American blockbusters have played a role in promoting American social values and the so-called American spirit in the old time and space, we didn't pay attention to using cultural weapons before, which is indeed a big mistake." ”
Xia Bohai said: "I think we still have huge potential to tap in this culture, and after this negotiation, it is estimated that there will be a period of peace extension, and there will not be many wars, so it is even more necessary to strengthen public opinion propaganda and cultural expansion, soft power is sometimes more effective than hard power." ”
Qin Zheng was about to speak, at this moment a guard came to the two of them, said a few words at the bottom, the two of them changed their faces at the same time, and explained a few words to Xu Ji, only saying that he had urgent matters to deal with, and asked him to entertain Prince Qing, Li Hongzhang and others on his behalf, and left the performance hall in a hurry without waiting for the concert to end.