A chubby man in black clothes and black pants appeared silently in the corner of the stage, almost blending in with the background, very inconspicuous, Shen Mozhen glanced at him in the afterglow, and made an OK gesture to her.

Her fingers plucked the strings, and the light melody, which was completely different from the previous Western music style, sounded faintly.

Mr. Martin's heart moved, he listened to Liu Yan's guqin video at that time, and it was this feeling, as if a breeze from the east was blowing, which made him feel relaxed and happy. He even had the urge to take out the incense burner he had bought while traveling in Southeast Asia and light it.

The difference between education and growth environment is too great for foreigners to understand the artistic conception of Chinese music, so Mr. Martin can only find some elements that give him similar feelings to imagine, such as incense, such as Buddha's head, and preferably a cup of black tea from Ceylon.

Even if these things are not necessarily related to Chinese ancient music, they are all defined by Mr. Martin as oriental imagery, and they all carry an ethereal, esoteric, and unpredictable mystery.

Don't blame Mr. Martin for his careless understanding, he is a foreigner, or a foreigner who studied piano, and it is good to be able to appreciate these images.

When Shen Mozhen performed in Europe, more than half of the audience seats were empty, which is the reality of foreigners' perception of Chinese national musical instruments. Even if some foreign audiences sit in the audience, they may not be able to understand these ancient songs. Although excellent music knows no borders, the cultural generation gap is here, just like Chinese cannot understand Indian and Middle Eastern music.

Under the influence of Yu Zhan, Mr. Martin has done his homework in advance, and he is a relatively "understanding" person.

At this moment, the foreign faculty members sitting near him were whispering to each other, many of them were interested in seeing this Chinese multi-stringed instrument for the first time.

However, they also heard it in a fog, and they didn't know why, just looking at the title of this song "Qushui Lotus Fragrance", even if it has been translated into English, it is still a big problem for them, and they will never be able to understand how beautiful the ancient Chinese ancient Chinese are to flow Qushui and overflow with lotus fragrance.

At this moment, a rhythmic drum beat suddenly joined Shen Mozhen's playing, and the audience instantly felt refreshed.

Everyone looked at it and noticed the fat man in black in the corner of the stage, he was sitting on a black box drum, both of which were pitch black, no wonder they didn't see it just now.

The box drum is a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a box, and when you tap the tip of the box with your hand, it produces a sound similar to that of a jazz drum.

It first originated in Africa, when poor people entertained themselves by converting musical instruments from discarded wooden boxes. But now, the box drum has evolved into a trendy percussion music, which is highly sought after by professional musicians.

Mr. Martin, these foreigners don't know the guzheng, but they all know the box drum, and they are pleasantly surprised by the classical tunes.

Not to mention foreigners, some teachers and professors in the audience also listened to the combination of guzheng and drum beats for the first time, and they looked at Shen Mozhen on the stage and were surprised.

None of them didn't know Shen Mozhen, and none of them hadn't heard her guzheng playing, which was too different from her previous style! The heavy bass of the guzheng matched with the rhythm of the box drum, and it was full of a powerful musical appeal. It's as if there is a little bit of uncontrollable pop elements in the fragrant and clear lotus fragrance, just like Shen Mozhen's already restless heart.

After showing his face in "The King of Singers", Shen Mozhen once again set off a boom in the hearts of young audiences.

"A wooden box turned out to be a musical instrument, magical, just placed there, I thought it was a stereo. ”

"I'm going to give you a science popularization, the wooden box is called the box drum, which is a commonly used musical instrument in the pop music industry now, and can replace the jazz drum. ”

"The first time I listened to the guzheng performance, I felt cool, especially after the drum beat, which inexplicably made me feel excited. ”

In fact, this kind of cross-border collocation is quite difficult, Shen Mozhen is really powerful, extremely sensitive to rhythm, and has superb cross-style control ability, which is a fight with Liu Yan's former piano and guzheng. ”

"My impression of her is still stuck in the fact that she is Tang Tu's predecessor, I didn't expect her to be so stubborn. ”

"Like gathers like things, she can become Tang Tu's first love, and she must be extraordinary. ”

"Actually, she and Tang Tu are still very right, hey, it's a pity. ”

"I just want to say that the wooden box is so sturdy that such a big fat man won't collapse when he sits on it (covering his mouth and laughing). ”

"Don't laugh at people for being fat, I just used the name shown on the subtitles to Baidu, people are a big cow, a top student in Berkeley, composing and arranging music is not a problem, and he is already a partner in a company at a young age, oh yes, it is the company where Xiao Keer is located. ”

"Then isn't he Xiao Keer's boss?"

"Visually, this fat man is not only talented, but also has a mine at home. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's money, it's talent, it's anything, I just like chubby boys (love). ”

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That's right, it's Huo Ming who beats the box drum.

"First Love" and Liu Yan's cover version of "Flying Birds" were very popular when they first appeared on the stage of "King of Singers", and Xinchen Records naturally wanted to launch the official album versions of these two songs while the iron was hot.

During the production of "First Love", Shen Mozhen also went to the recording studio to record the accompaniment part she was responsible for.

She told her parents categorically that she wanted to find resources to support herself, so the first resource was of course Xinchen Records.

She signed a short-term cooperation contract with Xinchen, not a singer contract like Xiao Keer, a bit like a part-time job, such as recording the accompaniment of "First Love", she has a remuneration of 20,000 yuan, but it is just a fixed price, and she can't get the online and offline sales share of the "First Love" album.

And this has already made her very satisfied, she is now also familiar with Xue Yunfei and Huo Ming, they are both engaged in the music industry, so naturally they have a lot of common topics.

Shen Mozhen has been rehearsing for so long, but she has never been very satisfied with the "Lotus Fragrance of Qu Shui", which she is about to perform at the celebration concert, which was chosen for her by her mother, and is very suitable for the occasion of the orthodox concert hall.

It's not that the music is bad, but Shen Mozhen herself has a psychological shadow, as soon as she plays these traditional ancient songs now, she will remember her helplessness and anxiety on the stage of a European concert hall, facing a few audiences, and she also questioned her music, isn't she playing well, why don't foreigners like it?

She told Xue Yunfei and Huo Ming her doubts, both of whom had studied abroad and were very good at arranging, so she might be able to find answers from them.

Xue Yunfei asked Shen Mozhen to play "Qu Shui Lotus Fragrance" in the recording studio, and at the end of the song, Huo Ming said, foreigners can't understand it!