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"Wait, young man, don't you want to hear what I have to say about you?" Louis Joseph called Xiao Yao.

"To be honest, I don't think so. Xiao Yao shook his head and smiled, "Actually, I'm not an authentic jazz fan, but I can listen to any music." I'm not good at jazz, and I haven't thought about writing jazz specifically, so whether or not I listen to your comments doesn't change me in any way. ”

"Didn't you want to write jazz music, but yours is a song?" Louis Joseph wondered, "and it seems to me that it's a jazz song." ”

"I made an impromptu adaptation. Xiao Yao said, "When I first wrote this song, it was actually a folk song, and when I went on stage, I thought it was a jazz performance, and it was not good to come up and sing a folk song, so I changed it to jazz." ”

"Wow~ Temporary arrangement, no wonder you only use guitar accompaniment. Louis Joseph exclaimed in surprise, "It seems that I have met a very talented young man, so can you listen to the original folk version of your song? ”

"Well, since you're okay, I wouldn't mind letting you rest a few more minutes. Xiao Yao blinked and nodded with a smile.

The jack handed the acoustic guitar in his hand to Xiao Yao again. After Xiao Yao took it, he returned to the chair in front of the center of the stage, and said into the microphone with a smile: "At the request of Mr. Joseph, I will perform another version of the song just now." ”

The conversation between Xiao Yao and Louis Joseph just now did not use the help of a microphone, and only some of the front-row audience members in the concert hall who were relatively close to the stage heard their conversation, so most of the audience were very curious when they saw Xiao Yao go back, and there were some discussions, Xiao Yao explained so simply.

"Starry, StarryNight..."This time, Xiao Yao directly omitted the prelude he added when recording the song, and performed exactly according to the version of Don Mclean in his previous life, and sang the lyrics while plucking the guitar strings.

"Is it really the style of a ballad, is this what this song looks like?" Clara and the other three all looked at Fang Yi.

"Uh... "Almost," Fang still said, "he removed the prelude to the song, but the melody, rhythm, and singing style were all the same. ”

"I now believe that he is indeed a very talented music creator. Clara said, "But such a guy, the short film he makes can be shortlisted for the short film festival... It's unimaginable!"

"Even if he doesn't win an award for his short film, I think he's a genius!" Andrew and Kira nodded together.

After Xiao Yao performed the folk version of the song, the audience once again gave a round of warm applause.

"Thank you," Louis Joseph walked directly to Xiao Yao's side this time, "Since you don't want to listen to my evaluation, then I will only say thank you for your performance." By the way, can I know your name and origin?"

"My name is Xiao Yao and I'm from Huaxia. Xiao Yao introduced himself with a smile.

"Let us once again thank Xiao Yao, a young man from China, for his wonderful performance. Louis Joseph picked up the microphone on the microphone stand, pointed at Xiao Yao and said loudly to the audience.

"Thank you!" In the applause of the audience, Xiao Yao bowed again, and after returning the guitar to Jack, he jumped off the stage and returned to his seat.

In the process of coming back, some viewers along the way also smiled and gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up, and Xiao Yao naturally nodded in return with a smile as he walked.

After this episode, Jack moved his chair back to the middle of the band, and Louis Joseph moved the microphone stand back to the piano and began to continue the performance.

Half an hour later, Louis Joseph's performance ended, and the six of them got up and left the venue along with the audience. The audience members who left the venue talked about Louis Joseph's wonderful performance as they walked, mixed with some comments about Xiao Yao. Some of the audience members who were on the same road as Xiao Yao and the other six people when they left the stage also greeted Xiao Yao warmly and praised his performance on stage just now.

When I came out of the concert hall, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Eating supper or something was just Xiao Yao's nonsense, considering that he would go to the film festival tomorrow, everyone didn't go anywhere else, and got into the car and sent Xiao Yao and the other three back to the hotel first.

"Xiao, did you write that song just now, was it written by Van Gogh?" Returning to the car, Kira Bea couldn't help but ask Xiao Yao.

"Uh... Yes. Xiao Yao nodded. In his previous life, Don Mclean wrote this "vincent" indeed to commemorate Van Gogh, and Xiao Yao naturally could only nod his head and admit it.

"Sure enough," cheered Kira, "you must love Van Gogh too, don't you? ”

"Is this a fan of Van Gogh?" Xiao Yao said secretly, and could only continue to nod.

"I just heard the lyrics of your song, it seems to be related to Van Gogh's paintings, can you tell me which of your lyrics are Van Gogh's works?" continues Kira Bea.

"Uh... How many works do you hear?" Xiao Yao didn't answer, but asked Kira Beadau with a smile.

Xiao Yao didn't know much about Van Gogh and his works, only that he was a very great master of Impressionist painting. When he heard this song by Don Mclean in his previous life, he also knew that the song was written by Van Gogh, and the first line "Starry, StarryNight" was a reference to his very famous "The Starry Night" (The Starry Night). As for how many Van Gogh's works are in the song, Xiao Yao really doesn't know.

However, although Xiao Yao didn't know it, he was sure that Kira Bea, who studied art and was a fan of Van Gogh, would definitely be able to hear a lot. What should I do if the singer forgets the words when performing? In addition to skipping directly in embarrassment, you can also extend the microphone in your hand to the audience, so Xiao Yao simply asked Kira to say, she said a few, and Xiao Yao planned to admit that there were a few.

"First of all, there must be "Starry Night", then "Daffodil in a Bowl", and his self-portrait, and..."Kira Bea began to count one by one, Xiao Yao nodded with a smile on his face, and at the same time sweated wildly in his heart: "I'll go, Don Mclean wrote so many Van Gogh paintings in one song?"

"Anything else?" Qira asked Xiao Yao again after counting.

"No, you're awesome! Xiao Yao tugged at the corners of his mouth and gave a thumbs up with a smile.

"I think it's a good thing to write a song like this. Kira Bea happily announced, "I love you so much! To thank you for writing songs for my most admired idol, I have decided to go to the film festival tomorrow to vote for your short film! And I can be your tour guide for free!"

"Thank you," Xiao Yao smiled and pointed at Clara Vera, "but we already have a guide." ”

"Kira, I treat you as a friend, but you're going to steal my job?" Clara Vera also smiled, and then glanced at Xiao Yao again.

"Then I'll be a guide for them with you. "Aren't there three of them, if they act separately, Fang and Pei will be handed over to you, and I will take care of Xiao." ”

"We're really ready to go our separate ways. Xiao Yao said, "In the next few days, the task of the two of them is to play, and my task is to watch movies at the film festival." If you follow me, you may get bored except to watch a movie or watch a movie. ”

"Anyway, you have a car, and you can take care of picking up Xiao from the hotel to the scene of the film festival. Clara Vera thought about it and simply assigned the task to Kira Bea, "You have your own car anyway." ”

"No problem!" said Kira Bea, nodding happily at once.

"This girl won't pull me to talk about Van Gogh and Impressionism on the way back and forth, right?" Xiao Yao thought with some worry.

"Shaw, if you have time, you can come and play with our band. Andrew also warmly invited.

"Okay, I'll go if I have the chance. Xiao Yao verbally agreed, but he didn't have much interest. There is still a band hanging in the United States, and Xiao Yao doesn't want to have another one in France.

Sending Xiao Yao and the others back to the hotel, Clara made an appointment with them to meet tomorrow before leaving with her friends.

The next morning, Kira Bea followed Clara Vera to the hotel to pick up Xiao Yao. Originally, Kira wanted Xiao Yao to sit in her car, but Xiao Yao was afraid that Kira would talk to him about Van Gogh, so he shook his head firmly and refused, saying that the three of them had not acted separately yet, and it was better to sit together.

Kira didn't insist either, and drove with Clara Vera to the venue of the film festival in her own car.

After arriving, Clara Vera first took Xiao Yao and the three to the office of the organizing committee of the film festival, helped them handle the documents indicating the identity of the contestants, and then took them to take a complete tour of the venue of the film festival, focusing on the process of the film festival and the screening plan of each exhibition hall.

Xiao Yao's "The Tuner" was scheduled to be screened in Screening Hall 3, and the screening time was 3 p.m. on the second day, 10:20 a.m. on the third day, and 3:40 p.m. on the fourth day. The duration of the film is a little over 13 minutes, and with the introduction before the screening and the audience interaction after the screening, it is almost 20 minutes each time. This means that Xiao Yao's short film will not be screened this afternoon, and Fang Yi and Pei Minyi don't have to follow Xiao Yao.

After lunch, Xiao Yao gave Fang Yi and Pei Minyi a holiday, and asked Clara Vera to take the two of them to the Volcano Geopark near Mount Dom to play, while she wore a work badge and went to several exhibition halls of the film festival to watch free movies.

Although the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is called "Cannes for short films", it is not Cannes after all, there is no red carpet show with big stars, just a simple opening ceremony, which can be regarded as the official opening of the curtain, and the various exhibition halls begin to screen the entries, and everyone is free to choose to watch.

On the afternoon of the first day, Xiao Yao spent time in the screening halls of various exhibition halls. First, you will see the introduction of the short film to be shown in the exhibition hall, and then make a note of the screening schedule, and then go to each screening room to watch the movie according to your preference.

After watching two short films in a row in the No. 1 exhibition hall, Xiao Yao felt that there were no more short films that attracted him, so he walked to the No. 2 exhibition hall.

In the introduction of works in the lobby of the second exhibition hall, Xiao Yao was pleasantly surprised to find the name of a seemingly Chinese director, and in the spirit of supporting his compatriots, he went to watch the short film of the director called "Mu Ying" with great interest.

This short film is called "Tough Guy", which is an action short film, the plot is relatively simple, but the action scenes in it are very distinctive. Xiao Yao, the actor in the film, doesn't know him, he should be a little-known actor, and there are white faces and Asian faces in the actors, and this short film is also in the international competition unit, which only shows that this work is not from France, so Xiao Yao can't tell whether this MuYing is Chinese.

Xiao Yao got up and left directly after watching the two short films he watched in Hall 1 before, but after watching this short film, Xiao Yao stayed and wanted to see the director with his own eyes.

After the screening, a young man with an East Asian face, who looked to be no more than 30 years old, walked up to the stage, briefly introduced himself, and bowed to the audience in the screening room to thank him. If the audience has any questions about this short film and wants to ask the director publicly, they can take the initiative to raise them at this time. If they don't want to communicate, the audience can also leave quietly, as Xiao Yao did when he watched the first two short films. If no one asks questions, or if no one continues to ask questions after the exchange is over, the director will leave on his own.

Xiao Yao didn't have any questions about the film and wanted to communicate openly with the director, and only after the audience left and the director turned around and stepped down the stage did he walk over and take the initiative to say hello.

"Hello Director Mu, I'm Xiao Yao," Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and took the initiative to introduce in English.

"Hello!" Director Mu shook Xiao Yao's hand with a smile, and after seeing Xiao Yao's face clearly, he said with some confusion and surprise: "Are you Xiao Yao? Xiao Yao?"

"Yes, I'm that Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, and then asked, "Are you from Huaxia?"

"Yes, my name is Mu Ying, Mu of Wood, Ying of Heroes. Mu Ying not only changed the language to Chinese, but also changed the way of introduction to the habits of Huaxia, "I am from Huaxia, and I am now a graduate student in the directing department of the School of Cinematic Arts in USC. By the way, USC is..."

"I know that the University of Southern California in the United States, referred to as USC, is famous for its School of Cinematic Arts. Xiao Yao also changed to Chinese, "The graduate student of the directing department of USC is very powerful, no wonder he can make such a wonderful short film." ”

"Thank you," Mu Ying nodded in thanks, and then said with some confusion, "By the way, why are you here?" "Although the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala in China are declining year by year, it still has a very important position among overseas Chinese.

"I'm also here to compete!" Xiao Yao picked up the document hanging on his chest and shook it.

"Are you also a director?" Mu Ying looked at Xiao Yao's ID in surprise, and then continued, "What hall is your movie in? When will it be released, I will also go to support you." ”

"Okay. Then I'll thank you in advance!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, and then told Mu Ying about his film screening hall and time.

"It doesn't conflict with my movie showtime, I'll definitely go tomorrow!" Mu Ying assured.