Chapter 192: The Chinese
Since then, mentor Xie Huan has become popular. This year, it was the release period of the domestic TV series "Water Margin", and together with the TV series, Xie Huan's "Song of a Hero" created for "Water Margin" also won the love of countless people. For a while, the streets and alleys, the streets talked about it, and there were "Water Margin" and "Song of Good Heroes" everywhere, and at the same time, in a short period of time, Xie Huan also began to approach the status of the first-line master in the mainland......
In this year, Xie Huan was invited to participate in an award event abroad.
Before the event, the organizer made corresponding interviews with the guests. Among them, in an exclusive interview with China, the complacent host deliberately asked a tricky question:
"Mr-Xie, you are now very popular in China, so as a leading figure in the Chinese pop music scene, you were invited to participate in this award ceremony held by us, however, we found an interesting phenomenon, now China, pop culture has been greatly impacted by other countries, but the local culture is very poorly developed, young people love our culture, advocate our values, every day on the Internet talk about our TV series, our blockbusters, our animation, speaking of your own country, if you want to set a label on the culture, it seems that there is not much left, even the Chinese kung fu, which was famous in Hollywood in the past, has to say that it has also declined, and you can't do the current kung fu movies in the United States, or even India......"
"Also, we found a more interesting phenomenon, this time the Chinese artists invited to the same as you, almost without exception, all wore suits to walk the carpet, I heard that there is a saying in your China called 'admiring the foreign and flattering the outside', the moon in foreign countries is rounder than in their own country, so, may I ask, what kind of mentality does an artist like you have to wear a suit to attend these formal and solemn occasions?"
As soon as this question was raised, it immediately aroused the applause of countless local news media in the audience. They are all waiting for this singer from China to come out with a "foreign appearance".
Xie Huan patiently listened to the host's question, and his heart was already uneven, but after listening, he said aloud:
"Culture this kind of thing, the benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, this is a grand question, as an ordinary person, which country's culture is good, which country's cultural output value is high, the impact is more far-reaching, we can not see the whole and comprehensive, at most we can only see the tip of the iceberg, this extraordinary man can be judged, if you speculate on this, it is called Yelang arrogance. So, in the end, who is better and who surpasses whom, I can't say, and it's hard to say. ”
"However, I can discuss with you from the perspective of ordinary people, or share two interesting things, the first is that we can use an analogy, if we are father and son, for the father, the son must surpass himself as a matter of course, there is an old Chinese saying called' Therefore, as a son, you are better than your father, and your father is also happy and calm, why, because you are born to Lao Tzu, your culture and heredity actually come from me, you are stealing from me, how can you have you without me? Everything has to talk about the origin, so son, you can't cheat your father when your wings are hard, and dare to deny your ancestors......"
Xie Huan is clearly alluding to the plagiarism of Chinese culture by other countries.
"Second, I want to make a little joke with this gentleman's translator, what I, an ordinary layman who doesn't have much culture, are you good at translating? In your culture, there is no one who you don't have a word, and you don't need to 'heart' at all, I guess if you want to convey my meaning nicely, I'm afraid there will be some words that don't reach the meaning, right?"
The tall translator next to him smiled awkwardly and shrugged his shoulders.
Xie Huan continued: "As for what you just asked about the phenomenon of our Chinese artists wearing suits and walking on carpets, I have the right to speak on this, I can tell you clearly, this has nothing to do with 'Chongyang and flattery', it can't hit eight poles, and it is even more thrown off nine streets, please allow me to pretend to be a cultural person here, since we talk about culture, we have to be atmospheric, we have to be tall, in fact, what is this phenomenon called, tell you, it is called 'in line with international standards'......"
"As for what is 'in line with international standards' and what is 'international', in my cognition, 'international' does not represent a specific country, but in a large scope of the world, whose culture is good, anyone can accept it, can learn, remove prejudice and stubbornness, all races and human beings in the world rely on each other and integrate with each other, this is the right track......
"Therefore, in the exchanges between countries, you can see our delegation wearing suits and walking on the carpet, and you can also see that more and more commercial films such as The Matrix have incorporated a lot of Chinese elements, and there are many young people in the world who yearn for China and are willing to settle in China......
After a long silence in the audience, it received a slightly sparse applause. The host looked embarrassed and was speechless for a while. stayed for a long time, but still didn't want to give up the opportunity to continue to make trouble:
"So, Mr. Xie, I would like to ask you, in the past, your country has suffered greatly, such as the Qing Dynasty's land separation, such as the modern Nanjing Massacre, which has torn your nation apart...... I would like to ask, in such a situation, will your huge country be a plate of scattered sand?"
"You mentioned 'a plate of loose sand', a-heap-of-loose-sand, then I will compare the tableware, your country is a knife and fork culture, we are chopsticks culture, chopsticks will never be lonely and helpless, because they will always be in pairs, firmly together. ”
The host of "......" was speechless.
After the visit, Xie Huan immediately called China and ordered a Zhongshan suit with national characteristics for himself, which was entrusted by a special person.
A week later, in the formal performance, Xie Huan, who was originally going to perform "Good Han Song" on stage, temporarily changed the song to the newly created "Chinese", and put on the white Zhongshan suit, walked on the stage with vigor, and began to sing sonorously:
Five thousand years of wind and rain have hidden many dreams
The yellow face and black eyes remain unchanged and smile
Eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers are like a song
It doesn't matter where you're coming from and where you're going
The same tears, the same pain
The suffering of the past remains in our hearts
The same blood, the same species
There are still dreams in the future, and we will open up together
Hand in hand, you and I walk forward with our heads held high
Let the world know that we are all Chinese
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