Chapter 73: You Are My Eyes
Yes, Dong Guo Yao decided to help him.
How can it help?
Seeing Dong Guo Yao's behavior, everyone may think of a little story.
The story goes like this: on the side of the bustling avenue of Paris, stands an old man in ragged clothes, gray hair, and blind. Instead of reaching out to passers-by to beg like other beggars, he stood a wooden sign beside him that read: "I can't see anything!"
There were many pedestrians passing by on the street, those gorgeously dressed gentlemen, noblewomen, and beautifully dressed young men and girls, who were indifferent to the words on the wooden signs, and some of them smiled faintly and walked away.
At noon that day, the famous French poet Jean Pierchaux also passed by. He looked at the words on the wooden sign and asked the blind man, "Old man, did anyone give you money this morning?"
"Alas!" replied the blind old man, "I, I have gained nothing." ”
Jean Petherle picked up his pen and quietly added the words "Spring is here, but I can't see anything!" in front of the line, and then hurried away.
Yes, spring is beautiful, the blue sky and white clouds, the green trees and red flowers, are all intoxicating. But the beauty of this beautiful day is only pitch black for a blind man. This is extremely sad! When people think of this blind old man, who has never even seen a thousand purple and red springs in his life, how can they not feel sympathy for him?
As Jean Peterhole's footsteps faded away, the old man was amazed to hear the barely interrupted sound of coins or bills falling into the metal bowl he was begging.
Dong Guo Yao also thought of this story, but would he do it?
The answer is – no.
Dong Guo Yao used to just want to be popular, and he didn't even understand why he had to be popular and what he could do after becoming popular.
But after hearing Sheng Qianyu's words just now, he suddenly had a new understanding: he felt that the real meaning of the existence of a singer, a writer, an actor, and a star is not to be so popular and how much money you can make, but after you become popular, can you let your music affect more people after you become rich, and what you can bring to this society after you become popular.
Now, Dong Guo Yao has found his goal, and he wants to make the world change a little bit differently because of him.
He wants to make people who are afraid of the dark brave to face the darkness after listening to your music, so that people who are autistic and unwilling to communicate with others can take the first step with others after hearing your music, and let people who have experienced failure be able to stand up again and continue to struggle.
He feels that only such an artist is a real artist, and such a star is a real big star.
So, he decided to try to use music to help this person in need today.
Singing was actually only a temporary idea, and just now, he suddenly heard a soft guitar sound from the old man's defense.
When Dong Guo Yao looked in the direction where the voice came from, he found that it was a wandering singer, not very old, about 20 years old, with a flat haircut. Standing not far from the beggar, in front of him was a gentleman's hat with a few small bills in it, and his eyes were sly looking at the hundred-dollar bill that had been put down in the beggar's broken bowl.
"What's wrong?" Sheng Qianyu saw that Dong Guo Yao was stunned, and asked intentionally in confusion.
"It's okay, wait for me. Dong Guo Yao gently patted Sheng Qianyu's shoulder and said.
"Okay!" Sheng Qianyu was puzzled, but still nodded obediently.
Dong Guo Yao came to the wandering singer, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, buddy, can you borrow the guitar?"
The wandering singer, who was thinking about how to get the money in the old man's bowl, was startled by Dong Guo Yao's voice.
When he opened his eyes, he wanted to curse, but when he looked at Daodong Guo Yao's eyes, he had no sound.
He could perceive that Dong Guo Yao seemed to see through his thoughts.
"What for?" he asked.
"Can you borrow a guitar?" said Dong Guo Yao with a gentle smile.
"Yes, yes. When the young man heard this, he took off the guitar on his back with some weakness and handed it to Dongguo Yao.
"Thank you. Dong Guo Yao said to the young man with a smile.
"No, it doesn't matter. The young man spoke unnaturally.
Taking over the guitar, Dong Guo Yao tried the strings slightly, and the sound was okay, and it could be seen that this young man had maintained this guitar well.
At this time, Sheng Qianyu was standing less than five meters away from Dong Guo Yao, and when she saw Dong Guo Yao's posture, she also guessed what Dong Guo Yao wanted to do, so she stood quietly and looked at Dong Guo Yao.
Dong Guo Yao came to the old man's side with his guitar in his arms, coughed lightly, and tried to attract the people around him.
Maybe it was because of the previous "stupid behavior", and the people around saw that the young couple was donating money and holding a guitar to sing, and they were really attracted to it.
"This guy, is this going to sing to help raise money for this filthy thing?"
"I guess so, this man is so stupid that he would believe that there are really beggars in need of help in this world. ”
"Alas, it's still too young!"
"I don't think he's young anymore, can he have thirty or forty?"
"That's stupid, do you still need to ask?"
The people around saw Dong Guo Yao's behavior and talked about it.
Dong Guo Yao didn't care about these at all, and just when everyone was talking, his fingers moved, and a soft guitar sound came.
The sound seemed to have magical power, making the noise around it gradually become quiet.
Accompanied by soft guitar chords, Dong Guo Yao sang:
If only I could see it
You can easily tell the difference between day and night
will be able to accurately hold your hand in the crowd
If only I could see it
I can drive you around
I can surprise you with a hug from behind
If only I could see it
Life may be completely different
Maybe I want what I like, I love
It's all different
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I believe that many people listened to Lin Youjia's version of this song for the first time, but in fact, the original composition and original song of this song is Xiao Huangqi, a blind singer.
This song was composed and lyrics by Xiao Huangqi, arranged by Chen Feiwu, and included in Xiao Huangqi's album of the same name "You Are My Eyes" released in December 2002.
Xiao Huangqi, who was born blind due to congenital cataracts, became amblyopia after eye surgery at the age of 4.
At the age of 15, he lost his sight again many years later, but he remained optimistic and loved music and creation.
Xiao Huangqi said that the role that anyone plays in his life is to help him see the most beautiful world, because of the encouragement and warmth given by everyone, so he created this song.
"You Are My Eyes" is a lyrical song that describes Xiao Huangqi's mood along the way in his "white world".
It is precisely because Xiao Huangqi cannot see and cannot be as vast as the world that a discerning person is exposed to, so he can be creative with his imagination. Therefore, his songs are an inner world that can be heard, touched, and smelled, simple and direct.
Before the background of the earth's entertainment was revised, every time he heard "You are my eyes, take me through the changes of the four seasons, take me through the crowded crowd", Xiao Huangqi's loud and affectionate singing exuded self-improvement and nostalgia for the colorful world, which moved Dongguo Yao.
Dong Guo Yao believes that this situation and this scene, coupled with this song, will definitely make the people around them feel emotional, so that they can help the poor old man in front of them.
Dong Guo Yao's singing skills are already very good, but at this moment, there is an emotion in his heart, so this song was interpreted by him very well.
Hearing Dong Guo Yao's voice, the people who were talking about it before were silent, and they were deeply shocked by the lyrics and began to think again.