Since Williams is willing to wait, Meng Xinghui doesn't bother to pay attention to him, anyway, what they said is not a trade secret, and it will not have any impact on these two foreigners to hear it.

Xu Ning saw that her grandfather and Meng Xinghui were interrupted by these two rude Chinese people, and she was so angry that she kept serving them with the white eyes unique to little girls, she didn't know why many girls like foreigners so much now, and their school was too, if any girl said that she had found a foreign boyfriend, it would immediately arouse the envy of the girls around her, and there were two best friends in their department who fought because they grabbed a French boyfriend, and turned into a stupid thing of hatred, but the result was that the friendship between these two girls for several years was ruined. And the French man was tired of playing exciting games with the two of them, and turned to like another girl, saying that foreign men are romantic and gentlemen, but in Xu Ning's eyes, the so-called romance is synonymous with flowers, seeing different ideas, and irresponsibility, the so-called gentlemen, most of them are pretended to be shown to others, and they are more barbaric than anyone else. The most unbearable thing is their arrogance, just like these two Mi people today, they are spoiled by the Chinese people's consistent gentle, courteous and frugal etiquette, and there is an indescribable sense of superiority in their bones, treating themselves as people, treating people from other countries as people, or inferior people.

Compared with these two Chinese people, Xu Ning feels that Meng Xinghui is a real man, he is neither humble nor arrogant, polite and courteous, and treats a respected predecessor like Xu Jichang with humility and courtesy, and does not lose the integrity of the Chinese people in front of foreigners, sometimes subtle and introverted, sometimes domineering and leaking, and his personality charm is undoubtedly revealed.

Xu Jichang didn't care about his granddaughter's careful thoughts, he was still waiting for Meng Xinghui to give him an answer, so he continued: "Xiao Meng, how did you consider the request I just made? It's okay, if you're having trouble deciding, I can give you time to think about it. ”

If you are an ordinary person, when you encounter such an opportunity, why don't you sharpen your head and drill into it? No matter in any era, being able to represent the country is undoubtedly the highest honor of the Chinese people, and more importantly, it can also compete on the same stage with top music masters and art groups from all over the world in the world's highest music palaceFor the president of the national music association, this is already a very incredible thing, you know, even if the music association is not an official organization, but it still has a certain authority and administrative functions, he can use the name of the state to recruit Meng Xinghui under his command, but he did not do it.

Facts have proved that his approach is extremely wise, for Xu Jichang such old-timers this kind of humble surname, Meng Xinghui quite admired, these artists of the older generation, indeed some of them really have extremely high artistic virtue and surname, compared with some utilitarian and selfish young people nowadays, they are worthy of respect.

"Don't think about it," Meng Xinghui said with a smile: "I will never let go of such an opportunity to promote Chinese classical folk music to the world, Xu Lao, I promise you." ”

"Really?" Xu Jichang slapped the table excitedly and said: "Great, it's really good, oops, the big problem that has plagued me for so long has finally been solved, I am very confident in your song, whether it is melody or artistic appeal, this song is the best of the songs I have heard, good music pays attention to "sad but not sad, happy but not silver", your song has completely reached such a realm, and compared with some folk music that blindly jerks tears or stresses festivity, its artistic conception is more timeless and deeper, It can even stimulate individuals to think deeply about life and destiny, even compared with the Symphony of Destiny of St. Beethoven, it is not inferior! ”

Meng Xinghui smiled indifferently and said, "Elder Xu has won the award. ”

Xu Jichang waved his hand and said: "I'm just telling the truth, the old guys from the Music Association felt the same as me after listening to it, they all praised it, saying that our classical folk music has produced another master-level figure, if I hadn't stopped me this time, they would all want to come and see you, a musical genius!" By the way, this piece is played by two people, your partner, can she agree to go to Vienna? ”

Meng Xinghui nodded and said, "I think it should be no problem, I will tell her when I find a chance, even if she doesn't agree, I will abduct her." ”

Xu Jichang laughed and said, "Okay, there is manhood, and I have the demeanor of my old Xu." ”

Xu Ning asked puzzledly: "Grandpa, did you still have any feats that you couldn't do back then?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Xu Jichang said with a smile: "You don't know, your grandfather and I were in love with your grandmother when I was young, your grandmother's parents thought I was a poor boy with no future, so they tried to break us up. ”

Xu Ning's mouth immediately opened into an O-shape, and he exclaimed, "Wow! No, grandpa was so fierce back then, admire and admire! ”

Xu Jichang solved the big trouble in his heart, and it seemed that he could not hide his excitement, and even the old things that had been buried in his heart for decades were shaken out, and several people laughed for a while, Xu Jichang seemed to think of something, and said: "Xiao Meng, I'm worried that foreigners don't understand what "The Song of Smiling Proud Rivers and Lakes" means, and the translation into English is not accurate, do you want to change the name when you submit the project?" ”

Meng Xinghui pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Old Xu, music has no borders, even if you don't understand the name of this piece, as long as you understand music, you can feel the soul of this piece from the melody, so I'm not going to change the name." I think it's time for us to change our mindset, why don't they change their names when they export cultural products to us? Because we like other people's things and think other people's things are good, so even if we don't understand it, we have to find a way to study and learn, so that their cultural penetration can form a chain reaction. ”

"But when we export cultural products, we have to consider the tastes of Westerners, thinking about what to do if they don't understand, what kind of works they like to see? Therefore, after coming and going, the cultural products we export are no different from the cultural products of Westerners, and we have lost the special surname of our national culture, which is subtle and timeless, and it is completely the face of the Orient who interprets the spirit of the Westerners, so how can there be a competitive surname compared with them? Why don't we consider moving the works with the characteristics of our own culture in their original form, and then when they think it is good and feel that they do not understand, they take the initiative to study and learn? Just like "The Song of Smiling Proud Rivers and Lakes", if they can feel the soul of music and get artistic enjoyment, then they will study this piece and want to understand what "Smiling Proud Jianghu" means, so that they have to study Chinese culture. ”

Meng Xinghui said that this is not without basis, to give the most straightforward example, is the "Chong Ao" process of our domestic directors, which is repeating such a story, they are superstitious about the Oscar, and they dream of getting the heavy little golden man, so they have repeatedly catered to the taste of the Chinese people, but they have lost the essence of Chinese culture, and the things they have come out of are neither Chinese nor Western, and they have returned in vain time and again. In fact, Americans' film culture has been quite mature, just like the mainstream entertainment of people in our country is watching TV, and the mainstream entertainment in their country is movies, so their understanding and appreciation level of movies are not at the same level as ours, they are used to seeing American-style film techniques, and people from other countries try to impress them with "American-style" methods, which is absolutely impossible, first of all, you can't play "Hollywood" style tricks to play Americans, they are the ancestors of this model, The second is to interpret the spirit of the Americans with unfamiliar oriental faces, whether it is an oriental or a westerner, it is very awkward to watch, and it is difficult not to fail.

Take the national teacher Zhang Yimou as an example, the heyday of his film career was "Red Sorghum", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", and "Alive", these works full of strong national style have brought unparalleled impact to Western audiences, so they can win the Cannes Award, but after his later transformation, he deliberately pursued the Oscar statuette, but gave up what he is best at, blindly pursuing packaging, pursuing commercialization, like this, it is impossible to win the Oscar, in fact, Whether Chinese films should rely on an award with strong regional protectionism to prove themselves is a debatable topic in itself. Will we be able to get the right to speak culturally?

In the final analysis, it depends on the prosperity of our Chinese films themselves, and on us to make a masterpiece with our own national cultural characteristics, which is national and global, which has been proven in many fields, why risk being assimilated by others and forcibly join their camp?

"Xiao Meng, that's great!" As soon as these words came out, Xu Jichang's face turned red with excitement, and he slapped the table violently, it seemed that only this action could vent his inner pride!

That's right, we don't change the name? I don't understand that it's your own business, why should we change it? If you want to figure it out, you can study Chinese culture by yourself! Of course, with such confidence, first of all, because the work itself has such charm, otherwise who will care about you?

(To be continued)