Nishikawa Yakumo walked to the piano confidently, rolled up his sleeves and sat down, and after playing a piece of music at random, he smiled at the guests: "A song "Dream Wedding" is given to everyone, and I hope you will include it." At the same time, I would like to thank Mr. President and Mrs. Nancy for their hospitality......"

Before Nishikawa Yakumo could start playing, Wang Zijun almost laughed. At first, Nishikawa Yakumo belittled pop music, Wang Zijun thought that he would play a Beethoven or Mozart, but he didn't expect that this one was actually "Dream Wedding". This piece has only been around for eight years and has been popular for most of the world, and although it cannot simply be said to be pop music, in the eyes of traditional pianists at this time, it is also a side path, not much different from pop songs.

Nishikawa Yakumo put his foot on the shelf, took a breath, and pressed his hands on the keyboard with a smile of intoxication. Let's not talk about whether he plays well or not, but the style of the master of the performance is quite sufficient.

"Dream Wedding" can attract countless music fans, and it is naturally of high quality. In addition, Nishikawa Yakumo's skills are not bad, and most of the listeners present are pseudo-music fans, and the effect of popping up is amazing.

Everyone gathered around Nishikawa Yakumo, who was playing the piano, with an expression of appreciation and intoxication. Nishikawa Yakumo caught a glimpse of everyone's reactions in the interval between playing the piano, and his heart became more proud, and his subordinates became more and more fluent.

Lin Qingxia didn't understand the piano at all, and under the influence of the people around her, she began to worry about Wang Zijun, and whispered: "Zijun, that person seems to play very well, are you sure?" ”

"I don't care about anything else, just look at Master Cliburn's expression." Wang Zijun chuckled.

As soon as Lin Qingxia heard Wang Zijun say, she looked at Fan Cliburn on the side, but saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, obviously dissatisfied with Nishikawa Yakumo's performance.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Nishikawa Yakumo's performance, hearing Van Cliburn's ears, can be described in one word - frivolous.

The piano playing skills are not good and bearable, and what makes Van Cliburn can't help frowning is the impetuous attitude of Nishikawa Yakumo when he plays the piano. It's not so much that Nishikawa Yakumo is playing, it's better to say that he's showing off his piano skills, but this piano skill is not very good. In this way, the so-called ostentation becomes a joke in the eyes of the insider, like a dwarf standing in front of a group of dwarfs to show how tall and mighty he is.

Nishikawa Yakumo, however, felt that his performance was very successful, and when the song was finished, his fingers gracefully left the keys, stood up with a smile, and bowed very gentlemanly to everyone.

"Papapa...... "After all, not everyone is a professional, and what Nishikawa Yakumo received was a round of applause.

Nishikawa Yakumo burst with confidence in the applause, and said to Van Cliburn without knowing whether he was alive or dead: "Master Cliben, my contemptible skills are limited, and I would like you to point out the shortcomings, so that I can improve in the future." ”

"Uh," Van Clay didn't know what to say, after all, he was a guest of the president, and his mind spun around a few times before he said, "Mr. Nishikawa has a good sense of music, which is already very rare by amateur standards." ”

Nishikawa Yakumo didn't really want to ask for advice, and as soon as he heard Van Cliburn's evaluation, he immediately bowed happily and said, "Thank you, Master Cliburn, for your advice." ”

In the ball hall, the reporter who came with the prime minister took pictures quickly, and Nishikawa-kun was highly praised by the music master, which is worth going back to write about.

"Mr. Wang, it's your turn!" Xichuan Yakumo walked up to Wang Zijun with his head held high, he really played at a super level today, and he almost caught up with the professional performance level, no wonder he was so proud.

Wang Zijun didn't take his words, but walked to the piano casually.

The reporters on the scene were only in single digits, but when Wang Zijun sat in front of the piano, the effect of continuous bursts of flash lights was like a press conference.

Wang Zijun once made a movie called "The Pianist at Sea", which has always been regarded as a classic by fans who love this movie. Similarly, the various piano pieces in "The Pianist of the Sea" are also sought after by many music fans.

"The Pianist at Sea" has a piano fight between the male protagonist and a black pianist, which is the most "gaochao" part of the whole film. What is about to be staged is a realistic version of the White House piano, and Wang Zijun is also one of the protagonists.

But will Wang Zijun still win? As long as anyone who has paid attention to the movie "The Pianist at Sea" knows that the tunes played by Wang Zijun in the movie are all played and recorded by others, and his piano level can only be regarded as average.

"Audrey, your little boyfriend is in a bad situation." Tina, the wife of the parliamentarian who was quite enthusiastic, stood beside Audrey Hepburn and said.

Audrey Hepburn was not worried at all, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the king is very cunning, I don't know what tricks he will play this time." ”

Ron and his sister were standing behind the Reagans, and he looked down and asked Patty Davis, "Do you know the piano?" ”

"Piano, oh hell, I only know guitar, I'm a rock singer!" Patty Davis said.

"And who do you think will win?" Ron asked.

Patti Davis said, "Of course it's the king." ”

"It's boring, I think Zachary will win," Ron laughed, "or you buy that one and say I win, and we'll bet a hundred dollars." ”

"I'm not that stupid, that's the guy who wrote 'Hotel California', and playing an instrument would lose to a politician?" Patti Davis said in the affirmative.

"It seems that only the one who said he was a fool." Ron said with a shrug. Their sister and brother did everything possible to invite Wang Zijun to come, not just to ask Wang Zijun for help, to put it bluntly, they are all fans of Wang Zijun.

And the origin of the fan Wang Zijun is the song "Hotel California" that sings the heart of the "degenerate generation" in the United States. When "Hotel California" came out, Patti Davis and Ron, like countless young people, were shocked by Wang Zijun. It's a pity that they were very poor in the past (controlled by their parents' finances), and Wang Zijun's whereabouts are erratic, so they don't have the opportunity to meet their idols at all.

Van Cliburn waited with anticipation for Wang Zijun to play, he had been tired of performing for nearly a decade and had retired from the music scene to live a semi-secluded life. Last time, I made an exception and accepted Wang Zijun's invitation to record the soundtrack for "The Pianist at Sea", mainly because of the original piano music in the movie and the content of the script.

I heard that the original repertoire in the movie was all created by director Wang Zijun, which made Van Cliburn deeply impressed by Wang Zijun, and he always thought that Wang Zijun was an excellent composer.

Composers don't have to be proficient in playing, but good composers sound different when they play a piece because they have a unique understanding of music.

After Wang Zijun sat down, he smiled nonsensibly: "Since Mr. Xichuan doesn't like pop music, then I'll play an ancient song." This piece was born in ancient China nearly 2,000 years ago, and it was originally played on the flute, and later changed to a Chinese guqin as an instrument, and its name is "Plum Blossom Three Alleys". The meaning of plum blossom in China is that a gentleman of noble character, steadfast, noble, unyielding, chic, and brave to fight against evil. ”

Wang Zijun was originally going to plagiarize a few famous piano songs from later generations as originals to scare and scare Nishikawa Yakumo. But after listening to Nishikawa Yakumo's performance, he didn't bother to plagiarize.

In terms of performance level, he and Nishikawa Yakumo are both quasi-professional levels. However, Nishikawa Yakumo doesn't rely on this to eat after all, and his understanding and interpretation of music are poor, and Wang Zi doesn't know how many streets.

To put it bluntly, Nishikawa Yakumo's performance is mechanical, without any emotion, good but not moving.

The playing of "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" does not require too much advanced skill, but as a classic ancient Chinese song, it is quite difficult to pop the flavor in it. There are multiple versions of the score of "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", and this version played by Wang Zijun is divided into ten sections, each of which is about one minute or so.

Compared with the beautiful melody of "Dream Wedding", the ancient song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" is quite bland. If "Dream Wedding" is a glass of red wine, then "Plum Blossom Three Alleys" is a glass of boiled water.

Especially the first few paragraphs, at first glance, it seems to be able to put people to sleep.

But those who can listen to those who fall asleep do not listen carefully. People with a little bit of music appreciation, as long as they taste it carefully, can hear that this piece is not good.

Due to cultural barriers, the Yankees naturally cannot understand the true essence of the humble gentleman of the plum blossom. But emotions can break through cultural barriers, they can't hear the artistic conception of Hanmei and Aoxue, but there is a feeling that the heart is gradually clearing, and the mixed emotions in the heart will gradually calm down with the sound of the piano.

Ethereal, elegant, plain, leisurely, the gentleman is stubborn and moral, just like the plum blossom in the face of the cold, the fragrance is free and open. Then the sound of the piano began to be suppressed, just like a gentleman being slandered and oppressed, and plum blossoms being attacked by the cold wind, frost and snow.

When the audience's emotions were suppressed to the extreme, suddenly the sound of the piano turned and became fierce and high-pitched, just like a cold plum swaying in the wind, and the gentleman still struggled to improve himself in the face of difficulties.

And the audience's emotions also changed from depressed to nervous, and then suddenly released, and the heartbeat accelerated sharply.

In the entire hall, the people who listened carefully to the performance, their emotions were mobilized by Wang Zijun. But Wang Zijun is in no mood to pay attention to these people at all, he is now in a very mysterious feeling.

Wang Zijun's hearing, sight, and touch, including the sixth sense of Xuanxu, are much stronger than ordinary people, so he heard the whispers of Nishikawa Yakumo and Yokota Yuki, causing this series of accidents. At this time, he completely immersed himself in the music, as if he had entered another world, and the keys seemed to become an extension of his body, and it became an instinct to touch the keys with great force, and where to hurry and slow.

It's not the first time he's encountered this situation, and he has also entered by chance when he was learning boxing and playing musical instruments before, but this time the special feeling is particularly real and relievable.

The last note of "Dong ......" slipped down, and Wang Zijun finally came out of that wonderful feeling and found that he was actually wet with sweat.

After listening, they found that they were sweating on their foreheads, and the sweat was high in the last few sections.

"Great, King, can you copy me a sheet of music, it's so wonderful!" Van Cliburn couldn't help but rush to Wang Zijun and said that although he heard some flaws in Wang Zijun's performance, compared to the overall feeling, those flaws were completely negligible.

"Absolutely." Wang Zijun said with a smile.

Old Mrs. Tina said to her old friend Audrey Hepburn with an intoxicated face: "It's perfect! Audrey, I think I know why you're in love with him, I've heard this song and I'm going to fall in love with him! ”

Audrey Hepburn muttered quietly, "It's the first time I've heard it, too." ”

"Wang, what is the name of this song you just had? Is it called "Three Appreciation of Plum Blossoms"? ”

"Zachary, that's so helpful, if possible, I'd like to invite you to the Hollywood Music Center to play solo!"

"Master Cliburn, and Wang, let's take a group photo."

“……”

Although most of the guests were still steady and reserved, there were still twenty or thirty people who took the initiative to talk to Wang Zijun, and there were even senior American officials who asked Wang Zijun for an autograph.

All of a sudden, Wang Zijun seemed to be the center of the entire ball.

And Xichuan Yakumo, who was originally full of confidence and wanted to give Wang Zijun an ugly look, had already disappeared by urinating at this time.

Wang Zijun was unhurried to deal with the people around him, and Van Cliburn said half-jokingly: "Zachley, maybe you should have chosen to be a pianist instead of a director, your piano talent is amazing." ”

"You're wrong." Wang Zijun said with a smile.

"No, I'm telling the truth." Van Cliburn said, "You've just used music to mobilize their emotions, which is very rare." ”

Arouse the emotions of the audience, but Van Cliburn's specialty, some people even listened to his performance, and stayed in excitement all night and couldn't sleep.

At this moment, Wang Zijun can be regarded as truly integrated into today's state banquet, he took Lin Qingxia and Audrey Hepburn around, and talked happily with many dignitaries.

The boss of the Washington Post, the director of the White House office, and so on, Wang Zijun didn't have the opportunity to meet before, but now he can talk about the topic of music and hook up with them.

On one side of the hall, sisters Ron and Patty are being interviewed: "Of course, I never knew piano music was so good. Wang is a musical genius, and we are all his fans. Did you know that the Madonna was created by him, and he set the trend in American music......"

"Yes, I'm going to quit my job and work as a special effects artist in ILM."

"Haha, I don't mind being a 'qingren' of Zachley, as long as he wants to."

"Do you know what Madonna's wish is? It's sex with Zachary, that's what she said herself. Unfortunately, one night she went to climb the king's bed, but was kicked to the ground by the king. ”

“……”

The two fellows poured out everything they knew in their stomachs, and the eyes of several reporters lit up, and they didn't know what they would write in the newspaper tomorrow.

(To be continued)