Chapter Ninety-One: Performance
"Keep running, hurry."
"Whew...... Call...... I can't run anymore. Fang Xiao bent over, holding his knees with both hands, letting the sweat drip from his forehead, and after a while, he straightened up and said, "Xiao Ke, I'm exercising, not participating in a marathon, what are you doing so tightly." ”
Xu Xu put his toes on the ground, propped up the bicycle, and said: "Last night's party, tonight's concert, you haven't been to the gym for two consecutive days, so you have to run more, otherwise your muscles will turn into fat, and you will gain weight." ”
"It's not that serious, it's only been two days." Fang Xiao blushed and said with a smile: "I think you are jealous and find an excuse to punish me for the passionate celebration with Yadan last night." ”
Xu Xu snorted, rubbed the front wheel of the bicycle against him, and said arrogantly: "I'm making sure you don't turn into a soft-footed shrimp during your concert tonight!" ”
At this time, the shadow of the sun was slanting westward, the sunset was full of sky, and under the reflection of the orange sunset, her expression was extremely moving, Fang Xiao was intoxicated, and grabbed the mobile phone in the bicycle basket, and then clicked and took a few photos.
"What?"
"The beautiful scenery of a good day, the beauty is picturesque, of course, you have to show it." Fang Xiao said while operating: "Send it to Eye&Me, and if you win the lottery at night, it will be perfunctory." ”
Xu Xu took out his mobile phone, opened the Eye&Me APP, clicked on Fang Xiao's account, looked at the photo he had just posted, and then praised with satisfaction: "It's not bad." ”
"With such a beautiful scenery and such a beautiful person, it won't be bad for a fool to shoot it." Fang Xiao took a big step forward, sat on the back seat of the bicycle, and said with a smile: "Lady, take your husband home." ”
"Come down. When I came down, it was heavy and heavy, and I was covered in stinky sweat. Xu Jiaojiao pushed him away, and then steered the bicycle, deftly turning half a circle in the direction of home. The command: "Don't be lazy, jog back." ”
"It's going to take at least ten minutes to run home from here, and I have to save some energy, otherwise I'll really be a soft-footed shrimp." Fang Xiao was lazy, pulled the back seat of the car and didn't move, and said, "Why don't I take you?" ”
Xu Xu gave him a helpless look, jumped out of the car lightly, and gave way to his position.
"Oops, it smells of sweat."
"It's called manhood."
"Cut. Narcissism! Do you really want to pick a random photo to write a song? ”
"Uh-huh."
"What if you can't write it?"
"How could it not be written?"
"Then if you draw a cat or a dog, how do you write it?"
"Eight words: improvised, far-fetched."
"Cunning!" Xu Xu stroked Fang Xiao's sweat-soaked T-shirt on his back with his fingers, and after a while, said, "When I was a child, my mother often drove me to school by bicycle, just like now. ”
"And what about your dad?"
"He's rarely at home...... When I'm at home, I occasionally pick me up from school. ”
"Also riding a bike?"
"Hmm."
……
Zhang Xinjia walked on the brightly lit main road of the new campus of Nanjing Normal University, looking around. While full of emotion, when he graduated. It has just been built and has not yet been put into use, and in a snap of a finger, the glamorous buildings of the past have now been eroded by time.
Follow the main road to the cafeteria and turn right. Bypassing the cube-shaped office building of the Faculty of Science, you will see the elegant dolphin-shaped musical theater, which is the venue for F&Q's mini-concert tonight.
At the entrance of the musical theater, there is a wide square. Hundreds of students gathered in the square, both men and women, standing or sitting, crowded, quite spectacular, so that Zhang Xinjia spontaneously had the feeling of watching open-air movies when he was a child.
"Classmate, what's wrong?"
"F&Q will have a concert tonight, and there will be a live broadcast on the big screen at the door."
Zhang Xinjia looked up at the huge electronic display screen above the entrance of the music theater, and suddenly realized that F&Q's concert tonight should be a warm-up for the campus concert.
This screen is only turned on when important people come to give speeches or famous musicians come to perform, and it seems that Nanjing Normal University is very supportive of F&Q......
Taking out his mobile phone at the door, swiping the QR code ticket, Zhang Xinjia followed the prompts, put the mobile phone into a brown paper bag, handed it to the doorman, and then walked towards the second floor under the guidance of a student wearing a T-shirt with the F&Q logo printed on it.
As an alumnus of Nanjing Normal University, the Cheung Hsin Ka Chi Road Music Theatre has three performance venues, a main concert hall with a capacity of 960 spectators, and two small theaters with a capacity of 320 spectators.
"Aren't you performing in the main concert hall tonight?"
"No, it's in the small theater on the second floor."
"What else is there for the main concert hall?"
"Nope."
Since the main concert hall is empty, it can be done directly there, and the students at the lower entrance who are fully accommodated there, why bother to use the big screen to do live broadcasts......
After entering the small theater, Zhang Xinjia looked around, and then immediately understood F&Q's intentions - the vast majority of the audience here are not students.
Could it be that all the people invited are from the entertainment industry and the media?
Is tonight a concert or a press conference?
At this time, the theater was basically full, and it was only a few minutes before the concert opened.
To his left is a girl wearing a T-shirt with a licensed profile picture on it, and she appears to be a school student.
"Hello, let me ask you in a bad way, are you a student of Southern Normal University?"
"Yes."
"How did you get this ticket?"
"Permission for me, I've formed a band with her before."
"Oh, fortunately, my name is Zhang Xinjia."
"Qian Qing."
Zhang Xinjia and Qian Qing chatted for a while, the lights of the small theater dimmed, the lights on the stage turned on, the curtain opened, and the drums, pianos, electronic synthesizers and other musical instruments were lined up, but there was no one.
Soon Fang Xiao walked out, carrying a foldable wooden stool in his left hand and a guitar in his right hand, walked to the microphone, put the stool, sat down, hugged the guitar and said, "Good evening, everyone...... So, let's get started. ”
Then he began to play the guitar, different from the previous two times in the video, this time it was neither unrestrained, nor intense, did not use any special skills, nor did he have any body movements, just sat there quietly and played, the melody of the song was soft, the artistic conception was beautiful, and he was intoxicated, as if he was boating in the lake, looking down at the swimming fish and playing in the water, and as if he was resting in the mountains, lying down and watching the clouds roll up, which was refreshing and pleasant.
It can be put and received, it can be rigid and soft, it can be gorgeous and concise, it is not simple......
"The guitar song I played just now was written based on today's sunset, today's sunset is very beautiful, the sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk, so it is called "Passing Clouds"." Fang Xiao put the guitar away, put away the barstool, then picked up the microphone, and said: "We F&Q did four episodes, in each episode, I sang, and the Queen Orchestra accompanied...... In fact, everyone in the Queen Orchestra is very good at singing, and tonight's mini concert will be sung by the members of the Queen Orchestra, and I will be the accompaniment. ”
"It's too monotonous to play with just guitar accompaniment, so I asked a few old friends to help." Fang Xiao succinctly introduced the old men who came out in turn: "Uncle Bao, drummer; Lao Li, piano; Xiao Li, saxophone; Quengo, Bes. ”
A few old guys waved to the audience, and then found their own places in the applause, and calmly picked up their instruments.
"Before the concert starts, I have one more thing to do." Fang Xiao raised his hand, and after waiting for the Eye&Me photo interface projected on the curtain behind him, he said: "Tonight's concert will be recorded as part of tomorrow's program, in the last episode, I promised to randomly select a photo from Eye&Me and write a song as the theme...... Now I'm going to draw a photo, and before the concert is over, I'm going to write a song based on that photo. ”
At this time, a girl walked up to the stage quickly and handed him a tablet, Fang Xiao pointed the tablet at the camera, pressed the "random browsing" button, and after about five or six seconds, the fast-beating red frame stopped, and selected a photo.
When the photo was enlarged and appeared on the projection in its entirety, the audience was in an uproar.
How is it possible to write a song with such a photo?!
Zhang Xinjia rubbed his nose and showed a playful smile.
It's just such a coincidence, a match made in heaven......
Fang Xiao also smiled, he handed the tablet to the girl, and said, "The photo is very beautiful, I have to think about it...... Let's start the concert and ask for the ...... of the Queen Orchestra. ”
At this time, a girl in the front row interrupted him and shouted: "Fang Xiao, you can choose a new one, this is not a photo at all, it's just a pattern, how can it be used to write a song!" ”
"yes, yes."
This was echoed.
"It's okay." Fang Xiaofeng waved his hand lightly, and then continued: "Next, I invite Arlene from the Queen Orchestra to appear and bring you a classic old song. (To be continued......)
PS: The guitar song is "Flowing Clouds" by Maaki Kishibe, which is generally literally written as "Popular Clouds", but according to the translation, it should be "Passing Clouds......