In the center of the stage, a milky white Pearl River grand piano stood quietly.

A soft spotlight hits the body of the piano, exuding an elegant artistic atmosphere.

Piano, the king of musical instruments. With eighty-eight keys, it has a tone and power that is unmatched by other instruments. For hundreds of years, the music composed for the piano is like a sea of smoke, and countless great Chinese and foreign pianists have left countless classics in the history of human art.

Chu Yang, who was dressed in a black dress, walked onto the stage, followed his footsteps with a beam of chasing lights, and sent him all the way to the piano.

Seeing this young man who had just set off a frenzy on the stage, he walked on the stage again, and although he had changed his outfit, many people still recognized him immediately!

"The youngest department-level cadre in China", "the most talented artist", and "the big winner of the voice of China...... There are so many auras that envelop him, and although most of them are controversial, it is undeniable that each of these auras is so eye-catching.

Except for this time, Chu Yang has only played the piano once in public, and that is the accompaniment at the CCTV Folk Music Competition. As for the time at Renmin University, it is not counted because it is not broadcast to the public.

Just now, Chu Yang and Brigitte's song "Blue Water Zen Heart" let countless people see his amazing folk music skills. But before an hour had passed, he had changed from a handsome young man in ancient costumes to a modern young man in a dress. This change is really big, so big that those viewers can't understand it.

"I'm not dazzled, isn't this the cow director Chu just now? Why did he play the piano again? ”

"Sure enough, it's a strong life that doesn't need to be explained, so I don't know how Director Chu plays the piano?"

"With Chen Lang's Zhuyu in front, he still dares to step forward to compare? Sure enough, the ignorant are fearless and young. ”

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All kinds of comments appear on the screens of major live streaming platforms in real time. In this era of national self-media, this kind of watching and commenting has long become the norm.

The moment Chu Yang sat down in front of the piano, all the lights on the stage dimmed, and only one person and one piano remained.

Staring at the keys in front of you. A familiar feeling came over me. Although it has been a long time since I have touched the keys. But for Chu Yang, who has comprehended the "Tao" of piano playing, this qiē is not a problem.

Even, before he played, he did not deliberately memorize the piano score of "My Motherland". Because he doesn't need sheet music at all. The melody was in his head. As for the arrangement of chords? Chu Yang is confident. The chord arrangement he improvised on the spot will definitely be better than the piano scores that have been arranged by his predecessors!

Under the expectation of thousands of viewers at the scene and countless viewers in front of the TV, Chu Yang's right arm. Suddenly raised.

No one can describe the elegance, naturalness and calmness shown between the ups and downs. The whole arm, in a natural and graceful arc, gently falls on the keys.

The side of the ring finger, gently falling on the key, under the weight of the entire right hand, gently sinks into the key.

Then, the little finger lifted up like a relay and the next note was played.

A simple, innocent, completely composed of a single melody of the theme of "My Motherland", sounded so softly. It's like an innocent and lovely child, singing this tune with a childish voice.

Although the melody is simple, every word, every sentence, and every note has such a vivid and vivid flavor that attracts people to unconsciously fall into this music. This beauty produced by extreme simplicity is no less than that of large, complex, and difficult techniques!

Under the spotlight, Chu Yang's right hand was like a leisurely stroll, undulating on the keys, every movement was so natural and elegant, simple and pure to the extreme, just like the sound of the piano flowing from the fingertips.

"A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the rice and flowers on both sides; My family lives on the shore, and I am used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the ship. ”

Under the stage, in front of the TV, there were already many old people, following this simple melody and singing softly. The episode in this famous old movie "Shangganling" has been sung in the land of China for decades and influenced an entire generation.

The big screen behind Chu Yang gradually lit up. A great river flowed slowly in the morning light, glowing with golden shreds. The mountains in the distance, undulating in the morning light, are vast and magnificent. This scene, combined with the sound of the piano at the moment, suddenly brings out the musical image in "My Motherland"!

The left hand did not know when, climbed the keys. After the right hand has finished playing the last note of the last phrase and resting on the genital chords of G major, there is a brief pause, and then the left hand begins to move from the low register of the keys towards the middle in an extremely stretched position.

A series of smooth and broad arpeggios is played by the left hand, and in the midst of this arpeggio, the right hand once again plays a friendly main theme. It's just that this time from a single note to an octave, the image of the music has become brighter!

Under the water-like arpeggio, the right hand freehand played a wide octave on the keys, just the right amount of strength, making the melody more bright and stretched, and the big screen behind Chu Yang also turned the picture, and the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland began to appear!

The rolling Yangtze River, the majestic Mount Tai, the mighty Great Wall, the majestic Forbidden City...... Following the sound of the piano, the scenes are switched and displayed, and a thing called "magnificent" is evoked little by little!

These pictures may have been seen too much in movies and television, and they can no longer even arouse a trace of excitement in people's hearts. But at this moment, in the sound of such a piano, these pictures seem to be alive, as if they have life, each one is so beautiful, all are so moving!

Repeat of the theme for the second time. The musical image is gradually brought into the development department, and the third repetition changes the main theme to the left hand. In the calm and powerful bass part, the majestic theme is played again!

At the same time, the right hand begins to run in the bright high register, bringing up strings of gorgeous and clear brilliance. It seems to be like a fine raindrop, and like a smooth silk, setting off the majestic theme melody!

Three variations, three techniques, although not too difficult. But it's better than nature. It's a natural fit. Even Chen Lang, who was watching Chu Yang's performance under the stage at the moment, couldn't help but put away the previous contempt in his eyes!

He has been practicing piano since he was a child, and has studied at the Central Academy and the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States. Naturally, the horizon is not ordinarily high. To be honest, at this moment, Chu Yang is playing the song "My Motherland" on the stage. Until now. None of the piano skills he showed made him feel the slightest emotion. Because these techniques seem to him to be too commonplace.

However, the feeling of lifting a weight that Chu Yang showed when he was playing. That kind of posture that seems to be integrated with the piano under his hand, but it makes him put away all the contempt in his heart before!

In the eyes of a great connoisseur, Chu Yang's performance state at this moment is undoubtedly infinitely close to perfection, and there are few moments in his long performance career that can reach such a performance state. And listening to this melody, even with his "golden ears", he can't even find even the slightest fault!

Although the song is not difficult, it is better than the handling of every detail, which is so perfect. Chen Lang knew in his heart that if he wanted to do this, even if it was himself, I am afraid it would be difficult!

Thinking of the bet he made with this Director Chu before, Chen Lang's heart couldn't help but feel a little uneasy!

However, he was still looking forward to this Chu Yang's self-care for the later chorus. That's the climax of the whole piece, and it's also the most elaborate part of the piece. He had already heard that this Chu Yang's performance of "My Motherland" was not any existing adaptation he knew, but a completely new version. Judging from the performance effect of this song I saw before, the adaptation is undoubtedly very successful, but when it comes to seeing the foundation, I still have to watch this chorus!

Because this is the climax of the whole piece, it is undoubtedly quite difficult to rely on a piano to express that kind of grandeur, and in his cognition, unless the orchestral coordination of the orchestra is added, it is possible to play this section perfectly. But at this moment, Chen Lang undoubtedly didn't see any musicians on the stage.

And he also affirmed that the chorus part of this piece could no longer be accompanied by an orchestra, because until now, it has been a solo piano, and if other instruments are added here, it will undoubtedly destroy the integrity of this piece. But if you don't add it, if you want to rely on a piano to play the momentum of the original song, Chen Lang thinks that he can't do it!

Chu Yang's left hand is still beating vigorously in the low register, although every time the key drops, there is only a simple single note, but these single notes are combined into a firm and powerful melody.

"When a friend comes, there is good wine, and if the jackal comes, he will be greeted with a shotgun!" With the soft singing of many audience members, the third variation finally ended. And at this moment, the whole song will also enter the more unrestrained and strong chorus part!

After a moment of silence, Chu Yang's right hand suddenly had five fingers like a hook, and it was deeply "buckled" into the keys!

"This is the powerful motherland, where I grew up!" The five-finger kei zhang will inject powerful power into the keys in an instant, and the bright and powerful chords, with an indomitable momentum, will burst out in an instant!

At the same time, the left hand dances vigorously in the low register, and the octave bass and the open chords in the middle voice firmly and forcefully set off the main theme!

A momentum as strong as a mountain rises with the sound of the piano!

And in the center of the stage, the singer Chu Yang's love xù also came to a climax with the arrival of this chorus!

His eyes were closed, and his hands rose and fell in mid-air, bringing chords as firm as steel. Although there is only one person and one piano, the grand musical conception is vividly described!

Chen Lang, who was waiting to listen to this music, was completely shocked when he heard the first note of the chorus! He couldn't understand that what was on the stage was just an ordinary Pearl River Triangle, even if the scene was top-notch stage sound, but he had just played that piano. There is no way to make such a loud and magnificent sound as at this moment!

"How did he do that?" Listening to the bright and gorgeous timbre that was no less than that of the Great Stanway, Chen Lang was stunned!

However, this is only secondary, what shocks him even more is the music itself!

A way of harmonic progression that is difficult for him to understand, but the magnificent artistic conception that this refrain itself wants to express is perfectly set off! The bass octave of the left hand plus the alto chords, supplemented by long arpeggios, is a common way to accompaniment, even if he plays it. It's not that that's the hard part. It's just the connection of those chords!

After hearing it to his first ear, he couldn't even imagine which harmonic formula this guy was using just now! There seems to be a Western-style classic semi-terminated style inside. There are also some things in the traditional Chinese pentatonic mode. But it's not entirely certain. These have chords of different colors. Combined with a peculiar pattern, it actually brought him a new listening experience!

Chu Yang sat in front of the piano and let his thoughts fly with the music. At the moment, he was playing completely instinctively. Yiqiē's music theory and harmonic direction no longer exist in his heart, he just subconsciously, using the piano under his hand, to express the music he wants in his heart!

On the big screen behind him, there were touching scenes in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and in this picture of artillery fire, Chu Yang's music seemed to be perfectly defined. People, pianos, and paintings have been perfectly integrated and unified!

In the midst of such exciting music, many elderly people couldn't help but sing loudly along with the sound of the piano. Even some young people who haven't experienced it from that era can't help but be infected by the momentum of the song itself, and they begin to become extremely focused!

Until this moment, the party has been going on for more than three hours, and those who are watching at the scene have felt a little tired, and even those who are in front of the TV have a little tiredness.

But under this song "My Motherland", all the tiredness of these people has been dispelled. Their love was also mobilized by this piano song, and they became energetic again!

With the last firm and powerful chord being struck, Chu Yang ended his performance perfectly! As his right hand flicked high above the keys and made a finishing motion in the air, the audience was silent for a moment, and then burst into thunderous applause!

Get up, bow, curtain call! Chu Yang is already very familiar with this set of procedures, with a heartfelt smile on his face, just this song, he played it very happily, and it can be said that he released all the feelings in his heart. In particular, this piece is what he is best at, in this song, this grand and righteous music, he perfectly integrated into the work, Chu Yang believes that this "My Motherland" piano version can definitely represent the most essence of this song!

And the reaction on the scene also helped him confirm this. Looking at the heartfelt applause of those people, Chu Yang couldn't help but be a little excited.

But just when he habitually wanted to receive the power of faith from the audience, he was a little surprised to find that the power of faith of those audiences did not seem to be as strong as he imagined, and it was even worse than the one he performed last time at Renmin University. This made him feel a little strange in his heart.

But despite the strangeness in his heart, he still kept a smile on his face, and after the curtain call, he turned around and walked off the stage!

At this moment, the discussion on the Internet about this show and Chu Yang himself, along with his curtain call, has reached a new climax!

"This Director Chu is simply against the sky, so he is really the director? Why doesn't it look like it? ”

"Can an official in the system play the piano so well? The table xiàn who is not doing his job! ”

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, people are the director in charge of art, of course you have to know art, in my opinion, such a cadre who understands business is the most rare, praise one!"

"Wow, idols are idols, I didn't expect not only to play the flute well, but also to play the piano so handsomely, it's miserable, I love him to death, what should I do?"

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Not only the messages on the video platform, but also the discussion of topics about Chu Yang in major forums and chat groups has gradually reached a new height. On the one hand, because of his special identity, and on the other hand, because of his amazing performance in two consecutive programs, all in all, the Spring Festival Gala in Tongguò, the audience in China completely remembered the name Chu Yang.

Of course, most people still like to call him "Director Chu", this title is now in the hearts of netizens, it is already a title with three points of joke, three points of ridicule and three points of affection, of course, there is no way to verify how much goodwill or malice is accounted for. After all, the high degree of freedom of the Internet is destined for all kinds of people on it.

As soon as Chu Yang walked to the backstage, he met the three girls who were smiling and hurrying over, and at the same time, three bouquets surrounded him!

"Husband, you're so good!"

"Brother, you look so handsome when you play the piano, go back and teach me well, I want to learn too!"

"Hee-hee, play well, reward one!"

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Na Ying, who was not far away, looked at the scene of the three women being with Chu Yang, a smile appeared on her face, but she was secretly admiring Chu Yang's womanhood in her heart, she was really too powerful!

At this moment, a discordant voice suddenly sounded.

"Chu Yang, now that your show is over, it's time to honor our bet." A somewhat stiff Chinese suddenly sounded behind Chu Yang. (To be continued......)