Today is the National Day of October 1st, and the embassy is lit up to celebrate the National Day.

Early in the morning, Li Yange rushed over with the members of the Dunhuang Orchestra one after another, and under the leadership of Consul Chen, the big guys began to prepare for tonight's party in a large conference room.

"Everyone, get ready!"

Li Yange saw that everyone was ready, and he also waved the baton in his hand, and everyone played the national anthem "March of the Volunteers" in unison.

The two lead singers sang in an impassioned voice, "Rise up and do not want to be slaves...... Forge our flesh and blood into a new Great Wall ......"

"Good! Sing it well! ”

After the forty-nine-second national anthem, when Li Yange was about to rehearse a few other songs, there was a sudden applause at the door of the conference room, and then there was a crackling applause.

When he looked back, he saw four or five people standing next to Consul Chen, and judging by their appearance and temperament, they should be consular members of the consulate.

"Yan Ge, come here." Consul Chen waved his hand and motioned for Li Yange to come over.

"Let's take a break."

After Li Yange said to the members of the orchestra, he put down the baton in his hand and walked over quickly, "Consul Chen, are you looking for me?" ”

"It's nothing, let me introduce you, this is the Consul General of our Consulate, and this is the Deputy Consul General......" Consul Chen introduced the people around Li Yange one after another.

As soon as he heard that it was the consul general of the consulate, Li Yange hurriedly said: "Consul General, consul, good leaders." ”

The Consul General smiled kindly: "Comrade Li doesn't need to be so polite, I heard Consul Chen say that you came back before, but I didn't expect you to come over this morning." ”

"Didn't you want to do a rehearsal for the evening performance in advance, so you came here early and didn't disturb the work of the consulate, right?" Li Yange didn't know how good the sound insulation of the consulate was, and thought that the sound on his side was too noisy, which attracted the attention of the consul general and others.

"Haha, no, no, you can come to perform for tonight's National Day Gala, not to mention how happy the colleagues at the consulate are. Recently, the local newspapers in the United States have been very respectful of you, and my colleagues and I have wanted to go to your concert for a long time, but time does not allow it, and we have to enjoy it today. ”

The consul general smiled, looking particularly amiable.

Li Yange said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Okay Consul General, for tonight's performance, the orchestra and I will definitely show twelve points of strength." ”

The consul general said: "I believe that many Chinese compatriots here in New York will come to watch the activities of the National Day Gala tonight, and Comrade Li will need to put on a good performance to show the style of our motherland." ”

"No problem, we have prepared five tunes today, in addition to Fang Cai's national anthem, there are also two folk music "Spring River Flower Moon Night" and "Pinghu Autumn Moon", as well as a song I wrote before, as well as a song I wrote recently."

"Oh? Comrade Li has another masterpiece? ”

"It's not a good work, if the consul general wants to see it, I'll go get the score."

As he spoke, Li Yange turned around and walked back, ready to get the score.

Looking at the back of the other party's departure, the consul general showed curiosity, he had seen Li Yange's personal information before, and he appreciated the talent shown by this young man who was only twenty years old this year, and at the same time, he also had a great impression of it.

Especially when I learned that the income from Li Yange's recent concerts in New York will be donated to the Asian Games in China, this is the same as making the Consul General full of good feelings for Li Yange.

You must know that since 1987, the consulate has successively received many local Chinese and overseas Chinese donations of materials and fundraising, in order to support the Asian Games of the motherland.

In September this year, as Li Yange's concert began, the newspaper reported that all the proceeds from Li Yange's concert were donated to the Asian Games, and a new wave of fundraising emerged in Chinatown and the Chinese community.

Today, several senior citizens of Chinatown also brought donations from all Chinese business owners and Chinese compatriots in Chinatown.

After a while, Li Yange brought the music score and handed it over, and the consul general took it and looked at it, and there were four big characters written on the music score, "Red Flag Fluttering".

"That's a rainbow from the rising sun, there's no one who doesn't love your color......"

"Five-star red flag, you are my pride, five-star red flag, I am proud of you, cheer for you, I bless you, your name is more important than my life......"

"Good! Well written! ”

Looking at the lyrics full of sincere patriotic feelings, the consul general applauded excitedly.

After hearing this, several consuls on the side couldn't help but nod their heads.

Look at the lyrics that say, "Five-star red flag, you are my pride, I am proud of you!" ”

Just these few sentences show the heartfelt love of a sincere Chinese person for the motherland.

Especially the first few lines of the lyrics, "When I left home, you blew the horn with affection".

This is really a good time for the National Day Gala held in New York's Chinatown today!

This is New York and the United States, and they have traveled thousands of miles to this place, whether it is the staff of the consulate or the Chinese compatriots who make a living here, they are a wanderer who has left his hometown and gone to another place.

In everyone's heart, there is a longing for the motherland and home.

The consul general said happily: "Comrade Li, this song is so well written! I also hope that when the evening performance is over, I hope you can teach us to sing this song. ”

"No problem, Consul General." Li Yange smiled and nodded.

After chatting for a while, the consul general and others had to meet with some local Chinese representatives, and after saying goodbye to Li Yange, they left in a hurry.

Li Yange also convened everyone again and continued to rehearse for tonight's performance.

Time flies.

Soon it was the evening National Day Gala.

The evening was held in a large auditorium of the consulate.

There were only more than 300 seats, but they were densely packed with Chinese representatives and business people from New York, as well as a few New York officials who had been invited to come.

There are a total of 11 performances tonight, in addition to the performance of the consulate staff, there are also some local Chinese from New York who come to perform.

Singing, dancing, Peking opera, Sichuan opera changing faces...... It's also very lively.

Among them, the most anticipated is naturally the performance of Li Yange and his orchestra.

As soon as everyone took the stage, there was an endless stream of applause.

For the first song after taking the stage, Li Yange did not use "Memories of the Forbidden City", but played "The Original Scenery of Hometown", which was the second time he took the stage to play the song in more than a year.

Later, "Autumn Moon on the Peaceful Lake" and "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" were also very popular with the guests.

When the last song "Red Flag Fluttering" was sung by two members of the orchestra, a man and a woman, it quickly resonated with the Chinese guests in the audience.

During the second chorus, they sang with the singers on stage: "Five-star red flag, you are my pride, five-star red flag, I am proud of you......"

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