I want to pet Big Black's fur.
Bei Sining's ears turned red from his hot breath. Wen Zheng leaned closer and said, "I rushed back. I'm tired. Let's perform together later."
"..." Bei Sining looked at him angrily: "You didn't even make it in time!"
"?" Wen Zheng stared at him, stunned. Why? He hadn't missed it. Mingzhu only had one program, and he had even checked the comments.
“You only arrived at the end of the second paragraph, there are only three paragraphs in total!” Bei Sining gritted her teeth: “The first two chapters are the most difficult, extremely difficult, you didn’t even hear that.”
"...The third verse is also very nice."
“The third section isn’t difficult!” Bei Sining said, hugging the half-melted ice cream bucket back to her arms with a wronged expression. “If you want to praise me, you should praise the first two sections. Never mind, you can go back and watch the replay.”
Wen Zheng almost burst out laughing, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said, "Do you want to play? Anyway, this piano is ours, we can play it at home too."
"..." Bei Sining realized what was happening and her face turned cold again: "Who wants to play for you? Dream on."
Director Liu's assistant suddenly appeared from behind them.
"Zzzzz!" the assistant exclaimed excitedly. "You're finally back! The show after next is yours, you can go backstage now! Ah! No need to cut the program schedule! Waaah! Um, where's Mr. Bai?"
"He'll be here in a bit, send someone to meet him at the door," Wen Zheng said.
Bei Sining was still thinking about his three segments when he stood up and asked his assistant seriously, "Can your replay be the same as the live performance?"
"Huh?" the assistant said blankly, "There must be some loss of electronic signal..."
Bei Sining glared at Wen Zheng: "...Then you're getting off easy."
This means we're going to give him a live performance.
Wen Zheng thought to himself, "What have I done to deserve such good fortune as to find him? I'll definitely cook him lots of delicious food when I get back, and I'll also learn from Xiao Yu."
Otherwise, all this suffering today would have been for nothing.
My phone suddenly lit up with a message from Captain Luo.
[Returning to the North Sea base three months later for recovery training. The overall numerical trend has improved; leave is over.]
Three months, we need to hurry.
Wen Zheng replied with a simple "okay" and then deleted the text message.
***
The gala at the anchor conference is also for entertainment purposes. No one expects a perfect performance or superb skills. This is something that even the audience knows, let alone the planners.
But if you are truly both perfect and superb, then the audience and fans will absolutely go crazy.
For a full fifteen minutes after Bei Sining's show ended, the live chat was so busy that the comments were barely visible.
I hereby unilaterally declare that Mingzhu and I are locked up.
- What a treasure this is! I suddenly understand why I never find Mingzhu's capriciousness annoying. It's because she has the right to be capricious!
-I love him (loudly)
-What kind of music is this? I tried matching the audio, but there were no results at all. Compared to this, the so-called ancient pieces in the music library are practically being publicly executed.
-Can anyone who studies music share their thoughts?
This optical music is indescribable; one has to learn ancient musical instruments.
These days, there are probably very few people learning ancient musical instruments. You hear a lot of the guzheng, but I haven't heard much of this qin.
-Squatting
...
- Raise your hand if you're learning the guzheng. I've been practicing for ten years now.
All I can say is that Mingzhu played the guqin better than my teacher. The zheng has a relatively bright tone and is an instrument that is easy to produce a good effect, while the guqin is different. The sound is muffled because it has fewer strings, is more difficult to play, and has a deeper bass.
Although my professor also plays the guzheng, he also knows a lot about other ancient musical instruments. I just showed him the replay edited from the official Weibo account, and he said that if this person is not a reclusive master, then he is a national treasure.
Then I got scolded for being stupid (exhausted smile).
-……national treasure???
-Wait a minute, which professor are you talking about?
Which school?
...
-With the teacher's permission, the unified reply is: Xia Yaqiu, Professor of the First Music Academy of Xia Country.
-？？？？？？
Holy crap, I actually saw such a dramatic plot twist while watching a live gala today!
-Xia Yaqiu! ? ? ? ? ? ?
Holy crap, Professor Xia specifically praised Mingzhu! Who exactly is Mingzhu? Is this really just an entertainment gala on a live streaming platform? They didn't even get Professor Xia on the Spring Festival Gala last year…
-I don't usually like listening to instrumental music, but I think Mingzhu's music is really nice.
My initial reaction: What can Mingzhu do? All he needs is a pretty face, right? I don't care if he sings terribly!
Me afterwards: There are people in this world who are beautiful and talented, and who can easily outshine you.
- I understand now, no wonder Mingzhu looks so good in ancient costumes... He has honed the guqin into his own unique style.
I suddenly imagined a naive and innocent musician living on a snowy mountain.
-The Demon of the Qin is dying of laughter! Hahahaha
...
- Excitedly shaking her leg, Mingzhu's video was reposted by the official Weibo accounts of many traditional organizations, as well as various musical instrument associations.
-What did they say? Did they just say I played well?
-No, they're exaggerating the beauty of Mingzhu.
-Ha ha ha ha
"Ahhh, Mingzhu is so beautiful! Ahhhhhh!" Like this? Isn't this our daily life?
Although the conclusion had already been reached, at this moment I suddenly believe that Mingzhu's stunning beauty is truly real.
Think about it, why would a master of the zither waste time on grooming his face? (laughs)
- The case is closed.
...
I really want to know what their third show will be like.
Similarly, I hope Mingzhu will return for another truly spectacular performance. The impromptu show was excellent, and both Yanghe and Mingzhu performed admirably, far surpassing 80% of the more meticulously prepared hosts. This family is truly amazing! Hahahaha!
- Their talents have piqued my interest, and I've already called my parents to watch the live stream. I told them there would be a really handsome guy performing an amazing show.
Sisters!!! Insider information!!! I heard that the last program is scheduled by Z University.
-That makes sense. Although it's called the Great King Family, isn't the core family the Z family?
-So what is Z going to perform for us? I'm so excited! I've never heard Z sing before, and he doesn't even whistle. He seems to have no artistic talent at all, but he's a great fighter!
- You wouldn't want to learn a group dance, would you? A simple, childish one isn't hard to learn. Z University students have amazing parkour skills and stamina; learning a dance would be a piece of cake for them.
-I'm guessing it's a split
...The one ahead is poisonous! ? ? ?
"I need a split! But I'm sure I can do it!" I said with certainty.
...
- Let's take a look at the statistics: currently, breaking a boulder on the chest gets 28 votes, doing the splits gets 5 votes, acrobatics gets 3 votes, and Northeast Yangko dance gets 67 votes.
-How much do you guys like Northeast Yangko?
There are songs, dances, acrobatics (like handkerchief toss), and performances. How wonderful! Brothers, I love Northeast Yangko dance too!
- Waiting for the results, rubbing my hands excitedly.
...
***
"Dad, Mom, what are you watching? A live stream?"
In a manor-style manor in the suburbs of Rongcheng, the sound of a noisy party came from the projector in the living room.
Liu Yinhe had just taken a bath, her hair still wet and covered by a towel, as she walked down the spiral staircase where more than a dozen cats were lying, and inexplicably leaned out to look.
"When did you guys start liking this stuff? Even I don't watch it anymore. It's lowbrow." He muttered, rubbing his hair as he turned to go upstairs.
"Get off the sofa!" The old man with thick black hair shouted from the sofa. "We just watched a cultural program. This young man is really good, really talented!"
The middle-aged woman sitting next to him had a cat-print scarf around her neck and her face was streaked with tears: "We were just saying that after living to this age, we're only now understanding some simple truths—discrimination and prejudice are unacceptable, or we'll be proven wrong!"
Liu Yinhe's lips twitched; she felt that her parents must have gone mad.
"A cultural program? You see these young girls in swimsuits singing and dancing, and you call that a cultural program?"
Awkward.
The chairman of Galaxy Group, with two deep nasolabial folds around his mouth, scolded him: "Didn't you hear what your mother said just now? This program that we consider low-class, just had a genius perform. His piano skills were absolutely mesmerizing."
The chairman's wife nodded quickly: "It's true, darling, watch the replay later."
"Even if he was good, he's finished his performance. What are you all watching for? Are you trying to discover another genius?"
"Hey, no, son, get down!" The lady beckoned and pressed the reluctant Liu Yinhe onto the sofa: "You'll find out soon enough, Mommy checked online, and it says he's going to perform a show!"
"Hmph." The chairman grumbled, "It's his loss to let him miss out on such a genius!"
Liu Yinhe: "..."
He picked up a cow-patterned cat from the ground and sat up holding it.
Her droopy little eyes were fixed on the TV without blinking.
He wanted to see who could be so infatuated with his parents. In the past, they were only so enthusiastic when they saw outstanding biology graduates during campus recruitment!
After the girls finished dancing, the host appeared shortly afterward.