Chapter 727 Making things difficult
After some official and polite introductions, the cultural performance officially began.
First, they sang a chorus of "Under the Lion Rock" which won long and warm applause from the audience.
This is the theme song of the hit TV series "Below the Lion Rock" in Hong Kong. It is also a classic work co-created by two of Hong Kong's most powerful masters, James Wong and Joseph Koo.
However, like Wang Tiedan, the students from the mainland only heard the melody and did not understand anything.
I really can't understand the dialect here.
After the chorus, more than a hundred students came on stage and spent three minutes just positioning their instruments.
Even if Wang Tiedan was ignorant, he could tell that this was going to be a symphony.
Sure enough, the host introduced that it was a performance team from a certain aristocratic middle school, playing an excerpt from Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", one of the ten great symphonies.
As the music starts, it is full of momentum and looks grand and elegant.
Wang Tiedan saw many audience members closing their eyes, as if they were enjoying this auditory feast.
I just don't know whether he is a real beast or just pretending to be elegant.
The music lasted for a full 11 minutes. Perhaps due to the limited level of the band or insufficient preparation, these students did not perform at their best.
Wang Tiedan even saw that the movements of a group of people playing the violin were not in sync.
However, when the music ended, the performance still received warm applause from the audience, which was very supportive.
After the show, the host gave a joyful introduction, thanking this and that.
As if aware of the language barrier, someone who knew Mandarin came up to translate.
Wang Tiedan finally understood that they wanted the mainland students to perform the third program.
It was obvious that the teachers and students from the mainland had just understood it and were a little flustered.
Anyone can see that there is no preparation at all.
However, soon, under the leadership of Jin Bao and Jin Yao, 28 mainland students stood up together and walked to the backstage.
Wang Tiedan frowned even more tightly at this time.
Performing behind such a powerful symphony is obviously a challenge.
No matter how good the subsequent performances are, if they are a little weaker in momentum, they will feel suppressed.
At this time, Wang Tiedan was not the only one who had such thoughts.
Many parents, school teachers, and even students at the scene looked at the host and the teachers from Sheng Yuqiang Middle School with strange eyes.
This is just an artistic performance as part of an exchange activity between primary and secondary school students. Is it necessary to bring in personal agenda?
What about demeanor?
What about the pattern?
What about the relationship between us?
This cultural performance was broadcast live simultaneously on several TV stations in Hong Kong. Similarly, many viewers in front of the TV were also furious after watching it.
Everyone has a competitive spirit and a desire to compare with others.
But using it in this kind of place seems unfair and has no bottom line.
The most important thing is that if you win, it will be fine.
If we lose, we will bring shame to the entire Hong Kong people.
And these are just ordinary audiences. Those who have deep feelings for the country and the nation have already started cursing.
Wang Tiedan did not participate. On the one hand, he believed in his son and those younger generations, and on the other hand, he had to endure his daughter's entanglement.
"Dad, I want to go up and help, too. Please let me go."
"This is inappropriate. You're not an exchange student, and going up there would be considered cheating."
"I'm also a student at Red Star Primary School. My classmates are sitting there!"
"No, no, you are a secret weapon. You can't use it until the critical moment."
"No, I want to help my eldest and second brothers. I don't want to be a secret weapon."
"Wait, wait until your big brother is about to lose, then go up and see, your big brother is coming up."
When Wang Tiedan saw Jin Bao coming on stage with a flute, he knew what piece they were going to play and silently gave them a thumbs up in his heart.
Carefully selected by our ancestors, this is one of the most murderous musical instruments.
Following behind were Jin Yao, Tong Tong and Nan Nan, holding a big drum, a guzheng and a pipa respectively.
Several boys came up to help adjust the microphone, and then stood in a row at the back of the stage, obviously to sing backup.
Several people on the stage tried their instruments a few times, and when they saw the teacher gave them a thumbs-up, they all stopped at the same time.
Teacher Li walked directly to the microphone and reported the program with a smile.
"Thank you to the organizers for giving us this opportunity. Next, our students will perform a piece called "A Laugh in the Ocean."
After saying that, he quickly walked off the stage.
The audience also quieted down, but they still had many doubts in their hearts.
The oldest one on the stage is a little girl who looks like she is in high school, but the others are probably in junior high school or elementary school who haven't graduated yet.
Isn't it too young to play folk music at this age?
Especially the one holding the flute, that's not a flute, recorder, or clarinet, just taking in the air is enough, if you don't practice for three to five years, you can't get started at all.
As for this unheard-of piece, as you can tell from the students' positions, the flute will be the main instrument.
It can be seen that this child must have mastered it to a very deep level.
Sure enough, as soon as the scene became quiet, Jin Bao put the flute across his lips.
A clear, mellow and bright flute sound like a dragon's roar suddenly broke out, as if emitting a murderous aura, which made the audience on the scene feel nervous.
Overlapping notes and tremolos burst out together, bringing the murderous aura one step closer.
Without waiting for everyone to digest the music, the sound of drums, pipa, guzheng and the backing vocals followed closely at the same time, bringing "A Laugh in the Ocean" directly to its climax, and making many of the audience at the scene and in front of the TV seem to reach a cerebral orgasm in an instant.
The sound surges like a raging tide, full of majestic momentum, and can greatly shock the soul.
This music can only be described in two words: awesome.
Below the stage, Principal Tan and a group of team leaders clenched their fists, their faces filled with excitement.
They never expected that their students could bring them such a surprise.
They didn’t know if they were as good as the previous symphony, but it was definitely not inferior in momentum.
Many students waiting for the performance came to the left and right of the stage, wanting to take a closer look at who was playing such amazing music.
On the contrary, there were also many people with unhappy expressions.
For example, the teachers and hosts who arrange the program sequence.
They think they understand mainland students, and the actual situation is similar. They either have a chorus or sing "We Row the Boat Together".
But I never expected that there were so many hidden talents among this group of students.
Especially for this junior high school student who plays the flute, it would be impossible for him to play at such a level without five or six years of experience.
They didn't know that this was really a coincidence.
The children were all learning music in the basement, and whoever grabbed the instrument got it.
How could Jinbao, who was two and a half years old and went into the basement, possibly snatch the prize from those older kids?
The piano and guzheng are both popular, but he can't hold the pipa and guitar, and playing the snare drum is not as fun as playing the rattle.
I don't know who did it, maybe he just stuffed a flute in there to fool Jinbao.
Jinbao later treated it as his own musical instrument and couldn't put it down.
Later, with the guidance of professional teachers, I continued to play the instrument and reached my current level.
Of course, this does not mean that Jinbao cannot play other musical instruments. He is able to play piano, guzheng and guitar at a very high level.