Chapter 66 Seeing Hope
"Are you okay?"
Seeing Su Jing not looking up for a long time, Xu Wenruo seemed to feel something was wrong with her emotions, so he couldn't help but ask.
"I'm fine, I'm just thinking about some past events."
Su Jing raised her head and looked at Xu Wenruo. Xu Wenruo saw Su Jing's eyes slightly red, and her sad look made people feel distressed.
"Is this song bringing up bad memories? If you think it's bad, then don't sing it."
"No, your song is very good, I want to sing it!"
Su Jing raised her head, her eyes were very firm, and she was unprecedentedly firm. Although Xu Wenruo's song evoked bad memories in Su Jing's heart, it also made her think clearly about one thing, and some things are useless to escape.
"Can you tell me the story of this song? I want to hear it."
Su Jing looked at Xu Wenruo seriously. She didn't understand how Xu Wenruo created this song. Su Jing could be said to be completely empathetic and completely written into her heart. Is Xu Wenruo a worm in her belly?
Or is it that Xu Wenruo's creative ability has reached this level, and he can create a song that suits her personal experience in just a few words.
"The idea of creating songs comes from the personal experience you told us at the beginning. I want to create a song that integrates operatic accents. After all, opera itself is an ancient song, and it is different paths and there must be something in common between them."
"The story of the lyrics originated from a tragic story in the war-torn era. The protagonist of the story is a senior who sang Kunqu opera in the opera world, named Pei Yanzhi. The song "Peach Blossom Fan" with joy and sorrow is vivid and famous far and wide."
"Unfortunately, the war continued to affect AY County, a peaceful small county town. The Japanese pirates asked Pei Yanzhi to comfort their soldiers in the theater that day. The Japanese pirates were arrogant and threatened to burn the theater if they didn't do the same. Everyone would be buried with them. Pei Yanzhi smiled and agreed to the Japanese pirates' request."
"That night, the entire theater was brightly lit. Pei Yanzhi on the stage was singing "Peach Blossom Fan" hard, singing Li Xiangjun, whose love was unknown, and his miserable love story and loyal nation-state sentiment were the cruel Japanese pirates, jackals, tigers and leopards, and evil ghosts were in power."
"It is said that the theater was lit up that night, and there was still a figure singing on the stage in the fire. In the end, the theater collapsed and no Japanese pirate escaped from it."
"The right way is that in the troubled times, duckweed is to watch the beacon burning mountains and rivers. He is not afraid to forget his worries in the country, even if no one knows me."
After hearing Xu Wenruo tell this story, Su Jing's face was full of shock. She really didn't know that there was such a virtuous senior in Liyuan, or that in this heroic history, many people sacrificed their lives for it, and Pei Yanzhi was just one of them.
Perhaps he is just a little famous locally and is not a famous player in the whole country, but it does not affect his patriotic enthusiasm. This is a heroic story.
"This is a respectable senior. This song is very heavy. Is it really good to leave it to me to sing?"
At this moment, Su Jing suddenly felt a little unconfident. Perhaps it was Pei Yan's noble feelings that made her feel a little ashamed. After all, she had left the opera industry. In a sense, she could be considered a deserter.
"You can, believe in yourself. This song was written for that senior and was written specifically for you. I hope it can be displayed on the stage using the singing style of opera."
"Use opera singing method? Is this possible? I'm afraid no one will like to listen to it and mess up this song."
Su Jing looked very hesitant. When she heard Xu Wenruo ask him to sing this song in opera, her expression was full of suspicion. After all, her previous experience made Su Jing feel that opera is an industry that has been eliminated and no one likes to listen to it.
"Of course, not all opera styles are used. We need to make improvements and integrate opera styles into the singing of popular songs. We must not only retain the beautiful taste of opera styles, but also adapt to the aesthetics of modern listeners."
Xu Wenruo is still very confident about whether the opera can succeed, because he is different from the people in this world. Xu Wenruo doesn’t have to feel the stones across the river. There is a smooth road in front of him. Xu Wenruo just walk along the road.
"So, in this way, we will take advantage of the last two days to improve, slowly explore and find the most suitable singing method."
Seeing Xu Wenruo's very confident eyes, Su Jing was also infected. She felt that Xu Wenruo, an outsider, believed in the charm of opera so much. She had no reason to postpone it. It was her unshirkable to explore a path for opera.
"Okay, I'll follow your instructions in the past two days and must make this song ready."
"Don't worry, it's not as difficult as you think, especially for you, you may only need to use 50% of your opera skills."
"Come on, where should we start."
Su Jing was already a little unbearable at this time. She had never expected that she would continue to do her favorite things on the training camp stage. Even after leaving for so long, she had not escaped from the fate of opera.
Su Jing didn't know if what she and Xu Wenruo were doing now would be helpful to the opera industry, but she didn't care. She only had a glimmer of hope now, and Su Jing wanted to try it.
Looking at Xu Wenruo's handsome face, Su Jing was a little lost. She didn't expect that the new song prepared by this boy for her would be such a big surprise. I guess he had already spent a lot of effort. After all, there would be a young man who would have nothing to do to study opera now.
However, Su Jing was really impressed by Xu Wenruo's talent. Su Jing had indeed thought before that if Xu Wenruo appeared in the opera industry, she might be able to achieve something, but this idea came true within a few days. Even if he was not in the opera industry, he could have a profound impact on the opera industry.
What a genius idea of integrating opera into the singing style of modern songs. Su Jing had never thought of it before, nor did anyone in the opera industry think of it. Even her master, who is known as the stunning and beautiful in the opera world, did not come up with this method.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have watched the opera industry decline. Perhaps when the song succeeds, Su Jing will have reason to go back to see her master. She wants to go back to tell her master about Xu Wenruo's wild idea.
And Su Jing has made up her mind that even if the song is not successful, she will continue to study it in the future. Xu Wenruo's ideas have pointed out the direction for her. Before, Su Jing only wanted to transform into a singer and find a suitable career for her second half of her life.
But now it’s different. Su Jing saw hope, the hope in the opera industry, and found the goal she could strive for for her life, which was to open up a path in pop music for the gradually declining opera industry.
Su Jing thought so much, and her eyes looked at Xu Wenruo were full of gratitude, which made Xu Wenruo a little confused. She raised her eyebrows and joked with Su Jing.
"I know I'm very handsome, but you don't need to keep staring at me. We still have to work, and there's not much time left for us."
"Oh, I don't see you, are you too narcissistic?"
Su Jing was a little angry after being exposed by Xu Wenruo. Faced with Xu Wenruo's teasing, her eyes dodged a little, but she quickly regained her calmness and was distracted by the hosts, which was rather unreasonable. Sure enough, these skills are the talents of beautiful women, and they can learn without a teacher, and Sister Su is no exception.
"Okay, okay, I'm staring at you, okay, I apologize to you, okay, forgive me."
When Su Jing heard Xu Wenruo's words, she blushed with shame. She could hear that Xu Wenruo was still teasing her, but Su Jing could only continue to speak stubbornly now.
"Yes, you are staring at me, but since you sincerely apologize, I will forgive you."
Xu Wenruo couldn't help but shake his head. He didn't know if it was an illusion, as if compared to before, Su Jing became a little more lively, as if he had taken off a burden on his body.
"Thank you for your tolerance and generosity in Sister Su. Okay, let's get to the point. You want to sing the lyrics of "Chiling" with the opera style, and let's see how to improve it."
"Okay, I have to prepare it first."
Su Jing picked up the manuscript in her hand again, then cleared her voice while silently reciting the lyrics in her heart, as if thinking about what tone to sing in.
Xu Wenruo just looked at Su Jing who was in silence, not bored at all. Su Jing's eyes were pure and flawless, and her heart was placed on the lyrics, and even her hands and feet looked like a certain muscle memory.
"Okay, I'm ready."
"Well, then start, I'm listening carefully."
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Su Jing sang sternly, but Xu Wenruo's brows frowned tightly. There was no problem with Su Jing's opera style, but this was completely different from what Xu Wenruo imagined. Although the opera style was very beautiful, it did not conform to the aesthetics of modern people.
"The rhythm, the rhythm is too slow, we have to speed it up."
Xu Wenruo directly pointed out the key points. He had heard the full version of "Chiling". I have to say that even in the full version, the rhythm of "Chiling" is still much slower than other songs, let alone Su Jing's original opera.
A normal pop song will not last more than five minutes, which also requires the melody of the repetition part of the chorus. The current version of Su Jing singing is nearly ten minutes, which is very scary.
"Then it happens. You bring your headphones and sing with the song's accompaniment. We can adjust the singing method one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one,
"no problem."
Su Jing took a deep breath. She knew that it was not that easy to integrate opera into pop music. She was ready for failure. If it didn't work for a year, it would take two years. She believed that one day it would succeed.
Chapter completed!