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Chapter 242 Two Pianists

December 28th.

Today is the last full-element rehearsal before the Spring Festival Gala.

There are more than 50 programs in the whole party, and every full-element rehearsal will be treated as a formal program.

Before today, the organizing committee has filmed three complete videotapes of the program. Although each program has been rehearsed many times, some actors still make mistakes in the live performance. In this case, the organizing committee needs to conduct Think more about getting ready for work.

Although the Spring Festival Gala is broadcast live, there will be a delay of about 30 seconds. This 30-second delay is to deal with possible errors in the program, so some pre-recorded materials will be cut in to supplement.

The Kyoto Opera House rented two buses in advance and took the opera musicians to Fuxing Road, which is the CCTV building.

Liao Yuan was carrying a backpack and wearing a baseball cap, and together with dozens of musicians, led by the staff, walked all the way to the backstage lounge of the studio.

It was the first time for the musicians of the Kyoto Opera House to rehearse all the elements, which was quite surprising in other program units, but then everyone realized that this was probably the only program "Defending the Yellow River" that had never appeared before, so they took a look Everyone's eyes brightened.

So in the huge corridor, some dancers in national costumes, skit actors with fake beards, magicians in tuxedos, and glamorous star singers all stopped in place and looked at the feet. A team of five or 60 people from the Kyoto Opera House.

Soon, Liao Yuan, who was surrounded in the middle and wore a baseball cap, came into everyone's eyes.

Singer Zhan Minghan blushed with excitement, and was the first to pass through the crowd, stretched out his hands, and walked towards Liao Yuan with a smile on his face: "Teacher Liao, I finally see you!"

Someone snickered behind him.

"This Zhan Minghan has been talking about looking for Liao Yuan since the first rehearsal, and he is almost obsessed."

"Midlife crisis..."

"It was only this year that "The Masked Singer" won the championship, so what's the crisis?"

"The Weibo he posted recently didn't even get five hundred retweets. Isn't that a crisis?"

"That's right, Zhan Minghan's singing skills are good, but he doesn't have a personal masterpiece, which is very embarrassing."

Before this year, Zhan Minghan was unknown, just a tenor singer on the fringes of the entertainment circle.

But since participating in the singing competition program "Masked Singer" held by Shonan Satellite TV, she has become popular all the way.

Especially a few months ago, after winning the show championship, her popularity skyrocketed, and she almost became a first-line singer.

However, fans are very realistic. After taking off the mask, because of external conditions such as age and appearance, it does not meet the current fans' worship standards for Xiao Xianrou, so the time to be popular is not considered long.

Although he accepted the invitation from CCTV, both inside and outside the industry, he can clearly feel that Zhan Minghan's popularity is gradually declining with the end of "The Masked Singer".

His representative works are just some cover songs.

As for the original works that belong to individuals alone, they are not very popular.

Therefore, Zhan Minghan urgently needs some excellent works to stabilize or even increase his popularity.

And the birth of the great pianist Liao Yuan can be said to have dropped a nuclear bomb in the entertainment industry, shocking all the singers.

Leaving aside the pretense he wrote to Lucky Girl 101, "Light Years Beyond", which appeared at Shonan Satellite TV's New Year's Eve concert not long ago, detonated the entire entertainment circle, and it was on Weibo's hot search list for three consecutive days No. [-] on the list, no second in popularity

Even now, "Light Years Beyond" is still popular on major music networks, with hundreds of thousands of comments.

According to rumors in the world, Ai Shi, the queen of the Hong Kong music scene, personally visited her and strongly invited Liao Yuan to cooperate.

Not to mention other well-known or unknown singers, the number of them is countless.

Like many singers, after learning about Liao Yuan's itinerary, Zhan Minghan impatiently went to the hotel to surround Liao Yuan.

But they returned empty-handed again and again, not even having the chance to meet Liao Yuan.

Now that Liao Yuan finally appeared in the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala studio, Zhan Minghan was excited all of a sudden.

This is the first to get the moon near the water!

After experiencing "The King of Masked Singer", he has understood that although the stage is important, the stage only provides a place to showcase, no matter how big the stage is, it is impossible for a singer to be popular forever.

When a singer leaves the stage, if there is no excellent work to maintain, no matter how high the popularity is, it will gradually decline.

If he can cooperate with Liao Yuan, then, with his singing skills, he can definitely reach a pivotal position in the music world.

In the past few days, whenever this idea came to mind, Zhan Minghan was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself.

Therefore, Zhan Minghan completely turned a deaf ear to the whispers of the people behind him.

This kind of face-to-face opportunity is quite rare, he must seize it, firmly grasp it.

Therefore, at this moment, Zhan Minghan was incoherent with excitement. He held Liao Yuan's hand vigorously and kept shaking: "I really, really like your works, and I can be regarded as your fan. My name is Zhan Minghan, and I am a singer……"

Although the entire corridor is very ample, when there are more people, it will become crowded in an instant.

Seeing this scene, the security personnel hurried forward to clear the crowd.

Those who were able to come to the Spring Festival Gala were all top figures in the industry. Although Liao Yuan was very popular recently, most of them just looked at it curiously, then turned and left.

But even so, there are still many people following around step by step, wanting to have a conversation with Liao Yuan and get acquainted with him.

Liao Yuan walked politely with Zhan Minghan.

The latter is like a dog skin plaster, followed behind Liao Yuan, laughed and said: "You don't know, when I learned that you were on the list of the Spring Festival Gala, I rushed to the capital immediately, your "Light Year" "Beyond" I have been reciting it backwards recently, and other works, "If there is an afterlife" and "Lake Baikal", are all in my playlist. I admire your talent, haha, I have been in Beijing It's been a month, but it's a pity that I haven't had the chance to meet my brother—it's really too late to see each other now!"

Zhan Minghan's enthusiasm was seen by the people around him, and he sneered in his heart.

If you lick the dog until the end, you will end up with nothing.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Liao, I am Hou Kangsheng. You can call me Asheng. I am your fan. This is the first time we meet. Please accept my name." Gifts for little fans."

Hey, another licking dog!
Everyone turned around and saw a young man with short wine-red hair, wearing a punk-style black leather jacket, holding a box of gifts, stretching out his hands, bending over with a smile, and handing the gift to Liao Yuan with an attitude Very respectful.

Liao Yuan was stunned, he pushed the gift back, and said with a smile: "Hi A Sheng, I don't accept gifts."

Hou Kangsheng was stunned for a moment, his face flushed red and he said, "It's not something valuable, it's just my heart..."

At this time, Zhang Qiming next to him smiled and said: "My friend, Mr. Liao will have a rehearsal later..."

"I know, I won't disturb Teacher Liao's rehearsal, but you must accept this gift!"

After Hou Kangsheng finished speaking, he forced the gift in his hand to Liao Yuan, then turned and left.

"Hey, this friend..."

Seeing this, Zhang Qiming wanted to say something, but Hou Kangsheng had already run out of sight.

Liao Yuan reluctantly accepted the gift, and Zhan Minghan next to him smiled and said, "Is this Hou Kangsheng also a singer? Why don't I have any impression? I haven't seen it before the rehearsal. Could it be that he sneaked in? Now CCTV's security check is too unreliable." Spectrum."

Someone replied: "Hou Kangsheng is the son of Director Hou."

Master Hou?
Zhan Minghan murmured, and Hou Yujun, director of CCTV, suddenly appeared in his mind. His face changed suddenly, and he said with a dry smile: "So it's Mr. Hou. I said why he looks so familiar, and he looks so similar to his father. I saw Mr. Hou come to inspect in the studio, Mr. Hou is handsome and unrestrained, I didn’t expect that Mr. Hou also inherited his father’s genes, he is so handsome, he looks like a hero out of a boy, haha!”

What a licking dog...

People around were horrified.

At this time, Liao Yuan and the others had already arrived at the waiting room. When Zhan Minghan wanted to follow in, Zhang Qiming raised his hand and stopped him: "Mr. Zhan, we need some space to discuss the next rehearsal. If you Nothing……"

"understand!"

Zhan Minghan nodded quickly, then stood on tiptoe, raised his head and shouted at Liao Yuan in the room: "Mr. Liao, after the rehearsal is over, you must reward yourself with a meal!"

……

The lounge of the Kyoto Opera House is very large. It was remodeled from a dance studio, specially for the musicians of the Opera House to practice.

According to the program schedule, "Defending the Yellow River" was arranged in the middle and front field, that is, around nine o'clock in the evening, and the performance usually could not exceed 6 minutes and 13 seconds, which was about the same as the performance at the state banquet.

The Spring Festival Gala organizing committee attached great importance to the last full-element rehearsal, because this time, in addition to CCTV director Hou Yujun, even Vice Minister of Culture Guo Gan was present to give advice.

In the studio, a group of folk dance programs are being rehearsed.

In the audience, Xiang Weihong smiled and introduced to the two leaders: "This is the fourth full-element rehearsal, and all the program videos have been backed up, which can ensure that even if there is an accident in the live broadcast, it can be remedied as soon as possible. It will not affect the overall situation."

Hou Yujun nodded, then asked, "Have the people from the Kyoto Opera come?"

Xiang Weihong was taken aback, and quickly said: "Here we are, we are preparing in the lounge now."

Hou Yujun glanced at Minister Guo, and ordered: "Let them rehearse in advance, and don't keep Guo Department waiting for a long time."

Xiang Weihong came to her senses, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie: "Xiao Wang, "Defend the Yellow River" is arranged for the next show! What? Don't ask why, arrange it immediately!"

At this moment, Guo Gan turned around and smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just here to discuss some work matters with Director Hou. Although "Defending the Yellow River" is a program hand-picked by the director, I have listened to it many times, and my ears are still growing. Cocoon is coming, it’s the same anytime.”

Although Minister Guo said so, Xiang Weihong was party-minded enough, and replied with a smile: "Minister Guo misunderstood, in fact, in our program schedule, the next show is "Defense of the Yellow River"."

Guo Gan smiled, nodded and said, "That's fine, just listen to it by the way?"

"Yes, listen to it by the way." Hou Yujun laughed.

……

After receiving the notification from the scene recorder, the musicians of the Kyoto Opera House were startled.

"No, there are still two shows ahead of us, right?" Zhang Qiming asked doubtfully.

The field recorder also scratched his head: "This is the guide's order. It may be that the plan has changed, and it is a temporary arrangement."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but still packed up their instruments and followed the recorder to the studio.

And the piano in the lounge was also carefully lifted onto the rail car by a group of staff and pushed to the studio.

When everyone walked onto the stage, they immediately felt refreshed.

"really big!"

"This is the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, it's so well decorated!"

"Playing in this kind of place, it's so honorable!"

"This is thanks to Teacher Liao!"

"Yes, without Mr. Liao, we might not be able to make it to the Spring Festival Gala for the rest of our lives."

"Look at your prospects, we've already attended the state banquet, why do you still care about a Spring Festival Gala?"

"...666, Comrade!"

"Float, you continue to float!"

The last folk dance program had just ended, and the musicians of the Kyoto Opera House made some preparations and stepped onto the stage one by one according to the pre-arranged order.

The violinist Pei Hongyu stood on the left side of the crowd, his palms were sweating nervously.

Everyone is almost in the same state as Pei Hongyu at the moment, even if it's just a rehearsal, their hearts are still beating rapidly.

After everyone sat in their chairs and took a few deep breaths, they felt a sense of stability.

At the same time, Liao Yuan also came to the bottom of the stage, and he will ride on the lifting platform with the piano and appear on the stage.

The music conductor, Zhang Qiming, took out his baton, stood on the podium, his gaze sank slightly, and then he slowly raised his hands.

Everything is ready.

Under the stage, the director Hou Yujun scanned the musicians on the stage and asked, "Which one is Liao Yuan?"

Xiang Weihong hurriedly replied: "This is a piano concerto, and Liao Yuan is the protagonist. He will appear from the lifting platform with the piano later."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhang Qiming waved his baton, and various orchestral instruments as majestic as the sea played in unison. At this moment, wonderful music filled the entire studio.

At the front of the stage, Liao Yuan and the S-277 piano also slowly ascended on the lifting platform.

When the lifting platform stabilized and the instrumental concerto had just come to an end, Liao Yuan stepped on the pedals immediately, and then he quickly raised his hands, falling like meteors, and smashed towards the keys with an invincible momentum.

There was a huge tremolo of "Boom".

Immediately afterwards, those hands, like a pair of hot wheels, began to quickly crush the keys from left to right, bursting out a classic movement that flew down three thousand feet!

Although he has claimed to have listened to it many times, Minister Guo couldn't help but tremble in his heart at the moment when the piano was making loud noises.

At that moment, there seemed to be howling wind, howling horses, and roaring Yellow River...

The director Xiang Weihong and the director Hou Yujun, who were listening to the live performance for the first time, were completely dumbfounded at this moment, and their hearts were extremely shocked.

They suddenly remembered the sentence Minister Guo just mentioned inadvertently:

There are two pianists in this world.

A pianist named Liao Yuan.

One pianist calls the other.
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ps: Thank you Shan Qingying and the little rogue for your rewards, damn it, are you devils?Is it what the fans should say?What's wrong with the challenge?Do you look down on Pujie?Damn so angry!Just don't give me any warmth, and pour cold water...

(End of this chapter)