Entertaining Children

  Chapter 502 Mu Ying

   In applause, Xiao Yao stood up and bowed to the audience, then walked to the piano and returned the guitar in his hand to the musician named Jack. After gently thanking him, he was ready to step down.

   "Wait, young man, don't you want to hear my evaluation of you?" Louis Joseph stopped Xiao Yao and said.

"To be honest, I don't think so much." Xiao Yao shook his head and smiled, "Actually, I am not a real jazz fan, but I can listen to all kinds of music. I am not good at jazz, and I never thought about writing jazz specifically, so I would listen to you. His evaluation will not change me in any way."

  "Have you ever thought about writing jazz music? What about your song?" Louis Joseph asked strangely, "In my opinion, it is indeed a jazz-style song."

"It was temporarily adapted by me." Xiao Yao said, "When I first wrote this song, it was actually a folk song. When I came to the stage, I thought it was a special performance of jazz. It's not a good idea to sing a folk song. Okay, so I changed it to jazz."

"Wow~ Temporary adaptation? No wonder you only use the guitar to accompany it." Louis Joseph exclaimed in surprise, "It seems that I met a very talented young man, so can you listen to this song? What’s the original version of the folk song? Don’t care about jazz or jazz. The enjoyment of music is the most important thing."

   "Well, since you have no opinion, I don't mind letting you rest for a few more minutes." Xiao Yao blinked and nodded with a smile.

  The Jack handed the acoustic guitar to Xiao Yao again. After Xiao Yao took it, he returned to the chair in front of the stage and smiled and said to the microphone: "At the request of Mr. Joseph, I will show you another version of the song just now."

The conversation between Xiao Yao and Louis Joseph just now was not aided by a microphone. In the concert hall, only some front-row audiences close to the stage heard their conversation, so most of the audience seemed to see Xiao Yao going back. I was curious, and there were some discussions, and Xiao Yao just explained it simply.

"Starry, StarryNight..." This time, Xiao Yao directly omitted the prelude he added when recording the song, and performed exactly according to the previous version of DonMclean. He sang the lyrics while plucking the guitar strings. .

   "It's really the style of folk songs. Is this the original song?" Clara and the other three all looked at Fang Still.

   "Uh... almost," Fang still said, "He removed the prelude of the song, but the melody, rhythm and singing style are the same."

   "I now believe that he is indeed a very talented music composer." Clara said, "But such a guy, the short films he can make can still be shortlisted for the short film festival... it's unimaginable!"

   "Even if his short film didn't win a prize, I think he is a genius!" Andrew and Kira nodded together.

  After Xiao Yao performed the folk version of this song, the audience in the audience again gave a round of warm applause.

"Thank you," Louis Joseph walked directly to Xiao Yao this time, "Since you don't want to listen to my evaluation, then I will just say thank you for your performance. By the way, can I know your name and origin? "

   "My name is Xiao Yao and I come from China." Xiao Yao introduced himself with a smile.

   "Let us thank Xiao Yao, a young man from China, for his wonderful performance." Louis Joseph picked up the microphone on the microphone stand and pointed to Xiao Yao loudly to the audience.

   "Thank you!" Amid the applause of the audience, Xiao Yao bowed again, and after returning the guitar to Jack, he jumped off the stage and returned to his seat.

When    came back, some viewers along the way smiled and gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up. Xiao Yao naturally smiled and nodded in return.

  After this episode, Jack moved his chair back to the middle of the band, Louis Joseph also moved the microphone stand back to the piano and began to continue the performance.

  Half an hour later, Louis Joseph’s performance ended, and the six also got up and exited like the audience. The exiting audience walked and talked about Louis Joseph's wonderful performance, which was mixed with some comments about Xiao Yao. Some audience members who were on the same road with Xiao Yao and other six people when they left the stage also greeted Xiao Yao enthusiastically and praised his performance on stage just now.

  Out of the concert hall, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Xiao Yao was just talking about eating late-night snacks. Considering that he would go to the film festival tomorrow, everyone did not go anywhere else, so they got into the car and sent Xiao Yao and the three people back to the hotel.

   "Xiao, was the song you just wrote by Van Gogh?" Back in the car, Kira Bea couldn't help but ask Xiao Yao.

   "Uh... yes." Xiao Yao nodded. In his previous life, DonMclean wrote this "vincent" to commemorate Van Gogh, and Xiao Yao naturally nodded his head to admit it.

   "Sure enough," Kira exclaimed, "You must also like Van Gogh, right? Otherwise, why would you write a song for him."

   "Is this a fan who met Van Gogh?" Xiao Yao said secretly, and could only continue to nod.

   "I just listened to the lyrics of your song, and it seems to be related to Van Gogh's paintings. Can you tell me which Van Gogh works are in your lyrics?" Kira Bea continued to ask.

   "Uh... how many works did you hear?" Xiao Yao didn't answer, but instead smiled and asked Kira Baydao.

  Xiao Yao didn’t know much about Van Gogh and his works. He only knew that he was a great master of impressionist painting. When he heard this song by DonMclean in his previous life, he knew that it was written by Van Gogh. The first sentence "Starry, Starry Night" refers to his very famous "Starry Night" (The Starry Night). As for how many works by Van Gogh are in the song, Xiao Yao really doesn't know.

  However, although Xiao Yao didn't know it, he was sure that Kira Bea, who studied fine art and was a fan of Van Gogh, could definitely hear a lot. What should I do if the singer forgets his words while performing? In addition to skipping awkwardly, you can also extend the microphone in your hand to the audience, so Xiao Yao simply asked Kira to say that she said a few pictures, and Xiao Yao planned to admit that there were a few.

"First of all, there must be "Starry Night", then "Daffodils in a Bowl", and his self-portrait, and..." Kira Bea began counting one by one, Xiao Yao listened with a smile on his face. One nodded, while sweating in his heart: "I'm going, DonMclean wrote so many Van Gogh paintings for a song?"

   "Are there any more?" After Kira finished counting, she asked Xiao Yao again.

   "No, you are awesome! You can hear it all." Xiao Yao pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"What the **** is it for you to write such a song." Kira Bea happily announced, "I like you so much! In order to thank you for writing songs for my most admired idol. , I decided to vote for your short film at the film festival tomorrow! Also, I can be your tour guide for free!"

   "Thank you," Xiao Yao smiled and pointed to Clara Willa, "but we already have a tour guide."

   "Kira, I treat you as a friend, but you want to rob my job?" Clara Vera also smiled, and then glanced at Xiao Yao.

  "Then I will work with you as a tour guide for them." Kira Bead said, "Didn't they have three people? If they act separately, Fang and Pei will leave it to you, and I will be in charge of Xiao."

"We are really ready to act separately." Xiao Yao said, "In the next few days, the task of the two of them is to play, and my task is to watch a movie at the film festival. If you follow me, in addition to watching a movie, you may be watching a movie. It will be boring."

   "Anyway, you have a car, you can be responsible for picking up Xiao from the hotel to the film festival." Clara Vera thought about it, and simply assigned Kira Bea a task, "Anyway, you also have a car."

   "No problem!" Kira Bea immediately nodded happily and agreed.

   "This girl won't keep pulling me to talk about Van Gogh and Impressionism on the way back and forth?" Xiao Yao thought with some worry.

   "Xiao, if you have time, you can also come and play with our band." Andrew also warmly invited.

   "Okay, I will go if I have the opportunity." Xiao Yao verbally agreed, but in reality he didn't have much interest. There is still a band hanging in the United States, and Xiao Yao doesn't want to have another band in France.

  Sent Xiaoyao and the three back to the hotel. Clara and them agreed to meet tomorrow before leaving with her friends.

  The next morning, Kira Bea really followed Clara Vera to the hotel to pick up Xiao Yao and the others. Originally, Kira wanted Xiao Yao to ride in her car, but Xiao Yao was afraid that Kira would talk to him about Van Gogh, so he shook his head firmly and refused, saying that the three of them hadn't acted separately yet, so it was better to sit together.

  Kira did not insist, and drove her car to the venue of the film festival with Clara Vera.

After arriving, Clara Vera first took Xiao Yao to the office of the organizing committee of the film festival, helped them to get the certificates showing the identity of the contestants, and then took them to complete the venue of the film festival. I walked around, focusing on the film festival process and the screening schedule of each exhibition hall.

Xiao Yao’s "Tuner" was scheduled to be screened in Theater No. 3. The screening times were at 3 pm on the second day, 10:20 am on the third day, and 3:40 pm on the fourth day. Three time periods. The length of the movie is a little over 13 minutes, plus the introduction before the screening and the audience interaction after the screening, almost every time it takes 20 minutes. This means that Xiao Yao’s short film will not be screened this afternoon, and Fang and Pei Minyi don’t have to follow Xiao Yao anymore.

After lunch, Xiao Yao gave Fang still and Pei Minyi a vacation and asked Clara Willa to take the two to the volcanic geological park near Dom Mountain, and he wore a work card. Went to watch free movies in several exhibition halls of the film festival.

Although the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival is called "Short Film Cannes", it is not Cannes after all. There is no red carpet show with big celebrities. It just had a simple opening ceremony and it was officially opened. After the curtain, various exhibition halls began to show the entries, and everyone was free to choose and watch.

  On the first afternoon of the first day, Xiao Yao spent time in the screening halls of various exhibition halls. First, look at the introduction of the short film to be screened in the exhibition hall, and then note the schedule of the screening, and then go to the various screening halls to watch the movie according to your own preferences.

  After watching two short films in a row in the first exhibition hall, Xiao Yao felt that there was no short film work to attract him, so he strolled to the second exhibition hall.

At the work introduction in the lobby of the second exhibition hall, Xiao Yao was somewhat surprised to find the name of a director who seemed to be a Chinese director. In the spirit of supporting his compatriots, he went to see the director named "MuYing" with great interest. Short film.

  The name of this short film is "Tough Guy". It can be regarded as an action short film. The plot is relatively simple, but the action scenes in it are very characteristic. The actor Xiao Yao in the film doesn’t know him. He should be an unknown actor, and there are both white and Asian faces in the actors. This short film is also contested in the international competition section, which only shows that this work is not native to France. So Xiao Yao couldn't tell whether this MuYing was from Huaxia.

  The two short films previously watched in Hall One, Xiao Yao got up and left immediately after watching them, but after watching this short film, Xiao Yao stayed and wanted to see the director with his own eyes.

  After the short film was screened, a young man with an East Asian face who looked less than 30 years old stepped onto the stage. After a brief introduction of himself, he bowed to the audience in the theater. If the audience in the audience has any questions about this short film and want to ask the director publicly, they can take the initiative to raise them at this time. If you don't want to communicate, the audience can leave quietly, as Xiao Yao did when watching the first two short films. If no one asks a question, or no one continues to ask questions after the exchange, the director will leave by himself.

   Xiao Yao had no questions about the film. He wanted to communicate with the director publicly. He waited for the audience to leave, and after the director turned and stepped down, he walked over and greeted him actively.

   "Hello Director Mu, this is Xiao Yao," Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and proactively introduced in English.

   "Hello!" The director mu smiled and shook hands with Xiao Yao. After seeing Xiao Yao's face clearly, he said with some confusion and surprise: "Are you Xiao Yao? That... Xiao Yao?"

   "Yes, I am that Xiao Yao." Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, then asked, "Are you from Huaxia?"

"Yes, my name is Muying, the wood of wood, the hero of the English." Muying not only changed his language to Chinese, but also changed the way of introduction to Huaxia's habit. "I am from Huaxia and I am now in the USC Film Art Academy. A graduate student in the Directing Department. By the way, USC is..."

"I know that the University of Southern California in the United States, or USC for short, is very famous." Xiao Yao also changed to Chinese. "The graduate student in the director department of USC is very powerful. No wonder To make such a wonderful short film."

"Thank you," Mu Ying nodded to thank, and then said with some doubts, "By the way, why are you here? The last time I saw you was on the Spring Festival Gala webcast." Although the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala in China have been declining year by year, But it still holds a very important position among overseas Chinese.

   "I'm here too!" Xiao Yao picked up the certificate hanging on his chest and shook his voice.

  "Are you also a director?" Mu Ying looked at Xiao Yao's certificate in surprise, and then continued, "In what hall is your movie? When will it be released, I will also go to join you."

   "Okay. Then I would like to thank you first!" Xiao Yao smiled, and then told Mu Ying about his movie exhibition hall and time.

   "It does not conflict with the screening time of my movie, I will definitely go tomorrow!" Mu Ying promised.

  (End of this chapter)