Entertaining Children

  Chapter 563 Dream Chasing Order

After Liang Xueying's introduction, the audience all wanted to be the first to see Xiao Yao's performance. It's a pity that Xiao Yao's appearance in this field is very low. The first few competing singers are not Xiao Yao, and they can't satisfy the audience's desire for a sneak peek.

  "The next singer will bring you a new song of her own original creation." After Liu Youyuan, who appeared on the fifth stage, finished the performance, Liang Xueying began to introduce the sixth singer's competition.

  "It's finally here!" The audience cheered. Upon hearing Liang Xueying's introduction, I knew that the next singer to appear was finally Xiao Yao's turn.

"Everyone knows who will be the next singer when you hear this, right?" Liang Xueying smiled and continued to the cheering audience, "Of course, only one of our top six singers did not appear. No one, except him. There can be no one else. The name of the song he brought is called "Dream of Dreams", a name that sounds very old-fashioned. As for what this song and this performance look like, Let us immediately invite the next singer to perform and see what happens."

  Amidst the applause and cheers again on the scene, Liang Xueying stepped off the stage and stood on the open space in front of the audience, looking forward to Xiao Yao's appearance with the audience.

  The lights on the stage dimmed, and a figure appeared in the back-lit stage.

   "Huh?" Looking at the figure that appeared in the passage, the audience made a sound of surprise.

Although I still can’t see the face and dress, but only from the perspective of this figure, whether it is Liang Xueying, the audience, or other singers and agents watching the live broadcast in the lounge, they can’t help but start to wonder if the person in the channel is Xiao Yao. Up. Judging from the shadow of the backlight, the lower part of the singer’s shirt was very long and wide. The hem even exceeded the ankle position and dragged to the ground. It looked like a skirt, and the singer’s head was even more conspicuous. , Seems to be towering a very tall bun. Xiao Yao is a boy with short and broken hair. Judging from this shadow, he doesn't look like Xiao Yao.

  Amidst the horror of the audience, the backlit figure also slowly walked out of the passage to the front of the stage. And watching the walking posture of the figure, everyone's suspicion is even greater.

Xiao Yao is tall and walks with great steps. In his second and third appearances, he ran back from the stage and came out again. He walked very fast, even when he appeared as a kicking singer in his first appearance. The speed is also relatively slow, that is just a slow pace, every step is also very open. But this time, the figure is clearly moving forward slowly with small broken steps, and with the movement of the steps, the figure's entire body also oscillates slightly and rhythmically, looking completely like a woman. .

  After finally waiting for the figure to walk to the center of the stage, the lights above the stage still did not turn on, but directly began to make preparations. Some staff moved musical instruments and chairs onto the stage, and then a dozen or so female figures walked onto the stage from behind the side of the stage, or sat or stood behind the figure in the middle of the stage. And all the audience, including the singers and agents, are still confused and confused.

  All the figures on the stage came to a halt, indicating that the preparations had been completed and the audience was completely silent. At this time, the lights above the stage were on, and everyone finally saw the figures on the stage.

   "Damn! Is this Xiao Yao?" Many audience members jumped up from their seats in surprise, and those who were still in their seats hugged their heads in disbelief.

   "God!" Liang Xueying in front of the auditorium also covered her mouth in surprise.

   "Oh, I'm going!" In the rest hall, after the competition, Hong Wei, who was watching the live broadcast, also bounced off the sofa in shock, turned to look at Xiao Siqi and said, "Old Xiao, is this your son?"

"From the face, I can't see it either." Xiao Siqi spread out his hands and said, "But we have already played, this will not always be the Wei Shile, right? Also, you forgot that he was in the final of "Good Voice" Is the song "The New Drunken Concubine" on the song?"

   "He has turned half of his makeup into all ancient costumes," Qin Xiaodong was also surprised, "Is he going to be a male dancer and singing Peking opera on the stage?"

On the other side, Zhang Qiao and lying in Liu Youyuan’s ear kept talking in low voices. Liu Youyuan also changed from a puzzled expression to surprise. His eyes that didn’t look big became wider and wider, and they were about to go round. !

   "Is this the big boy just now?" Wei Shile, who was still waiting in the room, also left the sitting sofa and stood in front of the live TV, pointing to the TV screen and asked the manager beside him.

  Don’t blame everyone for being so surprised, because the one who appeared in the center of the stage at this time was the costume of Hua Dan in Peking opera.

An ancient silk costume costume. The big red coat is covered with gold and silver embroidered flower and bird patterns. Looking up from the large, arc-protruding waist belt in the middle of the waist, the upper body of the robe is a double-breasted style with an open neckline. A moon-white inner shirt with silver piping was exposed inside, and the hem of the lower skirt was not only wide enough to cover the entire foot, but the tail was also dragged on the ground long. The hair on both sides of the head is close to the sides, covering the entire ears. A bun that is more than 20 cm long is combed on the top of the head. There are many delicate headdresses hanging on the head and the bun, showing what Called "Man Tou Bead Cui".

  The most distinctive feature is makeup. On the snow-white face is a red lips, and under the eyebrows that have turned into willow leaf thin eyebrows are a pair of red phoenix eyes. Below the eyebrows, the eye position of the two eyes is covered with red, and gradually fades from below the lower eyelashes.

Such a typical Huadan makeup on the stage of Peking Opera makes people completely invisible to the original appearance of Xiao Yao. If he hadn't appeared on this stage, he would have been such an appearance, I believe no one would dare to say. The enchanting Huadan standing in the center of the stage is Xiao Yao.

  Facing the crazy screams of the audience, Xiao Yao on the stage did not say anything, just nodded to the band conductor Liu Tong on the side of the stage.

  However, Liu Tong, the program's music director and band conductor, did not react immediately, but stared at Xiao Yao as the audience under the stage. There is no makeup during the rehearsal. Every singer is in casual dress rehearsal. It is also the first time to see Xiao Yao dressed up like a band conductor, and I am a little silly, and I even wonder if this person on the stage is really good. Xiao Yao, therefore, had a rare moment of distraction. Fortunately, Liu Tong quickly recovered. Without a microphone beside him, he coughed slightly, raised his hands and waved down, and the band's accompaniment rang.

The prelude starts with the sounds of drums, yangqin and guzheng, with some piano and guitar sounds in the middle, but in general, it is mainly composed of two kinds of folk music, yangqin and guzheng. After about ten seconds, the stage sits on a chair. The four beauties of erhu also moved their hands, adding the sound of erhu and violin to the accompaniment. Similarly, this new voice is also dominated by folk music such as erhu.

"There are folk music and Western instruments in the prelude instruments. Xiao Yao really seems to have created another song that combines folk music and modern music like "The New Drunken Concubine"." Hong Wei watched Xiao Yao on TV. , Nodding to Xiao Siqi. Although Xiao Yao's close-up is shown on the TV screen, professional singers like Hong Wei can hear what instruments are used in the accompaniment only with the music of the prelude.

The audience at the scene can see the movements of modern musical instruments on both sides of the stage. Even if they can’t hear the difference between the sound of various instruments in the accompaniment like a professional singer like Hong Wei, they can also see this by Xiao Yao. The soundtrack is a combination of modern Western musical instruments and traditional Chinese folk music. Many audiences also thought that although Xiao Yao was completely dressed up as a Hua Dan in Peking Opera, his performance this time was definitely not purely for everyone to sing Peking Opera.

  "Sandalwood quotes, window grilles through the window lattice, dark night, paper-cutting to remember the silhouette. I see through, my hair is gray, the story is turbulent, the heart is unstable, and my fate~"

  Sure enough, when Xiao Yao started to sing the first verse at the beginning of the song, although he sang as gentle as a girl, he still sang with the original male voice in terms of timbre.

"It really seems to be a song like "The New Drunken Concubine", but the lyrics seem to have more ancient rhyme, like ancient poems." Upon hearing Xiao Yao's opening paragraph, a lot of attention shifted from Xiao Yao's appearance to The person in Xiao Yao's singing nodded secretly in his heart.

This is a previous song composed by Jay Chou and his old partner Fang Wenshan, written to the original singer Li Yugang of "The New Drunken Concubine". This song is very similar in style to "The New Drunken Concubine", but in the main song On the lyrics, the words written by the genius Fang Wenshan sound like an ancient word, which is more condensed and more ancient than the narrative lyrics of "The New Drunken Concubine". Xiao Yao moved this song to this world. The melody and lyrics have not been changed, but the arrangement and accompaniment have been added to the soundtrack of Pipa and Dizi according to the configuration of the "Women's Band", making the whole song more beautiful. The flavor of folk music is stronger.

   "Dream-seeking order~ Floating half awake, who is fateful, sighs the reputation of Qingcheng. I am a little bit stunned~ Facing Beisijun, waiting for dawn, haggard into the bronze mirror~"

Coming to the chorus part of the song, Xiao Yao, who was originally standing still and singing, walked two steps forward, standing sideways and posing a curvaceous gesture in Peking opera. He also raised an incomparably ecstasy orchid finger with his left hand. It was transformed into a female Jingyun singing that imitated the Peking Opera Huadan, which made the audience in the scene and the rest room get goose bumps.

   "Wow~" The audience who had been prepared for a long time heard Xiao Yao's Jingyun singing, and they all screamed and cheered with excitement.

  After the first chorus is over, the song enters an interlude. On the stage, Xiao Yao's arms hung down, and his big sleeves fell down and hung to the ground. Xiao Yao raised his elbow with one hand and placed the other slightly behind him. He gracefully revolved on the stage, and the two sleeves fluttered with Xiao Yao’s rotation.

   "My God!" Seeing Xiao Yao actually perform classical dance while the interlude, the audience in the audience opened their eyes again, clapping and screaming like crazy.

  "Sandal incense quote, window grilles through the window lattice, dark night, paper-cut memory of silhouettes..."

  The second verse began, Xiao Yao’s classical sleeve dance also came to an end, from the graceful Huadan posture back to the original relatively ordinary standing posture, in the vocal tone of the singing also switched back to the original male voice. It was also at this time that the audience's voice slowly became quieter.

  "Emei is frowning, sorrow is a neighbor, fate is exhausted~ I am in the midnight, tears are full of my breasts, do not believe~ Yiren loves autumn in the forest, but marriage is like leaves floating, and I am looking for a rush in my previous life~"

The lyrics of the two verse and chorus of Xiao Yao’s previous song "The Drunken Concubine" are the same, while the first half of the second verse of the song "Chasing Dreams" has the same lyrics as the first verse, but In the second half, it was another different lyrics. The sentence structure and number of words in this paragraph of lyrics are the same as those of the first verse. The same beautiful, concise, and ancient words embody Xiao Yao's strong writing skills. This also makes the audience feel that Xiao Yao’s song sounds better than "The New Drunken Concubine". Whether in creation or singing, this song is like an advanced work of Xiao Yao’s songs, and the audience seems to be too I felt Xiao Yao's progress on this song.

   "Dream dreams~ Floating life half awake, whoever listens, my mind will be on the piano. Out-of-the-strings~ Disturbing the past, the silk and bamboo are light, but the heart is very sad~"

  When it came to the second chorus, Xiao Yao turned into the Hua Dan in Peking Opera again, posing the Hua Dan action on the Peking Opera stage, and once again transformed his mouth into a Beijing rhyme singing that imitated Hua Dan.

  The goose bumps on the audiences rose again, and cheers and screams reverberated throughout the studio again.

  After the second chorus, the song came to the end stage. Xiao Yao did not switch to the male voice, but continued to sing two choruses repeatedly in Hua Dan’s Jingyun voice. During this stage of singing, Xiao Yao sang and walked around on stage. A slightly more knowledgeable audience can see that Xiao Yao's walking gait, posture, and left hand movements are all slow versions of classic movements that Hua Dan often demonstrates on the Peking Opera stage. This is also the result of Xiao Yao's special training with Mr. Mei Qingchang in Yanjing for the past week.

Seeing Xiao Yao who was a Peking Opera star in the final stage alive and well on the stage, the audience was also excited, applause and cheers almost never stopped, and the sound was still higher than the other, it was almost like wanting Raise the ceiling of the studio.

"Outside the strings~ It used to be messy, the silk is light, but the heart is very sad~" After singing the last sentence, Xiao Yao has become kneeling on the ground facing the audience sideways, with his head hanging down, his hands on his chest and his face. The expression is also heartbroken.

   "Xiao Yao!"

   "Xiao Yao!"

  The lights on the stage dimmed, but the audience in the audience stood up with excitement, raising their hands and applauding in rhythm.

"Thank you~" The lights on the stage came on. Xiao Yao, who had stood up and faced the audience again, continued to thank the audience with Jing Yun's female voice, and then put his hands to the left chest and bends his right leg back slowly. Bend his knees slowly, squatted down and bowed his head, giving everyone an ancient female blessing gift.

  The voice of women and the etiquette of ancient women made the audience who thought the performance was over again for a while, and then more cheers and shouts rang out.

  (End of this chapter)