Entertaining Children

  Chapter 679 Special program

  "Seeing your smile, my heart will be warmer and stronger~"

   "Strong~"

In the second sentence of Xiao Yao’s solo, Liang Xueying still sang “Strong” at the end of the sentence, but unlike the previous one, Liang Xueying did not sing along with Xiao Yao this time, but sang at the same time with Xiao Yao and performed a chorus. .

   "Because of you and by my side, I believe that tears, sometimes ~ also flow for happiness!"

   "Because of love, in the heart, there is sunshine in the night, light up the whole ~grey city~"

  When the song entered the chorus part, not only the chorus of Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying in the front, but the student choir at the back also joined in and performed a chorus in unison. The momentum and appeal of the whole song have also increased a lot in an instant.

After the chorus part, there was an interlude in the song, Xiao Yao also unscrupulously picked up the electric guitar he was carrying in front of him, and came with a short section of calm and cool electric guitar SOLO.

  "When I meet you, hope grows between us. Just like that, the building under construction. One day, it will become our shoulder."

  The second verse of the song, the first half of the solo is replaced by Xiao Yao, still playing the guitar and singing.

   "Sad song, I sang it once and I want to forget it. People who haven't cried don't know how to appreciate it. The defects in life are sometimes a kind of strength~"

  In the second half of the second verse, it was not Liang Xueying's solo, but Liang Xueying's lead singer. Xiao Yao, who played the guitar, responded softly and helped her sing.

   "Because of you, beside me..."

   "Ah~"

  After the second verse, the song enters the chorus again. The chorus of this song is the same, but the performance of the second chorus is different from the first chorus. The second chorus is still a chorus of Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying, and the chorus behind also joined again, but the chorus behind did not sing the lyrics of the chorus, but instead sang the chorus of the two in the form of humming. Accompanied by singing.

   "Ah~"

   "Because of you, beside me..."

After the second chorus is over, there is another repeated chorus. This time, the two vocals in front and the chorus at the back are changed over again. The chorus will sing, and Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying will hum. .

  In the previous paragraph, the choir is strictly a backing singer to set off their singing. But after this exchange, the highlight is not the choir behind, but still them, because their humming is not as regular as the backing vocals of the previous chorus, but there are various rises and tunes in it. Turning the sound not only showed off the musical skills of their two professional singers, but also made the singing of the choir behind them a foil to their humming.

  "La~La Hue~"

After repeating the chorus twice in a row, the ending stage of the song was still a chorus melody, but this time it was replaced by the humming of everyone on the field. With the humming of the chorus, Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying at the end Part of the humming showed more singing skills.

Although    is a relatively simple song with a relatively simple melody and structure, there is no particularly intense and shocking high pitch, but Xiao Yao has played a lot of tricks whether it is in the arrangement of the soundtrack or the arrangement of the performance. Compared with the previous inspiring charity songs, this song, which was originally not a charity song, would have been much stronger in popularity. In addition, Xiao Yao’s special arrangements in the arrangement, soundtrack and singing also made This song became the most enjoyable and listenable program in the entire evening.

But in the performance of Xiao Yao’s song, the most fascinating thing was not the special arrangement of Xiao Yao’s song’s arrangement, soundtrack and singing. Although most of the audience enjoyed listening to Xiao Yao’s song very much, Their attention was attracted by the big screen on the scene.

  In the first half of the show, the big screen and the performance on the stage are basically separated. Whether it is a singing program or a recitation program, during the performance of the program, the big screen on the scene only displays a few lines of big characters of the theme of the party, and in the gap between the program and the program, the video is displayed on the big screen. . While Xiao Yao, Liang Xueying and the choir were singing, the big screen on the scene did not display the subtitles of the party theme, but showed many photos like a slideshow.

  These photos are in black and white and in color. The subject and content of the shots are also a bit mixed, but without exception, it is easy to see that they are photos of the rescue scene in the disaster area. Most of them feature rescue workers such as search and rescue teams and first responders, some feature disaster-stricken and rescued people as the protagonists, and some simply take environmental photos of certain collapsed houses or mountains in the disaster area.

  The party has been on until now. Many videos have been shown on the big screen at the scene, but it is the first time to play photos. Although the subject and content of these photos seem to be complicated, every photo that appears can be linked to the lyrics of the song being performed on the stage. The lyrics sung by Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying happened to be the footnotes of these photos. The audience looked at the photos and listened to the singing of the two singers and the choir on the stage. They felt as if they had watched a documentary with a soundtrack, and they were no less shocked than the emotional videos just now.

Last year, there was a very popular MV called "Songs for Whom", which was made with some real videos released on the Internet with songs, and it felt like a public welfare documentary to the audience. The TV station intercepted the MV and used it as a public welfare video and broadcast it on TV. Last spring evening, this MV was also moved to the Spring Festival Gala stage by performing live performances by singers and playing the video content of the MV on the big screen on the stage. The form of performance now is very similar to that of the time, the only difference is that the video is replaced with photos.

  The song’s songwriter is Xiao Yao, and the producer of that MV is also Xiao Yao. Although the show on Spring Evening was not designed by Xiao Yao, the MV that originally used pop songs with reality videos was Xiao Yao’s creativity. The Spring Festival Gala program group just put the music part of the MV on the live stage and restored the MV. The song being performed on the stage now is also Xiao Yao’s original new song, so is this whole performance also from Xiao Yao’s handwriting?

  Whether it is "Good Voice" or "Singer", the program team has revealed more than once that Xiao Yao's live performances are the overall stage effect designed by himself. He obviously has this ability. Looking at this kind of public welfare documentary performance that is in the same line as "Songs Not for Who", many people tend to believe that this performance is also Xiao Yao's own creativity.

  Why, with so many big-name senior singers on the scene, Xiao Yao, a young rookie star, can get the same solo opportunity as a national treasure singer? Many people think that besides the fact that he has done many things in the disaster area, this ability to design stage performances for himself should also be one of the important reasons.

  As for the source of those photos, most people think that Xiao Yao should have collected them from the Internet or news media reports. The eight videos in the previous MV of "Songs for Whom" were all found by Xiao Yao from the Internet. Now, not long after the earthquake, there are so many relevant photos on the Internet and in the media. Xiao Yao will definitely collect them. It's much easier than finding the video when making that MV. But as the show progressed, everyone found that it didn't seem to be the case.

  The performance of this song lasted more than half of the time, and the audience suddenly realized that the photos did not seem to have been seen on the Internet or in news reports. Few people have seen all of the eight videos in that MV, but at least they have an impression of one or two of them. In the same way, if these photos are collected from the Internet and media reports, it is possible that they have not seen one or two. After all, no one can see all the photos published on the Internet and the media, but the song For more than half of the time, the audience did not see a familiar photo, which was a bit strange. You must know that these photos give people a strong sense of shock. They are obviously the works taken by professional photographers. They can't be taken by anyone with a mobile phone.

Recall that Guo Xiaohua said in the interview just now that he was curious about what the photos Xiao Yao took. Xiao Yao said that he had a chance to show it to everyone. Then, when Xiao Yao performed, so many rescues that everyone had never seen appeared on the big screen. In the live photos, many people naturally made a bold guess: "Aren't these photos all taken by Xiao Yao himself?"

  With this idea, the audience's sense of surprise is even greater.

  Xiao Yao has already disclosed his identity as a photographer, but he has taken some album cover photos sporadically in China, and several relatively large-scale photography projects can be counted. Far away is the set of promotional photos taken for the National Men’s Basketball Team a few years ago. The most recent is the promotional photos taken at the beginning of this year for the star contestant Tu Yiyuan of the "Ancient Poetry Conference" and the one called "Li Qingzhao" which also features Tu Yiyuan as the protagonist. Static movie. Like the sporadic album cover photos, these are all studio photography.

  In the eyes of the public, Xiao Yao may be regarded as a very powerful fashion photographer. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an international fashion photographer. But no matter how great, he is just a fashion photographer who is good at studio shooting. Fashion photographers and photojournalists who report facts are still different. Many of the photos shown on the big screen can be directly selected for this year's live news photography awards. This is not something that any fashion photographer who is used to studio shooting can do.

  Will Xiao Yao be a live photographer who can take so many stunning photos? Many people can't believe it!

  As Xiao Yao, Liang Xueying and the choir behind finished their singing, all the photos on the big screen at the scene were also played. When all the music on the scene disappeared, the last photo on the big screen faded out, and a few lines of white words appeared on the dark screen.

  "Because of you, I believe that tears sometimes flow for happiness! Because there is love in my heart, there is sunshine in the night to light up the entire gray city!

  --To all the rescuers in the earthquake disaster in Wuyou County. "

  The appearance of the same sentence as the chorus of the lyrics not only indicates that Xiao Yao’s song was written to all rescuers in the rescue operation, but also seems to indicate that the design of the entire program is indeed from Xiao Yao’s handwriting. So were those photos taken by Xiao Yao?

  After the show, Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying bowed to the audience and left the stage with the choir members behind them, but the two hosts who appeared afterwards gave everyone the answer.

  After Xiao Yao and others left, the host who appeared on the stage was not Luo Bin and Guo Xiaohua, who interviewed Xiao Yao just now, but was replaced by the other two, Morley and Sun Bo. Although the host has changed, what they said is still related to Xiao Yao.

"Thank you Xiao Yao and Liang Xueying and the choir students for their wonderful performances." After thanking all the performers on the stage, the host Sun Bo mentioned Xiao Yao separately. "I also especially thank Xiao Yao for being here. Here are the photos taken by him at the rescue site, which gave us a lot of touch and shock."

   "I now know why Xiao Yao was able to become a contract photographer and photojournalist of the two foreign media at such a young age," Morley also continued, "Thank you for recording so many moving moments with the camera."

   "What? Those photos were really all taken by Xiao Yao himself?"

   "Yes, no wonder Xiao Yao was able to become a contract photographer and photojournalist for two foreign media. This guy is too enchanting, right?"

  As soon as the words of the two hosts were uttered, the audience, including the big leaders, showed shocked expressions. There was also the warmest applause since the beginning of the party.

  After the applause from the audience gradually fell to Xiao Yao, the two hosts did not continue talking about Xiao Yao, but began to introduce the next program.

  Xiao Yao’s appearance was in the second half of the whole party. After his performance with Liang Xueying, there are seven or eight shows behind, and there is also no shortage of big-name celebrities. But whether it is a chorus show by big-name stars or a solo performance by a national treasure-level old artist, it seems that Xiao Yao's show is not as appealing and moving.

  The CCTV disaster relief party lasted nearly four hours, and the results were very good. During the party, the hotlines for accepting donations announced by the host at the party almost never stopped. According to statistics, the party raised more than 1.73 billion yuan in total, and it also created a new record for the amount of funds raised for various disaster relief evenings these days.

  (End of this chapter)