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Chapter 470: The real climax part

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The more intellectual a person is, the easier it is for the unspoken confession of leaving blank space to hit the point.

Whether it is a book, a painting, or a song.

Just like for Liu Yifei's father's family, the clean and forbearing expression in the lyrics of Chengdu is enough, and it is easier to pierce into their bones and reach their hearts than those stage performances that are screaming and overflowing with emotions.

However, for the more simple masses, there is actually no way to obtain spiritual realization from a single lyric or melody.

And at this time, what is needed is the singer's interpretation. Expressions, movements, every smile, every sorrow. To move and convince them, to influence and lead them.

In this respect, the most famous and widely spread stage interpretation in China at present is "Hawthorn Tree," where someone used acting skills to express singing skills on the Spring Festival Gala stage two years ago.

Why did the CCTV crowd spare no effort to travel thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean to LA to visit the thatched cottage three times? It was all because of this.

On Youku Video and CCTV. com, the playback volume of that Spring Festival Gala clip of "Hawthorn Tree" has exceeded 10 million.

However, on YouTube, where Chinese singers often don't have traffic, the viewing data is even more terrifying. In a version of the video where a user added Chinese and English subtitles to the song, the playback volume actually reached more than 60 million, and the number of comments reached an astonishing 140,000.

Clicking into these 140,000 comments, there are people from different countries all over the world, writing in various languages about the sadness and emotion they felt when listening to this song and watching this video.

When the song was finished, the tear that fell from someone's right eye was praised by countless people, and under the exaggerated language of many foreigners, it was praised in English, French, Japanese, Korean, or Spanish as if it were a miracle.

However, do they understand the lyrics?

How is it possible, they don't understand at all.

But they can understand it. What music is the most common language in the world. Fart. Acting is.

So, when the Spring Festival Gala program list was announced on the 29th of the New Year, when the song title "Chengdu" was written after Chen Nuo's name.

In fact, the whole of China was looking forward to what kind of song this was, and what kind of interpretation method Chen Nuo would use.

When 22:00 arrived, there were more than just Liu Yifei's cousin guarding in front of the TV, and there were more than just this family who put down everything in their hands and watched the whole song completely?

Including Liu Xiaoli, they all went to play mahjong after watching it.

When the melody of Chengdu sounded, when Chen Nuo sang the out-of-tune sentence, although many people in the music industry were laughing, in fact, more people were already wanting to cry.

Chen Nuo didn't realize he was out of tune at all.

If, when singing "Hawthorn Tree" last time, he substituted himself as Lao San.

Then this time, when singing "Chengdu," Chen Nuo substituted himself.

Although it was from his previous life, it was indeed a whole life he had spent.

So, it is also love, the love of Hawthorn Tree is clean, pure, and dead without regrets.

But what about his previous life's love?

It can only be said that it is full of various regrets.

The song sings about being in Chengdu, but it is more than just Chengdu.

He has held so many people's hands in so many places and walked on so many different streets.

In the end, he didn't take anyone away.

When singing—

"What made me shed tears

is not just last night's wine

What makes me reluctant to part

is not just your tenderness"

There was a crying tone in his voice.

When singing—

"How much further is the remaining road

You hold my hand

What makes me feel difficult

is the struggle for freedom."

There was regret in his voice.

When singing,

"In that rainy little city

I have never forgotten you

The only thing Chengdu can't take away is you"

He lowered his head, and endless melancholy surged, reaching the bottom of his heart.

The complex emotions presented on the TV screen were slightly red eyes, lightly trembling corners of the mouth, and deliberately restrained breathing and expressions.

On the song stage that Liu Yifei felt ended in just a moment, in fact, every minute and every second, these interpreted pictures were quietly knocking on people's heartstrings.

No sadness, but better than sadness.

Not a movie, but better than a movie.

Even compared to the one-man show two years ago, this year there was a heroine dancing in front of him. It was precisely Jin Chen's existence that made more people understand his acting this year.

When the Kong family's living room was quiet, thousands of households in front of the TV were the same as them, falling into a kind of inexplicable silence.

Thousands of people felt in unison that they understood something from his singing.

But if you ask them one by one what Chen Nuo wants to express, if you ask a thousand people, there will be a thousand and one answers.

But unexpectedly, at that moment, everyone firmly believed that their understanding was the only truth.

So, they immersed themselves in it, quietly thinking of many past events—those people who didn't have time to say goodbye, missed cities, and old times that couldn't say goodbye properly.

It's not the intellectual Kong family members chatting while listening to songs, and after listening to half of it, they began to exchange obscure expressions with their eyes,

It was when these people whose education was not so high and whose comprehension was not so strong, and who needed to watch the performance to understand the whole song, were moved, and even red-eyed, that was the real climax of this song on this stage.

Such a moment, starting from that out-of-tune, runs through the beginning and end.

Back to Chen Nuo's side.

He was on the stage, but he was not sure if he had really sung the sadness in his heart, nor was he sure if he had really touched the audience in front of the TV, and he didn't even think about these things at all.

Why was it out of tune?

Because it was said to be a performance, but wasn't he also singing for himself? When the heart is agitated, how can the voice not tremble.

At the end of the song, those faces from the previous life gradually faded from his eyes—

Finally emerging, were the people of this life:

It was Wen Yongshan, Liu Yifei, Tong Liya, Xia Yehe, Fan Fan Binbing, Gao Yuanyuan.

At the moment of the curtain call in the last second, he revealed such a smile.

That was a joyful, relieved, warm smile.

That was a reconciliation with himself, a self-embrace spanning two lives.

He knew that he in this life was destined to become a better Chen Nuo.

Amidst the grand applause, he bowed deeply to the audience and walked off the stage.

At the same time, the picture on TV was switched, and Li Yong and Li Sisi went on stage to start the transition.

"Thank you, thank you Chen Nuo for the wonderful performance you brought us. An unparalleled performance. Sisi, I saw you crying when you listened to the song, right?"

"Li Yong, I saw you crying too."

"Hahaha, yes, we all cried. And I also saw that there are many people in the audience who are the same as us..."

Chen Nuo just turned his face and hadn't completely left the stage when he heard a low sob behind him.

He looked back and saw Jin Chen's tears had already fallen.

He naturally knew what was going on, and couldn't help but sigh gently in his heart.

A minute ago, Jin Chen originally had a movement of jumping from the left side of the stage to the right, but for some reason, she suddenly lost her center of gravity when landing, and fell a real dog-eating-shit on the stage.

If it were normal times, he might have been able to reach out and save her, but at that moment, he was immersed in emotions, didn't react at all, and could only watch her fall on the stage.

It was normal for her psychological defense to collapse after making such a fool of herself on such a big stage.

Now he only hoped that the director was sharp enough, otherwise, if hundreds of millions of viewers across the country really saw her fall, Jin Chen's fall would probably make her future bleak.

After leaving the stage, he ignored the excited congratulations of others and walked to Ha Wen's side for the first time, asking: "It wasn't broadcast, right?"

Ha Wen was originally looking at Jin Chen, and when she heard him ask, she smiled: "No, don't worry, there is a delay, the director cut the picture. By the way, congratulations, Chen Laoshi, it's really an absolute classic stage. This time it was sung too well, and the performance was even more amazing, much better than the rehearsal. I saw the reaction of every audience at the scene was particularly great. Another classic. Chen Laoshi. Too beautiful."

Ha Wen squeezed out a smile that was different from the previous draggy feeling. Chen Nuo didn't care whether this person had changed or not, smiled, and said: "It's not my credit alone. Xiao Jin danced very well. And, the audience at the scene is actually very tolerant. Look at the last applause, it's not just for me. So Director Ha, the little girl is not easy, don't be too demanding."

Ha Wen squeezed out a smile: "I know."

Chen Nuo glanced at Jin Chen, only to see her looking at him with teary eyes, as if she were stupid.

However, after all, the two were not familiar, so he couldn't say much, so he walked towards the dressing room surrounded by Qi Yuntian, Guli Nazha, and others.

Originally, he wanted to remove his makeup and change clothes earlier, and let Qi Yuntian, Nazha, and Linghu go home to celebrate the New Year early, but it was not that simple!

It was okay to walk all the way, everyone was busy, at most taking pictures of him and paying attention to him. But once he entered the dressing room, various visits were unavoidable.

The first to come was Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying's makeup artist, stylist, and manager were all teams under Qi Yuntian. As soon as they met, it was "President Qi long, President Qi short," and the greetings were very enthusiastic.

Her makeup artist happened to know Guli Nazha, and the two were particularly affectionate when they met.

Zhao Liying herself walked over and stood quietly on the side watching him remove his makeup.

Chen Nuo saw from the mirror that she had changed her clothes and removed her makeup, and couldn't help but laugh: "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Preparing to leave." Zhao Liying smiled, "Come over to say hello to you."

Chen Nuo said: "Are you going back to Langfang overnight tonight?"

"No, my parents came up, they are in Beijing, and they will go back tomorrow morning."

Michelle interrupted: "Zhao bought a house with me, we live together, her father and mother are very good, and the food they cook is very delicious."

Chen Nuo said: "A house? What a house, oh, you are in the same community?"

Zhao Liying smiled, her eyes curved, and said: "Yes, we are in the same community, Michelle and I are neighbors."

"But she has more money, her house is much, much bigger than mine." Michelle said, "And Nazha, the three of us are good friends, and we are going to live together, but Nazha has no money. She is going to borrow money from the company. Chen, when can the company lend money to her?"

Chen Nuo smiled, "Soon, after the New Year." "OK, I'm done, we can go now." Michelle said.

Chen Nuo stood up and said: "Then let's go together..."

But at this time, there was a knock on the door, and someone outside said: "Is Chen Laoshi there? We are from Emperor..."

Chen Nuo shrugged at Zhao Liying after listening: "It seems you have to go first."

"Then okay, you are busy." Zhao Liying nodded, but after saying that, she didn't move immediately, but stood in place, looking at him with a pair of bright eyes, as if waiting for him to say something.

Chen Nuo said: "If you see Team Leader Su when you go back, bring a Happy New Year for me."

Zhao Liying smiled shallowly, her eyes were very complex, whether it was disappointment or something else, Chen Nuo couldn't tell. But he was determined to play dumb, looking at the other party with a hehe.

Finally, Zhao Liying didn't say anything, nodded and said: "Okay, I know, Happy New Year. Bye."

"Bye."

Next, after Chen Nuo dealt with some miscellaneous people and walked out of the CCTV building to the parking lot, he raised his watch and looked at it. It was already 11:12 PM.

He turned his head and said: "Linghu, I'll take Qi Da's car, you are responsible for sending Nazha back, and then you go home quickly, you should be able to catch up with your sister-in-law to celebrate the New Year."

After speaking, he spread his hands, and Qi Yuntian put the two red envelopes he had prepared earlier into his hands. He handed one out with one hand and said: "Happy New Year."

Guli Nazha had a happy look on her face, reached out to take it, and said loudly: "Thank you Chen Zong, Chen Zong Happy New Year!"

But beside her, Linghu didn't reach out, shook his head and said: "The company has already issued it before."

Chen Nuo said: "That was issued by the company, this is issued by me, take it."

Linghu was stunned for two seconds, and finally took it.

"Okay, you go back quickly." Chen Nuo waved his hand and was about to leave when a sharp and urgent female voice suddenly came from behind: "Wait, wait a minute!"

Everyone looked back and saw Jin Chen wearing a black down jacket, running over quickly.

This girl only appeared once in the dressing room after the program ended, and then disappeared. At this time, I don't know where she suddenly popped out, followed by her female manager.

Chen Nuo and the others all turned to look at her.

Seeing Jin Chen run over, her eyes immediately turned red as soon as she stood still, tears swirling in her eyes, her lips trembling slightly, looking at Chen Nuo, as if she had a lot to say, but couldn't say a word.

Suddenly, she bowed deeply, definitely more than ninety degrees, and the flexible posture of the dancer was fully displayed at this moment, and her face was almost stuck to her legs.

When she straightened up, her fresh, makeup-free face was full of tear stains, one by one, feeling particularly miserable.

Chen Nuo originally thought she would say something, but after waiting for a few seconds, the girl just cried silently without saying a word.

Finally, he smiled and said softly: "Come on." Saying that, he patted her on the shoulder and turned to leave.

The girl with red eyes, the grateful and panicked look, the man leaving in the night, and the quiet parking lot.

This scene was actually very simple and ordinary, but Guli Nazha didn't know why, it kept replaying in her mind, and it didn't fade for a long time.

On the night of New Year's Eve, there were very few cars on the road in Beijing. Guli Nazha, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the road ahead in a daze, and suddenly asked: "Brother Linghu, what did you do before following the boss?"

"Doing things."

Saying it is equal to not saying it.

But Guli Nazha was used to his style, just like receiving red envelopes before. If it were in the past, she would definitely mutter a few words, but now they have been together for a long time, she knows that Linghu is this personality, and her boss never cares about these.

"Then have you met someone as good as the boss before?"

Linghu was silent for a moment, as if recalling something, and finally said slowly: "Yes."

Without getting the expected answer, Guli Nazha was slightly disappointed and said in a low voice: "Anyway, I haven't met... hey, really good."

After speaking, she stopped talking, took out her phone and opened Weibo, wanting to see what netizens were saying. In her opinion, the boss went out, one top two, there must be praise all over the internet now, she just wanted to go in and see, have fun, and be happy.

As a result, as soon as she clicked into Weibo, she saw the line of words ranked at the top of the hot search list. She was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but "pfft" and laughed.

"Chen Nuo is out of tune."

Chen Nuo sat in the passenger seat, holding his phone, looking at the entry ranked first on the Weibo hot search list, his expression quite speechless. He turned his head and asked: "Was I very obviously out of tune just now?"

Qi Yuntian laughed while driving: "Do you remember when we watched who sang 'Love's Supply' last time?"

Chen Nuo was shocked as soon as he heard it: "I fuck, I won't be like her, right? Impossible, right?"

Qi Yuntian laughed even louder: "A little better than that."

"That's good." Chen Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Yuntian asked: "What did Weibo say?"

"Nothing, just making fun of me." Chen Nuo hadn't started to look seriously, so he answered casually.

Qi Yuntian stopped laughing, his brows frowned: "Making fun of you? Really? Let me see." As soon as the voice fell, he snatched the phone from Chen Nuo's hand.

"I rely on you, what are you doing! You are driving!" Chen Nuo immediately shouted.

"There is not even a ghost shadow on this road, I can drive with my eyes closed. I'll just take a look." Qi Yuntian was relaxed, but his movements were fast. He held the steering wheel with one hand and the phone with the other, sliding a few times on the screen.

But after watching for a few seconds, his brows stretched, he returned the phone to Chen Nuo, and laughed: "I said it, what are you afraid of being out of tune? Last time you were out of tune, right? This is real singing, okay!"

On Chen Nuo's phone, under the Weibo entry, there were still countless people making trouble at this point. Except for the entertainment blogger who initiated this topic, the others were probably talking about other things under this entry.

"#Chen Nuo is out of tune# How did this hot search come from, why don't I know Chen Nuo is out of tune, who of you noticed Chen Nuo is out of tune? I have been looking at his face from beginning to end, and I can't notice anything. Babies, I really want to die under his jeans." 8000 likes, 550+ comments, 100+ forwards

"#Chen Nuo is out of tune# Once again shows that Nuonuo never lip-syncs." 15000 likes, 1300+ comments, 1900+ forwards

"#Chen Nuo is out of tune# How pitiful the person who created this entry is. I am not Chen Nuo's fan, I am just an ordinary acting training class teacher. The performance just now is absolutely textbook level. When we are immersed in the performance of China's best actor and cheering for his master-level acting skills, some people's attention is on being out of tune?" 9000 likes, 680+ comments, 400+ forwards.

"#Chen Nuo is out of tune# From the first second he went on stage, he began to enter the state. The whole scene danced with the dancer with his eyes, and he almost took us into the play with just his eyes. I heard that there is a saying in the director circle that Chen Nuo has the most acting eyes in the world. This is true." 7400 likes, 1880+ comments, 800+ forwards.

"#Chen Nuo is out of tune# Compared to Hawthorn Tree, I like this stage better, because his performance is more restrained and forbearing, unlike last time, pressing your head and forcing you to cry. This time, those who want to cry cry, and those who don't want to cry can be secretly sad. Not pretentious at all, so I like it very much." 79800+ likes, 3950+ comments, 2200+ forwards.

The likes and comments of this last one were particularly large. Chen Nuo was a little curious, clicked into the comment area, well, it turned out that Wang Fei used her Weibo account "@veggieg" to like this comment.

Speaking of which, the diva is really atmospheric. Even if the entry "Wang Fei Eason Chan 'Because of Love' sings the sound of nature" was forced to rank second on the hot search list because of his out-of-tune reason, there were too many people coming to see the joke, but she was still not angry. It seems that she was still watching his performance and listening to his song on Weibo.

It's really showing off in front of an expert.

Thinking about it, Chen Nuo's mood finally completely detached from the song, out of the play, his heart was comfortable, he picked up his phone, and began to look back and reply to text messages one by one.

There were more than fifty unread messages in the WeChat of his private phone number at this moment.

Just glanced at it before opening Weibo, there were messages from female friends like Liu Yifei, Gao Yuanyuan, Tong Liya, and greetings from friends and peers like Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kexin, Wang Zhihan, and blessings from acquaintances who were not easy to classify like Cai Yinong and Han Sanping.

Liu Yifei said: "Sang very well, call me when you are busy, I have something to tell you."

He replied: "OK, wait for me to finish the New Year's Eve dinner at home."

Wen Yongshan sent: "Darling, your singing is getting better and better, I am very moved, my sister said you have become more handsome."

He replied: "Haha, thank you, say Happy New Year to your uncle and aunt for me."

Gao Yuanyuan wrote: "This is the most beautiful love song I have ever heard in my life. Thank you for keeping it secret from me before, so I had this surprise tonight. I really want to be able to hold hands with you one day and walk on the streets of Chengdu."

He replied: "I believe there will be such a day."

Fan Fan Binbing sent a photo and said: "The telepathy between father and daughter, as soon as you sing, Ruoruo wakes up." 【Picture】

He replied: "Help me kiss her, remember to teach her to call Dad."

Wang Zhihan's style is as always—

"The Year of the Dragon is here, good luck! Raise your dragon head, throw away all your troubles; swing your dragon tail, and blessings will come naturally! May you be blessed by the dragon in the new year, everything will go smoothly, your days will be as red as dragon lanterns, and your mood will be as jubilant as a dragon dance! Wang Zhihan is here to wish you a Happy New Year~"

Group sent, don't reply. But I felt a little emotional in my heart. It seems that this guy has walked out of the previous shadow. It seems that it was right to let him go to Shanghai to engage in a foundation with Xiao Mei.

Tong Liya sent a message: "Our whole family of more than thirty people gathered in front of the TV to watch you sing, sang very well, no one spoke for several minutes. Did that girl fall?"

He replied: "Yes, remember to keep it secret."

Then it was Jiang Wen: "Brother Nuo, you are not as good at acting as singing," replied: "You fart."

Zhang Yimou: "Nuozi, congratulations, sang well and acted well, a very great stage, making me want to shoot a short film for this song." replied: "Thank you Director Mou, do you have time after the New Year, help me direct a TV series in Hong Kong."

Chen Kaige: "&$@「)(." replied: "Thank you Director Kaige."

An unknown number: "newbee." Chen Nuo looked at this number, was stunned for a moment, then reacted, a little dumbfounded, and replied: "happychinesenewyear, take care of yourself, contact me if you have anything."

By the time the WeChat was almost replied, the car slowly drove into Ziyu Villa.

At the entrance of the villa, a girl stood in the cold wind, white mist in her mouth, standing on tiptoe, poking her head to look out. As soon as she saw their car lights, she immediately turned and ran into the house, and while running, she shouted in broken Chinese: "Oppa is back! Brother is back!"

Chen Nuo couldn't help laughing, and said to Qi Yuntian: "Stop here, I'll walk in myself."

Got out of the car, walked into the gate, and walked towards the villa along the path covered with thin snow.

The night was deep, the lights in the courtyard were soft, and the snow under his feet made a slight "squeak" sound, so quiet that he could hear his heartbeat.

Before he reached the door, the villa door was pushed open with a "creak."

Three people walked out.

The one in the front was obviously not very willing, being pulled by the ear by a shorter figure, followed by a slim girl.

The three walked out of the door and looked at him together.

One of them shouted loudly: "Walk faster, look what time it is! The whole family is waiting for you to have the New Year's Eve dinner, the rice has been heated three times!"

Another responded coldly: "Chen Bicheng, I don't want to fight with you on the New Year, you'd better restrain yourself. Be good, walk faster, it's so cold outside."

The last voice was soft: "Oppa, welcome home. You sang so well, Mom cried."

Someone shouted over there: "Where did I cry?"

"You didn't cry? Hehe, secretly, do you think I didn't see it?"

"Chen Bicheng! I will cure your illness today..."

In this noise, Chen Nuo stopped, stood in the snow looking at this scene at the door, and smiled wholeheartedly again.

Happy New Year. He said to himself.

(End of this chapter) **CHAPTER 471**

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