Chapter 400: 《Above the Moon》 and 《The Guanghan Palace March》

Did he bring out a work that the Huihuang Orchestra could not refuse?

Xu Chujing was slightly stunned as she listened to Luo Mo's words.

If these words were to spread outside, it would be a huge deal.

One must know that the Huihuang Orchestra, whose full name should be the Huaxia Huihuang Orchestra, is a national-level symphony orchestra.

Its predecessor was the Huaxia Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, which was later renamed the Philharmonic Orchestra.

As early as ten years ago, this group had already won the honor of being one of the "World's Top Ten Most Influential Orchestras."

Moreover, unlike the Best Actor title from some shoddy foreign film festival that Song Ge has, this honor held by the Huihuang Orchestra carries extremely high authority.

It can be said that in the field of symphonic music, this orchestra already stands at the very peak.

Precisely because of this, they began to have different pursuits, wanting to create symphonic music that ordinary people can understand.

Xu Chujing guessed that the reason Luo Mo was able to move them once again and make them step onto the variety show stage once more was that he brought out a work that aligned with their pursuits!

"Then I am quite looking forward to it," she said softly, glancing at Luo Mo.

For her, the Huihuang Orchestra is also a group she very much wants to collaborate with.

Many Singers, when holding concerts or participating in variety shows, also need to bring along a band, or even an orchestra.

If one could collaborate with an orchestra of the Huihuang Orchestra's caliber, it could be said that the level of prestige would be maxed out.

However, from another perspective, the fact that Luo Mo could once again facilitate a collaboration between the Fengge Group and the Huihuang Orchestra is also related to the background of the Fengge Group.

After all, Xue Ning and Tian Ming are members of the so-called "National Team" that netizens have dubbed; they are a group that emerged from CCTV.

From a certain angle, their origins are also somewhat connected to the Huihuang Orchestra.

At this very moment, in the Live Broadcast of "King of Love Songs," the dog director Ke Ming began switching camera angles, giving close-ups of the faces of the Singers in the backstage lounge one by one.

It was obvious that the expressions on these people's faces were somewhat unpleasant.

One female Singer even joked: "This human-sea tactic again?"

"Having many people is one thing, but the ones brought in aren't just the masses, they're grandmasters!"

To be precise, many industry insiders watching the program also truly could not understand why the Huihuang Orchestra would come to such a variety show twice.

Every industry has a chain of contempt.

In the field of music, the Huihuang Orchestra certainly stands at the high end of the chain of contempt.

Lv Yi and the others on the professional judging panel all began to assume a posture of listening intently.

Among this group of lyricists, composers, and music critics, quite a few are fond of listening to concerts.

For them, a live performance by the Huihuang Orchestra is a kind of enjoyment.

At this time, if one were to open the bullet comments in the Live Broadcast, many young people studying music would already be "kowtowing."

To them, the Huihuang Orchestra is like an existence akin to a god!

Even though their performance had not yet begun, some people had already started spamming four words—"High energy ahead!"

After the stage was ready, the Live Broadcast camera cut back from backstage to the stage.

Two spotlights shone down, and Tian Ming and Xue Ning walked to the center of the stage amidst the applause and screams of the live audience.

The two of them quickly smiled and made a "shh" gesture to the audience.

However, just like with "Free Flying," the orchestra members on site did not join in at the very beginning.

The song title appeared on the big screen.

——"Above the Moon."

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"Above the Moon," a representative work of Phoenix Legend.

Back in the day, this song was absolutely among the top-ranked songs on mobile ringtone download charts.

In that era, many people had the same confusion: "I clearly never actively listened to this song, but I can actually sing it."

It can be said that for the early rise of Phoenix Legend, this "Above the Moon" contributed a great deal.

One must know that before this song was released back then, it could almost be described as having zero promotion.

But what was the final result?

It became popular all over the country!

Of course, subsequently, voices of doubt followed one after another.

Luo Mo did not directly use the original version, but instead re-arranged it.

At this moment, the first thing to appear on stage was a segment of female vocals in Mongolian.

On the big screen on stage, subtitles appeared, translating the general meaning of this Mongolian passage.

"【On the night of the fifteenth's moon,

Intoxicated by the melodious tune of the Horse-head Fiddle,

Missing my dear him in my heart,

So I thought of this song of the moon.】"

The prelude of the song rang out at this moment, and as soon as Xue Ning began to sing, everyone felt the uniqueness of this song.

It... was very punchy!

Most pop songs follow a progressive route.

They aren't that intense at the beginning, otherwise why would so many people directly call the middle part of a song the climax?

But "Above the Moon" is different; the moment the first line comes out, it gives one a sense of grandeur and the vastness of the grasslands under the moonlight.

"【I am looking up above the moon,

How many dreams are flying freely.】"

Yesterday's forgetfulness has air-dried the sorrow,

I want to reunite with you on that vast road.

Life has already been guided by the ebb and flow of the tide,

The Distance with you is paradise."】

As soon as Xue Ning opened her mouth, she pushed the entire song to a peak.

Many audience members had the same question pop into their minds: "She is small in stature and doesn't look tall, so how does she contain such powerful energy?"

Her voice, her vocal timbre, and her Singing style can be said to be extremely distinctive!

To be precise, everyone in Luo Mo Studio has their own very obvious personal characteristics.

Why is it that when others cover some people's songs, it always makes people feel like it lacks that certain flavor?

This is one of the reasons!

On the professional judge's panel, Lv Yi and the others listened to this song and all felt that the composition of this song did not conform to conventional creative logic.

But if you ask if this mode of starting off with high-pitched Singing is enjoyable to listen to?

The answer is—it is indeed very enjoyable!

This is what led to everyone cursing Phoenix Legend's songs as being too "earthy and high" a few years ago.

Then, many years later, you can find the same comment in the comment section of any of Phoenix Legend's representative works: "Stop lying to yourself, this is your true favorite!"

The replies under this kind of comment are mostly: "Are you a devil?"

Damn it, he saw through my heart!

Friends, as long as you are listening to these kinds of songs at night, where would all that "NetEase Cloud" depression come from?

At this very moment, many listeners on Blue Star feel that Luo Mo is stirring up trouble.

"Deep Sea," a recognized song of salvation.

Everyone jokingly calls it "Haidilao," simply because the feeling it gives people is that even if you sink to the bottom of the sea, I will still fish you back to the shore!

However, is Luo Mo's ambition just to get you to shore?

He not only wants you to get rid of depression, he also wants you to dance along!

Hey! Just mindless excitement is all that's needed!

After Xue Ning finished the opening part, Tian Ming immediately picked up the microphone and began his own rap part.

You must know that before Ceng Yi of Phoenix Legend earned the title of "Baron Phoenix," his nicknames were "Youyou Ge" and "Ouye Ge."

For example, the song "Free Flying" has a series of "yo yo yo," and "Above the Moon" is full of—"oh yeah!"

"【I wait, I imagine,

My soul has long since broken free,

The sound of hooves rises, the sound of hooves falls,

Oh yeah, Oh yeah!】"

Many audience members heard this and instantly found it hilarious.

"Here it comes again! This bass-cannon devil is here again!"

"Why, when it's clearly a charming bass-cannon voice, why does he have to sing 'oh yeah' in my ear!"

"I'm crazy, I'm going crazy!"

"Hahahaha grass grass grass!"

Speaking of which, after "Free Flying" ended last time, one entry climbed to ninth on the Weibo Hot Search.

This Hot Search was not bought by Luo Mo Studio; it was spontaneously created by netizens.

It was called—"Pity Tian Ming."

Many netizens felt they had already figured it out.

For the song "Free Flying," Xue Ning is responsible for showing off her singing skills and voice, while Tian Ming is responsible for—social death.

Simply put, it feels like he is the... Atmosphere Group on stage?

His lyrics are truly just there to drive the atmosphere.

The main thing is that Tian Ming has really gotten used to it after doing it once or twice.

When singing "Free Flying," his expression was serious.

At this moment, he has a smile on his face, looking intoxicated, and has a feeling of being like a fish in water on stage.

The human bass cannon is still continuing its Output:

"【The seen, the unseen,

The momentary, the eternal,

The green grass grows, the heavy snow drifts,

Oh yeah, oh yeah!

You are in my heart.】"

In the bullet comments, the audience became even more restless.

"Save me! Someone save me!"

"It's over, I feel like I've fallen into this man's trap!"

"Let me go, let me go! Ouye~ Ouye~"

Honestly, if you actually remove the "Ouye" and end with "You are in my heart," the whole rap segment is actually quite like a little poem.

Xue Ning began to sing loudly again, and up until now, the strongest harmony part between the two has not yet appeared.

The pattern has always been Xue Ning singing a segment, and Tian Ming speaking a segment.

And the Huihuang Orchestra on stage has not yet officially started.

It continued until... the interlude section of the song's B-segment.

Many sharp-eyed viewers had already noticed that at a certain moment in the B-segment, the conductor of the Huihuang Orchestra had their back to the audience and had already raised their hands.

Not to mention, the Back Shadow of the orchestra conductor looked incredibly handsome, with a certain style to it.

At this moment, Lv Yi and the others understood instantly.

"This song doesn't need to follow a conventional mode at all. It's fine to be grand and imposing from the very first note, because isn't there a symphony orchestra here? We can push the whole feeling up another level!"

It's just that I don't know if the effect this time can surpass the previous "Free Flying"?

The answer was revealed very quickly.

Regarding the moon, the people of Huaxia have many sentiments.

For other countries, the significance of landing on the moon is more purely scientific.

But for the people of Huaxia, a moon landing is not just an aerospace endeavor, it is also a kind of—romance!

As soon as the Huihuang Orchestra made their move, they gave people an incredibly impassioned feeling.

If "Free Flying" was high-energy, then this is at least nuclear-energy!

At this very moment, it was still primarily string instruments, and everyone already felt it was explosive.

"I feel like we've already successfully landed on the moon!"

"I have exited the capsule, feeling good!"

"Requesting takeoff!!!"

"Why does it feel like a war song?"

Beijing, inside the Siheyuan of Elder Tong Qinglin.

Everyone's gaze could not help but converge on Luo Mo.

It was too magnificent; the beginning of this symphony was truly too magnificent!

On Earth, in that performance where the Philharmonic Orchestra and Phoenix Legend collaborated, the most talked-about piece was "Above the Moon"!

Xu Chujing now understood why Luo Mo said he had brought out a work they could not refuse.

Some symphonies might be very far from the common people.

Some symphonies are very close to the common people.

The symphonic version of "Above the Moon" contains an intensity, passion, and momentum that one can perceive very intuitively.

It can be said that this segment of content is what transforms this song from one kind of "divine song" to another!

The camera in the Live Broadcast swept over the audience, and many people had their mouths wide open.

Over at the professional judging panel, many people also felt their senses go numb.

As for the Singers still preparing backstage, they only felt—I'm done for!

They felt that this war song had already wiped them out.

The heart to fight a battle had been completely extinguished.

"How can we fight this? How can we still fight this?"

Instead, Xu Chujing couldn't help but say: "You are truly bold to leave such a long duration for the interlude section."

"As long as the effect is good, no one will complain about it being long," Luo Mo smiled slightly.

At the same time, he quietly dropped a spoiler: "This is just the beginning; the most powerful part hasn't arrived yet."

"Oh?" Xu Chujing began to turn into a curious Cat.

In fact, she could hear from the overall structure that the music was progressing.

It was indeed not yet at the highest climax.

Looking at the orchestra members on stage, there were still some people just holding their Yueqi who hadn't joined in yet!

Only half of the brass instruments had joined in at this point.

The strings indeed gave a sense of magnificence, and could even create a sense of epic scale.

However, some shocks still require the cooperation of brass instruments.

The overall tone slid downward at this moment, and the sound of the symphony gradually became lighter.

Many people felt that this interlude section was perhaps coming to an end.

"Satisfied." This was the thought of most of the audience.

However, Luo Mo didn't just want everyone to be satisfied; he wanted them to be overflowing!

In the next instant, the orchestra conductor waved their arms violently.

All the brass instruments joined in, and the strings also began to change their mode, no longer focusing on being melodic, but instead focusing on the sense of rhythm!

In the dark parts of the stage, light appeared.

Many people only then discovered that there were actually electric guitars and bass guitars hidden in the back!

"Deadly! You can play like this too?"

"My mom asked me why I'm kneeling while listening!"

"Holy crap!"

Yes, at this moment in the bullet comments, the most frequently appearing phrase was "Holy crap."

The war song feeling was truly too intense.

That explosive feeling made many listeners feel their blood boiling!

"This is not 'Above the Moon' at all!"

"This is the 'Guanghan Palace March'!"

"This is the 'Lunar Counterattack War'!"

"Everyone on the moon, we have nowhere left to retreat; behind us is the Blue Star!"

"Give it to me—all troops, attack!!!"

(PS: There is only one combined chapter today as well. Later, I will post a portion of the symphonic version of "Above the Moon" in the Easter egg chapter; those interested can also go directly to sites like Bilibili to search for it.)

(End of this chapter)