Chapter 436: The Coming-of-Age Gift I'm Giving You

Yu Lijuan's performance ended here.

She looked up at Luo Mo and Guan Fei, and noticing Luo Mo's gaze drifting toward Yu, who was sitting in the corner, she couldn't help but look over there as well.

Immediately after, she was also slightly startled.

She was shocked by the tension in Yu's performance.

Of course, one reason for this was that Yu Lijuan could not see her own performance just now.

Others were frightened by her, but she herself did not know just how terrifying her smile looked!

This was not the kind of place for acting classes, and the walls were not covered in mirrors.

Therefore, Yu Lijuan was instead creeped out by Yu, who had been following her lead...

Secondly, as an acting teacher, she knew one thing very clearly: Yu was still young, and her physical features had actually become a limitation for her in this scene's expression.

When people get older, their eyes become less bright, becoming increasingly murky and dull.

For someone with dark, bright eyes, the effect is greatly diminished when performing such numb, indifferent scenes.

Yu was at a disadvantage due to her age.

The visual impact she gave people mainly came from a sense of contrast.

The ultimate contrast between innocence and Evil!

Yu Lijuan's temperament was relatively dignified and intellectual, but she certainly no longer had that feeling of a pure young girl.

"A good seedling," she sighed in her heart once again.

She had heard many industry insiders praise Yu, and they all spoke highly of her after working together.

She knew Yu was good, but she hadn't expected her to be this good, or for her learning ability to be this strong.

At this moment, Yu, who was still immersed in the performance, finally realized that everyone's eyes were focused on her.

She first revealed a dazed expression, followed immediately by some panic and confusion.

"Wh... why is everyone looking at me?" she said softly.

"You performed quite well just now," Luo Mo praised with a smile, then stood up and walked toward Yu Lijuan.

Listening to her master's praise, Yu began to plant her heels on the ground, lifting her toes, her two legs stretched straight, and she gently swayed her toes like this.

Luo Mo walked in front of Yu Lijuan, extended his right hand to her, and said, "Teacher Yu's performance just now has benefited me greatly; I am very happy to be able to work with Teacher Yu."

This was equivalent to saying the audition was a success.

Upon hearing this, Yu Lijuan stood up to shake hands with Luo Mo and said with a smile, "Then, I will have to ask Director Luo to take care of me from now on."

Guan Fei joked from the side, "I'm a little afraid to look at you two now."

Although he said this, in his heart, he was a bit impatient to start filming *The Beginning* as soon as possible.

He felt that this show might leave behind many legendary scenes.

In reality, besides valuing Luo Mo's ability, Yu Lijuan's willingness to join was also moved by this character and the script.

She was an ambitious teacher; she wanted to leave behind a few textbook-level scenes in her life.

Only Luo Mo was as clear as a mirror in his heart.

"There will definitely be legendary scenes, and there will definitely be textbook-level acting."

"But more than that, there will be memes played to death by netizens!"

………

………

After signing the Contract with Luo Mo, Yu Lijuan left first.

The casting had concluded successfully, and Guan Fei had to go to the filming location with the Prop Department to inspect the biggest Prop in the entire show—the bus.

Luo Mo called Yu to the side.

"Yu, have you been practicing the piano well lately?" he asked.

"Mm, I have," Yu answered honestly.

Don't forget, she was a piano genius girl who had won awards in the International Chopin Piano Competition.

It was precisely because of this that when Luo Mo was Singing *Nocturne*, he chose to have her accompany him live.

When Luo Mo suddenly asked if she had been practicing the piano, Yu was a bit confused at first.

But having already read the *The Beginning* script thoroughly, she immediately thought of a very important piece of content in the show.

That was the ringtone that could always be heard before the bomb exploded!

In the script, it was clearly written that this ringtone was a piece of *Canon*.

Regarding this, Yu felt that her master's design was truly amazing.

Because the core focus of the show *The Beginning* lay in two words—Loop.

The male lead and female lead were constantly blown up on the bus, then resurrected again and again, continuously going through a Loop on the same day.

And *Canon* was not the name of a single piece of music, but a musical composition technique.

It was a type of polyphonic music; the two characters for *Canon* originally meant—rule.

All parts of a *Canon* imitate one part, but the parts enter at different intervals, creating an effect of one following another, continuous and unending.

From a certain perspective, this was also a form of Loop.

Therefore, Yu felt that her master's script was very detailed, with many small places that made her marvel.

Now, her master suddenly asked if she had been practicing diligently, so she made a guess and said, "Master, do you want me to play a piece of *Canon*?"

"Oh, our Yu is truly clever," Luo Mo said with a smile.

Yu smiled and followed behind Luo Mo, asking, "Then which one should I play? I can go back and practice it."

Luo Mo Studio had not arranged too much work for her recently, so her time was still quite ample.

"Come, go to the office with me, and I'll give you the sheet music," Luo Mo said.

"Mm, okay." Hearing that her master was already prepared, Ding Xiaoyu did not ask any further questions.

In many symphonic works, the technique of 【Canon】 is used.

For instance, in Beethoven's famous "Symphony No. 5" on Earth, a portion of this technique is also employed.

On Blue Star, it is the same. Therefore, Ding Xiaoyu knows plenty of 【Canon】 pieces.

But when she took the sheet music and glanced at it roughly, a look of confusion immediately appeared in her eyes, and she then began to stare at it intently.

The young girl became more surprised the more she looked.

She had never seen the content in this sheet music before.

But after she performed it simply in her mind, through mental visualization, she was greatly shocked.

As a piano prodigy, her ability to appreciate music is top-tier across the entire country.

She knows very well just how high the level of the sheet music before her is.

It looks simple, but in reality, it is not simple at all!

At first glance, it is all constantly circling and repeating, but because of its unique melody, it not only doesn't make people feel it is monotonous, but instead feels incomparably pleasant to the ear.

For many ordinary people, they might even... not know it is repeating at all!

They wouldn't be able to hear it at all!

"Master, I haven't practiced this piece, it..." Ding Xiaoyu stopped mid-sentence.

"Of course you haven't practiced it; it would be strange if you had." Luo Mo said with a smile: "Just consider it my 18th birthday gift to you."

"Go back and practice it well. What I gave you is the piano solo version."

"I have already sent the normal version to the 【Huihuang Orchestra】, and they are also willing to collaborate with you." Luo Mo smiled gently.

The more Ding Xiaoyu heard, the more alarmed she became.

This sheet music was written by her master?

She was not surprised that the 【Huihuang Orchestra】 was willing to collaborate.

Even if they are a hall-of-fame level orchestra in Huaxia, they absolutely could not refuse this piece!

How could one refuse such a work?

The point is that her master left such an opportunity entirely to her.

"Master, we can play it together, just like when we played 'Nocturne' during 'King of Love Songs'." Ding Xiaoyu made a request.

"Mm..." Luo Mo pondered for a moment and said: "That works too, but if you do it this way, I'll be under a lot of pressure."

"My piano level cannot compare to yours," he said with a laugh.

He could roughly guess why Ding Xiaoyu would make such a Requirement.

The fact that she would suggest this proves she can see how terrifying this piece is.

The sheet music Luo Mo gave to Ding Xiaoyu was the famous "D Da Diao Ka Nong".

On Earth, most of what people refer to as "Canon" in daily life is this one.

It is the most famous Canon piece, to the extent that many people use the two characters "Canon" to refer to it directly.

The ringtone in "Reset" is also this piece.

"D Da Diao Ka Nong" was composed around 1680 and has been passed down to this day, enjoying global fame, and is known as 【one of the most charming pieces of pure music in human history】.

This piece was even sent into space by an unmanned spacecraft as one of the achievements representing human civilization.

Simply put, this is another one of those pieces where, if you think you haven't heard it, you will mostly find that you actually have once you open it up to listen.

Compared to giving Ding Xiaoyu another chance to be a female lead, it actually cannot compare to letting her play the piano version of "D Da Diao Ka Nong".

"Reset" did indeed make "Canon" more popular.

But one must know, it has gone through several centuries, gone through hundreds of years of time, and remains enduring.

"Reset" was merely a flash in the pan in the long life of "Canon".

Therefore, if one had to give a level to the coming-of-age gift Luo Mo gave Ding Xiaoyu this time...

——It is 【World-class】!

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