Chapter 541: 《Dislocated Time and Space》 May Fourth Special Edition

On the night of Youth Day, the well-known beautiful-legs blogger and part-time music critic 【Music God】 sat in front of her tablet, watching the Live Broadcast of the gala.

She had just been doing leg-slimming exercises and had come to watch the gala's Live Broadcast halfway through.

She did not have much interest in the Youth Day Gala.

This gala had always been somewhat awkward.

The audience was either fans from the fan circles or middle-aged and elderly friends who liked watching television.

Even for a music critic like her, most felt that the songs in this gala were not worth writing about.

She guessed it would just be covers of old songs again.

"These days, not many people write new songs on special themes!" said Music God.

At this moment, she was also simply waiting for Tong Shu's solo stage.

As for Luo Mo and Tong Shu, she still trusted them very much.

In reality, the viewership ratings were indeed soaring, and the online Live Broadcast data also began to skyrocket during this time slot.

Tong Shu went on stage, and Music God habitually left a comment in the Live Broadcast bullet screen: "Tong Shu, Mom loves you!"

This had already become a mandatory procedure for Tong Shu's "mom fans"; now there was no need for any buildup, they just expressed their love right away.

After Tong Shu stood in the center of the stage, the song title began to appear.

——《Dislocated Time and Space》.

Strictly speaking, if it were on Earth, it should be called 《Dislocated Time and Space》【May Fourth Special Edition】.

This was originally an internet song about Romance, which had been completely rewritten from beginning to end by a Lyricist named Xu Nuo.

For this May Fourth Special Edition of the song, Zhou Shen, Teacher Yang Hongji, and the Tsinghua Choir had once collaborated.

After the rewritten version appeared, the song's compatibility with many films and television dramas began to skyrocket.

On platforms like Bilibili, a large number of edited videos also appeared.

Among them, there were even some videos posted by official media.

The popularity of these videos was frighteningly high.

For viewers with a low threshold for tears and a strong resonance with history, it is recommended to bring tissues while watching.

As for Blue Star, since the original version of 《Dislocated Time and Space》 did not exist, there was no need to specifically label it 【May Fourth Special Edition】.

Music God looked at the song title and felt it was quite interesting.

The prelude of the song began to play; it was a relatively lyrical style.

As soon as Tong Shu started Singing, Music God was startled.

Logically speaking, the infectious power of a voice is the most intuitive.

But Music God was instantly captivated by the lyrics.

"【That year, you were the same age as me,

Young like a song of green, unripe years.

But in order to create that new world in our dreams,

You turned and hurried into the wind and rain.】"

She instantly understood the meaning of the song title and understood what this song was really writing about and what it was Singing about!

Why is there a holiday called Youth Day?

Because on this day many years ago, there was a group of young people worthy of respect!

When she was in school, Music God didn't feel much during history class, thinking it was just a point for exams.

But when she grew older, saw more works, and her knowledge became richer, she finally understood what this group of people had contributed and what they had sacrificed.

Textbooks wrote that they were great.

Teachers also said they were great.

We also know they were great.

But perhaps we still underestimated their greatness.

Just at this moment, the stage screen lit up.

On the big screen were many images accompanying the song.

Seeing these images, Music God instinctively placed the tissue box from the table onto her lap.

Because she saw a certain well-known cartoon character—the Rabbit.

The Rabbit from Luo Mo's 《That Year Those Rabbits》!

Just listening to Tong Shu continue to sing:

"【I see millions of lovely yous,

Not looking back as you rush into the depths of the smoke of gunpowder,

How many youthful Back Shadows disappear into the night,

In exchange for the dawn——】"

With the lyrics paired with the visuals, Music God was already moved beyond words.

She felt that Tong Shu's singing voice did not take an overly sentimental route in its emotional expression, but rather was like a seeker of history, telling the story bit by bit.

"So this is what Dislocated Time and Space means: the ancient and the modern, the past and the present." Music God finally understood.

She saw on the big screen that the Rabbits were holding a protest parade.

In that era when the literacy rate of the people was frighteningly low, there were a large number of university students among them.

They were clearly all the pride of heaven.

Seeing the images on the big screen, there was no sound, only subtitles, but that was already enough.

A young Rabbit said to a group of even younger Rabbits:

"After I die, do not miss me, and do not expect me to return; you are me.

Stand up straight, do not be afraid of them!"

The screen dimmed, and she saw a young Rabbit again, saying to the other Rabbits:

"I believe victory will surely belong to us. Because we are already On the Road."

The screen dimmed, and the chorus of the song arrived.

The Music God listened to the lyrics, and goosebumps rose all over her body.

It was written too well!

She only heard Tong Shu Singing:

"【I gaze up at the starry sky you once saw,

Meeting again after crossing a hundred years of time and space,

That smile before you turned around,

I understand it all.】"

This section of the lyrics actually has a very high degree of compatibility with the acclaimed hit drama Awakening Age; in fact, the entire song has a very high degree of compatibility with this drama.

Many listeners on Earth, when hearing 【That smile before you turned around】, would think of two people—Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian.

The two children of the ***.

It makes people think of the image of them wearing shackles.

The large screen lit up again at this moment; this time, it was not an image of the past, but an image of today.

One saw a large Rabbit and a small Rabbit standing in the martyrs' cemetery, and the small Rabbit asked: "Daddy, why do they only have cenotaphs?"

The large Rabbit fell silent.

Because in that era, they not only sacrificed themselves, but... were not allowed to be buried.

In HF City, there is a Yanqiao Road, which is named after Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian; the end of this road is Prosperous Avenue.

Next to Yanqiao Road is Jixian Road, and the tomb of the *** is under Jixian Pass.

Yanqiao Road is very short, and Jixian Road is very long.

Although the two roads do not intersect, they both lead to Prosperous Avenue.

The image on the large screen began to move upward from the two Rabbits, focusing on the bright red flag.

Tong Shu's singing continued to echo, singing the second part of the chorus.

"【I gaze up at the starry sky you once saw,

The land beneath my feet has changed its time and space.

That flash of red you left swaying in the wind,

Is in my heart, in my heart.】"

"Million-level lyrics, million-level lyrics!" the Music God was stunned.

She could not understand why a song could be both so tear-jerking and so pleasant to listen to.

But in reality, this had only just begun.

During the interlude, Tong Shu let out a soft chant.

It was like a tunnel of time and space, returning from the past to the present.

The images on the large screen also began to change.

This time, there was no need to use the image of Rabbits to show people, no need to rely on drawings.

It was only necessary to edit some modern footage together.

Everyone could see young people one after another, raising their hands to take an oath, and the singing also echoed at this moment:

"【Raising my hand, I speak the same oath,

How clear your smile is between the black and white,

You said you never regretted giving your whole life,

As a Dedication to this vast land.】"

Listening to these contents, everyone could not help but think of the cenotaphs in the martyrs' cemetery again.

They died without a complete body.

But they said: I am willing.

A line of subtitles appeared on the large screen:

"【The children under the Prosperous Age of New Huaxia are satisfied because they have received their favorite toys,

The children of Old Huaxia could therefore laugh heartily for being able to die for the country and be buried in the green hills.】"

A sentence inexplicably popped up in the Music God's heart:

"In the history book, the page you casually flipped through, the test points you marked with a pen, might have been their entire lives."

The images on the large screen changed at this moment, and modern content began to flash continuously.

Airplanes flew into the sky, and submarines dived into the deep sea.

We have our own warships.

We can even enter space.

We also have high-rise buildings.

Our nights are also Ten Thousand Lights, bright and brilliant.

The singing began to echo, perfectly matching the images:

"【How I long to reach out and tightly Embrace you,

To tell you that everything has settled down,

The new China you dreamed of a hundred years ago,

how beautiful it is!"】

With this buildup, the line in the chorus, "【I look up at the starry sky you once watched】," instantly became even more devastating.

It was the first time the Music God had heard a song with this theme, and hearing it was so moving.

The barrage of comments swept across the screen.

"I'm crying! I actually cried listening to a song!"

"Luo Mo's lyrics are just too tear-jerking!"

"It's killing me, I instinctively want to cry the moment the Rabbit appears!"

During the final chorus, several youths wearing red scarves walked onto the stage.

Their childish voices spread throughout the venue, making the song feel even more touching.

After they finished singing, all the youths turned in unison to face the big screen and began to salute.

On the screen, two Rabbits appeared once again.

They emerged as phantom images, semi-transparent.

Of the two Rabbits, one was younger, and one was older.

They floated above the martyrs' cemetery, where the graves were covered in fresh flowers.

Looking down from the Perspective of these two Rabbits, it was as if they could see these flowers, see the youths saluting on stage, and see you, me, and everyone in front of the screens.

This time, the big screen no longer just displayed subtitles; amidst the final accompaniment of the song, there was sound.

The younger Rabbit, looking at the flowers, the youths, and everything else, said to the slightly older Rabbit beside him:

"Sir, they love me."

The older Rabbit raised his hand, gently patted his shoulder, and said:

"Because you love them."

(PS: Second update, asking for double monthly tickets.)

(End of chapter)