Chapter 627: A Song for Middle-Aged Men?

A song, "Acacia," thus appeared on the stage of the New Year's Eve Gala.

Through stage special effects, the audience only felt that these calligraphy characters were emerging from the mist.

Then, as if a wind had blown past, it blew everything away.

At this point, Xu Chujing's entire singing performance of "Red Bean" came to an end!

The screen switched to the host, no longer focused on Xu Chujing.

She began to lift her skirt and gracefully stepped off the stage.

Yet the influence brought about by the entire singing performance had only just begun.

In Beijing, Professor Wu, one of the setters for this year's Beijing college entrance examination Chinese paper, was watching the New Year's Eve Gala.

Yes, it was he who, at the time, proposed using "A Young China" as this year's college entrance examination essay topic.

Professor Wu was a man with only two hobbies.

One was reading books.

One was... watching television.

But Professor Wu had strong opinions about the holiday galas of recent years.

He felt that people of his age were increasingly unable to understand them.

In these years of holiday galas, young people found them tacky, always taking outdated internet slang or outdated memes and desperately trying to cram them in.

As for many elderly people, they watched in a daze.

For this year's New Year's Eve Gala, Professor Wu felt it was not bad; at least it was quite pleasant to watch, and watching it all the way through, the atmosphere was quite good and lively.

As soon as Xu Chujing took the stage, he noticed his little granddaughter on the side was particularly excited.

A sixth-grade elementary school child pointed at her and said, "Luo Mo's girlfriend!"

This description actually made Professor Wu laugh.

It was nothing for a child to recognize a celebrity. But not calling her by her name, instead calling her Luo Mo's girlfriend, was a bit interesting.

"Qianqian, do you like Luo Mo very much?" Professor Wu asked his little granddaughter.

Qianqian raised her head and said, "Yes!"

"Why do you like him?" Professor Wu asked again.

"Because we all really like the 'Lone Warrior' he sang! In this year's chorus competition, our class even sang this song and won first place!" Qianqian immediately became enthusiastic.

"Is that so." Professor Wu was somewhat puzzled.

"Lone Warrior"—just the name alone didn't sound like a children's song.

He did not know how popular this song was in the children's circle; it could be said to be popular throughout the country's primary and secondary schools, and even kindergartens.

At this moment, Xu Chujing's singing voice came from the television.

Professor Wu felt that this song sounded quite tasteful.

It was a song that was very worth listening to repeatedly.

He found the whole stage performance very comfortable, but it was merely comfortable; it did not have the stunning and shocking quality of watching "A Young China" before.

However, when the final stage special effects emerged, everything became different.

As mentioned earlier, the entire stage for "Red Bean" was very plain.

There were no backup dancers, no excessive scene arrangements; it completely failed to match the status of a top-tier diva.

But precisely because of this, the stage special effects that suddenly appeared at the end seemed exceptionally eye-catching.

Qianqian, sitting on the sofa accompanying her grandfather to watch TV, couldn't help but read it out.

"'Acacia.'"

"'Red beans grow in the southern land, how many branches sprout in spring?'"

"'I wish for you to pick... pick... pick...'"

Professor Wu kept his eyes fixed on the television, in a state of complete, wide-eyed astonishment, but he still couldn't help but remind her: "This character is read—jie."

After receiving the hint, Qianqian first said "oh," and then continued to read: "I wish for you to pick many, this is the most acacia."

In the sixth grade of elementary school, it is actually quite normal not to recognize this character. In fact, many adults on Earth can read this character when reading the complete poem. But if you were to single out this 'jie' character, some people are afraid they wouldn't recognize it either.

—It's no different from an elementary school student!

After finishing the poem, Qianqian turned her head to look at her grandfather, only to see that he was still lost in thought.

"Grandpa!"

"Grandpa!"

After she called twice, Professor Wu finally came back to his senses: "Eh, what's the matter?"

"Grandpa, is this poem amazing?" Qianqian asked.

"Amazing?" Professor Wu felt this was a good question; a child's world is always so intuitive.

He gave a very affirmative answer, saying: "Amazing, and it is extremely amazing!"

"Ah?" Qianqian was somewhat surprised.

Because she felt the meaning of this poem was still quite easy to understand; with her sixth-grade elementary school level, she could fully understand what it meant, and she just didn't recognize one of the characters.

A child's mind is simple; she always felt that things that were obscure and difficult to understand were what could be called amazing.

If even I, an elementary school student, can understand it, then does it really count as amazing?

But, my grandfather is a university professor! He is someone whom teachers respect very much!

If he says it's amazing, then it must be super amazing!

In fact, in the live broadcast's bullet comments right now, as well as on many social media platforms on the internet, people were also arguing about this "Acacia."

Among netizens, there are always some who like to be condescending and lecture others.

Even though they don't understand anything, just because this poem looks quite simple, they start to belittle it.

"Luo Mo has regressed!"

"This poem looks like it's not as good as his previous works."

"Tsk, I feel like I could write that too."

"Very mediocre. Is he not putting any effort into his girlfriend's stage?"

There is nothing strange about this; there are too many people like this on the internet.

Many who claim they could write it themselves probably don't even understand what a 【Quatrain】 is, let alone the Requirement for the metrical patterns in this kind of five-character quatrain.

It's not just about having five characters per line and then having four lines, and calling it a day.

How could it be that simple!

Works like Wang Zhihuan's "Ascending Stork Tower", Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thought", and this "Acacia" by Wang Wei are all representative works of five-character quatrains that have been passed down through the ages.

The experts look at the technique, the laymen look at the spectacle; because of the appearance of this poem, the internet has started arguing endlessly.

Many people who understand quatrains have started to educate these brazen people, and quite a few have started talking about the brilliance of this poem.

"This is a rare and precious poem on objects."

"The opening line uses the object to evoke emotion, followed by a rhetorical question to convey a message, the third line implies deep Righteousness and affection, and the last line is a double entendre."

"This is absolutely at the level of a master's pen, damn it, I want to curse!"

"Does anyone really think this poem is simple to write........"

"This isn't just written casually, this is a 【Quatrain】!"

Of course, as for the arguments between netizens, those who are trashing this poem naturally won't take it to heart.

Those who don't agree with their opinions are uniformly treated as 【Luo Mo fans】.

Go ahead and blow, keep on blowing!

Heh, that whole fan circle routine, would Laozi believe it!?

As long as I am illiterate enough and don't understand what you are talking about, you can't convince me!

But in reality, the poetry circles of Blue Star have already been shaken.

To be precise, the entire literary world has been shocked.

Many people in the literary world couldn't help but enter the fray one after another, starting to praise this "Acacia".

Once these people with status and standing in the literary world spoke up, many people were immediately bewildered.

"Is it really that good?"

"This poem looks even simpler than the ones Luo Mo wrote before."

People like Professor Wu, after watching this stage, immediately went to the balcony to call several of his friends to share it.

University professors like them know very well how terrifying such seemingly simple, yet actually profound, verses are.

What kind of poems are suitable for inclusion in primary and secondary school textbooks for children to study?

Of course, it's this kind of poem!

Easy to memorize, easy to understand, and full of substance!

Like on Earth, this type of five-character quatrain should be the poetry enlightenment for many people, right?

It is too suitable for being passed down!

On the phone, Professor Wu's friend couldn't help but sigh:

"If I could write a poem like this in my life, I would have no regrets!"

Yes, in their view, this "Acacia" by Luo Mo can be said to have raised the entire grade of this year's New Year's Eve Gala!

……….

……….

With the addition of two new songs and one quatrain, this year's New Year's Eve Gala has completely exploded.

The online buzz index is skyrocketing in a straight line!

Ning Dan was stunned watching the data backstage.

How come the songs are all finished, yet the various data points are still rising?

"Could it be because of the poem at the end?"

"Yes! It definitely is!"

This "Acacia", from a certain perspective, is a bit like an Easter egg arranged by Luo Mo.

Everyone came for the new songs, not expecting such a harvest and Surprise at the end.

Now, all that's left is Luo Mo's new song.

And Luo Mo is currently sitting in the lounge, chatting with He Yuanguang.

"I have already finished watching Xu Chujing's entire stage, stop keeping me in suspense." He Yuanguang said to Luo Mo.

Luo Mo smiled and typed, saying: "The new project this time is to make an Animation related to poetry."

"Related to poetry?" He Yuanguang was slightly taken aback.

His first reaction was that kind of Animation for children, used for poetry enlightenment.

There are many people in the Blue Star animation industry who make this stuff.

Because this thing still has a market, many parents will let their children watch it.

In the early years, many bookstores would also sell such discs, and believe it or not, the sales were quite high.

However, Luo Mo shouldn't just limit his vision to this.

Therefore, He Yuanguang asked: "Suitable for all ages?"

"That is natural." Luo Mo smiled and typed a reply.

"So, you also plan to put this 'Acacia' in it?" He Yuanguang asked.

Luo Mo replied: "Yes, and it's not just limited to poetry; this Animation has another key point, which lies in the word 'Singing'."

"Singing?" He Yuanguang was stunned again.

"Ancient poetry can be sung, after all," Luo Mo answered as if it were a matter of course.

He Yuanguang: "........"

Only a musical genius like you would dare to say such things!

In fact, just like the aforementioned "Acacia", it was one of the poems that the disciples of the Pear Garden loved to sing most in ancient times.

This "Acacia" also has another name, which is "Gift to Li Guinian on the River".

Li Guinian was a famous musician of the Tang Dynasty.

There are many other famous ancient poems related to him, such as Du Fu's "Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan": It is precisely the good scenery of Jiangnan, and I meet you again in the season of falling flowers.

Listening to Luo Mo's words, He Yuanguang's interest in this new project grew stronger. In his view, this kind of Animation is uniquely significant.

"Have you thought of a name?" He Yuanguang asked.

"I have," Luo Mo replied.

"Let's call it 'China Singing Poetry Class'."

He Yuanguang: "........"

Luo Mo is still the same Luo Mo.

These days, not many people dare to be like him, always giving their works such grand names.

This requires extreme confidence in one's work.

Otherwise, choosing names like this is simply asking to be scolded.

And "China Singing Poetry Class" is actually a public welfare Animation.

Although the ratings on Bilibili are always inflated, reaching 9.9 points is still terrifying.

The rating of this work on Douban is also as high as 9.2!

Many people might have heard this sentence on Douyin: Have you heard Wang Wei's "Acacia"?

This sentence comes from this Animation.

Looking at the overall art style, it is drawn very beautifully; almost every frame is at a level that could be used as a screensaver.

Many public welfare works are made quite perfunctorily and are rather shoddy.

This one is different; at least it is drawn very well.

However, due to the slightly different historical background, Luo Mo needs to make certain modifications to it.

At the same time, one "Acacia" is definitely not enough.

It needs to be one song per episode.

This also means he has to bring out more good works from Earth!

"Blue Star poetry circles, are you prepared to be shocked by an Animation?" Luo Mo thought to himself.

By then, I am Afraid it won't just be children sitting in front of computers learning poetry.

Many masters of the poetry circles will also have to sit in rows in front of their computers, waiting anxiously for updates, right?

A knock on the door sounded at this moment, and Xu Chujing, who had already changed into casual clothes, came to Luo Mo's lounge.

In order to stabilize viewership ratings and online data, Ning Dao spaced out the stages of Xu Chujing and Luo Mo.

Both were arranged during prime time, but one at the beginning and one at the end.

There will be a magic show in a moment, then a dance program, and immediately after, it will be Tong Shu's turn to go on stage to sing.

Luo Mo can still rest for a while; it is not his turn yet.

Looking at the electric guitar in the lounge, Xu Chujing said: "Have you ever played the electric guitar on stage before?"

"I have, but very rarely," Luo Mo smiled.

As he has become more and more popular, he now brings out fewer Yueqi as his trump cards on stage.

Unlike before, when he would play the suona or the violin.

But when it comes to Yueqi, if you don't play them for too long, your hands will definitely get itchy.

Luo Mo practices from time to time at home, practicing all kinds of Yueqi.

However, the feeling of playing at home and playing on stage is definitely different.

This time, not only did he bring an electric guitar, but he is going to do something big on stage!

Just like that, Xu Chujing looked at the electric guitar, then looked at him, and said: "Ning Dao is really good to you; if it were another director, they might not necessarily make an exception for you."

"After all, this is the New Year's Eve Gala, not your personal concert," Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo knew what she was referring to.

Because his upcoming stage performance is over seven minutes long!

Under normal circumstances, a singing stage would definitely not be given such a long time, especially a solo stage like this.

But he is Luo Mo!

His stage viewership ratings are always off the charts.

The longer his stage, the more people might watch it!

The New Year's Eve Gala is still different from the Spring Festival Gala; if it were the Spring Festival Gala, I am Afraid it might not necessarily work.

And the most critical thing is that the excessive duration is not the main point.

The point is that this song of his has an intro that lasts for two minutes!

A full two minutes of not singing, only Yueqi!

The reason is simple: Luo Mo did not choose the original version of this song for his performance; he picked a live concert version.

This version is hailed by many as the strongest concert version of this song.

At the same time, this song is actually quite special.

In the eyes of many, this is a song written for middle-aged men.

Yet, as it happens, many young people just love listening to it.

Many people jokingly claim that you shouldn't listen to this song while at work, as it easily makes your wings harden; it is completely a...

——The strongest resignation single in history!

(PS: A bit short today, I have things to do tonight. It works out to finish writing this stage in one go tomorrow, so it isn't just half again.)

(End of chapter)