Chapter 724: Luo Mo, Take the Stage!

The Animation of "Year Hare Affair" ends at this moment.

The audience watching all of this, however, feels their emotions unable to settle for a long time.

"Violent sobbing!"

"Thanks to our predecessors!"

"Happy and Grateful!"

"The tears just won't stop at all."

This segment of "Year Hare Affair" is too good, it is truly too good.

It uses the perspective of a letter to conduct a conversation across time and space.

Today is New Year's Eve, a day for a grand reunion.

Some martyrs should also go home.

Return to... the embrace of Motherland.

Backstage at the Spring Festival Gala, Ning Dan can see the ratings still soaring.

As for the Live Broadcast data, that is even more terrifying!

The barrage has grown explosively since "Year Hare Affair" appeared.

There is no need for deliberate sensationalism, nor is there a need to deliberately elevate the values.

Still that same saying, this program is not writing in imagery, he is writing in realism.

For many loyal viewers of "Year Hare Affair," releasing such a special edition during the Spring Festival is simply cheating!

"Tear-jerking material +1!"

This Animation "Year Hare Affair" is very magical.

Some people, they really cry every single time they watch it.

You finish watching it the first time, and after a period of time you watch it again, you can still cry just the same.

This special edition just now also possesses this same magical charm.

Looking at the wording and phrasing, the content of this letter is truly plain and straightforward, the vocabulary is also the simplest vocabulary, and there is no rhetoric, nor is there any embellishment.

Even the voice reading the letter is cute, and it is also childish and adorable.

Yet when these are combined together, they can produce a terrifying effect.

Quite a few people feel that this year's Spring Festival Gala is truly very special.

To be precise, it is because of these programs produced by Luo Mo that it appears exceptionally special.

Beijing, a certain residential compound.

Director Li Dongliang is holding a wine glass, sitting with his legs crossed, watching this year's Spring Festival Gala.

His wife is sitting on the sofa, her movements exactly the same as his.

It is just that one person has the left leg crossed, and one person has the right leg crossed.

One person holds the glass in the left hand, and one person holds the glass in the right hand.

—"A Perfect Match".

After regrettably failing to be selected as the General Director for this year's Spring Festival Gala, Director Li Dongliang began a long period of "seclusion" life.

During this time, he has not accepted any media interviews, and even the Beijing circle he usually frequented, he has not appeared in much recently.

His semi-retired life is actually quite pleasant.

Last month, the couple even just bought a dog with a pedigree lineage.

Honestly, after being crushed by Luo Mo so many times, Director Li has already started to gradually get used to it, and his heart has become increasingly broad.

Are the programs at this year's Spring Festival Gala impressive?

That is naturally impressive.

But look at the composure cultivation Director Li has practiced; it has indeed improved rapidly.

After watching so many impressive stages, he can still shake his red wine glass with one hand, carrying a somewhat leisurely posture.

Until the appearance of the military song "The Motherland Will Not Forget", the hand holding his red wine glass trembles slightly.

When the singing of the National Flag Guard rings out in the gate tower of the Forbidden City, Director Li's hand trembles even more violently, causing the red wine in the glass to sway along with it, as if shaken by this echo of history.

And when "Year Hare Affair" appears, and that letter spanning time and space is read out, Director Li is even more at a loss for how to evaluate it for a moment.

It has structure where it needs structure, value where it needs value, positive guidance where it needs positive guidance, and resonance where it needs resonance...

"There is just one point that isn't particularly good," Director Li Dongliang says softly in front of his wife.

"What is it?" his wife asks.

"It is very difficult for any program to follow it," Li Dongliang narrows his eyes slightly.

Yes, with "The Motherland Will Not Forget" and "Year Hare Affair" leading the way, what other program could possibly follow?

Li Dongliang racks his brains, and cannot think of one.

If he were directing this year's Spring Festival Gala, he could not do it.

Why is it that these days, many Spring Festival Gala General Directors would rather make things a bit mediocre, seeking only stability?

Some things, you cannot follow them, you cannot handle them!

Then it is very easy to have big problems.

The atmosphere has already been built up to this point, the emotions have already been piled up to this point.

Don't be careless, or everything will collapse with a crash!

"I guess, in a moment it will just switch directly to the hosts, let the hosts say some pretty words to divert the emotions and attention, and then use this standard, conventional mode to enter the next stage," Li Dongliang says.

He does not think there will be any program following closely behind "Year Hare Affair".

"Luo Mo has set a difficult problem for himself," he smiles.

But in reality, is that the case?

Honestly, Li Dongliang's analysis is not wrong.

Not only does he think this way, but well-known directors currently watching the Spring Festival Gala, such as Qian Qingyun and Feng Ji among the Four Great Directors, are also breaking into a cold sweat for Luo Mo and Ning Dan.

However, it does not matter.

Luo Mo is, by nature, a person skilled at solving problems.

Moreover, what he likes most is—solving them personally on stage!

At this very moment, Luo Mo is already standing at the stage entrance, having waited for a long time.

"You think 'Year Hare Affair' is the final stage?"

"Let me tell you, it is not."

Luo Mo himself had designed this part of the program in three stages: beginning, middle, and end.

In terms of stage design and program design, Luo Mo is still very confident.

There is a song that is just too perfect to be sung here.

This is a song that almost every person from Huaxia on Earth can hum a few lines of.

This song even has a nickname, called the second national anthem.

Many people, when they were young, must have heard this song, learned this song, and sung this song.

But perhaps with the passing of time, as one learns more history and sees more images and videos, there will be more understanding and more sentiment.

Speaking of which, one must mention the theme of this song.

It is a—【Red Song】!

Yes, Luo Mo is going to sing a Red Song on this stage!

At this very moment, all the viewers watch as the screen begins to transition.

From the Perspective of the airplane in "Year Hare Affair," looking downward.

One can see the rivers of the motherland.

Just at the moment the river appears, the music begins to play.

The Singing begins to emerge.

"【A wide river with rippling waves—】"

The song title appears at this moment.

—"My Motherland"!

……..

……..

"My Motherland" is an interlude from the movie "Shangganling."

This is an old film from 1956.

It is precisely because of this that it is extremely suitable to follow "The Motherland Will Not Forget" and the return of the martyrs in "Year Hare Affair."

This is a very magical song.

In the year '18, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performed this piece as an encore at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

You must understand, the audience capable of listening to music there are not ordinary people.

Many people who attend concerts are always quiet and captivated at the scene.

Especially for a performance of this caliber.

Yet when this piece appeared, a scene occurred that caused the performers on stage to lose their composure.

Because the entire audience broke into a chorus!

You are playing the music, that is true, but you do not know that you are also activating their DNA.

It is hard to refrain from singing!

At this very moment, on Blue Star.

Among the many viewers across the country, quite a few recognized that this was Luo Mo's voice!

As expected, after "Year Hare Affair," an ordinary person simply cannot hold the stage.

What to do?

—The Spring Festival Gala 【Chief Planner】 goes on!

"【A wide river with rippling waves,

The wind blows the fragrance of the Rice Field to both banks.】"

The scene changes from the river to a Rice Field, then naturally switches to the stage.

From real rice flowers to special effects on stage.

Luo Mo stands alone on the stage, Singing a 【Red Song】.

Regarding this song, he has too, too many memories.

When writing the line "The wind blows the fragrance of the Rice Field to both banks," he thought of a video.

Yes, it was Yuan playing this piece on the violin.

To speak the truth... it did not sound good.

The violin playing was a bit poor.

All sorts of off-key notes, all sorts of flaws.

Towards the end, a very serious Yuan looked like an embarrassed child, turning and running away from the camera, saying while running: "Oh my, I can't do it anymore!"

Back then, when this video first appeared on the entire internet, everyone thought Yuan was so cute.

But now, the comments below are all:

"Yuan didn't play it well, hurry back and practice!"

"It wasn't played well, hurry back and play it again! I'm begging you!"

"It's too embarrassing, come back and play it one more time, I beg you!"

Knives, the comment section is full of knives!

But there's no help for it; who told him, that elder, to be such a perfect match for the second line of this song's lyrics.

He is a very special person.

It seems we have all had a fleeting encounter with him, in textbooks, at the dinner table, and in the human world.

And why would this special person choose to play this song on the violin?

Because for their generation, this song is also an extremely special one.

Now, listen as Luo Mo continues singing:

"【My home is situated on the shore,

Accustomed to hearing the boatman's work songs,

Accustomed to seeing the white sails on the boats.】"

Back then, when Lyricist Qiao Yu handed the lyrics to Sha Meng, the director of "Shangganling", Sha Meng felt they were written very well, extremely well, but there was one point that was puzzling.

Why wasn't the first line of this song "Ten Thousand Li of the Yangtze River," or something like "Yangtze River Ten Thousand Li"?

Qiao Yu said this was more intimate.

Not everyone lives by the Yangtze River.

But the vast majority of the people of this country perhaps have a river in their memories.

Luo Mo's singing voice continues to echo on the stage.

After finishing this part, a curtain suddenly drops.

A national-level choir is right behind the curtain!

The chorus of the song begins right here.

It's just that, here it is no longer Luo Mo singing solo, but him singing together with this choir!

"【This is the beautiful motherland,

It is the place where I grew up.

On this vast land—

Everywhere there is beautiful scenery!】"

The sudden appearance of the choir, coupled with the emotional buildup from the previous two programs, made many audience members feel their scalps tingle again as they listened to the song, and once again, they were covered in goosebumps.

The bullet comments surged like a sea.

"Amazing! The appearance of the choir is just too amazing!"

"It went straight to the peak!"

"First time I've loved this type of song so much!"

"Don't know why, it feels like a resonance of the soul!"

Listen as the interlude ends, and Luo Mo sings solo once again.

"【The girls are like flowers,

The young men have such broad minds.

In order to Pioneering a new world,

They awakened the sleeping high mountains,

And let the rivers change their appearance.】"

This section of content, especially the last three lines, actually interprets many of the characteristics of our nation.

This nation is just this strange.

"Nuwa Butian": The sky is broken, don't beg the heavens, fix it yourself!

"Dayu Controls the Floods": The floods are coming, don't ask the prophets, control them yourself!

"Shennong Tastes Herbs": Diseases are spreading, don't seek miracles, find the medicine yourself!

Being scorched by the sun, we just shoot the sun down!

The fire was not stolen from the gods; we drill wood to make fire ourselves!

Between the heaven and earth split by the axe, those standing are all people who stand tall and upright!

This nation—is called Yanhuang!

This country—is called Huaxia!

"My Motherland", the climax of the chorus arrives again!

Luo Mo's singing voice and the choir merge into one.

"【This is the heroic motherland,

It is the place where I grew up,

On this ancient land,

Everywhere there is the power of youth!】"

When Luo Mo wrote these few lines of lyrics, he was incomparably certain in his heart.

Yes, he was just very certain about these four lines of lyrics.

History can prove that this is a great country.

Batch after batch of predecessors can prove that this country never lacks heroes.

And countless deeds can also prove that this country does not lack the power of youth!

Do you know that "My Motherland" once triggered a chorus from the entire audience on another very special occasion?

That was at a lecture given by a certain notorious old woman surnamed Long at Gangda.

She was speaking on content regarding "songs."

The theme of this lecture was: "One Song, One Era."

The old woman surnamed Long asked the audience below the stage what their enlightenment song was.

A middle-aged man wearing Glasses said: "I would write about 'My Motherland,' which many seniors taught me to sing when I first entered university."

On the lecture stage, the old woman surnamed Long instantly lost control of her facial expressions.

She was perhaps embarrassed to the extreme.

As luck would have it, with her heart already in chaos, she even asked: "Really?"

Yes, she did not believe it.

She did not believe that for some people, the most steadfast and beloved song in their hearts was "My Motherland."

She even asked: "How does 'My Motherland' go?"

"What is the first line?"

She perhaps thought that this was Hong Kong, that this was Gangda.

But so what?

No sooner had she finished speaking than several middle-aged and elderly people in the audience began to sing loudly.

"【A great river with wide waves——】"

The sound was somewhat fragmented.

This venue was too large.

At this moment, the singing was not yet as loud as the pale, embarrassment-masking laughter of the old woman surnamed Long.

The majority of those sitting here were still young people.

Then, when the voices of the middle-aged and elderly people gradually died down, the voices of the young people suddenly rang out!!!

You could hear deep male voices, you could hear beautiful female voices!

The singing grew louder and louder, more and more resonant.

More and more people joined in.

What was there to hide or cover up?

What was there to feel ashamed of?

The old woman surnamed Long later forcibly interrupted the singing; how could she possibly bear to keep listening?

——A god-tier scene of a slap in the face.

If you look closely at the lyrics of this song, as a piece for a war film like "Shangganling," the entire set of lyrics actually does not describe the war, yet it makes clear the reason why the people of Huaxia fight!

Because what it sings of is the source of our fighting will and fighting courage!

It is precisely because of this that some people would say:

"In favorable circumstances: 'Sing for the Motherland'."

"In adverse circumstances: 'My Motherland'."

"In desperate circumstances: 'March of the Volunteers'."

It told the world in a tactful way why you could not win this war, and why they were not afraid of death!

The enemy fired a total of over 1.9 million shells, landing on just 3.7 square kilometers of land; what kind of concept is that?

But what was the final result?

They were afraid!

They were terrified!

Luo Mo stood on the stage, first singing:

"【Good mountains, good waters, a good place,

Every road is wide.】"

From the perspective of the Chief Planner, "That Rabbit" is tear-jerking.

The program that followed not only needed to have an equally grand scope, but at the same time, it also needed to allow the audience's emotions to shift.

It was necessary to lead the teary-eyed audience, the moved audience, into a different kind of emotion.

What Luo Mo chose was—burning!

Ignite!

Just listen to him singing on stage:

"【When friends arrive, there is good wine,

If those jackals arrive,

There are hunting guns to welcome them!】"

(End of this chapter)