Chapter 802: I Stand in the Fierce Wind

Luo Mo did not expect that netizens could still see brotherhood in the trailer.

But it must be said, at the beginning of *Infernal Affairs*, the scene of the two male leads listening to music indeed formed a sharp contrast with the content that followed.

The fates of the two were indeed constantly intertwining.

As the release of *Infernal Affairs* approached, more and more media began to spontaneously report on this film.

The keywords in the articles often carried the four characters "Hong Kong film market."

Invisibly, this was also adding pressure to Luo Mo.

Nowadays, many people regard it as—a work to save the market!

Luo Mo has been able to make both the sluggish animation market and the science fiction market prosperous.

And our Hong Kong films were once extremely popular!

In terms of foundation, Hong Kong films are undoubtedly deeper.

In fact, when these Hong Kong Best Actors were promoting in the Mainland, whenever someone asked if they had the confidence to make *Infernal Affairs* a "work to save the market," Hua Jiaqun would always answer in a second—yes!

Promoting is just bragging, after all!

What's more, they really had the confidence.

On the other side, Luo Mo finished the final rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala.

Yes, the Review Department, CCTV, and the Spring Festival Gala's directing team had made an exception for him once again.

Unknowingly, another year had slipped away just like that.

Luo Mo had spent another busy year.

New Year's Eve had arrived.

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Beijing, the Spring Festival Gala Live Broadcast site.

Luo Mo and Xu Chujing were in the same lounge, making preparations.

Xu Chujing asked curiously: "Have you ever thought about directing the Spring Festival Gala yourself?"

Luo Mo had already served as the Chief Planner for the Spring Festival Gala, cooperating with Ning Dan to put on a gala that had excellent results and was rated by netizens as the best-looking Spring Festival Gala in the last five years.

Plus, he is now the most popular director in all of Huaxia, and whether it is box office or reputation, he is top-notch.

If we are really talking about directing the Spring Festival Gala, except for being too young, everything else is impeccable.

If he were to sign up, he might really be selected.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's not very interesting."

When he was helping Run Jie fulfill her dream, he was actually also cooperating in doing part of the General Director's work.

The experience was already sufficient, and he couldn't be bothered to do it a second time.

This year's Spring Festival Gala opening show was a dance performance, which was quite festive and lively.

Among the people from Luo Mo Studio, the first to go on stage to perform was Tong Shu.

General Director Sheng Gong had asked Luo Mo for a song, wanting him to personally write a new song of praise.

After thinking about it, Luo Mo didn't refuse in the end and wrote "China in the Lights" for Tong Shu to sing.

It must be said, little Tong Shu is really becoming more and more mature now.

His stage presence is excellent, and his ability to control the stage is already very strong.

Standing on the stage and singing a mainstream song with his unique voice, he really sang out the feeling of favorable weather and a Country Prosperous and People Peaceful.

On New Year's Eve, there are Ten Thousand Lights.

This song "China in the Lights" was indeed very fitting for the occasion.

In the online Live Broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, the bullet comments began to gradually fill the screen.

"Wishing the motherland gets better and better!"

"It feels very warm and also very grand!"

"Luo Mo's lyrics and music are just different, huh!"

When it was close to eight o'clock in the evening, Luo Mo was making his final preparations in the lounge.

Next, he would bring a Chinese Style song.

Strictly speaking, if placed on Earth, it should be considered old-school Chinese Style, which is still different from the new-school Chinese Style later pioneered by Zhou Dong.

Before "East Wind Breaks" came into being, there was actually an Ox of a person in the Huaxia on Earth who had become famous all over the country relying on old-school Chinese Style songs.

This person also came from a background of singing opera, and Luo Mo had already sung his "Loyalty to the Country."

His name is Tu Honggang.

Today, he would bring another of his representative works.

This is a song that can capture countless listeners from the very first line.

Let me let you know... what it means to be stunned by the first note!

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The stage passage opened, and Luo Mo stood in the very center of the stage.

The background behind him, through special effects, converged into a—Tripod!

When the screen switched to this side, the bullet comments in the Live Broadcast went instantly crazy.

"Luo Mo!"

"Finally waited for you!"

"Hehe, there's a new song to listen to again!"

"How long has it been since he released a new album? Thank you, Spring Festival Gala!"

"I'm ready!"

The prelude began to sound, and everyone heard the drums first.

Only then, in quick succession, did the sounds of the other Yueqi appear.

You have to admit, the melody of this song is completely different from current mainstream pop music.

The curiosity of many people was piqued.

——If I'm not mistaken, this is a Chinese Style song!

The song title appeared——"Farewell My Concubine"!

As soon as this name appeared, the buzz value instantly went off the charts.

Everyone knew very well that after Luo Mo finished filming "Infernal Affairs", he had started filming a new movie without stopping, and the name was exactly "Farewell My Concubine".

Good grief, the song you are Singing at the Spring Festival Gala also has this name?

What is this, advertising for your own new movie?

Are you going straight to the Spring Festival Gala stage to sing a song from the movie?

How did he even dare to think of that!?

And yet, he actually made it onto the Spring Festival Gala stage!

For many people in the industry, this undoubtedly refreshed their worldview.

Everyone felt that the scene before them was too incredible.

Then, an even more outrageous scene followed immediately.

Everyone waited and waited, and after waiting for nearly a minute, Luo Mo simply hadn't started Singing.

"No way, this is a minute on the Spring Festival Gala!"

"Invincible, daring to play a one-minute prelude on the Spring Festival Gala stage."

"It can't be a Live Broadcast accident; this is the Spring Festival Gala."

"Oh my, he's so arrogant!"

People in the music industry who were watching the Spring Festival Gala were all dumbfounded.

Since the inception of the Spring Festival Gala in Blue Star Huaxia, no Singer has ever been this Ox, playing a prelude for over a minute straight!

You have to know, time on the Spring Festival Gala is very precious.

Especially for a solo performance, the allotted time is even more stingy.

For others, a song might only be three minutes long.

Your prelude alone is almost half the length of someone else's song.

This kind of treatment can be said to be unprecedented!

Yet, he just stood on the stage like that, following the prelude, his body tapping slightly to the beat, and everyone was willing to wait eagerly.

"It's a good thing he's Luo Mo!" Many people had this thought pop into their minds.

Furthermore, don't you think the scene before you is very familiar?

The last time everyone heard a song with such an ultra-long prelude, it was Luo Mo's live version of "The You of the Past".

At that time, many songwriters and Singers were still thinking to themselves: "The prelude is set up so long; if he can't hold up the first line when he starts Singing, it will give people a huge sense of disappointment."

And then, the "kneel-at-the-first-note" moment appeared: "【I once dreamed of wielding a sword to roam the world.】"

Whether it was the lyrics, the melody, or the Singing, it all made people feel that all the waiting beforehand was worth it.

So, what about today?

It wasn't until around one minute and twenty seconds in that Luo Mo casually raised his microphone.

What is called "having presence"?

You tell me, what is called "having presence"?

Not only singing a song to promote a movie on the Spring Festival Gala, but also setting up a full one minute and twenty seconds of prelude for the buildup!

And this is during the golden time of the Spring Festival Gala.

This level of presence has already reached the peak!

As for the results of this minute-plus, they were naturally—the ratings and online Live Broadcast data kept rising.

That's right, he hadn't started Singing yet.

But Luo Mo just stood there, and the ratings were still skyrocketing!

It's hard to imagine that a celebrity standing on stage, having done almost nothing, could bring the ratings to the Peak Value of the night.

This is the influence of Luo Mo!

A guarantee for ratings is no joke.

And when he opened his voice and sang the first line of this song, everyone felt that all the previous buildup and all the waiting everyone did was worth it!

"【I stand in the fierce wind.】"

After the first note was sung, many viewers suddenly got goosebumps.

He was clearly Singing with composure, without that sense of exhaustion, yet his breath support was so full.

With just one line of lyrics, many people felt their blood boiling.

As soon as this song started, it gave people a sense of magnificent momentum.

You would feel as if an army of thousands was rushing toward you.

However, the very first word of this song was sung as——【I】.

There was no army of thousands, only I standing in the fierce wind.

But, so what?

He is, after all, the Overlord of Western Chu!

The Overlord of Western Chu, who could lift a tripod and face an entire army alone!

As soon as the song began, the momentum reached its peak.

The bullet comments were already flooding the screen.

"Kneeling at the very first note!"

"Kneeling at the first note +1."

In this instant, his masculinity conquered every single listener.

For those like Luo Mo and Tu Honggang who possess a foundation in Opera, the focus is on supporting the voice with Qi and delivering the words directly into the ear.

The initial consonant, the vowel, and the final consonant of each character must all be clearly distinguished.

Because he has Qi within him, he handles it with ease.

The sense of clashing metal and spears that others struggle to achieve even when straining their voices, he achieves effortlessly while standing on stage holding the microphone.

There is no helping it; this is true Kung Fu Hustle practiced for many years.

It is precisely because of this that people say: "For an Opera singer to sing pop songs is a dimensionality reduction strike."

It is too domineering; this singing technique is truly too domineering.

In fact, not only is the singing domineering, the lyrics are written in a domineering way as well.

"【I stand in the fierce wind,

Wishing I could sweep away the endless heartache.

Looking up at the clouds moving in all directions across the sky,

Sword in hand, I ask the world who is the hero.】"

This passage of lyrics was repeated a full two times.

After hearing it twice, especially for the male listeners, they only felt their blood surging!

It was too fiery, too imposing, and felt too satisfying to listen to!

One might ask, among the younger generation of the music scene, who else can sing with this kind of effect!

The next moment, the style of the song changed all of a sudden.

You must know, this song is called "Farewell My Concubine".

Within it, there is romance.

The momentum from before was meant to highlight the protagonist's identity.

To tell you all, who is being sung about.

But this song is actually a song that combines hardness and softness.

What is to be embodied next is the tenderness of the song.

"【In this human world there are a hundred charms and a thousand reds,

I alone love that one kind of Love You.】"

With the sudden change in musical style, no one felt the slightest bit of abruptness.

On the contrary, it made many female listeners suddenly perk up.

Many people only just realized at this moment: "That's right, the title of this song is 'Farewell My Concubine'."

This is a story that everyone is familiar with.

This story, just as the song sings—【Sharing joys and sorrows, sharing life and death.】

When Luo Mo sang "You use your tenderness to carve into the bones, in exchange for my heroic spirit that roams the heavens," it truly gave people a sense of soul-stirring resonance.

The way he sang the song from start to finish could completely be described as smooth and flowing in one breath.

It was almost difficult to hear his breathy sounds.

When it comes to long-lasting breath, there really are not many Singers who can compare to him.

After a bout of tenderness, the melody began to gradually rise.

It both points to the Overlord's final ending and displays his ultimate spirit.

Many young people on Earth, perhaps after finishing the time-travel drama "Myth", have only two scenes that leave the deepest impression.

One is that scene with Zhao Gao.

The other is that line: "Today, although I die, I am still the Overlord of Western Chu!"

—In life, one should be a hero among men; in death, one should be a hero among ghosts!

Just listening to the end of the song's A-section, Luo Mo's pitch rose sharply.

"【In the next life I shall still be called a hero,

Returning as the setting sun is thick—】"

The song entered the interlude section.

It once again built up the momentum.

When Luo Mo began to sing again, the same line, the same melody—everyone heard it once more and still felt shocked, still feeling that surge of hot blood.

"【I stand in the fierce wind!】"

For a moment, there really was the sound of roaring bells and drums!

At this very moment, in thousands of households, there is no telling how many people are singing along to this line, or rather, learning to sing this line.

And don't say, some who have loud enough voices and a wide enough vocal range can indeed find the right key.

However, to bystanders listening on the side, they often only feel that it resembles the form.

It is not off-key.

But it completely lacks that feeling Luo Mo has!

This song is definitely one of those legendary "make-the-cover-artist-give-up" tracks.

No one better come and try to cover this for me!

For this song, having a foundation in Opera is best; it also requires a bright voice with a sense of metallic strength and rigidity, and in terms of breath control, one must be able to retract and release at will to achieve a balance of hardness and softness.

Besides that, the articulation must also be sonorous and forceful!

Beijing, inside a Siheyuan.

Tong Qinglin watched the Spring Festival Gala Live Broadcast on the television, a gratified smile appearing on his face.

"Little Luo has really integrated his Opera Singing skills into this," he said with a smile.

He knew the Drama of the movie Farewell My Concubine.

In the movie, the Duan Xiaolou played by Luo Mo could be called a fake Overlord.

However, as he stands on the stage singing now, the aura he gives off is that of the real XiangYu!

The entire song performance lasted for over six minutes.

Such a long solo stage is extremely rare in the history of the Spring Festival Gala.

When a bunch of Singers perform a chorus, the total duration might only be three or four minutes, and the time allocated to each person is only a few dozen seconds, or even shorter.

But even so, many people still felt a sense of wanting more.

"I haven't heard enough! I absolutely haven't heard enough!"

"Speechless, I really want to put this on Loop!"

Songs with this kind of heroic spirit are truly too rare in today's music scene.

Everyone has not heard this style of song for a very long time.

And in thousands of households, those middle-aged men could not handle the charm of this song at all.

Once they heard this song, they were hooked, and it immediately became a favorite.

The current entertainment industry is becoming increasingly effeminate.

This song Farewell My Concubine by Luo Mo created a sharp contrast.

The voice of a General, the voice of an Overlord.

Suddenly, no one knew who first sent those four characters in the barrage, and then, countless repeaters began to follow suit, directly flooding the screen.

Looking out, the entire screen was filled with

——"Swallowing mountains and rivers with one's spirit!"

(End of this chapter)