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172. Chinese musicians all want to thank JX(1/2)

Connecting with Langlang seems to be an obvious choice.

Three hours ago, they could no longer suppress the strong expectations in their hearts and wanted to find out from Langlang what JX had done.

Three hours later, this expectation was like a spark that finally grew into a huge flame.

We can't wait any longer if we make them wait.

The news that Jiang Xinhai was live broadcast spread all over the world in an instant, as if he had grown legs. A large number of viewers poured into Jiang Xinhai's live broadcast room.

When she opened her live broadcast room, the screen was full of:

"If you can't watch "Poetic Life", you can still get this contemporary meal, happiness!"

"Oh my god! Fortunately, I paid attention to Xinhai. Is this fan welfare?"

"Brothers and sisters, move your little hands and share the live broadcast room so that everyone can see it!"

In the background of the live broadcast room, the message "xx shared your live broadcast room" kept scrolling like a scroll wheel, and the naked eye could not keep up with the speed of the screen.

On countless chat groups, forums, and social platforms, Jiang Xinhai’s live broadcast link spread like a virus.

With the influx of a large number of viewers, the Pineapple Pineapple video platform obediently and silently put Jiang Xinhai's live broadcast room on the homepage.

As a result, her live broadcast became even more popular.

"Then did I call Lang Lang?" Xu Xiangxiao held the phone and asked the person next to him for permission, "Did I really call?"

"Hit!" everyone said in unison.

Xu Xiangxiao took a breath, dialed the phone, and pressed the speakerphone.

"All--"

A long prompt sounded, and after three rings, the call was connected.

"Hello?"

A deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

The audience in the live broadcast room became excited for a moment.

"Cao Cao Cao, I'm really connected to Langlang!"

"So excited, I'm so excited now."

"I haven't watched "Poetic Life", but I feel so excited. Why?"

"Can I ask, which one has a higher international status, JX or Langlang?"



"Hello." Xu Xiangxiao's voice actually trembled, "Hello, Langlang, I'm Xu Xiangxiao."

"I know." The other person said, "I watched "Poetic Life" and I'm just waiting for you to call me."

Xu Xiangxiao and everyone looked at each other.

They also became excited.

"That's easy to explain, Langlang, can you tell me what's going on with the records that JX and you released?" Xu Xiangxiao asked.

Cui Dayou looked at the records in the library, his heart trembling.

The melody he just heard was still echoing in his mind.

These are the treasures, the treasures of music, and their mysteries are about to be revealed.

"call."

The person on the phone sighed, and then slowly said: "Actually, in the past three hours, I recalled my experience with jx for a long time, and then I realized what a great adventure it was."

"Well, yes, it's an adventure," Langlang affirmed to himself, "It was an adventure that cost my reputation and that of all the musicians in China."

"Bet on... reputation?"

"Yes," Langlang said, "I think all Chinese musicians are grateful to JX."

Everyone frowned.

There were many musicians present.

How come they don't know there's such a risk to their reputation?

And what did jx do that he needs to thank himself for?

Although they thought so, Langlang's status was here after all, so it was impossible for him to talk nonsense.

The audience in the live broadcast room continued to watch with doubts.

"Can you be more specific?" Gao Xiaobai asked.

Langlang did not answer this question, but asked instead:

"Do you know that there was a saying that was circulated three years ago?"

He paused and said: "'There is no music in China'."

"There is no music in China?" Wang Feng repeated.

When he heard this sentence, as a musician, his first reaction was to be a little angry.

"This is not what I said, this is what is circulated in the Western music industry." Lang Lang said, "This sentence was very popular at the time. Western musicians all said this sentence as a piece of music."

Gao Xiaobai said: "Teacher Langlang, it shouldn't just mean that China has no music, right? There must be many other countries' versions? For example, the United States has no history, the United Kingdom has no food, etc..."

"No, no, this sentence was raised solely, and it was specifically targeted at Chinese people." Lang Lang said, "At that time, I was performing in European and American countries, and there were even conservative elements holding banners on the street, mocking me and Chinese music."

"This is wrong," Qin Yunshang said in surprise, "Teacher Langlang, everyone knows that you are the world's leading pianist. To mock China's lack of music in front of you, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to yourself?"

"That's not the case." Lang Lang said seriously on the phone, "Although I am a well-known pianist, I am not a well-known composer. The music I play is all foreign music.

"Every piece of classical music I play at every concert was created by classical musicians over hundreds of years. Only in the Easter egg song at the end will I play a piece of traditional Chinese music.

"When I saw those people saying that, I felt very sad, but the only way I could fight back was to make the music composed by the Western sages more beautiful and more spiritual."

The barrage in the live broadcast room passed by one after another:

"Westerners are so abominable and disgusting."

“Who said the piano was invented by someone else?”

"What Lang Lang said is true. I was studying at a music conservatory in the United States a few years ago. Our professor said this in class: There is no music in China. Then the whole class of students burst into laughter. I was the only Chinese sitting there with a smile on my face.

No light."

Cui Dayou, Wang Feng, and Gao Xiaobai are all a bit silent.

When Chinese music is belittled in this way, they, the musicians, are the most angry. Because it is like poking at their spine.

However, they really couldn't refute it.

No matter how popular their music is in China, it has never made a big splash internationally.

Only with strength can you slap others in the face, but they have nothing to offer.

Langlang continued:

“The reason for this is that at that time, the Vienna Music Center was compiling a collection of world classic classical music records. They collected representative music from almost all countries.

"Except for those countries that are particularly turbulent, even African countries have collected a large number of representative national music.

"Especially Japan. Japan accounts for half of the number of famous songs in East Asia. Therefore, Japan is praised by the industry as the cradle of composers and the crown of East Asian music.

"But in China, we only have one famous song in the collection."

"Why is there only one song?" Jiang Xinhai asked in surprise, "Isn't this deliberately targeting us?"

"There is only one song." Langlang smiled bitterly, "Their collection conditions are relatively strict, and they will count the spread and quality of the songs. In short, according to their statistics, there is really only one song of Chinese music.

"China is such a big country and only has one song, while its neighboring country Japan is a small country and has several songs. It is such a stark contrast that the saying 'China has no music' is widely spread."

After saying this, the crowd in the live broadcast room immediately became angry.

It’s enough to say “China has no music”. Chinese people appreciate their own music at home and don’t need foreigners to guide them.

But everyone couldn't bear it, and it was a bit unbearable to praise Japan as the top of East Asian music.

You must know that during the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent countless envoys to China to study and brought with them various musical instruments from China. Their national musical instruments all evolved from the popular Chinese instruments in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

The Japanese royal family has been absorbing Chinese Gagaku, and nobles are proud to appreciate Gagaku. Gagaku accounts for a very important part of Japanese music history.

Later, during the war, the Japanese broke into the Forbidden City and burned the Chinese elegant music that they could not take away. Countless rare books and musicians were destroyed and slaughtered, resulting in the loss of elegant music.

The famous song "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle", which has been circulated in China for more than a thousand years, was introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty, but this song was lost in China.

It was during China's honeymoon period in the 1980s that a Japanese professor from Nara led a team to perform this song in HD, the birthplace of this song, and this famous Chinese song returned to its homeland.

This incident is also known as the "HD Return to Music" incident.

Anyone who understands the history of Chinese and Japanese music is well aware of this history.

China was once a weak country, and even its music and art suffered along with the motherland.

However, the perpetrators in history not only were not punished, but were also openly praised as the "Crown of East Asian Music"!
To be continued...
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