Chapter 199: I dare not forget about my country despite my humble position
They all reported behind the scenes, which immediately aroused warm cheers from the audience.
"It's really Jiang Yuan!"
"Those sisters before were probably prophets, and they actually succeeded in cooperating with Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian."
"Maybe I can hear Zhang Xian singing in "Breaking Through the Troubles" for the first time. Jiang Yuan's operatic voice was also amazing before."
"The title of the song Chi Ling is so original. I can't wait to hear it!"
After successfully guessing Jiang Yuan's appearance, the audience had very high expectations.
On the stage, a two-story theater building has been erected, which has been restored based on traditional architecture. It is as exquisite as a bird's leather.
Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian were both a little shocked when they first met. No wonder the audience had such a big reaction when they first saw it.
Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yuan appeared on the stage in white clothes, and then boarded the theater under the cheers of the audience.
There is a double-sided mirror placed in the center of the second floor. In front of the mirror is a dressing table. Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian sat on each side.
Jiang Yuan and the two sat down, put on their headsets and headphones, and signaled to the audience that the performance officially began, and the audience also became quiet.
"Chi Ling" is an ancient song. Many people may have heard the chorus of this song on short video platforms, but there is a background story behind the song.
The story is set during the period when the territory of the Republic of China was invaded by war, and the war spread to a peaceful small county.
There was an actor named Pei Yanzhi in the city. The enemy army called him by name and asked Pei Yanzhi to perform for them alone. If Pei Yanzhi refused, they would set fire to the entire theater and even the county town. Under this coercion, Pei Yanzhi had to agree to perform.
The story may be fictional, but the emotions are real. For this performance, Jiang Yuan proposed this story. After the program team accepted it, they decided to re-enact the story with slight modifications on the stage.
"On the night of July 7, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China..."
The narration recorded by He Jing in advance was accompanied by a sad accompaniment, and the background of the performance was slowly revealed.
Needless to say, He Jing's dialogue skills put the audience into the situation immediately.
The audience was immersed in the story, and then watched Jiang Yuan and the two reluctantly start to draw eyebrows in the mirror, put on makeup and prepare to start the performance, and the emotions of sadness, anger and desolation suddenly rose in their hearts.
Backstage, He Jing and others looked at the return of the stage. They were a little surprised before the performance even started.
Especially Xu Chengxuan, who had just finished his performance, finally understood the source of the bad mood in his heart.
The pattern, Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian's performance has not yet started, the pattern has already been opened, not to mention the audience, he can't help but get emotional watching it.
On the stage, piano, drum, guzheng, erhu and other musical instruments were played, the music spread layer by layer, and the lights illuminated the theater building.
At the table downstairs of the theater, backup dancers invited by the show crew were sitting at the table, pretending to be enemy soldiers, while Wang Hu and others also pretended to be ordinary people and performed on stage, making the whole scene more lifelike.
Upstairs in the theater, the camera showed Jiang Yuan and the two of them, and the lights made their faces turn red.
At this moment, the two of them were putting on makeup in front of the mirror, dressing themselves up as characters, and started singing in time with the music.
"When the play breaks, the sleeves rise and fall."
"Singing joys and sorrows, singing separation and union, it has nothing to do with me"
Zhang Xian took the lead in singing, and his voice was very clear, which immediately made the audience feel amazing.
"The fans open and close, the gongs and drums sound and then fall silent."
"The love in the play, outside the play, who is to say"
After Zhang Xian finished singing, Jiang Yuan took over again. His singing voice was equally amazing, and his makeup movements were also not subtle at all. Before going on stage, most of his makeup was already done, and Jiang Yuan only needed to add a few touches.
While the two were singing, Wang Hu and others also pretended to be civilians beside the theater, making the audience feel as if they had really returned to that time and space and were immersed in that scene.
"Has a habit of blending all emotions, anger, sorrows and joys into pink and ink"
"So what if the lyrics are well sung"
"The bones and ashes are mine"
Zhang Xian sang. At this time, the two of them had already put on makeup and stood up from their seats. The camera cut to a close-up shot, which immediately caused many viewers to exclaim.
Although I have heard Jiang Yuan sing opera tunes before, this is the first time I have seen Jiang Yuan perform in Peking Opera.
Jiang Yuan wore Tsing Yi's makeup. Although the clothes were not all in place, they still had a unique charm.
"Jiang Yuan looks pretty good!" Backstage, He Jing couldn't help but praise.
Zheng Qingyang also nodded, "It's indeed a bit amazing!"
This is especially true for the audience in the audience. Even under restraint, there are still audience members who can't help but say something beautiful.
"In troubled times, duckweed endures to watch the flames of war burning mountains and rivers"
"I dare not forget my country despite my humble position"
"Even if no one knows me"
While Jiang Yuan sang, he and Zhang Xian put on red clothes and went down to the stage on the first floor amidst the exclamations of the audience.
Backstage, He Jing listened to Jiang Yuan's singing and couldn't help but say, "The lyrics are so well written!"
Although he participated in the narration recording at the beginning of the song, it was the first time for He Jing to hear the song "Chi Ling".
As for the lyrics, the sentence "I am humble but I dare not forget to worry about my country" deeply touched He Jing.
Even looking at the stage from his director's perspective, he felt that it was not like an ordinary performance, but full of cinematic feel, which he liked very much.
On the stage, the lights were bright, Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian stood in the center of the stage in red clothes, and they started singing in a standard dramatic style.
Jiang Yuan sang: "People in the audience walk by and don't see the old color."
Zhang Xian sang: "People on the stage are singing a heartbreaking farewell song."
The two of them, one sings Tsing Yi and the other sings Hua Dan, are completely different from ordinary operas, and the audience can definitely hear the difference.
The chorus was sung in a standard dramatic style, which was absolutely stunning to the audience listening now, and many people had goosebumps all over their bodies.
Especially when two people are singing duet.
There were also audience members who knew Peking Opera in the audience, and they were shocked by the duet between the two. Needless to say, Zhang Xian comes from a theatrical family.
But what shocked him was that compared to Zhang Xianyi, Jiang Yuan's singing was not inferior at all. This was very outrageous.
The first chorus ended, the accompaniment gradually became more and more exciting, Zhang Xian sang the harmony, and Jiang Yuan was responsible for the Kun Opera recitation in the middle.
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"Looking back is an illusion"
"Who's on the other side?"
Jiang Yuan sang Kun Opera and recited the poem, with a sad and angry tone. The enemy troops under the stage seemed to be stunned by the singing, and they all stared blankly at the performance of Jiang Yuan and the two on the stage.
The second verse of the main song started again. Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian exchanged arias, and at the same time they became more emotionally progressive.
The song was sung on a completely different level than the first verse, and when Jiang Yuan and the two sang the second verse, the audience couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
I saw a flame burning from the edge of the stage.
Only then did they realize that the characters played by Wang Hu and others who had just been walking around the theater were actually pouring oil on the theater.
The performance of Jiang Yuan and others was actually to perish together with the enemy in a fire.
The fire quickly spread to the center of the stage, and the backup dancers pretended that the enemy soldiers could not escape, struggling back and forth in the circle formed by the flames.
On the stage, Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian were still singing.
Sing: "The word love is hard to write in ink, she needs to sing it with blood"
"The curtain rises, the curtain falls, and we are all guests in the end."
This scene brought tears to the eyes of many viewers. Who knows that the actor is ruthless, but how could he know that the actor also has a heart.
After this part was sung, all the stage lights went out, the music stopped, and only the flames continued to burn on the stage.
When the lights came back on, all the backup dancers were withdrawn, and the enemy characters were replaced by paper puppets burning on the stage, and the flames unknowingly approached the edge of the stage.
The music started again, many musical instruments played again, and the accompaniment became more and more exciting. Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian stood on the stage, tall and tall, still singing.
"After you sing, I will appear on stage."
"Don't laugh at romantic drama, don't laugh at people's absurdity"
"I have also asked about the youth and the yellow, and I have also sang about the rise and fall."
"The Tao is ruthless, the Tao is sentimental, how to think about it"
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Surrounded by raging fire, the two people's singing was still sonorous and powerful, but it sounded so sad to the audience.
Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian looked at each other and sang the last line, "The way is ruthless, the way is sentimental, it takes a lot of effort."
After the performance, the lights dimmed again and the flames began to slowly extinguish from the edge of the stage.
But the flames in the center of the stage became more intense, and the figures of Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian were clearly visible. They passed through the stairs and returned to the second floor of the theater building.
After covering up, the two of them walked to the back of the theater.
But from the audience's perspective, two more shadows appeared on the theater, and the flames gradually spread up the theater.
When they died together with the enemy, the two of them could no longer escape from the theater.
The performance was not over yet. Jiang Yuan and the two sang the last piece of Kun Opera in a cappella form behind the theater.
“I once saw the orioles in the Jade Palace of Jinling crowing at dawn, and the flowers blooming early on the waterside pavilions in Qinhuai, but who knew they would disappear easily in the ice.
Watching him build a Zhulou, watching him banquet guests, watching his building collapse..."
The tune was sad until the fire completely engulfed the theater building, the building collapsed and the theater stopped.
Although he is an actor in a small town, he has a humble position and does not dare to forget about his country.
Not seeking to leave a name in history, but only seeking to have a clear conscience, this is Chi Ling!
The performance was finally over at this point, and the audience was speechless for a while.
Absolutely shocking!
Silence lingered in the studio for a long time.
Some audience members were immersed in the performance, their emotions fluctuated with the performance, and their eyes were filled with tears unknowingly.
There was also a period of silence in the backstage hall, but the reaction was faster than the scene, and applause had already started.
"Good, what a Chi Ling, so good!" He Jing took the lead in applauding.
Zheng Qingyang also nodded. Although Jiang Yuan was not singing rock this time, the performance was still very shocking.
Compared with the previous one, the style is different, but the shock is the same.
After watching Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian's performance, Xu Chengxuan couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.
He did have some thoughts before that he could suppress Jiang Yuan's performance this time.
But after watching the stage performance of "Chi Ling", this idea has disappeared without a trace.
This performance effect can be called the most shocking performance Xu Chengxuan has ever seen since he came to "Beyond the Troubles".
The singing and singing are amazing, the whole performance has a complete story, the stage design is also the best in history, a fire directly burned the entire stage, and there is also the blessing of family and country feelings.
Xu Chengxuan directly rejected the idea of competing with "Chi Ling" and believed that his performance was not as good as "Chi Ling".
"Brothers Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian please come to the second stage and say hello to everyone!"
In the studio, it wasn't until they all spoke together that the audience seemed to have been pressed on some switch, and began to cheer and applaud as if they were waking up from a dream.
Everyone shouted very hard, which is also a reflection of their love for the performance.
In the originally quiet studio, a roar suddenly erupted, and a thousand spectators shouted loudly like a crowd of ten thousand.
On the stage, Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian heard the shouts and were a little shocked when they looked at the completely burned-down theater in front of them.
During the rehearsal, they didn't burn down the theater in a serious manner.
It's basically like burning money. It can only be said that the program team did not consider the cost issue at all for the sake of stage effects.
After hearing Qi Yi's voice, Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xian looked at each other and walked towards the second stage together.
After the staff at the scene were shocked by the two people's performance, they quickly ran to the stage and started to clean up the mess.
Before Jiang Yuan and the two walked to the second stage, the audience had already exploded and started discussing.
"Oh my god, the stage effect is really amazing, and the song is so good, I cried while singing it."
"Oh my god, Jiang Yuan's Tsing Yi makeup just now was so beautiful."
"Is this performance so amazing? I feel like I'm watching a movie. It's so amazing."
"Jiang Yuan is so good at singing. He didn't lose at all when he sang duet with Zhang Xian just now!"
"It brought tears to my eyes. It really made my scalp numb when singing, especially when there was only a shadow left singing a cappella at the end."
"The program team must have spent a lot of money on this stage effect!"
"I dare not forget about my country despite my humble position. The lyrics are so well written!"
"It's really great to watch this performance live. Don't forget to vote!"
Before the voting even started, the audience had already picked up their voting machines.
Watching the stage of "Chi Ling" live, the immersive feeling makes the audience feel more immersed in it.
Facing the flames burning the entire stage and singing with Jiang Yuan, the shock was hard to experience in front of the screen.
"Thank you both for giving us a very shocking performance."
When Jiang Yuan and two others walked to the second stage, as soon as Qi Yi opened his mouth, enthusiastic cheers rang out from the audience again.
"Please two brothers share with us how they felt after the performance?" Qi Yi asked.
"Let me start by saying, first of all, I am very honored to be able to work with Jiang Yuan."
"It can be said that this is a wish I have had since the first stage of "Beyond the Troubles". I didn't expect it to come true so soon in the second performance."
"And I also like the song "Chi Ling" performed this time very much. It can blend opera into pop music and tell a very good story at the same time. I like this performance very much."
Zhang Xian immediately praised Jiang Yuan as soon as he opened his mouth, and also helped attract votes for the performance.
Next, Jiang Yuan also shared some background about the performance of "Chi Ling" on stage and interacted with the audience.
After the interaction, the voting session begins.
Liu Shenglun and Ma Zhuo watched the whole performance and looked at each other, with a premonition that "Chi Ling" would definitely become a hit again after it aired.