The longed-for village system

Chapter 491 Blue and White Porcelain

"Xiao Chen, you should familiarize yourself with the stage first, and while you're at it, think about the new song and try to finish the accompaniment for tonight so the band can get used to it."

As the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Yimou is still very busy. After inviting Chen Qing, he still has to attend to other matters, and the remaining tasks are handed over to his deputy.

"Ugh! How did I end up being dragged into this performance out of nowhere! I was hoping to get some rest, but now my vacation is ruined."

After Chen Yimou left, Chen Qing couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that every time she left the village, she would be pulled away to make cameo appearances or film variety shows. Was she just too soft-hearted?

The others smiled and remained silent in response to Chen Qing's Versailles story. Ya Ya told the two of them that she was also going to discuss the storybook. In order to give Chen Qing time to move out a song, they had to discuss the storybook again.

After learning of Chen Yimou's arrangements, everyone finally felt relieved. They had worked so hard for so long and none of them wanted their show to be rejected at the door, which would have wasted all their months of effort.

Chen Qing only glanced at the stage before coming down. The stage wasn't really that interesting; what he needed to do now was think of a song, to find one suitable for performing on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

After careful consideration, he decided to sing a traditional Chinese style song, "Blue and White Porcelain," which is one of the representative works of Jay Chou in his previous life and also a representative work of traditional Chinese style. Singing this song on a stage like the China Spring Festival Gala is very appropriate.

Once he had an idea, he naturally began to create. A new song was born just over ten minutes later. Zhao Xiaogu wasn't surprised at all; it was just her man's routine.

Chen Yimou, who was conducting on stage, was surprised to see Chen Qing talking to the band members with a piece of paper. Could it be that this prodigy had already written a new song? Thinking of this, he immediately went forward to check.

"I need to use traditional Chinese instruments to accompany this song, with some foreign instruments added as support. The instrumentation will mainly consist of the flute, guzheng, and guqin. What do you all think?"

Chen Qing made some slight modifications to the piece, especially regarding the instruments, as he preferred Chinese folk instruments because they are more commonly used, so it took some time to communicate with him.

"No problem, Teacher Chen Qing is really amazing! He wrote such a high-quality song in such a short time. I'll have someone make a copy of the melody and we'll start rehearsing right away."

The band's teachers were amazed by Chen Qing's song. Besides their appreciation of his talent, they also genuinely admired his creative ability. Not only did he write the song on the spot, but he also did so in just over ten minutes. What's even more impressive is that the song was of shockingly high quality.

In their opinion, this song is definitely worthy of a Golden Melody Award nomination. As expected, a genius's work is always evident. Anything produced by Brother Chen is bound to be a masterpiece.

"Well? Did you finish writing the melody, Xiao Chen?" Chen Yimou stepped forward and asked the group of people who were talking.

"I managed to come up with a song after racking my brains, and thankfully the band members thought it was alright too," Chen Qing replied with a smile to Chen Yimou.

The music director handed Chen Qing's composition to someone to print. Upon hearing Chen Qing's reply, he turned to him and said, "Mr. Chen Qing, you are too modest. The song you wrote in just over ten minutes is probably of a quality that we could never write in our entire lives. If you keep saying that, we will be very discouraged!"

"Yes! It takes us a month or two to squeeze out a song, that's what you call racking our brains. Teacher Chen Qing, your writing is like a magic touch, a divine stroke. We're all human, so why is there such a big difference?" "We were born just to make up the numbers, while Teacher Chen Qing was born to let us know what it's like to be an ordinary person. Just being alive is enough, don't compare."

Chen Qing could only laugh along with the band members' teasing. There was nothing he could do; having a cheat code made all the difference. He was a double bug in himself.

Soon the melody was printed out and given to the band members. Of course, Chen Yimou also had a copy. Looking at the lyrics, he nodded with satisfaction and praised, "As expected of Xiao Chen, he really didn't disappoint. The lyrics of this song are excellent! It's perfect for singing Chinese-style music at a gala like the Spring Festival Gala."

He didn't know the style of Chen Qing's songs at first, so he hadn't decided on the order yet. But now that he's read the songs, he's made a decision: he'll put Chen Qing's songs second to last.

With Chen Qingjin's current status and popularity, he is perfectly capable of being the grand finale, and listening to his Huaxia Feng songs at the end of the New Year would be an excellent way to ring in the new year.

In the afternoon, Chen Qing and the band teacher rehearsed several times. Fortunately, the other groups were already familiar with each other, which gave them more time to coordinate. After dinner, Chen Qing, Zhao Xiaogu, and Ya Ya rode in a car driven by Ya Ya's assistant to Ya Ya's rented apartment in Beijing.

As for why they didn't go to the courtyard house in Houhai, it's because there are no daily necessities there. They probably don't even have blankets there now. They originally planned to go shopping in the afternoon, but they were dragged to the rehearsal. Of course, since Yaya has a house here, they won't be polite. As long as the three of them are together, that's home.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that night the three of them naturally had another epic battle. Having experienced this before, Ya Ya was much more relaxed and completely cooperated with Chen Qing's actions, letting him bully her as he pleased.

The three were making love in the room when news about Chen Qing's arrival in Beijing went viral online. In particular, the news that Chen Qing had been invited by director Chen Yimou to perform at the Spring Festival Gala made everyone look forward to it and speculate.

"Am I seeing things? Are Brother Chen and Goddess Xiao Gu going to the Spring Festival Gala? Does this mean Brother Chen will be performing at this year's Spring Festival Gala?"

"There's no mistake, Brother Chen and Goddess Xiao Gu were picked up by Goddess Ya Ya and Director Chen Yimou as soon as they got off the plane. Director Chen Yimou must have personally invited Brother Chen."

"I knew it! This year is Brother Chen's year, how could we be without Brother Chen! The 2021 Spring Festival Gala wouldn't be complete without Brother Chen."

"Looking forward to it! I wonder what songs Brother Chen will sing, and if he can sing one more song."

"Go check the CCTV Spring Festival Gala website. The program list has been updated. There really is a program featuring Brother Chen. He will be the second to last performer, singing his new song 'Blue and White Porcelain'."

Some quick-thinking netizens checked the Spring Festival Gala program list and were surprised to find that there was an extra program, and the guest was none other than Chen Qing, whom everyone had been looking forward to.

As more and more people checked the program list on the Spring Festival Gala's official website, and after confirming that Chen Qing's program was indeed included, they left comments praising CCTV for its excellent work.

Zhejiang TV, Hunan TV, and other satellite TV stations were devastated upon seeing this news. They knew they were doomed to lose this year; Chen Qing alone was enough to decide the outcome of this ratings competition.

(End of this chapter)