Huayu: The Unbelievable Matching Mechanism of Jay Chou's Love Songs

In the recording studio, Little Es pulled Liu Genghong aside, pointed to the carefree Feng Zheng not far away, and asked:

"Hey, Geng Hong, is he really that talented guy that Brother Xian has been talking about a lot lately?"

"He doesn't seem like it..." Big Ace couldn't help but say, "Shouldn't all musical geniuses be like Jay Chou, quiet and introverted?"

Feng Zheng is actually quite handsome, and because of his advanced "aesthetics," he dresses quite stylishly. He wears light blue loose-fitting jeans with a white T-shirt on top, and a pendant under a black jacket. Being young, this outfit makes him look even more youthful and clean.

The two sisters would believe it if you told them he was an actor who starred in idol dramas, or if you told them he was a variety show personality like them, but...

You say he's a musical prodigy?!

What the hell!

"Yes, that's him!" Coach Liu told the two sisters very seriously, "Don't judge a book by its cover, he's really talented."

"Emmm..."

Feng Zheng, who had been listening to their cricket chatter for a while, couldn't help but interrupt, "Is this how you judge a book by its cover?"

People who don't know me might think I'm ugly. Why does Coach Liu give him the impression that he's "stupid but hardworking"?

"puff……"

The two sisters were amused and were about to say something to Feng Zheng when Zhou Jielun, who had finished recording, came out from the recording studio not far away.

"Slap slap..."

Yang Junrong clapped her hands and praised Jay Chou: "Jay Chou's skill level has really improved recently, and the quality of his works is getting better and better."

After speaking, his gaze quickly shifted to Feng Zheng, and he specifically pointed out something to Feng Zheng:

"Feng Zheng, isn't it time to show us what you've accomplished this week?"

When the contract was signed last week, Feng Zheng made some boastful claims. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was invincible...

It would be embarrassing if I couldn't produce any work today.

Upon hearing this, Feng Zheng sat up, tossed the nearly empty sunflower seed shells into the nearby trash can, clapped his hands, stood up, and then took out two pre-prepared musical scores from his bag and handed them over.

The two works are titled "Darkness Falls" and "Gentleness".

Wu Zongxian, Yang Junrong, and others subconsciously focused their gazes on the first piece, titled "It's Getting Dark."

The song's name comes from a very classic Hokkien nursery rhyme. Hokkien is the main language in Tainan, Taiwan. Wu Zongxian and others had naturally heard this song since childhood, so their attention was immediately drawn to it.

"Darkness...a song in Hokkien?" Yang Junrong was a little stunned.

He looked through Feng Zheng's lyrics and music and found that the song did indeed use some elements of that classic Hokkien nursery rhyme.

The more Yang Junrong looked at the arranger, the brighter his eyes became. Pointing to the recording studio, he said to Feng Zheng:

"Quick, sing it for us."

His eagerness immediately attracted the attention of Wu Zongxian, Liu Genghong, Da Xiao Ace, and Zhou Jielun, who had just finished his performance.

Feng Zheng nodded and walked into the recording studio, sitting down in front of the electronic keyboard.

"Ding...dong..."

After tapping the keys a few times to test the sound, he put his hands on the keys and began to play.

"Ding-dong ding-dong..."

What was presented to everyone's ears was the same moving melody as when Feng Zheng sang "Courage" last week. It was clear that he was very skilled, because he played the "lightness" in the intro of "Darkness" as if a feather had fallen to the ground.

He sang to himself...

……

"When I was a child, when I was noisy and willful..."

My grandmother would always sing to comfort me.

"On a summer afternoon, an old song comforts me..."

"That song, I think it goes like this:"

"It's getting dark, and it looks like it's going to rain..."

"It's so dark, so very dark..."

……

Perhaps because they had heard Feng Zheng sing "Courage" last week, Yang Junrong, Wu Zongxian, and others had some understanding of his abilities, but it was the first time that the Elsie sisters had heard Feng Zheng sing...

From the moment he "appeared," Feng Zheng appeared to be nonchalant and carefree, which didn't seem like the kind of person who was very dedicated and talented in music.

Therefore, the two Elsie sisters had been somewhat dismissive of Feng Zheng from the beginning, feeling that he wasn't as good as Wu Zongxian had described...

But the moment Feng Zheng sat down at the piano, the instant he began to play and sing, it was as if a ray of light broke through other people's preconceived notions of him, making him shine brightly.

For a moment, both the Eason and Ace sisters were stunned.

……

"Leaving behind childhood, I have my own life now."

"Fresh songs, fresh faces."

"When I'm willful and impulsive, and can't control myself..."

"I forgot there was such a song:"

"It's getting dark, and it looks like it's going to rain..."

"It's so dark, so very dark..."

……

The verse of the song "Darkness Falls" is actually a bit "slow". The melody at the beginning is rather low and somber. Because it is an introductory melody, it doesn't have a particularly strong appeal.

So even though Feng Zheng sang very movingly with his high level of skill, Yang Junrong, Wu Zongxian, and others kept their brows furrowed...

In their opinion, Feng Zheng's song is missing a highlight.

A highlight that everyone remembers immediately and cannot forget or let go of for a long time.

This highlight, if it were just the addition of those few lines of the Hokkien nursery rhyme "It's getting dark," would be far from enough.

But just as Yang Junrong and Wu Zongxian's thoughts rose along with Feng Zheng's singing, gradually spreading to the point where they had to express them...

"Knock knock..."

Just before the verse began, Feng Zheng changed his fingering on the piano, and a series of crisp and resounding melodies entered his mind, forcefully raising the mood of the entire song!

Then he sang a few lines of lyrics that gave everyone present goosebumps!

He frowned slightly and sang:

……

"I've fallen in love with someone I'd give my all for..."

"I thought this was the world I was looking for!"

"However, it charged recklessly..."

"Misunderstood and deceived!"

Is there always something incomplete behind the adult world?

"I walk down a fork in the road that I must face every day..."

"I miss the simple, beautiful happiness of the past!"

"Love always makes people cry, makes them feel unsatisfied..."

"The sky is so vast yet I can't see it clearly; I feel so lonely."

……

"..."

Feng Zheng, who was playing and singing, was completely unaware that Wu Zongxian, Yang Junrong, and others outside the recording studio were frozen in place.

"Oh my god..."

The two Elsie sisters even rolled up their sleeves, looking at the goosebumps on their arms.

What were they feeling at that moment?

It gives you the feeling that "this music should only exist in heaven, and is rarely heard in the human world!"

Could such words and such melodies truly be written by an ordinary person?!

They...

It's true, the group underestimated Feng Zheng once again.

Yang Junrong and Wu Zongxian cannot deny that Feng Zheng's "Darkness Falls" is not only no less than last week's "Courage", but even better in some aspects!

Now it seems he really wasn't bragging last week...

That guy is so damn arrogant!

……