Follow the sound and follow the way

Xia Shu spent almost three months in the slums of Jakarta, and it was the first time that he was dressed so neatly.

Not afraid of the crowded crowd at Soekarnoha Airport, he left the crew behind to pick him up in person, just because a legendary character is about to appear on stage.

Natsuki had been looking forward to this historic meeting for a long time.

"Handsome, elegant and outstanding." Guan Xiaoxiao expressed his admiration for Lin Yan with two outrageously subjective words on the phone, and said, "Don't call me Evan directly, you have to call me Lin Zhi."

Xia Shu kept the leader's instructions in mind, stretched his neck and focused on looking for the "handsome, elegant and outstanding" Lin Zhi in the crowd, and didn't even see Mu Kang who had already walked in front of him.

Mu Kang: "What are you looking for?"

Xia Shu casually said, "Evan."

Lin Yan: "Hello, Director Xia."

Xia Shu: "..."

He looked at Lin Yan, who was wearing a baseball cap on his head and wearing a big white T and wearing retro sneakers, in shock, and thought to himself, this is a fucking college student, right?

Xia Shu: "...Evan?"

Lin Yan nodded: "It's me, nice to meet you, Director Xia."

Xia Shu smiled awkwardly: "Hello, haha, E... Lin Zhi, haha, you look so young."

Lin Yan said gently: "Thank you, call me Evan."

Mu Kang said impatiently, "Where's the car? Hurry up, it's too hot."

The soaked chicken drove the car over at an unknown date, and the three of them were sweating at the gate of the airport, and they all let out a sigh of relief as soon as they got in the car.Lin Yan took off his baseball cap, revealing his fair face that was re-rounded by Chef Mu.

Xia Shu glanced at Lin Yan in the rearview mirror, and thought suspiciously: This character is a little out of touch.

The well-known conductor Evan Lin, who made Miss Guan cast all his body and fascinated Mr. Mu, how does he feel that he is taking the route of fresh meat idol?

Lin Yan said to Xia Shu: "Is Sushil okay?"

"It's pretty good." Xia Shu said, "It's just a bit noisy, singing with me every day."

"There are many shots of her." The drowned chicken said while driving for an unknown date.

"Yeah." Xia Shu said helplessly, "Maybe we have to change the story line for her."

Mu Kang: "Are you following Xiao Xiaoxiao?"

Xia Shu: "Yes, she said let you two decide."

"Sushil's level is a bit low." Lin Yan said, "It's too early for Miss Guan to teach."

"The little girl doesn't think so." Mu Kang said, "She said she is your Soulmate."

Lin Yan looked at Mu Kang with a smile, but said nothing.

Mu Kang also smiled: "So I taught her some tricks."

Lin Yan: "What trick?"

Mu Kang: "How to be your Soulmate trick."

Xia Shu: "I have a video, Lin...does Evan want to watch it?"

The great director's actions are different. The video on the mobile phone is high-definition and uncensored, the camera is stable, and there is no noise in the background, which fully shows the arrogance of the great talent Mu.

Director Xia sat in the front row and thought proudly: Look at my amazing assists.

Lin Yan was sitting in the back row holding his mobile phone. As soon as Mu Kang on the screen finished saying "we made it", Lin Zhi, who had well-developed tear ducts, immediately gave red eyes to live up to expectations.

Mu Kang is very experienced, and he quickly snatched the phone away: "Hold back, Lin Sansui, or I will kiss you in front of Director Xia."

Xia Shu didn't know why, so he turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The video is well done." Mu Kang glared at Xia Shu dissatisfiedly, "What conspiracy is there?"

Xia Shu, whose kindness was not rewarded: "..."

He turned his head and sat down again with some displeasure, his eyes swept over Lin Yan who was silent with his head down, and he couldn't help but have deep doubts about the well-known conductor's "handsome, elegant and outstanding" persona.

A group of people set off from the airport, drove across mountains and rivers and then rowed boats, and returned to the Magical Realism Theater in the flood two hours later.

Lin Yan maintained a perfectly curved idol-like smile all the way, as if he had been trained to be photogenic.Director Xia looked at people with an occupational disease filter, and his doubts became more and more intense. Until Lin Yan began to teach Sushil, this doubt was still not dispelled.

The crew set up a video camera in the music classroom in the ruins, and other idlers were driven out by Lin Yan...'s husband, Mu Kang.Xia Shu and Mu Kang stood side by side in front of the flood, with sweat wipes hanging around their necks, mosquitoes and flies flying all over their bodies, and the equatorial sun and steaming water vapor roasted them in all directions without dead ends. The smell of meat is overflowing with golden stars.

Xia Shu wiped off his sweat and protested, "Why can't I go in?"

"That's his student." Mukang said, "We practice professional one-on-one instruction."

Xia Shu handed Mu Kang a cigarette: "I have a few questions I want to ask Evan."

Mu Kang glanced at him: "Thank you, no need."

Xia Shu: "..."

Director Xia, who had never encountered a scene where he failed to answer the cigarette, was stunned.

Mu Kang: "With him and without smoking, I can live a very healthy life."

Xia Shu: "... what?"

Mu Kang emphasized again: "With him without smoking, I can live a very healthy life."

Xia Shu was completely at a loss now.

"I have a very important question to ask Evan." Xia Shu said seriously, "Thanks to you, Sushir's line is very important in the movie."

Mu Kang: "What's the problem?"

Xia Shu: "A question about this song."

Mu Kang: "Ask."

Xia Shu: "...Huh?"

Mukang: "Your question."

Xia Shu: "I want to ask Evan."

"Just ask me." Mu Kang folded his arms, "I'm his husband."

Xia Shu: "But..."

Mu Kang narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Shu: "Don't talk nonsense."

"You are his husband, not him." Xia Shu hesitated, "My question is not easy to answer."

"It's okay." Mu Kang said confidently, "I can still cooperate with you in an interview."

After listening to the interview, Director Xia's eyes lit up, and he quickly changed his position and said, "Okay, I'm going to prepare now."

Mu Kang took advantage of the gap arranged by the crew in the early stage and went in to listen to Lin Yan's lecture to Sushir.Lin Yan and his lover exchanged an intimate look that only belonged to each other, and continued to say to Su Shiil: "I said before, this song itself is not called AveMaria."

"Yes," said Sushil, "the song was originally called Ellensdritter Gesang."

"Your emotions are fuller." Lin Yan said, "Resonance has improved a lot recently, and my requirements for you will be higher."

Sushiil raised her head and said, "No problem, Evan."

Mu Kang said: "Excuse me, excuse me."

He bowed his head in Lin Yan's ear and confessed that he needed to do a short interview. The two whispered a few words, and ended the exchange with an appropriate daily kiss between partners.

Mu Kang didn't even look at Sushil during the whole process, Shi Shiran turned and left after kissing her.

Sushil thought with a blank face: the annoying ghost is still so annoying.

The interview location was arranged in a dangerous building next to the music classroom.Most of these unattended dangerous buildings are temporarily occupied by the crew, and it only needs some simple cleaning to create a relevant "Les Miserables" style set.

Although the crude interview venue was dilapidated and dusty, the lighting environment was excellent.Mr. Mu, with a towel hanging around his neck, sat in front of the camera in a peasant style, without any make-up, hair or clothing, and he relied on his appearance to support the beauty of the picture.

Xia Shu confirmed again: "Is there really no problem?"

Mu Kang said casually: "No problem, come on."

"Okay." Xia Shu paused for half a minute before saying, "My main question is, why are you singing AveMaria here?"

Mu Kang raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask that?"

"It doesn't match the atmosphere here." Xia Shu thought about it, "It feels too..."

"It's too holy." Mukang said.

"That's right." Xia Shu said, "I watched Pavarotti's live version on the Internet, and there was a choir behind it, which was very beautiful."

Mu Kang asked calmly: "What's the problem?"

"Children in the slums have lived in misery since childhood." Xia Shu said in a deep voice, "Although church music can soothe people's hearts, it can't play a key role."

"You feel like the song is numbing people," Mukang said quickly, "encouraging people to stand still and wait for rescue."

"Yes." Xia Shu pointed out sharply, "In this hellish living environment, it is better to resist than to wait, and to struggle to get out of the predicament is a better way."

Mu Kang looked at Xia Shu, and slowly revealed a meaningful smile: "Director Xia, you did a good job with your homework."

"That's why I said let Evan answer." Xia Shu said calmly, "This question is very tricky."

"Generally tricky." Mu Kang said, "You didn't ask Guan Xiaoxiao, did you?"

Xia Shu was startled: "No."

"Then I can only answer this question." The smile on Mu Kang's face became warmer, "If you really ask A Yan, he will only say nonsense like 'Thank you for your suggestion, I will think about it'. "

Xia Shu was puzzled, "Why?"

why?

There are so many whys.Mu Kang thought happily and sadly: He is such a person, with countless great achievements, such as being kidnapped so many times and still running to the deep mountains and old forests, for example, insisting on arranging the L'étranger", for example, loved me for so many years...and didn't let me know.

This is the unparalleled Ayan who is only understood by Mu Kang in the world. He wants to keep it in his heart, but he doesn't want to share it with others.

Mu Kang said succinctly: "He is not good at expressing himself."

Xia Shu: "What do you mean?"

"It's the literal meaning." Mu Kang said, "As for the literal meaning, you don't need to understand."

Xia Shu: "..."

"Don't worry." Mu Kang said arrogantly, "What I said is his opinion, there is no deviation."

Xia Shu was speechless for a moment, and could only say, "Please speak."

Teacher Mu straightened his attitude: "You have seen the live version of Pavarotti, right?"

Xia Shu: "Yes."

Mu Kang: "Have you noticed his libretto?"

Xia Shu: "I didn't pay attention."

"Normal," Mucom said, "because Pavarotti sings in Latin that few people can understand."

Xia Shu: "...so?"

"There are two common librettos for this song." Mukang said, "What you listen to is Latin, and what Ayan asked Sushil to sing is German."

Xia Shu: "Is there a difference in meaning?"

"There's a big difference," Mukham explained. "One is a Latin prayer of the Roman Catholic Church, and the other is a simple German translation of Walter Scott's English poetry."

Xia Shu was stunned when he heard that: "I see."

"This song was written by Schubert, and the original German libretto is not called AveMaria." Mukang said, "It's just because the first line of the libretto is AveMaria, so it has the nickname AveMaria."

Xia Shu: "What's your real name?"

Mu Kang: "The German is Ellensdritter Gesang, and the translation into English is Ellen's Third Song."

Xia Shu asked tentatively: "It's related to a person named...Ellen?"

"EllenDouglas, a Scottish aristocratic girl," Mukham said, "the German libretto tells her story."

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"The story is very long, but the plot related to this song is very simple." Mukang said, "Ellen was chased by rebels and fled to a cave with her father. The whole mountain was surrounded by people who wanted to capture her. "

Xia Shu's expression gradually changed.

Mu Kang: "The girl is alone and has nowhere to go, so she has to sing and pray to the Virgin, begging for her help."

Xia Shu: "Then..."

"Her singing spread to all directions and reached the ears of those who chased her." Mu Kang looked at Xia Shu and said solemnly, "So those people retreated."

Xia Shu didn't expect such a scene behind the music.

He was silent for a while, then said thoughtfully, "So that's how it is."

"One is Ellen who was trapped in the cave, and the other is Sushir who was trapped in the flood." Mu Kang asked, "Are the two similar?"

"Yes." Xia Shu murmured.

Mukham: "Although the melody is the same, the interpretation methods of the Latin version and the German version are completely different."

Xia Shu thought about it: "Because the former is the chant in the church, and the latter is a call for help in a desperate situation.".

"I understand well." Mukang nodded, "The reason why Pavarotti's version is so beautiful and sacred is because he is singing the praises of the real AveMaria."

"And it was Ellen Douglas who Lin Yan asked Sushil to perform."

Xia Shu: "Evan wants to..."

Mukang said earnestly: "He hopes that Sushil's song of asking for help in a desperate situation can be spread to all directions, to the ears of important people, and even to the world like Ellen Douglas."

This is Lin Yan's high hopes for these children who were born in poverty and cared for by him, and he will never say it himself.

Xia Shu sat on the spot with a solemn expression, shock and admiration hovering in his chest, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Things really can't just look at the surface.

Conductor Evan Lin made Miss Guan cast all fours on the ground, and let the talented Mu be fascinated by ghosts, which is just as it should be.

"I still haven't done enough homework." Xia Shu sighed.

"It's okay, keep working hard." Mukang said.

Xia Shu smiled and said, "That's why you recommended Sushil to Xiaoxiao."

Mu Kang said "hmm": "As I said, Ah Yan attaches great importance to these children."

"Your husband is amazing." Xia Shu pointed to Mu Kang, "You have to learn from him."

"I probably will never be able to care about the world like him in my life." Mu Kang shrugged, turned his head and smiled warmly towards Lin Yan who was walking out of the window against the light, "but I am willing to accompany him to do everything he wants to do .”

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Note:

Because it's been a long time, I'll write it again here.

AveMaria: formerly known as EllensdritterGesang (Ellen'sThirdSong, D.839, Op.52, No.6), is Franz Schubert (FranzSchubert) based on WalterScott's poem The Lady of the Lake made the sixth of seven songs, written in 1825.Liszt (FranzLiszt) later arranged three piano versions.Just added a soprano version to the playlist.