For this group of dedicated cellists focused solely on studying the cello,
in the realm of pop music,
Mr. Maozi is like a dimensional reduction strike!
This kind of strike was perfectly exemplified in this performance.
Similar types of compositions,
Mr. Maozi can use his own creations and interpretation of pop music to make up for the deficiencies in "cello technique" and crush cellists of the same type!
As far as I can tell,
only at the very beginning, Nannali’s "Flying Goose" and Bai Junze’s "Lan Bo Rhapsody" stood a chance against Mr. Maozi on this stage.
It’s truly terrifying!
A newcomer who just arrived, taking part in the Dragon Violin Cup as a "special guest" cellist,
managed to leave a vast number of cellists gasping for air.
"I just heard from the broadcast director—’Electricity and Sheep Intestine Strings Sonnet’ has already topped the Weibo trending list!"
At the commentary desk, Fengye happily relayed this news to the audience in the live room,
"Thank you all for your love. Witnessing the birth of such an excellent piece from the commentary desk, I personally feel very happy....."
"Not pleasing to the ear."
In the lounge, watching the grand scene on stage,
Gan Yanyu simply murmured softly.
Hearing this, even Lin Tian was taken aback.
He approached Gan Yanyu, staring into the girl’s eyes,
"Not pleasing to the ear??"
Even as a rival, Lin Tian had to admit, after hearing the performance, that the piece’s biggest strength is—it sounds good!
Now, in no time, even the commentators are praising it, the audience is praising it... the whole internet is singing its praises!
Even Lin Tian is now under immense pressure, unsure of how to compete against such a piece.
But for Gan Yanyu... it casually turns into a mere "not pleasing to the ear"?
Gan Yanyu lowered her gaze, murmured softly.
"I can’t hear anything... its soul... has no sound..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Tian was dumbfounded.
He turned his head, looked back at the big screen.
After a brief moment of thought, he understood what Gan Yanyu meant.
What does this "Electricity and Sheep Intestine Strings Sonnet" express?
All its note combinations are solely for pleasing sounds, serving listener enjoyment. The composer’s voice isn’t audible in the music.
If forced to say it has a core, it does, but that’s just an educational significance infused later, for the sake of future interpretation.
It doesn’t seem like a complete piece of work, more like a "study piece" or "experimental work" by a composer... even saying that might be overstating it, since it’s not very difficult.
This is a "commercial piece" meant to make everyone happy.
Once the lyrics are removed, it doesn’t even leave room for imagining a story.
But... this is pop music.
It essentially trades some artistic integrity to reach a larger audience, enabling more people to effortlessly derive joy from it.
Just like "Avengers."
Renowned director Martin Scorsese once commented:
"I tried, you know, but it’s not cinema, honestly what I thought of as the most accurate label is theme park, that kind of well-made theme park with actors trying their best, but it’s not a film where actors express seven emotions and six desires to the audience."
Setting aside this endlessly debated topic in the film industry.
No one expected to feel deep emotions from a pure popcorn film.
As long as it’s well-made, with thrilling special effects that let everyone enjoy watching—it’s already worth the ticket price.
Not everyone likes watching films like "Sitting Elephant."
And Mao Weiang’s "Sonnet" even more so.
It’s beyond regular pop music or "popcorn movies."
It plays up the strengths of pop music to the extreme, thereby necessarily amplifying its weaknesses.
there’s no right or wrong here.
It’s merely a matter of choice.
Everything is a choice of the market and the era.
But when Gan Yanyu candidly said "not pleasing to the ear," it still caught Lin Tian off guard.
"Actually, you can’t really say it’s not pleasing...."
Gan Yanyu’s gaze showed a hint of confusion,
"There’s no sound in it... I can’t tell if it’s pleasing or not."
Gan Yanyu looked up, gazing at Lin Tian, her expression suddenly turned sorrowful,
"Lin Tian, what do I do... I can’t even tell why it succeeded, how can I compare with him....."
Oh, so she’s attributing the reason to herself!
Lin Tian was momentarily choked up, quickly comforting her,
"It’s not your problem... it’s normal to think it’s not pleasing, your aesthetic sense isn’t flawed..."
"If I can’t listen to music everyone finds pleasing, isn’t there something wrong with me?"
The girl’s gaze had already begun turning desperate.
Lin Tian patted Gan Yanyu on the shoulder,
"How do you know that other classical musicians aren’t holding the same view as you right now?"
Gan Yanyu didn’t speak anymore.
Lin Tian took a deep breath, as if he suddenly thought of something, and couldn’t help but laugh.