It is well known that the simpler a character's strokes are, the harder it is to write beautifully.

  In fact, writing is nothing more than horizontal and vertical strokes. No matter how much Chinese characters change, they are all composed of those basic strokes.

  But with the same strokes, more complex characters are indeed less likely to be embarrassing, at least they won't look too bad. Simple characters, such as "person" and "middle"... let's just say that if you pick up a renminbi note, the six characters "Zhongguo Renmin Yinhang" (People's Bank of China) on it are definitely not something an ordinary person can write nicely!

  In music, it's do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, no matter how you change them, the basic notes are just these!

  So, even if it's just someone with a little knowledge of composition, they can tell that the simpler the melody, the harder it is to write, and slightly more complex, adding a bit of variation, often makes it easier to write a smooth and pleasant tune.

  To put it simply, this is like the permutations and combinations in mathematics. The larger the base, the more the final number of combinations will increase exponentially, which means that changes will become infinitely diverse, while on the other hand, it will be extremely difficult to make any new and original changes.

  In this regard, there is a consensus in the music circle that classic works often come from two situations.

  The first is simple yet varied and unforgettable.

  The second is complex but has a certain regularity, making people willing to calm down and listen carefully.

  After all, it's because it's too simple that it's hard to come up with something new and exciting changes, while being too complicated makes it difficult for the vast majority of people to accept and spread.

  So, truly classic music works have always been scarce.

  The latter has many examples, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Peking Opera, and many folk songs of ethnic minorities. But the former... well, unless you count "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in, otherwise, the simpler the melody, the harder it is to produce a masterpiece, let alone a classic.

  The melody of "Farewell" is absolutely not complicated.

  It's even simple enough that you don't need to deliberately follow the score to learn it, and after just listening to it once or twice, you can softly sing along with it - even for little kids, learning this song is absolutely easy.

  But it sounds absolutely great!

  And as the saying goes, outsiders watch the excitement, insiders watch the doorway. For this song, the more you are an insider, the better it sounds to you!

  Especially with such a simple yet elegant melody, it's matched with such a group of ancient and elegant lyrics!

  Mournful and elegantly beautiful, yet clear and melancholic.

  It doesn't go to talk about what sorrow, what pain. It simply uses these extremely simple sentences with a rich ancient charm to describe some of the simplest separations and farewells that everyone has had and experienced.

  But it's precisely this that lingers on, instantly cutting into your deepest memories!

  Make you cry out loud... That's not going to happen, but unknowingly, listening to it makes your soul tremble and body numb, unknowingly, listening to it makes the corners of your eyes a little moist, yet absolutely no problem at all!

  Although...the singer's singing skills were actually not very good.

  But at this moment, when the five girls' clear and gentle voices, accompanied by a simple accompaniment of violin, bamboo flute, guqin, and piano, sang out, they quickly made many people on the scene feel their hair stand on end and their bodies tremble!

  What is a masterpiece?

  What a masterpiece!

  At this moment, for example Liao Liao and Bi Ruoying, when they saw the five girls standing quietly in a row on stage and heard them singing this song with what can only be considered ordinary singing skills, they would almost subconsciously think: If I were to sing this song, I would definitely do better than them!

  But. No use, although others sing and can't satisfy these masters completely, you should be so nervous, or else be so nervous!

  The song itself is enough to make you put away all your dissatisfaction temporarily!

  No time to marvel, no time to comment. No time for grumbling, there's only one thing that needs to be done, and that is - listen!

  With the addition of the piano, the accompaniment of this song has actually become more and more rich, but considering the tone color of these instruments - violin, piano, bamboo flute, sheng, they rise and fall together, yet clearly give people a simple and elegant feeling, not a single note out of place, yet at the right moment, in conjunction with the singing of several girls, instantly using their unique timbre to strike you, striking your heart!

  Many people were stunned as they listened, many people had all sorts of thoughts flashing through their minds at first, but as the song entered its second round, all these thoughts were shattered by the singing... Everyone just stood there stupidly and quietly listening.

  To the point where in the end, when this song ended with a lingering violin sound and several girls quickly retreated from the backstage passage, there was not even a slightest response on site.

  Then, according to the arrangement of the director group, the three hosts of this concert stepped onto the stage from the backstage passageway.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, good evening, this is the live broadcast of Dongfang Satellite TV's New Year's Eve concert..."

  Just as the host's words had just begun, a burst of thunderous applause suddenly erupted from the scene!

  The three hosts were all stunned, the one holding the microphone who was speaking halfway through, was even more instantly embarrassed and stood there, not knowing what had gone wrong...

  However, the applause continued.

  Although standing on the stage and looking down, the entire audience area was only a few hundred people scattered or sitting, and those who participated in the applause were concentrated on the side of the passage, probably only one or two hundred people, but at this moment, their applause shook the sky and earth.

  The program director also turned his head in surprise, and everyone looked over in surprise.

  Tang Xiao, the director of Dongfang Star Satellite TV's variety show department and the general manager of the New Year's Eve concert, who had been waiting for the opening ceremony to begin, turned his head to look in that direction, and after a moment, he also raised his hand and started applauding loudly.

  Yes, with a clear conscience, although this song was decided to be put at the beginning of the concert despite opposition from many people, and he had already been shocked once when listening to the CD, but at that moment, hearing the five girls singing live on stage, he still felt that he must give applause, even if as the director of the program, it was a very irresponsible and destructive behavior.

  Just for this song!

  For nearly half a minute, the applause gradually subsided. The director was somewhat annoyed and impatient, but he could see that in the area where people were applauding, whether standing or sitting, most of them were well-known singers from the music industry and their colleagues. So, although he was extremely irritated, he didn't dare to go over and scold them directly. Instead, he turned his head to look at Tang Xiao, "Director, look at this..."

  Tang Xiao had also stopped applauding and calmly waved his hand, "Continue!"

  The director took a moment, took the microphone from his assistant, and said to the hosts on stage who were still staring at him in confusion: "Continue!"

  …………

  As the applause gradually subsided, He Runqing and Liao Liao almost unconsciously turned their heads at the same time, exchanging a glance.

  Everyone was unapologetically showing their shock on their faces, with a hint of sparkling light in their eyes.

  In fact, it's impossible to cover up anyway.

  "It seems to be a three-stanza ring-shaped format." He Runjing said calmly.

  Liao Liao nodded and said briefly: "One sings, three sighs!"

  At this time, whether it was He Runqing or Liao Liao, they were both bursting with emotions and praise, wanting to find someone to vent to, but unexpectedly, the two of them spoke in a very calm tone.

  He Runkui quickly laughed and said, "Alright then, Liao Liao you guys are busy, I need to go back and touch up my makeup first!"

  Liao Liao also smiled and said: "Okay, then Runcheng sister you hurry up, I'm about to go back on stage soon!"

  The two nodded and smiled at each other. He Rongqing grasped Liao Liao's hand tightly, squeezed it hard, then let go, and they passed each other by.

  Everyone is very carefree and relaxed.

  …………

  Back in her dressing room, He Rongqing sat down dazedly.

  And her agent, Liu Mei, seemed to still be immersed in the song just now, unable to extricate herself. She sat down and told He Runqing's assistant and two other entourage members about the shock that the song had brought to her. She couldn't help but sigh: "Li Qian is really... a genius! I'm baffled, how can a 17-year-old kid write such a work? This is a classic! It's not good to say more, within fifty years, this work will definitely be sung forever!"

  He Runqing's assistants and entourage were all nodding in agreement, but actually... if they really understood the song that much, it wouldn't be like this. After all, they are just assistants, not professional musicians. But even they could tell that the previous song was very good and very enjoyable to listen to! So, it's only natural to flatter a bit.

  But at this time, He Runqing suddenly raised his head and said: "After the evening meeting is recorded, I want to go to Jinan Prefecture."

  Everyone stopped instantly.

  Liu Mei turned her head and looked at her, slightly furrowing her brow, asking: "Going to see Li Qian?"

  He Runqing nodded.

  "After some thought, she said: 'Last time you got the song from him through Mr. Cao, and now that single has been on the market for a month with pretty good results, but I still haven't gone to see him in person, which doesn't seem quite right. Not to mention whether Mr. Cao will be dissatisfied with our previous approach, at least Li Qian is someone I think it's necessary to take the initiative to get to know. Hmm... do you think what I'm saying is wrong?'"

  Liu Mei's eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

  After some thought, she asked: "So, you want to continue looking for Li Qian to invite him to sing?"

  ***

  After finishing writing, I found that it was a full 6,000 words in one big chapter. So, I simply split it into two chapters instead. Anyway, they are connected and won't delay everyone's pleasure! (.)