Entertaining Children

Amid the applause, Xiao Yao stood up and bowed to the audience, then walked to the piano and returned the guitar in his hand to the musician named Jack. After thanking him softly, he was about to step off the stage. Bayi? Chinese Network? ? W? W? W?. ?8(i)1(i)Z(Ai)W?. (viii) COM

"Wait, young man, don't you want to hear my evaluation of you?" Louis Joseph stopped Xiao Yao and said.

"To be honest, I don't really think about it." Xiao Yao shook his head and smiled, "Actually, I'm not a true jazz fan, but I can listen to all kinds of music. I'm not good at jazz, and I haven't thought about writing jazz specifically, so do I listen to you? evaluation, it will not change anything for me."

"I never thought of writing jazz specifically? Then your song?" Louis Joseph asked strangely, "In my opinion, it is indeed a jazz-style song."

"That was adapted by me temporarily." Xiao Yao said, "When I first wrote this song, it was actually a folk song. When I came on stage, I thought it was a jazz performance. Jazz it up a bit."

"Wow~ Temporary arrangement? No wonder you only use the guitar as an accompaniment." Louise Joseph exclaimed in surprise, "It seems that I met a very talented young man, so can I listen to your song? What does the original folk song look like? Don’t care about jazz or not, the enjoyment of the music is the most important thing.”

"Well, since you have no objection, I don't mind letting you rest for a few more minutes." Xiao Yao blinked and nodded with a smile.

That Jack handed the acoustic guitar to Xiao Yao again. After Xiao Yao took it, he returned to the chair in front of the center of the stage, smiled and said to the microphone: "At the request of Mr. Joseph, I will perform another version of the song just now for everyone."

The conversation between Xiao Yao and Louis Joseph just now did not use the help of a microphone. In the concert hall, only some audience members in the front row who were relatively close to the stage heard their conversation, so most of the audience seemed to be very nervous when they saw Xiao Yao go back. Very curious, and there were some discussions, Xiao Yao explained it in such a simple way.

"starry, starrynight..." This time, Xiao Yao directly omitted the prelude he added when recording the song, and performed it completely according to the previous version, singing the lyrics while plucking the guitar strings.

"It's really in the style of folk songs. Is this the original appearance of the song?" Clara and the other three looked at Fang Yiran.

"Uh...about the same," Fang Yiran said, "He removed the prelude of the song, but the melody, rhythm and singing style are all the same."

"I now believe that he is indeed a very talented music maker.

"Clara said, "But such a guy, the short film he made can be shortlisted for the short film festival... It's unimaginable! "

"Even if his short film didn't win an award, I still think he's a genius!" Andrew and Kira nodded together.

After Xiao Yao performed the folk version of the song, the audience gave another burst of warm applause.

"Thank you," Louise Joseph walked directly to Xiao Yao's side this time, "Since you don't want to hear my evaluation, then I'll just say thank you for your performance. By the way, may I know your name and origin? "

"My name is Xiao Yao, from China." Xiao Yao introduced himself with a smile.

"Let us once again thank Xiao Yao, a young man from China, for his wonderful performance." Louis Joseph picked up the microphone on the microphone stand, pointed at Xiao Yao and said loudly to the audience.

"Thank you!" Amid the applause of the audience, Xiao Yao bowed again, returned the guitar to Jack, jumped off the stage and returned to his seat.

On the way back, some spectators along the way smiled and gave Xiao Yao a thumbs up, and Xiao Yao naturally smiled and nodded back as he walked.

After this episode, Jack moved his chair back to the middle of the band, and Louis Joseph also moved the microphone stand back to the piano, and began to continue the performance behind.

Half an hour later, Louis Joseph's performance ended, and the six people got up and left the stage like the audience. The exiting audience walked and talked about Louis Joseph's wonderful performance, which also included some comments about Xiao Yao. Some audience members who walked with Xiao Yao and the other six when they exited the stage greeted Xiao Yao enthusiastically and praised his performance on stage just now.

When I came out of the concert hall, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. The supper and so on were just made up by Xiao Yao. Considering that they will go to the film festival tomorrow, everyone didn't go to other places, so they got into the car and sent Xiao Yao and the three of them back to the hotel.

"Xiao, was the song you just wrote about Van Gogh?" Back in the car, Kira Bea couldn't help asking Xiao Yao.

"Uh... yes." Xiao Yao nodded. "Past Life" is indeed to commemorate Van Gogh, Xiao Yao can only nod to admit it.

"Sure enough," Qila cheered, "You must also like Van Gogh, right? Otherwise, why would you write songs for him?"

"Is this because you met a fan of Van Gogh?" Xiao Yao thought to himself, and could only keep nodding.

"I heard the lyrics of your song just now, and it seems to be related to Van Gogh's paintings. Can you tell me which works of Van Gogh are in your lyrics?" Kira Bea continued to ask.

"Uh...then how many works did you recognize?" Xiao Yao didn't answer, but asked Qila Bea with a smile.

Xiao Yao didn't know much about Van Gogh or his works, only that he was a very great impressionist painting master. When he heard this song in his previous life, he knew that it was written by Van Gogh. The first sentence "starry, starry night" refers to his very famous painting "The starry night". As for how many works of Van Gogh are in the song, Xiao Yao really doesn't know.

However, although Xiao Yao didn't know it himself, he was sure that Kira Bea, who studied art and was a fan of Van Gogh, would definitely be able to hear a lot. What should I do if the singer forgets the words during the performance? In addition to skipping directly in embarrassment, you can also extend the microphone in your hand to the audience, so Xiao Yao simply asked Qila to say, she said a few pictures, and Xiao Yao planned to admit how many pictures there were.

"First, there must be "Starry Night", then "Daffodils in a Bowl", and his self-portrait, and..." Kira Bea began to count one by one, and Xiao Yao listened with a smile on his face. They nodded their heads one by one, and at the same time, their hearts were dripping with sweat: "I'm going, there are so many paintings of Van Gogh written in one song?"

"Is there any more?" Qila asked Xiao Yao after counting.

"No, you're awesome! You've heard it all." Xiao Yao twitched the corners of his mouth and gave a thumbs up with a smile.

"It's nothing to me, it's really great that you can write such a song." Kira Bea announced happily, "I like you so much! To thank you for writing a song for my most admired idol , I decided to go to the film festival tomorrow to vote for your short film! Also, I can be your tour guide for free!"

"Thank you," Xiao Yao smiled and pointed to Clara Vera, "but we already have a tour guide."

"Qila, I regard you as a friend, but you want to take my job?" Clara Vera also smiled, and then glanced at Xiao Yao again.

"Then I will be their tour guide with you." Qila Bea said, "Aren't there three of them? If they act separately, Fang and Pei will be handed over to you, and I will be in charge of Xiao."

"We are really going to act separately." Xiao Yao said, "In the next few days, the mission of the two of them is to play, and my mission is to watch movies at the film festival. If you follow me, besides watching movies, you may watch movies. It will be boring."

"Anyway, you have a car, and you can be responsible for transporting Xiao from the hotel to the film festival." Clara Vera thought about it, and simply assigned the task to Kira Bea, "Anyway, you also have a car yourself."

"No problem!" Kira Bea immediately nodded happily in agreement.

"This girl won't be dragging me to talk about Van Gogh and Impressionism on the way back and forth?" Xiao Yao thought worriedly.

"Xiao, if you have time, you can also come and play with our band." Andrew also warmly invited.

"Okay, if there is a chance, I will go." Xiao Yao verbally agreed, but actually he was not very interested. There is still a band in the United States, and Xiao Yao doesn't want to have another band in France.

After sending the three of Xiao Yao back to the hotel, Clara made an appointment with them to meet tomorrow before leaving with her friends.

The next morning, Kira Bea really came to the hotel with Clara Vera to pick up Xiao Yao and the others. Originally, Qila wanted Xiao Yao to take her car, but Xiao Yao was afraid that Qila would talk to him about Van Gogh, so he shook his head firmly and refused, saying that the three of them hadn't acted separately yet, and it was better to sit together.

Qila didn't insist either, and drove to the venue of the film festival with Clara Vera on her own.

After arriving, Clara Vera took Xiao Yao and the three of them to the office of the film festival's organizing committee, helped them handle the IDs that showed the identity of the contestants, and then took them to the film festival's venue to complete I took a stroll around and mainly introduced the process of the film festival and the screening schedule of each exhibition hall.

Xiao Yao's "The Tuner" was scheduled to be screened in Auditorium No. 3. The screening times were 3:00 pm on the second day, 10:20 am on the third day, and 3:40 pm on the fourth day. three time periods. The duration of the movie is a little over thirteen minutes, plus the introduction before the screening and the audience interaction after the screening, it is almost twenty minutes each time. This means that Xiao Yao's short film will not be screened this afternoon, and Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi don't have to follow Xiao Yao.

After lunch, Xiao Yao gave Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi a vacation, and asked Clara Vera to take the two of them to the Volcanic Geopark near Dom Mountain, while he leisurely wore his work card, Went to watch free movies in several exhibition halls of the film festival.

Although the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is called "Short Film Cannes", it is not Cannes after all. There is no red carpet show full of big-name stars. It only has a simple opening ceremony, and it is officially opened. After the curtain, each exhibition hall began to show the entries, and everyone was free to choose to watch.

Xiao Yao spent the afternoon of the first day in the screening halls of various exhibition halls. First, look at the introduction of the short film to be screened in the exhibition hall, and then write down the schedule of the screening, and then go to the various screening halls to watch movies according to your own preferences.

After watching two short films in a row in the No. 1 exhibition hall, Xiao Yao felt that there were no short films that attracted him, so he walked to the No. 2 exhibition hall.

In the work introduction office in the lobby of No. 2 exhibition hall, Xiao Yao was a little surprised to find the name of a director who seemed to be Chinese. In the spirit of supporting his compatriots, he went to see this director named "muying" with great interest. short film.

This short film is called "Tough Guy". It is an action short film with a relatively simple plot, but the action scenes in it are very characteristic. I don’t even know the actor Xiao Yao in the film, he should be an unknown actor, and there are white faces and Asian faces in the actors. This short film also participated in the international competition unit, which only shows that this work is not from France. So Xiao Yao couldn't tell whether this muying was from Huaxia.

Xiao Yao got up and left after watching the two short films in Hall 1, but after watching this short film, Xiao Yao stayed and wanted to see the director with his own eyes.

After the screening of the short film, a young man with an East Asian face who looked less than 30 years old walked onto the stage, introduced himself briefly, and bowed to the audience in the screening hall. If the audience in the audience has any questions about this short film and wants to ask the director publicly, they can take the initiative to ask at this time. If you don't want to communicate, the audience can also leave quietly, which is what Xiao Yao did when he watched the first two short films. If no one asks questions, or if no one asks after the exchange, the director will leave on his own.

Xiao Yao didn't have any questions about the film and wanted to openly communicate with the director. He waited for the audience to leave and the director turned around to leave the stage before he walked over to say hello.

"Hi Director mu, I'm Xiao Yao," Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and introduced in English.

"Hello!" The mu director smiled and shook hands with Xiao Yao. After seeing Xiao Yao's face clearly, he said with some doubts and surprise: "You are Xiao Yao? That...Xiao Yao?"

"Yes, I am that Xiao Yao." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, and then asked, "Are you from Huaxia?"

"Yes, my name is Mu Ying, Mu Mu, hero Ying." Mu Ying not only changed the language to Chinese, but also changed the way of introduction to Huaxia's habits, "I am from Huaxia, and I am currently studying at USC's Academy of Film Arts. I am a postgraduate student in the Department of Directing. By the way, "I know that the University of Southern California in the United States, referred to as USC, has a very famous School of Film Arts. "Xiao Yao also switched to Chinese and said, "The graduate student in the director department of Southern University is very good, no wonder he can make such a wonderful short film. "

"Thank you," Muying nodded in gratitude, and then said with some doubts, "By the way, why are you here? The last time I saw you was the Spring Festival Gala broadcast live on the Internet." Although the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala in China have been declining year by year, But it still has a very important position among overseas Chinese.

"I'm also here to compete!" Xiao Yao shook the ID card hanging on his chest and said.

"Are you also a director?" Mu Ying looked at Xiao Yao's ID in surprise, and then continued, "Which hall is your movie in? When will it be released, and I will go to support you too."

"Okay. Then I'll thank you first!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, and then told Mu Ying about his movie screening hall and time.

"It doesn't conflict with my movie screening time, I will definitely go tomorrow!" Mu Ying promised.