After Li Chengfeng understood how to use the Holy Wen Pen, his heart was at ease. To avoid revealing his trump card, he did not use the Holy Wen Pen here. Instead, he forcefully suppressed the ecstasy and emotions in his heart.
He was ecstatic because now that he had mastered how to use the Holy Wen Pen, it would be a great bargaining chip in the upcoming World Number One Tournament.
He was emotional because it was not bright in the east but bright in the west. He had searched far and wide for it, but his unintentional choice had taught him how to use the Holy Wen Pen without a teacher.
Now that he thought about it, he had unintentionally owed Shanxue a favour.
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng quickly came up with an idea. He saw Shanxue staring at the stage, his brows furrowed and his expression impatient. He looked extremely dissatisfied. When the show was over, everyone stopped and looked at the man in the wheelchair covered in a thick blanket.
Shanxue's head was slightly lowered, his eyelids drooping, his fingers lightly tapping the palm of his other hand.
Although he was already a cripple who could not even take care of himself, he was the absolute authority here. Not a single musician, dancer or singer dared to take a deep breath, afraid that they would disturb his train of thought.
Because the higher one's attainments in the arts, the more they would know how high this crippled man's attainments in the arts were, and how brilliant his talent was.
After meeting Mingzhu and witnessing the magnificence and greatness of the 'General's Banquet', she was extremely shocked and overjoyed. She knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
As a renowned courtesan, as the head of the industry, what was her biggest dream in life?
Was it to marry an honest and wealthy man and enjoy her old age?
Was it to marry a nobleman and fly up high?
Perhaps some people would think this way, but not Beauty Yu. Her biggest dream in life was to leave her name in history, to prove herself. She was a great musician, a great artist, not a renowned courtesan for people to enjoy!
Beauty Yu knew that as long as she could participate in the grand production of the 'General's Banquet', she would definitely make a name for herself in the Spring Orchid Gathering!
As a result, Beauty Yu, who desperately wanted to win this Spring Orchid Gathering, gave Shanxue the highest position and power in the Beauty Pavilion. Beauty Yu, who held the power of life and death in her hands, even had to humble herself and smile obsequiously in front of Shanxue. Her goal was only so that Shanxue could better compose and complete this "The Banquet of the Generals", so that it could strive for perfection.
This' General's Banquet 'was basically a finished product, otherwise Beauty Yu would not have invited Li Chengfeng over to watch and appreciate it. However, Shanxue was an extremely strict person. He was a perfectionist and could not tolerate any imperfections in his work. To him, of the two performances today, one was because there was always a flaw in the coordination between the two sides, which made him very angry. The other was because he was very dissatisfied with the way the other was performed.
The crowd waited for quite a while. Shanxue's fingers drummed faster and faster, and he looked more and more impatient. As the singers, dancers, and musicians grew more and more frightened, and thought that they were going to be punished by Chief Yu again because of Shanxue, a voice suddenly came from the side.
"Why don't you try singing?"
When he heard this voice, Shanxue turned his head to see Li Chengfeng standing up and looking at him. He was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
There was a saying since ancient times, 'Silk is not as good as bamboo, bamboo is not as good as meat'. This meant that string music was not as good as wind music, and wind music was not as good as vocal music.
This referred to the difference between musical instruments in terms of rendering and expressive power, not the difference in technical skills of the same musical instrument.
If one wanted to discuss whether the zither's technique was more difficult, or the pipa's technique was cooler, this was a question that could not be resolved even after ten thousand years of debate.
However, in terms of expressive power and rendering power, silk was not as good as bamboo, and bamboo was not as good as meat. This was a well-known fact in the art and music circles, because the expressive power of the human voice was almost limitless, and it could always surprise and shock people.
Among vocal music, chorus was the most expressive and expressive form of expression.
Whether it was the Yellow River Cantata that Li Chengfeng heard in his past life or Beethoven's Ode to Joy, they were both supreme works of art in the music world. Anyone who has heard chorus would admit that other than chorus, no other form of expression could surpass it.
When the chorus was grand, majestic, grand, intense, and other emotions and scenes, its expressive power was unparalleled. Therefore, there was a saying that "chorus is the highest form of expression of music".
However, in this world, or in ancient times, chorus had always been a part that was not valued. Because in ancient times, or in this world, music was mainly spread in Musical Houses, brothels, and opera troupes.
The Musical House mostly performed in solemn and upscale venues, so it paid more attention to instrumental music and dance. Because the adults often drank and chatted with each other at banquets, the musicians and dancers of the Musical House only added to the fun. Therefore, most of the time, there was no singing. Even if there was, it was a solo.
And in brothels, there were mostly solo performances of song and dance and instrumental music. Because brothels revolved around famous courtesans, all the performances had to be carried out around her alone, and all the performances had to serve as a foil to her. Therefore, it was difficult to have large-scale instrumental music and dance performances, and the more people were the extremely skilled dancers. For example, Miao Keren, the top courtesan dancer in the capital city, was famous for her unparalleled dancing skills. She dared to use a large dance troupe to perform, because everyone's dance was to serve as a foil to her.
But singers were different. They could easily be overshadowed by chorus, so they did not dare to take this risk.
As for opera troupes, most of them studied opera singing and honed their skills in melodious singing, so it was impossible for them to develop a form of expression like chorus.
Therefore, Li Chengfeng's casual words had inadvertently pierced through a layer of window paper.
Just like Mingzhu's experiment of adding a string to the pipa, it pushed the pipa to a revolutionary development, which in turn pushed the development of music, performance, opera, and performance.
Sometimes, in certain fields, the window paper was just there. It could not be seen, or even touched, but once someone intentionally or unintentionally broke through it, it would open up a whole new realm and a whole new world.
Shanxue pondered for a moment, then looked up abruptly at Li Chengfeng, then turned to Beauty Yu. "Are there any singers in the residence?"
Beauty Yu was also a highly accomplished artist. She did not even need to try to know that Li Chengfeng's solution was the best. She immediately nodded. "Yes!
Yes! "
Other than the thugs in the Beauty House, most of the people here were more or less accomplished in the arts. After all, they were just a block of wood.
Beauty Yu quickly picked a group of good female singers and a group of male singers. After a simple rehearsal and training, Shanxue asked them to sing the solo part before the performance.
Although most of them were female singers, this chorus immediately gave off a completely different vibe from the previous solo singers!
The crowd could only feel that the chorus was earth-shattering. The majestic atmosphere, the majestic presence and the music's power made everyone's hair stand on end and their blood boil!
When they finished singing, although there were flaws everywhere and even some intonation problems, whether it was Beauty Yu, Chuchu, Mingzhu, or the musicians, all of them were so excited that their faces turned red and their eyes were brimming with tears.
Their eyes were glued to Li Chengfeng's face, because they knew that this person had opened a door, showing them a whole new world!