All-rounder Artist

Chapter 305: Chapter 284: Massacre_1

This is obviously just a tease, typically used between two close friends playing cooperative video games –

The coordination might be dodgy, but when it’s time to surrender in a game, good buddies always have a surprising unspoken understanding.

However, this indicated the reality of Chu Province musicians.

“Is this what they call the land of music…”

“I heard Admirable Fish is still an undergraduate student in Qin province.”

“This song, Mariage d’Amour, has reached a master’s level. Is this the level a university student should have?”

“Don’t even talk about musicality, just comparing our ages, we’ve already lost horribly!”

“Although I don’t want to admit it, this song is indeed incredible.”

“The competition of music between Qin and Chu might continue for a while, but I feel that this harsh defeat has already foreshadowed our future.”

“We underestimated the innate musical talent of the Qin people!”

“Initially, I was unwilling to accept it, but after listening to Mariage d’Amour a few more times, I feel this result isn’t unacceptable.”

“Actually, the score is very simple, devoid of the weight and charm of classical piano, but often, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“I thought it would be a few good pop songs, but I didn’t expect Admirable Fish to throw out a piano song of this caliber, what is there to compare now?”

“From pretentiousness to concept to popularity, we’re completely crushed. If we’re not psychologically prepared, even the Maestro can’t play.”

“…”

If Blue Star people have ever read a certain science fiction novel, they will undoubtedly be able to describe this music war with great accuracy.

Four words:

Dimensional reduction.

In ordinary seasonal disputes, no matter how noisy it is, everyone is still comparing popular songs.

But Admirable Fish did not play along with them.

He directly threw out a classic piano song!

Facing such a result, the Chu people of course will be silent. Should they accuse Admirable Fish of foul play?

That would mean they lose face big time.

This is not to say that Admirable Fish has the ability to crush the Maestro.

It’s to say that even the Maestro didn’t expect that Admirable Fish would pull out his killer move!

Something of Mariage d’Amour’s caliber, even if the Maestro racked his brains, he wouldn’t dare to claim he could create it!

Online.

Apart from countless discussions about the movie, the disputes over the Qin-Chu music battle have completely turned into a one-sided slaughter!

“Does any buddy from Chu Province have any last words (sly smile)?”

“I am Chu people, and I must say I was shocked after listening to the song. Admirable Fish is amazing, I am convinced, no way to fight back!”

“Can’t argue, I quit, next house.”

“I am also Chu people. Now that Qin, Qi, and Chu are united, we are all one family, no need to quarrel non-stop, right.”

“Great Qin is mighty, Junior Maestro is domineering!”

“Ha ha ha ha I didn’t expect him to just whip out a piano song! As someone who has striven to become a pianist for many years, I almost kneeled when I heard this song! The difference between pop songs and piano composition is like a status gap, it’s as if the Chu people came with cold weapons ready for a big fight, and then saw Admirable Fish slowly pulling out an AK.”

“Admirable Fish, forever the GOAT!”

“As a Qi people, I was just watching the fun, but I didn’t expect the show to reach its climax just at the beginning. This Fish is too scary!”

“Honesty without bias, Mariage d’Amour by Admirable Fish can directly challenge the Maestro, right? Maybe he should consider the composition award this year.”

“It’s hard to get the composition award. It’s usually for classical piano. Mariage d’Amour is the pinnacle of pop piano.”

“…”

Among the Qin people, there are discerning ones.

Such discussions are also taking place among musicians in Qin Province. Some even guessed whether Admirable Fish might become the Maestro because of this. However, after discussing, everyone felt that this idea was not realistic…

Pop and classic are different.

You can understand this by comparing pop music with classical music.

Pop piano might be softer than classical, while classical piano pays attention to strict rhythm.

More detailed distinctions involve professional elements, which won’t be elaborated here.

However, the counterattack by Admirable Fish has indeed achieved a shocking effect!

“This song can be considered the highest achievement of Admirable Fish’s works to date.”

“If Admirable Fish becomes the Maestro in the future, Mariage d’Amour will definitely occupy a huge weight and be considered by the judging panel.”

“Considering Admirable Fish’s status as a university student, his level is almost demonically exceptional!”

“The Chu people must be all dazed, aren’t they?”

“Nevermind the Chu people, which of us musicians in Qin Province aren’t dazed?”

“…”

Yes, everyone is dazed!

The chart hasn’t come out yet, but Admirable Fish has already released a work that directly kills all suspense!

The reality is also the same.

The next day when the season ranking was revealed, Mariage d’Amour directly became the champion, establishing a victory that belongs to pure music and the land of music!

The value of this championship is a little excessive…

Because Mariage d’Amour had more than 36 million downloads on the first day making people feel a sense of dreamlike unreality!

The second place is a piece by a composer and King of Singing from Qin Province, and the download volume barely exceeded 10 million.

That is to say.

Even if Admirable Fish didn’t make a move, the victory of February would have still been taken by Qin – The Land of Music.

And Fish made a move!

And it was a chart-topping kind!

No distinction between friend and foe!

An indiscriminate killing spree!

Every musician from Qin, Qi, and Chu who participated in this season’s challenge, knelt down one by one, and from data to evaluation, it was all a complete mess!

What’s even scarier is…

Another piano piece in the movie, “Missing,” also ranked fourth on the new song chart.

That means…

Xian Yu alone occupied two of the top ten spots in the season rankings!

Shocking!

The three major music circles of Qin, Qi and Chu were all astounded!

This resoundingly declares that starting this season, Xian Yu officially earned the right to compete for the title of Maestro!

Aside from the shock, insiders were actually left speechless.

Especially the Chu people…

?????

More question marks than you can count.

You, Xian Yu, have such awesome pieces, so why do you want to compete with us in this season’s battle!?

Even without the movie’s promotion, if you directly released these, you could absolutely prove yourself to the fullest!

If we knew you had such pieces up your sleeve, even if we picked a Maestro in the Great Qin to compete, we wouldn’t dare to directly contend with you, Xian Yu!

Are you messing with our mentality?

After all, “Mariage d’Amour” is an exceptional heavyweight amongst many Maestros masterpieces.

The Chu people felt a bit wronged.

The glory attributed to “Mariage d’Amour”, of course, wouldn’t stop there.

The day after the rankings were revealed, the official website of the “Literature and Art Gazette” gave featured coverage to the song on its front page.

As the most authoritative music media, the “Literature and Art Gazette’s” acknowledgment was like a resounding stamp of approval for Xian Yu’s piece:

“On February 1st, ‘Mariage d’Amour’, a work that best represents Xian Yu’s composition skills was born. Even if it can’t end the ideological conflict of Qin and Chu’s music, it can at least serve as a period indicating the attribution of glory to the hall of fame, and is enough to thoroughly prove the astonishing talent of Maestro Junior Xian Yu…”

A masterpiece!

Extraordinary talent!

The keywords within the long article are easy to search for, and with this declaration from the most authoritative media in the industry, it was pretty much set in stone, and no one dared to question further.

“…”

Even the Chu people who still wanted to grumble a bit were silenced immediately after the “Literature and Art Gazette” made its statement.

This is getting crazy.

What was supposed to be an exciting season’s contest and a thrilling competition of talent, ended up being completely overshadowed by your performances!

The media in Chu land cried their hearts out!

We totally picked the wrong person to compete with!

After all, the Chu media had some plans to make a name for themselves by putting Xian Yu against a Maestro, but it turned out they had just hit a wall. Now looking back…

Wasn’t it good just being alive?

At that time…

Lin Yuan had just woken up to find his phone filled with messages from various people, which he couldn’t catch up with.

When he logged into the Tribe…

It was even more exciting.

On the Tribe, Xian Yu’s pseudonym had reached more than 86 million followers!

The comments section was blown up in an instant.

“Fish Papa is awesome!”

“This song has blown the minds of the Chu people…”

“I feel ‘Missing’ is also very nice.”

“All the songs in the movie are good, but ‘Mariage d’Amour’ is what conquers all. I’m a piano student, and this song has been listed as a compulsory piece in our department today, that’s face!”

“Our piano teacher said that Teacher Xian Yu’s song is close to becoming legendary.”

“Becoming a legend is inevitable, don’t forget, how old is Teacher Xian Yu this year!”

“…”

Lin Yuan was startled by the hustle and bustle, then he thought about something and calmed down.

It’s natural.

Although “Mariage d’Amour” is not the most lofty classical piano, but precisely because it’s not classical piano, it could be this successful.

In other words…

If an ordinary person hears “Mariage d’Amour” for the first time and compares it to a random fugue of Bach, anyone who dares to say Bach sounds better, is definitely showing off!

And it’s extremely showy!

Some people may wonder, how can “Mariage d’Amour” be compared to Bach in terms of pretentiousness, grade, and the connotation of the work?

It’s like comparing van Gogh’s works with some extremely exquisite and gorgeous paintings.

Ordinary people will only think that van Gogh’s paintings are a complete mess.

Of course there’s no comparison, and no need to compare.

Because Bach is for professionals to listen to, ordinary people don’t listen to classical, not because they aren’t used to it, but because they don’t care.

So the most popular, widely disseminated pieces are often ones like “Mariage d’Amour” which are ubiquitous.

However, the term “ubiquitous” here is not derogatory, but rather, it means that the piece is so popular that many people have calloused ears from listening to it.

Any piece that can cause people to develop callused ears should not be denied by the pretentious lot that wants to highlight their uniqueness.

The point here is that “Mariage d’Amour” is popular for a reason.

There’s a saying that over ninety percent of people in the Celestial Dynasty have heard this song inadvertently!!

So, it’s only natural that this song exploded in popularity!!

After glancing at the comments for a while and surfing the internet for a bit, Lin Yuan noticed the “Literature and Art Gazette’s” report on him–

Well played.

Front page headline.

This is a report from the music industry’s most authoritative media. This is the first time Xian Yu has made the front page headline.

What’s even more amazing is…

The side page, that is, the second largest section, also has content related to Xian Yu…