Huayu 1995

Chapter 232 Music Festival Accident (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The last person to stand up is the most recognizable.

Chen Yufan!
He was a member of the duo Yu Quan, and later became Bai Baihe's husband and ex-husband.

It is said that his family background is extremely impressive.

However, the group won't be formed for another two years. Right now, he's studying music composition and singing as an independent musician.

In addition, there are Yu Dong, Zhao Jie, Shen Qing, Lu Gengxu, and Li Jian, who are still quite popular these days. These are all representative figures of campus folk songs.

Su Chao is also one of them.

His song "Goodbye" has become incredibly popular among college students, and many students bought the album because of this song.

Then Su Chao also saw Xiao Ke and Xu Wei.

It's quite remarkable that such a campus event could attract so many professional and non-professional singers.

People tend to be more tolerant of students.

The later saying, "I'm a college student, can you give me one?" isn't entirely without reason.

"Hello everyone, I'm Su Chao. I'm a little late, I'm very sorry."

Su Chao wasn't actually late.

These people arrived a bit early.

He had no idea that these people would treat such events as a platform for peer exchange, often arriving more than an hour early.

Su Chao shook hands with each of them.

I also bought a few songs.

The four songs, "Departure," "No Thieves Under Heaven," "Heart Like a Raging Tide," and "The Most Familiar Stranger," were all discounted to under 20,000 yuan, so the four songs only cost 60,000 yuan.

Su Chao has no shortage of songs now.

There's no need to buy songs that are too expensive.

Moreover, these kinds of songs rarely fetch high prices in mainland China.

So he bought songs that he used to listen to often in his past life.

In addition, there are 100 intermediate singing skill experience points, which is equivalent to 1000 beginner singing skill experience points.

Su Chao's singing skills have also improved to an intermediate level, following his acting skills.

There isn't actually a fixed value for this intermediate level.

Take Su Chao's martial arts as an example. In terms of combat strength, he is confident that he can rate himself as advanced, or at the very least intermediate. However, when it comes to gaining experience points, he still starts from the beginner level.

After Su Chao sat down, he quickly blended into the atmosphere.

When these musicians get together, they naturally talk about music.

Su Chao mostly listened without speaking, but if the topic touched on him, he would briefly express his opinion.

After all, he doesn't really understand creative work.

Even though I'm studying very hard now, I haven't reached the point where I can create a song on my own.

However, no one will underestimate Su Chao.

In fact, after Su Chao arrived, the musicians, who had been rather listless, perked up.

A legendary figure!

This is the generally accepted view on Su Chao.

Huang Bo has even dreamed of writing songs for the Princess and Andy Lau, and he said that whether or not he writes them is his business, while whether or not the Princess and Andy Lau want them to do so is their business.

The musicians at the event shared similar ambitions.

However, very few people can actually achieve this.

Su Chao is one of the few people who can sell his songs to singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Even though some musicians look down on pop songs and catchy tunes, they have to admit that Su Chao is talented.

People are very careful when discussing music in his presence.

Yes, using the word "cautious" to describe an unruly musician is utterly absurd—absurd to the extreme.

If there are any controversial issues, they might even ask Su Chao to make the decision.

The musicians who came today are all quite young, generally under thirty years old.

But... Su Chao is only eighteen years old, and there is no one younger than him here.

In such situations, Su Chao usually tries to smooth things over.

Fortunately, he's not a complete novice anymore; he now has a good understanding of music.

At least he didn't give the impression of being all show and no substance.

Even if something is said that is not quite appropriate, people will imagine a "more reasonable" interpretation.

This is probably what is meant by "a great Confucian scholar will come to debate the classics for me".

We chatted for almost half an hour before the music festival officially started.

Su Chao was invited to sing three songs: "Goodbye", "Free Like the Wind", and "Life Is More Than Just the Present".

The three songs are not sung consecutively. "Freedom" and "Living a Mere Life" are placed in the middle, and "Goodbye" is placed at the end of today's performance.

Actually, the concept of "压轴" originally meant the second to last, but due to people's habits, it has often been understood as the last one.

"I give you freedom / The longevity of memories / I give you everything / But I cannot stay / I am as free as the wind..."

I was really into singing when, after a burst of noise, the equipment suddenly stopped working.

This is Su Chao's first time participating in such a mixed music festival, but he has previously participated in two concerts by Princess Diana and one concert by Andy Lau, so he is certainly not lacking in stage experience.

However, halfway through the song, the equipment malfunctioned, causing him to pause briefly. A moment of silence fell over the audience.

The sound engineer rushed to the equipment to urgently troubleshoot the problem.

"It's okay, let's continue. This song was written and composed by my good friend and brother Xu Wei. At the same time, Xu Wei, Huang Bo, and I also formed the Super Yellow Band. Please look forward to our band's new album..."

Su Chao, after all, had seen the world.

This type of malfunction is not very common, but it can happen in any level of live performance.

Otherwise, the Spring Festival Gala wouldn't have needed to prepare backup recordings.

Su Chao's tone was calm and composed.

The chaotic scene was instantly calmed down.

Fortunately, the accompaniment was gone, but the microphone effect was still there.

Then... let's sing it a cappella!

"I am as free as the wind / Just as your gentleness cannot hold me back / You push away my outstretched hands / Go, and don't look back / Endless drifting / The yearning for freedom..."

Su Chao sang while playing the guitar.

Having improved his singing skills to the intermediate level, Su Chao felt that even if he sang a cappella, he would definitely not disappoint his fans.

It might even become a special edition.

After Su Chao finished singing, the equipment was still not fixed. Even after he finished the song, he continued to play the piano casually.

He started showing off verbally:
"I hope to find someone like you, like a refreshing breeze in the mountains, like the warm light of a small town, from morning till night, from the wilderness to the study, as long as it's you in the end... that's enough."

You wouldn't say this passage has much depth, but when it comes to being pretentious, it can definitely hit the heart of artsy young people.

Su Chao took two steps back, opened his arms, and bowed to the audience.

The audience immediately erupted in thunderous applause.

Some students clapped until their hands were red.

I hope to find someone like you, like a refreshing breeze in the mountains...

That's so damn artsy.

This is what it means to live a life as free as the wind.

Some students might think that Su Chao, who originally sang pop songs, is too vulgar, with lyrics like "everything is the moon's fault" and other nonsensical phrases.

But after hearing Su Chao say such things, I began to doubt my own shallowness and realized that I couldn't understand Su Chao's awesomeness at all.

A few minutes later, the equipment finally returned to normal.

The music festival continues.

However, it's unlikely that anyone can recreate the kind of excitement that Su Chao created.

Unexpected events bring both risks and opportunities.

When people talk about this music festival, what is most memorable is probably that when the sound equipment malfunctioned, Su Chao sang half a song and recited a passage that sounded very artistic.

Su Chao's song "Free Like the Wind" doesn't even make the list on this album.

The popularity is only among a small segment of the population.

Now, after all this commotion...

The combination of song and text is sure to generate buzz.

There might even be news reports about it.

The two songs Su Chao sang afterward were unsurprising.

When singing "Goodbye," Su Chao led the crowd in a massive sing-along of a thousand people.

Some people started crying while singing.

This song's depressing effect is as potent as ever.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Su. My name is Mo Yu, and I'm one of the organizers of this music festival. I'm really so sorry for today."

A boy choked up as he apologized to Su Chao.

The organizers of the university music festival were also university students.

People who haven't experienced many setbacks will find it difficult to handle public relations when faced with such an on-site incident; an apology is the most direct approach.

He was even worried that Su Chao would suspect him of deliberately orchestrating the accident.

"You're quite capable, brother. It's nothing to be involved in organizing such an event. Just be more careful next time. Experience is accumulated one step at a time. I look forward to you organizing even larger-scale events someday. Maybe one day I'll ask you to help me prepare for a concert."

Su Chao naturally wouldn't hold it against him.

After all, he didn't suffer any losses.

Judging from the effect of the performance just now, the music festival even provided him with this opportunity.

"Thank you, Teacher Su. I will try my best!"

Mo Yu's face turned bright red after being given a pep talk by Su Chao.

Eighteen-year-old Su Chao inspired him to look up to him.

Su Chao smiled.

Don't call me teacher, you can actually call me principal.

(End of this chapter)