You're about to retire from the entertainment industry, yet your concerts are still so popular?

At this moment, a scrolling image of traditional Chinese ink painting is playing on the stage screen.

Above the painting are several rows of golden, vertical text: 【When the youth are wise, the nation is wise…】

It's clear at a glance that Ye Chen regretted changing the song at the last minute—

He didn't have time to design the stage, lighting, and set design, so he used the images on the screen as a substitute for stage design.

This is a common practice at many singers' concerts; some even don't use visuals at all, simply enlarging the singer onto the screen.

Even in its simplicity, it is still breathtaking!

At that moment, Professor Zhang was struck dumb, frozen in place: "The continuous pharyngeal consonant and head-turning B4, Ye Chen's voice is too agile, it's really exaggerated!"

"And this lyrics! So powerful and so magnanimous!"

"I really don't know how Ye Chen came up with these words! He's definitely a literary master!"

Professor Zhang's face was filled with utter shock!

The lyrics for "Ode to Young China" by Ye Chen are absolutely textbook-worthy!

At this moment, Zhang Yiming's head was buzzing!

As Ye Chen's colleagues, they could easily distinguish his singing skills, songwriting techniques, and composition skills.

Ye Chen, who has been singing pop songs for ten years, suddenly displayed singing skills that were truly exaggerated and beyond expectations!

"Ye Chen, it seems your continued popularity isn't just due to the gimmick of fans vying for the microphone." Zhang Yiming was beginning to admire Ye Chen.

You can rely on your singing skills to reach the right level of fame!

But you were able to suppress your talent and stick to the role the company assigned you, always singing love songs.

"Ye Chen is talented, yet he has stuck to love songs for so long. He is indeed much better than a singer like me who likes to change styles and image." Zhang Yiming stared blankly at Ye Chen and said tremblingly.

"How can Ye Chen sing with such a clear voice, yet sing with such passion?" Zhang Rui frowned, feeling that there was something wrong with Ye Chen.

Wu Yifan said sarcastically, "What's so new about this? He's just making a patriotic fuss over it. You guys who are basically loyal to him always cry and whine when you hear this. Anyway, it's really easy to make money off you."

Zhang Yiming gritted his teeth: "Can I ask President Jiang of Shengtang Entertainment to throw this guy out?!"

"Snapped!"

Wu Yifan slapped the assistant in the cheongsam on her rounded leg and said angrily:

"So what? I was invited by their boss to give Ye Chen feedback on his new song!"

"Look at you, you're in such a hurry again." Professor Zhang grabbed Zhang Yiming and said, "Different people have different feelings and different actions."

"...That's right, Professor is right!" Zhang Yiming deliberately raised his voice so Wu Yifan could hear, "People should only have conversations that match their own understanding."

"That makes sense. Exchanging a few words with someone who has low cognitive ability can actually drag you down," Professor Zhang added cryptically.

Li Shuyuan glared at her, "Stop arguing! You're all acting like little kids! Just listen to the song! Can't you finish listening before you start arguing?!"

"Ye Chen's songs and singing style have never appeared in our entire music scene before!"

"Even if you don't consider the future of the Chinese music scene, you should at least learn from Ye Chen's techniques for your own growth!"

Her three short sentences directly enlightened everyone!

Yes!

Since Ye Chen was going to retire from the entertainment industry anyway, he made his songs very avant-garde and innovative, and no one criticized him.

He was always unique and didn't engage in the fan culture phenomenon common in the entertainment industry.

Now that he's retiring from the entertainment industry, will he still indulge the Chinese entertainment industry and the audience?

Once they understood these points, the group instantly realized the truth.

With Ye Chen using new techniques for composing and singing, as long as the market accepts it, this is a huge good thing for the Chinese entertainment industry!

We must learn from them... uh, we must borrow their methods and learn from them!

……

At this moment, on the stage.

The children's choir sang again: "When the youth are wise, the nation is wise!"

"When the youth are prosperous, the nation is prosperous!"

"When the youth are strong, the nation is strong!"

"When the youth are free, the nation is free!"

At this moment, Ye Chen was so absorbed in the moment that it seemed as if he were having a conversation with Liang Qichao.

Through song, we convey the prosperity of China today to the listeners.

A special emotion was brewing in his chest. Ye Chen took a deep breath, and his soft tone gradually rose, the emotions in his heart spreading out with the song.

He shared this with the audience, and also with Liang Qichao in his heart:

"When Gan Jiang is sharpened, its edge shines forth!"

"The sky is its canopy, and the earth is its foundation."

"Throughout the ages and across the vast wilderness!"

"The future is as vast as the sea, and the days ahead are long!"

"A young man has his own youthful exuberance..."

"Live up to your youth!"

……

The audience listened with great interest and satisfaction.

It even gives you a tingling, exhilarating feeling!

"Ahhh! Ye Chen's song felt like a baptism for my soul!"

"This song is so uplifting! Ye Chen tells us to be wild and live up to our youth! It's so touching!"

"I understood that too! He made us arrogant, but it was with the spirit of 'I will take care of China's affairs,' not the kind of arrogant rage of impotence."

"Ye Chen's rendition of this song has made me feel so energetic! After the concert, I'm definitely going to drag 90-year-old Grandpa Haji around the stadium twenty times!"

"We call your kind Jiahao! Ye Chen is the 'Hao' that reminds us to 'live up to our youth'!"

"Yes!! I dare to challenge heaven and earth, who can stop me from cutting through thorns and brambles! The world laughs at me, but I will be strong and live up to my youth!"

The fans on Jinyun Mountain were equally excited.

They were like they'd been injected with adrenaline!

Even outside the stadium, Ye Chen's singing voice was still very loud!

They were moved to tears!

Fang Weiguo hugged the tree trunk with both hands, tears streaming down his face: "Living up to our youth? No wonder these little kids love to sing Ye Chen's songs together."

"Such a heroic and passionate song, if only ten thousand people could sing it together!"

"That's truly astounding!"

"Uncle, isn't it a loss if we don't grab Ye Chen's tickets?" a big girl asked from under the tree on a large rock.

"What a loss! What a complete loss! Just this one song, which of the previous songs could make the fans lose money?!" Fang Weiguo retorted.

"Then next time you buy me a ticket, and I'll take you to sing for Ye Chen live, okay?" The young girl looked at her "ticket-holding uncle" expectantly.

While cleaning his hands, he didn't forget to take a picture of the moment with his phone.

"Go! We have to sing this song for Ye Chen! My uncle has some savings behind the TV; that'll be enough to buy us both tickets!"

Fang Weiguo assured him.

He absolutely had to go to the scene!

For myself, for the young Li who lived up to his youthful ideals, and for my former comrades-in-arms, I will sing this song for Ye Chen!

At this moment.

Ye Chen joined in, singing along with the children's voices recorded to the accompaniment, creating an even more powerful and resonant chorus:

"A young man has his own youthful exuberance! His heart shines like the sun!"

"No matter how many difficulties I face, I will overcome them! Today, I am but a young man!"

"The sky is high, the sea is vast, and the journey is long! The youth of China are full of spirit!"

"Strive to become pillars of society! Live up to your youth!"

"Strive to become a pillar of society!"

"Live up to your youth!"

In this final verse, Ye Chen's momentum was even stronger!

In particular, Ye Chen's clear and pure singing voice, accompanied by dozens of children's voices, created a truly explosive effect when they sang together!

The audience in the entire stadium felt as if their hearts were being ignited!

Many fans stood up and sang along to the song, facing the stage: "Strive to become pillars of society! Live up to your youth!"

Following closely behind, more and more audience members spontaneously stood up!