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Langlang didn't answer the question, but instead asked in return:

"Do you know that there was a saying that circulated three years ago?"

He paused, then said, "'China has no music.'"

"China has no music?" Wang Feng repeated.

Upon hearing this, as a musician, his first reaction was one of anger.

"This isn't my saying; it's something that circulated in the Western music world," Langlang said. "This phrase was very popular back then. Western musicians all used it as a joke."

Gao Xiaobo said, "Teacher Langlang, you can't just mean that China has no music, right? There must be many other countries' versions, like America having no history, or Britain having no food, etc..."

"No, no, that statement was made specifically against Chinese people," Lang Lang said. "Back then, when I was performing in Europe and America, there were even conservatives who put up banners in the street to mock me and Chinese music."

“This isn’t right,” Qin Yunshang said in surprise. “Teacher Langlang, everyone knows that you are a world-class pianist. To mock China for having no music in front of you is tantamount to slapping yourself in the face.”

“That’s not how it is,” Langlang said seriously on the phone. “Although I am a famous pianist, I am not a famous composer. The music I play is all foreign music.”

"Every piece of classical music I play at every concert is one that has been created by classical musicians over the past few hundred years. Only as a bonus piece at the end will I play a piece of traditional Chinese music."

“When I saw those people say those things, I felt very sad, but the only way I could fight back was to make the music created by those Western sages even more beautiful and more meaningful.”

The live stream chat was flooded with comments:

"Westerners are awful, disgusting."

"Who told them to invent the piano?"

"What Langlang said is true. A few years ago, when I was studying at a music academy in the United States, our professor said in class that there is no music in China. Then all the students burst into laughter, and I was the only Chinese person sitting there, feeling ashamed."

Cui Dayou, Wang Feng, and Gao Xiaobo all remained somewhat silent.

Chinese music is being denigrated like this, and musicians are the most furious. It's like they're being stabbed in the back.

However, they really couldn't refute it.

Despite their popularity in China, their music has never made a name for itself internationally, and hasn't generated much buzz.

Only by using strength can one slap others in the face, but they have nothing to offer.

Langlang continued:

"The reason for this was that the Vienna Music Center was compiling a collection of world classical music, which included representative pieces from almost every country."

“Apart from those particularly turbulent countries, even African countries have collected a large amount of representative ethnic music.”

"Especially Japan, which accounts for half of the famous songs in the East Asian section, is praised by the industry as the cradle of composers and the crown of East Asian music."

"And in our China, the number of famous songs in the collection is a mere one."

"How can there only be one song?" Jiang Xinhai asked in surprise. "Is this deliberately targeting us?"

"There's only one song." Langlang smiled wryly. "Their selection criteria are quite strict. They take into account the song's popularity and quality. In short, according to their methods, there really is only one song in Chinese music."

"China, such a large country, has only one song, while neighboring Japan, a small country, has several. This stark contrast is what makes the saying 'China has no music' so widely circulated."

After he said this, the live stream chat immediately erupted in anger.

It's one thing to say "China has no music," but Chinese people appreciate their own music, and there's no need for foreigners to dictate what's going on.

The practice of praising one while belittling another, and elevating Japan to the status of the "King of East Asian Music," has become somewhat unbearable for many.

It is worth noting that during the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent countless envoys to China to learn from them, taking away various musical instruments. Their national musical instruments evolved from popular Chinese musical instruments during the Tang and Song Dynasties.

The Japanese Imperial Family has been absorbing Chinese court music, and the nobility took pride in appreciating court music, which occupies a very important part of Japanese music history.

Later, during the war, the Japanese stormed into the Forbidden City and burned all the Chinese court music that they could not take with them. Countless rare and precious books, musicians and musicians were destroyed and slaughtered, leading to the loss of court music.

The famous song "Lanling King Enters the Battle" has been passed down in China for over a thousand years. It was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty, but the song was lost in China itself.

It was during the honeymoon period between China and Japan in the 1980s that a Japanese professor from Nara led a team to perform the piece at its birthplace, HD, allowing this famous Chinese song to return to its homeland.

This incident is also known as the "HD Remastering" incident.

Anyone familiar with the history of Chinese and Japanese music knows this history well.

China was once a weak nation, and even its music and art suffered a tumultuous fate along with the motherland.

However, the perpetrators in history not only went unpunished, but were instead honored as the "crown of East Asian music"!

Anyone who knows this history will understand just how great an insult this is.

Wang Feng's face turned red with anger, and Xu Xiangxiao quickly asked:

"What then?"

"Later..." Langlang said, "Later, JX came."

"And then, no one dared to mention that phrase again."

Everyone was a little confused.

Is it really that simple?

They longed to be like their math teacher, staring wide-eyed and asking a single question:

What about the process?

Langlang guessed their reaction and said with a smile, "It was in this environment that JX dragged me along, determined to make Chinese music resound all over the world in Vienna's Golden Hall, the music center in the hearts of Westerners!"

"So JX dragged me along to the Golden Hall to apply for 20 concerts."

"When we made this request, the person in charge of the concert hall was stunned."

"You should know that it was during the music season, and renowned musicians from all over the world flocked there to give concerts in the Golden Hall."

"At that time, it was a gathering of real big names, including world-class musicians like Palovati and Domingo. Even my connections wouldn't have helped, let alone us trying to cut in line with other big names."

"Finally, after much pleading and cajoling, we managed to secure a concert and rent the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra."

"The entire Western music world was in an uproar after this concert."

At this point, Langlang paused and took a sip of water.

"And then?" Jiang Xinhai was extremely anxious. "How did the concert go? How did it become such a sensation?"

“Karajan was there at that concert,” Langlang said. “Karajan is the most famous conductor in the world. You could say he was there because we joined his student Masaharu Ozawa in the lineup.”

Gao Xiaobo said, "Ah, right! Masayuki Ozawa, he is a very famous conductor."

He didn't need to say it; everyone in the live stream chat knew it.

This person is frequently used as material in college entrance examination essays. Not only is his application widespread, but he is also used in large quantities. It can be said that he is inexplicably well-known in China.

“Ozawa Masaru is famous, but Karajan is even more famous, because Ozawa Masaru was trained by him,” Langlang said. “Not only Karajan, but also his student Ozawa Masaru and the world-famous soprano Angela George are also here.”

His voice held a hint of nostalgia as he spoke:

"That concert featured Beethoven's composition by JX, and it broke the history of the Golden Hall."

"At the end of the concert, the entire audience stood up and applauded for a full 80 minutes."

He paused, then emphasized, "They stood and applauded for us for a full 80 minutes! Our backs ached for days from bowing on stage!"

Hearing this, everyone was a little stunned.

"They clapped for 80 minutes... Won't their hands swell up?" Qin Yunshang asked softly.

Qin Yun Chu quickly covered her mouth.

"The entire audience stood up and applauded for 80 minutes. Did their hands swell up?" Langlang said excitedly. "The important thing is that after Karajan went home that day, he wrote letters to all the musicians he knew, asking them to come to Vienna to hear our performance!"

"Moreover, due to strong demands from the music industry, the Golden Hall arranged a second performance for us, which pushed Parovati's opera to a day later."

"For the second performance, even more celebrities from all walks of life came to watch, including the Archduke of Austria. And this concert featured JX's Bach."

"This concert has become a textbook example for major music conservatories and is still talked about by music professors. Originally, it was already the limit for the Golden Hall to allow us to skip two concerts, but because of the amazing performances of these two concerts, there was a strong demand from all walks of life, and we were able to skip the queue again."

"So, JX's concerts went on to have a third, fourth, and fifth show... The audience grew larger and larger, and its reputation became more and more widespread. The entire music season became a musical feast for JX!"

The more Langlang spoke, the more passionate he became, much like when he played the piano.

"At the 20th concert, JX personally went on stage to explain to everyone that this was the last concert."

"And this concert also had the largest audience. In order to allow as many people as possible to come in and enjoy the concert, the Golden Hall opened its aisles for the first time in history, and there were even 200 people standing to listen."

"The atmosphere at this concert was the most enthusiastic. JX brought authentic Chinese folk music to the stage, including pieces like 'Jasmine Flower,' 'High Mountains and Flowing Water,' 'Moon Reflected in the Second Spring,' 'Singing for the Motherland,' and 'The Yellow River March'..."

"This concert was also the one with the most encore requests in the history of the Golden Hall, with 97 encores throughout the entire concert! The concert continued until the early hours of the morning!"

"The enthusiasm of the people did not diminish until the early hours of the morning. The whole audience chanted JX and Langlang, and long live music. The entire city of Vienna did not sleep all night."

"This time, the music of China truly resounded through the skies of Vienna!"

Langlang finished speaking, still breathing softly.

Inside the private music archive, everyone was silent.

Tears were still glistening in Cui Dayou's and Wang Feng's eyes.

Although they didn't witness the scene, they could almost imagine the people chanting "JX."

Long live music! For the people of Vienna, JX conquered Vienna with his amazing talent and creativity, but for Chinese musicians like Cui Dayou, he accomplished much more than that.

Long live music? No, that's not enough.

Long live JX!

Many viewers sitting in front of the live broadcast room wiped away tears.

"That's why I just said that Chinese musicians should thank JX," Langlang said. "He truly used his music to completely eliminate a phrase and completely conquer those Westerners."

"Furthermore, he stipulated that whenever his compositions were to be played, there had to be a Chinese person in the orchestra. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to play his music."

After that, many comments flooded the live stream chat:

"No wonder Chinese musicians are so popular lately. I thought our motherland was going to dominate the world!"

"Huh? I always thought they asked me to play the triangle because they liked me, but it turns out it's because of JX?"

"This is the first time I've heard of this! So the composer of the symphony they're playing is JX?"

……

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Wang Feng suddenly thought of a question and asked:

"Teacher Langlang, why can't we find any of JX's music on search engines, and we've never even heard of his name before?"

After he finished speaking, the others also realized the problem.

Indeed, they had already searched for those records when they were first shown.

If they were really that famous, how could they have never stopped posting, and not even appear on search engines?

Langlang suddenly let out a cold laugh.

"Why?" he said. "Because there is a garbage company in China called Aihua, and the garbage family that controls this garbage company is called the Lu family."

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"Because there is a garbage company in China called Aihua, and the family that controls this garbage company is the Lu family."

Upon hearing Langlang say this, Jiang Xinhai's first thought was, "Okay."

It's time to move to a new location again.

She has given up hope that the broadcasts will continue for a long time.

Just now, simply because JX mentioned the Lu family in the video, "Poetic Life" was banned and has not been released yet, leaving countless viewers displaced.

Langlang directly hurled insults like "trash company" and "trash family," so it seems only a matter of time before her live stream was shut down.

The "Poetic Life" livestream is Rayark Entertainment's official livestream, backed by Hongtu Company.

They can shut that down directly, let alone Jiang Xinhai's own private live stream.

Inside the private music archive, everyone else knew about this floor, and upon hearing his words, they all shuddered.

They all shouted, "Stop talking! Stop talking!" and "Teacher Langlang, don't say this!" trying to stop Langlang from further cursing the Lu family.

Seeing the strong reactions from the crowd, viewers in the live stream who were unaware of the situation began asking each other questions:

"What's wrong? What Lu family?"

"Damn, it's the Lu family again. What on earth is this Lu family?"