Hu Shi never expected that Chen Muwu would completely turn a blind eye to his well-intentioned advice: "Thank you for your favor, Mr. Shizhi. Confucius said: 'My parents are here, so I won't travel far away.' Regarding studying abroad, Muwu still had to go home and discuss it with his brother. Only then can you decide.”
He even talked about him and practiced Tai Chi: "The master gave me a big book "The Collection of Trials" half a month ago, and I have read it carefully.
"A few days ago, when I had some free time, I boldly changed a few places in one of my favorite poems and added a melody to it. My husband was so kind to me that I couldn't repay him, so I had to give this song back to him. Sir, please forgive me for being reckless."
Chen Muwu knew that if he did not agree to study abroad at Cornell, Hu Shi would probably keep pestering him for the sake of face, so he could only use other methods to attract Dr. Hu's attention in order to successfully escape.
In the past few days, he had been staying at Ma's house to work on the manuscript of "The Condor Shooting". Once when he was writing, his fingers and brain became stiff at the same time, and he could only put down the pen and find other entertainment activities.
Then, Chen Muwu saw the "Anthology Collection" given to him by Hu Shi when he first arrived in Beijing.
Anyway, reading newspapers is also fun, and reading poetry is also fun.
What's more, in order to save costs, newspapers are full of densely printed small characters, which is far less enjoyable than this collection of poems with large characters.
Chen Muwu wanted to see what masterpieces Hu Shi, the first Chinese vernacular poet, had written.
Except for the "Two Yellow Butterflies" in the first chapter, the rest were basically unfamiliar words that he had never read before.
After flipping through most of the book, Chen Muwu finally saw another familiar poem in the penultimate poem of the third volume of the collection.
When he saw those lines of poetry, his first reaction was to hum them along.
"I came from the mountains with orchid grass. I planted it in the small garden, hoping that the flowers would bloom early. ..."
Then Chen Muwu realized that this was the magical brainwashing BGM of the sprinkler truck that drove up and down the street below his house every morning, causing a lot of mental pollution.
Before, he had always thought that this was a campus folk song from Taiwan Province, and its name was "Orchid Grass".
Unexpectedly, its origin can be traced back to Hu Shi!
This new poem called "Hope" has a few inconsistencies with the lyrics in Chen Muwu's memory, but the general content is consistent. A friend gave Hu Shi a pot of orchids. As a result, the unlucky guy didn't grow them well, and the flowers kept growing. not open.
In order to chase girls, Chen Muwu studied guitar for several years in college, so he had a certain musical foundation. Coupled with his innate sense of music, he had no problem memorizing the tunes he hummed into scores.
So he quickly picked up paper and pen and wrote down the lyrics and musical notations one by one in case of emergency.
Look, I’m going to use it today!
Chen Muwu had already noticed that there was a piano placed in the corner of the stage.
Without waiting for Hu Shi to nod in agreement, he walked straight to the piano and sat down, lifted the lid and said, "Everyone, I'm showing off my humiliation."
Chen Muwu, who has not taken many music lessons since middle school, all his superficial piano knowledge came from the stickers hanging on the wall of the elementary school music classroom.
He only knows that white three, black two, white four and black three on the piano keyboard constitute an octave, and the leftmost white key is Duo (C).
As for piano fingering, Chen Muwu was really powerless.
Fortunately, the melody of the song "Orchid Grass", also known as "Hope", is very simple, and he feels that practicing one-finger meditation on the keyboard is enough.
Chen Muwu stretched out his right index finger and placed it on the keys, cleared his throat, and sang while playing:
"I came from the mountains with orchid grass. I planted it in the small garden, hoping that the flowers would bloom early.
"Looking at it three times a day, the flowers are gone. But the orchids are still there, not a single bud.
"Autumn arrives in a blink of an eye, and the orchid moves into the greenhouse. We cherish each other day after day and never forget each other night after night.
"I hope the flowers bloom early and fulfill my long-cherished wish. The garden is filled with flowers, which add a lot of fragrance. The garden is filled with flowers, which adds a lot of fragrance. ..."
Fortunately, his powerful voice covered up his shortcomings in piano very well.
Hu Shi's original poem is a group of four five-character sentences, a total of three groups.
But Chen Muwu chose the lyrics of the original song, added the three groups of five-character sentences of the original poem to four groups, and changed a few more words in details.
I have to say that the song selected by Chen Muwu is really a stroke of genius. The simple and brainwashing melody is in line with the current development level of domestic music. Coupled with the catchy lyrics, the audience can listen to it all the time, even if they can't remember the lyrics. , but I also roughly memorized the melody of the entire song.
After he finished singing, there were still many people in the audience still humming the same tune over and over again, as if there were hundreds of sprinkler trucks parked in the audience.
Today, the domestic new poetry genre has developed from the experimental school represented by Hu Shi and Liu Bannong during the exploratory period to the free verse school influenced by the American poet Whitman. This school believes that poetry only needs to focus on rhythm without rhyme. The representative work is Guo Moruo "Goddess".
Xu Zhimo, who started experimenting with new poetry last year, has written several new poems, all of which basically belong to the free verse genre.
But after listening to Chen Muwu's performance today, he suddenly had a new understanding. He felt that whether it is a new poem or a song, it must always rhyme in order to make it sound better.
The "History of Chinese Literature" published a few years later wrote in the "Three Beauties" section of the Crescent School: "The so-called beauty of music originated in 1923 when Xu Zhimo listened to Chen Muwu's performance of "Orchid Grass" in a lecture. The insights generated after "The New Moon Sect" were carried forward by colleagues of the Crescent Sect and finally took shape."
Hu Shi was also very happy after hearing this. He felt from the bottom of his heart that Chen Muwu was his greatest blessing.
Not only was he invited by himself to give lectures at Bei University, but he also personally composed songs to help further publicize and promote his new poems. It was a double happiness!
"What a beautiful piece of music!" Hu Shi ignored the American Minister Shulman's instructions and clapped his hands and said, "Hanchen, you should write down this score and publish it in the newspaper. I can guarantee that this song will be a sure success." It will be sung throughout the country!”
Yes, yes, everything you said is right.
You don't want the song to be sung across the country. In fact, you just want the word "Hu Shi" in the lyricist column to become famous all over the country again, right?
Zhang Henshui also sized up the situation and joined the "battle situation." He squeezed into the crowd, showed his ID and said: "I am a reporter from Beijing's "Yi Shi Bao". Professor Hu Shizhi said it right. Mr. Chen, why don't you just How about this song being published in our Yishi Newspaper? Our newspaper has a good reputation, so naturally we will not treat you two badly in terms of remuneration."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Nowadays, Chinese people's awareness of copyright is like child's play. Publishing lyrics and music scores in newspapers means free reprinting and free use.
However, Chen Muwu didn't intend to make money by writing songs, but since "Yi Shi Bao" was rushing to send money, he just let it go and gave him favors.
Zhang Henshui struck while the iron was hot: "Mr. Chen, Professor Hu, can you two allow me to conduct a brief interview?"
"certainly."
Chen and Hu said in unison.
