"Thank you again to the two young violinists from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra for the wonderful Yue Opera performance. After watching this excerpt of "Butterfly Lovers - Butterfly Praying at the Tomb", I suddenly thought of a question. The audience on flix can translate it
As for Mr. Yishan’s sentence in the script (asking what love is in the world, it teaches you how to make love between life and death)..."
On Saturday morning, in the concert hall of the National Center for the Performing Arts where six luxury crane cameras were set up, "Talent Co., Ltd." was proceeding step by step with the recording work for the last morning of the first season of the program. Yan Qing was in the main lens viewfinder.
After being exhausted from being too excited and sleepless all night, he stood up to bid farewell to He Ranzhi and Yuan Yuyue, who were dressed in Liang Shanbo and wished Yingtai well-dressed in Yue opera costumes as they left the table. He, who was already familiar with the stage work, stiffly and literally translated the sentence Yuan Haowen.
He continued to speak in a standard West End English accent and asked Weng Huaijing beside him: "what would you say, lina?"
In order to explain the background of the story of Butterfly Lovers in a simple and easy-to-understand way to overseas audiences, all parties took great pains. Shanghai Communications even sent two violinists with excellent figures to perform on the stage. The program team pioneered the first bilingual recording of domestic online comprehensive series, flix's
The English version of the film has additional footage, so that's why he asked this question.
“love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy…”
Love is the only thing we can take with us when we die. It makes death so calm and as cold as before. This passage from the famous American writer Louisa May Alcott (1832-
1888), is a well-known saying in her masterpiece "Little Women". During the exchange, she looked at the camera without squinting. Perhaps it was because there were so many people invited to the concert hall to witness the premiere of Butterfly Lovers today. Professor Weng
The protection of someone's food is obviously no longer as uncompromising as it was yesterday.
"Isn't it enough to just wish Yingtai? When she was crying, her eyeballs were almost stuck to my brother Qing. She could not move like a pine, how could she be as tense as what Miao Miao said in the group yesterday?
Sister, where are you looking? Have you stolen anything? We must find a way to make a contribution!"
Watching Yan Qing and Weng Huaijing continue to expand on the topic of love and life and death, Yi Yi, who was so anxious that he took time out of his busy schedule to come to the scene of tax evasion, glanced at the other end and listened.
Queen Ji Xianlin, who was enjoying the conversation, nudged Li Nu, who was thoughtful next to her. She took out her mobile phone, which was set to silent mode, and added the first half of this paragraph to the usually very lively (Secret Garden of Qingjing) group chat.
It was typed out in text, and three red question marks were added at the end to express anger.
"Xiao Yi, have you seen those little girls wearing Emperor Dance uniforms? I feel like Sister Jing is probably embarrassed to lose her composure in front of her students, so..."
No one in the group came forward to explain for a long time, but it was Li Nu who discovered the mystery in the auditorium on the first floor on the right side of the pool seat. She softly gave Yi Yi a relatively reliable answer.
"Oh no wonder, I heard from Peipei that Professor Jingjie has a very heavy burden. I thought that only people from those symphony orchestras came today. But, seeing how busy Lao Zhang and the others were, they didn't even know where to wait.
Will you care enough to come here? Hey! Sister Xianlin and Mr. Luo showed their strange aunty smiles again..."
While muttering, Yi Yi glanced at Zhang Yameng, who was wearing a fishtail evening dress and chatting and laughing with the guests. She accidentally caught an inexplicable smile on Ji Xianlin's face from the corner of her eye, and she immediately pulled Li Ni along with her again.
Turn your attention to the stage.
"... It is human nature to like the new and dislike the old, and it is animal instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Fortunately, God has given humans a panacea called love, which can make us go against nature and instinct. It is precisely because of this that we can praise the soul-stirring love.
It has become an enduring theme in numerous literary and artistic works throughout the ages..."
However, even though Yi Yi's eyes widened, he couldn't detect any clues. Weng Huaijing, who was wearing light iris eye makeup today, spoke slowly and calmly. On the contrary, Yan Qing, who was supposed to answer the words, acted a little out of place, and the corners of his mouth twitched obviously.
After two back and forths, he stiffly continued his speech.
"Lina said it so well, em... In my humble opinion, the most famous love stories in the world are "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and "Romeo and Juliet". Most of the more than 400 existing local operas in our country
There are related plays involving the Legend of Butterfly Lovers, and the love and hatred between the Montague and Capulet families have also been adapted countless times since the Renaissance, and a large number of novels, plays, musicals, movies, and ballets have emerged.
, orchestral music and other excellent works..."
Looking at the increasingly visible smile on Yan Qing's face who was looking straight at the camera while talking, Yi Yi instinctively felt that she had missed some key information, especially when she caught a glimpse of Weng Huaijing secretly adjusting his sitting posture.
After giving someone a roll of the eyes, her gossipy heart stung like fuel.
Asking Li Ni for help found nothing, Yi Yi gritted her teeth and sent another message in the tax evasion group, but the result was still nothing, so she had to devote all her concentration to interpreting the micro-expression interaction between the two people on the stage.
"In the last program, we were fortunate to invite the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, which has rich experience in performing Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem "Romeo and Juliet". The audience on flix presented the eternal love song from the East - "
"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai". At the same time, in order to pay tribute to these two most influential legendary love stories in the East and West, Yan Qing also wrote a country ballad called "love story" based on the story of Romeo and Juliet.
.”
The torment continued to heat up until all the English streaming material shots were recorded. Yi Yi, who secretly thought that God would reward his hard work, finally made a major discovery. When he said at the end of his speech, "We are fortunate to have invited the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra...", Weng Huaijing
Instead of choosing the commonly used collocation of spoken sentences such as "we werere really glad to invite hso...", she used the more written language "in particular, we werere so lucky to have them..."
"Xiaoyi, look at Miaomiao and the others..."
However, it was precisely because of this small change that the expression in Yan Qing's eyes once again became unspeakable. At the same time, Li Nuo also caught a glimpse of Miao Miao and Zhou Peipei waiting under the stage, who also seemed to be high-fiving each other.
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"Brother Qing and Sister Jing are going down to change clothes. Tsk, Peipei can change her face very quickly. They both have panda eyes today. We need to ask them what happened last night."
After biting his ears and communicating with Li Wei, Yi Yi watched Yan Qing and Weng Huaijing go to their respective dressing rooms, accompanied by the two men who had regained their composure. At this time, director Liu Mingren took over the scene with a whole group of stage design teams, like magic.
, in just a few minutes, a small double-story castle with a strong medieval Western European style, equipped with a terrace and a spiral staircase, rose from the center of the stage.
"A double-layer keyboard was actually moved up. Does this kind of setting mean that Brother Qing is going to cross-dress Juliet? Xiaoyi~"
Tax evasion has opened up her imagination. Li Nu watched with great interest the preparations made by the program team for the subsequent performance recording. However, Yi Yi beside her turned a blind eye to this scene, holding a mobile phone that kept vibrating.
The non-staff members of the overlapping girl group are immersed in the group chat that has returned to full swing after taking a break.
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Weiyan app, Qingjing Secret Garden:
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Can anyone tell me why Brother Qing suddenly couldn’t jump anymore!: Yi Yi
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There is something wrong with the word lucky, right?: Yi Yi
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: Don’t you understand this? The central bank officially announced a cut in reserve requirements and interest rates for the fifth time, and the people welcomed the monetary easing policy. Didn’t Meow Meow tell you about the lucky girl?
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Envy_Only envy the pure love but not the fairy: I can only say that this is a story that is difficult to tell in a long way, and its excitement is comparable to the episode of New York Love Story~
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Sister Xianlin! The newbie is quite skilled at getting her tail done~: Yi Yi
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Meng_Senior close to the Zhuan family: You, Sister Xianlin, have been taxed for more than six years. You are an absolute veteran. Alas, I can’t even raise my eyelids. Otherwise, I will definitely give you a good talk...
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Yuan_The spy who pretends to be the driver and the cook: (yawn) Me too~ Sister Jing is giving him welfare. Five words of luck means five legal hugs. Let’s just steal it and be done with it. It’s great~
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Ya_The man behind the scenes: Stop! Yawning is contagious, bastard Han Yuan, if it weren’t for Sister Gang Jing’s continued glowing, I would have almost fallen asleep 1 (yawn)
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Qing_Gyro Expert: Lao Zhang is right, refreshing yourself depends on the dog man and woman ~ 2 (yawn)
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: Don’t take your grievances out on Huai Jing. Really, she’s so kind~ She’s already showing her energy to me, and now she’s sleepy again 3 (yawn)
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Yuan_The spy who pretends to be the driver and the cook: You can’t blame me, Sister Mengmeng, she yawns one after another??????
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Meng_Senior close to the Zhuan family: This is all down to Aqing, who had to fight to the death with Donglingshan last night, 4 (yawn)
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Yuan_holding high the banner of opposition~: I second the suggestion. Is it okay to go to bed after four o'clock? 5 (yawn)
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Qing_Gyro Expert: The culprits are you two. You promised to set off, why don’t you just follow the car? Why did you take a shortcut?
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Qing_Tyro Expert: [Li Na slapped Solei Xing.gif] (expression)
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Meng_Senior close to the brick family: [Soleixing ice cream on face.gif] (expression)
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Yuan_holding high the banner of opposition~: Stop scolding, stop scolding, we didn’t know that the bastard man and woman were so cunning, they actually made a fool of themselves in the east and attacked the westˉ\\_(ツ)_/ˉ
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What about the follow-up last night? Why did you suddenly throw the blame ~: Yi Yi
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Envy_Only envy Qing Jing but not Xian: They still haven’t figured out where the pair went last night, let alone what happened. Fortunately, we both came back late, otherwise we would have designated Panda Eyes 2
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Cover your face, I didn’t squat in Dongling Mountain last night~: Yi Yi
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Ya_The mastermind behind the scene: Yes, but look at Sister Jing’s momentum today. She didn’t pay any attention to Xiao Yue, and even took the opportunity to spam money. She must have made great progress. It’s a pity. If Miaomiao agreed to install a GPS in the car, the two of them would
How can we escape our sisters’ Wuzhishan~
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Yue_Zhu Yingtai's main station: Be careful with your head, I just finished changing my clothes and it suddenly became very lively~
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Meow_A Little Tail~: Aren’t I afraid that if I pretend, my car will be stolen easily? I’m sorry. I’m so sleepy. Brother Qing’er is so tight-lipped. 6 (yawn)
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Pei_Another little tail~: Sister Yue must step up the pace later. I just risked my life to test Sister Jier, and she actually said that you just want to be happy. I was worried to death, and I was also very sleepy (*?-?*
),7(yawn)
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Yue_Zhu Yingtai’s main station: I was so scared that I immediately backed down~╭(′?Д?)」
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Qing Gyro Expert: No, the little gyroscope is just a paper tiger. We can't fall short. Lao Zhang, please stabilize this girl.
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Yue_Zhu Yingtai’s main station:…?(???w???)?…
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: Good guy, you have forced A Qing to use force. Don’t worry, Xiao Yue. We have also made preparations to cooperate with you. Zhao Mu has prepared a big surprise for Huaijing.
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Pei_Another little tail~:[Picture]
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Pei_Another little tail~: Hurry up~ Sister Jier’s Juliet shape is almost finished.
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Meow_A Little Tail~: We are all done here. Gang Mumu came over and gave Brother Qinger a prop, it seemed to be a ring box!!!
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Meng_Senior close to the brick family:?
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Envy_Only envy the pure longing but not the immortal:?
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Yuan_hold high the banner of opposition~:?
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: Calm down~ Don’t be ridiculous. It’s just a prop related to the lyrics of the Romeo and Juliet song. I asked Ah Li to pick it up from my car temporarily.
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Meow_A Little Tail~: Indeed~ Brother Qing'er expressed his emotional stability after watching it, and even sang in Duan Yucheng dialect again.
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蓠_Diving tax evasion party: Ang? What are you singing? My Tangtang said that Brother Qing sent him a very unique piece in the morning, full of Chongqing dialect, orthodox and proud of the world: "Where is the sound of the shengxiao / The sound of the piano is in the sheath / The grudges
, delusion, greed, no matter how carefree~"
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Meow_A Little Tail~: Tsk, who is the teacher? How can I be dissatisfied? He just sang a long paragraph:
"Only if there are no distracting thoughts in my heart/can I achieve positive results/the former gangsters/now also have to kill demons/when will I meet you/the longing is if/I escape the troubled times/because I am full of fire~"
233333 The key points are not just longing!
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Ruochei is here too! Can I bring Sister Ni in too?: Yi Yi
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Ice_Chief Tax Officer: I stole it, do you have any more? Have some more~
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Kite_The spy who pretends to be the driver and the cook: I still have this! On the way here with Brother Qing in the morning, he also sang a short piece - "It can produce figs and make fireworks when rubbed / Suddenly looking back, the passers-by have already become rusty / And I
He is still the King of Heaven who covers the earth/the pagoda that suppresses the river demon/fights with the sky/fights with the earth/fights hard with the thief of time~"
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Qing_ Top Expert: @祎_ Well-behaved non-staff, I will come to recruit Li Wei later, our organization is getting stronger and stronger~
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Yue_Zhu Yingtai’s main station: I feel like I’m that monster, Brother Qing doesn’t even look at me (///▽///)
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Ya_The mastermind behind the scenes: I’m off topic~ Let’s put the rest aside for now, let’s hurry up and help Xiao Yue sort out her speech. The stage is set up, and it’s about to be the final chapter of Mars hitting the Earth - Zhu Yingtai vs. Zhu
Liye, everyone~
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Qing_Gyro Expert: Yes, it’s important to do business first, @元元, if Yan Qing is still so shrinking later, just say something to him directly: "Brother Liang, why don’t you dare to look at Guanyin?" (Note 1)
My little gyroscope would definitely not be able to bear it, and he might get excited and spill the beans about what happened last night.
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: Wonderful~ If we make the conflict and competition more intense, she will definitely be brought into the state of Juliet by our arrangement. Xiao Yue remembers that "love story" is only three minutes and fifty-six minutes
Seconds, and "Butterfly Lovers" lasts forty minutes. Later, you will use the preset concept of changing time to stimulate your nostalgia.
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Pei_Another little tail~: Report, we have met up with Brother Qing and are walking out. We are expected to go directly to the stage in a while, so let’s not talk about it yet!
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Meow_a little tail~:[Picture]
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Kite_The eyeliner disguised as the driver and the cook: Meow meow, don’t take pictures~ I saw you, tsk Romeo even wore a mask, the restoration of Juliet is also very high!
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Meng_Senior and close to Zhuanjia: @玥_ Zhu Yingtai’s main station, Yuan’er and I just reorganized our speaking skills. Come on, you must have enough momentum.
"Sister, your "Romeo and Juliet" is a typical case of lust. Romeo originally sneaked into the ball of his enemy's house because he was in love with the beauty Rosalind. However, when he met the more beautiful Juliet, he immediately changed his mind.
, their love lasted only 5 days after falling in love at first sight. Falling in love, getting married, life and death, parting all happened in these 5 days. How can it be compared with "Butterfly Lovers"..."
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Yuan_holds high the banner of opposition~: "It's not difficult to see Brother Qing's preference for Zhu Yingtai. After all, "Butterfly Lovers" is a gentle, long, delicate and touching story. The relationship between the two was cultivated by getting along day and night, and it is tenacious.
And solid…”
Remember to get closer later, Jinger will explode if you are sure, and then we will understand what happened last night~
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Envy_Only envy Qingjing but not Xianxian: It’s better if Brother Qing doesn’t wear a panda mask, tsk tsk~ Huaijing’s outfit is very particular~ Let me add one more thing to Xiaoyue – “I didn’t expect that Sister Jing would dress up as Zhu.
Liye is here to be my partner for Zhu Yingtai, thank you for your adult beauty~"
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Qing_Gyro Expert: The little gyroscope was shocked on the spot!
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Yuan_holding high the banner of opposition~: I am an expert!
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Meng_Senior close to the brick family: "It won't cause a broadcast accident, right..."
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Ya_The man behind the scenes: It’s okay, the recording is on~ I like Sister Xianlin’s golden words with both hands!
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Bing_Chief Tax Officer: I will take care of anything! I would like to call Xianlin’s words a sure blow~
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Meow_a little tail~:6666
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Sister Jing is on the terrace, the show is about to begin~: Yi Yi
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"Xiao Yi, wait a minute, I haven't finished reading yet~"
After the tip-off, new messages were still flooding the screen in the group, but when Yi Yi caught a glimpse of Juliet leaning out from the terrace, wearing a princess hair crown and a pure white retro palace skirt, she
Stunned by Weng Huaijing's slightly sad look, she locked the screen and stuffed the phone back into her handbag, ignoring the objections of Li Nu, who was obsessed with tax evasion.
"It looks better on stage. Sister, tell me what kind of trouble Brother Qing is making. Is he standing on the stairs ready to attack Juliet at night?"
As the two girls whispered, the light source at the top of the stage slowly changed from spotlights to softer, hazy mushroom lights. Under the director's control, the props team turned on the dry ice fog machine hidden at the bottom of the castle. At that moment, Weng Huaijing was on the terrace and under Yan Qing's feet.
The handrails of the stairs rise up, creating several layers of dreamy and fairy-like atmosphere.
"The next song "love story" should be translated as "Love Story", but I actually prefer to call it "Romance Novel", thank you..."
After slightly adjusting the stand next to the double-layered keyboard, Weng Huaijing lifted up a corner of her skirt with a slender lace net cover, and gracefully and reservedly made a ladylike salute to the audience.
Use the keyboard to send a faint ghost sound as a signal to a partner whose name coincides with the word "romance".
Following the setting in Shakespeare's play, Yan Qing wore a fierce black panther mask as a disguise when he appeared on the stage as Romeo, but only a few people guessed correctly that he would be hiding behind the mask, playing Gesang with his fingers.
He was beaming with joy as the flowers played a light and melodious melody.
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『we were both young when i first saw you
When we first met you, we were both very young
i closed my eyes and the flashback starts
Whenever I close my eyes, scenes from the past flash by."
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With her beautiful eyes slightly closed and holding her heart in her hands, Weng Huaijing entered the prelude with a melodious and charming voice and began to sing "Love Story", which she called a romantic novel.
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『i'm standing there
I'm standing on the balcony
on a balcony in summer air
The air is cool and slowly smells like summer
see the lights see the party the ball gowns
I stared at the dimly lit dance party and the gorgeous fur clothes in a daze
see you make your way through the crowd
But I saw you walking through the crowd
and say hello
Come for me
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With ten fingers touching the keys up and down calmly and gracefully, Weng Huaijing sang with ease while controlling the two effects units to release various preset programs to match the melody of Yan Qing's lead guitar. She even took a look at the castle in the distance.
The light and shadow lighting effect changes from bright to dark below.
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『little did i know
That's when I discovered
that you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
So you are the Romeo who threw pebbles at my window
and my daddy said stay away from juliet
My father yells at you: stay away from Juliet
and i was crying on the staircase
I can only stay on the stairs and cry
begging you please don't go
I beg you from the bottom of my heart to never leave.』
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Frowning in anticipation of Romeo, who "accidentally" slipped off his mask to reveal his true face to the lower right, Weng Huaijing, while maintaining a low voice and singing softly, also relied on her superb acting skills to convey the sadness of Juliet's budding heart but unable to love.
The appearance is extremely vivid.
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『and i said
I want to say to you
romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
Romeo, take me to a place where no one can find us
i'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
I'm ready, the only way to get rid of the bondage is to escape
you'll be the prince and i'll be the princess
You will be my prince and I will be your princess
it's a love story
This would be a perfect romance novel
baby just say yes
Baby, say you are willing"
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The two sets of keyboards, high and low, mainly play the role of providing various harmonies in the entire arrangement concept, which virtually frees Weng Huaijing. When entering the chorus, she holds the Limei with her left hand and sings to the emotional point, sliding her right hand
After passing the atrium position, he actually stretched out to Romeo who was standing on the escalator. Such a Yan Qing, while maintaining the finger playing, he still had the strength to hand out the keys with his left hand and cooperated with Juliet's impromptu stage performance.
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『so i sneak out to the garden to see you
So I sneaked into the garden to have a tryst with you
we keep quiet cause we're dead if they know
We both have to be careful because if we get caught we're dead.
so close your eyes
So close your eyes
escape this town for a little while
At least let our hearts escape this town temporarily』
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Gazing affectionately at Romeo played by Yan Qing, Weng Huaijing's eyes and expressions were particularly delicate in switching between secret joy and fear. With the eloquent singing, her whole person was flowing with an indescribable sorrow.
And decisively.
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『oh oh,
cause you were romeo i was the scarlet letter
Because you are Romeo and I am like the heroine in The Scarlet Letter (we cannot be together if there is a feud)
and my daddy said stay away from juliet
And my father also said to keep your distance from me
but you were everything to me
But you mean everything to me
i was begging you please don't go
I can only beg you not to leave
and i said
I said
romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
Romeo, take me to a place where no one can find us.』
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Yan Qing, who is constantly playing with his fingers, actually also contributed an actor-level performance that was almost full of highlights. The pain, worry, hesitation, and struggle revealed by Romeo in the interlude were also touching, but it was a pity that he was completely out of the spotlight.
Weng Huaijing stole the limelight, and Juliet, who was leaning against the window railing and sobbing silently, firmly attracted the attention of all the audience at this moment.
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『romeo save me
Romeo, help me quickly
they’re trying to tell me how to feel
They're trying to sway my mind
this love is difficult but it's real
Although this love is extremely difficult to exist, it is absolutely true
don't be afraid we'll make it out of this mess
Don't worry, we will definitely overcome these obstacles
it's a love story
This would be a perfect romance novel
baby just say yes
Baby, you just have to promise me"
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Looking around the dim stage, Weng Huaijing's unsentimental eyes showed deep tiredness. After crying for a while, she no longer expected rescue from Romeo. After singing this chorus, she put down the microphone and chose to turn around and leave. The past
The weak and helpless Juliet resolutely disappeared into this cold castle that symbolized the patriarchy and shackles of the Middle Ages.
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Note 1, Shao Qing’s sentence “Why doesn’t Brother Liang dare to look at Guanyin?” comes from Huangmei Opera “The Butterfly Lovers”:
Liang Shanbo: "Yingtai is not a girl, so why are there ring marks on her ears?"
Zhu Yingtai: "There is a reason for the earring scar. There are many temple fairs in the village to honor the gods, and I play the role of Guanyin every year. Brother Liang, you have to concentrate on your work. If you don't want a future, you want to wear a hairpin skirt."
Liang Shanbo: "I dare not look at Guanyin from now on."
If nothing else, there will be another chapter on Monday.