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In fact, Guo Sichu had no intention of changing the lyrics at first, but inspired by the part just sung by Bian Lang, she felt that with a slight change it could become a duet song, which seemed to be more outstanding.

So she did it, and thus created the most classic live version of "Rice Shop" on the Blue Water Planet.

The cameraman and director who had already received the task immediately switched the camera to the queen.

This caused an uproar on the scene and on the Internet:

"You've made it big. Our singer will sing the chorus for you. How come you're so capable?"

"Haha, this time the Blueberry Music Festival is undoubtedly deceiving the fans. I suggest that fans at the scene report it and the relevant departments conduct a thorough investigation!"

"Look at Bian Lang's confused look. Could it be that Queen Chu sneaked there herself?"

"Other people go to music festivals to make money, what does this person go to for?"

"The Queen of Chu's voice and the visuals make her wave!"

As soon as this voice came out, Bian Lang knew who Guo Sichu was without even turning around.

Combined with what Liu Ziyang had just said through the earpiece, he was sure that this was premeditated.

So he didn't stop playing the guitar and sang the next verse: "People outside the window are in a hurry, casting their eyes on the wet road... Your dance steps pass through the empty room, and time turns into smoke..."

Although there was no discussion before, when Bian Lang opened his mouth, Guo Sichu closed his microphone and looked at Bian Lang, waiting for the third verse to come before he and Bian Lang spoke at the same time: "My love, can you feel that tomorrow has come? Our boat is parked at the dock. I will wash my hair and climb up the mast to support our home that is like the tender leaves of grape branches..."

Although the two of them sing in different tunes and are thinking about completely different things when they sing, they give people the feeling that they are the protagonists of poetic folk songs.

A rice shop owner and a man who went to sea to support his family.

A daily life in March, literary and romantic...

When the accordion started playing at the end of the song, Guo Sichu pulled down the microphone and held it in his hand without saying a word. He just tilted his head and looked at Bian Lang who turned around and played under the spotlight.

Under the rock-red round glasses, a pair of slightly squinted grape eyes seemed to be smiling at her.

He Lei was watching this scene from the closest part of the stage, and he couldn't quite believe his eyes: "Is this really Guo Sichu? The queen of singing! Bian Lang's charm..."

Ma Rui beside him didn't think about anything else. With the creative sense of a sculptor, a complete picture appeared in her mind:

A sailor was looking back on the mast, and his eyes met with the grocery store owner who was looking out the window. The smile they both showed at the same time froze time and stagnated the air...

On top of the Xibiqi container, Ou Feina and Di Li leaned against each other with their fingers interlocked. Listening to the soothing ending, she looked up at Di Li and said, "This song should be the pinnacle of modern Chinese folk songs."

It was as if Di Li hadn't heard anything. He just stared blankly at the stage. After a long while, he replied, "Well, that should be considered the case for now!"

If Bian Lang heard this, he would definitely nod in agreement.

In the original Earth, everyone who loves folk songs can name several popular folk singers and their representative works. Even people who are not so sensitive to folk songs can hum along with the music: "South of the mountains, north of the sea, we live in the same global village."

Just as all kinds of young ladies, girls, warmth, ideals, and wanderings have gradually expanded the domestic music market in an eruptive manner in recent years, "Rice Shop" has neither the pain of deep hatred nor the hysterical happiness. It is quietly circulated just like when it was created ten years ago.

In the early days, folk songs were synonymous with folk songs, with the emphasis on the word "folk". Later, due to various reasons, folk songs and folk songs gradually separated, but they still did not break away from the word "folk". The core of folk songs is life, the birth, aging, illness and death of people, love, hate and hatred.

Bi Ge's curse on life, Fatty Song's appeal to girls, Hao Yun's yearning for the petty bourgeoisie, Ma Di's groaning for love, all of them magnify a certain process, a certain state, a certain emotion, and write lyrics and compose music for it, allowing the audience to empathize and generate a sense of identification with the song and the author.

"Rice Shop" is a song praised as "what folk songs should be like". It does not exaggerate these emotions, does not question why a girl doesn't love me, does not curse life why it doesn't give me what I want, and does not express opinions about anyone being stupid. Everything happens slowly in four simple and clear tracks of guitar and accordion.

Brother Yunpeng said this in his essay introducing Weiwei, "Silver Rice Shop":

"Love songs are most afraid of being empty, but "Rice Shop" is a real love story, a home woven of young grape leaves, a poor job, a small world, and the sea is as gentle as cattle and horses from outside the country. The rhythm of the steps, slowly walking down, following the sellers of apricot flowers and rice wine, down to the depths of the alley, the love of the young children in the small town, is not something that outsiders can tell."

Musicians in the folk music world are never stingy in praising "Rice Shop". Among the top three comments under "Rice Shop" on NetEase Cloud Music, one is from Fatty Song and the other is from Brother Bi.

Both of them have covered this song before, but Bi Ge's version is too lazy, while Fatty's version is too emotional, which makes people feel a little pressured.

Only Weiwei, wearing his somewhat funny melon-shaped hat, holding an accordion like a passerby, singing softly as if telling you a story. There is no sudden high octave to startle you. Everything is as plain and natural as written in the lyrics. But as you listen, you will burst into tears unconsciously.

The "rice shop" of love, the poetic emotion, and finally the ending of Weiwei's love

Two kinds of fruits appear in the whole song, apples and grapes. “Apple” symbolizes love, and “home is like the tender leaves of grape branches” is the prayer of Princess Atjeh in the Serbian novel “The Dictionary of the Khazars”.

"My Lord, on our ship the sailors are busy as ants: this morning I washed the ship with my hair, and they climbed up the clean masts and dragged the green sails towards their ant nests, which are like young leaves on the vine."

Later, the "hostess" of the rice shop told this song to her mother. Her mother said, "People who are engaged in art only know how to do this."

This sentence stimulated Weiwei. The "sailor" at that time was eager to swim ashore from the vast ocean, so Weiwei made up his mind and transformed himself into a singer-songwriter.

As he said, "Rice Shop" grew up smoothly like a very lucky child and became the built-in ringtone of Hammer.

The mother of his girlfriend who said he "had this skill" also became his mother-in-law.

So, according to Zhang Weiwei herself, this is actually an inspirational song.

For Bian Lang, the most touching part of this song is the picture that appears in his mind at the end of the song.

The brave sailor stood on the mast, waving at the girl sitting outside the grocery store, and shouted loudly: I'm back, let's go home...

Thinking of this, some words from countless classic folk songs from the original Earth began to flash through Bian Lang's mind:

"You said you wanted to buy a house by the sea and live there with your lovely Chow Chow. You would be the proprietress of a mood grocery store, selling whatever you like according to your mood..."

"Forget the name, I will give you a home, Ao Han, let's get married..."

"The lights flicker, I return to the fishing port late, the night is clear, and the stars are dim on the deck..."

The sound of the piano was still there. Su Kan, who was playing the accordion, had sweat on his forehead. Dayong had already given up the hand drum and started shaking the maracas. The other three chorus members, except Guo Sichu, closed their eyes and sang and danced to the rhythm.

After looking at the score of "Rice Shop", the two violinists both felt that they had room to perform in the coda.

But the arrangement they finally came up with was rejected by Bian Lang with a smile: "For this first live performance, I hope it is the way I want it to be. We can record a few more versions later and add strings in when the time comes."

At that time, they both felt that Bian Lang's words were a bit absolute. After the first rehearsal, they both went to Bian Lang to say it again.

But after listening to this unexpected final version today, they all felt that the song was just right.

Liang Kuan, who had never been bothered by any trouble before, now felt a little overwhelmed.

In her opinion, it would be a waste not to record a recording engineer version for the first release.

But she thought there would be many obstacles to making this happen.

Apart from anything else, the Rolling Stones must have recorded a version ready for release.

As for whether Dong Youbian would have any objections and thus affect her in persuading Bian Lang, that is another matter.

She immediately took out her cell phone and contacted Chen Shuting to tell her about her idea.

What she didn't expect was that Chen Shuting's thoughts were exactly the same as hers.

However, the final decision needs to be made by Bian Lang.

The 42-second coda finally ended with the strumming of Bian Lang.

Amid the audience's lingering anticipation, Bian Lang left the microphone stand and walked towards Guo Sichu.

He gave her a very gentlemanly hug through the guitar.

"Thank you!"

“It’s my luck to be able to complete such a work with you!”

There is no hypocrisy in these two heart-to-heart talks; they simply express the mutual understanding between the two musicians.

However, the mood depicted in this song hit exactly what Guo Sichu was looking for.

Since the queen of pop has dropped in out of nowhere, the audience will definitely not agree if she doesn’t say a few words.

After Bian Lang made a gesture of invitation, Guo Sichu picked up the microphone and said to the audience: "Long time no see!"

Just these four words made half of the fans who were sitting and listening to the song in the audience jump up excitedly!

The last time Guo Sichu appeared at such a large-scale performance was probably her concert a year and a half ago.

And these four simple words caused Xiao Pozhan's live broadcast barrage to explode:

"The Queen of Chu has returned! Who can compete with her?"

"Heaven! Earth! Finally!"

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! Only Bian Lang can get this guy back to business..."

"Just don't forget that you are still a singer! We are always here!"

"Dong Youbian, danger!"

Speaking of Dong Youbian, she is now in a dazed state.

Even if she scratched her head, she would never have thought that Guo Sichu, the queen of singing, would actually sing duet with Bian Lang, and that she and Bian Lang had such a perfect coordination when they were singing "Rice Shop"!

No matter what others think, she is sure that Bian Lang didn't know about this beforehand.

Liu Yao, who was standing by, didn't need to ask. He could tell from the expressions of Dong Youbian and Chen Manman that the Rolling Stones really didn't know about this before, at least Bian Lang on the stage didn't know about it.

And she also knew that this was indeed something her best friend would do.

It was at this time that she felt that the term "world famous song" might not be a joke, and it was not an exaggeration to add the word folk song in front of it.

She glanced at Dong Youbian who was still in a daze, and didn't know what to say. After all, who do you blame for this? No one is to blame!

But if this kind of thing happens to you, it would be impossible not to think too much about it.

Just as she was thinking about how to start her speech, Guo Sichu on the other side of the screen continued, "I was a little lazy before, because I really haven't encountered a song that I really like for a while. I hope that Bian Lang can leak a few more songs to me in the future to rekindle my desire for the stage!"

Finally, Bian Lang also picked up the microphone and responded: "What an honor!"

Although he has been a rock fan for both of his lives, Bian Lang does have a lot of classic pop songs in his mind that need a great female singer to make them shine on the Blue Water Planet.

There is nothing wrong with Guo Sichu's status, singing skills and personality, so what else is there for him to choose from?

As for how to cooperate, Bian Lang believed that Chen Shuting and Liang Kuan must have already had many plans waiting for consultation.

At this time, Fanhua, Xiang Kun and the others were all dumbfounded.

Not only did they get the kind of popularity that Zhu Wen wanted, but it also far exceeded their expectations, which made them feel a little afraid to carry out the previous plan.

After all, if they are just fans of Bian Lang and rock fans, they are absolutely sure that they can deceive the eyes of ignorant passers-by in the first place.

But with the addition of Guo Sichu's popularity, the situation becomes completely different.

Even Guo Sichu had to "lower his status" to invite the musician to write songs, is it possible that he plagiarized? Not to mention Guo Sichu's huge and loyal fan base, even passers-by would not believe this.

Moreover, the time when the two songs first appeared is placed there, and anyone who is interested can find out what is going on. Guo Sichu rarely returns to live business, how could her fans not defend Bian Lang!

So after careful discussion, the three of them quietly removed the song "Ode to Loneliness" from the shelves. They didn't want to give up this plan, but hiding from the spotlight for the time being was indeed their only choice now.

During the curtain call, Guo Sichu also took photos with the fans together with Bian Lang and others.

The people at the joystick looked at the scene on the opposite stage and couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing: "Our main character! It's not easy to sing!"