Chapter 157: I’m Saving You
When Yu Wei’s slender fingers flew up and down the piano keys, the bullet comments in the live broadcast room seemed to have the pause button pressed.
The comments like “expectation,” “watch,” and “go for it” that were originally scrolling rapidly suddenly decreased, replaced by a silent silence.
Many people said before that Yu Wei’s last entertainment music variety show original was a bit ruthless, but now it seems he was still holding back. This guy even wants to original a piano piece…
The creation of a piano piece requires extremely high musical theory literacy and creation technique from the composer. In terms of creation difficulty, pop music is hard to compare.
If writing a pop song is called going hard, then directly making a whole piano piece is what, going all out to kill?
Looking at it this way, Yu Wei has been quite restrained domestically. Each time he writes a fresh pop song, then goes fifty-fifty with other guests, and finally wins by a slight margin.
Those who don’t know would think he has been progressing, but in fact he is score controlling, strong against the strong, unknown strength…
This time on someone else’s turf, he doesn’t even perform, directly full power to beat to death.
Point to stop against his own people, heavy fists against foreigners, he really, I’m crying to death.
Anyone with eyes can see that Yu Wei has actually already won by this point in the playing, but his performance is still continuing.
Even more, what follows is the climax of Castle in the Sky.
As the melody moves toward the climax section, Yu Wei slightly increases the force, the fantastical atmosphere gradually becomes grand, but he always maintains elegance and control.
As if he is overlooking the earth from high in the sky, serene and open-minded.
The contrast in the melody’s strong and weak changes has full layers, successfully pushing the piece to another emotional peak.
The piece that was just carrying a bit of sadness gradually rises, fantasy and lightness interweave, like a faint light in the darkness.
In the eyes of many musicians, this is the most rare part of Yu Wei’s pieces.
Even in sections where the melody descends or the minor key color is thick, this piece does not over-render sadness, but maintains a restrained sorrow.
This embodies the composer’s concept. Even if the dream is not real and the fantasy is unattainable, this piece still leads to warmth and relief.
It can be seen that Yu Wei’s inner heart is already that of a kind, calm, and romanticist person. A restless, realistic, and utilitarian person could not write such a beautiful piece…
In the soothing melody, everyone seems to see themselves transmigration through the thorny jungle, finally seeing the Castle in the Sky in the distance.
Of course, they don’t know that the so-called Castle in the Sky is just an unattainable fantasy, and also self-acceptance after experiencing a thousand sails.
At the end of the piece, the aftersound of the piano drifts away ethereally like smoke and clouds. The audience is unable to return to their senses for a long time, the site left only with silence, but the waves in their inner hearts have not yet subsided.
In the end, it was Hamilton, as the “opponent,” who first started clapping, pulling everyone back from the adventure above the cloud.
In an instant, thunderous applause erupted like a volcano, continuous and unable to stop for a long time.
Yu Wei, dressed in a Chinese-style formal attire, nodded again. Under the spotlight, he appears somewhat thin, but his gaze is calm like water.
Similarly nodding in acknowledgment, but at this moment in everyone’s eyes, he is no longer a student attending a music class, but a true master…
There is no such thing as seniority in the piano field. Being able to conquer everyone with a piano performance, plus a high-quality original piece, at least today’s Yu Wei is enough to be called a master.
Yu Wei’s effortless demeanor is of course pretended. His hands hurt badly now, he just wants to get off stage quickly and move around.
Fingertips and finger joints are immersed in a burning sting, fingers even uncontrollably trembling slightly.
Having a golden finger is just mastering the technique, but bodily functions don’t lie. He still lacks true tempering after thousands of repetitions.
Even for a true pianist, that explosive performance just now is very taxing on the hands, let alone him.
It hurts, but on the international stage, he must be serious. In this situation, he can’t show weakness, at least not let the country be disgraced because of him.
Until Yu Wei got off stage, the applause at the site still couldn’t stop. The applause just now was for Yu Wei, now it’s supplementary for Sound Mixer.
There is an eternal truth: what the strong say is always right. After realizing that Yu Wei really has strength, their favor for this short film also rises accordingly.
This is why stars need a representative work, because good works can really make people develop filters for him.
Both the piano piece and the short film are Yu Wei’s handiwork. Since the piano piece is like this, the short film winning an award definitely has its reason…
In the gazes cast toward Yu Wei from all directions, Qi Luo An saw quite a few things: incomprehension, doubt, and also quite a bit of heartfelt admiration.
In the place with the thickest artistic atmosphere, Yu Wei still conquered them with art, even if just once.
“Give me your hand.”
Yu Wei can fool others but not her. His hand is shaking like that.
Those who question him have complex moods, those who believe in him cheer and jump for joy, those who follow him share the glory, those who hate him flee far away. Maybe not many people will care about him after he gets off stage…
Luckily, I do.
There is no surprise in Qi Luo An’s gaze, only complete understanding and a trace of imperceptible heartache.
She carefully, like treating a treasure, lifts Yu Wei’s slightly trembling right hand. In the performance just now, it was the number one contributor.
“This isn’t good, right?”
Yu Wei actually didn’t expect her to be so direct in public, after all, he just got off stage and everyone’s sights are still on him.
“You don’t understand, I’m saving you.”
Qi Luo An smiled mischievously and gestured with her eyes. Yu Wei followed her gaze and soon noticed Hamilton not far away casting appreciative eyes.
Thinking of the deep eye contact between him and Costa after their duo performance, Yu Wei suddenly felt a chill down his spine. This gaze is too scary…
Qi Luo An’s fingertips are slightly cool, extremely gently covering Yu Wei’s tense hand back, letting his taut nerve endings slightly relax.
Then, she begins to use the pads of her fingers with strength, patiently circling and massaging along the spasming muscles on his palm.
“I’m really saving you.”
Double entendre. Qi Luo An is both helping him massage and subtly indicating Yu Wei’s normal orientation through intimate interaction, no straights allowed.
Feeling his right hand gradually relaxing under the gentle pressing, Yu Wei would be lying if he said he wasn’t moved. Caring for his body while covering to avoid weird trouble, this guy.
Qi Luo An’s movements are slow and focused, the pressure just right, penetrating deep into the muscles to resolve the tension without adding to his pain.
“Before, I only massaged for grandmother. She’s old and her hands get stiff. Didn’t expect you to enjoy it today…”
She lowered her head and muttered softly. Although it sounded like complaining, her hand movements remained gentle, starting to stroke each of his fingers one by one.
From the base to the tip, gently stretching and kneading, helping them recover elasticity from the almost spasmodic intense movement earlier.
In this state, it’s hard to think of anything extraneous. Yu Wei obediently sat with his hand extended, not feeling ambiguous at all, but instead a sincere sense of happiness.
Time slowly flows in the silence. Yu Wei’s initial sharp pain dissipates by more than half under her patient and continuous soothing.
Before Qi Luo An even asked proactively, Yu Wei skillfully switched hands, proactively offering his left hand.
“Little Left says it wants it too…”
Qi Luo An narrowed her eyes at him without saying anything, just holding Yu Wei’s hand and repeating the previous movements.
It seems many words no longer need to be said.
The noise of the stage gradually fades away. The cultural performance also ends while Yu Wei is immersed in comfort. This year’s Louvain International Film Festival is completely over.
But for Yu Wei, tonight’s farce has just begun. Almost the instant the event dispersed, he was surrounded water-tight by the on-site media’s long guns and short cannons.
The artistry of this Castle in the Sky piano piece is obvious to all. Once this piece spreads, Yu Wei will definitely leave a heavy stroke in the piano world.
Perhaps he is just a newcomer in the piano field, but this stepping stone can still cause quite a stir.
This kind of piece that doesn’t show off skills much and relies on atmosphere building is likely to go viral, even becoming well-known worldwide.
Therefore, at the first site where Castle in the Sky was released, they have to conduct a detailed interview. After all, Yu Wei is returning home tomorrow.
“That performance was truly breathtaking. What inspired you to create this piece?”
Why are there breathtaking bros everywhere…
These questions definitely won’t stump Yu Wei. Not to mention he has perfectly mastered the song, even if he hasn’t, making things up, they can’t verify anyway.
He simply talked about his source of inspiration and creation process, but Yu Wei didn’t say this was something he just started writing recently. Instead, he traced the idea back to a long time ago.
At this time, he definitely has to say the piece is the result of ten years of sharpening one sword. Otherwise, other piano learners might curse.
“Just knew Yu Wei was hiding his depths. How many more surprises does he have that we don’t know?”
“So, what we’re hearing now are all things Yu Wei created before. Doesn’t that mean he’s already researching future opponents?”
“God knows how much he’s hidden in four years.”
“What happened? This piece is too gentle and soothing, I fell asleep listening, just woke up.”
At the last moment of the Luwen Award Journey live broadcast, the audience in the live room is still joking around, preparing to urge him more after he returns home.
Previously thought this guy was growing, now discover he’s actually hiding. The requirements for a newcomer and a veteran hiding skills are definitely different.
He won’t be able to muddle through anymore in the future, must supervise at all times.
“Finally, one more question. You have so many identities, now adding pianist. Which one do you like the most?”
“Author.”
Without a doubt author. Being a star is just for fun. Writing novels is his daily life. The golden finger just happens to fit his hobby.
Lu Zhou and the others behind him looked at each other. Although somewhat hard to understand, they were not surprised by this answer at all.
Everyone domestic knows Yu Wei truly loves writing novels… seems like abroad is about to know too now.
“Unexpected answer. Then, what works have you written? Can we have the honor of seeing them?”
The female reporter completely didn’t expect Yu Wei’s favorite to be writing novels. She hasn’t read Chinese novels and doesn’t know specifically what kind.
“This one I’m updating daily now, there will be an opportunity.”
Pretty good, still a chance to advertise his own book.
As a result, a few reporters were a bit stunned upon hearing this. He’s actually persisting in daily updates for a novel, and has kept it up for months without missing?
This kind of thing is common in the domestic web novel industry. For foreigners, the concept of daily novel updates is obviously a bit unbelievable.
Here it’s mostly traditional literature with slow and fine work. Web serial works exist of course, but updates are more casual. Daily is too exaggerated…
Some among them understand the environment of Chinese web novels, but didn’t expect the Yu Wei in front of them to be one of them too.
So this pianist who debuted stunningly, screenwriter with captivating scripts, famous singer whose acting skills convinced many judges, actually spends several hours every day updating his own novel?
How on earth is this done?
Seeing the reporters’ exaggerated expressions, Qi Luo An and the others suddenly felt balanced. Yes, they used to be like this too.
The few reporters looked at each other. Although still not figuring it out, they clearly understood one thing…
Have to personally check out Yu Wei’s this novel.
