Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 41 Chapter 41

Hu Shi never expected that Chen Muwu would turn a blind eye to his kind advice: "Mr. Shizhi, thank you for your kindness. The master said: 'My parents are here, so I don't want to travel far away.' Regarding studying abroad, Mu Wu still has to go home and discuss it with his brother. to decide."

He even talked about him from left to right, and practiced Taijiquan: "Mr. gave me the great book "Experimental Collection" half a month ago, and the younger generation has read it carefully.

"A few days ago, I had some free time, and I dared to change a few places in one of my favorite poems, and added a melody to it. The kindness of my husband is too great, and Mu Wu can't repay it, so I have to give this song back to him. Please forgive my recklessness, sir."

Chen Muwu knew that if he did not agree to go to Cornell to study abroad, Hu Shi would probably keep pestering him for the sake of face, so he had to use other ways to attract Dr. Hu's attention in order to escape successfully.

A few days ago, he stayed at Ma's house to finish the draft of "Shooting the Condors". Once he wrote that his fingers and brain were stiff at the same time, so he had to put down his pen and find other entertainment.

Then, Chen Muwu saw the "Experimental Collection" given to him by Hu Shi when he first arrived in Beijing.

Anyway, reading newspapers is also for fun, and reading poetry is also for fun.

What's more, in order to save costs, newspapers are printed full of dense small characters, which are far less pleasant than this collection of poems with large and sparse characters.

Chen Muwu would like to see what masterpieces Hu Shi, the No. 1 Chinese vernacular poem, has written.

Except for "Two Yellow Butterflies" in the first song of the opening chapter, the rest are basically unfamiliar words that he has never read before.

After skimming through more than half of the poems, Chen Muwu finally saw another poem he was familiar with in the penultimate poem in the third volume of the poetry anthology.

Seeing those lines of poetry, his first reaction was to hum along.

"I came from the mountains with orchid grass. I planted it in a small garden, hoping that the flowers will bloom early.  …"

Then Chen Muwu realized that this Takuma was not just the magical brainwashing BGM of the sprinkler that drove up and down the street downstairs every morning, causing a lot of mental pollution?
Before, he always thought that this was a campus folk song in Taiwan Province, and the name was "Orchid Grass".

Unexpectedly, its origin can be traced back to Hu Shi!
This new poem called "Hope" has several inconsistencies in the text and the lyrics in Chen Muwu's memory, but the general content is the same. A friend gave Hu Shi a pot of orchids. not open.

In order to chase girls, Chen Muwu learned guitar for several years in college, so he has a certain musical foundation, coupled with a natural sense of music, it is no problem to memorize the tunes he hums.

So he quickly picked up the paper and pen again, and recorded the lyrics and numbered notation one by one, in case of emergency.

You see, it will be used today!

Chen Muwu had already noticed that there was a piano in the corner of the stage.

Without waiting for Hu Shi to nod his head in agreement, he went straight to the piano and sat down, lifted the piano cover and said, "Everyone, I'm making a fool of myself."

Chen Muwu, who hasn't had much music lessons since middle school, all his superficial piano knowledge comes from the posters hanging on the walls of the elementary school music classroom.

He only knows that on the piano keyboard, white three black two plus white four black three form an octave, and the leftmost white key is Do (C).

As for the fingering of the piano, Chen Muwu was really helpless.

Fortunately, the melody of the song "Orchid Grass", that is, "Hope" is very simple, and he felt that practicing one-finger meditation on the keyboard was enough.

Chen Muwu put the index finger of his right hand on the keys, cleared his throat, and sang while playing:
"I came from the mountains with orchid grass. Planted in a small garden, I hope the flowers will bloom early.

"Looking at it three times a day, it takes time to see it. But the orchids are still there, and there is not a single bud.

"In a blink of an eye, autumn is here, and the orchids are moved into the greenhouse. Cherish each other day and night, and never forget each other night and night.

"I hope the flowers bloom early, so that my long-cherished wish can be fulfilled. The garden is full of clusters of flowers, adding a lot of fragrance. The garden is full of clusters of flowers, adding a lot of fragrance..."

Fortunately, his maiba voice well conceals his lack of piano.

Hu Shi's original poem is a group of four five-character sentences, a total of three groups.

However, Chen Muwu chose the lyrics of the original song, adding the three sets of five-character sentences in the original poem to four sets, and changed a few more words in the 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 once, although they can’t remember the lyrics. , but also memorized the melody of the whole song roughly.

After he finished singing, many people were still humming the tune just now, as if hundreds of sprinkler trucks were parked in the auditorium.

Today, the domestic new poetry genre has developed from the experimental school represented by Hu Shi and Liu Bannong during the exploration period to the free poetry 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 has been trying to create new poems since last year, now writes several new poems, which basically belong to the type of free poems.

But after listening to Chen Muwu's singing today, he suddenly had a new understanding. He felt that whether it was a new poem or a song, it would be better to listen to the same rhyme.

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 from Xu Zhimo's lecture in 1923, after listening to Chen Muwu singing "Orchid Grass 》The insights generated after reading, and carried forward by the colleagues of the New Moon School, 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 biggest lucky star.

Not only was he invited by him to come to Bei University to give lectures, but he also composed songs in person to help further publicize and promote his new poems. It was a double blessing!
"What a beautiful piece of music!" Hu Shi also ignored the entrustment of American Minister Shulman, he clapped his hands and said happily, "Han Chen, you should write down this score and publish it in the newspaper. I can assure you that this song will definitely It will be sung all over the country!"

Yes, yes, you are right.

Where did you want the song to be sung all over the country, in fact, you want the word "Hu Shi" in the lyricist column to become famous all over the country again?
Zhang Henshui also judged the situation and joined the "battle situation". He squeezed into the crowd, showed his ID and said, "I am a reporter from Beijing "Yi Shi Bao". How about this song being published in our "Yi Shi Bao"? Our newspaper has a good reputation, so naturally we won't treat the two of you badly in terms of remuneration."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Now Chinese people's awareness of copyright is like a 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 away favors along the way.

Zhang Henshui struck while the iron was hot: "Mr. Chen, Professor Hu, can the two of you allow me to conduct a brief interview?"

"of course."

Chen and Hu spoke in unison.

(End of this chapter)