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Chapter 475 Japanese Music

Sakurayuki came to the recording site of "EIGHT-JAM" holding a golden cheering sign.

(This show is so niche that I couldn’t find a translation. The machine translation is “Eight Jams”, which is ridiculous. JAM does mean jam, but in jazz it refers to a group of musicians who don’t know each other and temporarily form a band to improvise together. I translated it into “Eight People Improvisation”, and the inverted abbreviation is “Eight Improvisations”…)
"Jam" (ahem) is a Japanese music variety show with good ratings and reputation. It is completely different from the popular competition-type music variety shows in China.

Domestic music competition variety shows emphasize rankings and create suspense about the outcome, but rarely analyze the music. Perhaps they are worried that the music content is too obscure and the audience will not be interested.

"Jam" is more like a gathering of musicians. The show is divided into two parts: talk show (conversation) and session (improvisational performance).

During the conversation, several guests talked about music, the inspiration and process of creating their masterpieces, discussed music with each other, and showed the charm of music to the audience.

In this process, we should try to explain things in simple terms and use examples of playing music with musical instruments at any time. This requires a deep knowledge of music theory.

Su Zhe's participation in "Jam" can be regarded as a direct confrontation with the Japanese audience's doubts about his writing of Japanese songs.

It's like a modern person going back to ancient times and copying Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi and Xin Qiji, but not even understanding the prosody and rhyme. He will immediately be labeled as a plagiarist and will never be able to turn over a new leaf.

Although Su Zhe has many fans, he is unwilling to let them cheer for him, saying things like music does not need to prove itself.

The second part was more interesting. Several guests collaborated on the spot to improvise a song and give it their own thoughts.

Usually they are classic old songs, but Su Zhe is here to promote his songs, so naturally he chooses songs from his new album for this segment.

Improvisational collaboration not only tests musicians’ knowledge of music theory, but also places higher demands on their on-the-spot creative abilities.

In short, "Jam" has very high requirements on the musical skills of the guests, and the hosts are all musicians.

So after Su Zhe announced his participation in "Jam", Japanese audiences paid close attention. Whether they hated him or loved him, they all wanted to see what he was like.

Sakuraxue also took great pains to get an audience ticket to the recording of "Jam". She also entered with support items according to the request of the Japanese fan circle to cheer for Su Zhe.

She was sitting in the audience, and she was extremely happy when she thought about seeing her idol Su Zhe in a little while. She talked to herself excitedly:

"I can finally meet my favorite idol! I must get Su Zhe's autograph, Sakurayuki..."

She was praying when she heard an impatient voice next to her.

An old man beside her said impatiently:

"Su Zhe dared to come to this show, which only exposed him as a thief! How could he, a Chinese, write Japanese songs? He is a liar who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"

Sakura Snow looked at the middle-aged uncle angrily, but did not dare to refute. She could only say silently in her heart:

"No, Su Zhe is known as the music master in China. He is not a thief, let alone a liar."

Even though she didn't dare to refute, the bald uncle continued to chatter:

"It's so sad. As Japanese women, you actually like stars from your own nation. It's really unreasonable! Young people nowadays! I really miss the gentle women of the nuclear era!"

Some people, the more the other party dares not to refute, the more complacent they become, and they even point at Sakurayuki and say:
"I will educate you properly on behalf of your parents, understand?"

Sakura Snow looked aggrieved, but couldn't help but bow and said:
"sorry!"

At this time, a girl next to them who was wearing large black-framed glasses that covered half of her face and looked quiet and gentle finally couldn't help it anymore. She grabbed Sakura Yuki and said angrily:

"You old devil, you're just whining here, not saying a single nice word, and you're asking the little girl to apologize? Are you looking for trouble?"

Sakurayuki was a little confused listening to the Japanese with a strong accent.

The bald middle-aged man yelled angrily:
"Baga! How rude..."

"No need to introduce yourself. I'm not interested in your name. Look at how shabby you are. Your wife ran away, so why are you trying to make a name for yourself here? You don't even have a hair on your head. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty?"

The girl with glasses attacked with full force, holding her schoolbag tightly with one hand and pointing at the bald middle-aged man with the other hand, saying something so harsh that his forehead turned red.

But the middle-aged man looked at the girl with glasses angrily and turned away.

The girl with glasses breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the thick dictionary hidden in her schoolbag.

Sakura Snow was stunned watching from the side, full of admiration for the girl with glasses, and said excitedly:

"Hello, my name is Sakura Snow, what is your name?"

"Xu Jingping, a Chinese student studying abroad, is also a sweetheart."

She took out a golden cheering stick from her schoolbag and said proudly:
"I am one of the first batch of sugarcanes! When Su Zhe was trapped on the deserted island, I climbed over the wall to the Internet cafe and witnessed the process of him clearing his name."

Of course she would not say that she climbed over the wall to go to the Internet cafe just to see her idol Si Wenyu. She was even so angry that she cursed Su Zhe when Su Zhe portrayed Si Wenyu as a clown.

But the reversal of the deserted island was too drastic. She didn't hold on for a few days and quickly "rebelled" to become a fan of Su Zhe. She has always insisted that she has always been a fan of Su Zhe.

But even though she became a sugarcane, she was still the girl who climbed over the wall. She didn't study at all, and finally she could only come to Japan to attend a fake university.

But she never expected that Su Zhe would become famous in Japan, and she could even find the Sugar Cane Organization in Japan!

Hearing her words, Sakura Snow felt admiration:
"Hello, senior! I envy you so much. Many of Su Zhe's works have not been translated, and I can't understand them."

The new and old generations of sugarcane quickly began to communicate.

Soon, the program began recording and Su Zhe also appeared.

Seeing Su Zhe come on stage, a group of fans at the scene immediately waved their golden glow sticks excitedly, creating a golden ocean for him in a foreign country.

This is the golden color of the scorching sun!
Just like a scorching sun rising in Japan.

Xu Jingping covered her mouth, suddenly feeling extremely moved:

"It took him so long, but finally the scorching sun rose and dispelled the haze of the past."

Thinking of the hardships along the way, Xu Jingping automatically forgot the words he had once used to scold Su Zhe, and was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes:
"It's not easy for my brother!"

Su Zhe didn't expect that there would be so much drama from the fans in the audience, and he chatted with other guests about music in a relaxed manner.

This was a good opportunity to make the charts, but Su Zhe did not bring out the songs from his new album. Instead, he began to analyze his own Chinese-style song - "Blue and White Porcelain".

On the big screen of the program, the various achievements of this song were also given -

Jinlin Best Single, Best Lyricist, Best Composition, Best Producer, Best Singer...

Although a large number of awards were listed, there was little reaction from the Japanese audience at the scene.

The Golden Scale Award has too little influence overseas, and they don’t even know what this award is.

After all, awards rely on circles, and China's modern music circle does not have much influence internationally, so how can awards have any influence?

Until the sales of "Chinese Style" were shown on the big screen - diamond record!

The audience was silent for a moment, and then suddenly burst into an uproar:

"Diamond record? One million sales? There's actually an album in China with such high sales?"

"Su Zhe is really amazing, no wonder he is the number one star in China."

“But it’s still far behind our triple diamond record.”

(The highest-selling book in reality is "The Only Flower in the World" copied by Su Zhe, with sales of over 3 million)
The diamond record standard in Japan is 100 million, so Japanese audiences believe that one diamond for "Chinese Style" represents 100 million sales.

Unexpectedly, the big screen immediately displayed——

IFPI certified diamond record, sales exceeding 1100 million!
The scene seemed to have been muted. Not only the audience, but also the guests were amazed:

“Is it a diamond record of international standard?”

“Ah, they are all IFPI certified.”

"More than 10 million sales, more than three times the highest album in Japan. Is the Chinese music market so vast?"

"It seems I have to learn Chinese. The agency will definitely let me release my songs in China."

Xu Jingping proudly explained to his new friend Sakura Snow in the audience:
"It's not that the Chinese music market is big, it's that Su Zhe is so good! I bought 100 copies as a fan! Many passers-by also bought them, he is so popular."

Sakurayuki vaguely felt the wealth of her new friends - they were sent abroad to study even though they did not study well, and usually their families had some money.

There were also comments from girl bands on the big screen. They are quite popular in Japan and are fans of Su Zhe. They praised this album as the best music album in China and believed that Su Zhe was the best musician of all time.

This evaluation is so high that it seems like flattery. In the video, the reporter asked the girl bands:

"Does it include Japanese singers?"

If you interview one person, the other person may be more cautious, but if there are many people, they will easily become arrogant. Several people will chatter:

"Of course! There is no better musician in Japan than him."

"Not only that, even European and American musicians are not as great as him."

"Even Beethoven can't compare..."

The member was covered in the mouth by others.

Even if it expanded further, others would still think it was a bit exaggerated.

But the words had already passed through the screen and reached the scene.

The expressions of the guests at the scene changed a little bit——

Better than all Japanese musicians?

This is too crazy!

Which musician who prides himself on his talent can tolerate this kind of map cannon?
Su Zhe discovered that the musicians he was communicating with suddenly became more critical, constantly asking him about Chinese-style songs from various tricky angles, as if trying to stump him.

However, Su Zhe has top-notch music theory, and although he needs some talent to catalyze his creation, he is always successful in solving problems.

In addition, since he was originally a novice in music, he knew how to explain profound music theory in an easy-to-understand and vivid way.

The guests' challenges not only did not make him look bad, but instead allowed him to showcase his dazzling talent.

In the audience, Sakura Snow said excitedly:

"Su Zhe is so knowledgeable! His musical talent is so high!"

Xu Jingping also said excitedly:

"He speaks Japanese so well, it's a pity he didn't become a traitor."

Sakura Snow: ???
Xu Jingping was simply not good at learning Japanese. After two years in a language school, he still spoke with a strong accent. So he admired Su Zhe very much for being able to speak Japanese to the level of a native speaker in order to expand into the Japanese market.

She sincerely wanted to praise Su Zhe, but this mouth...

Su Zhe couldn't hear the little fan's conversation. After dealing with various difficulties in "Jam", he simply turned the tables and took the initiative to attack:
"In this paragraph, I took into consideration... so I used... a method to convey..."

He spoke a lot and immediately asked other guests for their opinions.

After other guests expressed their ideas, he walked to the corresponding instruments, demonstrated them directly, and pointed out the shortcomings one by one.

Soon, all the musicians were defeated by his argument, and even had the illusion that "not a single word of this song can be changed."

The musical instrument skills he demonstrated were equally astonishing:

"His level is too high! You can't cheat with a musical instrument. Just looking at his level, you can tell he has been immersed in it for a long time."

"Oh my god, is there any instrument he doesn't know how to play?"

Su Zhe can not only play Western musical instruments live, but also traditional musical instruments.

In the Chinese-style arrangement, many traditional Chinese instruments were used, and he also took them out to show them one by one, which dazzled everyone:

“He’s such a master of the instrument!”

Su Zhe spoke for a while and felt quite accomplished.

Even if the Japanese are the rebellious sons, adopted sons, and unfilial sons of Chinese culture, they at least understand Chinese culture and can fully understand Su Zhe's musical aesthetics.

The beauty of Chinese-style songs, whether it is the music influenced by tradition or the poetic lyrics, deeply shocked them:

“I hear the spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in his songs.”

“What brilliant music! The rich history comes to mind.”

"This album sold one diamond, I can understand that."

The music that once shocked Chinese music fans also amazed professional musicians in Japan.

But unfortunately, the audience didn't understand the lyrics and didn't react much.

Until during the impromptu performance, a group of people decided to sing the title song of Su Zhe's new album——

"pretender"!
(End of this chapter)