Chapter 1370: The shocking debut of ‘Dreaming of the Tang Dynasty’!
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
They were pressed for ti!
They had to race against the clock!
“So who’s going on?”
“Only Teacher Zhang can do it.”
“There’s no ti left. Old Zhao is still waiting, so let’s hurry up and decide. We’re in a foreign country, and every move we make will affect our country’s image. We cannot afford to lose here.”
“Didn’t Teacher Zhang already say that he can do it?”
“Then it’s settled.”
“Teacher Zhang, we’re depending on you.”
Everyone ca to an agreent.
Zhang Ye looked at them. “I’ll be taking the stage then?”
Amy sighed. “There’s no one else anyway.”
Zhang Ye nodded and said, “Alright, but I don’t have a band.”
Xu ilan said, “A band?”
Big Qi said, “Yeah, how are we going to handle the band issue?”
Suddenly, Zhang Ye asked, “Amy, I heard that you can play the drums?”
Amy was taken aback. “Ah? Ah, yes, I can.”
Zhang Ye looked at Xiaodong. “Sister Dong, your skill on the bass hasn’t been lost, right?”
Xiaodong was dumbfounded. “Ah? It’s still OK.”
Zhang Ye glanced at Li Xiaoxian. “Classmate Xiaoxian, you can still play the guitar, right?”
Li Xiaoxian was taken back. “Uh, I guess.”
Zhang Ye snapped his fingers. “Alright, our band has been ford!”
Everyone was dumbfounded.
The mbers of Spring Garden exclaid, “No, we can’t do it. This is a heavy tal performance. We haven’t even tried much of rock ‘n’ roll before, much less heavy tal. Teacher Zhang, please don’t pull us down with you. You should get soone else, or maybe borrow a band from the organizers?”
Zhang Ye glanced at them. “Do you guys think that I’m asking you because I want your level of playing? It’s just that there isn’t anyone else I can ask and the organizer’s in-house bands are all foreigners. It’s not like I had any practice in advance with them, nor can I properly communicate with them about the tune. There isn’t enough ti either, so the three of you will have to make do!”
Big Qi said, “Yeah, there are only the three of you amongst us who are professional musicians.”
Ning Lan laughed and said, “Surely you all can’t expect Old Jiang and to do it, right?”
Xiaodong finally crumbled. “Alright.”
Amy was on the verge of tears. “I’ll give it a try.”
Zhang Ye then called them over. “I’ll briefly explain it. I’ll be the lead guitarist, so Xiaoxian will accompany . This is how the lody will sound like in general: When I increase the pitch, you’ll follow —Sister Dong, this is your part—Amy, I don’t care what you do, just improvise—It doesn’t matter whether you can rember it or not as long as you keep up with my rhythm. Don’t ss up the tempo; hold steady. When we reach verse b, repeat these notes. All good?”
He explained and wrote it.
The mbers of Spring Garden were stunned.
Amy exclaid, “Which song is this?”
Xiaodong also asked, “Why doesn’t it feel like I’ve heard this lody before? Does this song exist?”
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes. “Why do you care what song it is. I’m the one singing it.”
Li Xiaoxian was the most obedient one. “OK, I got it, Teacher Zhang.”
Zhang Ye checked his watch. “Co on, let’s go!”
Xiaodong facepald. She could only bite the bullet and follow Zhang Ye.
Amy clenched her teeth and stared. It was like she was staring Death in the eye.
Ning Lan watched as they walked into the distance and laughed. “These guys, why do they look like they’re walking onto the execution grounds?”
Big Qi said worriedly, “W-Will this work?”
Xu ilan smiled and said, “Whether it works or not, it still has to be him.”
Big Qi said, “I’m just afraid that with Teacher Zhang’s English, he’ll make a fool of himself. Singing a song in English and pronouncing it wrong would be so embarrassing. There are so many foreigners watching in the audience today.”
Jiang Hanwei kept shaking his head. This last-second band was too thrown together.
Backstage.
Zhao Wuliu was pacing around.
Chen Guang was also with him to discuss a way to handle the problem.
At this mont, Zhang Ye arrived with his people. “When do we go on stage?”
Chen Guang was startled. “What are you guys doing here?”
Xiaodong gave a wry smile. “We’re here to save the day.”
Zhao Wuliu was astounded and surprised. “This is great! We must depend on our own people at such crucial monts! Teacher Zhang, are you the lead singer? Do you really know heavy tal?”
Zhang Ye laughed and said, “I know a lot.”
Chen Guang said, “Can you sing in English?”
Zhang Ye smiled but did not say anything.
Zhao Wuliu said, “Regardless, I’ll go and tell the organizers so that we can switch out.”
He brought along the interpreter to look for them and settled it after much discussion.
During this ti, Zhang Ye seized the opportunity and communicated further with the mbers of Spring Garden about the song. He spoke to them on when to get into the flow and when to increase the power, detailing everything to them. It was a good thing that they were all longti friends and had also perford on the sa stage before, so they had so mutual understanding.
At this mont, a Korean staff mber ca over from the other side and said a few words.
The interpreter imdiately relayed, “It’s your turn!”
Zhang Ye smiled. “Comrades, let’s go!”
Xiaodong said, “Alright!”
Amy said, “Hell, let’s do this!”
Li Xiaoxian said, “I’m gonna try my best too!”
Chen Guang called out to him, “Hey, why didn’t you change your clothes? You’re still wearing those Chinese clothes!”
But Zhang Ye just reached up and adjusted the collar of his Chinese jacket 1 . “There’s no need to change!”
Chen Guang looked really helpless and dared not imagine what sort of a performance they’d give.
The four of them took a deep breath backstage before Zhang Ye stepped up and led the others onto the stage!
It was a large venue!
There were nearly 10,000 people in attendance!
Everyone’s attention was suddenly on them!
…
The Arican audience.
“What?”
“Who is he?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why do those clothes look so weird?”
“Is he Chinese?”
…
The Korean audience.
“Ah, isn’t that Spring Garden!”
“It’s them. That’s Xiaodong, Amy, and Li Xiaoxian.”
“Did they co to the wrong place?”
“Yeah, this is a heavy tal music festival, not so pop concert!”
“Who is that guy?”
“I know him, it’s Zhang Ye!”
“What? He is that Zhang Ye? That Heavenly King from China?”
“Yeah!”
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The Chinese international students.
“Ahhh!”
“Zhang Ye!”
“It’s Zhang Ye!”
“Damn, what is that guy doing here?”
“Even Spring Garden is here?”
“What are they doing up there? Where’s Teacher Zhao Wuliu?”
“Why is there a change to the lineup?”
“How can Zhang Ye possibly know how to sing heavy tal!”
“That’s right. This fellow’s English cannot even be compared to a middle school student’s!”
“Is he wearing a tangzhuang?”
“That’s an updated form of it, right? How is he going to perform a heavy tal song wearing that? Shouldn’t he at least change into leather pants?”
“Pfft, what an unprofessional guy!”
“He must be trying to create trouble!”
…
The heavy tal bands from the different countries were all shaking their heads.
Especially the bands from Japan and Korea. They were very opinionated.
“What is this?”
“Are they even here to sing heavy tal?”
“You wouldn’t think so just by looking at them.”
“Where did they pop out from?”
“Are they Chinese? But China has no tal of their own.”
“They’re definitely going to cover a song. How uninteresting.”
“Of all the acts that this music festival is featuring, why did they choose to invite the Chinese? Are they trying to ss around?”
“Just because the song they prepared was perford by soone else, they don’t have any other songs they can perform? Trash tier.”
“What do you an?”
“One of the Korean bands changed songs for their performance, which clashed with one of the songs the Chinese selected.”
“That happened? So they can’t sing it anymore? And had to change their lineup? Well, I guess it’s not surprising. The Chinese don’t have their own tal. How many songs could they possibly know?”
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In the VIP seating.
Chen Guang and Zhao Wuliu ca over to join the others.
Ning Lan told them, “Take a seat, it’s about to start.”
Chen Guang was not looking forward to this at all.
Zhao Wuliu’s heart was pounding as he silently cheered them on.
Xu ilan’s pair of beautiful eyes were staring at the stage.
Big Qi shouted, “Co on! Co on!”
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On the stage.
Zhang Ye stood there calmly.
Xiaodong and the others were behind their instrunts.
Seeing the audience muttering, hearing the lukewarm applause from them, Zhang Ye was very unhappy. The bands that appeared before them did not receive the treatnt that they were getting. Was it just because of his Chinese jacket? That they assud he didn’t know heavy tal? Just because he was Chinese, they thought that he didn’t know heavy tal?
Zhang Ye found this ridiculous and sighed.
Thinking back to the prosperous Great Tang, how mighty was China back then?
What did we not have at that ti?
What could we not do at that ti?
Who was not convinced by us at that ti?
Change clothes?
Change into sothing that would befit tal?
Don’t be stupid!
Today, this is what I’ll wear!
Today, I’m dressed in this Chinese jacket!
I’ll let you all listen to China’s heavy tal!
Zhang Ye’s electric guitar rang out!
A deafening lody filled the arena. It was a lody that carried a strong feel of heavy tal in it as it stirred everyone who heard it up in surprise. All of them raised their heads and stared straight in a stunned manner at Zhang Ye who was up on stage!
The sound of the bass ca in.
The drums started playing as well!
The lody’s pitch was getting higher and higher!
Zhang Ye’s face had a reminiscent look on it. He suddenly shut his eyes and a voice that was heavily laced with a sense of heavy tal suddenly rang out across the venue. The mont he opened his mouth, the entire audience at the venue exclaid. The foreign Chinese students were dumbfounded, Chen Guang was dumbfounded, Xu ilan was dumbfounded, Ning Lan was dumbfounded, and even the trio of Spring Flower Garden who were playing with Zhang Ye were so shocked that they nearly took their hands off from their instrunts!
Zhang Ye sang 2 .
” Chrysanthemum, sword, and wine! 3
“Infused into the noisy garden via coffee!
“Another nation worships the ancient moon at a sun altar!
“The Kaiyuan 4 golden age charms people!”
Everyone was stunned!
It was in Chinese!
Jesus!
Why was it in Chinese!
Chen Guang and Zhao Wuliu looked at each other, stunned!
Ning Lan gasped!
Big Qi stared with wide eyes!
Xu ilan leaped to her feet!
Zhang Ye sang in his head voice 5 .
” The wind! Can’t blow away sorrow! 6
“Flowers! Can’t satisfy nostalgia!
“The snow! Can’t reflect the land!
“The moon! Can’t fulfill old dreams!”
He then raised his right hand and unfurled his fingers, singing loudly.
“Our fate’s imprinted in the lines of our palms!
“Tonight is sober and dreamless!
“Following my destiny, going toward a myth!
“Dreaming of the Tang dynasty-y-y-y!”
A dream?
Of the Tang dynasty?
A majestic picture was painted for all to see!
Instantly, the Chinese international students stood up and started screaming madly!
The Western audience stood up in shock. How was this possible!
The Korean audience was at a loss for words as they gave expressions of disbelief!
God!
This was China’s heavy tal?
This was China’s very own heavy tal music?!
But that was impossible!
Didn’t China not have its own heavy tal music!
This was not possible at all!
Why does this song sound even more complete than our heavy tal music?
A lot of people were stunned!
Zhang Ye sang loudly.
“Tonight’s goblet reflects the bright moon!
“Feudal peoples, a busy Silk Road!
“Tonight’s goblet reflects the bright moon!
“A collection of treasures and talented people!
“Tonight’s goblet reflects the bright moon!
“The sll of paper and ink, the artist’s soul flooding out!
“Tonight’s goblet reflects the bright moon!
“Heroes radiating courage to the universe!”
Amy could feel her blood pumping as she drumd furiously!
Xiaodong was playing the bass and was captivated by the music!
Zhang Ye suddenly switched to an operatic style of singing and growled.
“Reminiscing about golden ages!
“Close friends from all over the world!
“A vision of a borderless world!
” If only millions of manors could be built! 7 ”
He fist-pumped his right hand!
Chen Guang raised his hand!
Zhao Wuliu raised his hand!
Big Qi raised his hand!
Even soone like Ning Lan who did not enjoy heavy tal got caught in the mont and raised her right hand!
The atmosphere had hit a fever pitch!
The entire venue responded!
One hand!
100 hands!
1,000 hands!
Zhang Ye took a deep breath and howled.
“Our fate’s imprinted in the lines of our palms!
“Tonight is sober and dreamless!
“Following my destiny, going toward a myth!
“Just like returning to the Tang dynasty in a dream-m-m-m-m-m-m!”
This magnificent scale!
This resplendent sight!
These overwhelming emotions!
These towering heroics!
It was crazy!
Everyone had gone crazy!
Chen Guang and Zhao Wuliu could feel their pulse coursing!
The Chinese international students’ tears were streaming!
This is our very own style of heavy tal!
Today, China has finally truly gained its own identity in heavy tal music!
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On this day.
On this date.
This pioneer heavy tal piece from China in Zhang Ye’s previous world, this most classic heavy tal piece that made everyone go crazy over it, “Dreaming of the Tang Dynasty” debuted!
Dressed in a Chinese jacket.
And with “Dreaming of the Tang Dynasty.”
Zhang Ye roped in Spring Garden with him and shocked Asia!
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