He was sure.
This piece of music, he had never heard before!
Without a doubt, it was a new composition.
Whose new work could this be from which composer?
Such an excellent piece, how co he hadn’t heard about it recently?!
This little brat, he’s really getting sowhere!
Such a tasteful piece, and he was the one who discovered it!
Even soone as well-inford as himself hadn’t heard about it.
It seems that he had always been too harsh on him.
Perhaps, his grandson just needed so encouragent...
Tong Tai showed a look of satisfaction and walked up again.
However, the grandson had already entered the third loop.
And then, burst out laughing...
"Why keep laughing while listening to music?!"
Tong Tai finally realized that sothing was off.
It was clearly a performance video, and moreover, a rather lancholic piece.
Why is this kid laughing incessantly as if watching a beauty...
"Not grandpa, you just don’t understand, take another look—"
Wang Ming pointed at the male and female leads in the video,
"Hehe... don’t you think they make a perfect match?"
"....."
"....."
Tong Tai fell silent.
This more than seventy years old artist, a composer who had won many honors in his life, a protector of classical music.
At this mont,
due to his grandson’s words.
He felt as if struck by a thousand arrows...
"You little brat, such a good piece of music and you don’t listen, you damned just watch if people match each other?!!"
"Stop scrolling! Go and clean up the yard now!!!"
As Tong Tai bellowed, Wang Ming hurriedly jumped up from the chair.
"I can’t understand it even if I listen..."
Wang Ming let out a voice full of grievance and indignation.
Yet, Tong Tai glared at him fiercely.
The kid imdiately put down the tablet and went to grab a broom...
Tong Tai picked up the tablet again and revisited the video.
"Moonlight and Cat..."
A very familiar na.
Tong Tai rembered.
He had previously praised a cellist nad Gan Yanyu on Weibo.
That cellist started receiving attention because he played a piece called "Moonlight and Cat" at a concert.
So, this was a duo, "Moonlight" as the composer and pianist, "Cat" as the cellist?
No...
He watched "Cat" in the video.
As soone who "reviews music," Tong Tai had an extraordinary observational ability regarding perforrs.
This Cat’s technique, just like Gan Yanyu...
The sa imrsive performance, the sa strong infectivity.
So this was the consideration...
Tong Tai beca excited.
What excited him was not Gan Yanyu.
But the "Moonlight" beside him.
If his guess was correct,
This Moonlight... might be the unknown pianist accompanying Gan Yanyu...
A high school student!
"True heroes are young..."
Tong Tai sat in the chair, genuinely exclaiming.
What had this young man experienced to be able to compose such a sorrowful piece?
If not genuinely experiencing war...
Perhaps it was sothing as painful as family ruin or the loss of loved ones.
But, the inner world of a genius, is hard to speculate.
As a composer, seeing such talent, Tong Tai felt glad for Zhonghua’s music scene, yet also felt a sense of defeat, as if inferior.
Thinking of his own grandson who was in college, this feeling of defeat grew even stronger.
Many excellent composers, having one or two classical pieces known worldwide in their lifeti, is already very impressive.
Even Tong Tai himself can count similar achievents on one hand.
This Mr. Moonlight, being just a high school student, seems to have already reached heights many cannot achieve in their entire lives.
Fortunately, "Moonlight and Cat" already has over two million fans.
This proves that the talent of this classical music composer hasn’t been buried by the modern era.
This makes Tong Tai very relieved.
Stepping into the music world seems to be a matter of ti.
But...
Thinking about his own grandson just now,
Tong Tai beca indignant.
Probably, many people watching this video feel the sa way!
These young people are truly ssing around!
Such beautiful music!
Instead of appreciating it properly, they focus on whether a man and woman are compatible or not!
Imagining it just now, Tong Tai was almost furious.
He imdiately returned to his study, turned on the computer,
And started profoundly writing on Weibo!
...
...
After the release of the new work "E Minor Cello Concerto" by Moonlight and Cat on Bilibili and Douyin,
As usual, it stirred up a wave of discussion!
However, this ti was a bit different.
Although many people were still imperviously discussing Moonlight and Cat’s relationship progress as always,
Many were genuinely inquiring with a thirst for knowledge.
[Fuck! Mr. Moonlight really threw us a curveball this ti, I totally don’t get it!]
[Can soone knowledgeable about music explain what this piece is really depicting?!]
[I study music and I don’t get it either!]
[It feels very oppressive, seems like a very sad piece, but if you ask to depict it, I can’t...]
Of course, quite a few netizens, considering themselves grown with Mr. Moonlight’s music, believed their musical aesthetics had improved,
So they boldly began to speculate!
[I think, it’s about a knight protecting a princess, sacrificing himself for her! You guys listen to that strong the lody at the beginning.... doesn’t it sound like a knight taking training, swearing loyalty? The variation later sounds like the princess singing high to thank the knight! How romantic!]
[Too small, small scale! Change the perspective, what if the knight is a soldier, and the princess is the country and ho?]
[You guys are fake fans, all wrong guesses! You must relate back to Mr. Moonlight’s previous works! Change the knight to Bull Spirit, and the princess to a mother cow, Bull Spirit protects the cow awesoly, then the cow cries its eyes out while rewarding Bull Spirit...]
[Awkward match, feels not as deep as Miss Cat’s inner world when she’s moved to tears by Mr. Moonlight.]
...
Netizens’ discussion was intense.
Even the topic ["What story does the ’E Minor Cello Concerto’ actually tell?"] got trending.
Just like every ti Marvel releases a new movie, it sparks a flurry of discussions about its Easter eggs and comic plots.
And this ti, it was evidently more refined.
Many bloggers specially made a video to discuss their understanding of this piece.
Until, the appearance of a heavyweight contender.
In an unnoticed corner...
[Composer Tong Tai] posted a new Weibo status!
And the content was precisely about the "E Minor Cello Concerto"!
Title: [A Journey Through the Soul]
[My friends familiar with know that I prefer to avoid personal bias, usually only comnting on performances, not readily on composers.
But this ti, I truly heard a shocking piece haha.
From Douyin’s Mr. Moonlight’s "E Minor Cello Concerto," truly marvelous!
At first listen, it sounds like an ethereal, mournful voice from the distant past, evoking a natural sense of sorrow.
It’s as if seeing scenes of war, lives struggling under the military boots of war...
Upon further listening, I saw a force seeking light in the darkness, seeking hope in desperation.
Especially the variation in the second part, indescribably wonderful!
Good piece, really good piece!
...
After all, I am not the composer, just portraying my feelings. I welco discussion with friends and sincerely recomnd this piece to everyone!]
This Weibo status imdiately attracted massive attention from netizens.
Wow, coming from a professional’s critique!
Now you have to believe it!
It’s like a major exam prediction scene.
Those who previously guessed thes of "war" and "nation" are overjoyed as if they correctly guessed the focus of a crucial exam.
[See, I told you listening to Mr. Moonlight’s pieces would improve my aesthetic sense sooner or later!]
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