Time, like a mischievous little imp, stealthily crept forward.
Before anyone knew it, the hour and minute hands had happily reached 11:54.
Just then, Su Yu’s familiar and anticipated figure, like a superstar descending, brilliantly appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage!
This thrilled the netizens and fans in front of their screens; the huge stone in their hearts dropped with a “thud,” but immediately after, little question marks popped up like mushrooms after rain, one after another.
Everyone knew Su Yu would be the finale, after all, his status and strength in the music industry were formidable, and being the finale was well-deserved.
But the question arose, where was Han Jiangxue?
Last year, Han Jiangxue’s “as wish” performance was absolutely stunning, directly astonishing the entire audience and providing a feast for the eyes and ears.
But this year, counting on fingers, there was only time for one song before the New Year countdown, did this mean Han Jiangxue would be absent from this year’s Spring Festival Gala stage?
This news spread like wildfire, and complaints about General Director Ma Da came like a floodgate opening, wave after wave, simply unstoppable.
Ma Da felt utterly miserable, wishing he could shout at the screen: “Can you audience members and netizens calm down and be more rational! The show isn’t even over yet, why are you so quick to judge and act like prophets!”
But he could only think it, utterly helpless.
After all, since the beginning of this year’s Spring Festival Gala, the bullet comments complaining about him, the General Director, had been like a perpetual motion machine, never stopping for a moment.
If he wasn’t so sure in his heart that Tianxing Entertainment would never do such a thing, he would have suspected that Tianxing Entertainment was behind the scenes, deliberately messing with him.
It wasn’t until Su Yu stood steadily in the center of the stage and the song information appeared on the big screen that the chattering voices in the bullet comments finally subsided slightly.
“once had you”
Lyrics, Music, Arrangement: Su Yu
Vocals: Su Yu
Band, Harmony: Qin Damo, Ke Yu, Zhang Yang, Wang Fei, Lin Jun
Upon seeing this familiar, luxurious lineup, who still had the mind to complain about Ma Da?
After all, no matter how wonderful Han Jiangxue’s performance was, could it compare to Su Yu’s?
Everyone tacitly thought, let’s put aside complaining about Ma Da for now, and quickly prick up our ears to listen to Su Yu’s new song, that’s the top priority.
Fortunately, everyone quieted down, why? Because the song’s intro was ridiculously short!
In just a few short seconds, Su Yu lightly strummed the guitar in his arms, and his deep, magnetic voice, like a magical wind, instantly spread throughout the entire venue.
“【Once dreamed of walking the world with a sword,
To see the world’s prosperity.
A youthful heart always a bit wild,
Now you are a wanderer.】”
“Once dreamed of walking the world with a sword?” As soon as Su Yu’s lyric floated out, wow, the entire audience and netizens were instantly “frozen,” especially the male compatriots, whose eyes lit up like two flames, instantly bright enough to blind people.
Who didn’t have a martial arts dream of walking the world with a sword when they were young?
Imagining self in white robes, holding a long sword, punishing evil and promoting good in the pugilistic world, robbing the rich to help the poor, living a carefree and unrestrained life.
But as they grew older, the trivialities of life gradually turned these once shining dreams into a somewhat naive, somewhat childish memory.
Unexpectedly, Su Yu’s simple lyric, like a magical key, “clicked,” awakening the martial arts dream hidden deep in everyone’s hearts.
Moreover, Su Yu’s love for martial arts and the pugilistic world was simply impossible to hide.
The theme songs he wrote for various martial arts films and TV series before were all classics, plus the recently popular heroic poems in “A Knight’s Errant,” this was clearly a seasoned martial arts fan!
Su Yu on stage didn’t know the tumultuous waves in the audience’s hearts; he focused on strumming his guitar, and his singing continued to flow.
“【The girl who once made you ache,
Has now silently disappeared.
Love always makes you yearn yet feel troubled,
Once left you bruised and battered.】”
After singing about the passionate martial arts dream, he began to evoke segments of youthful and beautiful memories using the unforgettable girl in everyone’s hearts.
Su Yu was truly “understanding of hearts” as always, like a mind catcher, precisely grasping everyone’s emotions and moods from various angles.
Strangely, not only did everyone not feel repulsed, but they listened with rapt attention.
Just as many people were immersed in the vortex of memories, unable to extricate themselves, the real climax arrived!
The band’s melody suddenly became passionate and surging, like a lit gunpowder keg, and Su Yu’s powerful, high-energy singing followed.
“【Di li li li di li li li den da,
Di li li li di li li li da da.
Di li li li di li li li da da,
Walking on the path of courage.】”
When this line came out, many people were directly stunned, goosebumps falling like snowflakes, “rustling” down.
They muttered to self: “What is he singing? Is Su Yu so lazy that he doesn’t even want to write out all the lyrics?”
But magically, from such a seemingly casual humming melody, everyone could actually hear a sense of freedom, unrestrainedness, and even a touch of the vicissitudes of time.
This was too incredible, almost like discovering a shining gem in ordinary life.
However, the surprise of the chorus continued!
“【Di li li li di li li li den da,
Di li li li di li li li da da.
Di li li li di li li li da da,
There is sadness and also brilliance.】”
As they listened, everyone gradually got used to this unique humming melody, as if they were slowly entering Su Yu’s inner world, feeling the complex emotions he wanted to express in his singing.
Was this a declaration of no regrets for past youth?
Many people were stirred by memories and emotions of youth, and even more felt completely ignited by this song, especially those middle-aged people whose edges had been smoothed by life and reality.
Who hasn’t been young?
Whose youth hasn’t had a few extremely crazy ideas, a few unforgettable people?
Many older men unconsciously lit a cigarette, sitting quietly, the complex feeling in their hearts like a tangled mess, they couldn’t even explain it self, only knowing that this song seemed to sing out the deepest secrets in their hearts.
After the chorus, there was almost no interlude, and Su Yu immediately sang the B section of the song.
“【Every time I feel sad,
I go to the sea alone.
Always thinking of friends walking by my side,
How many are healing.】”
Everyone’s life is unique, and the things they encounter are different, but who hasn’t had a time when they were so sad they wanted to cry?
The reasons for sadness might be varied; some are because of conflicts with family, some are because of parting ways with friends, and others are because they have encountered setbacks in their own lives.
But the next moment, when the familiar melody of the chorus sounded again, that sadness weighing on their hearts seemed to be gently blown away by a warm spring breeze, instantly disappearing without a trace.