CHAPTER 519: CHAPTER 355: LIN TIAN WINS MVP!!

"Moonlight," it’s Debussy’s "Moonlight."

It’s the third movement of Debussy’s piano suite "Begamo Suite," composed in 1890.

Its title is derived from the poem of the same name by the French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine. The moonlight depicted in the poem is "sad and beautiful," reflecting the souls dancing behind masks and the illusory emotional world...

As one of the most innovative composers from the end of the 19th to the early 20th century, Debussy is hailed by later generations as the "father of impressionist music," although he himself rejected this label.

For many who deeply love classical music,

Debussy really is a very interesting musician.

He is truly extraordinary.

Compared to other famous musical works, like Beethoven’s "Fate Symphony" or Mozart’s "No. 40 Symphony," which tell different stories with heart-stirring music,

Debussy’s music never tells a story.

In his own words, "Music should free itself from the constraints of literature and drama and return to the sound itself."

What he advocated was returning to the power of "sound" itself.

So,

listening to Debussy’s music is like appreciating a landscape.

Being in this landscape, everything you feel and think, all the grand narratives that come to your mind, come from within yourself.

Even if you’re a student of the Yangming Heart School,

if your mind is strong enough, you can completely transform Debussy’s music into various forms you desire to satisfy your own spiritual world.

Just like,

this piece "Moonlight."

This is what Debussy pursued, capturing "momentary impressions."

In this piece, the flowing moonlight and the shimmering water are the atmospheres deliberately created by Debussy. He believed that music should express changes in light and shadow like painting, rather than narration or emotional outburst.

This is Debussy’s ultimate "abstraction."

And it is this abstraction,

that makes this piece full of Debussy’s style "Moonlight," in transcending the topic of "music" itself, distanced from narration and emotional outburst, become ironic to some extent.

Especially, for those listeners used to wearing false masks.

This piece, which is completely different from Lin Tian’s previous compositions,

will be Lin Tian’s winning weapon next!

.....

The music is written.

But, how to perform it?

To fully unleash the potential of this winning weapon on the semi-final stage, 100%, even 300%,

Gan Yanyu’s performance becomes crucial.

First, she must understand this piece better than anyone else.

With Mr. Gan’s ability, it should be no problem.

Lin Tian thought so.

Before he knew it, the time had turned to 3:14 AM, and Lin Tian planned to talk about it tomorrow.

He casually placed the sheet music on the piano, then turned back to the bed and went to sleep.

...

...

"♫~"

In his sleep, Lin Tian vaguely heard a piano sound start.

In his daze, Lin Tian frowned.

It seems he’s really exhausted lately, even dreaming of the cello...

Lin Tian turned over, ready to continue sleeping.

Suddenly—

A terrifying chord sounded.

"Don!!!"

Lin Tian sat up, startled from his dying illness.

What the heck is that noise??!

Lin Tian put on his shoes and walked out of the bedroom.

On the balcony, the dazzling sunlight shone through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the table’s packed steamed buns, making it look like afternoon already.

And at the balcony door,

at the piano,

a girl in a light sling T-shirt and denim shorts, revealing fair white thighs, leaned against the piano.

In her hand, she was drawing the cello bow.

The gentle melody softly echoed.

The breeze from the balcony brushed past the girl’s delicate face, gently lifting her hair and brushing against her nose.

The slightly messy hair hitting her face added just the right atmosphere.

.....

Lin Tian admitted.

In that instant, he was awake.

As if feeling a gaze, Gan Yanyu stopped her bow and turned to see Lin Tian.

"You’re awake?"

"Why are you here?"

"I brought you breakfast. I knocked but there was no response, and you didn’t answer my call. I was afraid you died, so I came in myself." Gan Yanyu said somewhat embarrassedly.

"....."

Hearing such auspicious words early in the morning, only Gan Yanyu could prevent Lin Tian from cursing.

However, Lin Tian didn’t dislike Gan Yanyu’s self-initiative.

After all, having just woken up to see such a beautiful scene of a girl and a cello... it was quite delightful.

It always gave the illusion of the two living together.

"Did you sleep very late last night?" Gan Yanyu asked.

She glanced at the sheet music on the piano, which hadn’t been tidied up, then looked at the time—it was 1 PM.

She immediately guessed

Lin Tian had stayed up late to compose again last night.

Thinking of this,

Gan Yanyu was a bit unhappy.

She had already agreed with Lin Tian to share the composer’s workload, not letting Lin Tian handle everything alone every time.

Even if,

she couldn’t help much, Gan Yanyu hoped to accompany Lin Tian properly while he composed, offering fruits when he needed them.

That would be enough for Gan Yanyu.

But last night, Lin Tian still stayed up late composing on his own.

"You should have told me..."

Gan Yanyu sighed lightly,

"I couldn’t sleep last night either."

After all,

they had talked about that conversation at Mr. Tuoba’s house during the day.