Chapter 123: Innovation of Huangmei Opera

  Mu Xiao's expression was somewhat unpleasant. After singing a song, she walked into the cabin to change out of her Huangmei Opera costume.

  No, Mu Xiaoxiao was born into a Huangmei Opera family and has been practicing Huangmei Opera since childhood. However, as the years passed and technology developed, fewer and fewer people watched Huangmei Opera. This also led to their family, who made a living from singing Huangmei Opera, gradually changing careers to do other businesses. But Mu Xiaoxiao was unwilling to see Huangmei Opera disappear like this, she wanted to revive it.

  For this reason, Mu Xiaoxiao went to many places in China one after another. However, many of these places were unsuccessful.

  This time I came to the beautiful and clear Xiao River, but it was also the same.

  She let out a sigh, and secretly thought to herself, "Perhaps what Mom and Dad said is right, Huangmei Opera no longer suits this era. No matter how hard she tried to revive something that doesn't belong in this era, what's the use?"

  Just as Mu Xiao was about to change her clothes, a sudden voice rang out.

  "Miss, could you wait for a moment?"

  Mu Xiao took a glance and saw it was a boy carrying a guitar on his back.

  "Who are you?"

  "My name is Zhou Fan, I just listened to your Huangmei Opera, it felt great, I really like it."

  After making a bet with Ning Xue Tian, Zhou Fan found this girl who sang Huangmei Opera.

  "Is that so? Then what do you like about Huangmei Opera?"

  Seeing that someone liked Huangmei Opera, Mu Xiaoxiao didn't feel happy. Although she knew that people who like Huangmei Opera were already not many. But it was precisely because she knew that there were too few people who liked Huangmei Opera that she had some doubts about Zhou Fan's words. In the past, she had encountered several gentlemen who wanted to get close to her. They all said, "I really like your Huangmei Opera singing." However, after asking a few questions, it turned out that they didn't even know what Huangmei Opera was.

  "What I like is the vividness and liveliness of Huangmei Opera, which is closer to life. Compared with Peking Opera and Yue Opera, it is more suitable for ordinary people."

  To talk about it, Huangmei Opera and Peking Opera are not much different. However, in subtle places, they can still be seen. Peking Opera has elegant lyrics and rich flavor, at that time, it was considered a relatively elegant drama. Yue Opera is similar to Huangmei Opera, but Yue Opera mostly tells the story of talented men and beautiful women. However, Huangmei Opera is different. Huangmei Opera originated from folk songs, singing about some folk stories and local myths.

  Representative works include "The Female Son-in-law", "Heavenly Match", "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden" etc.

  These are what ordinary people like to listen to, so at that time, Huangmei Opera had a very large market.

  "Sorry, I'm Mu Xiaoxiao, I thought you were here to hit on me."

  Muxiao's face turned slightly red after hearing Zhou Fan's explanation.

  "You're welcome, it's I who should be saying sorry instead."

  "By the way, can you sing Huangmei Opera too?"

  Looking at Zhou Fan carrying his guitar, Mu Xiaoxiao felt that it shouldn't be him again.

  However, Mu Xiaoxiao was delighted to have finally met someone who understood Huangmei Opera and started chatting intimately with Zhou Fan.

  "Uh, I don't know how to sing Huangmei Opera."

  Zhou Fan felt a bit awkward, but still said, "But I think Huangmei Opera actually has better development space."

  "Better development space?"

  Muxiaoxiao has some dimness, "Thank you for taking care of Huangmei Opera."

  The current situation of Huangmei Opera is clearer to no one than Mu Xiaoxiao.

  A classic opera is often inferior to a ordinary pop song in this era.

  It's hard to say, but this is the tragedy of traditional Chinese opera. It seems that Huangmei Opera really isn't suitable for this era anymore. Look, just like this person in front of us. He can hold a guitar and sing popular songs while busking. But what about these people who sing Huangmei Opera? She's never seen anyone busk by singing Huangmei Opera before.

  "Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate Huangmei Opera. I think that if Huangmei Opera can innovate a bit, it might be even better."

  "Innovation?"

  When it comes to innovation, Mu Xiao's eyes lit up.

  Yes, why Huangmei Opera is not popular now, it can't be blamed on others. Your stuff is no longer suitable for this society, and you can only blame yourself. To keep Huangmei Opera vibrant, it must constantly innovate. Just like technology, why everyone admires it so much. It's because it keeps innovating all the time. However, some traditional things, although they are classics, have not changed much in thousands of years. In the past, it might have been okay, but in this era where ideas and culture are constantly evolving, such unchanging things can only be slowly eliminated.

  In an instant, Mu Xiaoxiao seemed to have grasped a way to revive Huangmei Opera.

  However, after a while, Mu Xiaoxiao's expression turned gloomy again.

  "It still won't work."

  This is not to say that innovation cannot be done, but rather, Muxiao does not know how to innovate.

  At that time, Mu Xiaoxiao's parents had a feeling that Huangmei Opera was becoming less and less marketable, so they thought about innovating. For example, in addition to inheriting traditional classic operas, they also added some operas more suitable for this era. However, even with such innovation, it still failed to regain the market. Under the development of the times, Huangmei Opera had no place to survive.

  If it weren't for the Huaxia people working to preserve this opera, taking out a portion of their funds to let the Huangmei Opera staff continue performing, I'm afraid that this Huangmei Opera would also disappear like the English language.

  "Thanks for Mr. Zhou's reminder, but..."

  Muxiao still shook her head, and it was hard to put into words the difficulties that lay within.

  However, Zhou Fan knew what Mu Xiaoxiao was thinking.

  He knew that sometimes this kind of innovation seems extremely difficult, so difficult that no one in the world can think of it. But sometimes, innovation is actually very easy. As long as you break through your original fixed thinking, innovation will come. To illustrate this, Zhou Fan gave a very simple example, saying "I don't know if you've heard of a song called 'The Most Dazzling National Style'".

  "Of course I've heard it, this song is pretty good."

  "So, do you know why this song is so popular?"

  "Because this song has been promoted by many people."

  Muxiaoxiao replied.

  She was quite surprised by this song, and the most stylish national wind is said to have been created by a street singer like the one in front of her. Until now, the most stylish national wind has become a network divine song. Even, countless versions of the most stylish national wind MV have appeared one after another. What's more, there are roasted lamb skewer version of the most stylish national wind, telecommunications staff version, housewife version, and later there is also an old master version...

  A series of stunning ethnic wind clips made into an MV, making the whole song resonate throughout China.

  Even now, I've heard that there are still many people in Europe and America who hum when they have nothing to do. When we sing, we should sing with the most gusto.

  "No, no......"

  Zhou Fan may disagree with Mu Xiaoxiao's point of view.

  "You have to know, a song that doesn't sound good and isn't in line with the market, even if the whole world comes to promote it, it's useless. Moreover, the original creators of the most stunning national style, Phoenix Legend band, they just signed up, where do they have so much time to promote? And why can he be so popular, it's completely because of this song itself."

  It can make netizens promote this song spontaneously, which can only show that it is the most unique charm of Chinese style.

  "Uh-huh."

  When Zhou Fan answered, Mu Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement. Indeed, not all songs can be promoted. Take their Huangmei Opera for example, the Huaxia government spent money to preserve it and even set up a special channel for opera videos. The promotional effort is not weak at all. However, until now, Huangmei Opera still has no market.

  "So why is this song so popular?"

  Saying this song is classic doesn't seem to solve the problem.

  After all, there are too many classic songs in this world.

  But now, how many songs can reach the same level of popularity as "The Most Swag Ethnic Style"?

  "The answer is also very simple, it's what I just told you, innovation."

  "Innovation?"

  Another innovation?

  "Yes, let's take a look, the most stylish ethnic style, it is actually a folk song."

  "Yes, although he is very popular, his style still belongs to folk song."

  "Anyway, so before this, could you imagine folk songs being so popular? We need to know that although the market for folk songs may still have some potential. However, the market for folk songs is actually very small now. And many folk songs are not profitable."

  Even many national-level folk song representatives are supported by the government.

  With these kinds of dramas, the situation is almost the same. Fortunately, folk songs still have some market when it comes to large events. Plus, now folk songs are closer to people's lives, and even their tunes are becoming more popular. So, folk songs won't die out. But Huangmei Opera may not be so lucky.

  "Let me think..."

  Muxiaoxiao realized that Zhou Fan was trying to enlighten her, "You mean, the most dazzling innovation of ethnic style is because it incorporates many elements of popular music we have today." The media had made such comments before, but at that time Muxiaoxiao didn't pay much attention. But under Zhou Fan's guidance, suddenly, Muxiaoxiao understood everything clearly.

  "Yes."

  Zhou Fan finally said with satisfaction.

  "In other words, what you just said about innovation in Huangmei Opera is also about incorporating some popular elements into it?"

  Muxiao raised one and countered with three, saying...

  "Uh-huh."

  Zhou Fan nodded in agreement as well.

  "But..."

  Although Zhou Fan gave her a very shocking answer, Mu Xiaoxiao still felt embarrassed.

  Folk songs can incorporate elements of popular music, but Huangmei opera seems...

  "But?"

  Zhou Zhu turned the question back, but before Mu Xiao could answer, Zhou Fan continued, "What you're trying to say is, if Huangmei Opera incorporates elements of popular music, is it still Huangmei Opera?"

  "Yes. The lyrics are still okay, and some changes can be made. But the innovation of the melody is a big problem. And if the unique tone of Huangmei Opera is changed, as you said, is it still Huangmei Opera?"

  "You misunderstood, what I meant by innovation is not complete innovation, but rather innovation based on the original foundation. If we were to innovate Huangmei Opera in a way that completely changes its current form, it would no longer be Huangmei Opera, and I wouldn't agree with such innovation. Just like "The Most Brilliant Ethnic Style" also incorporates elements of popular music. However, we can still tell that it's a folk song. It's because this kind of innovation is based on the original foundation, without changing its essence. But at the same time, we can hear a different feeling..."

  "This is an innovative idea I just thought of, you can refer to it."

  As he spoke, Zhou Fan handed over the sheet of music he had just written to Mu Xiaoxiao.

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