Entertaining Children

Xiao Yao and the grand piano are located in the middle of the stage, with two sets of lights overhead. As the brightness of the lights increased, the audience at the scene not only saw Xiao Yao in a black suit and the black grand piano in front of him, but also saw a pendulum of microphones installed on a microphone stand beside him. in front of him. And at the back of the stage, in a section of the stage between Xiao Yao and the wide-open model, the audience also saw the shadows of several other musicians and some musical equipment.

The stage of this year's Eva show is quite different from previous years. There are almost no horizontal short sides, so the passage for the models is not opened on the side, but at the end of the stage opposite to the front of the stage. On the left, right and above the stage passage, there is a huge electronic curtain wall.

Xiao Yao also walked onto the stage through this exit channel. Although the performance stage in the middle is higher than the surrounding ones, there is a gentle slope at the back of the stage to connect the model's catwalk area with the high ground in the middle of the stage.

Following the sound of music played by Xiao Yao on the piano, the wide-open model at the entrance of the passage stepped forward.

The normal model catwalk route should be to walk around the stage in a circle. The exit channel is located directly behind the stage, so the model should first turn and walk from one side to one side of the stage after entering the stage, and then return from the other side. But the catwalk route of the first model who appeared on the stage as Dakai was different. She did not follow the model catwalk route around the stage, but walked straight from the passageway to the front, and also walked along the gentle slope in the middle of the stage. On the middle stage for the guest performers to perform.

With the movements of the wide-open models, the entire electronic curtain wall behind the stage lights up, and other groups of lighting lights above the stage also light up in sequence following the wide-open models' steps, not only showing the faces of the wide-open models , also fully illuminated a stage near the back of the stage, and the figure of the entire band on the stage was fully displayed in front of the audience.

The band consists of musicians who play drums, electric guitar, bass and several other instruments. They are all behind Xiao Yao and the grand piano, lined up horizontally on the stage. However, the stage is wide enough. Even if they are arranged horizontally, the space between them is enough to allow models with wings on their backs to pass through the middle of the stage calmly.

When the wide-open model with wings on her back and wearing a gorgeous underwear walked onto the performance stage, fully showing her figure and face in front of all the audience, some lights on the scene began to flicker regularly, and the audience cheered and screamed The sound rang out.

The model for this year's Eva show was Zoe Hunter. When she passed by Xiao Yao and the grand piano in the middle of the stage, she turned her head and smiled at Xiao Yao, and pointed to her eyes, as if He was telling Xiao Yao to watch carefully. Xiao Yao smiled and slumped one shoulder slightly, and tilted his head to show that he was affected.

When Zooey passed by Xiao Yao and walked forward, Xiao Yao turned his head and followed Zooey's figure. But even if his eyes were shifted, the speed of Xiao Yao's hands on the piano keys was not slow at all.

The Eva show is different from the general fashion show, it is more like a performance. In order to catch people up front and quickly warm up the atmosphere, the music at the beginning of the Eva Show is generally more intense and fast-paced.

Generally speaking, Eva seldom puts the performances of guest performers in the first unit. Even if there are, they are basically rock bands playing electric guitars, not elegant pianos. But this time, Eva just did it. In the background music for the big opening appearance, the piano played by Xiao Yao is the main one.

The reason why Eva dared to do this is because the opening soundtrack not only has Xiao Yao's piano sound, but also other more intense instruments such as drums and guitar, but the piano sound is the most obvious. Another aspect is that the rhythm of Xiao Yao's piano melody is very fast, with the sound of drums and electric guitar, accompanied by fierce flashing lights, it can also make people feel excited and quickly heat up the atmosphere of the scene.

The piano melody played by Xiao Yao at this time is a short passage from Maxim's "Flight of the Bumblebee" in his previous life, which has never appeared in this world. Although most of the audience's attention was on the models on the stage, the audience couldn't help being shocked by the fast-paced piano melody. The cheers and screams from the audience were not only for the models on the stage, but also partly for Xiao Yao.

When Zoe walked to the front of the stage and posed a fixed pose accompanied by Xiao Yao's "Flight of the Bumble Bee", the cheers and screams of the audience suddenly increased a lot, and the whole scene completely boiled stand up. Even the models preparing to appear at the backstage aisle let out a burst of cheers and screams.

After finishing the fixed pose, Zoe turned around and walked back amidst the cheers and screams of the audience. The return route is the same as when it appeared on the stage, and it still goes straight through the performance stage in the middle.

The wide-open catwalk is different from other models. Other models will not appear until she re-enters the exit channel and returns to the backstage. So as Zoe turned around and returned, the cheers and screams at the scene gradually died down.

Following the sound of the audience, there was also live music. When Zoe walked back a quarter of the distance from the stage, the music of "Flight of the Bumblebee" slowly disappeared, replaced by a melody familiar to most of the audience and Xiao Yao's singing voice.

That piece of "Flight of the Bumblebee" was only performed by Xiao Yao to match the opening effect, and only a small part was intercepted. Xiao Yao's performance was not a pure piano piece "Flight of the Bumblebee", but an English song .

"When Your Legs Don't Work Like They Used To Before..." Xiao Yao leaned forward slightly, put his mouth to the microphone in front of him and began to sing.

The opening track of the Eva show, Xiao Yao performed the song "Thinking Out Loud". It's just that Xiao Yao made some changes in the arrangement during this performance, reducing the proportion of some guitars and increasing the piano part. His live performance also changed from singing while playing guitar to playing while playing. Singing at the piano. In this way, the whole song also gives people a different feeling.

This song, which Xiao Yao scored the worst in last year's "Singer" competition, has become the most well-known overseas song among Xiao Yao's solo original works, even if the arrangement and performance are changed. way, but neither the melody nor the lyrics change. Whether it is the foreign audience or the Chinese audience, they are very familiar with this song.

Hearing this song, many people unconsciously saw the sweet and beautiful pas de deux in the MV, so the cheers and screams that had gradually diminished suddenly increased a bit.

The beach concert/concert held for the models during Xiao Yao's swimsuit special made a deep impression on the models. After that, at least those models who had participated in the swimsuit special had found out Xiao Yao's English song and listened to it many times. When hearing this song, a brighter smile appeared on Zoe's face, as if thinking of the happy time in the swimsuit special.

When Zooey passed by Xiao Yao again, she didn't walk over directly, but stopped, turned to face Xiao Yao, stretched out her right hand and put her elbow on the cover of the piano that Xiao Yao was playing, bending her whole body. He bent down, rested his chin on his clenched right hand, and looked at Xiao Yao with a slightly intoxicated smile. Xiao Yao didn't seem surprised either, he played and sang while looking back with a smile.

"Wow~" Looking at this scene, the audience screamed again.

But Zoe didn't last long in this action. About two seconds later, Zooey stood up straight again and continued to walk towards the passage behind the stage.

When Zoe walked into the aisle, another model appeared at the entrance of the aisle, walking towards the straight runway on the left side of the stage.

The conventional catwalk path is on the periphery of the stage, which is closer to the audience. Therefore, during the walking process, the models also maintained the consistent characteristics of the Eva show. Various actions interact with the audience.

Xiao Yao and the piano on the performance stage in the middle are located on the right side of the stage, facing the path on the left side of the stage that the regular models of this unit take when they come on stage. Although the distance was farther, when the second model walked to a position about the same level as Xiao Yao, he also turned to look at Xiao Yao and blew him a kiss.

Xiao Yao, who played and sang by himself, neither looked down at the keys, nor raised his head and shook his head, but spent all his time looking at the models in front of him. Therefore, Xiao Yao naturally saw the movements of the second model, so he nodded with a smile, as a response to the other party.

"I'll go! This Xiao Yao and Eva's models are so familiar!" The audience who noticed these details whispered.

"Are you envious?" Someone next to him said, "I have participated in this year's Eva's swimsuit special. There are at least a dozen Eva models I am familiar with, and they are all real Eva angels, and this does not include our Huaxia models. ! If you get involved in next year's Eva swimsuit special, you will definitely meet more than a dozen Eva models."

"Swimsuit special? Who doesn't want to, but can you go there if you want? Do you think everyone is a monster like Xiao Yao?" The person in front sighed.

There are a total of more than forty models in this year's Eva show, Xiao Yao knows less than half of them, and only a dozen or so models he is really familiar with. There were a total of more than 20 models who appeared in the first unit, and not all of them were known or familiar to Xiao Yao. However, regardless of whether he knows each other or not, as long as the other party interacts with him when they appear on the catwalk, Xiao Yao still smiles and nods one by one, giving the other party a certain response.

Although Xiao Yao, who plays and sings by himself, has no free hands or mouth, but only with his eyes and eyebrows, Xiao Yao can make various expressions, and the various reactions he makes are not uniform. Among them is the squinting smile, the funny raised eyebrows, and the surprise that the eyes are rounded.

Of course, Xiao Yao's surprised expression was not a response to the interaction with a certain model, but an accident on the field. About three-quarters of the way through the unit, a model accidentally fell on the stage during the catwalk.

This accidental fall has something to do with the clothes on the model. The outermost part of her garment at the time was somewhat similar to a tuxedo dress, with a large piece of tulle at the back of the lower body that trailed to the floor. This piece of tulle is relatively wide, and the model needs to lift the tulle behind her like a skirt during the catwalk. And even if it is lifted, part of the tail of this piece of tulle is dragged on the ground.

The model may have been a little too excited when interacting with the audience, so she waved her arms a little wider, waving a part of the skirt that was originally behind her to her feet, and then stepped on it. The stage floor of the performance is relatively smooth, and it is easier to slip if the gauze skirt is placed on it. When the high-heeled shoes on her feet stepped on her gauze skirt, the whole person immediately lost her balance. In addition, she was still holding a part of the edge of the skirt and waving it subconsciously, which made her center of gravity even more unsteady. He was stable, so his feet softened immediately, and the whole person knelt down on the floor at once.

"Ah~"

Seeing a model fall down on the stage, the audience below immediately burst into exclamation.

The place where the model fell was close to the front of the stage, and it was out of Xiao Yao's sight at first, but when he heard the exclamation of the audience, Xiao Yao immediately turned his head and looked over.

Although it is not uncommon for a model to make a mistake and fall on the show, it is relatively rare, at least Xiao Yao has never seen it with his own eyes, so Xiao Yao couldn't help showing a surprised expression when he saw the model kneeling on the ground .

Despite showing a surprised expression, Xiao Yao's on-the-spot reaction was very good, and neither the movements of his hands nor the singing in his mouth were affected. Not only did the singing and piano sounds not be interrupted, but even the rhythm continued without any disorder.

After being surprised, Xiao Yao frowned unconsciously.

Although he has never seen the falls of the models on the show with his own eyes, Xiao Yao has also seen some in various video materials. In comparison, the model who made the mistake reacted a little too slowly. She knelt on the ground for about ten seconds, until another model behind her came to her side and stretched out her hand, and she stood up with the support of the latter model. A model at the back waved his hand forward to signal, and the model who fell down took another step and walked to the place where the pose was placed in front of the center of the stage.

Seeing that the catwalk continued, Xiao Yao turned his gaze back. However, he also keenly discovered that the rhythm of the entire catwalk was disrupted. The model behind the fallen model had to stand aside and wait for the fallen model to finish her presentation. And the model who had already appeared at the back also had to go forward step by step, and it was estimated that he would have to stand aside and wait for a while when he reached the front. And further back, the models who were supposed to appear on the stage were blocked at the entrance of the passage. There was a large space on the side of the stage where the models, which were originally spaced at almost equal distances, walked towards the path.

Although Xiao Yao could only see the situation on the left side of the stage in front of him, he knew without looking at it that there must be a huge gap on the right side of the stage behind him. Xiao Yao shook his head in his heart, and refocused on his performance, while paying attention to the subsequent models.

Ten seconds later, the figure of the model appeared again at the entrance of the passage. After this short period of adjustment, the show on the field has regained its original order and rhythm, and it seems that this little episode has just passed. However, Xiao Yao quickly realized another problem.

The catwalk was rehearsed in advance, and the duration of the catwalk was the same as the duration of the song performance, but due to this accident, there were some deviations in coordination.

When the last model in this unit walked to the position directly in front of the stage, finished posing, and just started to walk back from the other side, Xiao Yao's song was all over. In other words, the ten or so seconds that the last model walked back had to be done quietly without music background.

Although the model's mistakes are not Xiao Yao's responsibility, since he is the guest performer of this show, Xiao Yao still hopes that this performance can be as perfect as possible. The model's fall was an accident, and the subsequent reaction was beyond Xiao Yao's control. It was impossible for him to stop the performance and run to help the fallen model, but in the end, Xiao Yao could still make some efforts , try to remedy it.

There was a distance between Xiao Yao and the rest of the band. He couldn't speak while he was singing, and he couldn't make the other party understand what he meant by just making eye contact, so Xiao Yao had to come to this remedy.

"Oh~Maybe We Found Love Right Where We Are, And We Found Love Right Where We Are~"

After singing the whole song, the other members of the band stopped as they did during the rehearsal, but Xiao Yao did not stop, but repeated the last two lines of the song with piano accompaniment alone, just to make up for it. Take the ten-second gap.

When there are fewer instruments for accompaniment, the singer's singing voice will be more obvious, so the accompaniment of a single instrument is also a test of singing skills. However, Xiao Yao's performance is very good. With only the accompaniment of the piano, Xiao Yao's singing voice that has become extremely obvious does not give people an abrupt feeling. unique feeling.

The Eva show was rehearsed, and everyone on Eva's side knew what Xiao Yao's performance was originally like, so they heard that Xiao Yao added an extra sentence at the end of this song. The earphones that Xiao Yao wore during the performance were for listening to the live accompaniment and his own singing, and could not communicate with the staff's communication equipment. Therefore, Eva's staff also knew that Xiao Yao's actions were his own on-the-spot reaction, rather than any Eva's staff's instruction.

"Thank God!" Albert, who was standing on the side of the passage opening a little irritably, muttered to himself, "Yang helped us again!"