Our Shiny Days
Episode 5
When You and I Are Like the Diminished Triad
Baby, one more time.
I heard a "sol".
Tell me,
was it a major chord or minor chord?
I think it's between the two chords.
Was it a triad or a seventh chord?
Surely, you can make it out.
A seventh chord. A seven chord.
Lucky seven.
Shen Jing.
You can't even tell
if I played three notes or four notes.
How can I help you?
Why are you forcing me to take extra lessons this time?
Our strategic cooperation
went very well last time, didn't it?
Listen to the scale.
Was it a major key or minor key?
Where did it start? Answer me.
Play it again.
A major key or minor key?
A minor key, I suppose.
The major key is grandiose while the minor key is romantic.
Shen Jing. Do you want to learn music theory or not?
Judging by my abilities,
what are the odds of me passing the exam?
Same as the odds of the dean's hair growing back.
In that case, what's the need to work hard?
I thank you with all my heart.
Shen Jing. I know you major in folk music,
but you should also learn music theory.
Otherwise, how are you going to
pass the music theory exam for graduation?
Your idol Wang Wen will study abroad
and you will drop out.
That's not good.
If you really love Wang Wen,
take practical action.
Don't be like
those losers majoring in folk music, okay?
What's your problem with
my fellow folk music majors?
It's no big deal.
No big deal?
That's a very open mind you have.
Alright.
Answer me.
What does Feng Anyu mean to you?
He is my future husband.
Okay. Check this out.
The front of your husband.
The profile of your husband.
Wake up.
There's no reason to quarrel.
At least, my idol is three-dimensional.
Come on.
That insult was uncalled for!
Why are you staying in the piano room
instead of resting in your dorm room?
I-I have to prepare for tomorrow's exam.
You're wasting your cold.
If only you can pass your cold to me.
Shen Jing.
Are you prepared for tomorrow's exam?
I can only wish that Song Tianshuang will save me tomorrow.
It's not too late.
Do you need me to practice with you?
I'm too incapable.
I already pissed off Song Tianshuang.
And you're having a cold.
I shouldn't aggravate your situation.
It's okay.
I know you're bad at this.
I've got a good temper.
Well.
Which part do you think
is your weakest point?
Chords.
I can never keep count.
Okay. Let's learn about chords.
Are you having problems with major triad, minor triad
or inversion chord?
I'm having problems with them all.
Well, I have an idea.
Shen Jing, look.
Think these three fingers as three people.
The high-pitched little finger
is Wang Wen.
Great.
Wang Wen is the high pitch of my life.
The medium-pitched middle finger is you.
Steady and stable. That's me.
The low-pitched thumb
is...
is me.
Why do you follow me and Wang Wen?
I'm tutoring you.
I deserve a role.
Alright. You call the shot.
Okay.
So I, you and Wang Wen,
the three of us,
form a chord.
Let's play a major triad.
See?
I and you sound pleasant.
Right?
I and you form a harmonious major third.
You and Wang Wen have a semitone
and form a minor third.
The three of us form a major triad.
Feel it again.
Do you feel it?
The two of us are harmonious.
You and Wang Wen aren't that harmonious.
Do you feel
the mood?
I can feel it.
Open friendship and sentimental romance.
Interesting.
Okay. Let's take the next step.
The minor triad.
See? Now it's reversed.
The two of us form a minor third.
You and Wang Wen form a major third.
Which pair of we three is open
and which pair is sentimental?
Play it again.
I get it.
The chord tells a tale.
To obtain bright love,
sometimes,
we need to sacrifice our harmonious friendship.
Yeah. You are right.
Now let's get to the diminished triad.
I believe the diminished triad isn't delicate enough.
See?
Now you and me
as well as you and Wang Wen
are minor third,
which means we rival each other
and we are the same.
It sounded awful.
That's why we need chord inversion to solve the problem,
to make it sound harmonious.
Imagine you're in my position
and change it
into something pleasant.
It's harmonious.
Because there are only two people left.
No, I mean,
only two notes left.
This is called an interval, Chen Jing.
What are you doing?
Fighting and chasing,
you want to be gangsters?
Get out.
I'm sorry, teacher.
Teacher,
that folk music major provoked us.
Alright. Alright.
Go and practice the piano.
One more.
Dreg.
I may have come up with
a cheating method that is likely to benefit humanity.
Wang Wen told me about piano structure.
Look.
Every piece of metal matches a string.
Press any key
and a metal piece will hit its string
and cause resonance.
According to what I just saw,
there are different resonance frequencies.
Taking the resonance frequencies into account,
I'll make some metal pieces that match certain keys
and put the metal pieces in my mouth,
then remember the notes my teeth represent.
During the exam, I'll know which note the teacher plays
by feeling the vibration of my teeth.
It's a permanent solution, my friend.
Chen Jing.
If you'd spent time on solfeggio and ear training
rather than this kind of tricks,
you probably
would have surpassed the Western music majors.
Chen Jing.
Are you pulling down the school building?
Practice hard or get out!
Get out!
I spent last night suffering from nightmares.
I dreamed about receiving food in the school cafeteria,
and the food server asked me
to choose between major rice or minor rice.
The food server even said
only Diminished Rice Meal contained meat.
You aren't mad at me anymore, are you?
I knew it.
Our quarrel never lasted for more than one night.
Don't worry.
If you help me pass the exam,
I'd never forget your kindness.
If I can't pass the exam with your help,
I'd only blame myself for being incapable.
Don't have any pressure. Just be your usual self.
Look. I'm wearing this
treble clef for good luck.
Shen Jing.
I disassembled the harmonica last night.
I'm testing it for you today.
You're really a man of action.
You can count on me.
Be careful. Don't swallow it.
Got it.
Students,
the exam starts now.
The Western music majors will be the first as usual.
No. 1, Chen Chen.
Let's start with the scale test.
Need me to play it again?
Of course not. It's F minor.
That thing is unstable on your teeth.
Okay. Now it's the chord test.
Did it move? Did it move?
It didn't.
However, it makes you
look futuristic.
Okay. Hear the last chord.
Re mi sharp fa la.
Why would a triad have four notes?
Hear it again.
Re sharp fa la.
Good.
Now let's go to the two-part solfeggio.
Tell your singing partner to come up.
Madam, I don't have a singing partner.
Then how will you sing?
Who is going to help you sing the low pitch?
I'll sing the high pitch
and play the low pitch.
Can I do that?
Have you practiced?
It's very difficult.
I can give it a try.
Re sol la ti do re sol sol.
Do mi re mi fa sol sol sol.
Do re do ti la ti.
Do ti la sol fa, do la ti sol la.
Re sol la ti do re sol sol.
Mi do re mi fa sol sol sol.
Do re do ti la ti.
Do ti la sol la ti la sol fa sol.
Ti sol la ti sol la, re mi fa re sol.
Mi fa sol re do, ti do la.
La ti do re mi fa sol fa mi.
Fa la do re.
Ti do ti la so re.
Re mi fa sol la ti do ti la ti sol fa sol.
La sol ti sol do.
Ti do ti la sol la.
Fa sol.
Ti re ti sol la.
Ti la sol ti sol.
Fa mi fa mi fa sol.
Mi sol la sol fa mi fa sol.
It happens every month.
Why?
Young people at our age
have the most fragile minds.
Sol do ti la sol fa mi.
Fa sol.
Alright. The Western music majors
have completed their exam.
Now is the turn of the folk music majors.
Students who have completed their exam
may leave the classroom.
Who will be the first folk music major to take the exam?
Chen Jing.
You will be the first.
The sooner you get it done, the better.
Waiting to see a movie? Have you bought the ticket?
Chen Jing.
I'm well aware of your abilities.
Just tell me
was it major or minor?
Come on.
Minor.
It was minor.
Because it sounded so sad.
Good, Chen Jing.
You've made some progress.
Now it's the chord test.
It was awful.
It must be the diminished triad.
What are the note names?
Note names. What are the notes?
What did you hear?
A ring.
You think there's a bell in your head? A ring my ass!
How dare you touch my Feng Anyu!
Chen Jing.
What did you hear?
Teacher, I can't make it out.
Then your marks will be deducted.
Alright. Hear the melody.
Try to sing the melody out.
It was good!
I didn't ask for your opinion.
Song Tianshuang.
Do you remember
how we became friends?
Why are you crying?
Your name is Song Tianshuang, right?
We're in the same class.
I-I want to go home.
Go home? But it's only been a week since school started.
I want to go home. I can't stay here anymore.
Because the school cafeteria serves terrible food, right?
I get you.
Our class has three violin learners.
I'm the worst of them.
I want to go home. I don't want to learn.
Stop crying. Let me sing you a song.
I used to cry when I was little
and my father comforted me with this song.
We are little.
We meet, we meet
little autumn, little autumn.
We meet, we meet
little autumn,
little autumn.
See? It works.
You're so out of tune.
How did you manage to enroll in this school?
Right?
You see,
some of your classmates might be better than you,
but you have me watching over you.
You don't need to be afraid.
I'm Chen Jing. Let's be good friends.
We are little, we are little,
cerebral thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis.
We are little, we are little,
fatty liver, fatty liver.
We are little, we are little,
tracheitis, tracheitis.
Everyone is gone.
We are little, we are little.
Chen Jing.
Raise your voice.
I can't hear you.
Teacher, I give up.
Fine. Tell your singing partner to come up.
Do re mi fa re ti.
Ti do re fa re mi.
Do re mi, la sol.
Stop, stop.
What?
I'm moved by my own singing voice.
You like me so much?
Your tune is flying out.
Then let's fly
together!
Chen Jing.
Where is your singing partner?
Teacher, I-I'm her partner.
Your singing partner is Li You?
What a power combo.
Steady. We can do this.
Do re mi, mi fa sol.
Fa re ti, la fa re.
Out of tune.
You two are out of tune. You two are out of tune.
Out of tune. Out of tune.
Re re do, ti ti la.
Out of tune. Out of tune. Out of tune.
You have absolute pitch?
When did you know
you have absolute pitch?
Drawing Green after North Wind.
Yuck.
What a psycho.
Don't talk out loud.
The child is in the house.
It's okay.
My Ying can't understand.
Go back to playing.
Who's turn is this?
South Wind.
Another Green.
Green. Score.
I can't take it anymore.
A day's work has tired me out.
Go and take care of the child.
Our dorm room has an unoccupied bed.
The girl who lived with us can't stand us.
She requested a room change and the school granted her request.
Do you dare to move into our room?
What's going on?
What are they doing?
It's scary.
This is good.
Now we won't bother each other anymore.
I understand.
I know what's going on with you two.
What I think is
it comes down to these words:
Accidents happen,
and destiny works in mysterious ways.
Brother, don't worry.
I won't tell.
I'm just a nobody,
they won't believe me anyway.
Right?
Maybe they'd think I'm slandering you.
Right?
Anyway, don't worry.
Speaking of which,
you two are so young.
It's the perfect age to fall in love.
I think...
Uncle, are you busy...
I think it's none of my business.
Right?
However, brother,
I have a favor to ask of you.
It's a super small favor.
Tianshuang, hello.
I'm Feng Anyu.
I heard that you often stayed up late for me.
I hope you'll take care of yourself.
It'll make me happy.
There's one very important thing.
Friendship is most precious in this world.
I hope you'll be good friends
with Chen Jing forever.
Give her some of your love for me.
I'll supervise you.
Hope the school won't send any weirdo to this room.
What's there to fear?
We've dealt with the biggest weirdo already.
Xu Ying.
Are you sure about this?
Once you enter that dorm room, there's no way back.
Don't come back begging us to take you in.
Why should we care about her?
People like them attract each other.
No one can stop them.
Hurry, open the window for some fresh air.
The ghost is finally gone.
What's the matter?
Your little brother talked?
Ca...
Caterpillars.
So many.
I was going to hug my little brother.
But that one touch almost killed me.
Do you fear butterflies?
Butterflies?
I don't fear butterflies.
Butterflies are beautiful.
Then why do you fear the caterpillars?
Surely, you know a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly in a chrysalis.
Yeah.
These caterpillars will transform into butterflies.
Attracting bees and butterflies.
Well done, brother.
Not every one of them will become a butterfly.
Some of them might become moths.
What are you going to do with the caterpillars?
Will you spray them with insecticide?
Caterpillars eat lots of leaves.
Don't blame me if something bad happens.
Well.
Let us not act rashly.
I need to consult a professional gardener?
Us?
Yeah.
I'm my brother's family and you're his guardian.
It's us.
Don't hit me.
"The Legend of Liu Yi"
shaped Dongting-jun into a fatherly figure.
As the Dragon King,
he heard that his daughter was despised
and his first reaction was crying with his sleeve covering his face.
It's a common and true manifestation of the father-daughter relationship.
The father-child relationship in literature
often places language above action.
Now we have touched on this subject,
allow me to remind you,
tomorrow is Father's Day.
Students whose families live in the city may
go home and greet their father.
Students whose families live in other cities may give their families a call.
Alright. Dismiss.
Stand up.
Goodbye, teacher.
Folk music majors,
our symphony orchestra will perform
in Zhongshan Concert Hall tonight.
Wang Wen, who will perform in the finale,
needs a page turner.
Our Western music majors don't have time.
Will any of the folk music majors help us?
Why do you think we have time?
Psycho.
Boxed meals will be provided.
Who cares about boxed meals?
Even the construction workers earn 50 a day.
Can't you find a classier example?
What,
you look down on construction workers?
You'd be living in tree holes without them.
I can go!
What's the time and rendezvous
What should I wear?
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Shen Jing.
Do you
have to help our senior?
Yeah.
You can feel the tension
between our folk music majors
and Western music majors, right?
I'm not brainless.
You think I'm a paramecium?
Of course, I feel it.
Then why...
Dreg.
How do you eat sunflower seeds?
Crack one and eat it
or crack a lot and eat them all?
Crack a lot and eat them all.
It's more satisfying.
And you?
I'm different.
I crack one and eat it.
I can't save them.
But
isn't eating a whole bunch more satisfying?
I can't wait.
I've always been like this,
eating every seed I just cracked.
My father said I had a straight large intestine.
That's why I can't hold back farts.
You don't have to be so straightforward.
There's an iron fence, so what?
I'll still confess my love for him.
What if he rejects you?
Then I'll drop the idea.
What's there to lose?
At least, he will know
there's a heavy-featured damsel in this world
who thinks he's a good man.
My father said
anyone would feel happy,
knowing someone loved them.
Really?
If you know someone loves you,
you would be happy too?
Sure, I'd be happy.
I'd be more than happy.
I'd give him a silk banner
with six words:
You are right to love me.
If your love
is rejected,
how long will you grieve?
I'll probably grieve
for a week.
But the wound in my heart
might take a lifetime to heal.
I might have a skin graft or something.
Please sit down. We're starting the car.
May I sit here?
My instrument is expensive.
Can it be more expensive than me?
It can.
Let's go. I'll take you there. Wait for me.
The lunch boxes are here.
Chen Jing.
Just give up.
Alright?
Tianshuang, hello.
I'm Feng Anyu.
I heard that you often stayed up late for me.
I hope you'll take care of yourself.
It'll make me happy.
There's one very important thing.
Friendship is most precious in this world.
I hope you'll be good friends
with Chen Jing forever.
Give her some of your love for me.
I'll supervise you.
What are you doing here?
Why aren't you on the stage?
I'll be turning the pages
in the finale.
Then stay back. Don't get in our way.
The next piece of music to be performed is
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
with Wang Wen playing the piano.
Senior.
Pump it up.
Don't say that
in such hot weather.
It sounds oily.
Turn the pages.
Senior, aren't you going?
I wish to touch the piano a little more.
This is such a good piano.
Why are you still here?
Senior.
Well... I...
I have something to tell you.
I-I like you.