Our Shiny Days
Episode 12
Warring Drum and Passionate Samba
The PE exam this year
will test swimming.
All class will take the test together.
Boys and girls are tested together?
Girls swim.
High-fork swimsuit.
Sports University next door lent the pool to us.
But boys and girls will be separated.
You know how long
I've been waiting for this text?
I stay up late
and look forward to it day and night.
Finally, it comes.
Cello iceberg girl in our class,
your senior Haiwei,
I heard that her figure...
Brother, don't scare me.
Think of something else.
Think of the wind in the forest.
Think of birds in the sky.
Think about the real iceberg.
Brother,
your words remind me
that we have a swimming test the day after tomorrow.
Brother, help me to tell the school.
Tell them that I have to take care of you
and I can't leave.
Help me to take a leave.
Why don't you go to the exam?
I,
almost missed
all the swimming lessons of this semester.
I'm afraid of water.
That's why the school has this class.
If you already swim like loach,
they'll take you to the national team.
I'm afraid of water.
When I was a kid, my dad tried to teach me to swim
by always throwing me into the river.
He took me up when I was almost drowned.
But after I recovered,
he threw me back to the river again.
This left psychological shadow in my heart.
Why does it sound like boiling cattle stomach in hot pot?
It's full of ups and downs.
Brother, please help me.
I, I can help you.
But boys and girls in your class will take the test together, right?
We will take the exam with Grade 9.
Then Chen Jing must wear a swimsuit.
I don't know Chen Jing's figure...
Brother. Bother.
Give us both a life, brother.
Do I need to ask for a leave?
Actually,
after I think about it carefully,
I know if I got zero in swimming,
my dad won't spare me.
The song "The Command of a General"
is very great.
Everyone, pay attention that the entire song is divided into four parts:
ad libitum, lento, allegro and presto.
First, what does the ad libitum present?
It's about to fight.
Brothers on both sides are coming with weapons.
Start drumming.
Get started and challenge.
Anyway, you should be full of fight.
"The Command of a General"
was a royal song in the Tang Dynasty,
having spread for more than 1,000 years.
There are many music scores and performance forms about it.
This version played with Yangqin now
is Sichuan Yangqin version.
Guzheng's "General Order"
is different from your tune.
But it's also ancient music.
It's a representative song of Zhejiang Guzheng.
There are records in the ancient score "Thirteen Sets of Strings."
The song shows the ancient generals'
mighty and solemn bearing
and their vigor and agility during the expedition
as well as the fierce tension during battle.
Come on.
Go on.
Say something we don't know.
Dreg.
Well said.
What are you reading this for?
"The Command of a General" is not about naval battles.
Right?
I, I'm free,
and I'm a little nervous about
the swimming test.
Can you practice swimming by watching others swim?
Can you be full by watching others eating food?
Swimming test.
What's so difficult about swimming?
Jump into the water
and just take yourself as the daughter of the sea.
You are the daughter of the sea?
Then shake your head
to see if you can hear the sound of water in your head.
No.
Ying applied to the PE teacher
for wearing ordinary clothes to take the test.
The teacher said no.
Some girls in her class always target at her.
She can usually be with us.
But we can't help her in the swimming lesson.
She refuses to wear a swimsuit,
so they always laugh at her.
Sometimes they even ripped her clothes in the pool.
We have to wear a swimsuit to swim.
Why not wear a swimsuit?
Are you afraid of cold?
To accompany her,
we have also decided not to wear a swimsuit
but ordinary clothes,
even if we will fail in the exam.
For this friendship,
you can actually do this,
Then I won't wear a swimsuit either
to stay with you.
Don't be impulsive.
Ordinary clothes will make you swim very slowly
and affect performance.
Junior.
Look.
Because of severe childhood shadow,
I'm very afraid of water.
As long as I am near the water, I will feel soft everywhere.
But at our age,
what is the most important?
To challenge ourselves.
Promise me.
Let's wear swimsuits together
to take the exam, okay?
Don't be wronged because of others.
Excuse me.
Is she familiar with you?
How about this?
We should wear swimsuits when needed.
Ying, if you feel awkward,
get changed by then.
Come on. It's an exam,
not a show.
Who will be so free?
It's too late for everyone to save their lives.
Let's rehearse first.
If we don't practice now,
Uncle Sun 's singing time
will come soon.
Stop.
Chen Jing.
Why do you like speed so much?
It's so cool.
You form this band
for what?
To show skills on stage
to cheer audience up.
Then I ask you.
Do you want the audience to like you
or your instrument?
Can't they like both?
Chen Jing,
do you know what your problem is?
Why are you so loud?
Do you know
why our folk music
has been undervalued
for many years?
Because you make Yangqin too lively.
Folk music is not used to enhance the atmosphere
as background music.
The instruments in our hand
have a history of thousands of years.
They are heavy.
I, I know.
You know it?
When we came to
the allegro just now,
you just wanted to play as fast as you can
to speed up .
You looked pretty too.
However,
what song did we just play?
It's "The Command of a General", right?
In this song,
suppose you are a general,
in such a battle
from mutual temptation to drumming and declaring war
and close combat
and fierce fighting,
can you understand this process?
This battlefield is full of gloomy and desolate war atmosphere
or heroic and determinate spirit for sudden attack?
Can you imagine
how it looked it?
On ancient battlefields,
the drumbeat represented the fight of the living
and soul pacifying of the dead.
This is what Du Fu said: warring drums sounded repeatedly in the warring mist.
Li You.
You knock too lightly, right?
Are you performing passionate samba?
Even if the battlefield described by "The Command of a General" is too far away from us,
you need to immerse yourself in it
when playing it.
The music we play
shows the scene of fighting on the battlefield.
Some won,
some couldn't fight back
and maybe someone lost his comrade-in-arms
and got stuck alone.
Chen Jing, if you want to be this general,
please stand at a higher position
to take an overall view of situation.
Please take the instrument in your hand
as your weapon.
It's not your toy.
Be serious.
I don't want to waste time with you.
You'en, you are going to get religion?
I am practicing recently
Haydn's concerto in G minor.
I can't handle some details well during practice.
Haydn is actually a religious composer.
So I want to know more about him.
It's good to understand
his living environment at the time.
I practiced Mozart's songs when I was a kid.
I also read "Biography of Mozart."
There is also a movie called "Mozart."
Have you watched it?
Of course I have.
When I practiced Bach's "Matthew Passion,"
I also watched
the streets of Leipzig on the internet
to know
where Bach created these at the time.
You stared at me for a long time.
What do you want?
Nothing.
Appreciate you.
Disgusting. Don't look at me.
Swimming for the first time in front of girls,
I'm a little nervous.
If I don't sleep
but practice for a night,
can I have some abdominal muscles tomorrow?
How many abdominal muscles do you want?
One piece will definitely be made.
Your words make me desire for fried chicken.
Boys who have worn swimsuits, come to gather here.
A group of four people.
Prepare for the 500-meter breaststroke exam.
Li You, are you kidding me?
One piece above and one below.
With you in the middle,
you want to form a sandwich?
Teacher, let me take this to swim.
I can swim for 1,000 meters,
OK?
You are tied like this.
Let alone 1,000 meters,
you can swim to the Atlantic Ocean.
This is not swimming, but drifting.
Teacher, I am serious.
I'm not confident if I don't tie this.
You must be tied like this.
Your exam result won't be counted.
Tea-teacher.
Liu Miao. Liu Miao.
Look.
Hot.
Figured it out?
Then get ready to start.
In place.
Six, seven, eight.
Right arm.
One, two, three, four, five.
Be serious.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Two, two, three, four,
five, six, seven.
Dreg doesn't take a breaststroke.
Either dog paddle.
Pig paddle.
He newly created it.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Stretch, stretch your shoulders.
What is he doing?
Underwater ballet?
He sinks. He sinks.
Teacher, teacher.
Teacher. He.
Dreg, Dreg, are you okay?
Teacher, does he need artificial respiration?
He just took two sips of water. He will wake up soon.
Don't you know how to do artificial respiration?
I know.
As soon as he sank, I picked him up.
Teacher, do you know it or not?
This is my secretary.
Okay. Artificial respiration.
Let me do it.
Teacher, I'm fine.
I just had a cramp in my legs.
Alright, alright.
I'm fine.
Was there a water ghost dragging you?
I thought you were going to die.
Chen Jing.
You are so beautiful
in swimsuit.
You should die for a while.
You just like to do something special.
Nothing special.
I am special.
How can you guys dress like this?
Where are your swimsuits?
Teacher, can we just wear this to swim?
No.
There was a boy who was almost in trouble just now.
Don't make trouble.
Xu Ying, you usually swim well.
Don't be too nervous, okay?
Zhao Yimo, you didn't swim well.
How can you swim in these clothes which absorb water?
Wear your swimsuits.
Otherwise, I won't record your results.
Come on. Get ready.
Okay.
Xu Ying, you guys come first.
Otherwise, the longer you wait, the more nervous you will be.
Come on.
Nice figure.
For her,
wearing so little is a challenge.
Her face is so red.
She usually wraps herself so tightly.
Did she think she lived in the Qing Dynasty?
What does she want to hide exactly?
Haze, I brought you disinfectant tissue.
Shall we sterilize when we come out?
Don't be afraid.
Don't use this tone of coaxing children
to talk to me.
I know.
You can't stand it because of your cleanliness.
Stare at Ying.
I worry more about her.
Where is the water?
Why are you still stepping back?
Teacher,
if we really don't like
or want to do this,
what's wrong with us by giving up?
What's wrong?
Then you don't want your grades?
Zero.
Okay.
Why are you so rebellious?
Teacher.
I just think
I also have the right to refuse.
Don't follow me.
Someone is on the lifeboat.
Who?
It seems like Chen Jing.
Why does she climb so high?
Why does she dress like that?
Is she crazy?
Isn't that our clothes?
She is insane again.
You come down.
Are you crazy?
You have to laugh at others who wear little.
I've wear enough.
Can I do this?
You are wearing our clothes.
Thief.
Chen Jing.
Come down.
What are you doing?
Dreg.
I understand why Haze taught me a lesson yesterday.
Compared to her,
I don't really look like a general.
I
have been working hard for what I want to do.
I thought I was quite brave.
But what's really great
is to know what we don't want to do.
Shen Jing.
What are you talking about?
Chen Jing
No kidding.
Hurry down.
Haze.
I understand how to be a general.
Mr. Wang.
Li Sa's condition has been relatively stable these two days.
You are the class teacher of Li Sa?
I think you and Miss. Chen
can invite Li Sa's parents to have a meal.
Okay?
Make the right time.
Don't be too polite in the restaurant.
Invite them to home
for contact.
Let them feel
our qualities as teachers
and show affinity.
Okay?
How about the swimsuit thing?
Report it.
Say in detail.
Do you want to piss me off?
It looks good.
What looks good?
Swimsuit looks good.
So does the water.
And the sky.
Everything looks good.
What do you think?
This beard makes you a bit old.
Isn't it just to look mature?
I think it should be to make you stylish.
Brother, considering your health now,
you'd better not worry about beard first.
I am of course anxious.
The kid who is
two years younger than me
has moustache.
He grew a beard and was discharged yesterday.
He said he had to shave at home.
Every body is different.
Look.
I don't have beard either. But I'm not anxious.
You are also anxious, right?
You still feel happy here.
You think she looks good everywhere.
But Chen Jing
might not take you as a man.
Even if I have a beard,
she may also...
I don't think you have a beard or courage.
I'm quite content now.
I dare not to think so much.
Anyway,
anyway, the days are still long.
Right?
Probably it's not as long as you think.
You should seize your time to do what you should do.
Anyway, brother.
Don't worry about beard.
Don't worry about me.
I feel a beard
won't make your face more handsome.
I mean it.
My dad always said
growing beard means I'm a young man
and my body is ready
to enter the next stage.
I want to hurry to live in the next stage.
Well,
I'm anxious for this.
How about you try that kind of temples
to modify your face?
Okay.
Miss. Chen, thank you for taking me home.
You gave me free rides these days.
This is nothing
compared to what I turn to you.
Shall we invite Li Sa's parents to dinner
in your house or in my house?
If your house is not convenient, go to my house.
But I don't know how to cook.
My home is convenient
and inconvenient.
What's convenient is that,
I have a chef at home,
What's inconvenient is that...
Turn right and go straight.
I drove carelessly
to the Louvre.
What's inconvenient is that,
there are four generations in my home.
My dad has four siblings
who all live here.
There is also a dormitory of a security company in the backyard.
They have newcomer's training every day.
Three meals a day
are served on time every day.
There are more than 20 people.
If we really eat here,
I'm afraid it'll be too exaggerating.
It's exaggerating enough.
Stopping here for a while,
I'm afraid that I will be asked for ticket money.
Then let's invite them
to my house.
Don't scare them.
Okay.
But since you have sent me back,
stay and have a meal before leaving.
My chef cooks Huaiyang cuisine well.
No, thanks.
Next time
I will bring a camera with me.
Just joke at me.
I dare not.
Go home now.
Young master.
Junior President Wang.
Even if you laugh at me,
I want to let you know
where my family lives,
and who my family are
and what to eat every day.
I just want you to know it.
Okay. I got it.
Do I need to write it on a note book?
Merry.
Chen Jing.
You yelled at me yesterday
that you knew how to be a general..
What do you mean?
I mean
I know how to lead
solders to fight in a war in the music.
Stop showing that you know everything,
okay?
I said too much
but heard too little before.
Chen Jing.
You not only heard too little,
but also practiced too little.
But it's good that you have this consciousness.
No more word. Try the lento again.
Feel my upgrade in music.
The music begins when the word is out
Saint-Saens said this.
Chen Jing,
you start to remember celebrities' sentences.
It's posted by Zheng You'en in our dorm.
Don't mention her in front of me.
Okay.
We are old couple.
It will be embarrassing
if we are seen by students.
In such a place
and at this time,
students are not here.
The folk music ensemble of your school has been resumed?
I don't know.
Forget it.
Let's go.
Don't disturb them.
Why?
Didn't we agree to go to Beijing together?
Beijing is too big.
Even if we go together,
we will eventually disperse.
I don't care.
I'll follow you wherever you go.
Tongsheng,
you are a bastard, you know that?
I know.
I have never told you before.
Tongsheng, I really,
really, like you so much.
Cut.
Anyu.
Can you come over?
Really like you so much.
Anyu.
You look really like Takeshi Kitano.
He would laugh like this before he was going to kill people.
But we are filming a youth movie.
Even if you have facial paralysis,
it's better than this scary look.
Got it, director.
Let's try again.
Yina,
can you try hard to cry?
A bit difficult.
Tears. Tears.
Start shooting from the love confession.
Action.
I never told you before.
Tongsheng,
I really,
really like you so much.
Cut.
Anyu, come here.
What's wrong with you? Have a stroke?
Look, everyone is tired.
Time really can't be delayed.
Can you help me?
Director.
I really don't know. I...
Look, Yina had ambiguous relationship
with you in the drama.
You have a lot of history and memories.
You like her.
She likes you too.
But this is the first time she tells you
she really likes you.
How should you respond to this?
Anyu, have you been confessed?
Often.
Have you been confessed by someone you like?
If you have this experience in your life,
I need you to mobilize it. Okay?
When someone you like
says she likes you too,
your world will shine with light.
Your life will expend suddenly
with endless possibilities.
Can you help me to show such happiness
and expectations
and panic about the future?
Director.
Speak slowly.
I really have no time.
I mean it, Anyu.
If the progress is delayed again,
the producer will really come to the scene to chop me.
It'll really become a gangster movie.
Help me, okay?
Director.
I try my best.
I can guarantee that my face doesn't twitch at least.
OK?
Please.
Okay, action.
I never told you before.
Tongsheng, I really,
really like you so much.
It seems
I like you a little.
When someone you like
says she likes you too,
your world will shine with light
Your life will expend suddenly
with endless possibilities.
If you like me, stay with me.
Idiot.
Cut.
Good.
Great.
That's all for today. Thank you, everybody.
Good.
It's over.
Wait a minute.
That scene is not okay.
Let's try to make it up for the last time.
It must be because you are not beautiful on the lens.
There were your close-ups.
My naked eye
could see your eye corner's powder
when you smiles.
You are old.
Time to take the injection
or catgut embedding therapy.
Stop fighting against gravity.
I
need this?
Of course. When I went,
when I went to the hospital for injection,
I met middle-aged tough guy actors
who specially acted in the literary films.
They have acting skills.
They also took the ultrasound.
Make-up artist.
Apply makeup to Feng Anyu.
Help Feng Anyu wear the makeup.
I can go directly to the dressing room.
I'll be back soon.
This film crew really costs a lot of powder.
Yes, we paved them layer by layer,
but what should be covered was still exposed.
I put makeup
on the Dorothy Group who just gave their debut.
16 years old are so good.
Their skins
can hold on for a way with simple makeup.
Super perfect makeup effect.
Youth is good.
It doesn't matter for those who are old.
But I most fear to make
old skin look young through makeup.
Makeup artists are not magicians.
To me,
dipping a cotton pad in water and putting it in the piano case to keep humid
is a very good way.
I think this rosin is very good.
The point is to use a soft cloth
to clean up rosin dust.
You must use soft cloth to protect the body.
If rosin stains cannot be removed,
you can consider wiping it off with degreasing oil.
But be gentle.
Before practice every time,
I wash hands with mild sanitizer first,
then wide them dry and apply
some hand cream to slightly maintain them.
Then I will wipe off the hand cream
because it not good to leave hand cream on the violin.
My violin is my closest companion
as well as my most trusted weapon.
I love it as much as I love myself.
This girl has nice hands.
Western music
is too boring.
But it's okay when they play pop songs.
Rich girl.
Really rich.
Only I think blogger is too hypocritical?