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Chapter 332 The Trip to Chu State
The "New List" at the end of last year made Mu Bai and Gu Boying household names in China.

In addition to the fact that they released so many popular songs, which aroused nationwide singing, it was also because the bachelors who competed with them for the ranking were all defeated by them.

Of course, the bachelors may have been negligent, or it may have been because it was not a civil war, so they did not try their best to compete for rankings, which allowed Mu Bai and Gu Boying to win.

But the victory of the two of them is still very remarkable. After all, there is too much difference in social status and age between them and the bachelor. It is a miracle that they can achieve such a victory.

Mu Bai and Gu Boying appeared in the hall of Hongwen Museum, attracting everyone's attention.

Because he didn't know them well, Mu Bai only nodded to everyone as a greeting, and then sat in the corner of the hall.

It was only when Xiao Jingyu Guoshi appeared that Mu Bai realized that the standard of this gathering was so high.

Now that there are national scholars, it can be seen that Zhou Guo treated this exchange meeting according to the standard of literary warfare.

Xiao Jingyu sat at the head and presided over the meeting.

After listening to a few sentences, Mu Bai realized that this was a meeting for general mobilization before the war and tactical arrangements.

Xiao Jingyu will lead three bachelors including Yun Qing, 36 students, and two "non-staff personnel" Mu Bai and Gu Boying to participate in this exchange meeting.

Because Chu State has always been strong in music, and the relationship with Zhou State is not very good, so the main imaginary enemies of this exchange meeting are going abroad, and Jin State that just had friction last year.

Mu Bai was specially transferred by Xiao Jingyu, he wanted to use Mu Bai's "The Love of My Life" to catch Chu State by surprise.

Only then did Mu Bai understand that it was no wonder that he was only called himself and not Gu Boying, because Gu Boying, who had little exposure to "Chu language", might have difficulty singing this song well.

Gu Boying, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since she knew that Mu Bai could write "Chu language songs", she had learned Chu language specifically, in order to be able to sing "The Love of My Life" one day.

Unexpectedly, the previous learning will be used in this exchange meeting.

There are many great arrangers among the students in the Hongwen Museum, but very few people can write "Chu language songs", not only in Zhou State, but in other countries except Wu and Yue, no one will waste energy writing Chu language songs.

"Chu language" is the "second mother tongue" of the people of Chu, Wu, and Yue. In ancient times, these three southern countries had little contact with the northern countries due to the barriers of mountains and rivers, so they formed their own language systems.

Later, in order to strengthen exchanges with other countries, the three countries also joined the "Mandarin" system at that time. Only then did the people of Chu, Wu, and Yue speak Mandarin.

However, because the songs sung in "Chu language" are very distinctive, these three countries have not abolished "Chu language", and this special language has continued.

However, Mu Bai's "The Love of Life" broke this rule. As a Zhou native, he still wrote a very good "Song of Chu".

That's why Xiao Jingyu, who had heard this song by accident, found Mu Bai and used it as a secret weapon.

After simply deploying the plan, everyone prepared for another day, and took three special planes to Chu State early the next morning.

When flying halfway, Yun Qing suddenly sat next to Mu Bai: "I heard that you moved out from Yushan Bieye?"

"Yes," Mu Bai replied very politely: "Thank you, Bachelor Yun, for taking me in."

"You seem to have found out that I was your enemy before the twelfth lunar month of last year, but you haven't moved out yet."

In the twelfth month of last year, when the results of several songs released using the feedback were not very satisfactory, Yun Qing had no choice but to go out in person and compete with Mu Bai for a spot on the "new chart".

This also means that Yunqing has completely torn his face, and in Mu Bai's eyes, he is no longer that respectable bachelor and senior, but has completely become his enemy.

Originally, Yun Qing thought that his sudden attack would surprise Mu Bai enough to disrupt Mu Bai's arrangement.

However, Mu Bai seemed not to be affected at all and calmly moved out of Yushan Villa. He also presided over the release of "The Biography of King Mu" on the eve of the Spring Festival, which once again gave Ming's cultural industry a head-on blow.

This made Yun Qing think that Mu Bai had long known everything he was manipulating behind the scenes.

Mu Bai smiled and said: "Yes, but before that, I always thought that there was no need for us to be rivals."

Yun Qing sighed: "Can you tell me when you found out?"

"Actually, I had doubts at the Qin State Song Conference, although you seemed to have shared the pressure for me and gave me a violin." Mu Bai said sweetly:
"But as the team leader at the time, you could obviously do more, such as using Zhou Guo's national prestige to deter those small countries and make them stop challenging my dream.

"And I only heard that you were angry at the time, but you took no further action. This is not in line with your persona of caring for the younger generation."

Mu Bai paused and continued: "Later, in a conversation with Scholar Ding, Scholar Ding said, 'How many choices does a student from a poor family have?'

"I'm completely sure that Bachelor Yun, whom I respect, is really on the opposite side of me."

Yun Qing smiled bitterly: "Ding Xiyan is right, how much choice do I have?"

He put away his wry smile, and put on a sneer again: "You see, this is Ding Xiyan's discrimination against us who were not born in a bachelor's family or a national scholar's family!
Finally, Bachelor Yun sighed: "This world is more complicated than you think!"

"This kind of talk is just an excuse in my eyes." Mu Bai said mercilessly: "I have seen too many people become fighters in order to stick to themselves, and some even paid the price of their lives.

"And people who want to take shortcuts laugh at them and think they have to."

Yun Qing said with a cold face: "Everyone knows that you are a genius, it is impossible to understand our difficulties."

"Genius?" Mu Bai sneered, he wasn't a "genius" in his last life: "Is this your second reason?"

Mu Bai said earnestly: "I only know that the struggle between me and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty is a struggle between the new and the old, and the right and the evil. There is no genius or genius, and there is nothing forced. war."

Yun Qing shook his head and said, "You are still too immature to know the current domestic situation."

"No matter what the situation is," Mu Bai said: "Business power that represents greed and plunder cannot represent the future!"

Yun Qing took a deep breath and said nothing.

But Mu Bai issued an order to chase away the guests: "I want to rest, so I won't chat with Bachelor Yun."

After speaking, he leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest, and it took a long time for Yunqing to leave.

Coming to Chu State again, Mu Bai originally planned to be a tour guide for Gu Boying, using the day before the exchange meeting to visit the scenic spots around Ying City, the capital of Chu State.

But when he arrived at the hotel, Mu Bai discovered that when he went to shoot around Yingcheng, the crew for the commercials were arranging the itinerary, and he only had a rough idea of ​​the distance of the surrounding attractions.

And there are many places that have been confused, and it seems that there is no way to be competent for the duties of a tour guide.

Fortunately, Xiang Shuxuan was at home on vacation, and when he heard that Mu Bai and Gu Boying had come to Chu State, he took them to take a boat tour on the lake.

Gu Boying is very fortunate to have someone he knows in Chu State, otherwise he would miss the real beauty of Ying City if he went to the scenic spot to climb the mountain after listening to Mu Bai's words.

Yingcheng is surrounded by three rivers and has a developed shipping industry. In addition to commercial cargo ships, almost every household has a small boat as a means of transportation.

You can visit the surrounding scenery in a day by cruise ship here, but if you travel by land, you can't go to many places in a day.

On the cruise ship, the three people chatted about "My Neighbor Totoro", about the Holy White College, and about the beautiful scenery around them.

Gu Boying looked at the beautiful scenery of the surrounding mountains and sighed: "It's so beautiful!" She suddenly asked Xiang Shuxuan: "It's hard to imagine that you can give up such a beautiful place and go to Zhou to study!"

"I prefer the plains of Zhou State!" Xiang Shuxuan laughed, "You don't live in Chu State, so you don't know the hardships here.

"It seems that every household has a small boat, which is a characteristic of Chu State, but this is a manifestation of Chu State's difficult transportation.

"Of course, this is also very good. The traffic slows down our pace of life. I like the living environment here very much."

Speaking of this, Xiang Shuxuan changed the subject: "Only the people who don't like here!

"The people of Chu State have already stood still and lost the vitality of the past. Although slavery has been abolished long ago, the slave class still exists.

"This country is so old that it is too old-sighted to be indifferent to the latest changes in the world."

When Xiang Shuxuan said these words, Mu Bai and Gu Boying noticed that the faces of the young men beside them were getting uglier.

After Xiang Shuxuan finished speaking, several young men gathered around, and the young man who seemed to be the leader said: "Xiang Shuxuan, what you said just now is enough to make you eat in prison for ten years!"

Mu Bai suddenly realized that they knew each other.

It is estimated that what Xiang Shuxuan said just now was for these young people.

Xiang Shuxuan sneered and said, "No matter how beautiful Chu State is, it is cruel in nature. Everyone in the world can speak out their political opinions, even talk about the royal family, but Chu State does not allow it!
"This should be because the government knows that it has done a poor job and is afraid of being scolded by everyone!"

Several young men were excited and came forward to argue with Xiang Shuxuan one after another, and the scene became chaotic for a while.

Mu Bai and Gu Boying didn't want to intervene, so they stood aside to protect Xiang Shuxuan.

The argument didn't die down until the crew came and separated the two groups.

Looking at the beautiful scenery outside, Xiang Shuxuan apologized: "I'm sorry, after seeing those naughty boys, I wanted to teach them a few words."

When Mu Bai came to Chu State last time, he heard from the crew that the reformists and conservatives in Chu State were at war with each other, and even the King of Chu was unable to control the situation.

Now it seems that the conflict between the two parties seems to be quite deep, and it has reached the point where they will pinch each other when they meet.

And Xiang Shuxuan, or Xiang Shuxuan's family, should support the reformists.

As expected of a student of acting, Xiang Shuxuan quickly controlled her emotions and continued to introduce the scenic spots around Yingcheng to Mu Bai.

What Mu Bai and the others didn't expect was that the young men who had argued with Xiang Shuxuan just now were waiting at the pier and came forward to start a civil war as soon as they got off the boat.

Fortunately, Mu Bai and the others were not given for nothing, whether it was music, poetry or painting, they could easily defeat them.

In order to express her gratitude, Xiang Shuxuan invited the two of them to her home for dinner.

When they arrived at Xiang Shuxuan's house, Mu Bai and Mu Bai knew that Xiang Shuxuan's family was the well-known Guangyuan Xiang family in Chu State.

Xiang's surname is a common surname in Chu State, but Guangyuan Xiang's is different. It is one of the most powerful families in Chu State.

And Xiang Shuxuan's father is a mainstay in the Guangyuan Xiang family.

So Mu Bai naturally talked about the business of Guofeng Branch, and Xiang Shuxuan's father promised to help Mu Bai gain a firm foothold in Chu State.

This was a pleasant surprise, because the relationship between Chu State and Zhou State has not been very good, and it is not even as good as the relationship between Jin State, which has always had some friction.

So Mu Bai originally didn't plan to open the branch to Chu country, but he didn't expect to fight for Xiang Shuxuan twice in the afternoon, and he opened the door to Chu country.

The next day, the exchange meeting officially started. On the first day, Mu Bai and Gu Boying just went to fill up the number of people. After all, they are "secret weapons", and it is impossible to attack immediately.

Chu State also seemed to be targeting Zhou State intentionally or unintentionally. By the next day, the confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense.

In terms of music, the state of Chu is indeed worthy of the nickname of "defeating the invincible player in the world". Although the state of Zhou has Xiao Jingyu in the lead, it is losing ground.

Gu Boying had no choice but to appear early, but what she sang was that Mu Bai "wrote" two new songs on the spot to help the bachelors and students share the pressure.

Gu Boying's appearance caused quite a stir. First of all, although she is already an international superstar, she is not noticed in such a grand event, and has never been on the list of imaginary enemies in various countries.

Secondly, it was Gu Boying's singing, which awakened everyone's memories of last year's Chengdukou Conference, adding more variables to this exchange meeting.

That night, Gu Boying's performance was featured in the newspapers and attracted the attention of fans all over the world.

The media from all over the world believe that the combination of Mu Bai and Gu Boying really has the level of a bachelor, and the performance on the "new list" last year is not accidental.

However, Gu Boying's outstanding performance did not restore the decline of the battle between Zhou Guo and Chu Guo. As a last resort, Gu Boying sang "The Love of My Life" on the morning of the third day of the exchange meeting.

As Xiao Jingyu thought, this song really made Chu State flustered, causing a wave of endless applause and cheers at the venue.

A song "The Love of My Life" broke the curse of the northerners who couldn't write "Chu language songs" or sing "Chu language songs".

Xiao Jingyu took advantage of Chu's panic and fought back, finally turning the tide.

However, Mu Bai and Gu Boying have therefore become the targets of the Chu singer's challenge. According to Xiao Jingyu's idea, even if Mu Bai and Gu Boying do not perform well in subsequent challenges, Zhou Guo will also show up this time and achieve expected effect.

In any case, Mu Bai and Gu Boying are the first contributors to Zhou Guo's consolidation of his international status.

But no one expected that Mu Bai and Gu Boying faced repeated challenges from singers from the state of Chu, and they did not show signs of decline at all. One after another, they won the audience with their well-known songs.

(End of this chapter)