However, the vast majority did not understand the intricacies of the daqing gu (a type of drum), and even seasoned musicians couldn’t recognize that it wasn’t daqing gu but zidi shu (a form of storytelling), so it was even harder to stop those half-informed people from commenting: “Authentic? That’s hilarious, where did you buy this loose singing style?
I can’t even tell what kind of gu it is; it’s like a hybrid.” But those were just a minority; most people either ambiguously expressed their feelings—”Old rules, you listen to the music, I just appreciate the looks,”—or began to discuss how Qi Shejiang unexpectedly engaged in self-deprecating humor even mentioning his mom before starting. In the Pineapple Media building. Today’s work is a photo shoot, and with Xia Yiwei’s influence, at least no one was making things difficult for Qi Shejiang. For the photographer, this wasn’t their first time shooting Qi Shejiang; the first set of photos he took when he joined the company was under her camera, and she witnessed Qi Shejiang’s meteoric rise over a few short months. Because it wasn’t their first collaboration, the photographer had a clear grasp of Qi Shejiang’s characteristics. However, today Qi Shejiang still surprised her; he seemed to have changed quite a bit. It wasn’t a change in his features, but rather a subtle shift in his aura, as if he had matured significantly, but certainly not to the point of becoming dull; instead, he appeared more spirited, and when he looked at the camera, his eyes shone impressively.
She thought for a long time; perhaps in the past, Qi Shejiang sometimes appeared rather downcast, but now was it because some inner conflict had been resolved—there were rumors that he and Xia Yiwei had some disagreements—so now he felt more lively?
Qi Shejiang was very spirited; after all, this was a photo shoot. In the past, even taking a small photo was prohibitively expensive, but today, they completed it in no time and took many shots.
Finally, after all the work was done, Qi Shejiang had some water, bid farewell to the staff, and sat at the designated spot that Li Jing had arranged to meet him.
