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Legend 1900

Chp1:

On the first day of the new century—1900s, a huge ship is approaching the New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty is slowly appearing from the strong fog. Cheering and acclaiming, the crowd of excited people are going out of the passenger liner Virginia and reach the New York land. The New York harbor consists of modern tall buildings and endless crossroads, which looks like the heaven on earth in new immigration’s eyes. What a brilliant new times and new world! Great of people have left the passenger liner and eagerly head on the harbor while the sailors are beginning to check and clean the cabin.

Danny Boodman, an old black worker of passenger liner Virginia, he hopes to get some luxury stuff missed by passengers very much and checks the cabin extremely careful. Though Danny has found and checked each corner of everywhere, he doesn’t obtain any valuable thing at all finally. Disappointedly, Danny walks to the cabin’s restaurant to have a rest. Suddenly, the sound of a baby’s crying attracts Danny’s attention. Looking at the direction of the location of a piano, an abandoned baby is placed on the top of piano. Approaching the piano, Danny finds a beautiful white baby with clear blue eyes who is a boy.

“What a big surprise!” Danny hugs the baby into his sinewy arms surprisingly.

Despite Danny is a poor coal worker in Virginia, he determined to raise this baby up confirmedly.

“What should I name you?” Danny stares at the baby and starts thinking.

“How about calling 1900?” Danny instantly comes to mind this number. Getting this boy on the first day of the new century, the name of 1900 would be memorable and meaningful. Danny similes happily and looks at crying 1900 in his arms,singing the song “Thanks Dandy” softly to let 1900 sleep.

Danny is really a both good dad and mom. He takes care of 1900 and teaches him knowledge. Little 1900 is surrounded by everyone’s love in the passenger liner Virginia, though he can only live in the dirty belly of Virginia with those poor workers. However, 1900 is an abandoned baby so he doesn’t have any identification. Danny is always worry that police will take 1900 away and then send him to orphanage in one day, therefore, Danny never lets 1900 reach the land. Then the whole life of 1900 is the life in Virginia.

But the destiny makes a huge joke to 1900. Danny is died accidently by an accident of wrong machinery operation when 1900 is only 8 years old. Afterwards, 1900 meets the tremendous sorrow about the death of Danny. Little 1900 doesn’t know what should he do to face this unacceptable fact.

Danny’s death makes 1900 hide from everyone’s sight while 1900 doesn’t want to communicate with others at all.

One day, 1900 hears a beautiful sound from a distant place. Curiously, 1900 goes to find where the sound come from. In the restaurant, an elegant middle-age woman is playing piano who is a normal passenger in Virginia.

“This is the music.” Apparently, woman notices the curious 1900 who is staring at her and she stops playing the piano.

1900 walks straight to the piano slowly. Touching a key of the piano, 1900 can hear the magical sound coming from the piano that this kind of special feeling he never has before.

One day in the mid-night, 1900 comes to find the piano he met before. Unbelievably, 1900 casually sings the songs, accompanying playing the piano. But this is the first time that 1900 come to know what is the music! The piano looks like a funny toys in 1900’s hands. It is heard like the sounds of nature, peacefully and holily. The attractive sound attracts sailors and passengers to see what happens in the mid-night. When the capital and sailors see little 1900 producing the music, none of them can be calm anymore.

“How can you make it?” The capital of Virginia asked 1900, opening his mouth with shock. “You haven’t come into contact with music before at all!”

1900 doesn’t respond to the capital and still contributes whole himself into playing his music, his music is gentle and fluent…

Chp2:

It is a hard raining and blowing night in 1927, huge Virginia pitches intensely that makes the trumpeter Max almost vomit his stomach out. Max is an outstanding trumpet player who is hired to perform in the Virginia recently. It is obvious that Max cannot get used to the new life in the ship, after all, he has lived in the land for over 30 years and never been to a long voyage before. Feeling so dizzy, Max lies on the passage floor where is quite flat.

“May I help you, Sir?” A gentleman stands next to Max.

Looking up, Max finds a well-dressed young man who is friendly watching at him. Young man’s eyes are pure blue and clear.

“Who are you?” Curiously, Max asks this young gentleman.

Without language, young man smiles and drags Max to the Virginia’s odeum. Then young man lets Max sit in front of the piano with him. Amazingly, young man unfastens the piano’s holders tied to the floor, then the piano is beginning to slide freely with no direction in the odeum. Young man starts performing his magic, sitting on the sliding chair in front of the piano, producing his music by his deft fingers.

“What a crazy man!” Max is too astounded to speak out even a word!

Surprisingly, the black and white keys create flowing subtle musical notes from the magical hands of young man while these two men are sliding with the piano just like two birds fly lightheartedly in the endless sky. What’s more, the music sounds with countless variation, it gives Max the illusion that the great God is speaking to him. Forgetting the seasickness, Max devotes himself to enjoying young man’s ‘magic’.

“Who you are? I have heard that a man who has never left Virginia since he was born for 27 years. Millions of people have referred to his music talent that no one else has. I guess…eh…you are the legend 1900, right?” Max is very confirmed his guess because he can get the amazing music power from this ‘weird’ guy in front of him.

“Nice to meet you! I’m Danny Boodman TD Ramon 1900, the piano player in Virginia.” 1900 still focuses on producing his own music without looking at Max…

Since then, trumpeter Max is the only one who can totally understand 1900’s music meaning in Virginia, Max is also the best friend of 1900. 1900 has the super understanding power about the music. Without preparation, 1900 can perform anything that he observes instantly by playing piano. Of course, 1900 is the greatest pianist in 1900s at least in Max’s mind. 1900 even beat the inventor of jazz-Jelly utterly in a rich people’s party on board. Since then, that brilliant duel make 1900 gain the considerable fame of piano performance.

More than once, Max referred to the colorful life in the land to persuade 1900 to go to the land. Max confirmedly believes that 1900 would be the super star musician when he is known by the New York people. And 1900 would be the richest and most famous musician on the earth! However, 1900 never wants to go to land. 1900 imagines each beautiful place in this world by his unbelievable music.

“Infinite changes in the land scares me, I will never know how to choose! Max, every piano has definite 88 keys, I feel I am the god when I control the piano. But this world is too big to me! I can always see the end of the board. Unlike Virginia, only crossroads would be the number of thousands in New York city, countless people and things make up this infinite complex world, all of these make me collapse! I would rather to die to have an end than living in an endless lost world.” Once 1900 calmly declares his reason of refusing leaving the ship.

Bursting out tears, Max realized that 1900 was serious and determined to always be with Virginia though both of them would disappear in one day. 1900 is an orphan, all of his life experiences are about the Virginia, and there is no one in the land that will make 1900 feel the sense of security and family. Max doesn’t know when he will leave Virginia, after all, he is a normal person who needs the colorful life of land.

It is a beautiful sunny day, the ocean is extremely blue and peaceful. A smart-dressed record agent is busy in recording 1900’s music piece in an empty room on board. He has heard about the considerable fame of 1900 and dreamed this record would be the best seller, in this way, not only the fame but also the wealth will accompanied with him.

“Bravo!” The record agent highly praises the casual performance of 1900.

Apparently, 1900 doesn’t care the agent’s words at all, he is totally enjoying himself in his relaxation of playing music.

Everyone in the empty room appreciates 1900’s elegant melody very much. At this moment, 1900 glances at the window and suddenly his eyesight is fixed at the window: A pretty young girl with blonde curly hair is staring at 1900 through the window. Her eyes are so gorgeous that everyone who meets her will never forget. 1900 is absolutely fascinated by this beautiful girl, she just likes a holy angle in 1900’s eyes. Actually, this girl doesn’t know that 1900 is staring at her at all, the window is light reflecting and she just needs a mirror to show whether her face is clean or not. Surprisingly, 1900 is looking at the girl while the soft notes flowing from his fingers, it is a kind of extremely lovable music that no one have ever heard. Being intoxicated by 1900’s emotional soft music piece, agent can’t be more excited in finding a ‘treasure’ as genius 1900. Shortly afterwards, the pretty girl walks away, fading out. 1900 quickly responds to it and stops plating piano.

“Excellent! Have you composed this piece very long time before? I am sure this one would be the best seller ever in America!” Agent considers that 1900 has finished his work and begins picking up the microgroove recorded 1900’s masterpiece. Agent cannot hide his sense of satisfaction at all.

“No! I will never let anyone take away my music!” 1900 retakes the microgroove from the agent and runs out from the room. Agent is too shocked to take any action to respond to 1900’s weird behavior.

Anxiously, 1900 is looking around to find the figure of that girl on board. Holding the microgroove, 1900 wants to tell that girl loudly that this music piece is composed for her. However, the girl disappears without any trail.

The ship’s arrival day is approaching, the whole ship’s passengers will be closer and closer to their wonderland—New York. During this time, 1900 has been continuous finding the girl and never give up.

In a rainy day, second class’s passenger shelter from the rain and stay in second-class restroom, where 1900 is producing amazing music by a second-hand old piano. 1900 is a pretty kind musician who plays beautiful music for everyone in the Virginia instead of performing only for wealthy people. Continuously, 1900 has played many brilliant extemporaneous pieces and the cheering from the people never stop from that. Having finished performance, 1900 stands up and prepares to say goodbye to these lovable people. The applause from the crowd sounds even louder than the thunder outside. 1900 politely waves hands to thanks for people’s cheering. Unexpectedly, 1900 feels a kind of familiar eyesight is fixing at him with appreciation. It is a pair of angle-like pure and clear blue eyes that anyone will be attracted.

“It is her!” 1900 goes across the crowd to eagerly meet the girl. When the appearance of the girl is appearing, 1900 suddenly feels that he has forgotten the language and just came to halt.

“It is a real talented show! I have never heard such creative songs before. After all, I am a farmer’s daughter and have no chance to hear that kind of music.” With French accent, the girl speaks to the 1900 standing in front of her.

“I really appreciate that beautiful song.” The girl keeps going to talk.

“Miss…Would…you…like to accept this?” 1900 is too astonished and comes to stammer. He takes out the microgroove that he has brought with him for weeks. At this time, 1900 can eventually give this microgroove to his lover.

“Really?” Surprisingly, the girl is confused why this strange musician gives her that gift when she first meets him.

“Thanks! But, Mr, why give me this? We don’t know each other before at all.” Though accepting the 1900’s gift, the girl still thinkss it quite kind of weird.

“It is composed for you, miss.”

“What? Oh, I mean it is my great honor, sir.” Girl’s smiling make 1900 feel breathless.

“I hope you would like it.” 1900’s fiery eyes fixes at the girl’s lake-like eyes. At that time, the girl is also moved deeply by 1900’s sincerity.

“Whenever you want to hear the music, I will play it only for you at any moment.” 1900 builds up his courage to speak out these words.