From Middle Age: Leisure Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 4 "Prelude to the Knife Club"

The clicking sound of taking pictures alarmed Meili, who was playing the piano. She turned her head and looked at Yu Dongqing holding a cell phone in his hand to take pictures, with some confusion in her eyes.

"Brother-in-law?"

"It's okay, I thought the scene of you playing the piano just now was very beautiful, so I took it for you to take a look at." Yu Dongqing explained quickly.

"Look at it often. What's so beautiful about it?" Meiliang muttered and walked over.

"I want to see, I want to see." The daughter jumped up and ran over, climbed onto Yu Dongqing's lap, and took the phone first: "Oh dad, dad, my aunt is so beautiful."

"Your aunt has always been beautiful."

Ah?

What happened to my brother-in-law today?

Mouth so sweet?

Meili also walked behind Yu Dongqing and looked at the screen on her phone.

It was his profile playing the piano. Under a ray of sunshine, his whole person seemed to be emitting a holy light.

"Dad, aunt, I want it too!" Yu Tongtong also hurriedly raised the milk tea, and the three of them happily drank together.

"Okay, okay" Yu Dongqing held her cell phone, and her daughter excitedly showed off various POSS. Yu Dongqing's cell phone kept buzzing.

Completed the arrangement so quickly?

Wu Lan was a little curious. She put on her headphones and clicked on the audio file. An unfamiliar melody sounded. She was shocked by the majestic momentum created by the sudden suona sound. It was not "Jianghu Overture"!

Wu Lan quickly opened the music score file and saw a few words written on it:

"Knife Club Overture"!

Did he really write the music?

Never heard of it myself.

After finishing the fast food, Meimei was about to go home. Yu Dong said he would drive her back and the girl agreed.

This is basically the case every day. Others work from nine to five, but she usually doesn't get off work until after six o'clock.

You know, my brother-in-law hasn’t written music for several years!

Little did she know that this "Little Knife Club Overture" was one of the "Little Knife Club Suite", which was the soundtrack composed by Shang Yi, a famous composer of that time and space, for the national dance drama "Little Knife Club" in 1959.

Yu Dongqing smiled slightly.

"Brother-in-law, have you started writing music again?" Meiliang looked surprised.

"Um"

In that time and space, photography was one of my great hobbies!

I remember that I even made a guest appearance as a cinematographer on a whim.

In the picture, all three people have smiles on their faces.

Yu Dongqing drove her white Camry and took the two of them to a McDonald's on Chaoyang North Road, where they ordered family photos and ate them.

"Dad, you should also take pictures for me, and you should take pictures as beautiful as my aunt!"

"Okay, dad will take you to eat!"

The second call was to Wang Zheng, the director of "Jianghu Inn".

The two drum sounds at the beginning, the bass drum, are strong and powerful, and towards the end, there are several loud gong sounds.

Magnificent and domineering!

Wu Lan was stunned.

"Oh, I see. Nothing else? I'll hang up if it's okay. I'm having dinner with Tongtong." After saying that, Yu Dongqing hung up the phone.

Mingmingli lives in Yanzi Hutong near Houhai, a small courtyard house passed down from ancestors.

"Director Wang, we have re-produced a soundtrack. We are reviewing it now and will send it to you. I guarantee your satisfaction this time!" Wu Lan sounded very excited.

As Mingliang drank Coke, she heard a woman's voice and was a little curious.

It is her habit to open her email inbox before leaving to see if there are any missed emails.

"Holly, I'm sorry to disturb you now, but the song "Knife Club Overture" you wrote is very good, and the company decided to adopt it!"

Forget it, today is the weekend so let’s indulge.

The suona is followed immediately by the pipa, the sound is lively and full of tension.

The early "Little Knife Club Overture" appeared in King Hu's "Dragon Gate Inn", and it is also Stephen Chow's favorite!

The most typical ones are the movie "Westward Journey" where the Supreme Treasure was spotted with three moles and looked into the demon mirror, and the Supreme Treasure appeared after transforming into Sun Wukong before fighting the Bull Demon King, "The Deer and the Cauldron", "Ouchi Secret Agent Ling Ling Fa" and the movies "Kung Fu" and "Journey to the West·

Movies such as "Conquer the Demon" have used this soundtrack.

"Attention. Smile and look into the camera."

"I want to take a photo with my dad"

At almost six o'clock in the afternoon, we started discussing dinner.

As Yu Dongqing pressed the button, a photo was frozen in the phone.

The third one was called to Yu Dongqing, with a gentle voice.

"Come on, brother-in-law, let's celebrate!" Mei Mingli happily raised the Coke bottle.

"I want to take a photo with my aunt!"

Her daughter kept making various requests, and Yu Dongqing fulfilled them one by one.

Next to her, Meili glared at Yu Dongqing. Didn't she agree not to take her children to eat these fast food? High calorie and high fat not only make children gain weight easily, but I heard it contains hormones!

But seeing Yu Tongtong's excited look, she swallowed her words again.

While Yu Dongqing's family was enjoying the weekend happily, Wu Lan was still busy in the office. Seeing that it was almost six o'clock, she was ready to leave.

"Brother-in-law, you chose the angle of this photo really well! Some people who don't know the light and shadow think you are a professional photographer."

"Brother-in-law." Meiliang said softly, but still sighed quietly and got out of the car.

The first call was made to Zhang Zhongping, the head of the review department, and his voice was crisp and clear: "Old Zhang, you haven't left yet? Well, I have a song to send to you. Check it out immediately to see if it is original. I want to know the result tonight!"

Yu Dongqing drove her to the entrance of the alley and said with a smile: "I won't go in, lest your dad doesn't like me."

This guy.

Wu Lan shook her head helplessly,

I was about to tell him how I felt, but unexpectedly, I hung up the phone.

Wu Lan put on the headphones again and began to appreciate them quietly.

"Brother-in-law, who called?"

In the end, Mingliang hugged the little girl, and the three of them stood together very closely.

Wu Lan listened to it three times in a row before putting down his headphones, calming down his excitement, picking up the phone on his desk, and made three calls in a row.

This is the first time I heard such majestic martial arts music!

"I want the three of us to take a photo together!"

Sure enough, there was an email lying quietly inside, and it turned out to be from Yu Dongqing.

"3,2,1"

Although she personally trusts Yu Dongqing, this is a necessary procedure.

In addition, this soundtrack was also used in the opening music of Sammo Hung's movies "Illuminati" and "Once Upon a Time in China". "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" also performed the overture of Little Knife Society vividly.

"Oh, it's Wu Lan, the music director of my company. She said that the soundtrack I wrote for the movie "Jianghu Inn" has been adopted by the company."

"Dad, I want to go to McDonald's!" Yu Tongtong shouted immediately.

"Bye, aunt." Yu Tongtong, who was sitting in the back row, said quickly.

"Tongtong, be good, listen to daddy, I will pick you up early the day after tomorrow and take you to grandpa's house." Meimei replied, just after taking two steps, something suddenly occurred to her and she turned around to look at Yu Dongqing.

"Brother-in-law, next month is dad's birthday, can you come then? Although dad has some opinions on you, but"

"I know." Yu Dongqing interrupted her: "Don't worry, I will come."

"That's good, bye." Mingliang smiled brightly, turned around and walked into the alley.

(End of chapter)