Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Half a month later, Wu Jingqi's album was released online and offline in Hong Kong at the same time. As one of the title songs, "Alang's Love Song" became a hit and was very popular among fans. It soon appeared on the local hit song list in Hong Kong.

For this reason, Wu Jingqi even made a special phone call to express her gratitude. Record companies and even singers in Xiangjiang contacted him through various methods and invited him to help write songs, but Yu Dongqing politely declined.

There are songs, but it depends on the singer.

For example, for the singer named Zhang Mingjia, his manager contacted Yu Dongqing and hoped to write a Cantonese song, but he refused directly.

The reason was: "Sorry, I don't know Cantonese. (Sorry, I don't know Cantonese.)" The agent was confused.

It's March in spring, the grass is growing and orioles are flying. Yu Dongqing's days are generally quite leisurely, except for the frequent phone calls.

No, some old friends made an appointment today at noon to have tea in the courtyard of Liu Yimin's house in Sanlitun. The tea was provided by Zhang Yang, a new Longjing tea sent by one of his friends from West Lake in Hangzhou.

Longjing tea can generally be picked in small quantities in early March every year, but the market volume is rare and will not be available until around mid-March.

This is Yu Dongqing's great love, so he agreed without hesitation.

Today was not the weekend, and his daughter Yu Tongtong did not need him to pick her up from school during the day, so she finished her meal alone at noon, packed up, changed her clothes, and was ready to go. Suddenly she heard a knock on the door, and when she opened it, it turned out to be Mingming.

"Why are you here? There are no classes today?" Yu Dongqing was surprised.

Since Yu Dongqing moved to live near Rending Lake Park, which is also relatively close to Houhai, Mingmei comes less frequently. Usually Yu Dongqing goes to Houhai, not to mention that today is not a weekend.

"There are no classes in the afternoon." Mingliang said, walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa, feeling depressed.

"What's wrong? What happened? Someone bullied you?" Yu Dongqing asked quickly. He could see that Mingliang was unhappy.

"No, brother-in-law, my script was shot by the teacher again, so I want to ask your help to find a solution."

"Oh, what's going on? Tell me." Yu Dongqing sat on the sofa next to him and asked with concern.

Meimei spoke.

It turns out that what Mingliang prepared was a short film reflecting the life of contemporary college students, called "Four Girls" Synopsis.

Four best friends are admitted to the same university, and their relationship with each other is so close that they are inseparable.

Axiang is the protagonist of the story. Because her parents were quarreling endlessly all day long, Axiang couldn't accept their parents' divorce and quarreling. She didn't want to live like this every day, so she secretly left them and submitted a suspension application to the school. She was alone. Get out there and explore.

Later, the other three best friends discovered that Axiang had dropped out of school and tried every means to look for her. Later, I found Axiang working in a milk tea shop.

Axiang suffered a lot of setbacks in the process of wandering outside. At the same time, she also tempered her personality and opened up many things. Later, Axiang took the initiative to find her parents and agreed to divorce them to pursue her own happiness.

This micro-movie mainly shows that contemporary female college students must have independent personalities and independent thoughts, as well as a strong sense of friendship and the persistence of friends.

After listening to Mingliang's story, Yu Dongqing said, "It's pretty good."

"But my teacher said there is nothing new!"

Oh, too.

The four best friends in the script reminded Yu Dongqing of the four sisters in "Little Times" in that time and space.

But Yu Dongqing didn't want to start talking, Zhang Yang and the others were waiting for him to taste new tea.

Thinking of the green and glossy tea leaves, the fresh and noble aroma, and the refreshing and mellow taste, Yu Dongqing felt that a lot more saliva was secreted in his mouth.

So he said perfunctorily: "Ming Mingmei, the script doesn't have much new ideas, but if there are new ideas in the filming, it will make you more capable as a director. I think it's great, so you can shoot this."

"Brother-in-law!" Meili also saw Yu Dongqing's perfunctory attitude and couldn't help but angrily said: "This is my first time to independently direct and shoot a micro-movie. It means a lot to me! That's why I came here to ask you for help today."

"I still want to win a prize with this." Meiliang muttered at the end.

All right

I just want to think about it so that my sister-in-law can win the award.

Yu Dongqing recalled it.

Got it!

Didn’t the Chopstick Brothers once shoot a very popular short film "Oldboy"?

This micro-movie carries too many collective memories of those born in the 1980s and 1990s. The stories in those films are full of youth, and Yu Dongqing has a deep memory.

Director Xiao Yang used a very clever filming technique to make the audience laugh without hesitation in the first half and cry in the second half.

Otherwise, let Meimei take this photo?

Thinking of this, Yu Dongqing said: "Meiliang, how about you film this script?"

"What script?"

Yu Dongqing briefly told it.

"old boys".

One of the protagonists, Xiao Dabao, was a gangster leader when he was a student. He once bullied many people, including Wang Xiaoshuai and Bao Xiaobai. But because Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai had the same musical dream, they became friends in the future. When they were students, they loved Michael Jackson and became a popular "idol" on campus because of their imitation of Michael Jackson.

At the same time, the emotional life of another protagonist, Wang Xiaoshuai, has also experienced some twists and turns. A fat girl named Hao Fang has been secretly in love with Wang Xiaoshuai, but Wang Xiaoshuai deeply likes the school beauty.

Time is like running water, and more than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, Xiao Dabao became a poor wedding host, while Wang Xiaoshuai became the owner of a barber shop and married the fat girl Hao Fang. They just lived an ordinary life like water.

until one day.

There is no Jackson in this time and space, so James, an American rock star from the last century who is very famous in this time and space, will be used instead.

After hearing Yu Dongqing's simple words, Mei Mingli's eyes suddenly lit up.

Very innovative.

Youth, career, dreams.

Is this just the subject of the photo?

"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll take this photo!" Meiliang decided immediately.

"Okay, okay, I will write out the details of the story and send it to you tomorrow. You can find someone to write the script yourself. If you have any detailed issues, wait until I come back to discuss them. I have something to go out." Yu Dongqing stood up after saying that.

He couldn't wait any longer.

"Brother-in-law, I still want to discuss it carefully. Why are you in such a hurry? Do you have something?" Mingliang asked curiously.

"It's something special. Zhang Yang made some spring tea for this year and made an appointment with us to have tea in Yimin's yard. Even if we go late, we'll have to finish it!"

That's right

Mingliang knew that Yu Dongqing liked to drink tea, especially Longjing, and it was really not good to keep him here any longer.

Suddenly she thought of something, stood up excitedly and said, "Brother-in-law, I'll go with you too!"

I pour.

Why do you like to run behind others like a child? Besides, we, a grown man, are drinking tea, why are you joining in the fun? You don't like drinking tea.

Meili noticed Yu Dongqing's doubts and hurriedly explained: "Brother-in-law, I just heard the outline of the story you told me and had a bold idea."

"Okay, you say."

Your ideas have always been bold.

"In your script called "Oldboy", doesn't it all involve middle-aged men? It's just for a few of you to perform! Hee hee, it saves me the trouble of finding someone else."

Ah?

There are so many ideas.

"None of them have ever filmed a movie." Yu Dongqing reminded.

"But we can't hire actors who have filmed in movies. This is not a commercial film, so we can only give some symbolic remuneration. The school only gave us 20,000 yuan in start-up capital for each film," said Meiliang.

Twenty thousand yuan?

Those were basically friendly appearances.

"You can find your classmates, they have gone through professional studies." Yu Dongqing said.

"No, I'm too young. I can't act like a middle-aged man. Needless to say, brother-in-law, he must be a good actor. And I think Brother Zhang Yang is also good. He can be funny and has acting talent. He is very suitable to play Xiao Dabao. ." Meiliang explained.

"Okay, okay, it's up to you, as long as you can convince them."

Yu Dongqing had no choice but to continue to entangle with Meiliang, and all the tea would be drank.

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