Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Liao Qian also got the news that Yu Dongqing and his band came to Xi'an to perform, but it was already after five o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

When she was about to get off work, Liao Qian casually browsed the local news online. Of course she knew the news about the College Student Music Festival's college tour concert being held in Xi'an. She accidentally browsed the names of the invited bands and singers, and then discovered the Qingmanglu Band. The name is suddenly included.

Yu Dongqing and the others really came to Xi'an!

Liao Qian sighed deeply, her expression becoming complicated.

Yu Dongqing didn't say anything about this matter, but she always felt a little guilty in her heart.

There are some things she really can't say to outsiders about the right and wrong in the officialdom.

But no matter what, I always want to see my old classmates when they come to Xi'an.

She picked up her phone and found Yu Dongqing's phone number. She was about to dial it but suddenly put it down. Why don't she go see the concert first?

She also wants to know, how is the live performance of Qingmanglu Band now? Are you still as energetic as before?

The first stop of the annual college student music festival in Xi'an was held at the Zhongnan Concert Hall on the Chang'an campus of Shaanxi Normal University.

Yu Dongqing saw several bands that he had seen at last year's MIDI concert, such as the Bitter Flower Band, which specializes in folk rock, and the Hell Band, but Yu Dongqing was not familiar with them.

Yu Dongqing and four others stood in the background, and there was a sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami outside.

Although the College Student Music Festival is not as high-end and upscale as the Xi'an National Music Festival in the same city, the atmosphere is particularly warm with a group of youthful students.

On the stage was a man wearing a black T-shirt, a bald head, and sunglasses, who was performing. The lead singer on the stage was roaring and shouting, and the audience below the stage was screaming wildly.

Yu Dongqing and the others were dressed very casually.

He was wearing a T-shirt and casual trousers, Zhang Yang was still wearing overalls and overalls, Liu Yimin was wearing a black round-neck T-shirt and sunglasses, and Du Hui was wearing a shirt and jeans.

When the cheers outside ended, the four of them looked at each other and walked to the front stage without any introduction. As Liu Yimin's drum beat sounded, the prelude began, and Yu Dongqing took the guitar and sang into the microphone.

"Love Song 1990" and "Story of Time". These are already widely circulated songs on the Internet and naturally win applause from music fans.

Liao Qian was sitting at the back of the concert hall, looking at the young faces around her, and she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

I am already old.

Fortunately, no one knew her.

The familiar melody sounded, and Liao Qian instantly felt like she was back in the era of fluttering white clothes.

That day when I sat on the back of a boy's bicycle and shuttled through the campus in the summer evening breeze.

It's so simple and happy.

It's a pity that I can never go back.

After finishing the two old songs, Yu Dongqing took the microphone and said to the audience: "Next, we will sing a new song "Baqiao"!"

Yu Dongqing said the last two words in Guanzhong dialect, which immediately attracted a round of applause.

There were no drums or guitars, just Du Hui playing the keyboard. The prelude ended and Yu Dongqing sang slowly with his hoarse voice.

I watched the river flow quietly at the head of Ba Bridge

I can’t tell you how much sorrow there is in the world

The ancient road ahead is the end of the water

Being left out in the mist of autumn

The entire music scene was quiet, with only Yu Dongqing's voice flowing, making people feel like they were witnessing the scene of the ancients breaking willows to say goodbye.

"This guy" Liao Qian couldn't help laughing while listening in the audience.

So well written.

It can almost be regarded as a representative song to promote Xi'an.

Is it necessary to report to the city leaders that a weeping willow tree should be planted around Baqiao to rejuvenate this place that was often mentioned by ancient literati?

It is a pity that the Ba Bridge was built according to the old system during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the 1950s after liberation. This time it became a new reinforced concrete slab bridge.

The song "Ba Bridge" aroused warm applause from the audience.

Different from the craziness of the previous band, the songs of Qingmanglu Band are relatively quiet and need to be savored slowly.

Of course it's best to have wine.

"A new song "Rukawa Kaede and Kurai Sora", I hope everyone likes it!"

Rukawa Kaede and Kurai Sora?

What's the meaning?

The people in the audience were baffled.

The melodious sound of the harmonica sounded.

It was blown by Zhang Yang.

In order to accompany this piece of music, he picked up the harmonica that he had not touched for many years and practiced hard for more than half a month.

At the end of the prelude, Yu Dongqing slowly sang:

He met her three years ago at a newsstand on Shida Road

Two people met each other to buy the same copy of "Slam Dunk"

From now on, I texted during the day and chatted online at night.

Half a year later they lived together in Bali Village.

He even spoke in Xi’an dialect!

Liao Qian listened quietly, as if listening to a story.

Zhang Li was also listening quietly.

But he didn't go to the concert, but was in the school dormitory.

A ticket for the concert is not too expensive, 50 yuan a ticket, but he is just a poor student and is reluctant to pay for it, and he is not very passionate about music.

As a senior student, there is a lot of pressure to graduate soon. It is a difficult choice to take the postgraduate entrance examination or find a job.

He chose to prepare for employment, enter the factory earlier, and make money earlier.

As a student of Shaanxi Normal University, which is also a prestigious 211 school, I majored in applied mathematics and computer science. Fortunately, I signed an employment agreement with a well-known private company, Huawei.

But what bothered him a little was that he had to go to Shenzhen to work after graduation, but his girlfriend had already guaranteed a graduate degree and was studying as a graduate student at the same school.

In fact, Zhang Li can definitely take the postgraduate entrance examination. Even if he cannot guarantee the postgraduate entrance examination based on his grades, he is still very confident in taking the examination on his own.

But he still chose to get a job.

If your family is poor, it is better to go out to work early.

As for being in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend, he believes that distance will not cut off the relationship between them.

He knew that there was a concert in his school. He was tired from studying, so he put on his headphones and listened, and happened to hear this song sung by Yu Dongqing.

He is not from Qin Province, but he understands Xi'an dialect and has lived in this city for four years.

Also, my girlfriend is from Xi'an.

The song seems to be about the love story of a pair of students from Shaanxi Normal University.

He is familiar with the place names such as Shida Road and Bali Village. He once studied in the old campus for a period of time.

As he listened, Zhang Li's expression changed, and he seemed to see his future.

Long distance relationship.

Can you really persevere?

As the song goes:

Missing you is being distanced and diluted by time

Reality is like an eraser that erases the romance

The day she plucked up the courage to say they broke up

He just said goodbye softly into the phone

"No, I don't want this!" Zhang Li jumped up and ran out of the classroom without even packing his schoolbag and went straight to the girls' dormitory.

At the edge of the dormitory building, he took out his mobile phone.

"Hey, Xiaoya, are you in the dormitory? I'm downstairs. Come down."

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Um."

A few minutes later, a beautiful girl came out of the dormitory building and ran towards him.

"Xiaoya, I don't want to go to Shenzhen anymore, I want to take the postgraduate entrance examination."

The girl was surprised when she heard this:

"伱? Don't you want to work? Why do you suddenly want to take the postgraduate entrance examination? The examination will start in December, and you have nothing to prepare for it."

"It doesn't matter, I'll prepare now! If I don't pass the exam, I'll work while fighting the Second World War and I'll go ashore! Anyway, I won't leave Xi'an, and I won't leave you." After saying that, he held the girl's hand.

"Hate!"

Xiaoya said, but she still felt sweet in her heart.

She also didn't want to let her beloved boy be so far away.

Some people say that distance creates beauty, but is it still beautiful if you are too far away and can’t see anything?

In the concert hall, Liao Qian felt her eyes were wet and quickly took out a napkin from her bag to wipe them.

Fortunately, this was a performance and no one noticed her. A young couple nearby was whispering, and the girl's voice was choked with sobs.

"Wu Bin, I'm scared. I'm scared that we will end up like this in the future."

"Don't be afraid, this is just a song, made up." The boy hugged her tightly.

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