Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

After hanging up the phone from Luo Yun, Yu Dongqing said something to Liu Yimin.

"Oh, you can see clearly."

"As the saying goes, when you are thirty and forty, you will not be confused at fifty and you will know your destiny. Although we have not yet reached the age of knowing our destiny, we are not far away from not being confused. What should we look forward to?" Yu Dongqing said leisurely.

Although Yu Dongqing and Liu Weici, two major mainland musicians, suddenly announced their withdrawal from the competition for the "Top Ten Golden Songs" single award, leaving the jury in a hurry for a while, the ceremony was still held as scheduled.

Yu Dongqing did not participate because he was ill.

It's not that he pretended to be sick and didn't want to participate, but he was really sick. Yesterday, because of the late spring weather, the weather suddenly turned cold and he caught a cold. He had runny nose and tears.

It's just right, you don't have to go to the ceremony.

I don’t know how many large and small ceremonies I attended in that time and space. I was annoyed when I thought about being constantly pestered by reporters and speaking insincere words into the microphone.

It's better to drink tea and chat with a few old buddies.

The award ceremony was still held in the evening in the golden hall of Building C of Yanjing Hotel. Yu Dongqing stayed at home alone.

Because she had a cold, the mother-in-law did not allow her daughter to go home to avoid being infected. No matter what, Yu Dongqing is happy and free.

If Yu Dongqing doesn't go, the Qingmanglu Band will have to send someone there. After all, among the shortlisted songs are songs sung by the Qingmanglu Band.

Du Hui has been busy taking care of his confinement wife recently and is not interested in such an award ceremony. Liu Yimin basically stays in his tavern at night, so this task falls on Zhang Yang, who also likes to socialize anyway.

Yu Dongqing stayed at home for a while and suddenly felt bored, so she decided to sit in Liu Yimin's tavern.

After putting on his down jacket, Yu Dongqing went out and drove straight to Sanlitun. When he arrived near Shili Peach Blossom Bistro, he parked the car and opened the door.

At this time, the tavern was basically full - ever since the Qingmangli Band emerged on the music scene, Shili Peach Blossom Tavern has become one of the most popular taverns in Sanlitun.

There was a singer on the singing stage of the tavern holding a guitar and playing the song "For You". His voice sounded a bit like Zhang Yu from the original time and space.

He was the resident singer recently hired by Liu Yimin. When he saw Yu Dongqing coming in, he smiled and signaled that he would give up the stage to him.

Yu Dongqing waved her hand for him to continue.

He was a regular customer of the tavern. If he wanted to sing, he would go up and sing a few lines. If he didn't want to sing, he would sit at the bar and chat with Liu Yimin. Both the tavern staff and some old customers knew his nature and would not force it.

"Why, instead of attending the award ceremony, you came to my place to drink?" Liu Yimin asked while standing at the bar.

"What should I drink if I have a cold? Come sit here and pour me a cup of tea if you have nothing to do."

"OK."

Soon a steaming cup of Longjing tea was placed in front of the bar, and Yu Dongqing sat on a high chair and drank it slowly.

"I just watched the live broadcast of the awards ceremony, and Zhang Yang was very active." Liu Yimin said.

"He was like this when he was in school." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "If the band attends any events in the future, he will be our representative, so let him go."

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Yang is so active not only because he likes to socialize, but also because of other considerations.

He is in the business of selling music and training children to play musical instruments. Being active in the music scene is undoubtedly a kind of invisible advertisement.

It is said that his music store business, especially the musical instrument training business, was much better than before last year. Many parents came here to send their children to his training school to study. This is just like Liu Yimin's tavern, they have all benefited from the band invisibly.

In fact, this win-win situation is what everyone, including Yu Dongqing, hopes to see.

We are all ordinary people, there is no need to show our aloofness.

Du Hui is a bit of an exception. His profession and music are completely different. He just said that sometimes he is invited to give lectures at a certain university, and inexplicably more students who are not majoring in economics come to attend the lectures.

He also received invitations to give lectures at some music conservatories, but he declined.

In his words, we don’t know much about music theory, so don’t mislead others.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Yu Dongqing looked at the time and was about to go back, but suddenly received a call from Zhang Yang: "Dongqing, are you still recuperating at home?"

"No, I'm chatting here with Yimin."

"Okay, just wait, I'll be here right away."

"Is the ceremony over?"

"Yes, I have something I want to talk to you about."

"Look at how excited you are, I'll wait for you." Yu Dongqing smiled.

Forty minutes later, Zhang Yang drove over. As soon as he entered the tavern, he shouted to Liu Yimin at the bar: "Pour me a glass of water. No, beer!"

Liu Yimin took a bottle of beer, opened the cap and put it in front of him. Zhang Yang grabbed the beer and drank it in big gulps. He drank half the bottle in one go before he was satisfied.

"Damn, I'm so thirsty."

"You talked a lot today, right?" Yu Dongqing smiled.

"That's right. I also know many celebrities in the music industry. Mr. Liu Guoliang from Xiangjiang was also invited to attend!"

Liu Guoliang is here too?

Xia Wenxi is famous for composing music, while Liu Guoliang is good at writing lyrics, especially Cantonese lyrics. They are a bit like Huang Zhan in the original time and space. The two are the twin stars of the Hong Kong music scene.

Royal TV's invitation to Xia Wenxi last year and Liu Guoliang's invitation this year can be said to be well-intentioned, but it also illustrates the importance that Hong Kong musicians attach to the mainland.

"I also chatted with Mr. Liu for a while. Dongqing has a very high opinion of him. He can not only write Mandarin lyrics, but also Cantonese. The Cantonese version of the lyrics of "Love Song 1990" you wrote for Wu Jingqi are very good. It's a pity that you are ill today. He felt sorry for not being there," Zhang Yang said.

"Well, well, stop praising me and talk about something else."

"Okay." Zhang Yang moved his buttocks and sat up straight: "Dongqing, Yimin, I think it's time for our Qingmanglu band to release an album!"

"Why did you suddenly have such an idea today?" Yu Dongqing felt strange.

"You don't know, Mr. Liu asked us if we had any albums. He wanted to take them home to listen to, but we didn't. At the award ceremony, this singer released a few albums, and that singer released a few more. Even the one who sang "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" "The fat female student released an album, and we have nothing!"

Yu Dongqing knew that Zhang Yang was talking about Han Chun.

Han Chun released an album after New Year's Day. The title song and album title were "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" and the response was pretty good.

When I came to Beijing to attend the awards ceremony, I made a special call to Yu Dongqing to say that I wanted to visit, but he declined.

After hearing what Zhang Yang said, Liu Yimin smiled and said, "No, our Qingmanglu band also released an album."

What Liu Yimin was talking about was that when they were still in college, the four members of the band raised money to record a tape, but it was just a DEMO and was not marketed. Of course it was quite crude.

"That counts too?!"

"Forget it!" Yu Dongqing and Liu Yimin said in unison.

"Okay. I won't quarrel with you, but I will say this again. I have calculated that our band has sang seven or eight songs from last year to now. I will re-edit these, and then add two or three new ones, old and new. I don’t think it would take much trouble to combine it, right?”

This is true.