Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

He put down the beer glass in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, then picked up the guitar aside and said:

"What Heizi just said reminds me of those buddies in the dormitory when I was in college. There are eight people in our dormitory. To be honest, Liu Yimin and I are the only ones who have a close relationship now. I have heard nothing about the others. To be honest, I miss them a lot. I happened to have one Here’s a song, listen to it.”

After saying that, Yu Dongqing plucked the strings and played the prelude.

When everyone thought he was singing the song "To Youth", they found that it was not the case at all. Even Heizi, who was more familiar with his songs, recognized it.

Not the song "To Youth", but a new song!

The brother who sleeps on my upper bunk

Silent you

The questions you once asked me

Now no one asks about it anymore

Give me the brother who smokes cigarettes

Share your happy past with me

You always guess wrong the coin in my hand

Shake your head and say this is too mysterious

It’s actually a school ballad?

Heizi could tell that it was the popular campus folk song when he was in college!

Unexpectedly, Yu Dongqing actually sang a campus folk song!

In recent years, folk songs have gradually become familiar to everyone from niche music, and more and more people are beginning to like folk songs. But campus folk songs became popular in the streets and alleys across the country more than 20 years ago.

It is a pity that the story of the fluttering white clothes on campus was inevitably tainted with the smell of copper by businessmen chasing profits. For a time, the music scene was filled with useless and shoddy songs. As a large number of campus singers changed careers and stopped singing, the music scene that once had The campus folk songs of the glorious past have long since disappeared.

All we are left with are memories.

Is the boy in white still looking forward to the years? Is the youthful youth still so bright and glorious? Is there ever an ideal impulse and flying dreams? Is there romance and singing...

Yu Dongqing was still singing quietly.

The girl you always talked about in those days

Did she give you her hair tie?

You said that whenever you look back at the red sunset

Whenever you hear the evening bell again

Bits and pieces of the past will emerge

In your heart that has no time to be sad

Zhou Wei also stopped grilling, took off his apron, and stood aside to listen quietly.

He was also a person from that era. Compared to Juanjuan and the others, he had a deeper feeling. After all, it was the collective memory of their generation.

Yu Dongqing continued to sing.

"You asked me when we can go back together

Take a look at our dormitory and our past

The words you carved on the wall are still clear

No one can erase it from that time.”

For a moment, everyone at the scene was silent. Not only the host and guests, but also the photographers on the side forgot about their own jobs and listened quietly to Yu Dongqing who was sitting on the chair singing softly.

Just a song. Juanjuan couldn't help but applaud, and Zhou Wei also raised his thumbs.

Perhaps only Yu Dongqing can sing the songs of that era, right?

Yu Dongqing smiled and clasped her fists to express modesty, then took a sip of cold beer from the beer glass on the table.

Singing this kind of song and drinking this kind of beer are the perfect match.

It's a pity that Yimin and the others are not around. If they were, it would feel better.

"Teacher Yu, your song is so nice." Juanjuan couldn't help but said, "This song has been uploaded to the Internet. I want to download it and listen to it."

"I haven't arranged the music yet, I guess it will take some time." Yu Dongqing smiled and said, "You also like to listen?"

"Of course! Although I haven't experienced your era, there is no time limit for good songs!"

Ah?

Heizi was secretly happy on the sidelines.

As expected, he was called the father of music, the killer of folk songs.

Actually wrote a new song!

And it was a popular campus folk song more than 20 years ago!

This is a very good topic, Kuroko said with a smile.

"Holly, your song reminds me of the popular campus ballads twenty years ago."

"Yeah." Zhou Wei also chimed in: "At that time, most people were holding guitars, red cotton guitars worth fifty yuan each, sitting on the grass on the campus like babies, playing and singing."

"Looking back on that day, it seems like it was yesterday." Zhou Wei finally sighed.

"But, very few people are singing such songs now." Juanjuan also said.

"Because campus folk songs are dead." Yu Dongqing said lightly.

"Dead?!" Juanjuan was surprised.

Heizi and Zhou Wei also looked at him.

Yu Dongqing was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at them and asked: "You said that, right?"

The two were silent.

Although folk songs are now beginning to revive, including neo-folk, pseudo-folk, urban folk, independent folk, and transgenic folk, there is no campus folk.

School ballads are dead.

"Holly, aren't you still there? This song "Brother Sleeping on My Upper Bunk" is so well written!" Heizi laughed.

"I can carry the banner of campus folk songs by myself? You look down on me too much." Yu Dongqing smiled and shook his head.

"The most fundamental thing is that there is no soil for campus folk songs to flourish. Look at what college students are doing now."

"Busy about playing games, taking postgraduate entrance exams, and looking for a job." Juanjuan said with a smile.

"Yeah. Who would be listening to those romance stories?" Yu Dongqing said again.

"I'm not a serious music student like Juanjuan." Dawei, who rarely talks, also joined in at this time: "I have a classmate who once formed a band with me when I was in college. He has a very good voice. He used to be Winners of our college campus’s “Top Ten” singer contest.”

"After graduation, we naturally went our separate ways. We majored in liberal arts, so it was more difficult to find a job. However, my classmate was quickly chosen by a large state-owned enterprise and given priority for admission. Do you know what position he was assigned to?"

"What position?" Juanjuan turned back and looked at Dawei.

"Union, because he can sing."

After listening to Dawei's words, everyone laughed.

"But you are still insisting on singing." Yu Dongqing said to Dawei.

"But what we sing is no longer campus folk songs." Dawei said.

This era no longer needs to be gentle and reserved. All nostalgia and recollection are just superfluous narcissism. Just like what is said in "One Hundred Years of Solitude": "The past is all false, and memory is a road with no return."

For a true "campus folk song", a flash in the pan is the best ending.

The topic seems to be getting a little heavy.

Heizi is a master at mobilizing emotions. He immediately smiled and said:

"Actually, we don't need to be pessimistic. Every kind of music will rise and fall one day, but it may also return to the public eye in some form. As long as there is music and universities, campus folk songs may not die. Maybe it will no longer appear in white clothes. She showed up like Sheng Xue, but it was also a school ballad.”

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"Come on, how about we collectively sing Dongqing's song "To Youth" to bring this topic to an end?"

"good!"

After the guitar intro ended, everyone started singing:

His unruly face looks like it's getting late

Her washed hair is like the fire in her heart

A short carnival has lasted a lifetime

The long farewell is the feast of youth

My winter night hands are like hot oaths

Your twinkling eyes are like fragile faith

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