Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

A passenger plane from Xiangjiang was parked steadily at Xiaoshan Airport.

A kind-faced white middle-aged aunt came out of the cabin. She was the famous British folk singer Susan. At the invitation of the Hangzhou Music Festival Organizing Committee, she traveled thousands of miles to come to China.

There is no direct flight from London to Hangzhou. She first transferred to Xiangjiang and then flew directly to Hangzhou. The 25-hour flight made her look a little tired, but she was in good spirits.

Also accompanying her was her assistant Dora, a girl in her twenties with blond hair and blue eyes.

After passing the exit and arriving at the terminal, she quickly saw three people, one of whom was holding a sign that read in English:

“Welcome Susan”

It was the staff of the music festival organizing committee who came to pick him up at the airport.

The leader is Wang Hui - a woman in her thirties who looks very capable with short hair. She is the leader of the reception group of the organizing committee of this music season and is responsible for arranging all the schedules for the performers of this music festival. .

Most singers don't need to be picked up at the airport at all, let alone do it in person. This singer is different this time.

This is a heavyweight singer in Europe and the United States, a household name in the UK, and one of the important guests at this music festival.

Naturally, we cannot neglect it.

Wang Hui naturally recognized Susan and quickly stepped forward to shake hands and greet her.

"Ms. Susan, welcome to China and attend the Hangzhou International Music Festival. I hope this trip to the East will leave you with good memories."

Translated into English by volunteers.

"Thank you, I think so. Hangzhou is a beautiful city, and I also want to see my old friends."

"Old friend?" Wang Hui was stunned when she heard the translation.

According to the information, this is Susan’s first time coming to China. How can she have old friends?

"Yu Dongqing, is Mr. Yu Dongqing coming to Hangzhou too?" Susan asked again.

Wang Hui naturally knows Yu Dongqing, but is he an old friend of Susan?

However, she didn't dare to ask more questions, so she had to say: "Ms. Susan, I'm sorry, Mr. Yu Dongqing's Green Mango Band did not come to participate in this music festival."

After thinking for a while, she added: "Their band has rarely performed in public in the past two years."

"Oh, that's such a pity!" Susan looked regretful.

Wang Hui did not dare to ask any more questions and quickly asked volunteers to help carry the suitcases. Then a few people left the terminal, got on the bus and went straight to the city.

The hotel where Susan lives is the Four Seasons Hotel in Hangzhou, located in the West Lake Scenic Area near Yang Gongti. The organizing committee here specially arranges some important singers and bands.

Here, Chinese-style gardens are nestled in the picturesque scenery, with fragrant grass ponds, green courtyards, and weeping willows. The environment is very elegant.

After Susan checked in, she rested for a while and went to the outdoor terrace of the lobby lounge to enjoy afternoon tea by the garden and lake as usual. Assistant Dora naturally followed.

"This tea tastes good." Susan sat leisurely on the wicker chair and slowly tasted the black tea.

"Sosie (Susan's nickname.)" Assistant Dora said with a smile: "China is the hometown of tea, and Hangzhou is known as the tea capital - the local Longjing tea is very famous. It is said that there was a very famous emperor in the Qing Dynasty of China. I just like drinking Longjing tea from Hangzhou.”

"Dora, it seems you know China very well." Susan praised.

"When I was in college in London, I took Chinese as an elective, so I also know some Chinese history." Dora explained.

Susan nodded after hearing this and suddenly changed the topic: "I was invited to come to China. In addition to experiencing some of the civilization of this ancient oriental country, I also wanted to chat with old friends. Unfortunately, he didn't come. I also wanted to be with him. Sing that song ‘Scarborough Fair’.”

Dora knew that the old friend Susan was talking about was Yu Dongqing.

Ever since she became Susan's assistant, she often heard her mention this name, especially when she decided to come to China.

Dora had never met Yu Dongqing, or even knew what he looked like. She only knew that he once visited England and wrote the song "Scarborough Fair", which was sad and romantic.

After being sung by Susan, it immediately became popular throughout Europe and appeared on famous European music lists such as Billboard and Ireland (IRMA). Last year, it was named the best hit of the year in the UK, France and other countries.

She really couldn't figure out how that oriental man could write such a mesmerizing ballad?

Now when she heard Susan mention this man's name again, her heart skipped a beat and she said, "Sosie, if you want to meet Mr. Yu, we can entrust the music season organizing committee to contact you. I think Mr. Yu will also be happy to meet you."

"Is this okay?"

"Of course. Mr. Yu is also a famous musician in China. I think it will not be difficult to contact him."

"Okay, just do as you say!"

Dora immediately took out her mobile phone and called the organizing committee staff responsible for receiving them, and told them their request: they hoped to contact Mr. Yu Dongqing.

The staff immediately reported this request to Wang Hui.

Wang Hui knew that Yu Dongqing was usually very low-key and did not like to appear in public, but it was not difficult to contact him.

After all, he has his own studio, so just contact his agent directly.

So Wang Hui immediately asked the staff to find the contact information of Yu Dongqing's studio and called him personally.

Yu Dongqing's agent Yang Liu answered the call and told her good news: Mr. Yu Dongqing is now in Hangzhou, staying at a friend's tea house to enjoy tea.

But at the same time, there is bad news: the phone is turned off after calling!

"So is there any other way to contact Mr. Yu or his friends?" Wang Hui asked eagerly.

"Well, Mr. Yu doesn't like the studio to interfere with his private activities, so I don't know the names and contact information of his friends in Hangzhou." Yang Liu felt embarrassed.

Wang Hui was dumbfounded.

The person is in Hangzhou, but cannot be contacted!

And according to Susan's assistant Dora, Susan wanted to sing "Scarborough Fair" with Yu Dongqing at the music festival.

At night, Wang Hui called again according to the phone number provided by Yang Liu, but the phone was still turned off!

what to do?

There was no other way, so Wang Hui had to go to the Four Seasons Hotel in person, explain the situation to Susan in person, and apologize.

Of course Susan wouldn't say anything, just sorry.

"Wang, you don't know how great the song "Scarborough Fair" written by Mr. Yu is! It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever sung in my life."

Yeah?

Wang Hui has never heard of this song.

Perhaps it is because the English songs are not very popular in China, and are far less popular than other Chinese songs he wrote.

Of course, before leaving, Wang Hui assured Susan that they would continue to contact Yu Dongqing and tell him as soon as possible if there was any news.

Things really took a turn for the better the next day. It wasn't Yu Dongqing's phone that turned on, but a volunteer from the reception team who provided Wang Hui with news.

"There is a local teahouse called Jiangnan Tea Service on Qingchun Road. Mr. Yu once wrote a song specifically for it called "It's better to have tea." This shows that the owner of the teahouse has a close relationship with Mr. Yu. This clue can be used Maybe we can find Mr. Yu."

"This is a way!" Wang Hui's eyes lit up.

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