Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"No, absolutely not!" Li Wan firmly objected.

"There must be a song that can be sung, so that we can more effectively increase the influence and popularity of the movie! Holly, you must obey me on this matter!"

In the original time and space, this "Ashes of Time" really only had one overture and no theme song, which was the pure music "The Solitary Shadow of Heaven and Earth Let Me Go" composed by a famous director and musician in Hong Kong.

Desolate, majestic, heroic and tragic.

Therefore, Liu Zhenwei also quoted lyrics and music in the filming of "Westward Journey" and "The Unparalleled World", and Yu Dongqing liked it very much.

Now that Li Wan insists on writing another theme song, is it a bit of a continuation of the story?

Yu Dongqing was a little helpless: "I think in terms of the shooting style of this movie, there is no need for people to sing. Pure music is enough."

"You think about it from the artistic point of view of the movie, but I think it's different from the point of view of distribution and promotion! So be it."

Li Wan pondered for a moment: "If you really don't want to write a theme song, then write a promotional song!"

Promotional song?

"Okay." Yu Dongqing agreed.

He looked at the wind blowing in from the window, took a sip of tea, and sang softly.

I found you in the sea of ​​people

Everything becomes meaningful

From now on I have found you in my heart

Found the place of infatuated love

Life is in a hurry, but there is love in your heart

This life has meaning

Li Wan listened quietly, and after Yu Dongqing finished singing, he said: "Look at you, such a beautiful song is hidden and not used? Is it just a Cantonese song?"

This is originally a Cantonese song, and it's from "Ashes of Time"!

It's just that this song "Life is Meaningful" is the theme song of the second part of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in the original time and space 83 version, "East and West Poison".

The lyrics are still written by Huang Zhan, the music is composed by Gu Jiahui, and Luo Wen and Zhen Ni sing the chorus, which is extremely touching.

"Singing two words in one sentence is not much different if you sing it in Mandarin," Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

Huang Zhan's lyrics have this advantage.

"Okay, write it quickly, arrange it, and find a singer to sing it. I'll use it right away!" Li Wan couldn't wait any longer.

After drinking tea at Minghui Tea House, Yu Dongqing went home and prepared the soundtrack and theme song.

The first is the theme song "Life is Meaningful". Li Wan urgently needs to do movie trailer promotion.

This is a male and female duet song. The gloomy intro at the beginning presents the turbulent world, which is very suitable for Wong Kar-Wai's version of "Ashes of Time".

The weather was getting hot, so Yu Dongqing was too lazy to go to the studio recording studio, so he arranged the music and wrote the lyrics in his home recording studio. After completing it, he followed the usual practice and sent the lyrics to four friend groups for them to appreciate.

After lunch, I sent it to the group. After taking a nap, I received a call from Liu Yimin: "Dongqing, are you free in the evening? Come and sit in my pub."

"Is something wrong?"

"Talk about this song you wrote."

"Just tell me on the phone."

"Come on, I can't explain you in one sentence or two. Is Mingliang controlling you too tightly? I'll call her."

"No, no, I'll do it."

Yu Dongqing agreed. .

In fact, it's not the reason for the bright weather, but because I don't want to run. It's too hot.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Yu Dongqing said something to Meiliang and didn't change clothes. She just wore a crew-neck shirt, large pants, and flip-flops on her feet. I didn’t even drive, so I rode a small electric donkey straight to Sanlitun.

It’s not far from Nanluoguxiang to Sanlitunqi, less than half an hour away.

Nowadays, Sanli Bar Street is becoming more and more lively, but Yu Dongqing comes less and less often. Even Liu Yimin’s Shili Peach Blossom Bistro has not been here for several months.

As I get older, I don’t like this kind of feasting life even more, so I drink skewers and have less beer.

The car stopped at the door, and Yu Dongqing pushed the door open and went in.

The bistro was renovated the year before last and has a strong retro flavor, with red bricks, wood grain, black and white old-fashioned TV sets, large and small radios, as if returning to the 1980s, and there is a 28-inch car beside the wall. Big bar.

Liu Yimin smiled and said that he once rode this weighted bicycle in a large circle along the Tiananmen City Wall, which was very cool.

Yu Dongqing pushed the door open and went in. It was very air-conditioned and there were quite a lot of people in the tavern. The person busy at the bar was not Liu Yimin but his daughter Liu Ziqi.

It seems that Liu Ziqi is still in H.Dgirls of Jinye Records. If there is no performance or training, she goes home and sometimes helps her father take care of the bistro.

Seeing Yu Dongqing come in, Liu Ziqi smiled and hurriedly poured a glass of draft beer for Yu Dongqing, and said, "Uncle Yu, please sit down first while my dad is busy in the back. I'll call him."

Yu Dongqing nodded.

Many of the regular customers who came here recognized this slovenly middle-aged man as Yu Dongqing, but no one came up to sign autographs or take photos. Everyone now knows Yu Dongqing’s temper and doesn’t like this.

The older you get, the more you live like an ordinary person.

He raised the draft beer on the bar, smiled and raised his glass to the drinkers in the pub, and took a sip to say hello to everyone.

A few minutes later, Liu Yimin was seen walking in hurriedly, and Yu Dongqing was drinking draft beer and said with a smile, "Oh, you started drinking again?"

"My niece poured it, why are you so embarrassed not to drink it?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

Liu Yimin also poured himself a glass, the two clinked and sat at the bar to chat.

"Yimin, what's going on?"

"That new song you wrote, didn't you say it was a male-female duet? Can you let Ziqi sing the female part?"

"Isn't she in a girl group?" Yu Dongqing was a little surprised.

Liu Yimin told the whole story.

It turns out that Liu Zhiqi's H.Dgirls girl group has the same fate as other girl groups. After four years of development, it is now facing the fate of disintegrating and developing its own.

"Although Xiaoqi and the others have always sang fast songs, I want her to try singing slow love songs like this." Liu Yimin finally said.

Of course Yu Dongqing understood what his old friend meant.

My daughter likes to sing and is willing to develop in the entertainment industry. Why not make full use of such good resources?

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Yu Dongqing was silent.

"What, you think it's inappropriate? Then forget it." Liu Yimin said.

"Yimin, you misunderstood, that's not what I meant." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "I sing the male part myself, and I always feel weird letting Xiaoqi sing the female part."

After all, this is a love song. Are you singing it with your nieces?

"Haha, this is it. Holly, you are overthinking it. It's just a song."

"Okay, you let Xiaoqi practice hard, and go to my studio sometime, and we can try recording together." Yu Dongqing was not a person who liked to get entangled, so she agreed.

"Thank you, Uncle Yu." At some point, Liu Ziqi was already standing behind the two of them and said.

"Xiao Qi, your uncle Yu has agreed, then you have to sing well! If you can't sing well, replace it with someone else!" Liu Yimin looked at his daughter with a straight face.

"No, just another song." Yu Dongqing advised: "I think Xiaoqi can sing well."

"I'll call Wu Lan tomorrow." Liu Yimin said.

Now Liu Ziqi is still an artist under Jinye Records, and various issues such as song copyright and singing income are also involved.

However, its own studio signed a corresponding contract with Jinye Records.

After the serious talk, the two chatted for a while, and then Yu Dongqing said goodbye and left.

"Yimin, I'm going back first, Xiaoqi, goodbye!"

"Goodbye uncle!"

Yu Dongqing turned around and left the tavern.

Liu Yimin was about to go back to his room. When he turned around and saw his daughter in a daze, he couldn't help but smile and said, "This time it goes as you wished. Are you happy?"

Unexpectedly, her daughter sighed quietly: "Dad, tell me, why do we H.Dgirls have to disband? Isn't it okay for people like your Green Mango Band to remain disbanded for the rest of their lives?"

Why.

My daughter is still too innocent.

This is not a good thing in the entertainment industry.

Liu Yimin didn't talk about his daughter, but just smiled: "We are old friends. Even if we don't sing, we are still friends. Can you do that?"

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