Perfect Life

December 31st, the last day of 1995.

Since noon, the sky has been gloomy, and it looks like snowflakes may fall at any time.

After school in the afternoon, Li Qian packed up and went back to Shengshi Garden for dinner.

For Chinese people, New Year's Day is a more painful holiday.

Although it has been many years since the reform and opening up, the domestic economy, culture, etc., have begun to be more and more in line with the international standards, but you have to say how much the domestic people value this Gregorian festival, but it is Can't even talk about it. In China, they are considered to be relatively orthodox festivals, mainly New Year's Eve, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. From the past few years, Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Double Ninth Festival have also started to have one day off each, which has gradually become more important. some.

But then again, the times are progressing and integration is deepening. Since 1988, the government has stipulated that New Year's Day also has a holiday, although it is only one day, but one day is also a holiday. Now, even the older generation has gradually begun to recognize New Year's Day as a festival.

For Li's father and Li's mother, the festival is to have the whole family sit together to eat dumplings and watch the party.

Of course, it's still the same problem. Dragon Star TV made the style of the New Year's Day New Year's Eve singing party. The whole thing is a song sing, and most of them are songs that young people like. At most, he would accompany Li Ma to read for ten minutes, and then ran into the house to read.

It's just that, in the past six months, Dad Li's attention to this area has become much stronger than before.

The tapes that Li Qian brought back. Even if he didn't like certain tunes from the beginning, he would still seriously hide in the small study and listen to them over and over again. The Mid-Autumn Festival party was also carefully read from beginning to end, every time his son came over for dinner. The grandfathers can also discuss some issues decently.

The tune or something, it really doesn't mean that you can learn it, and it's not that an old Wenqing like Li's strict handling of things will open his mouth to say no. , but the magic of the lyrics is within the scope of Mr. Li's business.

Up to now. Li Qian's works have been combined by Liao Liao, He Runqing and Wuxing Wusu respectively, and fourteen pieces have been released. This output is not large, but in half a year, the output is quite impressive. And what Dad Li knows is obviously more than these fourteen songs.

In his eyes, Li Qian's best works are probably "Dark Fragrance", "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms", "The Hometown I Loved", and the box that Li Qian brought back a few days ago. "Farewell" sung by the daughter of the old Wang family on the tape.

Well, in terms of the quality of the lyrics, especially "Farewell" and "Facing the Sea." Spring is Blossoming", one is full of ancient charm, sad and desolate, the other is simple and pure, clean and sad. are the most to his heart.

Of course, standing in the position of a parent and in line with the principle of teaching and educating people, Dad Li also greatly appreciates the works "Let's Swing Sculls", which sings praises to parents and is suitable for children of all ages to learn and sing.

When Li Qian arrived downstairs, Li's father just turned a corner to pick up Li's mother, and Li's mother went up to make dumplings. He took out the car clothes he had just bought a few days ago, and was busy dressing his car.

Wait for Li Qian to come. The two children stretched out their hands together and quickly put the car jacket on. Then, when Li Qian locked the bicycle, the two went upstairs while talking. Dad Li said that if there is snow at night, don't go back tonight. Li Qian thought about it, nodded and agreed.

When I got home, as soon as I entered the door, Li Ma had just chopped the stuffing in the kitchen. When she saw her son entering the house, she put the seasoning and came out with a bowl. With a smile on her face, she sat beside Li Qian, mysteriously. Xi said, "Son, guess who came to our house yesterday?"

Li Qian looked at her and shook his head.

At this time, without waiting for Li's mother to present the treasure, Li's father already frowned and said, "It's a big deal, people come here just to hang around the door, let me tell you, don't be in a hurry, just say it well. , it's nothing to do, but it turns sour in your mouth!"

Li Ma glared at him with a displeased face, "What did I say? I just said it! Oh, look at normal, let's not say anything else, their family is doing business, they are rich, and their daughter has become a singer again, you Look at the shelf on the opposite door! Does she really think she is a rich lady? No, how about a big singer? Shouldn't she take the initiative to run to my house to thank my son? I have this tone, I just want to say When I came out, I didn’t tell outsiders, I talked to my son, what law did I break?”

Dad Li frowned helplessly, and said, "It's not putting on airs, people are just like that, you man, let me tell you, don't admit it, you're just a small belly! You're a little kid!"

When Li Ma heard this, she immediately became angry. This is because she didn't have a rolling pin on hand. If she had one, she would copy it immediately, "I have a small belly? I'm petite? Ha... Li Shuwen, do you always look at people's beauty? Are you thinking about people? That's good, I haven't said anything yet, you're just crooked to the other side, right? You greeted them, but the couple just nodded at you, so angry that you came back and said in the middle of the night You forgot that time, didn't you? It's because I'm stingy?"

Dad Li was stunned, so angry that he couldn't keep up, "You...you, you are messing around with you! In front of your son, what nonsense are you talking about! Why do you think I look beautiful, why do I miss me?"

Li Qian was originally sitting upright. In fact, at the beginning, he understood what was going on, but from the perspective of an old man in his thirties, he actually thought it was quite interesting to hear his parents bicker so much. , I was not busy trying to persuade me. He has been hearing this all the time, and he found out that he was going to crook the building—the husband and wife were quarreling, and they were not afraid of anything else, but they were afraid that they would involve other women.

So, without waiting for Li Ma to speak, he immediately said sternly: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about! Just Aunt Tao who is facing the door? She is also called beautiful? Well, maybe she is also in front of others. She's a little pretty, but compared to you...Mom. You're too insecure, aren't you? I'm going to seriously criticize you, don't you know that you've always been a beautiful woman? What does she compare to you? ? You are so jealous that even I feel ashamed!"

Li Ma turned her head and glared at her son, her face couldn't hold back any longer, she burst out laughing, regardless of whether her hands were stained with meat crumbs. He raised his hand and punched his son's arm.

"That's all you can say! Your mouth! I deserve to be unlucky in my life, and I will be with your old Li family for the rest of my life!" After speaking, Li Ma stood up proudly, holding a pot full of minced meat in her hand. , pointed his finger at Comrade Li, and said, "Look at my son. Hmph, you, turn your elbows out!" After speaking, he didn't know whether he was angry or went back to the kitchen happily.

Here, Dad Li sighed and looked helpless.

Li Qiancai asked, "Dad. What's going on?"

Dad Li rubbed his brows and said earnestly, "That's what happened. You two, Uncle Wang and Aunt Tao, are indeed capable people. Our family... As you know, Dad is a poor teacher. Your mother is a little accountant. It's normal. The attitude of the couple seems to be a little high, but it's not. Your mother is a little angry! In fact, they are not very good! The same rice raises a hundred different people, It’s okay to have one temper per person! It’s just that you haven’t helped Xiaoxue write a lot of songs recently. From the past two months, my mother and I feel. Your Aunt Tao’s attitude seems to have dropped a lot. You haven't been at home these days. Your mother has been talking about it many times. Coincidentally, yesterday, your Aunt Tao and Uncle Wang came to visit with something. I don't know if Xiaoxue called back or what. Anyway, the couple talked. They are very polite. They just keep saying thank you, and they also say that they will let you visit their house when you have time. Your mother feels very relieved! Originally, what was agreed last night was to talk about things, but as soon as you came , she is still... you see... alas!"

Hearing this, Li Qian smiled and said, "It's okay, my mother has this temper, she has resentment in her heart, so let her express it, now our family is no worse than them, why bother my mother Do you have to hold back? Besides, I believe my mother, she doesn’t have a straight temper, but she is smart, that is, in front of us at home, when she goes out, she is better than anyone else, and she will never fool around!”

When Li Qian finished speaking, Li Ma immediately stuck her head out of the kitchen and pointed at Comrade Li with a smile on her face, "Li, listen to me, listen to me, you don't know me better than my son!"

Dad Li curled his lips helplessly, "Go and pack your dumplings! It's already all afternoon, and I'm already hungry, so I'll be waiting for your dumplings!"

Li Ma let out a "squeak" and turned back to make dumplings.

Li Qian is so sensible, he immediately stood up and said, "I'll help my mother make dumplings!" After saying a word, Li Qian immediately said, "No, no, Xiao Qian, you have a day of class, and you have to write a song, I'll just pack it with your dad!"

After talking, he stuck his head out of the kitchen again, "Lao Li, wash your hands and help make dumplings!"

Dad Li sighed helplessly, and honestly got up to wash his hands.

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The two started to work together, and it was quick to wrap. When the dumplings were wrapped, Dad Li watched the dumplings under the pot, and Mom Li swiftly packed the two dishes and came out. When the dumplings were out of the pot, her dishes were ready, Li Ma served the dumplings, Li Qian served the dishes, and Dad Li went to his small study to get a bottle of wine.

"Look, Xinghua Village, the old wine of 1986, I bought it when I went to Taiyuanfu to attend a pen meeting that year. It's been almost ten years, and I still can't drink it! Come on son, I'm happy today, You accompany dad to drink two cups!"

Li Ma wants to persuade, after all, Li Qian is still a high school student, how can he drink? But seeing how happy Comrade Li was, and seeing that Li Qian didn't refuse, she resolutely endured it and ran to the kitchen to wash two cups for her father.

As a result, when the cup was brought over, Dad Li glared at her: "Why are there only two cups? What about yours?"

Li Ma was a little stunned, "I drink too?"

Dad Li waved his hand arrogantly, "Drink! You drink two too! Although it's a solar year, it's still a year. For our family, this year will be smooth sailing and auspicious, so it's time to drink two glasses!"

Li Ma didn't say anything after hearing the words, got up and went to brush the cup.

Three cups, Dad Li can pour himself one or two more, and Li Qian and Li Ma just pour the bottom of a cup each, which means. Then Dad Li raised the cup, looked at Li Qian, and said, "Son, everyone says that you should respect your father in the first 30 years. In the next 30 years, you will look at your son and respect your father. That's right! Dad doesn't usually like to praise. People, but today, I want to compliment you, my mother and I. We are blessed people, we have not waited 30 years, and people have already started to respect! Come on, raise them up!"

Li Qian and Li Ma both raised their cups, and the three cups touched each other lightly, making a "ding" sound. As soon as Dad Li raised his neck, he immediately drank half a tael of wine!

Li Ma just took a sip. Seeing this posture, she immediately stopped her, "Slow down! Besides, I don't want to drink like this when I'm happy!"

Dad Li smiled. Ignoring her, he said to Li Qian, "I heard from the opposite door, when your uncle Wang and the others came over, they said that Xiaoxue and the others had three songs at the party tonight? Are they all written by you?"

Li Qian ate a dumpling and nodded while chewing, "Well, I wrote it all."

Dad Li nodded, put a dumpling in his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it. He picked up the glass again, took a sip of wine, and asked again: "Then... these few days I listened to this album by Xiaoxue and the others that you brought back two days ago. I read the lyrics book. There are ten songs in this album. Here, there are eight of yours? How much did their company give?"

As soon as she heard this topic, Li Ma immediately raised her head and looked at it with concern. Even half-eaten dumplings were temporarily thrown into the small plate, and she asked, "That's right, there are eight songs all at once. Liao Liao's is a little cheaper, but it can't be too much cheaper. Hundreds of thousands?"

Li Qian smiled and ate the dumplings on his own. He said vaguely: "No, I haven't gotten a penny yet! But well, when the real sale starts in the future, I'll take the commission! I guess... I'll have to say it less. One or two million?"

In fact, as early as the middle of this month, Li Qian had already received calls from Xie Bing and Li Jinlong respectively, and already knew that Huage Records' promotion strategy for Wuxing Wusu's album was to focus on the New Year's Day and New Year's Eve song party, and strive for a Fire and red.

Yesterday, after the last official recording at Songjiang Mansion, Li Qian received a call from Xie Bing again, saying that the recording of the party had been completed, and the two songs that were originally scheduled got a better time slot. Later, the director team liked it very much. The song "Farewell" was added on purpose, and it was specially arranged for the opening of the party.

In fact, when he knew that Huage Records had arranged Wuxing Wusu to participate in the New Year's Day singing party, Li Qian couldn't help but applaud the other party's strategy for this promotion. The director team put "Farewell" at the beginning again, and he was even more certain that their album should not sell badly!

To be honest, dare to use "Farewell" at the opening of a party, of course, it shows the courage of the director group of Dragon Star TV's New Year's Eve Song Party, but Li Qian knows that if we only talk about the quality and standard of the song, don't say a New Year's Day song. The opening of the annual song party is to go to the Spring Festival Gala. No matter the opening or the finale, "Farewell" is absolutely qualified!

What's more, according to Xie Bing, after they sang this song in the second rehearsal, there was a warm applause from the stage, which proved beyond doubt that this song really has the power to crush the audience and make it difficult for the audience. Live the powerful atmosphere of the whole party!

When the aura of a song is so strong, does its name have a bad meaning and is no longer so important!

And there are three songs for a party, some are fast and some are slow, some are classics and some are popular. If these are not popular, I am afraid that this New Year's Day song party will not be able to come up with really popular works at all!

And with Huage Records' ability to push Wuxingwusu, the looks and figures of the five girls in Wuxingwusu, and the fact that this album is so rich, it can be said that if they are not popular, they only need to be popular. Get up, it must be a fire!

Because according to Li Qian's judgment, the era of idols is coming soon!

And Wuxingwusu is not only the idol of young boys and girls, but also the idol of young men and women!

As long as you become the idol in the minds of so many consumers, then... the fanaticism of the groupies never needs to be doubted!

Besides, they don’t need to be too popular. According to the contract signed at the beginning, as long as this album of Wuxingwusu can sell 3 million copies, then he can get 3 million or so with a commission of ten points. .

Of course, as soon as the number of one or two million came out... Mom and Dad Li was taken aback.

Li Ma looked at Li Qian excitedly and asked, "Really?"

Seeing Li Qian nodded, he said calmly, "According to my estimation, according to their current momentum, one or two million is just the beginning, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Ma put down her chopsticks with a surprise snap, "So, even if I don't go to work, I don't have to worry about running out of money?"

Dad Li sighed and looked like he was wandering out of the sky, "Oh, okay, okay! Haha, it doesn't need to be said too far, even at this time last year, my mother and I would never have imagined that it was such a big deal. After half a year of work, you actually... just..."

Li's mother took it and said, "It's more than the money I and your dad earned in a lifetime!"

Dad Li nodded~www.wuxiaspot.com~ raised his hand, snorted, and took another sip of wine.

Putting down the wine glass, he picked up his chopsticks, and with a ding sound, he tapped on the edge of the bowl, and then tapped again, with a poetic expression, squinting his eyes slightly, like humming, singing, and chanting, and said: "The father is kind and filial to the son, and the brothers and sisters are respectful. The family is full of people, and the seasons and years are abundant. The muscles and bones are healthy and the body is happy. The gentleman drinks, and the joy is endless."

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I know that after reading this chapter, it is estimated that many people say that I am watering, so I want to reiterate here: This is an urban life novel, which is about people, life, and the relationship between people. Writing songs, singing, filming, etc., is just work, and work is only a part of life, but not all!

Also - you guys are awesome! (To be continued)

ps: I know that after reading this chapter, it is estimated that many people say that I am watering, so I want to reiterate here: This is an urban life novel, which is about people, life, and between people. Relationships, writing songs, singing, filming, etc., are just work, and work is only a part of life, but not all!

Also - you guys are awesome!