Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 198 Chapter 196 Preparing to release an album

After hanging up Luo Yun's call, Yu Dongqing said something to Liu Yimin.

"Oh, you can see it."

"As the saying goes, at thirty, one stands at forty, without confusion and at fifty, one knows the destiny. Although we haven't reached the age of knowing the destiny, we are not far away from confusion. What can we not see?" Yu Dongqing said leisurely.

Although Yu Dongqing and Liu Weici, the two mainland musicians suddenly announced their withdrawal from the competition for the "Top Ten Golden Melody" individual awards, causing the jury to be in a hurry for a while, but the grand 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 that he was really sick. Yesterday, because of the cold spring, the weather suddenly turned cold and he caught a cold, with runny nose and tears.

It just so happens that you don't have to go to the ceremony.

In the original time and space, I don’t know how many large and small ceremonies I have participated in. Facing the endless pestering of reporters, and speaking insincere words into the microphone, I feel annoyed thinking about it.

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

The award ceremony was still held at night in the golden hall of Block C of Yanjing Hotel, and Yu Dongqing stayed at home alone.

Because she had a cold, the mother-in-law didn't let her daughter go home to avoid getting infected.Either way, Yu Dongqing is happy to be at leisure.

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

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

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

Putting on the down jacket, Yu Dongqing went out and drove straight to Sanlitun, arrived near Shili Peach Blossom Tavern, parked the car and opened the door to enter.

At this time, the tavern is basically full - ever since the Qingmanshoe band made its mark in the music scene, the Shili Taohua tavern has become one of the most popular taverns in Sanlitun.

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

He is the resident singer that Liu Yimin recently hired. When he saw Yu Dongqing coming in, he smiled and motioned to give him the stage.

Yu Dongqing waved her hand to signal him to continue.

He is a regular customer of the tavern. If he wants to sing, he can go up and sing a few lines. If he doesn't want to sing, he can sit at the bar and chat with Liu Yimin. Both the tavern staff and some regular customers know his nature and don't force him.

"Why, instead of going to the awards ceremony, come to my place to drink?" Liu Yimin asked while standing at the bar.

"What wine do you drink when you have a cold? If you have nothing to do, come and sit down and pour me a cup of tea."

"Row."

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

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

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

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Yang is so active, apart from his own love of socializing, of course there are other considerations.

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

It is said that last year his piano shop, especially the musical instrument training business, was much better than before. Many parents came here to send their children to his training school. This is the same as Liu Yimin's tavern.

In fact, this win-win situation is also what Yu Dongqing wants to see.

We are all laymen, there is no need to show aloofness.

Du Hui was an exception. His profession had nothing to do with music, but he said that sometimes he was invited to give lectures at a certain university, and some non-economics majors came to the lectures for some reason.

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

In his words, we don't know much about music theory, so don't mislead me.

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

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

"Okay, just wait, I'll come over right away."

"Is the ceremony over?"

"Yes, there are some things I want to talk to you about."

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

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

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

"Damn, I'm thirsty."

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

"That is. 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, Liu Guoliang is good at writing lyrics, especially Cantonese lyrics, a bit like Huang Zhan in the original time and space, the two are the twin stars of the Hong Kong music scene.

It can be said that Huangdu TV invited Xia Wenxi last year to invite Liu Guoliang this year with good intentions, but it also shows from the side that Xiangjiang musicians attach great importance to the mainland.

"I also chatted with Mr. Liu for a while. Dongqing spoke very highly of him. He can not only write Mandarin lyrics, but also Cantonese. The Cantonese version of "Love Song 1990" lyrics you wrote for Wu Jingqi is very good. It's a pity that you are sick today. He regrets not being there," Zhang Yang said.

"Okay, stop praising me, talk about something else."

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

"Why did you suddenly come up with such an idea today?" Yu Dongqing felt strange.

"You don't know, Mr. Liu asked us if we had any albums, and he wanted to take them home to listen to, but we didn't have any. At the awards ceremony, this singer released a few albums, and that singer released a few more albums, even the one who sang "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" "The fat schoolgirl 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 name are "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", and the response is not bad.

This time when he came to Beijing to attend the awards ceremony, he even called Yu Dongqing to ask for a visit, but he declined.

After hearing Zhang Yang's words, Liu Yimin said with a smile: "No, our Qingmanshoe band also released an album back then."

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

"That counts?!"

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

"Okay. I'm not going to argue with you, I'll still say this time. I calculated that there are probably seven or eight songs that our band has sung from last year to now. I edited these, and then added two or three new songs, old and new. I don’t think it’s going to take much if it’s combined, right?”

This is also true.
(End of this chapter)