Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 4 "Knife Club Overture"

The clicking sound of taking pictures startled Mingmei, who was playing the piano, she turned her head and looked at Yu Dongqing taking pictures with her mobile phone in her hand, with a little puzzled look in her eyes.

"Brother-in-law?"

"It's okay, I thought the picture of you playing the piano just now was beautiful, so I took a picture of it, take a look." Yu Dongqing quickly explained.

"Look at it often, what's so beautiful about it." Mingmei muttered, but still walked over.

"I want to see, I want to see." The daughter bounced over and climbed onto Yu Dongqing's lap, and took the phone first: "Oh, Dad, Dad, my aunt is so beautiful."

"Your aunt has always been beautiful."

Ah?
What happened brother-in-law today?
Mouth so sweet?

Mingmei also walked behind Yu Dongqing and looked at the screen on the phone.

It was the silhouette of himself playing the piano, and the whole person seemed to exude a holy light under a ray of sunlight.

"Brother-in-law, you chose the angle of this photo really well! And this person who doesn't know the light and shadow thinks you are a professional photographer."

Yu Dongqing smiled slightly.

In that time and space, taking pictures by myself was a big hobby of mine!
I think I had a cameo role as a cinematographer on a whim.

"Father, you take pictures of me too, and you want to be as beautiful as my aunt!"

"Okay, okay." Yu Dongqing was holding the phone, and her daughter was excitedly posing various poses, and Yu Dongqing's phone was beeping non-stop.

"I want to take a photo with my aunt!"

"I want to take a photo with my dad"

"I want the three of us to take a picture together!"

The daughter kept making various requests, and Yu Dongqing satisfied them one by one.

In the end, Mingmei hugged the little girl, and the three of them stood together very closely.

"Pay attention. Smile and look at the camera"

"3, 2, 1"

As Yu Dongqing pressed the button, a photo was frozen in the phone.

In the picture, all three people have smiles on their faces.

It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and we began to discuss dinner.

"Father, I'm going to McDonald's!" Yu Tongtong yelled immediately.

"Okay, Dad will take you to eat!"

Mingmei next to her glared at Yu Dongqing, didn't she say it's better not to take the children to eat these fast food?High calorie and high fat not only make children easy to gain weight, but also contain hormones!
But seeing Yu Tongtong's excited look, he swallowed the words again.

Forget it, it's the weekend and let's indulge.

Yu Dongqing drove the two of them to a McDonald's on Chaoyang North Road in her white Camry, and ordered a family portrait to eat.

While Yu Dongqing's family was enjoying the weekend, Wu Lan was still busy in the office. It was almost six o'clock, and she was about to leave.

This is basically the case every day. Others work from nine to five, and she usually doesn't get off work until after six o'clock.

It is a habit of hers to open her e-mail to see if there are any missed e-mails before leaving.

Sure enough, there was an email lying quietly inside, which was actually sent by Yu Dongqing.

Finished the arrangement so quickly?
Wu Lan was a little curious. She put on her earphones and clicked on the audio file. An unfamiliar melody sounded. She was shocked by the majestic momentum created by the sudden suona sound. It wasn't "Jianghu Prelude"!
Wu Lan hurriedly opened the score file, and saw a few words written on the score:
"Small Knife Overture"!
Did he really write the song?
Never heard of it myself.

Wu Lan put on the earphones again and quietly enjoyed them.

Immediately after the suona is the pipa, the sound is agile and full of tension.

The first two drums, the bass drum, sound strong and powerful, and later towards the end, there are a few loud gongs
Magnificent and domineering!
Wu Lan was dumbfounded.

This is the first time I heard such majestic martial arts music!

How did she know that this "Xiaodaohui Prelude" is one of the "Xiaodaohui Suite", which is the soundtrack composed by Shang Yi, a famous composer in that time and space, for the folk dance drama "Xiaodaohui" in 1959.

The early "Small Knife Club Prelude" appeared in Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Inn", and it is also Stephen Chow's favorite!
The most typical is the movie "A Chinese Journey to the West", where the Supreme Treasure was spotted with three moles to look at the demon mirror, and the Supreme Treasure appeared before the battle with the Bull Demon King after becoming Monkey King, "The Deer and Ding Tale", "Da Nei Secret Detective Ling Lingfa", the movie "Kung Fu", "Journey to the West" Movies such as "Conquering the Demon" have used this soundtrack.

In addition, this soundtrack was also used in the opening music of Sammo Hung's movie "Rogue One Plum" and "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant". "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" even more vividly interprets the overture of the Little Sword Club.

Wu Lan listened to it three times in a row before she put down her earphones, calmed down her excitement, picked up the phone on the desk, and made three calls in a row.

The first call was to Zhang Zhongping, the person in charge of the review department, and his voice was crisp and clear: "Old Zhang, haven't you left yet? Well, I have a song for you, and I'll review it right away to see if it's original. I'll know the result tonight!"

Although she herself trusted Yu Dongqing, this was a necessary procedure.

The second call was to Wang Zheng, the director of "Jianghu Inn".

"Director Wang, we have re-made a soundtrack, and we will send it to you after reviewing it. You will be satisfied this time!" Wu Lan said excitedly.

The third one was for Yu Dongqing, with a gentle voice.

"Holly, I'm sorry to bother you now, but the song "Small Knife Overture" you wrote is very good, and the company decided to adopt it!"

"Oh, got it. Is there anything else? I'll just hang up. I'm having dinner with Tongtong." After speaking, Yu Dongqing hung up the phone.

This guy.
Wu Lan shook her head helplessly,
I was about to tell him how I felt, but I didn't expect to hang up the phone.

"Brother-in-law, who is calling?"

Mingmei drank coke, she heard a woman's voice, she was a little curious.

"Oh, it's Wu Lan, the music director of my company. She said that the soundtrack I wrote for the movie "Jianghu Inn" has been adopted by the company."

"Brother-in-law, are you starting to write songs again?" Mingmei was surprised.

"Um"

You know, my brother-in-law hasn't written a song for several years!

"Come on, brother-in-law, let's celebrate!" Ming Mei happily held up the Coke bottle.

"Father, auntie, I want it too!" Yu Tongtong hurriedly held up the milk tea, and the three of them had a happy drink together.

After eating fast food, Mingmei was about to go home, Yu Dong said he would drive her back, and the girl agreed.

Mingmei lives in Yanzi Hutong near Houhai, a small courtyard house handed down from her ancestors.

Yu Dongqing drove her to the entrance of the alley, and said with a smile, "I won't go in, lest your father dislike me."

"Brother-in-law." Mingmei said coquettishly, but she still sighed quietly and got out of the car.

"Bye bye, auntie." Yu Tongtong who was sitting in the back row said hastily.

"Tong Tong, be good, listen to your father, I will pick you up early to grandpa's house the day after tomorrow." Ming Mei replied, and after walking two steps, she suddenly thought of something and turned her head to look at Yu Dongqing.

"Brother-in-law, next month is Dad's birthday, can you come then? Although Dad has some opinions on you, but"

"I know." Yu Dongqing interrupted her: "Don't worry, I will come."

"That's good, bye." Mingmei smiled, turned and walked into the alley.

(End of this chapter)