Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 43 Young people are busy with sadness, middle-aged people are busy with sunshine
"Why? Can't you?" Yu Dongqing asked back.

"The Huabangzi Band is a relatively active rock band in China. It belongs to Pop rock (pop rock). I don't think the taste of rock is very strong. It's more like mainstream pop music with the addition of three major pieces of electroacoustics and guitar distortion. It is a result of weakening style characteristics and being close to the mainstream, and the rebellion is not strong, so I don’t like it very much.”

"Uncle, am I right?"

Finally, the girl asked modestly.

Well said.

When it comes to rock and roll, the thinking is clear and the talk is eloquent, why is it talking nonsense when it comes to folk songs?

"What you said is very good. Pop rock is more popular, with a pleasant tone and clear rhythm, so young people like to listen to it." Yu Dongqing replied.

"But I prefer to listen to heavy metal, especially death metal."

death metal?

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.Typically, down-pitched, heavily distorted guitars, deep-throat roaring vocals, and punchy, aggressive drumming.

In terms of the theme of the lyrics, death metal can involve violence, politics, religion, philosophy, nature and even science fiction themes.

In the original time and space, the death metal bands known to everyone in China may be Tomahawk and Underworld.

Yu Dongqing took another look at the girl wearing a black round neck T-shirt with a white skull printed on it, and seemed to understand something.

"Uncle, you definitely don't like death metal." The girl obviously belonged to the kind of girl who has nothing to say.

"Yes, I don't like it very much." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Life is only a few decades, so why make it look like bitterness and hatred? Wouldn't it be better to be happier?"

"Hey, after hearing your words, uncle, I suddenly remembered that someone in my circle of friends said such a sentence." The girl suddenly sighed.

"What?"

"Young people are busy with sorrow, middle-aged people are busy with sunshine."

I.
Yu Dongqing shut her mouth again.

It takes only half an hour to get off the expressway to Cuiyunshan International Tourism Resort, and it will arrive soon.Haven't entered the resort yet.Yu Dongqing saw a few men with long hair on the side of the road joking with Zhang Yang and the others. One of them was tall and bearded, and it was Lu Ping, the lead singer of Huabangzi.

Yu Dongqing hurriedly stopped the car on the side of the road and greeted her.

"Uncle, goodbye!" Seeing Yu Dongqing stop the car, the girl opened the car door and jumped down, waving her hands with the guitar on her back and disappearing.

Zhang Yang and the others also came over.

"Hey, Dongqing, who is that girl?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

"I don't know, I hitchhiked."

"Hey, I thought it was the girl I brought." Zhang Yang laughed.

Yu Dongqing glared at him, ignored him, and greeted Lu Ping behind him: "Hey, Lu Ping, and you guys, long time no see!"

"Yeah, long time no see." Lu Ping walked over with a big smile, hugged her, and said

"Holly, you're back. You've written a lot of good songs recently."

"Aren't I a joke? I know you guys dismissed that "Learn to Meow"." Yu Dongqing laughed.

"Haha, don't tell me, I really didn't expect you to write such a song, but what I'm talking about is not this one, but your "Love Song 1980" and "Love Song 1990". Back when we were in college when white clothes were fluttering, the essence of folk songs is deep."

"Hehe, but young people nowadays may not like to hear it."

"That's not necessarily the case. Look at so many young people here today, but they all like folk rock, don't talk about this! Dongqing, you hurry up and park the car, let's go drink later!" Lu Ping said.

The other three members of the Huabangzi band also smiled and hugged Yu Dongqing. After he drove the car to the parking lot and returned, they laughed and laughed together and went to a barbecue restaurant on Fengqing Street.

It was full of people who came to the music festival, and it was extremely noisy.

Beer, barbecue, cold dishes. All kinds of things are recommended, and the eight people chat while eating.

"How are you all these years? I feel much better than us." Zhang Yang asked with a cigarette in his mouth.

"That's right, at least you have been persisting, unlike us who have only been in business for a few years and then disbanded." Liu Yimin interjected, with a look of regret when he said this.

Yes, the disbandment of the band is the biggest regret for him.

So later he used his old house to open the Shili Peach Blossom Tavern, and it was a kind of comfort to play folk songs.

"Yes. We have persisted." Lu Ping drank a big mouthful of beer, his face quite proud, and suddenly changed the subject:
"But, do you know how we got here in the first few years after graduation?"

"We were all young in those years. I remember a singer named Yangkao came from Xiangjiang, and he followed us to go clubbing and go out."

"One time during a meal, he curiously said to me: You look a lot like you sing when you eat.

"How does it look like?"

"They're all very...ruthless, are they the characteristics of Yanjing Rock?" He asked curiously.

"Guess how I'll answer?" Lu Ping made a fool of himself.

"How do you answer?" Even Du Hui was a little curious.

"I said, no, Yanjing Rock is not ruthless."

"what is that?
"It's poor."

After hearing Lu Ping's words, everyone fell silent.

Yes
Wasn't their band forced to disband because they were poor?

"However, the situation is much better now than before. At least we won't have one meal without another meal." Lu Ping said with a smile: "Look, we can still sit together, drink and eat skewers. Say yes, I'll treat this meal!"

"Yeah..." Zhang Yang was upset when he heard it: "Brother, I told you that I'm a treat, why are you cutting me off?"

Lu Ping laughed loudly when he heard it: "Okay, buddy, you treat guests today, and when the music festival is over, I will treat you!"

Since Lu Ping and the others had a performance tonight, they didn't dare to drink too much. They left in a hurry after eating. At this time, Liu Yimin, who hadn't spoken just now, said, "Lu Ping is not married yet."

"Ok?"

"It's still poor. A rock band like them can't follow the mainstream commercial path. They are doomed to wander underground, going to small theaters, singing in bars, and all the money they earn is invested in music." Liu Yimin said.

"Hey, I remember that he had a girlfriend who had been with him for eight years? The two loved each other to death, and that girl broke up with her family because of him." Du Hui interjected.

"Suicide." Liu Yimin replied in a low voice.

"Suicide?!" Yu Dongqing was startled when he heard that, and the others also looked at Liu Yimin.

"I don't know exactly what I would like to do. Some people say that there is something wrong with my spirit. This is the pain of Lu Ping's life. It's hard to ask in detail as a friend." Liu Yimin lit a cigarette and continued: "

"My friend said that the girl said something before she left: There are a hundred ways to commit suicide, one of which is to marry someone who sings rock and roll, and you are guaranteed to die happily, painfully and quickly."

Hey.
Everyone didn't know what to say and fell into silence.

　Today is New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and wish you all success!Starting tomorrow, there will be the first round of recommendations. I hope you will support me a lot. Send me more tickets. I will add more.

　　


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