Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 60 The Night of Houhai (please collect all kinds of tickets)
"The troupe is in a downturn. Many people have changed careers and resigned to go overseas. My father-in-law is one of them. He established the Huangdu Film and Television Center together with Zhang Jianjun, the current chairman of Huangdu Group. Later, it grew step by step, and finally planned to build a TV station, becoming the largest media center in China. one."

Oh.
With the changes of the times, opera has gradually lost its survival soil. The older generation watched and listened to operas since they were young. This was the main form of entertainment in their era.

Therefore, the people who really love opera are still mostly middle-aged and elderly people.However, when the older generation gradually passes away, there will be less and less soil for opera to survive, and it will gradually decline.

In fact, his mother-in-law, who sang very well in Peking opera Huadan, was forced to switch to playing the piano and became a middle school music teacher.

"Holly, if you really want to protect the Huayin old accent of your hometown, apply for world heritage or something, you are right to find my father-in-law. He knows many leaders of cultural departments." Finally, Luo Yun winked playfully.

"If given the chance, I would like to contribute to this."

After all, it is my hometown, and I grew up listening to the old tune.

The two chatted and chatted happily.

Houhai is an integral part of Shichahai. The night view is beautiful, the lights are lively, and the nearby bars are very lively, but the atmosphere by the lake is very quiet. The willow trees are still swaying in the summer wind. The orange-red street lamps are reflected in the water, just like the scenery of "24 bridges on a moonlit night".

Animus algae criss-cross the water, willow shadows float, and a few pieces of residual lotus float, making the lake water more mysterious and transparent at night.Going to the northwest along the coast, the bars gradually become scarce, and the singing in the distance gradually becomes inaudible. Standing on the shore and just looking at the water is quite fun in the middle of the noise.

Yu Dongqing suddenly remembered a song "Shichahai" sung by Li Jian in that time and space, and sang it softly.

The street where Shichahai used to live

Golden ginkgo leaves everywhere

River lights are on

night in the middle of the lake

but no swaying broken moon
Familiar music floats on board

Memories jump on distant strings

same story
different feeling

"Holly, what song are you singing? Why haven't I heard it before? Is it a new song?" Luo Yun sensed it keenly.

"It's a song about Shichahai. My father-in-law lives nearby. He used to take his children here for a stroll. He thought the night was beautiful, so he wrote a song." Yu Dongqing explained.

"The melody and lyrics are beautiful. I'll let you listen to the song when it's finished," Luo Yun urged.

Yu Dongqing had no choice but to continue singing softly.

same story
different feeling

Like the difference between the water and the shore
suddenly remembered
her look
when you say you love me

ripples in her eyes
Luo Yun listened quietly, and sighed after he finished singing: "Holly, have you noticed that the melody of the song you wrote aside, just the lyrics, it's almost a poem."

"Is "Learning to Meow" too?" Yu Dongqing asked rhetorically.

Luo Yun couldn't help laughing when he heard him blackmailing herself.

"That song is different. But Meow Meow is also very cute."

Yu Dongqing smiled and said nothing.

The two walked around Houhai Lake for a long time. Yu Dongqing was about to go home, but she heard Luo Yun say, "Dongqing, why don't we go to the bar again?"

"Huh?" Yu Dongqing looked at her.

"It's rare to come out for a while. I keep saying please but you always shirk." Luo Yun complained a little.

"Didn't you invite me to your house for dinner?"

"What's that? Just stir-fried a few home-cooked dishes to treat guests? Let's go to Houhai Bar Street, where there is a bar called Yuejie with a good atmosphere."

"Alright then." Yu Dongqing agreed.

Yuejie Bar.In the middle of Houhainan along the bar street, the two walked in. The store is not big, and it is relatively quiet inside. There is a singer on the stage holding a guitar and singing softly, which has a folk atmosphere.

The two sat across from each other at a table.

"What would you like to drink? There are two good cocktails here." Luo Yun introduced them enthusiastically.

"Houhai Sunshine and Don't Go Home Tonight, Houhai Sunshine is made with Bacardi White Rum, Morin Passion Fruit Syrup, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice and Oranges. The wonderful taste of Morin passion fruit syrup blends sweet and sour, which makes this cocktail taste richer."

"Don't Go Home Tonight" combines Bacardi 151 rum, tequila, Galliano and whiskey. "

Yu Dongqing smiled when she saw Luo Yun talking eloquently and with such eloquence. "It seems that you are a regular visitor here."

"Not really, it's my best friend Xia Qiong—the one you met at my house for dinner the other day. She likes to come to these places for flirting, and sometimes she pulls me over."

Yu Dongqing remembered.

That beautiful woman with a natural vixen face.

"As you wish," Yu Dongqing said.

"Then I suggest that you and I don't go home tonight. Houhai Sunshine is more suitable for us women to drink." Luo Yun said, and a waiter came over politely immediately, and Luo Yun ordered two glasses of cocktails.

Not long after, two glasses of cocktails were served, and Yu Dongqing slowly tasted them.

"What about us, does it taste good?" Luo Yun asked.

Yu Dongqing nodded.

The original Yu Dongqing in this time and space didn't like to drink cocktails too much, but in his original time and space, he drank too much of this stuff, and even saw that he was a little bored.

But the cocktails here are pretty good.

"Holly, I have a question for you." Luo Yun put down her glass and said suddenly.

"Ok?"

"Holly, you said that you have been interested in singing since you were a child, why didn't you directly apply for the Conservatory of Music?"

"Apply for the Conservatory of Music? My dad doesn't even allow me to sing with my grandpa, how dare I apply for the Conservatory of Music?" Yu Dongqing laughed.

"Why? I heard from my father-in-law that your grandfather is quite famous in your county. Why don't you let him follow suit?" Luo Yun asked curiously.

"Famous? In that special era, he sang it to affect production and promote feudal ideology! I heard from my dad that when he sang, people came to smash the scene, and even confiscated the theater box!"

"and after?"

"I had no choice but to adapt to the situation and set up a literary and art propaganda team for the village. According to Huayin's old singing style, I created some dramas that echoed the era, such as "Golden Flower and Silver Flower", "Ten Xuejiao Yulu", etc., and also produced some Positive social effects. But my grandpa still likes traditional dramas in his heart."

"Later, according to the requirements of the above, my grandfather carried out the work of transplanting the old melody of "Taking the Tiger Mountain Outwitted" and "Dujuan Mountain". The performance effect was very good, but did it stop later?"

"What?"

"Tampering up the model show and discrediting the heroes."

"You said like this, my family can let me learn to sing opera and sing." Yu Dongqing said lightly.

"Then you suffered a lot when you were young, right?" Luo Yun sympathized.

(End of this chapter)