Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two left the Minghui Tea House and drove back.

It was already six o'clock when we got home. Meimei was not at home. She was expected to come over with Tongtong in the evening. Yu Dongqing took out the phone from his pocket and found that there were several missed calls, one of which was from Xiangjiang Zhou Fanming.

Why is he calling me?

After all, the two of them haven't gotten to know each other well enough to chat on the phone.

But he had already thought of the reason, so he called back, and the call was quickly connected.

At this time, Zhou Fanming was working overtime at night, so he invited several subordinates to have dinner at a nearby food stall. When he saw the call from Yu Dongqing, he answered it.

Seeing Zhou Fanming on the phone, the other people stopped talking.

"Mr. Yu, have you been busy lately? I called you at noon but you didn't reply." Zhou Fanming said.

"Sorry, I was drinking tea with friends this afternoon and my phone was muted." Yu Dongqing apologized.

"It's okay, let's have tea. Okay, Mr. Xia and I are waiting for you to come to Xiangjiang, and we'll have afternoon tea together."

"You have a chance, Director Jay, do you have anything to do with me?"

"They are the three theme songs of the movie. I wonder if you have written the Cantonese version lyrics?"

"Actually, you only need one song, right? I'll send you the Cantonese version of the lyrics to "Laughing in the Red Dust" soon," Yu Dongqing said.

Hearing this, Zhou Fanming on the other side of the phone became a little anxious.

Are the rest in Mandarin?

He hurriedly said: "One? What about "A Laugh in the Sea" and "Only Remember the Laughter of Today"? You can't help but write it? The songs you write yourself are the most interesting if you write the lyrics yourself!"

"Haha, Jay Chou, can you sing those two songs in Cantonese?"

After hearing this, Zhou Fanming hurriedly said to Xu Changsheng next to him: "Lyrics! Lyrics!"

"Dr. Jay, what lyrics?" Xu Changsheng was confused.

"It's the lyrics of the song "A Laugh in the Sea"!"

After all, as I get older, I can sing the melody, but I can’t remember the words once or twice.

Hearing what the boss said, Xu Changsheng hurriedly took out his mobile phone to call up the lyrics and handed it to Zhou Fanming.

"you sing!"

"Dr. Zhou, this is a Mandarin word. I don't speak Mandarin." Xu Changsheng said with a bitter smile.

"Stupid, sing in Cantonese!"

Are Mandarin words sung in Cantonese?

What's this?

But when the boss says something, how dare you not sing?

So I bit the bullet and sang in Cantonese.

A laugh from the sea

The tide surges across the Taiwan Strait

Ups and downs, follow the waves, only remember the present moment

Huh.

There seems to be no problem with pronunciation in Cantonese.

It rhymes very smoothly and doesn't go against the grain at all.

"Chou, this word can be sung in Cantonese! No need for Mr. Yu to write it!" Xu Changsheng said excitedly.

Zhou Fanming also heard it and hurriedly took his mobile phone and said: "Mr. Yu, you are really amazing! You can sing the same lyrics in Mandarin and Cantonese. There is no one before or since. I really admire you."

"Haha, you've given me too much praise, so let's do this."

"Okay, don't worry, Mr. Yu, I will find a suitable singer to sing this song! As for the transfer of song copyright, I will follow the old rules!"

"Okay, let's contact our manager, Ms. Yang, to arrange it. Goodbye."

"goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Fanming sighed.

"Excellent in both Mandarin and Cantonese! Why are we not from Xiangjiang? Look at the younger generation of songwriters in Xiangjiang now. I'm really worried that if Xia Wenxi's generation is gone, what will happen to Xiangjiang's music?"

Subordinates, you look at me, I look at you, no one can answer.

However, Zhou Fanming is not a person who mourns spring and autumn. He immediately said to Xu Changsheng: "When you go to work tomorrow, immediately arrange for singers to sing these two songs. As for the arrangement, let's follow Mr. Yu's."

"Okay, Jay Chou, I think the song "A Laugh in the Sea" should be sung by the Tongguang Band. They are very suitable for singing this kind of more atmospheric songs."

Zhou Fanming remembered that Tongguang Band was one of the few bands with a rock flavor in the company and even in Hong Kong. In the past two years, they became famous with the song "Broad Sea and Sky" written by Yu Dongqing, and later signed a contract with Times Records, a subsidiary of Huanyu.

"Okay, let them sing."

Besides, Yu Dongqing was not hungry after hanging up the phone, so she went to the study room to write the Cantonese lyrics of "Laughing in the Red Dust".

There was it in the original time and space.

The music is also composed by Li Zongsheng, but the lyrics are not written by Li Manting from Baodao, but Pan Weiyuan from Xiangjiang. The song is called "Be Real Me" and was also sung by Chen Shuye.

The lyrics are also very well written:

I wish that wind was me

I wish that month was me

Flying flowers in the willow bottom are me

Singing over wine

Be a free and easy me

Yu Dongqing hummed the song while writing, and quickly wrote the lyrics.

Just as he was writing this, the door opened, and Mingliang came back with Yu Tongtong.

Seeing that the light in the study was on, Meimei walked in.

"Brother-in-law, why didn't you answer my call?"

"Set the sound mode for tea drinking and forgot about it."

"Oh, have you eaten? I'll cook it for you."

"No, I'm not hungry after drinking tea."

"What if I don't have dinner? How about I order some crayfish for you to have takeaway?"

At this time Yu Tongtong intervened.

"Auntie, please order more. My dad must be hungry."

I'm hungry?

I guess you are greedy?

Greedy little cat!

Yu Dongqing didn't care either.

"Brother-in-law, are you writing a song?"

Meimei looked at the lyrics on the computer screen.

"Yes, the Cantonese version of the lyrics of "Laughing in the Red Dust". As for "A Laugh in the Sea" and the song you sang, it can also be sung in Cantonese and there is no need to change it."

"Actually, my brother-in-law, I really like the lyrics of "Laughing in the Red Dust". I think they are better than your Cantonese lyrics!"

Do you feel this way too?

Yu Dongqing also feels the same way.

In the original time and space, there were few songs with Mandarin lyrics that could surpass Cantonese lyrics.

"If you like "Laughing in the Red Dust", then you can sing it. You don't sing Cantonese songs anyway." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

"Dad, I like the song "Just Remember to Laugh Today" sung by my aunt," Yu Tongtong interrupted.

Before Yu Dongqing could reply, Mingliang said: "Brother-in-law, online fans of the song "Just Remember to Laugh Now" said the arrangement was not good!"

"The arrangement is not good?"

"They said that the contrast between the prelude and the back part was too great. The first part gave people the impression that Dongfang Invincible came on stage in a domineering manner, but the result was that they were participating in a bonfire party."

ah?

Yu Dongqing laughed loudly after hearing this.

It does make some sense.

"It was originally a bonfire party."

There is a campfire party scene in "The Undefeated". The song "Laughing at the Red Dust" is paired with the scene of Ming Ming playing and singing barefoot. The Eastern leader who puts on women's clothing is bright, beautiful, and carefree.

No worse than Brigitte Lin.

A few people chatted and laughed for a while, then the crayfish they ordered was delivered, and the three of them started eating.

In fact, the main reason is that Yu Tongtong eats more, but Yu Dongqing eats the least.

Mingming is also greedy, but also worried that she will gain weight if she eats too much, and worries about gains and losses.

"Meiliang, let me tell you something." Yu Dongqing suddenly remembered Li Wan's afternoon invitation and briefly told what happened.

"My senior fellow is quite interesting." Meiliang smiled after hearing this.

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