Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry.

Chapter 497 "Hotel California"

This year, her daughter Yu Tongtong graduated from the third year of junior high school and was successfully admitted to the high school attached to the Academy of Music. There was no homework during the holidays. Yu Dongqing fulfilled her promise and took her daughter to the United States to have fun for a while.

Naturally, Mingmei wanted to go, but this time she didn't bring her precious son Yu Xinle with her, just to wean him completely.

Lele is now over one and a half years old. According to normal circumstances, children should be weaned between one and one and a half years old.But when her son cried, Mingmei became a little bit ruthless, and she had enough milk, so she dragged on intermittently until now.

We couldn't drag it on any longer, so the whole family discussed it and decided to take advantage of this trip and separate the mother and son for more than 20 days to completely resolve the matter.

Otherwise, Mingmei would really be reluctant to leave her son for such a long time.

When Li Wan called, Yu Dongqing's family of three were happily visiting Times Square in New York.

Times Square in New York is not big, far inferior to Tiananmen Square, and what interests Yu Dongqing is Broadway.

Dozens of song and dance theatres, cinemas, music theaters, "Songs and Swallows Dance" all night.Classical and modern coexist, music and singing and dancing are on the same stage.

Yu Dongqing is going to take her daughter to a piano recital.

When he saw the call from Li Wan, he answered it.

"Holly, have fun in America."

"Not bad, is there anything wrong?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"I didn't want to disturb your family's vacation, but if I don't say a few words, I feel bad that "Dong Xi Xi Du" is about to be pulled from the theaters!"

"So fast? How much is the box office now?"

"About 4 million."

"Not bad." Yu Dongqing laughed after hearing this: "It's much better than expected, and I didn't lose much."

"Sigh, you could have saved your capital or even made a profit, but you made a mess of your editing." Li Wan felt uncomfortable when he thought of Yu Dongqing's intentionally messing up the timeline in his post-production.

In the past, what was edited was not film, but hundreds of yuan bills.

Of course, calling Yu Dongqing now is not just to say a few words to relieve the fire in his heart, there are other things.

"Holly, don't sign up for the Golden Horse Awards for this movie, let's play big." Li Wan said.

"Play a big one?"

"Go straight to the three major film festivals! The Golden Lion Award in Venice has missed the registration time, and the Golden Bear Award in Berlin is boring because of politics. Let's directly sign up to participate in the main competition of Cannes Film Festival next April, and strive to win the "Golden Palm" Award "Back!"

"Okay, I have nothing to say."

According to the Cannes Film Festival film entry criteria, there are three hard indicators:
1. The film must be produced within twelve months before the Cannes Film Festival;

2. Limited distribution of the film outside the country of origin;

3. The film has not been shown in any international film event, whether in competition or out of competition;
Therefore, I will not be able to participate in the Golden Horse Awards competition at the end of this year.

In fact, Yu Dongqing doesn't care.

Making movies by myself is not for winning awards, but for fun.

"Okay, I'll prepare the materials and submit them to the relevant units for approval. Have fun, don't bother me, goodbye."

"Goodbye"

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and told Mingmei about the matter.

Mingmei is not surprised by this box office result. Literary films are like this. If everyone likes to watch them and can understand them, it is not called a literary film.

All she cares about is getting the Cannes Film Festival.

"Husband, this movie will definitely win an award!"

is it?

In fact, it really doesn't matter to Yu Dongqing whether she wins an award or not.

In the original time and space, those who pursued this award and that award do not have this idea now.

Making movies is just a hobby for him.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have made "Evil, West Poison" because I liked it.

"Let's go." Yu Dongqing patted Mingmei's shoulder lightly.

"Accompany Tongtong to the concert in a while, and there will be a movie in the evening."

Yu Dongqing's family of three toured the United States with great interest, saw Nicaragua Falls, Yellowstone Park, and then came to San Francisco on the west coast, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, and the last stop was Los Angeles. They wanted to visit Los Angeles.

From San Francisco to Los Angeles, Yu Dongqing did not choose a plane or a train, but a self-driving tour—because the road from San Francisco to Los Angeles is called Highway [-], and it is known as the most beautiful coastline self-driving route in the United States.

This road is close to the sea, and all you can see are the scenery of mountains and seas and small towns. Yu Dongqing specially rented a Beetle car, wearing a floral shirt and sunglasses, and headed south all the way.

One side faces the vast Pacific Ocean, and the back is against the Rocky Mountains.On one side, there are rough seas and sails; on the other side, there are cliffs and mountains, surrounded by green mountains, blowing the summer sea breeze, feeling exotic customs, and the family of three are in a happy mood.

Even Mingmei couldn't help humming an American country folk song:
Look, the sea is coming

we have been through a thousand dangers

but still have to wait
Waiting for better days to come
Wait for us to ride the wind in the singing
Good to hear.

"Dad, Dad, you can sing a song too." Said Yu Tongtong who was sitting next to Mingmei.

Yu Dongqing looked at the scenery outside the window, and suddenly said out of nowhere: "Mingmei, do you know where the town of Todos Santos in Southern California is?"

"I've never heard of it, let me check it out for you." Mingmei took out her phone and said within a few minutes: "Google Maps shows that it's more than 30 kilometers away from here, a very inconspicuous town on the edge of the desert—how do you know this?"

Why don't you know?
That is the location of the hotel described in the famous song "Hotel California" by the American Eagles.

Of course some people say it's fake.

However, this does not affect the popularity here. Thousands of fans and musicians flock here every year due to the influence of the Eagles, gradually becoming a very distinctive tourist town.

In this time and space, without the Eagles, this small town would be unknown.

And that song "Hotel California."

"It's okay, I'm just asking casually." After Yu Dongqing finished speaking, he hummed softly.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Cool wind blows hair on dark desert highway

Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
The warm smell of cannabis permeates the air

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Far ahead, I see flickering lights

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night
My head starts to sink and my vision starts to blur and I have to park for the night

There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell
She stood in the foyer, the sacred bells faintly audible

And I was thinking to myself, 'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
I thought to myself, "Here may be heaven, maybe hell"

It's that "Hotel California"!
After hearing Yu Dongqing finish humming the song, Mingmei was very surprised: "Husband, your tune is both folk and rock. It's very nice, but your lyrics are a bit too dark. If you write it out, I'm afraid it won't work."

"I just hum casually." Yu Dongqing laughed.

Yu Dongqing and his family drove for three days from San Francisco to Los Angeles, about 600 kilometers away, playing while walking, and arrived in Los Angeles at dusk.

Came here mainly to see Hollywood.

Same as the original time and space, both Yu Dongqing and Mingmei wanted to visit the world-famous movie center here.

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