Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry.

Chapter 499 Help Write Theme Song For Hollywood Blockbuster
The next day, Yu Dongqing's family of three started to play in Los Angeles.

As the largest city in the western United States, known as the "City of Angels", there are many interesting places, such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Beach, Disneyland
The family of three played happily.

At night, Yu Dongqing took a shower and went to bed, but Mingmei gently hugged Yu Dongqing's neck.

"Honey, I want it." Mingmei's voice was gentle and charming,

"Tongtong is next door." Yu Dongqing said in a low voice.

"Let's keep our voice down."

Just when Yu Dongqing was with the bright spring breeze, a bar in Chinatown not far from the hotel was full of voices.

It turned out that the crew of "Road Warrior" was finished, and director Smith specially invited everyone to come here to play, and of course Li Yunjie was also there.

In fact, Li Yunjie didn't like this kind of atmosphere very much, the half-naked dancers, and the smell of marijuana in the air, but he came to America not long ago and needed to adapt to this kind of life.

While others sang and danced wildly, he sat alone on a high stool and drank beer silently.

"Jack, why don't you go dancing?" Someone greeted him in English. Li Yunjie looked back and saw a bearded man holding a bottle of beer. It was Director Smith.

"Director Smith, I'm not very good at it." Li Yunjie replied in not too standard English.

"Oriental people are humble, which is completely different from your performance in the play." Smith sat down on the high stool beside him, took a sip of beer and said to Li Yunjie.

"Jack, don't be discouraged, you can make a name for yourself in Hollywood with your fists and kicks. I'm very optimistic about you."

"Thank you, thank you." Li Yunjie said.

Smith left a good impression on him, speaking heartily, unlike some people who show condescension and arrogance in front of Asian actors, and he is quite caring in the crew.

Because of his admiration for Li Yun's kung fu, he temporarily added several sets of shots for him in the play, but whether it will be cut in the future, even Smith doesn't know.

The filmmaking model in Hollywood is different from that in China. In China, most of them are director-centered, but Hollywood implements a producer-centered system.

The power of the director is relatively small, but the power of the producer is great. The choice of themes, the determination of the film crew, as well as the choice of shooting angle and editing are all decided by the producer!

However, Li Yunjie is very grateful.

"Director Smith, I congratulate you on making this movie a hit at the box office!" Li Yunjie also raised his beer glass, and the two touched each other.

"Thank you. Jack, to tell you the truth, I'm still worried." Smith sighed.

"What are you worried about?" Li Yunjie asked curiously.

"Hey soundtrack!"

It turned out that Smith and the producer William had a dispute over the theme song of the movie. William saw the famous rock song "Let's Go Tomorrow Morning" written by the famous domestic musician Paul, and planned to make the theme song of the movie, but Smith disagreed. .

It's not that this song is bad, but that this song has been used as the theme song or soundtrack of several movies, and Smith wants to use a new song.

But I asked someone to write several poems, but Smith was not satisfied.

Hearing this, Li Yunjie's heart moved, and he said: "Mr. Smith, my friend, Mr. Yu Dongqing, a famous musician in our country, is traveling in Los Angeles now. Why don't you ask him to write a theme song?"

"Yu Dongqing?"

"He is not only a famous musician in our country, but also a director. The film "Swordsman" has a box office of 60 billion yuan."

""Swordsman"? (The English name of the movie Swordsman) I have seen it, you are the main character in it, and your skills are very good!"

"It's better to be guided by Mr. Yu." Li Yunjie said modestly, and then said that the dubbing and theme songs in the movie were all written by Yu Dongqing, which made Smith immediately interested.

"Did Mr. Yu Dongqing also write an English song called "Scarborough Fair" and an Italian song "Beautiful Girl"?"

"Yes, but these two songs are not very popular in our country."

"But in America it's very welcome! Especially that song "Scarborough Fair" is just so beautiful!" exclaimed Smith.

"Dear Jack, please contact him immediately!"

It's too late?

Liu Yunjie looked at his watch and it was already 11:30, so he probably had a rest already.

"It's too late to bother you. I'll call him tomorrow morning."

"OK!"

At eight o'clock the next morning, Yu Dongqing's family woke up to take a shower. Yu Dongqing was shaving in front of the mirror in the bathroom when the cell phone on the coffee table in the living room suddenly rang.

"Honey, it's Li Yunjie calling." Ming Mei said in the living room.

He called?

"You help me take it."

"Ok."

Yu Dongqing continued to shave in front of the mirror, when she heard Mingmei talk to Li Yunjie on the phone for a while, and when he finished shaving and washing his face, he came to the living room.

Mingmei said to him: "Husband, Li Yunjie asked you to write a theme song for the movie he made on the phone."

Mingmei told Yu Dongqing the details of the phone call.

This is it.
According to the plan, I will play another day today, and I will fly back to China tomorrow night. It is really troublesome to pick up work.

"Husband, Smith is a relatively well-known director in the United States, and he likes to use Asian actors, especially us Chinese actors." Mingmei said: "I have seen his films, and they are not bad.

is it?

"Dad, didn't you hum an English song that day while driving? I think the melody is very good. Didn't Uncle Li say that he made a road movie? I think it's very suitable." At this time, Yu Tongtong next to him said .

"California hotel"?
It's okay.

"Okay, contact Li Yunjie, I'll see Director Smith."

In a coffee shop called Urth Caffe in Los Angeles, Yu Dongqing, Mingmei, and Yu Tongtong met Smith.

This cafe is quite high-grade, and there is a small band singing American country folk songs.

Li Yunjie and his manager Wang Dongming accompanied him.There is also a white man wearing glasses, who is William, the producer of this film. He is gentle, but there is a hint of arrogance in his eyes inadvertently.

He was dragged here by Smith, of course he also wanted to meet this musician from China.

After everyone sat down and introduced each other, Smith couldn't wait to briefly tell the storyline of the movie he was filming, and asked Yu Dongqing to write a movie theme song.

"Mr. Yu, write a travel-related rock-style song that fits the style of this movie." Smith requested.

Yu Dongqing nodded, and was just about to speak, when William suddenly spoke, with a polite but arrogant tone: "Mr. Yu, may I ask you, have you ever written a rock song?"

What the hell!

What does this mean?
Yu Dongqing hadn't spoken yet, but Mingmei was unhappy, and her tone was a little cold.

"Mr. William, my husband has an unparalleled talent in music. I can proudly say that there is no type of song that he cannot write."

oops
Daughter-in-law, don't say that, others will laugh at your arrogance.

Sure enough, William chuckled: "Dear Ms. Ming, I know you are proud of your husband, but unfortunately, there is no such all-rounder in this world."

"As far as I know, Mr. Yu is good at folk songs and pop songs, and he also has a lot of research on your Chinese pentatonic scale. As for rock and roll."

Having said this, William took a sip from his coffee cup and didn't continue.

"Uncle, what you said is wrong, my father can write rock songs!" Yu Tongtong said suddenly, also speaking English.

"Oh, this beautiful girl, what rock songs did your dad write?" William asked with a smile.

Yu Tongtong snorted and started singing.

On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair
The warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
It was the song "Hotel California" that Yu Dongqing sang on the road!
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