Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Time passed by so lightly. It’s August, and the weather in Yanjing is extremely hot. It rained several times in the first few days, and it was still very cool. Then it suddenly turned into a high temperature, and the "sunny and hot" mode was turned on. The sky was very clear, and the sunshine was particularly abundant. There is almost no wind, and the slightest bit of wind is also hot.

Yu Dongqing went to Lijing Records to sign a song copyright agreement and went to work over and over again.

Fortunately, the air conditioning in the office is very strong, making people forget about the sauna day outside.

This morning, not long after he started working, Yu Dongqing was called to his office by Wu Lan and made him a cup of chrysanthemum herbal tea with a smile on his face.

"Holly, I have something else to tell you,"

"Are you writing songs? And for whom? I know that every time you tell me something, you are writing songs." Yu Dongqing joked.

"Oh, you guessed it right. But this time I am writing a theme song for a TV series." Wu Lan said.

"Director Lu from Huangdu Film and Television Media is preparing to shoot a martial arts TV series called "Martial Arts Heroes". He said that the soundtrack "Knife Club Overture" you wrote for "Jianghu Inn" is very good, so he asked you by name to give him this TV series. Write a theme song.”

Yu Dongqing knew that Director Lu, named Lu Yongru, was a relatively famous TV drama director in this time and space. He liked to make martial arts dramas, and he was a bit like Zhang Jizhong in the original time and space.

Wu Lan also gave Yu Dongqing the script of "Martial Arts Heroes". Yu Dongqing took it and read it and suddenly lost interest.

It tells the story of martial arts people who served their country loyally in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is a bit like the original Once Upon a Time series in that time and space.

Not to mention the plot, the martial arts scenes are extremely crude, just like the martial arts films produced by Shaw Brothers in the 1970s.

The martial arts routines of Shaw Brothers dramas are derived from Huangmei Opera movies, and the scenery and main tone are also shaped on the basis of Huangmei Opera. The characters and storylines in the movie originate from drama and are higher than drama, but they cannot escape the Huangmei Opera sample and exist independently; so many fighting scenes and storylines in the movie give people more stage effects.

Yu Dongqing really couldn't stand it.

Yu Dongqing secretly regretted the last time she scored "Little Knife Club Overture" for that bad movie "Jianghu Inn".

Such a good song goes with such a trashy movie. If the composer Shang Yi knew about it, the coffin board might not be able to hold it down. Would he have traveled through time and hacked people with a 40-meter-long sword?

Therefore, the reason why Yu Dongqing decided to shirk cannot be directly stated.

"Wu Lan, the weather has been sultry recently. I've been so dizzy all day that I can't think of writing?" Yu Dongqing looked depressed and pretended to pinch her temples.

"To be honest, I wrote several songs in succession some time ago, which took a lot of energy from me and now I have no inspiration."

A few days ago, I asked you to write another song for Ai Tong that is suitable for him to sing, and you resisted in the same way!

Wu Lan was a little dissatisfied with Yu Dongqing's attitude, but there was nothing she could do about it.

After all, creation really requires inspiration, and I really can’t write any good music if I’m not in the right state.

"Wu Lan, why don't you find Fang Jinsong? He has written a lot of martial arts songs and is very experienced. Maybe he can write a hit song this time." Yu Dongqing came up with an idea.

snort.

Wu Lan rolled her eyes at him.

If you want to be lazy, ask others to support you.

But apart from Yu Dongqing, Fang Jinsong is the only one in the company who writes martial arts drama theme songs.

He seems a bit silent recently, why not let him try?

If it can be written well, Director Lu doesn't care who writes it.

Thinking of this, Wu Lan and Yan Yuese said that you should take a good rest recently to recharge your batteries.

"Do I want to give you a week off?" Wu Lan finally asked with concern.

"What I wish for!"

Yu Dongqing answered immediately.

"Then you have to promise me one thing. If I ask you to write a song next time, you can't shirk it anymore!" Wu Lan said.

"I can only say try my best." Yu Dongqing returned lazily.

On such a hot day, it is really painful to run all the way to and from get off work. Wearing a small vest and big pants makes you feel more at ease at home!

Then it would be even more fun to take my baby daughter to swim and play in the water.

So, Yu Dongqing started taking a vacation.

Besides, after Yu Dongqing left the office, Wu Lan immediately called Fang Jin and asked him to come to his office.

Fang Jinsong has been a little depressed recently.

Normally, I am the best in writing lyrics and music within Jinye Records, but recently I have been overshadowed by Yu Dongqing, and he is not a professional music writer, just a music editor!

But this also makes him lose his temper. Those songs written by others are really popular, and you can't help but accept it, so he hopes to write a good song himself.

So this time Wu Lan called him over and gave him this task. He happily accepted it without saying a word.

Finally, Wu Lan gave a few words of encouragement: "Jinsong, you know, Director Lu is a famous film and television director in our country. He is very popular especially in martial arts dramas. I hope you can write good songs and add beauty to the entire TV series!" "

"Don't worry, Director Wu, I will definitely write a hit song this time!" Fang Jinsong was gearing up and full of confidence.

"Well, I'm optimistic about you!"

So, while Yu Dongqing was having a leisurely vacation, Fang Jinsong locked himself in the office and began to create passionately.

After going through a large number of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign famous songs, and after several nights of painstaking research, I finally wrote a martial arts-flavored song "Martial Arts Hero"!

He felt very satisfied.

Look at how impassioned the lyrics are:

The sky is blue and the water is far away,

Climb Jieshi to watch the tide.

Infinite country, countless heroes compete to bend,

Sigh for loyalty and treachery, all the waves are gone.

Wearing a three-foot sword, the road is thousands of miles away, and there is so much blood raining down.

Tenderness has cherished the wind and moon since ancient times,

Grandeur has always shaken the sky.

There is a rolling dust of mortals, and when the beautiful woman looks back, how can she say she is lonely?

My blood boiled when I saw it.

First, he sent the song to Xiong Zhenghai, the deputy music director with whom he had a good relationship, and asked him to check it. After getting approval, he sent it to Wu Lan.

Wu Lan listened carefully several times and felt that it was pretty good. It was much better than the songs he had written some time ago, so he called Director Lu and sent the song to him for him to listen to first.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Wu Lan received a call from the other party: "Director Wu, this song was not written by Yu Dongqing, right?"

"How do you know?" Wu Lan was a little surprised. She didn't say who the songwriter was. If the other party agreed, she would say it was written by Fang Jinsong, so that she could communicate. She didn't expect the other party to hear it.

"Director Wu, I have carefully studied the song "Little Knife Club Overture" written by Yu Dongqing. It uses a lot of folk music, including the tones that tend to be on the pentatonic scale, and the two notes 4 and 7 are rarely used."

On the phone, Lu Yongru explained his reasons in one breath: "As for this song "Martial Arts Heroes", although the soundtrack also uses a lot of traditional musical instruments such as drums and erhu, its melody is still Western-oriented! Am I right?"

Ah?

I can’t believe that you, a director, have such a deep understanding of music!

Wu Lan then remembered that Lu Yongru once worked as a film sound effects designer when he was not a director!

Wu Lan decided to tell the truth.

"I found Yu Dongqing, but he was on vacation during this period, and he said he had no inspiration and couldn't write anything recently."

"This song was written by Fang Jinsong from our company. You have heard his name before. He is also an excellent musician, especially good at martial arts songs! But as far as this song is concerned, you need a majestic musical atmosphere , he also wrote it out, right?"

Wu Lan said finally.

Lu Yongru on the other side of the phone hesitated.

To be fair, this "Martial Arts Hero" song is well written and can be said to be better than most popular martial arts songs on the market.

But in Lu Yongru's heart, he always felt that something was missing.

But since Wu Lan said so, he seemed to have no reason to refuse.