Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"What? Isn't it possible?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"Huabangzi is a relatively active rock band in China. It belongs to Pop rock. I don't think the rock flavor is very strong. It's more like mainstream pop music with the addition of electroacoustic elements and guitar distortion. It It is a result of weakening the style characteristics and getting closer to the mainstream. It is not very rebellious and I don’t like it very much.”

"Uncle, am I right?"

Finally, the girl asked very humbly.

That's very well said.

When it comes to rock music, you have clear ideas and can talk eloquently, but why do you talk nonsense when it comes to folk songs?

"What you said is quite good. Pop rock is more popular, with pleasant tones and bright rhythms, so young people generally like to listen to it." Yu Dongqing replied.

"But I prefer listening to heavy metal, especially death metal."

Death metal?

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Typically, down-tuned, heavily distorted guitars, deep-throated growling vocals, and powerful, aggressive drumming are used.

In terms of lyrical themes, death metal will involve violence, politics, religion, philosophy, nature and even science fiction themes.

In the original time and space, the death metal bands that everyone in China knew were probably Tomahawk and Underworld.

Yu Dongqing took another look at the black round-neck T-shirt the girl was wearing with a white skull printed on it, and seemed to understand something.

"Uncle, you definitely don't like death metal." The girl is obviously the kind of girl who has nothing to say.

"Yes, I don't like it very much." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Life is only a few decades, why do you need to be bitter and resentful? Wouldn't it be better to be happy?"

"Hey, uncle, after hearing what you said, I suddenly remembered that someone in my circle of friends said this." The girl suddenly sighed.

"What words?"

"Young people are busy with sadness, while middle-aged people are busy with sunshine."

I.

Yu Dongqing shut her mouth again.

After getting off the expressway, it's only half an hour away from Cuiyunshan International Tourism Resort, so you'll arrive quickly. We haven’t entered the resort yet. Yu Dongqing saw several men with long hair on the side of the road joking with Zhang Yang and the others. One of them, a tall man with a beard, was Lu Ping, the lead singer of the band Huabangzi.

Yu Dongqing quickly stopped the car on the side of the road and said hello.

"Uncle, goodbye!" When the girl saw Yu Dongqing parked the car, she opened the car door and jumped out. She waved her hands and carried the guitar on her back and disappeared in a flash.

Zhang Yang and the others also came over.

"Hey, Dongqing, who is that girl?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

"I don't know, just a hitchhiker."

"Hey, I thought it was the girl I brought here." Zhang Yang said with a smile.

Yu Dongqing glared at him, ignored him, and greeted Lu Ping behind him: "Hi, Lu Ping, and these two buddies, long time no see!"

"Yeah, long time no see." Lu Ping laughed and walked over, hugged her and said

"Holly, I'm back. I've written a lot of good songs recently."

"Aren't you kidding me? I know you disdain that "Learning to Meow"." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

"Haha, don't tell me, I really didn't expect you to write such a song, but I'm not talking about this song, but the "Love Song 1980" and "Love Song 1990" you wrote. Back when we were in college, when our white clothes were fluttering, we learned the essence of folk songs."

"Haha, but today's young people may not like to hear it."

"That's not necessarily true. Look at so many young people here today, but they all like folk rock, not to mention this! Dongqing, please park the car quickly, let's go have a drink later!" Lu Ping said.

The other three members of the Huabangzi band also smiled and hugged Yu Dongqing. When he drove the car to the parking lot and returned, they laughed and laughed together at a barbecue restaurant on Fengqing Street.

It was full of people coming to attend the music festival, and it was extremely noisy.

Beer, barbecue, cold dishes, all kinds of things were highly recommended, and the eight of them chatted while eating.

"How are you all these years? I feel much better than us." Zhang Yang asked, holding a cigarette in his mouth.

"That's right, at least you have been persisting, unlike us who disbanded after only a few years." Liu Yimin interrupted, saying this with a look of regret.

Yes, the breakup of the band was his biggest regret.

So later he used his old house to open the Shili Peach Blossom Bistro, and writing folk songs was a kind of comfort.

"Yes. We persevered." Lu Ping took a big sip of beer and looked quite proud. Suddenly the topic changed:

"But, do you know how we came here in the first few years after graduation?"

"We were all still young in those years. I remember a singer named Yangkao who came from Xiangjiang and followed us to go clubbing and have sex."

“One time while eating, he curiously said to me: The way you eat looks very similar to the way you sing.

"how to think?"

"They are all very... ruthless. Is this a characteristic of Yanjing Rock?" he asked curiously.

"How do you think I will answer?" Lu Ping hesitated.

"How do you answer?" Even Du Hui was a little curious.

"I said, no, the characteristic of Yanjing Rock is not ruthlessness."

"what is that?

"It's poverty."

After hearing Lu Ping's words, everyone fell silent.

yes

Wasn't their band forced to disband because of poverty?

"However, the situation is much better now than before. At least we won't have to wait for one meal." Lu Ping said with a smile: "Look, we can still sit and drink together and have skewers. Let's agree, I'll treat you to this meal!"

"Yes" Zhang Yang was not happy when he heard this: "Brother, I said I was treating you, why did you cut it off?"

Lu Ping laughed loudly when he heard this: "Okay, buddy, you are treating me today, and I will treat you when the festival is over!"

Since Lu Ping and the others had a performance tonight, they did not dare to drink too much. After a few people finished eating, they left in a hurry. At this time, Liu Yimin, who had been silent just now, said: "Lu Ping is not married yet."

"Um?"

"They are still poor. Rock bands like them cannot follow the mainstream commercial path and are destined to wander underground, going to small theaters to perform acupoints and singing in bars. All the money they earn is invested in music." Liu Yimin said.

"Hey, I remember he had a girlfriend who had been with him for eight years, didn't he? They were so in love that the girl even severed ties with her family because of him." Du Hui interjected.

"Suicide." Liu Yimin replied in a low voice.

"Suicide?!" Yu Dongqing was startled after hearing this, and the others also looked at Liu Yimin.

"The specific reason is unknown. Some people say that there is a mental problem. This is the pain of Lu Ping's life. It's hard for friends to ask in detail." Liu Yimin lit a cigarette and continued: "

"My friend said that the girl said something before she left: There are a hundred ways to commit suicide, one of which is to marry a rock singer, which guarantees a happy, painful and quick death."

Why.

Everyone didn't know what to say and fell into silence.

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