Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

spring flowers bloom

autumn wind

and the setting sun in winter

melancholy youth

When I was young, I thought so ignorantly

Windmills in the Four Seasons

In the song of reincarnation, it flows every day

In the poems of romantic romance

I am growing every year

"The Story of Time" by Luo Dayou

Meili listened quietly, without saying a word until the end.

After a while, he said: "Brother-in-law."

"Um?"

“You’re sure to make money on your investment.”

"Why?"

"This song can help you make money even if you lose money!"

Yu Dongqing kept his word and transferred 1.9 million to the crew's account the next day. In the afternoon, he drove to Qishushu alone.

Today, the snow is beginning to clear.

Still in that simple office, when Yu Dongqing played the song "Story of Time", Li Wan's eyes turned red as he listened.

"Damn it." He suddenly cursed and quickly apologized: "Mr. Yu, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, we are all friends, just call me Dongqing."

"Okay, Holly, this song really reminds me of when I was in middle school..." Li Wan wiped his eyes. "This song and this movie are a perfect match."

Wang Dongsheng next to him also had an excited face. He felt that what he wanted to say in the movie and what he had yet to say clearly were all in this song.

"Holly, thank you." Wang Dongsheng is a person who is not good at words and doesn't know what to say.

"Thank you for what? Now we are partners, let's talk about the subsequent issuance situation." Yu Dongqing said.

"According to the progress, it will be completed by early December. The film needs to be sent for review, and after necessary distribution and promotion, we can release it around January 10th." Li Wan said simply.

"Less than a month's publicity cycle?" Yu Dongqing was a little surprised after hearing this.

"Hey, the construction schedule is tight, and the budget is tight." Li Wan was a little embarrassed. Also, I want to avoid the prime time during the Spring Festival.

This year's Spring Festival is full of blockbuster films, with celebrities from all walks of life appearing one after another. He doesn't want this movie to be used as cannon fodder.

Yu Dongqing listened thoughtfully: "The Chinese New Year is relatively late this year, it seems to be at the end of January, right?"

"January 27th is New Year's Eve." Wang Dongsheng interrupted.

"Then let's just postpone it and arrange it during the Spring Festival?" Yu Dongqing put forward his own opinion.

Spring Festival prime time?

Damn it!

We want to avoid the Spring Festival period, but you insist on releasing it here and at this time?

Do you really know that there are tigers in the mountains, so you go to the tiger mountains?

The two looked at each other and looked at each other.

Movies during the Spring Festival are a must-win, and it is also the time when the box office explodes. The year's movie box office records are often produced during this time period, but the competition is extremely fierce. If you are unlucky, the movie will have a poor reputation and will not be able to earn the filming rate. You didn't even have any scum left, you just cried and fainted in the toilet.

I heard that six movies will be staged during the prime time of the Spring Festival this year. There will be a large number of blockbuster movies, such as "Hello, Teacher" and other small-budget movies. Are there any popular stars joining the movie? Dare to take a look at this excitement?

Don't lose your pants then.

Yu Dongqing naturally understood their worries and said with a smile: "I have analyzed that as long as there is a 3% filming rate and a 30% attendance rate, our movie will not lose money. After all, the investment is less than 10 million. This movie brings It has a light comedy element and is very suitable for the Spring Festival.”

Yu Dongqing said patiently: "Also, another advantage of delaying the release is that the publicity cycle is lengthened, which can increase the popularity of the film. The publicity cycle of less than one month is too short."

"If we want to increase the popularity of the film, we must increase publicity efforts, find a breakthrough, and strive to achieve the maximum effect at the minimum cost." Yu Dongqing concluded.

"You mean to use your song "The Story of Time" as a breakthrough?" Li Wan understood what he meant instantly.

"Yes, since you all said it sounds good, we will use this song as both a theme song and a promotional song!"

After listening to Yu Dongqing's words, Li Wan and Wang Dongsheng looked at each other and exchanged looks.

How about giving it a try?

The three of them started to put their heads together, and after a long time of discussion, they finally decided to follow Yu Dongqing's idea and release the song first, then release the movie's promotional poster, and finally conduct the necessary road shows.

Look at the time, it's already night, and there are stars outside.

Although Wang Dongsheng was very hungry, he was very excited.

Maybe, there will be a day when I can feel proud?

"Okay. I'm responsible for producing the songs, and everything else depends on you." Yu Dongqing stood up and stretched her sore neck.

"You won't come to the publicity and roadshow later?" Wang Dongsheng was surprised.

"I just sing and write songs, and I also invest some money as an investor. I'm not a director, actor or producer. I've said everything I need to say, so you don't need me for those things."

Yu Dongqing smiled.

this?

"Believe in yourself." Yu Dongqing patted Wang Dongsheng on the shoulder and said hello to Li Wan: "Let's go!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the room.

A hoarse singing voice came from the corridor:

Let’s have a celebration drink together tomorrow,

I will never rest until my ambition is fulfilled,

I will show my talents in the future,

Sprinkling blood to write about the Spring and Autumn Period

Zhang Xiaodong is a music influencer on the Internet. In addition to his own Weibo, he also has his own homepage on domestic music platforms such as NetEase Cloud and QQ Music. He is also the best-operated music platform on Lofter, the best-operated light blogging platform in China. One of the blogs with millions of fans on various platforms.

My favorite music styles mainly focus on folk, post-rock, soundtrack, Jazz, etc. I especially like folk songs.

He listens to music for two to three hours every day, usually in the dead of night. It feels great to listen to music with headphones late at night. He feels that he can think about many things in his mind.

He mainly listens to songs from the Internet, such as NetEase Cloud, QQ Music, etc., but recently he noticed a song uploaded by an UP owner named Xia Meizi on Station B.

There are not many in number, but all of them are excellent works. The strange thing is that it was not written by her herself, but by a person named "brother-in-law".

Later he learned that this "brother-in-law" was named Yu Dongqing, who now worked for Jinye Records as a music editor.

When he writes songs, he is very mixed, including folk songs, rock songs, pop songs and even Internet songs. He also sings them himself, but only the ballads he writes.

That broken voice

Zhang Xiaodong feels as if he was born to sing these folk songs.

In particular, he liked the song "Love Song 1990" very much. Not to mention the melody, but the lyrics, it was simply a beautiful prose poem.

I heard.

Just what I heard.

I once wrote a ballad for a girl at this summer’s Midi Music Festival. It was very nice, but it didn’t spread, and it didn’t appear on Xia Meizi’s homepage.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaodong can only say that it is based on hearsay.

Tonight, as usual, he made a cup of steaming Longjing tea, lit a cigarette, and put on his headphones. He first opened Station B to see if the Xia Tian Meizi homepage had been updated.

There is actually an update, and it’s a song!

He clicked on the audio, not eager to listen to the tune, but focused on the lyrics, which was a habit he had when listening to folk songs.

He feels that a ballad is a poem or a story. If the lyrics cannot be written well, what kind of ballad is it?

When he saw the lyrics of this song called "The Story of Time", he was stunned.

Is this a lyric?

This is really a poem.

Even without a tune, it’s still a good poem!

When the familiar hoarse voice sang this song, Zhang Xiaodong felt that he was taken back to his middle school days.

The era of fluttering white clothes.

The cycle went on over and over again.

Until I finally smoked my last cigarette.

Oh shit!

The song is good, but it's a bit wasteful.

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