hollywood billionaire

Chapter 349 Supersonic Speed

"We've never talked about this before, so I definitely don't know the exact answer, but..."

Han Yi frowned slightly and did not look at Madison Beal hanging on his arm. Instead, he sat upright and looked straight ahead. It seemed to Maddie that he was carefully recalling the girl's growing up experiences related to this Queen classic song.

Only Han Yi himself knows...

He wanted to avoid a landscape that would cause him to move.

Normally I can't see it, and I don't think about it deliberately, but this hot and flamboyant costume undoubtedly clearly reveals this fact——

Madison's development speed is indeed much faster than that of girls of the same age.

You call this underage?
"Ah, cough...I guess, it should be after you terminated your contract with Scout, right? "Don't Stop Me Now". You use this song to motivate yourself, no matter what difficulties you encounter, no matter how big Even if powerful people want to hinder you, they will not succeed because you are..."

"Mr. Fahrenheit?" Madison answered.

"No, Lady Godiva." Han Yi shook his head and smiled, announcing the correct answer.

"Maybe that's the truth... Anyway, I know very well that your phone is almost full of old songs."

Oops, I forgot to click the cross after browsing last time. As soon as I clicked to open it, there was dirty stuff.

"All music." Madison nodded firmly. "It's not a thought-out theory or anything, it's just an idea that's always been in the back of my mind. I think it was a different era, one where people were more eager to be themselves. , an era that was more willing to conduct a series of bold experiments. And for music, that was the best era.”

"I thought there was some metaphor, but it turns out it's really just her." Madison smacked her lips. She naturally knew this historical anecdote that is a household name in the English-speaking world.

Han Yi unlocked the screen, clicked Safari at the bottom of the screen, and then...

"I don't know either, but judging from the previous article, it should be a famous racing car." Han Yi took out his mobile phone from his pocket and raised it towards Madison, "Would you like to check it out?"

"Nothing, the phone crashed." Han Yi cleared his throat, put the phone next to his right leg, out of Madison's sight, and secretly closed the webpage with a pure black background.

Madison, whose eyes were unblinking and focused entirely on Han Yi's phone, saw the fleeting page clearly. She squeezed Han Yi's left hand and smiled, pretending to be inexperienced.

"That's who searched for 'teen'..."

"Oh, that's it." Maddie nodded obediently, "I thought you were watching Pornhub."

"That's better than 'Electronic Shark'." Madison shrugged, "The lyrics are originally written about a feeling. If you see the sentences I scribbled in the memo, they may be more interesting than what Freddy wrote. Weird, and much weirder. As long as the listener can roughly understand what the musician wants to express and feel the emotion. Think about it, if you wrote it completely based on reality, would you admit in the song that you are a Even though there are ready-made ones around me, I still have to search for 'teen' on Pornhub..."

After a series of futile attempts, Han Yi felt a stiffness in his neck and decided to turn over the table to cheat.

"Lady Godiva, Old English Godgifu, was a late noble Anglo-Saxon woman who was recorded as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and patron of several churches and monasteries." Han Yi quickly read the introduction in Wikipedia, interrupting Madison's ruthless revelation to him, "Today, people remember her mainly because of a legend that dates back to at least the 13th century. In this story, she was naked , wearing long hair, riding a white horse through the streets of Coventry to exempt her husband Leofric from the heavy taxes imposed on the people..."

"I have to admit that from the first time I heard this song to now, I don't know what Lady Godiva is... and I haven't checked it out."

"But if I remember correctly, Queen was only formed in 1970."

"Wait a minute, let me open..."

"All music?"

"Yeah, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Zombies, they are all the best bands. After understanding this background knowledge, you should be able to understand why I like Queen. Queen and Bee Gees, these two bands are My favorite music representative of the 1970s. Why? Because they were all established in the 1960s! Although the highlight was in the 1970s, in my opinion, it was actually the drastic changes in various social and cultural fields in the 1960s , shaped their spiritual core and cultivated their musical literacy.”

"I didn't search for teen!" Han Yi was so anxious that his voice raised a few points, "I searched for three... No, that's worse. It's tran... fuck. This is even more outrageous. Why does it start with T? There are no good words…”

"It's actually this Mrs. Godiva?" Han Yi and Madison exclaimed in unison.

"Isn't it time to terminate the contract with Scout?"

"Your explanation is quite accurate." Han Yi thought about it and couldn't help laughing, "But if that's the case, comparing himself to a 'racing car' doesn't seem to be the most appropriate choice."

"That seems to be the case."

"But what does this Lady Godiva have to do with racing?" Han Yi repeated Freddie Mercury's lyrics, "I am a racing car, passing like Lady Godiva... If I remember correctly, Lady Godiva must be walking slowly around the street, right?”

"what happened?"

Is it because he likes to dress like a character from "Mad Men" on formal occasions, or because his hairstyle looks like a member of a rock band in the 1960s, or because his casual outfit on weekdays is similar to the "mod" style represented by the early Beatles? style" is somewhat similar?
Han Yi was curious, but he didn't want to cause more trouble to himself. Therefore, he could only swallow back his thirst for knowledge and throw the problem back to Madison himself.

"Okay." Madison showed her eight white teeth to Han Yi very happily, "Then let's get back to the topic... Your guess just now was wrong."

"Okay."

"So, Queen or the Bee Gees, which one do you like better?"

"No, actually, I have liked this song since I was very young." Madison put her head on Han Yi's shoulder again and narrated softly, "If you know me...well, what am I talking about? , you must know me. You know I'm a huge Beatles fan, and in my mind, they are the undisputed number one in all fields. Part of that is because they were active in the sixties, and to me, That was the golden age of music.”

"So this is not a well-thought-out theory." Madison chuckled twice, "Anyway, in my opinion, all wonderful things are related to the sixties."

"Can we turn our attention back to the notebook? Ask me more questions - about the topic!"

"Me?" Madison replied decisively, "Queen of course."

"I think what Freddy wants to express is that he, like Lady Godiva, walks through the world naked and candidly." Madison Beer guessed, "They have nothing to hide, even Their seemingly deviant and absurd behavior is done for the welfare of the people and the progress of society. If you look at them differently because of this, then you are the 'peeping Tom'."

"I don't even know what it is." Han Yi has a very good psychological quality and can tell such a big lie without changing his face. "I am Chinese and I only go to Chinese websites."

“I haven’t searched anything, I don’t even know what Pornhub is!”

So what does she like about herself?

"But Brian May and the others started performing in bars in West London in the late 1960s."

With lightning speed, I swiped up and turned off Safari again.

"But that's not 'Queen' either."

Han Yi thought for a while and nodded. Madison Beer's favorite modern musician is Lana Del Rey, who also had an extremely strong temperament in her golden age. Therefore, at least at this point, Maddie's judgment of herself is quite accurate.

"Hmm...very interesting." Han Yi looked at Tracy McGrady, protracted his voice, and nodded slowly.

"why?"

"You give people the impression that they would like the Bee Gees more."

When he said this, the image of Xiao Ru appeared in Han Yi's mind involuntarily. On the surface, Xu Yiru and Madison Beer seem to have nothing in common, but in terms of music taste, they are extremely consistent - Xiaoru also believes that the 1960s was the peak period of European and American pop music.

Of course, as a Chinese, especially as a Chinese who grew up in Taiwan, Xu Yiru not only likes to listen to English songs, but also cherishes those ancient Chinese songs, Hokkien songs, Cantonese songs and Japanese songs.

And Xiao Ru’s favorite European and American band is none other than the Bee Gees.

That song "How Deep Is Your Love", Han Yi has been looping this song for as long as she has known Xu Yiru.

"I love the Bee Gees, and I always have, but not as much as I love Queen. Rhett is more obsessed with the former. He is the Bee Gees' most loyal fan." Talking about things at home in front of Han Yi, Madison's desire to share became particularly strong, and she even spoke a lot faster, "I remember... three summers ago, I went home for the first time after signing with Island Records, and we were sitting in the car together - I was driving and Rhett was in the car. He suddenly started playing Tragedy and humming along quietly. That's when I discovered that my brother also had an amazing voice."

"A lot of things about that summer are unforgettable. We were driving around the countryside in the Hamptons with two or three mutual friends. The weather was beautiful, the scenery was beautiful, and we were... silly, most of the time. Talking about fun childhood stories, I would laugh even if I saw a squirrel crossing the street. For a little girl who has just entered the world of Hollywood fame and fortune, I really need such moments. I love being with Rhett. , he is one of the few people who can make me completely relaxed.”

Having said this, Madison raised his left hand and touched Han Yi's face.

"Don't worry, you are one of them." "Who asked?" Han Yi's tone sounded rather stiff, but the doting twinkling in his eyes was not deceptive.

"You didn't ask, but I wanted to say." Maddie wrinkled her nose, "Whenever I think of "Tragedy" and the Bee Gees, I always think of Rhett. So this is a song that can put me in a good mood no matter what time. Get Better, the song that puts a smile on my face.”

"But Queen is different, 'Don't Stop Me Now' is different. It's a song that's completely my own, and Freddie Mercury is writing about it as much as he is about me. "

"'I carried flames across the sky, 200-degree heat, that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit'." Han Yixu pointed to this line of lyrics on his notebook and smiled, "This is your first time in Hollywood. true feelings, right?”

"Yeah, at that time, I didn't believe that anything could stop me. Are you kidding me? I was the star of tomorrow handpicked by Justin Bieber. One day I will definitely catch up with his achievements and fame, but it's just It’s just a matter of time.”

Madison laughed at herself twice, and then sang softly.

"Don't stop me now,

I'm having such a good time,

I'm having a ball. "

"So it's actually the opposite of what I guessed." Han Yi said with a clear look, "I thought this song was the Holy Grail you used to motivate yourself after the contract was terminated, but the result is this... Then, you leave After Scout, I probably rarely listened to it, right?”

"On the contrary, I listened to it more." Madison shook her head, "Actually, what you said is not completely wrong. This song did play a great motivating effect during my lowest period... You should have heard of that scientific study Bar?"

"What scientific research?"

"Isn't there news some time ago that a research institute at the University of Missouri found that "Don't Stop Me Now" is the pop music most likely to have a motivating effect on listeners, while "Good Vibrations" and "Dancing Queen" both ranked Behind it.”

"I haven't read this news, but... I don't doubt its authenticity at all." Han Yi recalled the 150BPM passionate piano rock melody of "Don't Stop Me Now" and agreed, "Maybe that's why From cars to almond milk, from 'Doctor Who' to 'American Idol', it's the reason why it's used as a promotional song. No matter what emotional state you're in, it instantly makes you feel good."

"That's right, so...at the beginning of this year, when I was feeling particularly depressed, I would go into the bathroom, turn on the shower head, connect the Bluetooth, turn it to the loudest, and play this song. If there is any accumulation in my heart, I would just yell it out. That’s a lot.”

"Yes, singing loudly is indeed a very good way to relieve emotions."

Han Yi took a deep look at Madison, and his tone of voice became gentler. Madison in this time and space did not know that the negative emotions she began to accumulate in her heart in early 2016 would slowly plunge her into a long-term depression, leading to her eventual diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.

Without Han Yi's appearance, this would be the mental illness she would be actively fighting until 2023.

Fortunately, she still has him.

She no longer needed to turn on the shower head and cover up the crying huddled in the corner of the bathroom with water and music.

"Bounce, jump, sweat, and a lot of negative emotions will disappear." Madison smiled and continued, "Moreover, the inspiration given to me by "Don't Stop Me Now" is not limited to the song itself. I In fact... I have been using its business performance to encourage myself."

"Business performance?"

"Although it is currently Queen's second most popular single on streaming platforms, behind "Bohemian Rhapsody," it was not a great new song when it was first released - at least according to According to Queen's standards, this is it." Madison clapped her fingers and said, "Look, the highest number on the UK Singles Chart was only ninth, and the Billboard Singles Chart only reached number eighty-six. position. "Don't Stop Me Now" was not even included in the set list of the "Jazz" U.S. tour held in the fall of 1978. In fact, while Freddie Mercury was still alive, this song had been They are all in a state of obscurity.”

"Even at the memorial concert held for Freddie in 1992, 'Don't Stop Me Now' didn't appear for even one second... Can you imagine?"

"It's unimaginable." Han Yi's understanding of "Don't Stop Me Now" is very simple. The deepest impression this song left on him was actually the 2018 biographical movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" . At that time, Han Yi walked into the theater thinking that the ending song would be "We Are The Champions" or "We Will Rock You", but in the end, when the credits appeared, it was this song that played on the speakers.

Even in 2018, for ordinary listeners like Han Yi who don't care much about Queen, "Don't Stop Me Now" is not a masterpiece that can define this legendary band.

"At that time, I often used this incident to encourage myself - even the song "Don't Stop Me Now" took a full thirty years to be dug out of the dust of time and revived. Light. What are the setbacks I am experiencing now compared to three decades of obscurity? At least on social media platforms, I still have a group of fans who like me, no matter why they like me. , at least they are still paying attention to me." At this point, Madison sniffed, "I told you, one night, my mother came to my bedroom and asked me if I wanted to go back to Long Island and become an ordinary person. , or stay in Los Angeles and continue to pursue the illusory dream. That day, after she left, I listened to this song over and over again, and finally made up my mind to give it another try."

"From that day on, this song has a deeper meaning to me."

"'I'm a spaceship hurtling toward Mars.'

'I'm a satellite, but I'm off track'. "

"Okay now, there is no 'deviation from the established track'." Han Yi spread his hands.

"Indeed no more." Madison covered her mouth and snickered, "You turned me into a...'Supersonic Woman'."

"To be honest, if you take this word out of the song, it sounds quite silly." Han Yi couldn't help laughing, "It's like the name of a canceled female superhero in Marvel, 'Supersonic Woman'."

"Better than Fat Bottomed Girls, right?"

"Then Freddy's bottom line in writing lyrics is definitely higher than that of other band members. He can't write about fat-assed women, nor can he write "Radio Ga Ga"."

This kind of musical joke that is hilarious no matter how long it takes makes the two of them look at each other and smile in tacit understanding.

After the laughter, there was a brief silence as the topic came to an end.

Madison lowered his head, wrapped his left hand completely in plastic wrap again, and turned the pages back and forth.

He looked at the old dark yellow cover for a while, then looked at the lyrics mixed with red and blue ink. After a long time, he spoke again.

"Yi, I really feel that I am quite similar to this song."

"It looked like it before, but it doesn't look like it now." Han Yi comforted softly, "You don't need to wait thirty years to see the light of day again. You don't even need to... be like Lana Del Rey, who waits until the scolding disappears to receive respect. .For you now, every day you go forward is a road up the mountain."

"No, I think I am more like myself now." Madison objected, with a rare hint of willful stubbornness in his expression, "I'm not talking about grades."

"What aspect is that?" Han Yi raised his eyebrows and teased, "Could it be that if you listen to this song again during this period, you will have new insights?"

"Yeah, without new insights, I wouldn't insist on putting it on the curtain call of the tour."

"What insights?"

"The feeling of returning to the origin of the song." Madison bit her lower lip, took two or three deep breaths, and then replied leisurely, "Freddie sang 'Don't Stop Me' in the song, 'I was having a good time, and I didn't think about it at all. Stop', was not talking about his career, but his... hedonistic lifestyle."

"He did not recognize his sexual orientation from the beginning and was determined to live his life the way he wanted. Born into a conservative Parsi family, Freddie never imagined that one day he would actually Driving on the other side of the highway, that's why he was engaged to Mary Austin in the early 1976s and didn't confess to her until , ending the romance."

"For a long time, Freddy lived in a painful struggle. He was torn in two. One half was his true self. The other half was a mirror image of society."

"And the song "Don't Stop Me Now" was Freddie's first roar after he really took off his mask. It's... it was a paean to sex, and drugs... and rock and roll .”

“Although I can’t crawl into Freddie’s mind and see his true thoughts when he wrote the lyrics, in my opinion, the first verse and the second verse are the message Freddie wanted to express. It’s actually completely different.”

"In the first verse, the protagonist is 'a meteor streaking across the sky', 'a tiger that defies gravity', and 'an unstoppable racing car'... This section is vividly written, But it is also written in a general way. It is written for those who encounter difficulties at a certain stage in their lives. No matter what the difficulties they encounter, Freddie hopes that people who listen to this song can find The courage to break through all constraints.”

"But the second verse is different. Do you remember the complete lyrics of the second verse, Yi?"

Maddie's voice became softer and softer, and by the end, it was almost a whisper. The five fingers of her right hand that were originally clasping the back of Han Yi's hand were unknowingly pulled out and pressed on the other person's wrist.

"'I'm a sex machine, ready to be reloaded'."

"'Like an atomic bomb about to explode'..."

Before Han Yi realized that something was wrong, Madison turned over and sat directly on the lap of his beloved.

She hooked her hands around the other person's neck, letting her skin still soaked with sweat stick to his rapidly heating body. A wave of heat, carrying fragrance and affection, was sent into Han Yi's mouth.

"Don't stop me."

"I wanna make a supersonic man out of you."

(End of this chapter)