1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 260: He Shen and Da Ren Version - Chinese Kung Fu Tune - In vain

The next day everyone was leaving Zhengding and would return to the guesthouse in Yanjing. Some actors might still need to shoot additional scenes, so the group had not disbanded for the time being.

But Director Wang also said that we can only stay for one more month - a small benefit, everyone can have paid vacation.

Everyone is still confused about their future, and they don’t even dare to think about it. They probably have to return to their hometowns and original units.

But at least for now, everyone is still here.

Xia Tian had already made arrangements with the crew and paid some money to buy Daiyu and Baochai's clothes and jewelry. He had also taken Liu Xianglian's mandarin duck sword home.

I am packing it up carefully now to keep it as a souvenir.

Xiaoxu and Zhang Li came to find Xia Tian and saw him carefully folding the goose yellow dress.

"Ah? Why are these here with you?" Xiao Xu asked.

Xia Tian said: "I bought it from the crew a long time ago, and I have been lending it to you for free during filming~ Why don't you thank me quickly~"

"Humph! I think you are asking for a beating~"

Zhang Li stroked her costume, feeling sad and touched, and asked, "Then what are you going to do with these costumes and decorations?"

Xia Tian suddenly revealed a wicked smile: "Of course it's prepared as a betrothal gift~"

Xiao Xu and Zhang Li blushed and were about to tear Xia Tian's mouth apart - to see if he dared to say anything nonsense~
Xia Tian quickly admitted his mistake: "Wrong, wrong, wrong, I was just kidding~"

"I was thinking, keep these away, and in another 10 or 20 years, when the actors from our crew meet again, you can still wear these. They will definitely be so surprised when they see you!"

"Twenty or twenty years later..." Xiaoxu muttered and looked at Zhang Li. Zhang Li also looked at her and nodded.

Xia Tian also left a souvenir during the Journey to the West - Little White Dragon~
……

On the bus back to Yanjing, everyone in the Red Mansion crew was talking in whispers.

It’s just that everyone’s spirits were low, and it felt like a farewell dinner after high school graduation.

Xiao Xu reached out and poked Xia Tian's arm. "Look, everyone is in a bad mood. How about you sing a little song for everyone to liven up the atmosphere?"

Xia Tian raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you recite a poem with music to cheer everyone up!"

Everyone laughed on the spot!
"I want a beating!" Xiao Xu refused to take it anymore.

"Oh! Sing, sing, sing! Let me think about it! Ah~ I got it, "In vain I gaze upon the brows"!"

Xiao Xu refused to do it again: "Sing something different!"

Xia Tian crossed his arms across his chest and leaned back strategically, "I'm different!"

"Then sing it for us!"

Summer is starting to sing - "He Shen and Da Ren's version of Chinese Kung Fu tunes - Wang Ningmei" ~
"One is a fairy flower in the paradise, the other is a flawless jade..." One is carrying a load, the other is leading a horse~
Xia Tian was shaking his head and twiddling his fingers. When the song was over, the whole car was silent!

After several breaths, Zhang Li seemed to have recovered. She let out a long breath and said, "Teacher Wang Liping wants to hit someone after hearing this!"

"Ha ha!"

Xia Tian smiled: "The moment a work is completed and released, the power to define and explain it is like spilled water, no longer in the hands of the creator himself."

"When a work is created, it has nothing to do with the creator. You don't have to pay too much attention to gossip in the future. It's just wind in your ears."

This is a vaccination given to them in advance in the summer.

Before they could think about it, Xia Tian began to divert their attention: "We have nothing to do anyway. I wrote a new opera song yesterday. How about I teach you and we can sing it together!"

"Okay!" Everyone became interested when they heard it.

Although some opera masters disagree with Xia Tian’s Beijing opera songs and operatic songs, and think that they pollute traditional art, these young friends will definitely support Xia Tian!
As the saying goes, the world is theirs, but ultimately it is ours!
Whoever gains the recognition and support of young people will gain the world of the future!

Now there are new songs in summer, in opera style, and we will teach everyone to sing together. This is great!
So, Xia Tian said, "This song is called "Empty Stage Play". I will teach you one line at a time. When everyone has their own lyrics, we can sing together! Maybe it will become our regular program in the future~"

"She wore flowing sleeves of silk and satin

Paint the eyes with rich colors
Eyebrows like hills

The beauty from heaven mistakenly came to the human world

......"

When it came to the opera part, Xia Tian sang: "The old minister of Ganlu Temple advised from the beginning~
You should get used to seeing painted faces

I knew it would be the end of the song

But still can't bear the illusion

Should I laugh at my obsession and greed?
The stage is only a few feet wide, how can people calculate the difficulty of separation and combination

......"

Many of my friends felt the same way and were quite emotionally involved.

Most of the actors present were trained in opera, and they all knew the story of "The old minister of Ganlu Temple gives advice from the beginning".

Ganlu Temple is the place where Liu Bei went to propose marriage to the Eastern Wu and where Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang met Liu Bei.

At that time, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu both wanted to take the opportunity to kill him, but Zhuge Liang asked them to make a high-profile proposal before proposing, so that the people of the entire Eastern Wu would know about it, which made it difficult for Sun Quan to end up.

So Liu Bei was arranged to go to Ganlu Temple and let Sun Shangxiang take a look at him. If he liked him, the two families would become friends. If not, Liu Bei would be killed.

The so-called old minister of Ganlu Temple refers to the father of the two Qiao sisters - Qiao Gong believed that Liu Bei was a talent, so he persuaded him from the beginning.

But the alliance between Sun and Liu was ultimately an illusion...

Finally, Xiao Xu, Zhang Li, Deng Jie, Dongfang... some of them who were actors sang normal lyrics; while Guo Xiaozhen, Yuan Siling, Hu Zehong, Chen Li, Xia Tian and others sang in opera style!
Except for the first few, the others all studied opera, Huangmei Opera, Peking Opera, etc. It is quite easy to sing a pop song with opera tune.

So, they walked towards Yanjing, singing all the way.

……

After returning to Yanjing, Chen Li began to formally record the music for the entire play.

Xia Tian contacted his friends to see if he could buy several courtyards deep in Baihua.

Actually, there is no need for it, but I am obsessed with it in the summer, and I always feel like something is missing if I don’t buy it!
The so-called Baihua Shenchu ​​Hutong is the most elegant name among the streets and alleys in Yanjing - there are many common names such as Yangpi Hutong, Tianshuijing Hutong and Choupijiang Hutong.

According to the records in "Yanjing Miscellaneous News Records", during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a couple farmed here. Later, they built a thatched pavilion and planted peonies, etc., turning this place into a place for scholars and other literati in the capital to visit, hence the elegant and romantic name.

Mr. Lao She once described Baihua Shenchu ​​Hutong like this: "The hutong is narrow and long. Both sides are made of broken brick walls. The south wall rarely sees sunlight, and is covered with a thin layer of green moss. There are faint silver tracks of snails crawling on the high ground. It feels a little more spacious as you walk in, but the walls on both sides are more broken."

Gu Cheng also wrote a doggerel titled "Inscribed on the Depths of Flowers", "The depths of flowers are beautiful, unknown to the world. Half of the small courtyard is shaded, and the old temple is three feet of grass. The autumn wind has not forgotten, sweeping the fallen leaves again. This place is better than the Peach Blossom Spring, but people are getting old."

This is one of the earliest recording studios in Yanjing, and many musicians work here to pursue their music and dreams.

Including Tang Chao's "Tang Dynasty", Zhang Chu's "Sister", He Yong's "Garbage Dump". And one late night in the summer of that year, Chen Sheng's "A Night in Yanjing".

Oh, by the way, Director Chen also shot a micro-film "Deep in the Flowers", which is part of "Ten Minutes of Aging".

"Ten Minutes of Aging" consists of 15-minute short films shot by 10 directors from all over the world. The theme of this film is "time", so the core of this short film by poet Chen is also "time".

In short, the location of the courtyard here is very good and its cultural value is also high.

In that case—take down the small alley!

Of course, I didn’t get them all in the end. I just bought three courtyards connected to each other. I don’t know if they can be connected into one?
……

Recording songs for Dream of Red Mansions, not much to do in summer. Most of the singing was done by Chen Li.

But after all, Xia Tian has already had the experience of recording songs for "Journey to the West", so he is also helping out here.

For the first song, "Song of Burying Flowers", Chen Li met the requirements after singing it only once.

"Qingwen Song" is a small chorus, and we finally used a traditional method - we asked Chen Li to sing it seven times in a row and then combined them into one song.

It was not until the "Separation of Bones and Flesh" which depicts Tanchun's marriage far away that it was the most difficult to sing for Chen Li. He didn't sing it well until the evening and didn't find the feeling.

How bad is summer? Seeing that I would be late for home if I continued like this, I quietly made a phone call. Not long after, I got a call back.

"Sister Chen, I'm looking for you." Xia Tian called Chen Li.

"Who is it?" Chen Li picked up the phone.

Chen Li's daughter cried, "Mom, I miss you. When will you come back?"

Although her daughter and grandmother were brought here in the summer and are going to school here.

But because of the crew, Chen Li hadn't been home for almost a month. When he heard his daughter crying and saying she missed him, tears immediately came down.

"It's almost time, Mom will be home soon!"

Then Xia Tian gestured to the staff - record a song!
Sure enough, I passed it in one go!

The emotion is so full, the cuckoo is crying blood!
Xia Tian: Xia Tian, ​​oh Xia Tian, ​​you have become bad after following Director Wang~
In the end, Xia Tian also sang a song called "Red Bean Song". There are two versions of this song, one by Xia Tian's bass and the other by Chen Li's female voice.

You know what, after recording this song, Xia Tian’s own addiction to singing was aroused.

Two months ago, Brother Liu urged Xia Tian to give him another helping hand. He will surely make further progress next year, and he will never forget his brother's great help!

Xia Tian also felt that the spring breeze was getting warmer, so it was okay to sing some songs and make some tapes. I was free anyway.
(End of this chapter)