Chapter 64 Zhang Dongliang's 9th Sister Qin Jingru
Zhang Dongliang politely declined Captain Ma's kind invitation.
"Art comes from life. You see, this song is based on my personal experience. I wrote it out of inspiration. Without concrete life, creation is like water without a source. I don't want to leave the steel mill for the time being."
After a pause, Zhang Dongliang continued with a smile: "I learned all this by myself, without any professional training. If I come to your professional group, I will be exposed soon, so I'd better not show up here."
Captain Ma couldn't persuade him any further and could only express his regret. The working class big brother was no joke.
Director Ma asked Zhang Dongliang if he wanted to sing the song himself. Zhang Dongliang said he would choose a singer from the art troupe to sing it, as he couldn't sing it well.
Although I can sing, I don't have Huang Hexiang's voice, so my singing doesn't have that flavor. Besides, I am an amateur singer after all, and there is still a big gap between me and professional singers.
According to Zhang Dongliang's requirements for the singer's voice, he invited several people to audition, and finally selected a singer named Sun Jinlong. The singer's timbre is closer to the timbre of Huang Hexiang in later generations, and has that flavor.
Sun Jinlong is not too old, similar to Zhang Dongliang. His voice is simple and a little immature, with a pitch between alto and high, which is exactly the kind of timbre Zhang Dongliang needs.
At first, Sun Jinlong couldn't grasp the emotions of the song, so Zhang Dongliang communicated with Sun Jinlong over and over again, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.
Zhang Dongliang suddenly remembered the famous story of Dabai and Xiaobai, so he asked Sun Jinlong: "Do you have a younger brother named Sun Yinlong?"
Sun Jinlong was startled: "Ah~~Yes, you know my brother?"
"What does your brother do?"
"Oh, he studied art and painting."
Zhang Dongliang smiled and said, "If you have a third brother, his name must be Sun Tielong."
Sun Jinlong gave a thumbs up sincerely: "You are really amazing. My third brother just started junior high school, and you even know his name."
Zhang Dongliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This little Sun was such an honest person. If he were given two more songs by chance, he would surely become famous.
When the recording of the song "Jiu Mei" was completed, all the staff cheered. It is always a great sense of accomplishment to be involved in the behind-the-scenes work of a good work.
Captain Ma didn't feel tired at all. She was happy that her career could come to a perfect end.
Through this period of contact, Zhang Dongliang also had a good impression of Director Ma. In order to make Director Ma's period more perfect, he quietly handed Director Ma a score.
When everyone was cheering and celebrating, they suddenly found that Captain Ma was crying. Everyone was very surprised and thought that Captain Ma was upset about something.
Captain Ma raised the music score in his hand and said, "I am excited about this score. Thank you, Xiao Zhang. This song expresses my retirement speech. I will officially sing this song on the day I retire."
The song that Zhang Dongliang gave to Captain Ma was "Applause".
On the day that Captain Ma retired, he went on stage and sang the song "Applause", which amazed and moved everyone. This song touched the hearts of those old artists.
Since then, the song "Applause" has become a must-sing song for retired members of the art troupe.
Later, it spread to other art groups and became a ritual. This is a story for later, so I won’t mention it for now.
With its catchy lyrics and pleasant melody, the song "Jiu Mei" became an instant hit across the country once it was broadcast, and became a bright spot in people's monotonous lives.
Sun Jinlong became a nationally renowned singer overnight.
The sudden appearance of the song "Ninth Sister" brought the love story of Zhang Dongliang and Qin Jingru to the whole country, and everyone in the country knew that Qin Jingru was the ninth sister in Zhang Dongliang's heart.
When Qin Jingru learned that Zhang Dongliang wrote this song for her and it was sung all over the country, she felt that it was worth dying for.
Qin Huairu was extremely envious. Why don't you, little fox, write a song for me, so that I can also be remembered forever?
I will drain you dry tonight so that you won't write to me.
Man proposes, God disposes. It seems that Qin Huairu's wish cannot be realized. Zhang Dongliang drank too much today. After returning home, he went to bed without washing and slept soundly.
Today we are drinking Deputy Director Hu Xiaopeng's promotion wine. No, he should be called Section Chief Hu now.
Hu Xiaopeng went to Shanghai for an exchange program after the Chinese New Year. He studied for a few months and was preparing to be promoted to deputy chief of the Public Security Section of the DC District Public Security Bureau. However, by some strange coincidence, he became the chief of the Logistics Section.
It sounds good that the deputy section chief has been promoted to a full section chief, but it is not the case. The public security section is a power department, while the logistics section is an internal service department of the unit. The political treatment and development potential of the two are incomparable.
The key is that the logistics department of every unit is now a hot potato. No one wants to be promoted to a leadership position in the logistics department because it is too difficult to get supplies now.
If you can get supplies, it is your job and it is your duty. If you cannot get supplies, it means you are incompetent and you will be blamed and complained by your superiors and colleagues.
Hu Xiaopeng was also very troubled about taking over this position, but he had no choice but to obey the organization's decision.
Hu Xiaopeng knew that Zhang Dongliang worked in the Second Purchasing Department of the steel rolling mill.
As the eldest brother, he was reluctant to ask his younger brother for help as soon as he got to work. Everyone has difficulties, and he didn't want to add burden to his younger brother.
But no matter what, it was a happy thing to be promoted from deputy section chief to section chief, after all, the position and rank had been raised. So Zhang Dongliang, Liu Bin and others gathered together to celebrate for Hu Xiaopeng.
These are difficult times, and such job transfers are very common, and it is not convenient for them to make a big fuss about it.
Liu Bin found a place, a private restaurant in Fuxiang Hutong, where he and his friends could celebrate together.
Fuxiang Hutong and Nanluoguxiang are very close to each other, so Zhang Dongliang didn't ride a bicycle, but just strolled over.
When I got there, I saw several people already in the house, two of whom, a man and a woman, were about my age.
Zhang Dongliang laughed when he saw the two of them. Aren’t these Wu Tao and Ding Xiaoxia?
Their acquaintance with Zhang Dongliang was quite dramatic.
Zhang Dongliang was busy with the preparations for the song "Jiu Mei" a few days ago, and he often went to the Capital Art Troupe. As he went out more often, he found that someone was often secretly following him.
At first, Zhang Dongliang didn't pay much attention to the two people who were following him, thinking that they were two young people dating.
The two of them didn't show any malice, so my subconscious didn't sound any alarm.
But as the frequency increased, Zhang Dongliang often saw the two of them behind him, and he felt that something was wrong.
Zhang Dongliang turned around and walked towards the two men. He decided to catch them and ask them what they were doing and what their intentions were.