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Cervantes-Saavedra created the first modern work in the history of literature, "Don Quixote".

At the time of the story, knights had been extinct for more than a century, but the male protagonist Alonso Guijano was obsessed with knights, often fantasizing about himself as a medieval knight, and then self-proclaimed "Don Quixote de La Mancha", which means the guardian of the de La Mancha region, and then pulled his neighbor Sancho Panza as his servant, "chivalrous and righteous", traveled the world, and did all kinds of unbelievable acts that were contrary to the times, and as a result, he ran into walls everywhere. But eventually he wakes up from his dreams and dies after returning to his hometown.

One is Don Quixote, who is full of illusory ideals and fights windmills with a spear to show the majesty of knighthood, and the other is Sancho, who wants to enjoy life from good food and wine and high officials. One of them is a ridiculous idealist, the other is a ridiculous pragmatist, but they put forward a difficult problem that mankind can never solve: the contradiction between ideal and reality.

Everyone is ridiculing Don Quixote's madness, everyone is despising Don Quixote's indiscretion, everyone is ridiculing Don Quixote's madness, everyone is rejecting Don Quixote's detachment from reality, and everyone is laughing at Don Quixote's stubbornness...... Indifferently, proudly, mockingly, contemptuously, witnessing the withering of dreams step by step. As everyone knows, with the demise of idealism, the spirit and hope of society are also withering.

The weak figure who fought with the windmill with a spear was drowned in the torrent of the times, like Sisyphus who tirelessly pushed the boulder but never reached the end.

Don Quixote, that's the first word that comes to Lan Li's mind.

Those days of lying in a hospital bed/on, greedily and eagerly watching movies, those days of being alone in the practice room, persevering in polishing the basic skills of acting over and over again, those days of standing on a dilapidated stage, even if there is no audience, still fully engaged in performing, those days of studying acting skills and forgetting to sleep and food, those days of being so obsessed with acting that they blurred the boundaries between reality and illusion, those days of denial, rejection, The days when they were ridiculed but resolutely refused to bow their heads, the days when they were dazed and self-doubting, and they were on the verge of giving up......

It's as if you're on one side and the whole world is on the other.

The conflict between dreams and reality, the contradiction between ideals and reality, walking alone on this long road, lonely and lonely, the pressure of reality makes it almost impossible to lift the shoulders, every step is so difficult, it is difficult. stumbled and stumbled all the way to the current position, but the future was dazed and uneasy, the unknown and difficult future, and thorns everywhere, and there was still no end in sight, and still couldn't stop.

He is like Don Quixote, in this real world, crazy, absurd, maverick, pursuing an illusory ideal, but there is no way to know whether his end will be like Don Quixote, his heart is like ashes, his will is depressed, and one day he suddenly realizes that he has done nothing, and finally dies without a problem.

Fortunately, he gradually discovered that he was not the only crazy person in this world.

Heather Cross is so, Jennifer Lawrence is so, Jessica Chastain is so, Ryan Gosling is so, Rooney Mara is so, Stanley Charson is so, George Strand is so, Herbert Jones is so. Also, the same goes for Eleven Studios.

Raising his head, Lan Li could see the glint in George and Herbert's eyes, like a bright sun, shining brightly.

Herbert immediately understood, the meaning hidden behind the name, the surging emotions made his chest full, and he stood up uncontrollably, as if he wanted to do something, but after all, he didn't do anything, and sat down in the chair again, the whole person leaned back in the chair, caught up in his own thoughts, and the focus of his eyes gradually blurred.

The City of Sound, a music destination that spanned half a century, was finally submerged in the trend of the times, like a bubble bursting, silently withdrawing from the stage of history. In the midst of this, what happened, and what those who witnessed the course of history, what they have experienced, only they know.

George lowered his eyes a little embarrassed, and between a short sigh, he tasted ten years of ups and downs, only he knew what the retirement life in the past three years meant, the helplessness and regret of the mood, little by little out of the color of life, like a pool of stagnant water, no waves at all.

Don Quixote. What a short, yet accurate description. But the difference is that Don Quixote "woke up", returned to reality, and then died depressed;

Swallowing the surging tip of his tongue, he raised his eyes again and looked at the boy in front of him. Twenty-one years old, what a young, how youthful, what a wanton, what a wonderful age, there are infinite possibilities, as if you can have the whole world with just open arms. George firmly believes that Lan Li can.

What's even more commendable is that George clearly knows that the decision to make this album was because Lan Li's music was different from the market trend.

Not because Lan Li's music style is folk, but because the hidden connotation in Lan Li's music not only re-shows the soul and essence of excellent music, but also rekindles his passion for music, which is completely different from the mainstream music in the current market, and can even be said to be eliminated.

In other words, it's an album that isn't destined to do well in the market. It's like Don Quixote.

In the midst of questioning and contemptuous eyes, he pursued his ideals in his own way, unswervingly, and persistently, even if this ideal was behind the times. This is not only Lan Li's, or George's, Herbert's persistence and dreams, but also the spiritual core of the whole album.

George couldn't think of a more appropriate name than "Don Quixote".

"That's the name. George replied, all the surging, all the emotion, all the boiling, just turned into such a simple sentence, only the eyes that were still bright, revealing the true emotions in the heart.

The smile on Lan Li's lips rose slightly.

He knows that it is the same thing to make albums and make films, if you choose a large company, they will inevitably set more rules and regulations for commercial reasons, and everything is on the same level as "money", but if you choose an independent company, the exploration and pursuit of art will prevail, which leaves more room for artists to create.

Thankfully, he met George. If this is the only album in Lan Li's career, then he will still choose George, which is his honor.

From the choice of ideas to the establishment of the theme, this is the most important and difficult part of an album, and sometimes it takes two months to not be sure, but it only took them less than four minutes - from Lan Li saying "Don Quixote" to George's nod of agreement, which is a matter of twenty-five seconds, which can be called a flash of light.

Boya is good at drumming and piano, and Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. What Boya reads, Zhongzi will get. When the child died, Boya said that there was no more sound in the world, but the piano was broken, and the drum was never restored for life.

The so-called bosom friend is rare, and that's probably what it means. Three like-minded partners have taken a steady first step on the road of joint cooperation.

George didn't pause, and immediately cut into the official state of work, "Now, all we need to do is pick the songs by theme. George rubbed his temples, "Whew, it's hard work. Although I don't want to admit it, the truth is that George feels sorry for any song that has been eliminated. So, he needs the help of Lan Li and Herbert.

"Herbert?" George's gaze fell on Herbert, but Herbert did not react, still froze in place. He had to raise his voice and shout again, "Herbert!"

Only then did Herbert react, "Huh?" Seeing Lan Li and George's gaze, he shook his head vigorously, pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a self-deprecating smile, but did not explain anything, and after regaining his composure, he went straight to the topic, "What's wrong?"

"Choose a song. We're going to start with the song selection now. Under George's guidance, the three officially entered the production stage of the album.

Surprisingly, the work that had been going so smoothly before came to an impasse after entering the stage of song selection: because I couldn't give up, I couldn't choose, and I was in a dilemma.

Of the complete list of 27 songs originally provided by Lan Li, George selected eighteen and Herbert selected twenty, with two people choosing as many as seven, and a total of 23 of the 27 songs were chosen by at least one side, and only four were eliminated.

This shows the high average quality of the repertoire composed by Lan Li. You must know that George and Herbert are not rookies who have never seen the world, both of them are experienced industry masters, and their vision is vicious, picky, and accurate, which has long been verified by time and the market, and there is no doubt about it.

This is only the first part of the puzzle.

What's more, they had to pick out ten songs from this list and include them on the album Don Quixote. This sparked a sparkling war of words.

George insisted on including the single "Los Angeles" on the album, but Herbert felt that the folk tune did not fit the tone and style of the whole album, and even the spiritual core did not meet the requirements; Herbert had a soft spot for "Budapest", but George was completely untouched, believing that the song was too popular and ruined the integrity of the album.

Both George and Herbert are in love with "Old Pine", a fresh and simple ballad, but too beautiful to say, life is not only in front of me, but also poetry and distance.

Even if the temperament of the whole song does not match the album, the two still hope to be included in the album, the problem is that there are only ten seats on an album, and each seat is extremely precious, which also means that they can only give up the "old pine tree......

Ten songs, can there really only be ten songs?

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