"Infernal Affairs 2" is quite menacing.

It's no wonder that no one can play in this schedule, during the transition period of this May Day file to the summer file, the box office of "Infernal Affairs 2" is even a little outrageous, but knowing that it is Li Zhifan's work, and the first one has laid the foundation before, people are no longer surprised.

In addition to China, Japan and South Korea have also been released successively, especially South Korea, because the first part has only been released for less than a month, and the second part has been released, which really surprised Korean fans.

In Japan, the first part was released as early as the beginning of the year, and the release time of the second part also followed the date of China, driven by good word-of-mouth and mature markets, "Infernal Affairs 2" also won the championship of the quarter at the box office in Japan and South Korea.

At the same time, along with the popularity of "Infernal Affairs 2", there is also the episode "Forgotten Time" in the movie.

This song was in the first part, but only one fragment was put at that time, and in the end, there was only a short segment on the whole network, not the whole song.

Because the theme song "Infernal Affairs" sung by Li Zhifan and Chen Guanjun was to be promoted at that time, and in order to retain a gimmick, the song was not released, and even the original singer was not exposed.

And the second part was released, and the full version of "Forgotten Time" was finally released, and the singer of this song was Zhen Fen, a famous female singer in Xiangjiang who debuted in the 80s.

Zhen Fen has not released a new song for 20 years, but she still holds concerts at Xiangjiang Hung Hom Stadium every two or three years, and now she is sixty-three years old, her singing voice is still as smooth as when she was young, and there is more precipitation in the singing rhyme, and there is no need to repair the voice at all in the later stage.

During the release of "Infernal Affairs 2", Zhen Fen took the opportunity to launch this year's concert, this time it was no longer limited to Hung Hom, but also staged one at the Capital 80,000 Stadium in Beijing, and three consecutive performances at the Sweko Cultural Center in Shanghai.

Many people will worry about whether Zhen Fen will be physically exhausted when holding a concert at this age, and whether there will be other problems.

Tens of millions of netizens are looking forward to farewell, and they are naturally worried.

The organizers took care of Zhen Fen's health and invited three groups of medical teams, which was enough to build a county-level health center.

Li Zhifan, as the key figure in Zhen Fen's comeback and singing, was invited to be a guest at her first concert, and also invited Chen Guanjun to sing "Infernal Affairs" together.

California.

Liu Yuan's home.

For the guest performance task in Shouti this time, Chen Guanjun specially flew over and asked Li Zhifan to tailor a few songs for him.

Chen Guanjun has never sung in any public scene, except for "Infernal Affairs" with Li Zhifan, he has not released any other songs, so this is a completely fresh crossover for him.

Chen Guanjun doesn't ask for songs to make him more popular, he just wants to have a song of his own when he performs commercially.

Based on this principle, Li Zhifan tailor-made three songs for him, two in Cantonese and one in Chinese, all of which are full of Hong Kong flavor.

Two of the Cantonese songs are still in the retro style of the 80s, but under the backdrop of the new arrangement, the feeling of the old times only stays in the tune, and the Chinese people's preference for music is this particularly pleasant and catchy melody.

"It's done!"

Listening to the music he recorded, Chen Guanjun was very excited.

This is the first time he has recorded music independently, even the harmonies are sung by himself.

For Chen Guanjun, who doesn't know music, recording harmony is much more difficult than recording melody, because he always can't sing accurately, and he runs to the melody part after singing several times.

"With these three songs, you won't have to worry about commercial performances in the future!"

Li Zhifan said with a smile, "But you still have to practice when you go back, listen to these songs when you have nothing to do in private, you have to memorize them by heart, although you are a crossover, but the quality of a singer cannot be destroyed, that is, don't fake sing." ”

"Hey, I know!"

Chen Guanjun's face turned red, he still thought that he would lip sync if he couldn't do it in commercial performances in the future, anyway, he was an actor, and he had a large number of fans to support him, even if he was exposed, the public would not condemn him too much.

But he didn't expect Li Zhifan to point out this matter directly, thinking that there were too many strange people in the circle.

Since he is going to attend Zhen Fen's concert, or on an occasion like the first body, Li Zhifan is naturally prepared, but there is only one new song, and there are no more.

……

A week later.

It has been 28 days since the release of "Infernal Affairs 2", and the national box office has reached 2.5 billion yuan, surpassing the results created by the first part in less than a month.

On this day, Zhen Fen's "Forgotten Time" concert was held in the capital of Beijing.

This concert has been publicized in the mainland, because there are only two places in the mainland, Beijing and Shanghai, and there is only one concert in Beijing, although it is 80,000 people, it is still precious.

It stands to reason that Zhen Fen's concert must be an elderly person, but surprisingly there are a lot of young people, unlike other celebrity concerts where young couples are seated, the young people in this concert are all accompanied by their parents and elders, and many of them are a large family to experience the almost forgotten singing.

After Li Zhifan and Chen Guanjun arrived at the scene, they went directly to the backstage.

Zhen Fen held a concert this time, and invited a total of five guests, but in addition to Li Zhifan and Chen Guanjun, who are young people, the other three are all older singers.

Some have long since retired, but they sang some classic songs with Zhen Fen back then, and some are still active in the entertainment industry, but they have long stopped singing and gone to make movies.

Li Zhifan and Chen Guanjun shook hands with the three old-timers one after another, but they talked about the trivialities of life, and as for music, they didn't talk a few words.

In the eyes of these three old-timers, singing is just a job, they were not about art in that era, but for making a living on the stage, and when they became popular, they could enjoy the taste of being sought after, and they still sang in various restaurants if they were popular, and then once they had the opportunity to make a fortune, such as investing in business, or changing careers to make movies, they would immediately leave the singing industry.

The most important thing is that the songs of their era are basically covers of Japanese pop songs, and several Japanese singers of their era can be said to have fed the entire Chinese music scene back then.

Li Zhifan and Chen Guanjun can talk to them together, the reason is precisely because they don't talk about music, but about life, everyone has a different perception of art, but there is always something to empathize with about life.

The young people talk about the pain in their hearts at the moment, and the old people enlighten and talk about the torture of their youth, and the topic unfolds like this, and time passes.

Outside.

Under the watchful eye, the concert kicked off.

Zhen Fen's song list tonight is divided into three parts, the first part is her early years of "energetic music", their generation of singers, like to use "fast-paced songs" to describe this kind of music, and it was only later that this kind of music was characterized in the music world, called "retro dance music".

Compared with the popular music styles now, these songs can only be called "slow-paced songs", rock music took the lead in changing the Chinese music scene, Disco changed the public's perception of music, and finally electronic music changed the world music.

Young people sometimes feel embarrassed when they hear these older generations say, "Bring a fast song below", but it is a dance music that is humming slowly, but today on this stage, Zhen Fen's singing does not have this feeling.

In order to prepare for this concert, she specially found more than a dozen famous musicians in Hong Kong to make new arrangements.

The songs are still those songs, the words are still those words, and the melody has not changed, but the style is completely different from the previous ones.

The accompaniment of pure electronic sound effects, coupled with the ethereal reverberation, is enough for the audience to see Zhen Fen's desire to chase pop.

The second is her classic slow songs, which are still brand new arrangements, and the dedication and hard work are in the music.

After a few songs, Zhen Fen said: "Today, everyone is here to listen to me sing, thank you! I see a lot of audience members and children come with me, I am very happy that there are so many people like me, thank you again! The following song is today's theme song, called "Forgotten Time"!"

Zhen Fen stood on the stage extremely elegantly and sang the first paragraph:

"Who's banging on my window, who's stirring the strings!"

"That forgotten time gradually rose back to my heart......"

The piano sound was slowly paved, and Zhen Fen also sang calmly and steadily.

After singing this song, Zhen Fen introduced to everyone: "Today I am very honored to have Li Zhifan accompany me on the piano for this song!"

As he spoke, a beam of light shone from above the piano, enveloping Li Zhifan in front of the piano.

The audience, who had been listening quietly to the song just now, let out a boiling scream at this moment.

Li Zhifan raised his hand and waved, but did not get up.

At this time, Zhen Fen continued: "Thank you Zhifan for writing such a good song as "Forgotten Time", and asking me to sing it. Then the next song is still written by Zhifan, and it is also a new song, and today it is the first song, and you are the first listeners to hear it. ”

Some of the audience below didn't hear what was being said on stage.

But everyone saw the big screen behind it, and a few lines appeared on it:

"No Love"

Lyrics: Li Zhifan

Piano accompaniment: Li Zhifan

Before listening to the song, when they only saw Li Zhifan's three words, the audience burst into tears of excitement.

Since Li Zhifan stepped into film and television, the output of songs has decreased, and listening to his new songs has become a luxury for fans.

Although the last album has only been released for a short time, fans feel as if ten years have passed, and the last album is all rap songs, many fans don't like it, even if they are all popular, but not all of them have the right appetite.

Under the expectation of the audience, Zhen Fen opened her mouth and sang:

"I can't forget, I can't forget, I can't forget your mistakes!"

"I can't forget your kindness, I can't forget the walk in the rain!"

"I can't forget the hug in the wind!"

Zhen Fen had a feeling of humming, and every sentence and sound was played very slowly.

It's like tasting a cup of tea and a glass of wine, that long feeling is buried in the retrospect of the years, and feelings, which are essential for singing, are just accessories for her, and the main ingredient is her voice.

"The lonely alley, now the oblique moon is shining!"

"The swing that was cold is now swaying gently in the wind!"

"It repeats your admonition, a sound, forget!

"It whispered to me, a voice, it's difficult!

Zhen Fen sang in a low voice, like a twilight beauty dying of old age, like a woman lamenting that life is not easy, and more like an old woman who enjoys her life after seeing through everything, in her, listeners of every age can taste a variety of different styles.

Just when everyone was intoxicated, a male voice sounded:

"If my heart is tired, my tears are dry, this affection is hard to give up!"

"I once had, the sky is old and the earth is old, I don't see you anymore, twilight and chao!"

The style of the song changed instantly, and the male voice sang with a particularly modern sense, everyone looked at the stage, and then realized that it was Li Zhifan who was singing.

These were originally two songs, "No Love" and "New Love", but they were merged into one by Li Zhifan.

Of course, this is not his first creation, because in another world there is a female singer named Cai Qin, who sang like this at her concert in 07, but was appropriated to this time and space by Li Zhifan.

In the first two paragraphs of Li Zhifan's field, Zhen Fen picked up the microphone again and sang in a low and graceful voice:

"This love will always be difficult, I hope I can hug it again in the next life!"

"I don't know how to love someone, how to stay until I grow old, how to face everything, I don't know ......"

An old and a young, a woman and a man, one is low and rich, the other is young and bright, but there is an unusual tacit understanding.

Especially when it comes to the chorus, the feeling of the two singing together is simply earth-shattering:

"Recalling the past, the painful lovesickness can't be forgotten!"

"Why are you still here, it makes my heart beat!"

Li Zhifan's voice carried a hint of cracking, and this rupture seemed to be the strongest plucking after the heart-rending pain gathered together.

And Zhen Fen sang this song with mixed feelings after many years, her emotions were more complicated, there was nostalgia and reluctance, but there was no heartache shown by Li Zhifan.

"How can I love you, you should know tonight!"

"It's hard to be fated, it's hard to fall in love!"

The last word "up", the two dragged on for 16 eight beats.

is that Li Zhifan has a feeling of lack of oxygen after singing, but Zhen Fen is still steady on stage, but she joked: "The last sentence is so difficult, I have to go down to breathe a few breaths of oxygen, and hand over the stage to Li Zhifan! Although this song was sung by the two of us just now, it was mine, and in order to be a good guest at this concert, he specially wrote a new song and sent it to all the fans who like him, please wait and see!"

Watching Zhen Fen get off the stage, Li Zhifan stood up from the piano and said with a smile: "Sister Fen used the wrong word, for fans, it seems more appropriate to wait for the ears, right?"

"Haha!

"Sing it, don't correct Sister Fen's mistakes!"

"Li Zhifan!"

The style of the audience has completely changed, when Zhen Fen sang before, they seemed to be listening to a concert, and when they came to Li Zhifan, they were like they were at a music festival, shouting as much as they wanted, unrestrained.