Chapter 55: Match Heaven
The record "Don't Talk" is selling well, and the "Su Provincial Daily" published a report on the MV shooting scene in due course, written by Liu Qianqian, and pointed out the location of each scene, from Qixia Mountain in Jinling to the Jiulu Station next to Jiangcheng People's Square, and the beach in Zuihou.
The beautiful scenery of the beach combined with Jiang Li and Ye Chen has left a deep impression on many people, so where is it?
In October, the Jiangcheng government held a public tender for this beach, and the company bought the 40-year development rights of the beach at a price of 10 million yuan, and it is expected that the follow-up investment will be 10 million yuan, and a large beach playground with complete facilities will be built.
This beach is the same one where Jiang Li and others gathered at the beginning, and Li Wanrong also joked that if he liked it, it would be better to buy it directly, but he didn't do that, although the funds are fine, as long as the proceeds from the record "Don't Talk" are transferred.
However, Jiang Li did not find this beach, but the beach found him, and Qian Kun, the person in charge of the Jiangcheng Beach Playground Project of Haole Company, took the initiative to come to the door and wanted to ask him to advertise at a high price.
Who is the hottest in Jiangcheng now? Who is the hottest in Jiangsu Province now? Or is it Jiangli! It just so happened that the playground was built in Jiangcheng again, and it was very suitable for Qian Kun to choose Jiangli as the object of cooperation.
So, there was Jiang Li's strategy, and it was three birds with one stone.
The first step is to shoot the music video on the beach, and the beautiful scenery adds a lot of color to the music video.
The second step is to publish a report through the "Su Provincial Daily" to reveal the story behind the MV, and promote the Haole Jiangcheng Beach Playground in a very interesting and secret way, which is more likely to arouse people's interest.
In the third step, according to the agreement, Jiang Li will get 10% of the shares of the amusement park, and the amusement park will be publicized in the name of "the MV shooting site of the record "Don't Talk" and "Jiang Li's favorite beach".
Although he didn't buy the beach outright, his 10% stake decided that he could come here at any time for free, call friends, and even occasionally buy the entire beach.
That was enough, and now he doesn't have the energy to invest in other areas.
He began to bury his head in writing the next song, and the company was left to Ai Wenjing to take care of, Ye Chen also served as the assistant general manager in addition to the singer of Flying Bird, assisting Ai Wenjing in handling the company's affairs.
Speaking of this assistant, there is also a reason, now that Ye's mother has recovered, has been discharged from the hospital and returned to Jiangcheng, Ye Chen decided to fulfill the promise he made to give Jiang Li a free lifetime of work, such as sharing the income of "Always Quiet" to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li naturally didn't allow it, and even got angry about it, Ye Chen stopped talking, but still insisted on saving the money for him to use at any time.
He persuaded bitterly: "Ye Chen, Auntie has just recovered and needs to supplement her nutrition, and you are still renting a house to live in, how can this be done? ”
"It's okay, I can work part-time, and "Leaf" also has an income, so it won't cause you trouble. ”
"You, you're going to be angry with me...... Jiang Li turned his eyes and said, "Okay, since you want to work part-time, you can do it, now that the birds are getting bigger and bigger, and there are many affairs, Senior Sister Ai just needs an assistant, so it's up to you." ”
"Well, you can use me as much as you want, it's just ......"
"Don't say it's free, or I'll be really angry, didn't you say I could use you as I pleased?"
Ye Chen seemed to think of something, his face turned red, his eyebrows were lowered, and he nodded lightly.
So Ye Chen became the assistant to the general manager, and Jiang Li hinted that Ai Wenjing offered a high monthly salary of 6,000 as compensation, and he didn't dare to raise his salary too much, so as not to cause Ye Chen to rebound.
The creation of the song went very smoothly, after all, the experience was already very rich, first Jiang Li wrote the lyrics and score, and then finalized the details of the accompaniment, with the singing, zuihou recording, mixing and post-processing in one go.
Just when the new song was almost finished and it was time to finish, Su Musha mailed Jiang Li a mysterious package, he went home for this purpose, and when he opened it, he found that it was nearly a hundred letters, and the top was written to him by Su Musha.
"Jiang Li, this is all the letters from readers that the editorial department has received so far about you, I will send them to you every other week in the future, you can choose a few responses after reading, and they will be published in next month's magazine, don't live up to the expectations of the children." ”
Jiang Li couldn't help but have a big head, it was only a week, and there were nearly 100 letters, did he want him to read them one by one?
"Brother, I'll help you, if it makes more sense, I'll show you again. "Ripple is empathetic.
"Well, let's go together, you can help me share some of it. Jiang Li rubbed the rippled little head.
The vast majority of the people who wrote letters to Jiang Li were children, especially girls, after all, it was a fairy tale like "The Little Match Girl", the handwriting was neat or delicate or crooked, and the sentences were generally smooth.
Then Ripple handed over a letter, which was dozens of pages thick, which was extremely rare, Jiang Li also noticed that Ripple's eye circles were a little red, what's going on?
He took the letter, read it carefully, and soon, he was stunned, and his heart was shocked.
One, two, three...... After reading the thirty-three pages of the letter in one go, Jiang Li stood up suddenly.
That night, a train departed from Jiangcheng to Jinling, and then, a train left Jinling Railway Station and headed for Luzhou in Anhui Province.
Out of Luzhou Station, Jiang Li immediately took a car to Luzhou next to the Chaocheng, Chaohu Lake and Chao famous Chaocheng, far less rich and prosperous than its brother city, the original shijie, this dad does not love the city will be divided by the surrounding three cities in 2011.
Now, Chaocheng is still a prefecture-level city, and it is as poor as ever.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Jiang Li came out of the bus station, the cold wind was raging, like a knife blowing his cheeks, he took off his coat and wrapped the little people around him, his sister Ripple, insisted on coming after reading the letter, although there was still class tomorrow, Jiang Li agreed.
Jiang Li's status in the family is different now, and his words are extremely weighty, and his parents will not object to what he decides.
In a foreign place, it was late at night, although Jiang Li was only sixteen years old, he was not afraid at all, after all, he still had more than twenty years of precipitation in his previous life.
I've even experienced death, so what are you afraid of?
"Are you afraid? ripples. ”
"Don't be afraid! Brother will protect Ripples. ”
Jiang Li looked at the ripples, her eyes as bright as the stars in the night sky, and smiled, her eyes were really like herself.
At this time, the mobile phone rang, Jiang Li connected, and said directly: "I've arrived, Mom, don't worry, I'll contact you if there's something." ”
After Shui Mengying, the phone calls continued one after another, and Jiang Li answered the phone while leading the ripples to a taxi.
"Go to the Nest City Orphanage. Jiang Li said calmly.
The taxi driver glanced at Jiang Li in surprise, didn't say anything, started the car, and walked away.
The Nest City Orphanage is an old building built in the 90s, quiet and cold, in the middle of nowhere, only the ivy-covered walls add a touch of life to the place.
Pushing open the rusty iron door, Jiang Li saw more than thirty people standing quietly in the cold wind, only a few adults, and the rest were all children.
Before leaving, Jiang Li talked to Su Musha, but he didn't expect Su Musha to contact this orphanage instead, when the director told the children the news, everyone was very excited, in their simple minds, the person who can write fairy tales like "Snow White", "Cinderella" and "The Little Match Girl" is undoubtedly a god-like existence.
So, they who have always gone to bed early can't sleep anyway, and they are clamoring to wait for "Ah Li" to come, and they have been waiting until now.
Her body shivered in the cold wind, but her eyes were so bright, just like the little girl in the story lighting matches one after another, just for the warmth and hope of that moment.
Jiang Li's heart was deeply touched, and he buzzed, he didn't know about this, he didn't know that these children were looking forward to his arrival so much, otherwise he would definitely leave early and wouldn't wait until the evening.
"Ah Li?" the elderly dean pushed his reading glasses and asked tentatively, the kind wrinkled face and calloused hands telling what kind of dean she was.
Luckily, they met a good dean.
"It's me, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. "Jiang Li is gentle and authentic.
A burst of cheers erupted in the crowd, and all the children gathered around, wanting to talk to Jiang Li, to the great person in their hearts, "Ah Li".
No one knows Jiang Li here, the singer Jiang Li of Su Province, not only because Jiang Li is far less famous in Anhui Province than Su Province, but even if he has heard his songs, he pays less attention to what the other party looks like, not to mention, this is an orphanage.
The happiest thing for the children every day is to listen to the nursery staff tell stories and watch the old dean fiddle with the old-fashioned radio, which may be filled with a piece of music.
I don't know when it began, children must read "Fairy Tales" every day, thirty-three children shared a book, and each of the stories was rotten, and Ah Li was the most popular.
Finally, they decided to send a letter to Ah Li, thirty-three children, thirty-three pages, each of them wrote what he wanted to say most as if he were a pilgrimage, and almost all of the children expressed their desire to meet Ah Li's real people in the letter.
So, here he comes.
"Leave, leave, leave, leave, leave ......"
"Well, I'm here, let's go back to the house, it's cold outside, I can tell you a story. ”
Jiang Li smiled gently, picked up a little girl nearby, and was surrounded by many children and walked towards the old house in front of him.
It was late at night, but no one was sleepy, and the house, although basic, was exceptionally warm.
In the dim light, Jiang Li told a story to a group of children, and after telling "The Little Match Girl", seeing that everyone was still unsatisfied, his face was full of anticipation, and he thought that it would be better to sing another song, but he didn't bring a single musical instrument, could he sing?
"You're thirsty, drink some water, come all the way, it's really hard for you, the children are very happy, never so happy, xiexie you are away. The old dean came over with a cup of hot water and said kindly.
Jiang Li's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Dean, can you bring me some more cups and bowls." ”
"Uh...... Well. ”
The children looked curiously at Jiang Li sitting at the table, with more than a dozen cups and bowls neatly placed on the table, only to see his hands raised and lowered, and chopsticks hitting the cups and bowls, making a series of sounds, heavy or light, crisp or deep.
His expression was focused, white light flashing through his eyes and fingertips, repeating over and over again, distinguishing timbre and tone until he thought he could.
Suddenly, when!
The sound joins into a beautiful melody that rings like a spring, passing through the hearts of children, no matter how many years it takes, this scene is unforgettable.
No matter how many years have passed, everyone present will remember that on that cold night in November, there was a dusty teenager who played a melody with simple utensils such as chopsticks and cups and bowls, igniting hope in the hearts of children.
Jiang Li didn't sing in the end, so he let the melody flow, quietly, in the depths of every child's heart......
This melody comes from Jiang Li's upcoming new song, titled, "Match Heaven".