"Let's go to the teahouse and sit for a while. ”

Dong Guo Yao pointed to a teahouse called "Green Fun" opposite the Yujing Garden, since Zhang Yuan came to find him in person, no matter how he found this place, he should do his best to be a landlord.

"Good. Zhang Yuan nodded when he heard this.

The two came to the West Coast and asked for a small private room to sit down, and Dong Guo Yao said, "What do you want to drink!"

Zhang Yuan glanced at the price list on the table and said, "You can order yours, I don't want to drink." ”

"Alright, waiter, let's get a pot of hair. Hearing this, Dong Guo Yao said to a young waitress standing next to him.

Dong Guo Yao actually doesn't drink tea, to be precise, he doesn't drink tea, but he saw on the Internet that Zhang Yuan has a hobby of drinking tea, so he quietly clicked the tip of the pot.

"Okay, wait a minute. The young waitress said and exited the private room.

Seeing that the waitress withdrew, Dongguo Yao was thinking about how to communicate with Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan took the initiative to speak: "I believe you know the purpose of my coming, I want your poem." ”

Dong Guo Yao was silent for a while, and then said with some curiosity: "Actually, many people have changed this poem on the Internet, and I haven't registered the copyright, so you can change it as much as you want, why do you want to come all the way here?"

"That's them, if you don't ask, you're a thief, I'm not that kind of person. Zhang Yuan said coldly.

Dong Guo Yao felt that he was a little bored just now, so he said with some embarrassment: "Then you want to adapt this poem into rock?"

Although he knew that Zhang Yuan was talented and capable, it was always difficult for him to connect "When You're Old" with rock and roll.

This poem was indeed changed into a song on the earth before, and it was also successful, but the adaptation was more of a folk version, how to change it if it was changed to rock, and what would be the effect of the change?

"Yes, rock!" Zhang Yuan said, his voice still short, but this time Dong Guo Yao saw a glimmer in his eyes.

"Do you think this poem is suitable for rock 'n' roll?" asked Dong Guo Yao.

"Don't you think?" Zhang Yuan asked rhetorically.

Dongguo Yao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I think it's more suitable to change it to a folk song." ”

"Folk songs?" Zhang Yuan heard and glanced up at Dong Guo Yao.

Dong Guo Yao suddenly found that this seemed to be the first time Zhang Yuan looked at himself head-on since they met, so he said: "Yes, I think it is more suitable to change it to a folk song." ”

Dong Guo Yao really feels that this poem is still more suitable for adaptation into a ballad, there are many versions of the song that this poem was adapted into in his previous life, and the most accepted version is probably Zhao Zhao, Mok Wenwei and Li Jian.

Speaking of Zhao Zhao, you may not know that many people hear the song "When You Are Old", the first time it should be that Karen Mok sang the main theme of "caring for your parents" in the Spring Festival Gala, and then Li Jian once again ignited the public's auditory nerves with tenderness on the stage of I am a singer.

In fact, "When You're Old" was first adapted and sung by folk singer Zhao Zhao, who sang this song for his mother as early as on the stage of good Chinese songs.

Before the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Goat, Zhao Zhao's interpretation of When You Are Old became the ending song of the TV series Sunflower starring Li Xuejian and Xiao Song Jia. After the Spring Festival Gala, on online music platforms such as Yixiuyun Music and Xiami Music, Zhao Zhao's "When You're Old" also topped the audition list one after another.

Later, Li Jian chose this song as the repertoire on I am a singer and won the championship, which made this song popular again.

In Li Jian's arrangement, he not only added famous French songs, but also made some changes in the chorus, using his solid and clear voice as the main line to express his deep love for his mother.

If Zhao Zhao's version is closer to the lives of ordinary people, then Li Jian's version is more like a micro-movie, and Karen Mok's singing in the Spring Festival Gala returns to the performance.

To sum up, Zhao Zhao's version is down-to-earth, Li Jian's version is exquisite, and Karen Mok's version is popular.

Therefore, Dong Guo Yao expressed incomprehension of how Zhang Yuan had to arrange the music and how to change it in order to adapt this poem into rock.

"You also know music?" Zhang Yuan, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked.

Dongguo Yao was stunned for a moment, and said modestly: "How dare I say that I understand music in front of you, at most I dare to say that I understand a little." ”

What he said is true, although he has some research on music, lyrics and composition, etc., but there is really no comparison with Zhang Yuan.

"Do you know how to compose?" asked Zhang Yuan.

"A little bit of it. Dong Guo Yao thought to himself, this is not because he wants me to compose.

"Oh. Zhang Yuan came to his senses when he heard this, looked at Dong Guo Yao carefully, and then said: "You just said that you think it is more suitable to change it to a folk song, I think you already have some ideas in your heart, so you ...... Can you write a tune?"

Perhaps he also felt that his request was a bit unreasonable, so he paused slightly in the last sentence.

"Now?" Dong Guo Yao was stunned.

"Yes, now. Zhang Yuan spoke, then nodded slightly and muttered: "Folk songs are also a way of thinking. ”

"Alright then, I'll try. ”

Dong Guo Yao suddenly felt a little dizzy, didn't he come to me and ask me for the right to adapt the poem? Why is it now that I want to write music for him?

However, Dong Guo Yao still chose to accept Zhang Yuan's request, because he also wanted to see what kind of level the ballad version of "When You're Old", which is a big fire on the other earth, in the eyes of Zhang Yuan, a person who integrates rock elements into his bone marrow.

Dong Guo Yao got up and was about to go to the counter and the waiter to ask for a pen and a few pieces of paper, when the waiter happened to bring the soaked hair tip into the private room, so he told the waiter about his needs.

After the waitress put down the tea, she went out and brought a pen and a notebook to Dong Guo Yao.

Dong Guo Yao took the notebook, closed his eyes and recalled slightly, and the song of "When You Are Old" appeared in his mind, so he wrote it on paper according to the song in his mind.

Zhang Yuan sat on the side and waited quietly, originally he was very patient. But the smell of tea wafting from the teapot was really tempting, so his eyes glanced at the teapot intentionally or unintentionally, and then looked at the price list.

His gaze kept going back and forth between the two, and after forcibly holding on for a while, his hands finally reached for the teapot uncontrollably and poured himself a cup.

Taking a sip of the teacup, Zhang Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

He took a serious look at the tea in the cup, took another sip, closed his eyes and savored it, and then nodded with an intoxicated expression.

Zhang Yuan is a person who understands tea, so he naturally tasted the extraordinaryness of this hairy tip in one bite.

So Zhang Yuan became interested, and opened the lid of the pot while drinking.

He looked at the tea leaves in the pot, observed the color of the tea, smelled the refreshing aroma of tea, and played with the teacup in his hand like a child playing with his favorite toy.

He drank two cups in a row, and suddenly thought of something, so he also got a cup for Dong Guo Yao.

"Thank you!" Zhang Yuan handed over the tea, Dong Guo Yao just raised his head, picked up the tea and drank it like boiling water.

After drinking, he wiped his mouth and praised: "Good tea!"

Zhang Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and his withdrawn hand froze in mid-air.

Then, I saw him raise the teapot in front of him, and seeing this meaning, Dong Guo Yao didn't want to drink this tea anymore.