Yunnan, Ximeng.

This is a small border town, with rainforests, plantains, mountains and a sea of clouds.

The geographical location happens to be almost the same latitude as Jamaica, the hometown of reggae music, of course, most people don't pay attention to this detail, but Lao Long has long known it.

Because his Wazoo band is the reggae band in this small town, but it's not the only one.

This small city is inhabited by ethnic minorities such as Wa, Dai and Hani, who combine this foreign music style with their own national music to form a unique musical style.

He has always believed that Yunnan is the most suitable place for China to play reggaeton, because there are ethnic minorities who are capable and good at dancing, such as Lao Long, who is the Wa people.

Coincidentally: the rhythm of the Wa rhythm is also filmed later, which is simply seamlessly connected to reggae music!

However, it is too far away, just 600 kilometers from the provincial capital, Kunming!

Due to geographical location, economic expenses and other reasons, the band is basically entertaining itself, of course, most of them are part-time. For example, Lao Long, he himself is a barbershop owner.

This afternoon, the business in the store was relatively light, he picked up his mobile phone casually, and accidentally swiped a message: Yu Dongqing's studio has hired a singer who is good at singing reggae music, and will sing the theme song of the upcoming movie "Chinese Youth".

Of course, Lao Long had heard the name Yu Dongqing.

A very good musician.

His creative style is very diverse, folk, rock, pop, and even RAP, but I didn't expect to play reggae again.

A reggaeton-style song that sounds like a youth school movie would use a reggaeton-style song?

This made him very suspicious.

But that's not his focus, he's curious about whether the other party can really write reggae music?

He thought about it for a while and said the news in the band's WeChat group.

"Boss, what do you want to do?" It was drummer Dayong who sent the message.

"I thought we'd give it a try." Lao Long replied: "Anyway, life is boring, and besides, is it really reggae when he writes that thing?" ”

It's been a week since Yu Dongqing received an email from the band Wazoo.

All the post-production of "Chinese-style Youth" has been completed, including the promotional video, and now the singer of this theme song is missing, if he really can't find a suitable one, Yu Dongqing decided to sing it himself.

This morning, Yu Dongqing got up as usual, prepared milk and bread and then asked his daughter-in-law to get up.

The bright belly is becoming more and more obvious, and it is a little inconvenient to work, so Yu Dongqing took care of the housework - anyway, there are not much, cooking, washing clothes, cleaning the courtyard, and having her own housekeeping service to do.

After eating, Yu Dongqing accompanied Mingmei to walk along the lakeside in Qianhai, as for watching the old men play chess, just forget it, so as not to let the daughter-in-law wait on the side.

After taking a walk, the weather was hot, the couple returned to their small courtyard, Yu Dongqing made himself a pot of Longjing tea, sat on the rattan chair under the eaves, drank comfortably, and watched the bean seedlings roll among the flowers and chase butterflies.

Mingmei fed the goldfish in the clay bowl - there were few anyway, and most of them were stolen by bean bags.

She didn't care, so she ran to her mother's house to get a few and came back.

Yu Dongqing squinted his eyes and before he finished drinking a pot of tea, his mobile phone rang, and it was Li Wei who called and said that he had received an email from a band, saying that he was willing to try out the song, and attached a video of them singing the song, singing very well, very reggaeton-style.

"What kind of band?"

"Yunnan, a place called Ximeng."

It's really Yunnan!

"Okay, you send it over and I'll take a look."

Soon, a video file appeared in WeChat.

Yu Dongqing opened his phone and listened carefully.

it!

Sure enough, it's reggae style music!

The song is called "Pure Man":

Thirty years ago

I'm eight years old

It was the era when reading books and couldn't afford a school bag

The age of going to school with a book between the elbow sockets

There are no button constraints on the crotch of the pants

There is also no age of confinement by zipper blocking

Yu Dongqing found that the arrangement also included the monochord and the percussion of ethnic minorities, etc., I don't know which ethnic minority it is?

Wa's? Or is it from the Yi people?

"Mingmei, you come and listen!" Yu Dongqing shouted excitedly into the house.

Mingmei had just finished doing pregnant woman exercises and was about to change her clothes, and when she heard her husband's words, she walked out, and Yu Dongqing played the song again.

"It's pretty good." After listening to it, Mingmei said: "Well, it should be sung by the ethnic minorities in Yunnan." ”

Scold?

You get the idea.

"From Yunnan Ximeng, I asked Li Wei to contact the other party." Yu Dongqing said and picked up the phone.

Lao Long didn't expect to get a reply from the other party so quickly: I appreciate your music very much, and I am willing to cooperate, the singing fee: 100,000, and at the same time I received the lyrics written by the other party.

It's already been arranged.

This is what Lao Long is most interested in, open the audio file and listen quietly.

Although it was only an accompaniment tape, Lao Long could already hear the thick reggae style: the weak beat alto was slightly saved, and the guitar strumming was struck upward

There is also a hip-hop in front, and there is a sense of undulation like jumping rumba.

There was even a flute!

This solo flute is fantastic!

Sure enough, what is national is what is global.

It's a pity that it's synthesized with electronic music, and if it's a real flute, it's even better.

Look at the lyrics again:

Lao Long is happy.

It's about a rebellious child.

Think about it, what boy didn't rebel when he was young, and he was different?

Sure enough, it's "Chinese-style Youth".

Parents chased chickens and dogs to jump and grew up.

Lao Long sent the lyrics and arrangements to the band group.

"Dude, don't do anything at night, go to the old place to practice singing, and there is 100,000 yuan of kung fu money, hehe."

Three days later, Yu Dongqing received the audio file from the other party, he listened carefully and felt good.

The other party rearranged the music on the basis of their own arrangement, using the solo string and the percussion of the Wa people, which they are good at—this is in the reply, Lao Long asked Yu Dongqing's consent.

And flutes!

It is no longer synthesized with electronic music by itself, but uses the Dong flute, a special musical instrument for the Dong people, with a clear and beautiful sound and a strong national style.

After such a modification by the other party, although it is not the same as what Dou Wei sang in the original time and space, it is full of a very lively atmosphere of life.

Yu Dongqing immediately called Li Wei and said that he would adopt it immediately.

and the band's song "Pure Man" is well written, which is worth recommending.

"Okay. It's time to be busy again. Yu Dongqing touched the bean bag lying on his lap and stood up.

The roadshow of "Chinese-style Youth" will start immediately.

Although it is not as desperate as Zhang Yang to promote "The Piano of Steel", it is still necessary to run.

Yanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu, Xi'an.

Just when Yu Dongqing and the main creative team were rushing to major cities non-stop, an unknown reggae band suddenly became popular.

First of all, the domestic music boss Yu Dongqing recommended a song written by the band on his Weibo for the first time - this is the first time that Yu Dongqing has recommended someone else's song on his Weibo.

At the same time, with the promotion of the "Chinese-style Youth" roadshow and promotional video, the song "Oh, Good" quickly became popular across the country.

People also began to know these men from the southwestern frontier.

Yu Dongqing took the opportunity of the roadshow to also meet this band, but in Ximeng but in Kunming.

Thank you for remembering the 0 years and spending the rest of the world for the monthly ticket

(End of chapter)