Chapter 376 Engagement Party Guests

Wang Xu's engagement was held in his own bar. He invited many guests. There was no special ceremony. Most of them were artists. Each family would have a show. The emcee was Zhou Tao, yes, the beautiful police sister.

She now works as a host at the Imperial Capital TV Station. Wang Xu asked her to help based on the concept of using familiar people instead of new ones.

Zhou Tao readily agreed. She borrowed clothes from Wang Xu a lot, especially after she became a host. If it was an event organized by the TV station, the TV station would naturally provide clothes.

But they also had to take on various private jobs to earn some extra money. Wang Xu gave her the right to borrow clothes early on, and she was not polite. When she had something to do, she would go to Wang Chao's store to borrow clothes. Of course, she also had to help Wang Xu take some promotional photos.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this era. It is not so commercialized. The interaction between each other is more like friends, not just customers. Each other has a scale in their hearts, and most of them know that they can't go too far, so they get along very harmoniously.

Wang Xu is quite influential in the music circle of the imperial capital. With the planning of a new movie, his network of contacts in the film circle is also expanding rapidly. His several businesses are growing at a speed that Wang Xu could not imagine.

Wang Xu actually did not send out many invitations. He originally planned to hold a small-scale event, where the two families would gather and have a good time.

Wang Xu's family does not have many relatives. Both his father and mother's families are sparsely populated, and the elderly died early.

Many teachers from various fields came, and Wang Xu's teachers were naturally invited. Both Professor Yan from the Department of Automation and Professor Bian from the Department of Materials received invitations. Professors like Teacher Luo who had worked with Wang Xu for a long time were naturally among them.

Wang Xu did not have a fixed teacher when he was learning opera since he was a child. They all followed the big class and had no clear master-disciple relationship. Although Mr. Mei liked him at the time, who made him taller?

The real disciple of the Mei School, the eldest sister of this generation is actually Li Shengsu, who is truly recognized by Mr. Mei and worshipped as a teacher according to the old custom.

But Meipai is not just Mr. Mei. Not only did Mr. Mei Lanfang have several true disciples who were truly apprenticed to him, but they all had their own inheritance, which formed the influence of the entire Meipai throughout the country.

Also, because Mei Lanfang was so famous back then, half of the Qingyi singers learned the Meipai singing style, and the inheritance methods of various drama schools further broke the master-apprentice inheritance model.

Although they did not have a clear master, it cannot be said that they did not sing the Meipai. Regardless of whether it was authentic or not, the key is to see whether the audience likes it or not.

In fact, after liberation, there were Peking Opera troupes in various places, and the specific Peking Opera factions had long been in chaos, no longer as clear as before liberation. It was not a taboo for Qingyi to learn the Meipai singing style.

Later, the Peking Opera market continued to shrink step by step. There was only so much food. If you eat more, others would have less. They became dirty with each other, and then the various factions were picked up again.

In fact, even Li Shengsu did not learn opera from Grandpa Mei since she was a child. She only became famous after she officially became his apprentice.

Opera singing is a very traditional business after all, and those who do this business still have some nostalgia.

So generally speaking, Qingyi singers will say that they sing in the Mei style, which just shows your singing style. But generally they will not claim to be the successor of the Mei style, after all, the Mei style is really passed down in an orderly manner.

It's like you can practice Shaolin Kung Fu, but don't say that you are the successor of Shaolin, let alone speak on behalf of the Shaolin school. As for whether you can form your own school, it's up to the audience to decide, not yourself.

Today is Wang Xu's engagement, which is a big day, but Wang Xu didn't formally become his apprentice, so Grandpa Mei didn't come, but sent his eldest disciple Sister Li to congratulate and watch the ceremony.

Among the guests, the most famous one should be Wang Xu's mother's teacher, Mrs. Luo Yusheng.

Wang Xu is actually very familiar with the old lady, and it can't even be described as familiar, that is, she is his grandmother.

After all, she was my mother's teacher, and I had to call her the master. Besides, the relationship between master and apprentice in the past was not much different from that between mother and daughter, father and son, that is, family. The old lady also loved Wang Xu very much. Didn't I say that he was particularly liked by middle-aged and elderly women since he was a child?

When Wang Xu was a child, he often went to the old lady's house for meals, and he also learned a lot of drum singing from the old lady.

Even after going to college, Wang Xu often went to Grandma Luo's house, and took Wang Fei to get to know the door twice, but they lived far away, so they didn't go very frequently.

Grandma Luo is old, almost 80 years old, but she is in good health. It is said that she can still sing the lantern drum, which is a unique skill in this industry. Wang Xu's mother can barely sing it, but she has never met Grandma Luo's requirements.

This time, Grandma Luo sat for a while, looked at the young couple in harmony, said a few words of blessing, gave a painting of "flying with wings", and left. She doesn't like places that are too lively, let alone places like bars. The old lady has never been there in her life.

The words were written by the old lady herself. She was old and originally small in stature. With her trembling body, she looked like an ordinary little old lady. But she was energetic and in good shape. Her words were large and bold, with great visual impact, like the handwriting of a tall and strong man.

This is a portrayal of the old lady's strong life, and also a blessing to Wang Xu and his wife. This "Flying with Wings" does not have the feeling of young men and women lingering, but has some generosity and heroism of "The great roc rises with the wind one day, soaring up to 90,000 miles."

"Grandma Luo is really interesting. Writing about flying with wings feels like it's really flying." Wang Fei looked at the unfolded scroll and said thoughtfully.

"Grandma Luo just wants us to fly, or fly with wings, the higher the better. The old lady is not the kind of person who sticks to a small world. She is eager for us to soar into the sky in our young lives." Wang Xu also felt a little emotional. Old lady Luo treats things very generously.

Just like there is no successor to the Handeng Dagu, she is not worried at all, saying that these are just some techniques. When they are useful, someone will naturally pick them up. If they are useless, they will naturally die out. If there are people who listen to the drum book, then sing it. If no one listens, then change it.

Maybe someday some young people will like this art, pick it up again, and carry it forward. She herself stumbled and groped her way through it. It's just a craft. People who like it will naturally learn it. Otherwise, forcing others to learn it won't work.

Wang Xu didn't care whether there was any connotation in it, but it was indeed the meaning. He especially admired the old lady's mentality. Things that young people now think are rustic may not be trendy in 20 years.

Mei Lanfang also sang fashion dramas in those days. The so-called opera tunes later were actually inspired by various traditional arts. There are talented people in every generation, and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years.

Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, Ming and Qing novels, the popularity has been changing, but Tang poetry and Song lyrics are still brilliant after a thousand years. Each era has its own essence. Just keep good records. In the future, there will naturally be people who want to listen to these things and dig them out and see them again. Maybe one day they will become popular again.

The classic re-singing project sponsored by Wang Xu is the implementation of his idea. While the older generation of artists are still around and can still sing, they should be preserved intact to give a memory to the predecessors and an explanation to the future generations.

For example, the blind A Bing who wrote "Erquan Yingyue" is unable to restore his dozen equally famous pieces of music at that time because of the backwardness of various equipment at that time.

Only "Erquan Yingyue", "Tingsong", "Cold Spring Wind and Rain", and several pipa pieces were preserved with wire recorders, which is really a pity.

However, because of this project, Wang Xu has a good reputation in the entire music industry. Today, Wang Fei originally only invited his teacher Professor Jin.

But in the end, more than a dozen people came. Well, people in the entertainment industry like to join in the fun, and they all come together. It's just a routine operation. Didn't you see that Wang Xu held several small-scale gatherings, which eventually became big parties.

Teacher Gu, Sister Mao, and others came, of course, and Yan Weiwen, who sang "One Two Three Four" and is very popular recently.

Of course, Wang Fei's girlfriends also came, and among them there was someone Wang Xu didn't expect to be there, which made Wang Xu feel very strange.

That is, Tian Zhen, the big sister of the imperial capital's music scene at the moment. Yes, that's right, she is the big sister of the imperial capital's music scene. Although she has no works at the moment, and most of the tapes she recorded are covers, and she has not yet gotten rid of the hat of a party singer, she is the big sister in the imperial capital.

Why is she the big sister of the music scene? The simple reason is that she is from the imperial capital, graduated from the Affiliated High School of the Imperial University, and her speech and demeanor are particularly in line with the style of an imperial capital girl.

Let alone Wang Fei, she is now an international superstar, and the people of the imperial capital subconsciously ignore that she is originally from the imperial capital, and no one in the music critics will compare her with singers of the same generation, which seems too unfair.

The deeper reason is that this person has a straightforward personality, and her singing has a rock and roll rebellious feeling, which is particularly attractive to the young people of the imperial capital at the moment.

At present, she mainly runs around. There are many commercial performances in the capital, especially various small evening parties, and she has attended many of them.

Wang Xu still remembers how he performed in a student outfit in the 1980s. He was very manly, so he can really be regarded as a singer with great appeal in the capital.

Speaking of which, Na Gege is not as famous as Tian Zhen at the moment, especially in the capital. She did not become famous overnight when she went to Taiwan to record a record.

Na Gege went to Taiwan this year. This time, with the care of Qiu Likuan, it was much smoother than in her previous life, and she encountered less trouble, but that was all.

Her first CD has just been launched, and the sales are not bad. It can be regarded as an opportunity for her to truly transform into a record singer.

But the people in the capital are actually quite particular about listening to songs. They are not as obsessed with Hong Kong and Taiwan songs as those in southern cities. On the contrary, they have a special liking for various local original things. This is why the capital can become a gathering place for rock music at this moment.

There are also various northwest wind songs, which have a particularly wide audience in the imperial capital. There used to be various versions of "Huangtu Gaopo" and "Xintianyou" all over the streets. Tian Zhen's smoky voice was very popular because of the special flavor of the northwest wind.

In fact, Na Gege also became famous because of the northwest wind. Teacher Gu gave her a song "Shan Gou Gou", which made her stand out. But Teacher Gu didn't like her very much. He always felt that she had low emotional intelligence and always offended people, so he rarely sang for her.

Everyone has a close and distant circle, and the same is true for various circles in the imperial capital music industry. Tian Zhen's circle and Na Gege's circle are not the same circle.

But these two people are very funny, and no matter what happens in the future, they are both mixed up at the moment.

The Gege route is actually the upper class route, belonging to the academic school, but because of her straightforwardness and low emotional intelligence, she is on the edge and is not very popular with the academic school.

Tian Zhen is the lower class route, the rock underground school, but because of her straightforwardness and low emotional intelligence, she is also on the edge. Although she has a few friends in the rock circle, basically no one really helps her.

Otherwise, she would not have sung for so many years, but still has no songs of her own.

In the previous life, although the two of them were hyped by the media all day long, in fact, the two of them hardly met, and they were not good friends, and they were not in the same circle at all.

Unexpectedly, they met in advance in this life because of Wang Xu. The encounters in life are really interesting.

Tian Zhen was brought by Lao Cui. Lao Cui and Wang Xu can be regarded as friends. Whether it is the relationship with the Compass or the personal relationship between each other, they are pretty good. Wang Xu’s engagement will naturally give the leader of the rock circle a message.

Well, there was no formal invitation. Nowadays, people don’t care about that. Just a phone call is enough.

Lao Cui likes Tian Zhen very much. They have known each other for many years. They have performed together countless times. In various performances organized by the famous musician Guo Feng, they often appear together.

This time, they happened to perform at the same time, so he brought her along to introduce her to the famous Dongsi Wang Er.

Then, Tian Zhen met Na Gege and the others. They were all from the north. One was from the capital who had been in the northeast, and the other was from the northeast who had been in the capital. They also liked to smoke, drink and play mahjong. After a few rounds, they became friends directly. It was so smooth that Wang Xu was a little stunned.

Well, looking at the two future queens who came together, Wang Xu could only bless them and was powerless to complain. Well, he didn’t intend to complain. It was a good thing.

If Wang Xu said, the reason why the two of them broke up later was purely because of the immature business operation and the loss of not having an agent.

Look at the entertainment circles of later generations, where people respect each other, call each other teachers when they open their mouths, and call each other seniors when they close their mouths. It seems to be peaceful, but that is all due to commercial operations. Even if there are conflicts, they are secretly dealt with. It is not like this era, where people fight directly with real swords and guns.

An important reason why Wang Xu likes the music scene of this era is that you can really see what kind of personality each person has now.

It is hard to say about Hong Kong, but for the stars in the mainland, basically passers-by can judge what kind of people they are.

Many singers have good songs, but those who listen to their songs know that they are not very good. Many people in the rock circle are like this. Therefore, it is difficult to generate any additional emotions such as worship or idols. On the contrary, they all feel proud to know the details of these people.

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