Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Since we are going to sing on stage, we have to practice in advance. We haven’t collaborated for many years and everyone is busy with things, and our hands are raw.

During the day, everyone went to work and took care of business. They had no time to take care of business, so they had to practice a few times at night and then perform in Liu Yimin's tavern.

The training location was found by Zhang Yang's gang. It is near Chaoyang and costs sixty yuan per hour. Musical instruments were provided by Liu Yimin and Zhang Yang.

Today is Tuesday, the first day of training. Unexpectedly, something happened to Du Hui. The three of them stood in the training room and waited for almost an hour without seeing Du Hui.

Zhang Yang was immediately unhappy: "Dongqing, I thought you couldn't come on time to take care of Tongtong alone, but I didn't expect it was Du Hui. He is alone now. He has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. What's the matter?"

"Tongtong is on summer vacation and basically stays at his grandma's house. Sometimes when he comes back on weekends, I have more leisure time." Yu Dongqing explained with a smile.

"No, I'll call this guy!" Zhang Yang couldn't help but take out his phone.

"Forget it, there might be a traffic jam on the road, and it's hard to answer the phone while driving. He lives near Qinghe, which is quite far away from here." Yu Dongqing hurriedly advised.

"It's probably about the child. I heard he was fighting for custody with his ex-wife." Liu Yimin suddenly said.

"Isn't the child awarded to his ex-wife?" Yu Dongqing asked curiously.

"I heard that his ex-wife found a husband again. That man was not good to the child, so he decided to get the custody of the child back." Liu Yimin said.

"Why"

Yu Dongqing sighed.

When adults get divorced, it is the children who are most pitiful.

"Coming, coming." At this moment, Du Hui was seen walking in hurriedly, his head covered with sweat.

"Sorry, buddy, there's a traffic jam on the road." Du Hui explained with a smile.

"Lao Du, are you okay?" Zhang Yang asked specifically.

"What can happen to me?" Du Hui asked, "Come on. Take the time and practice quickly."

Liu Yimin played the drums silently, Yu Dongqing looked very casual holding the guitar, and Zhang Yang wore sunglasses and held the bass, walking back and forth with the rhythm and even jumping, looking arrogant and uninhibited.

But Du Hui holds the keys like a poet. No matter how many ways the song is expressed, he always stands quietly behind, lowering his head and playing the keyboard quietly, without moving, sometimes even without moving his feet. Like an old monk entering concentration.

This is their singing style, which has not changed after so many years.

For three consecutive nights, Yu Dongqing and three of his buddies stayed here. In addition to practicing songs sung by the previous band, the focus was on two love songs written by Yu Dongqing. They practiced singing, playing the piano, and talking about embarrassing things from the past. , life was very happy.

Today is Friday, and we have an appointment to officially sing at Yimin’s Shili Peach Blossom Bistro at eight o’clock. Yu Dongqing called her mother-in-law in the afternoon and said that several of their friends would sing at Liu Yimin’s bistro tonight to help increase their popularity. Please ask them to take care of Tongtong for one more night, and he will come to pick her up early tomorrow morning.

Mother-in-law Liu Huiyan knew that Yu Dongqing had such a friend, so she agreed, saying that you were busy and Tongtong was fine with us, so there was no need to worry.

When she was about to get off work, Yu Dongqing suddenly received a call from her sister-in-law Meimei.

"Brother-in-law, your Qingmanglu Band is going to make a comeback? I want to go and listen too!" Meiliang looked very excited on the phone.

"Why come back to the world? We are just having fun and having fun." Yu Dongqing corrected.

"I want to go too! My sister has seen you singing, but I have never seen it before. I will bring Tongtong with me so that she can also watch daddy's performance!"

Originally, Yu Dongqing didn't want her daughter to come to these places too early, but she couldn't help but agreed after Mingliang begged her, and took her home after playing for a while.

After dinner in the afternoon, Meili took Yu Tongtong to her home in Hujialou by taking the subway. It was strange to see Yu Dongqing still sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a book.

"Brother-in-law, you have a performance tonight, why don't you dress up?" Meili looked at Yu Dongqing wearing his usual white crew neck shirt, but changed his big pants into casual shorts, and the flip-flops on his feet turned into flat canvas shoes, and reluctantly kept asking.

"What kind of performance? It's just for everyone to sing and have fun together. Ming Ming, isn't my brother-in-law good at this?" Yu Dongqing asked.

Meiliang looked at it carefully again.

Although the clothes he wears are very ordinary and not of any famous brands, and the total cost of the whole outfit is probably less than 500 yuan, my brother-in-law has a good figure. He also has that appearance and that temperament.

She actually looks like an international brand!

"Dad is so handsome!"

Yu Tongtong from the side interjected.

"My dear girl, your little mouth is so sweet!" Yu Dongqing gently pinched her daughter's red face affectionately.

He fell in love with this little girl more and more, she was well-behaved and sweet-tongued.

Yu Dongqing drove to Liu Yimin's tavern and took Meimei and her daughter in. It was now past seven o'clock in the evening, and people were already inside.

Seeing Meimei and Yu Tongtong also coming, Liu Yimin quickly came out of the bar and said that Zhang Yang and Du Hui were already here and were in the backyard.

The three people went out from the back door and saw two people sitting under the peach tree, holding a guitar and talking and discussing something.

The two of them were dressed completely new. Du Hui was still wearing a T-shirt and slacks, while Zhang Yang was wearing a white shirt and overalls, with his hair slicked back. It looked like he was going to sing but to discuss business.

But he liked this look.

As soon as he saw Yu Dongqing and the others coming in, Zhang Yang was the first to greet them.

"Hey. Meimei is here too? We haven't seen her for many days, and she is getting more and more beautiful. Do you want me to introduce you to a boyfriend?"

Among the brother-in-law's good buddies, Liu Yimin is the oldest and he is honest and doesn't like to make such jokes. Du Hui is a teacher, and because of his career, he didn't meet Meili to say these words.

Only Zhang Yang would tell her how beautiful she was when he met her, introduce her to her boyfriend, etc.

Of course, Meili knew that the other party was just joking.

Humph. Can you introduce someone as handsome and talented as your brother-in-law? !

Meimei murmured in her heart, but a sweet smile appeared on her face.

"Okay. Be as handsome as Sean Opry! Be as talented as Johnson!"

Sean O'Prey is an American and one of the hottest male supermodels today. He has a charming, sculpture-like face. He is said to have Indian and Irish ancestry.

Johnson is the most famous musician in the United States in the 1980s in this time and space. The winner of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is comparable to Michael Jackson in the original time and space.

The two were joking, but Du Hui hugged Yu Tongtong and looked very affectionate. Maybe it was because he was alone now and his son was given to his ex-wife.

After joking for a while, Liu Yimin also came over, and the four of them began to prepare the last details before going on stage.

At eight o'clock sharp, the four of them entered the bar and stood on the singing stage of the bar.