Chapter 479

Cervantes Saavedra wrote the first modern novel in literary history, Don Quixote.

When the story takes place, the knight has been extinct for more than a century, but the hero Alonso gihano often fantasizes that he is a medieval knight because he is addicted to knight novels, and then calls himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha", which means the guardian of De La Mancha area, and then takes his neighbor Sancho pansha as his servant to "fight for justice" He wandered around the world and did all sorts of strange acts contrary to the times. As a result, he ran into walls everywhere. But he finally woke up from his dream and died after returning to his hometown.

One is Don Quixote, full of illusory ideals, fighting with the windmill with a spear to show his knighthood; The other is sangqiu, who hopes to enjoy the taste of life from good wine, good food and high official position. One is a ridiculous idealist, the other is a ridiculous pragmatist, but they put forward a difficult problem that human beings can never solve: the contradiction between ideal and reality.

Everyone is mocking Don Quixote's infatuation, scorning Don Quixote's overconfidence, teasing Don Quixote's madness, rejecting Don Quixote's detachment from reality, ridiculing Don Quixote's obstinacy, and witnessing the withering of dreams step by step. As we all know, with the demise of idealism, the spirit and hope of society are withering.

The weak figure with a spear fighting with the windmill is submerged in the flood of the times, just like Sisyphus who is tirelessly pushing the boulder but never reaching the end.

Don Quixote, this is the first word that came to his mind.

Those days of lying in hospital bed, watching movies greedily and eagerly; Those days when I stayed in the practice room alone and polished my basic acting skills persistently over and over again; Those days when standing on the old stage, even if there is no audience, they still devote themselves to performing; Those days of painstaking study of acting skills, forgetting to eat and sleep, and forgetting myself; Those days when they are possessed and put into performance, so as to blur the boundary between reality and illusion; Those days when they are denied, rejected and ridiculed, but they resolutely refuse to bow down; Those days of self doubt, wandering on the edge of giving up

It's like standing on one side and the world on the other.

The conflict between dream and reality, the contradiction between ideal and reality, walking alone on this long road, lonely and lonely, the pressure of reality makes the shoulder almost unable to lift up, every step is so difficult. All the way stumbling, faltering to the present position, but the future of confusion and insecurity, the future of unknown and dangerous, everywhere thorns, still can't see the end, still can't stop.

He is just like Don Quixote. In this real world, he is crazy, absurd, independent and pursues an illusory ideal; But I have no way to know whether my ending will be like that of the same Quixote. My heart will be dead and my will will will be depressed. One day, I suddenly realize that I have done nothing, and finally I will die of nothing.

Fortunately, he gradually found that he was not the only madman in the world.

So is Heather cross, so is Jennifer Lawrence, so is Jessica chastan, so is Ryan Gosling, so is Rooney Marla, so is Stanley Charlson, so is George strand, so is Herbert Jones. And so is studio eleven.

Looking up, Langley could see the light in George's and Herbert's eyes, just like the bright sunshine.

Herbert immediately understood the meaning behind the name. The surging emotion filled his chest and he stood up uncontrollably. He seemed to want to do something, but he didn't do anything at all. He fell back on the chair and fell back into his own thoughts. The focus of his eyes gradually blurred.

Soundless and stirless Music City, which has been in the half century of music, has been lost in the trend of the times, like the bubble burst, and quietly withdrew from the stage of history. In this process, only they know what happened and what happened to those who witnessed the historical process.

George dropped his eyes in embarrassment, but he experienced the ups and downs of the past ten years. Only he knew what the retirement life in the past three years meant. The helpless and regret of his declining mood pulled away the color of life bit by bit, as if there were no waves at all.

Don Quixote. What a short but accurate description. But the difference is that Don Quixote "wake up" and return to reality, and then end up depressed; He won't.

Swallowing the surge of the tip of the tongue, he raised his eyes again and looked at the boy in front of him. At the age of 21, how young, how young, how wanton and how beautiful, there are infinite possibilities hidden. It seems that as long as you open your arms, you can have the world. George believed that lenley could.

What's more, George clearly knows that the reason why he decided to make this album was that the music of Langley was different from the market trend.

It's not because lanli's music style is folk songs, but because of the hidden connotation in lanli's music, which not only re shows the soul and essence of excellent music, but also rekindles his enthusiasm for music, which is totally different from the current mainstream music in the market, and even can be said to be eliminated.

In other words, this is an album whose market performance is doomed to be poor. It's like Don Quixote.

In the eyes of doubt and disdain, he pursues his ideal with his own way, unswervingly, persistently and madly, even if the ideal has fallen behind the times. This is not only the persistence and dream of Langley, George and Herbert, but also the spiritual core of the whole album.

George couldn't think of a better name than Don Quixote.

"That's the name." George replied that all the surging, all the emotion, all the boiling, just turned into such a simple sentence, only the pair of still bright eyes, revealed the true feelings of the heart.

Lan Li's smile rose slightly from the corner of his mouth.

He knows that making albums and making movies are the same thing. If you choose a big company, for commercial reasons, they are bound to make more rules and regulations, and everything is in line with "money"; But if we choose an independent company, the exploration and pursuit of art will prevail, which leaves more space for artists to create.

Fortunately, he met George. If this is the only album in Langley's career, he will still choose George, which is his honor.

From the choice of conception to the establishment of theme, this was originally the most important and difficult part of an album. Sometimes it took two months to determine, but they only took less than four minutes - from Langley's saying "Don Quixote" to George's nodding, which was a matter of 25 seconds.

Bo Ya is good at guqin, Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. What Bo Ya read, Zhong Ziqi must get it. When Ziqi died, Boya said that there was no bosom friend in the world, but he broke the piano and never played again.

The so-called bosom friend is rare, which is probably the meaning. Three like-minded partners have taken a steady first step on the road of joint cooperation.

George didn't stop, and then he entered into the formal working state. "Now, what we need to do is to choose songs according to the theme." George rubbed his temple. "Oh, it's hard work." Although reluctant to admit it, the fact is that George is sorry to have eliminated any song. So, he needs the help of Langley and Herbert.

"Herbert?" George's eyes fell on Herbert, but Herbert did not respond, still in the same place. He had to raise his voice and shout again, "Herbert!"

Herbert responded, "ah?" Seeing the sight of Langley and George, he shook his head, pulled up the corner of his mouth and showed a smile of self mockery, but did not explain anything. After regaining his composure, he went straight to the theme, "what's the matter?"

"Music selection. We're going to start selecting songs now. " Under George's guidance, the three men officially entered the production stage of the album.

Surprisingly, the work which had been progressing very smoothly before, but after entering the stage of music selection, it fell into a deadlock: because, unable to give up, unable to choose, in a dilemma.

In the complete list of 27 songs provided by Langley, George selected 18 songs, while Herbert selected 20 songs. Among them, two people chose as many as seven songs. Of the 27 songs, 23 were selected by at least one party, and only four were eliminated.

From this we can see that the average quality of lanli's repertoire is high. You know, neither George nor Herbert is a rookie who has never seen the world before. Both of them are experienced professionals in the industry. There is no doubt that their eyes have been tested by time and the market for a long time.

That's just the first part of the puzzle.

More importantly, they had to pick out ten songs from the list and put them on Don Quixote. This led to a spat of sparks.

George insisted that the single "Los Angeles" should be included in the album, but Herbert thought that the ballad minor did not meet the keynote and style of the whole album, even the spiritual core did not meet the requirements; Herbert is fond of Budapest, but George has no feeling at all. He thinks that the popularity of this song is too strong, which destroys the integrity of the album.

Both George and Herbert love "the old pine tree". This kind of fresh and simple folk song is too beautiful. Life is not only in front of us, but also in poetry and distance.

Even though the temperament of the whole song doesn't match the album, both of them still hope to be included in the album. The problem is that there are only ten seats in an album, and each seat is extremely precious. This also means that they can only give up the "old pine tree"

Ten, is there really only ten?