Chapter 10 If I Die Young, I Want to Weep Tonight
The night grew deeper.
The night breeze was blowing, and even though it was a summer night, it was a little cold.
Kim Kyung-sung, who had just sent off Jessica and Krystal, fell back into the loneliness of being alone.
Looking at his surroundings, Jin Jingcheng realized that the place where he was now was very close to Wall Street, that is, not far from the Stern School of Business.
When people think of Wall Street, the first thing that comes to mind is undoubtedly the world's top financial center, but in fact, Wall Street is nothing more than the name of a large street stretching from Broadway to the East River in the southern part of Manhattan in New York City.
NYU's Stern School of Business is adjacent to Wall Street, just a stone's throw away from Wall Street, which is an important reason why many students choose the Stern School of Business.
In fact, NYU does not have a walled campus, its campus is integrated with the whole of New York City, and the city is the first of all universities in the sense of integration. It can be said that New York University has the whole of New York as its campus, and eighteen colleges are distributed in New York City. This one-of-a-kind campus, combined with its location in one of the world's leading cities, is what makes NYU a magnet for all students.
A slightly special estimate is the Disch School of Art, because it is an art category, students need a certain quiet environment, so the Disch School of Art is relatively overall compared to other colleges under New York University.
The Stern School of Business, on the other hand, is the most "decentralized" college at NYU on the surface, the least college-like college.
The Stern School of Business is based in two buildings, the Henry Kaufman Management Center and the Thich Hall, which is located in Washington Square. Despite its "scattered" appearance, the Stern School of Business has modern facilities and is well designed, with dedicated housing for graduate students and a number of apartment buildings in the surrounding area for students to rent.
Originally, the Stern School of Business allocated a single apartment to "that Jin Jingcheng" in graduate housing, but he refused, in order to save money, let the school waive his fees in other aspects, and also to spend more time with Jose and Tony.
"That Jin Jingcheng" is a visionary, he has a somewhat withdrawn personality, and he is willing to spend time with Jose and Tony, not only because they do have a good friendship between them, but also because he sees in advance that highly talented people like Jose and Tony may help his career in the future.
Now the facts have proved this, but this friendly investment has been used by the current Jin Jingcheng and used on Facebook.
There is a bit of a distance between the Disch School of Art and the Stern School of Business, and on weekdays, "that Jin Jingcheng" needs to run both ends for the former's doctorate and the latter's master's degree.
Because it was summer vacation recently, and Jin Jingcheng was busy with Facebook, he didn't come to the Stern School of Business for the past few days, and tonight, he felt lonely and bored, and he took advantage of the fact that he was very close to the Stern School of Business at this time, so he thought about going shopping.
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Jin Jingcheng first walked around the Henry Kaufman Management Center, and then walked to Tihi Hall in Washington Square.
Now Jin Jingcheng is coming to the Stern School of Business for the first time, but he is no stranger to this place at all, not only because "that Jin Jingcheng" has studied here for a few years, but also because of another reason.
Because there is another person who has an important influence on Jin Jingcheng's memory, and this memory is also passed down by "that Jin Jingcheng".
This person is none other than the mother of "that Kim Kyung-sung", that is, the current Kim Kyung-sung's mother in this life, her name is Kim Hyo-hee.
Tonight, Kim Kyung-sung, who wanders alone around the Stern School of Business, keeps recalling memories of Kim Hyo-hee in his mind, and there are two things that make him the most unforgettable.
One thing is that Kim Hyo-hee once studied for graduate school at the Stern School of Business, and it was during this period that she inadvertently met Kim Kyung-sung's father in this life, and the two quickly fell in love, which led to the birth of "that Kim Kyung-sung".
This is one of the important reasons why "that Jin Jingcheng" chose New York University and chose to study for a master's degree at the Stern School of Business.
Another thing is, the death of Kim Hyo-hee!
Yes, Kim Kyung-sung's mother Kim Hyo-hee in this life is long gone.
When he was eight years old, one night, when he came back from a tutoring class, he had just walked outside his house when he suddenly heard a roaring explosion, and a raging fire accompanied by thick black smoke gushed out of his house frantically...... South Korean police defined the incident as a gas tank explosion in which Kim Hyo-hee died young.
Kim Hyo-hee gave birth to "that Kim Kyung-sung" at the age of twenty-eight, and she died at the age of thirty-six.
"That Jin Jingcheng" witnessed the explosion with his own eyes, and also witnessed his mother's body, being carried out of the burned house by firefighters and police, and witnessing the tragic death of his mother and the moment of death when she was covered with a white sheet......
These painful memories have all been picked up by the current Jin Jingcheng.
Although the current Jin Jingcheng has not personally felt the love of this mother in this life, all the memories about her are passed down by "that Jin Jingcheng", but since he was reborn in "that Jin Jingcheng", the mother of "that Jin Jingcheng" has also become his mother, a kind of deep family affection in the dark, as if it can flow in his blood independently.
Thinking of his untimely death at the age of thirty-two in his previous life, Jin Jingcheng felt an unforgettable pain and confusion.
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At this time, Jin Jingcheng was sitting in a lecture hall in Tixi Hall.
It was late at night, and the lecture hall was very empty, with only some lazy light in the corner, wandering around the classroom space of Nuo University, creating a dark atmosphere, coupled with Jin Jingcheng's current mood, it seemed a little depressed.
It was in this atmosphere that Jin Jingcheng deeply missed his dead mother in this life.
At the same time, he is also deeply nostalgic for the death of his previous life, which can be regarded as a kind of belated feeling.
Unconsciously, Jin actually had a feeling of wanting to cry.
Unconsciously, two familiar melodies suddenly echoed in his mind.
These are two songs, two songs that he liked very much in his previous life.
Or before Jin Jingcheng wrote two songs to Kim Jong Kook at once, which stimulated the ** and impulse of this piece, coupled with the state of mind intertwined with the pain, confusion, depression, and feelings he was in at the moment, he couldn't help but want to vent in the form of singing.
So, Jin Jingcheng took out his mobile phone and turned on the recording function.
Facing the mobile phone, Jin Jingcheng sang the two songs in his mind one after another.
"If I die young, bury me in silk, let me lie on a bed covered with roses, sink me into the river at dawn, and see me off with the words of a love song, ohoh, ohoh. ”
"Lord, let me be a rainbow, I want to shine on my mother, and when she stands under my colors, she will know that I am so safe with you, and that life is not always as gloomy as you expect, and though she has buried her child, and I have lived long enough, O sharp blade of life. ”
"If I die young, bury me in silk, let me lie on a bed covered with roses, sink me into the river at dawn, see me off with the words of a love song, O sharp blade of life, I have lived long enough. ”
"I will walk into your kingdom in gorgeous clothes, as green as the rings on my cold fingers, I have never felt the tenderness of a woman, but when she holds my hand, it must feel so good, there is a woman in this town who says she will always love me, but who knows that it will always be so separated, the blade of life, I have lived long enough. ”
"So please wear your laurels, and I will put on my best clothes, and I have finally done what I have never done, and a penny wants to buy my mind, oh no, my bid is a dollar, and when I become the deceased, they will be more valuable, and maybe then you will really understand the songs I sing, and people will only start to listen after you die, how ridiculous is that!"
"If I die young, bury me in silk, let me lie on a bed covered with roses, sink me into the river at dawn, and see me off with the words of a love song, ohoh, ohoh. ”
"The ballad of the dove, always with a calm love, hold up your tears, put them in your pocket, and keep them until you really need them, O blade of life, I have lived long enough. ”
"So please wear your laurels, and I'll wear the best clothes too......"
This is an English song, Jin Jingcheng sang it softly in English, the song is called "If I Die Young", and the English song is called "If-I-die-young".
This is an extremely lyrical and moving song, like a gorgeous and sad prose poem, full of poetic feelings.
Jin Jingcheng made individual revisions to this song based on the memories of his previous life.
The connotation of the original song is relatively profound, expressing the view of life and life, and lamenting the transience of life.
The singer who sang was originally a woman, and she described in the song that if she died, she would miss her mother and wanted her mother to know that she was okay and not to worry about herself. Secondly, she mentions a man who he says will love her forever, but who would have thought that she would die at such a young age?
The subject of the song is "you", but she is actually talking to herself, she is: "If I die, then I want to be buried in silk, lie on a bed of roses, sink to the bottom of the lake at dusk, and send me away with a song of love." "It's like a fantasy last word.
Now, the singer has become Jin Jingcheng, not only inheriting the profound connotation of the original song, but nothing more than turning a woman's lyricism into a man's lyricism, and also sublimating his emotions, deeply remembering the death of his mother in this life, and at the same time deeply remembering his own death in his previous life in an obscure way.
"I'm the only one left in the room tonight, I turn the TV on, turn down the volume, grab a bottle of wine, and look at the walls around me with pictures of you and me from the past, all the past haunts my thoughts, and I still can't get used to your departure. ”
"I've never let my emotions flow out like this, because I've always thought that a strong person never loses control of his emotions, but I've drunk a lot of alcohol to try to get out of my pain, and I can control my self-esteem, just let the tears pour out of my eyes like rain, and I just want to cry tonight. ”
"It would be better to put a sad song, but a song 'Alone' broke my heart even more, because you have left me, maybe open those yellowed love letters, it should be better but hurt more, and covering up will never let me go. ”
"I've never let my emotions flow out like this, because I've always thought that a strong person never loses control of his emotions, but I've drunk a lot of alcohol to try to get out of pain, and I can control my self-esteem, just let tears pour out of my eyes like rain, and I just want to cry tonight......"
This is also an English song, Jin Jingcheng sang softly in English, the song title is "I Want to Cry Tonight", and the English song is called "Tonight-I-wanna-cry"
Like "If-I-die-young", this is also a very lyrical and moving song, and if the former is like a gorgeous and sad prose poem, this song is like a soothing and sad diary.
For the lyrics and music of this song, Jin Jingcheng directly followed the memories of his previous life and did not modify it, but it has been greatly sublimated in connotation.
In his previous life, this song was nothing more than expressing a sad man's feelings for the woman who left him, and expressing the loneliness of a man when he was alone in a room, but this loneliness, in Jin Jingcheng's view, was just a kind of little loneliness.
When Jin Jingcheng sang, he used a hidden artistic conception to sublimate this small loneliness into a big loneliness.
Jin Jingcheng expresses himself in this life, the loneliness of a child without a mother, and at the same time, in an obscure way, he deeply expresses his loneliness as a reborn person, from the past life to the macro dimension of this life.
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If I die young, I want to cry tonight!
This is the state of mind of Jin Jingcheng tonight.
It is also two songs that he wrote improvised.
He is a bit machismo, and he hates men to cry easily, but this is the way he is, when he finished singing these two English songs, his eyes couldn't help but moisten quietly in a kind of pouring out of his vast heart.
In this late-night lecture hall, in this empty space where he was alone, under the illumination of some lazy dim light, a layer of crystal tears quietly appeared in the corners of his eyes.
Yes, the man can't go to tears, but there is the next sentence, but it is not to the sad place!
It's a pity that there is no young and beautiful woman here, if she sees him like this, even if she is usually a hard-hearted person, she will inevitably be moved by Jin Jingcheng's appearance.
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The next morning, Mr. Kim walked into the office of a music professor named Wilson.
Wilson is a professor of music at the Disch School of the Arts and one of the top music producers in the American music scene.
"That Kim Jong-sung", who has a hobby for music and has developed a specialty, has repeatedly found opportunities to attend music lectures by Professor Wilson while studying film at the Disch School of the Arts. The number of times, the passage of time, and the fact that he was famous for his academic achievements throughout NYU, attracted the attention and appreciation of Professor Wilson.
Jin Jingcheng came to Professor Wilson, if not for anything else, for the two English songs he composed last night.
These two English songs were originally composed by Kim last night to express his nostalgia and vent.
However, after returning to the dormitory last night, Jin Jingcheng pondered on the bed for a while, and felt that since they were made out by himself, there was a reason for their existence, so why not publish them publicly?