Time passed little by little, as Yo-Yo Ma and the orchestra played many famous classic pieces on the stage, and the guidance of time came to 8:30 p.m., this concert, which set off several fierce applause from the audience, finally came to a successful conclusion.

After the curtain fell, the applause at the scene lasted for a long time, Li Yange was very distressed at the moment, why didn't these foreigners stop a little, and the palms of the horses were about to swell.

After the applause lasted for a minute, the voice gradually quieted down, and then some people began to leave the venue one after another, seeing this, Li Yange breathed a sigh of relief, and jokingly said to Ryuichi Sakamoto: "This minute is the most tormenting minute for me." ”

"You're right, I hate this minute too, every time I come to the concert hall, there is such a minute-long applause." Ryuichi Sakamoto laughed, attracting a lot of sideways comments from the people around him who had not yet left.

At this time, Yo-Yo Ma walked quickly from the aisle and said apologetically: "I'm sorry Long Yi, there is something to do the day after tomorrow, it may be a little later, why don't you go to the hotel and wait for me first?" ”

"It's okay, you are busy with yours first, we are not in a hurry."

Sakamoto Ryuyi shook his head, and then remembered Li Yange on the side, and also opened his mouth to introduce: "Youyou, this is Mr. Li Yange." ”

"Hello Mr. Ma." Li Yange stretched out his hand with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Li is not as famous as meeting, I have always heard Long Yi mention you before, and today I saw that you are really a rare young talent."

Seeing the young Li Yange, Yo-Yo Ma was very stunned, he didn't expect what Ryuichi Sakamoto said to be true, the album "Memories of the Forbidden City" and "Dawn of Heroes" and "Yan Ge" were all written by the young man about twenty years old in front of him.

"Mr. Ma has an overreputation, in front of you, I don't dare to be a young talent." Li Yange waved his hand, these words sounded modest, but in fact they were indeed Li Yange's true thoughts.

At the age of 16, he was able to perform in this concert hall, and was favored by the New York Philharmonic, inviting him to join the orchestra as the main cellist, and later won more than a dozen American Grammy Awards.

This is much more outrageous than Li Yange's life in this life!

After the two got to know each other, Yo-Yo Ma said: "Mr. Li, I still have something to do here, you and Long Yi go to the hotel to wait for me first, and I'll come in half an hour." ”

"Okay, Mr. Ma, you get busy first."

Li Yange smiled, and after seeing the other party leave, he went to the hotel where Yo-Yo Ma was staying with Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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In a large hotel about half a kilometer away from the concert hall, Li Yange and Ryuichi Sakamoto were drinking coffee in the restaurant, and unconsciously chatted about how many awards "The Last Emperor" could win at this Oscar.

Ryuichi Sakamoto shrugged his shoulders and said, "I admit that this movie is very good, but you should know the discrimination that we Asian Americans face in the United States, so I don't think there are many awards for this movie." ”

Don't look at the fact that now is the era of economic take-off, many giant businessmen have repeatedly bought the property rights of well-known businesses in the United States, and were once propagated by the American media with thrilling headlines such as "I want to buy the United States", and the people have spontaneously boycotted the goods.

Therefore, even the invincible person himself will encounter discrimination after coming to the United States, and almost 100% of the members of the movie "The Last Emperor" are Chinese or mainland actors.

It is conceivable that in the Oscars, which are self-entertaining awards in the United States, the awards that can be won in the end can be thought of with your ass, and there are definitely not too many, and they are all inconsequential awards such as the Best Costume Props Award.

"Not necessarily."

Li Yange shook his head and said: "You only consider this aspect, but you are not counted in the investors behind you, as well as the director Bertolucci." ”

Hearing this, Ryuichi Sakamoto frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: "Maybe I will win one or two awards, but Zunlong and the best actor and actress that Miss Chen desires, I think it will definitely be no fun." ”

Because Ryuichi Sakamoto made a temporary cameo appearance in a supporting role in the movie before, and went to Beijing to make a soundtrack with Li Yange, he is quite familiar with several main actors in the crew.

After everyone reunited a few days ago, Chen Chong's unconcealable desire for the Oscar for Best Actress made Ryuichi Sakamoto difficult to say that the other party had no drama or something like that.

"Maybe." Li Yange recalled that he remembered that among the nine awards won by the movie, it seemed that there was indeed no award for Best Actor and Actress.

At this time, Yo-Yo Ma, who had changed into a set of civilian clothes, looked around the restaurant, found the two people chatting hotly, walked over with a smile and said, "I don't know what the two of you are talking about, it looks interesting, I don't know if you can take me to join one?" ”

Sakamoto Long smiled and said, "I'm talking about the song "Memories of the Forbidden City" created by Mr. Li. ”

"That's a great piece of music!"

As soon as I heard this song, Yo-Yo Ma's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Li Yange and said: "Mr. Li, this piece of music you wrote is really good, I have been listening to this song "Memories of the Forbidden City" a few days ago, especially in the use of chimes, an ancient Chinese instrument, which was perfectly integrated into the music by Mr. Li, and the bell of the bronze bell, which made me seem to see an ancient and powerful empire. ”

"Mr. Ma has won the prize." Li Yange said modestly.

"This is not an award, my father also likes this piece very much, he told me that a large number of traditional Chinese instruments are used in the music, and people who do not know all kinds of musical instruments will never be able to create such a classic and majestic music."

To be honest, although Yo-Yo Ma likes this song "Memories of the Forbidden City", perhaps because he has received Western-style ideas since he was a child, and he has studied Western classical music, he only feels that this music is full of mysterious oriental colors.

But Yo-Yo Ma's father Ma Xiaojun is different, he is a native Chinese, in his early years studied in the art department of the National Central University, that is, later Nanjing Normal College, and the environment in which he grew up is very different from Yo-Yo Ma, a Chinese born in France.

Therefore, when facing the two pieces of "Remembrance of the Forbidden City" and "Dawn of Heroes", although Yo-Yo Ma can hear the grandeur and magnificence of this song, he is more inclined to the thoughts of Westerners, and only feels that the oriental color in the song is strong and mysterious.

Of course, all this is mainly due to the different environment in which they grew up, just like the Chinese people will be solemn and respectful when they hear the national anthem, and some second-generation Chinese who grew up overseas know that this song is the national anthem of China.

Perhaps it was a musical resonance, and the three of them chatted for a long, long time, until about eleven o'clock in the evening, when the three of them came out of the hotel restaurant. Because Yo-Yo Ma still has a performance tomorrow, Li Yange and Ryuichi Sakamoto didn't bother much, and left to go back to the hotel they had booked before.

Although for more than two hours, the whole time was talking about music-related things, Li Yange still successfully sent an invitation to Yo-Yo Ma, and on January 7, the crew of "The Last Emperor" will hold a drinking party in a hotel in Los Angeles.

This is Bertolucci's task to ask Li Yange and Ryuichi Sakamoto, and he must invite Yo-Yo Ma to come, the main reason for this is that many of the elderly judges of the film academy are fans of Yo-Yo Ma.

If there is a drinking party with Yo-Yo Ma, I think these judges will not be stingy to come and participate, which also gives Bertolucci the opportunity to canvass for votes.

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