Days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Hilton Los Angeles.

In the No. 3 banquet hall, there were already many guests at this time, and there were bursts of soft laughter.

Today is the day when director Bertolucci held a cocktail party, and for today's party, he invited many friends in the United States, and at the same time, he also asked Li Yange to invite Yo-Yo Ma.

I have to say that Yo-Yo Ma is really popular in the American music industry now, and those judges who like classical music also agreed to be invited to participate in this reception when they heard that Yo-Yo Ma was coming.

In addition to these judges, Bertolucci is a very famous Italian director, who has filmed in Hollywood and won some awards, and most of the friends he invited are actors, producers or directors who are well-known in Hollywood.

The evening cocktail party was not interesting, it was nothing more than that Bertolucci wanted to chat with these judges and canvass for votes, plus they were all a bunch of foreigners who didn't know each other, Li Yange was not very interested.

If it weren't for Yo-Yo Ma's invitation, Li Yange would rather accompany Cheng Shaojun to watch some Hong Kong videos in the upstairs suite than come to such a boring drinking party.

After exchanging with a few people he knew, Zun Long found Li Yange, who was standing alone in the corner with a goblet, and after saying a word to a few friends, he walked over and said, "You don't seem to like this kind of occasion very much?" ”

Li Yange shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that all the people who come are foreigners, so you understand." ”

I understand?

This sentence stunned Zunlong, but after thinking about it carefully, he could also understand what Li Yange's words meant, after all, he came to the United States alone, and at first he was not very suitable for this occasion, which was almost all foreigners.

Thinking of this, Zun Long nodded and said, "I can understand that when I first came to the United States to develop, I did have this idea, but after I gradually integrated into it, I found that it was no different. ”

"Well, you're right, maybe I'm not used to it."

Li Yange didn't want to talk about this, so she casually found an excuse and asked, "Has Brother Long ever thought about going back to the mainland to develop?" ”

"Back to the mainland?" Zun Long was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't have this idea yet. ”

The two chatted with each other, and after a while, after seeing a director he knew, Zunlong also said a word to Li Yange, and went over with a wine glass.

Li Yange returned to the state of being alone.

At this time, Ning Ying was accompanying director Bertolucci, lobbying with several elderly judges.

And Chen Chong was chatting with a few foreigners he didn't know with the producer.

"Mr. Li!" Yo-Yo Ma, who was not far away, walked over and said with a smile: "I've been looking for you, but I didn't expect Mr. Li to come to this corner with a clean picture." ”

Li Yange said: "Yes, there are many people, I am not used to this occasion." ”

"That's great, I'm just trying to talk to Mr. Li about what I haven't finished talking about last time."

Yo-Yo Ma's face was full of joy, he was originally invited to participate in this reception because of Li Yange's relationship.

The two hit it off, found a corner where there was no one at the drinking party, and sat down to chat while drinking.

Speaking of which, the 32-year-old Yo-Yo Ma has passed his prime, but his love for music is still undiminished, especially in recent years, he has been committed to the integration of music, and has constantly integrated folk music, popular music and even marginal instruments from all over the world into his creations.

It's just that maybe it's because Yo-Yo Ma, who has been accustomed to classical music since he was a child, that he has never been able to find the direction of integration, but after listening to Li Yange's "Memories of the Forbidden City", "The Dawn of Heroes", "The Original Scenery of Hometown" and other music, he found that Chinese folk music seems to be of great help to his creation, and he is not ashamed to ask Li Yange asked a lot of questions about folk music.

"I really like Kitaro's 'Silk Road', this song adds a lot of oriental elements, and the song uses a lot of electronic music, which not only brings a full atmosphere of the Western Regions, but also has a touch of modern rhythm." Yo-Yo Ma likes Kitaro's "Silk Road" series very much, and when Kitaro came to the United States to develop, he also specially met with the other party and chatted about the creation of "Silk Road".

"Yes, Mr. Kitaro's Silk Road series is indeed a classic, and I remember discussing it with him when I was working on Dawn of Heroes, and it was very helpful to me."

Seeing Yo-Yo Ma mention this music, Li Yange couldn't help but think of the song of the same name specially produced for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that Yo-Yo Ma and Tan Dun collaborated on for more than ten years, the two have the same name, but the feeling is really different, this is not a matter of good or bad, but the most intuitive feeling that the song itself brings to the audience.

The two chatted for a long, long time, and during this period, some people came to find Yo-Yo Ma, but he seemed to be very busy, most of them just stopped and listened for a while, and saw that the content of the conversation between the two was about music, some stayed, and some left.

Most of the people who came to the reception this time were Hollywood producers, singers, actors, etc., many of whom were very interested in music, and there was a famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma at this time, who was either sitting on a stool or standing around, listening to the exchange between the two, and from time to time to express their thoughts.

This picture of a cultural salon soon attracted the attention of more people, who came curiously to see what was going on here, and they were dumbfounded when they heard that these people were discussing different ethnic and classical music from various countries.

Isn't this an ordinary drinking party?

How did it turn into a music exchange?

A judge of the American Film Academy in his sixties, listening to Li Yange, who was sitting there talking about different ethnic music from all over the world, his rich knowledge and slightly immature face made him very curious, and he couldn't help asking: "Bertolucci, who is this young man?" ”

"His name is Yan Ge Li, and he is the composer who made the soundtrack for our film." Seeing that Douglas Baker seems to be very interested in Li Yange, Bertolucci also briefly talked about Li Yange's identity.

Hearing that this young man was still a student at a Chinese university, Douglas Baker was full of surprise and said in disbelief: "My God, that great music in your movie was actually composed by a student??" ”

has decades of memories in later generations, and is a university professor, the knowledge he has is not as shallow as Li Yange's appearance looks now.

"Yes, Mr. Baker, I was also very surprised when I heard the news." Bertolucci remembered that after hearing Li Yange's "Memories of the Forbidden City", he also couldn't believe it.

Douglas Baker stared at Li Yange's face and said, "He's a genius!" ”

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