Chapter 7 Lion Rock Spirit
After Yang Ye left the Ming Pao Building, he went to buy a guitar and he was going to start writing songs.
As for the guitar, Yang Ye also learned it in his previous life in order to pick up girls. He played it fairly well and could read music.
This is enough. In Hong Kong these days, not many people have received professional vocal training, and most of them have to learn on their own.
Everyone is a dabbler, don’t laugh at anyone.
When Yang Ye returned home, it was already late at night.
As a charterer, he was not afraid of disturbing others' dreams. He plucked the strings and started playing and singing.
The song played and sung by Yang Ye is called "Under the Lion Rock". The lyrics read:
There is joy in life, but it is inevitable that there will always be tears.
When we all met at the foot of Lion Rock, we finally laughed more than we sighed.
Life is inevitably rough, and it is difficult to be free from worries.
We are in the same boat, and we are helping each other under the Lion Rock, abandoning distinction and seeking common ground.
Let go of the conflicts in each other's hearts and pursue our ideals together.
Those who are in the same boat vow to stick together, fearless and fearless.
We are on the same corner of the world, and we can overcome the rough terrain together.
We, all of us, worked hard to write down that famous line
which will be immortal in Hong Kong.
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Forty years in the Cantonese music industry, if you want to choose one of the most representative works.
That must be the song "Under the Lion Rock" written by Huang Zhan, composed by Gu Jiahui and sung by Luo Wen in 1979.
This song expresses the common aspirations of the grassroots in Hong Kong.
The content expressed in the song of being in the same boat, being stronger in adversity, working hard, and meeting challenges is called the "Lion Rock Spirit" and has inspired generations of Hong Kong people.
Almost all popular Hong Kong singers have covered this song. Whenever Hong Kong encounters difficulties, people will always think of this song.
During Hong Kong's economic recession in 2002, Premier Zhu once recited the lyrics of "Under the Lion Rock" in public to encourage the SAR.
Lion Rock is located on the Kowloon Peninsula. Due to geographical, climatic and historical reasons, the mountain and the foot of the mountain have distinct spatial political implications.
The mountain was a chartered residence for British officials and wealthy businessmen, with the most powerful occupying the top of the mountain.
The foot of the mountain is left to the poor Chinese community.
That’s why the lyrics sing “We are on the same corner of the world, and we can overcome the rough terrain together”.
Because we live at the foot of the mountain, so close to the top of the mountain, but as far away as the end of the world.
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In this era, Yang Ye chose this song "Under the Lion Rock" as the title song for his debut as a singer because Hong Kong is also facing difficulties now.
There was a thunderstorm in the stock market this year, and countless people lost their lives.
Do you think these gamblers deserve what they deserve? But when the market is hot, who doesn’t want to seize the opportunity to make money?
At this time, if Yang Ye can sing this song "Under the Lion Rock", becoming famous is only one aspect.
On the other hand, using this song to encourage citizens to work together to overcome difficulties can be regarded as accumulating some merit.
"Under the Lion Rock" is also a television program, a live television series produced from 1972 to 2006.
The program tells the lives of ordinary citizens and their views on society and people's livelihood in the form of situational stories.
These stories reflect the struggles of the grassroots at that time, how they faced various setbacks in life, and bear witness to the history of Hong Kong.
This program has just aired recently. Although it is very popular, it does not have a theme song yet.
For Yang Ye to present a theme song that perfectly complements the show at this time is really the icing on the cake.
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In addition to this song "Under the Lion Rock", Yang Ye has selected a few more songs and plans to use them for an album.
Due to the times and the acceptance of the public, these songs cannot be too advanced, so it is quite difficult to choose.
After spending several days, Yang Ye chose "Downstream, Countercurrent" sung by Xu Xiaofeng in 1985, and "Silence is Golden" composed by Zhang Guorong in 1988. These three songs are put together to have an inspirational theme.
In addition, I also selected a few relaxing tunes, such as "Song of the Four Seasons" by Daming.
Of course a few love songs are a must.
These songs all have one thing in common, that is, the lyrics are catchy, the melody is beautiful, there are no high notes or low notes, and you can sing it once you learn it, even with a white voice.
Yang Ye in this time and space is a martial arts student. He has a strong energy in his chest. In fact, he can sing quite well.
When Yang Ye finished these songs, Ming Pao had already started serializing "The Iron-Blooded Genius" in its supplement.
Yang Ye ignored this, carried his guitar on his back, and rode his motorcycle straight to Radio Hong Kong.
Radio Television Hong Kong is a public radio station run by the British Hong Kong government. Although it is only a radio station, it also produces TV programs. According to the regulations of the British Hong Kong government, LiTV and TVB must broadcast the TV programs they produce, "The Lion" "Under the Mountain" was produced by Radio Television Hong Kong.
Yang Ye went to Radio Hong Kong, of course, to send them the theme song.
This time, Yang Ye didn't force his way into the Ming Pao Building like he did last time.
He asked Pan Yuesheng to help him introduce him, and made an appointment in advance with Zhang Minyi, director of the TV department of RTHK.
Yang Ye rode his bicycle to Mount Sitai. It is now called Sitaishan. When Jiashi is established two years later, it will be called Wutaishan.
The reason why it is called so is because on the broadcast channel of less than one kilometer, three TV stations, namely Li's TV, TVB and Jiayi TV, as well as two radio stations, Radio Television Hong Kong and Commercial Radio, are concentrated.
The location here is a small hill, so it is called "Wutai Mountain".
Later generations of Lan Jieying are known as "Beautiful Wutai Mountain", which of course means that in this place where beauties gather, she is the most beautiful!
The centralized arrangement of radio and television agencies was a deliberate move by the British Hong Kong government at that time. They believed that it was more convenient and safer.
Yang Ye quickly met Zhang Minyi. This woman was 27 years old, petite, wearing a black professional suit, with smart short ear-length hair, and a little makeup on her face. She was quite pretty.
Yang Ye scanned Zhang Minyi and quickly obtained her information.
This woman is a bit awesome. She was one of the top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong, a Justice of the Peace, and later rose to the position of Director of Broadcasting.
Because of her beauty, she was called "the most beautiful director" and remained unmarried all her life.
Yang Ye thought to himself: Director of the Broadcasting Department? It seems that we need to have a good relationship with her!
The director is a senior official in Hong Kong, followed by the secretary-general and the governor.
If compared with the level in the mainland, it is equivalent to the deputy minister level.
For a woman to achieve this level, it can be said to be quite awesome!
And she is also the first Chinese and woman to hold this position!
Yang Ye showed a harmless smile and said proactively: "Director Zhang, hello! I am Yang Ye."
The two shook hands. Zhang Minyi had a capable personality and a tough style. She didn't talk nonsense to Yang Ye and said straight to the point: "Hello, Yang Sheng. Pan Sheng called me and said that you wrote a song of the same name for "Under the Lion Rock". Theme song? "
Yang Ye nodded and said seriously: "Yes, I really like your production of "Under the Lion Rock". It is very realistic and simple, and it tells the pain and happiness of ordinary citizens. "
Yang Ye first flattered Zhang Minyi and continued: "Reminiscent of some recent events, many people have been destroyed and displaced. I wrote this song "Under the Lion Rock" in the hope that it can appeal to everyone. Cheer up and go through the hard times together."
Zhang Minyi was quite moved by Yang Ye's words, thinking that he was still a passionate young man, and she couldn't help but feel a little fond of him.
Zhang Minyi made a gesture of invitation and said: "Yang Sheng is interested, can you let me enjoy this song?"
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Of course!"
He took out his guitar, plucked the strings, and sang passionately: "There is joy in life, but there are also tears. We all met under the Lion Rock Finally, there are more laughs than sighs..."
The simple and beautiful melody, coupled with simple lyrics, just one sentence caught Zhang Minyi's ears and sang into her heart.
Hong Kong is a very special Chinese society. There are only more than 10,000 aborigines in Hong Kong. They speak "Tu Cantonese", which is difficult for even Guangzhou people to understand.
During the Qing Dynasty, Hakkas began to enter Hong Kong. In the 1920s, Chaozhou people began to flow in. In the 1940s, a large number of refugees poured in from Fujian, Shanghai and other parts of the country. In the 1960s, there were many more "escapers" from Hong Kong.
Ethnic groups from all over the country gather together and integrate with each other, which is true to the line sung in the lyrics, "We all, when we met under the Lion Rock, finally laughed more than we sighed."
Yang Ye continued to sing Author: "Since we are in the same boat, we are working together under the Lion Rock, abandoning differences and seeking common ground. Let go of the conflicts in each other's hearts, and pursue our ideals together..."
Zhang Minyi's eyes were moist, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and working together to help each other, this is exactly what happened. Her original intention of producing this TV show.
"We are at the same end of the world, hand in hand to smooth out the rugged terrain. We all worked hard to write that immortal famous line."
Yang Ye played the last note, and the music suddenly stopped. Stop.
(End of this chapter)