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Chapter 73 "Bicycle"

Hua Weijie's home.

When he told the story between himself and his father in a way of chatting and recalling memories, a silence fell into the room.

Many young girls following the filming team had a slightly reddish eyes.

What is a Chinese father?

Everyone has a different view.

For some people, Chinese-style fathers are simple and express love to their children silently.

Some people think that Chinese-style fathers are unreasonable.

Some people think that Chinese-style fathers are irresponsible.

Chinese men have been instilled with the concept of "supporting their families" since childhood, and require that "men will not shed tears easily."

When they grow up and become a father, the responsibilities and pressures they bear in the family have caused the lack of the father's position and misunderstandings among children.

The responsibilities and pressures of Chinese-style fathers make them understand the mud and rugged road ahead.

But at the same time, the Chinese-style father's bad expression and hidden emotions have turned his love for his children into strict requirements and strict reprimands.

Hua Weijie's father is a typical Chinese father, who is strict and maintains his authority and does not know how to express his love.

When Hua Weijie grew up in youth and youth, he and his father were always in a state of conflict, with fierce conflicts between them. Both father and son were stubborn, taciturn and lacked communication.

Although they care about each other in person, they are hard to say.

Not only in China, this lack and dislocation of communication between fathers and children is common in East Asian society.

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The pudding, who is very emotional and cannot hear such a parental love story, has already been full of tears.

"Weiyang, please write a song for Hua Weijie for his father."

"I believe that although they are not good at expressing themselves, and thousands of words stop at their mouths, they know in their hearts that this is also a kind of love."

After listening to Hua Weijie's self-report, Ye Weiyang remained silent for a long time before asking: "Mr. Hua, let me ask, are you from Guangdong Province?"

After telling the story of himself and his father to the band, Hua Weijie felt as if he had removed the burden in his heart. He felt much more relaxed and his emotions became much more active. He returned to his first meeting and said with a smile: "Of course, although I am not a native of Pengcheng, my hometown is Foshan, a hometown of martial arts, and a serious Guangdong province native."

Ye Weiyang nodded in a clear understanding.

"After listening to your story, I actually thought of many things. It's not just Mr. Hua, but in East Asia, the problems between father and son run through every man's life."

"I can understand what you want to express, and have some creative ideas in my mind."

"It happens that, like Mr. Hua, I am both from Guangdong Province. Since I am a writer from two people from Guangdong Province, it is better for us to write a Cantonese song in the language of our hometown."

Hua Weijie's eyes lit up and nodded repeatedly. He and his father talked in Cantonese at home. For the older generation of people in Guangdong Province, it was too difficult to speak Mandarin well. His tongue was knotted with a flat tongue.

Compared to Mandarin songs, Cantonese songs can obviously make my father "understand". Although he is no longer there, he can also comfort the spirit in heaven.

Moreover, when Hua Weijie was young, it was the era when Hong Kong singers were at their peak. He grew up listening to Cantonese songs from Hong Kong singers since he was a child.

It would be better if I could write a Cantonese song!

Ye Weiyang nodded and said with a smile: "You just said that the only fatherly love that can make you feel strong and intuitive in life when you are with your father on a bicycle when you were a child. Then let's write a song around this thing that you will never forget when you are with your father and son."

"I thought about the title of the song, and it's called "Bicycle". How about it?"

"Bicycle" is a classic song by Eason Chan, the last recognized king of music in Hong Kong Island in his previous life.

The song was released at the time, and most fans thought it was a song praising father's love. The record company even specially selected the song to be released around Father's Day and promoted it, which was a gift carefully prepared for Father's Day.

However, later, Huang Weiwen, the lyricist of this song, once said in an interview with the media.

"Bicycle" is not a song praising fatherly love.

On the contrary, this is a song that blames my father.

Huang Weiwen's father is a typical Chinese father. Assuming that he loves his children, he is in his heart and never tells it, and feels numb.

However, for children, especially in their teenage years, their ability to guess their psychology is limited, so children will definitely prefer that their fathers can express their love directly, rather than hide it in their hearts so that they can't feel it.

Otherwise, if you refuse to speak, the child will have reason to believe that you don’t love me. The reason is that simple.

Or, even if the father shows a little intimate physical contact, it is a way to express love.

But for Chinese people, it is not popular to hug and kiss between father and son. Under the influence of Confucian culture, the image of a father is serious and authoritative. How can he act as a young daughter?

The only hug Huang Weiwen in his life was when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school. His father rode his bicycle to the beach to play. He sat in the back seat of the bicycle. The first hug of his father and father in his life was also the only opportunity to hug each other that made each other feel embarrassed.

So Huang Weiwen was always worried about her father's stinginess. Until she grew up and became a lyricist, she wrote the song "Bicycle".

However, after this song was sung, many people thought it was a song praising fatherly love, which also made Huang Weiwen very embarrassed.

So much so that he personally explained that this song is not a praise for his father. Although this song is indeed written for fathers all over the world and is also a father-son relationship song, the song is not all kind.

His original intention was to denounce and complain about the bad relationship between Chinese father and son.

From the first line of the whole song, the idea is already very clear.

"Don't assume that I know that everything is done for me, why is it so great and so unfeeling."

The beginning was very clear. My father seemed to think that I understood his love for granted, so he never expressed it. This sounded great, but as a child, I didn’t know it and couldn’t feel it.

Of course, whether it is praise or complaining, listening to music, reading and watching movies, everyone's understanding will be different.

In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets.

Even if this song is used as a praising of fatherly love, it can be explained. It is just that it praises traditional Chinese style of fatherly love, which is contrary to the original intention of the lyricist.

The reason why Ye Weiyang chose this song is because it is so consistent with Hua Weijie's story, and it can be regarded as an exclusive song tailor-made for Hua Weijie.

He gave the most direct response to his relationship with his father, who had never had time to reconcile in his life.

It is a pity to be able to use this song to prevent others from repeating their mistakes.
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