The revolutionary friendship between Mr. Lu Yuping and Mr. Gong Yi has to start with a performance...

In 1988, under the planning of Lu Yuping and Gong Yi, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra finalized the itinerary and set off for Yangzhou. And this unprecedented performance in the history of folk music is about to cause a sensation in Yangzhou, the capital of the guqin industry.

Gong Yi was very excited and moved at that time. In the process of discussing the performance with Lu Yuping, Gong Yi found that the whole group of more than 100 people was really not small. The food and accommodation of more than 100 people and the musical instruments required during the performance are all issues that must be resolved first.

Gong Yi asked Lu Yuping: There are more than 100 people in the whole group, can you arrange it? For the guqin alone, more than a dozen are needed. I saw Lu Yuping waved his hand: don't worry about this, concert, if you need anything, just come directly to me.

The Shanghai government attaches great importance to this performance. Gong Yi, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, personally led the team. A reporter from Shanghai Xinmin Evening News accompanied the delegation for an interview. The performance was held in Yangzhou Gymnasium for 3 days.

After the performance in Yangzhou Gymnasium, Lu Yuping and Gong Yi have a closer relationship. The two have reached the point where they have nothing to talk about.

Gong Yi talked very much with this cheerful and loyal businessman who didn't look like a businessman, and always liked to play in Director Lu's factory.

Once, Gong Yi was in the factory, helping to make a guqin. It was a bit hot at that time, so Master Gong Yi took off his clothes, put on a vest, and played the piano there. It doesn't look like a famous Guqin expert, just like an ordinary carpenter.

Later, Gong Yi joked with Lu Yuping: You didn't take pictures at that time. If you take a picture of me wearing a vest and making a piano, I'll buy the picture for 50,000 yuan. In a word, it made two old friends laugh, as if returning to that pure era.