The newly recruited lead singer is from the school next door. I have heard that the school spirit is not good. Fu Cuo is not a prejudiced person, but I was a little surprised after seeing the other party's ostentatiously dyed hair and earrings. I can't explain anything, as long as I sing well and my character is fine.
The new lead singer is Song Kai, who is a grade older than them. After listening to his self-introduction, Tan Si asked, "The college entrance examination is coming soon, is it okay?"
"What's the problem?" Song Kai threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground and stamped it out, and said, "It's not like you don't know about our school, how many people are focused on the college entrance examination..."
Song Kai is undoubtedly also rebellious, Fu Cuo thought, but he is a completely different type from Sui Qingchi, he can't tell where they are different, it's just... If Sui Qingchi is sitting in front of him at the moment, it seems that the name The blueprint for "West Wind" would be more in line with imagination.
"Do you really want to be in a band?" he asked.
Song Kai looked up, as if the question was nonsense: "Of course."
AK raised his eyebrows: "It's not for picking up girls, is it?"
Song Kai rolled his eyes: "That's a fringe benefit, it's not allowed."
Fu Cuo handed him the notation: "Can you read notation?"
"A little bit." Song Kai took it and whistled, "It's original!"
So in the rehearsal site of the abandoned factory building, Fu Cuo finished listening to Song Kai's singing. Song Kai could read music, but he was not proficient. Under the guidance of him and Tan Si, he could roughly grasp the whole song. After playing it again, Fu Cuo looked at Tan Si, Tan Si smiled and nodded at him, and he agreed. At this juncture, less than ten days before the performance day, he couldn't help but nod.
Although Song Kai sang really well, but... the reason why Tan Si is so satisfied is because he has never heard that person sing. Fu Cuo couldn't help thinking.
Song Kai turned his head to look at the guitarist behind him, raised his eyebrows, and waited for his evaluation.
Fu Cuo came back to his senses and stretched out his hand to him: "Welcome to Xifeng."
The show is coming soon, and the four of them worked overtime every afternoon to rehearse every afternoon for more than a week, full of energy. Because Song Kai skipped classes for a long time, he was always the first one to arrive. Fu Cuo's feeling for this teammate also changed from initial uncertainty It's just that there are two high notes in the chorus of "Beautiful", and Song Kai's singing is not very smooth.
"The pitch is too high, what are you thinking, do you want to find a female lead singer?" Song Kai couldn't sing the chorus repeatedly, and he couldn't help complaining a little.
AK said bluntly: "Your voice is not good. You need to practice head resonance, chest resonance and so on."
"It's as if anyone can sing High C after practicing their vocalization." Song Kai curled his lips, "Unless someone has learned the key of this song, boys can't sing it."
AK twirled the drumstick in his hand, intending to thimble Song Kai: "You said that wrongly, there are really boys who have never learned vocal music who can sing."
"Is there?" Song Kai's face was not very good-looking, "Then why don't you look for him?"
AK shrugged: "That person sang not this one, but "Rooftop", the treble is only a little lower than this one."
"Cut," Song Kai snorted, "That should be lower."
"Then you have the guts to sing "Rooftop" and listen to it!" AK pouted, "If you can finish singing "Rooftop" without dropping the key, how about asking Fu Cuo to drop the key for you? If you break the key Yin, I will post the scene of your breaking sound on Weibo!"
When Fu Cuo heard this, he was a little afraid that Song Kai and AK would be serious. In his heart, he was still reluctant to drop the key. The feeling of the song would be completely different after dropping the key.
Song Kai raised his finger to AK, AK stared at him, and the two of them faced each other for a while, and finally Song Kai put down his hand and said, "I don't have the same knowledge as you who beat the gong."
After the rehearsal was over that day, Fu Cuo stopped by the convenience store to buy toothpaste on the way back, and met Sui Qingchi again.
Sui Qingchi stood in front of the cashier and didn't see him. The things he bought were all on the counter at the moment, and Fu Cuo easily saw a box of lunch boxes and a pack of... Miao Xian Bao? The cashier reported the price, and Sui Qingchi lowered his head and frowned at the wallet, and then unexpectedly, Fu Cuo returned the bento and bought the bag of Miaoxian Bao.
Sui Qingchi stopped in front of an alley, called out twice, and shook the pocket of Miaoxianbao. There was no movement in the alley, so he walked along the street again, and shook the bag again in front of another alley. Miao Xian Bao. At the end of the alley where the sun doesn't shine, a small shadow flashed out soundlessly.
"Hiding here." He curled his lips and was about to walk in when he heard someone calling him behind him.
"Sui Qingchi!"
In just two seconds, the cat ran away and disappeared. Sui Qingchi put down the Miaoxian bag that she picked up to use as a bell, and turned her head with a heavy breath.
Fu Cuo looked at Sui Qingchi's displeased face inexplicably: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Sui Qingchi put the Miaoxian bag into the pocket of his coat sullenly, turned and walked out of the alley.
Fu Cuo looked into the alley and asked curiously, "Are you feeding the cat?"
Sui Qingchi stopped in his tracks, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He turned around and stared at the guitar bag on Fu Cuo's back, and asked, "Are you playing in a band?"
The original intention was to say "it's none of your business", but Fu Cuo nodded honestly, and said with a smile: "Well, yes."
"..."
The two searched back and forth along the storefront facing the street, and finally found the black cat that might have been watching them secretly. Maybe after observing for a while, they found that these two two-legged creatures (mainly the extra one) ) are not in danger, so they no longer avoid them.
Fu Cuo was the first to see a trash can parked in the depths of the alley. He tilted his head and looked at their black cat curiously. He patted Sui Qingchi's shoulder lightly. Sui Qingchi followed Fu Cuo's gaze. , he let out a sigh of relief as if he had finally found his lost property.
Fu Cuo followed Sui Qingchi, fearing that he would scare the cat away again. Fortunately, the cat didn't run away this time. Sui Qingchi took the bag of Miaoxian Bao and took a look at the dirty trash can lid. A little hesitant, he asked behind him: "Did you bring the paper?"
There was a rustle behind her, and a piece of something was handed over, Sui Qingchi took it, and saw that it was a piece of guitar music paper, and there were two lines of guitar notes drawn on the six-line staff, which he half understood in the bookstore that day Things I don't understand. Something indescribable flashed through his mind. He folded the music paper in half and put it on the trash can. The black cat started to circle around the paper. Sui Qingchi wanted to squeeze the Miao Xian Bao onto the paper, but the cat kept scratching it with its paws. He, Sui Qingchi was scratched several times and withdrew his hand, and said, "How can I feed you if you tickle me, are you stupid?"
Fu Cuo almost laughed out loud.
Sui Qingchi tossed and tossed for a long time, and began to train the cat: "Just tell me, do you want to eat it or not?"
Fu Cuo witnessed Sui Qingchi cursing and cursing and finally feeding the cat. When the black cat buried its head in eating, Sui Qingchi tried to touch it with a stern face, and the cat immediately arched its back vigilantly.
Probably because his expression is so stinky, even the cat doesn't buy into him, doesn't play with him, and doesn't allow him to touch him, so he treats Sui Qingchi like an ATM machine, the kind that can spit out cat food after entering the password, Fu Cuo was amused and helpless in his heart, and said to Sui Qingchi, "Wait for me a moment", Sui Qingchi was puzzled, turned around and saw Fu Cuo walking out of the alley, and asked, "What are you waiting for?"
Fu Cuo didn't answer, knowing that Sui Qingchi would wait anyway.
Fu Cuo came back within a few minutes, holding a long dog's tail grass in his hand, and handed it to Sui Qingchi: "Take this to tease it."
Sui Qingchi didn't answer: "Why should I tease it?"
Fu Cuo looked at EXM, didn't you just want to tease it
Sui Qingchi moved away: "I want to tease you."
Fu Cuo thought about it, I'll be the first one to eat crabs.
The black cat quickly let go of its vigilance against the dangling dog's tail grass. Fu Cuo saw the opportunity, carefully stretched out his hand, and successfully touched the cat for the first time, and turned to look at Sui Qingchi happily.
Sui Qingchi looked at the young man who was smiling in surprise, but pursed his lips and said nothing.
One person and one cat quickly became friends, and Fu Cuo even tricked the cat into his arms. He turned around and wanted Sui Qingchi to pet it too, but in exchange for the other party's blunt words: "It has fleas on it."
Fu Cuo just remembered this, but he hugged it, it was so soft, it was hard to hold it, even if it was full of thorns, how could he be willing to throw it away
For a moment, Fu Cuo thought about adopting it, but then he calmed down. Being emotional is the worst thing. People like them take care of themselves very reluctantly. Can they take good care of a little life that needs care
In the end, he carefully put the black cat back on the dustbin, and said softly, "I will come to see you again."
Although you may not look forward to it at all, you still have to grow up quickly, you and I are both, only when you grow up can you have the strength to protect important things, important people...
Sui Qingchi who was behind him remained silent all this time, he thought he had left, but when he turned around, he saw Sui Qingchi still standing there, took a breath when looking at him, and said, "Let's go."
The way he breathed, combined with the narrow strip of light in the alley, turned out to be very gentle.
On the way back, Fu Cuo couldn't help asking Sui Qingchi: "You are doing something good, why are you sneaking around?"
"Do something good," Sui Qingchi dismissed, "I just enjoy the pleasure of giving them alms."
Fu Cuo was speechless.
When the two reached the crossroads, it was time to part ways. Fu Cuo remembered: "By the way, our band will perform at the livehouse this weekend. Do you want to come and see? I have tickets here..."
"No, not interested."
Before he took out the ticket, he walked away. Fu Cuo looked at Sui Qingchi's back as he left, and thought with a wry smile, at least you hesitate before answering.
"How can I be a friend?" After talking to himself, he was a little unsure, "Is it a friend..."
In a flash, it was the day of the performance. We had originally agreed to meet at the rehearsal location and then go to the Livehouse together by car, but when the agreed time came, Song Kai did not arrive. AK called and hung up after talking for a while. He walked in and told Fu Wrong : "Don't wait for him. He said that he has something to go out later. He will go there by himself later. Let us go first."
Fu Cuo and Tan Si AK decided to go to the livehouse first. The car was a van booked online. The three carried their musical instruments into the car. AK said with emotion while wearing seat belts: "When we have money in the future, we will buy a car by ourselves. Take the driver's license test and drive around in a car, beautiful!"
Tan Si said with a smile: "Thinking too far, you think about the college entrance examination next year is more appropriate."
"What about the college entrance examination? I know I'm not that material." AK sat down in the front row, fastened his seat belt and turned his head to look over, "I'm serious about the band, let me tell you, don't tell me you are just Just kidding!"
Fu Cuo couldn't tell that he was just joking around, but he didn't dare to say how serious he was. He didn't know if they had talent or where the band could go. I haven't really come to the intersection yet, but I just looked at the fork in the fog and looked at the moon in the water. I felt a little bit of excitement and temptation. Maybe when I get closer, everyone will have different ideas.
A dream like a band cannot be achieved by one person.
"Where is this?" Tan Si's voice interrupted his thoughts, "At our level, we are still far away from a professional band."
Fu Cuo looked at Tan Si who was joking with AK beside him. No matter what the future holds, the road sign named "Rock Band" is equally attractive to the three of them, at least for now.
It’s not that they haven’t been to Livehouse before, but they used to be fans in the audience. This is the first time they came to the backstage of Livehouse as a band, and they also met other bands. They are obviously the youngest and youngest among them. I was carrying a musical instrument on my back and watching the busy backstage, I didn't know where to put my feet.
"Hey, that's the opening band, Joyboy!" AK bumped into Fu Cuo's shoulder, gesturing to the band in front of him.
Joyboy is a very mature band in Typhoon. As soon as they took the stage, there was warm applause and shouts from the audience. The fans are no strangers to them. The three of them listened to the applause in the background, and they were a little envious and became more nervous, because It is completely impossible to predict the audience's reaction when it is their turn to take the stage. Will the audience who are not fans of them be there, and will they applaud and cheer for them
After the instruments and speakers were connected, Joyboy's opening performance quickly heated up the atmosphere in the venue.
The vibration of the stage could be heard backstage, AK rubbed his hands together: "My hands are full of sweat!"
Fu Cuo pretended to smile calmly, but in fact he did too.
A total of six bands came to the platter concert. Each band sang two to three songs. They were the fourth to play. They were supposed to sing two songs, but they were told that there was not enough time and they could only sing one song. AK was a little disappointed, muttering "The other song was for nothing before", but there was no way to do it, the three of them decided to sing "Beautiful" without much debate.
"What is Song Kai doing? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" AK couldn't sit still when the second band came on stage to sing.
Fu Cuo got up: "I'll go out and call him."
When he went outside, he found that the sky was dark, and the drizzle was pouring on his face. On the road in the distance, the lights of the cars seemed to be solidified in the misty rain. He had a bad premonition and called Song Kai. I went to the phone, it rang for a long time before someone answered:
"Hey, Song Kai, where have you been?"
"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm stuck in the road, where are you singing now?"
Fu misunderstood, and there was no way to blame Song Kai, who is usually late, but it was the first time he was late to catch up with an important occasion: "Can you be there in ten minutes?"
"Yes, yes! There are only two stops left! Don't worry!" After speaking, he hung up.
Fu Cuo had to go backstage. AK heard that Song Kai was still stuck in the road and was about to die of anxiety. He directly greeted the eighteenth generation of Song Kai's ancestors. Fu Cuo and Tan Si were also worried, and Quan pretended not to hear.
Soon the second band also left the stage, and the third band came on stage. AK ran to the entrance of the stage and squatted, watching people moving instruments and installing tuning. The second one had an extra keyboard and a rhythm guitar, but it didn't take a while to debug them all.
"Where's the female lead singer?" Tan Si said when singing came from the direction of the stage.
Fu Cuo stared at the phone, watching the time beating minute by minute, and didn't care about listening to the music at all. After a long time, he felt Tan Si pat him on the shoulder.
The third band could only sing two songs. He closed his eyes and prayed for a miracle to happen, but at the same time felt that Song Kai, the guy who killed a thousand swords, might not be able to wait.
The phone rang suddenly, and Fu Cuo hurriedly answered without looking at it: "Hello?!"
The person on the other end of the phone seemed a little surprised, and it took a few seconds before he said: "...it's me, which livehouse are you at?"
Fu mistakenly recognized Sui Qingchi's voice, a little inconceivable: "Are you here?"
"Well," the voice on the other end of the phone was a bit muffled, "I just passed by here, there are quite a lot of livehouses here, where are you?"
"911," Fu Cuo said, "Do you know the Wall of Lost, it's next to it, on the basement floor."
"Oh, good," Sui Qingchi said, "Can I still buy tickets now?"
Before Fu Cuo could speak, AK had already run back from the stage, yelling anxiously: "It's over, it's over! It's time to sing the second song, Luo Kai, this bastard, I must kill him!!"
Sui Qingchi also heard AK's loud voice on the other end of the phone, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fu Cuo sighed: "Our lead singer hasn't arrived yet..."
Sui Qingchi was silent for a while: "... when will you take the stage?"
Three minutes later, the performers came to inform them that they were about to go on stage. Fu Cuo was already ready to sing by himself, when he got up, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.
"Fu is wrong!!"
He turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a figure hurriedly coming from the other end of the passage, not Luo Kai, but Sui Qingchi.
The sixteen-year-old boy was wearing a denim jacket, and there was still rain on his hair. Fu Cuo's chest felt numb for a while. The moment he saw him, his heart really shook violently. There was a feeling that his lead singer had finally overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. The excitement of coming to join him.
Sui Qingchi was still a little out of breath when he arrived, and without further ado, he said directly, "Give me the score and five minutes, and I can sing for you!"
Tan Si looked at Fu Cuo, saw Fu Cuo was in a daze, then looked at AK, AK stared wide-eyed: "Really?!" After thinking about it, although Sui Qingchi sang well, this song was original, and he couldn't even listen to it. Haven't heard it, "No... can you read sheet music?"
Sui Qingchi only looked at Fu Cuo who was stunned, and said "Yes".
His eyes were unquestionable, as if saying "believe me", Fu Cuo handed him the sheet music by mistake, with anticipation and more nervousness.
Sui Qingchi took the score, AK came over and asked suspiciously: "Then tell me what key it is in?"
Sui Qingchi pretended to be serious about reading the music score, but now he was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand the music score at all.
As soon as AK saw him dumbfounded, he became anxious: "I'm not kidding, my young master!"
Tan Si shook his head helplessly, and Fu Cuo's heart sank. After all, it was an original song, and it was too unrealistic to expect Sui Qingchi...
"I once saw a pair of eyes
gaze at it and forget the wildness
…”
Sui Qingchi lowered his head to the score and sang the verse directly. Fu Cuo looked at Sui Qingchi in disbelief, even Tan Si found it inconceivable.
"The wonder of the wild
muddy swamp
no longer make sense
I don't want to be a running slave anymore
I picked up a pen to draw it
pale paper
splashed with gorgeous
escape from the dark forest
…”
Sui Qingchi quickly went through the verse and chorus, and looked up at the three of them: "Is it all right?"
AK was speechless: "You can't even read the key signature, why..."
"Is it important?" Sui Qingchi put down the music score and looked in the direction of the stage, "Is it our turn?"
Obviously not the lead singer of the band, but the blurted "we" hit Fu Cuo. He turned his head to look, and the staff had already gone up to move the drum kit.
"Apart from singing, what else do I need to do?" Sui Qingchi asked from behind.
Fu Cuo turned his head, raised his hand to shake Sui Qingchi's shoulder, and said confidently: "No, you can just sing."
If it's you, there's nothing to worry about.
Before going on stage, AK was still a little worried, so he couldn't help asking Sui Qingchi: "Master, are you nervous?"
Sui Qingchi held the microphone in his hand and said, "What's there to be nervous about? It's not like I haven't sung in front of others before."
"That's different," AK said. "That time you were on the street, and this is the Livehouse. Let me tell you, I've seen some bands go on stage for the first time, and the lead singer's voice was trembling!"
Sui Qingchi glanced at him, frowning with an expression of "what are you trying to threaten me at this time".
Fu Cuo didn't know why he trusted Sui Qingchi so much. Thinking about it carefully, he had only heard him sing "The Rooftop" through his mobile phone, but it seemed to be an intuition, he felt that Sui Qingchi could not be stage fright , it is even less likely to screw up the show, he believes in him, just like a musician trusts his lead singer.
Facts have proved that Sui Qingchi really has no stage fright at all. He seems to belong to the stage by nature. Not only is he not afraid of the audience, but he seems to come to the stage to attract them. "Beautiful" is a lyrical rock song. Although there are some passionate passages, it is generally soft. The first time Sui Qingchi sang this song, he used a shocking typhoon to conquer all the fans in the audience, including the audience. three people on board.
In the words of fans in the future, Sui Qingchi is an electrified animal, he will electrify all the songs, making them look brand new, different, lifeless songs, after he sings, will also be like being in the fountain of life soaked. He played the high note of the chorus of "Beautiful" effortlessly, such a free arc and natural vibrato, except for beauty, there is only beauty, Fu Cuo thought, neither he nor Song Kai can do it, only Sui Qingchi's interpretation, That's what makes the title of this song so convincing. In the dimly lit Livehouse, his voice was like a ray of light piercing through the dark forest.
Xifeng's livehouse debut, although only a short song long, ended perfectly with Sui Qingchi's help. After singing, Sui Qingchi raised the microphone, and the audience applauded and screamed. It was really this boy who was conquered by this song.
Sui Qingchi inserted the microphone back into the microphone stand, and looked back at Fu Cuo.
Fu Cuo raised his hand and applauded him, as excited as everyone in the audience. Although it is not kind to say so, he completely forgot who Song Kai was at that moment. At this moment, Sui Qingchi was the lead singer of Xifeng. It was his voice that hit every corner of the Livehouse, even the corners of people's hearts. Don't let it go.
AK shouted loudly amidst the warm applause: "Thank you everyone! We are Zephyr!"
Seeing Sui Qingchi approaching the microphone again, Fu Cuo said, "Please remember us."
The "we" that came through the microphone contained the innocence and sincerity of a young man, but also had the deepness and charm that did not belong to a young man. Fu Cuo's heart beat wildly when he heard it, as if he had seen Sui Qingchi's back through Sui Qingchi's back. The future of the entire West Wind.
Until the end of their performance, Song Kai did not arrive.
After coming down, several people were immersed in the LIVE just now and couldn't recover. AK buried his hair in Weibo excitedly. Fu Cuo really didn't know how to thank Sui Qingchi. It seemed that he just sang a song for him, but it was much more than that. , the icing on the cake, are not enough to describe the magic he brought, it should be... touch into gold.
When he wanted to speak, Sui Qingchi spoke first, and said something that he did not expect:
"Let me join the band," he said, "and I'll be the lead singer of Zephyr."
When he said this, he was as unstoppable as when he sang on stage. Fu Cuo never expected Sui Qingchi to be so direct, and he didn't know how to reply for a while. AK, who buried his hair on Weibo, and Tan Si, who was packing up his instruments, also raised their heads. Sui Qingchi's strength is obvious to all. He will be the lead singer that every band is competing for, but this makes them even more difficult. After all, Sui Qingchi It's just a temporary rescue, Song Kai is their lead singer, the agreed lead singer can't just say no to it.
"I can wait," Sui Qingchi said, "Just give me a chance to think about me."
"...Okay." Fu Cuo said.