The video of Sui Qingchi's rescue was uploaded on the Internet, allowing more people to know "West Wind". Among them, the most mentioned one is "the lead singer of West Wind". The other members of the band have long been aware of this. After all, rock bands The most popular singer is always the lead singer. How popular the lead singer is determines how popular the band is, and Sui Qingchi can afford the "flow" of this discussion in terms of appearance and singing skills, but there is a big Question - Fu Cuo doesn't think Song Kai will be happy to see such a discussion.
After the performance, Song Kai never contacted them. Fu Cuo called him that night, but no one answered, and he didn't call a second time. Several days passed like this. When AK and Tan Si were still immersed in the excitement of the success of the performance, he was the only one who fell into entanglement, because he promised Sui Qingchi would think about it carefully, but the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. It's a dilemma, reluctant to give up Sui Qingchi, and I don't know how to face Song Kai. Is the band important or faith is more important, and I have to face such a difficult problem so early...
Sometimes I can't help but think, it would be great if Sui Qingchi could agree to AK earlier, the band is preserved, Xinyi is also preserved, but there are many things in the world that are not if. It seems that after meeting Sui Qingchi, he began to realize how life is full of regrets. It is still the same after many years, Sui Qingchi has been teaching him this point all the time.
After school on Friday, the three of them met again to go to the rehearsal venue. These days, everyone tacitly didn’t talk about it at school. Today, AK couldn’t help but asked when he was walking: “Hey, do you think about the lead singer? How's it going?"
Both Fu Cuo and Tan Si were dumb.
Seeing the two people looking at each other, AK could only shrug his shoulders: "Well, pretend I didn't ask."
When it was time for the rehearsal, Song Kai, who hadn’t heard from him, came today. Fu Cuo felt embarrassed when he saw Song Kai. He kept thinking that maybe Song Kai wouldn’t come today, and even thought A fantasy that maybe Song Kai would propose to quit the band after seeing the performance video...
Seeing Song Kai now, I just feel red in the face.
The reactions of the three people were almost the same. Song Kai raised his eyebrows and glanced at the three people who stopped at the gate, and said, "Why? You're not welcome?"
There was already a bit of gunpowder in that tone, Fu Cuo is not incomprehensible, anyone who puts this matter will have emotions.
"Come on," AK said to smooth things over, "Let's go for rehearsal!" He frowned again when he passed by Song Kai, "Are you smoking? It smells like smoke!"
Song Kai's expression was a little unnatural, he didn't say anything, and got up to connect the microphone cable.
After last week’s performance, AK’s Weibo has gained a lot of fans. Many new fans asked where they usually perform. AK can’t wait to plan the next performance. Once the band is on the right track, it’s definitely not suitable to sing other people The songs need to have more original songs, so during the rehearsal, they also discussed the arrangement while practicing.
The tune of the new song is not particularly high, but I don’t know why Song Kai’s performance today is particularly poor, and there are frequent situations of snapped shots and broken sounds. AK can’t stand it anymore: “What’s wrong, have you drunk too much? Where is this? Just break the sound, what will happen to LIVE in the future?"
Immediately there was a "bang" from the microphone, and the three of them were taken aback. Song Kai put down the microphone forcefully, and said in a broken jar, "Okay, you don't like me, I'm not as good as Sui Qingchi, don't you? Want to kick me out and find him!"
AK, who was still complaining vigorously before, was stunned and looked at Fu Cuo.
Fu Cuo and Tan Si looked at each other. In such a scene, he was the captain, so he had to speak up: "We didn't think about it that way. He came to the rescue that day because you didn't arrive."
"It's my fault that I didn't arrive. I don't have anything to say when he came to save the stage." Song Kai suddenly became emotional, "But I heard that he said he wanted to join the band backstage after the performance that day, right? What were you three doing at the time?!"
"Sui Qingchi just expressed his wish unilaterally," Tan Si said, "We haven't decided yet..."
"Then what do you mean?" Song Kai said angrily, "Aren't I a member of the band? What do you mean you haven't decided yet? Or can the three of you directly decide whether he or I will stay?! I think so seriously Do a good job in the band, and be the first one to come to rehearse every day, saying that my vocal range is not enough, so I will learn the pronunciation of Lao Shizi, but you are doing this to me, I am a spare tire that can be discarded at any time?!"
After Song Kai finished speaking, he dropped the lyrics and left. AK held up his drumsticks and shouted "Hey, hey" behind him for a long time, but he didn't call him back.
The atmosphere in the warehouse was tense, and AK rubbed his nose: "This guy is having a firecracker today, so he can't talk properly if he has something to say..." He asked Fu Cuo and Tan Si, "What should I do?"
Fu Cuo sat down on the folding chair, his head hanging down, his thoughts were in a mess. Although Song Kai's words were very aggressive, they were not really losing their temper. Maybe the three of them just didn't regard him as a member of the band in their hearts. It's because he, the captain, didn't do well. If he had rejected Sui Qingchi on the spot that day, he wouldn't have the troubles now, but... After seeing Sui Qingchi's wonderful rescue, as the band leader and creator, how could he? He might not be moved at all, how could he not be moved by Sui Qingchi's words...
That day's rehearsal broke up like this, and on the way home with Tan Si, Fu Cuo asked in a daze, "... what do you think?"
Tan Si sighed: "Are you asking me what kind of lead singer I want, or what should we do?"
Fu Cuo looked at him: "What kind of band lead singer do you want?"
Tan Si didn't hesitate: "Of course it's like Sui Qingchi."
"...then what should we do?"
Tan Si stopped: "Fu Cuo, I think that since we are a band, we should respect and trust each other, and we can't abandon our teammates just because Sui Qingchi sings well. I dare not say that I play the best bass. Yeah, you don't dare say you play the best guitar, but I know that if I put the best guitar player in the world in front of me, I'd like to form a band with you. I know you too."
Such a sentence seemed to wake him up. Fu Cuo nodded and smiled wearily: "You are right."
Tan Si hooked his shoulders: "And you, don't put too much pressure on me. I'm just as tangled up as you these days, and I'm also thinking, is it important for Song Kai and us to rehearse for more than ten days, or Sui Qing? The LIVE between Chi and us was important, the latter one was honestly too tempting, it would be difficult for anyone else, I also want to ask God why didn’t Sui Qingchi join the band earlier, but at that time AK asked He, maybe this means that we really have no fate."
The two were walking slowly on the road dyed red by the setting sun. Fu Cuo listened to Tan Si and helped him sort out his thoughts a little bit:
"I'm not sure if it's right for us to do this, but Sui Qingchi's grades are so good, and he's going to take the high school entrance examination soon. Maybe he will be admitted to a key high school or a key university in the future. Maybe letting him join a band is beneficial to him personally. It’s not the best option either.”
This reason is like the last drumbeat, giving Fu Cuo all the hesitation and finality.
That's right, an excellent person like Sui Qingchi would have better choices. When they themselves don't even have a clear idea of the future of the band, maybe they really shouldn't drag a top student with a bright future into the water.
Although... he really will be a super dazzling lead singer... he has no doubts about it.
He made an appointment with Tan Si, and Tan Si would go to No. 12 Middle School to apologize to Song Kai, let Song Kai return to the team, and let Sui Qingchi talk about it by himself.
Fu Cuo went to the same convenience store to buy a pack of Miaoxian Bao, and took it to that alley, but Sui Qingchi was already there.
He originally planned to come here to wait for someone slowly, but the moment he saw Sui Qingchi's back, he realized that he was not ready.
Sui Qingchi looked back and saw him, and stood up: "Is there a decision so soon?"
The light in the alley was half-bright, and Fu mistakenly felt that Sui Qingchi's eyes were like that cat's. Maybe because he had been wandering for too long, his vigilance was too high, and all his emotions were hidden deeply. What kind of mood is it, and what language should I use to tell him.
“…sorry,” he said, “that’s not my one-man band.”
No matter how guilty I was, after saying this sentence, everything finally settled. He must have disappointed Sui Qingchi very much, because his indecision and immaturity caused so much trouble and unhappiness to everyone in the band, but the person who was most sorry was always Sui Qingchi.
People like Sui Qingchi must have fought countless rounds with their self-esteem if they wanted to say the phrase "let me join the band".
Since then, the band has crossed the river by feeling the stones and got on the right track. Although many fans were disappointed when they found out that Sui Qingchi was not the lead singer of Xifeng, the band and Song Kai also slowly got along with each other. To put it bluntly, the only thing that needs attention is not to write songs that Song Kai's vocal range can't reach, so the band's performance will be quite good. Soon he also felt that it was right not to let Sui Qingchi join. As the last two months of the senior high school entrance examination approached, their performances became more frequent. Song Kai had less worries than Sui Qingchi.
After school, he would still go to that alley to watch cats, and would occasionally meet Sui Qingchi. At first, he always felt unable to face Sui Qingchi because of the band, but Sui Qingchi didn't seem to take it seriously, and once even took the initiative to Ask him: "Do you have a ticket for West Wind's show? I'll go and support it when I have time."
He gave Sui Qingchi tickets to their campus band performance on the weekend. Sui Qingchi also came that day, but left before the performance was over. He only left him a message: I still have something to do, let's go first, Guitar Plays great.
What surprised him was that Sui Qingchi also sent a photo, which was taken at the scene, as if to prove that he had really been there, very childish. Fu Cuo smiled and clicked on the photo, only to find that he was the only one in the camera.
The shooting effect of the mobile phone is very good, and it may be that Sui Qingchi took it well. The young and handsome guitarist on the stage does not look like his ordinary self. The dynamics, light and shadow are perfect like the freeze frame in the movie. After staring at this photo for a long time, he would even feel a little embarrassed, wondering if this is really me, I'm a little too handsome...
On Monday they met again in the alley, this time he arrived first, and Sui Qingchi arrived late when the cat finished eating a pack of Miaoxianbao. Fu Cuo turned to see him, stood up and raised his hand to say hello: "The photos are really well taken."
Sui Qingchi walked in, turned his right shoulder, and the backpack slid off his shoulders. He held the backpack, unzipped it and said, "Just take a picture."
"I just fed it..." Fu mistakenly saw him taking something in his backpack, thinking it was cat food, but saw Sui Qingchi take out a red collar.
It took a little effort for the two people to put the collar on the cat's neck. The cat was obviously not used to it, and kept scratching its paws. Fu Cuo looked at the black cat that was gradually no longer defending against them. It became more and more like their cat, and he didn't know if it was good. He got closer and closer, and his feelings became deeper and deeper, but after all, it It's a stray cat, is this okay...
"What's wrong?" Sui Qingchi asked when he saw that he was distracted.
Fu Cuo regained his senses: "Why don't you give it a name."
"… Have it already."
"Have you already had it?" Fu Cuo was a little surprised, with an expression of "I don't know why", "What's it called?"
Sui Qingchi was silent for a while, and Fu Cuo thought he was not listening to what he was asking, when the young man said, "The King of the Abyss."
"..."
There was no sound in the alley. Fu Cuo thought to himself, is this a secondary school student
When we were about to part ways that day, Fu Cuo remembered something: "By the way, I plan to print out that photo and put it in a frame."
"As long as you don't feel narcissistic." Sui Qingchi said.
Fu Cuo smiled: "Come on for the exam!"
Sui Qingchi let out a "hmm", turned and left.
Fu Cuo stood on the sidewalk waiting for the red light. When there were ten seconds left in the number, Sui Qingchi's voice suddenly came from a certain direction behind him, and he turned his head in surprise.
The boy stopped on the flyover, and said to him below: "If the printing pixels of that photo are not enough, I have a clearer one here!"
Fu Cuo watched the afterglow of the setting sun wear away Sui Qingchi's sharp edges and corners, and his whole body was bathed in warm orange light, like his shouting voice, full of rare enthusiasm.
"Okay!" Fu Cuo replied with a smile, and waved to the only person on the bridge.
During the May Day holiday, Xifeng was fortunate to perform in the Livehouse for the second time, but this performance turned out to be a disaster.
Song Kai's performance was abnormal throughout the whole process, he rushed to take the film and took the adjustment. Several times he couldn't even remember the lyrics, and kept humming in front of the microphone, but he didn't seem to notice it. Some male fans in the audience told him to get off. Like being called back to his soul, if Fu Cuo hadn't stopped him in time, he would have almost scolded the fans. In the end, they barely finished the last song, and for the first time when they left the stage, they were not applauded, but boos.
This Waterloo-like performance made the three people very unhappy except for Song Kai. After entering the backstage lounge, Fu Cuo put down the guitar and sat on the chair with his head down. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely and out of breath, and he didn't even have the energy to scold Song Kai.
AK was furious, and slammed the door on entering the lounge, scolding Song Kai: "I*! What are you singing?! I'd rather have a pig standing behind the microphone!!"
Song Kai also seemed to feel that he was in the wrong. It was a rare time that he didn't quarrel with AK. He just packed his backpack and put it on his back to leave. AK couldn't stand being ignored the most, so he stepped forward angrily and grabbed Song Kai's backpack. The denim backpack was pulled and fell to the ground, the zipper was not closed, and a bag of dark things in a plastic bag rolled out of it.
Both Fu Cuo and Tan Si were stunned for a moment. No one recognized what it was at first glance. Fu Cuo looked up at Song Kai suspiciously. The sudden nervousness on the latter's expression made him feel bad.
AK squatted down to pick up the lump, squeezed it, and seemed to have suddenly realized what it was, and turned his head to look at Fu Cuo in horror.
"What is this?!" AK raised the thing in front of Song Kai and shouted, "Are you crazy?!"
An inappropriate smile appeared on Song Kai's face. He seemed to be fully awake now. He took the package and said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited! You have misunderstood it, this thing is not very addictive," and even handed it over In front of Fu Cuo, "You are a creative person. It is very inspiring to smoke occasionally. Besides, many underground bands smoke. It is really not such a scourge as it is rumored!"
Fu Cuo slapped his hand away with a cold face, stood up and said, "You are not our lead singer anymore."
Song Kai's complexion changed, and he stared at Fu Cuo's back: "What did you say?"
Fu wrongly picked up the guitar and installed it. He was so angry that his fingers were shaking, but he didn't want to tear face with the former lead singer in the backstage of others: "I made it very clear."
Song Kai stared at him gloomyly: "Who said that band members should respect and trust each other?"
Fu Cuo picked up the guitar bag and put it on his shoulder. When he turned around, he was so excited that he knocked over a chair: "Tan Si AK and I trusted you so much on stage. You can't even remember the lyrics of the chorus. I thought you were You drank too much, and it turned out that you smoked this thing!"
"What's wrong with smoking this thing?! How many people in the band don't smoke? What's the big deal?!"
"I have never smoked the band I like." Fu Cuo looked him in the eyes and said word by word.
Song Kai snorted: "That's because you don't know, they were already famous when you liked them, and of course they wouldn't promote these dark histories, who knows if they smoked during their underground days?" Seeing Fu Cuo flamboyantly said, "I bet you the fuck, they've all smoked in nine out of ten—"
Fu Cuo finally couldn't bear it anymore and punched him, even AK and Tan Si were taken aback.
Song Kai staggered from the beating. He covered the corner of his mouth that had been beaten, and stared fiercely at the guitarist in front of him.
"I won't tell others about this," Fu Cuo said, restraining his anger, "but you'd better not touch it in the future!" After speaking, he said to Tan Si and AK, "Let's go."
When turning to open the door, Song Kai suddenly shouted: "Fu wrong!!"
Fu Cuo turned his head subconsciously. Everything happened at that second. Song Kai threw a chair towards him. The blood flowed down the skin at once, and filled the corners of the eyes hotly. He was dazed by the weight of the chair, and he managed to hold onto the door frame so as not to fall down immediately. In his dizziness, he heard AK yelling something, Song Kai yelling something, his figure excited above the light source shaking:
"Fu wrong, bah, don't you just want to find a reason to drive me to find Sui Qingchi?! Don't be so sanctimonious here!"
That sound matched the sound of the percussion music in the direction of the stage, and turned into a strange sound with a shifted tone, and the eyes gradually darkened.