After Li Mu returned to Haizhou, the theoretical examination for this group of students from Jin'an Driving School began.
Fortunately, Li Mu brought the topics when he returned to the countryside and had many years of practical driving experience, so his theoretical test went smoothly. However, the driving school test in Haizhou in 2001 was still very backward, and there was no computer test room for the theoretical test. , all are closed-book written exams, and you have to wait two to three days after the exam to know the results.
After Li Mu finished the theoretical exam, he immediately flew a trapeze and rushed to Jinling to take a flight to Wencheng. On the same day, he rushed to Metersbonwe's headquarters to sign the contract and paid a cooperation deposit of tens of thousands of yuan. That night, I took a plane back to Jinling.
For the Eting project, Li Mu once asked Ye Tianming to help him find a job, but Li Mu never got around to taking a look, so he planned to take this opportunity to stay in Jinling for a day to resolve the matter.
The four people who made a simple plan went to the airport to pick up Li Mu that night, and then took Li Mu to a high-end restaurant to eat and drink and pick him up.
Zhang Kexuan told Li Mu: "The video of the preliminary round has been broadcast. It was first broadcast once on the satellite TV station, replayed once, and then replayed twice on the second channel."
Li Muxiao asked: "How do you feel after it was broadcast?"
"Oh!" Zhang Kexuan said excitedly: "You will be recognized by young girls wherever you go. If you don't see me, I won't dare to take you to the food stall last time."
Li Mu nodded, looked at the other three people, and asked, "How do you feel?"
The other three people all said that it was nothing special, because those young girls only had Zhang Kexuan in their eyes.
There was a bit of a sour taste of envy in his words.
Li Mu was worried that the other three people would gradually develop a grudge against this, so he pretended to be casual and said: "If the band wants to become popular, it must establish a core figure in the early stage. Once the first core figure has established a firm foothold in the market, we will I can support the second core figure."
Speaking, Li Mu added: "Just like Beyond, the earliest core figure was Huang Jiaju. But after Huang Jiaju's image as the singing core was established, Huang Guanzhong, as the lead guitarist, was shaped into the playing core."
After hearing this, the four people nodded in agreement.
Zhang Kexuan knows the real purpose of Li Mu's words. This is actually what he has been worried about recently. We are all good buddies, and then they played in a band together. Now he has become popular all of a sudden. No one cares about the other three, and he is also very worried. There is a gap between the three of them, but as a vested interest, it is really inappropriate to say this.
However, Li Mu said it just right and used Beyond, a band well-known in China, as an analogy. The other three people in the band seemed to understand it all at once.
Zhang Kexuan couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, this young man who was just eighteen years old seemed to see everything clearly, and he was able to point out the key points of the problems that no one wanted to mention at the critical moment. It was really wonderful.
Ye Tianming smiled and said at this time: "I don't care about this. Anyway, the drummer is usually the last one in the band, and it is difficult to get attention."
Li Mu shook his head: "That's wrong. At your current stage, you are not considered a star at all. After watching TV and online promotions, the audience will only have two intuitive feelings: whether the song is good or not; You may or may not be good-looking, but as you gain more exposure in the future, the audience will become your fans and admirers, and they will try to get to know you better."
"For example, they will think that in addition to the lead singer, Simple Plan also has a handsome guitarist and a cool drummer. Moreover, once you have live performances in the future, Kexuan can give you more opportunities to show off. .”
"For example, when he finishes singing the chorus and needs to perform a guitar solo, Kexuan can stand back. In summer, you can go to the front of the stage and use your guitar, your solo, and your forward body. , to attract the audience’s attention, and the same applies to bassists and drummers.”
"I understand!" Ye Tianming exclaimed happily: "This is why, in Beyond's concert, when Guan Zhong played his solo, he would come to the front, or all the lights would be turned towards him, and they even arranged for Huang Jiaqiang to I played a very long bass solo in "Cold Rainy Night", and even Ye Sai Wing would have a few minutes of solo time."
Li Mu nodded: "When a band develops to the later stage, the best result is naturally for everyone to become famous and have their own fan base. Only in this way can the influence of the entire band be enhanced. In the future, I will give you three more people." More opportunities to showcase, such as arranging better solos, arranging for you to make more perfect harmonies or solos, but this will only happen after Kexuan’s core position is consolidated.”
The three of them all agreed. For them, there must be a gap. However, the three of them did not know how big the biggest gap they could accept. However, with Li Mu's words, the three of them felt relieved. After all, Li Mu's words proved that none of the three of them would be truly ignored.
Zhang Kexuan also breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Mu: "We will have a rematch at eight o'clock the day after tomorrow. Eight will advance to one. Only the champion can go to Yanjing. You must be here for such a crucial game."
Li Mu did not rush to agree, but asked: "How is your rehearsal of the song "Sunflower" going?"
"It's pretty good." The four of them almost said in unison: "We have been practicing this song recently."
Li Mu then said: "I may not have time the day after tomorrow. Let's go to your rehearsal room later to see how you are rehearsing. Also, where is the resume you found for me? Show it to me later. , Tianming, can you go over and have a look at the office tomorrow?"
Ye Tianming said: "No problem, you can go anytime."
Li Mu nodded: "To be honest, I still have a lot of things to do in Haizhou, and I have to go back tomorrow evening."
When Ye Tianming heard this, he hurriedly said: "By the way, one of my father's former subordinates is now doing business in Haizhou. He came to Jinling yesterday to do some business. He was originally scheduled to go back tomorrow morning. I asked him to wait for you. You can Just don’t take the train and follow his car.”
Li Mu said: "It's not appropriate. Don't delay other people's business. You can ask them to go back in the morning. I can just take the train back in the evening."
Ye Tianming said hurriedly: "How can that be done? If you make a trip for the four of us, how can we let you take the train back to Haizhou? That person is a brother of mine and we have a good relationship. If you don't want to go back with his car, Then I’ll drive you, choose one of the two.”
Li Mu still wanted to refuse, but Zhang Kexuan also said at this time: "Yes, Xiao Mu, how about I give it to you?"
Li Mu didn't insist anymore and turned to Ye Tianming and said, "Then I'll trouble your brother."
"It's a small matter, I'll call him and tell him."
Li Mu nodded and received a text message on his phone: "Your aunt agreed."
It was from Li's mother. Li Mu signed the contract today and called his mother before getting on the plane and told her that the contract was settled and asked her to talk to her aunt. Now it seems that there is no one at her aunt's side. Problem.
I have to go back and make arrangements as soon as possible. Either my mother and my aunt will go to the training together, or my father and the three of them will go together. In short, this matter must be implemented as soon as possible.
So, Li Mu drank up half of the beer in the glass and said to the four of them: "Everyone has drank a glass of wine. Let's not drink more tonight. That's it for now. Hurry up and go to your rehearsal room with a full stomach. Tomorrow I still have a lot to do, I don’t know if I can come the day after tomorrow, but I must go back to Haizhou tomorrow night.”
As soon as the four of them heard this, they immediately stopped talking and quickly filled their stomachs before checking out and heading to their rehearsal room. It was previously called Jinling Noise Control, but now it has been renamed Simple Plan.
In the rehearsal room, Li Mu looked at the resume that the four people had found for him and listened to them rehearsing "Sunflower". The song was not difficult to play and sing. Zhang Kexuan had already started after his last reminder. It was an improvement to try to interpret this song with their own feelings, and the four of them had indeed rehearsed hard and sang it three times in a row without making any mistakes.
After three times, Li Mu gave them a thumbs up: "If you keep competing at this level, it will be no problem to go to Yanjing!"
As he spoke, he took out four resumes and said, "I think these four people are pretty good. Let's make an appointment tomorrow."
The four people Li Mu selected were all from Nansu Province, and the resume of one of them named Kong Lingyu impressed him deeply.
Kong Lingyu is a native of Jinling. He graduated from Yenching University of Science and Technology in 1998. In early 2000, he joined China Yahoo as a web technology developer. This can be said to be one of the earliest portals in China. It is still at its peak, but Kong Lingyu this year At the end of March, I resigned from Yahoo and returned to Jinling.
The resume states that after Kong Lingyu returned to Jinling, he started his own business and built a navigation website imitating hao123.com.com. Now he is in an embarrassing stage where there is no revenue but he still needs to continue to invest. Kong Lingyu hopes to find a job in web technology development. work to support my own small website.
For someone who can indicate on his resume that he is also starting a business, Li Mu doesn't know whether to call him honest or short-sighted. However, his profession and his professional skills are a timely help for Li Mu.
(End of chapter)