Ji Sheng unilaterally announced that Xie Xuanming is a miser.
After being contacted by his manager, he gave Ji Hui's Xiaopo company an itinerary - a children's performance in Stardust Kindergarten.
When hearing about this resource, Ji Sheng, who was as knowledgeable as Ji Sheng, fell silent.
He was poor for half of his life in his previous life, and he lacked money to take on many jobs, such as business openings, amusement park performances, wedding accompaniment... strange things, everything.
But take the band to kindergarten...
This scene was too avant-garde, Ji Sheng didn't think about it, and didn't dare to think about it.
The small band that Ji Hui is in is called Nirvana, which is a homonym for Nirvana, which means rebirth from the ashes.
"Why not just call it Nirvana?" Ji Sheng couldn't help asking.
The lead singer of the band, a big boy who is easy to speak, replied: "Because it was the name proposed by the boss, he is willing to make his band more popular, so he changed the word to make the band name more understandable."
Ji Sheng didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Huang slapped Bei Si hard, and said in a rough voice: "It's because our boss is fucking illiterate and made a mistake."
Ji Sheng: …
Ji Sheng: OK.
Although it was a kindergarten commercial performance, the organizer offered a good price and invited a TV station to broadcast the whole process live. Considering that rock music is too intense for young children, the organizers asked Nirvana to wear doll costumes during the performance, and designated the performance track as "Happy Birthday Song".
When the news reached Nirvana, the members all turned black.
Although Nirvana has no reputation, no resources, no capital, but the members are full-blooded half-aged youths, and they came out to play in the band. They have basically been in the underground for a few years. They are more or less lofty and rebellious in their hearts, and they can't stand the condescending advice of outsiders. .
Now the organizers are throwing down a bunch of demands, making it clear that you are not allowed to be on the stage if you play in a band, and you have to cover your face to be eligible for the performance, and you have no right to choose the repertoire.
How can the members feel comfortable.
However, no matter how unhappy they are, they still have to rehearse seriously and prepare for the performance conscientiously.
Nirvana has been inactive for several months, and they cannot receive large-scale commercial performances, and the company does not give them small jobs.
If Nirvana can no longer create value for the company, it is very likely to be abandoned.
Being abandoned does not mean termination of the contract, and Nirvana members cannot return to the underground while the contract is still in the hands of the company. The company holds their interests in mind, as long as the contract does not expire in one day, they have no right to choose activities.
The band members who are not popular but have an appointment, live in a street that is darker than the underground, repeating the boring practice life day after day. If they can't go up, they can only sink.
After seeing the request, the members cursed a few words, honestly put on the doll costumes sent by the organizer, and began to practice the most popular song in the world, known to everyone from three-year-olds to eighty-year-olds—birthday song .
The Nirvana band is impeccable in terms of professional skills, and the members can be signed by the brokerage company, naturally they all have two brushes.
The first rehearsal only takes two or three times, and the repertoire is familiar.
But practicing fast does not mean that you will not be aggrieved during practice.
The weather in early autumn can only be considered cool. The dilapidated underground garage is isolated from the outside air, and the air inside is almost frozen. The temperature underground is already several degrees higher than the daily temperature, and the doll clothes worn on the body are completely isolated from fresh air. People practice the piece two or three times in it, sweating profusely and out of breath.
The harsh environment made the members make frequent mistakes, and the originally smooth progress gradually got stuck.
When he stopped playing due to a mistake for the fourth time, Xiao Huang broke out completely.
"Practice your mother, and get serious for a child's tour? Whoever loves to practice, anyway, I don't have the time in hell to serve rich young masters and misses!"
He angrily pulled off the hood, threw it on the ground, and slammed the door out.
The rest of the members stayed where they were, and the thick and bloated dolls looked at each other, none of them had any intention of chasing after them.
The lead singer took off his hat and rubbed his sweaty hair: "Let's rest first."
He is the oldest, gentle man, and has a certain right to speak in the team.
As he said so, the keyboard player and guitarist also took off their headgear, and they took off their heavy clothes, found a place to sit down, and went to rest.
The lead singer sat on the floor, feeling troubled. Bassist Xiao Huang is the youngest in the band. He has a stubborn temper and is tactless. He twists like a cow and doesn't listen to anything.
It may be very difficult to persuade people to come back to practice.
The lead singer was sighing, but his shoulder was suddenly patted.
He turned his head, and Ji Sheng, who was wearing unlined clothes, bent over behind him: "I'll go out and see him."
The lead singer was a little surprised, Ji Hui had always been quiet and timid, and didn't like to talk in the corner. Xiao Huang can't understand him because of his weak personality, and often makes sarcastic remarks. Ji Hui is also afraid because of this, and walks around Xiao Huang...
At this moment, Ji Hui said that he would go out to persuade Xiao Huang, who had conflicts with him, which is really surprising.
But if someone wants to take on a difficult job, the lead singer will not stop him.
"Okay," he said.
Ji Sheng got up, took two steps and turned around: "By the way, what's his name?"
Lead singer: ...
Ji Sheng didn't bring up the amnesia problem with the members. Although the lead singer knew that Ji Hui had always been indifferent to the band members, he didn't expect that he didn't even know the names of the members he was with day and night.
Ji Sheng's eyes were too innocent, the lead singer hesitated to speak, and finally sighed.
He said helplessly, "Huang Sizhe."
Ji Sheng turned and opened the door: "Thank you."
Huang Sizhe didn't go far, he squatted a few meters away from the door, the doll clothes that he hadn't taken off were piled up bloatedly, leaving Ji Sheng with a bulging back.
Ji Sheng went over and patted him on the shoulder: "Hi, Huang Sizhe."
Huang Sizhe turned his head and saw that it was Ji Sheng, his expression darkened.
He was still remembering the grudge of being locked up in the dormitory by Ji Sheng two days ago, when Ji Sheng made him starve for a long time, it wasn't until the lead singer poked the takeaway over from the neighbor's balcony with a clothes-drying pole that he had a good meal. . He said angrily: "Why don't you practice hard and try to show your skills to the young master and miss, why come out?"
"It's time to rest." Ji Sheng pulled off his doll clothes, "Aren't you hot?"
Ji Sheng's movements were a little big, and he pulled up the wet lining inside the doll costume.
The sweat-soaked clothes came off his skin, Huang Sizhe felt his body go cold, got up overreacting, and slapped Ji Sheng away hard.
Ji Sheng took half a step back, and the loose round neck slipped down when he pulled it, revealing the charming teeth marks on his shoulders.
Huang Sizhe caught a glimpse of that brilliance, his face turned red and white, and finally turned dark, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "You really don't know what to do, you have suffered a loss and you have to go all the way to the dark, is it true that you can't live without a man? "
Facing the insult, Ji Sheng still looked calm. He reached out and pulled off the cuff of the doll costume: "Go back to rehearse."
Huang Sizhe shook off: "I won't fucking return. Anyone who wants to be like you will do anything for money."
"Don't come back, don't rehearse, don't go to performances, can't make money, get hid by the company, ask to terminate the contract, pay a huge amount of termination fee..." Ji Sheng counted calmly, "You want to do this, I have no objection."
Huang Sizhe was stuck for a second, and continued to shout: "None of your business, you have the right to control me?"
Ji Sheng stepped forward and grabbed Huang Sizhe by the collar.
His expression was colder than Ji Hui had ever seen before: "Little friend, I begged for the costume you are wearing now, and I asked for the show you are going to. Even the one who pays you The company, without me, would have gone bankrupt long ago. I didn't expect you to be grateful, but with other people's selling money, it's better not to be so arrogant. In your words, you are not qualified. "
Huang Sizhe was overwhelmed by Ji Sheng's sudden outburst, and when he came back to his senses, he wanted to get angry, but found that his words were reasonable, and there was no room for him to refute.
Huang Sizhe's face turned red and he couldn't say a word.
"Come back to rehearse." Ji Sheng didn't intend to embarrass the child, he stopped, left such a sentence, turned and left.
Huang Sizhe looked at his back, gritted his teeth again and again, and finally heeled reluctantly.
The internal conflicts among the members were resolved, and the subsequent training process went much smoother.
The birthday song is not difficult, even if it is adapted, it is not too complicated. A few days before the performance, Nirvana had already practiced it so well that she could complete the performance with her eyes closed.
But new bad news came - the venue did not provide musical instruments.
The price of instruments needed for a band is not a small amount. Even though Stardust Kindergarten, a private aristocratic kindergarten, has a strong economy, it is impossible to equip various musical instruments, let alone spend a large amount of money for a performance.
Therefore, the musical instruments can only be raised by the Nirvana band themselves.
Although it was just a nonsense commercial performance, it was going to be on TV after all. The members didn't dare to go on stage to perform with those four-handed waste musical instruments that cost over a hundred yuan. They struggled on the phone and looked around for someone to borrow their instruments.
After a few days of patchwork, Nirvana finally got the guitar, bass and keyboard. But the drum kit was such a big item that no member could borrow it in the end.
Two days before the performance, the lead singer hung up another call and shook his head helplessly at the members.
Return in vain.
The keyboard player was silent for a while, then gave up on himself and said, "Just pool your money and buy a set."
"A set of drums for performance costs at least 15,000 yuan, Roland electric drums cost 8,000 yuan for a half-cut, 2,000 yuan for a double pedal, and 1,000 yuan for a single pedal, and even a drum chair costs a hundred yuan..." The captain was tired Rubbing his eyes, he uttered a rare swear word, "His grandma's, the band is really rich for the rich and happy for the poor."
The air pressure in the underground garage is very low.
Huang Sizhe looked at Ji Sheng who was unhurriedly arranging the doll clothes, and asked angrily, "Are you not in a hurry?"
Ji Sheng took off the doll clothes and folded them up, and said slowly, "I thought of a way."
Ji Sheng's method is to summon an invincible Pokémon—a mad dog who can knock out human teeth when he is not excited, but is also very rich.
Ji Sheng felt that it was unlikely that Xie Xuanming would agree to help, but he was still optimistic. After all, last time he could only imagine Xie Xuanming's Heavenly Soldier, this time at least he had a specific means of summoning.
Ji Sheng took out his mobile phone, dialed the number given by Xie Xuanming.
The person who connected was not Xie Xuanming, Ji Sheng said: "Please give the phone to Senior Xie, thank you."
The man was very cautious: "What's your name, sir."
"The surname is Ji." Ji Sheng smiled, "Just tell him that someone surnamed Ji is looking for him, and I'm in trouble."
The call was quickly transferred to Xie Xuanming, and a deep voice with a bad tone came from the microphone.
"I remember I said don't call me if you have nothing to do..."
Ji Sheng went straight to the point: "I have something to do. I need a drum set..."
"… It's not my business."
"To prove my worth."
Ji Sheng added, "You have to give me the means to prove it."
"..." Xie Xuanming was silent for a while, then smiled suddenly, "You want to drum up, yes, that's fine."
"Building X, No. XX, XX Road."
He quickly reported an address,
"I took a shower before nine o'clock."
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