Overnight, the whole of New York was covered with a layer of green, and the emerald green of the streets filled the whole city with a festive atmosphere, giving people an illusion that the footsteps of spring were approaching, but in fact, this Just St. Patrick's Day.
This holiday originated in Ireland has now become the national holiday of Ireland, and thanks to the fact that Irish descendants spread all over the world, it has gradually become a festival in many countries. The United States has been celebrating since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Every year on March 17th, the traditional colors of Ireland will cover the whole city, people will dress up, put on green elf costumes, wear green top hats, wave the Irish flag, open the The floats decorated with green took to the streets one after another to join the celebration parade of St. Patrick's Day.
"My Healing Game"
This year's New York is no exception. As early as a month ago, people began to prepare. Fifth Avenue is the venue for this year's parade. It is rumored that the number of participants this year will reach a new high, breaking through 100,000 people for the first time in history. It's bound to be very lively.
Renly was looking forward to this day early, and he even rushed back from Australia, so when he woke up in the morning, he couldn't wait to change into his special festive clothes. Although he stayed away from the green hat, he still put it on. A dark green suit with an Irish tri-coloured backpack across the back. Looking at his slightly comical outfit in the mirror, Renly smiled contentedly.
It is absolutely impossible for such a costume to be placed in China. Except for Cosplay at Comic-Con, people always have prejudice against masquerade parties and dressing up. They always feel that it is grandstanding, even if many young people want to try it See, that also takes a lot of courage.
Whether it's London or New York, though, the vibe is strong, and Renly has always been a part of it, really joining the festive festivities—not just a big meal, not just a gift or a treat. Getting drunk, deeply understanding the atmosphere of the festival, feeling the meaning of the festival, understanding the culture of the festival, and participating in the activities of the festival, this is the correct way to open the festival. Otherwise, Valentine's Day or Christmas is just another abacus used by businesses to empty consumers' pockets.
Compared with Halloween's flamboyant and colorful, the main color of St. Patrick's Day is green, and the sky is full of green. When Renly arrived on Fifth Avenue, the whole world turned green. The marching band and the raucous onlookers effortlessly put all of Manhattan into a party rhythm.
Looking left and right, Renly saw a group of young college students not far away, wearing green capes, green shorts and bright yellow T-shirts, and waving fluffy green hats. Follow the marching procession. Without any hesitation, Renly joined them quickly, shouting, "Where's your clover?"
Clover, green dwarf and elf, these are the three essential elements of St. Patrick's Day.
Hearing Renly's words, they didn't speak either. They turned around in unison and lifted up their cloaks. Renly burst into laughter—I saw that every one of them had a big ass printed on their buttocks. The clover shape, although it is light yellow, if you don't look carefully, it will be completely flesh-colored, and the illusion of sight really makes people laugh.
The young people turned around in unison, full of pride in their smiles, obviously they couldn't be more satisfied with the surprise they created, "What about you?"
Renly didn't say a word either, and brought the backpack behind him to the front. Just seeing the Irish tri-colored backpack, they cheered, surprise in their eyes. However, Renly didn't stop, opened the backpack, and took out a large green like algae from it, and then... and then put it on his chin, it was a green goatee, the effect was amazing, not only It was dense, almost completely covering the lower half of Renly's face, and it was very long, almost reaching the navel. The fairy tale feeling created by the imbalance of proportions brought a strong visual impact in an instant.
Renly chose the green dwarf.
Needless to say, the young people raised their right hands high, and one by one they lined up to give high fives to Renly, giving full marks to Renly's outfit. And then, Renly joined the carnival in the parade!
The mighty team was lively all morning, and after noon, Ren Li left the friends he had just met, and the old horse came to Pioneer Village, but it was not for work. Today, Pioneer Village will also have a party to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, where they will gather for lunch to settle down, then decorate the bar in the afternoon in preparation for the evening's revelry.
Entering the bar, you can see that four tables are put together into a long table, on which are placed eight freshly baked pizzas, which are full of aroma, and next to them are cheese powder, beer, ketchup, mayonnaise, etc. There are two large bowls of salad at the end of the table, obviously taking into account the choices of the female employees.
Neil, who was dressed as an elf, was shaking the headband of the tentacles violently because of his dancing steps. The atmosphere is relaxed and freehand.
Renly greeted a few acquaintances, and then walked towards Stanley, who was sitting beside him, "How about the parade today? Neil is telling an interesting story about the parade, I heard, There is a fruit man running on the street today?" Stanley asked with a smile.
Renly chuckled "ha", "That's all he saw? Well, wouldn't he pass out if he saw two sexy pixies in the street?" Stanley laughed heartily.
Renly took his backpack to the table, and Stanley sighed, "Beautiful! You made this yourself?"
"Of course not, Niya in Room 201 did it for me." Niya is a middle-aged black woman living in Renly's building, with a warm and simple personality, "Here, this is a gift for you, St. Patrick Happy Holidays!" Renly took a fancy green card from his backpack and handed it to Stanley.
"You're Irish? How do I remember you're English?" Stanley took the card with a surprised expression. Generally speaking, there is no habit of giving gifts on St. Patrick's Day. Stanley is making a joke of Ireland.
Renly shrugged and said slyly, "I don't think it's Valentine's Day, but if you say it's Christmas, I'll take it."
Stanley couldn't help but smile, and then opened the card, which contained a Polaroid photo, which was the gate of the Pioneer Village. Stanley recognized it at a glance, "Oh, thank you!" After taking a closer look, " You shot this doorway beautifully, wait, are you sure you shot it here?"
Renly knew that Stanley had mistaken the photo for a gift, and he pointed to the photo, "Are you sure it's all the same?"
Stanley was stunned for a while, then took out his reading glasses from his pocket, put them on, and looked at them carefully. This bar was built by Stanley himself, and every detail was all too familiar. He soon discovered the abnormality in the window, but he didn't quite understand it. He took off his reading glasses and looked at Renly again, "This is What means?"
Renly showed a helpless smile, "Do you want me to reveal the mystery? Then there will be no surprises. I think the meaning of gifts is to discover the unknown process."
Stanley didn't speak immediately, but thought for a while, his head flashed, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "So, you... You mean, you uploaded the song 'Cleopatra' Already?" Before Renly's confirmation, the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but start to rise, the pure and crazy love of music, transparent and real like a crystal.
"Yes," Renly replied in the affirmative. "It took a while, but it's now available in all major online music stores."
The speed of the song cast was much faster than Renly imagined. After waking up that day, Renly went to the US National Library to register the copyright. Three days later, the song cast confirmed "Cleopatra". ” originality, and it took another three days for the song to be available for download on major online music download sites such as iTuify and Amazon for ninety-nine cents.
The whole process is indeed very convenient, and there are hardly any cumbersome procedures, and it was successfully completed in less than a week. Renly does not need to pay any fees for the song card company, because the song card company will take a cut directly from the income of the single song according to the industry rules to realize the income.
What's more, if Renly signs with a big company as an independent musician, his income is bound to be lower, not only because he has no big-name producers behind him, but also because he does not have a strong enough manager to fight for. In short, it is often lower than the industry average.
But through the song cast, the contract signed by Renly is directly the industry average for new singers, although not much, but not too much. No negotiation, no negotiation, just one step.
Stanley's eyes flashed with excitement, but he didn't know what to say. He couldn't help lowering his head and rubbing the Polaroid photo with his fingertips, as if he was examining his most precious treasure.
To Renly, it was just a gift with no special meaning; but he could feel it, and it meant a lot to Stanley, which made Renly smile, knowing that he This gift is right.
"I hope you don't mind that I used the front of the bar as the cover. It's better that you don't start thinking about collecting my royalties." Renly's teasing broke the short silence, and Stanley burst into a big smile, a hearty smile. The voice seemed to be full of air.