Xiao Heng didn't call Mr. Tang intentionally, it was very natural, it sounded like an unintentional greeting.
"ah?"
Tang Jiandong was completely unprepared, and subconsciously responded, ignoring the thought that he had been wandering around the lower city these days, and he was well dressed, how could he bump into people who knew him in this place.
He was stunned after answering, and then realized: "You know me?"
Xiao Heng looked him in the eyes, and secretly connected the so-called web drama soundtrack with several clues that Lu Yan received the invitation to the music festival, and several arrows finally pointed to the same place.
—A manager of Yinlang Records.
Xiao Heng was just guessing at first.
Dressed in weird ways, it doesn't look like he's here to play a game.
The image of the person in front of him was somewhat similar to what Lu Yan had described, especially the pipe in his hand.
After getting the response, he was not too surprised.
He guessed right.
It seems that the band's manager has been eyeing them for a long time, perhaps far earlier than he noticed, and it may even start during the competition.
Lu Yan and the others were still chatting about the promotion, and Captain Spade was taught a lesson by Lu Yan: "So it's okay, our band also had an endorsement at the time, why didn't I think of it! You're still the best."
Li Zhen inquired and asked, "What endorsement is your band?"
Captain Spades hesitated: "It's just a daily necessities."
Lu Yan has known Captain Spade for so long, how can he fail to understand the meaning of the words, he peeled off a throat lozenge and threw it into his mouth: "Let's be clear, the range of daily necessities is too big."
Li Zhen: "That's right."
Captain Spade was finally forced to do nothing. They have no reputation, and they don't have much popularity. How can they have any good endorsement: "Toilet Cleaner!"
Several people laughed.
Laughter came from the game hall.
Xiao Heng sensed Tang Jiandong's embarrassment at being caught at the moment, and he also knew the reason why he didn't want to show up at this time. He didn't say much, but gave him a step down to block the sight of him from the game hall.
Xiao Heng said: "I don't know if you have time now, I have something to say to you."
The man's tone was laid-back, and it looked like he was not the type who would easily bow his head to others, but Tang Jiandong could hear a little "pleading" that could not be traced.
Anyway, he was caught on the spot, and Tang Jiandong didn't bother to pretend anymore, so he simply took off his sunglasses to reveal his eyes.
Cafe on the first floor.
After Tang Jiandong took his seat, he tore off his mask and threw the sunglasses by the table.
The drink was just served by the waiter, and Tang Jiandong took a sip.
After Tang Jiandong finished drinking, he put down the cup and blew on his beard unhappyly: "I've wrapped it up like this, you can fucking recognize it."
After hearing Lu Yan say it once before, Xiao Heng searched for his related information on the Internet: "I have seen your photo."
Tang Jiandong: "You also play rock and roll? Which position do you play, substitute?"
Xiao Heng: "I study computer, I don't play rock and roll."
"That's it." Tang Jiandong was a little surprised.
Xiao Heng cut to the chase and asked, "Are you evaluating them?"
Tang Jiandong didn't shy away from it: "Evaluation is a good word. Evaluation...you can say it like this."
"I can probably guess what you want to say, so I'll just say it straight, I don't like to make rounds," Tang Jiandong put down his glass and said, "I'm really interested in them."
Xiao Heng could probably guess: "Because of the band show?"
"Yes," Tang Jiandong admitted, speaking mercilessly, "They are the team that surprised me the most in this bullshit competition system."
Bullshit competition system...
From the competition system to the final operation of the band's new year, it is really terrible. It's not that you can't go out with rock music, it's just that Ge Yunping doesn't want to run a band at all, so this show was crooked from the beginning.
In the past, some program groups tolerated ticket swiping, but later there was an operation of finding contestants to sign.
However, in this distorted competition system, a band unexpectedly appeared in front of him.
Tang Jiandong has personally experienced the rock frenzy, and he has also led several well-known old bands in the circle. Ge Yunping is actually right, running a band is not an easy decision.
More so for him.
He really encountered the termination of the band's contract. The band he had led for several years was at a dead end. He sat across the round table and said to him: "Brother Dong, we don't want to do it anymore."
Now the years flow.
He has already passed the age of self-willed and passionate.
Tang Jiandong still remembers that the band competition was coming to an end.
In fact, Tang Jiandong seldom went to the show during the final stage.
An artist under him just happened to be preparing for a concert tour, so he didn't have time to take care of the Demon King band. This band came into his sight again because of a phone call from Ge Yunping.
"Mr. Tang, how are you doing recently? I heard that you had a backache a while ago, are you all right now?" Ge Yunping asked.
"Alright, don't worry," Tang Jiandong asked counting the time, "Is your match over?"
"That's right, it's over, last week's finals."
Tang Jiandong: "Which band won, is it that V..."
Ge Yunping's phone was noisy, and she was probably busy. She paused for a while when she said this, and just picked up Tang Jiandong's words: "The champion team is a storm."
The remaining three letters in Tang Jiandong's mouth were stuck in his throat.
"storm?"
How could it be a storm.
Tang Jiandong felt incredible.
"Where's the Devil Band?" he asked.
Ge Yunping sighed and said: "They withdrew from the competition and changed the song temporarily. At that time, the whole venue almost failed."
When Tang Jiandong watched the program, he thought about countless developments of the game, and his retirement was one of his unexpected ones.
No matter whether you are running forward or backward, even if you fly into the sky, this development will not lead you to quit the race.
So Tang Jiandong turned on the computer, sat in front of the computer and watched a replay in its entirety.
The man who stepped on the speaker and sang silver bullets, every sound that burst out of his throat was like a bullet.
Not only him, every instrument and every sound on the stage was like a gunshot.
Cut through the air sharply.
Hovered over the venue and hit the sky.
Tang Jiandong was stunned for a long time after watching it, unable to regain his senses for a long time.
The style of the V group is indeed changeable, but no matter how it changes, it is still in the big system of rock and roll. Tang Jiandong contacted a familiar director and asked Lu Yan to ask for a song in the name of an online drama.
I want to see how creative the lead singer is in writing propositional compositions after leaving rock and roll.
Lu Yan handed in an answer sheet that exceeded expectations.
Not long after, during the preparatory stage of the music festival, Tang Jiandong said to the people in the record company: "Leave me a place, I want to form a band."
The staff subconsciously thought it was a big-name foreign band, and it was not without this custom in previous years: "Good brother, there is a band in country X this year that is quite popular..."
"Don't invite those."
"ah?"
Tang Jiandong walked out and said: "They are an underground band, send out invitations now and call them over."
There was no one in the coffee shop downstairs in the game city, just twos and threes.
Thinking back to this, Tang Jiandong stroked his beard again, his words were sharp, but his expression was not completely repulsive: "Who would have thought, these brats came to the lounge to block me first—"
Xiao Heng: "..."
Tang Jiandong: "It's simply lawless!"
Xiao Heng wanted to say something nice to Lu Yan, but he didn't know where to start.
Even the secret room game he played just now was a clue that his lawless boyfriend forced a real NPC into a coffin.
In the end, Xiao Heng could only ask: "How long have you been investigating them?"
Tang Jiandong: "You mean to say follow up."
Xiao Heng: "I didn't say that."
Tang Jiandong laughed twice: "Following is following, there is nothing embarrassing, I am not afraid to tell if I dare to follow. Let me calculate, I have followed for about a few days." Tang Jiandong did not forget to complain when he said this, "The milk tea made by that kid It's really hard to drink."
Tang Jiandong has visited the city a handful of times in the past few years, but the No. 3 air-raid shelter on Feiyue Road is still the same as he remembers.
Before he went to find Lu Yan, he sat in the air-raid shelter all afternoon.
Rock youths come and go all around.
Tang Jiandong lit a cigarette for himself, sat down in the air-raid shelter, and with a few pointers, he became acquainted in the air-raid shelter within ten minutes.
When the time was right, Tang Jiandong brought the topic to the direction he wanted to know.
Rock Youth A: "That V group, they almost disbanded once before."
Rock Youth B: "The current guitarist in their band, Da Pao, was snatched away. At that time, our band didn't snatch him no matter what."
Rock Youth C: "Bass player too, I heard he was caught in school."
Summary: "...their frontman is a bitch."
In the end, Tang Jiandong left the air-raid shelter, went to the supermarket to buy something to eat, planned to sit down and rest for a while, and accidentally saw the band endorsement poster hanging at the door.
…
Tang Jiandong took another sip of coffee, put down his cup and asked, "You didn't ask me to come over to talk to me about this, did you?"
Xiao Heng really didn't want to talk about this with him.
He knew that Tang Jiandong had his own considerations, and if he intervened too much, it would be counterproductive.
The phone on the table is vibrating.
Lu Yan waited for a long time without waiting for anyone, and asked Li Zhen and the others to go back first, and stood at the entrance of the game hall to send him a message.
-Where are you.
-I asked them to go back first. If you have nothing to do, come with me later. I printed some leaflets and distributed them on the main road.
- fell into a pit
Every few seconds.
- Speak, do you need Brother Yan to come and rescue you
The phone screen lights up one by one.
Xiao Heng didn't reply, he looked at Tang Jiandong and said: "You want to know what their band has that others can't do, I can't explain that."
When Xiao Heng said this, he was silent for a long time.
Countless images flashed through his mind in an instant, including several performances by the V group, the fourth anniversary performances, those in bars, on the stage, and Lu Yan holding a guitar on the rooftop, strumming and singing, all these voices came from his ears past.
The last thing that remained was the song that played on the CD player when he opened his eyes in a state of distress and irritability after the heavy rain.
Although the sound quality of that song is not clear.
Xiao Heng finally said: "But he pulled me out of the night."