Hedgehog

Chapter 53

Flying to C city, most of the blood on the way has cooled down, leaving only a little warmth in my heart. It was already 08:30 when I arrived at SV station, and I fell asleep on the plane. The winter in the south is cloudy and cold, and the sun is bleak , I shrunk like a quail when I got out of the taxi. The down jacket that I felt warm in Beijing was full of flaws at the moment, and I felt countless winds burrowing into my neck.

At this time, I was supposed to be in the warm bed, lazily watching Ji Rongfu go to work, staying in bed until ten o'clock in the morning, and then walking around the house twice wrapped in a blanket, and finally decided to boil a vermicelli with chicken soup, or warm some pork rib porridge .So if I don't sing well this time, I'm sorry for all the suffering I have suffered.

Thinking of this, I wanted to call Ji Rongfu again, but calling him after only one night would be too lacking in ambition.After thinking about it, he decided to save the country with a curve and call Yang Yue.

Yang Yue has always been quick-witted. When he picked up my phone, he lowered his voice: "Is it Lin Sui? Where are you?"

After I met Ji Rongfu, I heard more "Mr. Lin" than I heard in the previous 26 years. It was really awkward. Fortunately, Yang Yue listened to my advice and is willing to call me by my name.

"I'm in City C, I'll go back after New Year's Day."

"Then there are still three or four days," Yang Yue said honestly, "Didn't you run away from home again?"

It seems that what happened to me last time really left a psychological shadow on her.

"I didn't run away from home, is Ji Rongfu in the office now?"

"Well, I just arrived." Yang Yue told me the secret in a low voice: "Secretary Zhang seems to have gone home with the boss last night..."

"Go home, which home to go to?"

"Ji's family." Yang Yue said mysteriously, "Boss must have quarreled with the family. Secretary Zhang is packing up his things and preparing to leave."

Ji Rongfu really did a great job.

"Yang Yue, do something for me."

"what's up?"

"Now open Ji Rongfu's schedule and see if there are any arrangements for the night of the New Year's Eve? From eight o'clock to midnight."

Yang Yue was flipping through the schedule, and there was the sound of clicking the mouse again, obviously checking both sides: "No, there was a dinner party, but it was also cancelled."

Ji Rongfu has this kind of character, he does everything well without making a sound, this sense of stability gradually infected me, I don't worry about anything now, because I know that no matter what, he will always be here.

"Oh my god!" Yang Yue has already reacted: "Are you really going to the New Year's Eve party on SV stage? Are you finally going to sing? Will you sing with Lu Yan? I saw your 19-year-old live, can you sing rock..."

I hung up the phone.

SV station showed its skills this year and opened up the relationship between C City and built a large stadium near SV station. In fact, it was used for concerts and big parties. In the future, there is no need to go to Shenzhen every year to record New Year's Eve.Although the project belongs to the government of City C, the additional facilities alone have burned most of the property accumulated in the past few years. It is probably to imagine that it will become a benchmark for domestic concerts like the Japanese Dome and Hong Kong Hung Hom. They have their own ambitions. Now the entertainment industry in mainland China is booming. In the early years, Yin Xi talked to me about the prospects of the domestic entertainment industry. He said that there are only two ways out for the music industry. One is idol singer groups like Japan and South Korea. Rely on fans to sell albums.One is that singer-songwriters in Europe and the United States create their own music, and Chen Jing is an example.In the past two years, the boy and girl groups on SV station have risen up and made a lot of money. It is understandable that they are now turning to the high school.

The last time I was on such a big stage was when I was 19 years old. The most recent live was two years ago. Last night when I was waiting for the plane, I swiped Weibo. At that time, SV station had already released a new list of New Year’s Eve stars, including me , This small change was trending in 10 minutes and so on, and the new ones were all reposted by the entertainment account, saying that Lin Sui was going to be on the sv channel's New Year's Eve concert, and he might sign a contract with Le Zong.

In the past few months, my acting career has been wiped out on the Internet, and some people regret that I used to have a good voice.I don’t know why, when people are in a group, their IQ will decrease. I don’t have an agent, and my fans are not managed. I stomp people around with my live in a bar a few years ago, and I may be mixed with trolls. Now I’m with several companies. There was a conflict among the fans, and it felt like "King of Boxing King Chen Jing, Kicking Trojan Horse Band". There are already countless people waiting to see my show.

Due to various reasons, it is self-evident that the expectations for this live are high.

Fortunately, the violin I brought was the most comfortable one.

C city has always had a strong atmosphere of entertainment, many fans have been stationed downstairs in the sv station all year round, this time I flew without anyone noticing, wearing ordinary clothes, a mask and sunglasses, I still didn’t dare to enter through the main entrance, and entered the sv through the back door Taiwan, Hong has this advantage, once the mask is taken off, the guard will let it go.I went directly to the team in charge of the New Year's Eve and asked where Jian Ke was. When the on-site choreographer saw me, he stopped what he was doing and asked me, "Where's your manager?"

"No manager." I didn't bother to look at the surprised expression on his face, it was too exaggerated: "I want to discuss with Jian Ke what to sing, time is too tight."

"Let me ask someone to take you there." He looked like his values ​​had been subverted: "Director Jian's schedule for today is already full, but there should still be time."

In fact, except for me and Lin Xiaobai, the X League is on the stage, and the two with the best singing skills are just excluded, leaving four local chickens and dogs for a big party, but it is not good to say that Lu Yan is, after all, he is now an idol, a young actor, It has nothing to do with singing.

I went to the gymnasium with a choreographer team. When we arrived, the stadium was very empty, surrounded by stands. We took a slightly off entrance, went up directly to the second floor, and then walked down the steps.In the center of the venue, the main stage has been paved, and I can see many people and cameras on the stage from a distance. The sv station is not as good as Huatian for the party, the tracks are all laid, and there are all kinds of wires all over the floor. It is empty and cold. It was all chaotic, and when I walked over, I saw a row of dancing girls squatting on the leeward stage, like a group of chicks, shivering in a down jacket.

I found Jian Ke in the chaos, and he was grabbing a live director to reprimand.

There is no need to wear a mask when you go inside, although I am quite cold, everyone recognized me, I stood by and patiently waited for Jian Ke to finish scolding, someone quickly helped to remind: "Director Jian, someone is looking for you. "

When Jian Ke saw me, neither of them had anything to say. He was wearing a heel-to-heel military coat, which looked like he was wearing a quilt, and a flip leather hat that matched the military coat. His nose was like a carrot from the cold. Naturally, I It wasn't much better, the two looked at each other, he silently handed the script to his deputy, and walked directly to the backstage, I didn't speak, just followed behind.

This gymnasium has a roof, but it is ventilated on all sides, and it is empty. It is the same as the Gobi Desert. It is better indoors, but it is still a mess. Many people push their clothes and bring back-up dancers who only wear thin costumes. Back and forth, Su Ying also worked as a backup dancer for a while before, working hard and poor, similar to worker ants, but their faces were overflowing with youth, and some of them obviously just danced not long ago, and looked forward to it Excited, my lips were frozen purple, and I looked at me in surprise when I passed by.

Jian Ke took me to an equipment room in the deepest part of the backstage. In fact, holding a party is really a waste of money. Just moving these expensive equipment around is enough to make people frightened. The signboard is Jian Ke, so except for a very small number of idols who are half-opened, the rest are real singers.It is also because of this that fans often complain about poor equipment, poor radio, and feedback problems. Anyway, they just don’t admit that their idols have poor singing skills.

A bunch of people are busy inside.

"Qian Di, come out." Jian Ke called out.

A man in his 30s came out, quite tall, wearing a military overcoat, he was debugging a machine or something, his hands were dirty.

"The sound has been fixed here, and the second row will be fine tomorrow." Qian Di is obviously in charge of the entire radio and broadcast: "Will everyone be there tomorrow?"

The night after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so it's really unreasonable not to come to the rehearsal tomorrow.

"Two of them are still on the set, and they came directly to participate in the last rehearsal that day."

"Which two?"

"It's all saliva songs, no problem."

I knew it was Zhou Lu and Lu Yan, Lu Yan was in the theater, and Zhou Lu was playing big names.

Qian Di is quite addicted to cigarettes, and the person who manages the equipment will definitely not smoke here, so he took out a cigarette case, poured one in his mouth, and had a dry addiction. There were many things, and he pointed to me: "This is what?"

"He came to sing." Jian Ke looked unfamiliar with me.

"Oh, how many songs?" Qian Di obviously recognizes who I am, but he probably recognizes Lin Sui from the popular X League. City C is considered the southern entertainment center, and it also has a source of talent. Many students from Chuanyin have stayed here. I didn't go to be a North Drifter.He hangs out here, and I hang out in the Beijing music circle. It's normal for everyone not to know each other, but he is quite familiar, and asked me directly: "What do you want to sing?"

"If I sing one song, I will sing "Crazy", and if I add another song, I will sing "crazy"."

"The rock song "Crazy"? This song is not easy to sing." Qian Di looked like she was watching a play: "Director Jian, what do you say?"

Jian Ke naturally didn't speak, and pretended to write something on the program list in his hand.

"Of course I know this song is not easy to sing." I told him calmly, "I wrote this song."

Chandi probably thought I was bragging, but she couldn't believe it, and looked at me in surprise.

Anyway, I didn't plan to hang around here for a long time, I sang once and left, so I pretended: "I don't have an electric guitar, I will see your guitar later, if the guitar is good, I will re-arrange the song with an electric guitar, and I will also I didn’t bring any, you have a few mics, bring them to me and try them out, my original one is skm5200, with a supercardioid head, don’t worry, I’m not picky about mics.”

Chandy's cigarette was about to fall off.

"You play the electric guitar?" He had an expression that wanted to expose me but couldn't say anything: "The live band..."

"I called the Trojan Horse Band before I came. They also have a show here, right? They promised me to be my band. They will arrive at nine o'clock tonight. You will leave some time for us to rehearse I don’t have much time left: “At that time, we will dig out the details of the band’s radio. Now I will go up and try the effect first, and then decide how to arrange the music. If you have time to look at me like this, why don’t you find me now wheat."

Qian Di glanced at Jian Ke's expression, and really ran to find Mai.

There were still people coming and going around, Jian Ke pretended to write something on the program list, and looked up at me.

"That's right, I'm quite assertive, I can release my own album."

"Thank you for the compliment." I had already given up on him, so I naturally looked at him a lot: "When the album comes out, Director Jian will give you a lot of advice."

In fact, I can't make a good album, I know.

The difference between a good song that just came out from the hands of the original author and a good song that has truly become a classic is like the difference between a talented amateur beauty and a queen.

I'm actually half-baked at making arrangements, I've been messing around like this, and I don't even know my own music style, pop? r&b? Soul is still rock, I am not sure about the position, not to mention the miscellaneous trifles of recording and post-production. The music and harmony have been completely changed, and it is so popular.And the producer is Ye Xiao, I didn't know how much a good producer can do at that time.

But things have come to this, there is nothing to say, just sing well.

When everything was done, it was time for dinner. It is reasonable for Jian Ke to do a good job at the party. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder. I casually glanced at the program list that he kept in his hand. It was densely filled with various notes. The time is accurate to the second.For a New Year's Eve, he has to rehearse at least three times, which is still officially recorded. There are three days left, and today is a row. Only his own little star from SV station is present at the scene. The outfit on the cover of the magazine, the navel exposed, and the hot pants, standing on the stage tremblingly listening to his lectures.

Fortunately, Jian Ke didn't say anything else, the boxed lunches were delivered on time, the cart came in, and the meal was opened, everyone was scattered. I'm already past the point of being hungry, and I've finished everything. It just so happens that there are fewer people now, so I'll go tower.

The entire stage is T-shaped, extending out, with audience pools on both sides. Now there are lines everywhere, and the stage is also lined with only one layer. In fact, this stage will be covered with screens at that time. The last time I stood so large When my stage was still 19 years old, the venue was completely empty at the moment, only dozens of staff members were picking lunch for me, and tens of thousands of seats were lined up in the auditorium, looking at me silently like countless pairs of eyes.

The wind came from all directions, and the wheat in my hand suddenly sank.I put the mic on the mic stand, sat down, and set up my guitar. The chair was too high. In fact, my legs were not folded, so the guitar would not play well.

Jian Ke was watching his program again. I probably won't hear him affirming me in my life.

Chandi signaled that I was all set.

My legs trembled for no apparent reason, but I beat the beat anyway and cleared my throat in a low voice.

1,2,3,4...

"Go to a place where there is no blade of grass..." My voice gradually became weaker and weaker, and the effect that even the best tuner could not produce, faded away and became silent like the end of all stories: "A loss."

I played the beginning of "Kuang", the original key of Kuang is ba major, and the range is as high as c3, so I can only use falsetto.This song wears the skin of soul, but it is actually rock and roll in its bones.This song starts with a line that goes down an octave. Many people sing too hard. In fact, this line is the keynote of the whole song. Only by singing lightly like this can the style of this song be raised.

The moment my voice disappeared, the prelude of "Madness" exploded. When I first wrote this song, I wanted this song to have a thunderous effect. At the beginning, I should be able to enter a solo of electric guitar, and keep layering the sound range. Stacking, directly push the emotion to the highest point, and then the main song of the large section.

In fact, I thought about why the evaluation of "Madness" is so divided into two levels. Later, I thought that it was indeed that I wrote it too early. At that time, I was too young, and I was crazy about new things. I was eager to swallow everything and hadn't digested it yet. After absorbing it, I was busy spitting things out again. At the beginning of the melody of soul, the lyrics of Buddha's verse, followed by a large section of English rock, it makes me crazy when I listen to it.

If it was Ye Xiao, or Jian Ke, they would definitely be able to handle it better. At that time, I didn't know how to make a song well, and I could write whatever came to mind. Together like jade wrapped in molten metal, neither fish nor fowl.For example, I can handle it very well now. The song "Night Run" that I haven't finished writing for a long time, the main song is about the chaos and depression of modern life. Blood and tears sprinkled on the robes, hating the end of the world..." Because it was written later than "Madness", it is much more harmonious.

But I have always relied on my good singing skills, and my own songs also have a sense of chaotic beauty.

At the end of the song, there is an aria that echoes the beginning of the song. It has opera skills, but it does not use bad Peking opera. It is more like Kunqu opera. My favorite night running, Kunqu opera also has another charm.

You see, I can sing so well, whether it's rock, lyrical, or the most difficult element of opera...

Jian Ke chose not to choose me.

After I sang a song, although it was a mic test, it was my biggest stage in the past six or seven years. I sang the last word seriously, put the mic back in the mic stand, and jumped off the stage with the guitar on my back.

In fact, I should use my hands to support it, but I still think it is the most handsome to jump directly, and I almost didn't fall to my death.

It wasn't until I stood firmly on the ground that the applause began.Some of them put down their chopsticks and applauded me, still eating in their mouths. This scene was really touching.

Therefore, the staff of SV station are also pitiful. In the past two years, idols have been rampant in the circle. Xu Yi can be considered to be on the singing list. It can be heard that it is either a face-making idol with terrible singing skills, or a small squeeing voice like Zhou Lu, which is quite a pain.

Jian Ke remained unmoved, and everyone applauded me. He took a symbolic pat on his program twice, without even raising his head to look at me.

Even though I knew it would be the end, I still feel a bit regretful.

In the end, I still couldn't impress him.

But I tried my best.