When talking about DJs, one cannot ignore disco and disco clubs. Without disco and disco clubs, the DJ industry would not have been able to grow in China.

In 1992, a disco called JJ appeared on Yan'an Road in Shanghai.

The owner of this disco is from Green Island. You can tell from the name that he can't be from the mainland. Even the most idiotic mainlander wouldn't use "JJ" as the name of a shop.

There were some small discos in Shanghai at the time, but the ones that could truly be called discos started with JJ.

Not only were there JJs from Shanghai, but later JJs from Beijing and Guangzhou also appeared.

This is all owned by this boss; he's basically going after JJ.

The emergence of discos naturally required energetic music and crazy rhythms, and the DJ industry came into being as a result.

By 1994, this trend had spread throughout the country, with nightclubs appearing in major cities across the country, creating a nightclub craze.

This is how the DJ industry began to flourish and grow.

Initially, DJ teams were mainly composed of foreigners and people from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mainland Chinese DJs started as supporting roles.

Be a lead dancer, provide lighting, or be a host.

Gradually, this group of people became some of the earliest DJs in mainland China.

In other words, Lin Hanrui was able to stand on the DJ stage at the Haiyun Dance Hall in Lianwan City in the summer of 1994, which made him one of the earliest domestic DJs to appear in the mainland DJ scene at that time.

However, the Ocean Shipping Ballroom is not a disco, so Lin Hanrui's role can only be to assist the band in their performance and enrich the band's accompaniment.

She just hasn't prepared her own music library yet; tomorrow she'll buy some vinyl records in Lianwan City for DJing.

Jin Hao, that old fellow, is not cunning at all. He knew that Liang Liang had bought a turntable, but he didn't think to bring more records over.

I only brought a dozen or so, that's far too few.

Xu Wei stayed in his dormitory to create and did not go to the studio.

Similarly, Liang Liang did not go to the studio.

Liang Liang didn't go to the studio that night because she had something important to do.

Zheng Tuo's nightclub has gone out of business!

It's not fair to say it's already shut down, because it's still barely operating, but it's probably not far from shutting down.

Almost everyone in Zheng Tuo's dance hall, from the band members to the waiters, had left; the Night Band had all moved to Haiyun Dance Hall.

The news was brought by the Night Walk band; they are currently in Liang Liang's office, explaining why Zheng Tuo's dance hall is going to close down.

Liang Liang wasn't surprised by the result at all. With Tao Yanhong causing trouble in that nightclub, it was only a matter of time before it went under. However, Liang Liang didn't expect it to happen so quickly. He thought it would take until the end of the year before it went out of business.

Is that woman still with Zheng Tuo?

“If she hadn’t been in that nightclub, it might not have gone out of business. It was so popular when it first opened, but in just a few months, it plummeted like a waterfall,” said Song Yihai, the drummer of the Night Walk band.

"So what are Zheng Tuo's thoughts now?"

"He wants to sell the nightclub while it still has value."

Liang Liang nodded: "I understand. You can stay here with me. You can earn enough to eat. Go back and get ready, and you can come back to work tomorrow."

After the Night Walk band left, Liang Liang sat alone on the sofa for a long time, lost in thought.

Then they sent someone to summon Han Chui.

"Knock knock knock!"

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.

At Liang Liang's invitation, Han Chui pushed open the door and walked in.

This guy was flirting with girls in the studio, and judging from his expression, he seemed to have fallen into a trap.

We need to keep an eye on this guy. Stop him from hanging around all day. It's still a long way from 1997. If some girl gets too attached to him and he can't get rid of her, she might sue him and send him to jail.

"Manager Liang! You wanted to see me?"

"Hammer Bro! Tomorrow... why are you rolling your eyes? Just because I called you Hammer Bro? Well, who told you to call him Han Chui? How can you blame me for that?"

Han Chui looked utterly dejected: "I didn't blame you!"

“You don’t like being called Bangbang, and you don’t like being called Hammer Bro either, so what should I call you? You can come up with one yourself.”

"Calling him Brother Han is fine."

"That's not good! It doesn't seem very friendly. How about this, take a stick from the stick bag and a hammer from the hammer bag, and from now on I'll call you Brother Stick Bag. Is that okay now?"

Han Chui felt like crying.

"Then you might as well call me Hammer Bro." Han Chui's face looked worse than if he were crying.

"Hahaha! Just kidding! From now on, I'll call you Brother Han, Brother Han! Tomorrow, go check out Zheng Tuo's nightclub and ask him how much he's asking for in exchange for that nightclub?"

Han Chui was somewhat surprised: "He wants to sell the dance hall? Why?"

"That's a strange question. If business is good, would he be willing to sell?"

That makes sense.

"That's impossible! When they split up with us, they were doing really well. How could they suddenly go downhill like this?"

"That's not our concern. Anyway, he's going to have to close down. Go ask him tomorrow how much he wants for that nightclub. If it's less than 600,000, then buy it!"

"You're going to open a branch?"

"No! Use it as a disco!"

"Oh! You're opening a disco again?"

"Why not?"

"Okay! I'll go take a look tomorrow. As long as it's under 600,000, I'll buy it, right?"

Liang Liang nodded.

Zheng Tuo knew exactly how much he had spent on that dance hall; it was only a little over 600,000 yuan at most.

At the price he offered, Zheng Tuo certainly wouldn't make a profit, but he also wouldn't lose money; in other words, he would break even.

Liang Liang felt that not taking advantage of the situation to drive down the price was already a consideration for their past relationship.

The next morning, Liang Liang walked into the last building at the back of the music school.

This house is right next to the back wall, and it's quite far from the four classrooms. It's also a bit small.

This building used to be a warehouse for this small factory, but now it has become a small workshop.

Bi Sheng set up all the carpentry equipment that Liang Liang had bought here, and in his spare time he would make guitars here.

Liang Liang's idea was to let him do it himself, while Haiyun Music Store would sell it for him.

If the music store has few customers, no profit will be taken; if the number of customers is large, a portion will be taken.

But Bi Sheng was not willing. He said that if he was going to do it, he would do it for Liang Liang, otherwise he would not do it. He would just play one or two rounds as a hobby.

Isn't that a silly roe deer?

“Brother Bi Sheng! I’m planning to set up a small workshop here. I’ll go back to Yahe and recruit a few people to work with you. That’ll be a small factory. You’ll be the factory manager, and the music store in front will be handed over to someone else. You’ll stay here and lead the people to make guitars. I’ll give you nine hundred yuan a month, and all other benefits will remain the same. How about it?”

Bi Sheng agreed to this.

Bi Sheng was overjoyed, not because his salary had increased by a few hundred yuan, but because he really loved this job.