Liang Liang never expected to encounter a band that didn't follow the rules here.

Is this about highlighting individuality, or is someone out of their mind?

"Rules are made by people, and sometimes rules can be changed."

"That's someone else! Our band doesn't have the habit of changing songs!"

Liang Liang thought for a moment and said, "Alright then! I respect your band's rules. You can go down now."

After listening to the remaining six songs, Liang Liang and Xu Wei whispered to each other.

"After discussions with Mr. Xu Wei, I would like to announce the ten songs that have been selected for the album!"

"The first song is 'My Heart Faces the Sun' by Han Chuang Band, the second is 'Coastline' by Pao Tai Band, the third is 'Rainbow After the Rain' by Jiao Shi Band, and the fourth is..."

Liang Liang recited all ten shortlisted songs in one breath.

"The ten songs I just read out have been shortlisted for this Liaonan Rock album. The other five bands that weren't selected need to work harder in the future. If this album sells well, we will make a second, third, or even more. We hope you can be shortlisted next time. The selected bands have some things to discuss with you. The rest of the bands can go back now."

Yao Han blinked: "Liang Liang! You said the melody of our band's song was pretty good, so why don't you want it?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. You said your band can't change the song. Although I like the melody of your song, I have to reluctantly give it up. I'm sorry!"

If you can't change the words, what's the point of asking?

Can lyrics that go below the waistband be included in an album? They'd never pass censorship!

"What if we change it now?"

"It's too late! I hope you won't set those kinds of ridiculous rules again next time."

After Liang Liang finished speaking with a smile, he returned the manuscript paper with the sheet music written on it to the unsuccessful band and told them to go to the finance department of the Haiyun Dance Hall to collect ten yuan for their round-trip travel expenses.

What Liang Liang and the remaining ten bands naturally had to discuss was the recording and design of the songs.

"My recording studio will be completed in four or five days. Once it's finished, a recording engineer will come from the south. Of course, you won't have to pay for hiring the engineer. Once he arrives, we'll start recording the album. You all know each other, so I hope you can discuss the arrangements for your songs together. I also have some news for you: I have a DJ here, a pretty young lady. You need to communicate with her and discuss the arrangement plan, how to make your songs look better. Don't think that just recording the songs casually is enough. Don't spend all your time thinking about girls; they'll only drain your energy and won't bring you much benefit. Put more effort into the music, and think about other things after you've made something of yourself. That's all I have to say. You can come here to contact me during the day. Now you can go back first, except for the Han Chuang Band."

After the other bands left, Han Chuang stayed.

"Boss Liang! Do you have any cigarettes?" Fang Guoqi was a heavy smoker and had been scratching his head for a while.

"I don't smoke! If any of you have a cigarette, just give him one."

After saying that, Liangliang saw the Hanchuang Band staring at each other in disbelief.

Are they so poor that they can't even afford cigarettes?

Liang Liang waved to a security guard and took out twenty yuan.

"Go to the small shop near the entrance and buy a few boxes of Shilin."

After the security guard left, Liang Liang asked, "How cool is your band? How many complete songs do you have?"

"Over the years, I've probably written about twenty or thirty songs, some with lesbian undertones and some with lesbian undertones. There are nine complete songs."

"What styles of music are they?"

"They're all metal or heavy metal; there are no other styles."

"It's in the same style as the song 'My Heart Faces the Sun' that you sent me!"

"Yes!" Lehe nodded.

"I like your band's style and I'm optimistic about your future. Keep practicing, you never know when you'll make it big!"

"Hehe! We're about to disband the band!"

"Oh! Why? I think you guys are pretty good, why are you disbanding?"

"Alas!" Lehe let out a long sigh.

"What's the use of being good at it? It doesn't bring in any money. To be honest, the four of us don't even have enough money for the fare back home. We've all fallen on hard times, what's the point of playing anymore?"

"It's really quite miserable! No pain, no gain. This is nothing. You four have such smooth faces. You haven't even gone hungry yet. You should be starving and emaciated before you've really reached the end of your rope."

The members of the Hanchuang Band were speechless.

The security guard who went out to buy cigarettes returned with five packs of Shilin cigarettes.

Liang Liang tossed a pack of cigarettes to the security guard, then distributed the remaining four packs to the members of the Hanchuang Band.

Watching the four of them puffing away on their cigarettes, Liang Liang shook his head slightly.

"It's fine if you smoke occasionally, just don't smoke anything else!"

"Nobody in our band touches that stuff," Lehe quickly declared.

"The right way is to stay away from it; if you do, you're finished."

Next, Xu Wei and Le He had a discussion about music.

"Here's what we'll do! Since you don't have any money for your return trip, you don't need to go back. Tonight, you can sing two songs at the Haiying Dance Hall. If you get tips, you can earn enough for your travel expenses. If you don't get tips, I'll pay you for the singing. At least enough for your taxi fare home."

Lehe and his three companions were all penniless, so they thought the suggestion was quite reasonable and nodded in agreement.

By the time I finished all these tasks, it was almost five o'clock.

Liang Liang and Xu Wei took the members of the Hanchuang Band to the cafeteria for lunch.

Thirty or forty employees, both men and women, at the Haiyun Dance Hall were eating.

After finishing their meal, Liang Liang handed the Hanchuang Band over to the performance manager.

Blue Shark Band rarely performs in nightclubs anymore. Apart from long-term resident bands like Black Island Night Walk, the only other bands that perform in nightclubs are the small bands that train and hone their skills there.

There are about six or seven bands performing. With so many bands performing, someone needs to coordinate and plan, and now there is a dedicated person in charge of this job.

Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao went to the disco to find Xu Mei after lunch, and now they're calling Liang Liang to come over and dance.

He doesn't have time to do that kind of thing.

"You two can have fun over there, but be careful. If it gets too late, don't leave. Just stay at the disco."

Discos are filthy places, and I don't know if Ban Ya can keep the place in check.

His requirement for Ban Ya was that Haiyun Disco would not allow any of those messy things to appear, and anyone found doing so would be resolutely expelled.

Although this might affect some of his income, he earns clean money and resolutely refuses to make money that is morally wrong, no matter how much profit he makes.