Chapter 166, Who says writers can’t sing! (Subscribe)
The three girls came to the lounge behind the bar, chatting with each other.
At this moment, there is a man and a woman putting on makeup. They are the singers of the first period, singing from seven to eight o'clock.
Since they were both at the Pulse Bar, both parties knew each other.
Seeing Hu Tingting and the other two, the woman who was putting on makeup suddenly brightened up: "Sister Tingting, you Red Roses are so popular!"
"Will I not see you here again?"
"It's not that exaggerated, it's just a little bit hot!"
Hu Tingting shook her head modestly. In fact, the Red Rose Band’s Kuaiyin account did receive many business invitations today.
The most common ones are performance invitations, as well as cooperation invitations from some MCN agencies and some advertisers.
These messages are mixed, and as the maintainer of the band's Kuaiyin account, Hu Tingting does not have the energy to distinguish them one by one for the time being.
The main reason was that the band became popular too suddenly and everyone was not prepared at all. In addition, there was another most important factor.
In fact, it was not the Red Rose band that was popular, but Lin Xiamo herself!
Hu Tingting and the other two all knew about Lin Xiamo's situation. Playing in a band was really just a hobby for her, not to mention that her father, the director, was very much against Lin Xiamo forming a band.
Lin Xiamo has become famous now and has been exposed to the public. It is still unknown how her family will explain this.
Of course, the band would not be able to proceed to the next step. After all, without Lin Xiamo, there would be no Red Rose Band.
"Hey, why didn't Sister Momo come?"
"Manager Xu was just saying that because you guys are going to perform tonight, the reservation phone has been flooded with calls."
The female singer glanced at Hu Tingting and the others and asked in confusion.
"No Momo tonight."
"ah??"
The female singer's eyes widened in shock, her face bewildered.
She really wanted to say, without Lin Xiamo, would it still be called the Red Rose Band?
But it was difficult to say such things out loud. After all, the two parties were not that familiar with each other, and she didn't know what was going on inside the band.
At this time, a man with shiny hair and a 3:7 split hair walked into the lounge with a smile on his face.
"Thank you teachers for your hard work."
“It’s great that you guys came!”
The man who walked in was the bar manager, Xu Jiang.
After Lin Xiamo became popular, the video with Lin Xiamo's performance clip under the Pulse Bar's fast music account also became popular.
To the extent that many people sent private messages asking when Lin Xiamo would perform again.
So, when Hu Tingting said during the day that the Red Rose Band would perform tonight, Xu Jiang was so excited that he immediately posted the news on the Pulse Bar's fast music account.
Then, the bar’s reservation phone started to ring loudly!
He glanced at Hu Tingting and the others, and asked with a smile, "Where is Teacher Momo?"
"Haven't you arrived yet?"
When Lin Xiamo worked part-time as a singer, she never gave her full name, and she didn't even interact with outsiders most of the time.
The band's external liaison work is basically done by Hu Tingting and Zhu Xinyue, while Lin Xiamo and Fang Di are only responsible for performing.
If Lin Xiamo hadn't become famous today and her information hadn't been exposed, Xu Jiang wouldn't even know her name.
"Manager Xu, this is what happened. Momo has something urgent and can't come."
Hu Tingting just found an excuse.
"What?"
“Can’t come?”
Xu Jiang was stunned, his eyes widened: "Teacher Tingting, you are not kidding me!"
"I've put out the advertisement here, and so many customers have called to reserve seats, and you tell me that Teacher Momo can't come?"
"How am I going to explain this to the guests later?"
Hu Tingting shrugged: "Manager Xu, when I contacted you, I said that our band would come to perform, but I didn't say that Momo would definitely come."
"this……"
Xu Jiang was speechless. He frowned and said depressedly, "So are you three going to perform tonight?"
"How can there be three? Of course there are four people."
Hu Tingting smiled and pointed at Shen Qiushan: "Here, the new lead singer who will replace Momo."
"ah??"
Xu Jiang grinned, looked Shen Qiushan up and down, and said with a sad face: "Teacher Tingting, is it so easy to change the lead singer of your Red Rose Band?"
"Even if it's not Teacher Momo, at least change it to someone pretty!"
"this……"
Xu Jiang wanted to say: What the hell is this!
The words came to my lips but I swallowed them back because it was not polite after all.
In addition, although the new lead singer is a man, his appearance is indeed outstanding and his looks are the kind that are very popular with women.
However, those customers who called to reserve a table were all here for Lin Xiamo.
As a result, the beautiful woman has now turned into an "old man". It would be strange if the guests didn't curse at her.
“Manager Xu, it seems that you don’t know Brother Shen!”
“Let me tell you this, after Brother Shen finishes his performance at your bar today, your Pulse Bar will instantly become famous across the country!”
"Uh, excuse my ignorance, who is this teacher?"
Xu Jiang was frightened by Hu Tingting's words and looked at Shen Qiushan with a puzzled look.
"Don't listen to her nonsense."
Shen Qiushan smiled and waved his hand: "I am just an ordinary little author who won the Nebula Award."
Seeing that Xu Jiang was very disdainful of him, Shen Qiushan decided to pretend.
"author?"
"Nebula Award?"
"What is that??"
Xu Jiang looked at Shen Qiushan in confusion, and it was obvious that he didn't know what the Nebula Award was.
The corners of Shen Qiushan's mouth twitched.
Failed to pretend!
A little depressed!
Facts have proved that when it comes to showing off, you should be simple, crude and down-to-earth.
The Nebula Awards are indeed very prestigious.
But the problem is that people who don’t know it have no idea of its value.
It's like you drive a U8 back to your rural hometown to show off your wealth, but your relatives back home don't recognize it at all and think you are driving some unknown brand car.
This is also one of the reasons why many people are willing to pay for car logos. In the minds of many elderly people, "BBA" is a symbol of high-end luxury cars.
Now, Shen Qiushan encountered a similar situation.
It feels like punching cotton.
Fortunately, there were people who knew what was going on at the scene. The female singer who had been talking to Hu Tingting suddenly exclaimed, "Are you Mr. Shen Qiushan?!"
"The author of The Three-Body Civilization!"
Shen Qiushan, who was feeling depressed, finally had a way out. He nodded calmly, "Yes, it's me."
"Wow!"
"It's really you, Teacher Shen!"
"I didn't expect to meet you here. What an honor!"
"Can we take a photo together?"
The female singer was very surprised and looked like a little fangirl.
Seeing this, Xu Jiang quickly took out his mobile phone and searched for "Nebula Award".
Then, various news reports about Shen Qiushan popped up.
“The first person in the country to win the Nebula Award!”
“Break the monopoly of foreign writers on the Nebula Award!”
"Single-handedly raised Chinese science fiction to international standards!"
"38-year-old top scorer in the college entrance examination, winner of the Nebula Award, famous writer..."
After seeing the relevant news, some memories in Xu Jiang's mind were also evoked.
The story of Shen Qiushan is widely circulated in Sanjiang City. Anyone who lives in this city has heard of it to some extent.
It’s just that after the heat of the incident passed, I couldn’t remember it for a while.
"It turned out to be Teacher Shen!"
"My brain didn't even react!"
Xu Jiang changed his expression.
Although the "Red Rose" Lin Xiamo did not come, Teacher Shen is also a hot topic.
He just won the Nebula Award not long ago. Such a great writer actually performed in their bar. The contrast was very obvious.
Hu Tingting is right.
After today, maybe everyone in the country will know about their Pulse Bar!
It doesn’t even matter how good the performance is. The Nebula Award winner singing in their bar is a huge gimmick in itself.
Bar business area.
Business should be quite quiet on weekdays.
But today the bar was filling up exceptionally quickly. At seven o'clock, the bar's occupancy rate had reached 90%.
Most people came here after watching the video online.
Next to the bar, Fang Xiaoya, who had dressed herself maturely, pulled Lin Jiayu to sit down. They each ordered a cocktail named after the twelve zodiac signs.
Lin Jiayu's "Leo" was orange-yellow in color. She took a sip and it tasted like orange juice and also like alcohol.
Her comment on this 58-yuan cocktail was: it’s not bad to drink and it looks great in photos.
Fang Xiaoya looked around for a long time and whispered, "Jiayu, are you sure Lao Shen will come?"
"Why don't I see anyone else?"
"How would I know if he was lying to me?"
Lin Jiayu pouted lightly: "You were the one who dragged me here."
"Sit until half past nine. If we can't wait for Lao Shen, we'll go back."
"Hey, they started singing, it sounds nice..."
The two singers in the seven to eight o'clock time period began their performances.
Fang Xiaoya and Lin Jiayu's attention was immediately attracted by the singer on the stage.
While the two were concentrating on listening to the music, the waiter brought the two men to the empty seats next to them.
Since the seats were very limited at this time, later customers could only sit around the bar.
One of the two men was thin and wore glasses, while the other had fair skin and a scholarly look.
They are Wang Zhixin and Hao Bo, reporters from Jiangcheng Evening News.
Hearing that the Red Rose Band would perform here tonight, Wang Zhixin certainly didn't want to miss such an opportunity, so he pulled his colleague Hao Bo over to find out.
“There are so many people!”
"I guess they all came to see the red roses."
After sitting down, Hao Bo expressed his emotion.
"These people just like to join in the fun. They really have nothing better to do!"
Wang Zhixin curled his lips in disdain.
"If there weren't so many people paying attention, our news wouldn't have such a large amount of traffic."
Hao Bo replied.
Wang Zhixin said nothing, because Hao Bo, the newcomer at the newspaper, was telling the truth. If it hadn't attracted so much attention, he wouldn't have made this trip.
But Wang Zhixin is a typical "two-timing" person. He wants to take advantage of this wave of traffic, but he looks down on those viewers who come for Lin Xiamo's looks.
The bar environment is noisy.
The two of them spoke quite loudly.
Lin Jiayu and Fang Xiaoya happened to hear their conversation.
The two looked at each other subconsciously.
Then they nodded in tacit understanding. Fang Xiaoya, who was closer to the two of them, directly turned on the recording function of her mobile phone, then put the phone on the bar and pushed it slightly towards the two of them.
Wang Zhixin had no idea that he was being targeted. He took a sip of wine and said, "Chen Qiushan was lucky enough to win the Nebula Award. Now it's impossible to use him to gain traffic."
"However, Lin Xiamo doesn't have a talisman like the Nebula Award. Xiao Hao, let me tell you, in our line of work, if we want to have traffic, we must follow hot topics. The more extreme the views, the more attention we will get. Don't be afraid of being scolded. Just think of it this way. Those idiots scolding us are actually giving us money..."
Wang Zhixin imparted his experience in a earnest and earnest tone like a senior.
Due to the failure of the previous internal struggle, he had no colleagues in the newspaper who could be mobilized. Hao Bo, a newcomer who had just joined the newspaper, was the only one.
Therefore, he can be said to have "given everything he knew".
However, he is a person who takes an unconventional approach, the legendary "evil cultivator"!
So this approach is not suitable for everyone.
After listening to this, Hao Bo just nodded without making any comment.
“Thank you for your support.”
"In the next session, please welcome the Red Rose Band!"
The female singer who finished her performance also announced the curtain call.
There was a burst of warm applause and whistles in the bar.
Lin Jiayu and Fang Xiaoya, who were half leaning on the bar, sat up straight instantly.
Wang Zhixin quickly turned on the camera that he had fixed on a tripod in front of the stage after entering the bar.
And since they heard that Lin Xiamo was coming to perform, there were also a few bloggers with a keen sense of smell in the bar.
They also brought professional video equipment, so there was more than one camera facing the stage.
In the expectant eyes of the crowd.
The Red Rose Band took to the stage.
However, when everyone saw the lead singer of the band standing in the C position, everyone was stunned.
"Fuck, where's the beautiful lead singer?"
"Where is my Secretary Lin? What the hell is this?!"
“Are you sure this is the Red Rose band??”
"This false advertising is outrageous! At least give us a beautiful woman!"
"Where's my red rose? Give me back my red rose!!"
"A man? The lead singer of the Red Rose band is actually a man??"
There was a commotion in the bar.
When Wang Zhixin saw the lead singer of the Red Rose Band, he was stunned: "Chen Qiushan??"
"You, a Nebula Award winner, actually come to a bar to perform?"
“Are you crazy?!”
Hao Bo, who also recognized Shen Qiushan, was also shocked. He subconsciously reached out and pulled Wang Zhixin's arm: "Shen Qiushan!"
“It’s actually Shen Qiushan!!”
"He doesn't want to sing?"
As everyone was talking in low voices, Shen Qiushan said, "Hello everyone, we are... the Red Rose Band!"
"I am the lead singer, Shen Qiushan."
"Everyone was a little confused after seeing me. I know you wanted to see Momo."
"But Momo has something urgent to do today, so I have to inconvenience you all to look after me."
"OK, first song, 'Chasing the Light'!"
After a brief explanation, the accompaniment sounded and Shen Qiushan started singing directly.
After he sang a few lines, the audience gradually reacted.
"Isn't this guy the Nebula Award winner?"
"Yes, yes, that's him. He's the top scorer in the college entrance examination!"
"A famous writer, the number one in science fiction in China!"
“A Nebula Award winner performing in a bar? That’s too abstract!”
“The singing is actually quite nice, is this guy really a writer?”
Xu Jiang was afraid that the guests in the bar didn't know Shen Qiushan's identity, so after the Red Rose Band came on stage, he asked the staff to put Shen Qiushan's personal profile on the big screen behind the stage.
Therefore, whether or not people had heard of the Nebula Award, they all knew Shen Qiushan's identity.
What’s more, Shen Qiushan won the Nebula Award not long ago, and the related news was all over the Internet for two or three days.
Shen Qiushan, who single-handedly raised domestic science fiction to international standards, is even regarded as a national hero.
After all, even CCTV used an episode of "Focus Person" to report his deeds.
Therefore, even passers-by who don’t usually pay attention to the literary circle have heard of Shen Qiushan’s name.
In the eyes of most Chinese people, no matter which field, as long as they beat foreigners, it can be summed up in two words: awesome!
And now Shen Qiushan, this "awesome" writer, has transformed himself into the lead singer of a band.
Abstract and shocking!
For a moment, everyone didn't know how to express their inner emotions.
A song is sung.
Shen Qiushan didn't say anything nonsense and started the second song directly.
After a song, everyone finally accepted Chen Qiushan as the lead singer of the band.
Because he sings really well.
Not inferior to professional singers at all.
Even Wang Zhixin was amazed by Shen Qiushan's singing skills. If he had not been there and witnessed it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that Shen Qiushan could sing.
Fang Xiaoya, who was sitting at the bar, listened with eyes shining and mouth stretched almost to her ears, looking as if she was immersed in the story and couldn't help herself.
Lin Jiayu widened her beautiful eyes, and her delicate face with a little baby fat was full of shock.
In her impression, her brother-in-law Shen Qiushan didn’t seem to be that good at singing!
What is this today?
It's almost at the level of a professional singer!
Lin family.
After dinner, Zhang Chaofan was playing chess with Lin Moxuan.
Thanks to Lin Moxuan's warm hospitality, Zhang Chaofan was in a very good mood today and deliberately showed off his chess skills while playing chess.
Won two games in a row.
Lin Moxuan frowned, feeling a little depressed. It was not that he could not accept losing the game, but he was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Chaofan's showing off of chess skills.
The so-called "showing off" means relying on one's superb chess skills to make fun of his opponent.
This is a bit like killing someone and destroying their soul!
Lin Moxuan couldn't help but think of the day when Shen Qiushan defeated Zhang Chaofan three games in a row, beating him so hard that he had no temper at all.
It seems that Shen Qiushan's decision not to give in was justified!
Lin Moxuan was thinking silently when Chen Qingzhu, who was busy in the kitchen, suddenly came over with a cell phone in his hand: "Old Lin, look, Qiu Shan is singing!"
"The live broadcast that Jiayu shared in the group."
"What?"
"Shen Qiushan singing?"
"Where are you singing?"
Lin Moxuan was confused and felt a little puzzled.
Lin Xiamo, who was forced to watch the game, quickly moved closer to her mother.
I saw the center of the stage, with the spotlight waiting.
The man's figure was both familiar and unfamiliar.
The black jacket was casually opened, revealing the ripped T-shirt underneath.
Her slender fingers plucked the guitar strings, and several leather bracelets were wrapped around her wrists, swaying gently with her movements.
His hair was a little messy, with a few strands hanging in front of his forehead. His eyebrows were like swords, his eyes were like torches, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing an unruly smile.
Looking at the man in the live video, Lin Xiamo, who had been hesitating all night, suddenly smiled. It was a smile that made her face beam with joy, a bright smile that even Lin Moxuan and Chen Qingzhu hadn't seen in a long time!
"So stupid~"
"Silly~"
Lin Xiamo laughed and muttered to herself.
However, as she laughed, she suddenly felt a choke in her throat, and a thin layer of mist hung on her long eyelashes.
(End of this chapter)
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