Chapter 515 Solving the Problem
Gu Wei took the money and glanced at the people in the room.
"Xiao Jing, Ruoyun, Berlin, follow me. I'll take you to make money!"
Gu Wei waved to a few people. Although the other three boys were confused, they still followed him obediently.
During the more than 20 days of getting along, everyone saw Gu Wei's abilities, and even Chen Bailin, who had just joined the African station, was very convinced of him.
"What are you going to do? Do you need my help?"
Jiang Shuying watched the boys walk out of the room and shouted worriedly.
Gu Wei waved his hand.
"Don't worry, Jiang Jiang, wait for our good news"
Soon the four boys took their respective photographers out and took a taxi away.
The production team of "Flowers in Youth" will not care about this kind of situation. They are only responsible for arranging tasks, paying money, and filming the whole process. The rest depends on the guests' own performance.
In the living room of the villa, Jiang Shuying frowned, obviously still worried. However, Nazha, who was sitting next to him, did not show any worry at all. She was holding a small mirror and looking at herself leisurely.
"Aren't you curious about what Gu Wei and the others did with the money?" Jiang Shuying couldn't help but ask her.
"Gu Wei will tell us when he comes back." Nazha said as a matter of course.
"They're leaving tomorrow. How are they going to get the money in such a short time?"
Seeing Jiang Shuying's expression, Nazha smiled and patted her hands.
"Relax, since Gu Wei has taken the matter over, he must have a way.
I believe in him. No matter what he does, Gu Wei has never let me down!"
Nazha's tone was calm, but her words were full of absolute trust in Gu Wei.
She had known Gu Wei since she was in college in 2011, and in the six years since then, everything he wanted to do had been successful.
This also made her develop a blind trust in Gu Wei.
"What are we going to do?"
In the taxi leaving the villa, Zhang Ruoyun was still a little confused.
"We came out of the Sydney Opera House this afternoon. Did you notice what was in the square outside?" Gu Wei suggested.
"What's the big deal? There are a lot of people watching music performances!" Jing Boyan was confused.
"Oh, I understand!" Chen Bailin slapped his thigh with some excitement on his face.
"Gu Wei, are you saying there are a lot of wandering musicians in the square outside the opera house?"
"Are we really going to perform?" At this time, everyone else also understood what Gu Wei meant.
Because of the dense crowds and the many audience members coming in and out to listen to the music performances, there were many wandering artists performing in the large square outside the opera house.
Some of them play the violin, some play the saxophone. As long as they perform well, they can always get some tips from the onlookers. The amount depends on the level of the performers.
"It's okay to try, but we only have one night, and we're still short of 1,200 Australian dollars. Can we get enough?
After watching the music performance, I noticed other wandering artists performing in the square, and many of them only received a few dozen yuan in tips."
Jing Boran expressed doubts about how much money he could earn from street performing.
This is in Australia, not China, and none of them are well-known to foreigners.
Gu Wei is a little better, but his fame abroad is mainly concentrated in the fashion circle, and ordinary people don’t know much about him.
After a while, the few of them arrived at the small square in front of the opera house. Gu Wei led the three of them into a nearby music store, ready to rent some musical instruments to play for a while. This was also the reason why Gu Wei asked Jiang Shuying for money.
A good cook cannot cook without rice. No matter how good Gu Wei is at music, he cannot just sing a cappella and ask for tips. He always needs to use musical instruments.
"What instruments do you play?"
Gu Wei turned and asked the other three people.
"I can play the piano and guitar, and I know a few other things as well." Chen Bailin has played music before and even wrote his own songs, so he knows a lot about musical instruments.
"I can play the piano and the violin." Zhang Ruoyun comes from an artistic family and has cultivated her musical talent since childhood.
“Well, I can also play the piano and drums, and I’m pretty good at singing.” Jing Boran debuted on the talent show [Come on! Good Man] and once won the Shengjing singing district championship, but he rarely sings after filming.
Gu Wei nodded, a few people were enough to form a small band.
Finally, he negotiated with the owner of a musical instrument rental store and rented an electronic keyboard, a drum set, a guitar, and a saxophone, and of course speakers and a microphone.
To be honest, according to normal procedures, Gu Wei would not be able to rent so many things with the 1,000 Australian dollars.
It's not that the rent is not enough. According to the exchange rate, 1,000 Australian dollars is about 4,700 RMB, so they can rent it for only a few hours. However, Gu Wei has no money to pay the deposit.
After much persuasion, several people agreed to perform within 50 meters of the music store. The boss agreed after seeing a group of staff members filming around with cameras.
By the time a few people had moved all the things out and tuned up the instruments, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.
"What song should we perform?" Jing Boyan sat in front of the drum set and casually tapped twice. It felt quite fresh after not playing for a long time.
"Can you play my song [Natural]?"
"It should be possible, but you need to practice a few times to get familiar with it." Zhang Ruoyun stood in front of the electronic keyboard. He had also learned Gu Wei's song when it became popular a few years ago.
Gu Wei took out his cell phone and checked the time. The next performance at the Sydney Opera House would end at around 9 o'clock. At that time, the largest wave of people would come out. It would be their last chance today.
"Go search for the sheet music for 'Natural' online and familiarize yourself with it first. I'll play some saxophone to attract some people."
When the four boys formed their formation, they attracted several passers-by, who surrounded them and pointed and talked.
Zhang Ruoyun and the other two took the time to familiarize themselves with the music score and the instruments in their hands. Gu Wei took a few steps forward with the saxophone.
The rich sound of the saxophone sounded, and its unique melody floated in the nearby night sky.
The passers-by around were attracted by the sound and couldn't help but stop to listen.
This is a new song that has never been played before. Different from most saxophone music that is deep and calm, Gu Wei's song is full of a cheerful atmosphere that makes people want to dance along.
After the song was over, the four-member band was surrounded by foreigners, both men and women. Everyone applauded and some coins were thrown into the open guitar bag on the outside.
"Amazing, Gu Wei, your song is so good, how come I've never heard it before? It's so brainwashing, the melody is still ringing in my head now."
After Gu Wei finished playing, he turned around and high-fived the others. Jing Boyan couldn't help but ask.
"Of course you haven't heard the new song I wrote." Gu Wei said bluntly.
The song he just played solo on saxophone is called "Dance Monkey", a song released by Australian singer Toni Watson in 2019.
The song was a huge success in Europe and the United States that year, becoming a veritable "chart-topping" song in various countries. It has been at the top of the charts for more than 15 consecutive weeks in Belgium, Norway and Switzerland, and even remained at the top of the charts in Australia for 22 weeks.
So he was sure that the foreigners in Sydney would like it.
"Ruoyun, let me use the electronic keyboard first." Gu Wei put down the saxophone and placed the microphone next to the electronic keyboard.
Just now it was an instrumental saxophone solo, and now he is going to perform the complete song.
"Okay." Zhang Ruoyun quickly made way and helped Gu Wei put the things in place.
"Ding ding. Ding." The electronic keyboard version of "Dance Monkey" sounded, with a different flavor from the saxophone.
“They say oh my god I see the way you shine
Take your hand my dear and place them both in mine
”
Gu Wei sang into the microphone while playing the accompaniment of the electronic keyboard.
Compared with the pure music just now, the complete song has a greater impact on the audience.
“So I say
Dance for me dance for me dance for me oh oh oh
”
When the song reached its climax, some of the foreigners watching couldn't help but twist their bodies along with the song. The music enveloped the street, and everything seemed to be immersed in a joyful atmosphere.
More and more people gathered around the four-member band, and it had become the largest gathering point in the small square outside the Sydney Opera House.
Time soon came to 9 o'clock, the performance at the opera house ended, and a large number of audiences came out from the main entrance.
Lai Qiyao also came out with her good friends. They were students from China studying in Australia. They were classmates in the same dormitory and had made an appointment to go out together to watch a music performance in the evening.
"Yaoyao, look at all the people gathered over there, what are they doing?"
Lai Qiyao leaned over to take a look.
"There are usually quite a few wandering performers here, some playing instruments, some singing and playing by themselves.
But I've never seen so many people gathered, it's almost like a celebrity meet-and-greet!"
"Let's go and take a look too?" her friend suggested, pulling her arm.
"No, it's a bit late. Besides, there are so many people over there, it's not easy for us to squeeze in." Lai Qiyao was a little hesitant.
"It's okay, I'm here now." After hearing these words, Lai Qiyao had no reason to refuse.
It didn't take long for the two of them to reach the crowd. As they got closer, they could hear the sound of passionate and powerful music.
At this moment, the song played inside just reached its climax.
"Face up 'cause you're a Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
”
The two little girls were overwhelmed with emotion when they heard this.
"Gu Wei's [Natural] is sung so well, is it a professional band?" Lai Qiyao was puzzled.
After struggling to squeeze a few steps inside, the two of them could basically see the performers in the circle.
"Wow! I said this voice sounded so familiar, it turned out to be Gu Wei, it's incredible!" When my good friend saw the singer's appearance, he shouted with surprise.
The foreigners who were listening to the music around them all frowned and looked at the two of them.
Seeing this, Lai Qiyao quickly pulled her good friend, and the other party also realized his loss of composure and covered his mouth embarrassedly.
At around 10 o'clock in the evening, in the villa where the "Flowers" group stayed, several girls stayed in the living room chatting and waiting for news from the boys.
Gu Wei and his companions walked for more than three hours. At the beginning, Jiang Shuying was worried, and later Song Zuer and Meng Ziyi also became anxious. Only Nazha drank hot water slowly with no emotion on her face. She had absolute confidence in Gu Wei.
"Look, they are back!" Song Zuer looked up at the yard and suddenly caught a glimpse of several figures coming in from the gate.
Seeing this, several girls hurried out to greet him.
Gu Wei and the other three strode in with great pride, especially Jing Boran, whose chin was almost raised to the sky, and his expression seemed to be saying, "Come and praise me!"
"How is it? Where did you go?" Jiang Shuying still wanted to find out what the boys were doing.
"Here, Jiang Jiang, here's 3,941 Australian dollars. Besides your 1,000 yuan capital, there's an extra 2,941 yuan, which is enough for us to eat and drink lavishly for the next few days!"
Jing Boyan generously took out money from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Shuying.
"What were you doing? You made so much money in just three hours?" Jiang Shuying took the money with a puzzled look on his face.
For everyone in the "Flowers and Youth" group, the 3,941 Australian dollars is nothing, but now they are recording "Flowers and Youth" and under the intervention of the program crew, they have to rely on themselves for everything.
In this foreign country, where he was unfamiliar with the place, Jiang Shuying couldn't think of anything that could make money so quickly.
"It's just making money, no big deal. It all depends on our talents!" After entering the room, Jing Boyan sat down on the sofa in the living room, his expression full of pride.
Jiang Shuying ignored him and looked at the others in confusion.
Zhang Ruoyun smiled and told them about the experience of several people performing in the small square of the Sydney Opera House.
"We saw street performers over there when we came out of the opera house this afternoon. Do they make so much money? They made over 10,000 yuan in just a short while?"
Jiang Shuying was a little bit unbelievable.
"It's not that exaggerated. Gu Wei played and sang a really nice new song, which attracted almost all the people over there to our place. In the end, we collaborated on a few more songs, and the results were pretty good.
Even so, I later realized I only earned about 1,000 Australian dollars, and after paying for the rental of the instruments, there wasn't much left. The foreigners weren't as generous as I imagined."
"Then you"
"Finally, I don't know who spread the news, but a group of Chinese students in Sydney came, most of them were Gu Wei's fans, and they were so enthusiastic.
If we hadn't stopped them, the money would have been doubled!"
Zhang Ruoyun explained with a smile.
After he finished speaking, Meng Ziyi and Song Zuer both looked at Gu Wei with admiration. Nazha raised the corners of her mouth, as if everything was within her expectations.
Jiang Shuying looked at Gu Wei and then at the other three boys with her beautiful eyes.
"Thank you all for your hard work and for making this trip possible!"
Gu Wei took the hot water handed to him by Nazha and took a sip. His throat was indeed a little dry after singing a few songs.
"Jiang Jiang, collect the money. Now that we have enough funds, we can have fun. Let's all go to bed early."
Several people agreed and prepared to get up and leave. Zhang Ruoyun smiled and raised her hand.
"Well, I suggest we have a drink to celebrate the perfect solution to the difficulties of the Australian leg of the trip."
Gu Wei was speechless. He knew that Zhang Ruoyun, a drunkard, would find all kinds of excuses to have a drink.
Finally, everyone took out a bottle of white wine and toasted to celebrate.
There was no quarrel among the members this season, and even small conflicts between members were rare. Everyone worked together to overcome one difficulty after another, and everyone enjoyed the happiness brought by this trip.
The next chapter of Flowers and Youth ends!
(End of this chapter)
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