Both Liang Liang and Da Huajiao were visiting Haikou for the first time, so of course they didn't know where the Guozhong Dance Hall was.
That's alright, there are taxis on the street!
A dozen minutes later, a luxury taxi pulled Liang Liang and the sedan chair away like snot from a snotty nose in front of a nightclub.
"Sitting in a three-dollar taxi is just uncomfortable, it hurts my butt!" Da Huajiao rubbed her butt while looking up at the exterior of the junior high school dance hall.
Even though the grand sedan chair was a familiar sight in Guangzhou, the grand lady couldn't help but marvel at the exterior and decoration of the junior high school dance hall.
"This decoration is just as good as Pudong 100!" Da Huajiao exclaimed.
He was looking at the decorations of the junior high school dance hall, while Liang Liang was looking at the advertisements posted on the outside wall of the junior high school dance hall.
The advertisement was written in black ink on red paper. The writing was a little blurry under the light, but it was still legible.
This is a competition registration notice, stating that Tengda Real Estate Company and Guozhong Dance Hall are jointly organizing a Haikou City Singer Grand Prix.
There's actually a singing competition here!
Liang Liang thought those guys who were drinking were talking nonsense, but it turned out to be true.
The rules for the singing competition were very simple: all you had to do was sing well.
What are these rules? And how are they judged?
Even if you can tell a song is good, how do you compile statistics?
There might be some kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation involved.
However, the prize money is quite substantial.
The first prize is 80,000 yuan.
The second-place prize is 50,000 yuan.
The third-place prize is 30,000 yuan.
There are also excellence awards with prize money ranging from several thousand to several hundred.
The signatures are Tengda Real Estate and Guozhong Song and Dance City.
Holy crap! They've actually made it look pretty convincing.
Tickets to the National Central Song and Dance City cost ten yuan each.
In 1993, a ticket costing ten yuan was a significant barrier for ordinary people, and most simply couldn't afford it.
Liang Liang took out twenty yuan and bought two tickets, and the two were able to enter the dance hall smoothly.
The Guozhongcheng Dance Hall is much larger than the Haiyun Dance Hall, and its area is even comparable to that of the Putong 100 Dance Hall.
It's around 8:30 pm now, and the dance hall is already full of people.
Judging from their attire, they were all bosses in suits and ties, and almost every boss had a glamorous woman by their side.
This period marked the peak of real estate construction in Hainan, with various infrastructure projects springing up like mushrooms after rain. This momentum also created many real estate tycoons.
These real estate tycoons became the main consumers in Haikou's entertainment market, which in turn drove the rapid development of Haikou's entertainment industry.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long.
Two years later, the real estate market in Haikou cooled down, many real estate bosses went bankrupt and fled, and as a result, the entertainment industry also suffered a downturn. Countless dance halls closed down, and the musicians who relied on dance halls for a living also left one after another.
The rapid development of Haikou's entertainment industry proved to be short-lived.
Liang Liang turned her attention to the stage.
Coincidentally, the people performing on stage right now are Luo Lin and his Earth Children band.
However, Luo Lin was not the lead singer of the band; he was just a keyboardist.
Their band's lead singer is a young man with long hair who looks like a rock youth.
The young man was holding a guitar, his hair swinging back and forth, acting as if no one was clapping for him.
What are they even singing?
The lyrics roughly translate to: I fell in love with you, you fell in love with him, and he fell in love with her...
What kind of nonsense is this?
The lyrics are utterly worthless, and the melody is equally uninteresting; it's incredibly unpleasant to listen to.
This piece was definitely not written by Luo Lin; it doesn't have any of his style.
If you can't create good works yourselves, can't you at least sing other people's songs? At least you can make a living.
It would be strange if someone could earn enough to eat by singing songs like this.
According to later media reports, the band also disbanded after a short period of time.
How could they not disband if they only sing songs like that?
The Earth's Sons band finished their three songs and left the stage. The next person to come on stage almost made Liang Liang's jaw drop.
Nostalgia for my homeland!
No wonder I didn't hear a word about "Nostalgia for My Hometown" when he was in Guangzhou; it turns out he came to Haikou to develop his career.
He still wore the same outfit he wore when he performed on the Spring Festival Gala back then, looking very effeminate, but still just as handsome.
The effect was different when he sang. Some of the older women in the nightclub were very generous, and the tips ranged from hundreds to thousands of yuan, falling like snowflakes.
This stands in stark contrast to the donation from the band Sons of the Earth, Sisi Lala.
After singing six or seven songs of "Nostalgia for My Hometown," Liang Liang wanted to sing more, so the next singer to appear was a female singer he didn't recognize.
Liang Liang watched the show and chatted with the sedan chair for a while, and before she knew it, it was around 11 o'clock.
Since Liang Liang and his group entered the Guozhongcheng Dance Hall, five or six singers have come and gone on stage. Among them, "Hometown Love" and another female singer have both appeared on stage two or three times, while "Child of the Earth" has only appeared once and has not appeared on stage since.
In Haikou, singers who make a living in nightclubs are paid based on the number of songs they sing. The nightclub will give you ten or five yuan for each song you sing. The more songs you sing, the more money you earn, and the more tips you get.
Liang Liang assessed the situation of the Earth's Children. They sang three songs in total, which would only amount to 30 yuan at 10 yuan per song. The tips they received were probably only 10 or 20 yuan each, so the total wouldn't even reach 50 or 50 yuan.
The four members of the band split fifty yuan, twelve yuan and fifty cents each.
The rent for the apartment that Luo Lin and his girlfriend rented was eight yuan a day.
Then add in the water and electricity bills.
If his girlfriend doesn't earn some money, they'll be left starving.
At this point, Liang Liang felt it was pointless, so after discussing it with Da Huajiao, they left the dance hall to go back and rest.
No sooner had Liang Liang left the nightclub than his pager went off.
The pager displayed an unfamiliar phone number.
Liang Liang found a nearby phone booth and returned the call.
"What? Wang Fan got food poisoning? Are you kidding me? Didn't you get food poisoning?"
"You're the one with an upset stomach," came Xiao Yu's angry voice from the phone.
"No! Didn't you say you had a stomachache when we broke up? How did it get transferred to Wang Fan? What exactly did you two do?"
"We are currently in the gastroenterology department of the People's Hospital next to the AEON Mall."
"I'll be there right away!"
After hanging up the phone, Liang Liang was speechless. It was clear that Xiao Yu was a jinx. Why did she have to complain of a stomachache last night? Now look what happened, Wang Fan has been infected.
Although an upset stomach isn't a big deal, if it gets serious, you might have to rest for a couple of days, which would be a waste of time!
Daoke Village People's Hospital is not far from Yongwang Building, only about 200 meters away. When Liang Liang and Da Huajiao arrived at the hospital's gastroenterology ward, Wang Fan's illness had already been treated.
"The doctor pumped his stomach and recommended that he stay in the hospital for two days."
Why would someone who ingested poison need to have their stomach pumped?
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