"Luckily it was just a sprained ankle, so it won't interfere with the performance. What if it had been a sprained arm?"
Liang Liang's gloating remark made Xu Mei want to cry. She clung to Liang Liang's side, refusing to let him massage her ankles.
What's the point of me massaging your ankle? If I accidentally irritate it, how do I put it out? With you?
I'm too embarrassed to make a move.
Just as they were laughing and joking, the person on duty came in and said that there were two foreign women looking for them outside.
Xu Mei's eyes bulged out like Yang Erlang's. This guy is definitely no good; he's even hooked up with a foreigner.
Foreign woman? When did I meet a foreign woman?
Liang Liang was also completely confused. It wasn't until they met that he recognized the two women from the country. One of them was named something like Na and the other something like Ya.
The foreign woman didn't act like an outsider at all; she immediately gave Liang Liang a warm hug.
That's a real hug! Aren't they afraid of squeezing those two balls until they burst?
"Liang Liang! We brought your album to our country and let our friends listen to it. They said it was excellent!"
Liang Liang hummed in agreement.
What's the point of being so good? His albums can't be sold in Europe.
“A friend of a friend of mine is in the audio-visual publishing business. He listened to your album and became very interested in you. He invited you to perform in Germany!”
A friend of a friend?
Isn't this the same trick used by the nephew of the second uncle, who is next to my maternal uncle's family? What's the point of this?
And to say they'd go to Germany to perform? That's even more absurd!
They are not famous in Germany. For an unknown band to hold a concert abroad, isn't that just asking for trouble?
"No problem! Next summer, there will be a Chinese contemporary art exhibition in Berlin, which includes a Chinese avant-garde art week. My friend's friend's friend is in charge of this. He said he would send you invitations and cover your round-trip airfare and accommodation."
When Hannah mentioned this, Liang Liang remembered something: in his previous life, Lao Cui, Cobra, Wang Yong, Tang Chao, and others had participated in a program in Berlin, Germany.
For this reason, the Chinese even made a documentary called "Chinese Rock in Berlin". Liang Liang watched this film. The picture quality was very poor, the clarity was very low, and it was blurry and unclear. Moreover, the order of the performances seemed to be deliberately messed up, making it a bit chaotic and dizzying to watch. What was most unpleasant was the Japanese subtitles.
However, in his previous life, Lao Cui and his group went to Berlin, Germany to perform in 1993.
And now it's 1995.
A slight mishap in timing isn't a big deal.
So this is a true story, and we need to think about it carefully.
Liang Liang wasn't that interested in going to Germany to perform. Eastern and Western cultures are inherently different, and there's no way they can be integrated in this lifetime. Unless he used their foreign tunes, there wouldn't be many people watching his performances except for the local overseas Chinese.
However, he did not express any objection.
Didn't your friend's friend's friend say how many people they were going to invite?
"It seems like he's going to invite several people, but I don't know who else he'll invite. But he'll definitely invite you guys."
Liang Liang nodded, somewhat disappointed.
If we could get to know a friend of a friend of Hannah's, we could ask him to forward these invitations to his friends.
This seems like wishful thinking.
Liang Liang wasn't interested in going abroad. Nowadays, people who go abroad are just looking to see how developed other countries are and to see where the moon shines brightest in foreign countries.
What did he go out to see?
When he was reborn, foreign countries were far behind China in terms of development. Some countries didn't even have a high-speed rail line. What were you talking about in terms of development?
At that time, China was already the most prosperous country in the world, and its urban development had far surpassed that of developed Western countries.
What did you send Liang Liang to see?
However, he wasn't interested, but the other members of the band certainly were. It would be a good thing to let them go out and see the world.
"So, are you going or not?" Hannah asked in broken Mandarin.
"Of course I'll go if I get an invitation, but why would I go if I don't? Going abroad is too much trouble."
“Just say you want to go! As the best band in China, you’ll definitely get an invitation. I’ll campaign for you then. Mia and I have a lot of classmates and friends in Germany.”
How many? At most thirty or fifty people.
"Alright then! I'll express my gratitude in advance."
"It's meaningless to express gratitude verbally."
What are you doing? You want me to repay you with my body? I'm not that interested in foreign women.
"At the very least, you should give us a ticket to the evening's small theater performance."
Oh, that's what it is. It's no big deal.
The performance in Germany is for next year; there's no need to consider it now.
What they need to consider now is their performance in Beijing.
On October 11th, Liang Liang and his entourage set off for the capital.
Han Chui has already arranged everything for the performance in the capital.
Having honed their skills through performances in the three northeastern provinces, Han Chui and his team are now quite adept at this job.
An advance team had already completed all the necessary preparations in the capital.
The performance will be held at Fengtai Stadium, which can accommodate more than 31,000 people.
The reason this stadium was chosen is that all the other stadiums in Beijing were busy on the day of their concert, but this stadium had no sporting events.
They stayed at a hotel located outside the Fengtai Stadium Center.
The people most excited about Blue Shark's arrival in Beijing were naturally Shucun and his gang of bandits.
Fengtai Stadium is not far from Shucun.
Fifty li is considered a relatively short distance in the capital.
Huang Jie and a group of people from Shucun hosted a welcome party for the Blue Shark Band.
Actually, the money behind this came from Douwei. He knew that the poor brothers in Shucun had no money, so he sponsored them with several thousand yuan.
While Huang Jie and the poor rock fans of Shucun were welcoming the Blue Shark Band, the Blue Shark Band's advertising campaign for their performance in Beijing also began.
The main sources of media coverage were newspapers and leaflets, as well as short-term broadcasts on Beijing television and radio stations.
Newspapers are a good thing; they can publish articles and advertisements, and they can bring convenience to those in need.
Newspapers weren't all filled with sycophantic, formulaic articles; the supplements published all sorts of things, including all kinds of articles.
Just the other day, a Beijing evening newspaper published an article titled "Beware of fake rock under the guise of rock."
When Liang Liang saw the article, he was surprised to find that it was about their band, Blue Shark, and a shiny label of fake rock was put on their heads.
The words were harsh and forceful, giving them a thorough dressing-down.
Liang Liang shook his head self-deprecatingly; the roller coaster circles within Beijing's Third Ring Road were starting to look down on them.
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