Jin Hao sent a man named Huang Jiahui to Lianwan City with the Blue Shark Band.
There are many people from Xianggang whose names include "Jia" (家), and quite a few are named Jia Hui (家辉). There are even several celebrities named Jia Hui. Do they run out of names?
Huang Jiahui is in his forties, and he looks somewhat shrewd, always with a smile on his face.
His purpose in coming to Lianwan City was to investigate the Mayday band.
Liang Liang recommended the Mayday band to Jin Hao, and Jin Hao naturally sent someone to check if the Mayday band's level met the standards of a record label and if they had any potential for development.
Although Liang Liang was more than twenty years younger than him, Huang Jiahui respected Liang Liang very much, knowing that his boss valued this young man highly.
Huang Jiahui did not stay at the accommodations arranged for him, but instead found a hotel on his own. After settling in, he went to the Ocean Shipping Ballroom to meet Liang Liang.
Liang Liang then introduced the Mayday band to Huang Jiahui.
The average age of the Mayday band members is a little over seventeen. They have been training with Blue Shark for a while now, and while their technical skills haven't changed much, their overall demeanor has changed noticeably.
I wouldn't dare say he's handsome, but he's definitely sunny.
Huang Jiahui was very satisfied with their appearance, and then he examined their instruments and voices.
All of these have been investigated, and overall it's quite good.
The next step is to see what kind of music Liang Liang will compose for them.
Now that Jin Hao's special envoy had arrived, Liang Liang began to create songs for Mayday.
If Mayday performs well, they will go to Xianggang next month to record their album, and Mayday will go with them.
In just one month, Liang Liang had to create songs for Mayday and also compose music for his own band's album, which was quite a demanding workload.
The original Mayday band debuted in 1997, while this new Mayday band debuted in 1994, three years earlier than the original band.
In his previous life, Liang Liang had listened to some Mayday songs, but he hadn't listened to them since their opposition to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement.
Therefore, he still has some impression of some of Mayday's early songs.
But to be honest, Liang Liang thought the band's songs were very ordinary; none of them were classics that would stand the test of time, and the melodies were all quite average.
You almost never hear their songs on the street outside of their fan base.
The reason this band became popular is incomprehensible to those who don't know the inside story. They can't figure out how their songs could make them famous.
Liang Liang spent two hours selecting two songs, "Crazy Time" and "The Way Love Is," from more than a dozen options, and finally added "Stubborn."
It was getting dark, so Liang Liang threw down his pen and decided not to make a choice.
Instead of choosing songs from them, why not find some other bands? What kind of garbage are these?!
Instead of wasting time, you might as well take a nap.
Around six o'clock, the dance hall began to fill up.
Since reopening in August, about two and a half months have passed. In these two and a half months, the Haiyun Dance Hall has not only gained a foothold but also built up its own loyal customer base, with ticket revenue exceeding 2,000 yuan every night.
The number of people coming and going each night is around three to four hundred.
The income from drinks, singing, and dancing also amounted to two or three thousand yuan.
The two owners of the nightclub still make a net profit of around two to three thousand yuan a day after deducting all sorts of miscellaneous expenses, and each of them earns thirty to forty thousand yuan a month.
This is also the source of Zheng Tuo's confidence in opening a branch in the development zone.
When Liang Liang climbed out of her small room, all the employees of the dance hall had already arrived.
The two resident bands that Zheng Tuo had taken in also arrived early.
The two bands are called Night Walk and Black Island.
Perhaps to maintain consistency with the band's name, these guys were all dressed in black and looked like a group of black people carrying a coffin, not afraid of not being able to find them in case of a power outage.
They now earn a little pocket money by singing backup songs for the audience in nightclubs.
Every night, with the accompaniment of singing and some tips, each person can earn about ten or twenty yuan.
If you're lucky that night, you might even make an extra ten or eight yuan.
Even so, this income isn't enough to do much.
This was the reality for rock musicians in the 1990s.
Although rock musicians look down on pop musicians, the members of these two bands still have considerable respect for the Blue Shark band, and they even nodded to Liang Liang when they saw him.
Liang Liang wasn't familiar with them, and wasn't even sure if they were there when she went to the Confused Bar.
Do you have your own songs?
The lead singer of the Night Walk band took out a notebook and handed it to Liang Liang with both hands.
This made Liang Liang feel a little embarrassed.
The Night Walk band has quite a few works, as many as eleven, enough to fill an album.
But Liang Liang frowned as soon as he saw these songs.
These are the kinds of works that seem to lack intellectual depth if they don't offer some commentary on society.
"We're not going to discuss whether your works are good or bad today. I just want to make a suggestion: could we try a different perspective when writing songs in the future?"
"How do I change it?"
"You think your songs are from the perspective of standing up and looking down at the world, but in my opinion, you are looking at the world from the ground."
Liang Liang's words confused the members of the Night Walk band.
"This issue of perspective can't be explained in just a few words. I have a suggestion for you: starting now, take advantage of sunny days and go to the beach to write songs every morning from nine to three in the afternoon. Write songs while looking at the sunshine, blue sky, seagulls, and the sea. Only write what your eyes see, your nose smells, and your ears hear. Don't worry about anything else, and don't worry about whether the score is reasonable or not. Just write it down first, and see if there are any changes after ten days or half a month."
A few people stayed home every day smoking, drinking, and getting hot... nothing serious happened.
It would be a miracle if a good song could be written in an environment where people smoke, drink, and complain.
When you're in a good mood, your perspective naturally broadens, and you're naturally able to write songs that are pleasing to the eye.
"Will this work?" asked the lead singer of the Night Walk band.
"Tomorrow during the day, take your guitars and basses to the beach. You can bring a few girls. Find a secluded spot with some rocks, sit on the rocks, play your instruments, sing, watch the girls play in the water, and watch the seagulls fly. You'll discover that there's another side to this world."
Of course, if they still see the world the same way, there's nothing Liang Liang can do. He can't jump into their minds and straighten out their thoughts.
Black Island Band has relatively few works, and the song they consider their best is called "Black Island".
Coincidentally, the commune next to Liang Liang's hometown is also called Black Island.
Heidao Township is most famous for being the site of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
There is also a monument in Loushang Village, Heidao Commune.
Liang Liang thought that sending the Black Island Band to the Black Island Commune might spark some inspiration.
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