After the evening performance at the dance hall, Liang Liang had a long talk with the four teenagers.
"So, it seems the four of you are the entire band?"
"Yes!"
"So tell me why you formed a band? I don't like listening to those empty words, let's get to the point."
"To pick up girls!" Zhou Shubei, the keyboardist, said somewhat embarrassedly.
"I'm too lazy to work in a factory," said drummer He Yijiang.
“I share the same thoughts as them, and combining their ideas gives me my true thoughts.” Bassist Zhang Meng’s thoughts are more expansive.
Yu Xiaolong: "I still want to make the music I like, and of course, it would be even better if I could make money and pick up girls at the same time."
"It's alright! Your answers are quite realistic. Forming a band is easy, you just need four people to get together and you're done. But it's not easy either. Even with only four people, it's not simple to achieve tacit understanding and resonance. Only when band members stay together for a long time can they achieve the desired resonance. It's very difficult for bands that break up every few days to achieve resonance and tacit understanding. Are you prepared to work together for a long time?"
“We didn’t think of this a month ago, but now we think we’ll be together for a long time.”
"That's good. I hope you can stay together for a long time. By the way, does your band have a name?"
"Not yet, I haven't thought of a name yet."
Liang Liang thought for a moment and said, "How about I give you a name? You can call yourselves Mayday?"
Yu Xiaolong exchanged glances with the other three.
"Mayday? The name sounds alright, but why is it called Mayday?"
"For no particular reason, it just came up on the spot."
This Liang Liang is inexplicable.
Mayday was originally a band on Green Island, but they became popular after 2000.
From Liang Liang's perspective, their music is really just average, but some of the lyrics are quite good.
In his previous life, Liang Liang had listened to quite a few of their songs for a period of time.
However, after learning later that the band had a complicated background, especially with pro-independence tendencies, he never listened to their songs again.
It's often said that entertainment stars should never get involved in politics, but who knows that many sports and entertainment stars are actually supported by capital? Sometimes, when capital needs you, no matter how big a star you are, you have to come out and take a stand.
Mayday has incredibly powerful connections; despite numerous complaints, they're still able to appear on shows in mainland China.
Liang Liang's idea was very simple: take over your band's spotlight and your songs, and see if you can still appear then. Even if you do appear, let's see how you become famous.
If you don't become famous, everything else is for nothing.
"During this period, the Blue Shark Band will guide you and try to help you improve your skills in a short time. We are going to Xianggang on the 15th of next month to participate in Su Ennan's concert. After we leave, we hope that you can fill in for a while at the Ocean Terminal. When we return from Hong Kong, I will tailor some songs for you and try to help you gain a foothold on the stage as soon as possible."
Yu Xiaolong and his companions were overjoyed.
They had already experienced Liang Liang's composing skills, and having him tailor-make songs for them would greatly increase their chances of becoming famous.
"Alright, it's getting late now, you can go back now, or you'll miss the last bus."
Yu Xiaolong led the way in saying goodbye to Liang Liang, and then left the dance hall with Liu Yuyong and Wang Fan.
After closing the door of the dance hall, Liang Liang went back to her small room to sleep, unaware that anything was amiss.
But he had only been asleep for a short while when he vaguely realized that there seemed to be another person in his bed. After confirming, he found that there were actually two more people.
One on each side.
Liang Liang broke out in a cold sweat and turned on the light in fright.
Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao huddled on his bed, making faces at him.
Upon seeing that it was two little demons, Liang Liang collapsed onto the bed with a thud.
"Can you two stop causing trouble? You scared the hell out of me! I thought a female ghost had come! What are you doing here?"
"Sleep with you!"
"Get out! While no one's watching, you have one minute to disappear from my sight."
"We don't mean doing anything with you, we just want to sleep with you peacefully."
"I don't believe you for a second."
"Really! We swear, if we don't behave ourselves, may our future children be born without eyelids!"
"And if you insist on kicking us out, we'll make a huge fuss and let everyone here know." This is the carrot and stick approach.
This is a rather ruthless tactic.
"I'll let you off this time, so you'd better go to sleep quietly."
The two little demons were overjoyed; they had achieved their first objective.
It would be strange if a cat could sleep peacefully while watching over a fish, because even if the cat did behave, the fish wouldn't.
Some fires may not burn objects, but they can ignite passion, if that passion is stirred up.
"But you said that babies are born without eyelids."
"Stop talking and get to work. Let's talk about the present. Who cares about the future?" A voice, panting heavily, spoke in the darkness.
"My turn!"
...
The two little demons didn't stay until dawn; having achieved their goal, they left before daybreak.
Someone couldn't escape becoming a stamp in their stamp album either.
The next afternoon, the two guys went back to learning with the band as if nothing had happened.
However, the occasional glances they gave Liang Liang were quite meaningful.
In their eyes, this song will be the one that Blue Shark will use when they go to Xianggang to support Su Ennan.
Now that they had one song, Liang Liang started choosing a second one.
They went to Xianggang to support Su Ennan's concert, so the songs they chose were mainly emotional and atmosphere-creating, while the slow songs were lacking in these two aspects.
"I plan to choose 'Longing is a Knife' as my second song."
Nobody had ever heard this song before. Everyone in the band, including Mayday, who were officially starting to receive guidance from the Blue Shark Band today, were looking at Liang Liang.
"Xiao Yu! Play a sixteenth note drum roll for me."
Xiao Yu picked up the drumsticks and struck a sixteenth note at the original tempo.
Is this part okay?
Liang Liang pondered for a moment: "Let's change to another section, and make the tempo a little faster."
Xiao Yu then changed to a set of sixteenth-note drum patterns.
Liang Liang nodded: "This one will do."
Then I picked up the guitar.
Xiao Yu began to beat the drum in a rapid, rain-like rhythm.
After the drums started, Liang Liang chose a point of entry and added the guitar.
Longing is a knife, each cut sharp.
The injured heart is bleeding profusely
Trying to convince myself
Give up on this relationship
I can't forget it, over and over again...
"It sounds great! It sounds amazing!" Xiao Yao and Xiao Qian were the first to cheer, and Ming Hongling and the others followed suit with applause.
Longing is a knife, each cut sharp.
The injured heart is bleeding profusely
The Needle and Thread of My Time
Slowly close the wound
I think of you again in my dreams...
While Liang Liang was singing, Wang Fan had already started using the keyboard to find the chords for the accompaniment.
By the time Liang Liang sang it a second time, he was already able to keep up with it, albeit with some difficulty.
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