Chapter 136 Recruiting younger brothers
In the hotel room.
"Brother Jiang~~"
Zhao Weiwei, wearing a lace pajamas, shook her red wine glass, tilted her head and looked at Yu Jiang with her beautiful drunken eyes, and said with her red lips: "Is the mobile phone so attractive? Look here!"
After saying that, she pulled down her sleeves, revealing her smooth and delicate shoulders.
Yu Jiang, wearing pajamas, leaned against the head of the hotel bed with his eyes fixed on the screen of his mobile phone. His fingers kept sliding the phone. Not only did he ignore Zhao Weiwei's call, but he found it annoying and his brows became more and more furrowed.
Eight years ago, because Zhao Weiwei loved singing very much, she mustered up the courage to participate in a music talent show called "If You Can Do It", and her special voice gave her an advantage, and she made it through all the levels and finally achieved a good result of top ten in the country.
Yu Jiang was the eighth-place contestant in the first two seasons of "You Can Go", but the songs he released after his debut were not very popular and he never achieved any good results, so he came up with the idea of forming a group.
He noticed Zhao Weiwei, who had both good looks and singing skills, so he invited her to be his partner. The two hit it off and named themselves "Cool Cat". Their first album "No. 81 Peking" became a big hit after their debut, and at the end of the ringtone era, it became the ringtone for many people's cell phones.
After their debut, the two ate together, sang together, and participated in activities together, and gradually feelings developed between them. Under Yu Jiang's pursuit, Zhao Weiwei agreed to date him.
They have been dating for six years, but the company required confidentiality and it has never been announced to the public.
In six years, Zhao Weiwei gradually changed from being the passive one to the active one.
"snort!"
Seeing that Yu Jiang ignored her, Zhao Weiwei drank the red wine in the glass, put down the glass and walked to the bed, twisting her body charmingly and said, "It's so hot, Brother Jiang, do you want to try the feeling of high temperature?"
"I'm not in the mood right now."
Yu Jiang frowned, still not even lifting his eyelids.
"What's wrong? What are you looking at? Why is it so attractive?" Zhao Weiwei pouted, hugged Yu Jiang's neck, and blew gently in his ears.
"hiss……"
Yu Jiang rubbed his ears, turned his head impatiently to glance at Zhao Weiwei, sighed softly, tried his best to control his temper, pointed at the phone, and said softly: "Look at what this is?"
"What?"
Zhao Weiwei took the phone and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing, "Who made this Xiaolin emoticon package? It's so funny, hahaha!"
“Still laughing!”
Yu Jiang snatched back the phone, frowned and asked, "I want to ask, why are you so nice to them? Why do you always speak up for them on the show?"
"ah?"
Zhao Weiwei looked at her boyfriend with a serious face, and the smile on her lips gradually disappeared. She explained: "I used to be a mentor of "The Birth of a Group". I really like them and give them first place every time. They are like what I brought up. Seeing them become famous little by little, I have a sense of accomplishment in nurturing them. I speak for them, and of course I don't want them to be eliminated."
"snort."
Yu Jiang snorted coldly and said, "You brought him here? They will only think that they made it through their own strength. Let me ask you, is your high pitch as strong as that Song Ge?"
Zhao Weiwei didn't want to argue with her boyfriend, so she simply calmed down and said with a smile: "High notes are not my forte. I'm good at singing sweet songs. How can I compare with him?"
"Just so you know."
Yu Jiang pursed his lips and advised: "They are so popular online now, and their ranking in the competition has also risen. Don't help them find the pictures anymore. Be careful that they will eliminate us in the future!"
"You're overthinking it. How could this be possible?"
Zhao Weiwei shook her head and gathered her hair, saying, "There is still a gap between them and us, but I still have some confidence."
"Just be stubborn. They are improving with every match. Don't let yourself be defeated in the areas you are good at in the future."
Yu Jiang said this unhappily, then turned over and went to sleep.
Zhao Weiwei looked at her boyfriend who ignored her, her shoulders drooped, as if she was thinking about something.
…
…
The second episode of "I Am the King of Singers" (Part 2) is the day before the competition, at noon, the day to pick up the car.
Dong Chen and Ji Yu were practicing songs and did not come along. Lin Zhixing brought Song Ge to the 4S store to pick up the car and held a simple handover ceremony.
Lin Zhixing asked for four red cloth strips and tied them on the four wheels. This was something he had learned from an old lady who danced square dance in his previous life. It roughly means to ensure safety.
The company was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and obtained a temporary license. Then he got in the car and took Song Ge back to the hotel.
Lin Zhixing loves cars very much. He made money from the dance class and was so excited when he got a car for the first time that he slept in it all night. At that time, he always wanted to stay in the car no matter what. Now he was so happy to touch the steering wheel.
I am a Mercedes owner too!
Lin Zhixing raised the corner of his mouth and turned to ask Song Ge who was sitting in the passenger seat, "Ge, what do you think of the new car?"
"Well, it's good. It's good wherever the money is spent."
Song Ge touched the interior of the car and replied with a smile.
Lin Zhixing smiled and patted the center console, saying, "Go get a driver's license when you have time. If you pass, I'll give you a better car than this one!"
"I'm fine with you driving the car."
Song Ge smiled and shook her head. She felt very happy to hear him say that.
“That’s right!”
Lin Zhixing suddenly remembered and said, "I plan to go to the folk music band's performance tonight. Do you want to come with me?"
"No."
Song Ge was not very interested in the band's performance. Thinking about how much money he had spent recently, he planned to save some money, so he shook his head and refused, "I have to practice singing in the evening."
"Oh well."
After driving for another ten minutes, Lin Zhixing parked the car in the hotel parking space. When he took the elevator back to the hotel, the system prompt sound suddenly rang in his ears.
【bite!】
[Difficulty level of system tasks is enabled! ]
[Recruiting talents and adding studio members. After completion, you will receive a random reward. 】
After listening to this, Lin Zhixing nodded slightly. Since the studio has been established, of course it cannot have only two artists, Dong Chen and Ji Yu, and it is necessary to gradually increase the number of members.
The reason why I haven’t done it is, firstly, because I don’t have time, and secondly, it’s hard to find talented people.
Yida Records does have a lot of new people, but they all signed contracts with the company. It is a bit unkind of for the company to recruit people to its own studio.
There is no time limit for system tasks, and I don’t need any rewards to break the deadlock at the moment. For important things like recruiting people, I will take my time.
…
Six o'clock in the evening.
Lin Zhixing finished dinner early, changed his clothes, took his theater tickets and car keys, and was about to go out.
【bite!】
【Lucky mission started! 】
[Find your destined person and show them your suona skills. You will be rewarded with a random song. ]
The system prompt sounded in his mind and he was stunned.
Lucky mission?
Find someone who is destined to be with you and show off your suona skills? This is a bit too random! It's like finding a hidden boss in an online game. It's not easy.
Lin Zhixing glanced at the suona box on the table and hesitated a little, but thinking of the saying "Opportunities come to those who are prepared", he still carried the suona box and went out.
…
After a half-hour drive, Lin Zhixing parked the car in the parking lot outside the theater.
Just as I pulled out the key and was about to get out of the car, I suddenly heard a "beep" sound in my ear. It was not the sound of someone honking the horn, but a very strange sound.
Hearing hallucinations? Lin Zhixing didn't take it seriously. He closed the car door, locked it, and walked into the theater.
The theater is not very big, but it is very nicely decorated and there are many people coming to watch the performance.
“Ding ding!”
As Lin Zhixing walked into the theater, strange noises rang out twice.
Damn it…
Lin Zhixing rubbed his ears. His mouth felt dry, so he went to the water bar to buy some water...
“Ding ding ding!”
The strange sound happened three times in a row.
Lin Zhixing, who often plays online games, thought for a moment and suddenly realized that the "destined person" mentioned in the lucky task must be nearby. The distance is getting closer, so the prompt sound is getting more and more urgent.
This design is more humane. Otherwise, looking for someone in such a vast crowd would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Lin Zhixing looked down at his empty palms, then hurried out of the theater, went to the parking lot, opened the car door, and picked up the suona box.
I returned to the theater and walked around the theater lobby, but the "beeping sound" did not sound again.
"Dear customers, ticket checking has begun now. Please line up in an orderly manner to enter!"
The staff picked up the loudspeaker and shouted that we had to line up. Lin Zhixing had no way to look any further. He thought that since we were destined to meet, he would just go with the flow and checked his ticket to enter.
As soon as I walked into the concert hall, I heard four consecutive "beep, beep" sounds in my ears.
Could it be that the destined person was in the theater? Lin Zhixing was sitting in the third row. He stretched his neck to look around, then left his seat and walked around from the first row to the last row. The reminder sound did not sound again.
Aren't they the audience? Lin Zhixing sat back in his seat and guessed randomly. As the red curtain slowly opened, the performance officially began.
Performers appeared with folk instruments such as pipa, erhu, guzheng, suona, flute, and xiao, and the performance began amid warm applause.
The performers' postures and gestures were very coordinated, with a strong sense of melody, and they performed the rich musical language of China, which was fascinating to listen to.
This was the first time that Lin Zhixing listened to a live folk music performance. Watching the performance, he suddenly remembered a folk music group called "Tang Music Band" that he had seen when watching short videos in his previous life.
They played many classic songs and film and television drama soundtracks using folk music. They were beautiful and their music was pleasant to listen to.
There is a chance that difficult tasks will produce classic soundtracks from previous lives. If such a folk music band could be established, it would definitely bring huge profits to the studio while spreading the classics.
What Western band? To put it in a more distant perspective, we can just use our ancestors’ folk music to defeat them all and break out of the world!
In the near future, once you have trained it, you can carry it with you and use it when you participate in a show or a concert.
Unfortunately, it is too difficult to train a folk music band, so it is just something we can only think about at this stage.
There are six songs in total. Lin Zhixing listened to each one carefully. How should I put it? They are quite different from the classic songs in his previous life.
Blue Star lacks cultural entertainment! After Lin Zhixing made his assessment in his mind, the performance ended amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience.
The audience filed out, but Lin Zhixing remained seated at a leisurely pace, remembering his original intention of watching the performance, which was to pick up the fragments and improve himself.
When most people had left, he sneaked up to the curtain, lifted a crack and looked inside. At this time, all the performers had left, but the instruments were still there, probably waiting for someone to collect them.
On the stage floor, three different colored musical note-shaped luminous bodies appeared: orange, black, and green.
It was not a wasted trip!
While the people collecting the musical instruments were not there, Lin Zhixing pushed aside the curtain and walked onto the stage. He first came to the orange light source, and the moment the tip of his shoe was about to touch it, a stream of orange light penetrated into his body.
【bite!】
[Flute playing proficiency +1 point. ]
【Current: Flute Performance B (2/50). 】
My predecessor could play the flute, and my proficiency improved a little, but it’s a little too little. Is it because the performer’s level is not good enough?
Lin Zhixing didn't have time to think too much, and quickly came to the green light and touched it with the tip of his shoe.
【bite!】
[Flute playing proficiency +1 point.]
【Current: Xiao plays E (1/2). 】
Well, my predecessor couldn’t play the flute.
Lin Zhixing vaguely heard footsteps and quickly took two steps to touch the black glowing object.
【bite!】
[Suona playing proficiency +3 points. ]
【Current: Suona playing D (2/5). 】
Great, it’s been upgraded. With D’s level, I should be able to play “Jiuer” with suona.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Lin Zhixing hurried back and planned to jump off the stage. Just as he opened a crack in the curtain...
“Ding ding ding ding ding~~”
A quick reminder sounded in my ears. What the hell? The reversing radar sounded? At this moment, a woman's voice came from behind.
"The suona is too slow to enter the rhythm, failure!"
"The middle string of the zither seems to be broken. Failure!"
"The flute is played weakly, a failure among failures!"
"The worst thing is the flute. It sounds like there's a piece of shit in the music. No, it really sounds like a piece of shit!"
Wow? Who is that? He sounds really crazy! Listening to the endless complaints, Lin Zhixing realized that his "predestined person" had appeared. He turned his head and their eyes met.
Standing behind him was a short-haired girl wearing a black hoodie, about 1.7 meters tall, with no makeup on, looking a bit like a tomboy.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The short-haired girl pointed at Lin Zhixing who was squatting with a suona box and asked.
"ah……"
Lin Zhixing stood up and scratched his head awkwardly, explaining, "I'm a member of the audience and want to go on stage and take a look."
"What do you have in your hand?"
The short-haired girl glanced at the pile of musical instruments next to her, thinking he was here to steal something.
"Suona!"
Lin Zhixing saw that she had misunderstood, so he quickly took out his wallet, found the receipt and said, "I am a folk music lover, don't get me wrong, I bought this suona myself, and I have the receipt. I particularly like folk music, and I want to stand on the stage and try it out to experience the feeling of playing the suona on stage."
"oh."
The short-haired girl nodded after listening to it. She knew that the suona was an instrument that the performer would take away after playing it, so she let down her guard and said, "You can play it now. I'll give you two minutes to experience it."
Yo? You're a nice guy, right?
Isn't this just completing the task? Lin Zhixing was very surprised and asked again tentatively, "Is it okay?"
"Of course, as soon as possible!"
The short-haired girl nodded affirmatively and then sat on the chair.
The girl with short hair is called Zheng Lili. She is a music student who graduated from a music college. She works in a folk music band and hopes to perform on stage one day.
However, after working for a year, she did not get the opportunity to perform on stage as promised.
Seeing that someone was fond of folk music and wanted to go on stage to play a piece, he remembered that he could empathize with the person and agreed to Lin Zhixing's request.
"Thanks!"
Lin Zhixing opened the suona box and started playing right away without saying too much in order to save time.
The piece of music he played was "Jiuer". As a student of composition, he could play it as soon as he could recall the music, and he knew the score and everything by heart.
A slightly sad tune started playing. Although the player's level was not good enough to play it very well, it at least sounded coherent and complete.
The music attracted Zheng Lili, and she listened attentively with her chin in her hand.
Soon, the song was over.
【bite!】
[Lucky mission completed, congratulations to the host for winning the song "Yellow Man". ]
The system prompt sound suddenly rang in my mind, and all my memories of the song were brought back.
"Yellow Man" is the ending song of the TV series "Little Fish and Flower". Lin Zhixing was fascinated by it when he was a child and was tortured to death in the end.
If you ask which song sounds best when played on the flute, Lin Zhixing thinks the sound of the flute in the prelude is invincible and makes his blood boil.
I didn’t understand why I felt that way at the time, but I found out later.
The melody of the prelude uses the playing techniques of the Qiang flute. Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows, as the spring breeze does not reach the Yumen Pass? The F-key piece itself carries a desolate and tragic heroic spirit, which just combines with our national sentiments, making this song touching and lingering.
This song is good, but it's a pity that it can only be sung by one person and cannot be sung together with Song Ge.
But even if you don't sing this song, taking it out on its own and playing it as pure music is very effective.
"What's the name of this song? It's very nice." Zheng Lili asked curiously.
“Yellow… No, Jiuer!”
After being interrupted, Lin Zhixing replied hesitantly.
Zheng Lili scratched her head and said bluntly: "It's a good song, but you played it so badly!"
“I just started learning.”
Too straightforward, Lin Zhixing curled his lips, thinking of her arrogant words just now, and asked back: "From your tone just now, you are good at folk music?"
"certainly."
Zheng Lili showed a hint of pride and said, "I am very good at the flute, guzheng, suona, and erhu. But if you ask me what I am best at, I still play the flute!"
This...sounds so weird.
Lin Zhixing pinched the flesh on the outside of his thigh hard to prevent himself from laughing.
"why are you laughing?"
Zheng Lili looked at Lin Zhixing who was trying to hold back his laughter and asked with some dissatisfaction.
"Ah... nothing."
Lin Zhixing quickly waved his hands and explained seriously: "I don't quite believe you are so omnipotent."
"You don't believe me, do you?"
Zheng Lili rolled up her sleeves, pointed at the surrounding instruments and said, "Which of these instruments do you want to hear? I'll play it for you! Hurry up and tell me."
"Flute!"
Lin Zhixing said casually.
Zheng Lili waved her hand and said, "Put away the flute. Don't mention the flute. How can I play it after others have played it?"
Lin Zhixing pointed and said, "Then let's play the erhu!"
"Okay, I'll show you a clip today."
Zheng Lili walked to the erhu and just picked up the instrument when she looked up inadvertently and saw Lin Zhixing's face up close.
"Eh? Why do you look so familiar to me?"
It’s holiday time. Work hard tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)
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