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Chapter 127 Making Money (Two in One)

Wildfire Street, Streamer Beach Tavern, backstage.

With the help of Yan Yang, Lu Nansheng put on the performance costume.

It was a kitschy skirt in pure purple with glitter, decorated with hearts and sequins, and it looked like a magical girl cosplay.

The hair has also been deliberately dyed, and the pigments make the hair color gradually change in blue, dark blue, purple, and pink.

She was a little embarrassed, she had never worn such clothes since she was a child.

"Do you really want to wear this kind of clothes?"

Lu Nansheng looked towards Yan Yang.

Yan Yang is putting on makeup for herself, her appearance is that of a girl with unremarkable freckles.

Her original appearance belongs to "Hua Yin Amber", which is the property of Vsoul's company. Artists are not eligible to use company property to perform privately, and will be sentenced to breach of contract.

"Don't worry, stage performances are like this."

Yan Yang has long been familiar with the way, passionate tunes and bursting drums are not popular here, and under the promotion of the mass media controlled by giant companies, the old man's sweet songs without nutrition are the mainstream.

All the taverns that do Live House want to make money, so naturally they want to pursue the mainstream.

At this time, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup opened the backstage curtain and walked in and asked:
"Are you ready? Get ready to go on stage now."

Yan Yang responded with an OK gesture, and then said:

"Sister Bai, it's agreed, 30 per performance."

"I know, I promise you not one point less." Sister Bai, the proprietress of the tavern, folded her arms and said, "But I pay such a high reward, you have to satisfy the audience."

Yan Yang patted his chest, smiled and assured:
"Don't worry! It's not like we haven't seen how popular we are. If it wasn't for Uncle Gou's introduction, Sister Bai, your tavern hasn't had a chance to invite us to the stage."

"Oh, thank God, remember to ask the old dog to pay off the money owed next time, the girl under me can't let him sleep in vain."

Sister Bai waved her hands, walked out again, and finally said to Lu Nansheng:
"Good job!"

After Sister Bai left, Yan Yang restrained his smile and came back to Lu Nansheng's side.

"Are you ready? Don't care about anything, don't listen to anything, go on stage, sing, sing whatever you want."

"3 songs, 30, we will leave after singing."

Lu Nansheng nodded.

Before coming to the lower city, she was thinking about where to start to change the corrupt situation here.

The whole of downtown is a mixed bag, with a population of people from all over the world who come from different backgrounds.

The difference in background and experience makes these people struggle more than cooperate. Peaceful coexistence is an extravagant hope, let alone unity.

It is impossible for Lu Nansheng's current prestige or strength to change the lower city from the source, and he can only start with small things.

For example, what she used to do alone.

—Protect the weak.

After being stimulated by the incident of the three Bubble Brothers and the thief, she thought of a way out.

Start with homeless children and lonely old people, provide education and food, and set up welfare homes.

It not only ensures the survival rate of these vulnerable groups, but also prevents the children from becoming one of the bastards lying on the street waiting to die when they grow up.

As for the employees who take care of the children and the elderly, they are recruited from among the idle unemployed, and they will go to work after the assessment. They will not provide remuneration but only provide food to prevent possible crowding of posts.

To control the children is to control the new blood on the street.

When the gathered children become the main force on the street, the situation in the downtown area will improve... At least Lu Nansheng thinks so.

She has already made up her mind to take root in the downtown area, and it doesn't matter if the time period is longer.

But the biggest problem with running a welfare home is that there is no money.

How to make money quickly became the first problem she needed to face.

30 yuan for a performance, which may not be as expensive as a random piece of clothing for her before, but now it is not a small amount of start-up capital.

At least the head of the orphanage can be opened first.

"On stage in 2 minutes."

Yan Yang pinched his watch to do the countdown, and at the same time tried his best to calm Lu Nansheng's nervousness.

She looked out through the gap in the backstage curtain, saw a special figure, and couldn't help being stunned.

Yusaki Yiming.

The Rip idol under Bai Ningsheng.

She sat in the middle of the hall, like an iceberg emitting a chill.

……

Streamer Beach Tavern has never been so lively.

The proprietress, Sister Bai, was very happy. She was originally just an unremarkable strip club on Wildfire Street, where she engaged in some trickery. How could she ever see such a battle?
Today's revenue, the ticket price alone exceeds the usual annual turnover, and there are even big names in the upper city among the guests, so it is not in vain for her to spend a lot of money to redecorate.

But Sister Bai also knows that the limelight of "Hero Rose" will pass.

After the spectators lose their curiosity, it will not be easy to make money like this again.

So we must seize the opportunity to extract all the value of the "Rose Hero"!

At this time, the lobby and booths on the first floor were occupied by bustling drinkers early on, and the drinks were served with bold and rough laughter; the temporary boxes on the second floor were also full of seats. Spies gathered from all over Rose City.

Today's performance is very special. The singer is the "Rose Hero" who has recently become popular and famous in the downtown area.

For most fun-loving people, the title "Hero of the Rose" is the same as "Dragon of Dojima", "The Famous Wei" or "Witch" and "Beast King" that are often boasted on the street.

Whoever hangs out on the street doesn't have a title, it's nothing more than the difference between loud and not loud.

What really attracted them, and made the fun people in the lower city shrink their clothing and diet, grit their teeth and bleed their teeth to buy tickets, was the identity of "Rose Hero".

Miss Uptown!
The daughter of a director of a giant company!
The top class that the big guy may not be able to touch in his life.

And now such a young lady wants to sing for the street dogs on the stage.

Gee.

Push forward 100 years, and push back decades will be the only one!
It would be a real pity if you missed it.

That's why the entrance ticket to the tavern was sold at a sky-high price on Wildfire Street tonight.

Not only Wildfire Street, but also Spider Street, Kabuki Street, Twist Street next door... people from the whole downtown area came.

The audience who did not enter the venue gathered outside the door, trying to watch the live performance through the advertising screen on the tavern sign.

In addition to the residents of the lower city who come to join in the fun and want to satisfy their small sense of superiority, more guests in the private rooms on the second floor come from the upper city.

They include Lu Nansheng's former classmates and friends, the sons of officials who once fawned on her, and spies sent by curious people from various forces.

Compared with the laughter and laughter of the drinkers in the lower city, they seemed silent and dignified.

Some people think that Lu Nansheng has trampled on the dignity of a giant company, flattering the untouchables in the city without shame, losing the bottom line and self-esteem.

Some people find it ridiculous and sad, and don't understand why she made such a choice at all.

There are also people who just come to have fun, such as Fu Xi.

He pouted his chin and looked forward to the stage. The atmosphere was already very lively, and the drinkers cheered the name of "Hero Rose", urging her to come out quickly.

"The consciousness is a little higher than I thought. I thought that she would be willing to put down her dignity and make money on the street after waiting for a period of time when she was really desperate."

Fu Xi originally planned to recall Yan Yang forcibly next week.

The cute new player Lu Nansheng needs a novice guide to help her adapt quickly in the downtown area, but the guide cannot always be by her side.

Losing the novice facilitator is where the game really begins.

Next to him, Tee Lu lacked interest and was happy for nothing.

"I don't know if I will have fun watching it today."

Fu Xi scanned the dark second-floor box.

Betrayers of giant companies are not uncommon, but this is the first time someone who betrayed a giant company came out to perform.

Lu Nansheng can also be regarded as opening a new track, empowering his own advantages, finding the starting point of the project, and forming a new closed loop of the project ecology.

He didn't make him wait for a long time, and soon the curtain of the stage was lifted, and the cheers on the scene became enthusiastic.

"Hi everyone! We will bring you three songs tonight! I hope you like it!"

Yan Yang put on a smile with obvious traces of business on his face, and waved towards the bottom of the stage.

As a seasoned idol, she has no stage fright.

Lu Nansheng lowered her head and followed Yan Yang a few steps away without saying a word.

This naturally elicited boos.

However, the two on stage turned a deaf ear and picked up the microphone to turn on the accompaniment.

They sang vulgar ditties created by themselves on the street. All popular music works in Rose City are copyrighted, and private cover songs are not allowed to make profits.

Street ditties imitating the style of pop songs are the mainstream of the dance floors of the major pubs in the downtown area.

Three songs, 30, leave after singing.

Thinking that after getting the money, they can slowly spread the stalls, and those scorching sights are not so difficult to accept.

Lu Nansheng followed Yan Yang's rhythm and sang to herself without any response.

The three songs are only about ten minutes long, and they will end soon.

The moment the music fell, Lu Nansheng bowed and said:
"That's all for today's performance, thank you everyone."

After finishing speaking, he walked backstage, turning the boos into waves.

"Wait a moment."

A cold voice was amplified and overwhelmed everyone present.

"One million, sing one song."

The speaker is Yusaki Yiming.

She was not on the second floor, but sat in the middle of the hall with her hands folded. Perhaps it was written on her cold face that strangers should not enter. There was actually a large area beside her.

Hearing this, Lu Nansheng stopped and turned around.

The latter opened his personal network access warehouse to tip, and a big '+150w' floated in front of everyone: "With dancing, a song will add 50 more."

Lu Nansheng took a deep breath and said with concentration: "Are you sure."

Yu Saki Yiming stood up, "The money has already been given." She made a gesture of invitation in her hand, and looked around everyone:
"However, stage performances are not self-entertainment. You have to satisfy the audience to get the money."

Lu Nansheng turned around and walked towards the stage.

Yan Yang wanted to pull her but couldn't, so he had to accompany her back to the stage.

At this moment Yusaki Yiming said again:

"The lady next to you can step down first."

Yan Yang reacted quickly, and said in an idol way: "We are a group and we want to perform together."

"Everyone is here to see 'Hero Rose', not to see you, if you want to get money, just do what I say."

Yusaki Yiming said coldly.

"But……"

"Yan Yang." Lu Nansheng called her in a low voice, "Leave it to me."

Yan Yang hesitated a little, and stepped off the stage alone, and waited beside the curtain in the backstage.

When she walked away, Yusaki Yiming continued to urge her aggressively:
"Can we start?"

Lu Nansheng picked up the microphone and nodded slightly, and the accompaniment sounded slowly.

This woman is here to find fault, for her.

So what?

This is 150 million, which is a huge sum that is difficult to touch in the lower city.

With this money, she recruits more children and helps more people.

In comparison, the current effort is nothing, she just sang a few songs.

Since you want to hear it, I'll sing it to you.

……

No accompaniment, no tuning.

The simple lyrics of a cappella echoed with her voice, and Lu Nansheng casually danced an ordinary folk dance, which was difficult for a well-educated young lady like her in a children's interest class.

The song she sang was a short passage from the famous opera "Don Quixote" in the Earth Age, with a high pitch and full of beauty.

However, many audiences off the stage have never even heard the word 'opera', let alone understand the emotion and content of it.

This kind of "elegant" art, which is appreciated by the rich and the idle, will never appear on the streets.

After singing a song, everyone just felt lonely after listening to it.

"It's over, thank you everyone."

Lu Nansheng spoke polite words, her gaze stayed on Yu Xiaoyiming's face for a moment, and she was about to pack up her things and leave the stage.

The gold master who ordered the song, Yu Saki Yiming, folded her hands on her chest, showing no expression fluctuations, but stopped a second before she left.

"As I said, performing on stage is not about entertaining yourself, you have to satisfy the audience to get the money."

Lu Nansheng paused.

Yusaki Yiming raised his chin: "Do you think this kind of performance can satisfy the audience?"

Before Lu Nansheng could speak, the audience in the audience became restless and made noisy and eager boos.

"Geneva! Money back!"

"Not satisfied, not satisfied! Keep singing!"

"Come to "Niu Niu You Are So Beautiful"! What is it singing, we want to hear it!"

"..."

Amidst the booing and booing, Yusaki Yiming tilted his head, pointed at the microphone on the stage again and raised his eyebrows.

The meaning is obvious.

Want to get money?So please, keep the audience happy.

Lu Nansheng clenched her fists and took several deep breaths before turning back to the microphone.

The audience was shouting some tacky street songs, mostly with explicit and vulgar lyrics, that's what they loved to hear.

But Lu Nansheng can't sing, and the "pop culture" she has come into contact with is just the pop songs of Rose City idols, so she chooses to sing operas, at least to bypass the copyright.

If the opera couldn't satisfy the audience, she could only go back and re-sing one of the three songs performed first today.

The music faded away, and before Yusaki Yiming could speak, the audience automatically became lively.

"Not satisfied not satisfied!"

"Where is the repetition?"

"Rubbish!"

"Listen to "Niu Niu You Are Too Beautiful" or "Sling Pants Rap"!"

A simple live performance turned into a farce, and the audience's voices became louder and louder, entangled endlessly.

In the private room on the second floor, Di Lu asked Fu Xi:
"Boss, how can I satisfy them? What do you really want to sing...?"

Saying the last two words made her blush.

Fu Xi shook his head, interested to see what Lu Nansheng would do.

"No matter what you do, the audience will not be satisfied. They just come to watch the fun, and see if the once high-ranking young lady will not come down from the stage."

"Isn't this a form of violence? Or bullying?"

"Yes, but so what, everyone doesn't care." Fu Xi smiled and said, "Everyone here, which one is not a victim of 'exploitation and violence' by a giant company?"

Thiru was speechless.

On the stage, Lu Nansheng clenched his fists tighter and tighter. Yan Yang came up to the stage, grabbed Lu Nansheng's hand and shouted:

"Enough! We don't want 150 million."

Then he whispered again: "Yaya, let's go."

Yusaki Yiming sneered:
"Where is the reason why the performers let the audience leave the stage regardless, is this what your idol class taught you? Junior."

She couldn't recognize Yan Yang who had changed her face, but she could tell that the girl had received professional training.

Yan Yang is not used to her:
"Shut up! Bitch! Get the hell out of here."

"Ah."

Yu Qi Yiming dismissed Yan Yang's scolding, and continued to say to Lu Nansheng:
"How about this, I'll add another 50, and 'Rose Hero' will come and dance on the wine table next to me. As a young lady, you can definitely do simple ballroom dances, right?"

"After the dance, no matter what the result is, 200 million will be given to you. Of course, if you want to dance one more dance, you can give an extra 50. There is no upper limit."

The table next to her is a round monopod glass table with a diameter of no more than 90 centimeters.

Not to mention whether he could stand firm, with Lu Nansheng's dress, he could have a panoramic view of the scenery standing on the table and under the skirt.

And there is no doubt that those booing drinkers will take the opportunity to reach out and touch them.

This is already a naked humiliation!

Yu Saki Yiming looked at Lu Nansheng with hatred.

The latter's appearance of not getting off the stage filled her with joy.

It's this guy!
This inexplicable woman.

Suddenly bursting out at the White Tower space station ruined her life, her career, and her future.

When Bai Ningsheng died, Rip Entertainment also collapsed.

It took her ten years to climb from the daughter of an ordinary little boss to the position of the top idol in Rose City, and this woman completely destroyed it with just one sword.

The resentment in Yusaki Yiming's heart was revealed, and her originally sweet face slowly twisted.

The new boss is an out-and-out pervert who only uses her as a tool to vent his desire.

All in all, blame this self-righteous 'rose hero'!
The audience off the stage followed Yusaki Yiming and shouted loudly, almost breaking through the ceiling, and the voices of "dance" and "come one" came one after another.

Lu Nansheng squinted her eyes, but let go of her tightly clenched hands.

"I refuse, take your money back."

"The show ends today."

With that said, she turned and left without hesitation.

It's true that Lu Nansheng wanted money, but he also had a bottom line.

Wanting to help others doesn't mean you have to abuse yourself, even if you can't stand your own bottom line, how can you help others raise their bottom line?

She came to downtown to become a part of it, to make it better, not to degrade it.

Seeing that Lu Nansheng was about to leave, Yu Xiao Yiming also directly tore his face.

He slapped the table and stood up, shouting loudly:
"Even the audience can't be satisfied, so why say the performance is over!"

Lu Nansheng ignored her and disappeared backstage.

Fu Xi on the second floor stretched his waist and watched the whole process lazily, without making a sound or expressing anything.

"It looks like it's over, this kind of plot will not be poked!"

Thiru took the coat for him and asked at the same time:

"Will it be too much? Boss?"

"Is it too much? It's not too much at all." Fu Xi took the coat and put it on: "Where is this going? It's all a small scene. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the downtown area, there are many more problems than this."

Lu Nansheng has a special status, and he has to pay more than others to become famous in the lower city.

As for Yusaki Yiming?

This kind of little person doesn't bother him to spend his time.

"Come on, let's go home."

Fu Xi stood up and greeted Tilu.

Tiru's tone was disappointed: "Is this the way to go back?"

"Ok?"

Fu Xi tilted his head, observed Dilu for a few seconds and then suddenly asked, "You...have you put on makeup?"

Tilu has a light makeup on her face. She usually looks plain, with collagen all over her face.

Hearing the question, Tilu turned her head to the side. It was obvious that someone said 'date' before she went out, so she dressed up carefully, but she didn't expect to come to the downtown area to watch the performance of her childhood sweetheart.

Fu Xi rolled his eyes, smiled and praised:

"Beautiful! Perfect for you."

He said and stretched out his hand: "It's still so early, it's a waste to go back, why not go to the top of Ark Mountain to see the stars. The stars here are beautiful, as beautiful as the sea of ​​stars in the empty wasteland."

Teelu immediately beamed with joy, and passed her hand over.

……

The uproar came to an end.

No matter how booed the audience in the tavern, the show ended, and the people who stepped off the stage never came to the stage again.

They came with excitement, returned disappointed, and left cursing.

Backstage, Lu Nansheng changed back to her usual attire, a mechanic's vest jacket and nylon pants.

Except for the dyeing of the hair, which could not be removed, so I tied a single ponytail and put on a peaked cap.

She and Yan Yang found Sister Bai, the proprietress of the tavern.

"Sister Bai, the performance is over, please make a payment."

Sister Bai is holding a female e-cigarette in her mouth, and uses the Internet access warehouse to surf the Internet without raising her eyelids:

"Remuneration? No."

Lu Nansheng raised her eyebrows: "We agreed, three songs, 30."

Sister Bai stopped, and finally raised her head slowly:
"We also agreed that the audience must be satisfied. You see, you suddenly stepped down, not only losing 200 million rewards, but also the audience scolded you. How can I do business after you do this?"

She breathed out the smoke ring and waved her hands:

"Let's go, let's go! For the sake of the old dog, I don't care about compensation with you, but I still want to get paid?"

Lu Nansheng snapped at Sister Bai's collar, startled her, and dropped the e-cigarette from her mouth to the ground.

"What do you want to do? You want to hit someone?"

Sister Bai suddenly cried out.

"Hero Rose is beating someone!"

"Hero Rose is robbing!"

"Someone! Help!"

In the end, Lu Nansheng suppressed his temper, let go of Sister Bai and quickly left towards the back of the tavern.

"Yan Yang, let's go."

Before the two went out, Sister Bai shouted at the top of her voice:
"Don't even think about performing with me in the future!"

"I bother!"

Yan Yang spat at her, and after spitting, he chased after Lu Nansheng.

The night on Wildfire Street is cold, the neon lights are as bright as Uptown, and the people who come and go are just like Uptown.

"Yaya, don't be angry with that old woman. She just wants to cheat us because she sees us as a bully. When she comes back at night with her face masked, drag her into the alley and beat her up."

Lu Nansheng stopped to look at her, then continued walking.

"Go back first."

Yan Yang was anxious, and said again: "It's all my problem. I suggested you to perform and sing. Uncle Dog is not reliable. Who are you recommending?"

Lu Nansheng disagreed with her words instead:
"It has nothing to do with you Yan Yang, you have helped me enough. It was I who wanted to make quick money and involved you."

Yan Yang was dissatisfied: "If you say that, you will be offended."

"sorry."

Lu Nansheng immediately changed his tone and smiled, and then said seriously:

"We want to make money in another way, which is stable, efficient, and harmless."

"But where to find such a job?"

Yan Yang spread his hands helplessly.

Of course there are stable and efficient ways to make money!When cyberpunk takes jobs from middlemen.

Rose City is full of jobs, those who kidnap and rescue those who are kidnapped, those who kill and those who protect from being killed, those who steal and those who catch thieves... Cyberpunk is the first choice for those who want to make quick money in the downtown area.

They also chose the same way in the schedule match.

But this is also risky, not only walking on the tip of the knife every day, but also not meeting Lu Nansheng's "harmless" requirement.

"There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain."

Lu Nansheng comforted, and then felt something cold and hard from his pocket.

——Tarot card [XIII Reaper].

Touching the face of the card with her fingertips, she suddenly thought of what the fortune teller said at that time.

'I promise to present you with a job of complete satisfaction. '

Lu Nansheng listened to her footsteps, took out the hand-held personal terminal that Shan Bao had given her from her arms, and dialed the phone number on the Tarot card.

"Hello, Soul Flame Divination Club."

It was the fortune teller's voice on the phone.

"Hello." Lu Nansheng said uncertainly, "I want to take a job. Is there anything suitable for you?"

The fortune teller on the other end of the phone laughed.

"Follow the trajectory of fate, of course."

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