silver sea

Chapter 32 "What are you thanking for the favor you owe?"

The popularity of the Bass solo video that briefly became popular on the Internet two months ago has not completely disappeared. At the end of October, Taiguo's official Weibo released a 15-second video.

At the beginning, there is bass, a pair of hands, almost the same perspective as the online video.In the fish-like bass line, guitars and drums are slowly added, the camera flickers, and the musical instruments and figures in the rehearsal room flash past.

The picture processed into black and white is very textured, and it seems to create a full atmosphere in just ten seconds.

In addition to the band, Taiguo has also signed many idols and pop singers in recent years. His star-making methods have long been proficient, and when he used it on Yinshan, he showed only a small part.

Immediately afterwards, a marketing account released the news, "The original singer of "Respect for Freedom" will launch a re-produced studio version."

Yinshan only became popular on a small scale four years ago. Outside the eastern seaboard, places where rock music has a wider audience—such as Yanjing and Ancheng—are not familiar with them.Compared with the name of "Yinshan", their song "Respect for Freedom" is more famous.This song is the only work written by the four of them together, and everyone contributed to the creation.

But by then their relationship was already in shambles, and everyone was exhausted from the high-intensity tour.This song is more like an effort to restore "Work Together", but in the end there is no complete studio version, only a live version with relatively better sound quality.

After Wen Youxia left, they changed bass players. The other party couldn't control Wen Youxia's bass line, so they had to streamline it before performing.But the effect of the re-edited performance was not as good as before. Even though the audience gave good feedback, Qiu Sheng decided not to act again.

"Respect for Freedom" really broke the circle because it was sung during the performance of an idol talent show.

At that time, the other program found Taiguo to buy the copyright, and Huang Anwei asked Qiu Sheng to decide.Qiu Sheng was in poor condition at that time, and even if he nodded, he couldn't re-arrange the music by himself, so he handed over the original file to the program's arranger teacher.The accompaniment was almost completely changed by them, and the performance became a hot search, so the song became widely known.

So although the original singer is Yinshan, many people don't know it, let alone listen to the original version of guitar, bass and drum.

According to Liu Wangyu, it is too late for them to "start from scratch".And if Yinshan wants to enter the public's field of vision in a short period of time, and catch up with the current domestic audience's speed of absorbing new bands, first of all, it should make the most of "Respect for Freedom".In addition, the band members must also have a story line worth exploring.

In the past, the video of smashing the bass has been circulated for a long time. It seems that regardless of the past, it is a happy story to try again for the ideal.

Qiu Sheng didn't agree to this, but he didn't show any strong objection either, and rarely said a word during the meeting.

Gu Qi feels that apart from creation, everything else can be relatively compromised.But it seems that it is not that simple, Qiu Sheng has always hated others to expose his scars, how can he bear it this time?

He went to ask, but Qiu Sheng refused to reveal the reason.

He tried Wen Youxia again, and the other party said, "Just Qiu Sheng."

"Both are weird." Gu Qi concluded.

After that Weibo was posted, it was Woken's music fans who reacted first.It's not surprising that among the people who follow Taiguo's official Weibo, only they are immersed in major music festivals and tours all year round, and they are more sensitive to these.

When Qiu Sheng clicked on the comment section, the hot comments made it clear what Taiguo wanted to do.

"Silver Mountain?! Fuck, I can't think of another band that has a bassist at the front of their promos except Silver Mountain!"

"Is it true to re-record "Respect for Freedom"? Help, Huang Anwei has figured it out. Only one live version of the song can be listened to after so many years. Is there a worse original song than this!"

"Singing, 'Is there any regret for yesterday, waiting for tomorrow, roaring, embracing the wind, dreaming the most absurd dream in the desert' 'We are naive, we are stupid, we walk through the center of the universe and respect freedom' QAQ"

"Qiu Qiu—let's go on tour—"

"Just one question, who's the bass player!!!"

He habitually reads comments in reverse chronological order, and unexpectedly saw some discordant voices:

"So the previous bass video wasn't a hype, started a conspiracy theory.jpg"

"Qiu Sheng can still sing now? One thing to say, his last performance is really similar...I suggest that Tai Guo give him a urine test first, so as not to get burned one day, and he will be severely punished recently~"

"I really look down on Wen Youxia if he comes back."

"Excuse me, who are you, Wen Youxia needs you to look up to me?"

……

The words line by line are very numb.

The relationship between Yinshan and Woken is indeed not very good.

Apart from the fact that the two bands were established in the same year, signed with the same batch of companies, and led by the same lead singer, the bass player Xu Ran who wanted to dig a silver mountain was even more talked about, but was kicked out of the backstage of the performance by Qiu Sheng, so Woken's Music fans can be forgiven for not liking Qiu Sheng.

"What are you looking at? Your face is pale." Gu Qi suddenly came over.

Qiu Sheng was taken aback, and quickly turned off the screen: "It's nothing, just take a look."

In the dressing room, everyone was so busy that their feet didn't touch the floor, only Qiu Sheng could sit in the corner and check Weibo.

Today, I had to take a group of photos to promote on the official website. In order to keep the status of the shooting, Liu Wangyu dragged them to the company one by one at five o'clock in the morning.In order to watch them later, Liu Wangyu also hired an assistant named A Lian, with fair skin and big eyes, who looked like the heroine of "Amelie" and had the same hairstyle.

A Lian used to lead a girl group, never listened to rock, and was not very interested in these people, and now he was standing next to Lu Yining talking about what he was going to bring in the afternoon.

After a while, we started chatting.

"Do you have cats in your house? ... There are five?! Then can I go and see next time!"

Lu Yining's voice came from afar: "Yes, you can touch."

Hearing this, Qiu Sheng and Gu Qi laughed at the same time, he rubbed his face, and lowered his voice: "The cats are all confessed, Xiao Lu must not fall in love with him."

"It's possible, he likes those with big eyes."

Qiu Shengxin said, what kind do I like?From the mirror, he looked at Wen Youxia, who was posing with her eyes closed, feeling a little dazed.

Gu Qi seemed to say it casually: "Two days ago, Wen Xia sent me a WeChat message in the middle of the night, rambling on and on for a long time, and finally asked me if you had an operation." , "And I just said to him, 'No'."

"It's true that you haven't done it, and you didn't lie to him."

"Hey..." Gu Qi sighed incomparably maturely, "But I'm still in a panic. Can't you have another check-up, just for my relief?"

Qiu Sheng said no, I felt like throwing up when I saw the word gastroscope, and after a while he said, "Can you send me the screenshot of the chat?"

"Ah?" Gu Qi was puzzled, but did as he did.

The styling was done very slowly, while Qiu Sheng let the makeup artist dress up himself, he read over and over again the few words Wen Youxia asked Gu Qi, especially the sentence "he didn't tell me".

He was so happy to see it, and almost felt that Wen Youxia was going to turn around.

Huang Anwei, the boss of Taiguo, was their die-hard fan back then, and believed that Yinshan had great potential. When he persuaded Qiu Sheng to sign his company, he said that he was bald.In the end, their reward to Huang Anwei was that the members fell apart one year after signing the contract, and disbanded the next year. This should be hated by Huang Anwei, but the big boss ignored the past and arranged the best photographer for them.

The band doesn't need to dress too fancy, all of them are young, with good facial features, and no one has gained weight early. It seems that they have simply tidied up, but their spirits are more than one level higher than usual.

In the final film, Gu Qi was on the left of Qiu Sheng and Lu Yining was on the right, and Wen Youxia was placed on the far left.Qiu Sheng originally wanted him to stand in front, but he is the tallest, so standing like this is not harmonious.Neither of them had a musical instrument, and they looked a little strange to each other from the monitors.

Lu Yining disliked her bun face: "Wen Xia is so handsome."

"It's also very photogenic." Gu Qi added, lamenting that God's creation of man is really eccentric.

Qiu Sheng glanced at it, and admitted in his heart that Gu Qi was right, Wen Youxia was still very handsome after all these years.

They have also taken promotional photos before, and they also took pictures of each other with a film camera, recording the beginning and end of the performance, the food stalls with fireworks in the middle of the night, and the rehearsal room at sunset.

He loves to photograph Wen Youxia, all kinds of Wen Youxia.Those with short hair, those with long hair, those who smoke, those who play the piano, those who sit in a daze by the window frame, those who are slightly drunk at night and stand under the tree reaching for the jacaranda... There are also the shadows of two people holding hands and kissing, Sleep on messy pillows.Wen Youxia also took pictures of him, because he likes to attack suddenly, Qiu Sheng in the photos is always looking confused and bewildered, like a frightened cat at any time, he finds it ugly, some are distorted, some are out of focus, Some were overexposed, but duplicity saved a lot of pictures of each other.

After Wen Youxia left, Qiu Sheng first hid under the bed out of sight, and once was cleaned up by the housekeeper, he almost went crazy on the spot.I wanted to burn it at first, but in the end I was reluctant, and even the photo and box fell into the trash can downstairs.

It's a pity now that none of them are left.

I don't know if Wen Youxia would agree to the reshoot.

When they first met, Wen Youxia's hair was shaved very short, because it was hot in summer, so it was convenient to wash his hair this way.The boy's hair grows fast, within two months, Wen Youxia had his hair cut once, and this time he only trimmed his hair, which is much quieter than Mao Cun's. Qiu Sheng said he looked good, and he kept it for more than half a year.

See you again in four years. Wen Youxia's already long hair was cut back to its original shape by the stylist. The bangs on his forehead covered his overly deep and fierce eyebrows a little. temperament.

It was too sharp before, but now Wen Youxia is the style that is most in line with the public's aesthetics. It is a bit cool, a bit cold, and not so indifferent that it is difficult to approach, leaving the audience with just the right amount of thought.

But Qiu Sheng will miss him in the past, run amok, and don't think about tomorrow.

The other two were still convincing the photographer if they could make themselves more handsome. Wen Youxia, who was wearing a denim jacket, was standing by the door, never interested in these things.

Qiu Sheng wanted to say something to Wen Youxia, such as how you plan to arrange the money.But the last time they were alone face to face had turned out so badly that he couldn't speak now.

He pinched Wen Youxia and kissed him, biting both of them blood. Since then, Wen Youxia hasn't contacted him except for the call to borrow money.Afterwards, Qiu Sheng was extremely horrified to find that he might have really thought about strangling Wen Youxia to death before committing suicide. He was so sick that he thought about dying together.

As if Wen Youxia didn't see him, she was uncomfortable with the thin layer of foundation on her face, and was rubbing the back of her hand non-stop.

This action made Qiu Sheng laugh, and he said, "That one needs to remove makeup."

Wen Youxia paused: "Oh."

After raising his head, Qiu Sheng said, "Has the matter been resolved?"

"what?"

"Money." Qiu Sheng reminded him, "Can it solve your problem? If it's not enough, I'll lend you some more."

"It's solved." Wen Youxia said, his lips moved, and finally spit out two words that were too embarrassing for them, and Qiu Sheng felt uncomfortable when he saw it, "Thank you."

Qiu Sheng's face collapsed: "What are you thanking for paying it back?"

Wen Youxia was about to speak when Liu Wangyu stepped on high heels and walked in front of them, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand.She didn't realize that the two of them looked at each other subtly, and pushed the manuscript into Qiu Sheng's arms: "Look."

"Interview draft?" Qiu Sheng entered the working state in a second, and put aside the entangled love for the time being, "What interview?"

Liu Wangyu: "It's arranged for you, if you see any ones that you can't answer, I'll let someone say hello and delete them."

Qiu Sheng flipped through it roughly, and it wasn't just a cliché.

He returned it to Liu Wangyu indifferently: "No, I'm not a little idol, so there's nothing I can't say."

"Pay attention to the wording." Liu Wangyu reminded him, "If I ask why you disbanded, I hope you—and you, Wen Xia—you all remain calm and speak with one voice, OK?"

Qiu Sheng: "Well, I would say it's because of disagreement."

Difference of ideas is the simplest and most complicated excuse.

No matter how ordinary people play in a band, they have their own personalities, and no one is willing to keep accommodating.Therefore, "idea" provides a universal excuse, no matter what contradictions, it is right to push it to the idea, needless to say.And disbanding and reorganizing is like grinding away the excess edges and corners of each other, and then grinding them into gears that can fit together, providing driving force for the band.

These things are not only "ideas", but more like "feelings", just like Wen Youxia stood at the corner of the empty stairs in the building four years ago, facing the sunset and asked him: "What do you think is the most important thing in being a band?"

Wen Youxia said that at that time, he felt that the most important thing was that it was appropriate.

If the feelings are right, then the concept can be changed.

Wen Youxia thinks that the band should not go to the ground, Qiu Sheng thinks it can, Wen Youxia likes a more violent style, Qiu Sheng thinks that garage, psychedelic, dreampop can all be part of them-but these cannot shake their love.

What really makes them unable to go on is nothing more than suddenly discovering that they are not gears that can fit each other.

He is too serious and stubborn in everything he does. He does not admit that he will make mistakes. He feels that only he can understand the deliberation behind all decisions.He couldn't distinguish between business and personal affairs, and asked Wen Youxia to cooperate 100% in everything he did, even if he couldn't keep up, he had to follow.

But Wen Youxia is not like him, who can regard music as his life.

Wen Youxia always wanted to find another puzzle piece with a matching shape, but his corners pierced the two of them.

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