silver sea

The turmoil of "Blueberry Night" a year ago directly led to the disbandment of Rotten Apple, which had just been reorganized.

Since then, the big and small bands in Donghe have restrained themselves, and Blue Flower Lane has become more formal. No matter how close the boss is with them, he will no longer allow some people to do something in the backstage and at the party. Brother paid a huge fine, isn't this just released?

Regularity is a good thing, but the decadent and unrestrained temperament of the former Lanhua Lane has been cut in half for no reason, which has been criticized to some extent.

In the afternoon of July, the roses bloomed just right. After looking over the wall, clusters of roses fell from the front of the blue tiles, and the sun shone like pearls.Many girls and boys stood bored and struck up a conversation with each other, and from time to time there was a sound of a band tuning in a livehouse that hadn't opened yet.

Yinshan has a regular performance at "Blossoms" every Friday, and occasionally there are venues in Lingang or Nanqiao. The distance is close, and the transportation and accommodation are still within the acceptable range.They still don’t have an agent in charge, and the venue fee is directly shared with the owner of the livehouse. It’s not bad if there are less than 100 people watching a performance. After the performance, each person can get a few hundred or less than 1000 yuan. Not to mention making a fortune, at least temporarily. make ends meet.

"But I still want to emphasize, don't smash the piano, don't smash the piano, don't smash the piano!" Gu Qi has several jobs, and when he mentioned this, he turned into an accountant and didn't save the lead singer at all, "Qiu Er, you still laugh, say It's you!"

"You look like my mother."

"I'm your father." Gu Qi rolled his eyes, "Be serious, our current financial situation does not allow you to be so self-willed. When you make money, I don't care if you buy a violin worth more than 1 and smash it to listen to the sound!"

Qiu Sheng cares about everything but only money—because he is really insensitive to it—he just broke his guitar to get it repaired last week, and suddenly spent half the performance fee, Gu Qi scolded him for being justifiable , Qiu Sheng had no reason to refute.He wiped his nose and said "oh" never again.

After Gu Qi finished cursing, he didn't get angry, and used the lines his parents used to: "Look at how long Wen Xia has been using the bass. You two have been in love for so long, so you can't learn from him?"

"You are so annoying." Qiu Sheng covered his ears and stopped listening.

At that time, Gu Qi only wanted to be straightforward, and no one present, including the staff, expected that this would be a prophecy.

"Huayang" is closed in the afternoon, the VJ adjusted the lights and screens at night, Qiu Sheng and the others took the opportunity to come in for rehearsal.After rehearsing the new song to be performed that night, I suddenly heard a few sparse applause above my head.

Qiu Sheng raised his head, and on the second floor, a man in a suit and leather shoes greeted them excitedly.

The rehearsal came to an end anyway, Huang Anwei, who was supposed to show up at night, rushed over right now, Qiu Sheng played the guitar and asked him to come downstairs.The band was on the stage, he and Huang Anwei stood on the dance floor, and he took a sip of water.

"Boss Huang, why are you here so soon?"

Huang Anwei cheerfully greeted the band members one by one, and then said: "There is a party tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it, so I'll skip work to talk to you...Xiaoqiu, you were relieved to discuss it yesterday."

Qiu Sheng didn't forget about it before he put his paw down, and said: "I know, this is not the first performance—"

"I know that other companies are also looking for you." Huang Anwei touched the back of his head with a bunch of upturned hair, "From next year, the Record Awards will set 'Best Independent Music Album', I think... It is an opportunity not to be missed for you, if you sign now, you will definitely catch up next year."

Qiu Shengxin said that he thought too well, which round of the mainstream record awards would go to them.But Huang Anwei's cake is like the "carrot" that Julie found a recording studio for them back then, and anyone who heard it was moved.

"We are not that powerful." Qiu Sheng said tactfully.

"No, no, you have to believe me!" Huang Anwei pressed his shoulder excitedly, and at the same time, Wen Youxia on the stage looked at him lightly, "Your music is very fashionable, yet unconventional , the public can easily accept it! Although I haven't been making records for too long, the entertainment company has been around for so many years, and I know many producers..."

"Ah." Qiu Sheng was stunned, "What's the matter?"

Huang Anwei lowered his voice: "If your song is signed to Taiguo, I will find the best producer to check it out for you. You will definitely become popular in a short time-this is different from finding a gunman. Make sure to make sure first. Your independent creation, so Xiao Qiu, I really like your band so I secretly tell you this."

It was so tempting that Qiu Sheng couldn't help but look at the band members resting on the edge of the stage.

The two were arguing for some reason, their faces were flushed, and they ignored him.Wen Youxia met Qiu Sheng's gaze and raised his eyebrows slightly, asking "what's the matter".Qiu Sheng waved to him, and Wen Youxia put down the bass and came towards him.

Before he could stand still, Qiu Sheng said, "I still think I can sign the contract. What do you think?"

Wen Youxia's cold face remained unchanged: "It's fine if you think it's fine."

"You're not upset, are you?" he asked.

Qiu Sheng was most afraid of Wen Youxia's different opinions. After all, the other two people in the band scolded him. As long as the conditions were beneficial to the band, they would not object.

But Wen Youxia is different. To a certain extent, Yinshan is the sustenance of his and Wen Youxia's separate ideals, and their ideals obviously have a lot of differences. At the beginning, neither of them noticed this problem, but now they are looking for a consensus. There are always obstacles when trying to find a solution.

Qiu Sheng himself tends to make music that "can resonate with people after listening", which is more sharing; in contrast, Wen Youxia's music belongs to venting and shouting, which is completely self-aware, and doesn't care whether others I can understand.Their philosophies have something in common, so Yinshan's music has always been balanced and suspended between two extreme forces. Although it is in danger, it can satisfy and resonate with both of them.

This kind of disagreement is irrelevant to the creation. At most, they will quarrel with each other and write their own. However, it may cause more serious consequences for the direction of the band. He felt that mainstream audiences could not understand his expression at all, so it would be safer to hide in the small underground circle.

But it is obvious that if Wen Youxia continues to follow Wen Youxia's style, unless the sky is red and rainy, those who have not been famous for ten or eight years will not be able to make money.

Wen Youxia knew in his heart that he was just making a fuss.

After hearing that Youxia didn't speak for a long time, Qiu Sheng asked again: "You really aren't unhappy, are you? Last time you recorded an album, you said I made my own decisions, so I won't do it this time, express your opinion? Just take it for my peace of mind."

"Really not." Wen Youxia said, in order to show that he was not lying, he hooked Qiu Sheng's shoulder and gently brought it towards him.

"Really? Didn't you lie to me?"

"It's no good coaxing you."

Qiu Sheng bit his lower lip and smiled, and said inexplicably, "A little bit, right?"

He didn't shy away from having outsiders by his side, and Huang Anwei witnessed all this, and noticed that the internal relationship of the band was turbulent.But Huang Anwei believes that Yinshan is a small boat that has been sailing for a long time, as long as it does not hit an iceberg or a reef, it cannot sink easily.These subtle contradictions are like small cracks. At that time, both he and Qiu Sheng believed that small cracks would not really destroy anything.

It was impossible to sign the contract right away, and Huang Anwei, as the big boss, couldn't always be personally involved in such matters.He left Qiu Sheng the contact information of a woman named "Liu Wangyu", saying that she would be responsible for the follow-up.

This matter was finally about to be settled, Qiu Sheng was in a good mood, and worked very hard on the performance that day.The cheers were louder and louder, and the ceiling of "Huayang" was about to be overturned, and a new song called "Enthusiasm" was performed, which seemed more appropriate to the occasion.

After the end, Qiu Sheng returned to the backstage.

Lu Yining leaned against the door and chatted with the two young girls who came to find the band members, smiling so hard that they couldn't see their teeth.There was a "buzzing" in Qiu Sheng's ears. He had just sat down when Wen Youxia came looking for someone with a small bottle.

"Take medicine." Wen Youxia said, followed by hot water.

Not long after we got together, Qiu Sheng confessed his illness to him—anxiety disorder, severe somatization, and minor gastrointestinal problems—Wen Youxia thought it didn’t matter at first, but witnessed Qiu Sheng almost fainted once because of being too nervous Later, he started to pay attention to it. At this time, it seems that he has cultivated the ability to set an alarm clock to remind him to take medicine.

Relatively speaking, estazolam can remain stable for a period of time. Qiu Sheng has serious emotional ups and downs before and after the performance, and the psychological pressure is also great.He drank water from Wen Youxia's hand, and was about to say something when the lounge door opened, and a gust of fragrant wind blew in first.

"Xiao Qiuer!" Julie put her hands on her hips, "Miss me?"

Guangming Road Food Street is a good place for them to have a drink after the performance. The food stalls are cheap and taste good.July is the time to eat crayfish, and the stalls occupy half of the sidewalk, and the scene is very hot.

"Boss, three catties of minced garlic, three catties of thirteen spices, and two catties of signature steamed rice!" Julie ordered unceremoniously, "Edamame beans, beer, and grilled skewers. I'll pay for it today!"

She came to this place many times, the boss and the waiter all recognized her, said with a smile, "good girl", and quickly cleared a table for them.

Julie sat down bravely, and took a sip of the barley tea to quench her thirst: "Sit down, my sister treats you today!"

Buy three get one free of each flavor of crayfish, and you may not be able to finish it all. She also ordered a bunch of Wuyang Wuyang barbecue.There are four people in Yinshan, the number of singles and non-single couples is evenly divided. Lu Yining brought a girl who is in an ambiguous period, and the other party also knows Julie. She is not shy at all, holding Lu Yining's arm and asking him to give her Grilled lobster.

"Gu Qi, where's your girlfriend? Don't let them come?" Julie lit a cigarette and smoked, making fun of Gu Qi.

Lu Yining: "He's so cowardly that he hasn't dared to agree to him yet."

Julie: "This is not good. You can learn from Xiao Lu, and you will fall in love with her if you like it. Besides, isn't that sister still chasing after you? Don't you still feel shy, baby?"

Every time he mentioned that the female college student who stared at him in the front row was flimsy, Gu Qi felt extremely embarrassed.He didn't want to mention this, he lowered his head to pinch the soft shell of the lobster, and only resisted cowardly: "She and I are not the same..."

"Why do you have to go all the way?" Qiu Sheng said, Wen Youxia fed a lobster, and continued to educate Gu Qi while biting it vaguely, "Be brave, the girl just says she likes you if she doesn't want anything—"

Seeing that it was about to turn into a Gu Qi criticism meeting, his ears were so red that they were bleeding, and he was about to crack the ground, Wen Youxia stopped Qiu Sheng.

"Gu Qi has a sense of proportion." He said.

Gu Qi glanced at Wen Youxia gratefully.

The girl who came with Lu Yining was very discerning, and took the initiative to start a new topic with Julie, asking why she hadn't seen her for a while. Julie became angry when she said this, she pressed the cigarette on the table, and repeated what her father told her. She really couldn't bear to see her hang out with musicians all day long, so she decided to send her abroad.

"I can still play when I go out, the old man is very strange." Julie rolled her eyes, then held a cup and touched Qiu Sheng again, "But I don't know when he will allow me to come back, Xiao Qiu, when I return to China Your band must be able to go to the finale of the music festival, right?"

Qiu Sheng laughed: "You really dare to think."

Julie said that it is necessary, hard work will win, my sister first wishes you all to be popular all over the world.

Qiu Sheng: "Okay, let me lend you a good word!"

"Wen Xia, come and have a drink with me?" Julie smiled and invited the bass player who was buried in the lobster beside Qiu Sheng, "You see, we have known each other for a long time, can you fulfill my little dream?"

Qiu Sheng pushed Wen Youxia, so he had no choice but to wipe his hands: "Sister, I wish you enjoy your life."

Julie trembled with laughter: "I'm not in vain because of you. It's only been over a year. I'm so good at building a bridge to introduce you to a boyfriend..." She drank a full glass of beer and looked at her face. Shang's absent-minded smile was slightly restrained, and then he lowered his voice as if he was afraid that others would hear it.

"By the way, Wen Xia, let me tell you something." Julie looked straight into those deep eyes, "Lao Bai is going back to Donghe soon."

Wen Youxia froze for a moment, the words were spoken in such a low voice that only he, Julie, and Qiu Sheng knew, the food stall was loud and noisy, covering up a secret she casually revealed.

"Back?" Qiu Sheng asked.

"Don't tell other people." Julie half covered her mouth, "No one knows outside, he hasn't heard from him for so long because he's under control... Regarding the camel, he's hiding or something, anyway, he can't escape, I guess he himself felt quite ashamed, he hadn’t contacted his former friends for a long time, but recently he suddenly appeared in Yanjing’s circle, and my friend said that he had hooked up with a popular male singer and was writing songs for him.”

"Ah, what's the matter?" Qiu Sheng asked.

"Not really, I just thought he had a bad fight with Wen Xia!" Julie spread her hands, "If—I mean if—he goes back to Donghe, you guys will inevitably have to deal with it."

At that time, Qiu Sheng didn't know how important this secret was, so he just nodded blankly.

"Sister!" Lu Yining said dissatisfiedly, "What are you telling them? I want to listen too!"

Julie: "Don't interrupt when adults talk, hahaha."

Lu Yining: "...I'm an adult!"

That day they drank late into the night and sent Julie home, who was walking shaky.The next day, Qiu Sheng posted on her Weibo, and took pictures of the wide apron and the blue sky of Donghe Airport.

She bid farewell to Qiu Sheng with the lyrics of Yinshan, "I flew to the vast sea".