Pilot

"--midsummer!"

The person who was called was startled, the tip of the pen that landed on the paper deviated from its original trajectory, and drew a long line of handwriting on the blank paper.

Sheng Xia looked at the half-drawn picture in front of him, sighed, looked downstairs, and asked, "Sister Hong, what's the matter? Isn't everything ready?"

Xie Hong wore a very flamboyant floral dress, and was looking at the stage in front of her, without looking back at Midsummer, she pointed at the not-so-big stage in front of her with a cigarette: "Sister, let me show you how the layout is... …I always thought it was too simple.”

Sheng Xia poked his head to look down, and replied slowly: "Sister Hong, I think it's okay, it's fine if it's simple, don't worry."

"The lead singer of the main Dirty Mantis is a little bit..." Xie Hong paused, "I've been to a few music festivals, and I seem to be a little bit drifting, and I have to prevent him from picking and choosing me."

The little girl at the cashier is a local Bai nationality, eating snacks and watching a drama, when she heard this, she raised her head and said: "Boss, there is no decent livehouse in the ancient city, if they are really dissatisfied, let them go out and turn right Go and see the bar over there, I will definitely hold your thigh and cry when I come back."

Li Rong, who was doing odd jobs in the bar, passed by Xie Hong with two boxes of beer in his arms, and shouted to the second floor: "Xiao Shengxia, come and help unload the goods!"

Sheng Xia agreed, put away the notebook and pen, put on the earphones and adjusted the volume, and then went to the first floor.

Xie Hong frowned: "I told you not to let Sheng Xia do the hard work, his mother will tell me when she finds out..."

Li Rong was sweating profusely when he was moving things, when he heard this he rolled his eyes: "Miss Hong, half a child is at his strongest, he can't lift it!"

Xie Hong picked up the rag on the side and shook Li Rong: "Can you compare with others? You are a big bastard, can you play the piano? If you look half as good-looking as Midsummer, I won't let you move in the future. You're on stage tonight."

Li Rong hid for a while, and said with a playful smile, "That's not necessary, I'm still waiting to hear tomorrow's performance." After speaking, Li Rong drank his saliva and continued to carry beer outside the door.

When Sheng Xia went downstairs, he passed Xie Hong straight to the door.Xie Hong didn't respond when he called his name from behind, so he could only watch helplessly as the kid followed Li Rong's ass, honestly helping to move the beer into the bar.

She knew that when she was listening to music in midsummer, she would turn up the volume very loudly, and she couldn't hear other people talking, so she stopped calling him.

She sighed: "This kid is really, I'm really afraid that he will be bullied when he goes out in the future. He is so stupid."

Wang Jie, who was at the cashier, smiled: "I don't think Xiao Shengxia needs to worry about you, she is enjoying herself and being happy."

"That's right, the self-sufficient attitude towards life is fully reflected in your locals." Xie Hong shrugged, picked up the remote control of the air conditioner and lowered the temperature, "I said, Wang Jie, don't you locals like to ride bikes? Bicycles? Ask Shengxia to ride a bicycle around the sea with me, and the kid won't go."

"Except for you who are from other places, it's okay to ride a bicycle around the sea." Wang Jie had a funny face.

"Don't say that I'm a foreigner in front of me, it seems that you Dali people are so xenophobic..." Xie Hong glanced at her, "I like you Dali so much, didn't you see what my WeChat name is? Fenghuaxueyue is a little red , I will retire here in the future.”

Wang Jie repeatedly said yes, and she saw that Xie Hong was in a good mood, so she continued to ask: "Sister Hong, I have always been curious, you said you have been through Beijing, Hangzhou and Nanjing, why did you come to Dali? What's the reason?"

She has only come to this livehouse called 'Mi' for more than a month, and she knows that Xie Hong from this big city is a powerful person.She has a lot of connections, a lot of money, and contacts with many bands and independent musicians, but Xie Hong never mentioned her past, so Wang Jie has always been curious about how such a resolute single woman took root in Dali.

Xie Hong opened a bar in the ancient city at the beginning, opened it for a year and collected some capital and came back. Afterwards, he refurbished and purchased equipment, and actually built a decent livehouse.At the beginning, only some small bands from Dali and surrounding areas came to perform. Xie Hong has been busy promoting it for more than half a year. The livehouse has gradually gained a reputation in the local area. This time, a recently popular folk band Dirty was invited. Praying Mantis to do a special show.

"There's no reason, I just like you Yunnan," Xie Hong smiled, "It's not that complicated to like you."

Wang Jie nodded, and asked curiously, "Sister Hong, what are the plans after the Dirty Mantis comes? I see that the tickets are selling so well, we might be able to invite the pilots in a year's time."

"Fulfill your spring and autumn dream!" Xie Hong spat, "If I could invite people here two years ago when the pilots started, it's impossible now, and you don't want to see how hot Shi Ye is. .”

"Fire is fire, but it's not in its heyday anymore. After all, Shi Yeshi's boss is in frequent troubles now. Maybe they will come one day." Wang Jie sighed, "But it's a pity to be a pilot, I'm really sorry. I hate that new lead singer, that intoxication is too cheap! I go crazy on Weibo every day, saying those words are even crazier than Shi Ye, I really think I am a star."

"But Shen Zui looks okay," Xie Hong paused, then blinked at Wang Jie, "Xiao Wang Jie, do you believe me when I say I know Shi Ye? He still owed me money before."

Wang Jie sneered, and immediately shook her head: "I don't believe it."

"Don't believe me." Xie Hong played with her nails, "I still don't like him now. It's a pity for the band to find someone out of tune to be the lead singer and commit suicide."

"It's a pity." Wang Jie swiped on Weibo, "But anyway, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Sister, look, the promotion of their tour in the second half of the year...'Aviator Galaxy Walk Tour', just listen This name is absolutely dead. I will definitely grab tickets for the Kunming show, so I will go to Shi Ye."

As they said, Sheng Xia happened to pass by carrying a box of snowflakes.

"It's the first time their new lead singer Shen Zui is out on an official tour, so he must look good on the surface." Xie Hong was still nagging Wang Jie, "Anyway, I think the pilot is starting to go downhill. Shi Ye's voice It's useless, and I found another Shen Zui who is too muddy to support the wall to be the lead singer, let me see that the pilot is really not good this time..."

When Sheng Xia heard that name, his footsteps suddenly stopped.After thinking for two seconds, he turned around slowly.

"Thank you, Miss Hong."

Xie Hong was startled by Sheng Xia's voice behind her, she turned around and patted her chest: "Hey, you scared my sister to death... What's wrong?"

"The earphones are out of battery." Sheng Xia moved closer to Xie Hong to make it easier for her to move, "Sister Hong help me get it."

Xie Hong took off Sheng Xia's expensive pair of earphones and helped him put them away, preaching as usual: "You listen too loudly, listening to useless earphones like this will also waste your ears."

Sheng Xia didn't answer the question, but said slowly: "Sister Hong, Teacher Shi Ye is not useless, even if he can't sing anymore, he can still play the guitar."

After hearing this, Xie Hong burst out laughing: "God! Did you choose to listen to me? As soon as I heard Shi Ye, I came back to my senses. You didn't hear me when I told you not to move things?"

There was no expression on Sheng Xia's face: "No, it's really that the earphones are out of battery." After he finished speaking, he lowered his head, didn't say anything, and went to the back area with beer.

Wang Jie looked at Sheng Xia's thin back, thought for a while and said to Xie Hong: "I suddenly remembered something... Miss Hong, just the night before yesterday, when you were not in the store, a young couple quarreled at the door... I heard the accent is that of Sichuan. Those who came over to play, started arguing at the door, and almost got into a fight later, and the people around were watching. Later, the man left first, and the girl squatted at our door crying... Xiao Shengxia watched me that night He happened to be sitting at the door listening to the song. He saw the girl squatting there crying. He went over and said a few words to her, then brought her into the shop and poured hot water for her. The first "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth"..."

Wang Jie talked happily for a long time, and then showed Xie Hong the small video he recorded that day, "When he sang, a bunch of people were taking pictures of him outside. At that time, I wanted to go to the door to collect the entrance fee..."

"He definitely didn't think much about it at the time, he just felt that others were in a bad mood, so he sang a song for them." Xie Hong's expression was not surprised at all, and he didn't blame Shengxia for using the piano and equipment in the store, "But "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" ...I think the little girl will be even more sad when she hears it."

Wang Jie shook her head: "Sister Hong, you guessed wrong! After listening to that girl, she left without saying a word. I was wondering what's going on, you didn't say thank you to our little Shengxia? Just left like that? It didn't take long for the girl to come back with a large bunch of baby's breath, put the flowers in front of the store, and left with a blushing face."

Xie Hong pointed to the bunch of gypsophila stars next to them, and smiled, "I said, which one of you has the leisure to buy flowers, but it's because of my brother's blessing." She twisted the cigarette as she spoke. , "Don't tell me, Sheng Xia is a bit of a kid, but he is quite attractive to little girls. Before every performance, he was asked to sing a few warm songs, and after he left the stage, a bunch of little girls asked him for WeChat."

"He's going to college in the future, but he won't have so much time to warm up the scene for you."

"Then his mother will let him go to college outside..."

As soon as Xie Hong finished speaking, a horn sounded outside the store.Xie Hong smiled, and shouted to Li Rong and Sheng Xia who were tidying up in the back area: "Handsome guys have come out! Guests are here, help Dirty Mantis move things!"

When Xie Hong excitedly accepted tonight's protagonist, Gao Yuan, the lead singer of Dirty Mantis, told her a very unfortunate news within a few minutes of smiling.

"This incident is really sudden. The main reason is that Ah Kuan's illness is also sudden." Gao Yuan looked apologetic, "We were fine yesterday when we were in the urban area..."

When Xie Hong encounters a problem, the bigger the problem, the calmer he becomes.After listening to the whole story, she was neither at a loss nor asked the teacher for the crime, and even gave the band some cigarettes when Gao Yuan apologized one by one.

After Gao Yuan finished speaking, she even made a joke: "Is your guitarist not compatible with Dali? Acute appendix after only one day here."

Gao Yuan looked apologetic: "There's nothing I can do now...the performance is going to be tomorrow night, and it's hard to find a temporary guitarist. Sister Hong, how about we..."

Xie Hong kept swiping his phone while he was talking, without looking at Gao Yuan in front of him.After Xie Hong finished smoking a cigarette, he frowned and said, "Send me a copy of the song that will be performed tomorrow night, and I'll find someone to replace it for you."

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Sister Hong, if you don't have time in a day, you just have to find someone who is awesome... Besides, no matter how we charge for this performance, our band won't be able to explain it if it breaks. ah."

The bass player next to him also echoed: "The time is too short. This is also the first time we have come to Dali to show up. The performance effect is very important to the band, and we must not damage our reputation."

Xie Hong still looked calm and calm: "It's okay, I'll take care of it." She lowered her head and poked her phone quickly, and made a call while speaking.

Before she got up and went out to make a phone call, she said one last sentence: "I have been around for so many years, but I have never let the tour in my hands go wrong. Believe me, I will find you a wrist. Even if you give him an hour, he can do it. Help you to pass the show clearly. You have a good rest and just wait."

Xie Hong left the words and went out to make a phone call.

When stepping into the scorching sun outside the door, a deep male voice came from the handset of the mobile phone next to Xie Hong's ear——

"Miss Hong?"

She first looked down at her flowery skirt, then looked up at the bustling streets of the ancient city in front of her.

"Are you in Yunnan? I saw that Niu Xiaojun's circle of friends said that you are traveling in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, right?" Xie Hong smiled, "Do you want to consider coming to Dali to see your sister Hong?"

She turned around and saw Sheng Xia sitting by the door, leaning against the antique wooden door, wearing his other pair of black headphones, watching a few children blowing bubbles.

The very obese orange cat in the store was sleeping at Shengxia's feet.

In the drowsy afternoon sunlight of the ancient city, each person and cat looked a little lazy.

After noticing Xie Hong's gaze, he looked back, pointed to his earphones to indicate that he was listening to music, and probably couldn't hear her.

Xie Hong nodded at him, and said to the phone: "Okay, Shi Ye, you must help me this time." After she finished speaking, she walked up to Sheng Xia and rubbed the boy's soft black hair.

"—yes, I have a show here, and the guitarist has an acute appendix and can't be on stage."

"—After all, this is the first official meeting... Yes, it's not appropriate to change the time."

"—You should be the same as before, come here to run a hole... also treat it as a trip."

Sheng Xia couldn't hear what Xie Hong said, and was used to being rubbed by Xie Hong's head, so he didn't move, and closed his eyes and dozed off drowsily.

At this moment, he couldn't hear the popular folk songs being played loudly from the tambourine shop diagonally opposite the store, he couldn't hear the shouts of vendors selling plum juice, and he couldn't hear the clamor of tourists.

He usually listens to music very loudly, so he can only hear one person's voice at this moment.This voice has accompanied him for many years and has become a part of his life.

The person singing in his ear is Shi Ye, the former lead guitarist of the Aviators band, and now the guitarist.

he's singing-

"You waver, you melancholy

Maybe that way is burying freedom

honey you don't have to

i will take you away

Take you to see the summer light

bring your favorite wine

and a gun that shoots through fear

Even if the world is dangerous

even in the dark

open your eyes and look at me

happy world

......"

Xie Hong put away the phone after finishing the call.

When she looked down at the young man sitting by the door again, she realized that Sheng Xia had already fallen asleep listening to the song and leaning against the door.