Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 1018

I didn't pay much attention to their senior group singing competition, I just wanted to join in the fun, but when they started singing, I was frightened, there was no music accompaniment, it was just a cappella, it was deafening, and the singing resounded throughout the auditorium.

There are high and low choruses in the middle, girls solo and boys chorus, singing in parts, and after singing one song, the audience applauded thunderously.

But the score given was only 50 points. I thought no matter what, it was above 90 points.

The man and woman next to him were also strange. The man asked the woman: "Is it a perfect score of 100? Is it strict? Is there an inside story? Is this for our Zhuhai people to win the championship?"

The woman said displeasedly: "What nonsense are you talking about? This is a national competition, and the judges are all professional. How could there be any inside story? Let's read on!"

The second team played, Zhanjiang team. There were more women than men in this team. I saw three tall and thin old men standing in the center. Three bald heads looked bald. The scene looked very funny.

I'm not very optimistic about this team, but when I opened my mouth, I was really convinced. The three old men are tenors, and the voices are so neat. It is clear that the three voices are coming from one voice, and they are all The tenor, in this way, can have the same voice and tone, and then the girl's euphemistic and soft voice is matched with the high-pitched boy, and the cooperation is close and pleasant.

I unconsciously sighed: "Damn, are you so professional? Are you from the national team?"

At this time, I realized why the first team only scored 50 points, and the masters were behind!

The score of the second team came out, 62 points, although it is not high, just passed, but it is obviously 12 points higher than the first team, which shows the level.

The man next to him said at this time: "Well, this team has a champion appearance, and the singing is really good!"

The woman also agreed: "Those three tenors must have sung bel canto professionally in the past. It's not fair. We should invite professional players!"

I answered a sentence in a low voice: "As soon as I heard the pronunciation of these three men, I knew that they were not from Zhanjiang. How could they be so well-prepared? The words are correct and round, and there is no Cantonese accent!"

The woman glared at me and said: "I didn't say that you must be born and bred in order to be able to represent the competition. The aborigines in Guangdong Province only accounted for half of them! We are not native Cantonese, so we are not counted now. Cantonese!"

Now I was embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Actually, I'm not born and bred here, I'm just talking casually!"

The man hurriedly smoothed things over: "Yes, yes, we are all cheering for the Zhuhai team, so of course we have to speak for our own team!"

The woman wanted to refute, the third team came out, it was the Zhongshan team, I think this team is here to make up the numbers, the clothes are not neat, and the team in front of the field is as serious as the team in front of it. The singing that comes out is not neat, but it is better than joy.

After singing, the score is 29 points. This score really doesn't give the old people face at all, but it seems that these old people don't care at all, they are still so happy.

The woman spoke again: "What is this here for? Is it funny? Make up? Is there really no one in Zhongshan?"

The man frowned and said: "Don't say that, the old man is determined to participate! It's lively, it's very good!"

The woman cut her head and said, "Since it's a competition, we should pay attention to it. You can't always aim to participate. The clothes should always be tidy, right? It's okay to sing out of tune, and the lyrics should be sung clearly, right?"

I thought it was a bit noisy, so I frowned and said, "Let's watch the performance, the next one must be very professional!"

The woman gave me another white look, and looked at the front desk together.

The fourth team finally came to the Zhuhai team to play. I looked for a long time and couldn't find my parents. There seemed to be a lot of people. I was surprised. Are there so many old men in our community?

The men and women next to me also became excited. The woman pointed to the old lady at the front of the stage and said, "See, the one in the middle is our mother!"

The man looked at it for a long time but couldn't tell which one it was. He frowned and said, "Which one? Why didn't I see it?"

The woman almost stood up, pointed and said, "That's the one in the middle, next to her is an old lady who is a head shorter than her, see that!"

Then he said to himself: "Why don't you find someone who is taller? It doesn't look neat at all! Don't choose anyone!"

It's okay if she doesn't say anything, but when I say it, I take a closer look, isn't that my mother?My mother is also standing in the center with a serious face, which looks a bit abrupt, and the people on both sides are a head taller than her.

Although the woman next to me didn't sound good, it made sense, but I couldn't bear what she said next, so I heard her say: "Tell me, in such a big community, after several selections, I chose Such a dwarf stands in the middle and stands next to our mother, do you think the organizer is blind? This is our home court again, so we have lost in terms of image!"

I almost gave her a slap, and said casually, "Is it listening to you talking, or listening to the singing on the stage? Why do you talk more than the host? You love talking so much, why don't you go up and sing?"

The woman exploded when she heard it. Before I stood up, she stood up, pointed at my nose and said, "Which onion are you? Which garlic? Do you care? Are you deaf? It's so loud, You can't even hear it? Besides, have you started singing? Isn't it not sung yet?"

This makes me look very embarrassed. I have no reason to quarrel with a woman in this public place, right?She stood up directly again, so that I didn't know what to do for a while?
It was her husband who was more honest, tugged her, and persuaded in a low voice: "Sit down first, and block the people behind!"

The woman looked at the people behind, glared at me, and sat down angrily.

I didn't have much interest in watching the performance anymore. I couldn't hear a word of the singing. It wasn't until the judges' scores came out that I saw the current highest score of 74, and the audience burst into applause.

Everyone in the audience stood up, probably the woman was still sulking like me, but the two of us didn't stand up, I knew I had to stand up first, otherwise it would be me in embarrassment.

I stood up first, applauded together, and then looked at the woman next to me with disdain.

The woman snorted coldly and gave me a blank look.

Next, I lost interest in watching it and walked out of the auditorium.

After searching for a long time, I finally found my mother. My mother was so busy that she had no time to talk to me. She was busy directing the old men and women who participated in the competition to line up one by one. Don’t get separated, don’t just be busy celebrating. , The game is not over yet, there are still several teams that haven't played yet!

I couldn't talk to each other, so I thought about going to see my dad, but my dad was even busier, and for some reason, I met a choir from another city, chatting with a group of old men.

I felt bored, so I had to go first.

At this time, the couple sitting next to me came over and walked towards her mother. It happened that my mother directed the aunt who was at the top of her to stand in line. , It was jumping and jumping, the team that had been organized with great difficulty, was broken up by her again.

My mother, but I was so polite, and said directly to the woman's mother: "Old Wu, what's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you, stand in line? Why did you come out again, can we still leave? "

The woman's mother was very honest, and hurriedly told her daughter to go home first, they still had to conclude, and then stood back obediently.

It stands to reason that, as a mother, she should stand up and go back, and she should just go.

But she didn't, she dragged her mother and said to my mother: "Mom, what are you doing, we drove you home, why are you going with them?"

Then, he gave my mother a dissatisfied look and said, "He's so short, he doesn't stand neatly next to you, mom, how did you choose someone?"

This is really something my uncle can bear, but my aunt can't bear it!

I walked up and just wanted to talk.

My mother has already said: "Old Wu, tell me, this girl who can't speak, how we choose people! I'll say it again, if you don't queue up, you won't have to queue up in the future!"

Old Aunt Wu hurriedly pushed her daughter and said, "Don't make trouble for me, just go!"

My mother glared at Old Wu’s daughter, and then ordered to the team: “Get ready to get on the bus now, get on one by one, don’t mess up, don’t rush, if you have bad legs, someone next to you will help you! Get out of the car, everyone Go directly to the senior activity center and summarize today's performance!"

The people in front began to walk out of the auditorium one after another, but this old Wu daughter was really worried about her mother. After hearing what my mother said, she shouted dissatisfiedly from the side: "What's the matter? It's like a short winter melon, why should you order my mother?" Huh? If you don’t participate, don’t participate, mom and I will go home with you!”

This made me and my mother angry at the same time, my mother stopped Lao Wu, walked slowly towards her daughter, and said: "It's your daughter who said, if you don't participate, you don't participate, then you go home with your daughter! "

The woman just wanted to speak, I pointed at her and said: "Bamboo pole spirit! You can shut your mouth for me, I don't bother to argue with you as a woman just before the performance, what's wrong with my short mother? It's in the way of you What's the matter? Comrade Xiaoping is not tall. Without him, how could you have a special economic zone? Where did you get your good life now? Whether you can sing well depends on whether you are 1 meters or 6 meters. Aesthetic narrowness is a defect in IQ!"

My mother covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, how can I have you? You go home first, you have nothing to do here, and your mother is short so I won't let you talk about it. Fortunately, my son is tall enough!"

Old Wu knew that my mother was angry, and didn't know if she attached great importance to the choir. He didn't bother with my mother at all, and he didn't stand by her daughter. He persuaded her daughter again: "Everyone said you go first, don't worry about it. , don't mess with me here! Go, go, go!"

Her daughter was already full of anger. Hearing what I said, she could bear it. She pointed at me and scolded: "I said, why are you so uneducated? So there is such a mother, and the whole family probably A virtue!"

Her voice is not as low as mine and my mother's, and it can be heard clearly outside the auditorium. Many people began to gather here to watch the excitement. My mother was afraid that things would get worse, so she didn't bother with her anymore, and directed people to continue When getting in the car, I don't want other people to watch the excitement, so the influence is not good.

The people who gathered here saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, so they all planned to leave.

Who knew that Lao Wu, a careless daughter, continued to shout: "Mom, what are you afraid of? It's just an old man and old lady who is idle at home and has nothing to do. It's just a singing competition organized. Why do you take it so seriously? I know You like to sing, and it’s not like we don’t have karaoke at home, so you can sing as you please! You’re being directed here!”

The old men and women next to me heard it clearly, they couldn't bear it anymore, they all pointed at Lao Wu's daughter and began to scold. I can't even listen to it. They also came here when they were young and energetic. It's their turn to swear at people, but they can't lose to anyone. All of them together are hundreds of years old!

Within a few minutes, Lao Wu's daughter was scolded bloody. Her husband kept explaining aside, while holding his wife, and even he was implicated. Several excited old men almost died It's time to do it.

In addition to being surrounded by people in the community last time, I have seen the fighting power of these old men, and this time I have seen their power again.

To be honest, I think this power is like an explosion-proof special police brigade!

This side also alarmed the organizer, who came to ask what was the matter? After explaining for a long time, I realized that it was this woman who spoke rudely, especially when she said that this competition was held for old men and women who were idle and free, which must have caused dissatisfaction.

He threw the woman out and told her that one day she will grow old, so she can just stay at home and wait for death without doing anything else.

The most uncomfortable thing is the old Mrs. Wu, who was fired for no reason. She probably won't have the face to do activities with her community members in the future.

When I got home and saw my mother, the first thing I said was: "Mom, how much money is still short, just tell me!"

My mother said with a smile: "After watching the game, do you think we are not joking?"

I hummed and said, "No, no, you are very professional! I am too optimistic about you guys, you have such a long face, how many places can you get in the country this time?"

My mother squinted her eyes and said happily, "It's good that we can be in the top ten in Guangdong Province! How is it in the country? Didn't you see what level those are? If we didn't have several provincial art troupes Teacher, we can’t even get into ZH city! It’s really not easy for us. There are only 30 communities competing in ZH city. We are selected layer by layer. We won No.1, and then select elites from each community , and then cooperate with training to get today's results, you have also seen how many elites there are in Guangdong Province today!"

(End of this chapter)