National Tide 1980.

Chapter 991: Chasing the Stars
Love is something that often comes silently when it comes, but it is easy to break your heart when it leaves.

So the taste of falling in love, although everyone expects it, is very good at first, but the process and result are always difficult to find perfection.

Like Xiaotao, Luo Guangliang, who was already in his early twenties, met a woman he fell in love with at first sight that night on a snowy night.

From this point of view, he and Xiao Tao are really a pair of brothers in trouble.

The only difference between the two of them is that Xiao Tao and Sang Jing are old classmates who met by chance on the street.

And he was invited to the banquet, and he was inadvertently controlled by a strange girl whom he met for the first time.

If the culprit of this matter is to be blamed on Manager Sha of Pilkardon Company.

Although Ning Weimin came back this time, he had already told his colleagues in the "investment group" that he didn't come back to speculate on stamps.

And he also told them in private that due to excessive speculation in rat tickets and bull tickets, this is a one-shot deal.

It is impossible for the following zodiac tickets to replicate the market conditions of the rat and the ox again.

But manager Sha, a fat man, has more thoughts than anyone else.

He was worried that Ning Weimin would not tell the truth, or avoid the important ones, so he thought of making insinuations.

He took aim at Luo Guangliang, who had a close relationship with Ning Weimin and had been working for Ning Weimin, and wanted to get some inside information from him.

Of course, Manager Sha also knows how to do this, so don't rush for success.

After all, he had already been in contact with Luo Guangliang for a long time when he was "mouse speculation".

Manager Sha noticed Luo Guangliang's loyalty to Ning Weimin, his calmness, calmness, and methodical approach.

He has long known that Luo Guangliang is not easy to fool, and the more anxious he is, the easier it is to mess things up.

But fortunately, in his eyes, Luo Guangliang also has a natural weakness, that is, friendship, face, and kindness.

So he adopted the method of emotional investment, not talking about business, but making friends first, and only making friends.

He believes that as long as he can establish a certain relationship with Luo Guangliang, he will have a stable and reliable source of news, and the rest will be easy to talk about.

Even if Luo Guangliang remains unmoved and keeps his mouth shut, it doesn't matter.

Because with his brain and his eyesight, as long as Ning Weimin asked Luo Guangliang to handle the stamp business, he didn't believe that he couldn't even detect the slightest clue.

In fact, what do you need to fry stamps?

It's nothing more than an investment direction.

Once you let him grab something, wait to get rich!
Just like last time, wouldn't it be appropriate for him to follow Ning Weimin to buy yen?
It has only been half a year since I invested 30, and it has become 50, and it is still rising.

It can only be said that keeping up with Ning Weimin's footsteps can make money, no matter how much you invest, it is worth it.

In fact, just to win over Luo Guangliang, Manager Sha was really not stingy.

He almost showed the same energy Cao Aman treated Guan Gong.

Three days a small treat, five days a big treat, if nothing happens, Luo Guangliang will come out and treat you to eat and drink.

And he took Luo Guangliang seriously, opening and closing his mouth and saying "brother", "our brothers" and so on.

Although Luo Guangliang and Manager Sha are not on the same side at all.

But since Ning Weimin finished frying stamps, he doesn't have much to do.

There is a lot of free time, and it is boring after a long time.

Since people have social needs, he always finds it very fresh when Manager Sha talks about those foreign companies.

That originally belonged to a strange world that he would never be able to touch.

Coupled with the fact that Manager Sha is very accurate in feeling the pulse, Luo Guangliang just takes the soft but not the hard.

Sometimes I can't help but say a few good words, and I don't quite understand the routines on the scene.

Seeing Manager Sha's eagerness to get close to him, although Luo Guangliang was vigilant and knew that the other party must have something to ask for, he didn't want to refute his face too much.

So after going back and forth, he was stuck with Manager Sha, who was like brown candy.

It is becoming more and more difficult to say "no" to Manager Sha's kind invitation.

Like this day, Luo Guangliang came to Maxim's restaurant at [-]:[-] p.m. to meet with Manager Sha according to the appointed time.

It's just that he didn't expect to see an extremely abnormal place in Maxim's Restaurant from a long distance away.

Ganqing is different from the past, there are no fans gathered outside the restaurant.

You know, with Zhang Qiang's popularity all over the country, even on snowy nights, there will be fans standing guard on both sides of the steps at the entrance of Maxim's restaurant.

This is what Luo Guangliang saw with his own eyes.

On the first snow day in Beijing last year, there were more than a dozen Zhang Qiang fans gathered in front of Maxim's restaurant, and there were many boys who admired Cui Jian on the curb.

Those people, almost each of them had a cigarette in their mouths, and each of them was holding a big guitar, buzzing and fiddled.

I waited until the end of the performance at 10:30, just to meet Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang at the gate and ask for an autograph.

Maxim's restaurant also specially prepared free hot water for these people.

They are only required to restrain the commotion, abide by order, and not affect the normal operation of the restaurant.

So normally speaking, Maxim's restaurant should perform for customers inside the restaurant, and there are people outside to entertain themselves.

How else can it be said that this place has become a holy place for avant-garde music performances in the capital?
Popularity is booming!
However, today Luo Guangliang found that there were no other people waiting at the gate, only customers coming in and out.

How can you not be suspicious and curious about what is going on?

As a result, when he walked to the gate of the restaurant, he found that there was an extra blackboard erected with an easel in front of the restaurant.

Information about the performance is written on the blackboard, and important notices are expressed in red letters of different sizes and eye-catching exclamation marks.

With his level of education, he had to read it at least twice before he could figure it out.

It roughly means that since the day before yesterday, Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang bid farewell to the audience and suspended the performance.

Instead, the ADO band and a female singer named Zhang Mi from the Qingdao Song and Dance Troupe came here to perform.

The duration of the performance is two months.

After that, Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang will return to the stage of Maxim's restaurant.

While Luo Guangliang was relieved, he was also a little disappointed.

Because to be honest, although he knew more about the inside story than others, he guessed that Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang were preparing to go abroad.

But the problem is that in the mainland music scene at this time, there are only bel canto, folk songs, and popular songs.

On the mainstream stage, even if it is popular, most people sing either lyrical songs like Li Guyi, or imitate the "decadent voice" of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers.

And the tough and unruly rock music like Xiao Cui, the magnetic magic sound like Zhang Qiang, the dynamic and natural disco style.

Others can't sing it, and it can't be heard anywhere else.

Luo Guangliang has already become a loyal fan of Cui Jian and Zhang Qiang.

In fact, most of the domestic customers who visit Maxim's Restaurant at night are basically for the wonderful performances of the two of them.

Otherwise, who would spend ten yuan for a glass of foreign wine and five yuan for a cup of coffee?
It was actually ticket money.

This is great, the moment they leave, the real music is gone.

Maxim invited someone to save the scene, maybe it was the kind of singer with long hair who would only sigh and kiss the microphone.

Now this kind of singing is the mainstream on TV, and it is also popular in song and dance troupes. It is called "breathing singing".

Those who didn't know thought it was taught by Li Guyi.

But the problem is that Li Guyi's singing is not like this.

When they were performing, there was never a sound like a valve core leaking from the sound system.

God knows which school and school of wild ways this is the inheritance!
Sure enough, when Luo Guangliang actually entered, he found that Maxim's Restaurant was no longer full, and the occupancy rate was only [-]%.

Not only are there fewer domestic customers, but there are also fewer foreigners, and there are no waiters setting up extra seats around the stage.

Of course, there is also an advantage, that is, the environment of the entire restaurant is much more relaxed.

In addition, the kind of master who wants a cup of coffee and prepares to brew all night and watch the whole show is of course gone.

It was not difficult for Luo Guangliang to find Manager Sha's position.

Not only because he has been here several times, but he is no stranger to the interior environment of Maxim's Restaurant.

It is also because Manager Sha, as a high-level executive of the Pilkardon Company, has a lot of privileges to spend here, just like Ning Weimin.

One is a [-]% discount on the price, and the other is that you can reserve a seat, just call the restaurant in advance and say hello.

On this day, Manager Sha was sitting on a small table with a sofa seat on the left side of the stage, talking to the manager of the restaurant.

Luo Guangliang saw him when he walked into the restaurant.

He immediately shook off the restaurant manager and waved to Luo Guangliang, who was a little restrained.

Luo Guangliang sat down and didn't know what to say for a long time.

He only saw that Manager Sha had ordered some appetizers on the small table.

Caesar salad, foie gras platter, cream cheese bacon balls, and bread baskets are not cheap.

The glass of aperitif wine on the table has bottomed out, and Manager Sha's fat face has two wet lips.

He handed Huiquan a cigarette. "Come on, sit down, brother, I'm waiting for you to order the main course... Do you want champagne or cognac?"

"Champagne." Luo Guangliang is already familiar with the general content of French cuisine, and understands the rule that cognac is an after-dinner drink.

For the main course, he ordered a grilled lamb chop with bamboo shoots, and then fell silent again.

After being in contact for so long, he is still not good at dealing with people like Manager Sha.

The main reason is that I always feel that there is no common topic, and I can't talk about things in the world, or about wrestling, and I can only talk about business.

But the problem is that he still has a string in his mind, trying to avoid revealing information about Ning Weimin, which is very contradictory.

Fortunately, Manager Sha is a master of the scene, and he easily found topics that they were all interested in.

"Before you came, I was inquiring with the people in the restaurant..."

"Inquiring about what?"

"Ask about the new band, and the girl who sings. I'll ask how the level is?"

"What did the restaurant manager say? Haven't all the people they hired have come to sing?"

"Nothing to say about the band, it's better than the plywood in the past, but this time it's a joint venture product, and the two musicians are foreigners. It's just that the girl is not very good, even though her surname is Zhang, she is not at the same level as Zhang Qiang. Fabi. Yesterday, I heard it was out of tune."

"Ah? Is it that bad? Isn't this a brand name? No wonder the Qingdao Song and Dance Troupe doesn't stay anymore."

"Hi. You can't say that. I heard from the manager. In fact, the woman has a good voice. She is indeed from a professional group. There is absolutely no problem during rehearsal. The out-of-tune is caused by nervousness. I may have never seen so many foreigners. It’s stage fright. In fact, I can’t sing well, but that’s all. The key is that the dress is also rustic. I heard that Pimon’s designer is doing the image these two days.”

"Oh, I know. I heard from Wei Min that it is a cosmetology and hairdressing school jointly established by your company and people from Hong Kong City, right? If there are professionals to take care of it, it must be fine."

"It's really hard to say. The key to this image is temperament. But think about it, if a Qingdao song and dance troupe performs in the capital, it's no wonder that she is not trembling. Her liver is trembling. On stage, she can have What kind of temperament..."

The two spoke in a low voice.

The speaker played a slow piece of music with a monotonous and low melody.

Just chatting and eating, no pressure at all, and soon it was eight o'clock in the evening.

But when the performance started, Luo Guangliang was surprised to find that Zhang Mi was also a young girl in her early twenties.

However, in the notice outside, she was literally written as Ms. Zhang Mi.

Look at this trouble, he actually misunderstood it, and thought it was a pretty old woman.

Moreover, as soon as Zhang Mi spoke, Luo Guangliang was moved.

Her voice is indeed not as special and magical as Zhang Qiang.

But she went the other way, and her singing was so pure that it hurts my heart.

The throat is very tender, very sweet, and there is no taste of coquettishness at all.

It was as if a girl was chatting with her parents, siblings, lightly telling her inner distress.

Especially her performance attitude, that is very hard.

His face was flushed, and beads of sweat glistened on his fair temples.

A thin oval face.Like an ignorant and timid child, when adults asked her to sing, she sang hard.

The pure expression on her face is indeed a bit out of tune with the melody and content of the song.

But Luo Guangliang was not disappointed at all, but a little excited.

To put it bluntly, he often delivered goods at the Temple of Heaven and Pilkardon's franchised stores, and he knew at least fifty beautiful girls.They are high-minded and have money in their pockets, but they just have an uncomfortable arrogance.

And what makes this girl likable is her slightly shy and pure expression and her singing voice.

She looks pretty though.But it's even better without makeup.

Luo Guangliang feels a little pity for this girl now, and has a lot of opinions on the designer who made her up.

He thinks the make-up is a little too much.

The strong eye shadow and lipstick, on the contrary, concealed the most attractive charm of this girl, making her look mature for at least several years.

I don't know if it was because there was no applause, or because I was too nervous. The girls on the stage sang and wiped their faces with handkerchiefs.

And he looked a little tired and depressed, and he didn't seem very happy at first glance.

Because of the close distance, Luo Guangliang could even see the girl's head lowered, her nose gently undulating, and there were some faint fluff on the back of her neck and between her nose and mouth, on which there were crystal sweat stars trembling constantly.

He didn't know what was wrong, his heart fluctuated with the girl's voice, and the cry came out of his mouth.

"Good singing!"

This sentence made almost all eyes turn to him.

Some audience members even burst out laughing.

When Luo Guangliang realized what he had done, he couldn't help but blush, feeling a little embarrassed.

However, when the girl on the stage also looked at him with a smile and nodded slightly to express her gratitude.

He actually had the courage again, and simply took the lead in applauding vigorously.

At the same time, he blushed and stared at the faces around him with a domineering expression.

So all the ridicules were silenced because of his eyes.

Instead, Manager Sha gave a few follow-up applause as if applauding.

Strange to say, the girls on the stage were so encouraged, and suddenly the rhythm was on point, and the performance level was obviously improved.

When the song is sung, the girl can't help but bow to the audience, especially expressing her gratitude to Luo Guangliang for his direction.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

This is their first conversation.

But just such a simple answer made Luo Guangliang inexplicably excited, and he thought about it for several days.

Even he himself didn't realize that in the future, he would become a frequent visitor here.

I will "chase stars" with a more fanatical obsession than those young people.

(End of this chapter)