I am a super cop

Chapter 2345 Gold Swallowing Beast

"So miserable?" Hearing Zhang Ying's remarks, Lu Weiwei couldn't help feeling sorry for her for a few seconds, and then said:

"I used to feel that these musicians were all very beautiful. They could stand on the stage and enjoy the adoring eyes of the audience."

"And these musicians are very chic and live out their selves, but now it seems that all walks of life are not so simple."

"Isn't that true? Which profession is easy to do?" Officer Wang brought a few bottles of drinks to share with everyone, and he couldn't help but said:

"If the road of music is really so easy, then we will enter the era of music for all. At that time, there will be no worries about not having good music."

"But it is because the threshold for making music is so high that too many people are blocked from this industry."

After opening the drink and gulping down a few sips, Police Officer Wang said again: "So, Zhang Ying said that this is very bitter, I can understand."

"As a band, unless you are very famous and have your own absolutely huge fan base, otherwise you really need to work hard in this line of work."

"Isn't it?" Hearing Officer Wang's comfort, Zhang Ying also sighed faintly, and said helplessly:

"For example, I remember that we only sold 100 tickets for our best concert, and at our worst, we only sold [-] or [-] tickets, and the number of spectators was pitifully small."

"Can you imagine how we spent so much experience, and when we came to the stage, there were only a few dozen audience members? That feeling was particularly bad."

"However, we still need to show our best state and dedicate the best music to the audience in the audience. We must not have perfunctory emotions."

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Ying seemed to remove the stone pressing on her chest and continued:
"So, can you imagine that this is the state that an old metal band should have?"

"But why do you arrange similar dates so that you can reduce costs." Yuan Shasha also put forward her own ideas.

But Zhang Ying smiled slightly and couldn't help shaking her head: "Many people have asked this question."

"Sometimes, my friends may ask, why not arrange a few more stops on similar dates? This can indeed reduce costs."

"But who doesn't want to? But playing music is expensive, so we don't dare to do it full-time, so we can only perform part-time."

Hearing this, Gu Chen was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked Zhang Ying: "So, all of you band members perform part-time?"

"Hehe." Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Zhang Ying pointed to the man with glasses who was cooking a barbecue, and said:
"Just look at Ah Zhe. His job is to be the owner of a barbecue stall, but his identity in our band is that of a guitarist."

"Several members of our band have jobs that they can't let go of, and they often have to ask for leave on Friday, and rush back to work with exhausted bodies on Sunday night and before Monday."

"I clearly remember that on the day when we sang in Shanghai, we had to audition at 2:7 pm. We caught the 5:[-] am plane from Jiangnan City in the morning and arrived at the airport at [-]:[-]."

"I remember that one time, I had more than 40 hours of Iron Man moments."

"Standing on the stage at 9 o'clock in the evening, I still have to show the audience the most inspiring attitude. After the performance, I go out to eat, often until the early morning or even later."

"Moreover, I have to get up early the next day to go to another city for an audition performance."

With a heavy sigh, Zhang Ying continued with a tired tone:

"I'm sad that we've put in so much effort and it still hasn't paid off."

"And the expertise of a metal band is actually not simple. We have to rehearse hard every week."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ying also gestured with her fingers and continued: "Guitarists like this arrange music, spend money to find people to record, mix, design peripherals, release albums, etc."

"These expenses are no less than the expenses of a mainstream band, which you can't see."

"So, I also have a lot of sadness, sadness and unwillingness."

"Of course, one of the reasons for the losses of these performances is also because the performance market is relatively saturated and the audience has more choices."

"There were not so many bands before, but now, more and more music students are leaving the campus and starting to enter the industry."

"The rental of performance venues is very expensive. Sometimes we know that we will lose money on this performance, but we will still persist and choose to embark on this tour. We will not let down everyone's expectations."

"Is it because of love?" Gu Chen asked.

Zhang Ying nodded: "That's right, because we love this stage, we know that in another city, everyone will be waiting for us, that's enough."

"Sometimes we don't expect to make much money, we just want to keep this band alive."

"You barbecue." Here Zhang Ying is still chatting with everyone, and the man with glasses, Azhe, has brought everyone's barbecue to him.

Looking at everyone, Ah Zhe quickly wiped off his sweat and continued:

"Actually, we all have a music dream since we were young. Before, when we were studying in the same city, we were all famous musical figures on our respective campuses."

"Sometimes, everyone really chooses to stay for the same dream..."

"Boss, why isn't our barbecue ready yet?"

As soon as Ah Zhe, the man with glasses, opened his mouth, the guests at the other table began to call out.

Ah Zhe could only turn back again, and said with a smile on his face: "Wait a moment, yours will be ready soon."

"Every time I say it will be ready soon, hurry up."

"Okay, right now, right now..."

Hearing the customer's urging, Ah Zhe could only sigh and continue with the work in hand.

Seeing all this, Zhang Ying shook her head helplessly, and smiled self-deprecatingly:
"Actually, what Azhe said is absolutely right. We musicians all have our own ideals and pursuits."

"We were all studying in the same city, and we met because of a music festival."

"From now on, everyone will take time to get together, go to concerts together, and do all kinds of things you like."

"At a small band concert, I felt that the other band's performance was not very good, so Azhe suggested, how about we form our own band?"

"In this way, the idea of ​​forming a band quickly got everyone's response, and everyone had the same idea."

"So we did what we said, and started looking for training venues, renting some performance instruments, and buying second-hand ones if we didn't have any."

"Anyway, at that time we felt as if we were invincible, and we felt that a new generation of bands was about to be born."

"But the hardships we have suffered here are only clear to us."

Having said this, Zhang Ying picked up a bottle of drink and took a sip directly.

He Junchao on the side nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "It's really hard to be a band, and everyone can understand this."

"If you want to ask many bands what their original intention was when they formed a band? Then most people's answer must be love."

"So, your original idea should be very good."

"Isn't it?" Zhang Ying raised her eyebrows, and continued to explain to everyone:

"At that time, everyone's band was always short of staff, and the members were constantly changing. In the end, the few of us formed a stable combination."

"Because everyone's music skills are good, we will go out to pick up some commercial performances after training."

“Since we haven’t graduated yet, our offer is lower than other bands, so we also get a lot of opportunities to showcase.”

"Soon, we made our first pot of money in the school, and after we had our own small coffers, we started to replace the instrument equipment and refurbish our equipment."

"Just like that, the money we earned was quickly spent again. It's always like this, and there's no balance left."

After a pause, Zhang Ying looked at Ah Zhe, who was busy, and sighed, "When I graduated, a bandmate was going abroad, so we recruited another delivery rider to join in."

"In this way, we pieced together and barely formed this metal band."

"But when you were in school, it was okay to make a little money to support your family. If you want to become bigger and stronger, you need to spend money on so many things."

"If we just settle for the status quo, the market will be very limited. We started touring around the world, but the touring is losing money, and we can't make much money at all."

"Sometimes, we work hard for half a year, flying everywhere, going on tour everywhere."

"Maybe in the end, the one who earned less than 1 yuan will collapse."

"That's really tragic." It felt like she was just here to listen to Zhang Ying's complaint today. Lu Weiwei patted Zhang Ying on the shoulder and said comfortingly:
"It is conceivable that you are really outstanding. At least you can achieve this kind of achievement, which is already very good."

"But people like us can't do it. We are busy with work every day, and we can't spare extra time to do some of our hobbies."

"But you can often go out to participate in the tour, I really admire you group of special forces metal bands."

"Haha, I'm kidding." Feeling that she was too involved in the drama and said too much, Zhang Ying, who came back to her senses, also had a look of embarrassment.

Police Officer Wang said with a smile: "Actually, your idea is good. Use the weekend to participate in some city tours. At least it shows that you have been to many places. For the audience in these places, you have been here before. .”

"In this way, you also have your own basic fans. If you use some short video marketing, let more people know you and know your characteristics."

"Maybe, you will accumulate more viewers, at least in terms of short videos."

"Haha, Comrade Police, you are right." Seeing Officer Wang speaking from the bottom of his heart, Zhang Ying also smiled slightly and continued to explain:

"We know that no matter how hard we try, it is really difficult to rely on offline energy to develop the market."

"So, we are also trying, can we use short videos to market ourselves and let more audiences know us?"

"It's just that we have just started to do it, and we are not very proficient, and the shooting technology is also very unfamiliar."

"Take your time, don't rush." ​​He Junchao took a sip of his drink, and hurriedly said comfortingly:
"This kind of thing can't be rushed, at least you have started to make changes now."

"Yeah." Shrugging, Zhang Ying also smiled awkwardly: "I don't know, how much reward can I get?"

"At least for us now, the contribution and the return are not proportional at all."

"Sometimes I feel really desperate. I never know when I will become popular? So, we are still working on our works."

"If there are masterpieces, that's okay, but the current music industry is too busy. If we want to have our own masterpieces, we must spend money."

Waving her hands, Zhang Ying seemed to want to say something?But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly stopped.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ying waved her hand and said, "Forget it, anyway, playing in a metal band, this is a gold swallowing beast."

"All kinds of expenses feel like running water, and it can't stop at all."

"Sometimes I think, are we on the wrong track? But metal bands have always been our forte."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ying's eyes suddenly shed a few tears.

But this tear was seen by Lu Weiwei who was at the side, and Lu Weiwei hurriedly said, "Are you crying?"

"No, there is sand in the eyes." Zhang Ying quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand to avoid embarrassment.

Lu Weiwei smiled faintly and quickly comforted her: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you cry. I know you work as a nurse in the ICU and your daily work is enough to make you miserable. I didn't expect that you would have to put so much pressure on yourself."

"It can be seen that you basically don't have your own rest time every week."

"Isn't it?" After listening to Lu Weiwei's words, Zhang Ying sighed heavily and shook her head helplessly:

"But there's no way, if we don't tour part-time, our band may have to break up."

"You know, in the past six months alone, we have seen too many bands around us gradually disappearing. Most of them chose to give up slowly because they couldn't persevere."

"And I see all this very clearly. If we don't move, then our ending will not be better than theirs?"

"So, we have to keep performing, there is no other way."

"Could it be that your performance mode can only be this kind of tour in different cities?" Yuan Shasha, who had been silent for a long time, also asked curiously as soon as Zhang Ying finished speaking.

Zhang Ying glanced at Yuan Shasha, and said with a wry smile, "That's right, because there are many commercial performances in Jiangnan City, and some bands are needed."

"However, you also know that there is reincarnation in the way of heaven. Do you still remember what I said just now, how did we receive the business order when we were in school?"

"It's you who used the ultra-low price." Yuan Shasha said.

Zhang Ying nodded, and said involuntarily, "Yes, that's why, after we stepped out of the ivory tower and entered the society, we realized that the local commercial performances are all campus bands."

"Not only are their prices low, but what's more, some bands don't need performance fees directly, but just need a platform to exercise their performance level. What the hell do you think this is?"

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　Ask for votes, with a sincere face.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)