I am a super cop

Chapter 2346
There was silence at the barbecue stand, and it felt like Zhang Ying's band had lost everything they had gained after they graduated.

Lu Weiwei even came up with an inappropriate sentence in her mind: "The law of heaven has reincarnation..."

"I understand, this may be the troubles of adults." Pat Zhang Ying on the shoulder.

Lu Weiwei finally figured it out, why did Zhang Ying's metal band go on tour in so many cities?Rather than choose to connect time together and do local performances.

It turns out that the opportunity to perform locally has already been involved to such a frenzied level.

Or is it that the general environment will have an impact on many things?
First of all, severe involution will cause many people to lose opportunities. At least Zhang Ying's band has lost the opportunity to perform in Jiangnan City.

He Junchao hurriedly asked again: "So, you can only go to other cities for tours, but the venues for tours are also very limited."

"And, according to you, there are actually many local performance bands in other cities, right?"

"En." Facing He Junchao's question, Zhang Ying nodded silently.

He Junchao said again: "Then, you are also going to seize other people's opportunities, but with such a small number of people in each performance, it is really easy to lose money."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Listening to He Junchao's complaints here, Police Officer Wang couldn't sit still, and said involuntarily:
"In fact, the reason is very simple. Now the performance opportunities are limited, but the band has doubled compared to before."

"In this way, the relationship between supply and demand has changed. More monks and less meat will inevitably lead to an imbalance."

Signing his hands, Police Officer Wang said again: "For example, the venue fee may have been a fair price before, but seeing that you have so many bands coming to do the tour, I don't have to worry about renting out the venue."

"In this way, it will inevitably cause people to sit on the floor and raise the price, but because there are too many people who need to rent venues, the audience for real bands is very limited."

"It turns out that in this city, there might be 1000 people who like metal bands, and then 200 people will come to see the tour."

"But the more bands there are, the more people can choose. Then the original 200 people were distributed to different bands."

"In this way, no one actually makes money, that's the reason."

"Yes." Taking a sip of her drink, Zhang Ying looked at everyone in embarrassment and said:

"To be honest, I really feel a lot of pressure. Maybe after this month, at most next month, if the box office revenue of the tour is still not satisfactory."

"Then, we will consider disbanding the band, and then dispose of these equipment at a low price, and never pursue the so-called musical dream, because we don't deserve it."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ying's original good mood seemed to have begun to become depressed again.

In fact, when Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei met Zhang Ying for the first time in the ICU ward of the hospital, they thought she was a lively, cheerful, positive and optimistic nurse.

But now it seems that it is not as expected.

Everyone couldn't tell that there was a metal band behind Zhang Ying.

"Ah!" Just as everyone was discussing, A Zhe, the man with glasses, came to the crowd panting after he was busy, and randomly pulled out a small stool and sat down.

"Azhe, are you done?" Zhang Ying asked.

"I'm done, the ingredients have been used up, it's time to finish." A Zhe took out a tissue from the table and wiped his face a few times.

Soon, the paper towels were covered with grease.

Azhe looked at Gu Chen and the others and smiled and said, "It's funny, our metal band really doesn't live up to expectations."

"When we were studying, we used to participate in many music competitions. Anyway, the results were pretty good."

"On campus, we are usually champions, and when we participate in competitions between several universities, we can always get the top three places."

"But when there was a selection competition for a music program in the city, we couldn't even make it to the final round."

"Is the opponent too strong?" Yuan Shasha asked.

Ah Zhe waved his hand, and said with a smile: "It's not like that, people who play music are actually very clear about it."

"You can tell the strength of the opponent just by listening to it. However, commercial competitions are no different from ordinary competitions that have no profit. They need sponsorship."

"And this kind of competition is usually run with money from sponsors, so there will be many hidden rules."

"Unspoken rules?" Upon hearing that there was something in it, Lu Weiwei immediately became interested and quickly asked Azhe: "Then tell me quickly, what are the unspoken rules?"

"Lu Weiwei." Seeing Lu Weiwei's expectant face, Police Officer Wang was disgusted:
"You don't even know the unspoken rules? Just to get a good ranking, you need this."

After the words fell, Officer Wang rubbed his fingers against the crowd.

Everyone immediately understood.

Gu Chen also turned to look at Azhe and asked: "Then don't you usually get rankings in campus competitions? The mass base should be very good, right?"

"Haha, isn't that right?" Seeing Gu Chen mentioning this matter, Ah Zhe said proudly:

"Let me tell you, the mass base is not so good, it is far ahead."

"Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in the years when we were in school, we almost swept all kinds of awards in music festivals in major universities, and we were far ahead in winning awards."

"Popularity is the rhythm of throwing other opponents a few blocks away. At that time, when receiving commercial performances, it was all soft-handed."

"It can be said that at that time, no one knew about our band."

After finishing speaking, Ah Zhe took out a pack of crumpled cigarettes from his pocket, and handed the cigarettes to several people one by one.

After seeing that everyone refused, he lit one on his own, then stretched his arms, and continued:

"It's not me. We are almost participating in a competition, and we just take the first few places in a competition. Basically, they are the champions, and the runners-up are all because of the diarrhea of ​​the band members."

"Anyway, in those few years, we were a little swollen. We felt that the outside world was similar to the campus. We felt that, with the strength of us, to participate in music competitions, wouldn't that be easy?"

"So, you..."

Here, before Gu Chen could finish speaking, Azhe said with a sad face: "So, we just had a hard time. I don't know how deep it is, and we participated in some business competitions."

"But then it just pissed us off."

"We were about to advance to the finals when many of the judges' scores were much higher than our opponents, but the organizer temporarily added the popularity of the off-site audience as the basis for advancement, which is completely different from what was said before."

With a heavy sigh, Ah Zhe also said helplessly: "That's it, when we were far ahead, because we had no money to attract popularity, we were quickly overtaken by those bands with low scores."

"The most irritating thing is that we have the highest score in the preliminaries and semi-finals, but we have no chance to enter the finals."

"Such things happened one after another, and it almost broke the mentality of our band members."

"Later, we really couldn't figure it out. Does this kind of commercial competition have to use off-court factors to affect the promotion?"

"Doesn't music competitions depend on the musical strength of the contestants to decide the outcome? Why should it be determined by off-court factors?"

Shaking his head, Ah Zhe's mood suddenly became depressed again, and he said in a bad mood:

"So, later we all figured it out. Those low-level bands that won the championship are all a group of wealthy second generations."

"The family has money, and participating in music competitions is just to accumulate historical achievements, so that they can add some chips to their band's resume."

"And those people's backgrounds are all sponsors of music awards."

Speaking of this, Azhe took a puff of cigarette and said aggrievedly: "You say, in such a game, can you have a chance? Even if you are far ahead."

"Okay Azhe, stop talking." Seeing that Azhe seemed to be a little emotional, his voice became louder and louder, even disturbing the guests at several other tables.

Zhang Ying came over quickly and stopped her: "Stop saying a few words. Before, we didn't understand the rules of society. We felt that even if we are children from ordinary families, we can still play in a band."

"When we were in school, we won too many awards, and these awards paralyzed us."

"Let us have a kind of floating feeling, feel that we are really strong."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ying also sighed heavily, and said helplessly:
"But who would have thought that a band that is far ahead has to accept reality sometimes."

"Now that we are touring in various places, we have been losing money all the time. There are not many performances that can really make money."

"But relying on this meager profit alone, it is really difficult to support this band to continue."

Turning her head to look at everyone, Zhang Ying said again: "I was the one who suggested disbanding the band, and I feel like I can't hold on any longer."

"That's what the other guys in the band mean too."

After the words fell, Zhang Ying glanced at Ah Zhe in front of her, and then said again: "Actually, Ah Zhe, I came here this time just to have a good chat with you. Everyone has decided that next month may be the day of dissolution." .”

"Because you've been cooking barbecue and subsidizing our metal band with the money you've earned, and we're all grateful to you."

"But sometimes, persistence can't bring about good results. We really can't bear to rely on the money you earned from your hard-earned barbecue business to subsidize everyone."

Wiping the teardrops from the corners of her eyes, Zhang Ying choked up and said, "Really, otherwise, let's give up."

"No, we've always been far ahead." Perhaps stimulated by Zhang Ying's words, Azhe was a little excited, took a deep breath, tried to adjust his state, and then said:

"We have always been far ahead of other bands, and many bands have disbanded, which shows that there are fewer and fewer bands competing with us, and we have a chance to break out."

"But you have to face the reality. Although some bands are disbanding every month, more bands are forming every month. There are too many monks and too few. This is a reality, and you have to admit it."

Perhaps it was because Azhe felt a bit recalcitrant, and Zhang Ying couldn't bear it, so she spoke a lot louder.

Both of them are venting their emotions at the moment.

This confused Gu Chen and the others present.

Everyone originally wanted to go out for dinner and have some late-night snacks, but instead they witnessed that a leading metal band was about to break up.

To say that eating melons and eating so much, Lu Weiwei really didn't expect it.

Perhaps it was the confrontation between the two just now that shocked many customers present, and many of them secretly looked at A Zhe and Zhang Ying.

Gu Chen saw that the atmosphere was awkward, and the two fell into a speechless state again, so Gu Chen quickly resolved the embarrassment and said:
"Eat something, Boss Azhe, I see you have been busy all night, so you should eat something too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen handed a kebab in his hand directly to Azhe.

At first, Ah Zhe's gaze was still in a sluggish state. He never thought that his most trusted teammates would even have the idea of ​​breaking up.

Seeing the skewers that Gu Chen handed over, Ah Zhe took the opportunity to get down the donkey, picked up the skewers, put them in his mouth and took a few bites.

And Zhang Ying, who was emotional and said harsh words just now, also chose to take a sip of the drink that Lu Weiwei handed over to calm her shock.

In this way, the embarrassing scene was immediately relieved.

Azhe was eating barbecue and said slowly: "Zhang Ying, actually I know your pressure. You all have your own jobs. Even if you don't play in a band, you can still get a good income."

"Being in a band will cost you time and effort, and it's thankless."

"As for me, I have no skills, so I can only set up a barbecue stall here, do a small business, and subsidize my income."

Taking a deep breath, Ah Zhe said again: "I know that our band has encountered an economic crisis. I have been using the money from selling barbecues to provide various subsidies to everyone. You feel a little sorry."

"But you must know that we may be a little short of success."

Turning his head to look at Gu Chen and the others, Ah Zhe turned his attention to Zhang Ying again and said:
"Do you still remember the last time we went to Rongcheng? At that time, the venue could have accommodated 200 people, but more than 300 people came, and the venue was almost overcrowded."

"Everyone supports us and encourages us, we must continue to persevere."

"I know, we still have many new songs that haven't been released yet. Isn't that because we don't have money for post-production right now?"

"You don't need to worry about this. I have already taken out the mortgage on the wedding house my family bought for me. Soon we will have money to make an album."

"At that time, our band will have more bargaining chips..."

"enough!"

Just before Azhe finished speaking, Zhang Ying suddenly interrupted him.

Everyone was stunned on the spot, but Zhang Ying was filled with righteous indignation: "Azhe, I think you are really crazy, or are you possessed? Are you using the wedding room as a mortgage?"

"Don't think that the one in your heart is so far ahead that you forget who you are? We are all ordinary people, so don't bother anymore."

When she said the last words, Zhang Ying broke her guard and burst into tears.

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(End of this chapter)