1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 210 Azalea

As soon as the eldest brother said that the money would be refunded, everyone else also followed suit.

The person in charge couldn't control the scene and didn't say anything. He turned around and muttered a few words to the musicians, and then walked off the stage.

Several young musicians were stunned for a while on the stage, and then they continued to play.

The original performance was not good, and everyone in the audience was shouting for a refund, so the effect was even worse.

When the leading brother saw someone running away, he naturally couldn't bear it and shouted, "Call the police, call the police quickly."

Seeing that things were getting louder and louder, Zhou Yan pulled Wang Zuxian and walked outside quickly.

He and Wang Zuxian were not allowed to get involved in this matter.

And he also knew that in the end, the audience would suffer from this matter. Although his performance level was poor, he still performed seriously on stage. Even if he called the police, there was nothing he could do.

At most, the police can help negotiate a peace in the middle. If the boss insists on not refunding the money, he cannot force him to refund the money.

Li Haining and Xia Guobao were stunned for a moment. They did not expect Zhou Yan to make such a request.

Li Haining is about thirteen or fourteen years old, quite handsome, and his temperament is very consistent with the Lin Ai that Zhou Yan wrote in the script, so when he heard that Li Ai and the others were in the chorus, he became even more interested.

Why did the person in charge still let those musicians continue to perform under such circumstances? It was just to make others speechless.

Hearing this, Li Haining stopped. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Yan with a suspicious look, "Can you help us get it back?"

"Ah, what should we do? We still have fifty yuan."

One of the boys grabbed the person in charge's clothes and said anxiously, "No, our wages must be paid today!"

Maybe, after some time, the person in charge can change the name of the orchestra and organize a concert.

Li Haining glanced at Zhou Yan warily, "It has nothing to do with you."

Li Haining didn't say anything. Xia Guobao nodded and replied, "Well, that person is Boss Cui, and we are all from his choir. We agreed to sing for 20 yuan a time. We sang with Li Haining for five times, a total of 100 yuan." Yuan, and he still missed each of us by fifty."

The two boys picked up the money from the ground and wanted to chase it again, but found that they could no longer catch up.

Xia Guobao shook his head, "No, in the choir, Haining and I are the only ones who are paid, the others..."

Who is this guy, helping them just to listen to singing?

The two walked out of the concert hall, only to see the person in charge just now, who was arguing with two half-year-old boys.

Xia Guobao scratched his head in embarrassment, "I'm not good at singing, but Li Haining is very good."

"No, I have to tie the knot today."

Watching the car speed away, the boy who had been silent said, "Haining, what should we do now? Will Boss Cui come tomorrow?"

"Maybe he will run away tomorrow."

Zhou Yan smiled secretly. This kid was really vigilant. Everyone seemed to be trying to trick him.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "Maybe, at least for you, it's one more possibility, isn't it?"

"What else can I give you for your three melons and two dates? I'll come over and tie them for you tomorrow."

Before he finished speaking, Li Haining interrupted him, "Why are you talking to him so much? Let's go."

The reason why Zhou Yan asked about this matter was firstly because he didn't want the two children to be deceived, and secondly because he was very interested in Li Haining.

"Why are you reporting to the police? Can they take care of your matter?"

Li Haining bit his lip and thought for a while, then asked, "What do you want?"

"I said……"

Zhou Yan stood not far away and listened for a while, then walked over and asked, "Two children, what happened?"

Xia Guobao was a little frightened when he heard that he was going to Boss Cui's house to stop people. "Are you going tonight? Why don't we wait until tomorrow? If he doesn't come tomorrow, we will stop him again."

Look, our performances were completed normally, and we have fulfilled our obligations. There is no reason for people to refund tickets.

Zhou Yan was not angry and continued to say with a smile, "I just listened for a while. Does that person owe you a salary?"

After saying that, he waved his hand and opened the boy's hand, and then he walked quickly towards a black car.

After that, Li Haining pulled Xia Guobao to leave.

"I know his house. I'll clean it up later. Let's go to his house to block him."

Zhou Yan said, "Don't you want the fifty yuan back?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Li Haining and asked, "Is everyone in your choir in arrears with wages?"

Unexpectedly, Boss Cui not only started a band, but also a children's choir.

"Can you two sing?"

Li Haining spat on the ground, "Bah, this grandson must have run away."

"Then... let's call the police."

Looking at Li Haining's wary eyes, Zhou Yan said, "I want to hear you sing a song to me."

Got in the car, started it, and the man ran away quickly.

The person in charge was about to say something more when he suddenly saw Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian coming out of the concert hall. He quickly took out two fifty fifties from his bag and threw them on the ground, "Know these many first, and we will tie the others tomorrow."

Li Haining looked at Zhou Yan up and down. He always felt that the man and woman in front of him were strange. Who was wearing sunglasses and a hat at night? Can you really see the road clearly this way?

But he really wanted to recover his fifty yuan, and he also knew that it would be difficult for him and Xia Guobao. Apart from anything else, it would take a long time to get there by car from here to Boss Cui's house, and It's getting late now, and it's not easy to get by car.

"What can you do?"

"Then you have to tell me, what is Boss Cui's name and where he lives."

"I don't know what his name is. We usually call him Boss Cui. His family lives in Unit 7, Building 201, Shi Fuli Campus, Yaoyuan Road. It's just a rented house."

Zhou Yan said unexpectedly, "You don't even know his name, how do you know the specific address of his home?"

"Don't worry about it, I know it anyway."

Zhou Yan nodded, "As long as he really lives there, I can help you find him, but you have to sing a song to me first."

"Sing now?"

"can."

"Row."

It's just a song anyway, so they don't lose anything.

"What do you want to hear?"

"Anything is fine, just sing what you are good at."

Li Haining nodded and said to Xia Guobao, "Let's sing "Azalea"."

"it is good."

Then the two children began to brew. Looking at the two of them, Zhou Yan felt that their temperaments had changed, especially Li Haining, who was no longer as sharp as before, and was full of confidence and calmness.

"Watching for dawn in the middle of the night

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, I look forward to the spring breeze

......"

As soon as they spoke, Zhou Yan was stunned.

Zhou Yan originally thought that as long as Li Haining could sing well, he would consider letting him audition for "Spring of the Cowherd Class".

But what I didn't expect was that Li Haining sang so well.

Although it was a duet between two people, Zhou Yan's ears were naturally able to separate their voices.

Both Li Haining and Xia Guobao have poor skills, but Li Haining has a particularly good foundation, and his timbre has reached a level that surprised Zhou Yan. The key is that Li Haining's intonation is very good, which is a manifestation of absolute talent.

He has a talent that is difficult for ordinary children to match. With such a foundation, with a little training, he can be much better than others.

Wang Zuxian was also very surprised. She couldn't tell how talented Li Haining was. She felt that the voices of these two children were so beautiful and contagious.

She also guessed Zhou Yan's thoughts at this moment. Zhou Yan must have taken a liking to these two children and wanted them to participate in "Spring of the Cowherd Class". Zhou Yan suppressed the surprise in his heart and listened quietly to the two of them singing the entire song "Azalea".

After they finished singing, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "It's not bad, it's worth twenty yuan."

Li Haining stared at Zhou Yan, "We have finished singing, it's your turn to fulfill your promise."

Zhou Yan smiled, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and wrote down a list of addresses and phone numbers, "Tomorrow afternoon, go to this address to get your money. When you get there, just ask Boss Zhou. If I can't see you tomorrow afternoon, If it comes to you, the money will be treated as if you gave it up voluntarily."

Li Haining took the note and looked at it. Seeing that the address on it was not very far from their place, he nodded and said, "We will go. If you lie to us, I will never be done with you."

"See you tomorrow."

After saying goodbye, Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian away.

On the way back, Wang Zuxian asked Zhou Yan, "Do you want to help them find that Boss Cui?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I have promised them."

"I thought you would make up their hundred dollars yourself."

For Zhou Yan, it is easiest for him to make up the one hundred yuan himself, because this one hundred yuan is a drop in the bucket for him. On the contrary, it is a very troublesome thing to help Boss Cui to ask for salary.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "My money is also money. This boss Cui owes money, of course I don't want to pay him."

Wang Zuxian smiled. She knew that Zhou Yan actually still wanted to seek justice for the children.

Although it is easy to make up the money yourself, it allows the bad guys to get away with it.

……

After returning, Zhou Yan called Huo Siqi and briefly told him about the matter.

After hearing this, Huo Siqi agreed readily, "No problem. I have an acquaintance in Chaoyang. I will ask someone to find this boss Cui."

Huo Siqi was very efficient. Zhou Yan called him at 8:30, and he received a call from Huo Siqi at 10 o'clock, saying that someone had been invited in.

Boss Cui insisted at first that he didn't know anything, but he soon confessed honestly.

"This guy is a repeat offender. He owes money not only to these two children, but also to many other musicians. The most outrageous thing is that he has two or three children's choirs, and most of the children do not spend money. money."

"Without spending money?"

"Well, he lied to the parents of those children and said that he could send their children to perform on the big stage and hope to win prizes. Not only did he not spend any money, he even collected money from some parents."

Zhou Yan also suddenly understood why Xia Guobao said that only he and Li Haining were paid, but he knew that other children were deceived in this way.

Boss Cui has really grasped the psychology of parents of children. Many wealthy parents are naturally willing to spend money when they hear that their children have musical talent and can perform in concert halls.

Then Boss Cui went to the concert hall to rent a venue and sell tickets.

If the tickets sell well, it's an extra income. If they don't sell well, it doesn't matter. The parents have already given money anyway, so he won't lose.

As for why Li Haining and Xia Guobao were given salaries, it's not very clear.

"Brother Siqi, thank you very much for this."

"You're welcome. It's our responsibility to punish evil and promote good."

Zhou Yan sighed slightly, punishing evil and promoting good also requires capital.

If Li Haining and the others hadn't met him today, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get the money back. I have to say that this boss Cui is really a miser. He makes so much money, and even this hundred yuan has to be cheated.

When Zhou Yan hung up the phone, Wang Zuxian asked from the side, "Has it been resolved?"

"Well, Boss Cui has been arrested and the facts have been clearly explained."

"It's so fast." Wang Zuxian sighed with emotion, and then regretted, "Unfortunately, the experience of attending the concert tonight was very poor."

Zhou Yan touched her head and said, "It doesn't matter. When I have the chance next time, I will take you to listen to some high-level lectures. And if it hadn't been for what happened tonight, I wouldn't have met Li Haining and the others."

Wang Zuxian snuggled into Zhou Yan's arms and asked, "Are you going to let these two children play "Spring of the Cowherd Class"?"

"Whether I will use them or not depends on tomorrow's interview. Li Haining is very talented, but I don't know much about him yet."

"I really want to see this choir formed. When I read the script, I really wanted to hear the choir sing."

"You'll see."

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan went to the studio and waited for Li Haining and others to come over.

But when I got off work at 5:30, no one was there.

Just when he was about to leave, the phone on the table rang. It was Xiao Li at the front desk.

"Boss, there are two children who want to see you."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, bring them here."

……

Li Haining and Xia Guobao actually arrived very early, but they kept wandering outside and didn't dare to go in because they didn't know if it would be a trap.

After observing outside for more than two hours, the two finally plucked up the courage to walk in.

Watching the big sister at the front desk making a phone call, both of them felt their hearts in their throats. Li Haining was worried that the address was fake and that the person was not here at all.

Maybe if the phone hangs up, this sister will kick them out.

After the phone call, Xiao Li said to Li Haining and the others, "Two children, come with me."

Li Haining and Xia Guo looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, then followed Xiao Li to the second floor and went to Zhou Yan's office.

"Boss, people are here."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, go ahead and do your work."

After Xiao Li left, Zhou Yan waved to the two people standing at the door, "Come in."

Only after hearing Zhou Yan's greeting did Li Haining and the others dare to go in.

"Sit down." Zhou Yan pointed to the sofa and motioned for them to sit down, then gave them two more envelopes, "Here are your wages."

Li Haining took the envelope and couldn't wait to open it. When he saw a brand new fifty yuan note inside, his face was full of surprise.

"Did you really go find Boss Cui?"

"Let's put aside Boss Cui's matters for now. I still have some things I want to ask you."

Li Haining asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

"Today is not the weekend. If you show up here at this hour, aren't you already not in school?"

"Didn't you ask us to come in the afternoon?"

"If you were in school, you would probably refuse."

Li Haining lowered his head and said, "I don't want to answer this question."

Zhou Yan stood up and poured a glass of water for each of them. "You don't have to resist, I don't have any ill intentions. I also have some jobs that I want to ask you for, but I must know your situation. And I have to tell you that working here, The salary is definitely higher than Boss Cui’s.”

Hearing this, Li Haining raised his head and asked, "What kind of job?"

"You have to answer my question first."

Li Haining gritted his teeth and said, "We are still in school."

"So you guys skipped school?"

"There are no teachers in the school during this period. It's a holiday."

Zhou Yan asked doubtfully, "Which school of yours is on vacation at this time?"

"Chunsheng Middle School."

Zhou Yan had never heard of this school, but looking at the expressions on Li Haining and Xia Guobao's faces, he didn't seem to be lying. But the reason why the school is closed because there are no teachers seems outrageous no matter how you hear it.

(End of this chapter)