1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Shizuka Kudo said regretfully: "What a pity. They are sure that they are suitable for this place."

Because Kudo Shizuka has been staying at the studio recently, she is relatively familiar with No. 43 Baojia Street.

When she has free time, if Zhou Yan is there, she will go to see him. If Zhou Yan is not there, she will go to the rehearsal of the Piano Youth Orchestra or No. 43 Baojia Street.

Zhou Yan has always been supportive of the communication between Kudo Shizuka and them, let alone the Piano Boys Band. Maybe No. 43 Baojia Street will develop into neon in the future.

If that time comes, Kudo Shizuka can help them to some extent.

"If you want to see their performance, I will take you to see it if you have the chance." Zhou Yan said.

He said it so casually, but Shizuka Kudo asked very seriously, "When?"

It's like when two people meet and casually say that they have a chance to treat you to dinner, the other party insists on asking when.

"Uh... let's wait until you come to a concert next time."

Kudo Shizuka's two concerts in Yanjing have been scheduled. It was a little troublesome, but Zhou helped in the middle.

Without any effort, Huo Siqi spoke to the person he spoke to and the matter was resolved.

The last time Kudo Shizuka came to hold a concert, the scale was relatively small, with two to three thousand spectators in a single performance, so it was easier to get approval. However, this time it will be held in the Workers' Stadium, and the scale is much larger, so it's not impossible to get approval, but However, the process must be a bit more troublesome, and it won’t be approved so quickly.

Huo Siqi's intervention only made the process go faster.

Now the approval process for Kudo Shizuka's concert has entered the final stage, and the playlist has been submitted. The time will be determined soon, and it is basically certain that it will be next spring.

Zhou Yan originally thought that since he had said so, it would be okay, but what he didn't expect was that Kudo Shizuka actually took out a pen and paper from her pocket. She wrote on the paper for a while, and then handed it to Zhou Yan.

"Sign your name."

The light in the bar was a little dim. Zhou Yan looked at the note under the changing light. There were a few Chinese characters written on it, Yanjing, Zhou Yan, bar, and some neon words, which Zhou Yan couldn't quite understand.

Under the note is Kudo Shizuka's own name and the date of signing.

"What are you writing?"

"It's written that you promise to take me to see Wang Feng's performance at the bar."

Zhou Yan nodded and signed "Wednesday" directly below without asking any questions.

Looking at the word "Wednesday", Kudo Shizuka looked confused, "Is this not right?"

"That's my nickname."

"His nickname?" Shizuka Kudo expressed confusion.

"Do you know Bai Juyi?"

Kudo Shizuka nodded, "Of course."

Bai Juyi is very well-known in Neon, and many Neon people have read Bai Juyi's poems.

In China, if you ask a person who is the first poet that comes to mind, most people will say Li Bai or Du Fu, but in Neon, most people will say Bai Juyi, and the other poets will come a little later.

"Bai Juyi is his name. He also has the nickname Letian and the name Xiangshan Jushi."

After listening to Zhou Yan's example, Kudo Shizuka suddenly realized, "Oh, I know, Wednesday is your number."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It can be understood that way."

In fact, Zhou Yan is a pen name of Zhou Yan, and this pen name is a combination with Zhou Chan. Chan and San together are exactly the same as Yan, and Zhou Yan also plays the role of three, so it is reasonable to call him Wednesday.

The main reason is that Zhou Yan doesn't know what Shizuka Kudo writes, so it's hard to sign with his real name. This kind of thing can be big or small.

Kudo Shizuka nodded with satisfaction, and then carefully put the note away.

Seeing her actions, Zhou Yan couldn't help but shook his head. This girl actually carried paper and pen with her.

At this time, there were more and more people in the bar, and there were a few more people on the stage. They were all rock players with shoulder-length hair and riveted clothes.

This should be the bar's resident singer. It's about time and it's time to start performing soon.

He stared at them for a few more times, but didn't see anyone he knew, or maybe he didn't recognize them. After all, the lights in the bar were dim, and their hair was relatively long, so even if they were acquainted, they might not be able to recognize them.

Seeing the resident band coming on stage, Shizuka Kudo was also very interested. She stared at the stage with keen eyes, waiting for the performance to start.

After a while, the sound of guitar came from the stage. As soon as the intro started, Zhou Yan could tell that what they were going to sing was "No Place to Shame" by the Black Panthers.

Zhou Yan was quite interested when he heard that he was going to sing this song, but soon his eyebrows wrinkled.

The song is a good one, but the singing skills are not good enough, and the song is sung to pieces.

This band is obviously an imitation of the Black Panthers, but they only imitated the style of the Black Panthers, and they didn't learn the singing skills at all.

Many rock bands nowadays also have this problem. They focus on the energy of the performance and put little effort into the music itself.

Not to mention the creation, just speaking of the standard of singing, most of them are not up to standard.

The pitch is a mess... Actually, the pitch of the song "Shameless" is really not difficult to find, but the rhythm needs a little more work, and their problem with the rhythm is even bigger. It's just a mess, and the instruments and the vocals have nothing to do with it. coordination.

Kudo Shizuka had never heard of this song, but she could tell that the resident band was not good enough.

She also spoke upright, "Much worse than Wang Feng and the others."

Zhou Yan didn't say this. It would be unfair to compare Wang Feng and others. The two bands are not on the same level at all.

Not to mention anything else, just for the musical instruments, Wang Feng and the others would be a few blocks away from these people.

Wang Feng and the others were all educated in majors. Although they were not guitar students, after all, they had been playing the violin for more than ten years and could understand how to play the guitar. Not to mention Zhao Muyang, the "King of Drums in the Northwest", in the rock circle , he said that he was second in playing drums, and no one dared to say that he was first.

After listening to a song, Zhou Yan felt quite bored, but Shizuka Kudo was still very interested. Even though she felt that the band's performance was not of a high standard, she still gave the band warm applause along with other audiences in the bar.

Kudo Shizuka enjoys the feeling of watching the performance in the audience.

In fact, this is a rare experience for her. After all, usually she is on the stage and the audience cheers for her in the audience. Now that the roles are reversed, it's quite interesting.

The key is that in a place like this, she doesn't have to worry about others recognizing her, so she can be a little more wanton. During this period, she practiced singing and recording every day. Life was very boring, and she also needed to vent.

About half an hour later, the beer in Zhou Yan's cup was only half full. Shizuka Kudo's third cup of beer had already bottomed out. When she was about to get the fourth cup, the lead singer on the stage had just finished singing a song and held her hand. The microphone said, "Thank you everyone for your support. This is the end of our 'Paper Band' performance tonight, but don't worry, everyone, the singing at our Yunsheng Bar will continue until closing tonight. Next, we will invite a new member." Friends come on stage to sing for everyone, let us welcome Xu~Wei~"

Hearing Xu Wei's name, Zhou Yan raised his head.

There was a burst of applause in the bar. The applause was not very enthusiastic, and it was basically polite. Most of the audience probably didn't know Xu Wei, otherwise they would have started shouting Xu Wei's name and screaming at this time.

Xu Wei was somewhat famous in the northwest, but it was not easy for him to come to Yanjing. Zhou Yan was also surprised to see Xu Wei on stage, because Xu Wei's hair was cut shorter and he became much more capable than before.

Red Star Production Company promised to produce a song for Xu Wei, but it certainly didn't happen so quickly, so it wasn't surprising to see Xu Wei appear here.

Moreover, even if Red Star Production Co. released a song for Xu Wei, or even if the song became famous, it would probably not have a great impact on Xu Wei's situation. Zhou Yan was quite skeptical about Red Star Production Co.'s monetization ability.

There are many well-known musicians working with Red Star Production Company now, including Zheng Jun and Dou Wei, but Red Star Production Company still has no way to make money for these musicians.

The reason why this situation occurs is not only related to the general environment, but also to the development model of Red Star Production Co., Ltd.

What time is it now? Red Star Production Company is still thinking about following the previous model. It is only thinking about letting artists follow the path of the Three Great Masters of Magic Rock. It imagines that rock and roll can still make people crazy like it was in the golden age. The final result will definitely not be good. .

Xu Wei stayed at Red Star Production Company, but in the end he might not get what he wanted. The only change was that he could be recognized by more audiences by performing in bars, and the appearance fee would be a little more than that of other unknown singers.

Kudo Shizuka clapped along with everyone, and she quickly noticed Zhou Yan's eyes.

This is the first time Zhou Yan has shown such a high interest in the other side of the stage tonight, so Kudo Shizuka asked curiously, "Do you know him?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I wanted to sign him before, but I didn't."

Kudo Shizuka was surprised, "He actually rejected you?"

In Shizuka Kudo's view, this is something very unbelievable. Which singer would refuse a producer like Zhou Yan?

Zhou Yan's talent, as well as the conditions Zhou Yan can provide to musicians, let alone newcomers, even some famous singers may not be able to refuse.

Judging from the reactions of the bar patrons just now, this Xu Wei is probably not a well-known singer.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "This is the fact."

He didn't explain much. Shizuka Kudo didn't know much about the situation in China, so she didn't know how attractive Red Star Production Company was to rock singers in the rock circle. It wasn't unbelievable that Xu Wei refused him to choose Red Star Production Company. things.

Kudo Shizuka curled her lips and said, "Okay."

Because of Zhou Yan's words, Kudo Shizuka had more expectations for Xu Wei's next performance. She wanted to see how good Xu Wei was.

The first two songs Xu Wei sang were "Kuafu" and "Fairy Tale Era" from the Flying Band period. After listening to them, Kudo Shizuka was a little disappointed.

In fact, Xu Wei's performance was quite good, and the two songs were also okay. The overall performance level was much higher than that of the paper band just now. However, because Zhou Yan said that Xu Wei was not signed, Kudo Shizuka had particularly high expectations for Xu Wei, and Xu Wei's performance did not meet her expectations.

She still couldn't understand why this man rejected Zhou Yan.

The audience in the audience was also a little disappointed and gradually became impatient.

They didn't care about Xu Wei's singing skills. They came to the bar hoping to hear some familiar songs.

The paper band that was on stage before had very poor singing skills, but the whole band sang like a rock band, and they sang songs they knew.

When they discovered that the third song was a song they had never heard before, some members of the audience started shouting.

“Dude, sing a song called ‘Nothing’.”

"Don't just sing these songs that you haven't heard before or don't like to listen to."

"Come and listen to something powerful."

"Let's play "Don't Break My Heart."

Hearing the shouts of the customers in the audience, Xu Wei didn't react at all and continued to sing "Wandering". Finally, the boss probably couldn't bear it anymore and went over to say a few words to Xu Wei.

After the boss finished speaking, Xu Wei sang "Nothing" by Cui Jian.

This time, the customers applauded and some whistled.

Looking at the reactions of the customers, Zhou Yan shook his head secretly. Later, many people beautified the bar. Some even believed that the development of rock music was inseparable from the bar.

But in fact, this view makes no sense. A bar is nothing more than a place for customers to relieve stress in their spare time. Customers cannot be expected to love music. What they want to listen to are all popular things.

Customers spend money to relax and want to listen to something lively and fashionable. This is not their fault. It is the fault of the musicians who want to pursue their musical dreams in such a place.

Although for a certain period of time, bars provided rock singers with life supplies, it was only because of the gust of wind caused by rock itself. After the gust of wind blew, the bars would abandon rock in a very fashionable manner.

Xu Wei on the stage was forced to sing someone else's song. Zhou Yan couldn't hear a trace of energy in his singing. His state formed a huge contrast with the warm applause from the audience, filling the whole bar with excitement. Kind of funny.

Zhou Yan picked up the cup and drank the remaining half of the beer, then stood up and said to Kudo Shizuka, "Let's go out."

Although Kudo Shizuka didn't hear Zhou Yan's words clearly, Zhou Yan's movement of standing up to leave was too obvious. She was stunned for a moment and then stood up too, "Are you leaving?"

"Well, let's go."

After saying that, Zhou Yan took Kudo Shizuka's wrist and walked outside.

After exiting the bar door, Zhou Yan took a deep breath of the fresh air outside.

The slightly cooler air outside now made him feel comfortable.

Kudo Shizuka was also very happy to be pulled by Zhou Yan. After coming out, although Zhou Yan did not hold her hand again, the two of them were very close and walked side by side.

Kudo Shizuka tilted her head and asked Zhou Yan, "Why do you want to leave suddenly?"

"I just……"

Zhou Yan just didn't want to see the musicians he admired suffer such humiliation. Even though he knew that most people had to go through similar things before becoming famous, he was still a little touched when it happened before his eyes.

Seeing Zhou Yan hesitate to speak, Kudo Shizuka stared at Zhou Yan's eyes for a while and suddenly laughed, "You are feeling sorry."

Zhou Yan did not respond directly, but just smiled and said, "Your Chinese is getting better and better now. It's a pity that you can't use such words."

Shizuka Kudo said proudly, "I'm pretty good."

At this time, a gust of cool wind blew away, blowing away all Kudo Shizuka's pride. She felt the chill and couldn't help but shrink her neck.

Shizuka Kudo was dressed very thinly, with a silk long-sleeved shirt on her upper body and only a skirt that just reached her knees. This outfit was unable to withstand the cold wind of Yanjing's autumn night.

Zhou Yan glanced at the hem of her skirt and joked, "It turns out you know how cold it is."

His joke was not only directed at Shizuka Kudo, but also at neon women. They always wore very little, even in winter, many of them only wore skirts, which looked very resistant to the cold.

Kudo Shizuka still shrank her neck, "I'm just used to dressing like this. It's not that I don't know how cold it is."

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, took off his jacket and put it on Kudo Shizuka. He wore a thicker one and a sweater underneath, so even if he took off his jacket, it wouldn't be too cold. (End of chapter)