Chapter 92: Boyfriend
After breakfast and a short rest, Xiao Yao carried his guitar on his back, accompanied by Tim Haggis, and left the hotel and headed for Beba Street, where the Chambers Conservatory of Music is located. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Playing the guitar on the street, the volume close to the guitar itself is obviously not enough, fortunately, there are a lot of various musical instruments in this area, and there is no need to deliberately look for it in the daytime, Xiao Yao easily found an equipment rental shop on the road, rented a movable amplifier speaker and guitar cable, and dragged it to the outside of the Chambers Conservatory.
Xiao Yao chose the street outside a coffee shop near the school as his place to perform and began to connect the equipment. Tim Haggis walked around and took in the surroundings. When he returned to Xiao Yao's side, Xiao Yao had already carried the guitar on his back and was ready to start.
"Jan, why don't you open the case and put it in front of you?" Tim Haggis looked at the case that closed the lid and put it on the side, and asked Xiao Yao strangely, "Aren't you a street performer, where do you put the money you let others give you?"
"That's right, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Xiao Yao nodded, leaned over and opened the piano case in front of him.
Xiao Yao came here to be a street artist to surprise someone, and he didn't really want to make money from this, so he didn't think about this issue at all. But under Tim Haggis's reminder, Xiao Yao suddenly felt that it was good to make some money by the way, so he immediately did it.
Tim Haggis shook his head, sat down in the open-air seating outside the coffee shop, and ordered himself a cup of coffee. This location is less than ten meters away from Xiao Yao, with a wide field of vision, and anyone who approaches Xiao Yao on the street can't escape his sight, which will not interfere with Xiao Yao, but also make himself comfortable, which is an excellent monitoring position.
ON THE OTHER HAND, XIAO YAO ALSO STARTED HIS OWN PERFORMANCE WITH A PURE GUITAR SONG "GOOD DAY" BY DEPAPEPE IN HIS PREVIOUS LIFE. As soon as the fresh and bright guitar melody that seemed to have a sunny flavor sounded, it immediately attracted the attention of some passers-by.
It is true that Chambers College of Music is indeed a world-class music school, and has trained many world-class instrumentalists, Xiao Yao asked himself that most of the current guitar performance level is not as good as the classical guitar performance students in the school, but the reason why Xiao Yao dared to go to the Chambers School of Music to "go wild" is naturally because he has something that others do not have. What he relied on was the classic guitar tunes from his previous life. In terms of performance level alone, Xiao Yao is already very good, even if it is not outstanding in this place, but with those classic guitar tunes that have not appeared in this world, his performance is enough to attract the attention of people in this place.
DEPAPEPE's "Butterfly", Nakagawa Sunahito's "Clarence", Kotaro Oshio's "dreaming" and "fight", Kishibe Maaki's "Miracle Mountain" and "TimeTravel", Andy McKee's "Rylynn" and other guitar songs from previous lives were played one after another by Xiao Yao standing on the side of the road, and later, even Hisaishi's "Castle in the Sky" and Eagles' "HotelCalifornia" These were not pure guitar songs in the previous life, and Xiao Yao also played the pure guitar version. Ten tunes, played for more than half an hour, Xiao Yao finally stopped the footsteps of some passers-by, and gathered a group of listeners around him.
"Where did this artist come from? He played these beautiful tunes, and I had never heard them before. β
"yes, I don't know who wrote these songs, but I want to listen to them a few more times. β
"Anyway, we're fine, just stand here and listen for a while. He plays the guitar very well, do you think he will be a student of our school? Let's get to know each other in a moment, and we can find out who wrote these tunes, and we can find them on the Internet. β
"Stupid, if it were a student at our school, would he stand on the side of the street and perform? I think he wanted to use this method to attract the attention of our school teachers and enter our school. β
"It's not the time to graduate, it's not the time to enroll, I'm afraid it's useless. β
"It's good to make an impression first, and I'll come back when it's time to enroll. β
"This guitarist is Asian, handsome, in good shape, and most importantly, the guitar looks really cool, how about I wait for him to finish playing and invite him to have a drink?"
"You who can't take a step when you see a handsome guy. β
"Don't you want to?"
"Uh... Think!"
Xiao Yao performed for more than half an hour, and in addition to a lot of banknotes appearing in the piano case, it also caused a lot of whispers from onlookers. From the tune to the performance, because Xiao Yao is not well-known in the United States, he didn't make any disguise this time, and he didn't even wear sunglasses, so even his appearance has become a topic of discussion among the onlookers. In addition to the discussion, some audience members also took out their mobile phones and recorded a video of Xiao Yao who was performing. In the era of self-media, whether it is the United States or China, this seems to have become a habit for many young people.
At the end of the morning class, Sun Tingting met with two classmates and friends she knew in school and walked outside the school together.
As a dedicated music school, Chambers & Partners does not have a large number of teachers and students, and the school does not occupy a large area. Compared to ordinary universities, not only are there many fewer student clubs, but even the school facilities are much less. Therefore, in general, students rarely stay in the school except for classes, and usually go to the school to take a casual stroll outside the school, solve the problem of eating outside, and only return to the school dormitory when it is time to rest. In this arts and culture district, there are many more places to visit outside the school than inside the school.
"Tiana, is your boyfriend really not coming to the United States to see you?" asked a dark-haired Asian girl holding her arm next to Sun Tingting.
"Yes, Sissi, he's been very busy this summer and doesn't have time to come over. Although Sun Tingting was also a little disappointed in her heart, she didn't show it on her face, but just smiled and said to her friend beside her.
"Why can you still laugh?" Sun Tingting's brown-haired white man on the other side said for her, "Didn't you say that he is the same age as you, a student who has just graduated from high school? It's summer vacation, and he doesn't have summer vacation like our school, how busy can he be? I think he doesn't care about you at all, why is such a boyfriend coming? There are a lot of boys in our school who like you, so you just dump him." β
"Gina, he's just graduated from high school, but he's not your average high school graduate. Sun Tingting shook her head and said, "In addition to being a student, he is also an acting star." He is an actor, music creator, producer, singer and screenwriter. This summer, in addition to participating in TV shows, he also has to be his own director and shoot short films, which is indeed too busy and has no time. β
"Wow, your boyfriend is so good, why haven't I heard of you before?" said the brown-haired white girl named Gina, her eyes wide.
"Maybe Tiana is afraid that you, you, will miss her boyfriend. The black-haired Asian girl named Sissi on the side laughed and teased Gina.
"How could it be? Chinese boys are not my type of person at all. Gina rolled her eyes and said, "And even if he does have a lot of jobs, but his girlfriend is more important than work, right? He's still a student, and he doesn't need him to earn money to support his family, I think no matter how busy he is at work, he should take some time to come to the United States to spend with his girlfriend." So, I'm still sorry for a boy like thatβ" said Gina, pouting and shaking her head.
The three of them chatted as they walked, and before they knew it, they walked out of the school gate and walked in the direction of the coffee shop they frequented. After class, they all need to have a cup of coffee and a snack to replenish their energy and relax at the same time.
"Huh, what are you doing over there, why are there so many people?" Sissi first noticed that there was a group of people gathered on the side of the street not far from the coffee shop.
"There's music, it's like a guitar, and it's supposed to be a street performer. Sun Tingting heard the sound of the guitar and tilted her head to her two best friends.
"Yo~ Come to the door of Chambers to perform an instrument, this is really good at picking a place. Gina raised an eyebrow, then said with some surprise, "Ah, I see Taylor, she's a classical guitar professional, even she is standing there listening, the performer should be pretty good." β
With that, Gina took Sun Tingting and Sissi over together, patted a blonde girl standing on the periphery, who was 1.8 meters tall, and said, "Hey, Taylor, what are you doing here?"
"Hey," the blonde girl said with a smile when she turned around and saw that it was Gina and the other three classmates she knew, "There's a street performer playing guitar here, and I've been standing here listening for almost half an hour." β
"Can you play the guitar at the same level as you?" said Gina, looking at Taylor strangely, "Can you stand here and listen for half an hour?"
"He's not necessarily better at guitar than I am," Taylor laughs, "but he's playing very, really good tunes that I've never heard before, and he's a handsome guy with an Asian face." β
"He's never heard a great tune, Asian faces?" Sun Tingting on the side was moved when she heard this, and immediately squeezed into the crowd in a hurry.
"Hey, Tiana, you don't have to be so excited when you hear the handsome guy, you have a boyfriend. Gina immediately pulled Sissi and followed Sun Tingting to squeeze inside, still joking.
When Gina pulled Sissi to the innermost and stood next to Sun Tingting, they found that Sun Tingting was covering her mouth in disbelief at the moment, staring at the street artist playing the guitar.
"Tiana, what's wrong with you?" Sissi saw that something was wrong with Sun Tingting, and gently touched Sun Tingting's arm.
Sun Tingting still covered her mouth and didn't speak, just shook her head, signaling that she was fine.
Xiao Yao, who finally waited for Sun Tingting to appear in front of him, ended a piece he hadn't finished playing with a strumming string, and said with a smile for the first time: "I've played a lot of tunes for everyone, and now, I'll sing a song to you and give it to someone who is very, very important to me." She's the reason I'm here today. β
"Wow, after playing for so long, the handsome Asian guy is about to sing. He plays guitar tunes so good, I don't know how to sing songs. β
"Listening to what he means, it seems that he wants to confess, isn't he here to perform on the streets?"
There were many onlookers next to him whispering.
"I can't forget the first time I saw you, a pair of charming eyes..."After a light guitar prelude, Xiao Yao opened his mouth and sang.
Xiao Yao, who was carrying a guitar on his back, walked forward while singing, and stood still in front of Sun Tingting, looking at her with gentle eyes.
The song sung by Xiao Yao is "Love Must Be Necessary" by Yu Chengqing in the previous life, and the lyrics were changed to an all-English version by Xiao Yao himself. Although Xiao Yao's English lyrics are not translated word by word based on Chinese lyrics, the meaning and emotions expressed are exactly the same as those of Chinese lyrics in his previous life.
"Sure enough!" As soon as the street performer's lyrics were sung, the crowd of onlookers noticed that it was a sweet love song, and after watching his movements, everyone seemed to understand it at once.
At the end of Xiao Yao's first chorus, when the song entered the interlude, Sun Tingting, who looked up at Xiao Yao, suddenly stretched out her hands and hugged Xiao Yao's head, stood on tiptoe, pulled down with both hands, and kissed Xiao Yao's lips fiercely.
"Wow~" Seeing such a lively scene, the onlookers who had a premonition all applauded and shouted as if they were coaxing.
"Is this Tiana's Huaxia boyfriend?" said Gina with an incredulous look on her face.
"I don't know what he looks like," Sissi said, "but what Tiana is doing now tells us very clearly. β
"Didn't Tiana say that he has a lot of work and doesn't have time to come to the United States?" Gina was still a little confused, just now she was still not worth it for Sun Tingting, and in a blink of an eye, her boyfriend appeared in front of her.
"Clearly, he lied to Tiana. Sissi said, "For now, here, give her such a surprise." β
"You say that this person is not Tiana's suitor, but Tiana's boyfriend, who has been standing here and playing the guitar for more than half an hour in order to surprise her, and he is not a street performer at all?"
"It should be," Sissi nodded, "Tiana said that her boyfriend is an acting star in Huaxia, and he has several identities such as actor, music creator, singer, etc., and it is impossible for him to be a street artist who needs to make a living from street performing. β
"Oh my God, it's so romantic, it's so touching to watch. Gina folded her hands and looked at the heavens, "I'm going to take back what I just said." If God gives me a boyfriend like this, I don't care if he's Chinese or not. β