Chapter Eighty-Nine: Farewell to the Past (for the Alliance Leader Johnnie000)
Night is falling.
Thousands of lights are lit up, the long street is full of traffic, and this city of 30 million people has ushered in a new night, which is no different from usual.
But the passers-by walking in the Xidan underground passage felt a little strange.
The crowd was converging, as if something was about to happen, and there was something special in the air.
It makes people want to explore.
It's still the same old place, it's still the Triumph Band, Luo Kai, Lao Hei, Fat De, Monkey and Tong Tong.
Many people were already familiar with their existence, and although the show had not yet begun, they gathered around.
What's special is that among the gathered crowd, there are many singers who also sing in the underground passages.
These peers got the news yesterday that Triumph was leaving.
Instead of leaving the city that makes them laugh, makes them cry, makes them confused, and makes them miserable, the Triumph Band is about to embark on a new journey to pursue a brighter future.
That's exactly what a lot of people who struggle here dream of.
In the air, there is a lot of parting and blessings.
Luo Kai, Lao Hei, Fat De, Monkey and Zhang Bo are smoking.
Scattered smoke from the end.
There is no feast in the world that will never be dispersed, and all those who are here are leaving.
Some people walk silently, like the foam floating on the surface of a turbulent river, which will not attract any attention, and some people invite three or five friends to sing the last song when they leave, which is a commemoration and a memorial.
As well as farewells.
The cigarette is a good cigarette, the hard-shelled red Chinese cigarette, the yellow and clear bronzing words are eye-catching, and the packets are taken out and distributed to everyone's hands, including peers.
Colleagues give a few more, thank you for your support.
Except for a few ladies who watched the excitement, no one refused the cigarettes handed by Luo Kai and others, although they couldn't smoke it now, but it was just like that, it was a ritual.
To be honest, among the peers present, there are very few who like Luo Kai.
This guy relies on his fists and feet to be sharp, and he has occupied the best position for a long time, which is really unpleasant.
But now that Luo Kai is leaving, many people are stunned.
Luo Kai is a little overbearing, but his existence also maintains the rules of the rivers and lakes in the underground passage very well, and in recent years, some unruly outsiders want to stir up the wind and rain, but all of them have been cleaned up by Luo Kai.
Luo Kai is gone, and the Xidan underground passage in the future may be troublesome.
There were also a few people from the management office, all of whom were familiar faces, who understood the situation and came to help maintain order.
Luo Kai stuffed each of them with two packs of Great China: "I've caused you trouble in the past few years, thank you!"
The parting is imminent, and the people in the management office are particularly talkative, and they wish the Triumph Band a bright future.
Jiangshan is here, and there are many netizens in [Yanjing Li Lane], everyone learned about the news of Triumph Band's signing with Dream Media on the forum, and they also know that Triumph Band will bid farewell to the performance here tonight.
Jiang Shan not only brought his full set of camera equipment, but also had two more assistants by his side.
One of the assistants held a hand-picked lever mounted on a condenser microphone, which was sleeved with a gray caterpillar for a professional look.
Another assistant brought a fill light plate.
Luo Kai scattered cigarettes for them, and asked with a smile, "Engage in such a big battle?"
Jiang Shan took the cigarette, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said with a faint smile: "The effect of the last shot was not very good, and this time I make up for it, I don't have any other hobbies, I just like to shoot something that I feel good about." ”
Luo Kai laughed: "Then shoot well, I want a copy as a souvenir." ”
Jiang Shan nodded.
The two belong to the friendship of gentlemen, plain as water and not vanity, Luo Kai never asks Jiangshan's identity and origin, and Jiangshan does not talk to him about things other than his hobbies, and the two are completely equal.
Such a friend, even if you haven't seen each other for a few years, won't be much unfamiliar.
After more than a dozen packs of cigarettes were dispersed, many people had gathered in the passage, and if it weren't for the staff of the management office who were responsible for the guidance, I am afraid it would have been blocked.
Some passers-by thought that a movie was being made here!
The farewell performance of the Triumph Band began.
Unlike before, there is no piano box on the ground, and today's Triumph Band does not need to make money from this.
Luo Kai picked up the guitar, plucked the strings lightly and tried the sound, and said to the crowd: "You used to be." ”
The first song was given to "Once You Once", which made him famous in the underground passage.
Many of the people present were able to sing.
"I once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword, looking at the prosperity of the world, my young heart was always a little frivolous, and now you are at home all over the world, and the girl who once made you feel distressed is now quietly gone..."
Singing this song again, Luo Kai's singing skills are more and more profound, and his singing voice echoes in people's ears, which is destined to become a memory that many people will never forget.
A familiar melody, a familiar sound, a slightly sad breath diffused in the passage.
Quite a few people sang along in a low voice.
And this different picture was completely recorded by the camera arranged by Jiangshan.
At the end of the song, applause erupted.
Next, Luo Kai led the Triumph Band to cover a number of well-known classic old songs.
More and more people were attracted by the singing, causing a little trouble, but the order inside was good.
No one wants to spoil this farewell.
Time passes quietly in a touch of nostalgia and sadness.
The other two original works of the Triumph Band, "My Sky" and "Friends", were also interspersed and received the most enthusiastic feedback from the audience.
Before you know it, it's almost 9 p.m.
It's time for the curtain call.
"The last song..."
Luo Kai's gaze swept from the crowd, looking at familiar or unfamiliar faces, he said in a deep voice: "It's a new song, I will give it to you, to all the people and friends who are floating in the capital." ”
"Peace and happiness to you!"
"The name of the song..."
"It's called Drift to the North. ”
Luo Kai nodded at the monkey, who played the prelude in understanding.
To the accompaniment of the electronic keyboard, Luo Kai raised his head slightly, and the lights in the underground passage hit his angular face, as if it were a carved statue.
"Drift to the north, don't ask my hometown, the towering ancient walls can't stop the sorrow. ”
"I floated to the north, whether my family was safe or not, the heavy bags on my shoulders were full of melancholy!"
Different from the calm and powerful of the previous works, Luo Kai sang the beginning of this song "Floating to the North" a little floating, as if it was blown up into the sky by the wind and came from outside the sky.
But then the rap from Lao Hei instantly brought the theme and melody of the work back to the earth!
"Some people say that he owes a bunch of money in his hometown and needs to take refuge. Some people say that he has practiced martial arts but has no chance to show it, some people have lost themselves and are at a loss to drift around, some people are for their dreams, for three meals to support their families!"
"He lives in the western suburbs of the village, a dilapidated job-seeking apartment, a crowded building, full of strangers from other places, he buried his head in writing his resume, how much hope he had..."
This is a very special work, and its essence lies in the long rap in it, which is rapped, dignified, low and powerful, containing extremely strong emotions!
As Luo Kai said, this song was written for the people present and for all the North Drifters.
When Lao Hei got the score, he stumbled on the first practice, but at the end of the song he shed tears.
Because this song, it seems like it was written for him!
"(Holding back tears) I don't listen or want to, I don't dare to look back, (covering my wounds) I have carried my dreams, I want to resolutely go wandering, (look up) I have unloaded my self-esteem, my halo, how beautiful I have been in the past, (with the slanting sun) even if I am unbearable and defeated, I can't surrender!"
For this song, Lao Hei practiced over and over again until his throat was hoarse.
In his dreams, he was singing this song.
Just for the pouring at the moment: "The air is too dirty, too turbid, he said that he doesn't like the car to be too chaotic, too hurried, he is not used to the sidewalk pair after pair, squinting and indifferent eyes, he often gets himself drunk, forced to integrate, this big dye vat..."
The underground passage where hundreds of people had gathered was silent, and only the old black's shouts echoed, impacting...
Souls of all!
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Note: "Drifting to the North" lyrics/song: Huang Mingzhi, the lyrics have a few word changes.
This song is not red outside the red wall, I personally like it very much, and I recommend it.
PS: This chapter is given to the alliance leader Johnnie000, three more today.