Chapter 12: Forming a Makeshift Band
Now that we have a reference, the next thing is easy to do, and all the arrangements are as close to that scene as possible.
Originally, Tian Zheng planned to propose to his girlfriend at that café, but now that he has decided to change it to a band accompaniment, he has to change the place, which can be a square, a park, or a pedestrian street, in short, he must try to choose an empty and crowded place to have an atmosphere.
The idea of hiding the cake in the ring must also be abandoned, and the appearance of the ring needs to be adapted to the scene......
To put it simply, Tian Zheng's original design plan had to be completely replaced. As for the arrangement of the band, Liu Jingxin took over.
The design of the proposal ceremony has changed dramatically, and in every way, they need to postpone the date so that they can be fully prepared.
However, Tian Zheng said that the reason why he chose to propose this weekend was because his girlfriend's birthday was on that day, and he hoped that his proposal could be the best birthday gift for his girlfriend.
In this way, time is very tight, and they must not waste any more time, but must immediately separate and start preparing.
Liu Jingxin first called the drummer, bassist and keyboardist of the original band, these brothers are still in Kyoto, have found their own jobs, and started a completely different life, but they all miss the time when their brothers played in the band these days, so after receiving Liu Jingxin's call, they all agreed immediately.
In the end, the choice of rhythm guitarist made Liu Jingxin very entangled, and he thought about it, but he still called Zhang Xun.
"What's the matter?" Zhang Xun's tone was not very good, and when he heard it, he was still angry with Liu Jingxin.
Liu Jingxin said with mixed feelings: "How are you doing lately?"
Zhang Xun said: "If you don't have anything else, I'll hang up." ”
"Wait. Liu Jingxin hurriedly said: "I have a friend who is going to propose to his girlfriend this weekend, and he wants the band to help him play a song, Dayang and I have contacted them, and now there is still a rhythm guitar, so I want to ask you if you have time?"
Zhang Xun was silent on the other end of the phone for several seconds before speaking again: "Do you want to reorganize Friday?"
Liu Jingxin said: "It's not a reorganization, it's a temporary ......"
"I'm not available!" Zhang Xun didn't wait for Liu Jingxin to finish speaking, and hung up the call directly.
Liu Jingxin looked at the mobile phone screen that had been restored to the lock screen, and sighed softly, feeling very uncomfortable.
In the entire band, he and Zhang Xun are the most compatible and have the best relationship, so after he proposed to disband the band, his relationship with Zhang Xun was also the worst.
Alas, Zhang Xun is not to blame for this, but I can only be blamed for disappointing him!
Liu Jingxin sat on the bench in the green belt, caressing the piano bag with one hand, supporting his face on the armrest with the other, watching the crowd coming and going, watching the traffic on the road, and looking at the tall buildings, feeling very bitter in his heart.
If he could, he would also want to be desperate, and even bet on the future to go on with his brothers to see if he could reach the height he longed for by fighting his life.
But he is not alone, as the captain of the team, he can't take the most precious youth of his brothers because of his unwillingness, and he can't let the old parents at home be lonely and unable to enjoy their family.
Perhaps, I haven't been able to make out so many songs in more than two years, because those songs are really rubbish, right?
Now although he has been selected by the system, the system has only given him a guitar so far, allowing him to find a decent job and solve his urgent needs.
Even if he really comes out one day and has enough money to support him to reorganize Friday, if there is no really original originality that moves people, and he is still not able to find the position as before, he will still not be able to go far after all, or even go down the old road again.
Alas, what's the use of thinking about things that can't be changed no matter how hard you try? Let's hurry up and find a rhythm guitarist and fulfill "Tian Zheng's wish" as fully as possible.
After thinking about it, Liu Jingxin asked Fang Zhichao for help.
Fang Zhichao happened to have not received any performances recently, he was living a Buddhist life, and he had a lot of time, and after listening to Liu Jingxin explain the ins and outs of the whole thing, he immediately agreed.
Finally gathered the members of the temporary band, Liu Jingxin set up a WeChat group, pulled everyone else in, and asked everyone if they had time to get together after half past nine in the evening to have a small barbecue and drink some beer.
After getting everyone's affirmative answers, Liu Jingxin recorded a sample of the song by himself and sent it to the group, so that everyone could familiarize themselves with the song in advance, sort out a rough arrangement idea, and discuss all the details when they met in the evening.
The melody written by Tian Zheng is very simple, using the very common key of G major, the ups and downs of the whole song are not very large, the chords are very well matched, and the arrangement is not difficult, but it is difficult to make it amazing.
After confirming the place and time of the meeting with the others, it was almost half past five, Liu Jingxin put away his mobile phone, carried his guitar, and walked to the café.
Although there are fewer people in the café today than yesterday, there are still more than 70% of the seats.
To Liu Jingxin's surprise, Tong Wenxuan came again, but he didn't order a song when he saw Liu Jingxin like yesterday, he only smiled and raised his hand to say hello to Liu Jingxin, and the little appearance almost stood up and bowed and shouted "Hello teacher".
Liu Jingxin nodded at Tong Wenxuan with a smile, and then walked straight to the small stage to debug the equipment, and started his work today, using songs and performances to dilute the sorrow in his heart.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Jingxin left the café on time. He first sent the guitar back to his residence, and then took a taxi to the agreed place at the entrance of the community.
It is a barbecue restaurant located outside the Fourth Ring Road, the owner is from the Northeast, the barbecue is very authentic, and the person is also very bold, so when everyone in the Friday band wants to eat barbecue, they will choose here.
Everyone else has already arrived, and the wine on the table has been poured, but the barbecue has not yet been served, and it seems that they are all waiting for Liu Jingxin.
It had only been three days since the brothers last met, but when they met at this time, it felt as if they had been separated for a century. After all, in the past three days, they have bid farewell to their original way of life and sought a new way to survive in this bustling Kyoto.
Fang Zhichao smiled and opened a bottle of beer and put it on the table: "I heard Da Yang say, your band has a rule, whoever comes at the latest will punish himself for a bottle, is it really fake?"
The band has now disbanded, and the atmosphere is really a bit awkward to bring up the topic again.
Liu Jingxin pretended to smile lightly and said, "Of course it's true." ”
With that, he walked to the table and picked up the bottle of beer, and after a while, he dried the bottle of beer down, while the others coaxed and applauded beside him, so that the embarrassing atmosphere just now immediately dissipated.
After Liu Jingxin put down the empty wine bottle, Fang Zhichao laughed and snapped his fingers, and said to the boss who was busy by the stove outside the door: "Boss, let's start a small barbecue!
The boss smiled and said, "That's an absolute must!"