Chapter 106: The Third Man
"You don't have a bassist in your band yet, right?"
Mori Qingji pointed at Kobayashi Katsu and said to Lin Hai in an exaggerated tone: "His bass skills are Super-great! Moreover, he is very good at housework, and he is also a good hand at cooking, as long as you take him, no matter where you perform, you don't have to worry about going hungry!"
Mori Kiyoji is like a dedicated salesman, and he takes the trouble to introduce many advantages of Kobayashi Katsu to Lin Hai, and he will never give up if he can't sell it.
"Wait!" Kobayashi couldn't help but say, "I don't plan to leave Sads, even if you want to leave temporarily, I will wait until the day you come back......"
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Mori Kiyoji shook his finger and said, "If you're the only one left, what's the point of continuing to persevere?"
He put away his smile and said to Lin Hai seriously: "I know this is very sudden, but I really hope that he can have a better home." Hawkers, don't look at him as he is thirty years old, in fact, he is just a child, if he just disbands the band, I really can't rest assured. So, please!"
Mori Kiyoji said, bowing deeply.
Lin Hai felt speechless, and said in his heart, you are a child who will make such a mess!
Is it really okay to do this kind of thing without the consent of the person?
Mori Kiyoji maintained a bowing posture, which made Lin Hai feel at a loss.
"This ......"
Lin Hai looked at Xiao Lin Sheng.
Kobayashi Sheng sighed and asked, "Is it okay?"
"Yes, but I'm just a newcomer who hasn't debuted yet, and there are only two official members of the band at the moment......"
"It's good if you're okay!"
Mori Qingzhi bounced up like a spring, hugged Lin Hai's shoulders affectionately, and said: "I'm not bragging, my vision is very powerful, and your future is destined to be limitless!"
"Ah, thank you......"
"Also, he also recognizes your music, and when he watched HEY3 before, he also said that you lack a reliable bass player by your side, you see, isn't the problem solved?"
Lin Hai looked at Mori Qingji, and then looked at Kobayashi Sheng.
Xiao Lin Sheng said helplessly: "As you can see, this guy never uses his brains to do things. β
"Hey, how can you say that!" Mori Kiyoji pretended to be dissatisfied: "Isn't life wonderful because it is full of surprises?
As he spoke, he took the hands of the two of them, pressed them together, and said, "oK, now I announce that Black Dreams is officially disbanded, and there will be no Black Dreams in the future, only-"
When he said this, he got stuck, tilted his head and asked Lin Hai: "What's the name of your band?"
βoNE-PIECEγ β
"Wow, you're also a manga fan of Oda?"
Mori Kiyoji shouted excitedly, ready to continue the "ceremony" that was not completed just now.
At this time, Kobayashi Sheng suddenly spoke.
"Black Dreams will not dissolve. β
Kobayashi Sheng said to Lin Hai seriously: "No matter how long it takes, I will wait for Qingzhi to come back, before that, I am still 'Black Dream Man',
No problem, right?"
"Absolutely. β
"Then then, allow me to prove myself. Kobayashi said: "I don't want you to make a wrong decision because of someone's words. β
Mori exclaimed, "How could it be wrong!
Yoshida Ken smiled and said to Lin Hai: "I can testify that Kobayashi's bass skills are very good. β
Mori Qingzhi patted his ass and said: "After all, it is a famous teacher who produces a high apprentice!"
"Huh?"
Lin Hai was surprised: "Is Kobayashi-san Yoshida-san's apprentice?"
"He doesn't dislike me for being an outdated bad old man, and he insists on calling me a teacher, and I can't help it. β
Yoshida Ken's tone was helpless, but his face was full of pride.
Lin Hai suddenly realized that he had picked up a treasure.
Ken Yoshida is now a music producer, but he used to be a musician, and he was one of the best bass players in Japan, and his apprentice naturally couldn't be famous.
I have to say that one of the people who followed Sakamoto Long back then was counted as one, and later they all became legends in the rivers and lakes.
After all, it's the One Piece of the Japanese music scene!
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About Ryuichi Sakamoto, just one thing to mention.
In 1987, Italian director Bernardo Bertoru met Sakamoto at the Cannes Film Festival and invited him to star in the film "The Last Emperor".
After the shooting, the director asked Ryuichi Sakamoto if he wanted to score the film, and Ryuichi Sakamoto agreed.
After that, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who had never heard Chinese music before, wrote 44 tunes in two weeks with a piano that was seriously out of tune. Among them, "where-is-armo", played by the violin and perfectly combined with Chinese instruments such as erhu, guzheng and pipa, swept the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards and Golden Globe Awards in one fell swoop.
This incident tells us that opportunities are everywhere, and it all depends on whether you have the ability to seize it.
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Lin Hai felt that even if he didn't consider his mentorship, Kobayashi Sheng didn't need to prove himself at all, counting the period of the underground band, he had been in the rock circle for more than ten years, which was more convincing than anything else.
Lin Hai said: "Xiao Lin Sang doesn't need to be like this, the person who needs to prove it is me." β
"When you call me someone. In addition, I insist. β
"It might as well be like this. β
Ken Yoshida said: "Next, I need to re-record the accompaniment, and the bass part will be handed over to Kobayashi, and as for the guitar part, Watanabe is full of praise for your skills, so I might as well let you see it today." β
Lin Hai and Xiao Lin Sheng listened and said that there was no problem.
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Half an hour later, everyone in the control room (monitoring room), including Yoshida Ken, looked at Lin Hai in the recording room with a complicated expression.
"How?"
Lin Hai's voice came from the speakers in the control room.
Ken Yoshida turned on the switch of the call microphone and asked, "You really just got this song today?"
Yoshida Ken asked knowingly, he had just asked Takashi Antimachi for verification, and Lin Hai did get the score at noon today.
It's incredible
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It is an exaggeration to be able to memorize the score and describe it as a memory, but the instrumental performance makes people unable to find any faults.
No matter how talented you are, you need to practice beforehand, right?
Moreover, Lin Hai not only recorded the rhythm guitar, but also recorded the sound tracks of the drum and lead guitar, all of which were all one pass, except for some time spent debugging the equipment, there was almost no pause in between.
"Unbelievable ......"
Mori Kiyoji grew his mouth and asked Katsu Kobayashi, "Have you ever seen this kind of monster before?"
Katsu Kobayashi shook his head, he had an indifferent attitude towards joining the band oNE-PIECE before, but now he felt that it might be more interesting than he imagined.
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Lin Hai came out of the recording studio and changed Xiao Lin Sheng to record the bass.
Before entering the door, Xiao Lin Sheng suddenly turned around and asked Lin Hai: "How is the drummer of the band compared to you?"
"Better than me. β
Lin Hai said truthfully.
He plays drums, which can only be described as decent, and in comparison, the drums played by Yutaka Tanabe's robot are more passionate.
"I see. β
After Kobayashi finished speaking, he walked into the recording studio.
"Win that guy, it seems serious. β
Mori Kiyoji glanced at his old partner who was adjusting the bass, turned back to Lin Hai and said, "Wait a minute, don't be scared." β
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Lin Hai admitted that he was indeed taken aback.
The bass player is known as the soul of a band.
Why?
Because the soul can't see!
For many fans, it's hard to distinguish the bass's deep voice from a complex melody β especially the boisterous heavy metal, which feels inconsequential.
For these fans, the bass player said, I didn't play it to you in the first place.
The bass, first and foremost for the band, plays the role of a metronome by providing a steady rhythm to the other musicians through penetrating low frequencies.
In other words, the more noisy the environment, the more important the bass player.
Because of this "blue-collar" status, most bass players are very low-key.
However, there are always a small number of exceptions.
From the moment he started playing, Katsu Kobayashi was like a different person.
If he was as docile as Yamato Nadeshiko before, now he has completely incarnated as a muscular brother.
First of all, his posture is different from that of most bass players, he is more backwards, giving people the feeling of not carrying a piano on his shoulder, but more like carrying a gun.
Secondly, he didn't stand there like a wooden man, whether it was shaking his head or playing the piano, he had a lot of movements, and even did a few lifting and lowering the piano that usually only guitarists who are playing high, although they couldn't hear the sound, it still gave people a very burning feeling.
"This guy is an admirer of Robert-Trujillo?"
Lin Hai asked Mori Kiyoji.
"Wow, you can see it!"
Nonsense, this style of playing and the way you take the bass is clearly a copy of the fingerstyle monster!
The personal style is strong, but the most important thing for the bass player is the rhythm.
Lin Hai didn't wear headphones, but
Looking at the opponent's finger movements, you can know that the other party is "showing" at the same time, and the rhythm is still stable.
Lin Hai couldn't have been more satisfied.
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Xiao Lin Sheng himself was not very satisfied, he just wanted to prove himself to Lin Hai, so he added a lot of fancy elements.
It's a bit overwhelming.
After communicating with Ken Yoshida, Katsu Kobayashi rerecorded it several times before finally showing a satisfied smile.
After recording the accompaniment, the next part of the recording began, under the influence of Kobayashi Sheng, Lin Hai became more and more serious, and recorded it several times in a row, and finally recorded it all along with the harmony, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
The rest is remixing, suppression and other work, which is something Yoshida Ken needs to worry about, Lin Hai doesn't want to mess with and annoy people, besides, he is about to starve to death.
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Coming out of the studio, Mori Kiyoji proposed, "Hayashi, should you treat you to celebrate the new members joining?"
"Huh?"
Seeing Lin Hai pretending to be stupid, Sen Qingzhi shouted dissatisfiedly: "Banquet, banquet!"
"Ah, ah, okay. β
Lin Hai touched his pocket and said, "I'll call and ask if everyone is free, just to introduce everyone to each other." β
After he finished speaking, he called Hikaru Utada and Yutaka Tanabe respectively.
When they heard that Lin Hai had found a new member, they were curious and said that they would be there soon.
Outcome......
"What? You don't have any money?"
Lin Hai glared at Hikaru Utada and Yutaka Tanabe, looking like he hated iron but not steel.
Yutaka Tanabe said embarrassedly: "I've been practicing for free in the store, so I'm not embarrassed to receive a salary, and I just paid rent recently, so I ......"
"Are you stupid?"
Lin Hai glared at him and said, "This shows that the black-hearted businessman of HYdE is taking advantage of you, no, I'll let Sister Xiaomei settle accounts with him when I go back!"
"Don't, don't!" Yutaka Tanabe hurriedly said, "HYdE seniors are very good......"
"I don't know what Ecstasy he poured on you!"
Lin Hai said angrily.
said that he was looking for HYdE to settle accounts, just to relieve the embarrassment.
"What's next?"
Lin Hai pointed to the Korean-style barbecue restaurant behind him and said, "They have already entered, is it possible that they will have to pay in the end?"
Hikaru Utada's eyes flickered, and he raised his hand and said, "Why don't we run away!"
"Run your head!"
Lin Hai wanted to knock her on the head, but she was sensitive enough to dodge her.
Hikaru Utada said disdainfully: "I knew it would be like this, so I deliberately only brought the money for the ride before I went out." Why are you looking at me like that? You can't forget what you said, do you?"
She pointed to her nose and said in Lin Hai's tone: "She's just a temporary member, and I haven't decided whether to accept her application yet......
At this point, she suddenly realized that it was not appropriate to say this now.
Lin Haiwei smiled and said, "So you deliberately wore oNE-PIECE?"
Yes, Hikaru Utada today actually wore a dress for the first time, and even the shoes were changed from skateboarding shoes that had not changed for thousands of years to straps
Sandals, it's just girly.
Hikaru Utada punched him with a red face, and said angrily: "Instead of paying attention to these, you should think about what to do!"
"yes, what should I do......"
Lin Hai scratched his head.
Is it possible to call Silly Gong again?
This...... It's not good, even if the Shiba Inu's fur is thick, it will be bald all the time!
"It's a pity that when I recorded before, I left early, otherwise I would be a qualified wronged leader...... Lin Hai muttered to himself.
Hikaru Utada became more and more contemptuous: "So you dare to invite someone to dinner without a penny?
"What can I do?" Lin Hai shouted: "People are seniors, how can you let me refuse?"
Lin Hai was arguing with Hikaru Utada, when he suddenly heard someone shouting to him in surprise: "Ah, Lin Jun!"
Lin Hai's body shook, and he quickly put on a smile, turned around and said like a spring breeze: "Miss Li, what a coincidence!"
As he spoke, Lin Hai pretended to inadvertently turn his head to look at the hotel signboard and asked, "You also come here to eat?"
"Yes, yes......"
Li Xinyu had actually eaten, and was so blushing and heartbeating by Lin Hai's charming smile that she said in a ghostly voice, "Is Lin Jun too?"
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"I despise you. β
Hikaru Utada stared at Lin Hai in the mirror and repeated, "I despise you. β
"Yes, yes, even I despise myself. β
Lin Hai picked up the water to cool down his face, and said, "It's a big deal to wait for the album to be recorded, I'll give her a few more." β
"She's really your fan?" asked Mitsuru Utada suspiciously, "There is no other relationship between you?"
"It's our fan. β
Lin Hai corrected and said, "I remind you, don't inquire about her family later. β
"Why?"
"Because ......"
Lin Hai hesitated for a moment and whispered the truth to Hikaru Utada.
"Ahh
Hikaru Utada covered his mouth, his eyes widened, as if asking: You didn't lie to me, did you?
Lin Hai joked: "You just know, don't torture Yutaka Tanabe's nerves, I'm afraid he will pee his pants." β
"You're as useless as you?" Utada glanced at him, then squinted like a fox and said, "You just said that she is also a fan ......of mine?"
"Don't even think about it!"
Lin Hai knocked on her head and said, "It's shameful enough to cheat and cheat, don't you feel blush when you ask fans for gifts?"
"You big liar and you still have the face to talk about me?"
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"Sure enough, you should eat barbecue when you have a banquet!"
Mori Kiyoji wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, held up his beer, and said loudly, "Everyone, to celebrate my singleness, cheers!"
Ay?
Except for Li Xinyu, who cooperated with the cup, everyone else was instantly petrified.
"You wait!" Katsu Kobayashi hurriedly asked, "Isn't it celebrating my joining the band oNE-PIECE?"
"Ha, I forgot to tell you. "Kiyoji Mori
Scratching his head, he said, "I'm going to go back to Kanagawa in a while, and as you know, I haven't been home for several years." Since I was leaving Tokyo, of course I had to take something with me, so I decided to get married. β
"What kind of weird logic is this?"
Even after many years of partnering, Katsu Kobayashi still can't understand Kiyoji Mori's brain circuit.
He asked, "What about the other person, what does he do, and how long have you known each other?"
"You said Zhizi, she works around here, and she's very famous. Actually, we only met the day before yesterday, but she has already decided to quit her job and go back to my hometown with me to get married......"
"This is around here...... Famous...... Isn't it?"
"Ha, yes, Tomoko is Seksi's hostess, I'll tell you......"
Mori Qingji gushed about how the two fell in love at first sight, and everyone was even more speechless.
Lin Hai was extremely suspicious that he had fallen into the trap of cheating on marriage, not to mention Seksi's hostess...... Normal people don't just know each other for two days and get ready to get married, right?
"That," Li Xinyu asked, "The Seksi you are talking about, could it be that it is a very famous KTV in Tokyo?"
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Mori Kiyoji suddenly got stuck, and suddenly realized that there were not only women in the banquet, but most of them were minors.
"Isn't it?" Li Xinyu looked confused.
"Ahem. Lin Hai coughed and asked her, "Where did Miss Li hear that Seksi is a KTV?"
"My brother told me, is there anything wrong?"
That's not right!
Lin Hai patted his head and said, "I really doubt that you are Korean, what does Seksi mean in Korean?"
Li Xinyu was stunned for a moment, and then her face quickly turned red like a boiled crab.
Seksi, which means sexy in Korean, well, although the pronunciation is slightly different, but the United States, Japan and South Korea are also in the same vein. In short, just by looking at the name, you will know what the place is.
She snorted: "But my brother clearly said that he was going to sing with the client......"
Do you dare to believe a man's words?
Lin Hai thought about it and felt that he should save some face for Lee Jae-yong, so he said: "You don't have to think nonsense, Seksi is a very high-end club, you need a member introduction to enter, you can enter and exit, you are people with status, everyone goes there is nothing more than singing, dancing and drinking, your brother doesn't take you, probably has something serious to talk to customers." β
Li Xinyu stared at Lin Hai, paused for a few seconds, and said, "You lied to me." β
What a headache.
This woman is obviously stupid, but she is too clever on this kind of issue.
What's worse is that there is a troublemaker next to it.
Utada Hikari stared at Lin Hai suspiciously, and asked, "Why do you know so well?
"How is it possible, how old am I?"
Lin Hai hurriedly cleared up his suspicions.
Well...... I've been there in my previous life, but I can't admit that this beating is dead.
(End of chapter)