Overnight, the whole of New York was covered in green, and the emerald green of the streets and alleys filled the city with a festive atmosphere, giving the illusion that spring was approaching, but in fact, it was only St. Patrick's Day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This holiday, which originated in Ireland, has now become Ireland's national holiday, and has gradually become a holiday in many countries thanks to the spread of Irish descendants all over the world, and has been celebrated in the United States since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Every year on March 17th, the traditional colors of Ireland will cover the whole city, and people will dress up in green elf costumes, wear green top hats, wave the Irish flag, and drive green floats to take to the streets to join the celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

This year's New York City is no exception, and preparations have been underway for a month ago, with Fifth Avenue being the venue for this year's parade, and it is rumored that this year's attendance will reach a new high, surpassing 100,000 for the first time ever.

Lan Li was looking forward to this day early, and he even rushed back from Australia, so after waking up in the morning, he couldn't wait to change into special holiday clothes, although he stayed away from the green hat, but still changed into a dark green suit, and carried an Irish tricolor backpack diagonally. Looking at his slightly funny outfit in the mirror, Lan Li smiled contentedly.

This kind of costume is absolutely impossible in China, except for the cosplay at the comic convention, people are always prejudiced against masquerade balls and dressing up, and they always feel that it is grandstanding, even if many young people want to try it, it takes a lot of courage.

However, whether it is London or New York, this atmosphere is very strong, and Blue Gift has always been actively involved in it, truly joining in the carnival of the festival - not just a big meal, not just giving gifts or getting drunk, deeply experiencing the atmosphere of the festival, feeling the meaning of the festival, understanding the culture of the festival, and participating in the activities of the festival, which is the right way to open the festival. Otherwise, whether it is Valentine's Day or Christmas, it is just another calculation used by merchants to empty the pockets of consumers.

Compared to Halloween's showmanship, St. Patrick's Day is green, full of green, and when Blue Rite arrives on Fifth Avenue, the whole world turns green, and the marching band with drums and the noisy crowd of onlookers effortlessly puts the whole of Manhattan into the rhythm of the party.

After looking left and right, Lan Li saw a group of young people who looked like college students not far away, wearing green cloaks, green shorts and bright yellow T-shirts, and waving fluffy green hats, following the procession. Without any hesitation, Lan Li quickly joined them, shouting, "Where's your clover?"

Shamrocks, green-clovered dwarves and elves are the three essential elements of St. Patrick's Day.

Hearing Lan Li's words, they didn't speak, they turned around in unison and lifted their cloaks, and Lan Li immediately laughed - I saw that each of them had a big clover shape printed on their farts/thighs, although it was light yellow, but if you didn't look too carefully, it would be completely flesh-colored, and the illusion of sight was really unbearable.

The young people turned around in unison, their smiles full of pride, obviously satisfied with the surprise they had made, "What about you?"

Lan Li didn't speak, and brought the backpack behind him to the front, just seeing this Irish tricolor backpack, they cheered, and their eyes showed surprise. However, Lan Li didn't stop moving, opened his backpack, took out a large cloud of green like algae from it, and then ...... Then it was put on the chin, it was a green goatee, the effect was very amazing, not only dense, almost completely covering the lower half of Lan Li's face, but also very long, almost to the navel, the fairy tale created by the imbalance of proportions, instantly brought a strong visual impact.

Lan Li chose the dwarf in green.

Needless to say, the young people raised their right hands high, and one by one they lined up to come over and high-five Lan Li, giving full marks to Lan Li's dress. Then, Lan Li joined the parade of revelry!

The mighty procession was lively for a long morning, and after noon, Lan Li left his friends who had just met, and the old horse came to the pioneer village with a sense of the way, but not for work. Today, there will also be a party in the pioneer village to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, where they will gather for lunch and then decorate the bar together in the afternoon in preparation for the evening revelry.

Entering the bar, you can see that four tables have been put together into a long table, on which are placed eight freshly baked pizzas, full of aroma, next to cheese powder, beer, ketchup, mayonnaise and other matching supplies, and at the end of the table there are two large basins of salad, apparently with the choice of the female employees in mind.

Neil, dressed as an elf, has the tentacle headband on his head shaking violently because of his dancing steps, and it looks like a kind of joy is really squirming, and the other people next to him are also talking and laughing in twos and threes, and the atmosphere is relaxed and freehand.

Lan Li greeted a few acquaintances, and then walked over to Stanley, who was sitting next to him, "How is it, how is the parade today?" Neil is telling an interesting story about what happened during the parade, I heard that there is a fruit boy running wild in the streets today?" Stanley asked with a smile.

Lan Li chuckled lightly, "That's all he saw?, so wouldn't he faint if he saw two sexy/sexy elves on the street?"

Lan Li brought the backpack he was carrying to the table, and Stanley exclaimed, "Beautiful! You made it yourself?"

"Of course not, Niya in room 201 did it for me. Nia was a middle-aged black woman living in the building of Lan Li, warm-hearted and simple, "Ah, this is a gift for you, Happy St. Patrick's Day!" Lan Li took out a beautiful green card from his backpack and handed it to Stanley.

"You're Irish, how do I remember you're English?" Stanley took the card, his expression surprised. Generally speaking, there is no habit of giving gifts on St. Patrick's Day, and Stanley is making fun of Ireland.

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders and said slyly, "I don't think it's a Valentine's Day gift, but if you say it's a Christmas gift, I'm willing to accept it." ”

Stanley couldn't help but wonder, and then he opened the card, and there was a Polaroid photo in it, which was the gate of the pioneer village, and Stanley recognized it at a glance, "Oh, thank you!"

Lan Li knew that Stanley had mistaken the photo for a gift, and he pointed to the photo, "Are you sure it's all the same?"

Stanley was stunned, then took out his reading glasses from his pocket, put them on, and looked at them carefully. This bar was built by Stanley himself, and every detail was all too familiar, and he soon noticed the anomaly in the window, but he didn't quite understand, took off his reading glasses, and looked at Lan Li again, "What does this mean?"

Lan Li smiled helplessly, "Do you want me to reveal the mystery?" I think the meaning of a gift is to discover the unknown process. ”

Stanley didn't speak immediately, but thought about it seriously, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "So, you...... You mean, you uploaded the song 'Cleopatra'?" Before Lan Li could even confirm it, the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but start to rise, the purity and madness of liking music, as transparent and real as crystal.

"Yes. Lan Li replied in the affirmative, "It took some time, but now it is available in major online music stores." ”

After waking up that day, Lan Li first went to the National Library of the United States to register the copyright, and three days later, the song cast confirmed the originality of "Cleopatra", and then it took another three days for the song to be found for download on major online music download sites such as iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon, for ninety-nine cents.

The whole process was really convenient, and there were hardly any cumbersome formalities, and it was completed smoothly in less than a week. Lanli does not need to pay any fees to the song cast, because the song cast will directly take a cut of the revenue from the single in accordance with industry rules to realize the revenue.

What's more, if Lan Li signs with a large company as an independent musician, his income is bound to be even lower, not only because he does not have the backing of big-name producers behind him, but also because he does not have a strong enough agent to fight for. To put it simply, it tends to be lower than the industry average.

But through the song cast, the contract signed by Lan Li is directly the industry average level of new singers, although it is not much, but it is not a lot. No negotiation, no negotiation, one step.

Stanley's eyes sparkled with excitement, but he didn't know what to say, and he couldn't help but lower his head and rub his fingertips over the Polaroid photograph as if examining his most precious treasure.

For Lan Li, this is just a gift, there is no special meaning, but he can feel it, it means a lot to Stanley, which makes Lan Li smile, he knows that he has given the right gift.

"I hope you don't mind if I used the bar's façade for the cover, and I'd better not start thinking about collecting my royalties. Lan Li's teasing broke the brief silence, and Stanley burst into a big smile, a hearty laugh that seemed full of energy.