"Is there an appearance fee?"

"Yes. ”

"How much?"

"Because of the tight budget, we can only send 100,000 yuan per issue. ”

"Deal. ”

If Cao Wu remembers correctly, Qiao Liang should be in his early forties this year, but he looks like he is fifty years old.

He was tall and broad-shouldered, with long hair curled in a shawl, combed back to the back of his head, like a lion on the prairie.

But the lion was already old, and his hair was mixed with strands of gray hair.

"When will the deposit be paid?" Qiao Liang's voice was deep, but he couldn't hide his exhaustion.

"Well, I may have to sign a contract later. He Hongbo hesitated and said, "I'll let someone come to dock tomorrow at the latest." ”

"Okay. Qiao Liang took the wine glass, raised his head and drank the wine, and let out a long sigh.

"Brother Qiao, did something happen?" Cao Wu asked when he saw him like this.

Qiao Liang and him met for the first time, but they didn't hide it, and said directly: "My mother is hospitalized, stomach cancer, and she needs money urgently." ”

Cao Wu was stunned for a moment, exchanged glances with He Hongbo, and didn't speak.

Qiao Liang laughed bitterly at himself and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, you came to me, it can be regarded as solving an urgent need for me, otherwise, I will have to sell the car......"

He Hongbo took the wine bottle, poured it for him, and asked with concern: "How much do you need?" If it's not enough, I'll borrow it." ”

Qiao Liang shook his head and said, "The cost of surgery is not that high, I just thought that I was also the lead singer of the band that was popular for a while, how could I be like this, I can't even afford the money for my mother's medical treatment......"

Cao Wu picked up the cup and touched him, and drank it with him up.

"Alas~!" Qiao Liang sighed, leaned back in his chair, and his eyes were a little confused: "It's like a dream when I think about it now, I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, and I feel that the years I spent playing in the band were all dreams." ”

With the strength of wine, Qiao Liang poured a lot of bitter water, and Cao Wu gradually understood his life after fading out of the circle.

Because of the divorce, he left the house and all the family property to his ex-wife and daughter, and only drove a car to rent a house to live in.

In the following years, he received frequent notices, but because of his personality, the effect was not good, and he lost his popularity and favorability, and then he had to fade out of the circle.

In the past two years, he rented a house opposite a middle school to hold a training class, recruiting students to teach guitar, and because of the embezzlement of money by his partner, the capital chain was broken, and the partner ran away with the money, leaving him with only a mess.

According to his words, it took forty years, went around in circles, and mixed back again.

Renting a broken house, driving a small broken car, and owing a lot of debts is not as good as a recent college graduate.

He Hongbo asked him why he didn't ask his former teammates for help, and he said that he was ashamed and had avoided them all these years.

A typical rock 'n' roll veteran, who wants to die to save face.

After eating, finding a KTV, and testing their throats, Cao Wu and He Hongbo were very pleasantly surprised.

Qiao Liang was almost the same era as Sun Xiang when he played rock, but he didn't play psychedelic rock, but rhythm and blues.

When making the list, He Hongbo commented on him: The first person in China.

When he became popular, he was known for his rough singing, and after so many years of precipitation, his voice was like a jar of perfectly fermented old wine.

This voice is worthy of the stage of "Singer"!

After listening to Qiao Liang singing, He Hongbo contacted the director team and sent someone to sign a contract with Qiao Liang.

Successfully invited a singer to join, He Hongbo's confidence has increased a lot.

That night, he and Cao Wu flew to Xichuan Province, an important stop on their journey.

The land of Yunnan-Guichuan has many mountains and rivers, the folk customs are open, all kinds of folk tunes have prevailed since ancient times, the music atmosphere is strong, and many good singers are naturally born.

The Sichuan girl has a hot and straightforward personality and is hospitable, He Hongbo and Cao Wu were taken by Shi Tanhui, who had already made an appointment, to eat hot pot.

Shi Tanhui is an old singer at the end of the last century, a veritable iron lung singer, released several good albums in the early days, and also maintained a sales record for a period of time.

However, because of the agency's mistake in choosing the route, she gave up the rising domestic market and went to Southeast Asia to develop, missing the best rising period.

A few years later, she returned to China to develop, but because she lost her popularity and was older, she could only receive a list of TV series, and then she slowly disappeared.

He Hongbo and she are old friends, and they met once nearly twenty years ago.

Shi Tanhui still remembered him, which surprised He Hongbo a little, when he was just a radio host and was responsible for interviewing her.

I heard her say that she has withdrawn from the circle, and she is currently doing business with peace of mind, and the hot pot restaurant where she invited them to dinner is her industry, and the scale is quite large.

He Hongbo was very sorry, he was still very impressed by Shi Tanhui's songs.

Shi Tanhui studied European and American pop music, and is good at soul music and r&||b, belongs to the real strength of the big singer.

That night, when they went to sing KTV together, Shi Tanhui showed the strength of her treasure knife.

But when Liu Hongbo put forward the invitation, she didn't agree to them at the first time, and still said that she wanted to consider it.

He Hongbo had no choice but to continue to start the "Su Qin Tour" with Cao Wu, visiting the singers in Xichuan Province on the list one by one.

The singers in the province are not easy to contact, because most of the singers who stay in the province are in a state of semi-retirement or retirement, and He Hongbo and they have to find their homes to contact them.

If it is those singers who are on the rise, just contact their agents directly to meet in the capital and the magic capital, most of them live in these two places, and it is more convenient to record the show.

After inviting Qiao Liang, the lobbying fell into a predicament again, and it was good to say that it was okay to invite anyone, mainly because the two of them ate too much hot pot, and they were really a little unbearable.

Four days later, they received a call from Shi Tanhui, who agreed to participate in the show.

He Hongbo was very happy, and when he returned to CQ, he signed a contract with her in person.

Next, the two of them ran all over Guangdong, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia and other places, and it took a month to preliminarily determine the lineup.

The other five groups of contestants are all the most popular singers in recent years, and the popularity has not yet dissipated, with different ages and different age groups of audiences.

Judging from the lineup alone, the "Singer" program can be called the most luxurious music variety show in history.

Counting Qiao Liang and Shi Tanhui, a total of seven groups of contestants have confirmed and participated in the recording of the show.

He Hongbo wanted the Black Hole Band to be one of the starters, but because they had to record an album, they could only appear as kickers.