Chapter Seventy-Three: The Great Enemy of Life
Shuntianfu, Changping County.
In the western suburbs of the county, there is a large vacant land, it is said that more than 100 years ago, it was the barracks of the Shun Dynasty, stationed a troop responsible for guarding the capital, but later, here gradually fell into disuse, and then later, even some useful bricks, wood and stones in the old barracks were demolished by the nearby residents and built their own houses, and when the government realized that in fact this barracks could be regarded as a monument, there was only a little bit of broken wall and ruins left, and later, no one took care of it.
Until the advent of the new era, a few young people who make music discussed and said: We make an appointment every year to play music together, I believe that there must be many people in this circle, and I hope to have such an annual party!
Thus, there was the Changping Music Festival.
A purely underground one, which initially created a sign with rock and roll, began to be compatible with folk songs a few years later, and eventually paid equal attention to both, and gradually became a well-known folk music festival in the domestic music scene.
This music festival was chosen in the west of Changping County, on a vacant land that no one cared about and almost no one cared about.
Every year in the second week of May, starting on Friday and ending on Sunday, a total of three days.
In the beginning, a large group of people who played music came to meet here for a day or two, you sang your latest work, I sang my latest work, everyone talked and laughed, talked about music, discussed with each other, learned from each other, and improved.
Simple, but happy.
Later, there began to be an audience.
Absolutely!
A whole bunch of young people, playing guitar, singing, acting, the first year here. It has attracted a lot of locals to come and see the excitement. And then later. In just a few years, more and more people came to this party, and as its reputation gradually spread, every time at this time, many fans and music lovers also came to listen to songs, drink, and gossip.
So, it started from a private gathering. It became a public music festival.
Later, the original promoters of the festival, some people stopped making music and went to become teachers, drivers, chefs, or some other profession to make a living, but there were also some people who have never made a living in their lives, but they have always made music, and later. Finally, with the support and help of Mr. Xie Jinshun Xie. They make up the official organizers of the festival.
In the late 80s and early 90s, the current Changping Music Festival gradually took shape.
As for today, it has begun to collect tickets from audiences who come to listen to the songs.
For ordinary audiences, twenty yuan a ticket, you can repeat an unlimited number of times in and out for three days, you can listen to songs, drink, chat with friends, or...... Girls.
And if you want to perform on stage, promote your work to so many fans, record company producers who come to you, and you don't qualify for an invitation to attend, then OK, 300 yuan entry fee, at least a month in advance, and then, you can get 15 minutes of performance time, which is about three songs.
Today, the Changping Music Festival has hundreds of underground bands signing up every year, and it is already very tense for three days.
Of course, since 93, the Changping Music Festival has had evening performances, so it is barely enough.
And the audience ...... In recent years, fans and music lovers who will come to listen to the songs during these three days are always more and sometimes less, at the least, it is said that more than 20,000 tickets were sold in three days, and at most, more than 50,000 tickets were sold.
It was 1997, yes, last May.
After experiencing the continued popularity of the two albums "Liao Liao" and "The Sound of the Waves", at that time, although "Grateful Heart" had not yet been listed, Liao Liao's appeal in the music world, in the hearts of fans and music lovers had reached an amazing height, so when the organizer publicly announced that she would attend as the opening guest, on that Friday, fans from all over the country almost crowded this empty field with only a ring of walls.
And this year, Liao Liao will come, Li Qian will come back, and the four beauties will come!
The crowd is surging!
A day in advance, many people had already rushed over from a long distance, and all the hotels and hotels in the small county town were already full, so everyone was lying outside the walls of the venue.
On a May day, the day was already very hot, but the night breeze at night was already a little cold. Someone drove the car, and saw a lot of people sleeping under the wall with guitars, so they beckoned a few buddies into the car, and five or six people were squeezed into a car, everyone talked, laughed, talked about their hometown, their love of music, and then fell asleep in a daze.
And more people got up early in the morning on Friday, May 12, at four or five o'clock, and after packing up, they went straight to Changping.
By the time the sun rises, the gates open and all eight ticket offices start selling tickets at the same time.
However, at eight o'clock, the huge and empty venue had already begun to rub shoulders.
The ticket stubs haven't had time to be counted carefully, but the first box of tickets was sold out early in the early ticket sales period before the end of last night.
One box, 16,000 sheets.
In other words, there are now 30,000 spectators and musicians pouring into the venue!
Among them, they range from young people in their teens to uncles and aunts in their fifties and sixties. Among them, there may be policemen, civil servants, general managers, lawyers, millionaires, but there are also countless cooks, cleaners, white-collar workers, students, teachers, drivers, lamb kebab sellers, and noodle restaurants...... And so on and so forth.
Some of them live locally, while others may have left for a few days before.
Gathered here today, they have different goals.
Some people want to see Liao Liao and hear her singing, some people want to see Li Qian and want to listen to "No Land for Self-Respect", and some people want to see Zhao Xinfu, who also agreed to attend and appear, and want to listen to his singing "You are my wings, you are all the flight I have dreamed of". Of course. There are also a lot of underground musicians, underground singers, and underground bands. They come with a dream to promote their work to as many people as possible, or even to impress even one of the producers or record company executives who come to the scene......
But there are many more people, just because of the music.
Because, this is a carnival of musical themes.
The morning sun is gentle, and the human voice is noisy.
…………
At half past seven, Liao Liao went out.
Her long, wavy hair was casually draped, and she wore a small suit on her upper body. Underneath is a white shirt, a pair of casual distressed jeans underneath, and a pair of homely casual leather shoes underneath.
The mood is lazy and the mood does not seem to be good.
The little assistant Wei Lan hurriedly jumped out of the car and opened the door of the Mercedes-Benz business car for her.
Turning his head to look, it seemed that no one else had come out. The new assistant didn't know the situation and asked, "Sister Liao, where is Mr. Li?"
Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned.
If it was Huang Wenjuan, she wouldn't ask this kind of question at all.
Boss Li will live on which side on any day, she has a clear door there.
Liao Liao's face sank. But after glancing at the worried little assistant, he sighed again - he had just taken up his post. You have to take it out slowly, don't you?
So she smiled reluctantly, got in the car, sat down, and waited for Wei Lan to get in the car, and said directly: "Let's go, it's just me." ”
Wei Lan, this girl is actually good.
Also from the Northeast, Shenyang Province, the university is in Shuntianfu here to study Chinese as a foreign language, after graduating from university, to a foreign company for half a year, do some work such as sending and receiving documents, so boring, so she resolutely resigned, went to Minghu Culture to apply for an agent, and at a glance was responsible for hosting the interview Sun Meimei and Liu Mei to the photo. Less than half a year after joining the company, she was caught by Liao Liao again.
After having the idea of pushing Huang Wenjuan out of his heart, Liao Liao scratched it in the company and felt that she was the most suitable.
This girl has the atmosphere of a typical Northeast girl, and at the same time she is not delicate and sleek, in short, Liao Liao is very satisfied, in recent days, after she began to serve as Liao Liao's assistant, Liao Liao also has a lot of advice to her.
The car was bought by Liao Liao herself as a car for her outings, but the driver was from the company. Of course, it doesn't matter if it's her own or the company, it doesn't really make a difference.
The driver was responsible for driving, and the assistant Wei Lan sat in the passenger seat, as a few days ago, still a little restrained.
Liao Liao sat alone in the second row, and the seat was very comfortable, but she just couldn't help twisting her body around and felt uncomfortable.
When the car drove into an avenue, the driver drove more and more smoothly, Wei Lan took a large folder, twisted her body to the side, and said: "Sister Liao, I have your work and itinerary for the next two weeks here, all of which are related to the promotion of the new album, do you want to take a look first?"
Liao Liao glanced up at her and reached out to take it.
But no, I can't stand it.
Usually she doesn't think so, and even, if she changes someone, she can treat her calmly, but at this time, she feels so embarrassed when she thinks that he will drive her in a car, and she has to be the driver alone.
I can't bear it!
Can't drive?
Please, you won't ask the driver to drive?
You can't afford a car, you can't afford a driver, and besides, your company won't send you a car?
Of course, according to the tacit understanding formed by everyone at the moment, Thursday night belongs to her, so it is just right, and he got up early on Friday morning to go to the music festival, and of course he picked her up by the way.
But...... No way!
If it was someone else, she might not care, and smiled at the sky.
Wang Jinglu, that one didn't have to be robbed. Besides, although that girl is extremely beautiful, she is still too young after all, and she doesn't understand how a woman becomes a woman, plus Li Qian values and protects her so much, giving her the feeling that she is just a little sister who is protected by Li Qian, so the pressure brought to her is limited and limited. On the contrary, she is more willing to respect her a little more, and like Li Qian, she is spoiled like a little sister, that is.
As for Xie Bing...... That girl is beautiful and really beautiful, singing, it's okay, and she's quite popular at the moment. But that girl is too honest, not stupid, just honest. It's that kind of sweet, well-behaved little girl.
In short, there is no fear or alarm at all.
However, she is different!
From the moment he knew the relationship between the two of them, Liao Liao, who had never been afraid of anyone or nervous about anyone in his life, actually felt a chill in his heart for a while!
Although she didn't have much contact before, the intuition between women made her know clearly at the first time: that is the biggest opponent in her life!
Whether it's music, singing, or men.
Her little charm in the cold and indifferent, the little taste of literary and artistic style, even her woman is so that she can't be a woman anymore...... It's the enemy of life!
If it was another man, she didn't bother to fight with her for anything, or have any other signs. It's hard to say anything else in the world, and there are more men with guns in their crotch. Even if you are required to be handsome, you have to be able to sing, you have to be able to play the piano, etc., etc., no matter how harsh the conditions are, more than a billion people in the country can pull a lot of them casually.
But Li Qian is different.
He's the only man in the world.
Therefore, as soon as the matter came out, she understood: she and that woman are estimated to have to tear up for the rest of their lives!
After thinking about it, she still couldn't hold back, took out the phone, and called.
"Hey, where have you been?"
"Uh...... Still eating? What time did you toss until last night?"
Lao Wang, the driver in the front seat, smiled slightly and lowered his head.
Wei Lan blushed a little when she heard this, and lowered her head.
"No, I'm sorry to believe you!"
"I'm already on my way! I want to go with you, I don't want you two to go together, and I'm going alone, and I'm a dead man. ”
"I'm jealous, I'm going to have a temper!"
"Bang!", she held the phone in one hand, slapped the back of the driver's seat with the other, and said angrily: "Brother Wang, turn around and go to the sheepfold alley." Sheepfold Alley, you know?"
…………
More than 20 minutes later, the sheepfold alley arrived.
Seeing the old-fashioned alley in front of him, which was not too spacious, Liao Liao suddenly patted the seat in front of him again, "Stop! Brother Wang, stop! Forget it, don't go in!" After a pause, she sighed, looked at the alley deeply, and said, "Wait outside!"
As soon as she was connected, she said, "I'm just outside the alley, I'm driving that business car, let her come along, don't drive by yourself, sit down." ”
A few minutes later, a man and a woman held hands and gradually came into view from the depths of the alley.
Seeing his boss clearly, and then looking at the woman beside him, Wei Lan was subconsciously stunned.
Then, she turned her head to look at her sister Liao for the first time.
Today's Zhou Yan is wearing a small suit with a white shirt inside, a pair of washed jeans on the bottom, and a pair of casual leather shoes on her feet.
Even her leather shoes are frosted!
At this time, Liao Liao's expression was simply wonderful.
Ya, I actually collided with her!(To be continued.) )