Chapter 18: The tone is too frivolous
Ye Zhao didn't know that the album cover he chose to save trouble had an unexpected effect, and of course, he wouldn't know that his own sister had found out that he had released a single. Without an office or a record company, he had no choice but to pick up his guitar and return to Shibuya to perform on the street without any opportunity to promote his songs.
After more than a month of singing career, he has accumulated a certain amount of popularity in Shibuya, and whenever he starts performing, there will always be an audience gathered around him. Of course, there were also scouts who came to talk during this time, but Ye Zhao, who even refused a big temple like Yanyin Office, would not lower his price and run to sign some unknown small shops and endure those similar slave contracts. Besides, since he has already gambled a lot, he can't "sell it cheaply" until the results come out.
But this afternoon, when he came to his fixed singing location as scheduled, he was unexpectedly cold. After singing three songs in a row, only three or five coins were put in the piano case, and not only the passers-by hurried their footsteps, but even the few old customers who had come to cheer regularly refused to stop for him.
Is my performance so bad today?" Ye Zhao frowned and stopped accompaniment, according to this situation, there was no point in singing any longer. I snatched the coins from the case and put them in my pocket, put the guitar back in the case, and prepared to go home. On the way to the station, Ye Zhao found that not only him, but even several popular singers had no customers.
"Dude, have you closed the stall too?" a singer with dyed red hair took the initiative to talk to Ye Zhao.
"yes, there's no business today anyway. ”
"JUDY AND MARY WERE HOLDING AN OPEN-AIR LIVE IN THE PARK NEXT DOOR, SO THE AUDIENCE MUST HAVE GONE OVER THERE. The red-haired man's partner, the white-haired man who was squatting on the ground to clean up the microphone stand, muttered.
JUDY AND MARY?
SPEAKING OF JUDY AND MARY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POPULAR BANDS IN THE RB MUSIC SCENE IN THE 90S, THEY NOT ONLY MADE A LOT OF HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC, BUT ALSO HAVE IMPECCABLE COMMERCIAL RESULTS, HAVE RELEASED SEVERAL MILLION-LEVEL SINGLES AND ALBUMS, WITH A TOTAL SALES OF NEARLY 15 MILLION, SANG THE THEME SONG "FRECKLES" FOR "ROGUE KENSHIN", AND PERFORMED THE ENDING SONG "PROMENADE" FOR "NEWS GIRL" STARRING HONAMI SUZUKI. In addition to music, the band's lead singer YUKI (Yuki Isoya) has also become the idol (dream lover) of countless people because of his cute appearance and quirky personality.
Although the band announced its disbandment in 2001, it was not until more than a decade later, when RB held a vote for "the most wanted band" that the band still firmly dominated the first place on the list, which shows their influence in the hearts of RB people.
After the white-haired man finished closing the stall, he glanced at the red-haired man who was talking to Ye Zhao familiarly, "Are you still leaving?"
"I'M GOING TO SEE JUDY AND MARY, AREN'T YOU GOING?"
"No," the white-haired man shook his head, "I'll go back to school first." Chong Yezhao nodded politely, and went to the station with a full of equipment in both hands.
It was probably boring for a person to join in the fun, and the red-haired man asked Ye Zhao again: "Do you want to go, buddy?"
"It's okay to go and see it. "Idle is idle anyway.
In a brief conversation, Ye Zhao learned that the red-haired man's name was Asada Daishi, and the white-haired man just now were both students at Meiji University.
JUDY AND MARY, WHO BECAME AN ARMY IN 1992, HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED MAINSTREAM DEBUT IN 1993, ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE REAL OUTBREAK PERIOD, BUT IT HAS ALSO ACCUMULATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POPULARITY, AND WHEN YE ZHAO AND THE RED-HAIRED MAN ARRIVED AT THE PARK, A CONSIDERABLE CROWD HAD ALREADY GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE IMPROVISED HUMBLE STAGE.
From obscure underground bands to mainstream debuts, the band's members have long been accustomed to this kind of impromptu open-air performances, and even tried to take a pick-up truck for a mobile "tour" when their popularity was low.
ON STAGE, AFTER SINGING A LEAD SONG, GUITARIST TAKUYA NATURALLY PICKED UP A GUITAR SOLO, AND AT THIS OPPORTUNITY, YUKI'S EYES SWEPT OVER THE AUDIENCE, RAISED HIS HANDS AND INTERACTED WITH THE AUDIENCE.
The audience waved their hands very enthusiastically, and in a warm atmosphere, YUKI saw a slightly unsociable figure. The man was tall, and even though he stood far back, he was still very conspicuous in the crowd, and in the audience waving his hands to the beat, only his hand was not raised.
YUKI SUBCONSCIOUSLY TILTED HIS HEAD, AND THEN SAW A GUITAR HE WAS HOLDING IN HIS HAND. After working hard in Tokyo for several years, she naturally knew that the vicinity of this park was a singing mecca, and realized that the band's temporary concert here might affect the business of the singers here.
So, when the song ended, after the routine greeting to the audience, YUKI had a whim and shouted to the man in the audience: "The guy with the guitar in the back, do you want to come up and sing a song together?"
The audience's gaze swept across the audience like a searchlight, and finally fell on Ye Zhao, who had a question mark on his face.
The red-haired man slapped Ye Zhao hard, "Dude, you have won the lottery!" The look of unwillingness was unwilling, and he couldn't wait to snatch the guitar in his hand and hold it in his arms. Even the audience around him had an expression of envy, jealousy and hatred.
Up to now, this may be equivalent to Chen Li suddenly saying to an audience member in the audience when he was on tour, "Do you want to come up and sing a song together", or in a food show, the host suddenly beckoned an audience member to the stage to taste the chef's signature dish together.
Ye Zhao raised his head and looked at the stage, YUKI was smiling and waiting for his answer, and the three musicians of the band had a strange expression, it seemed that the lead singer had done such a whimsical thing.
To go, or not to go?
IF THIS STAGE WAS A MUSIC FESTIVAL AND HE COULD GO UP AND SING HIS ORIGINAL SONG, HE WOULD NEVER LET GO OF THIS GREAT PUBLICITY OPPORTUNITY, BUT THIS IS JUDY AND MARY'S HOME TURF, AND IF HE RUNS TO SING SOMETHING ELSE, HE WILL DROWN THE AUDIENCE'S SALIVA.
So Ye Zhao decisively chose to refuse, "I'm not interested." After a pause, he shouted at the stage in a slightly unhappy tone: "Also, that 'little brother' tone sounds too frivolous!" After practicing in Shibuya for more than a month, even without a microphone, the powerful volume still made this sentence reach the stage.
THE MUSICIANS OF THE BAND BURST INTO LAUGHTER, AND GUITARIST TAKUYA SAID TO YUKI: "DO YOU HEAR IT, IT'S ALL BECAUSE YOUR TONE IS TOO FRIVOLOUS, WHICH MAKES THE BAND DISLIKE." ”
YUKI folded his hands and made an apologetic look, but what he said was: "I'm sorry, I can't change it anymore, please forgive me!"
Taking this sentence as an opportunity, the audience also burst into laughter. After a few gags, the band continued with the following performance, and this episode was revealed. Only YUKI made a hard note in her mind about the guy who said she was frivolous in public.
As for Ye Zhao, he left the park after saying that.
Ye Zhao returned to the apartment almost an hour and a half earlier than usual. Ascending the stairs, a girl sat in front of his room with her knees crossed. Hearing someone coming up, the girl subconsciously looked up, and then ......
"Brother!" said in authentic Chinese, and then, the girl stood up and pounced on Ye Zhao, hugging his neck tightly.
"Xiaoqing?" "Yes, he has a younger sister......