The DEMO sent to Sony Music was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the contract issued by Yuko Nakano also dispelled his idea of signing a brokerage company to save the country. Other artists can wait for the day when they are late bloomers, but Ye Zhao can't, because what he has has a time limit, and as time goes by, there will only be fewer and fewer things that can be realized. Therefore, on the night he met Yuko Nakano, Ye Zhao hatched a somewhat bold idea in his mind, that is, to use this million yen to release an underground single at his own expense.

In the 1993 RBORICON singles chart, the third place was an underground single called "ロード". It is said that at the time of release, the band approached a total of 44 record companies, but none of them agreed to release the single, and in the end they could only release it through an underground label, and as a result, the single sold nearly two million copies that year, and the band called THE Tiger Dance Ryu became an instant hit and became a target for major record companies.

Not only that, because it is an independently released underground record, the lyrics and music printing tax, original plate printing tax, publishing printing tax, secondary use fees, etc., all belong to the band, and the band's lead singer Takahashi George, who was responsible for writing and composing the song, got up to 200 million royalties in just one year.

Ye Zhao didn't plan to replicate such a myth, he just wanted to make a blockbuster single as a stepping stone for himself to enter the mainstream music world. Now he's just an obscure little character? It's okay, just make a business card for yourself.

After all, he gambled on all his net worth to give it a go, and Ye Zhao was also cautious in the choice of songs, and even a few million-dollar singles that were highly sung in later generations were passed by him in his heart.

But just now, when he walked out of the restaurant and felt the stuffy air of Tokyo, almost immediately, a song that could be used as the title song of the single came to his mind - this song released in 1997, although it did not have such a commercial achievement as selling millions, but with its super high popularity, it occupied the first place in the "song I want to hear most in summer" for more than ten years, and became an enduring summer song in the hearts of RB people.

The name of this song is "Summer Color", and its original author is a Japanese folk band called Yuzu.

RB 1994 also had a special background, it was the second hottest summer in Tokyo in the entire 90s. Although there is still some time before the real heat of July and August, it is already clear that the heat wave will be more intense than usual. At this time, a simple, fresh and catchy summer ballad is just right to sweep away the boredom caused by hot weather.

The most direct way to test whether a song is popular with the public is, of course, to sing it directly. Therefore, after thinking of this song, Ye Zhao immediately decided to do a public impromptu performance here.

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Yuki Ueda is a student at Aoyama University, and she has loved music since she was a child, but instead of pursuing music, she studied honestly and was admitted to this well-known private university in RB. During a visit to Ueno Park, she saw the wonderful performances of the artists there, and she also came up with the idea of singing on the street.

On this day, as usual, after finishing her revision, she took the train to the restaurant where she used to work, and the kind proprietress agreed that she could perform outside the restaurant. Today she seemed to be a little unfavorable, she sang three songs in a row, and only got a few coins, and just when she was a little depressed, a pair of men and women came up to her.

The man is a handsome guy who does not lose to a movie star, and the woman's appearance is far beyond the average, and Yuki Ueda even thinks that these two are artists. The two seemed to be going to the restaurant to eat, and when they saw Yuki Ueda, the man showed a thoughtful expression, and then stopped in front of her and put a thousand-yuan bill into her piano case.

This is the first thousand-yuan bill that Yuki Ueda got today, and the last thousand-yuan bill she got today. After singing for more than an hour, in the sweltering weather, sweat continued to flow down her forehead, no wonder no one stopped, in such weather, who would endure sweating profusely to cheer for a singer?

Yuki Ueda, who had decided to close the stall early, was sorting out the tips in the piano case when the pair of men and women she met in the evening stopped in front of her again, and the man stepped forward and asked, "Hello, can I borrow your guitar and use it?"

Ueda's first reaction was that the man wanted to sing for the girls next to him, after all, in the romance novels and movies she had watched, such a scene often appeared. In the spirit of adult beauty, coupled with the fact that this man is her biggest customer today, Yuki Ueda thinks she is very empathetic and says, "Please use it." ”

"Thank you. The man removed the guitar from the stand and adjusted it skilfully, looking like a veteran. It's just that the picture of Ueda Yuki's imaginary singing does not appear, the man is holding a guitar and facing the road, clearing his throat, and the pick sweeps the strings, this posture is exactly the same as the opening scene before her singing.

Isn't it? Ueda Yuki had a black line on her face, and asked her to borrow a guitar for some reason at night, but it turned out to be to sing instead of her, isn't this person really full of food? Thinking like this, her eyes when she looked at the man also became subtle.

At this moment, the man plucked the strings.

"Ballads? This guy plays the guitar well. The prelude sounded, and Yuki Ueda thought secretly. As the melody slowly unfolded, Yuki Ueda suddenly realized that something was wrong: This song, it seems that I haven't heard it?

Yuki Ueda, as a singer, is most proud of the fact that there is no song that she can't sing if there is a little famous song on the market, not only that, but as a music enthusiast, she goes to the record store every week to pick up a few new albums, so if she hasn't heard a song, it's either too unpopular, or it's his original!

"Whether it's original or not, this intro sounds so comfortable......" Just as Yuki Ueda was thinking about it, the man began to sing.

"The cat in the parking lot yawns ......"

The first lyrics were sung, and Yuki Ueda's eyes suddenly lit up, and a strong sense of picture appeared in front of her.

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"The big sunset at half past five is exactly the same as when I was a child"

"Whether it's the sea, the sky, the clouds, or our ...... It's all dyed red......"

As she sings, Ueda's thoughts seem to grow wings, taking her back to her hometown in Fukuoka, to the causeway that she must pass on to school, where she and her friends have passed countless times after school, and it was her most leisurely time.

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"Everyone is sleeping lazily during the holidays, only you are busy"

"By the way, let's find a time to get there"

"The sound of the tide on a midsummer night uncannyly soothes the mood, just forget everything in the sound of the waves......"

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"This long downhill and you're sitting in the back seat of my bike and I'm holding on to the brakes and slowly and slowly sliding downhill ......"

The lyrics of this song are not sensational, and the melody is bright and light, but Yuki Ueda has red eyes when he listens to it. Since coming to Tokyo, she has been on the way to school and singing every day, even if she occasionally goes shopping with school friends, fashion-seeking girls always plunge headlong into the huge maze of shopping malls, and when they come out of there, it is no longer the sunset that dyes them red, but the flashing neon lights in the bright city.

"When it's August, let's go back to my hometown and go to the fireworks festival with my friends. Yuki Ueda said to himself in his heart. When he looked at the man again, Fang Cai's incomprehension and contempt had long since vanished, and was replaced by a strong appreciation. Such a song that can almost be said to be perfect, if it has already been released, will definitely be a famous song sung in the streets and alleys, since she has never heard it, it can only prove one thing: it is really his own song.

A good song can transcend its time, and this song proves it. If it is in the later generations when the Internet is developed, it is estimated that the picture of Ye Zhao singing will soon appear on video websites or social media, and now, the only thing the audience can do is to stop and listen to the song quietly.

At the end of the song, the audience who were immersed in the music world constructed by Ye Zhao still had some of them unable to come back to their senses. And the first to break the silence was a little girl. The little girl looked like she was about five or six years old, holding an ice cream cone in her hand, wearing a white dress with lace, combing her princess hair, and a pair of big fawn-like eyes, very cute and cute.

The little girl jumped up and down in front of Ye Zhao, spread out her tightly clenched left hand, and there was a coin with a face value of twenty yen lying in her palm, probably found when she bought ice cream. She squatted down, gently put the two coins into the piano case, and showed a big smile: "Big brother sings so well!"

As if reminded of this, the rest of the audience generously poured bills of various denominations into the case.