"The record industry is in decline!"

This exclamation may have long been sparse and ordinary for the public.

The decline of the record industry is not only the rows of new CDs that have been removed from the record shelves of large bookstores, but also the closure of small video stores.

What was booming in the record industry in previous years has now become a free downloadable piece of music that can be played freely on smartphones.

Listening to music through the Internet has gradually become the mainstream way for consumers, especially young consumers.

So the only surviving video store in the town is precious.

The shopkeeper's surname is Yuan, and people who know him call him Lao Yuan. He is roughly in his sixties, polite and gentle.

His family is not short of money, his wife left early, and his children are away all the year round, so this small video store has become his sustenance, and all he has to do every day is to wipe down the dusty CDs on the shelves.

Today, as usual, Lao Yuan opened the store early, and then unpacked a new album that just got the goods last night.

The cover is the person holding the guitar and shouting on a black background, he is very familiar with it, it is Chu Xinghe who has sung "Hot Life".

This is one of his favorite rock singers and loves his rock.

is like the song "Hot Life": the kind of symbol that you don't want to carry but have to carry, the collision between personal ideals and reality, the choice of love and freedom, after listening to Chu Xinghe's song, I can't make it out with all my strength, so I just run out desperately.

He looked at the album's black background, like a glimmer of light, the four big words with heavy strokes: No place to be ashamed!

And what surprises will this album, which is a little heavy on both the cover and the name, bring him?

He carefully took out the CD, put it in the old-fashioned CD player, and released it through the external device.

The dynamic electric guitar sounded, followed by Chu Xinghe's highly recognizable high notes.

"There are you and me in the crowd

Meet, get acquainted, and ponder each other

In the crowd is you and me

Pretend to be decent and smile......"

The high-pitched angry singing with golden age rock music almost made Lao Yuan's heart arrest as soon as he opened his mouth, and then it boiled as if he had been thrown into a hot pot.

The restless pleasure gushing out of his blood made him almost want to follow Gao Ge.

Chu Xinghe's free indulgence, his voice seemed to be able to penetrate all the chaos, and suddenly pulled him into that restless and wild world.

This song "No Place for Self-Respect" is a classic rock song of Black Panther, which occupies a very important position in the history of Chinese rock.

It brings people a stronger sense of rock, more irritability, and more refreshing, and the lyrics are like a rock-hard fist, every time you sing a sentence, you can blast people to the blood!

"You don't have to say too much about yourself

What the hell are you and I trying to do?

Don't care about a lot, and don't be sad

You're going to leave me one day......"

Listening to such classic rock music, Lao Yuan, as a music veteran, wanted to jump up and roar and sing with Chu Xinghe!

And the people outside the video shop also stopped their hurried footsteps, stopping to listen to this roar that was enough to make people's blood vessels burst.

It's different from rock 'n' roll that hits your ears at a fast pace and has no connotation.

This song uses a sincere anger and blood from the heart to burn your ears and hit your soul hard.

This tone that points directly to people's hearts makes people want to tremble unconsciously.

Among the people who stopped, Wu Xing was the one who felt the deepest.

He has passed the age of standing, and listening to such songs is like being hit by a hammer in the heart, unable to move.

When he first heard it, he only thought that the melody of this song was dynamic, and the singing voice was high-pitched and pleasant.

But listening carefully, there is an indescribable sadness in his heart, the more wounds the years have left on him, the longer the road he has walked, the thicker the precipitation in his heart, the more he can understand the deep meaning behind the lyrics.

This song not only writes about the love between men and women, but also expresses the anger and unyielding for the indifference, hypocrisy, and lack of trust between people in this era.

He empathizes with this song when he listens to it, releasing his feelings and anger, which is also the charm of this song.

"No more memories, reminiscences of the past

It's not who I used to be

No longer believe, believe in something

I don't believe it anymore

No more reminiscences, reminiscences of what the past is

It's not who I used to be

HI YE HI YE”

The song has ended unconsciously, but the emotions in the song have not left in his heart for a long time.

He looked at the small, somewhat dilapidated shop, and then stepped firmly inside.

Back then, I was reluctant to eat a bowl of noodles for two pieces, but I bought a five-yuan cassette. Now a bowl of noodles is twenty-five, but I can't find a song that I am willing to download for a few cents. It's not that he is reluctant to give up money, it's that the current song is not worth it.

And now, with this song, it is enough for him to treasure this album forever.

And he was not the only one who stepped into this video shop together, and when Lao Yuan came back to his senses, there were already several people around him.

"Boss, is this song from Chu Xinghe's new album?"

"Lao Yuan, what's the name of this song, I'll go back and download it. ”

"Boss, give me a copy of this album, just this song is enough to collect. ”

"Boss, bring me one too!"

……

Everyone is talking urgently, and more and more people are asking to buy the album.

In addition to Chu Xinghe's fans, there are no longer a few customers attracted by this song "No Place for Self-Respect".

The biggest thing they want to buy this album is because they think it's worth collecting.

Such a grand occasion is almost unprecedented for Lao Yuan's small store in the past two years.

The albums were handed out one by one, and his inventory that was going to sell for a week was sold out in just two hours.

In the end, there was only one album left that was playing on the CD player, and the number of people in the queue was slowly increasing.

"I'm sorry guys, the album is already sold out! I'll arrange for it to be stocked right away, and I'll be able to arrive tomorrow, I'm really sorry. Lao Yuan had no choice but to shout loudly.

He never thought that the album would be so popular, and the albums he entered before were not at the bottom of the box.

This time, because it was Chu Xinghe's album, he had already taken twenty more copies, but he didn't expect it to be sold out in such a short time.

"What's going on, it's almost me. ”

"What kind of store do you open after only entering so many albums!"

"Boss, don't you still have one in the market, sell it to me, I'll pay double the price!"

"Boss, sell me, sell me, I'll give three times!"

……

There was a lot of buzz in the store, and the scene seemed to go back to the heyday of records a decade ago.

And this kind of scene is not only happening in this small town.

The few remaining image stores in China are crowded with people, as if such an industry that is on the verge of elimination seems to be revitalized again.

(End of chapter)