Chapter 4 Bars
Sanlitun is close to the second embassy district of Beiping, and most of the customers are foreigners, plus there are many foreign-funded enterprises in Dongcheng District, these international friends like to listen to some music and drink some wine. The Chinese people quickly realized the huge business opportunities, and over time, countless bars stood on Sanlitun Street.
Slowly, a group of foreigners working in Beijing gathered here, and a large number of young white-collar workers who wanted to relax, and then media workers, entertainers, and hipsters gradually came and went here.
Every day, many foreigners come here by car or taxi, especially at night, foreigners will flock here in groups, not only foreigners are willing to come here, many Chinese also invite customers or friends here as a place for communication.
The one-way street is a very famous bar on Sanlitun Street, where many celebrities have come out, such as Yang Kun and Siqingerile. The bar has two floors, the second floor is only a circle along the edge, and the middle is hollowed, and the guests can clearly see the situation on the first floor from the second floor, and the design is very ingenious.
On the ground floor, there is a well-decorated stage in the middle with a microphone in the middle, next to various musical equipment, and a band on site. In addition to the resident singers, the bar will also let customers come up and order songs, which can be regarded as meeting friends with songs. Of course, if you don't sing well, the boos and scolding from the audience will definitely make people disgraced.
Zhou Zheng likes to come here when he is fine, listen to songs, chat, and feel very comfortable. Lunch and dinner were all invited by Zhang Ran, and Zhou Zheng felt that he should also express it, so he invited Zhang Ran and Li Xinyue to sit here.
When Zhang Ran was a movie website in his last life, he would come here with friends to drink when he had time. At this moment, he looked around the bar, and found that there was almost no change from the appearance he remembered, and a sudden dream-like feeling arose.
The male singer singing on stage was about 1.7 meters tall, thin, wearing a blue suit and a cowboy hat on his head, looking a little happy.
Zhang Ran's eyes flashed, this is not Huang Bo! He knew that Huang Bo sang in a bar before he was admitted to Nortel, but he didn't expect it to be this bar.
Although the stage of the one-way street is very small, there are often people from the record company, and many people come here to show their singing talents, but Huang Bo has an average voice and mediocre singing skills, and it is basically impossible to be looked at by the record company.
When Huang Bo sang two songs and left the stage, the applause was sparse, only Zhang Ran was applauding loudly and applauding vigorously. Li Xinyue and Zhou Zheng are quite strange, this man obviously sings averagely, why does Zhang Ran react so much! Only Zhang Ran knows how popular Huang Bo will be in the future, and it is simply a luxury to want to hear Huang Bo sing in a bar ten years later.
Looking at Huang Bo, who retired from the stage, Zhang Ran wanted to go over and say to him, young man, you have no future in singing, and being an actor is the right choice, so let's engage in the profession of an actor! But think about it, forget it, Huang Bo is almost twenty-seven or eighteen, he has been in the society for many years, he knows what he wants, and he doesn't need to be reminded by others.
As soon as Huang Bo went down, an acquaintance came up to the audience, it was Hu Weiguo.
Li Xinyue lowered her voice and explained: "Hu Weiguo sings very well, except for Teacher Huang Lei in our school, we will count him!"
Huang Lei is a well-known talent at Nortel, he acts well and sings well, and has released two albums, among which "Singing While Walking" and "I Think I Am the Sea" are popular all over the country.
In fact, it is not uncommon for people in the performance department to be able to sing, voice, stage, shape, and table are compulsory courses in the performance department, and voice refers to vocal music, and those who come out of the performance department can sing. Of course, people's talents are different, their efforts are different, and the level of singing is also uneven, it may be the level of "I Think I Am the Sea", it may be the level of "I Am the Sea", it may be the level of "The Offering of Love".
Hu Weiguo sang Shuimu Nianhua's "Life with You", he has a good voice, good skills, and sings beautifully, but in Zhang Ran's opinion, Hu Weiguo's song lacks enough emotion and cannot touch people's hearts.
After the song was sung, the audience applauded and cheered.
"Well sung!"
"One more, one more!
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Hu Weiguo was quite satisfied with his singing, and glanced at Zhang Ran arrogantly, with a sinister smile on his face: "Today we have a real master in the bar, a teacher who has come back from the United States and teaches at Nortel!
Nortel is a place to cultivate stars, and Nortel teachers are a little mysterious in the hearts of ordinary people, and they are the kind of existence that needs to be looked up to. At this moment, the audience heard that Nortel teachers were going to sing, and they all invited with applause: "Come one, come one!"
"That's right, Nortel's teacher is coming to a song!"
"Come on, give us an English song!"
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Zhang Ran was stunned when he heard this, his face sank, and he looked at Hu Weiguo on the stage coldly. His voice and skills are not as good as Hu Weiguo, if he goes on stage to sing, I am afraid that others will say how Nortel's teacher is at this level, and his face will be lost.
Seeing that Zhang Ran did not move, Hu Weiguo smiled with a conspiracy triumphant: "Teacher Zhang, so many friends have invited you to the stage, you won't give everyone face, right?"
Countless eyes were focused on Zhang Ran, and the applause was even more enthusiastic, and the audience at the scene invited Zhang Ran to the stage with applause and shouts.
Zhang Ran couldn't just sit like this, and now he only had two choices, either turn around and leave, or go on stage to sing. Zhang Ran knew that his voice conditions and skills were not as good as Hu Weiguo, but his personality was a little twisted, and it was really not his character to leave like this, so he took a breath and walked to the stage.
If you want to talk about voice and technique, the student of the Central Conservatory of Music is definitely Chu Qiao, but there are several really popular singers in China who are alto, and singing is not just about voice and technique.
Walking on the stage, Zhang Ranli ignored Hu Weiguo, went straight to the front of the band, and borrowed an electric guitar. The song he could sing was not born yet, and the band couldn't accompani, so he had to do it himself.
Zhang Ran stood in front of the microphone, looked at the customers in the bar, and said with a smile: "Friends, I belong to the kind of people who ask for money for singing, and I sing badly! If everyone thinks it's ugly and is ready to run away, you must give the wine money first, otherwise the boss will ask me, then I will lose a lot!"
The audience laughed and had a good impression of Zhang Ran, this Nortel teacher was very funny, and he didn't have a fight at all.
However, after laughing, everyone discussed, Zhang Ran's image and temperament are very prominent, with a straight nose bridge, Xingjian eyebrows, a pair of clear and bright eyes containing incomparably firm strength, a shallow smile on the corners of his lips, and the taste of sunshine.
In the corner of the bar, there sat two ten-year-old girls, both of whom looked like students, round-faced girls, short, and delicate like porcelain dolls; tall girls were pretty and bright, with a sense of confidence between their eyebrows and eyes.
The round-faced girl looked at Zhang Ran on the stage and sighed: "Wow, this Nortel teacher is so handsome, even more handsome than Huang Lei!"
The tall girl felt the same way, nodded and said, "It's really handsome, if he were my teacher and taught me every day, how happy it would be!"
The round-faced girl smiled: "Xinyi, you haven't passed Nortel's professional class! If you go to Nortel, he may really teach you!"
"Yes, I'm not going to Chinese opera, I'm going to Nortel!" Zhang Xinyi patted her head and said with a smile. She has passed the professional course exams of Chinese opera and Nortel, and she doesn't know which one to choose. Her mother suggested drawing lots, and she caught the Chinese opera, but now she thinks it might be better to go to Nortel.
At this moment, Zhang Ran on the stage took a deep breath and sang with emotion: "Where is the world full of flowers, if it really exists, then I will definitely go."
I want to stand on the highest mountain there, and I don't care if it's a cliff or not.
I never chose to give up on my ideals, even in the midst of disgrace. ”
In a corner on the second floor of the bar, there sat a woman and two men, but anyone who knew a little about Chinese music could name the three of them, Na Yin, Sun Nan and Yang Kun.
Nayin's head shook slightly, and he tapped the beat in his hand: "This song is good, it's good, but I haven't heard it, it should be original, right?"
Sun Nan took a sip of wine and said, "I haven't heard of it either, it should be original." ”
Yang Kun smiled: "This song sounds pretty good, but this Nortel teacher's voice is average, and his singing is also very average." ”
Nayin nodded and said, "That's right, and he has a high tune, I'm afraid he won't be able to sing in the future!"
The high voice is Sun Nan's appearance, and he agrees with Nayin's point of view: "It is estimated that a falsetto voice will be used, otherwise it will definitely break the sound." ”
Zhang Ran didn't know that the three big names in the music world had made negative evaluations of his singing, he was immersed in his emotions and continued to sing: "Maybe I don't have talent, but I have the innocence of dreams,
I'm going to prove it with my whole life.
My hands may be clumsier than my feet, but I'm willing to keep searching.
Give all your youth without regrets!"
When Zhang Ran sang not to "leave regrets", his voice began to rise and explode, like a hurricane that had accumulated enough strength, overwhelming the sky and spreading out in an unstoppable attitude.
"Run forward, meet the cold eyes and ridicule!
How can you feel the vastness of life without going through hardships!
Fate it can't make us fall to our knees and beg for mercy!
Even if blood is spilled all over the bosom!"
Indeed, as Sun Nan said, Zhang Ran broke his voice, and it broke it very badly, but it was precisely this kind of roar that broke the sound that gave people a strong shock!
It's not like singing, it's like a cry from the soul, a man's cry to a dream!
The guests of the bar seemed to see a warrior turn into a flame and slam his whole life into fate. They see a man's dedication to his dreams, and they also see hope, and their blood is boiling!
"Even if blood is spilled all over the bosom!"
Keep running, with the pride of a child!
How can you see the sparkle of life if you don't stick to the end!
Instead of lingering, let's indulge in burning!
Will sprout again one day!"
Zhang Ran's singing voice is like a whistling cannonball, with a strong force that penetrates the years, rushing into the hearts of every listener, shattering the package of reality, and breaking away the long-forgotten dream hidden deep in the heart!
The audience felt a stream of heat circulating throughout their bodies, turning into flames and igniting all the blood in their bodies. They couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, they all stood up, and couldn't wait to give applause to this young man who was still burning with dreams!
(Thanks to "Readers Who Love Novels" for the tip!)