Chapter Fifty-Eight: Listening to Songs in a Bar (I)
The topic of Deokyong's concert quickly became a hot topic in Hong Kong. On the night after Deyong arrived in Xiangjiang, a press conference was held. Media outlets in Hong Kong sent reporters to attend. Don't look at the area of Xiangjiang in the ranking of county-level administrative regions in the mainland, but there are really a lot of media, in addition to the two major TV stations, there are more than 20 local newspapers. As for magazines, there are too many to count, and there are more than a dozen magazines dedicated to entertainment and gossip. In addition, large and small radio stations, foreign media organizations in Xiangjiang, etc., before the press conference began, the hall of the press conference was full of reporters.
Eight singers from Deyong and Xiangjiang appeared one after another to meet with reporters. Chen Tianliao is not there, and the Deyong team wants to treat him as a surprise at the concert. And those eight Xiangjiang singers will naturally cooperate with Deyong's hype.
So, when Tokunaga said that there would be a mysterious Chinese creator guest at the concert, everyone was guessing who it was. In this era, there is no shortage of lyricists and composers in the Xiangjiang music scene, so everyone guesses one by one.
The creators of Hong Kong were all disturbed by reporters. Wang Zhang, the most famous of the creators, first announced that it was none of his business, and then the famous lyricist Pan Wenjin also said that he was going to Australia to discuss business that day, and it was impossible for him. Next, composer Lu Sen said that his creation is mainly film and television music, and it is not in line with Deyong's concert, so it will definitely not be his own. And another film and television music master, Chen Qihao, laughed and said that he hoped it was himself, but people would not invite people like him. He suggested that perhaps the person invited by Deyong was not from Xiangjiang, because Deyong was talking about "Chinese".
As a result, reporters began to speculate that creators from treasure islands, Southeast Asia, and even unknown in Europe and the United States were mentioned by reporters, and pop songwriters from the mainland were deliberately forgotten. Of course, Chen Tianliao was also mentioned by reporters, but only in some inconspicuous corners of newspapers and magazines. The Xiangjiang media still underestimated Chen Tianliao's fame in the Japanese Kingdom, and still regarded him as a child. After all, looking at his photos is just a child. In addition, he is rarely seen in the news, which undoubtedly reduces his popularity.
Chen Tianliao is also happy to be idle. After rehearsing "Sun and Stars" with Tokunaga, he accompanied Chen Mei, Xu Wenjing, and Zhuchuan Truth to go shopping. This time they went to Ocean Park.
Just like in previous lives, the Heung Kong Jockey Club, whose income is mainly invested in public welfare, built this marine park, which is still located in Wong Chuk Hang, but the entertainment is different. In his previous life, Chen Tianliao's favorite jellyfish pavilion still exists in this life. And the most popular thing for the beauties is the dolphin show. Chen Tianliao was not interested. He likes cetaceans in their natural conditions, because cetaceans themselves require a large amount of territory for activity, and these dolphins (dolphins are a type of toothed whale) and beluga whales are confined in confined spaces, which he does not like. When he saw the dolphin, he suddenly remembered the white-sided dolphin. This kind of cute Yangtze River elf, when he wanted to see it in his previous life, was already functionally extinct, maybe there were one or two in the wild, but he couldn't see it anyway. He decided to donate a sum of money to the relevant conservation agencies. Even if you can't capture it, you have to leave some biological material behind, so that when the cloning technology matures in the future, you can clone this beautiful animal. Thinking of this, Chen Tianliao said a few words to Zhuchuan, and Zhuchuan nodded.
After leaving Ocean Park, Chen Tianliao and his entourage were about to go back, but Su Wenhai accidentally mentioned that there was a bar called Grand Barque nearby. According to Su Wenhai, this is a holy place for bands to perform in Xiangjiang. The most famous Luthers band in Hong Kong came out of here, and now the five members of the band lead singer Mo Rulong, keyboardist and second lead singer Zhong Wenlong, guitarist Zhang Zhen, bass Wang Wenda and drummer Li Jinhui are all prominent figures in the Hong Kong music scene, and the Stone Band and Bloody have performed here since then. The three beauties are all engaged in music work except for Chen Mei, so they are all very interested and decide to sit down. However, it was still early, and everyone walked around for a while and ate some snacks before coming to the bar under the leadership of Su Wenhai.
Speaking of the Xiangjiang Band, Chen Tianliao's first thought was not the Wen Na and Daming factions that were relatively old in his previous life, but Beyond. This is a rock band that is also well-known in the mainland.
In Chen Tianliao's view, Beyond is actually two bands. One is Huang Jiaju's band, and the other is a band after Huang Jiaju. Many people in the mainland rock industry do not admit that Beyond plays rock, which refers to Huang Jiaju's band. The bands after Huang Jiaju went far on the road of rock 'n' roll, but the songs were not very popular - after all, Huaguo still has melody king. No matter how much the later Beyond digs into the musicality and song connotation, it is difficult to play without the melody. You can scold "Two Butterflies" and "Mice Love Rice" and other vulgar and unnutritious, but people can just sing it, and the songs of Beyond in the later period are rich in connotation, and more musical, and more mature and flavorful from the creator's point of view, but they are still servant streets. So when ordinary people talk about Beyond, they actually mean Huang Jiaju's band.
In Chen Tianliao's view, Huang Jiaju's Beyond is a bit similar to the poet Nalan Xingde in the Qing Dynasty, and his works are relatively close to life, and those who like it can't wait to hold it to the sky, saying that this is the most sincere emotion and the most poignant words, while those who don't like it think that Nalan is too shallow and artistic, and disdains it. And Beyond's music evaluation is also very similar, if you like it, you will hold it to the sky, and if you don't like it, you will trample it on the ground, and most people will be between ordinary likes and very much likes for their songs. Although the band has been established for a long time, the glorious time is very short, from the first time the band has a song into the top ten golden songs of Xiangjiang to the unexpected death of Huang Jiaju, but only five years. This is very similar to Nalan Xingde's short but brilliant creative life.
Chen Tianliao still likes Beyond very much. He also wanted to discover a new Huang Jiaju in Xiangjiang. This is a pure musician rarely seen in Hong Kong. There are many musicians in Hong Kong, and there are many talented people. For example, Chen Tianliao's very impressive Daming band, needless to say, the talent of this band, the depth, breadth, avant-garde, musicality and other indicators of creation have comprehensively crushed Beyond, and songs like "The Story of the Stone" have made Chen Tianliao repeatedly appreciate it many times in his previous life. But they can't be as pure as Huang Jiaju when they do music and life.
Located on the coast not far from the Marine Park, the Grand Barque is decorated in a way that mimics the structure of a three-masted ship. There are tables and chairs around it, and there is an open space in the middle, according to Su Wenhai, for the customers of the bar to stand and listen to music. Outside, there is a large balcony decorated as a boat deck, and several tables are placed on it, all with parasols. It's still early, there aren't many people at the bar, and the band isn't in place yet. Although he really wanted to go to the deck to sit, it was the middle of winter, and even though Xiangjiang was in the tropics, he could still feel the cold, so Chen Tianliao and his companions found a window by the sea and sat down.
At this time, the waiter stepped forward and asked in Cantonese, "What do you need to drink?"
Chen Tianliao asked Zhuchuan, "Mary, what do you want to drink?"
Takekawa smiled: "I'll just order the sweet bar, what good sweet wine do you have here?" Takekawa didn't speak Cantonese and asked in Mandarin.
When the waiter heard Takekawa's Mandarin, he immediately changed to broken Mandarin and stammered: "We borrow Thunder (here) to bite (have) Gold Rum, Vendange Tardive......"
Xu Wenjing showed timidity and whispered to Chen Tianliao, "What did the waiter say?"
Chen Tianliao smiled: "He's reporting the name of the wine, but the name of the wine is just a foreign language." ”
Chen Mei also whispered: "This is not English, is it?"
Chen Tianliao smiled: "There are English, French, and Spanish. For example, the 'Vendange Tardive' he just said is French, which is equivalent to late harvest in English, but this late harvest sweet wine is produced in France, so he used the French word. In fact, I'm also annoyed by this kind of pretending to be X, and directly saying that it's not better to say that golden rums, late harvest sweet wine, etc., are not better, and everyone is convenient to communicate. ”
Chen Mei frowned and said, "Don't swear!"
Su Wenhai smiled: "Xiao Liao, if you do it like you, where can you show your identity." You have to speak a foreign language!"
Chen Tianliao rolled his eyes: "You can understand foreign languages?"
Su Wenhai immediately fell silent. Over there, Zhuchuan had already ordered the drinks he wanted to drink, turned around, and smiled at Chen Tianliao: "Xiao Liao, when will you know French?"
Chen Tianliao shrugged his shoulders and said, "I just finished learning English, and now I am studying French, Spanish, and Italian together. ”
Su Wenhai was almost not frightened: "You won't be so exaggerated, right?"
Chen Tianliao shrugged his shoulders: "Is it an exaggeration? Don't you think, these three languages, plus Portuguese, Romanian, and Catalan, are all different dialects of the same language." The difference between them will not exceed the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin. ”
Su Wenhai groaned: "Cantonese is very difficult, okay? I can't learn it anyway." You also learn three Cantonese ...... at once."
Takekawa smiled slightly and didn't say anything. She had learned a little French, so she naturally knew that although these three languages all belonged to the Romance language family, the difference was not as small as Chen Tianliao said. The gap between Spanish and Italian may be smaller, but French is more pronounced than these two languages. Of course, Chen Tianliao is a genius, depending on his mastery of the Japanese language, maybe the genius really doesn't need to explain.
Chen Tianliao glanced at Su Wenhai with disdain, and also asked the waiter for the name of the drink. Xu Wenjing wanted to drink some low-alcohol sweet wine, while Chen Tianliao and Chen Mei asked for a drink. As for Su Wenhai, he really wanted a bottle of whiskey. In this time and space, because of a foreign TV series, whisky is the most famous foreign liquor among Chinese people, so Su Wenhai did not hesitate to order this. Chen Tianliao rejected him. This thing has to be the role of a flower messenger, where can I drink that thing? He directly ordered a low-alcohol sweet wine for Su Wenhai. Su Wenhai could only look at his cousin with resentful eyes. The two bodyguards ordered two drinks. They're still quite professional. When Su Wenhai saw it, he finally had a little balance in his heart.
After ordering a bunch of snacks, Chen Tianliao paid the bill, and the waiter turned around and left.
Chen Mei stammered: "Why are the things here so expensive? Just a little wine and drink, and that little bit of food, it costs us almost 2,000 yuan?!"
Chen Tianliao said with a smile: "This is the embodiment of the rotten life of evil capitalism." It's not the wine that's consumed here, it's the mood, you know?
Chen Mei pouted: "I don't understand." I will definitely tell my sister-in-law that she has raised a loser!"
Chen Tianliao was speechless, and everyone laughed.