When the people of this band came to Chen Tianliao and them under the guidance of the waiter, Chen Tianliao saw their appearance clearly. His gaze, of course, was drawn to the long-haired woman first. She wears heavy makeup on her face, but she still can't hide her natural beauty, and she looks a bit like a woman in the Yangtze River Delta. Led by a man in his thirties, his figure is less than 1.7 meters, which is short compared to the same tall woman. As for the man who sang RAP, he was about 1.65 meters tall, which was the most common height in Xiangjiang in this era, with dark skin and a typical Lingdong appearance.

Although the lighting is not very bright, it can be vaguely seen that the costumes of these people are a little worn.

"Hello, we're The Lost Aliens. My name is Excellence. The man at the head said in broken Mandarin.

"Hello, my name is Yan Li. The beautiful woman behind him said, very fluent in Mandarin.

"My name is Rao Zhong. "The one who said RAP was the most reticent.

Chen Tianliao said with a smile: "My name is Chen Tianliao, and I have opened a record company in the mainland, called Tianliao Records, and these are my companions. You may be seated. ”

At this time, the two bodyguards had already moved chairs, and the three members of the band were seated one by one.

Chen Tianliao asked with a smile, "I personally like your music very much. I'd like to ask, how long have you been making music?"

"I've been doing it for eighteen years. Yan Li was brought in by me to make electronic music five years ago, and then worked hard with me for five years. The last to join was Rao Zhong. ”

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "I also heard about your situation just now. I wonder if you've ever thought about making pop music?"

Excellence smiled bitterly: "I've thought about it, but I really can't do it (I can't do it)." If it's just the soundtrack and not the creation, I'm not reconciled. ”

Chen Tianliao said: "Then so be it. I like your music very much, and I can sponsor 100,000 yuan for you to engage in music. It's not much, but it's better than nothing. If you want to change careers, you can also come to the capital to find me, I still lack a large number of talents, and ensure that your salary is not lower than Xiangjiang. The price of goods in Beijing is much cheaper than that of Xiangjiang, for example, even if you rent a large house with three bedrooms and one living room, it is only equivalent to 1,000 to 3,000 yuan per month. You guys can think about it. ”

"Okay, thank you Mr. Chen!" Excellence was obviously a person who didn't speak much, but he just thanked him vigorously.

Yan Li looked at Chen Tianliao with some suspicion. Chen Tianliao didn't explain, just took out his business card, then wrote a number on it, and said, "This is the number of my temporary mobile in Xiangjiang." You can take it and call me tomorrow at this number. ”

At this time, the three members of the band all looked at Chen Tianliao's waist, and sure enough, they saw a huge big brother, and they believed it a little.

Yan Li still looked at Chen Tianliao suspiciously, and said, "Do you really just want to fund us?"

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "Of course it is." Even if I want to do bad things, you are not the material to help me do bad things. And, beauty, I know you're beautiful, but I won't be able to do anything bad to you for at least five or six years. ”

Everyone laughed, Chen Mei grabbed Chen Tianliao's ear and twisted it hard, and said, "What a mess, beware of me telling my sister-in-law to spank you!"

Chen Tianliao grinned crookedly and screamed in pain, grabbed Chen Mei's hand, untied her fingers, and then turned his head and said, "Don't worry, if it's true or not, you'll know tomorrow." By the way, I also have a scholarship fund in the country, although I don't have a lot of money at the moment, but I also have assets of three or four million Xiangjiang coins. ”

Yan Li exclaimed, "I remembered!" Everyone turned their eyes to her. Yan Li blushed, and lowered her voice by two octaves: "I mean, I remember who you are." You are the genius prodigy Chen Tianliao of the Chinese Kingdom who is very famous in the Wa Kingdom!"

Chen Tianliao smiled and nodded: "It's me, don't say it." ”

Yan Li was so excited that she was like a little fan who saw an idol: "Yes, I will definitely not say it." So, the mystery guest of Tokunaga's concert is you, right?"

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "Don't tell this secret." ”

Yan Li nodded happily. She said: "Actually, I am also from the mainland, and I only came to Xiangjiang with my parents when I was 15 years old. My hometown is in Guyu City, Jianghuai Province. ”

Chen Tianliao said: "Jiangnan Water Town, a good place! No wonder you look so smart." ”

Yan Li blushed and lowered her head, but did not speak.

"By the way, is there a band in the future?"

Yan Li shook her head and said, "It's not tonight, let's start a show, and then they perform." ”

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's leave after eating." Waiter!" Chen Tianliao raised his hand and snapped his fingers to call the waiter, and re-ordered a bunch of food to entertain the alien band. Everyone ate and talked. After all, the two Cantonese speakers were not familiar with Mandarin and listened most of the time. Only Yan Li kept talking.

Yan Li was trained in bel canto when she was in the mainland, and after coming to Xiangjiang, she changed to pop, but because it was not suitable for the taste of Xiangjiang people, she never had the opportunity to enter the record company. Later, he sang in a bar, and after meeting Zhuo Zhuo, who was a DJ, he was attracted by his outstanding talent, and Zhuo Zhuo was also amazed by Yan Li's singing skills, so the two hit it off and started avant-garde electronic music. After joining Rao Zhong and saying RAP, the band pulled up. Because music was not popular with the masses, the band's life was tight. Fortunately, although there are few fans who like their music, they are all loyal, and many people reach out to help them when they are in trouble. There are also many people in the music industry who like their music, and they will introduce opportunities to make some extra money for the band from time to time.

Chen Tianliao then understood why Excellence refused to do the behind-the-scenes soundtrack, but wanted to create his own music. It turned out that it was because he was not on the verge of starvation. Helping him 100,000 yuan by himself is estimated to allow him to continue to survive for a long time. Only when he is dying of starvation will he make a soundtrack or pop music, right? Chen Tianliao is not in a hurry. According to the current music environment in Hong Kong and the mainland, he will not be able to survive sooner or later.

After Chen Tianliao and his entourage finished eating snacks, they said goodbye to the alien band and went out to enjoy the night view of the Xiangjiang River.

Out of the bar, Chen Mei suddenly said with feeling: "It feels so good to fight for your dreams!"

Chen Tianliao said: "Yes, so that grandma won't always call you 'lazy corpse lady (lazy woman)'." ”

"Ah, you die, you're a lazy man!" Chen Mei jumped up like a tigress with her tail lifted, and opened her teeth and claws towards Chen Tianliao.

The aunt and nephew stopped after arguing for a while. Chen Mei said a little dejectedly: "It's all because you made a fortune, I'm used to being the eldest lady now, how can I go back to the days of fighting for my ideals!"

Chen Tianliao said: "It's just that you have lost your fighting spirit. In fact, as long as you want to struggle, you can struggle in any environment. I'm richer than you, but I'm working harder than you. Wake up early in the morning every morning to exercise and then learn a foreign language. Stick to two hours each day for piano and sketching. What about you?"

Chen Mei said: "I spent a lot of effort to study in order to get into graduate school, right? I now think that I can't get into the Ivy League level in the United States, but I can still give it a try in the second-class miscellaneous Ivy League schools." ”

"What you mean by bò, is it a fight of hard work, or a game of gambling?" Chen Tianliao asked rhetorically.

Chen Mei thought for a while and said, "Of course it's a fight and a hard fight!"

Chen Tianliao smiled, and did not continue to hit Chen Mei, who lacked confidence, and said, "It's good to work hard." ”

Xu Wenjing smiled and hooked Chen Mei's shoulders, took her into his arms, and said, "Xiao Liao, don't bully your aunt." Speaking of which, there are really a lot of talents in this Xiangjiang. This little bar is all about the Crouching Tiger. ”

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "Yes." In fact, the people of the two sides of the strait and the three places are all hiding the dragon and crouching tiger. Xiangjiang is dominated by business, and commercial record companies are very good at discovering singers with commercial value, training and packaging, and using them to make money, which is similar to what I am doing now. However, success is also business here, and defeat is also business. If a great band has no commercial value, there will naturally be no one to support it.

"In the mainland, we are supported by all the government and pay attention to professional backgrounds. There are a wide range of such talents, including singers in bel canto, ethnic and pop singing. But because they pay too much attention to their professional background, singers who are not from professional backgrounds face more pressure and work harder. And many new genres in the music industry also lack relevant support policies, and their development is also difficult. Excellent bands also have no way to survive in the mainland.

"Treasure Island is a little better, but due to its geographical limitations, the pattern is too small, and it can only flourish for a while. Xiangjiang still has a period of prosperity for ten years, and with the improvement of the internal environment, Baodao will have a prosperous period of twenty years from now on. It's hard to say what happens after that. ”

Xu Wenjing asked curiously, "What about our mainland?"

Chen Tianliao smiled but did not speak. There are a lot of talents in the mainland, but there is no good environment for them. If you can't make money from creation, these talents will naturally flow into other fields. Therefore, the mainland music scene was lively for a while in the 90s, and then it went from bad to worse, occasionally revealing one or two amazing singers, and then falling silent like a meteor. Until the capital behind dominates the music scene.

Chen Mei looked at Chen Tianliao's pretended profoundness, snorted in his nose, and said, "Teacher Xu, don't you know your student? Looking at him like this, he must be saying: 'With a genius like me, the mainland must be the most powerful!'"

Chen Tianliao laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, you are really good." I'll make you a roundworm in my stomach!"

"Ah, it's disgusting, don't!"

In the laughter, everyone began the night tour of the Xiangjiang River.