Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Air Swings
After getting Zha Yingyun's promise, Shen Yiran didn't delay much time here, and after a few simple greetings, he walked out of the theater and took a taxi to another place that had been arranged in the plan.
Sitting in the co-pilot's seat, looking at the ever-changing scenery outside the window, thinking of the dramatic way of communication in the conference room before, Shen Yiran smiled, in fact, at the beginning, he didn't think about holding a two-night and one-day 'indoor' concert, originally his requirements were very low, as long as he could talk about the open-air outside the theater.
But who knew that when he drew cards that night, he was actually possessed by a European god, and a B-grade stage play card made him realize that he seemed to be able to play bigger.
The script of "The Earl of Oolong Mountain" is divided into eight acts, and although the work has been submitted for copyright protection, Shen Yiran only showed the first five acts to Zha Yingyun for the sake of insurance.
After all, there are too many shameless people in the world, and before signing a contract, he will not stupidly pin everything on that unbound personal integrity.
What's more, the most subtle part of this drama is the reversal of the last three acts, the front is responsible for being funny and satirical, and the latter is responsible for the sublimation of the theme.
"Hallelujah, make our ideas come true; Hallelujah, with neat steps.."
Soon, the taxi came to the planned second destination, hummed the lines from the play quietly, opened the door with the driver's bewildered expression, and walked down with the briefcase.
Looking at Shen Yiran's back, a few seconds later, I only heard the same melody inexplicably coming from the car:
"Hallelujah, drive our Jetta; Hallelujah..."
.....
The summer is scorching and the sun is blazing.
Getting out of the car, a warm current rushed like a heat wave, which made Shen Yiran frown, and at the same time made him secretly glad that he had drawn a good level drama card thanks to the explosion of his character, otherwise, if he could only perform in the open air, this kind of weather, it is estimated that he may be sent to the hospital due to heat stroke in less than half a day.
"V8Club, I've found you."
took off the flat mirrors, looked around, and after seeing a signboard across the road, Shen Yiran snapped his fingers excitedly, carried a briefcase in his hand, and walked straight along the zebra crossing.
There are two important prerequisites for a solo concert, one is the venue, and the other is the musicians and accompanists.
Due to the disbandment of the band, he and Xu Lingyi alone cannot support all the performances, unless he plays and sings by himself with the guitar throughout the party, the accompaniment team must be indispensable.
Shen Yiran didn't have the time or energy to form a new group, so in this regard, he planned to directly choose the existing more mature commercial bands.
After some searching and searching on the Internet, the resident band in the V8Club bar on the South Gate Commercial Street in Xuanzhou City piqued his interest.
"Air Swing Band."
With the name of this rather personalized band in his mouth, Shen Yiran unbuttoned the top few buttons of his shirt, rubbed his hair, and after making his image less serious than when he saw Zha Yingyun, he pushed open the door and walked in.
"Hello, sir, I'm sorry, but we don't open until six o'clock in the evening."
As soon as the front foot entered the bar, before Shen Yiran could speak, a girl's voice came from the bar.
Looking in this direction, I saw a girl with short ear-length hair and a plain sundress, about seventeen or eighteen years old, who was doing what she was doing seriously with her head down, looking at the wine shaker in her hand, it was no surprise that she should be bartending.
didn't care about the other party's reminder, Shen Yiran still came to the bar, glanced at the cocktail made by the girl on the counter, and said with a smile:
"Dream of Lake Leman, nice work."
Hearing Shen Yiran say the name of the wine in one gulp, the girl was slightly surprised, and after finishing the last step and filling the cup with tonic water, she picked up the wine glass and placed it on the countertop.
"Uncle, I see that you have a good eye, I have a treat for this glass of wine."
After speaking, he bent down and packed up the bartending utensils inside.
"Thanks, though, I don't drink."
After thanking him, Shen Yiran put the pale blue cocktail back on the counter, no matter whether the alcohol content was high or low, he didn't drink, firstly because alcohol would irritate his throat, and secondly, because he was allergic to alcohol.
That's right, medically it is also called a lack of acetaldehyde convertase in the body.
When it comes to drinking, sometimes Shen Yiran is also very helpless, every time it is a New Year's holiday, some relatives in the family who can't see each other once a year or even a few years will always persuade him to drink at the dinner table.
He said that he was allergic to alcohol, and others said that it was okay to drink less, and then he said that drinking alcohol was not good for his throat, and some people said that he pretended to be high and did not give face, and every time he encountered this situation, he needed his father to come forward to explain for him, and the other party didn't seem to believe it very much.
"If a man does not smoke, he is white in the world; Men who do not drink wine walk in vain in the world. ”
Shen Yiran hated this old saying that came out of nowhere, and what disgusted him even more was that there was really a group of people who took this sentence as the truth, and in their eyes, they were not considered men if they didn't smoke or drink.
"Huh? Uncle, what are you doing at the bar without drinking? ”
After putting the bartending utensils into the cupboard under the operating table, the girl stood up, and without being polite to Shen Yiran, she directly picked up the cocktail she had concocted, took a sip, and said without hesitation:
"We're a regular bar, and we don't have any other services."
After speaking, perhaps thinking of something, he continued to talk to himself:
"No, in broad daylight, I don't think you're that......"
Listening to the girl's mouth not knowing what to say about these nonsense things, Shen Yiran felt that he seemed to be really old for a moment, and he couldn't keep up with the out-of-the-box thinking of these young people now.
cleared his throat, hurriedly interrupted the girl's words, and explained his intention directly to the point:
"Well, I'm here to find the Swing Air Band, I want to invite them to a concert, then, can you help me contact the captain of their band?"
"Oh, commercial performances, huh?"
Hearing this, the girl drank the cocktail in the cup in one gulp, burped lightly, patted her chest, which was not much worse than the boy, looked at Shen Yiran and asked:
"How big? For how long? What price? ”
"Uh..."
Glancing at the girl whose cheeks were slightly flushed after drinking, Shen Yiran hesitated and said:
"Well, girl, can I talk to the bandleader? My situation is quite special, and I'm afraid I can't tell me clearly if you help me tell me. ”
"My name is Bai Yao."
Without answering Shen Yiran's question, the girl said four words lightly.
"Hello, Miss Bai Yao, can I trouble you......"
Before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, looking at the young girl in front of him, Shen Yiran asked in disbelief:
"You just..."
"Well, I'm the captain of the Air Swing Band."