Chapter 34: The Concert
The 80s was the most glorious period of Hong Kong music, with the emergence of many types of powerful singers, forming an era of a hundred flowers, and these singers, both in terms of musical skills, live skills and song diversity, have made great achievements and set a model for those who come after the music scene. In the mid-80s, the Hong Kong music scene gradually formed a three-star state of Zhang Guorong, Tam Yonglin and Mei Yanfang.
In 1987, Zhang Guorong jumped from Huaxing Records to Xinyibao, and then released the album "Summer Romance", which gave Zhang Guorong a trend of upgrading from a local singer in Hong Kong to a superstar in Greater China and Asia.
The success of "Summer Romance" not only made Zhang Guorong more atmospheric and international in music, but also won him the attention of the beverage giant Pepsi and invited him to endorse Pepsi products, and Zhang Guorong became the first Pepsi spokesperson in Asia.
In this year, sponsored by Pepsi, Zhang Guorong held 23 concerts in a row at the Hong Kong Red Hall, and Xu Jing agreed with him to invite Zhou Xiaoxun as a guest of the concert, which was the last one held on August 20.
On this day, Xu Jing took Zhou Xiaoxun to the backstage of the concert early to prepare for the concert. As the last concert of the concert, it is naturally the most grand. There were many people in the circle who came to watch, including Ye Qianwen, Wang Zuxian, Cheng Long, Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing and others, but they only sat in the audience as spectators. And Xu Guanjie and Xu Xiaofeng, who needed to sing on stage, just said hello because Xu Jing was not familiar with each other.
"Brother Xun, I'm going to sing on stage for the first time in a while, are you nervous?" Zhou Xiaoxun was putting on makeup, but Mei Yanfang walked in from the front desk, greeted Xu Jing first, and then asked with a smile. At this time, she and Zhang Guorong belong to two companies, if history does not change, I am afraid that it will be the prelude to ten years of different stations.
"Yes ... Somewhat. "The first time he had to face tens of thousands of audiences, Zhou Xiaoxun's heart was pounding and pounding, much faster than usual, how could he not be nervous.
"Don't be nervous, it's okay anyway, you should just be here. Zhang Guorong on the side reassured.
Zhou Xiaoxun nodded, but his little eyes were glancing around, and he still couldn't calm down.
"It's okay, Xiaomi, when you come on stage in a while, I'll go and give you accompaniment, you just sing as you did before. Looking at Zhou Xiaoxun, who was a little restless, Xu Jing secretly wanted to laugh, she has always been casual and calm on weekdays, where can I see her like this.
"Really?" Zhou Xiaoxun turned his head to look at Xu Jing, who was holding back a smile, and said suspiciously.
"I've told you a long time ago that it's a puppy to deceive people. ”
Xu Jing's words caused Zhang and Mei to snicker, but they didn't expect that Xu Jing, who always spoke steadily, would be so childish.
With Xu Jing's assurance, Zhou Xiaoxun calmed down a little, although in her heart, Xu Jing had already been a puppy several times.
Then, Zhou Xiaoxun took out the prepared music score again and hummed softly. The song that Zhou Xiaoxun is going to sing is "I Am a Little Bird", which she is most familiar with, and it is also the first song written by Xu Jing for her. After several days of continuous training, the control of rhythm and voice has reached several levels, although it is not as good as top singers, as long as it plays normally, it can be regarded as professional.
Compared with the previous solo concerts, this concert has widened the width of the stage, so that the whole performance is not only the difference between strong songs and slow songs, but also because of the addition of many new elements, and there are many more layers and dramas.
In fact, the most distinctive thing is that Zhang Guorong brought himself in the movie world to the concert. Wearing the costumes of the twelve young people in "Rouge Buckle" to perform "Ketu Autumn Hate" and "Rouge Buckle", and singing "A Chinese Ghost Story" with Ning Caichen in "A Chinese Ghost Story", such a journey between ancient and modern times also made the whole concert more dramatic tension and expressiveness.
The interpretation of "Autumn Hate in the Journey" in Nanyin and the singing of "Visit to Yingtai" in Huangmei minor key mobilized the fans' childhood memories in a way of root-seeking, and also made his concerts not only European, American and Japanese imported products, so they have the taste of roots and the taste of local culture in Hong Kong.
"Thank you! Thank you!" When the concert was about to end, Zhang Guorong, Xu Guanjie and Xu Xiaofeng sang a song "Caprice", Zhang Guorong, who was dressed in a white performance costume, held flowers in his hand and kept bowing to the fans to thank him, and the audience cheered one after another.
"Originally, the concert was going to end here, but recently I met two more friends, who are even more beautiful and talented than me. Zhang Guorong played the treasure as always.
"And they've been very popular lately, and there may be a lot of people here who know them. The other day they gave me a song, a song about parting, and I want to dedicate this song to everyone as the last song of the concert, you will definitely like it. ”
"However, before singing this song, I specially invited one of them to be my special guest, can you guess who she is?"
There were bursts of 'unguessable' voices from the audience.
"She is the heroine of "This Killer is Not Too Cold", Zhou Xiaoxun and Zhou Gongzi!
At the same time, in a corner of the accompaniment area, Xu Jing swept the guitar strings with his right hand, and a melodious tune sounded on the scene.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, as a puff of dry ice smoke dissipated, a small figure slowly rose in the center of the stage, but it was a little girl wearing tight pants, a cardigan and a small vest, and a black gothic collar around her neck. The scene suddenly erupted in bursts of cheers.
It is Zhou Xiaoxun of Mika's image in "Killer".
At this time, Zhou Xiaoxun was standing straight and straight, looking at the countless figures in the dark, his body trembling for no reason, sweating in his palms, and holding the microphone tightly. Thinking that Xu Jing would accompany her on the side, Zhou Xiaoxun couldn't help but look at the band area.
In the band area, Xu Jing, who was playing the guitar, smiled at her, like a light. Zhou Xiaoxun gently closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.
When she opened her eyes again, there was no stage or audience in her world, just the tunes lingering in her ears and Xu Jing playing the guitar on the side.
As I said at the beginning, the boy who played the guitar was so handsome.
"Sometimes I feel like a little bird
I want to fly, but I can't fly high
Maybe one day I'll perch on a branch
But it became the target of hunters
I flew up to the blue and found myself
Since then, there has been no one to rely on
。。。。
I'm a little bird
I want to fly, I want to fly, but I can't fly high
I'm seeking, seeking
A warm embrace
That's not too much to ask
That's not too much to ask."
When the last note of the song fell, the whole venue set off bursts of warm applause and cheers, mixed with the shouts of 'Zhou Xiaoxun' and 'Zhou Gongzi', which lasted for a long time.
"Everyone said, is she singing well?" Zhang Guorong walked up from a corner of the stage and asked the audience.
"Okay!" the audience responded enthusiastically.
Zhou Xiaoxun came out of his own world, but he was nervous and didn't know what to do.
"Brother Xun, you see, you are even more popular than me, I am so hurt. Zhang Guorong quipped, causing the fans in the audience to burst into laughter.
"Everyone likes you so much, do you have anything to say to everyone?" Zhang Guorong understood Zhou Xiaoxun's nervousness at the moment, so he opened his mouth to guide her to say something.
"Thank you... Thank you, thank you, great... Everyone!" Zhou Xiaoxun's eyes rolled around, his face was dazed, his hands were still holding the microphone tightly, he stumbled in thanks, and then bowed a few times in a cute manner.
"Ah... Brother Rong, I... I'm so nervous, I'll go first... I went down first. After bowing, Zhou Xiaoxun's heartbeat was beating faster, his mind was blank, and he stumbled at Zhang Guorong, who was smiling, and then hurriedly trotted off the stage with small steps under countless surprised eyes. For a while, the audience under the stage was amused by this cute silly girl.
"Hey... Ay... At this time, even Zhang Guorong was confused.
"Bang" Zhou Xiaoxun didn't run a few steps, and suddenly fell on the ground, and fell firmly on the stage.
Time seemed to stand still in this second.
"Hahahaha... It took a full three seconds for the audience to react, and then the laughter that erupted almost knocked out the Red Pavilion.
Xu Jing on the other side couldn't help but cover his eyes with his hands, which was really a scene that he couldn't bear to look at.
"How is it? Are you okay?" Zhang Guorong on the stage quickly helped Zhou Xiaoxun up and asked with concern.
"I... I went down. Zhou Xiaoxun seemed to have no idea what was going on, his eyes were full of confusion, he said something, and then hurriedly walked off the stage.
"Hehe, do you like our Zhou Gongzi?" Looking at Zhou Xiaoxun's departing figure, Zhang Guorong couldn't help laughing out loud and asked.
"I like it!" At this time, the response from the audience was more enthusiastic than before.
"If you like it, you can go and see her movie, the recently popular "This Killer is Not Too Cold", I think friends who haven't watched it will like her more after watching it. ”
"The next thing I'm going to sing is the song that another friend gave me, and after singing, I'm going to leave everyone tonight, and the name of this song is "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que". ”
Backstage at the concert, Xu Jing had already changed, and as soon as he came in, he saw Zhou Xiaoxun sitting there stupidly with his mouth pursed, so aggrieved that tears rolled around, and he thought that he had also reacted to what he had done.
"Poof... Xu Jing still couldn't help laughing.
"Woo... Zhou Xiaoxun turned his head and saw Xu Jing laughing, and finally couldn't help it, and tears burst out at this moment.
"Even you laugh at me! Why are you like this!" Zhou Xiaoxun rushed into Xu Jing's arms, crying and beating his chest, even more aggrieved, how can there be such a heartless person in this world? It's really bad!
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh, did you just hear it, everyone likes you very much. Xu Jing held back a smile, wiped her tears, and comforted.
"Really?" Zhou Xiaoxun stopped his voice and asked with rain.
"Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, you can go on stage again and ask everyone. ”
"Poof... Don't!" Zhou Xiaoxun was instantly amused, isn't it embarrassing enough?
After six or seven minutes, Zhang Guorong's voice of thanks came from the front desk of the Red Pavilion, and the concert finally came to an end.