The performance of the band ВLondie was held at the USC School of Music, and by the time Wang Zijun and the others arrived, the performance time was almost up. may be due to the temporary change of time, there are not too many people who come to the scene to watch the singing, only about 100 people.

"What a tragedy." Wang Zijun looked at the sparse crowd under the stage and said to John, "Mr. John, I think as a band manager, you should make the performance time more precise. ”

John was embarrassed: "It doesn't really have much to do with me, hell Chnysalis Princess, hell USC." They were talking about the time for the temporary change."

Wang Zijun said: "Shouldn't the agent take care of this and infringing on the interests of the band?" ”

John's face flushed, and he said, "You know, Chnysali, it's a grand duke, and being able to help ВLondie release a record is already the result of my many requests, we are the weak side, and we can't order them to do anything."

"So you're just a small broker? There is no weight to negotiate terms with the Chnysalis company. Wang Zijun said, "Can I think so?" ”。

John turned awkwardly to look at the stage, unwilling to talk about the embarrassment.

Chris said, "It's nothing, John, it's just an ordinary singing club." ”

"Ahem," John coughed, "Deborah, you can go over and get ready." ”

After the three of them passed, Wang Zhangjun paid attention to the scene and found that there were only two people who looked like three reporters, and said: "Mr. John, it seems that the Chnysalis Company is not very optimistic about the Band ВLondie." ”

John spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'll be honest. Chnysalis signed them mainly because Avery is so popular in New York that he has become famous with the band. But there is no connection between the record and the dance, and this time the record is a small album with only five songs, and the number of singles sold is not very good. ”

The ВLondie band on the stage was already wiping the strings for the instruments, and Wang Zijun said: "Mr. John, I want to cooperate with the Chnysalis Public Corporation, can you give me a way to connect with them?" ”

"Cooperation?" John asked curiously.

"Yes, cooperation. I want to release a few singles, but I don't want to sign a long-term contract with any company. Wang Zijun said.

"Why? If you don't see Chnysalis, I can link you up with other record companies, like Columbia and Universal, where I have friends and can talk. John said, "Of course, these grand dukes are not something you can go in if you say so, you must have strength."

Most importantly, you must have a qualified broker, such as someone like me. ”

Wang Zijun knew that this guy was bragging again, and he couldn't handle a Chnysalis company, let alone any Universal Records......

"As I said, I'm here to make a movie, and I don't want to waste too much time on singing." Wang Zijun said.

John said, "No, king, you are thinking too simply. You don't have any reputation in the United States, and if your strength is very good, those grand dukes will sign you, and then help you package the biography, and then rely on you to make money. But if you're not going to sign a long-term contract, I'm sorry, even if your song brings tears to God's eyes, the public servants won't pay attention to you. Unless you're Elvis, so they can release records directly, and they won't invest a lot in the distribution of Xuanyuan. ”

"Maybe you're right." Wang Zijun nodded and said, he wants to take over the resources of the Record Company to enhance his popularity, but the Record Company is not a sprinkler, it seems that this road is not possible.

John asked, "Can you tell me why there is this and want to fǎ?" You're not short of money. ”

Wang Zijun said: "I just want to become famous quickly, you know, I want to make a movie, so that more people will know about me." ”

"Want to be famous? Going to a music festival is the best way to go. John said.

"What's the big music festival lately?" Wang Zijun suddenly remembered the first Woodstock music festival a few years ago, and he brewed absolutely unprecedented, a music festival that brought together 500,000 rock lovers. That's right, you read that right, it's 500,000 people who get together to sing, dance, drink, xīdú, sex......

"I'm sorry, no, there are a few in the second half of the year, and you'll have to wait a few months." John Dao. "Forget it then." Wang Zijun said that when he said this, he had already decided to release a single at his own expense. First I found a record company to help me record it, then I paid for it on radio and television, and finally cooperated with a record company to sell shòu through their distribution channel. ,

The performance on stage finally began, and the audience grew to at least 300 people.

Deborah Harry was singing the band's song of the same name, "ВLondie", and the rhythm of the music was rock and roll, and the whole band of six people, five male members were in a state of crazy convulsions, even the saxophone player was writhing around, and Avery was running around on a dance step similar to a space step.

But in the midst of this extreme movement, Deborah Harry, who was the lead singer, stood quietly in front of the chalk, with no movement except for his mouth, his face was expressionless when he sang, but his singing voice was very vigorous. This strong contrast is very strange.

Deborah Harry's appearance resembling Marilyn Monroe, coupled with his unique singing style, made the audience of 300 almost crazy.

After singing two songs, the band began to interact with the audience, and several USC students were pulled onto the stage to sing a duet with Deborah, and finally got a hug and got off the stage.

After a few songs, "Dance, Dance, Alley, Alley", the audience began to shout.

John sighed, "It's not a good sign, Tina is the lead singer of the band, she shouldn't be stealing the show." ”

John's concern is not only that the lead singer will steal the limelight, but that if the situation continues, the band will fall apart and Avery will likely go solo. In fact, if it weren't for the good personal relationship of a few people, Avery would have flown solo a long time ago, because there are not many people who know about ВLondie now, but there are many who know Avery about Avery in a new style of breakdancing.

On stage, several members of the team stood in a circle, each playing a musical instrument to accompany him, while Avery began to dance hip-hop in the middle.

With the rhythm of the music, the students of the University of Southern California in the audience also began to jump, most of them were not very proficient in their movements, but a few of them were very good at dancing, and they had obviously been practicing for a long time.

After the dance, Harry was sweating profusely, he stood up and took the microphone and said, "Friends of USC, someone once asked me how I created my dance moves. Do you want to know? ”

"Hmm!"

"Two years ago, I fought in the Vietnam War, but fortunately, I was wounded as soon as I went to war, and I was in the hospital until the war was over," Avery said.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst out laughing, calling him a lucky guy

"When I was about to return to the United States, I watched a concert in Taiwan Bay and saw a very magical dance of Yihe. You guessed it right, the dancer was my future dance master. Today, he has also come here," Ai Li pointed at Wang Zijun and said loudly, "I have invited my old master, from the chalk...... King! ”

The students of Nanjia University in the audience looked at Wang Zijun one after another, because he was an Asian nearby

Wang Zijun walked up helplessly, and Ai Li smiled: "Wang, let's have a while"

Wang Zijun pointed to his trousers and said, "Forget it, I'll sing a song casually."

"Do you need us to accompany you in any song?" Chris asked

"No, borrow your guitar." Wang Zijun said

When the USC students saw Wang Zijun take Chris's guitar, the other team members stepped back and said, "What does this chalk man want to do?" Singing at USC's School of Music? ”

"Maybe he's singing well."

"Haha, Asians can sing too?"

"Listen to Ellie, he learned his dance from this chalk man, he won't lie?"

"Don't say that, the huá people are very nice, my neighbors are huá people, they are very friendly:"

"Friendly? But I've heard that the chalk people know kung fu, and their usual entertainment is to fight with people:"

"No, at least the chalky dishes are delicious, sweet, and very suitable for my taste:"

"Hey, don't you think that chalky guy on stage is handsome? His demeanor is very star-like, and his skin is also very good. ”

"Fuck off, you sǐ faggot" "Are you handsome?" Asians all look the same to me. ”

“……”

It has to be said that the American people of this era know very little about the Chinese crucian, not only about the mainland, Taiwan Bay and Xiangyuan port, but also about the whole of Asia, which is still a few decades ago. In the minds of most of them, Asia is a symbol of backwardness and poverty, and the impression of the chalk is not much better, because the chalk has not really risen at this time

This is true for ordinary Americans, and it is true for these USC students.

Wang Zijun hugged the guitar, picked up the microphone and said, "Hello friends from USC, I am very fortunate to be here today." My name is Wang Zijun and I am from Taiyuan Bay, Central Chalk. I'm a director, I'm going to make a film soon, and I hope everyone will be able to do it when the time comes."

"Oh, do I have a máo problem in my ear? He actually said that he was a director.

"He's telling a joke, how can he be a director at such a young age, there are no such young directors in Hollywood."

"Asians just like to talk big, I know."

"I guess he's definitely a chalky clown from the band ВLondie to add to the comedy."

"Haha, you're right, I think so too."

“……”

Wang Zijun listened to the buzzing sound below, no one paid attention to the stage at all, and he flicked the microphone twice with his fingers. The noise from the microphone quickly attracted the attention of the audience, and he continued: "I thought that USC's students were very cultivated, but now it seems that I was wrong, because you don't even have the most basic respect for people. ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted boos from the audience.

"Okay, bastards, prick up your ears", Wang Zijun didn't bother to be polite to these people, and gave the middle finger to the people below, "You will hear the best rock 'n' roll next." ”

The boos from the audience were even louder.

"Who does this guy think he is? God, the most beautiful music."

"No, I like him, don't you think he's arrogant and cool when he talks?"

"yes, I also like the tone of his voice, the way he gives his middle finger is amazing"

"Let's get started, unashamed chalk man"

“……”

Wang Zijun's words had an unexpected effect, and the students who originally disdained him unanimously had gradually divided into two factions at this time. What was the world of the 70s in the United States? Punk, rock, hippie, rebellious, anti-rebel, degenerate......

The more unceremonious Wang Zijun is, the more he has an appetite for these students from the University of Southern California.

"Sing what?" Wang Zijun thought for a while and said, "Since this is California, let's get a song called "Hotel California." ”

Wang Zijun held the guitar and played, his fingers flying on the strings, and the long prelude music finally shut up all the people below.

"The sǐ, this guy's finger fǎdiǎobào",

"What song is Hotel California? Could it be that he was original? ”

"Who knows? But that sounds good. ”

In the whispered discussion of the students in the audience, Wang Zijun finally opened his mouth and sang:

On_a_dark_desent_highway (on a dark and desolate road)

cool_wing_in_my_hair (The cool breeze blows my hair away)

warm_S Μ ell_of_colitas, rising_up_through_the_air, (The hot breath of Koritas "dú圌品" wēn rises in the air)

Up_ahead_in_the_distance (look up and look into the distance)

I_saw_a_shi – ering_light (I see a little faint light)

My_heartgrewhe АVyandmysightgrewdim (my mind became heavy and my vision became more and more blurred) ......"

Wang Zijun only sang a few words, and drew everyone's attention to it. Although he is now only playing a single guitar and fully demonstrates the charm of this song without fǎ, the content of its lyrics alone is enough to capture the hearts of young people. The lyrics of this epic melody capture almost all the sorrow and confusion of young people in the 70s, and then throw it into the wind and blow it into the sky. In 1977, the song topped the charts for eight consecutive weeks. Among the 100 classic English songs selected by Quanwei's music miscellaneous magazine "Rolling Stone", "Hotel California" ranked eleventh.

"Oh God, what did I hear?"

"It's sǐ, I think I'm in love with it."

"It's amazing, it's really the most wonderful rock 'n' roll."

"What's this guy's name? I decided to be a fan of him, yes, what's his name? ”

“……”

The three hundred students of USC fell into a frenzy, and due to the xī introduction of Wang Zijun's singing, there were more and more students below, and by the time Wang Zijun finished singing, the total number had reached five or six hundred.

Wang Zijun didn't have any superfluous movements, didn't shake his head, didn't twist the kuà, just stood there and sang, with a calm and disdainful face, but in the eyes of the people in the audience at this time, it was a unique demeanor.

John on the side looked at Wang Zijun dumbfounded, and muttered, "Oh my God, I'm going to take him, he's a genius!" If I had been his agent, I would have been rich for the rest of my life. ”

A man in his thirties next to the stage looked at Wang Zijun with shiny eyes, he was a small person in the publicity part of the Chnysalis Public Circle Division, called Steve, and he was in charge of the recording of the band ВLondie this time.

"Hey, Ellie, what did you just say this chalk man was called?" Steve walked over to Ellie and asked.

"Wang, Zijun said.

Steve thought, "Maybe we can play this song, who can sing it to?" ”

Steve didn't think about signing Wang Zijun, but thought about the mǎi song, because Wang Zijun is a yellow race, and no matter how he packages the Xuanyuan biography, the effect is not as good as letting a white singer sing it. You know, Martin Luther King Jr. has only been a few years old, and skin discrimination is still prevalent in the United States today. ,

"Encore, Encore" and Wang Zijun put "Hotel California", the academic ecology below has come to a 180-degree turn, and they all shouted to stay.

Wang Zijun probably knows how to make friends with these guys now, and after he returned the guitar to Chris, he pointed his middle finger to the audience and said arrogantly: "No, I don't have the time to sing another song for you." Remember, mixed bombs, I'm Wang Zijun, a director and singer from Taiyuan Bay, China. ”

"Encore, encore" The students in the audience were not affected by Wang Zijun's middle finger at all, and their voices became louder and louder.

Wang Zijun turned around and walked off the platform, but those students ran over to surround him, making him cry and laugh.

The even more tragic ВLondie band, Ellie said with a bitter face: "I knew that I wouldn't let the king come up, and now I don't know who is the protagonist." ”

Johnny asked, "Ellie, this is your chalk master, and his songs are amazing."

The only few reporters at the scene also ran over, they were just local Los Angeles two-liú rock and roll miscellaneous reporters, and at this time they surrounded Wang Zijun like a war.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, is that song you just called "Hotel California"?"

"Yes." Wang Zijun nodded.

"Is it your original work, or is it done by another singer?"

"Of course it's mine, have you ever heard anyone else sing it?" Wang Zijun asked rhetorically without hesitation.

"Are you going to enter the rock music scene of Jun Meiwen?"

"No, I said, I'm here to make a movie in the United States."

"Really? What are your plans, are you shooting alone? ”

Wang Zijun took the opportunity to make a propaganda biography: "I set up a Dragon and Tiger movie company with Bruce Li Chengyuan, just over there in Hollywood. I've already written the script for my film and I'm looking for a filming location. (To be continued)