Chapter 14
"You have to thank me." Ye Luo picked his teeth, touched his round belly, pointed at Zhang Jiaqi, and said to Rob, "This girl's recent concept of inviting guests to dinner has been firmly fixed by me at the level of fast food, which is cheap for you kid." β
"You're coming. Am I the kind of person who hates the poor and loves the rich? Zhang Jiaqi glared at Ye Luo viciously.
"Hey, hey." Rob laughed dryly, his face cramped and uneasy.
"Alright, let's go to your venue and watch you perform." Ye Luo wiped his mouth with a tissue.
"Okay, that woman will be performing at the bar across the street tonight, so you can see it." Rob looked solemn.
"Which woman?" Zhang Jiaqi was puzzled.
"Oh, this kid's band was recently robbed of business by a female singer, and it is said that the female singer is very strong, let's go and have a look." Ye Luo said.
"After watching the scene of Song Yan and Chu Moer, what other female singer can catch your eye?" Zhang Jiaqi shook her head, showing little interest.
"Oh, Song Yan and Chu Mo'er, they recently participated in the New Girls Competition, right?" Rob asked, as if remembering something.
"yes."
"The female singer you are going to see tonight has also participated in the cutting-edge girls, and has already entered the top 12 in the Shangdu Division." Luo Bu looked mysterious, "And I can tell you very responsibly that this woman has definitely hidden her strength in the audition and the first round of selection, otherwise she will not be worse than Chu Mo'er and Song Yan!" β
"And that kind of thing?" Zhang Jiaqi looked surprised, "Who would be so stupid!" β
"It's possible." Ye Luo nodded, "This kind of singer who sings in a bar, if he has enough experience in performing, he can perform freely." And the cutting-edge girl is a rookie competition, first hide part of her strength in the competition, and then get better than the other, which can create the illusion that this singer has great potential, and the judges will look up to her, this woman is very scheming. β
"Actually, I hope she has a good result in this competition, so that she doesn't have to continue to sing and steal my job." Rob sighed and smiled wryly.
"Look at you." Ye Luo glanced at Rob with a look of disdain.
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go and see!" Zhang Jiaqi was a little impatient, "I've basically seen the top 12 singing in Shangdu, I should be able to recognize her!" β
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Silk Street, located on the west side of Tin Hau Square, on the shore of Silk Lake, is considered to be within the city center.
It is said to be a street, but in fact it is far more than that, but a larger area.
There are more than 30 bars and cafes in five vertical and four horizontal lanes.
These bars and cafes have singers who sing in the evening, and the style is more elegant, but most of these singers are female singers from the Philippines who only sing English songs.
Rob's Sky Dome Band, which focuses on rock and roll, is a relatively alternative store, perhaps because the guests like to watch a fresh, and the business was very good for a while. But after the female singer came, with her singing voice and even more beautiful appearance that is not inferior to that of Filipino female singers, and unlike Filipino singers who can't communicate in Chinese, she suddenly became a new favorite here.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the meal has not yet passed, but the flow of people on Silk Street has gradually become denser, most of them are couples in pairs, and there are some drinkers traveling together.
"Shows usually start at eight o'clock." Rob explained the situation, "But my brothers should be here." β
Turning an alley, at the door of a bar at the top, Rob pushed the door in with Ye Luo and Zhang Jiaqi.
Business at this bar is a bit cold, and there are no customers yet. At this time, it was already night, and in the dim light, Ye Luo saw three young people working in the bar, wiping the tables and chairs, or waxing the bar, and they were so busy sweating.
Although these three young people are not familiar with each other, they also have several relationships, they are all members of the Luo Bu Sky Band: drummer Li Mo, bassist Chen Qiang, keyboardist Sun Heming, and Luo Bu is also the band's guitarist and lead singer.
In the whole bar, Rob is the eldest of the partners, with the most shares.
"The band still does this job?" Zhang Jiaqi looked at the only three young people in the room and frowned slightly.
"Don't mention it. It's really hard to mix lately, and it's good to save some labor money. Rob rolled up his sleeves and beckoned to Li Mo, "Give me a rag." β
"Brother Luo, you don't have to do it." Li Mo was a little embarrassed, "If it weren't for my father......"
"What are you talking about?" Luo Bu's eyes widened, and then he turned to Ye Luo and Zhang Jiaqi and said, "You sit casually for a while, and then I'll ask Li Mo to make two glasses of wine for you." β
"Drummer and bartender?" Ye Luo smiled at Li Mo, "You kid will be absolutely invincible in the future." β
"Hehe, you're young, you don't have a lot of skills." Li Mo touched the back of his head.
"Get me a rag too." Ye Luo began to pull up the cuffs.
"This ......" Li Mo hesitated a little.
"Give him a piece, don't be polite to this kid." Rob was not hypocritical, and said to Zhang Jiaqi, "I'm sorry, you sit for a while, and we'll be fine right away." β
Zhang Jiaqi didn't look for a place to sit, but bent down and took off her high heels, stood barefoot on the ground, and looked around: "The ground is still so dirty, how will you do business for a while?" Where are the brooms and mops? β
Luo Bu had always been a little reluctant to leave Zhang Jiaqi, but in Ye Luo's eyes, he couldn't enter the state for a long time.
This is also easy to understand, Zhang Jiaqi is a beauty wherever she puts it, but compared with Chu Mo'er, she is somewhat inferior. However, after Zhang Jiaqi's words, Ye Luo saw that Rob's eyes lit up......
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At eight o'clock, the Sky Dome Bar started to open on time, Ye Luo and Zhang Jiaqi picked a position by the window and sat down, both of them were slightly sweaty on their foreheads, and asked for two glasses of soda.
Zhang Jiaqi looked at Rob's tall and thin figure, not knowing what she was thinking, Ye Luo didn't bother her, but watched the movement outside the window.
Compared to this bar and the one opposite, the customer flow is obviously not at the same level.
It's past eight o'clock, and there are only seven or eight guests in the Tianqiong Bar, and the one on the opposite side is seven or eight seven or eight people going in, and it has been like this since Ye Luo sat down, and it is really like a guest.
The gap is not a star and a half, Ye Luo shook his head.
The strength of the Sky Dome Band, Ye Luo knows it in his heart, Rob himself is a rock maniac, he studied when he was a child, and he worked hard, although he is not very old, but his business level is not picky, and the musicians in his phase have good abilities. The band is a good band, but the style is a little out of place with this Silk Street.
Silk Street is an important dating place for lovers in the upper city, what you want is that kind of ambiguous little mood, rock seems too proud, at the beginning everyone wants to be fresh, and once the freshness passes, there will naturally be no repeat customers.
"Buzz......" The sound of the electric guitar on the stage was together, Rob's tall and thin figure stood on the stage and grabbed the microphone in front of him, "The Tianqiong Band's performance tonight has officially begun......"
"It's so handsome......" Ye Luo heard Zhang Jiaqi's exclamation.
Even with a man's aesthetics, Rob's appearance at this time can make Ye Luo pick out his thumb. 1.86 meters tall, long hair combed with neat pigtails hanging down the back of his head, handsome facial features, with a little green stubble. Black leather pants with shiny pendants on both sides, and a black leather wallet was worn naked, revealing two strong, white arms.
Rob on the stage, at this time, his eyes were also directed at Zhang Jiaqi here: "The first song is dedicated to her by the window." β
The affectionate introduction was followed by a stormy drum beat and eardrum-piercing electric guitar roar, followed by a hoarse singing along the way.
Ye Luo frowned as he listened.
The song itself is not unpleasant, and Rob's singing level is also good, but Rob plays and sings very high, and the atmosphere of the scene is far from reaching that kind of Cheng dΓΉ.
There is a disconnect between the singer and the audience. There is no way to keep people in this kind of singing, so it can only be watched lively.
"No wonder." Ye Luo sighed.
At this moment, in the bar opposite, the originally bright lobby lights dimmed, which means that the show over there has also begun.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look on the other side." Ye Luo said to Zhang Jiaqi.
"Hmm." Zhang Jiaqi was also frowning at this time, as if she couldn't accept Rob's singing style without foreshadowing.
Escorted by Rob's resentful gaze, Ye Luo and Zhang Jiaqi got up to leave and pushed open the door of the opposite bar.