Chapter 12: Eating
Causeway Bay and Sha Tin are only a dozen kilometers apart, so it is permissible to wait for half an hour, but in fact, it will take more than ten minutes.
Qiao Yadan held an umbrella to help Fang Xiao block the rain, and after he put the guitar in the trunk, they both sat in the back seat of the mini.
"How was the interview going?"
"I'm average, Fang Xiaohi turned the audience." Qiao Yadan seemed to have a good relationship with the license, and she said with a smile: "I'm very hanging, he is nine out of ten." ”
Xu Xu looked at Fang Xiao through the rearview mirror and said, "Fang Xiao's song "Nanping Evening Bell" is really good, and it is also very good. ”
"Nanping Evening Bell"?" Qiao Yadan was surprised, also looked at Fang Xiao, and said: "He didn't play "Nanping Evening Bell", he wrote three songs on the spot. ”
After driving a car for dozens of meters, he braked on the side of the road all of a sudden, turned around, turned around, raised his eyebrows to look at Fang Xiao, and the seat belt made a thrilling and wonderful curve.
"It's just a few small jokes." Fang Xiao pretended to be calm with evil taste, and said, "It's not a song yet." ”
"What song?"
"Saliva song." Fang Xiaohe smiled, he pointed to the warning sign at the intersection in front of him, and said, "You can't park here, be careful of the ticket." ”
Permission stared at him for a few seconds before turning back and continuing driving.
"Xiao Ke, why are you reacting so exaggeratedly?" Qiao Yadan asked half-truthfully, "Are you two disposed of?" ”
"Who would fancy him, the goose that the whole school is known for." Xu Xu scoffed, and then said, "When he came in the morning, he said he was going to write a song for my band, so he was a little excited. How about the songs he wrote on the spot? ”
"Very good, good lyrics and songs, lingering sounds, I still remember it." Qiao Yadan volleyed his fingers in the air, hummed the notes of lala, and said, "That's probably it." ”
She hummed the last stanza of "Change 1995", which was the most beautiful of the three songs, and she was also an expert. "Fang Xiao, sing it to me."
"Don't do it." Fang Xiaogu looked at him left and right, and said, "Okay, have you eaten?" If you haven't eaten, let's find a place to eat first. At noon I have a treat. ”
Xu Xu is not like ordinary girls who like to be coquettish and entangled, Fang Xiao didn't sing, she was no longer reluctant, concentrated on driving, and soon found a restaurant that looked good.
The rain was pouring down, there were very few people in the restaurant, the three of them found a corner by the window and sat down, Fang Xiao picked up the menu and looked at it, and said with a wry smile: "Two ladies, I'm sorry, I can't afford this meal, have you brought any money?" If you don't bring any money, leave as soon as possible, or you will be deducted from the account. ”
"Stingy." Qiao Yadan flipped through the menu and said, "It's not very expensive, you won't even have four or five hundred yuan, right?" ”
"I only have 1,100 yuan for all my belongings." Fang Xiao was very single, and he didn't hide his embarrassment, and said: "After eating this meal, I will be poor." When I find a way to make money, I'll hire two more people. ”
"I'll pay for it." Xu beckoned, asked the waiter to come over, and said, "Just congratulate you on your successful interview today." ”
"That's a good idea." Qiao Yadan was also not polite, and said with a smile: "Fang Xiao has a treat, I still have to consider whether to save some food, Xiao Ke has a treat, I have to open up to eat, anyway, you can't eat poorly." ”
Permission is just a smile.
Qiao Yadan said exaggeratedly, but he only ordered two very cheap home-cooked dishes, Fang Xiao did not have high requirements for eating, he asked for a dish casually, and allowed to add two more special dishes, even if he finished ordering, even so, the price of this meal exceeded 500.
Fang Xiao said before that he was going to have a treat, and he only planned to come to a place of one or two hundred, but he didn't notice that there were many high-end communities near Sha Tin, and the consumption level was higher than that near the university town, and with his shriveled wallet, it was really a bit difficult - if he wanted to make money with a guitar, he had to have a guitar first, right? Of the 1,100 yuan, he had to keep at least seven or eight hundred to find a decent second-hand guitar.
"Fang Xiao." After the waiter left, Xu said; "Are you free in the afternoon? If you have time, go to the practice room and play your "Nanping Evening Bell" again, I want to record it. ”
"Did Shi Lilin let you record it? Da Liu had already told me in the morning. ”
"Is Arlene going to record it too?" Xu Xu smiled and said, "She and I have thought of a piece, I think you have adapted it very well, and I plan to use it as a reference." ”
"Da Liu said she was going to use it as a mobile phone ringtone."
"This Arlene is just heartless!" Xu Xu scolded with a smile and said: "I'm so anxious about the band, she only cares about flirting with Da Liu all day long." ”
Qiao Yadan rolled his eyes and said, "Fang Xiao's "Nanping Evening Bell" is different from Professor Wang's? ”
Professor Wang is Wang Fuling, the original author of "Nanping Evening Bell", in Fang Xiao's previous life, he worked for Shaw Brothers Film Company, but there was no Shaw Brothers in this life, so he entered Southern Normal University as a teacher in the 50s, and until his death in the early 90s, he has been a signboard figure in the music department of Southern Normal University.
"The tune is the same, but he's adapted it to a guitar tune, and it's a nice change." Xu Xu looked at Fang Xiao, smiled, and said, "He also plays very well." Yadan, when he interviewed today, did he also shake his head when he played the guitar? ”
Qiao Yadan probably thought of his snapping fingers, and couldn't help laughing, and said, "It's not like shaking your head, but there are a lot of small movements, and it's fun." ”
Then she also followed the example of the little girl, bowed her head, raised her hand, and snapped her fingers, but as soon as she moved, the waiter came over and asked, "What is the need?" ”
Fang Xiao laughed, Qiao Yadan was embarrassed, she sent the waiter away, and then smiled and explained with inexplicable permission, and said: "When Fang Xiao was interviewing, he did the action I just did, I can't learn it, when he did it, it was very tasteful, and he turned the little girls who participated in the interview upside down." ”
During this meal, Fang Xiao was very quiet, immersed himself in eating, and let the two girls twitter and tease, telling him about his past scandals and embarrassments, and learned a lot of useful information from them.
Permission is okay, although he speaks simply, he doesn't say a word that shouldn't be said, but Qiao Yadan is very direct, and he talks mercilessly, almost ripping off the past between him and Tang Yiyi.
All in all, Tang Yiyi is very beautiful, very greedy for vanity, hooks up in the school, pretends to be a pure goddess in the school, deliberately chooses Fang Xiao as a shield, eats him and drinks him, but never lets him touch it, Fang Xiao himself is stupid and stupid, has no opinions, the goddess gives a smile, and she can't find the north with pleasure, all kinds of serving, I'd rather eat chaff by myself, but also invite the goddess to eat meat......
After knowing this information, Fang Xiao was confident that he would meet Tang Yiyi in the future, and he also knew how to deal with it, of course, he hoped that the two sides would never see each other from now on, he only inherited **, no inherited memory, he only needed to be responsible for his ex's family affection, and there was no need to wipe his ass for his ex's confused love.
At the time of the license payment, Qiao Yadan asked, "Fang Xiao, how are you going to make money?" ”
"I don't know." Fang Xiao stood up with her and said, "How about going to Victoria Harbour to sing?" I read on the Internet that there were a lot of people there at night. ”
Victoria Harbour is Victoria Harbour, after the recovery of Hong Kong in 49 years, in order to eliminate the colonial color, it set off a wave of name changes, such as "Chater Road", "Hennessy Road", "King's Road" and so on were all changed, Victoria Harbour did not escape the fate of being renamed, it became "Peacekeeping Port", taking the meaning of "maintaining world peace", but during the reform and opening up in the 80s, in order to "connect with the world", it was changed back to its original name, but few people have called it by its full name, and it is generally called Victoria Harbour.
Fang Xiao said that the Victoria Harbor refers to a pedestrian street near the port, which is probably similar to the Avenue of Stars in the previous life, and he read on the Internet that there are many people performing talents there at night, some singing, dancing, and painting, and the income is good.
For him, who has no capital and no connections, this is the lowest cost and the fastest way to get money, at least to solve the problem of eating.
Permission was surprised by his words and asked, "Are you short of money?" ”
"It's not a shortage, it's a very shortage." Fang Xiao smiled and said, "I used to be ignorant and spend money indiscriminately, and now it's not good to ask for it from my family, so I'm going to find something to do, which can be regarded as accumulating experience for future work." ”
Permission to put away the change, stood up, and walked outside, while saying: "Then you don't have to go to the street to sing, with your guitar level, it's easy to find a place to perform in a bar or restaurant, there's no need to go to Victoria Harbour, it's too chaotic over there." ”
"Where do you find a bar?"
Xu Xu glanced at Qiao Yadan and said, "You ask her, she is an expert." ”
Qiao Yadan just smiled, and after getting back into the car, he said, "Fang Xiao, if you really want to go out and make money, I know a manager of a bar, I can take you to try it." ”
"That's a good idea." Bar performances don't need to be blown in the wind and rain, and it's the old business, Fang Xiao has nothing to do, he asked, "When are you going?" ”
"Are you in such a hurry?"
"When a man has no money in his pocket, he is more anxious than a groom who enters the cave room and cannot untie his trouser belt."
Xu couldn't help but laugh and smacked him, but Qiao Yadan laughed wantonly and said, "Then I'll take you over tomorrow, and I'll call you then." ”
"Thank you."
Anyway, there is nothing to do when I go back to school, Fang Xiao went directly to the licensed rented practice room, and recorded "Nanping Evening Bell" again, the sound insulation effect in the practice room is good, and Xu can also use a high-end voice recorder, after recording it once, I listened to it, and I felt that the effect was very good.
"Almost." Fang Xiao put down the guitar and said, "It's like this if you play it again." ”
Permission nodded, but Qiao Yadan took out his mobile phone, turned on the camera function, and said, "I'll record you once." ”
"Don't you need it?"
"Fang Xiao, even if you don't write songs on the spot today, just with this "Nanping Evening Bell", we can't hold our heads up." Qiao Yadan pointed the camera at him and said: "When you play the guitar, it is really charming, and if you post it on the Internet, it will definitely become popular, and you can make money as much as you want when the time comes." ”