The two walked out of the mall, only to find that the sky was not beautiful, and it was raining lightly.

Qiao Yadan took out his mobile phone, looked at the forecast, and said, "The typhoon is coming, and there will be heavy rain at night, so why don't you go back to school first." ”

Fang Xiao stayed in Shenzhen for many years in his previous life, and knew that there were few typhoons in April, and even if there were, the power was relatively small, he looked at the rain curtain that was not dense under the neon lights, and said: "Anyway, I take the subway back, the rain is the same, I will go to the bar for a while, and first familiarize myself with the working environment." ”

"Okay then."

After Qiao Yadan confessed, regardless of whether Fang Xiao accepted it or not, without a little shyness and embarrassment, he simply took his arm, bought an umbrella at the convenience store on the side of the road, and then got together and walked towards the bar. ”

Fang Xiao snorted and asked, "You are just a waiter at the bar?" ”

"There is another one, named Chen Su, she is also part-time, not long after giving birth to a child, she has been late to work recently."

"What about the bands and singers in the bar?"

"I'll introduce you to you later." Qiao Yadan looked sideways at him and reminded: "They are all very high-level, don't be too arrogant when you wait." ”

"Am I like a proud man?"

Qiao Yadan raised his hand and snapped his fingers twice in front of him, and said, "You don't look like it, you are!" ”

This is yesterday's stalk, okay......

"You know me so well!"

"Not enough is understood." Qiao Yadan gently rubbed him with his arm and suggested, "Why don't you go back to school at night, let's find a hotel and get to know each other?" ”

Fang Xiao was surprised when he heard this, and looked down at her.

"Goose! Look at your bewildered look. Qiao Yadan smiled, she jumped over a cloud of stagnant water lightly, and said with a grin: "It was you who stripped naked to let me understand, not me who stripped naked to let you understand." ”

Fang Xiao couldn't resist it, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, it's not allowed to tease people." ”

"That's what you said, I didn't promise."

Fang Xiao felt that Qiao Yadan's mind was a little off the line, but with her, there was an indescribable sense of ease, perhaps because of her energetic enthusiasm, perhaps because of her straightforward and unpretentious attitude, or because of the positive energy in her body that was as brilliant as the spring sun......

The two returned to the bar, it was just half past six, Uncle Shen was no longer there, and there was a man in his thirties wearing a black bar uniform standing behind the bar, he was chatting with a guest wearing a small round hat with his back to the door, and he didn't see Uncle Shen.

"Adago." Qiao Yadan raised his hand to the man, then greeted the guest wearing the little round hat and said, "Uncle Bao." ”

"Dandan, why did you come to work so late today? It's not like your usual style. Uncle Bao is not young, it seems to be more than fifty years old, he looked at the arms of the two of them, and asked, "Who is this beautiful boy?" ”

"Uncle Shen gave me two hours off." Qiao Yadan let go of Fang Xiao's arm and introduced, "This is my boyfriend, Fang Xiao." This is Uncle Bao, a great connoisseur of saxophone and jazz drums, and this is the bartender of the bar, Adago. ”

"Uncle Bao, Adago."

Ada smiled kindly and nodded at Fang Xiao, his hair was very long, with a men's ponytail, very trendy.

"Dandan has found a boyfriend, it's really good, it's time to have a boyfriend." Uncle Bao was slightly chubby, kind and kind-eyed, and amiable, he looked at Fang Xiao for a moment, and said with a smile: "The young man is very handsome, and Dandan is a classmate?" ”

"He and I are in the same academy as musicology." Qiao Yadan hurriedly introduced a sentence, then took the shopping bag containing the old shoes, and said, "Fang Xiao, you sit here for a while, and I'll go to the back to change clothes." ”

After she left, Fang Xiao asked, "What about Uncle Shen?" ”

"Uncle Shen has gone home to accompany his daughter." Ada took out a wine bottle with only one-third of the capacity left from under the bar, and said, "Fang Xiao, Uncle Shen said that you will come here to work in a few days, and everyone will be colleagues from now on, I will invite you to have a drink first." ”

"Yo, Edradol Bourbon barrels are ten years old." Uncle Bao looked at the amber wine bottle, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This is good wine." Ada, you don't drink anyway, why don't you bring me a drink, and I'll accompany Xiaofang to drink. ”

Ada smiled, took two glasses, put a few ice cubes, poured two glasses of wine, his movements were very elegant, his hands were very steady, he tapped twice, and poured the wine, the capacity in the two glasses was almost identical.

Uncle Bao is a wine lover, he didn't wait for Ada to put away the wine bottle, he couldn't wait to take two glasses of wine, handed one to Fang Xiao, then held the wine glass, sniffed it, and said intoxicatedly: "Fragrant!" It's been a long time since I've drunk such a good drink. ”

"You can't drink too much of this kind of high-strength wine." After Ada put away the wine bottle, he said: "It's been two or three years since there have been new colleagues in the bar, and today I let you drink a little for the sake of Fang Xiao's face." ”

"I know the way, I know the way." Uncle Bao waved his hand helplessly, then raised his wine glass, and said to Fang Xiao: "Xiao Fang, I thank you today." Come, come, taste, this single malt Scotch whisky, made by the smallest distillery in the world, has a mellow taste and a powerful sense of volume, and is the best whisky in the world. ”

Fang Xiao took a sip, he rarely drank alcohol, he didn't know how to taste, after entering it, he only felt that it was hot and spicy, and the degree was higher than that of ordinary foreign wine, but other than that, he didn't feel anything......

"Xiao Fang came here to work, what kind of work did he do?"

"I'm here to interview to be an acoustic guitarist." Fang Xiao put down his wine glass and said, "But after the interview, Uncle Shen didn't say what I was asked to do, so he asked me to come to work in a few days." ”

Uncle Bao let out a long sound, turned his head and asked Ada, "Cao Kun is leaving?" ”

"How could Brother Kun be willing to leave." Ada propped up the bar with both hands and said with a smile: "Uncle Shen said that you old guys are too lazy, and you will do those old songs when you turn them over, so I asked Fang Xiao to come over and give you some color to see." ”

"Yo he!" Uncle Bao looked at Fang Xiao exaggeratedly and said, "So, Xiao Fang, you are very capable?" Come, let's have a good talk, and let me see what color you're going to give us old men. ”

Then he held a wine glass, tasted it slowly, and talked to Fang Xiaokan for a while, and Fang Xiao's cold sweat came down - if he was playing guitar or music theory, Fang Xiao would still be able to support me, but this old man talked to him about pop music in the 80s......

I know Teresa Teng, I know Zhen Ni, I know Luo Dayou, I know Leslie Cheung, I know Liu Huan......

But TM doesn't have it in this world......

Bai Xiaoqi, who is that? Li Boran, what have you sung? Chen You, what have you written? Grass duet, what is the impact?

After Fang Xiao crossed, he was busy all the time, and he only had time to check the brief history of pop music in the eighties and nineties in this world on the Internet, and remembered several well-known kings and queens and their signature songs, and the rest, it was a blank, and Uncle Bao talked about it, he hadn't heard any of it, it should be all niche singers and niche songs.

Fortunately, just when he was about to collapse, Qiao Yadan came out, she coiled her hair up, wearing the same style uniform as Ada, simple and capable, different from the pretty beauty just now, her temperament changed three times a day, and Fang Xiao looked sideways.

Seeing Fang Xiao staring at her, Qiao Yadan smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

She changed her clothes for a long time this time, and there was a faint fragrance of shower gel on her body, as if she had taken a shower in the back, Fang Xiao retracted her gaze, rubbed her nose, and said, "Uncle Bao is testing me, and he wants to give me a dismount." ”

"What's the matter, just a casual chat." Uncle Bao smiled, pointed at Fang Xiao with the finger holding the glass, and said, "Dandan, your boyfriend, you don't seem to like to talk much, it's too dull." ”

"He's just a stupid goose, Uncle Bao, don't bully him."

"I'm an old man, how can I bully him? He bullied me pretty much the same. Uncle Bao joked with a smile: "It's really a girl who is outgoing, and she doesn't care about it, she knows that she protects her lover." ”

Qiao Yadan obviously has a good relationship with Uncle Bao, she stuck out her tongue, made a grimace, and then went to the door of the bar, pressed the switch of the neon sign, and hung up the "open" sign, Ada also turned on the lights of the whole bar, it was an orange light, hazy, very warm.

Fang Xiao turned around and looked carefully under the lights, only to find that the bar space was a little larger than in the afternoon, about 120 people, the decoration was very simple, there was no picture frame wall, no LCD splicing screen, no colorful LED lights, only round tables, square chairs, and a small stage with drums and pianos, without any other decorations, at first glance, it seemed a bit like a small auditorium for students to perform.

However, simplicity does not mean simple and low-end, the bar's bar counter, floor, tables and chairs and other utensils are all made of solid wood, Fang Xiao doesn't know what kind of wood is used in the road, but the texture is fine, heavy, the workmanship is very exquisite, and the whole bar has a kind of implicit but not revealing, simple but not simple tone.

It's really in line with Uncle Shen's temperament......

As Qiao Yadan introduced, business was very deserted at seven o'clock, only two or three people patronized, and they were all regular customers, after asking for wine, they sat at the bar and chatted, and when it was almost eight o'clock, the band arrived one after another, except for the female singer named Sasha, who was relatively young, the rest were old men who were about the same age as Uncle Bao.

No wonder it's called Twilight Bar......

The sunset is red......

Fang Xiao got to know them one by one, but because there were more and more customers, they started to perform as soon as they arrived, and they didn't talk deeply.

The band in the bar is jazz, but not limited to jazz, interspersed with solo instrumental or solo accompaniment, also as introduced by Gio Yadan, the level is very high, everyone is a master of playing musical instruments, and proficient in more than one, such as Uncle Bao has played the saxophone, played jazz drums, Kunge played the acoustic guitar and went to play the bass, Li Bo only played the piano, but Ada said that he can also play four or five national instruments.

The atmosphere of the bar is very good, and the customers are mostly middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, men and women, lonely people who come in, people who come in pairs, some who drink beer, some who drink spirits, some who enjoy the music intently, some who talk in a low voice, and the atmosphere of the middle class is full of gentleness and courtesy.

"How?" After delivering a glass of wine, Qiao Yadan took the tray and stood in front of the bar, while enjoying the performance on the stage, he asked Fang Xiao softly: "Isn't it amazing?" ”

"It's really amazing." Fang Xiao was convinced and asked, "What are they all from?" ”

"They are all rich and idlers." Qiao Yadan introduced one by one: "Uncle Bao has two good sons, one in the United States and the other in Australia, who give him tens of thousands of dollars in living expenses every month; Kunge formed a band and released albums when he was young, and is now the owner of an advertising agency, but he doesn't care much anymore; Li Bo is a charter company, there are more than a dozen shops, in addition to them, there are a few people in the band, but they didn't come today. ”

It turned out to be some old men who were rich and aspiring......

Fang Xiao sighed, he raised his chin and asked, "What does Sister Sasha do?" ”

"Sister Sasha, you don't even know each other?" Qiao Yadan glanced at him a little strangely and said, "She is the original singer of "The Lover Who Can't Go Back". ”

Is this song famous......

"I said it sounds so familiar." Fang Xiao covered up and said, "It turned out to be really her." ”

At this time, someone raised his hand to call the waiter, and before going to entertain, Qiao Yadan reminded: "It's past ten o'clock, you should hurry back to school." I'm too busy to send you right now. ”

"Well, I'll go."

Fang Xiao said to go, but she didn't hurry to leave, but continued to listen to Sasha singing on the stage - her voice was very special, low and mellow, a bit like Cai Qin's, but a little hoarse than Cai Qin.

Those good songs in the brain need to be matched by a good voice to exert the greatest power......

Musical instruments are easy to buy, musicians are easy to find, and you have a good voice, so you can't just meet them if you want to......

Speaking of which, Qiao Yadan, Xu Xu, and Shi Lilin are all from the music department, and they have all undergone professional vocal training, but they have never heard them sing, so I don't know how their singing voices are?

Fang Xiao thought so, he said hello to Ada, waved his hand to Qiao Yadan, who was shuttling among the customers, and walked out of the bar.

PS: Seeing that Orange greatly recommended my book, thank you very much for his favor and love.

Orange University's "Industrial Overlord" is a book I like very much, I read it every day, I learned a lot of knowledge and writing ideas from it, and I benefited a lot.

Orange's new book "Material Empire" is also very well written, and it is recommended for book friends who have not read it yet.