Chapter 17: The Band's War (1)
The school bell rang, there was still an hour before the six o'clock agreed with Hu Haoran, and after Lin Zhiyi returned to the classroom after receiving the education of the head teacher Wang in the afternoon, Zeppelin never came to class.
"How did you do it, one by one, missing." Qian Wenwen packed her schoolbag, picked up the piano case, and went to the concert hall with Lin Zhiyi, Yuan Shanshan followed behind them cautiously, looking at the handsome figures of the two in front of her, they were really a pair of beautiful people.
"Did you message him?"
"I've sent more than 100 of them, and I haven't replied to any of them."
"What Zeppelin promised, he will do." Lin Zhiyi can only choose to trust his teammates.
On the way to the concert hall, there were classmates who kept passing them and running to the concert hall, and there were even seniors. By the time we reached the door of the concert hall, the crowd had already blocked the door. They had to go backstage through the small door at the back of the concert hall.
"Squad leader, I didn't expect so many people to come, I'm so nervous." Qian Wenwen said excitedly.
"It's okay, just play your normal level."
At this moment, Lin Zhiyi is more worried about Yuan Shanshan, sitting on the chair, her legs trembling, she is not even confident in answering the teacher's questions in class, is it really okay to sing in front of so many people?
"Listen, when you come on stage, follow my piano and sing to the score I have crossed out for you, you have no problem."
"Okay, okay." Yuan Shanshan agreed tremblingly.
"This doesn't work, you relax, follow me, take a deep breath, and exhale slowly."
Yuan Shanshan did as Lin Zhiyi said, but his nervousness did not ease at all.
"Look at me." Lin Zhiyi held Yuan Shanshan's hands, "When I came to power, I thought that the people under me were all radish and cabbage." Or close your eyes, just like you can sing along to the accompaniment while listening to music. You are the best. β
Yuan Shanshan looked at Lin Zhiyi's eyes, no one had ever had such a big trust in herself, she would not let him down.
Qian Wenwen watched the hands of the two touch together, and felt very uncomfortable, why could such Yuan Shanshan get more attention than Lin Zhiyi. She played a little temper and sat in the corner of the side without making a sound, but when Hu Haoran's band members arrived backstage, no one noticed her, and she was angry with herself in vain.
"Yo, why are there only three of you?" Hu Haoran clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his expression was more proud than the last time he saw Lin Zhi.
"No, it's four." Zeppelin appeared backstage in time with the case on his back.
"It's you." Hu Haoran recognized at a glance the guitar kid who embarrassed him in public in the cafeteria.
"You're finally here, where have you been hiding all afternoon?" Qian Wenwen directly ignored Hu Haoran and asked, she would not say much to the people Lin Zhiyi hated.
"Of course I'm going to practice, and you'll see later."
"Hmm." Qian Wenwen nodded happily.
"Hey, do you guys treat me as air? Little beauty, you're also here to form a band? β
"What's the matter with you?"
"Hehe, sure enough, things gather by like, and people are divided by groups. Otherwise, with this face of yours, it's not bad to be my girlfriend. β
"Phew." Qian Wenwen squirted a mouthful of air at Hu Haoran, and spitting directly would still affect her image as a young lady.
"Stinky girl."
"Hu Haoran, put your mouth clean." Lin Zhi also reprimanded angrily.
Zeppelin had already raised his fist and hammered it directly on Hu Haoran's head.
"Don't be impulsive, delay PK." Fortunately, Qian Wenwen intercepted Zeppelin's fist with her slender hand in time. This is the first time that a girl's hand is held on Zeppelin's calloused hand because of playing the piano, her hand is as white as a piece of paper, and the cyan veins are looming under the skin, Zeppelin suddenly loses his strength, afraid that he will inadvertently hurt these white hands.
"You know each other." Hu Haoran didn't want to provoke a fight, and today he wanted to completely defeat Lin Zhiyi on the stage.
"However, there are only four of you, and a band without drummers can be called a rock band?"
"Classmate, I'm here." Uncle Cleaner appeared backstage as promised, he waved at Lin Zhiyi, and he was still wearing white gloves at work.
"Hey, uncle, this is a concert hall, not a garbage room."
Uncle Cleaner, dressed in a blue work suit, looks very abrupt among his young classmates.
"He's the drummer of our band." Lin Zhi also introduced to everyone.
Everyone was stunned.
"Are you crazy? Lin Zhiyi, he is an old man, is it appropriate to appear here? Hu Haoran complained sharply.
"At the very least, he's a member of our academy. As far as I know, your bass player was brought in from outside. β
"Okay. See how you guys play. β
"Members, it's almost time, who will come to the stage first?" The president He Wangchuan appeared backstage at 6 o'clock sharp, the music club has not organized an event that can attract so many audiences for a long time, but he spent a whole afternoon arranging the lighting venue and sound equipment.
"Me!" Hu Haoran raised his hand without hesitation, and overwhelmed Lin Zhiyi in terms of momentum, "Let me show you what real rock is." β
Hu Haoran and his team members walked onto the stage, and the audience resounded with tearful cheers. Lin Zhiyi stood backstage and watched him wave his hands, as if announcing that the former king was back. Mr. Lin mentioned Hu Haoran's father at dinner one day, saying that he had managed to get through the difficulties and made a comeback, but he didn't plan to come back to the old house.
The drums sounded, the rhythm was steady and powerful, Hu Haoran echoed and played the electric guitar, and it could be heard that he had spent a lot of effort on guitar training these days. The bass player from the school is also a professional, working seamlessly with the drummer and guitar.
The music only lasted a few bars, and Lin Zhiyi heard that the song Hu Haoran prepared this time was "New divide" by Lincoln Band, which was also selected as the theme song of the second Transformers movie, and the crowd base was much better than the song he picked.
βI
emembe
ed black skies, the light
i
g all a
ou
d meγ
(I still remember the day when the clouds were thick and the lightning surrounded me)" Hu Haoran only opened his mouth to sing, and the audience below was boiling.
βI
emembe
ed each flash as time bega
to blu
γ (I remember every time the thunder was like the years passed in a trance) Like a sta
tli
g sig
that fate had fi
ally fou
d me (this is exactly the sign that fate has finally found me). A
d you
voice was all I hea
d (And I can only hear your voice say). That I get what I dese
ve (I deserve all this). β
This PK, Hu Haoran showed 100% strength, even if the stage effect and sound equipment of the concert hall are not too professional, but the stage effect he presented is not inferior to that of a professional band.
"I didn't expect him to be so powerful." Thinking of the tragic situation of her band rehearsing at noon, Qian Wenwen couldn't help but feel worried.
"He doesn't play the guitar when he sings, he is deliberately lazy, and he is a fart." Zeppelin gave a different evaluation, he felt that in terms of guitar, he would definitely be able to beat Hu Haoran, but the uncle dressed as a cleaner really didn't make him understand, "Lin Zhiyi, what is the situation with this uncle." β
"It's too late to explain now, you can read the score again and cooperate well."
"Don't look at it, I've memorized the score. Otherwise, where do you think I went in the afternoon? Rest assured, I won't go wrong again this time. β
Lin Zhiyi patted him on the shoulder, so that Zeppelin, who was burning in fighting spirit, was the guitarist he admired.
"Uncle, are you okay?"
"I thought you had a problem with the drum sheet in the afternoon, so I went find one myself."
"What?"
Uncle Cleaner pulled out his own score from his jacket pocket, "Take a look." β
"Isn't this the original score?" The score that Lin Zhiyi gave him in the afternoon was simplified, in order to make it easier for him to get started.
"This, uncle, are you sure?"
"Young man, don't worry."
βAc
oss this
ew divideγ (Crossing this new front)" While speaking, Hu Haoran had already finished singing the last sentence on stage, but the screams from the audience were still endless.
Soon, it will be Lin Zhiyi's turn to take the stage. It's too late to ask, so I can only choose to fight against the water.
"Students, listen, you have to follow my rhythm when you go on stage later."
"Uncle?"
Uncle Cleaner didn't say a word, and after Hu Haoran and the others gave up the stage, they sat firmly on the drum kit, and adjusted each drum to the timbre that he thought was more suitable for the performance of the song.
The students in the audience saw such a person on stage and let out continuous "boos". Uncle Cleaner just smiled slightly, he hadn't played drums for more than ten years, but the past was still vivid, but the venue at that time was dozens of times larger than this small middle school concert hall, and the audience below stood up and called their band names frantically.
He had vowed never to go on stage, but this time, let's play with that young man.
Lin Zhiyi, Qian Wenwen, and Zeppelin stood in turn, but Yuan Shanshan stopped in front of the backstage curtain, the lights were more dazzling than at noon, and she was a little dazzling. After all, she's not the kind of person who was born for the stage.
"Come, don't be afraid." Lin Zhiyi turned back to the backstage and took her hand on stage, and this ambiguous move caused the audience to boo again.
"Yuan Shanshan, look at me. You're the best singer I've ever met, you know? β
Yuan Shanshan nodded, and Lin Zhi kept repeating this point of view to her, but she still couldn't believe it, just singing simply, is she really so good?
Seeing Yuan Shanshan's hesitation, Lin Zhiyi said again, "Trust me, okay?" β
Zeppelin's guitar is already clamoring for a try. Yuan Shanshan nodded eagerly, and Lin Zhiyi stood back in his position as a keyboardist, with a calm look on his face, but he was nervous about the upcoming stage effect in his heart.
The audience below looked at the lineup of the show and began to whisper to each other.
"Attention." Uncle Cleaner struck it with a drumstick, two, three times, and the show officially began.