Chapter 1: The Queen of Star Faces
You say you've been in love with travel lately
I know you're just trying to escape
Escapism from reality and the past
Escape from the most unreal of you
A man's path is just searching
Rose, where are you
You said that the people you loved were gone
Don't deceive yourself
You're just hiding it deeper
Rose, where are you
You always like things you can't grasp
Please don't cry
We are all left with a bunch of memories woven from youth
At ten o'clock on Saturday, a familiar sound echoed in the bar. Every Friday and Saturday, there will be such a beautiful singing, but just like what is written in this song "Rose", the singer is running away from something.
Even in the dim lights of the bar, her stardom face is still eye-catching. With long straight black rock hair, a high and erect nose bridge and sunken eyes, and slightly upturned corners of the mouth, all the drinkers who come here know that this female singer with Avril's face is Qin Ziyang, who was red and purple a few years ago, but now she can no longer find the confidence on her face, replaced by decadence under thick smoky makeup.
The owner of Wu Shi Bar is called Jiutian, and Jiutian is a strange boss who pays attention to everything he does. The month before, because of a quarrel with a bar singer, he drove out the resident singer on the weekend. The reason is that this group of crazy children want to participate in the draft, so they become very slack, and they lazily sing a few songs on weekends, which attracts the dissatisfaction of many old drinkers. Jiutian felt that raising this group of idlers in Wushi Bar would bring negative energy to the bar, so he gave them a few hundred yuan more and hurriedly sent them away.
Wushi Bar is located in the best location of Yancheng Bar Street, coupled with proper decoration, reasonable price of drinks, and frequent activities, it has become the hottest bar in Yancheng. But Jiutian began to worry, because a few days ago, a group of foreign singers came to the bar street, which earned enough funds for other bars, and Wushi Bar was short of resident singers on weekends to liven up the atmosphere, and the number of visitors was greatly reduced compared to before. Just when he was worried for nine days, Wu Shi Bar suddenly operated. Two weeks ago, a familiar female singer found Jiutian empty-handed to apply for a weekend resident singer, which made Jiutian very happy, because this person was Qin Ziyang.
Qin Ziyang didn't bring a guitar or a band, he came alone, and he was in a very bad state when he came, always drunk. She told Jiutian that she only sang ballads and needed a guitar. At that time, Jiutian was thinking about being virtuous and thirsty, and was worried that there was no singer, although Qin Ziyang was an outdated star, but a star was also a star, and her singing skills were there, so she happily accepted Qin Ziyang's conditions and gave her a guitar.
Qin Ziyang's appearance really gave Wu Shi Bar a new lease of life, and it was full for two consecutive weeks. As soon as Jiutian was happy, he gave her 600 yuan a night. Qin Ziyang didn't bargain, she seemed to enjoy the feeling of sitting alone in the dim light, singing sad ballads.
She sang from nine o'clock to twelve o'clock, from the warm-up to the bursting atmosphere, she was alone, and only took a twenty-minute break in the middle to drink a cocktail. But what is different today is that Jiutian also invited the 23rd band, this band happened to be in Yancheng, Jiutian made an invitation, and they learned that there was Qin Ziyang in this bar, so they readily agreed. After getting off work, Qin Ziyang walked out of the bar with three bottles of cocktails, midnight was the hottest time in Yancheng Bar Street, but now she didn't like dryness, dryness would give her a headache, so she limped out of the bar street and found a seat to rest.
After eight months of research in the "ant nest", Qin Ziyang lost half of his leg. Now, wearing the iron legs given to her by the blue handkerchief, she limps around the street every day. Coincidentally, this iron leg was designed by Ye Yuning for disabled soldiers, and the steel exoskeleton was compressed and put into his boots, and he sat somewhere in this way, and he couldn't see the difference between him and a normal person. Qin Ziyang adjusted the iron boots, took the iron leg out of the boot, tied it to the left calf, and then added some foam under the iron leg, so that she could smoothly put on her favorite canvas shoes, in this case, if she wears jeans, she is no different from a normal person. Before leaving, Lan Pa also specially modified Qin Ziyang's iron legs, he used the little power he had left to broadcast a sum of money for her project, and put a bionic tissue on her iron legs, so that the iron legs had a flesh color, and made the shape of the feet, and the feel to the touch was very similar to the normal legs, so she could wear shorts boldly and boldly, and others couldn't see the problem with her legs.
Qin Ziyang knew in his heart that Lan Pa did not treat her badly. She lost half of her leg because of her research, so Lanpa made her half a new one; When she had no value to the "Ant Nest", Lan Pa gave her a bank card with 240,000 yuan and asked her to leave the "Ant Nest" and return to her hometown to do business; When she wanted to lift the guitar again, but her muscles were stiff due to the study, and she couldn't switch chords flexibly, Rampa put iron nails on her short fingers to lengthen her fingers and increase the strength. But Qin Ziyang still didn't cheer up, she didn't hate Lanpa, she didn't hate anyone, but she couldn't see hope in life, so she became depressed day by day.
She sat until two o'clock, and was about to get up to leave, when the boss called and asked her to go back to the shop and sit down, saying that the members of the Twenty-Three Band wanted to see her. She knew that the boss was just using her sign to want Twenty-Three to stay for a few more days and make more money.
She staggered to the bar, in the private room on the second floor, the Twenty-Three Band and Jiutian prepared a hot pot, and when they saw Qin Ziyang's arrival, the members of the Twenty-Three Band asked for autographs and took a group photo. They ate for two hours, and Qin Ziyang was dizzy from drinking.
Walking out of the private room, Qin Ziyang couldn't hold it anymore, she only felt that her stomach was turning over for a while, so she ran to the bathroom to vomit, and spit out the food she had just eaten, only to feel that her mouth and stomach were very sour, and her stomach was faintly painful.
After resting beside the urinal for more than ten minutes, she caught a glimpse of her bony arm. During this time, she didn't eat well, not to save money, but to have no motivation to eat, as if the food in the streets and alleys of Yancheng was not tempting to her, and every time it was time to eat, she began to worry. Alas, I really don't know when this kind of life will come to an end.
Qin Ziyang straightened her waist and was about to leave, as soon as she turned around, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of her, and before she could see who it was, the other party came over with the whole person, pushed her to the wall, and kissed her. She jerked her head, flashed the man's drunken mouth, and pushed him, and he took two steps back, leaning against the opposite wall, and she realized that it was Tiger Head, the lead singer of Twenty-Three.
"Come on, come on." He muttered vaguely, reaching out to touch her chest, Qin Ziyang suddenly a surge of hot blood rushed to his brain, and he slapped the tiger's face, almost knocking him to the ground.
"You're sick!" The tiger head suddenly came to his senses, grabbed Qin Ziyang's shoulders and slammed her on the tiles behind him. "What are you pretending to be a star who is outdated, you can afford to play with you!"
Qin Ziyang didn't answer, just leaned against the wall and grinned wildly, she could see that this tiger head was pretending to be drunk, and after being rejected by herself, she turned her face and didn't recognize anyone, what a clown!
"Ye has played a lot of sassy fruits, what is a foreign face of you!" The tiger head pointed to her head and scolded. "What a disappointment!" He poked her head so hard that she felt only pain in her forehead.
"You can't afford to play." As she watched the tiger head leave, she whispered.
"What did you say?" Unexpectedly, the tiger head actually listened, turned his head and walked quickly to this side, Qin Ziyang had just walked to the edge of the door, he pushed hard, she fell backwards, her hands propped up on the door frame, and almost fell into the urinal.
"I said you can't afford it!" Qin Ziyang also came to the energy, the wine just now was drunk in a hurry, she couldn't sleep and eat peacefully during these days, she had been suppressing her mood, and she had no chance to vent, and the wine just became the key, releasing her full of anger. "You're just a little singer who walks the scene, play a fart, what are you doing, the second generation of officials! Rich and handsome! ”
"Uncle!" The tiger head suddenly raised his right hand and threw a fist at Qin Ziyang, the fist hit her cheeks, and her head hit the tile behind her, and she would be confused for a while. But she didn't show weakness there, and with a bent effort, she picked up the wine bottle she had just thrown away on the ground, and smashed it towards the tiger's head, causing him to take two steps back with his head covered, and the whole person sat on the ground.
I saw that bright red blood flowed out from the fingers where he covered his forehead, and the tiger head was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he was also a person who had seen blood, he greeted Qin Ziyang's parents in his hometown, and then picked up an object casually, stood up from the ground with both legs, and beat Ziyang with a slashing head and face. At this time, the rest of the band and Jiutian heard the sound and rushed over and pulled away the irritable tiger head.
"You wait, Lao Tzu won't kill you, you won't be a man!" While being pushed away by his companions, the tiger head also held the half-broken mop in his hand and pointed at Qin Ziyang.
"How to do it, how to do it!" Watching the tiger's head disappear out of view, it took nine days to turn his head to look at Qin Ziyang, who was swollen from the corners of his eyes, forehead, and cheeks.
"That guy wants to play with me, and it's only right for me to beat him."
"If he wants to play, you can play with him, I don't know the thoughts of you little singers, just play at a young age, and you won't get pregnant or anything, this time it's good, drive away the band, and you don't sing rock and roll yourself, what do we do to raise the atmosphere!"
"What do you think of me, I can't do your work here, I won't do it." Qin Ziyang dropped this sentence and passed by Jiutian, she bent down to pick up the iron nails that she had just lost because of the fight, and then limped down the stairs, the Twenty-Three Band had already left, and it seemed that the nine-day money-making plan had come to naught.
Walking out of the Wu Shi bar, I was greeted by a rain of flashing lights. I really didn't expect that there are paparazzi everywhere now, and even singers like her, who haven't appeared on the screen for three or four years, have to take care of them. Qin Ziyang walked out of the bar street with his hand covering his face, and the paparazzi behind him whispered to her back, wondering if the members of the Twenty-Three Band had encountered this incident just now.
Thinking of what happened just now, Qin Ziyang only felt that the fire in his heart had not subsided, he should have beaten him a few more just now, although he had lost a lot of weight now, his fighting skills were still there, and it was more than enough to deal with such a hooligan.
There was a park next to the accommodation, Qin Ziyang was very annoyed and didn't want to go home, so he sat on a chair next to the artificial lake. She looked up at the sky, the eastern horizon was fiery red, and it was almost dawn, and she realized that she had been busy all night.
After graduating from college, she worked day and night for the "Ant Nest", Qin Ziyang has seen the sunrise countless times, all of which were inadvertently glanced, but this time, she experienced the darkness before dawn, saw the first ray of sunlight piercing the sky, and saw the dark earth gradually bathed in light. At this time, she found that she had missed too many beautiful things, such as friends and relatives.
Speaking of relatives, Qin Ziyang wanted to cry without tears. After graduating from high school, she was sent to the "Ant Nest" for initial training, and after a series of evaluations, Lanpa decided to include Qin Ziyang in the recruit program. After graduating from university, Qin Ziyang will officially join the "Ant Nest", and in order to protect the safety of Ziyang's family, the "Ant Nest" must update Qin Ziyang's information. At that time, Ziyang simply thought that the "ant nest" was like a cocoon to protect her, but later she found out that she had nominally cut off relations with her parents, and her name no longer appeared in the household registration book at home. In this way, Qin Ziyang not only lost the opportunity to meet her family, but in the eyes of outsiders, she was a child without a home, so after being kicked out of the "ant nest" this time, after being persuaded by Lan Pa to evacuate his plan, Qin Ziyang fell into despair for a while.
At dawn, dawn, and early in the morning, morning exercise enthusiasts began to appear around, running around the artificial lake in loose sweatshirts and comfortable sneakers, and when they passed Ziyang, they hurriedly glanced at her.
Ziyang dragged her tired body back to the accommodation, but she didn't feel sleepy, she leaned on the head of the bed and turned on her mobile phone to watch the news, and suddenly a familiar and unfamiliar message flashed in her eyes, she seemed to see her name on the screen. Qin Ziyang swiped the screen and saw a photo of himself when he held a concert before, and there was a negative news next to it. The message was written like this: Rock singer Qin Ziyang clashed with Tiger Head, the lead singer of the band 23.