Chapter 18: Extreme Arrogance (Monthly Pass, Election Vote)
At noon the next day, Sophia knocked on the door of Liu Yi's house.
"Liu, what about the 5,000 US dollars?" Sophia gets straight to the point.
"I'll give it to you after the performance, you can come in and read the score." Liu Yi said with a smile.
"Okay"
Sophia walked into the villa and followed Liu Yi to the second floor.
At this time, in the hall on the second floor, Ajelina was practicing bass.
When she saw Sophia walking up, she turned her face away and snorted coldly.
Sophia said with a mocking face: "Yo, the most talented violinist in Russia, who also plays such an unpopular instrument as the bass? ”
Ajelina just wanted to blow up her hair, but Liu Yi immediately pleaded: "Two sisters, you two have something to say, I beg you..."
With a cold face, Ajelina picked up the bass and walked briskly back to her room.
On the side, Jones, who was practicing saxophone, said with an embarrassed face: "Sophia, it was just a misunderstanding yesterday, come, this is the score, you take a look first, the drum kit you need to play is on the way to be shipped, it was Ajelina who asked someone to buy it yesterday..."
Sophia glanced at her, walked over and said, "I don't believe it, she is so kind?" ”
Taking the score, Sophia looked at it carefully.
Retro Funky?
Retro jazz?
"Bass, piano, saxophone, drums?"
Sophia followed the score, tapping her fingers in the air a few times.
Suddenly, she looked up sharply and said, "Where did you get this score?" ”
Jones touched his head and said, "This is from Liu..."
Sophia glanced at Liu Yi carefully and said, "No wonder, you insist on inviting me, this piece has a lot of technical requirements for drummers." ”
Liu Yi smiled: "As long as you sincerely join our band, I have a lot of such songs..."
Sophia gave him a blank look and said, "Okay, got it, what's the name of our band?" ”
Liu Yidao: "V Band"
Sophia was stunned: "V? ”
Liu Yi touched his head and said embarrassedly: "Uh... Yes. ”
Actually, they didn't think much about it when they came up with their names yesterday.
Liu Yi just suddenly remembered a movie in his previous life, V-word vendetta.
I think the word V this time is simple and atmospheric, easy to remember, and it is handsome to post as a logo.
"Okay." Sophia didn't say anything more.
Three days later, Friday, October 29th, at 9:30 p.m.
Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn was formerly a suburb of Queens.
Until modern times, because of the cheap housing prices in Brooklyn, a large number of immigrants, and blue-collar workers in country M chose to settle here.
It then gradually developed into one of the five boroughs of New York that is not inferior to Queens.
At the same time, Brooklyn is also the largest foreign population gathering place in New York, which is very rich in culture, and is a paradise for middle-class families and blue-collar workers in New York.
At this time, Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn.
It is next to Fifth Avenue, which has the largest number of whites, and next to the Seventh Avenue, which has the largest number of Chinese.
It is the busiest commercial and entertainment boulevard in Brooklyn.
Blacks, Chinese, Europeans and Americans can be seen everywhere on the streets, and they are usually middle-level blue-collar workers with stable jobs, who choose to walk on Sixth Avenue after work and get drunk to their heart's content.
At this time, a crowd gathered in front of the Muse Bar.
Brooklyn's bars are mostly traditional European-style bars with live bands where everyone gathers for drinks and music.
As for the kind of bars like the one in China, it can only be called a nightclub here.
"Hey, man, it's a little cold today, there's a lot of people lined up here, let's change it." A white man looked at the long line in front of the bar and said impatiently.
"Don't, the Black Snake Band is going to perform here today, I missed it, I don't know when I will wait for the next time." His companion beside him said.
"Black snake? What are the top three bands in Brooklyn? Didn't they go to Manhattan Island for this year's All M Rock Contest, and how could they be here? "White humanity.
"Hey, you don't know, they entered the top 32 of the All-M Rock Tournament, and they came today, first, to show off, and secondly, to perform their next game in advance, and cheer for popularity."
"Oh, it's our Brooklyn band, after all, so I'd better wait a minute..."
At this time.
Two black Bentleys slowly approached and stopped at the door of the bar.
In the front and rear cars, a Russian man in a black suit got out of the passenger seat, and they quickly opened the rear seat door.
Under the curious gaze of everyone on the street.
Two men and two women walked out of the car.
It was Liu Yi, Ajelina, Jones and Sophia.
They wore gentleman's hats, and their English trench coats were wide open, revealing the pure black suits inside.
The four of them had cigars hanging from their mouths, and their expressions were cold and arrogant.
At the door of the bar, everyone talked one after another.
"Where did this noble lord come from? Aren't they supposed to be on Broadway on weekdays? ”
"These people look like the rich people of Manhattan, they are so hateful, what kind of high-profile are they coming to Brooklyn?"
"Brother, take a closer look, it seems that the person who opened the door for them is a Russian, and then you look at the woman on the far left, she is also Russian-looking, you keep quiet, these people are probably the Russian party, be careful that they heard and pulled you to feed the dog."
At this time, Liu Yi took out two mobile phones, one opened the Meow Tooth live broadcast, and swiped 10 super rockets.
The other mobile phone is logged in to the world's largest live broadcast platform, TH.
When they came, they had already registered TH's live broadcast account.
The name of the account is V-band.
This is Jones's proposal, he thinks that it is necessary to broadcast not only in Xia country, but also in country M, so that the popularity of the V band is not limited to Xia country, they can also quickly increase their popularity in country M.
TH's routine is similar to that of domestic live broadcast platforms, all of which are gifts to improve the ranking of the live broadcast room.
So, Liu Yi casually swiped a gift of 5,000 US dollars and handed the two mobile phones to the two Russian bodyguards accompanying him.
In this way, the four of them, followed by two bodyguards, slowly walked towards the bar.
Ignoring the long line at the door, he walked straight past the crowd and walked inside.
After all, with such a big battle, there must be reservations, and if you line up, how low it should be.
The bar manager hurriedly walked out and stopped the 4 people.
"I'm sorry sir, do you have an appointment, if you don't..."
Before the manager could finish speaking, Ajelina snapped her fingers, and the bodyguard behind her called for an appointment.
The bar manager hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Ms. Ajelina, the VIP seat has been reserved for you, please come with me..."
The four of them nodded and walked in.
Crowds in line.
"Good fellow, Ajelina? Russian surname, really a member of the Russian party? ”
"The Russian Party? Isn't it amazing? ”
"Ahem, all I can say is that the street gangs in Brooklyn are playing in front of him..."
The person next to him was surprised: "They are the mafia? ”
"Worse than the mafia, they are all over the world, reselling weapons ..."
"Oh my God, how did this group of people come here..."
In the bar, Liu Yi and the four of them were sitting on a spacious sofa with their legs crossed, and the two bodyguards behind them each held a mobile phone for live broadcast.
The four of them raised their red wine glasses, smoked cigars, and looked at the Black Snake Band in the middle of the stage as they prepared to start playing.
At this time, the popularity of the meow barrage rose to 100,000.
Pure love music: "Wow, love love, I haven't seen you for a week, Brother Yi has lost weight again, he looks so handsome when he smokes cigars!" ”
Love to gnaw on the toes of Mr. Ma: "Good guy, the anchor is not here to perform this time, but to show off his wealth, everyone look at the badge on the anchor's windbreaker, Stephen of Italy, the cheapest is 60,000..."
Dumbfounded: "What? The cheapest is 60,000, can the anchor return the plane that he brushed last time. ”
The green-haired turtle didn't worry: "Newcomers are here, what is the anchor going to do this time?" ”
At this time, the Black Snake Band on the stage began to liven up the atmosphere.
There are a total of 5 members in their band.
One bassist, two electric guitarists, one drummer, one keyboardist.
Standing at the front of the stage with an electric guitar on his back was the band's lead singer, Halouk.
He said loudly: "Hello everyone, we are the Black Snake Band~~"
"Black Snake ~~Black Snake ~~"
The audience below applauded and cheered.
"You know, we just came back from Manhattan, the round of 32, friends, we're in the round of 32!"
"Oh~oh~"
There was cheers below.
Haluk looked at the somewhat hot atmosphere in the bar and continued to blow, "We are from Brooklyn, and we brought to Brooklyn..."
"Bang!"
Not far away, the sound of a broken bottle from the VIP booth interrupted his speech.
At this point, everyone at the bar looked at the VIP booths.
Liu Yi said contemptuously: "Can you start your performance, we are not here to listen to your nonsense!" ”
On and off the stage, there was an uproar.
In fact, Liu Yi resisted doing this in his heart.
But before coming, Ajelina and Jones, Sophia had already written the script.
As the orchestra's first debut, it is important to earn enough eyeballs so that they can quickly become famous.
While a few people were discussing how to make enough eyeballs, they heard that there would be a band playing in a bar in Brooklyn.
This made the trio who wanted to earn enough popularity to focus on this performance.
So, several people decided to make a big fuss in the bar in Brooklyn, as high-profile as they could, and to step on the Black Snake band to achieve themselves.
This is very much in line with the way Westerners think about things.
But as Liu Yi, an Oriental, he refused in his heart.
But the other three didn't give him a choice.
At this time, Liu Yi looked at the Black Snake Band on the stage, although his expression was very arrogant, but he kept apologizing in his heart.
"Big brother, I'm sorry, I'm also forced to be helpless."
The Black Snake band just wanted to go berserk.
The band manager rushed over and whispered something in their ears.
On the stage, the five members of the Black Snake Band became a little silent, they glared at Liu Yi, stopped talking nonsense, and started their own rock performances.
The audience also saw something, but no one dared to stand up and accuse Liu Yi, anyway, the Black Snake Band also started to perform, they simply chose to forget the unpleasantness just now and devote themselves to the music.
As the rhythm of rock music became more and more intense, the atmosphere in the venue also became hot.
Singing on stage.
The audience cheered and swayed.
After a while, the music ended.
Black Snake frontman Haloch just wanted to speak.
I heard a mockery from the VIP booth in the distance.
Sophia stood up and sneered, "That's it? Is this music, or is it noise? ”
There was silence in the field.
Sophia defied everyone, raised her glass of wine, and drank it down.
continued: "The bass prelude starts with a snap shot, a drum kit, a half-section, a beat, and the lead singer sings hard, but the electric guitar under his hand is like a decoration, so do you really know how to music?" ”