190. Status
Maizi is often angry, and she will not sleep all night because the weather is too cloudy today, the cat ignores her, and all kinds of social news.
In this era, we are in the explosion of new technologies and new tools, and each tool is layering human beings.
The more advanced the technology, the more dependent people are on technology.
In the end, people who are not strong in willpower will completely give up their initiative in the face of technology.
Just like the major short video platforms, behind it is a powerful artificial intelligence technology, through a large amount of data processing, there is only one purpose, so that people want to watch the next one after watching one, immerse themselves in it, and can't extricate themselves.
High-tech coupled with elites, powerful companies and capital, have carefully created a "pacifier" for ordinary people.
This is a natural consequence of being commercially driven.
But can these "pacifiers", these "spiritual entertainments", be as nutritious as those books that are being discarded?
Wheat thinks 99% no.
Just like the "Scavengers" band, it is written in the new song of Eshang Mountain to pay tribute to Meng Shi-
"Like every spectator who is terrible to the point of tolerance, chewing on the pacifiers handed by the upper echelons, pouring all of them into his brain through his esophagus...... Let the paralyzed soul float to the peach source...... I chewed on the pacifier and started to gain weight, but I didn't panic at all...... It's just the mind that pulls out...... I'm going to push hard, hard, and just let out a fart that no one wants to hear."
Maizi despises from the heart, the same, the clown, the soul-selling, the fool of the masses.
But what she said, her thoughts, were nothing more than farts that no one wanted to listen to, like the name she gave to the band, the street lights in the sun, how bright can the street lights be in the sun?
Maizi is anxious and often angry, she wants to go into the spotlight, she wants someone to listen to her thoughts, but she is afraid of being transformed, so she is confused.
Maizi's guitarist Gao Ben was also angry, he was angry about his profession, social status, and life status.
Gao Ben felt that he shouldn't be a barber, he shouldn't be an unknown guitarist, and he shouldn't be able to just line up in a cheap rental house and a KTV for people to choose from the escort lady.
Even if the young lady was his guest when he was a barber and didn't take any money from him, even if he didn't rent the rental house, even if all he had to pay was a loose condom, he was still angry.
Gao Ben hated Meng Shi, hated him for leaning back on Qin Qingxue, Qingyun went straight up, hated Maizi often mentioning him, and hated himself.
So after Gao Ben saw Meng Shi's two nieces opening accounts on the short video platform that Maizi particularly hated, and also live-streaming the "dowry" music library that Meng Shi gave them with a clear price, Gao Ben told Maizi that he Meng Shi was just a pacifier handout.
Maizi believes in the soul, she is a very emotional person, so in the second round of adaptation, she was selected and wrote:
Maizi didn't want to see Meng Shi become an "idol", or shape her two children into "idols".
"What the hell are you guys,!"
When Meng Shi, who had been smiling at each other, suddenly broke out, Mai Zijue's self touched his rough and true soul.
This feeling made her tremble.
Maizi's pale face was pale due to lack of sunlight, two blush rose up, her eyes were flushed with spring water, the two white legs under the dress were tightly pressed together, her nostrils let out an inaudible sound, and her slender neck hung down.
Meng Shi's gaze was fixed on Gao Ben's face.
He held the cigarette with his thumb and forefinger, the end of the cigarette turned inward, and his middle finger pointed at the shoulder of Gao Ben, who was obviously stunned, and said, "What kind of thing are you, and you also have a fish called a little girl?" β
Meng Shi was not at all interested in explaining or explaining, he didn't know that Xiaoyu was playing Douyin, and he never thought about how to plan Xiaoyu's future, let alone suspect that Sister Lin and Chen Zhufeng were manipulating her for money.
Because he knows his sister and brother-in-law well enough.
Meng Shi didn't care much about what Maizi and Gao Ben thought of him, what he cared about was that you also matched my fish and Xiaoqiao, pointing and pointing!
"What the hell are you, relying on women's ......" Gao Ben's self-esteem and anger were ignited by Meng Shi's undisguised contempt, and a punch swung into his face.
"He's your father."
Gao Ben didn't finish speaking, and before he swung his fist, he felt a tightness on his head, and then the whole person fell back involuntarily.
The moment he lost his balance, Gao Ben's hand instinctively supported back, but that didn't stop him from sitting on the ground.
Gao Ben sat down on the ground, feeling a tingling pain from the top of his head, and before he could raise his head, a tangled ball of hair was thrown in front of him in disgust by a hand.
Only then did Gao Ben realize that the stinging pain on the top of his head was because he was dragged down by someone pulling his long hair from behind.
His blood rushed from his heart to his head, his eyes were red, his arms and legs were fierce, and before he could stand up, he pressed his shoulder with a strong force.
Gao Ben held the hand fiercely, raised his eyes, and saw an explosive head.
Underneath the head of the explosion was a pair of squinting eyes - it was Jiao Cong, the drummer of "Qin Chuan".
The blood on Gao Ben's face faded instantly, and as soon as the hand holding Jiao Cong's wrist was released, the person sat back on the ground.
When Jiao Cong released his second album in "Qin Chuan", he made a big incident that was not out of the circle.
At that time, it was Da Nang's music company "Baiyi" that helped "Qin Chuan" release the record, and the person in charge in the mainland was called Yan Zuo.
Yan Zuo is very strict about budget control, and he also has clear requirements for the time when the album will be published.
He attached great importance to the album of "Qin Chuan", and sent three producers to be responsible, after recording, the producers said that the mastering was no problem, but Lou San was not satisfied and must record it again.
Yan Zuo said that the budget has been exceeded, and the company can no longer spend money on this matter.
Lou San was very angry, and Jiao Cong brought a triangular army stab to the door to find Zuo Yan to "negotiate".
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As a result of the "negotiations", Jiao Cong got back the master tape, and Yan Zuo transferred this album, which cost a lot of time, energy, and money, to "Huashi" at half price.
Of course, at that time, Zhang Renpei had not yet entered Sijiu City, and he was still just a small minion in charge of coordinating performances in Huashi.
Gao Ben's face turned pale, he was afraid that Jiao Cong would draw a knife to give him, and he was even more afraid that Jiao Cong would use the prestige of "Qin Chuan" to kick them out of the recording.
Jiao Cong looked at Gao Ben's appearance, pursed his lips disdainfully, pressed him with one hand, pointed at Meng Shi with the other, and said, "See clearly, this is the father who gave you food, without him, you are still in the hair salon......"
"From the brother." Meng Shi shook his head.
Jiao never let go, still pinching Gao Ben's shoulder, he couldn't hear anyone say that Meng Shi relied on Qin Qingxue and Lao Qin to be qualified to share the stage with them.
This is not only an insult to Meng Shi, but also an insult to the "Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan" and Lou San.
Meng Shi raised his foot, gently kicked Jiao Cong's calf, and said, "What do you have to say to him?" β
Jiao let go of his hand at this time.
Gao Ben only felt weak, neither standing nor sitting, like a frightened ostrich, stunned and immovable.
Is it fun to run high?
Nothing interesting.
Because he's just a guy who doesn't even know how the project that gave him the opportunity to make music full-time and have the opportunity to support himself with music came about.
Why didn't he know, because Jia Shudao of Huashi didn't say it, and Lao Qin of Qingxue Media didn't say it, Zhang Renpei was told by them, there was no need to say it.
For the rock industry, there is a future, and there is also a way to make money.
Jia Shudao is a businessman, and what he sees from it is sustainable development.
In these years, traditional record singers have been swept back by the tide of the times, and outdoor music festivals, small scenes, are becoming a fashion.
As a traditional music company, Huashi is at the forefront and has the deepest feelings, so it is undoubtedly a clear and profitable way to develop rock music with the strongest appeal on the scene.
Zhang Renpei also sees sustainable development, and he feels that he has the opportunity to become a platform for those talented people to show themselves and let people know.
So when Jia Shudao put the plan in front of him, he, as the general manager of the Beijing branch, did not engage in a "struggle for power" with Jia Shudao, and chose to leave directly.
What Zhang Renpei hopes to see is that after these talented people go to school, they will get more performance opportunities, and they can concentrate on music without worrying about life.
Jia Shudao and Zhang Renpei have the same purpose, but the starting point is different, one is from money, and the other is from personal feelings.
Lao Qin, Lao Qin has love, feelings, status, and a company, so he wants to be a "savior".
Born in the same band, Cui Jianjun, the lead singer of "Pentahedron", is staying on the altar of the godfather, why can't his drummer Qin Qingguo be the savior who opens a new era?
From the beginning of Lao Qin's thoughts, he derailed from Meng Shi's plan and slipped into the unknown.
In Meng Shi's plan, the role of Qingxue Media in it is very clear - "banker".
For example, in the first season, there are 30+ bands participating, and Qingxue Media will invite 10 to 15 independent bands that do not have economic companies but have strong strength to provide them with a stage, and the rest of the places will be negotiated by Huashi and other music companies.
And Qingxue Media will not sign bands, these independent bands without a company, how to develop in the future, Qingxue Media will not care.
Qingxue Media does not rely on the band to make money, and the variety show copyright and advertising shares it earns are prestige in the circle.
A generation will eventually grow old, but there will always be people who are young.
Just imagine, if it can be done for a long time, one day, all the people who pick up the guitar because of watching will feel honored to be invited by Qingxue Media.
These people will be kind and grateful to Qingxue Media, who does not sign the band and is always in the same class as the indie band.
People are like that, they will thank you for introducing you to jobs because I am a friend, but not because I am the boss and I recruited you.
As long as he is on par with the indie band, even if Lao Qin burps one day, it will be difficult to shake the "status of the rivers and lakes" of Qingxue Media.
Meng Shi repeatedly emphasized that no one is a savior, and for this reason, he deliberately talked with Lao Qin for a whole afternoon.
It's a pity that Lao Qin didn't listen to it in the end.
At present, the upper echelons, "Huashi" Jia Shudao, "Qingxue Media" Qin Qingguo, Zhang Renpei, bizarre videos, each with a purpose of fishing in the same bowl.
Meng Shi was different from them, he didn't want anything from the beginning.
Even if he realized that Lao Qin had deviated from the direction he had given, he just chose to avoid it.
Because he said what he should have said, he said, Lao Qin, the road you want to take may fall into the pit, I will show you the way, people don't believe it, there is no way.
Now in the face of Maizi's "kindness" and Gao Ben's attack, Meng Shi suddenly felt that he had to share something from Lao Qin, such as dignity and status, otherwise, others would easily not treat him as a human being.
Meng Shi reached out and picked up the guitar bag leaning against the door, raised the hand holding the cigarette, and took a puff, and the smoke escaped from his mouth and nose.
The scene was quiet, waiting for him to speak.
Meng Shi didn't speak, just looked at Lao Qin.
There are some things that are not interesting to say by yourself.
Lao Qin, who knew that he could do everything, but couldn't think of what he would do, took a deep breath, clapped his hands twice, and after attracting the attention of the people present to himself, he said,
"The band...... The planning of the band was proposed by Meng Shi, our cooperation with Huashi was facilitated by him, and the re-cooperation between him and "Qin Chuan" was promoted by me, Lao Cui, and Wang Zhuji, who "broke the ground", and I hope that everyone will give him enough respect! β
Lao Qin's obsession with status is too deep, and at this time, he still doesn't forget his identity as a "talker".
But that's enough.
Meng Shi shook his head, ignored everyone's reactions, threw half of the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it, bent down to pick it up, bounced it into the trash can, and said to Maizi, who didn't know if it was because of anger, and his face was red, "Girl, stop singing, let's sleep together when you have time." β
Maizi looked at him with clean eyes, and said, "I'm free now." β
Gao Ben, who sat on the ground, only felt that the blood was scattered, and he had no strength, like a dead crab.
Qin Qian, who was holding the bean bag, took small steps, and secretly moved to Meng Shi from the side of Lao Qin, who did not look good, and muttered in his mouth, "Stingy and naΓ―ve ghost ......"
She knew that Meng Shi must have seen that Gao Ben liked Maizi, so she deliberately said that she wanted to sleep with Maizi.
Meng Shi ignored Maizi, put on his guitar, and walked straight between the two.
The fifth child followed behind him.
Chu Le pulled Jiao Cong and said, "Let's go." β
Jiao Cong followed with a step and said, "This thing is really handsome." β
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Let's go to 2021 together.