Chapter 90: Coconut
Hongdae, or Hongik University and its surrounding area to be precise, has long since become more famous than the university itself due to its rich cultural diversity.
Horizontally compared, it is like a university town in various cities in China, the most enthusiastic gathering place for young people, and naturally a gathering place for all kinds of hobbies.
Looking at the lively environment around him, Xie Qianyu couldn't help but show a little nostalgia: "It's really changed here." β
"Did Qianyu OPPA live here before?"
"No, I used to go to school here for a while, and I haven't been here for a long time."
γNear Hongdae?γ Is it Yonsei? It's still Gyeonggi Dae.... Or maybe high school? γ
Seeing the man's familiarity with this place, although the well-behaved Quan Yuli was curious, she didn't go to the bottom of it and stopped asking.
As a gathering place for young people's cultural exchanges, Hongdae also has no shortage of various music, whether it is Hip Hop, Jazz or RnB, along the way, Xie Qianyu and Kwon Yoo-ri watched a variety of themed clubs, and clearly felt the enthusiasm of the college students.
As the car slowly moves towards a corner of the market, the lane narrows and the environment becomes more and more obscure. The tonality of the luxury sports car and the surroundings seem out of place and a little eye-catching, which attracts many people's frequent sideways.
"The car is parked here, let's go, there's no need to wear a mask or something."
Seeing the place, Xie Qianyu simply parked the car on the side of the road, pushed the door and got out of the car, and as soon as the two got out of the car, they felt the heat wave of music coming in the early spring season.
After walking a few steps behind Xie Qianyu, Quan Yunli found that the destination was a deserted stadium, which was not very accurate - the frames on both sides were already lying on the ground, and the stadium was full of huge spray paint, more like an ownerless open space.
It's already evening, and a few old searchlights are still trying to glow dimly, and the whole environment looks very street-like in line with the current era.
The rhythmic music came from the two vertical speakers in the center of the venue, some people stood together in twos and threes away from the speakers, and more people stood in front of the speakers in no formation and danced separately, which was obviously a temporary gathering place for the very street, hip-hop B-boys.
The most striking thing is that there is a short-haired girl in front of the crowd, although she is a small number of women on the scene, and her appearance is not outstanding, but the confident temperament and creative and powerful movements on her body make many people can't help but stop and admire.
"That's the guy we're looking for."
There was no need for Xie Qianyu to give any special instructions, Quan Yuli saw the extraordinarily outstanding girl at a glance, and stared at each other and danced closely. Xie Qianyu, who didn't get a response, looked back at the serious girl, but what he saw from the other party's eyes was appreciation, admiration, and a hint of .... Envy?
Seeing that there was no intention of stopping the dance on the field, Xie Qianyu quietly withdrew and walked to the side of the street, and bought two servings of coconut water at the stall set up by the college student's part-time job.
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Xie Qianyu, who can attract attention everywhere, was undoubtedly recognized, and when he finally squeezed back from the enthusiastic fans, he found that the dance on the field was not over.
I don't know how many dances have changed, and the people in the venue have changed one after another, but the short-haired girl in the lead is still sweating hard. However, because of Xie Qianyu's entry and exit on the sidelines, many curious spectators gradually gathered around.
"Drink one, healthy."
Handing a coconut with a straw in front of the girl who was in a trance, Xie Qianyu took a sip of what he had in his hand.
"Oh..?" Quan Yuli was obviously focusing on the dancers on the field, and she didn't even notice when Xie Qianyu left and came back, and was stunned for a moment before taking the coconut, "Kang Sanhameda (thank you)~"
After standing for so long, she was really thirsty, and she gulped down the straw. It stands to reason that the first rule of SM training is not to eat and drink things handed by others, but in front of Xie Qianyu, she seems to have let down all the vigilance she should have.
"Has she been jumping on it?"
You don't need to point out Quan Yuli to know who it is, because the girl full of power in her eyes is so outstanding: "Yes, we haven't stopped since we came." β
If the members of T-ara were present now, it would feel that this short-haired girl was in a state of selflessness as if no one was there, and it was a little similar to the Quan Baolan who was desperately sweating yesterday morning.
"It's so hard....."
Xie Qianyu and Quan Yuli stood side by side in a no-man's corner, and no one came up to disturb them for a while, sighing silently in their hearts.
"Qianyu OPPA called me here, didn't I want to find a choreographer? Let me learn to observe first....."
"Let's stop saying honorifics, let's use plain language." Xie Qianyu also felt a little awkward when he listened to the honorific that was extremely incompatible with "OPPA", "Of course it's not all about studying, you'll know what to do when that short-haired senior comes down." β
Fortunately, the short-haired girl who stood out didn't make the two wait for a long time, and they got off the field after they chatted for a few days, shook the sweat beads on her hair very boldly and poured it with mineral water.
"Hello, do you have time to say a few words?"
Seeing Xie Qianyu go straight to the target, Quan Yuli also hurriedly hugged the coconut and followed: "Ah you, oh Hasaiyo, senior nim!" β
After all, when the other party won awards in various dance competitions, she was still dreaming of making her debut in SM's practice room, and as a dancer, she was indeed her senior.
"Oh? Xie Qianyu? Do you know who I am? β
The other party is obviously not a mountaintop cave man who is not connected to the Internet, but just now the two of them have been standing in the corner behind the side and have not let her see it.
"The famous Funky Lia, I'm afraid it's hard to know if I don't know." Looking at the other party straddle the bench to rest, Xie Qianyu said without the slightest compliment.
The name "Funky Lia" may feel a little unfamiliar, but if it is "Lia Kim", who single-handedly founded the 1M dance club, then I am afraid that everyone who knows something about the dance industry is a little familiar.
"Big stars come to play with us, too?" Glancing at Kwon Yoori on the side, Funky Lia's tone was a little intriguing.
Xie Qianyu handed over a rather compelling business card: "I'm not a star, I'm here to visit today as the president of QS Office." β
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"QS Office President's ......"
The short-haired girl took the card and looked at it, muttering thoughtfully.
"On behalf of the company, I would like to invite you to be the choreographer and choreographer of our artists."
"Choreographer?" Hearing Xie Qianyu's words, the other party was obviously a little surprised, and hesitated, "But I don't know how to choreograph, and I think it's good to dance on the street, so I don't have the idea of joining the company for the time being." β
Faced with this excuse, Xie Qianyu was not surprised: "Then follow the rules of the street, Dou Wu, if we win, you go with me, and if you lose, you continue to play on the street." I don't bully you, I specifically found a female dancer. β
"You're here prepared." The short-haired girl is not good-looking, but she has a different kind of heroism when she raises her eyebrows, and her eyes fall on Quan Yuli for the second time.
"Actually, it stands to reason that if you lose, it means that the level is not enough to be a teacher of love beans, so I shouldn't recruit you, but in order to convince you, let's have a game."
Xie Qianyu looked calm when he spoke, but it was this serious and reasonable feeling that made Funky Lia grit her teeth: "Okay, isn't it just a fight, give me a good job if you lose... Get out of this piece! β
Quan Yuli, who had no right to speak throughout the whole process, trembled on the side, and after all the matters negotiated were handed over to the man, she felt as if she was about to be sold by Xie Qianyu.
"You look tired, do you want to rest for a while?"
"No!"
I saw Funky Lia throw the towel that wiped her sweat on the bench, and walked forward to discuss the stage, and this also happened to Xie Qianyu:
If it was really her in her heyday, he really didn't know how sure Quan Yuli could win the other party, and a simple shock would not be able to catch it?
Hehe... Recruiting talents, it's nothing to use a little trick......
Funky Lia was obviously very prestigious in the local area, and after saying a few words, the people who were dancing in the arena scattered to the side, leaving a large area to be vacated. And Quan Yuli also stepped forward under Xie Qianyu's signal, and did not forget to hand over the coconut in his hand to the man before leaving.
"What song are you going to dance? Is Lee Jung-hyun and Lee Hyo-ri's okay? β
It's not that the other party deliberately made things difficult for Quan Yuli, but they really didn't prepare any girl group songs in their speakers, and only a few songs of "Shuangli" could get into the eyes of these people who were mixed on the streets.
"You don't have to be accommodating to me." Kwon Yoo-ri still had her trademark sweet smile on her face, "You can use whatever song you usually dance." β
Seeing that the other party nodded and went to choose a song, Kwon Yoo-ri also stretched her arms in place to relax.
γHongdae... It's been a long time since I've been here.....]
When she was a trainee and in the early days of her debut, Kwon Yoo-ri often came here to participate in some performances, but now she doesn't come much, but she is still no stranger to this place.
Looking around, she finally knew why Xie Qianyu asked her to take off her makeup: there are many young people who wear makeup in Hongdae, but the dancers around her, both men and women, are obviously without makeup, because no matter how good the cosmetics are, they will turn into foam in the sweat left by dancing hard, and the pure makeup seems to be an agreement formed by them out of confidence in their strength.
The song had already been selected in front of the stereo, and he beckoned Kwon Yoo-ri to go over to the center of the stage. And the girl is not stage frightened at all, one is the stage habit accumulated by performing all year round, and the other is out of confidence in her dancing strength.
That's right, confidence!
originally thought that Xie Qianyu would have a special itinerary to find herself, but she didn't expect that it would just be to let Quan Yuli do what she is best at. Just like Zheng Xiuyan's confidence in her singing skills, the lead dancer of her girlhood also has unparalleled confidence in her own dancing!
Fighting and dancing with a street dancer, what kind of indiscriminate means do you use?
This kind of indomitable courage and self-confidence is the secret of their girlhood!
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Fighting dances are like the ratio of men and women in the audience, and it has always been the home of male dancers.
Just like the name B-BOY, the dancers who make a living from Breaking are always mostly boys, if it weren't for Xie Qianyu's "Yan fans" who hurried to batch after batch, then the ratio of men and women on the sidelines would be an even more terrifying number.
It's 2011, and the number of girls who are learning to break dance is still very small, and the number of female dancers who participate in the BATTLE is even smaller.
Because the most important thing in BATTLE is the sense of strength and the innovation of difficult movements, if you don't do a good job with a certain sense of mechanicality, then the scene will become as embarrassing as a certain ancient Hong Kong and Taiwan drama.
[There should be BGM here: "Stop, you guys don't fight anymore!] γγ
It's not uncommon to dance on the stage of this deserted neighborhood, but today, it's surprising that there are two female dancers standing in the center of the stage, surrounded by a circle of people eating melons!
The two stood opposite each other, and although there was no smell of gunpowder, it still made people feel a wind and thunder, and the evening wind was always cool on their bodies, but the two top female dancers still felt a certain heat.
On one side is a top idol who has learned to dance with SM's boys' class since he was a child, and on the other side is a dancer who has made a name for himself in Hongdae by relying on BATTLE.
The most orthodox academic VS infinitely wild street style!
Even Xie Qianyu is looking forward to the final result of this contest.
There are not too many cruel words, and the two girls who are inexplicably sympathetic to each other are holding the mentality of meeting friends with dance, and from the beginning they have lost the ruthlessness of the street BATTLE, just the music and show their best moves.
The dance music is "Don't Push Me" picked by Funky Lia, which is also the lead singer of a female singer, a pop dance song that is very familiar to the hearts of the post-80s.
The other party is obviously very familiar with this song, and Quan Yuli is no stranger to it, and Xie Qianyu, who is also familiar, heard that this was an accelerated variation as soon as the dance music sounded.
The original super sense of rhythm became more powerful and explosive after the second acceleration, and the female voice with a hint of mechanical sense made Xie Qianyu suspect that he might not be able to catch up with the lyrics with his fast mouth.
Unwilling to admit defeat, Funky Lia is like a physical freak, and she still maintains a super high level of performance at a super fast pace: shoulder, elbow, wrist, and leg......
Every tiny detail was taken care of just right, every movement was still in place and powerful, and even at such a high speed of rhythm, she could still jam the beat and join the rather complicated waacking.
A piece of dance music is not long, and it quickly enters the interlude under acceleration, which means that Kwon Yoo-ri, who has been swinging slightly to the rhythm, is about to officially start her performance!
After watching the ultimate performance of the family, Xie Qianyu took a sip of coconut water quietly, but he was worried about Quan Yuli in his heart:
His "little tricks" didn't play a role in Funky Lia's beastly body and will, and Kwon Yoo-ri, who was born in her girlhood, was probably good at dancing and sexy style that made them famous.
This street 1v1 consumes a lot of fighting dance.... It's really not her forte......
Eh, whose coconut is this?
Not important, not important......
Just when Xie Qianyu regretted that he shouldn't have asked Quan Yuli to come, the girl slapped him in the face with her actual performance:
After taking two steps forward with confident cat steps, a waacking action before the other party's end, and a small crotch lift to let the upper and lower bodies transition harmoniously, Kwon Yoo-ri officially began her performance.
As a song that expresses women's breakthrough in tradition and not caring about the eyes of others, Kwon Yoo-ri's confident performance in the face of all eyes is a full plus.
She is not a contestant from the Beast Sect, but her sense of strength in dancing is not inferior, and on this stage that is exclusive to one person, she only needs to dance to the music to her heart's content, completely breaking through the alternative constraints of the so-called formation and the so-called Qi Dance to her.
At this moment, Quan Yuli, how you want to show it, how to show your charm!
I'm in charge of dance, not in position!
Facts have proved that Xie Qianyu is very wrong and ridiculously wrong, she Quan Yuli did use the platform of Girls' Generation to make a name for herself, but the movement and neatness requirements in the team dance are more like the shackles of a talented dancer. And today, she danced without shackles, and the strength she showed was a dazzle for everyone.
The impromptu dance that was completely unprepared, she was full of aura and could play perfectly, and in the end, she even made a sexy wave with the rhythm before the ending, which made the men present shout that they couldn't stand it.
One person and a half, the end of the song.
Instead of panting to prove their efforts like some idols later, the two dancers who showed their charm just looked at each other for two seconds after the music ended, and then stepped forward and gave each other a big hug, and the applause around them was thunderous.
An equally divided BATTLE, but no less perfect show!
Completely evenly divided, in all senses, whether it is from the neatness of the movements or the innovation of street dance.
You have your wild beauty, I have my sexy style, and I can't fault the expression of my body.
Completely, equally!