In mid-July, the high temperature continued in City B, and the text messages of high temperature warning to pay attention to the heat were one after another.

The air conditioner in the makeshift lounge backstage of the Yanshan Music Festival was broken, stuffy and hot, and the artists waiting for the performance were all red and sweaty, and while pressing their mobile phones to send frenzied texts accusing the organizers of garbage, they also looked at other people, hoping that someone would come forward to change the situation.

The artists with coffee seats have long been arranged by the program team with VIP lounges and air-conditioned nanny cars, and those who can stay here are all low-level artists. The festival organizers don't care if they stay or don't care about them, they don't lack young artists in the field.

"If I knew there was no air conditioning here, I wouldn't have come." Lin Xiaofeng took the propaganda leaflet and fanned the wind wildly, raised his voice and scolded, "I've been stuffy here for three hours, who will be responsible for the hot death?" ”

"Let's go when the show is over, it's almost over." 焦棠拧开一瓶矿泉水送到林小峰手边，安抚着他的情绪，“我要是知道空调会坏，打死我都不带你们来。 Don't be angry, I'll invite everyone to a barbecue in the evening. ”

Lin Xiaofeng is the captain of the Feng Band, Jiao Tang has just started a music studio and has not yet built his own band, so he spent money to invite them to come over to help him accompany him. Her performance this time is purely upside down.

"Do you still need to eat barbecue? We're not just barbecue. Ah Chen, a young drummer in the corner, came out wiping his sweat, pointed in the direction of the stage and said, "Do you think that open-air stage looks like a baking tray?" ”

Resemble.

The high temperature of more than 40 degrees, the open-air square, and the only short light booth on the stage can't cover the scorching afternoon sun. Several LED screens were whitished by the sun, the temperature was not as high yesterday as today, there was no sun in the afternoon, and I felt hot during the rehearsal.

The sound of deafening music resounded in the square, and the audience was surrounded by parasols, and no one could be seen at all.

The show starts at half past six in the evening, and the sun is still hot in the sky at half past six in the middle of summer.

"Then eat to replenish the coolness." Jiao Tang also handed Ah Chen a bottle of water, picked up the advertising page and fanned them. Liu Yao carried a huge bag into the door, put it in the middle of the room, gasped and said, "Sister Sugar, the ice cubes are here." ”

"Everyone who needs ice cubes to get it, I buy more." Jiao Tang greeted the other artists in the dressing room, most of them are young children, many of them have no common sense of life, and they will die if they are hot. She took a huge bag of ice cubes and put it in front of the fan, pointed it at Lin Xiaofeng and said, "How is it?" Are you comfortable? ”

Lin Xiaofeng put down the leaflet and looked at Jiao Tang, who was busy with a spinning top, "Don't be busy, take a break, your makeup has become a monster." ”

Jiao Tang specially prepared a dazzling heavy makeup for the performance, with red hair and high ponytail, exaggerated and gorgeous red eyeliner with dark lipstick, which should have been a cold and glamorous style. After three hours in the background, all the colors were glued together like a used palette.

"My makeup artist is running away, you guys are cool, I'll touch up my makeup." Jiao Tang pulled a chair to the mirror, her clothes were soaked and dry, dry and wet, and there was a faint smell of sweat after a few times.

Liu Yao took out Huoxiang Zhengqi Water from his backpack and gave it to the people in the band, and also gave Jiao Tang a share, "Boss, you had the foresight to order takeout first." Now the road is closed outside, and takeaway has stopped. ”

"Who's so pompous? Road closures were also made. ”

"Zhou Ning. The young boy who came to fetch ice opened his collar and showed a thin chest, and said, "The biggest attraction tonight, the top class, half of the tickets to the music festival were bought by her fans." ”

Zhou Ning is a traffic singer who has just become popular, beautiful and sweet, debuted through a talent show last year, and quickly became popular in just one year.

"She had a good life, she met a big guy when she participated in the show, and she became an instant hit." Later, the middle-aged man came over to get ice water, and his tone was a little sour, "Girls have more opportunities than men." ”

"If a man is good-looking, he has more chances, but it's a pity that you are ugly." The girl with the guitar on her back came back directly, "There are two people at once, you really dare!" ”

"Okay, okay, Zhou Ning is red by strength, she is innocent, and it has nothing to do with her." The middle-aged man stopped talking about this, turned his head and said thank you to Jiao Tang, and suddenly saw Jiao Tang's face clearly, and his movements paused, "How do I see that you are a little familiar, what kind of band are you?" ”

Jiao Tang almost poked the eyeliner into his eyes, hurriedly pulled out the paper to wipe the eyeliner, and said, "It's not red-"

"Jiao Tang, fourth in the national finals of "New Singer", his masterpiece "One Summer". Lin Xiaofeng raised his voice to introduce Jiao Tang, "Former summer band member. ”

Jiao Tang: "......"

"Are you Jiao Tang?" The man looked Jiao Tang up and down and said, "You don't have short hair?" How did you grow like this? Why are you here? ”

The paper towel can't wipe off the traces of eyeliner, and Jiao Tang simply wipes his face with a wet tissue.

Lin Xiaofeng glanced at him, "Can't you keep your hair long?" Does it matter what the singer looks like? It's the music that matters. ”

The man touched his nose and walked back, and the others looked at Jiao Tang curiously during the break.

There were children who were too young who didn't know who Jiao Tang was, and asked the person next to him in a low voice.

"Do you know 'New Singer'?"

"What's that?"

"Then you know Qi Li, right?"

"Who doesn't know Qi Li? The top stream of the top, big guy. ”

"Qi Li debuted from "New Singer", and Xi Yu, Xi Yu has been quite active recently, and he has just become popular. They debuted together, and the three of them also formed a band, but I heard that there was a break later, and she disappeared. It's easy to leave the entertainment industry and it's hard to come back, and the people who used to be side by side with Qi Li are now sitting on the cold bench with us......"

Suddenly, there was a deafening shout of neatness outside, and the sound shook the sky, suppressing the gossip on the side of the stereo and the dressing room. Then everyone got up and went to the door, wanting to see which big star had arrived at the scene, and the coffee seat would not be small.

Jiao Tang wiped the makeup on his face with a wet tissue, and his eyes showed his original appearance, beautiful and clean apricot eyes. She vigorously wiped off the makeup on both sides of her eyes and reapplied it.

"You don't have to listen to what they say, you just have to sing, and there's a place for you on stage." Lin Xiaofeng sat up and pointed the electric fan at Jiao Tang and said, "You just left for a while." ”

Gone for seven years.

The entertainment industry, which is updated and iterated very quickly, is enough for a star to go from red to paste in three months.

The star who entered the venue was indeed Zhou Ning, and all the people in the dressing room flocked to the corridor to watch the big star. Jiao Tang focused on makeup and hooked the very bright eyeliner more colorfully.

The stage of Yanshan Music Festival is already the stage with the highest exposure rate that she can encounter so far, and she should cherish this opportunity to show her face.

"Is your makeup too heavy? How do I feel like your makeup is thicker now than before? Lin Xiaofeng looked at her and suggested, "You look good with light makeup." ”

"I can't usually find this face in the pile, and in this kind of weather, I am a faceless person when I go on stage without makeup." Jiao Tang deepened her bright red eyeliner, and Qin Yan's heavy eyeliner stretched her well-behaved and gentle apricot eyes long and bewitching.

The first performance of her comeback had to make an impression on the audience.

"It's not that exaggerated, you're pretty good-looking."

Jiao Tang is very self-aware, she knows her shortcomings, "If you don't see the degree of shock in the entertainment industry, don't think about being remembered for your beauty." ”

Lin Xiaofeng leaned back with a smile, this is the truth, there are too many good-looking people in the entertainment industry, and suddenly asked, "Is the big guy they said Qi Li?" It's the backer of that Ning. ”

Jiao Tang's hand crooked, and the red eyeliner flew to her hair, and she hurriedly drew a paper to wipe it, "Why are you gossiping?" ”

Qi Li, the talent show that Zhou Ning participated in her debut, was a mentor, and then she signed into Qi Li's company, and it was rumored that they were together.

"Qi Li is really with her?" Lin Xiaofeng observed Jiao Tang's expression.

Jiao Tang changed one eye and changed the color of eyeliner, and drew the other eye, "I don't know." ”

"You don't have any contact?"

"No, it's not a person from the same world, and it's not interesting to connect." Jiao Tang's tone was calm, she and Qi Li were not from the same world, and if they were forced to reach it, they would only lose both, she drew her eyeliner and looked at Lin Xiaofeng, "Do you want to ask him?" ”

"When you two broke up, he blacked out our group." Lin Xiaofeng snorted, "I can't climb high." ”

The music festival is performed in the order of the coffee ranks, and the unknown young singers are placed in the front. The sun is still in mid-air, the ground is hot, the lighting effect does not come out, the audience can't look up when they are sunburned, and there is no atmosphere, and the singing effect is very poor.

The level of the first two bands is also very average, no one pays attention to the interaction with the audience, the more they jump on the stage, the more they have no confidence, the more they sing, the worse they become, and they can't find the back tune.

The audience lost patience, and some people were shouting for a refund.

The sun is slanting in the west, and the sun is spread all over the stage, and the stage is more like a baking tray. 三个LED面板都看不清画面，焦棠在上台前手心里都是汗。

The band went on stage first, and then Jiao Tang walked on the stage to adjust his ears, and heard the audience near the stage complaining that the ghost was crying wolf again.

"When will Zhou Ning come out? I just want to see Zhou Ning. ”

"Another one I don't know, the makeup is so strange!"

Jiao Tang introduced himself and the band, but there was no applause, only complaints close to the stage.

"Hurry up and start the practice, and end the substitution."

"Sugar Candy, come on!" Behind him, Lin Xiaofeng shouted.

Jiao Tang looked back and saw him standing in front of the keyboard, and after seven years, they worked together again.

She gave Lin Xiaofeng a thumbs up and signaled that she was OK.

The band's accompaniment sounded, and Jiao Tang walked a little forward, to the edge of the stage, so that the audience could see her, although no one looked up at her. The sunset was scorching on her body, Jiao Tang felt that her scalp was burned, she stuffed the microphone onto the microphone stand, held the microphone with both hands and lowered her eyes, her eyelashes covered the farther line of sight, and someone under the stage was complaining about her exaggerated makeup.

Jiao Tang pursed his lower lip and sang the first lyrics.

"The sunset on the sea is like a young painting ......"

The extremely clean and clear sound is ethereal, resounding throughout the square.

The audience who was playing with their mobile phones under the umbrella looked up at the stage with the umbrella oblique.

The girl on the stage was thin and tall, she was fair-skinned, with a high ponytail, and stood in the middle of the stage in a red and green dress, and the wind blew the hem of her skirt. She didn't roar and jump like the band before her, she stood at the front of the stage and sang with her head down. Her voice was clear and bright, and when she sang the chorus, she raised her head, her snow-white neck fell into the golden sunlight, and the clear and powerful high notes easily floated to the sky.

It was like a breeze over Yanshan, through the golden sea of clouds, and among the noisy and hot crowds in midsummer.