"Who, who's standing there?"

Shuangjing, the street lamps in the alley are in disrepair, and in the dark cold night, the woman's flashlight is aimed at the blurred figure, and she recognizes the person by the light, sighs out, and is afraid: "Teacher Zhou, you can scare me to death." ”

Shuangjing is located in a remote area, and the law and order are chaotic.

The woman's emaciated shoulders pressed two heavy baskets, and the well-behaved daughter timidly showed her eyes from behind her mother, recognized the neighbor's beautiful aunt, and called timidly: "Good evening Teacher Zhou, Teacher Zhou, why are you standing outside and not going home, did Uncle Yao quarrel with you?" ”

"It's so cold outside, why don't you ......" The girl's black and white eyes revealed aura, and she quietly stuck out her tongue and licked her mother's palm.

"Teacher Zhou, you see that this wild girl doesn't know how to be polite, don't be surprised." The woman stared at the little girl.

Zhou Tao is very respected in the tube building, she works decently, talks elegantly, and is glamorous, and the women in the tube building envy her, and she has taught her children to take Aunt Zhou as an example since she was a child.

Zhou Tao stared at the room with the lights on the fifth floor of the tube building, the lights were not on, her eyes were like touching a fire, she subconsciously avoided it, and never dared to look at it again.

She didn't know what she wanted to do!

Shan met Xu Chen, had a simple meal, and let Xu Chen come in a daze, the bad blank tore her stockings to shreds, and her shirt was torn.

When she was alone with high heels, bare feet and deliberately torturing herself, the cold froze her body, and the ambiguous ebb tide, and then the unspeakable guilt and shame overwhelmed her.

Especially when I met the women in the building, although she did not discriminate against them, she always had a sense of superiority, she was different from them, she had thoughts, pursuits, and ideals......

But she has no shame! Even the poorest woman is faithful to her marriage, and her sense of superiority is ruined!

Zhou Tao was ashamed, guilty, and hated herself, facing the little girl's clear and clean eyes, she dodged her eyes and smiled stiffly: "Sister Li, it's okay, Xiaoqian is very well-behaved and sensible, Xiaoqian, study hard and be a good person!" ”

"Teacher Zhou......" The little girl's eyes were timid, but she said bravely: "I want to be like you when I grow up." ”

Zhou Tao couldn't hold on to his stiff smile, holding high heels in both hands, his eyes dodged, and he sighed: "Xiaoqian has to be herself, don't be like Auntie, Auntie is not good." ”

"Teacher Zhou, you have this flashlight." The woman saw that Zhou Tao was in a wrong mood and glared at her daughter.

The little girl obediently covered her mouth with her hands, and only her black and white eyes were innocent and ignorant. Curious why the beautiful aunt said she was not good.

The tube building is filled with the smell of rice, the husband and wife who are tired and hard all day reunite at night, the wife complains, the husband sips wine, the children make a fuss, and the ordinary, ordinary life is trivial but warm.

Outside the building.

Zhou Tao held high heels in both hands, staring blankly, the thoughts in her heart became clearer and clearer, this kind of life is very good, but she doesn't want it.

The air conditioner froze and stiffened, Zhou Tao was worried, just arrived at the entrance of the stairs, her husband came down from the staircase with slippers, distressed and blamed: "Tao'er, what's wrong with your work, is someone bullying you, didn't Sister Li tell me that you were downstairs, I didn't even know that you were downstairs." ”

Staring at his wife's bare feet, the husband was busy squatting down, trying to help his wife put on her shoes, and his hand just touched it.

Zhou Tao subconsciously retreated, his eyes were complicated, he was unusually twisted, and he stumbled: "Old Yao, I didn't ...... I'm fine, I'm a little hot, so I don't wear shoes. ”

The husband was stunned for a moment, looked helpless with his slippers, and smiled as usual: "Tao'er, I haven't eaten the roast duck yet, you are home, let's wash our hands and eat, my mother called in the afternoon, saying that I wanted to come to see us in Beiping, I booked a hotel, you are busy with work, I will take them with me when I arrive......"

"Old Yao!"

The light line at the staircase was dim, Zhou Tao stood in the dark, not looking at her husband in the light, Qingsi hid her eyes, and said with difficulty: "I...... We...... Let's get a divorce. ”

Finally spoke, Zhou Tao raised his hand and slapped his face hard, the white jade face was red and swollen in an instant, she lowered her head, and her tone was very fast, but it was very empty: "I hate the poor and love the rich, I can't stand you, I'm bad, I'm cheap, Lao Yao, I admit whatever you say, I don't want you to beat this slap, I'll hit it myself." ”

said, gave himself another slap, held back tears, and said painfully: "I owe you in this life, Lao Yao, you are very good, I am not worthy of you, I owe you two children, and I will pay you back two slaps." ”

Zhou Tao was confused, her frozen body trembled, she slapped her face a few times, the green silk swayed, she stood in the dark, letting the woman in the tube building scrutinize her.

Ridicule, ridicule, contempt, she accepts it calmly, she is cheap, she is bad, she admits it, but she wants the life she wants.

"Tao'er ......" The husband was like thunder, staring at his wife with complicated eyes.

Sighing in vain, he turned around, his body was rickety, the shadow invaded the light, his back to his wife, trembling and said: "No one is sorry for anyone, if you want to complain, you can blame me for my lack of ability, Tao'er, let's have one last meal, eat your favorite roast duck." ”

The husband chattered: "When you were in college, you liked to eat the most, I didn't have money at that time, and now I can afford to buy roast duck, I can buy as much as you want." ”

The husband paused, aggrieved and bitter, and said, "You didn't tell me ......"

"You don't like roast duck anymore."

"Old Yao!" Zhou Tao raised his head suddenly, his fair jade face was bruised and swollen, oozing a trace of blood.

She looked pained, carrying high heels, her eyes staring at the line between light and black, obviously there was only a small step, but the two were separated by a moat.

Life doesn't give us too many choices, such farewells and encounters are always being screened over and over again, no one is right or wrong, who is sorry for whom, and who has failed whom......

It's just that the time is wrong, but the time can always be right.

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Singapore is to the east of Peiping.

Therefore, if you take an airplane, you will unswervingly follow the direction of the sun.

Xu Chen didn't understand why such a sour word popped out of his mind inexplicably, but he was in a good mood, after all, Xu Chen, the king of Chinese pop, finally conquered Asia!

From his dream of [World Pop King], he has taken a small step unswervingly, which is a small step for him, but it is a big step for the mainland music scene.

Xu Chen's conquest of Southeast Asia, the news leaked out, and the old problems of the mainland music scene suffered again, and he advocated grandiosely: "Xu Chen, the king of mainland Asian pop, is fighting in Southeast Asia, and the whole city of Singapore fans welcomes the arrival of King Chen." ”

Xu Chen shook the newspaper and complained: "Such an offensive and defensive integration, the mainland newspaper women's boxing!" ”

Now publish Xu Chen [Asian Pop King] to win eyeballs and make a wave of money, and wait for Xu Chen to escape from Southeast Asia back to the mainland with his tail between his legs.

The mainland newspaper also published "Xu Chen's defeat in Southeast Asia, the three crimes of the mainland music scene ......", and the horizontal and vertical newspapers won attention, and the newspaper sales were swaying.

Although mainland newspapers are always sinister, Xu Chen is very confident in [Asian Pop King].

The Asian cultural circle, in a broad sense, covers all countries on the Asian continent, but the influence of Chinese culture is limited after all, so the [Asian pop king], in a narrow sense, only covers Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

In the Chinese pop music scene for decades, only Leslie Cheung and Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung are half of the singers who can be called the "King of Asian Pop".

Jacky Cheung's influence in the Japanese and Southeast Asian music circles is not small, but the influence of Jacky Cheung in the Korean music scene is very low, and the Japanese and Korean music circles are the battlefield of the [Asian Pop King].

Although the Southeast Asian music scene is not as important as the Japanese and Korean music scenes, in terms of market volume, the Southeast Asian market is an important place for Chinese singers to compete for in addition to the mainland market.

It can even be said that it is the most important market in the Chinese music scene at the moment! After all, the consumption habits of the mainland market are not yet mature.

Meantime.

With the decline of the influence of Hong Kong films, it is now also the last chance to compete in the Southeast Asian music scene, and by 2000, the Southeast Asian market has become a trophy of the Japanese and Korean music scene.

At the same time, the rise of local singers has left little soil for Chinese singers to survive.

Although it is said that the competition for hegemony in the music world can really be implemented, it is actually a competition in economy, culture, and comprehensive national strength.

Singapore benefits from the advantages of the economic take-off of the [Asian Tigers], and its influence includes Southeast Asia, as Warner Zhou Jianbin said: "If you want to win Southeast Asia, you must get Singapore, and if you want to win Singapore, you must win the Singapore Golden Melody Award!" ”

The Singapore Golden Melody Awards were established in 1993 to promote Singapore's music industry and encourage outstanding Chinese musicians from home and abroad.

Jacky Cheung and Princess Cheung are popular in Southeast Asia, and the help of the Singapore Golden Melody Awards [Best Album] is indispensable.

In addition, the most important awards of the Singapore Golden Melody Awards are [Most Popular Male and Female Singers] and [Best Powerful Male and Female Singers].

1997 year.

In addition to Warner, other labels in the Chinese pop music industry have boycotted the Singapore Golden Melody Awards, strictly forbidden their singers to participate in the awards without permission, and the awards have been suspended for a year.

1998 year.

The Singapore Golden Melody Awards reopened, and the organizers kept a low profile, skimming the traditional award competition and directly announcing the list of winners.

Xu Chen was lucky, after all, Warner was the only one who did not boycott the award, and the organizer awarded him the grand prize [Best Powerful Male Singer] and the small award [Best Newcomer Award].

There was no awards party, and Radio 933 broadcast live to Southeast Asia through radio and TV programs, and the award-winning singers chose whether to go to the scene or not, and the awards were mailed if they were not connected by phone.

Xu Chenren has not yet arrived in Singapore, so Zhang Huimei and Andy Lau asked him to help receive the award, and by the way, they bluffed their acceptance speeches.

Seriously.

Xu Chen didn't want to come, but there was an advantage to receiving the award on the spot, and he could sing the song on the spot.

Warner is preparing to release Xu Chen's albums [Legend] and "Unparalleled in the World" in Southeast Asia in March, and Xu Chen's album [Wang Shi] in June, which will be released on 933 radio to promote the album.

…………

At 11:30 a.m., Xu Chen landed at Singapore Airport.

The sky in Singapore in March is as blue as a sapphire, the sun is warm but not hot, and the air smells of the sea.

Xu Chen studied abroad in his previous life, and traveled all over Europe and the United States, so he is naturally no stranger to little Singapore.

The car was familiar with the road, and Li Bingbing was forced out of the airport with a little daze.

Standing at the gate of the airport with his suitcase, ready to call Zhou Jianbin .

He has no idea how popular he is in Southeast Asia, so he is purely casual and on vacation, wearing beach pants, white shirts, and sunglasses.

…………

A few coolly dressed girls carried support cards and searched for passengers.

The Golden Melody Awards are about to start, and the list of winners has already been announced.

Singapore is lonely overseas, and many fans take advantage of the opportunity of the Golden Melody Awards to squat at the gate of the airport tirelessly, just to try their luck and meet their idols offline.

The breeze is not dry, but it can be boring to squat, and those who can stick to it are all hardcore ashes powder.

There is a constant flow of people at the entrance of the airport.

The girl in black glasses with a white shirt and a big [X] reflected on her chest squinted at the airport door, pushed down the frame with her fingertips, pulled the hem of her best friend's clothes next to her, and spoke fluent Chinese: "Ah Fen, look at that boy, the boy in the crowd who is tall, handsome, and looking at his mobile phone, he is Xu Chen!" ”

"Where?" The girlfriend looked in the direction, and her eyes burst into light.

Unfolded the photo poster with both hands, looked at it and compared it, ah-ah, shouted: "Ah Shu, hahaha, it's really Xu Chen, we squatted, we squatted!" Haha, Xu Chen is really as handsome as the photo! ”

Several girls held up their cheering signs, jumping and jumping excitedly.

Although there were few people, the battle was not small, and he screamed at Xu Chen: "Xu Chen! Xu Chen! ”

…………

"Mr. Xu, wait a minute, I'm outside the airport." Zhou Jianbin was as polite as ever.

Xu Chen replied to the message, the mobile phone buzzed, the princess stuck at the time point, and asked in a text message: "Achen, I landed safely, it will rain in Singapore tomorrow, I remember many clothes, I won the [Most Popular Female Singer] award, I don't have time to receive the award, remember to help me get it, the following is my acceptance speech......"

"Thank you 933 Music Radio!"

Xu Chen looked over and over again, grinning.

It's good to win the Golden Melody Award for the [Most Popular Female Singer], a few more words in your old award speech will cause an accident.

After thinking about it, Xu Chen shrugged, and the princess had this character.

won the Treasure Island Golden Melody Award, and she said in her acceptance speech: "I know that I am very good at singing, and I fully affirm the Golden Melody Award for the affirmation that I can sing at the Golden Melody Awards." ”

When he returned to the mainland, he announced his indefinite retirement from the music scene, popularity, awards, and honors, no one took any memory, but it can only be said that the two have the same smell and do not follow the usual path!

The sun is warm at the airport entrance.

Xu Chen put away his mobile phone, and his name rang in his ears, several young and beautiful little girls, with [X] printed on their chests in white shirts.

The support card is colorful, printed with [Xu] and [Chen].

"Xu Chen! Xu Chen! ”

Chinese and English are popular in Singapore, and many people are excited, screaming Xu Chen's Chinese name.

There was an endless stream of people at the entrance of the airport, and the sudden alarm ignited a calm and orderly flow of people, and many people heard Xu Chen's name, their toes were raised, and their eyes crossed the crowd.

"Thank you, thank you, hello!" Xu Chen was startled.

Then I couldn't stop being happy, his popularity in the Chinese music scene is not low, but I can't imagine that he also has fans in Singapore!

Although there are not many fans, it can be said that [international star] is no problem!

Xu Chentian was shameless, but he was really grateful to the fans, and twittered and asked: "Xu Chen, Xu Chen, your heaven and earth dragon scales are so cool, can you sign for me?" ”

"Xu Chen, Xu Chen, I want to hug you!"

"Xu Chen, Xu Chen, when will the new album be released, will Singapore be launched?"

Fan questions are strange, and delicate envelopes are thrown in front of Xu Chen like raindrops.

Xu Chen took the letters one by one and replied patiently: "Thank you, thank you, the album will be launched in June, Bingbing, remember the address, I will give you a meeting gift for the new album." ”

Fortunately, there are few fans, and Xu Chen can be busy.

At the gate of the airport, Zhou Jianbin came with his secretary, and when he saw the fans and stars holding the moon, Xu Chen in the middle, he was immediately excited!

Within Warner, he made a good bet with the [UFO Department], the winner took the helm of Warner, and the loser withdrew gloomily!

The results are about to be revealed, and Xu Chen was sought after by fans at the gate of Singapore Airport, which gave him great encouragement and laughter: "It seems that Mr. Hui's new album will sweep Southeast Asia!" ”

…………

Outside the airport.

Xu Chen met Zhou Jianbin .

He just came out of the pile of fans, his black suit was full of lipstick, and he wiped his face, Xu Chen Khan said: "Lao Zhou, you want women." ”

"Mr. Xu!" Zhou Jianbin didn't control his emotions.

hugged Xu Chen, patted him on the back in a deep manner, was stunned when he heard the words, and then laughed: "Mr. Xu, you are much cuter than women!" ”

(End of chapter)