Perfect Life

Vol 2 Chapter 6: shortcut

This is a house of about twelve or three square meters.

To say it is a house is actually a bit of a beautification. It was originally an air-raid shelter built by the country, but it was later abandoned, and then it was contracted and converted into an underground apartment like an ant nest.

With an area of ​​12 or 3 square meters, there are no windows and the walls are empty.

Inside is a small double bed that is 1.5 meters wide. There is a dressing table beside the bed that is already old at first glance. On the other side of the bed is a simple fabric wardrobe. In addition, Next to the dresser, there is also a gas canister with a gas stove above the canister. In the center of the room, there was a small round table.

This is all Zhuang Meiyue's belongings.

The bed was provided as standard by the landlord. In addition, she went to the flea market to find it. The old-fashioned dresser cost 18 yuan, but she later paid 30 yuan and hired him A tricycle was pulled back. The fabric wardrobe was a little more expensive, worth 26 yuan, and the small dining table, which can be folded, was more expensive, worth 40 yuan, and they were all brought back by bicycles.

In addition, according to the landlord's request, gas stoves are not allowed in the basement, but Zhuang Meiyue felt that it was too expensive to eat out, so she secretly bought a new set of gas stoves, but every time the landlord checked , she has to hide this set of gas stoves under the bed, otherwise it will be confiscated.

Well, in addition to these, she also has a guitar that she bought for seven or eight hundred yuan, which is considered a valuable item, as well as some clothes, a second-hand bicycle, and a bank deposit of more than 17,000 yuan.

After coming to Shuntian Mansion to work hard for two years, this is all she has gained.

In modern society, even ordinary people may not be able to imagine that this house, as Zhuang Meiyue's home, has not had any electrical appliances in the past two years except the energy-saving lamps overhead.

She does have a mobile phone, which she bought second-hand for less than a hundred yuan.

Every day around 8:00 am, Zhuang Meiyue would wake up on time, after washing up. I started to practice breathing and do radio gymnastics, and then sang for half an hour holding the guitar.

At about ten o'clock, simply pack up and she'll put on the guitar and go out. After walking through a long passage, I came to the ground, put on my bicycle, rode about three or four stops, and went to a restaurant to deliver food. Each one is a dollar.

After arriving at the restaurant, before eleven o'clock, the restaurant will take care of a meal, and then start working. Her takeaway will be delivered until about three o'clock in the afternoon, which is basically over, and then at four o'clock in the afternoon, the restaurant will start again. Manage a meal, starting at 5pm. Dinner was delivered until around nine o'clock, when she could leave work.

When such a day is delivered, she usually has to ride a bicycle for twenty to thirty or even thirty or forty kilometers, and climb countless floors, but her income is not bad. , but also manage two meals.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, she would get on her bike. Put on the guitar, ride about seven or eight stops, and go to a bar for a performance. The performance time is usually about half an hour, and she sings pretty well. But it's not a very popular type, so she usually appears as an early warm-up, and the bar doesn't dare to give her the prime time from 11:00 to 1:00 in the morning.

People who go to bars and drink want to disperse their mood, but the songs she sings often carry some sadness and sentimentality of life. Therefore, except for a few fans, few people will order songs and send flower baskets, so the income is actually limited.

However, the half-hour time on stage every day is the time she enjoys the most.

The lights in the bar were dim, and she couldn't see anyone else, so she felt that no one else could see her, which made her feel very comfortable. Although the boss complained many times, he was still tolerant, and she could sing what she wanted to sing.

She likes to listen to Zhou Ai and Liao Liao. Recently, she thinks that Li Xinru and Huang Yuqing are also good, so when she performs on stage, she will sing more of their songs, and only occasionally add one of her own works. , after all, she also knows that although the boss is very tolerant, she still has to try her best to take care of the guests' feelings.

She sang Zhou Ai's songs and Liao Liao's songs, both of which were different from them.

For example, Zhou Hao's voice is ethereal, no matter what he sings, he has an indescribable aura. Even if he is sad, he can sing with a touch of disdain and pride, while Liao Liao's voice is strong, even if he sings love songs, there are sonorous voices. the taste of.

But Zhuang Meiyue is not.

No matter who's song, when she sings it, she often adds a little bit of her own adaptation, so it becomes her own flavor.

She is best at "Perseverance" and "Cheers, Friends", as well as "The Dreamer" by Zhou Ai, but the taste of her singing always has a touch of sadness, and many people come to the bar to borrow wine to drown their sorrows The more people listened to her, the more depressed she became, so there were times when someone would clamor for her to step down, and at this time, she would stand up and apologize, and then step down early.

Of course, in this way, there is no performance fee for the day.

After the performance, she would occasionally stop in the bar for a while, sometimes to enjoy the performances of other singers and bands, and sometimes, she would sit at the bar simply because the boss invited her for a drink. Slowly drinking wine and watching other people's extremely popular performances, I felt a little dazed in my heart.

Then, she would step on the ground again and rush back to her small house.

In the middle of the way, she would go to the supermarket that was still open to buy some vegetables and fruits. After returning to the house, she would make a meal for herself in a down-to-earth manner to reward herself for her busy day.

After dinner, she would not sing any more, but would just turn off the lights and lie on the bed, listening to the occasional footsteps in the passage outside the door, the frantic roars of the men and women next door, and the destined guitar sound in the opposite room.

This kind of life is plain, but not boring, just a little bit confusing to see the way forward.

She is over 20 years old. In this era, it is not that girls who are over 20 have to get married, but at least you have to have a reason not to get married.

And she didn't.

She just likes music and wants to try to develop in this area, but in fact she knows very well in her heart that she is not a professional, she does not have any contacts to use, and even her voice is not the kind that is popular with the public.

Therefore, every time I talk to my family on the phone, my mother always urges me to say, go home, go home, go home and find a man to marry. Have two kids and you won't be thinking too much

And every time, she was always speechless, and in the end she could only hang up the phone in a hurry.

Been in this circle for two years. She also met some people, was introduced by people, and tried many record companies, but in the end, of course, she could only shake her head, sigh, and speak more euphemistically, saying that you sang very well. But it's not the type we need, and those who speak a little more nasty will probably say, don't come again, your song is not good.

Yes, there will always be some people who say that, which makes her shrug her shoulders dashingly, but it's actually very sad.

She has saved a little money in her hand, and is thinking about going to Huaxia Conservatory of Music to sign up for a summer school. It is a well-known fact that there are many underground singers in Shuntian Prefecture. Therefore, every summer vacation, especially the vocal music department of the Conservatory of Music, will definitely hold cram schools. That class is very expensive, it is said that it costs 20,000 yuan, and you have to be introduced by an acquaintance to enter.

But she had already thought about saving for another year. By next year, I will be able to pay 20,000 yuan, and then I will definitely go to this class. Even if it's not for the so-called network, even if it's just to learn some professional knowledge to improve herself, she thinks 20,000 yuan is worth it.

Of course, if after taking the cram school, the improvement is still limited, to put it in a more realistic way, if at that time. She still can't find a record company willing to accept her, and she can't even find an income that can support herself through music and performances, then, at that time... well, although she feels that she may choose to go back to her hometown at that time. , go back to her parents, as they said, honestly find someone to marry and live a steady life, but in fact she knows that even if she fails 10,000 times, she may not go back.

There is no other reason, just because of the desire for that extraordinary life.

Although he may have to wait his whole life for this, he has no regrets until his death.

Of course, since I have chosen such a life, I have no right to complain about the ups and downs.

Today, as usual, she didn't even get up before eight o'clock, and this morning, she didn't play the guitar or sing. Instead, she made a serious meal for herself early in the morning.

After eating and packing her things, she took out her most decent and expensive dress and put it on, then carefully wiped the guitar, and then went out with the guitar in her arms.

At the hotel, she has already asked for leave in advance. Today, she is going for an interview.

After the performance a few days ago, the boss happened to be there, so he invited her to have a drink, and at the same time revealed to her a very important information to come to Shuntianfu for two years. I am just a moron of a resident singer, and naturally I don't have the chance to meet big people in this circle, so it's just an exchange between a group of low-level singers. For their group, being called over by a certain company or a certain musician, or even just a friend of that musician, to help record a demo, is already something that can be brought to the stage to show off.

Even if you record a sample, it may only be one or two hundred dollars.

Therefore, for her, the information that she suddenly learned was not easy to access at first, or in other words, when the news reached their ears, it was very likely that time had passed.

Moreover, this news is extremely important to her.

Yes, another record company is hiring singers.

It's just that this time, the person who wants to recruit people is not even a record company, just a small studio.

But even so, Zhuang Meiyue is still a treasure.

Because that studio is called Li Qian Studio.

Today, Li Qian and Li Qian's studio are already very famous in the music circle. Perhaps for the record companies, that person, and the studio established in his name, is an existence that everyone rejects and is wary of, yet eager to cooperate. After all, cooperating with him means success. It means a lot of benefits, but for the underground music circle, especially for underground singers like Zhuang Meiyue, that name is almost a legend.

Especially now, this legend has begun to be deified by word of mouth.

In the legend, Liao Liao became popular because he met him, and became more and more popular because he followed his footsteps closely. In legend, Wuxing Wusu was because he found him and moved Because of him, from an unknown group on the verge of disbanding, it has suddenly become the most popular top singer group in China.

According to legend, even a queen like He Runqing chose to pay millions of dollars out of his own pocket. After buying out the contract with Sony Records, he was willing to sign a newcomer contract and defected to him and his studio. After releasing an album, she suddenly turned over and suddenly became a popular superstar who is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Liao Liao.

Although in fact, even a young singer like Zhuang Meiyue who is on the fringes of the underground music scene, as long as you pay a little attention, it is not difficult to know that Liao Liao had already released a single long before he met that man. , and has a good reputation in the industry, but it's useless... People in the quagmire always subconsciously want to find a shortcut to a bright and smooth road for themselves, so don't say that most of the legends are true, even if they don't exist. , everyone will be very willing to make one out of it.

In the past, Mr. Xie Jinshun's discerning eyes and pearls used to be such a shortcut.

And now, this shortcut is becoming: Li Qian has a crush on me

Yes, almost everyone is willing to believe it, just based on my strength, as long as Li Qian likes me, as long as he is willing to write songs for me and help me release an album, it will become an instant hit, but it's just a matter of time.

Zhuang Meiyue is just an ordinary girl. She lives very realistically, but she lives very realistically precisely because she wants to chase a dream that seems impossible to achieve at all.

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Even though she knew it was just a legend, she still chose to believe that such a person really exists in this world and now, his studio is actually recruiting people

After learning the news, her first reaction was to immediately inform a few friends she had known in the past after leaving the bar. Then, everyone quickly agreed to sign up together.

The interview time that the other party later called to inform was this morning.

29303112, in the past five days, I have written fifty thousand words.

very very tired

It's obviously a holiday, but I'm more tired than usual, I don't know how many times

When I got up this morning to code and write, I felt like I couldn’t write anymore, so let’s just write this chapter today.

If you still want to see me continue to explode tomorrow, then can you give me some encouragement? I need a little support to fuel my inner passion. To be continued.

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