Joker's Band Game Story

The place where the two of them had their meal was a ramen restaurant downstairs from Hailing. Most girls might have a certain aversion to ramen, but Hailing was an exception.

She didn't mind eating ramen, and after ordering a bowl of tonkotsu ramen, she sat at the bar and chatted with Amemiya about the band.

"We are rehearsing a new song today. We have to create a new song every week now. We plan to perform it at the Budokan at the end of the month, so we must have at least four songs to play by then. In addition, the agency will also provide some songs for us to play. The overall practice pressure is not small."

As a rising band, it is difficult for them to come up with so many original songs to participate in Budokan, so there will be one or two covers.

If it were another band, they would have to prepare more songs, but Ave Mujica's performance style is to match the stage play, so there is no need to prepare too many songs.

More importantly, their songs have a high heavy metal content. If there are too many heavy metal performances, on the one hand, it is easy for the audience to remain excited for a long time, which may cause physical problems. On the other hand, there is no soothing emotion to give the audience time to relax. Therefore, their performances are interspersed with dullness and passion to achieve a performance effect with both ups and downs.

The stage play is used to let the audience take a break in the middle, and to enrich Mujica's worldview. As for why Xiangzi is obsessed with this worldview... Hailing doesn't know, and she doesn't want to know.

"Just think of it as a Chuunibyou attack."

Hai Ling's answer was so casual, but her words already made Amemiya feel a little uneasy.

If the band is regarded as a company, then the company culture must be explained to the new members. For Mujica, this special stage play is part of their company culture. However, this company culture was not explained to the team members, which may easily lead to conflicts with the members in the future.

"Conflict? Yes, Meowko has always wanted to take off the mask, but Ms. Toyokawa has always wanted to protect Mujica's worldview and forbade her to take off the mask... You should also know about the worldview, right?"

Hai Ling asked Amemiya while drinking cold water. Amemiya actually did know something about Mujica's world view, which had been mentioned in the game before.

That is puppets. The five members of Ave Mujica are all puppets, abandoned puppets. They gather together for warmth, which has become the characteristic of the band.

Many bands, or famous bands, must have certain characteristics, only in this way can they attract audiences and gather fans. Mujica's characteristics are heavy metal, rock, stage plays, puppets and other elements. Overall, it is easy to make people curious and then be attracted by their skills.

This kind of manic heavy metal rock that is enough to let people vent can really easily excite people, and it is indeed very convenient to accumulate fans. In addition, their skills are very strong, and the promotion efforts are quite strong. It is normal for them to be noticed as a treasure band.

How popular is Ave Mujica now? The new Diamond Stardust, which Rencai regards as a rival, really has to stand aside in front of Mujica. Mujica's account has exceeded 3 million fans, and this is only two weeks. If the subsequent promotion is stronger, the number of fans will only be higher.

With full promotional efforts and strong financial backing, getting into the Budokan is no joke.

"So what happens after you get to the Budokan? What's your next plan?"

The noodles have been served. While picking up the noodles with chopsticks, Amemiya asked Hailing and the others about their next plan of action.

As a band, they generally have short-term and long-term plans. For example, if the band ends, their long-term plan is to perform at the Budokan, while their short-term plan is to perform live first, then write new songs, and consolidate their popularity step by step.

What about Mujica? Their short-term plan is to enter the Budokan, but what about the long-term? It's impossible that they don't have a long-term plan, right?

"The next step is to go on a national tour, but it's not clear what will happen after that. Ms. Toyokawa didn't say."

"Does she have something in mind but hasn't revealed it to you or does she herself not know what to do next?"

"It should be the latter. The international tour is also a way provided by the agency. I don't think she thinks that far."

While eating ramen, Hai Ling felt that Xiangzi was not the kind of girl who would think so much. She would take things one step at a time.

Or maybe she had a clear idea about forming a band, but what about after forming the band? After entering the Budokan? She no longer had any bigger goals.

After reaching the Budokan, we will reach the Dome? That's not difficult. With this level of promotion and strength, it's easy to reach the Dome. It will take at most a year.

Mujica is like playing a mini game with a max-level account. They finished the game very quickly and it was meaningless. They achieved the goal that other bands would spend years or even decades to achieve in just one month, so it was really boring afterwards.

"Maybe I'll just keep writing new songs and go on tour as normal, maybe make an impact overseas? I don't know."

Hai Ling was not interested in this matter, she was just a mercenary.

In other words, if Ave Mujica wanted to, he could always kick her out and replace her with another bassist. But if Xiangzi really wanted to do this, Hailing would definitely support him.

There would be a fee for kicking her out, and she could use the money to continue supporting other bands.

but……

"Hey."

Amemiya couldn't help but sigh, and this expression made Hailing look at him sideways in confusion, not knowing why he sighed.

"Hai Ling, I didn't expect you to be like this."

If it was difficult to observe and understand Hai Ling's situation during the previous video call, the face-to-face communication now made Amamiya understand one thing for sure.

Hailing doesn't care about mujica.

He originally wanted Hai Ling to join in order to give her a place to belong. If she still doesn't care, then what's the difference between her and the other bands she joined before?

She thought Xiangzi could make her feel more of a belonging, but it seemed that Xiangzi was the coldest person. She was defensive against other people, and she herself couldn't put her heart into others', let alone Hailing taking the initiative to accept Mujica.

"what happened?"

Hai Ling looked troubled. She didn't understand what Amamiya meant. She was usually very emotionally intelligent, but in front of Amamiya Lian, she was like a child and didn't know what she meant.

"I originally wanted you to find a band that you were willing to give everything for, but I didn't expect that this band wasn't the right one for you either."

Amemiya shook his head, he didn't plan to say anything more. This time he really miscalculated, he seemed to have a better understanding of Xiangzi's "unreliability".

But if that's all, it doesn't seem to be a big problem. Toyokawa Sadaharu will definitely be able to solve all of this. People, sometimes, can't always go smoothly. Encountering some setbacks and falling can also help with growth.

So Amemiya didn't plan to teach Xiangzi anything, but let her hit a wall. Mujica would definitely be in trouble. As someone who has been in contact with so many bands, Amemiya can conclude that it is difficult for Mujica to remain peaceful.

When Xiangzi is able to intimidate everyone else, she will have grown up.

"Sorry to disappoint you."

"Forget it, it's not your fault."

Amemiya did not blame Hai Ling. The lack of a sense of belonging cannot be said to be Hai Ling's problem, but rather a matter of band culture.

Then let her stay here for a while longer. Maybe it won’t be a big deal once Xiangzi comes to his senses?

Instead of continuing to talk about the band, the two of them talked about music. As they chatted, they finished both bowls of ramen.

After paying the money, the two left the store. At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder was heard.

"It's not going to rain again."

Amemiya said helplessly, but within two seconds after he finished speaking, raindrops fell to the ground, and within two seconds, the rain started falling again.

"Come to my house and sit for a while. Don't walk around in this rain."

Hai Ling pointed to her home. The weather was not good at this time, and Yu Gong did not force her to go back. If she went back at this time, she would probably catch a cold.

Chapter 17 Don't say you like me at this time

"Your house is still so small."

It was raining heavily outside, so Amemiya came to Hailing's house to take shelter. He looked around and couldn't help but sigh that time had not changed much.

Hai Ling lived here when she was in junior high school, and she didn’t expect it to be like this in high school as well.

There's no change at all.

"It can't compare to your big house, but it's more convenient to live in anyway."

Hai Ling didn't mind Amemiya's comments. She knew that Amemiya was just saying it casually. He was not the kind of person who would change his attitude based on the other person's wealth.

Besides, her house was just a little small, not shabby, so she didn't plan to waste money on a big house, which was meaningless.

On weekdays, I'm alone here, so this room is enough for me.

Amemiya put the bag on the ground and looked at Hailing's house. It was indeed quite small.

The largest room is the bedroom, and the living room and kitchen are only a few square meters each, so they just make do with what they have. The bathroom is bigger, and there is a bathtub for her to enjoy a bath.

There was no sign of a fire in the kitchen, and even the pot was covered in ash. There were various protein powders, energy bars, and some vitamin tablets placed next to it.

"You really don't take yourself seriously."

“Eating takes too much time.”

Hai Ling curled her lips, saying that she was not very interested in eating, she just wanted to save time to do other things.

But these words made Amemiya glance at her. Is this really the case?

If that was the case, then she should have eaten quickly downstairs instead of enjoying it so much.

That’s right, enjoyment. The way she eats makes people feel as if they haven’t eaten such delicious food for a long time. She eats with big mouthfuls, but chews the food carefully, and only swallows it after tasting all the flavors.

If you eat too much of this kind of thing, then eating a delicious meal will indeed make you feel satisfied.

"It feels a bit cold."

Picking up the remote control, Hailing turned on the air conditioner and selected heating.

Although it was summer, the rain outside had indeed sucked away all the heat in the house. It was only about ten degrees outside, but to Hai Ling it felt freezing cold.

"It will take a while for it to get hot."

Yu Gong looked at the air conditioner. It was a bit old, and it was impossible to heat up quickly even if he expected it to.

"That's true, then go take a hot bath first."

Hai Ling opened the wardrobe. The wardrobe in her room was quite large. As soon as she opened it, she could see that it was filled with clothes.

Her revenge spending habit has bought her a lot of brand-name clothes, but she only wears many of them occasionally.

Ignoring those clothes, Hai Ling picked up purple underwear in front of Amamiya... Should I say she is worthy of being Hai Ling? She is really bold.

"Want to wash together?"

Hailing launched a straight attack. She pointed her thumb at the bathroom behind her and invited Amemiya.

"That's not necessary..."

"Why are you shy? Haven't we seen each other before? You still smell like rain. Did you get caught in the rain? Be careful of catching a cold if you don't take a bath."

Should Hai Ling be called a straight-talking expert? At this time, she was surprisingly good. After she said this, she didn't wait for Amamiya to react, but directly pulled him to the bathroom.

"But I don't have any change of clothes..."

"Then just do the laundry here."

When Hai Ling heard Amemiya say he didn't have any change of clothes, she pulled him even harder.

In her little head she was already wondering how Amemiya would stay at home if she didn't have any change of clothes.

Naked? That's awesome.

Hai Ling should have stopped her delusions, she just pulled Yu Gong into the bathroom. Faced with Hai Ling's dominance, Yu Gong followed in reluctantly.

After all, Hai Ling was right about one thing. What should be seen and what should not be seen are the things that people should see. Haven’t you seen all the things that people should see?

Since we've already seen it, there's nothing wrong with just taking a shower together, right?

"Ah...it really feels good..."

“It’s just a little crowded…”

In the bathtub, two people sat facing each other, but it was obvious that this bathtub, which was originally meant for one person, seemed a bit crowded with two people sitting in it.

Because he was taking a bath, Amemiya took off his glasses, leaned against the bathtub and couldn't help but let out a breath.

The water temperature was quite good. When Hai Ling adjusted the water temperature in front of him just now, he also felt that the water temperature was very suitable.

It's just that the posture was a bit too scary, and he felt that he needed to relax and calm down, and not let his little head swell up there any longer.

But the biggest problem with taking a bath is that the bathtub is too small. It is indeed a bit too crowded for two people to sit side by side in it.

"That's true, so let's do that."

Hai Ling also felt it was a bit crowded, so she stood up and sat directly next to him in front of Yu Gong.

"Eh?"

"It's less crowded now, right? Come down a little more."

Hailing pushed Amemiya down so that only his head was above the water, and she sat on his abdomen.

"But this..."

"Isn't it right here?"

Hai Ling pressed lightly, causing Amemiya's body to tremble.

Why is Hai Ling so good at it?

"I say, you obviously like this feeling, right?"

Hailing turned around and lay directly on Amemiya so that they could look at each other.

But this posture is quite difficult. After all, Amemiya is not lying flat, so Hailing's waist is bent backwards, and the whole body is pressed against Amemiya's body, which allows Amemiya to feel Hailing's posture at a very close distance.

“But the water will get dirty…”