Joker's Band Game Story

The price is not very cheap, but it is not that expensive either. Japan is a typical country where people earn more than they spend. In their view, 2,000 yen is just the money for two hours of work. After all, the minimum hourly wage for part-time jobs is around 1,000 yen.

"Hey, there are drinks too."

"Yes, you can usually choose drinks, such as mango juice or grape juice. You can ask Hongxia at the front desk...ah!"

It was only then that Amamiya Ren realized that Hong Xia, who used to work at the front desk, was now practicing playing backstage. So who would be selling drinks at that moment?

His eyes couldn't help but look at Xingge who was sitting next to him. Xingge also heard what Yu Gonglian and Li Yaoling were talking about, so the two of them looked at each other for a moment.

"If it's just for a moment, Lian, you should be able to help, right?"

As Xingge spoke, he took out a banknote from his pocket, and his meaning was very clear.

Of course she wouldn't let Amamiya Ren work for nothing!

Chapter 32: Cardboard monster appears in the live, Sbarasi~

“Is this the legendary part-time job?”

Li Yaoling, who was wearing an apron, spoke excitedly beside Amamiya Lian, who responded to the guest: "Okay, your lemonade, I wish you a pleasant meal."

After sending the guests away, Amamiya Ren responded to Li Yaoling: "Pay attention to your posture. Are you a little too excited now?"

Li Yaoling was extremely excited at this moment. She was obviously 19 years old, but she still behaved like a 15-year-old child.

“Is this your first time working?”

Yu Gong Lian looked at Li Yaoling who was nervously moving left and right, and probably guessed her situation.

Japan is different from China. It is common for high school students to work part-time in Japan. Even children from wealthy families are required to work part-time to enrich their social experience. Therefore, as long as they are not aiming to enter university, they will basically choose to work part-time to enrich their experience and earn some pocket money.

After all, if a child wants to buy a musical instrument, he may have to work for half a month to a month to get the money. It’s okay for rich families, but children from not-so-rich families really have to work to earn money if they want to buy their first musical instrument in their life.

"Yeah, I always wanted to work part-time but my family wouldn't let me. I didn't expect that after coming to Japan, I would actually feel the benefits of working part-time~"

This is how it is for kids who have never worked before. Working is new to them.

In China, high school students are required to study hard. If a high school student works part-time, it is only when the family is really poor, otherwise they will sell everything they have to make sure the child finishes school. And Li Yaoling's family is not short of money, so of course they don't need her to work part-time.

Lack of money would not allow her to study abroad.

"But today is just a temporary experience. You have to find a suitable job by yourself later."

She definitely couldn't work at Fanxing anymore. After all, the store manager mentioned that they already had enough staff and no longer needed long-term workers. Having Xiangzi was enough.

In the past, Hongxia and Liang would always help here, but today it just happened that both of them were preparing to perform on stage, so neither of them was here.

Xingge would say that she would take the initiative to take care of this matter, but she is currently struggling with the scheduling.

Scheduling is not as simple as staring at the computer and putting the band into the frame. Every time she makes an adjustment, she needs to call to confirm whether the other party has any problem. And once a problem occurs, she will have a headache thinking about how to adjust the class.

It’s really a headache!

"Sister Xingge seems to still be worried."

Li Yaoling secretly glanced at Yidi Chixingge who was about to fight with the computer not far away, and couldn't help but sigh that the job was not easy.

"It's normal. She doesn't have days without worry."

Amamiya Ren thought it was normal, as everyone who works in a livehouse would have this kind of trouble.

A band would perform two or three songs, then take a break for a few minutes before the next band came on stage. Basically, there were only five or six bands on stage every day.

It might be okay for a big livehouse, but for a smaller one like Fanxing, you really need to be concerned about it.

"A glass of mango juice, please."

"Okay, mango juice, please wait."

Amamiya Ren repeated the drink order of the guest who came over, and he immediately turned around to make it.

The workload of making beverages at Fanxing's side is not small. Since there is a mandatory beverage fee, every customer will come to buy drinks, so Amamiya Ren always looks busy.

Li Yaoling was helping out on the side. She couldn't complete the job independently now, and she still couldn't understand what these people were saying.

She learned Japanese and her Japanese level was N1, but it was useless. N1 did not mean that she could understand what people usually said. People spoke fast, and sometimes they would use slang, or they would not speak comprehensively. These problems also made Li Yaoling very uncomfortable.

Amamiya Ren asked her to stay here so that she could listen more and become more familiar with it. This kind of learning is more subtle and gradual, and she will learn it gradually.

When it comes to playing games, you are always a newbie at the beginning, but as time goes by, you become an expert. Now when you look back at yourself, you realize how ignorant and naive you were back then, just like Li Yaoling.

"But is it really okay for me to do this?"

Li Yaoling looked at Yu Gong Lian who was busy here, she felt like she was just watching and was not helping at all.

"Ah? Oh, it's okay. The work here isn't that tiring anyway, so it's enough if you can help out."

Amamiya Ren said as she gave it to a new customer, and then heard what drink another customer asked for.

Seeing Yu Gong working so skillfully, Li Yaoling couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Lian, are you good at this kind of work?"

"You get used to it after doing it many times, and it's not that difficult."

If you are just here to help customers make drinks, it is really not that difficult. You don't need to worry about other things, just make drinks, and you don't even need to collect the bills.

So it's just like playing a game, the customer states his or her request in front, and then you control the little man to fiddle with the beverage machine, prepare the drink and pass it to the other party. It's very relaxing and comfortable.

"So awesome~"

"With your personality, you'll be able to master it quickly. Don't feel any pressure."

The first hurdle for new employees in the service industry is whether they will feel pressured when facing customers. Some people who are introverted and not good at expressing themselves will find it difficult to work in this industry, such as a guitarist who is about to play in a box.

I don’t know why she is so timid. She is even timider than Takamatsu Deng.

It turns out that the general spirit of playing in a band is worrying.

"Okay, the show is about to start, let's go and watch it."

"Eh? Don't we need to stay here any longer?"

"Xiangzi will take care of everything here."

Once the show officially starts, not many people will come. At most, there will be some people who come just to watch a certain band's performance. After checking the tickets, Xiangzi can take them directly to get drinks. There is not much pressure.

Otherwise, why did Xingge only give one banknote? It was because there was no pressure. Yu Gonglian still gave the money in half to Li Yaoling.

Seeing her holding the 500-yen coin with a happy face, Amamiya Ren didn't bother to disturb her happiness.

“This is the band…”

Li Yaoling looked at the band on the stage performing hard, and stars flashed in her eyes.

Hmm...it has that krkrdkdk flavor.

"Very envious?"

"Ah."

Li Yaoling looked at the band and felt greatly relieved.

"actually……"

"Ok?"

"No, it's nothing."

Li Yaoling looked like she was worried. Seeing that she had no intention of continuing to talk, Yu Gong Lian simply stopped asking any more questions.

Everyone has their own worries and confusions. Everyone has them to a greater or lesser extent, it’s just a matter of size.

Li Yaoling also has her own worries, but she obviously doesn't want to talk about it now.

Amamiya Ren didn't ask, but just accompanied her to watch the band's performance.

At least... now she won't worry or be anxious, and just needs to enjoy the music.

One performance after another passed by, and soon it was time for the band to end its performance.

The lights came back on and everyone saw the four people on the stage.

All three of them looked normal, and were even wearing trendy clothes, but that mango box was the only one that looked so... eye-catching.

The moment she appeared on the stage, everyone's eyes turned to her.

What is this? Wow, it's a rock and roll thing! Are there people who are performing in a cardboard shell? It's too s--t!

"What's wrong, Xiaolian? Why don't you continue watching the show?"

"Let me laugh for a moment."

Amamiya Ren silently turned around, bent over and tried hard not to laugh out loud. The atmosphere was completely chaotic.

No, Yili, do you really want to play like this? It's really too much fun!

"Hello everyone! We are the Ending Band! Today we are going to play two cover songs, so stay tuned!"

Hong Xia, holding drumsticks, was speaking loudly into the microphone, but everyone's eyes were involuntarily directed to the shaking cardboard box next to them.

After all, this cardboard box that keeps shaking is really eye-catching!

Hongxia looked at Kita in front of her, Kita nodded at Hongxia, and then immediately started singing.

"My hidden thoughts have long been seen through, and it's raining hard inside."

With the opening of this line of lyrics, everyone began their own performances.

Inside the box, Yili was playing the guitar while marveling at the power of this song.

This was the first time she heard this song today. When she learned that it was composed by the boy who was as sunny as the sun, she marveled at his strength.

But when he thought of the other party's strength, Yili felt so weak.

She herself could see that she couldn't play at her usual level, and her performance was quite poor.

But...very happy.

Yili couldn't help but think in her heart that she was very happy because she felt so sincerely.

Unlike hiding in a corner playing guitar by herself on weekdays, she was really happy and really liked this feeling.

But can she really perform well on stage like this?

My performance was so bad, will they still be willing to play with me next time?

For a moment, her mood dropped again.

This feeling can be heard. Amamiya Ren can feel her emotional fluctuations just by listening to Ichiri's guitar sound.

"How does it feel?"

Yu Gong Lian asked Li Yaoling who had been listening nearby. As a listener, Li Yaoling also heard something.

“Very rough, very newbie.”

This is a difference that can be clearly felt by comparing the closing band with some of the previous bands.

Indeed, the band was too new, had very little rehearsal time, and was very immature.

"But... they seem very happy."

Li Yaoling added that in her eyes, the ending band was shining.

They were indeed bad at the game, but they were all very good at it. They had a lot of fun and were very happy.

So envious.

"Okay, now that they've finished playing, let's go backstage and take a look."

"Ah."

The band finished playing very quickly. They only played two songs, so it didn't take very long.

So Yu Gong Lian took Li Yaoling to the back to see what they were doing.

"Reimu Lu Dad Guilty [$ ⒌ Scar Flow ④ 〇 Wu ah ~ Too many mistakes ~"

As soon as she opened the door, Amamiya Ren saw Hongxia wiping her sweat with a towel and chatting with Liang about the performance.

The pink-haired girl in the cardboard box next to her had completely collapsed on the ground. Even so, she did not come out of the wrinkled cardboard box.

Kita was drinking water swiftly. As the lead singer, it was quite exhausting for her voice.

“The warm-up performance was also very poor.”