Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

"Manager, you're just standing guard here at the coffee shop to slack off, right?" Qingchuan Xiang looked at Rinrinko's expression. "Hailing and I are customers after all. If you want to chat with customers, you should at least put on a good spirit."

"Hehe, Xiao Xiang Hailing and I are also acquaintances and friends. Why don't we form a band--" Miss Rinrinko joked lightly.

"Ah, I'm truly honored. But what instrument does the manager play, and how good is he?"

Even the cool Hailing laughed, as if the gloom that flashed across her eyes after hearing Qingchuan Xiang's question was just an illusion.

"Oh, don't take it seriously. Manager, I've been neglecting practice for a long time. I can't even tell how much muscle memory I still have."

All three of them laughed simultaneously. It wasn't a polite smile meant to please the crowd, but rather a genuine three-person drinking buddy chatting away at the bar. Qingchuan Xiang even picked up his drink and gently clinked his glasses with the other two. The crisp sound drew the staff in the office to peer in.

"Sister Rinrinzi, you actually hid a drink for yourself behind the bar, so you really are here to slack off! I don't believe that this drink you gave yourself wasn't free!"

“Hehe, this is…”

"The rights of the store manager."

"Xiao Hailing, you are quite good at answering."

The three of them each took a sip, and it really felt like they were hanging out in a bar. Fortunately, there were no other passers-by in the coffee shop.

"However," Hailing took a sip of coffee and continued the previous topic, "I have indeed thought about officially joining a band."

"Yeah, a band you can truly fit in with can create a lot of—a lot of interesting memories together. I speak from experience." Rinrinko pointed a finger at Hailing, her face full of emotion, as if she too had a band life like this to reminisce about. "Although it's a bit difficult, there are bands where everyone from completely different places can finally come together."

"That sounds quite romantic."

"And there's no need to really ask people from all over the world to be together. As long as they're not the only stranger in the opposing group we just mentioned, Xiao Hailing will be able to fit in easily."

"But unfortunately, this situation is very rare. At least I haven't seen it in the more than 20 bands I've been to so far."

The scene suddenly fell silent again. After taking another sip of coffee, Hailing said to Qingchuan Xiang, "Maybe Qingchuan-san, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Ask me?"

"Well, although we haven't been together for a long time, the impression you give me is that you have all kinds of ideas." Hailing looked at Qingchuan Xiang with a smile. This person is obviously Li Xi's good friend but he is completely different.

This refers to the ability to praise others very frankly. If nothing unexpected happens, Hailing should be the same way with Lixi, so why hasn't Lixi learned even a little bit?

Qingchuan Xiang first secretly criticized the arrogant Li Xi, and then considered Hailing's situation. In fact, Hailing's asking at this time just happened to suit her wishes...

"I want to ask Hailing a question first."

"Yeah." Hailing raised her head slightly.

"Actually, if Hailing really wants to join a band, even if she's an 'outsider' at first, I think with her abilities she should be able to easily win the favor of her teammates." Qingchuan Xiang winked at Hailing. "After all, even though we've only met a few times, Hailing always dresses so coolly, yet makes people feel very approachable. I don't think there's any band that Hailing has helped that wouldn't be tempted to invite you to join.

"Regarding the selection of the band, do you have any other requirements?"

"Requirements..." Hailing thought for a moment, "I've never agreed to other people's invitations, and it's not entirely because the requirements are high. I just want to be more cautious in choosing a band."

"It sounds like Hailing is the type to be in a band for life..."

"Haha, that's too exaggerated. But I do hope that the band I join will be a place I'll never forget." Hailing continued, "If I really have any requirements, it's that my teammates are better. I also hope that the bass skills I've practiced so hard can be matched by other instruments on stage."

When talking about her bass, Hailing looked very confident and glanced at the bass box beside her.

"I see, that's how it is." Miss Rinrinko looked at Hailing and nodded. "Hailing is indeed the type who has a passion for music. I guess she can't help but immerse herself completely in the strings when she goes on stage."

"Just a higher level of skill? That's not a problem at all." Qingchuan Xiang looked at Hailing and said seriously, "Then Hailing, I have an idea. It should be a very good proposal for you."

Chapter 328 The Galaxy Battleship started with a screw

"Tell me?"

Hailing raised her eyebrows. Since Qingchuan Xiang was so confident that it was a good suggestion after listening to her request, she was indeed very interested.

"But let me make this clear first," it was Qingchuan Xiang who said at this time, "I just know a few people who are very interested in forming a band, and they are all technically decent candidates, but the band itself is still unfinished..."

"Is that so?" Hai Ling was not disappointed after hearing Qingchuan Xiang's words. "It's okay. Tell me. I won't lose anything by understanding."

Hachiman Kailing is very patient, whether she is practicing bass, waiting for some fool to come to her senses and invite her to form a band, or playing her role as bassist in every band that hires her, she is very patient.

Now that she can get a new possibility from Qingchuan Xiang, she naturally would not want to miss it.

After all, a key to being patient is being able to control your mindset and not let your expectations or disappointments slip away. Just like when Hailing learned that Lixi and her band were getting better and better, and that her chances of being invited to play with Lixi were getting smaller and smaller, she didn't feel disappointed, but was genuinely happy for Lixi.

And she herself will not give up her love for the band because of this.

Qingchuan Xiang's second drink was delivered at this time. Xiang quickly finished the first drink, moistened his mouth and tongue, and then began to introduce each one to Hailing.

........................

"Xiangzi! Go have dinner first!"

"Ok!"

Xiangzi loosened his collar and turned on the air conditioner in the bookstore early. In the gradually colder weather, the warm and comfortable environment, coupled with a space for rest and reading, has also become an important way for the bookstore to attract customers.

However, Xiangzi himself seemed to have not yet adapted to the temperature in the study. Some sweat had already appeared on the skin under his clothes, sticking the two together and making him feel a little stuffy.

Maybe there are too many people in the bookstore today... I need to ask the store manager if the ventilation problem in the bookstore can be solved. I'm not the only one who feels uncomfortable with this problem.

Xiangzi carefully kept this idea in mind and did not take off his outer clothes just because he was sweating. After pushing the door to open the lounge, he was immediately overwhelmed by the coldness, which was different from the warmth in the study.

The lounge has an independent air conditioner, but most of the time it's empty, so it's not necessary to turn it on in advance to waste electricity. However, the only times you go into the lounge are to eat, change clothes, store things, etc., and turning on the air conditioner every time still feels a bit wasteful, so Manager Yu bought a new item and placed it in the lounge -

A heating lamp that looks like a short standing fan.

It may not look very attractive, but when it lights up the scorching sun lamp, you may even get burned if you get too close to it. It is definitely enough to solve the short-term warmth problem.

After moving the heating lamp to the table and turning it on, Xiangzi began to eat the lunch box he bought from the supermarket today.

Now she would not buy those cheap bento boxes that were about to expire, but the reason she still chose bento boxes was still the price. Even the so-called "high-end" bento boxes were much cheaper than ordering takeout. After carefully considering the taste, nutrition and other aspects, Xiangzi still chose the supermarket bento box.

Xiangzi's meal preparation time was definitely short. Simply because she didn't use her phone or other tasks while eating, her meal time was much shorter than others. However, today was different from the past. After finishing her lunch, she didn't immediately return to work.

Today Xiangzi plans to think carefully about the future.

The last time Ms. Shu brought Xiao Mu to the bookstore, Mu told her that Xiao Xiang had arranged a job for her father at VA-11 without her knowledge, and pointed out the fact that he had actually been standing still. Xiangzi was already a little uneasy about his current situation.

She truly experienced the feeling of being "boiled like a frog in warm water" as Xiaoxiang's ex-girlfriend had described, a gentle paradise like a winter hot spring...

And the worst part was, Xiangzi was well aware of Xiaoxiang's inner obsession: her aversion to stagnation. If, without Xiaomu's warning, he had truly become enmeshed in the gentle world Xiaoxiang had created, and ultimately found Xiaoxiang bored... that would have been a truly awful joke.

If you think about it this way, it is quite difficult to get along with Xiaoxiang. On the one hand, you will be attracted by Xiaoxiang's characteristics, but on the other hand, you will inevitably solidify your mentality and indulge in getting along with Xiaoxiang.

Fortunately, Xiangzi has not reached that point yet, and she has to thank Xiaomu for that.

So today, Xiangzi no longer planned to just think about her so-called expectations for the future in her mind, she wanted to make some actual preparations for the future.

Since they were going to form a band, the first step was to think clearly about the composition of the team.

Xiangzi took out an unused notebook from his schoolbag in the lounge and started writing and drawing on it.

First of all, as a keyboardist, he would undoubtedly be the leader of the band. Then, for other vacancies, Xiangzi's first choice was naturally Qingchuan Xiang. Strength, appearance, popularity, team atmosphere... No matter from which aspect, Xiao Xiang was an absolute top talent. Even if he didn't have a relationship with Xiao Xiang, Xiangzi would definitely consider whether he could bring her in.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Xiangzi did not rush to write Qingchuan Xiang's name.

Although I've thought about it before, I'll definitely try to get Xiaoxiang from Sushi's band in the future... By the way, haven't they chosen a band name yet? Every time Xiangzi thinks about that band, he freezes and can only refer to it as someone's band, which is too inconvenient.

Xiangzi also had a few conversations with Aine, and was a little puzzled as to why there was no official name for the band even though Aine was definitely keen on naming it.

It is likely that he was "suppressed" by Li Xi's pragmatism.

Anyway, back to the point, Xiangzi couldn't guarantee that he could recruit Xiaoxiang anytime soon. Xiaoxiang's own opinion was the easiest to get through, but others would definitely try to stop him. Xiangzi couldn't just postpone the band's debut for this reason.

After thinking it over again and again, Xiangzi wrote Xiaoxiang's name first and filled in "any" in the position column.

Then I considered my childhood sweetheart Xiao Mu and my childhood friend Chu Hua, who I recently met by chance. Both of them have good guitar skills, and Chu Hua can also directly serve as the lead singer.

However, these two also need to overcome some difficulties before they can be recruited into the band. The former is Xiao Mu's family, and the latter is the more realistic interests of the agency...

After all, I am just an ordinary person. How can I convince those people?

Xiangzi fell into deep thought.

Chapter 329 Collecting Screws

Xiangzi didn't think about it for too long and wrote Xiaomu and Chuhua's names in the notebook first. It was not because he had a complete way to get these two people into the band, but because he had thought it through that if he wanted to establish a professional band, no matter who he wanted to recruit, he would need to be persuaded.

After all, this is not just a playing band for ordinary students to have fun. If he keeps thinking like this, Xiangzi will not have to write anyone's name in this notebook in the end.

So Xiangzi simply wrote down the candidates he had already prepared in his notebook.

As for the remaining positions... drummer and bassist are absolutely indispensable. Xiangzi is very clear about this. Not to mention a good band, as long as it is a normal band, there should be a place for these two.

Unfortunately, the drummer and bassist that Xiangzi was familiar with and had pretty good skills were Li Xi and Su Shi.

There's no need to say much about Lixi. He's already quite talented, and he's also very disciplined, with the ability to be ruthless and work extremely hard. When they were in CRYCHIC, Xiangzi always felt that Lixi's drums were very powerful. However, he never had the chance to express this to Lixi in person before a series of events happened and he left the group...

Sushi was originally invited by Xiangzi himself, and Riki was recommended by her sister, Maki, when she herself approached him. Sushi was a good double bass player; Xiangzi had chosen her based on her impressive performance at a music festival. After switching to bass, Sushi did reach a decent level, and if she could work harder and not reach the same level as Riki, she could definitely reach a higher level.

However, no matter how these two people are, Xiangzi naturally cannot consider their possibility now.

Xiangzi tapped the pen in his hand unconsciously on the table. The sound seemed to reflect the progress of his thinking, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Speaking of which, there seems to be a legend about a bass mercenary in RiNG? Xiangzi suddenly remembered this: there was a guy who was obviously about the same age as everyone else, but he had extremely excellent bass skills. Like a lone wolf, although he wandered between bands and left his mark, he never had any intention of officially joining a band.

What a silly legend, Xiangzi grumbled quietly.

Maybe I should go to RiNG when I have time. Even if it’s not for this so-called Bess mercenary, it would definitely be easier to find possible teammates there than to imagine it here.

In fact, school is also a good place to find teammates, but my style has probably long made me become a strange and cold person in everyone's mind. Such a person suddenly said that he wanted to find teammates to form a band together. Thinking of the shocked looks he would most likely encounter, Xiangzi felt a headache.

It’s okay. Compared to school, it’s definitely easier for RiNG as a livehouse to find candidates with better skills and who care more about the band... Xiangzi can only comfort himself in this way.

Xiangzi wrote the word "mercenary" in the notebook and marked it with "doubtful". In any case, this rumor was a direction.

If it really doesn't work, Xiangzi sighed. He also had a path that he didn't want to take so much. Relying on the connections of the Toyokawa family, he only needed to agree to return home or meet some other conditions. Then he would still be the Toyokawa Xiangzi. Whether it was the problem of Xiaomu Chuhua or finding other members needed by the band, it would not be a difficult task.

But this is definitely the last resort, otherwise "running away" from the Toyokawa family would be a joke.

Xiangzi waved his hands irritably, as if this could blow away the unpleasant thoughts. Next, he had to think about where to find a drummer.

But just like the bassist, I can only pay attention to collecting information in this regard and actively try to spread some recruitment information.

Xiangzi took out his phone to check the time, but saw a live broadcast notification on the lock screen: "The Miao Mengqin you follow has started a live broadcast, go quickly..."

Xiangzi blinked. This was the first time Miao Meng came to the bookstore to discuss whether they could collaborate. He thought that the new band might need the help of online media in the future, so he followed this young but popular self-media blogger and added him as a LINE friend.

Xiangzi has also watched Miao Mengqin's live broadcast several times. Although he doesn't know much about this, when Xiangzi feels that he is watching Miao Mengqin's live broadcast as a passerby or even a discerning person, but still feels that her live broadcast looks very comfortable, making him willing to stay in her live broadcast room and continue watching, he already understands that Miao Mengqin is at least capable in this regard.

Remembering the original purpose of adding Miao Mengqin, Xiangzi thought about it and directly clicked on her live broadcast. Then, to his surprise, Miao Mengqin was not sitting in front of a pile of cosmetics to make recommendations today, but holding drumsticks in both hands, beating the drums in a very pretentious manner.

Miao Mengqin...can you play drums?

Xiangzi frowned slightly, and his originally casual attitude immediately became serious. He automatically filtered out the sound of Miao Mengqin occasionally interacting with the audience and her exaggerated movements that were obviously intended to attract the audience, and looked at the process of Miao Meng playing the drums.

It wasn't superb, but Xiangzi was surprisingly skilled, completely unlike Miaomeng's claim during the livestream that she had only recently started learning to play drums. Furthermore, after taking a closer look at the movements, which Xiangzi initially thought were simply for show, he realized they weren't entirely for show. Instead, as long as they didn't interfere with the normal drumming, they formed a very flamboyant style.

"This is an unexpected gain..."

Xiangzi murmured to himself in surprise. He didn't expect to get news about the drummer so soon.

However, why did Miao Mengqin suddenly start live broadcasting his drumming?

Maybe this matter is insignificant, but Xiangzi still subconsciously discovered that something was wrong. Miao Mengqin is a beauty blogger, but suddenly she came across the drum set, which she had never been involved in before.

Xiangzi immediately opened Miao Meng's personal homepage and started clicking on each of her videos. If he remembered correctly, Miao Meng would always have a customary request for followers at the beginning and end of each video, and the number of followers she had at the time would be displayed in the video.

Xiangzi started watching the videos one by one, starting from the latest one, and then he easily discovered a pattern: the growth in the number of followers of Miao Mengqin's account had almost stagnated a few months ago, and even dropped several times in the middle, and the number of video views also had an obvious bottleneck.

So, Miao Mengqin hopes to gain new attention through transformation? Does she have a strong desire in this regard?

Xiangzi took note of this point. If she wanted to get Miao Mengqin into the band, this might be a very important point.

Chapter 330 Monthly Exam

Everything is moving forward steadily and getting better and better.

Whether it's the band, watching everyone become more proficient in their daily practice and prepare for the live, Xiao Mu watching the cucumbers grow vigorously in the Tsuki no Mori Gardening Club, Chu Hua, whose idol career is thriving and whose dream of becoming a band seems to be just around the corner, or Xiangzi, who has already started to take real action...

And on such a beautiful day, school exams suddenly popped up, teaching everyone a profound lesson: students still need to study hard.

"Wow... Xiao Deng's results are so terrible..."

In Class A, Aiyin leaned over to Xiaodeng's seat, looking at the report card spread out on the table. The meaning of the blindingly red numbers on it made her sweat.

“No, it’s just the monthly exam. There shouldn’t be a make-up exam, right?” Aine looked at Xiaodeng, whose face was becoming increasingly gloomy and uncomfortable, and hurriedly tried to comfort her. At the same time, she secretly gave the Red Light Trio on the other side a frantic look, asking any of them to help hide Aine’s report card. Although Aine has always been one of those “bad” people who likes to show off her grades to others after getting good grades, she also knew that this was not a good time to do such a thing.

Xiaolu went to help put Aine's report card into the drawer, Xiaohong was also comforting Deng, and Xiaohuang said:

"I wasn't in Haneda when Aine was in junior high school, so I don't know. But here, if we fail a quiz, we'll have to go through a semi-compulsory study session... And if we don't do well on a slightly larger exam like the monthly exam..."

There was no need for Xiao Huang to say anything more, as Aine already fully understood what she meant.

“Why is it semi-mandatory?”