Chapter 57 Karaoke
Zhou Zhi shrugged the big backpack on his back and looked at the map in his hand: "It's not far from the TV hostel here. How about we take a walk? I felt like I ate too much just now. "
"Okay. "
Then the two children walked on the streets of the Great Plains city, bearing the image of later generations of climbers carrying large backpacks.
In later generations, there were many people like this in Shudu, a category of travelers - "backpackers".
However, these days, it is rare for two children to look around leisurely while carrying large backpacks. People looking at the scenery make themselves become the scenery.
It took an hour to walk this way. Yang He had never been to such a big city, and Zhou Zhi had never seen the city of Shu when it was just starting to develop. The two of them had their own ambitions, but They all enjoyed watching it and didn’t feel tired from the journey.
Yang He used the soles of his feet to get a preliminary impression of the metropolis. He used to think that Jiachuan Chengguan Town was already the largest, but now it seems that it is only the length of two streets in Shudu.
When he arrived at the front desk of the guest house, Zhou Zhi used the front desk phone to dial Chi Xueli's pager.
The call came back in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Zhi picked it up: "Sister Chi, we are back and we are at the guest house."
"Oh, have you eaten?"
"Yes, we ate at the fire brigade classmate's place."
"Then just move in quickly. My sister is still working overtime. Let me know first. Good news for you, we have found what you want! I'm working on this episode."
"It's been hard, Sister Chi. How about we come over to accompany you?"
"No, no, you guys have a good rest. I'll pick you up tomorrow. , I promised you that I would take you around.”
"Thank you, Sister Chi."
"Give the phone to the front desk, and I'll talk to her."
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Now The guest house also has a welfare function for the unit. Zhou Zhi and the others stayed in a standard room with two beds, a coffee table, a writing desk, a sofa, and a bathroom.
The floor is covered with off-white carpet, which is actually not much different from the three-star standard rooms of later generations. However, there is no kettle for boiling water, and you have to bring a thermos bottle from the front desk.
There are no toothbrushes and disposable slippers, but the tea provided is good, and beer, drinks and snacks are free.
The showers at home today are really incomparable to those of later generations. The water is too small. The hot water used in the guest house is heated by a boiler. Zhou Zhi enjoyed a large-flow shower head here for the first time.
Zhou Zhi felt good, and Yang He even felt like he was in heaven.
After the two took a shower, changed their clothes, and watched TV for a while, Yang He asked: "Who played the TV so loudly?"
There was music coming from downstairs, and Zhou Zhi slapped his thigh: "I was feeling bored just now. Let's go and see something fun."
The two of them came to the second floor of the guest house. Opening the glass door with curtains, the music suddenly became louder.
This is a small ballroom, with a dance floor in the middle, a small workshop and a small stage at one end. There are two small TVs beside the stage, and a large projection cloth on the back wall.
At the other end are some small tables, and around the tables are round sofas.
The light ball was spinning above the dance floor, making the entire dance hall look bizarre.
There were people sitting on many sofas and tables, in twos and threes, and there were two couples of men and women dancing on the dance floor.
This is a "karaoke" dance hall that is absolutely rare today.
Karaoke is a product born with the digitization of video signals. It can easily cut songs and switch between vocal channels and music channels.
Not to mention the Jiachuan Manzhou, it is estimated that even the entire southwest and even Shu must be the top propaganda unit to be able to arrange it.
In the small workshop, a young man was wearing headphones and shaking his head. From time to time, he would put huge discs into a machine. There was a mixer in front of him, which was full of knobs.
"What is that?" Yang He asked looking at the big silver plate.
“That’s LD, which translates to laser disc. The laser signal of video music is engraved on it.”
“You really know everything, elbow.”
"Let's go, find a place to sit down first."
A beautiful girl came over, took some orders from several occupied tables, and finally came to Zhou Zhi and Yang He: "Two gentlemen... …Eh?”
The lights on the dance floor were dim, and as the little girl got closer, she saw clearly that the person sitting here was not a gentleman, but a young man.
"Hello, sister."
"Ah...what do you want to drink?"
"Sister, do you have Tianfu Coke?"
"Yes."
"Then let's get two bottles of Coke. We just arrived, let's write a song first."
Took a booklet from the table, took the pen on the table and wrote a few words: "This."
“Okay.”
This When the music ended, the voice of a young man in the small room came from the speaker: "Next, please invite the gentleman at table 2 to present "Ode to Coral" for everyone."
A fat middle-aged man at table 2 wearing glasses and running towards the stage with great interest.
Pictures began to appear on the large projection screen behind him.
The little girl came to Zhou Zhi's table and put down the Coke in the middle-aged glasses' rich folk singing. I'm from Sichuan. You can do it even if I tell you. Do you know, a county below Manzhou?"
"Really? I thought you were from Tianjin." The young lady speaks Mandarin very well, including the young man in the small DJ room. tarnish the reputation of the TV hostel.
"Then what are you here for? I see you are quite familiar with karaoke bars. Do you often play there?" "There is no such thing in Jiachuan yet, but it is in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies."
“Oh.” The young lady couldn’t remember any Hong Kong and Taiwan movies that had this.
“We are here to visit Sister Chi and ask her for help.”
“Sister Chi? Are you talking about Sister Xue Li?”
“Well, she I'm still working overtime, so let's come over and play." Zhou Zhi took a shot of insurance to avoid being kicked out as a minor.
"What is Sister Xue Li's relationship with you?"
"We met through an interview."
"Interviewing you?"
"It was mainly an interview with my grandmother. It’s just by the way.”
“I don’t believe it. It’s not open to the public, so it can’t be by the way.” The young lady is very smart.
So Zhou Zhi told the story about his interaction with Chi Xueli, letting the young lady know the whole story.
Zhou Zhi and Yang He have now changed their outfits inside and out. TEPCO's labor insurance is quite "trendy", Yang He is "clacky", and Zhou Zhi is wearing a denim casual suit, which is a bit "fashionable" "Beautiful boy" feeling.
The young lady was confused at first, but now she listened with great interest, and finally said: "So you are still a writer! No wonder!"
After a conversation, everyone became familiar with each other. , Zhou Zhi then asked: "Sister, are you the host? Why do you let the DJ lead the table?"
"If he likes to report, let him report. It's not a serious job anyway." The young lady even said He also nibbled on the melon seeds on Yang He's table.
"Sister, do you like singing? How about we sing a duet?"
"No, you have to sing first, and then I will sing with you if I like it."
Drink! You still have to be qualified!
A few songs passed during the chat, and then the young man’s voice sounded again: “Now, please invite the guests at table 8 to present “Flowers in the Water” to everyone.”
“ This song is mine!" Zhou Zhi stood up and said, "Yang, please accompany your sister while I go to sing."
In the upper left corner of the small TV screen, there are three words "PolyGram", which is now the largest record company in Hong Kong.
Sitting on a small high leather chair with a microphone, watching a video, the subtitles came up along with the prelude, but they were in traditional Chinese.
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh, it's true that wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The song that the little brother played for himself was indeed "Flowers in the Water", but it was the Cantonese version.
Zhou Zhi doesn’t believe that everyone here is not familiar with it. He just attended the Chinese version of “Flowers in the Water” during the Spring Festival Gala. Now most people are not familiar with the Cantonese version. I am just trying to trick people.
Turn around and look at the little brother in the small room. The little brother made an OK gesture through the glass wall, looking serious.
He sighed and sang along to the music.
“In this late night, I cannot sleep peacefully, I lie down looking at the sky and shed tears, letting the cold wind blow...”
As an important remnant of the ancient language, Cantonese has been studied by Zhou Zhi in the previous life.
Many of the lyrics of Cantonese songs are relatively quaint and have attracted thoughtful interest.
The singing ability was cultivated by Guan Tingting in her previous life. At that time, Guan Tingting was studying at the Conservatory of Music. Zhou Zhi was hanging out at the Conservatory of Music. Later, because of Guan Tingting's relationship, she worked in a nightclub for a period of time. Resident singing.
It's all about money.
In those days when music was at its peak, Guan Tingting could earn fifty for one song every night at two venues. She could earn two hundred net by playing two venues and four songs every night.
And this is not the main income, the main income is rewards.
A man like Zhou Zhi is in a worse situation, and the guests are not here to see the man. There are only twenty songs, and Guan Tingting got it from the boss for Zhou Zhi.
Rewards are even more rare. You can only get some by singing Jacky Cheung's "Li Xianglan" occasionally.
At that time, Zhou Zhi only knew how to imitate, but later he realized that singing must have his own style. If he blindly pursues similarity, he will actually fall behind.
Although "Flowers in the Water" is Alan Tam's famous song, due to the influence of style, there is still a bit of stubbornness and straight emotions in that Cantonese song.
So now the song "Flowers in the Water" has been replaced by Zhou Zhi with a soft and gentle singing, performed with a touch of nostalgia.
What is past is past, and what is cherished is still cherished.
As soon as the song came out, the entire karaoke hall, and the people who had been whispering at the table, all slowly fell silent.
These are two completely different styles, which makes people feel that they are two different songs from the original one!
This is personal understanding and style.
Because the current Sichuan people are not familiar with Cantonese, this change in style is particularly prominent when performed in Cantonese.
This song is a four-step song, which is a simple step in ballroom dancing. People came off the stage one after another. Even Yang He was forced into the dance floor by the young lady. His face was red and he was flexing his hands and feet. The young lady leads the dance.
"...However, let me see you, I don't want to avoid it many times, I am not afraid of wind and rain, but I just want to be drunk together..."
When the song ended, there was silence in the singing hall, followed by applause and cheers.
Put the microphone back next to the small TV and return to your desk carefully.
“You sing so well! Are you a professional?” the young lady said excitedly: “Your Cantonese is so correct! And it’s completely different from Alan Tam’s singing!”
Zhou Zhishen Take action: "My name is Zhou Zhi, I don't know your name yet."
The young lady stretched out her hand to shake it: "My name is Li Nan, I am an intern in Taili, I come to this karaoke bar just to make extra money. .”
After speaking, he picked up a pen and paper: "Can you sing "Blue Blood Heart"? And "Only Love Will Last"?"
Zhou Zhi nodded: "You can."
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