Chapter 972 Red Ticket
The effect of this song is still very good. After the song was sung, the host came on stage and told two little jokes, and the atmosphere was restored immediately.
However, Guan Tingting discovered another problem. Brother Elbow still didn’t get a tip for this song.
Next, Guan Tingting took the stage and sang "Wings of Changing Hearts". This song was also very suitable for Guan Tingting's pure voice, especially the treble part. For a folk song master like Guan Tingting, it was simply easy and comfortable. It was pure and pure to the end. Only Zhou Zhi could tell that the little girl was perfunctory. This was her routine of opening her voice every morning, and no emotion was wasted in it.
However, the big guys in the audience couldn't hear this. They felt that the so-called "sound of nature" was just that, so they took action again.
Zhou Zhi took the stage next, and finally it was his turn to sing the lyrical song "carelesswhisper", which was much less difficult than the previous two songs.
However, this song had a lot of success. Zhou Zhi also received several flower baskets and a bunch of bouquets, even surpassing Guan Tingting's first song "Seeing the Smoke Again".
Of course, this is not entirely the result of "carelesswhisper", but the bosses found that this kid is really working hard. The first two songs were very effective. However, they only focused on the end and forgot to give the poor kid something. Rewarded.
In addition, this song was indeed sung well, so the big guys also took action to give some "compensation".
The two foreigners who were enjoying rock and roll before seemed to be aroused by Zhou Zhi's nostalgia. Instead of purchasing flower baskets and bouquets, they directly gave each of them a fifty-dollar cash note.
After this song is sung, the place is over, but according to the usual practice, we can’t leave now. We need to get off the stage and chat with the fathers of the sponsors.
Drinking is often involved in this process. Guan Tingting was still young and thoughtful so she didn’t let her go, but she had to go and have fun anyway, especially the two foreigners who tipped fifty dollars.
The current black market exchange rate for U.S. knives is one to eight, which is equivalent to a tip of 400 per person. It also made Zhou Zhi’s tip the highest record for a single tonight. It can be said to be a generous sum.
I greeted and chatted with the guests all the way. When I arrived at the table of two foreigners, Zhou Zhi greeted them in proficient English: "Hi, hello. I especially need to thank the two gentlemen. If not You guys, that song "IHateMyselfForLovingYou" is amazing It won’t heat up so quickly.”
A foreigner stood up and greeted Zhou Zhi with his fist like a black man. Zhou Zhi also used his fist to catch his fist. The two played several tricks before they exchanged hands. He held it and laughed: "Zhou, your English is really good. Have you ever stayed abroad?"
"That's not true," Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "But I have a friend, she is from Cambridge."
"My name is Lewis, and his name is Ben." The foreigner did not wait for others to introduce him, and chirped to himself. He started talking: "This guy just cried when I listened to your "carelesswhisper"."
"This song is a bit old." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "George Michael was only ten at the time. When he was seven years old, he wrote about his secret love and his separation at the graduation prom. "The two gentlemen must be his same age, right? Maybe this story about his own high school is better than "" "Careless Whisper" is even more touching."
"Stop talking, Zhou." Lewis smiled: "If you keep talking, I will cry again."
"According to the custom of our country, Xiao Zhou, let me toast you two." A Chinese accompanying the guests said: "Both guests like you very much."
"I'm really sorry, I have to wait for a while. Driving back to school, drinking and driving is illegal It’s not legal.” Zhou Zhi first said it in Chinese, and then explained it to the two foreigners in English: “Welcome to China.”
The two foreigners waved their hands when they heard that they were going to drink. The wine culture in Shuzhong, China, is making quite a fuss.
Since the foreigners all shook their heads, the host in charge of the reception did not deliberately embarrass him: "Are you still a student, from Sichuan University?" "No, I am from Shu University. I was laughed at by the host just now for being too shady. That’s because I just completed military training.”
"Oh, actually this kind of skin color is very popular, but only you yellow people can easily achieve this effect, not us white people." Ben also picked up his mood, stood up and greeted Zhou Zhi: "Nice to meet you."< br>
“I’m very happy to meet you too.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “Today is my first time to perform. If there weren’t two Thank you all, especially thank you, for letting me stay here."
"Huh?" The two foreigners were a little surprised, because Zhou Zhi gave them something in his words. The sense of participation was fully arranged, so that they were very happy with this high-end complimenting method with Chinese characteristics, and they were so happy that their molars were exposed.
However, foreigners do not understand Chinese modesty. The two foreigners nodded happily: "We are very happy to help you."
After a few more greetings, Zhou Zhi and Guan Tingting went to the bar. , redeem today’s “red ticket”.
This is also the routine of nightclub performances today.
There are a number of flower baskets and bouquets. Guests need to pay and then present them to the performers. When the performance is over, these bouquets and flower baskets will be returned to the bar for registration, and then the next cycle will begin.
This is also the style of doing things today. Society has not evolved to the point of throwing money at people nakedly. It still needs to be expressed through this kind of covert and roundabout way with a little connotation.
Later on, this trick was learned from the self-media, and the biggest brother on the platform was actually still nothing new under the sun.
The only advantage is that the nightclub does not have a shady platform and does not take a commission from the performers' tips.
Giving money is such an "art", and the exchange cannot be rude. The performers are all gathered temporarily "I bet my youth on tomorrow", so the cash is cashed immediately after the performance on the same day.
But you can’t exchange it at the bar. Otherwise, when customers see it, they will think, “Those are my money.”
So you can only exchange the flower baskets and bouquets ordered at the bar into red receipts. The receipt is a red plastic sheet with no currency value on it, but a yellow circle or triangle.
The small ticket with a circular pattern represents a flower basket, worth one hundred yuan; the small ticket with a triangular pattern represents a bouquet, worth fifty yuan.
What you can get at the bar are small tickets like this. Then take these small tickets and go to the backstage financial room to actually exchange them for money.
But Zhou Zhi is a bit special this time. There are two US dollars among the pile of red tickets. The little girl at the bar has just been looking at it for a long time. Now she is looking at Zhou Zhi with envy and a sweet smile on her face: "Brother Elbow You are great. Not only do you accept US dollar tips, but you can also chat with foreigners casually——"
Guan Tingting had already redeemed the red ticket and was waiting for Zhou Zhi. When she saw the girl at the front desk like this, her face immediately became a little heavy. , take Zhou Zhi’s arm Zhou Zhi: "Brother, they're still waiting at Sister Fang's place. Hurry up."
"Oh okay," Zhou Zhi quickly picked out two triangular pieces from his red tickets and handed them to the girl at the front desk: " Thank you all for your hard work, this little thought I hope you can share it with me..."
Before she finished speaking, she was pulled away by Guan Tingting, and only a sweet message came from behind: "Thank you, brother elbow!"
(End of this chapter) )