Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 195 "Fragrance"

Yu Dongqing sighed softly.

"Brother, I will give you your 8000 yuan rent as soon as possible after I leave the hospital." Guo Xin said again.

"Don't worry, take care of your body first." Yu Dongqing comforted her and couldn't help asking nonsense: "Aren't you a resident singer? Why are you drinking so much wine?"

There was a bitterness on Guo Xin's face, she turned her head and looked at the blooming roses again, and said quietly: "Brother, here is a story, would you like to hear it?" "

Yu Dongqing had no choice but to nod, and sat on the bench beside her.

"You know I'm from Chongqing. My dream is to be a singer. I came to Yanjing after graduating from university."

"I remember when I stood on the bar stage for the first time, I was very stage fright. I was so nervous that I was sweating wildly and even trembling slightly."

Guo Xin recalled when he first became a bar singer, and couldn't help laughing, as if he wanted to use the current ease to appease the timid self in the past.

"Normal, it's the same when I was on stage for the first time." Yu Dongqing interjected.

Guo Xin looked at Yu Dongqing in surprise and continued. "I only get paid 100 yuan a day, which is about 3000 yuan a month. I need food, clothes, phone bills, water and electricity bills, and necessary cosmetics, so I often use them all in a month. If there is really no way, I will default on your rent. "

Speaking of which, Guo Xin smiled apologetically.

Yu Dongqing listened quietly and said nothing.

"Our bar often plays an oiran game." Guo Xin said again.

"Oiran?"

"It means that when listening to a singer singing in a bar, the audience can send flowers to the singer. A flower represents 100 yuan. The 100 yuan will be taken from the bar for 20 yuan in operating expenses, and the remaining 80 yuan will go to the singer. to the singer with the most flowers, the most popular bar singer."

"Last night, you were the oiran?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"Well, I'm very happy. It's the first time I've been singing as an oiran for so long. When I was about to end, a drunk guest wanted to pull her to drink with me."

"Does the bar owner care?" Yu Dongqing asked with a frown.

"The boss is in charge. He quickly stopped the guest, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry, the singers in our bar don't drink with us. "

Unexpectedly, the guest smiled: "Not to accompany the wine? Hehe. Shall I give the money to the head office?"

"In order to scare him away, the boss directly quoted 1000 yuan for a cup! Unexpectedly, as soon as the boss finished speaking, the guest unzipped the zipper of his handbag and took out a thick wad of banknotes from it.

"You must count your words, obediently give me a drink!"

"Did you just drink it?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"What can I do if I don't drink? Besides, I really need money." Guo Xin said in a low voice.

"I drank XO in a big cup. I drank four cups in one go. I usually don't touch alcohol. Now I drank so much. I couldn't take it anymore, so I ran into the bathroom and vomited. I felt my stomach was full. Spit it out, I really wanted to run away."

"Don't you dare?" Yu Dongqing said lightly.

"Well, I really don't dare. I'm afraid I'll be beaten. If I don't drink it already, it's equivalent to making fun of the guests, so I have to go back and drink again."

"What are the guests coming to the bar to play? Isn't it just for fun. And many people come here for the purpose of entertaining, and face is very important to them. If you offend them and let them lose face, you will definitely irritate the guests .In this case, they can do anything with alcohol."

"Normal." Yu Dongqing replied.

I have been in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years, what nasty things haven't I seen?

"I'm lucky. A girl I knew before worked as a singer in the same bar as me for a while. Originally, she could only earn 300 yuan a day. Suddenly she told me one day that she didn't have any money this month. How can I earn 15 yuan by going to work.”

Guo Xin paused at this point and looked at Yu Dongqing: "As for how she earned this money, brother. I think you understand."

Yu Dongqing nodded.

"In fact, looking back, it's pretty good now. I'm just a person who loves to sing. If I don't become a bar singer, my whole life has nothing to do with singing. I don't want that. Although I'm just an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary Grassroots singer, as long as I keep going, although I can’t see a bright future, I believe it’s just the darkness before the dawn, and everything will be fine in the future.”

Hearing the girl's words, Yu Dongqing couldn't help being a little moved.

"You must succeed!"

"Thank you." There was a sweet smile on the girl's pale face.

"I'll take you back when you leave the hospital tomorrow." Yu Dongqing said.

"No, no. Anyway, it's not far away. I'll go back by myself." Guo Xin hurriedly declined: "It's just rent, I guess I still owe you for a while."

"There's no rush about the rent. Get back to your health first. If your body is gone, everything will be gone." Yu Dongqing stood up after speaking.

"Well I don't drink anymore."

After chatting for a few more words, Yu Dongqing asked if there was anything else I needed to help, the girl smiled and refused, saying that you have helped me too much, enough.

Yu Dongqing didn't insist either, and left the garden after saying take care of her health, left the hospital gate and drove towards home.

The New Year is coming soon, and the streets are filled with festive atmosphere.

He remembered Guo Xin's words just now.

In the declining situation of the entire recording industry, being a bar singer has become a practical way out for many young people to pursue their musical dreams.

Every night when night falls, bar singers like Guo Xin will appear on time in Houhai, Sanlitun and other places in the imperial capital, and perform hard for the audience on the stage of a few square meters in the bar.With hoarse or sweet or vicissitudes or vigorous singing, they guard the music dream they have never given up.

Yes, dream.

Didn't you stick to your dream at the beginning?

Yu Dongqing didn't think about Guo Xin anymore.

No matter how hard or tiring you are, you have to go on the path you choose.

Two days later, this afternoon, Yu Dongqing got up after taking a nap and went shopping in the supermarket. She was about to prepare some New Year's goods for the New Year. The car just drove into an overpass near the North Second Ring Road, and suddenly saw a girl beside the sidewalk under the bridge. singing.

It's Guo Xin!
Wearing a down jacket, the girl's face was a little blue in the cold wind, with a microphone in front of her, playing and singing with a guitar.

Yu Dongqing hurriedly slowed down and pulled over, listening quietly.

This is the first time I heard Guo Xin sing, I didn't expect the girl to have a rare smoky voice.

But pedestrians are in a hurry, and people passing by occasionally glance at it, but no one stops to appreciate it.

The girl is still singing.

Yu Dongqing sat in the car and listened quietly for 10 minutes, then opened the door and walked towards Guo Xin.

Seeing that it was Yu Dongqing who came over, Guo Xin was a little surprised and thought he was collecting the rent again, so he hurriedly said, "Brother, I will pay the rent in a few days."

"Is there a pen and paper?" Yu Dongqing interrupted her.

"Yes, yes." Guo Xin didn't quite understand what he meant, but still took out a small notebook from his satchel.

Yu Dong took it, knelt down on his knees, and began to scribble. Guo Xin looked at it curiously.

is a song!

It didn't take long for Yu Dongqing to write it and hand it to her.

"You try to sing this. And this address, if you are willing to find a woman named Luo Yun in Jingyuan after the Chinese New Year." After speaking, Yu Dongqing turned and left.

Guo Xin looked at it seriously with a small notebook, and hummed while playing the guitar, tears streaming down unconsciously:

dust off
don't get your eyes dirty

maybe

Talking and laughing, you have already forgotten
And I'm in a state of desperation
Already full of vicissitudes

Missing takes time

Take it easy
"Fragrance"

　Thanks to Chi Yufei and other monthly tickets.

　　PS, today my wife and I went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a few days, so I am posting a manuscript to see if I can stick to it until I come back from the trip. Try my best. I wish you all a happy day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)