Entertaining Children

  Chapter 433 Sugar

  After boarding the plane and sitting down, Xiao Yao's seat happened to be near the window. He casually looked out of the plane's porthole. Xiao Yao happened to see a few porters carrying passengers' checked luggage. Although Xiao Yao didn't see the scene of "Let the luggage fly" again this time, these bellboys still reminded Xiao Yao of his broken guitar.

  The night when he arrived in New York, Xiao Yao sent a complaint email to the airline. Later, because of Sun Tingting’s case, Xiao Yao never cared about it. Now I saw these bellboys and thought of his destroyed guitar. Before the plane took off, Xiao Yao took out his mobile phone and opened his mailbox to check the mail.

  The complaint email got a reply. It's just that the content of the airline's reply, unsurprisingly, made Xiao Yao dissatisfied. In the mail, the airline directly transferred the responsibility to the ground crew at London Airport. However, according to Xiao Yao's understanding, the porter at the London airport is also an employee of the airline, not an employee of the airport. Xiao Yao has already begun to feel a bit of "kick the ball". In desperation, Xiao Yao had to continue to write complaint emails, and at the same time sent them to the London airport and airlines that were connecting, waiting for a reply.

  When Xiao Yao came to the United States this time, he took two flights because of a connecting flight. As a result, the passengers on the plane had a sudden illness, and on the other, there were incidents of prisoner robbery. It was not very peaceful. During the third flight, no accidents happened. The plane took off from New York and landed in Los Angeles. It arrived very smoothly.

  After coming out of the Los Angeles airport, Xiao Yao took Sun Tingting to rent a car at the airport car rental office. The driver's license he obtained urgently during the summer vacation and the international driver's license he obtained finally came into use.

  In one year as an international exchange student, Xiao Yao came to Los Angeles not a few times, but not a lot, and every time he came was almost work-related. Recordings of my own band, helping the "Daydream" band to warm up their concert in Los Angeles, participating in the Oscars, and participating in the National Street Dance Competition with the Torrent Dance Group. It seems that they have not come purely for fun. But even so, Xiao Yao also has a considerable degree of understanding of Los Angeles.

Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting had fun in Los Angeles for two days, the Avenue of Stars, Huaxia Theater, Los Angeles Art Museum, Getty Center, and of course Disneyland and Disney Concert Hall. Both of these famous attractions in Los Angeles visited until On the third day, the two people set off for departure.

  On the third day, Xiao Yao drove Sun Tingting from Los Angeles to Calabasas.

  After arriving in Calabasas, the first stop of the two went to Xiqiao Middle School where Xiao Yao had studied. Xiqiao Middle School is also in summer vacation. There are no people in the school, but there are still no restrictions on entry and exit. Xiao Yao took Sun Tingting around the school carefully, and it can be regarded as an aftertaste of the study and life here last year.

  Then I went to the "buy more" supermarket where Xiao Yao once worked. Over the past year, almost half of the employees in the supermarket have changed, and many people don't even know Xiao Yao. However, the boss did not change, and it was the old Robert who was still working hard. But the old Robert is not in the store. Apart from Zhou Jingyi, Xiao Yao is not very familiar with the other employees in the store. After a year, many people don't remember Xiao Yao, the Chinese kid who used to work here. So Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting just walked around the store roughly, bought a few items and left.

  The last stop is Smith's house. Taking advantage of the summer vacation, Dean made an appointment to travel to Texas with Mike and George. They were not at home, and Sammy had not yet returned home. So Xiao Yao only met Mrs. Smith and the little girl Irene.

  For Xiao Yao’s arrival, Mrs. Smith seemed very happy, and she was also very enthusiastic about the girlfriend Sun Tingting brought by Xiao Yao. Not only enthusiastically stayed the two for dinner, but also generously asked them to stay at home for one night. Just as their family had promised, the attic room Xiao Yao lived in last year remained the same. Except for occasionally going in to clean it, it basically didn't move much.

  If Xiao Yao came alone, he would really like to stay in that room for another night, but with Sun Tingting, it would not seem embarrassing for the two of them to squeeze on the single bed. Although Samien and Dean are not at home, it is obviously inappropriate to let Xiao Yao live in Dean's room or let Sun Tingting live in Samien's room. So the two of them just ate dinner at Smith's house, chatted with Mrs. Smith, and took Sun Tingting to the attic room where Xiao Yao lived. Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting left.

  It was already night when the two left from Smith's house. After staying in a hotel in Calabasas for one night, they left Calabasas the next day.

  When returning to Los Angeles from Calabasas, Xiao Yao took Sun Tingting to visit Keith Craig and Betty Belet who live in Beverly Hills. When Sun Tingting was suspected of murder and was taken away by the police, Keith Craig had introduced a lawyer to Xiao Yao. Sun Tingting is okay now. The lawyer can pay according to the standard. But for Keith Craig who introduced the lawyer, Xiao Yao feels that he still has to go and thank him in person.

   When the two arrived at Keith’s villa, not only the couple were there, but even Xiao Yao had not seen it before, and their nine-year-old child was also at home.

   After meeting, Xiao Yao first introduced the couple and Sun Tingting to each other, and then thanked Keith Craig for helping him contact the lawyer. Keith Craig naturally said that you are welcome.

   Xiao Yao had promised Keith Craig on the phone that he would thank him with a bottle of Chinese wine and a song. This time, Xiao Yao didn't have any wine in his hand, so he told Keith that he would send him the wine after he returned to China. There was a wine shop in the hutong where his grandfather lived. Xiao Yao did not sneak into the wine shop when he was a child. The owner of the wine shop who had been in the neighborhood for decades with Xiao Chengru also liked Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao consciously got a bottle of good wine from the old man and it was not a big problem.

  Keith Craig himself is not a heavy drinker, but he is still a good drinker, and Americans love handmade products more than those on the factory assembly line. Hearing Xiao Yao said that he could get him a bottle of traditional Chinese liquor that had been hand-brewed by a brewer for decades and had been handcrafted for more than ten years. Those polite refusal words suddenly became unspeakable.

  In addition to wine, Xiao Yao also promised to give Keith Craig a song. At that time, Xiao Yao was in a state of anxiety and excitement when he called. At this time, looking back and thinking about this condition, he seemed a bit arrogant. Keith Craig is also a creative musician himself. His band has been booming in the United States longer than Xiao Yao’s debut. The championship singles on the bulletin board have reached double digits. Xiao Yao said What do you say that your song must be appreciated by others?

  Fortunately, what Xiao Yao said at the time was only to thank them with a song, and did not say that it was for the band "Daydream". Given that the "Immortals" band is already a band under Keith, and this band was only on the Oscar stage because of Xiao Yao’s song, Xiao Yao told Keith Craig what he said on the phone. A song is for "Immortals", ask him if he has plans to release a new song for "Immortals" recently.

It’s the summer vacation, and the band members are all students. Considering that three of them are going to college from high school this year, this summer vacation is of special significance. Keith Craig will only give them a month of practice. On vacation. Now three of them are in Texas, one is in New York, and all of them are traveling outside. How can there be plans to give them a new song recently? At least they have to wait after their holidays are over. But I heard that Xiao Yao had a song for them, and Keith Craig did not let it go. After all, the score of "IMMORTALS" was there, and speaking of it, Xiao Yao did not officially quit the band. It was still a band. One member.

   Xiao Yao consciously shouldn't just say that he should write a song for "Daydream", and put the song on the head of the "Immortals" band. Unexpectedly, Keith Craig took the initiative to ask Xiao Yao to start a song.

"Young, I know you are very talented in music." After talking about the "Immortals" song, Keith Craig proactively said to Xiao Yao, "The song you wrote for "Immortals", we "white Daydream "Naturally won't grab it, but I have a problem now, I don't know if you can help."

   "What problem? Is it related to music?" Xiao Yao asked curiously. Even if he didn't help introduce the lawyer, Xiao Yao would definitely help if he was able to help, based on the friendship between the two. Just as Xiao Yao didn't talk too much about alcohol, songs, and other things, Keith Craig would still be very enthusiastic about introducing lawyers to Xiao Yao.

"It's like this," Keith Craig began to introduce, "I have a good friend, and a good friend of his will get married tomorrow. In order to surprise his good friend, he wants to ask our band as a mystery. The guest went to perform at the wedding of his good friend. My friend and his friend are not in the entertainment industry, but pure help between friends. I and the band members have no problem with this."

"The problem is that we are a rock band. There is no song suitable for weddings. Sweet love songs are not the type I am good at creating." Keith Craig continued, "Since you are here, I want to know. Do you have suitable wedding occasions and songs suitable for band performances that you can provide us?"

  "Can't you sing songs from other bands?" Xiao Yao asked, "There should be a lot of love songs suitable for bands, right?"

"This is my last choice," Keith Craig said. "This friend is my best friend in college. I want to do more for him and sing a special song for his friend. It can reflect the specialness of the new couple, and it seems that I am more attentive."

   "Do you mean you want me to write a new song for you?" Xiao Yao confirmed.

"Yes, it's best if it's a new song that hasn't been released." Keith Craig nodded, "If the song is suitable, I will buy the commercial copyright of this song at the market price, and I will put it on the album in the future. When it’s released, your name will be written on the songwriter."

"I won't say anything about the price, just take it as my thanks to you for introducing the lawyer." Xiao Yao waved his hand, "You said the wedding will be tomorrow, and the rehearsal time... half a day of practicing a song is enough. Anyway, it’s a live performance on a private occasion, not in the studio for recording. Okay, I promise you."

   "Do you really have one?" Keith Craig said happily, "Is it a previous work? How long will it take? Don't tell me you start writing now."

   "Anyway, it is a song that no one has heard before." Xiao Yao smiled, "Give me half an hour, let's go to your music room?"

   "Okay, follow me upstairs." Keith Craig immediately stood up and said.

  Seeing that there is hope of solving her husband’s troubles, Betty Belet on the side is also very happy. Seeing that Xiao Yao and Keith Craig were going to the music room, they took the initiative to take care of Sun Tingting and said to Sun Tingting with a smile: "Tiana, they guys are going to write songs. Why don't I take you shopping? Well, Beverly Hills has many boutiques of first-class brands."

   "No need," Sun Tingting shook her head and looked at Keith Craig, "If I can, I would also like to see what Yang wrote about wedding songs."

"I forgot to introduce it just now," Xiao Yao said with a smile. "My girlfriend is also a student of music. She is now a student at the Chambers Conservatory of Music, and her major is violin playing. Although she studies classical music, she is also good at pop music. know it well."

   "Chambers? I didn't expect your girlfriend to be so good." Keith Craig said with a thumbs up, "In that case, let's go together. Betty, are you coming?"

"Okay, let's go together." In fact, Betty Belet also watched Keith Craig play the piano and sing at home. Just now, she only suggested to go shopping because she was afraid that Sun Tingting was bored. Since Sun Tingting is also learning music , Then everyone should go and listen to the new song Xiao Yao wrote for the "Daydream" band.

  After everyone arrived in the music room upstairs, Xiao Yao picked up a guitar and sat on a chair, erected a music stand in front of him, put a pen and paper, and memorized while playing and singing.

  Speaking of rock band singing at the wedding, the first thing Xiao Yao remembered was the song "Sugar" sung by Maroon5 in his previous life. Maroon5 was originally a rock band. The plot of this song's MV is that the band will raid various wedding scenes, so this song is undoubtedly a very good one to meet Keith Craig's requirements. It's just that this song is not the one that Xiao Yao has listened to the most in his previous life, and the impression is not particularly deep, so it is necessary to write lyrics and music while playing and remembering.

  (End of this chapter)