Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Coming out of Jersey Street just in time for lunch, the two of them had another lunch nearby, Le Zhen got into the car first, watched Gao Qiyin go around outside the cab, and knocked on his car window.He pushed down the car window and asked him, "Why don't you get in the car?"
Gao Qiyin replied, "Boss, please take a leave this afternoon."
"how?"
"I want to go home."
Le Zhen knew that it was probably because of what she said just now, so she nodded and reminded him: "Then you and Fu Ning should report to the police, and be careful on your own way."
"Well," Gao Qiyin nodded, "I know the boss."
Calculating carefully, Gao Qiyin hasn't been home for more than a year.
During the Chinese New Year the previous year, he went home to pay New Year's greetings, but they broke up again in an unhappy way. This year, he didn't bother to make troubles. He only sent a message to his parents and spent the New Year with the landlord's grandmother.
The keys at home have always been hung on the usual key rings. When I went home, I found that they could still be opened. It seems that the parents did not change the door locks to prevent him from going home.
However, after inserting the key, it turned around and opened, indicating that there is no lock.He thought it was because his parents forgot to lock it when they went out to work, and when he entered the room, there was a restaurant next to him. As soon as he stepped in, he saw his father Gao Jiaxun making coffee in the restaurant. When the other party looked up, the father and son took a direct look.
Gao Qiyin yelled "Dad", Gao Jiaxun hummed, ignored him, and poured coffee powder with his head down.
Gao Qi stood in the entrance without taking off his shoes, closed the door, and asked, "Dad, are you and Mom okay?"
Gao Jiaxun didn't ignore him, and said: "Now that you think about it, you still have parents. It's very good. If you fart, go away if you don't have anything to do."
Because Gao Qi changed his shoes, he found his own slippers from the shoe cabinet, took them out and put them on, and asked, "I sent you a message a while ago, did you receive it?"
Gao Jiaxun snorted disdainfully again, and said, "Don't bother us if the horoscope hasn't been written yet."
Gao Qiyin didn't answer any more, and went straight to Gao Jiaxun's study room. He used to enter his study room casually, so he was not polite.But I didn't find what I was looking for in the study, so I went to the master bedroom of the two of them to have a look, and there was nothing there.
Finally, he went back to his room, and when he opened the door, he found that none of the furniture inside had been touched.
The only thing that moved, or should I say too much, was a guitar on a low cabinet by the window.
Gao Qi didn't look at anything else, so he went straight to the window and opened the guitar bag. An acoustic guitar was lying inside. There were many small scratches on the panel, which must have been used for some years.
He plucked the string a few times and found that it was not out of tune.
This is Gao Jiaxun's guitar, and it is also the guitar he used when teaching him.
Gao Qiyin remembered that the guitar was kept in Gao Jiaxun's study last time. Since he left home, he thought that Gao Jiaxun would never touch the guitar again.
But now the guitar was tuned to the correct pitch and placed in his room.
He suddenly felt a little astringent in his heart, his Adam's apple moved up and down but he couldn't speak.He zipped up the guitar bag and carried it on his back.
Walking back to the restaurant, Gao Jiaxun was making coffee in circles with a freshly boiled kettle. He only looked up when he heard footsteps, and didn't say anything about the guitar on his back.
Walking to the porch, Gao Qiyin called again: "Dad."
Gao Jiaxun was doing his own thing, Gao Qiyin said: "I know you are listening, and I don't ask you to respond to me. I just want to say that since I signed the company, I will definitely make good achievements. The decision two years ago may have been wrong and immature, but I have no regrets."
After finishing speaking, he did not seem to be waiting for a response, so he opened the door and left.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Gao Jiaxun put down the kettle, took off his glasses, pinched the base of his nose, and murmured: "Stinky boy, don't leave without a cup of coffee made by Dad, now there is an extra cup."
Gao Qiyin directly replied to Leyin, took out the guitar and maintained it with the tools in the studio.
His dream started with this guitar, so it would be perfect to use it to write "Starting Station".
After listening to Le Zhen's words at the Changdao Bar in the morning, he already had the prototype of the remaining part in his mind. In the next period of time, he perfected the lyrics, added the prelude and interlude, and quickly completed the whole song.
After recording the demo tape, he sent it to Fu Ning and Tan Qing, and he also sent a copy to Le Zhen.
Because the album photos and the MV of the title song are all planned according to the style of the final song, Fu Ning first arranged these two shootings with the photographer and director in charge after getting his demo tape.
After Gao Qiyin wrote the last song, he also sent the demo tape to Tan Qing, and he also started to work on the arrangement.
On the day when the college entrance examination began, the whole city seemed to be shrouded in a tense atmosphere, and in this atmosphere, Gao Qiyin waited until Tan Qing returned home.
This Wednesday, Le Zhen was originally going to the head office, but he also came to have a meeting as a link between the two sides.
All the arrangements were put together, some songs were relatively few, and both of them only wrote one version, while Gao Qiyin alone composed four or five versions of some songs.
They listened to the songs one by one, and took the essence of their respective arrangements. Of course, the most important thing is to listen to Gao Qiyin's opinion. After all, as Tan Qing said at the beginning, this is his song, and he has the greatest say.
And when it came to the title song "The Departure Station", after the two listened to each version, they decided to use one of the versions edited by Gao Qiyin.
So, arranging music is really amazing. Ability is important, but if it is not suitable for a song, it will only become redundant.And when there are several perfect arrangements presented in front of you and listening to your ears, there may be one and only one, just like the shape of the bottom of the glass when you put it down at random, just snaps into the ring on the coaster, Great comfort.Just like that, this arrangement is the most suitable for this song, and the others are slightly inferior.
After the meeting was over, Le Zhen hurried back to the head office for the meeting and left first. Tan Qing didn't care at all, but after he left, he chatted with Gao Qiyin again.
"You are really better than I imagined, and now I am looking forward to your album more and more."
"Don't dare," Gao Qi was overwhelmed by flattery, "I still need to learn more from the teacher, and I have to hope that the teacher can give more guidance in the future."
Tan Qing smiled: "Le Zhen really picked up a good seedling."
Gao Qiyin closed the computer in front of him and asked Tan Qing, "Teacher, have you known the boss for a long time?"
Tan Qing seemed to recall the past as well, and said, "Yeah, since he was in high school, I met him at the Long Island Bar back then, and he was still a kid."
Gao Qi was a little hesitant as his fingertips rubbed against the surface of the computer. He didn't know whether he should ask, but he really wanted to know more about Le Zhen.He lowered his voice: "Then... do you also know that the boss had to give up music at that time?"
Tan Qing was a little surprised: "He even told you this?"
Because Gao Qi didn't know how to answer, he could only smile at him.
Tan Qing's tone seemed to be a little sad: "Those brats were young and frivolous back then, they managed to make a good band, and they would ask me if the music was good when they went to America. No matter how they arrange the music, I can be regarded as watching them grow up all the way."
He took off his glasses, wiped them with a cloth, and continued: "I remember they won some college original music award in the United States when they were in college. You also know that in the United States, music, especially rock, is ahead of the rest of the country. How much, they seem to be the first Asian band to win that award."
Although Gao Qiyin didn't know much about this award, he could hear how difficult it was to win it, but Le Zhen and the others got it, which showed their strength.
But in the end, before even experiencing the difficulties of the domestic industry, it was destroyed under the pressure of family and life.
Gao Qiyin lowered his head and pressed the edge of the computer, listening quietly.It seems that after listening to a few more words, he will be a little closer to Le Zhen.
Tan Qing probably also thought of this: "Actually, I also wanted to go and persuade his mother at that time, but he is the only son, and in the end he chose to take over the family's company. I also feel sorry for him."
There was silence for a while, and after a while, Gao Qiyin apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tan, for bringing up this topic."
Tan Qing smiled and waved to him: "There is nothing to be sorry about, I haven't recalled these past events for a long time."
The topic turned back to Gao Qiyin, Tan Qing said: "Qiyin, I believe in you, with this strength, you will definitely succeed."
The encouragement and trust from his respected teacher made Gao Qiyin feel great joy, which quietly overshadowed the sadness in his heart just now. He smiled: "Thank you teacher, I will work hard."
After this meeting, it will be the second week when Gao Qiyin sees Le Zhen again.
After chatting with Tan Qing that day, he understood better why Le Zhen would work hard as the boss of a real estate company and suddenly open a music company across borders.He is also more curious about Le Zhen's true strength. Although the previous performances in the livehouse will not be archived, but fortunately, the competition in the United States is open, and the competition officials will upload the competition videos of all players on the video website every year.Because Gao Qi asked Tan Qing the year when Le Zhen came to the competition and the name of their band, he searched the Internet after returning home that day.
The video from several years ago is not very clear now.But Le Zhen is the lead singer, standing in the middle is also the most conspicuous.
Of course he was conspicuous.Le Zhen, who was still a college student, looked much younger, and her complexion was darker than now.The hairstyle is not as neatly arranged every day as it is now, and it is much more casual.
The face of Le Zhen now has not changed much compared to that time, it is just that the eye sockets have become deeper over the years, and his face is deeper than that of ordinary Asians.But other than that, it's more about the change in his impression, now he is much more mature, Gao Qiyin thinks back, probably called it a role.
But this is the Le Zhen that Gao Qiyin has never seen before. He seems to be shining, even though it is now a few years away, and there is still an unreachable distance on and off the screen, even if he can go back at any time After watching it again, I still don't want to look away, and I don't want to move the mouse to destroy this beauty.
This is an outdoor venue like a music festival, several stages are going on at the same time, and many people gather in front of their stage.The camera occasionally showed the audience below for a second or two. It should be difficult for the audience at the end to see the performers on the stage clearly, but they were still emotionally driven by the atmosphere created by the band, waving their hands heartily to the rhythm of the drums.
Singer Le Zhen is really dazzling, Gao Qiyin thought.
Looking at Le Zhen's previous achievements, he understood Tan Qing's regret.A person like Le Zhen should be more suitable than him on the stage, more suitable for composing music and lyrics with a pen freely, more suitable for holding a guitar and a microphone, instead of wearing a serious suit and sitting in the top office. Take an expensive pen to sign each contract.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt unwilling. Although it was not his own personal experience, he still felt sorry for Le Zhen.
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