Chapter 18: Welcome Party
The welcome party started at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night and lasted until 10:00 p.m. The show lasted for two hours, so they still had enough time to prepare during the day.
They got together again in the morning to do the final rehearsal for this song, so as to avoid getting nervous and forgetting something on the stage, so it is definitely right to practice more.
In the afternoon, they need to prepare for the performance, mainly doing image management. At least their current appearance doesn't look like rock and roll on stage.
Now it is different from the past, the money in his pocket is enough for Ye Zishu, so he took two teammates to the best hair salon nearby to have their hair done.
In fact, in this era, many hairstyles are popular from the south or Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the eyes of modern people, they do have a certain sense of fashion.
But as a person who came from the 21st century, he felt a bit awkward no matter how he looked at it. When he went to the hairdresser and saw their various hairstyles, none of them satisfied him.
Having no other choice, he asked the shopkeeper to bring paper and pens, and personally designed a release that met his aesthetic requirements based on the faces and head shapes of the three of them, and even drew side and back views.
Then let Mr. Tony in the hairdressing shop do the hair directly according to the hairstyle drawn. It took two hours to do this, but after the styling, the temperament has indeed been improved by more than one level.
After seeing the effect, the hair salon was also amazed. The boss came out in person and wanted to use the three hairstyles he designed as promotional pictures in the store.
The price is that the three of them will be exempted from their fees. Ye Zishu readily agrees to this. Even if he disagrees with others, he still has no time to go to court with them.
After finishing his haircut, he took his two teammates to the best shopping district in the capital and bought costumes for the performances for the two teammates.
In addition to buying a set of costumes for the performance, he also bought some clothes for daily wear. After all, the clothes he brought at home are a bit behind.
It cost a total of 800 yuan to buy clothes, which is a huge sum of money in this era. He also paid for the clothes of the two teammates, and it was regarded as their reward for assisting in the performance.
Back at school, it was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon. After the three of them had a hasty dinner, they rushed to the preparatory office for the welcome party, where they made final preparations.
According to the schedule of the program, their program was ranked last as the grand finale.
Because the people in the preparatory office of this song felt that the effect was very good after reading it, so they temporarily changed the order.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the freshmen had arrived at the performance venue one after another, and some students from other grades were mixed in, but no one drove them out.
When the auditorium was full, the time finally came to eight o'clock. Two hosts, a man and a woman, who spoke very standard Mandarin, came to the stage and made their opening remarks.
The first program was a set of dances prepared by the senior students majoring in foreign languages. Ye Zishu and the others were in the background, and they couldn't see the effect. Anyway, the applause kept coming and going.
A total of 12 programs were prepared for the party, and each program was about 10 minutes long. He sat in the background by himself, wanting to sleep even if he was bored, but doing so might be misunderstood.
Finally got his show, and with the help of the staff, he lifted the instrument to the stage, then the lights dimmed, and they took their positions.
A light came on in the darkness, illuminating his position from top to bottom. At this moment, Ye Zishu played a personal solo with his electric guitar in his arms.
This solo is purely for showing off skills, and it is not necessary in the whole song, but doing it on stage can boost the enthusiasm of the audience and make the stage effect full.
His solo really surprised many people. The audience, who were sitting quietly in their seats, stood up directly under the leadership of some people and danced according to the solo music.
The scene suddenly turned into a sea of joy, and some bold freshmen even began to scream harshly. The scene looked much more chaotic than before.
At the end of a solo, the bass player took over and started to play the intro of the song, and then he and the bass player played together, and the middle drummer began to join in.
This version is different from the previous version. He himself made some changes according to the needs of the stage, so that the bass player and drummer can have more opportunities to perform.
After this rhythmic prelude, he played the electric guitar alone and began to sing.
"good bye my love,
I wanna say goodbye,
goodbye to my past,
I want a new life,
..."
The lyrics in the front are relatively fast, and they are all sung by him alone. The chorus part in the back is completed by the bass player. Generally speaking, anyone who knows how to play an instrument can sing a little.
Except for the first part of the whole song which is not too hot, the whole part of the latter part can be said to be on fire. Judging from the feedback on the scene, it has indeed achieved the effect.
Especially when he and the bass player sang together, his hoarse shouts completely infected the scene, and everyone stood up and shouted with him, even though they didn't know what they were shouting.
What the rock scene needs is the atmosphere. At this time, it is meaningless to be wrong or right. Everyone getting together and shouting together is the essence of rock and roll.
When "Only I still have dreams, I will see a rainbow in my sky." The performance of the whole song was over, and the originally lively and carnival scene gradually cooled down.
Even many people couldn't believe that the person who acted recklessly, vented to his heart's content, and shouted hoarsely just now turned out to be himself, completely inconsistent with his usual image.
Some people feel refreshed after venting, some people feel strength from this song, and some people are slightly annoyed by this, feeling that they do not conform to their previous image.
The song, which was originally only about 4 minutes long, was changed by him and added stage effects. It took a full 6 minutes to sing, and then the lights dimmed again.
With the assistance of the staff, the three of them moved the musical instruments on the stage to the backstage, and the two hosts came on stage.
Backstage, the faces of the two teammates were still flushed. They were on the stage just now, affected by the audience, and they were even crazier than the previous rehearsal.
This is a very normal thing in the process of live performances. Not only the singer will affect the emotions of the audience, but the audience will also affect the emotions of the singer. When the two reach a harmonious resonance, it can only be described as hearty.
Not to mention him, even Ye Zishu, who has always been calm, was much crazier on stage than before, even crazier than his two teammates.
The madness of the two teammates will not break away from the rhythm of the whole song, because once they do, they may not be able to catch it back, and it will become a performance accident.
But as a man with rich music literacy and ability to arrange music, even if he changed the rhythm midway and added his own improvisation, he still came back smoothly.
After calming down, he took his two teammates and greeted the performers who were still waiting in the background. After all, young ladies accounted for the majority here.
This made the two teammates even more excited. The outstanding performance just now really won them the approval of many young ladies, and they are much more enthusiastic about them than before the performance.
As the lead singer, he naturally received a warm welcome. There were even bold girls hugging his neck, which made him very embarrassed and fully felt the troubles brought about by being famous.
He only released an album before, and not many people know him, they just know that there is such an influential figure in the school, that's all.
Now that I see myself, I am already handsome, with the specially designed hairstyle and the "unrestrained" clothing, I feel like a walking "hormone", which has a fatal attraction for young ladies.
In addition, he was so talented that he was almost surrounded by these young ladies, and he managed to get out of it. He hurriedly talked to the staff of the preparation team, left the backstage, and went outside.
