Chapter 2 Retire from the team
Shinjuku Station, which has been opened since 1885, has nine routes including the state-owned railway JR line and the Tokyo Metro Company. The daily passenger flow is as high as 3 million, ranking the highest in the world. No matter when you come here, you will always see a huge crowd. As many as 60 exits in the station have made countless people lose themselves in this huge traffic maze.
Ye Zhao felt that if there were no memories left by his predecessor, his ending would probably be to die of being lost at Shinjuku Station...
Following the bustling crowds, walking out of the station, walking through three intersections, turning into a narrow alley, and in front of the small entrance of the underground passage, there is a sign decorated with neon lights: Jiraf. This is the club where the band performs.
A small club that can only accommodate dozens of people seems insignificant, but even in such a small place, you need to have considerable skills to squeeze in to do fixed performances. In Tokyo, there are many underground bands and artists with Star Dreams, but most of them can only perform open-air performances in stations, parks and other places.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it was still early before the guests were visited. Ye Zhao pushed the door open and saw the band members sitting in the corner and occupying a four-person table.
"Sorry, I'm late." Ye Zhao quickly got into his role, leaned his guitar against the wall, moved a chair next to him, and sat down next to Watanabe.
"Xiao Ye, why is his face so bad?" keyboardist Ryoshi Shimada asked with concern. He is a fat man with a height of 170 and a weight of 170. He has a round face and looks very easy to get along with.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little lack of sleep." Ye Zhao casually made up a lie and said perfunctorily.
"It goes without saying that it must be for the woman named Ogawa?" Murakami Shuji looked cynical, "Xiao Ye, you are too young. That kind of woman is obviously a show-off. Let go, and Brother will take you to Shibuya to catch hot girls."
Shibuya hot girls? It’s almost the same as being so hot. Ye Zhao laughed in his heart. He was not interested in Shibuya’s “hot girls” who dressed exaggeratedly and put on makeup equal to plastic surgery.
After a while of greeting, Watanabe Riki said, "Yuta, aren't you going to announce something? Now everyone is all, let's talk."
Everyone turned their eyes to Yuta Kojima, who had just said nothing. At this time, Ye Zhao noticed that Yuta Kojima was a handsome guy who was comparable to the original body, but his original body looked angular and had a bit of a movie star, while Yuta Kojima had soft lines and was full of the taste of a Ginis idol. The probability of an unknown underground band having two members of the beauty era is also very touching.
Yuta Kojima looked at his knuckles and looked like he was unable to speak. Looking at his expression, he knew that 80% of it was not a good thing. Facing the eyes of his teammates, Yuta Kojima gritted his teeth and whispered: "I'm going to withdraw from the team."
Retreat?!
Changes in band members are actually very common. After all, there are worlds where there are people. Maybe their personality is not suitable, maybe someone's skills are not up to standard, or maybe for some private reasons, even many well-known bands have experienced substitutions in the middle, let alone underground bands like them that are hard to endure. However, the musicians can temporarily ask foreign players to take over, but if the lead singer quits, they can directly put the band in a paralysis.
Therefore, when he heard Yuta Kojima's words, the team members looked surprised. Ye Zhao was also a little confused. He originally wanted to use external cheats to lead everyone to show off and fly together, but the lead singer said he would not do it, so he stopped doing it?
Watanabe Riki frowned and lit a cigarette, "Isn't you more comfortable with it? Or is your family talking about you again?"
After graduating from university for a short time, Yuta Kojima originally went to Tokyo to find a job, but he ran to the band halfway. His parents in his hometown in Shikoku were very unaware of this. In addition, the band has not improved much for more than a year. In order to make him give up, his parents cut off his financial resources. Yuta Kojima himself spent money and was generous, so he often had to rely on his teammates to help him.
In fact, the entire band members are almost the same. They are all from non-music majors and come together with enthusiasm. Except for Watanabe Lu's family, everyone else has to rely on working to make a living.
Yuta Kojima shook his head, "It's an agency that has taken a fancy to me and wants to sign a contract with me."
"Did you agree?" Watanabe Riki's face looked a little ugly.
"I'm sorry!" Yuta Kojima stood up from his seat, faced his teammates, and lowered his head hard: "I know I betrayed everyone, but I can't do anything about it. I'm almost 24 years old. I finally got this opportunity. If I don't catch it now, maybe I'll never be there again!"
"So you just dumped everyone?! You seized your chance, what about us!" Murakami Shuzhi slapped the table hard, leaned forward and grabbed Yuta Kojima's collar.
"Hey hey--" The timid Ryo Shimada waved his hand hard, as if he wanted to persuade him but didn't dare to persuade him.
"Okay, let go of him!" said Riki Watanabe.
"This guy betrayed us!" Murakami Xiuzhi was so angry that he couldn't even listen to the words of Watanabe Rik, who had always been respected. Seeing that Shimada Ryo could not become his alliance, he turned his attention to Ye Zhao: "Xiao Ye, you can say something too!"
The ball kicked in front of Ye Zhao, and Ye Zhao was silent for a moment. To be honest, the moment he heard this, he also felt an unsuppressible anger. Even if he wanted to pursue his future, at least he would discuss it with everyone in advance. He signed the contract without a sound, leaving everyone a mess. What kind of bad teammates are this?
But no matter how angry he was, Ye Zhao did not respond as much as others. Perhaps because he had changed his soul, he had no feelings for the band, so he did not feel betrayed. He even felt that if the band was disbanded, it would be a good thing for him. After all, he was unwilling to leave the band at first because of morality. Now that this morality has been broken by Yuta Kojima, he does not intend to continue to maintain it.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhao just said calmly: "Brother Yuta, I hope you don't regret this decision."
At the stalemate, the ringtone of the phone suddenly rang in the air. Hearing this sound, Yuta Kojima seemed to have suddenly gained some strength, quickly broke free from Murakami Yuji. He didn't bother to tidy up his wrinkled collar, and quickly took out an old Nokia from his trouser pocket, pressed the answer button, and shouted in an attentive tone: "Hello, agent, I am Kojima."
Murakami Shuzhi snorted coldly, and refused to look at his flattering look.
Ye Zhao's attention was attracted by that mobile phone. If he admits that, it should be the legendary Nokia 1011. As the world's first mobile phone that can send text messages, Nokia has established its own status in the world through it. Although he is used to the various smartphones in later generations, this antique is not very attractive to him, but now, with a mobile phone market share of only 1.7%, he can make a big deal by calling with such a mobile phone.
Yuta Kojima, a moonlight clan who often relies on teammates to help, still uses luxury goods. This personality is no wonder he is eager to be a traitor and make a name for himself. The flower world in the entertainment industry has tempted him too much.
After hanging up the phone, Yuta Kojima bowed to his teammates and said, "Sorry, the office has something to do, I'll leave first." After that, he ignored everyone's reactions and hurried out of the club with his backpack on his backpack.
Chapter completed!