Chapter 6 The Selection Book Comes Out Suddenly
RB's singing artists are a very large group. Many popular singers have also experienced their own singing period. Singers such as Yuzu, Bio-Stock Director, and Xuanxiang all gained attention through street performances and obtained their pass to enter the music scene.
Looking around the world, the common singing location is of course the station. After all, the station not only has a huge traffic every day, but also has a variety of ages and a wide audience of music. However, Ye Zhao was in this era when the bubble economy burst and countless companies went bankrupt. The entire RB was deeply trapped in a state of negative confusion. These RBs who are trembling in work for work all day long, not to mention that they have the leisure to listen to you singing, and they can't take care of themselves, it's good not to roll their eyes.
After thinking about it, Ye Zhao finally chose the place where he sings was in Shibuya's shopping street. In Tokyo, Shibuya is the favorite place for young people to go to, and the huge traffic of people naturally allowed street artists to gather here, which led to the music genre called "Shibuya Group". The scouts also knew that the creeping tiger and hidden dragons here are often "Taobao".
At three o'clock in the afternoon, when Ye Zhao walked out of Shibuya Station with a guitar on his back, there were already sporadic artists performing on this street. Realizing that this was his peer, a young man who was singing using an electronic keyboard showed an expression of "Don't come and grab business with me."
Ye Zhao was a little embarrassed and didn't look at it. Singing is not selling cabbage. As long as the price is lowered, it can attract customers. If you want to have a good business, you have to rely on your skills.
Ye Zhao, who had no distance from other artists, had to sit on the ground without any audience, and there was no opening remarks. He debugged the guitar, cleared his throat and started singing!
"I want you to listen to a song, that's what I always want to say..."
"Just spread out the map, just waiting for the wind..."
"Now I will run to the other end I imagined, relying on these wings..."
"Running towards me..."
This song, called "Rainbow", is a popular single released by Masaji Fukuyama in 2003. It was played as the theme song of Fuji TV's TV series "Water Boy". The single that included this song sold 900,000 copies that year, ranking second in the singles annual chart, second only to SMAP's national single "The Only Flower in the World". In the RB music scene in 2003, the sales of record have begun to shrink, and such good results can be achieved in this case. Although it is the popularity of Masaji Fukuyama, it can also show that the quality of this song is so high.
Fukuyama Masaji's music is originally a folk rock type, so Ye Zhao hardly makes major changes in arrangements. He can restore this song just by relying on the acoustic guitar in his hand.
Without a microphone, Ye Zhao could only try to open his voice and rely on the "original" sound to attract listeners. Not to mention, his appearance really attracted many passersby. However, the reason why they looked sideways was probably because Ye Zhao looked a little different from other singers.
In later generations, it is not uncommon for people to simply sing on the street with an acoustic guitar, but now, most street singers still choose to use electric guitars and microphones, wear strange clothes, dye their hair colorful, and rely on exaggerated shapes and amplified sounds to attract the attention of the audience. Therefore, when you first see such a clean and refreshing boy in a white shirt, a clean and refreshing boy, passers-by will subconsciously take a look.
The song ended soon, and three or two passers-by threw a few coins into Ye Zhao's piano box. Although it might be only a hundred yen, it was a victory to get a response! Ye Zhao swept the strings of the piano with his fingertips, and then sang the second and third songs. In addition to the famous songs that were the leading songs, Ye Zhao chose the following songs that were not very popular in later generations, but in his opinion, the melody was also quite catchy, as well as the popular songs that were already popular.
Three hours later, feeling that his throat was a little overwhelmed, Ye Zhao stopped performing. He looked at his piano box and saved up dozens of coins, ranging from 100 yuan to 100 yuan. As for the banknotes, there was only one thousand yuan bill alone. After placing a little, he made a total of 3,210 yen. When Ye Zhao worked in a convenience store, his salary was 900 yen per hour. At first glance, it seemed that singing was a little more than working, but the income from singing was very unstable. If he was lucky, he might not even make money from a bottle of mineral water. Moreover, if he worked, he could work for eight hours in a row. If he sang for eight hours in a row, his voice would probably be useless.
For three consecutive days, Ye Zhao started singing on time at the same place. He neither met a wealthy man who gave him 10,000 yuan in cash nor was he so declining that he could only earn 30 or 50 yuan. His daily income was stable between 3,000 and 5,000 yen. After all, he only sang for three hours a day, and this income was already pretty good.
But for Ye Zhao, the purpose of his singing is not just to make money. If it is to make a living, he can find a job with stable income. The reason why he came to Shibuya was to have a thought of waiting for "Bo Le". However, during these three days, although some people were curious about the unfamiliar songs he sang, most of them were just passers-by who said "very amazing". The only scout he met was still attracted by his appearance and wanted to sign him as an actor. Although the man swore that the right time would arrange for his singer to debut, he also knew that unless he could "act and excel", the "sing" would be a castle in the air.
In the evening, after singing today's songs, Ye Zhao returned to the apartment with a guitar on his back. He walked up to the second floor with a creaking wooden staircase. In front of the door 203 where he lived, a girl in a T-shirt dress with long chestnut curly hair squatted on the ground, looking like she had been waiting for a long time.
“…Fujii Natsumi?”
"It's so annoying. I haven't seen each other for a few days, and my name has become so unfamiliar." Fujii Natsumi stood up from the ground and complained while smoothing the wrinkles of her skirt. Her voice was soft and sweet, and she sounded like she was acting coquettish.
"How could it be?" Ye Zhao smiled, "I just didn't expect to see you here, I was a little surprised." As he said that, Ye Zhao took out the key and opened the door, "Come in and sit for a while... it's a bit messy, don't mind."
"You are really not humble at all." Standing in front of the entrance hall and looking at the messy room, Fujii Natsumi complained.
"Uh, honesty has always been my advantage." Ye Zhao's face did not blush and his heart would not be beaten.
"Stop coming." Fujii Nami glanced at him, "Will Ye Jun's girlfriend come to clean up your room?"
"I've broken up long ago."
"Since that's the case," Fujii Natsumi took a deep breath, and there was a sense of enthusiasm coming out of somewhere. She picked up a T-shirt thrown by the entrance, put it aside in a few seconds, and then found the garbage bag from the kitchen, put it in the bento box and beverage can on the table.
Looking at Fujii Natsumi who was busy in the room, Ye Zhao couldn't help but say, "I said Xia Mei..."
"No need to thank me, I just can't bear to watch you be submerged in the garbage mountain." Fujii Natsumi, who was wiping the table, said without raising her head.
...No, this is not the point?
After cleaning Ye Zhao's room at a whirlwind speed, Fujii Natsumi sat down on the tatami and stretched comfortably.
Ye Zhao brought two cans of Coke and handed her one of them, "There is only Coke here, so just drink it."
"Thank you." Fujii Natsumi took the coke, opened the pull ring, took a sip, and suddenly held the coke can and chuckled softly.
Ye Zhao threw a puzzled look over.
"I didn't expect that Ye Jun looked so clean, the room was messy." Fujii Natsume paused and said, "However, the contrast like this is quite interesting."
Can you contrast in this way?
"By the way, how did you find this?"
"I found the information about Ye Jun's job in the store manager's office and found it at the address above." Fujii Natsumi explained, taking out an envelope from her bag and handing it to Ye Zhao, "I'm here to deliver this."
Chapter completed!