One morning three months later, in the rehearsal room of Prince Music Store.
A burst of music was played. It was the accompaniment of a song. The melody was clear and smooth, and the sound quality was very high, just like what was played in a CD. The SOLO of the main voice, the rhythm of the melody guitar, the level of the bass, and the drums were all very smooth. Even a professional musician could not tell the flaws.
"Alright, let's stop here. We'll be going to the competition in a while. Everyone, take a break first.”Sun Hao looked at the people who were rehearsing hard and put down the violin in his hand.
"Sun Hao, I didn't expect you to be right. We really managed to form a band in these three months, and we even rehearsed a few songs. It's something that I didn't even dare to think about back then. I think we'll definitely be able to get first place in today's city qualifiers and then go to B City to participate in the national finals.”Song Chunfeng also put down his guitar and walked to Sun Hao's side. He really didn't expect to be able to form a band with two newbies in such a short three months.
"It's all thanks to everyone's hard work. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it alone.”Sun Hao smiled and put the guitar and effects device into his bag. He looked up and said to Song Chunfeng,""By the way, Big Brother Li, how many bands are participating in the city's preliminaries this time? He had been too busy practicing these few days to care about anything else.”
"I'm the same as you. I don't know much about this. I only know that there's a theme park band in our school, but it's all formed by freshmen and second-year students. It's the type that's just for fun.”Song Chunfeng replied after thinking for a moment. At the same time, he put his guitar and effects device into his bag.
"Let me tell you guys about this. Look at you guys. You only know how to rehearse these past few months. You don't even know what your opponent looks like.”At this moment, the fat boss of the Prince Music Store walked over and heard the discussion between Sun Hao and Song Chunfeng. He said,"Other than you guys, there are a total of seven bands participating in the city qualifiers this time. Among them, five of them are like Song Chunfeng said, not very good. They are all bands formed by students for fun. The remaining two are old bands from City H. They are all musicians who have been practicing for seven or eight years. One is called the Magnetic Field Band, and the other is called the Triode Band."
A three-pipe band? It was them?
When Sun Hao heard the fat boss's words, a chill rose from the bottom of his heart. It was the lead singer of the Triode band, Ah Jie, who caused Sun Hao to be reborn. He didn't expect them to become famous so early. This was definitely beyond Sun Hao's imagination.
Sun Hao was still thinking about whether he should thank Jie for giving him a chance to be reborn. However, Sun Hao would never let go of someone who schemed behind his back.
The fat boss found a chair and sat down. He took a sip of tea and said,"Their instruments are basically all bought from me. Although they aren't very good and are all of a different brand, they were established here a long time ago and have a good reputation. Now, the opening of shopping malls and wedding celebrations in City H are all looking for these two bands. They are still very famous in the city. You have to remember this. The judges are also looking at this. Because you aren't famous, you don't have an advantage in this aspect. But don't worry. I've been listening to your rehearsals recently. Although the band has just been formed and hasn't rehearsed for long, your momentum has already come out.”
"Then don't they have any original songs?”Song Chunfeng asked the fat boss.
"Why not? Nowadays, which band wasn't formed for the purpose of creating their own songs and then releasing them? But I've heard their songs before, and they're basically second-rate. They're okay when they perform on stage, but they're not good enough for competitions.”The fat boss continued to drink his tea and said slowly.
"That means that our band, which has only been formed for three months, can already compete with their old band that has been around for seven to eight years?”Song Chunfeng asked happily when he heard the fat boss's words.
"You can say that, but you can't let your guard down. They're all old bands and have more experience on stage. Other than the two of you, everyone in your band is new and hasn't been on stage much. You're afraid that they'll be nervous and mess up, so sometimes, your attitude is very important.”the fat boss reminded.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you. I think we will definitely work hard.”Hearing the fat boss's words, Sun Hao felt that it made sense, so he said to the fat boss.："By the way, boss, can you help me contact a car? You see, we have so many things that it's not convenient for us to go to the competition venue.”
"Oh, right, how could I forget about this? Look at me, I was just educating you guys. I'm in a mess here. Wait a minute, I'll call the driver back immediately and bring you guys to the competition in a while.”Hearing Sun Hao's words, the fat boss patted his head and said hurriedly.
So, everyone packed up their instruments and equipment and waited for the car to arrive.
"Ah Hao, I can't go with you guys. You guys went to the competition school to give me a break, but I still have to go to class.”At this moment, Ni Ying walked to Sun Hao's side and said with an aggrieved tone when she saw Sun Hao tidying up his things.
"Sister-in-law, can't you just ask Sun Hao to apply for leave for you? " Didn't you see that when Sun Hao and Principal Zhang asked for leave the other day, Principal Zhang was so happy that his mouth almost reached the roots of his ears when he heard that Sun Hao was going to participate in a national competition. If you ask Ah Hao to apply for leave for you now, there will definitely be no problem.”Lu Yifei interjected from the side. He mimicked Principal Zhang and grinned.
"You're the one with the fast tongue." Sun Hao raised his hand and gave Lu Yifei a slap, then turned to Ni Ying and said,"Lu Yifei is right. I'll help you and Principal Zhang apply for leave. You've been working hard during the three months of rehearsal.”
"You're right, but you still hit me." Lu Yifei mumbled softly, but when he saw Sun Hao glaring at him, he hurriedly shut his mouth.
"There's no need, Ah Hao. Although I really want to go, I don't want my classmates to gossip. I believe that you will definitely win the competition and enter B City to participate in the finals. I have also seen how hard you rehearsed and know that you will definitely succeed.”Ni Ying smiled and encouraged Sun Hao.
"Alright then. Since the car will be here soon, it will send you to school. We will be passing by anyway. Don't worry, we will definitely enter B City to participate in the finals.”Sun Hao said confidently.
Not long after, just as Sun Hao and the others had finished packing up their belongings, the car from Prince's Musical Instrument Store arrived. After everyone loaded their equipment into the car, they drove towards the venue of the competition, City H TV Station.
After Ni Ying got out of the car halfway, she looked at the back of the car and thought to herself,"Ah Hao, you will definitely succeed.”
"Ah Hao, do you think we can get a placing?”Lu Yifei asked Sun Hao worriedly in the car to the TV station in City H.
"As long as we aren't nervous when we go on stage and can steadily perform to our level, we will definitely be able to get a placing.”Hearing Lu Yifei's question, Sun Hao said with a smile.
"Yeah, when the time comes, the two of you must not be nervous. Just perform steadily according to today's rehearsal.”Song Chunfeng instructed.
Not long after, the car that Sun Hao and the others were in arrived at the entrance of the television station. The few of them, along with the fat boss and the driver, took out the instruments and equipment from the car and walked into the television station.
There weren't many people in the TV station at the moment. Since the competition wasn't broadcasted this time, there were only the members of the various bands, the judges, and a few reporters in the venue. When they saw Sun Hao's band, they took a few photos.
As Sun Hao and the others arrived relatively late and were the last to fill in the form, their appearances were arranged to be the last.
There were only a hundred people in the venue, so everyone sat in front. Looking at the other band members in the front row dressed in colorful clothes, some even had tattoos on their bodies, Lu Yifei asked nervously,"Ah Hao? Who are those people?"
Sun Hao looked up and saw that there was indeed a band. They were all dressed in the same way. They were wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans. The pants were full of holes with a knife. The only difference was probably the color of their hair. Each of the five people's hair was dyed a different color.
Before Sun Hao could answer, the fat boss sitting next to him interrupted,"Those are the people from Magnetic Field. They walk the rock and roll route, so they look a little wild. However, this can be considered a style. These kinds of heavy metal bands are very popular overseas now. Their band is also very strong, and they are one of your important opponents this time.”
Sun Hao was most concerned about the three-level pipe band, but when he looked at the three-level pipe band, he didn't see Jie. The lead singer of the three-level pipe band was another young man.
It seemed that Jie hadn't joined the three-level pipe band yet. Thinking of this, Sun Hao didn't put his mind on them.
Just as they were talking, the competition began. The first to go on stage was a band made up of students. They were about the size of high school students.
Sun Hao looked at them and realized that the instruments they used were probably imitation instruments that cost a few hundred yuan. Then, he looked at the instruments used by the bands sitting under the stands. The highest price was probably two to three thousand yuan. It seemed that the fat boss was right. There was really no real branded instrument in City H.
The band announced their name. Their name was also very interesting. It was called " Noodle Assassins." This made Sun Hao want to laugh. There was actually a band with such a name. It was probably "”This sentence probably came from here.
After a few naive students adjusted the instruments on stage and connected them to the slightly, it officially began.
When they played the first accompaniment, Sun Hao smiled because he could tell that this song was the prelude to Cinderella.
Anyone who played the guitar would know this song. It was just a beginner's song for guitar playing. It was a folk song on an wooden guitar, and it did not look impressive on an electric band. Although it wasn't easy to play it well, Sun Hao guessed that these high school students weren't as good as a master who could easily turn an ordinary song into a top-notch piece.
Sure enough, as Sun Hao had expected, the few of them finally managed to complete the song in front of more than a hundred people. It seemed that they were really an amateur band, but their performance was still decent.
In the end, all the judges gave a score of 6 points, which was considered very good. Thinking about how a few high school children could perform like this, Sun Hao thought about how he wasn't as good as this band in high school in his later life.
The next few bands were just like what the fat boss and Song Chunfeng had said. Although some of them had good skills, they lost in terms of sound and color because they used inferior instruments. Although it was reasonable to say that a good musician would play a good song no matter what kind of instrument they used, once they were established on an equal level, the quality of the sound could still be seen in an instant. Moreover, Sun Hao had yet to see a player whose guitar skills were better than his.
Now, there were only three bands left in the audience. Apart from Sun Hao and the others, the remaining ones were the two old bands that the fat boss had mentioned, Magnetic Field and Triple Tubes. The average score of the first few bands was about eight points. It seemed that the band that would win the championship and go to B City to participate in the national finals would be selected from these three bands.
However, no one paid much attention to Sun Hao's band because they were too young. Looking at the three junior high school kids and a university student, everyone's eyes turned to the other two veteran bands. No one noticed them. Everyone placed their hopes on the Magnetic Field Band and the Triode Band.
The camera turned to the classroom of Class One, Grade One, High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China. The class teacher, Li Jing, was giving a vivid lecture on the podium. The students below the stage were also listening attentively.
"Ni Ying, answer this question.”The homeroom teacher, Li Jing, asked when she saw Ni Ying lowering her head and thinking about something.
"I'm sorry, teacher. I didn't hear what you said just now.”Ni Ying stood up and lowered her head.
"Pay attention in class." Li Jing said to Ni Ying. Seeing Ni Ying nod, she told her to sit down.
At this moment, Ni Ying's mind was no longer in the classroom. Instead, she had drifted to the competition venue. He was thinking about the results of Sun Hao and the others.
"Ah Hao, you must do your best." Ni Ying thought to herself.
In the television station, after the judges finished tabulating the scores of the participating bands and the staff cleaned up the small stage in the venue, the competition began again.
This time, it was the Magnetic Field band that Lu Yifei had asked when he first entered the venue. They walked onto the stage with a calm expression and skillfully connected the instruments and equipment to the slightly on the stage. After a noisy tuning, the lead singer took the microphone of the venue.
"Hello everyone, we are Magnetic Field. We are very happy to be here to participate in the Coca-Cola Cup National Band Competition. After receiving the news of the competition, we have prepared a song called 'I'm a Little Bird'.”The lead singer's words drew applause from the reporters below.
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