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Chapter 12 Apollo Records

Looking at the audience rushing to put money in the piano box, Ueda Yuki was a little shocked. He was also singing on the street. This was a big difference compared to the scene where she sang for two hours but had nothing to do, right? But no matter how surprised she was, Ueda Yuki knew that her musical literacy was completely incomparable.

I don’t know who took the lead and shouted “Enke” first. People who did not leave after the coin were put in, spontaneously clapped their hands while shouting “Enke”. Infected by the atmosphere, Ueda Yuki also clapped his hands.

Originally, Ye Zhao, who was just to test the charm of "Summer Color", successfully received expected praise, but he was a little hesitant in the face of the audience's enthusiasm. After all, this is not his home court in Shibuya, and it is somewhat inappropriate to hold his own performance show on other people's territory. But when he turned around, he saw that Fujii Natsumi and Ueda Yuki Aka shouting more vigorously than anyone else, so Ye Zhao was no longer pretentious. The tone of the guitar in his hand changed and he played the songs he sang in Shibuya.

...

Because his wife went back to her hometown in Kagoshima to visit relatives, Arakawa and Shi had to take her daughter Kana out for dinner. After dinner, she came out of the barbecue restaurant and happened to meet her colleagues from the previous company. Arakawa and Shi gave her 300 yen and asked her to buy ice cream at the next dessert shop, while she talked to her colleagues on the side of the road.

Arakawa and Shi, who were only concerned about chatting, turned around and found that Kana was missing after parting with their colleagues. While anxious Arakawa and Shi were blaming themselves in their hearts, they were looking for their daughter everywhere. When they passed a chain restaurant, they saw about twenty or thirty people gathered there, with a hint of luck that Kana was also joining the fun. Arakawa and Shi pulled away the crowd and got together.

The focus of these people was a teenager singing, and his daughter, Kana, was sitting obediently at the boy's feet, holding her cheek and listening to him singing with a focused look on her face.

"Ka..." Arakawa and Shi were about to speak, but they thought it was impolite to interrupt the boy's singing like this. Anyway, Kana had already found it, and there was no rush to be at this moment. Thinking of this, Arakawa and Shi simply acted as the audience of the boy. But as soon as he heard this, as a music practitioner, he immediately discovered the value of boy's music.

Is there such a person among street artists? Arakawa and Shi thought silently in their hearts. The eyes of the boy also changed from carelessness to concentration.

After singing three new songs one after another, seeing more and more people watching, it has begun to affect the restaurant business. Before the restaurant owner got angry and drove people away, Ye Zhao quickly stopped playing.

"Thank you everyone, today's performance ends!" As Ye Zhao announced the end of the performance, the onlookers gradually dispersed. Little Luoli Kana, who was sitting at his feet, finally discovered Arakawa and Shi standing in the crowd.

"Dad!" Kana stood up from the ground, trotted forward, hugged Arakawa and Shi's legs. She raised her little head. Seeing the reproach on her father's face, she realized that she was going to be scolded. Kana quickly changed the topic and said to Arakawa and Shi: "Dad, this big brother sang very well! It was because Kana had forgotten to go back after hearing his singing."

Arakawa and Shi looked at Jiana's flattery, so they could only raise their heads high and let go, symbolically blame her, and just pretended that this matter had passed. After all, it was because his father ignored his daughter.

When the alarm was lifted, Kana cheered and pulled Arakawa and Shi to Ye Zhao and introduced: "Big brother, this is Kana's father!"

"Young man, is this your original work?" Arakawa and Shi asked.

"Yes." Ye Zhao nodded.

"It's amazing. These songs are quite outstanding. Are you a professional singer?"

"No, I'm just a street artist who sings in Shibuya." Ye Zhao pointed to Yuki Ueda, "I borrowed this lady's home court today and performed for a temporary show."

"With your qualifications, it's not difficult for me to sign a record company, right?"

When talking about signing a record company, Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I sent DEMO to Sony Records, but there was no news."

"Sony Records," Arakawa and Shi Leran said, "It takes a long time to listen to DEMO for a company as big as Sony. And I heard that they are promoting new music singers recently, and they may not pay much attention to folk songs. You can try to invest in a few more companies, such as Universal Ai Hui. Your music quality is so high, so you don't have to worry about no way out."

Arakawa and Shi were very aware of it, and Ye Zhao couldn't help but say, "You know a lot about the record company."

"Kanai's father is the director of the record company! It's amazing!" Jianai said nothing in his heart.

"This... is just an underground record company, and it is a very small company." Arakawa and Shi felt a little embarrassed. In fact, he knew that in the senior RB company, if it was a big company, it would definitely not be his turn to sit as the minister.

"Underground Records Company?" Ye Zhao felt aroused in his heart and took the initiative: "To be honest, I plan to release an underground single at my own expense."

"Is that true?" Arakawa and Shinyan took out their wallet, took out a business card from it and handed it over, "There is my phone number and company address on it. If you need it, come to me. With your musical level, I will definitely win you a big discount."

Ye Zhao took over the business card, which was printed with Apollo Records Deputy Director of the Marketing Department, Arakawa, Shi. "Thank you, I will definitely visit you." He found an underground record company that was willing to release. This unexpected surprise made Ye Zhao feel very happy.

After Arakawa and Shi’s father and daughter left, Fujii Nami came to Ye Zhao and whispered: “Ye Jun really plans to make an underground single?”

Ye Zhao nodded, "I have to thank you. If it weren't for signing up for me for the selection, I wouldn't have received that bonus, let alone the underground single."

"Is that..." Fujii Natsumi's expression didn't know what she was thinking. At this time, Yuki Ueda counted the tips in the koto box and walked over with excitement, "Do you know how much money you made just now?"

"One hundred million?" Ye Zhao said deliberately.

"How is that possible?" Ueda Yuki rolled her eyes.

“How many are there?”

"Thirty-six,870 yen!"

"So much? I sang in Shibuya for more than ten days, and at the most I earned 6,000 or 7,000 yen. If I had known that Nakano's money was so easy to make, I wouldn't have gone to Shibuya."

"Don't!" Ueda Yuki quickly advised him to give up his thoughts, "You are all professional, so don't rob us little shrimps of the jobs."

"Just kidding." Ye Zhao said, "It's not too early, so it's time for us to leave, goodbye."

"You can take this money," Ueda Yuki handed over the small paper bag containing the money.

"No, just treat it as the venue rental fee and equipment usage fee for you." Ye Zhao waved his hand.

"That won't work. You won't receive any reward without merit. This is the money you earn and should belong to you." Ueda Yuki's attitude was very firm.

Ye Zhao thought about it, took the paper bag from Ueda Yuki, took out 18,000 yen from it, and stuffed the paper bag back to Ueda Yuki, "This is for you. If I hadn't borrowed your territory, I wouldn't have made this money. I have half of the credit and half of your credit, so don't refuse."

Speaking of this, refusing again would be pretentious, so Yuki Ueda accepted the money with ease. When he was about to part, he remembered the song that almost made her cry. Yuki Ueda asked, "By the way, what's the name of the song you sang at the beginning?"

"The name of that song is "Summer Color".

"Is "Summer Color"..." Ueda Yuki repeated it and shouted at Ye Zhao's back as he left: "If you really make this song into a single, I will buy it! No, I will buy it even for other songs!"

"Thank you then. Also, my name is Ye Zhao, don't buy it wrong." Is this considered a fan gained?

Nami Fujii, whose hometown is in Nara, now she shares a rental with her friend in the apartment in Kichichiji. On the way to the station, she turned on the light atmosphere when she came and kept silent. At first, Ye Zhao opened several topics to liven up the atmosphere, but seeing that she had no reaction, she gave up. The long road quickly reached the end, and the station was right in front of her. After picking up the ticket from the ticket vending machine, the tram heading to Kichichiji had not yet come, but the tram heading to Ikebukuro had slowly entered the station.

Staring at Ye Zhao's side face, Fujii Nami finally plucked up the courage and said, "That, Ye Jun, have you noticed it today..."

"Sorry, the tram comes into the station. I'll leave first. See Xia Mei again!" Ye Zhao interrupted her, said goodbye hurriedly, and rushed into the tram.

Watching Ye Zhao leave, Fujii Nami raised her face, sucked her nose hard, and murmured in a low voice: "... Have you noticed that I put on good makeup for you today?"
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