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Chapter 71 Sing a try

When they parted with Sakai Insumi, they got on the bus before 8 o'clock in the evening. Yuki Uemura, who was driving the seat, turned around and asked, "Ye Zhaosang, where are you going next?"

Ye Zhao suggested, "Why don't you go and have another drink? I know there is a good shop in the Honda Theater, and the boss's roasted pork belly is quite delicious." After his 20th birthday, he finally went out to and from the club and izakaya openly, and could have a few drinks as he pleased on any occasion.

Uemura Yuki's eyebrows drooped, "Ye Zhaosang, I still have to drive."

"Yes." Ye Zhao nodded with regret and thought for a while, "The office is not far from here. Why don't you put the car in the parking lot and take a taxi... Kitazawa is too far away, so just find a store in Roppongi to sit for a while."

...

What they ended up going to was a LIVE HOUSE called Flip Erica.

Walking in from the narrow entrance, taking the elevator slowly to the fourth floor. In the corridor, the walls are covered with posters and graffiti of rock stars, including BOOWY's "JUST A HERO" and "Safety Zone IV" in the safe area.

The small blackboard at the door said "Flip Erica Night". A serious male waiter was there. After paying 4,800 yen and undergoing inspection by a metal detector, Ye Showa and Umemura Yuki each received a blue rubber wristband as a proof of entry.

When the thick wooden door was opened, the venue that could accommodate about 200 people was already full, and people of different genders and ages stood in the audience - there was no seat in the venue.

Ye Shogawa Uemura Yuki should have arrived the latest. When the two of them entered the door, the male guest also walked in and closed the door casually.

Before waiting for the opening, Ye Zhao looked at the walls in the room, and like in the corridor, there were posters of rock stars everywhere. On the walls near the stage, there were several wooden photo frames, including the autographs of singers such as THE BLUE HEARTS, THE Tiger Dancing, and Seiichiro Kurirabayashi.

"What a good place..." Ye Zhao whispered.

At this time, the lights in the venue gradually darkened, and a slight commotion broke out in the audience, and when the stage lights slowly lit up, it turned into a burst of cheers.

...

This store, called "Flip Erica", has been operating here for a full ten years. At 8:30 pm, the "Ark" behind Erica changed to "night" on the small blackboard at the entrance of the store. During the day, it was just a coffee restaurant with nothing special, and it would instantly transform into a lively LIVE HOUSE.

After leaving Chaska, Watanabe Riki came here with a friend's introduction and became active as a support bass player.

Just now, when Ye Zhao decided to have a drink in Roppongi, he suddenly remembered that Watanabe Rik's workplace was nearby. After calling to confirm that Watanabe Rik had a performance today, he came to take a look with Uemura Yuki.

...

The opening was a five-person boy band named STARIN. They performed a total of four songs, two of which were their own originals, and the other two covered the Beatles' "Run For Your Life" and UNICORN's "Great Confusion". After the performance, before leaving the show, the audience applauded with great support.

The next one to appear was a petite girl in her early twenties, Watanabe and three other supporters accompanied her. Although she looked a little weak, the girl's voice was unexpectedly explosive. After singing two PRINCESS PRINCESS songs, she seemed a little unsatisfied. In the third song, she boldly challenged the "Return to Myself" by the great devil Mara Hamada, which made Ye Zhao, who was watching the audience, feel worried about her.

Then there was a mixed three-person band for men and women, one with as many as nine people, and the small stage was full of them. There was even a saxophone combination, a handsome male singer wearing leather jacket and leather pants, and sunglasses.

The finale was a band called Galaxy Railway, a well-known band in the underground music circle. The lead singer was a girl with bold shaved caliper short hair. Several original songs created by the band were quite interesting.

The performance lasted for about two hours in total, without LIVE TALK, and only real performances. The audience in the audience were very dedicated to cheering and supporting, and even Ye Zhao unknowingly integrated into the atmosphere.

...

After the performance, the audience left one after another. Ye Showa Umura Yuki left the club first, then turned back again, and walked around the back of the club through the safety stairs. Watanabe Riki was waiting outside.

Seeing him, Ye Zhao was about to bow, but was pulled by Watanabe Lu and patted him on the arm with great force, "It's been a long time since I saw you, Ye Jun."

The three of them walked towards the lounge in the backstage. Watanabe Riku said as he walked, "I received all the local products you sent last time. Naoko liked the clay tumbler very much and kept saying that he wanted to invite you to dinner to thank you in person." Naoko is Watanabe Riku's girlfriend. The two fell in love in college until now, and now she works as a white-collar worker in a publishing company in Tokyo.

"It's okay to eat, just thank you, I'm sorry." Ye Zhao replied with a smile, "By the way, Brother Watanabe, you have been dating Miss Naoko for almost five years, do you have any plans to get married?"

Watanabe Lu looked back at Ye Zhao, "I met Naoko's parents this New Year. Although I mentioned the marriage, there are still some discussions on the specific matters."

"Don't forget to call me when you hold a wedding."

"You need to say this, of course." Watanabe Riki opened the door of the lounge.

...

The lounge is a large room of about ten square meters, with a total of more than ten guitars and bass hanging on the walls, and other instruments used for performances are also placed here. It is better to say it is a storage room than a lounge.

There were two old sofas at the entrance. The male singer with leather jacket and leather pants just now occupied one of them. On the other sofa was a young girl with medium-length hair and pretty facial features. Ye Zhao recognized that it was the support keyboard player who had just performed on stage with Watanabe Ruo.

Seeing Watanabe Lu coming in, the girl quickly stood up and said hello: "Thank you Watanabe San, thank you for your hard work today."

The male singer was much more casual. She sat on the sofa and waved her arms, with a lazy tone, "Oh, Brother Lu, did you bring your friends to the backstage today?" She subconsciously looked at Ye Zhaowa Uemura Yuki, and was stunned for a moment, "Ye Zhaosang?"

"Good evening, today's performance is very exciting." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

The male singer was a little embarrassed, "Where, what about that." He quickly got up from the sofa, "Ye Zhaosang, please sit down." While saying goodbye to Watanabe Lu, "I should go back, see you next week, Brother Lu."

"Don't look at Nagaze, that guy, who is very coquettish on the stage, is quite shy in private." Watanabe Riki explained, signaling Ye Shogawa Uemura Yuki to sit down on the sofa that Nagaze gave out.

The girl gave in and gave in to the side, and gave Watanabe Lu a seat.

After Watanabe Riki sat down, he introduced to Ye Zhao: "This is Kawamoto. Like you at that time, I picked it up in Ueno's park."

The girl owed her body, "Hello Ye Zhaosang, I'm Kawamoto Kawamoto."

"Hello." Ye Zhao replied.

"Kawamoto is a serious professional, and he is different from those who become monks halfway through you and me."

Kawamoto Kazuyo said humbly: "San Watanabe said it outrageously. I just went to high school for music and went to high school for two years."

“Short-term college?”

"Does Ye Zhaosang know about the short-term university of a beloved woman?" Seeing that Ye Zhao was a little confused, he explained: "It was a short-term university in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, which has a piano junior college. After I graduated last year, I taught a child piano in the local area for a while. This year I decided to come to Tokyo to take a look. I didn't expect to meet Watanabe Sang and was introduced to such a great place by him."

"Although she majored in piano, she played guitar very well and sang quite interestingly. To be honest, it was a bit insane to make her a keyboardist only in the club." Watanabe Ryu had a high opinion of her.

"If this is the case, why don't Miss Kawamoto directly interview the lead singer instead of being a keyboardist?" Ye Zhao asked. Watanabe Riku never exaggeratedly praised a person. If he could be so highly regarded by him, Kawamoto Kawamoto obviously has two tricks.

Kawamoto Kawamoto's expression was a little embarrassed, "This...my voice may not be suitable for singing." Even Watanabe Riku used "taste" to describe her singing, not directly good or bad.

As a result, Ye Zhao was curious, "Miss Kawamoto, although it is very rude, can you please sing a short passage for me? I just think that unless the five-tonnes are not complete, there is no such thing as the sound is suitable or inappropriate."

...

When leaving the club, Ye Shogh and Watanabe Ruo walked in front. Umemura Yuki accompanied Kawamoto and Yoyo a few steps behind. While there was no one around, Ye Zhao whispered: "Brother Watanabe, why do I think you were deliberately introducing Miss Kawamoto to me?"

"Has I been seen?" Watanabe Lu smiled a little thief, "Don't blame me for being troubled. I didn't have this plan, but you suddenly called me and said I wanted to come over, so I wanted to push her. For nothing else, Kawamoto does have that ability. Even if he doesn't become a singer, he can be a behind-the-scenes player in the record company."

Ye Zhao suddenly asked: "Brother Watanabe, you just think about Miss Kawamoto, but I don't know her abilities yet. But with your bass skills, you are more than enough to enter a record company. You won't consider what I said before?"

Ye Zhao said that he was invited to join BEING. As early as last year after the incident of Mika Ogawa last year, Ye Zhao introduced the Watanabe Bianlu at Nagato Daiyu. Nagato Daiyu also said that as long as he participated in an interview and passed the skills, he would agree to absorb him into a musician under BEING.

Ru Watanabe smiled, "There are so many good musicians in this world." He implicitly revealed the topic.
Chapter completed!
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