i'm not a bad man

Chapter 318 The Choice You Must Make
After Qiao Jiao paid for Zuo Xiaowei's first digital solo album, I was the first to fall into a state of extreme concentration. Although the work I gave Zuo Xiaowei had a high degree of completion, it was not enough. In order to make a complete album, I am very curious about what kind of changes or fillings were made in the process of making the album, and whether the elements that I think are the essence are retained.

As Qiao Jiao pressed the play button on the music software, a familiar melody sounded in the private room of less than ten square meters...

This melody instantly reminded me of my state of mind when I wrote this piece, accompanied by endless despair, but also longing for an absolutely free life because of the desire to survive, so there is a gray color hidden under the cheerful style. This gray mood was performed by me on the flute during the later arrangement. However, in Zuo Xiaowei’s version, this element was deleted, leaving only joy. I was inevitably a little disappointed. , but remembering that these works were given to Zuo Xiaowei willingly and that she had absolute control, I let go of my inner disappointment and listened to this song with a relatively peaceful attitude until I finished listening to it...

Qiao Jiao didn't play the next song immediately. She asked Lu Xi and me, "What do you think of this song?"

After a brief silence, Lu Xi replied: "It sounds like it was based on the jazz version of "candy". Although the arrangement has been greatly changed, some of the melodies can still be heard to be similar. "

I nodded and subconsciously replied: "Well, this is the earliest song I created. The creative ideas at that time were not very mature, so I borrowed some elements from this song."

After I finished saying this, Qiao Jiao and Lu Xi looked at me strangely at the same time. Only then did I react and quickly replied: "When Zuo Xiaowei wrote these songs, she and I I’ve talked about her creative process in detail, so I know the background of these songs.”

This is still a reasonable explanation, so Qiao Jiao and Lu Xi did not have too many doubts. After that, Qiao Jiao played the next song. The average length of a song is about 4 minutes. The entire album There are 12 songs, plus the time for chatting in the middle, it took us almost an hour to listen to the entire album, and during this hour, I was in the least peaceful mood because I saw too many comments in the comment area of ​​the song. Many comments about this song seem to be evaluating Zuo Xiaowei, but they are also evaluating my creative level.

Lu Xi, who was also immersed in it, finally spoke. She sighed: "It is really amazing that a woman has such creative ability. Although several of the songs sounded like references, the creative ideas matured later. After that, I had my own style... I once heard a very powerful music producer in the circle say that some original creators have been creating for a lifetime, but they can't form their own style. This is really difficult. , requires very good talent and accumulation, so... Zuo Xiaowei, as a woman, has such a creative talent, if she has been living in such a small town and is unknown, it will be a loss for the entire industry!" After a slight pause, she turned around again And asked Qiao Jiao: "Jiao Jiao, what do you think of this album?"

Qiao Jiao seemed to have thought about it for a while before replying: "I don't have that professional appreciation ability, but I just particularly like the song "Art Museum Without People". The image is really strong, as if I am going to an art museum." On the way to the hotel, I was in a seaside city. I opened the car windows and blew in the sea breeze. The streets were full of flashing neon lights, but I was looking forward to another date with someone..."

After listening to Qiao Jiao's description, I nodded subconsciously, because this was my state of mind when I wrote this song at that time.

"Han Chao, what was Zuo Xiaowei's creative mood when she wrote this song? Has she ever talked to you?"

"That's what you just said."

"Oh, I heard you say that Zuo Xiaowei would become popular sooner or later. I always thought that you overestimated her. Now it seems that it is not an overestimation. There seems to be no music of this style in China. It really makes people happy. It’s a very impressive thing for a female singer to have such creative ability.”

Lu Xi nodded, but this time I chose silence, and Qiao Jiao exclaimed: "Oh my god, in the hour we just listened to the song, more than 8000 copies were sold. This is no better than smuggling." It still makes money. Let me calculate how much it costs to buy more than 8000 copies... It's more than 20... It's more than 20... This is just advance on-demand. When it is officially released, it will definitely be more scary!" This time, Lu Xi also fell into silence with me. She was silent, maybe because in her opinion, this was not a particularly remarkable number. After all, she was already at the top of the entertainment industry. If she wanted to catch up with her, Zuo Xiaowei There is still a long, long way to go.

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After finishing the meal, it was only 09:30, and the three of us walked on the street again. Qiao Jiao and Lu Xi continued their previous style, holding my arms on the left and right; at this time, the Chinese New Year was approaching. Therefore, the streets are more lively than ever before. In addition to the liveliness, there is another change in the small town when the New Year is about to come. That is, the landscape trees along the street will be filled with landscape lights symbolizing the festival. These landscape lights It flickers on and off... If you stare for a long time and develop visual fatigue, you will find that the whole world is a dream, with only light and shadow, without any real matter.

What's more dreamy than this dream is my mood. I still don't believe that the picture of them holding my arms is real, but this sense of unreality gives me an indescribable sense of satisfaction. I don’t seem to be so entangled in my heart anymore, because there is no need to compare and there is no choice...

Just when I was in a daze because of this sense of satisfaction, Qiao Jiao and Lu Xi suddenly stopped and looked at me together.

I first turned to look at Qiao Jiao, and then turned to look at Lu Xi. I didn’t know why they stopped on this street that we had only walked halfway.

This time, it was Lu Xi who spoke to me first: "Han Chao, a new movie has been released recently with good reviews. Let's go to the cinema to watch it together."

Just when I was about to say yes, Qiao Jiao, who was standing on the other side of me, said to me again: "Brother Chao, there is a catwalk event in the Chinatown bar today. A friend I met in the small town will go to the catwalk. I have already agreed. Thank you for supporting her, you and I can go to the bar to watch the catwalk show."

I felt the painting style change suddenly, and then I looked at the two of them in amazement. After a while, I replied: "Can I go to the catwalk first, and then go to the movie?"

Lu Xi and Qiao Jiao shook their heads at the same time, indicating that they couldn't.

At this moment, I really realized that what they gave me was definitely not a hug, but what I said before, because their ideas were too clear, one wanted to go to the movie, and the other wanted Go to a bar and watch a catwalk...

I'm not a fool. In this situation, I finally understood why they each held their arms to me when they met. Their real purpose was not to reward me, but to let me choose for this moment. But this Is it a prank?
When this question lingered in my mind, I subconsciously looked at Qiao Jiao and Lu Xi next to me. The next moment, I read in their eyes that this was definitely not a prank, but something I had to do. choice without any compromise.

(End of this chapter)