Entertaining Children

At seven o'clock in the evening, Clara Vera appeared at the hotel entrance on time. Bayi?Chinese Network? W?W(i)W(i). (1) 8? 1ZW. COM asked Fang Yiran in advance the number of people attending the music festival, this time Clara did not drive her own car to pick up the airport, but drove a seven-seat suv.

After Xiao Yao and the three people got into the car, they found that besides Clara Vera, there were two young people in the car, a man and a woman, sitting in the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat respectively. After some introductions, Xiao Yao and the others knew that these two people were indeed the friends who went to the music festival together that Clara Vera mentioned on the phone. The black girl in the co-pilot's seat is called Kira Bea, a classmate of Clara Vera's at the Claremont Higher Art School. She majors in fine arts and is good at oil painting. The golden boy in the driver's seat is Clara Vera's neighbor, named Andrew Belmont, who is a guitarist in a band.

The International Jazz Festival is held in a park in the urban area, not too far from the hotel where Xiao Yao and the others are staying, but because there is a music festival before it and a film festival after it, many people flock to it during this period Arriving here made the city extremely congested. This time was also the time for the last music festival. Many people went out to the park where the festival was held, and the traffic in the city was also very congested. The distance was less than 20 kilometers, but the few people spent more than half an hour on the road.

Fortunately, the people in the car were of the same age, and they were all studying and engaged in art-related industries. Whether it is art, performance or music, Xiao Yao can chat. Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi have been Xiao Yao's assistants for such a long time, and under Xiao Yao's influence, at least they can talk about music, so the half-hour drive along the way, the few people in the car also quickly became acquainted.

The six people parked their cars in a nearby parking lot. When they walked into the park, the performance had not yet started, but there were already a lot of music lovers gathered in the park.

Clermont Ferrand's ongoing International Jazz Festival is a music festival with a fairly long history in the world. It was originally held in the 1960s in this world. It was originally held in Belfort, France. After decades of exhibitions, it has become a touring performance in several cities in France. In terms of music form, it has also changed from the original pure jazz performance to a comprehensive music festival that focuses on jazz and also includes folk, classical, rock and experimental music.

"There are three performance venues for tonight's performance." After entering the park, Andrew Belmont enthusiastically introduced Xiao Yao and the others, "One is an open-air performance venue, mainly for rock music and electronic music performances. These The performers are not necessarily famous bands or singers. Although there are college students and amateur musicians as performers, the effect is still very good, and watching the performances in the open air is free, no need to buy In addition, there will be performances in two chamber music halls, one for classical music and one for jazz. The performances in these two concert halls are relatively famous musicians. To enjoy their performances, you need additional You have to buy a ticket to get in."

"So, I suggested we go and see rock and techno in the open field.

After Andrew Belmont finished his introduction, he suggested to everyone by the way.

"Why? Do you think Xiao and the others can't afford the tickets?" Qila Bea immediately put forward a different opinion, "I suggest that we go to the concert hall and enjoy the performances of the masters. They are more professional, and The environment there is also better. I like to listen to music quietly."

"Then you should go to the concert instead of the music festival." Andrew Belmont immediately retorted, "In the environment of the music festival, it's better to have a good atmosphere with other audience members."

"Clara, tell me, where are we going?" Seeing that she couldn't convince Andrew Belmont, Kira Beah asked Clara Vera beside her.

"I don't care, I can go anywhere." Clara Vera smiled, "But don't you think we should listen to the opinions of our Chinese friends? We should think about where they want to go."

"You're right, we should consider the feelings of our new friends." Andrew Belmont and Kira Beah nodded in agreement.

Andrew Belmont looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Xiao, tell me where you want to go, we will listen to you."

Kira Bea was afraid that Xiao Yao, a boy, would tend to go crazy with Andrew Belmont, so she immediately continued: "Fang and Pei, you three make the decision, the minority obeys the majority."

"We listen to the boss." Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi said together in a very tacit understanding.

"Boss?" Andrew Belmont and Kira Bea looked at Xiao Yao strangely, and then asked them, "Is he your boss? I thought you were friends." Clara Vera was just talking to Xiao Yao before. They said they would take a few clients who came to the film festival to the music festival, but they didn't introduce the relationship between the three of them. The three of them looked about the same age, even Xiao Yao looked younger than the two girls, plus the way he talked in the car just now, they didn't expect that the boy was the boss of the two girls.

"We are indeed friends, but they also work for me." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "They are all my friends outside of working hours."

"But it's not working time now, we're here to play, you don't need to listen to his boss." Qila Beah said to the two Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi again.

"But he is the one who knows music best among the three of us." Fang still said with a smile, "He is a professional musician. It doesn't matter what we listen to, just follow his preferences."

"Are you a professional musician? Singer or songwriter?" Clara Vera also looked at Xiao Yao in surprise and said, "I thought you were an actor trying to be a director." Clara Vera had seen Xiao Yao Those who participated in Yao's short film knew that Xiao Yao was the director and starring role of that short film, so they made such a judgment on Xiao Yao's career.

"Singer and songwriter are both," Xiao Yao smiled. "Of course actors and directors are too. I like to try everything."

"You're so cool, buddy!" Andrew Belmont patted Xiao Yao's shoulder happily and said, "You must know what musical instrument, guitar?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded.

"Yes!" Andrew Belmont clenched his fists and shouted.

"But the first instrument I learned was the piano." Xiao Yao answered deliberately.

"So you choose to go...?" This time, it was Kira Beah who was happy.

"Actually, I originally wanted to suggest that everyone act separately and go to the venue they want to go to enjoy the music they want to listen to. But I think that since we came together, it is not good to act separately. How about this, let's go to the open-air performance first Watch rock music for an hour at the venue, and then go to the concert hall to listen to jazz music for an hour, okay?" Xiao Yao suggested.

"OK, I agree!" Andrew Belmont was the first to express his opinion.

"I agree too." Kira Bea had no objection either.

After several people discussed it, the time was close to 8 o'clock in the evening, and the performances at various performance venues were about to start, and several people immediately went to the open-air performance stage on the green lawn in the central field of the park.

There are already many people standing in front of the open-air performance stage, waiting for the performance to start. Some people can be seen packing tents and mats for camping at a little bit behind. Looking at the situation, it seems that many people have been living in tents on the lawn in the park these days.

The six people squeezed together and stopped at a place closer to the performance stage among the audience. From this place, they could already see the scene on the performance stage relatively clearly. At this time, the drum kit and other musical instruments on the stage have been set up, and several people who look like musicians are connecting the musical instruments and audio equipment. Obviously, the performance will start immediately.

After several young people on the stage made their preparations, a blond man with a round cropped head stood in front of the stage, greeted the audience loudly with a microphone, and did a simple The band introduction.

After listening to the introduction of the band, Xiao Yao realized that it was a band he had never heard of before. He asked Andrew Belmont beside him, and found that he had never heard of it, and he should not be well-known in Europe, but the audience in the audience They responded enthusiastically to them, and the volume of applause and cheers was not small.

After the introductions, the band, called Black Jack, began to perform. He performed three rock songs in a row, none of which Xiao Yao had heard before, but Xiao Yao still had a good time with his arms raised and shouted like the other audience around him.

The rock band walked out after three songs, and another band took over. After introducing himself, he then started his own performance.

This new rock band may be slightly more famous than the first one, as the audience cheers were noticeably louder than when the first band was on stage. This band performed four songs in a row. It can also be seen from this arrangement that they seem to be stronger than the first band. The name of this band, Xiao Yao, has also never been heard of, but Xiao Yao is very familiar with two of the four songs they sang.

The last two songs performed by this band are their own originals, and Xiao Yao has never heard of them. But the second and third songs are both songs of Xiao Yao's "Immorta1s" band. "ImmoRTaLs" was sung by Xiao Yao and the band, and it is the band's famous song of the same name. The other one is called "Thephoenix", which was also written by Xiao Yao for Dean and the others.

When Xiao Yao went to the United States last summer, he encountered Sun Tingting's accident and was involved in the case. When he asked Keith Craig to introduce him to a lawyer, he quickly agreed to Keith Craig to thank him with songs and wine. Later, after meeting Keith Craig, I felt that my song "Daydream" might not be popular, so I said that the song I thanked was for "Immorta1s". Although Xiao Yao still wrote a "sugar" for them later, Keith Craig, the songwriter for "Immorta1s", did not let it go, so Xiao Yao wrote "Thephoenix", which is also Fa11outBoy's previous life, for them. Keith Craig.

In fact, this song was released as a single as early as December last year. Xiao Yao also received notice from Keith Craig and the members of the "Immorta1s" band, but he has been busy He didn't pay much attention to the song's performance. He didn't expect that in three months, the song's popularity had reached the point where it was used by other bands to cover music festivals.

"Xiao, haven't you heard this song before?" Andrew keenly noticed the surprised expression on the stage when the band performed "Thephoenix", and kindly introduced him, "This song is not the original song of that band. Songs. The previous "ImmoRTaLs" and this "Thephoenix" are the songs of the American band "Immorta1s". Although it is a student band and only these two songs are played, they are both very good. One song was performed live at the Academy Awards the year before, and this second song is also in the top ten of the US Billboard. They are now the idols of all student bands in the world!"

"The idol of student bands all over the world, is he so powerful?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Yeah," Andrew saw that Xiao Yao was more interested, and continued excitedly, "It's not just a student band. Although the members of my current band are no longer students, our goal is to become the next one." Immortal 1s"!"

"Come on! I wish you success!" Xiao Yao encouraged with a smile.

After watching three bands perform about ten songs, almost an hour passed, and everyone was a little tired from shouting and dancing. Reminded by Kira Bea, everyone left the open-air performance venue and went to the concert hall in the park, preparing to listen to some soothing music and take a rest by the way.

The performances in the open air are coherent, while the performances in the concert hall are divided into periods and sessions. One hour from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. is performed by one musician, and from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., another musician performs, that is, another performance, both in classical music halls and jazz halls. It was less than nine o'clock when everyone left the open-air venue and arrived at the concert hall, just in time to enjoy the second full performance.

Under Xiao Yao's suggestion, everyone chose the concert hall where jazz is performed. Everyone already knows that you need to buy a ticket to enter the concert hall. After you arrive, you go directly to the ticket office to buy a ticket.

After a few people arrived at the ticket office, they found that there were no staff in the ticket office, but a card that read "Please ring the bell" and a hand to ring the bell. It is estimated that the staff saw that no one was buying tickets at this time, so they ran back to be lazy.

"Damn it! Is this fucking discrimination against foreigners? Are you crazy about money?" Andrew exaggeratedly exclaimed, even swearing out accidentally.

It turned out that although there was no one at the ticket office, there was a fare sign hanging on the wall. The signboard reads very strangely: "French: 10 euros. Foreigners 30 euros."

"Sorry, I didn't know there would be such a strange ticket price." Clara Vera said to Xiao Yao and the others embarrassingly, "I invited you to the music festival, so I will make up for the difference in ticket prices?"