Chapter 311: Dream of Drifting in Beijing

Xidan Shopping Mall is one of the most crowded shopping malls in Beijing. From morning to night, it is always full of noise.

Beijing is not only the political and economic center of China, but also the cultural center. It is also the street culture that can be seen everywhere. Here, there are wandering singers singing with guitar under the subway culvert; there are artists playing violin under the big tree in the park; there are music lovers who play various instruments live on the overpass. Don’t think of them as simple beggars. They have a common and literary name - "Beijing Drift". Moreover, most of the people who can "drift" here are people with dreams and skills, and they are not simple. Perhaps when they return to their hometown, they are all elites in their respective industries, but they are willing to stay here, dream of their dreams of drifting in Beijing, fantasizing that one day they can stay here and become a real Beijinger, and no longer continue to wander.

What is a Beijing drift? People who have never been drifted will never understand. Those who have been drifted will tell you that there are too many stories in the word "Beijing drifted" vocabulary. And too many Beijing drifted people have really found their own success here. From the literary and artistic circles, many famous singers such as Na Ying, Han Hong, Yuquan, etc. are the former "Beijing drifted" clan. They have slept in the basement, ate three yuan a bowl of instant noodles, sang in the bar, and ate almost all kinds of hardships. But in the end, they stayed and finally realized their dreams with their persistence and strength. Now, more people are continuing to dream like them, which is "Beijing drifted".

As the Xidan Shopping Mall, which has the most crowded population in Beijing, has always been loved by Beijingers. Whether it is the overpass outside or inside the shopping mall, various small improvisations can be seen everywhere.

Early in the morning, Xidan Shopping Mall opened its doors and began to welcome tens of thousands of customers. It is not the highest-end shopping mall, but it is definitely the most lively shopping mall, with clothing, shoes, socks, hardware and appliances, food, clothing, housing and transportation almost all kinds of, and it is available in all levels. It is definitely the most suitable place for mass consumption and entertainment.

There is a circular stage of about 20 square meters at the center of the first floor of Xidan. On weekdays, although every inch of land is valuable, there is never a stall on this stage. This is a separate venue specially prepared by the mall for various small performances. This is also a sign that differentiates Xidan Shopping Mall from other shopping malls. Looking across the country, there are not many shopping malls that are larger than here, but when it comes to cultural atmosphere, there are really no more than here. This is also the most famous landscape in Xidan Shopping Mall.

The opening of a small stage here was originally a temporary idea for the mall manager, but later he soon discovered that this was a wonderful idea. Since the stage was established, the popularity of the mall has become much more prosperous. It can attract hundreds of people to watch each time and bring great growth to the mall's customer flow. Overjoyed, he even set up a separate department to be responsible for managing the stage, including regular reception and contact, etc.

Of course, after it has become a certain scale, it naturally has also entered the attention of the Beijing Municipal Cultural Bureau. For those small individual performances with unfixed venues, the Beijing Municipal Cultural Bureau generally does not care much about it, but seeing that the influence here is getting bigger and bigger, it is not so easy to perform here now. The Cultural Bureau stipulates that performing here must be registered and registered normally, and can only be performed after approval, and a certain fee must be paid.

Despite this, this still cannot stop the Beijing migrants and small companies from liked it here. Because compared to the huge advertising fees that are advertised outside, you only need to pay a few thousand yuan in rent here to apply for a performance, and the impact it creates cannot be brought by spending two to three times the advertising fees.

Look, early this morning, a group of staff began to set up this small stage again.

The young manager who manages this place is surnamed Meng. He is not tall and has a smart face. After checking his identities with the other party, he stood by and signaled that they could work.

"Time Records, a small company, I haven't heard of it much before." Looking at the company name on the application form in his hand, Manager Xiao Meng muttered. Although he is just a small manager, his vision is very high. After working here for a few years, he doesn't know how many celebrities have seen. Now, even big names like Zhao Benshan or Yan Weiwen stand in front of him, he won't feel that it is too surprising.

"Hehe, boss, don't look at the small company today, but they have a singer, it's not easy." A female employee under her command saw that Manager Meng seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the Records of this era and said with a smile.

"Oh, Xiao Li, tell me, why is it not a simple method? Which god is it?" Manager Xiao Meng said humorously.

"Hehe, I can't talk about a god, but I'm pretty famous." Xiao Li said mischievously with his hands behind his back. Seeing the manager's face as he asked, he couldn't help but say proudly: "Manager, do you like listening to piano music?"

"Piano music? Don't we play it every day in the mall? I don't know much about that kind of play, I know a song "Alice" or something. Why, this person is a piano player today? This is fresh. When we come here, we usually sing, and it's rare for those who play the piano." Manager Xiao Meng said with a smile.

"You really told me that I came here today, just a piano player. You don't know that the new song recently was very popular, called "He is a Pirate", which was played by him. It sounds so nice. The girls in our dormitory all liked him very much. Lili also spent more than 30 yuan to buy a genuine CD. We all watched it, so handsome!" Xiao Li said, with a little star in his eyes.

"Haha, you young people just like to chase stars. Isn't it just playing the piano? What's so amazing? No matter how powerful he is, what kind of Richard can he be better than that?" He often spends time here, and Manager Xiao Meng's "cultural literacy" has also increased. Even the title of "Piano Prince" can be said, which is not simple.

"That's not, who is Richard? That's the piano prince, the most powerful piano player in the world. Liu Yufan is still a little worse than him. But this song is really super nice. You will know when he comes later and will never disappoint you." Xiao Li said with some expectations.

Fortunately, there is no professional piano player next to me, otherwise I would be very depressed after listening to the conversation between the two. A popular piano player would be touted as "the most powerful piano player in the world", which is simply a laughing tooth.

It is true that Richard Clayderman is famous all over the world, but it is too nonsense to say that he is the most powerful person in the piano. No matter how high he plays his music, the music he plays is really not difficult in terms of performance skills. As long as a person who has learned piano systematically, he can basically play most of his works smoothly and freely after passing the CET-6. Of course, for him, he also studied in a regular music school systematically, and later turned to the popular piano, and he still has some skills. But it is absolutely not very powerful, and at best it can only be said to be good.

A popular piano player actually has such a high reputation around the world, which also shows from one aspect that it is difficult to popularize piano art. For those true classic works, there is often an embarrassment of "high music and fewer music". Except for professionals, it is difficult for ordinary people to appreciate. Instead, simple and beautiful things like him are easier to remember by people.

From this perspective, the popularity of Liu Yufan's song "He is a Pirate" may also play a powerful role in promoting the popularization and promotion of pianos. Of course, it is hard to say whether he can realize this.

With the busyness of the staff, a background wall more than two meters high was quickly completed, and the poster printed with Liu Yufan's huge avatar immediately attracted a lot of people.

This is a picture in the MV promotional brochure. On the right side of the picture is a close-up of Liu Yufan playing the quaint piano, while behind him, the background is huge waves, heavy rain, and the huge "Black Pearl". Captain Jack's heroic fighting posture on it is also particularly attractive.

Such an impactful poster immediately attracted many people to stop and watch.

Among the people who come to visit Xidan, there are mostly young people, and among the young people, there are many music lovers. This group of people always stands at the forefront of pop music and knows some of the trends in the entertainment industry. At this moment, many people immediately recognized Liu Yufan when they saw such a poster.

"Ah, look! Pirates!"

"It's Liu Yufan, I like his "He's a Pirate". Oh my God, is he coming here today?"

"Ah, look, it's Stanway, Big Stanway, hey, so handsome, I really want to go up and bounce!"

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More and more people were watching, and everyone was talking around the small stage that had been almost arranged. Posters and pianos became the focus of their conversation.

The transfer lawyer Wu Di is a full-time transfer lawyer at Xinghai piano shop. Today, he received a tuner task from the piano shop and asked him to come here to give a piano tuner to participate in the publicity activities. When he came, he was shocked!

The piano he tuned was actually the Stanway Triangle. Wu Di has been tuned for more than ten years, but he has never adjusted such a high-end piano several times.

"I don't know which big name is coming to do promotion, but he actually uses such a good piano. This is a treasure worth about 2 million yuan. They are not afraid of breaking it up." Wu Di muttered, and began to adjust it carefully.

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Chapter completed!