Chapter 46: A gamble of the year (remember to compare your heart to your favorite character)
Du Caige pondered.
He still has more than one Chinese classical music in his memory.
It's just that he is not familiar with those classical instruments.
His piano is grade-exam level, and his guitar is a hobbyist level; his flute, guqin, etc. are only at the beginner level, and he can't play continuously and completely.
And the original owner, since he is a folk music major, must be more than that.
As soon as you get started with the actual operation, isn't it revealing?
But after thinking about it, I have already admitted that I have "amnesia", so what else is there to be afraid of.
So I quickly decided on the "repertoire" and smiled helplessly: "That's fine, I'll show my ugliness in front of my godfather and new friends."
Old Man Huo asked, "Which musical instrument do you use?"
Since Du Caige had already decided on the "competition repertoire", he said without hesitation, "Guqin."
The old man Huo clapped his hands, and soon a young and beautiful waiter came over and asked, "Boss?"
The old man Huo said, "Go and arrange it. My son wants to play the guqin."
"Boss, when did you recognize a godson!" The waiter glanced at Du Caige and pursed his lips with a charming smile. Listening to the tone, there is no superiority or inferiority between the old man and Huo, and they are very equal.
Old Man Huo tapped his fingers on the table: "I recognize my godson, what are you worrying about? Could it be that you also want more godsons!"
Du Caige only felt a surge of blood rushing to his face. This is old and not repaired! Flirting with a waiter whose age could be his granddaughter in front of so many people! He even got himself into it!
The beautiful waiter covered his mouth and giggled, and gave Old Huo a glamorous glance; then he spoke to Du Caige in a measured manner: "Little brother, come with me, the guqin is so heavy, you have to help me move it."
Du Caige's mouth twitched slightly, and he got up and followed.
The attendant took him through the lobby, down the hallway to a locked room, opened the door and entered, with bright windows and apparently regularly cleaned.
"There!" The waiter pointed to a guqin.
Du Caige went to pick it up and followed the waiter out.
Speechless all the way. Du Caige doesn't bully the darkroom, and the waiter's charming and charming face is not against Du Caige.
Back in the sight of everyone, the waiter said with a polite smile: "Little brother, what's your name, are you really the godson of the old guy?"
"My name is Du Caige. Du Fu's Du, literary Cai Cai, a song about wine. Well, your boss is my godfather. I just recognized him." This woman called Huo Lao an old guy, and it was obvious that she had a relationship with Huo Lao Unusual.
"Then he must like you very much," the waiter's voice was soft, with the unique charm of Jiangnan Water Village, "The old guy is so stubborn, he always thinks that others are ordinary people, and he doesn't like to pay attention to others."
"That's right, it's my honor to be able to see him differently." Du Caige said insincerely.
The waiter led him to the foot of the lobby, which seemed to be used by musicians to play. The two of them arranged the arrangement together and set up the guqin. The waiter asked curiously while busy: "You and the old guy should have a good relationship, right? How did I meet you for the first time? Didn't you come here before?"
Du Caige didn't know if the original owner had been here before. He said vaguely: "I encountered a little problem in the past few years, and I didn't go out much. You and your boss should have known each other for a long time. A few years ago, I lost a bet to him and promised to recognize him as a godfather."
The waiter covered his mouth and smiled, and said meaningfully: "So it's you, the number is right."
Du Caige felt that her words themselves were easy to understand, but some of the meanings were not understood.
After setting up the guqin, the waiter backed away. Du Caige fiddled with the strings a few times, then put his hands on the guqin, took a deep breath.
...
over the seat,
After Du Caige left, he fell silent.
Old man Huo was not interested in saying anything to Jiang Youxi at all.
As for Jiang Youxi, she is very self-aware, knowing that her coffee position is far from old Huo, and she is not qualified to take the initiative to chat. Moreover, Jiang Youxi is also a smart person. Seeing the other party's attitude is so obvious, he understands that if he wants to take the initiative to cling to it, it will only be annoying.
So he just took a sip of tea and waited quietly.
After a while, the old man Huo looked boredly elsewhere and said, "This, Xiao Yan..."
"Uncle Huo, my surname is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Youxi."
"Oh," Old Man Huo didn't care, waving his hand like a fly away, "Are you familiar with my godson?"
"I'm not very familiar, but I've only known each other for a while. Brother Du is my idol," Jiang Youxi said with a smile, "I usually don't dare to disturb him."
"Oh." Old Man Huo raised his eyebrows and lowered his tone in a light tone.
Jiang Youxi didn't want to let the scene get any colder. He is a spiritual person. Now that Uncle Huo has spoken, he will continue to talk about topics that Uncle Huo is interested in, so that Uncle Huo has a good impression of himself. In this way, maybe one day in the future, the big coffee can save himself a lot of detours with a casual word.
So Jiang Youxi leaned forward and asked curiously, "Uncle Huo, what kind of bet did you make with Brother Du?"
The old man Huo showed a look of reminiscence, his eyes seemed to penetrate through the layers of fog, and he saw a vivid scene: "Oh, that time. It was after he announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry. That year, Su Man and Nanzi and Duan Xiaochen is a little bit intolerant, and deliberately chooses to release an album with each other at the same time."
Jiang Youxi thought for a while, and found relevant clues in his memory. The fire of gossip was burning in his eyes: "I heard that it seems that this matter is also related to Brother Du."
Old Man Huo was noncommittal, then continued, "I have heard the title song of both of their new albums at the time. I just said, Su Manqian is definitely not Duan Xiaochen's opponent this time. Xiao Du doesn't believe in evil, but he secretly gave it to me. Su Manqian wrote a few songs, saying that Su Manqian's album sales would definitely surpass Duan Xiaochen. I made a bet with him."
"It turned out to be like this." Jiang Youxi understood. It was March 2003, shortly after the photography scandal, dubbed the "Duan-Su dispute" in music circles.
In the album war that year, the final result was that Duan Xiaochen won. At the age of 22, Duan Xiaochen, who had just started his career as a singer, had only made his debut a few years ago, but he tried to transform, which surprised many people.
And this transformation has turned out to be very successful, which is amazing.
"Brother Du is not a god either," Jiang Youxi said.
The old man Huo shook his head, and his thick eyebrows also shook: "Of course he is not."
Jiang Youxi resisted her jealousy towards Du Caige, and tentatively said, "Uncle Huo, you recognized Brother Du as a godson. This is a major event in the circle. Would you like to take care of it?"
Old Man Huo lowered his head and took a sip of his tea, and said in a low voice, "It's my family affair. If you don't know, I'm too lazy to let them know."
Jiang Youxi gave a thumbs up secretly, the old man is domineering. But... "Don't you think that if you did something, Brother Du would just take this opportunity to announce his return?"
The old man Huo glanced at him, his eyes were like needles, if Jiang Youxi had a ghost in his heart, he would definitely act unnaturally.
However, at this moment, Jiang Youxi was really thinking about Du Caige and had no selfishness.
The old man nodded slowly: "You, think too much. If he wants to come back, there are 10,000 better ways. Don't worry, he will come back."
At this point of the conversation, Du Caige had already set up the guqin and fiddled with the strings a few times.
Old man Huo turned around and watched intently.
Jiang Youxi also shut up wisely. Although he actually has a different opinion, he heard Sister Mingming say what happened in the past, if Brother Du wants to return to the entertainment industry, the resistance is too great and too great.
After all, there are many women who have been hurt by Brother Du, including many well-known actresses, socialites, and relatives of bosses. Most of the entertainment industry hates Brother Du and will not allow him to come back easily.