Chapter 5: My Deskmate

Luo Hongyi is one of the regular customers of the Forget-Me-Not Bar.

He has worked hard in Beijing for many years and is now considered a semi-successful person. Although he is very busy at work on weekdays, he often comes to the bar to sit in the evening when he is free, orders a few mixed rums, and kills the long and lonely night.

Luo Hongyi doesn't like too much noise, nor does he want to be alone. The atmosphere of Houhai Bar makes him feel comfortable. He comes here not to look for a romantic encounter, but to relax his tense heartstrings.

Tonight, he sat in his old seat at the Forget-Me-Not Bar.

Then he heard Lu Chen singing "My Deskmate".

"

You used to be very careful,

asked me to borrow half an eraser,

you also mentioned inadvertently,

liked to be with me.

The sky was always blue at that time,

the days always passed too slowly,

you always said that graduation was a long way off,

we went our separate ways in the blink of an eye!

Who met the sentimental you,

who comforted the tearful you,

who read the letter I wrote to you,

who threw it in the wind.

"

As a workplace elite, Luo Hongyi has long been accustomed to intrigues. He once thought that his heart was as strong as steel and indestructible, and he would no longer be moved or sad by anyone or anything.

However, when he heard this clean, fresh and nostalgic folk song, he suddenly found that his heart was not as hard and cold as he imagined, and there was still a softness that did not need to be ashamed.

The deskmate may be the most profound existence in everyone's youth memory. For many people, the deskmate is the most touching first love. Although everyone did not understand love at that time, only this kind of emotion that does not involve utilitarianism and is not contaminated by the world is the most beautiful!

Luo Hongyi also has a deskmate who is engraved in his memory. That is a girl with the word "Tong" in her name.

Knowing, getting familiar, falling in love, quarreling, reconciling. After graduation, they went their separate ways in a blink of an eye!

It's like a bloody modern drama, but that's the youth that Luo Hongyi has experienced!

The past can no longer be recalled, but at this moment Luo Hongyi suddenly had a strong urge. He wanted to call Tong, just to ask one question - are you okay now?

But he had lost contact with her a long, long time ago.

".

The old days are gone,

I will have my wife.

I will show her the photos,

Tell her about you, my deskmate.

Who married you who was sentimental,

Who comforted you who was crying,

Who put your long hair up,

Who made your wedding dress,

La."

Luo Hongyi stood up suddenly, almost knocking over the small wine table in front of him, but he didn't care, grabbed a bottle of unopened wine on the table and strode towards the stage.

On the stage, Lu Chen finished singing the last line of the lyrics.

The whole audience was silent, as if they were under a spell, and time stood still at this moment.

Lu Chen felt great.

Because everyone's eyes were focused on him, no one spoke, no one drank, no one walked around, no one was careless, and no one turned a blind eye.

Here, on this stage, he conquered everyone with a new song!

Except for a well-dressed middle-aged man, he quickly crossed the aisle between the wine tables, rushed to the front of the stage with a slightly staggering step, and then placed the wine bottle in his hand on the table covered with non-slip hard plastic board.

Then, this man who looked like a workplace elite took out his wallet from his arms and opened it. He first counted out five hundred-yuan bills and placed them next to the wine bottle. After hesitating for a while, he added three more.

A total of eight brand new big red bills were pressed down by him with the wine bottle.

"Sing it again!"

The middle-aged man looked up at Lu Chen and said in a hoarse voice: "Please sing it again!"

In his dark eyes, there was an inexplicable luster.

Lu Chen was startled at first, but after he understood, he quickly said, "Thank you for your support, sir. I will sing it again. I hope you will like my new original song."

This kind of reward is rare in the Forget-Me-Not Bar, because most of the people who come here to consume are white-collar workers, young artists, college students or people in the circle, and most of them are well-educated and rational.

The classic characteristics of "My Deskmate" have created a moving magic through Lu Chen's first singing.

At this time, the applause finally exploded in the bar, so enthusiastic that it almost lifted the roof off!

Lu Chen leaned over and took the bottle of rum, unscrewed the cap and took a big sip, then put it back to its original position. He nodded at the other party and hugged the guitar again.

Started singing the second time.

The applause that just sounded was like a sudden rain in a summer night, coming quickly and going even faster. The bar quickly returned to silence, and the noise from the pedestrian street outside came in through the glass windows of the door, faint and ethereal.

Lu Chen's singing and guitar sound mixed together, filling this unforgettable time bit by bit.

Behind the bar, Su Qingmei's eyes sparkled as she tightly grasped Chen Jianhao's arm, lowering her voice and saying, "I want him, I want him, I want him!"

Chen Jianhao pinched his brows with a headache, and smiled bitterly, "My lady, can you be more reserved?"

"It's yours, you can't run away even if you want to, it's not yours"

"He can only be mine!"

Su Qingmei interrupted the other party proudly, with unspeakable confidence in her words: "I don't believe he can refuse my invitation, but the premise is that you can't make trouble, and this song is really his own original creation."

Chen Jianhao shook the phone in his left hand and said, "I tried it with the sound recognition, and there is no identical or similar work. If you want to confirm the rights, then go to the music library to check it yourself."

"Sound recognition" is a very popular mobile phone software nowadays. As long as you open it and record a piece of music or singing, you can recognize the title of the song with a very high accuracy rate.

Of course, compared with the Greater China Music Library, the professionalism and authority of "Listen to Songs" are much worse.

Su Qingmei smiled, let go of Chen Jianhao's arm and said, "That's no problem."

The charm of a mature woman and the cunning of a young girl, two different temperaments mixed together, giving her a unique charm, like the legendary fairy who turned everyone upside down.

But Chen Jianhao kept his distance: "You have no problem, but I still have a problem!"

He left the bar and walked towards the backstage.

On the stage, Lu Chen's singing continued.

In the big room backstage, Sister Hong and the male singer surnamed Ye looked at each other, with shock, astonishment, envy, jealousy and other emotions appearing and changing on their faces, and they were relatively silent.

The big room did not have the sound insulation of the small suite, so the singing echoing in the bar could be heard clearly.

After being in Forget-Me-Not for so long, what level Lu Chen was originally, who didn't know?

As resident singers, both Sister Hong and the male singer surnamed Ye have always looked down on Lu Chen, thinking that he was just relying on his face to get a free meal, and was essentially a bar waiter, and never regarded him as a competitor.

However, tonight, Lu Chen performed as a warm-up, first with a song "Flying Pigeon" to impress the audience, and then took out an original song to amaze the audience and win applause!

Is this still the Lu Chen everyone knows?

The two of them couldn't believe it, didn't dare to believe it, and didn't want to believe it!

"Where did he copy this?"

After a while, the male singer surnamed Ye murmured, "It sounds a bit familiar to me, and you have the nerve to say it's original?"

Sister Hong forced a smile, but secretly despised the other party's IQ in her heart.

Whether it is an original song, you can check it on your mobile phone on the spot. Unless Lu Chen's head is kicked by a donkey, otherwise if he brags here and is found out, how can he continue to mix with the face in the future?

What she couldn't believe was that the two songs that Lu Chen sang before and after had not been retouched!

What was the fat man doing in the music room?

At the same time, in the music room.

The fat man's voice pipe and the waiter Xiao Gao were completely dumbfounded.

They wanted to plot against Lu Chen, so they turned off the mixer and sent the original sound directly, thinking that this would expose Lu Chen's true colors and make him look bad on the spot, to satisfy their own dark thoughts.

However, the result was completely different from what the two had imagined. Not only did Lu Chen not lose face, but he won the applause of all the customers, and his singing and playing level was much better than before!

The sound coming from the monitor speaker was clearer and more pleasant to the ear than in the bar.

Their little tricks were all in vain.

And his damn Lu Chen actually had original songs!

The fat man shook his head in frustration and reached out to turn on the mixer again.

Xiao Gao grabbed him and asked in a sinister voice: "Fat brother, can you make his voice worse?"

The strong jealousy was like a poisonous snake biting the waiter's heart, making him lose his mind.

But the fat man was still sober. He didn't have such a big grudge against Lu Chen. After being frightened, he said in a hurry: "What are you talking about? Do you still want my job? No, no"

Of course, the sound can be improved or worse, but doing so is too obvious. Do you think others are fools?

Xiao Gao was very unwilling and grabbed the fat man's arm and wanted to continue persuading him.

At this moment, the door of the electronic music room was suddenly pushed open.

The two people with ulterior motives turned their heads together and saw Chen Jianhao appearing at the door. They were all shocked!

Chen Jianhao's face was gloomy. His sharp eyes swept over the two people first, and finally fell on the still closed mixing console. There was a faint spark in his eyes.

The fat man collapsed on the chair, trying to explain with a bitter face: "Boss, I..."

Chen Jianhao ignored him and said coldly to Xiao Gao: "Xiao Gao, go to the cashier now to collect this month's salary, and don't come here again in the future."

The owner of the Forget-Me-Not Bar knew what happened and who the culprit was.

As if a thunderbolt struck his head, Xiao Gao suddenly woke up, all his jealousy, anger and hatred disappeared, and there was only fear and regret.

"Boss, I was wrong, please give me another chance!"

Being a waiter in the Forget-Me-Not Bar is actually not bad, the job is stable and the salary is not low, the boss Chen Jianhao is not mean to employees, and at the end of the year, the red envelopes are full.

Xiao Gao really doesn't want to lose this job, and Chen Jianhao means that he should not mix in Houhai in the future!

Chen Jianhao certainly doesn't have the ability to influence all the bars in Houhai, but if a few words are spread, which bar would be willing to hire someone like him who likes to stir up trouble?

Now that he has been paid and left, it is already the most benevolent thing to do!

No matter how much he begs, it is useless.

Xiao Gao wants to cry but has no tears - he will suffer for his own mistakes!

(End of this chapter)