Chapter 22: If I can't afford to offend you, I can still hide from you.
Jing Xiaoqiang really wanted to curse, is this what I meant?
But on second thought, it seems there is nothing wrong with it.
I was only eighteen years old, an unemployed vagrant who hadn't even gone to college, and a gigolo who sang in a dance hall...
That day, Sister Fang seemed to have said that Lu Xi’s parents were both soldiers?
You should be disgusted with young people like this, right?
Jing Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a sense of self-mockery in his heart: "Okay, if you have the guts, ask your parents to come and see what you are doing."
Why did he graduate from a professional drama school in the 1990s, with plenty of opportunities to make money, but end up desperately trying to prove his artistic worth?
Why haven't I believed in love for thirty years? I would rather play around in the world than stay together.
Isn't it just that I broke up right after graduation and was looked down upon as a poor bastard who only served as a background board?
I thought I had already laughed it off.
It turns out that even after thirty years, I still feel resentful about it.
So no matter what Lu Xi ran out to do next, Jing Xiaoqiang returned to practice with the symphony orchestra.
Speaking of which, it was really a coincidence that he chose this dance hall. Was it just because the air conditioning here was better?
Perhaps subconsciously, Jing Xiaoqiang still considered himself a graduate of a professional college, and instinctively gravitated toward such a professional team.
As a result, although he is now a singer in a dance hall, he can rehearse with Shanghai's top symphony orchestra all day long.
Of course, Zhou Qingyun helped him to smooth out the relationship, but Jing Xiaoqiang himself is very talented and can sing and play, and he can perform many good foreign songs, which is also what the people in the symphony orchestra appreciate.
The conductor has decided to rehearse "Does Your Mother Know" as the key piece in the Chinese version, and will also cooperate with the city's choir to make it a featured piece to promote classical music to the entire city this year.
The lyrics can be used to advise young people to study hard and make progress every day.
Jing Xiaoqiang knew that some orchestra conductors were also senior members of the orchestra.
But I didn’t expect it to be so high-level.
Instead of rehearsing classic pieces from over a hundred years ago to compete with international orchestras to see who has deeper heritage, it would be better to rehearse something unique and interesting like this as a repertoire.
The performers also found it fresh and relaxing.
Those concertos and sonatas by Mozart and Tchaikovsky have countless interpretations for every note, which is so tiring.
Before he knew it, Jing Xiaoqiang had gone from taking time out in the morning and evening to practice with part-time musicians to formally rehearsing with the symphony orchestra!
Although he doesn't have a salary, everyone already treats him as a member of the team. Even if he hasn't been included in the regular staff, everyone thinks it's a matter of time.
After all, Xiaoqiang's talent is visible to the naked eye.
But no matter how elegant a person is, he or she cannot resist the gossipy heart.
During the lunch break at noon, everyone, led by the first violinist, finally asked Jing Xiaoqiang about the stewardess.
Jing Xiaoqiang said confidently: "Little girl, isn't it easy to be so infatuated with love? It's really like what the song says. If her mother knew about this, she would punish her severely!"
Everyone laughed. It was true that this statement made sense to a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.
But you are only eighteen years old!
It's funny no matter how you look at it.
And before the laughter died down, two figures appeared at the entrance of the orchestra cafeteria!
The performers who turned their heads to look almost fell silent subconsciously.
Because the shorter middle-aged beautiful woman standing next to the long-legged stewardess looks like her mother at first glance!
The key is his straight dark blue officer's uniform, which is so intimidating!
When I thought about how I had just laughed and joked with the little girl, I immediately felt guilty!
The artists in the cafeteria almost stood up!
Let’s quickly send Jing Xiaoqiang, the gangster who is mixed in with them, out.
Several of them were kicking people under the table and poking people around them, reminding Jing Xiaoqiang to face the situation quickly.
Jing Xiaoqiang was digging for rice, and when he looked back he almost choked. He was shocked inside, thinking that luckily he hadn't done anything vicious the first two times, otherwise he could get away with this.
At the same time, I vaguely understood something from the color of the military uniform.
You have to know that ten years ago, flight attendants still wore military uniforms to work, and later the entire airline's airspace was under the management of the Air Force.
Maybe, that Sister Fang is trying to curry favor with this person...
Just by looking at Jing Xiaoqiang's wolfing down of food, Lu Xi couldn't help laughing, and she quietly shook her mother's arm to indicate that it was the fool over there.
In fact, it was probably because the military uniform was too straight, especially the five-star on the epaulettes inlaid with gold thread, which was too intimidating. The expression on the middle-aged woman's face was kind.
But that behavior does have a leadership flavor.
Wait, what does this five stars mean?
Jing Xiaoqiang was shocked. He was not too surprised that he was a soldier, but...didn't Lu Xi say that she would work hard to earn overtime pay? This, this didn't seem to be what he thought.
But everything should still be under control, and the officials should look down on people like us who sing for money.
He swallowed the food in his mouth with all his strength, wiped his mouth on his arm as roughly as possible, stood up and greeted her: "Big sister... comrade... "
I swear to God, it wasn't wrong for Jing Xiaoqiang to subconsciously call her "big sister" when he saw a beautiful middle-aged woman who was definitely less than 50 years old.
But it was only after calling her that that I felt something was a little inappropriate. You can't call a female officer like that, you have to add the word "comrade" out of the blue.
Behind him, there was a large group of people trying to hold back their laughter. If it weren't for the power of the military uniform, they would have probably all laughed.
Xiaoqiang, Xiaoqiang, you are really something. You compliment your mother-in-law like this as soon as you meet her!
The way the female officer looked at him was indeed the scrutiny of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.
No wonder Lu Xi is in her early twenties but has a rare maturity and calmness. She learned this temperament from her mother.
The voice was very pleasant: "Are you Jing Xiaoqiang?"
Jing Xiaoqiang quickly confessed: "Yes, yes, yes, I graduated from high school this year. I'm from Bazhou County, Sichuan Province, a very unknown place. I applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy but I don't know if I can get in, so I came to Shanghai to work and earn tuition. Oh, I'm only eighteen years old this year, and my family conditions are not very good. Now I mainly sing in the dance hall..."
He was just trying to play the victim, making himself sound as bad as possible, with a hint of "You guys look down on people like me, so I look down on myself first, and now let's see how you can dislike me."
Almost fifty years old, Jing Xiaoqiang was just an ordinary person, at best an ordinary person living among a group of artistic geniuses.
And they are a group of frustrated artistic geniuses who eventually end up performing on Broadway.
He thought that the rich and powerful would despise background and only care about being well matched with others.
Little do people know that the less money and influence one has, the more he cares about this.
People who are full of confidence don’t care where you come from or what your conditions are.
Because huge gaps can be easily made up, people only look at the basics.
The female officer laughed almost synchronously with her daughter, and turned to nod at Lu Xi: "It's quite unusual. When you were eighteen, you didn't have the ability to be self-reliant like him. Hehe, you're three years younger. Your dad will be happy..."
Lu Xi also quickly spoke up: "Didn't you ask me to invite my mother? This is my mother. Sing that song again!"
Judging from her tone, she wasn't being provocative; she was sincerely trying to show off Jing Xiaoqiang in front of her mother.
Jing Xiaoqiang is a bit stuck, why don't you follow the plot?
Shouldn't you dislike me?
But the scene did not allow him to freeze. The symphony orchestra performers behind him responded actively: "Okay, okay! Fortunately, I brought the flute..."
"I brought my violin too!"
"I have a trumpet..."
"Then I'll clap my hands!"
"I also have a harmonica..."
"Come, I'll take over the command. Xiao Qiang is ready!"
Really? When facing this officer, you have no artist's integrity at all?
Lu Xi immediately followed the cheerful rhythm, shaking his head in anticipation, and hurriedly emphasized: "Write it for me, write it for me!"
not like this!
Jing Xiaoqiang couldn't sing at all, and finally he became a little depressed and looked worried.
Fortunately, the commander who was eating in the leader's small room at this time finally heard the noise and said, "What's going on? What's the matter? Why are you suddenly making so much noise? You should practice seriously and go to the rehearsal room... Eh ? You are..."
The female officer smiled and saluted: "Excuse me, I just came here for some personal business, but I have seen you..."
Jing Xiaoqiang then had the opportunity to timidly gesture to Lu Xi with a low voice: "What does this... mean?"
Lu Xi also looked at it inexplicably: "Professional and technical civilian cadre rank, my mother is in the art troupe, I have been learning to dance since I was a child, but it is not suitable if it is too high, and my mother also thinks it is too hard..."
Jing Xiaoqiang suddenly realized: "You scared me, I thought..."
Lu Xi liked it no matter how she looked at him: "Look at you, don't you want to see my mother?!"
Jing Xiaoqiang was simply terrified!
I'm so scared. It's impossible!
