Chapter 23: Dominate the Battle, Seize the Hill
Lu Xi didn't know it was over yet.
Shyly but happily, she accompanied her mother to enjoy the song "Does Your Mother Know" performed by the entire symphony orchestra.
Jing Xiaoqiang still sang the song in the rehearsal room, and Lu Xi translated it word for word for her mother.
Obviously her mother doesn't understand English, but she can appreciate it: "The rhythm is very strong and full of jumping colors. Can it be adapted into a positive song that shows the air force soldiers' enthusiastic training and preparation for war?"
The commander closed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded happily: "Very good suggestion! A busy and high-spirited atmosphere has already appeared in my mind! Okay! Okay!"
The deputy director of the cultural troupe reminded him: "I think Xiaoqiang can shoulder this heavy responsibility, right?"
The conductor was very smart and expressed his opinion: "Comrade Xiao Jing is very knowledgeable about world pop music. He has learned from many people and has excellent performance skills. We will do our best to assist him in his creation!"
Jing Xiaoqiang was both amused and confused, but he still kept silent for the sake of everyone's face. There was nothing wrong with adapting a good song into a good work for the enjoyment of the people.
So after all parties had communicated with each other, they even followed the band's lead and performed several other foreign language songs.
Mother Lu listened attentively and seriously. In the end, she commented that "Lambada" was a bit decadent, "Gangnam Style" was a bit exaggerated, and "I Do it for You" was almost perfect, but they all had great artistic value.
She still had the same idea, whether she could adapt such songs into revolutionary songs that could boost morale.
The positioning is so high that the conductor dare not respond casually.
Jing Xiaoqiang indeed showed that he was qualified to be the son-in-law of a rich man. He thanked the band members in a dignified manner and then turned to them and asked, "Can we talk alone?"
Mother Lu already had a satisfied smile on her face: "Okay, let's go to where you live and take a look."
Lu Xi became nervous instantly. In this era, cohabitation was illegal.
Jing Xiaoqiang happily led the way out: "I haven't been back since she got so excited and wanted to decorate my doghouse. Give me back the key."
Lu Xi certainly didn't expect Jing Xiaoqiang to be so bold and straightforward. He bit his lips and said nothing, nor did he take out the key.
Her mother observed with a knowing look on her face.
The bright eyes under the wide-brimmed hat add majesty.
Jing Xiaoqiang is not afraid. He is older than this person mentally. "I sang this British song to Lu Xi to warn her that she is a very good girl, but I don't want her to get involved in my life. I am only eighteen years old. I still have a lot of things to do. I haven't considered dating and getting married. It reminds her that I am just a singer and I am not reliable."
Unexpectedly, the deputy director of the art troupe immediately became unhappy: "What's wrong with singing? Lifestyle is related to each person's upbringing, quality, and mentality, and has nothing to do with occupation. Moreover, age is not a problem. There are many young people Strengthen the management of discipline and style. The army is a melting pot..."
Well, Jing Xiaoqiang kept his distance even more: "Very good, very good, the army needs this to be combat-effective. What I mean is that I am just a wild singer and cannot be compared with the artists of the art troupe. Lu Xi should not waste his time on me."
Mother Lu reminded: "You are very talented in singing and praising. If you go through the art soldier system, you may be able to develop to the national level..."
All singers and celebrities are nothing compared to the national team system of art soldiers.
Before the 1980s and 1990s, the top singing and dancing artists all wore military uniforms.
Jing Xiaoqiang declined the offer: "Thank you, thank you. This is just my hobby. My main job is stage makeup. I am just preparing to take the entrance exam for the drama academy, so I definitely won't fall in love or get married at this time, let alone become an art soldier. I am a free-spirited person and can't stand being restricted."
The deputy director of the art troupe was finally surprised: "Makeup?!"
It can be said that this is the most inconspicuous link in the art troupe, right?
Lu Xi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly added: "He is very good at makeup. He just signed a contract with our airline to train all the flight attendants in makeup. I, I have photos..."
Indeed, there were two soldiers following the three people. I wonder if they were drivers or guards?
But soon we crossed the street and entered the residential area opposite. The deterrent effect of the military uniform was indeed very strong, and all the neighbors were very respectful when they saw it.
The uncle next door who always liked to criticize and instruct Jing Xiaoqiang the first few times he met him, he was in awe.
Lu Xi opened the door of the small single room, which was really brand new.
The 1.3-meter-tall bed has been replaced with beautiful sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases, and the quilt has been folded into the size of a tofu block.
But the more important thing is that from the bedside tables, closets to the windows, everything is covered and hung with neat white gauze curtains.
It instantly looks neat and hazy and elegant.
Then various decorations appeared in the palm-sized room, including hanging paintings, small vases, calendar tables and photo frames.
Jing Xiaoqiang could tell at a glance that it was after he had put makeup on these flight attendants that day that she returned to the dormitory and took a photo as a souvenir.
Mother Lu was a little surprised at the smallness of the room at first. Then she was observing the details in the room and figured out that there seemed to be no trace of a man's life. Then she saw the appearance on the photo frame.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. The daughter whom I have been familiar with since childhood actually has a surprising charm that is quite unfamiliar to me.
When he picked it up , he was still muttering: "Isn't this... a photo frame from home? Did you make it?"
That girlish look mixed with a mature look is very different from the red lips and black eyebrows that are now used in society as stage makeup.
It is even bigger than the gap between third world countries and developed countries!
Jing Xiaoqiang was also looking around the room. "I'm asking you, does your mother know that you're doing this? The purpose is to tell you that it's easy to be fooled if you blindly like a man, especially in professions like singing and makeup that involve dealing with a lot of women. There's no need to make things difficult for yourself, right? Go back with your mother."
To be honest, except for the breakup before going abroad and the time he had to deal with the girl's parents, almost all the foreign girls Jing Xiaoqiang met later had left their hometowns to work hard in Broadway.
Moreover, girls in European and American countries rarely let their parents interfere in their lives after they become adults.
So Jing Xiaoqiang didn't have much experience in this area, so he still followed the idea of belittling himself and causing the other party to be disgusted.
Lu Xi's family education is still good. She holds her mother's arm very appropriately, but she is stubborn: "So you are not a bad person!"
She looked like she was showing off to her mother. "When we first met, he gave me a thousand dollars to buy cosmetics in Hong Kong for work. He also put makeup on me and my colleagues. I... I came to clean up here, but he didn't have any bad intentions!"
Jing Xiaoqiang complained in his heart, with your stubborn attitude, how could I dare to have any bad intentions?
Fortunately, I sent her back on the first night, and I resisted the temptation of the fairy the second time, and I didn’t come back to be lustful yesterday.
Otherwise, you might have been caught and shot!
As a result, Lu Xi was immediately hit on the forehead by her mother with a chestnut: "Girls, you have no shame!"
The tone was not actually very harsh, more like doting.
Lu Xi was not afraid either: "I just came to watch him sing and dance. If I think he's good, then of course I shouldn't miss him! Wasn't it the same with you and dad back then?"
The mother smiled and said, "Very good. It is of course good that you have the spirit of taking the initiative to launch battles and seize the hilltops. In a short period of time, Xiaoqiang has indeed shown that he is talented at work and has a moral style of not bullying the dark room. Although he still has a somewhat free and undisciplined attitude in his ideological realm, most artists have this characteristic. However, romance in art does not mean decadence in life. Xiaoqiang, you are so young and yet you are calmer than Xiaoxi, who is three years older than you. I am very satisfied. I agree that you should try to get along with each other first, but don't cross the line between men and women. You should know the consequences."
Jing Xiaoqiang's jaw dropped. I am so radiant, can't the halo of rebirth and time travel cover me up?
What do you mean by allow us to get along first?!
He immediately waved his hands: "No! No, there is absolutely no relationship between men and women. I am not even considering this now!"
After hearing her mother's support, Lu Xi had been trying hard to control her facial expression so as not to laugh, but now she pouted a little.
Mother Lu smiled proudly, "I didn't force you to do anything. A man with ambitions is a good thing. As a parent, I know about this and I agree that you should get to know each other. Okay, I have a meeting this afternoon. Xiaoxi, you should know your mother's attitude. She has a good eye, but your father has taught you to be self-reliant since you were a child. He won't let you beg for affection, right?"
Lu Xi pouted even more, otherwise she would have laughed out loud.
The military style is indeed clear in goals and never drags its feet. Mother Lu only vaguely frightened the former security guard who was trying to continue his mother-in-law's career.
Just retreat in a dignified manner.
Just to express my understanding.
I feel very relieved, which is the kind of confidence that comes from having absolutely powerful strength.
Seeing a military-branded domestic car taking her mother away, Lu Xi observed Jing Xiaoqiang's expression: "You are not unhappy, are you? It was you who asked me to tell my mother about this."
Her outfit of white shirt and jeans is as pure and graceful as a white lotus.
But I can't afford to offend him at all.
