One Hundred and Sixteen Tossing and Turning
One, two, three, four heads, a bunch of heads were crowded in front of the computer screen, and it was obvious that only one person could complete the task of booking a flight ticket. As a result, all four members of the band gathered together, as if they were discussing something The high-end business of launching rockets is so-so.
Although John Mark promised to reimburse business class air tickets, the problem is that the band members have been used to frugality along the way, and there is no way to change their thinking mode for a while. They always want to find the right air ticket as much as possible— —and...the band members are cash-strapped.
Ding.
A new email notification came out of the computer, and Ronan opened the email without any hassle, and then there was a sound of complaints from the side, strongly condemning Ronan:
"Are we picking out a ticket?", "I swiped it just now when I saw one", "Go back, what's going on with you"...
Ronan's head was covered immediately, but before he had time to refute, he glanced at the sender habitually, "Hey, it's John Mark."
heh.
All the voices stopped abruptly, the complaints were immediately cut off, and all eyes were cast on the content of the email.
In the email, John explained in detail the itinerary for tomorrow and the next few days.
After arriving in Washington tomorrow, John has reserved a hotel in advance. The Hilton Hotel in the center of the city has an address and contact information on it. The band will go to the hotel to check in, and then have lunch. A special car will arrive at the hotel at two o'clock in the afternoon , pick up and send the band to Verizon Center, the venue of the tour, for rehearsal.
In addition, John said that he is still in Los Angeles, and there are still things to deal with, and he will go to Washington with Bruno in two days. At that time, Bruno will conduct a brief interview and then formally determine the next job; , John's assistant will be in Washington to assist them with rehearsals and other matters.
This email was directly copied to John's assistant, and the assistant's business card was attached to the tail of the email, and the band was reminded to book a flight ticket and notify the assistant after confirming the time of arrival at the Washington airport.
"He will be responsible for the reimbursement of air tickets."
Finally, John made fun of Ronan.
This email is rich and informative, full of dry goods, all related work is clearly arranged, and an important thing is mentioned——
Now the band is still not the last candidate for the opening guest, they still need to conduct an interview with Bruno before things can be confirmed.
In an instant, the sense of reality rushed over like this, and it was precisely because things were not 100% certain that it further increased the credibility of reality.
So...John Mack is really John Mack? Is John Mark really Bruno Mars' tour manager? And the One Day Kings could really be the opening guest of Bruno Mars' concert?
All this, is it true?
"Well!"
Ollie didn't scream, but directly covered his mouth, his excitement exploded again, but after a short period of excitement, he quickly calmed down, because he had vented his heart out just now downstairs, and now it proves that Ronan's speculation was correct, and Ollie took it for granted.
On the contrary, Maxim let out a long breath, and the heart suspended in mid-air was finally able to return to his chest cavity, and then hit hard, and his chest began to ache faintly.
Ronan glanced at the last line again, turned his head and smiled at Cliff, "How about it? How about we go crazy with credit cards?"
...
Late at night.
The tick-tock-tick-tick-tick-tick clock-hand rotation sounds more and more suddenly in the silent night, just like the sound of bells and drums, complementing the croaking of frogs and insects outside the window, it seems that after the human world falls asleep,
Nature begins their own symphony concert.
Creak creak.
crunch.
The action of tossing and turning like pancakes caused the spring bed to protest strongly, and even clearly felt the pain of the mattress, as if it was screaming.
"Can't sleep?" Ronan still closed his eyes tightly, and said to Ollie in the next bed.
Ollie, who had just turned around, suddenly felt embarrassed, "Sorry for disturbing your sleep? Go to sleep, I won't make any more noise."
In the end, they booked a flight at 5:25 in the morning, and when they lay down on the bed after washing, it was already 2:15 in the morning. If they didn't want to miss the plane, they could only close their eyes for ninety minutes at most. Minutes, and then we have to rush to the airport.
This is a helpless choice.
It takes five and a half hours for a non-stop flight from Las Vegas to Washington, and after they arrive in Washington, they need to go to the venue for rehearsal at 2:30 in the afternoon, which means they don't have many choices ——
This is also the reason why John chose the One Day King Band. The time was short and the rehearsal time for the band was very limited. In order to ensure the quality, John's choice itself was also limited.
In the later e-mail, John mentioned that the rehearsal time was two o'clock in the afternoon. In fact, this is where John was not thinking carefully. He didn't calculate the time it would take for Las Vegas to go to Washington. He just took it for granted Made a plan and just threw it out.
Of course, for such details, the band can actually communicate with John's assistant. After explaining the situation, the rehearsal time may be changed, or not. But the band didn't want to take risks, because they also knew that this opportunity was rare. Bruno Mars had many, many options besides them, and they really had no room for bargaining.
Although Ronan thought it was a negotiable issue—not a bargain at all—the other three band members vehemently dismissed Ronan's idea.
So, the band has come to this situation, shutting their eyes briefly for 90 minutes, and then they have to go back on the road.
Everything was happening so fast and so chaotically that they had little breathing space as they prepared to head to Washington in a daze.
Now that I can breathe for a while, the tension and anxiety spread in the night, and I can't sleep at all.
"It's okay, I'm also half asleep and half awake." Ronan showed a shallow smile, "What, are you nervous?"
"Yeah." Ollie replied in a low voice.
"Why are you nervous?" Ronan asked lazily. Although he is groggy now, he really can't fall asleep completely. Don't sleep at all, wait until the plane to catch up on sleep.
Ollie didn't speak for a long time, just when Ronan thought that Ollie had fallen asleep, Ollie's voice came again, "I can't believe that all this is real. I always feel that this is like a dream. When I When you close your eyes and fall asleep, that is when you wake up from the dream.”
"Ronan, is this true?"