Chapter 1393: Taolang Before He Became Famous!

Yang Ming knew that in history, as the heir of the He family, He Chaoxun had a good talent for business.

And now that she has been with Yang Ming for many years, she may have a wider range of knowledge.

Looking at He Chaoxun in front of him, Yang Ming was thinking whether he should let her start to be independent.

The two of them were drinking beer there.

At this time, a young man dressed fashionably came to the stage of the bar.

"Welcome our bar's new resident band, the Sons of the Earth, to sing for the guests."

The Sons of the Earth band?

Yang Ming, He Chaoxun really had never heard of it.

However, for now, the most popular music scene should be Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, which is gradually catching up.

As for China, although a group of singers and bands have also appeared, there are still some differences between the music scenes in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan.

Yang Ming, He Chaoxun sat there and listened.

They sang in Mandarin, which should also be domestic rock music, and it really sounded different.

Although the band members worked hard, they did not attract much attention from the guests, perhaps because they thought the songs were not good.

Yang Ming and He Chaoxue continued to drink beer and chat.

The host on the stage felt a little sorry when he saw that the atmosphere in the bar was not lively, and hoped that the band would bring out better songs.

However, after singing several rock songs, they still did not attract much attention.

Yang Ming waved to the waiter passing by.

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Ask them if they can sing songs from Hong Kong. Huang Jiaju's is good."

"Okay, sir."

The waiter went on stage to find the host, and the host found the lead singer of the band.

At this time, Huang Jiaju's Beyond Band had already become popular in Asia, especially with the support of Yang Ming and Asia Television, it would be difficult for Huang Jiaju not to be popular.

Many of Huang Jiaju's classic songs have appeared now.

Vast Oceans and Skies, Goodbye Ideals, Glorious Years, AMANI, Like You, Lover, Forever Waiting, Gray Tracks, I'm Angry, Metal Maniac, Midnight Song, Looking Away, Really Love You, Who Will Accompany Me, Regrets Without Tears, No More Hesitation, Face-to-face Party, Farmers, Endless Emptiness, Footprints of the Past, etc.!

Those who study rock music naturally know Huang Jiaju's songs.

Originally, they wanted to use their own original songs, but found that there was no response. Now the guests asked them to sing Huang Jiaju's songs.

After the host discussed with them, he had no choice but to start with Huang Jiaju's song "Vast Oceans and Skies".

Sure enough.

Huang Jiaju's songs gradually aroused the atmosphere of the bar and attracted more passing guests to come in for a drink.

Today I watched the snow drifting in the cold night

Drifting far away with a cooled heart

Chasing in the wind and rain, and unable to distinguish the shadows in the fog

. . .

"Sir, I didn't expect you to be so good." He Chaoxuan said on the side.

"It's not that I'm good, it's that music needs resonance. If the resident singer is a female singer, I will definitely recommend Teresa Teng's songs."

He Chaoxuan knew that Yang Ming had written several classic songs for Teresa Teng, but he didn't write any more later.

From this point of view, He Chaoxuan felt that Yang Ming had talent, and was not inferior to the other so-called four talents in Hong Kong. It's just that outsiders don't know.

The band saw that the guests responded well and continued to sing.

The income of these resident singers is not stable. It mainly depends on the bar business. If the bar business is good, their salary will be high. If the bar business is not good, they can't afford resident singers.

The main income of the bar is selling drinks.

For people who come here to drink, the consumption of drinks in one night is nothing. The most important thing is to be happy.

Yang Ming and He Chaoxuan listened there.

It was after eleven o'clock in the evening.

It was a bit dark at night.

At this time, there were more and more guests in the bar, and Yang Ming and He Chaoxuan were ready to go back.

Before leaving, Yang Ming touched his pocket and found that he didn't bring any cash.

"Sir, what's the matter?" He Chao asked.

"Seeing that they sang very hard just now, and they sang well, I'm going to give them some money."

"How much?"

"Ten thousand."

In the 1970s and 1980s, a household with a monthly income of ten thousand yuan was very valuable.

Now, in the 1990s, ten thousand yuan is still very valuable, but not as rich as in the 1980s.

Especially before the real estate bubble in Qionghai, one square meter was hyped up to several thousand yuan. In fact, ten thousand yuan is still very valuable now.

He Chao took out a stack of money from his bag, not RMB, but Hong Kong dollars.

He took out 20,000 Hong Kong dollars from it.

Then he asked a bodyguard to take the money over.

The lead singer and several other members of the band who were still singing saw someone coming over, and they felt strange at first. The other party just put the 20,000 Hong Kong dollars in front of them.

"Our boss said you sang very well, and this is a reward for you."

These are two stacks of cash.

At first, I thought it was RMB, but when I found out it was Hong Kong dollars, it was also very valuable.

These were tips from customers to the band. The bar did not take any share, which meant that they divided it according to the share ratio. Now they got 20,000 Hong Kong dollars in tips, and they were very excited.

"I wonder who your boss is?"

At this time, Yang Ming and He Chaoxun were ready to leave.

The lead singer of the resident band wanted to know Yang Ming's identity, but how could the bodyguard tell him?

However, Yang Ming and He Chaoxuan came out of the bar and saw a promotional advertisement outside the door.

The promotional advertisement showed several rock musicians of the band ‘Sons of the Earth’.

Yang Ming took a look and wanted to leave directly.

However, he felt that one of the people on it seemed to have seen it somewhere.

“Give me that promotional advertisement.”

The bodyguard took it away directly.

After getting in the car, Yang Ming and He Chaoxuan took the car back to the hotel.

On the way, Yang Ming saw the people on the promotional advertisement.

Guitarist Zhong Xuhong, bassist Wu Xiaohong, drummer Lai Huan, keyboardist Luo Lin, lead singer An Long, band manager Shi Xun.

Yang Ming seemed to have never heard of these people.

But why did the keyboardist Luo Lin look very familiar?

Yang Ming looked there.

“Sir, what are you looking at?”

“This person looks a bit familiar.”

Yang Ming clapped his hands.

Suddenly, he thought of something.

Could it be that this Luo Lin was the later Daolang?

He looked carefully and really saw some of them.

However, Luo Lin is still very young now, probably in his twenties.

As for Tao Lang, Yang Ming had heard the song he discovered when he was studying in his previous life. He heard it on the radio. He knew that "The First Snow of 2002" was very popular at that time, and it should have been very popular in China until later.

Later, after Yang Ming lived in Hong Kong, he also knew that Tao Lang had held a concert in Hong Kong, and then came to this world.

Unexpectedly, I met Tao Lang before he became famous here.

Did he come to Qionghai before he became famous?

Yang Ming thought Tao Lang was in the northwest at the beginning, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Luo Lin was born in 1971 in a literary and artistic family in Zizhong County, NJ City, Sichuan Province. His mother was a dancer in the county art troupe, and his father was responsible for stage design.

When he was young, Tao Lang was not interested in music at all. When he was 11 years old, Tao Lang even had one dollar in his pocket and was determined to go to Shaolin Temple in Songshan to learn martial arts. Without support from his family, 1 yuan certainly could not reach Henan Province, and Daolang's martial arts dream was soon shattered.

Because his parents often had to perform with the art troupe, his brother, who was five years older than Daolang, "consciously" assumed the responsibilities of a father. When someone bullied Daolang outside, his brother would defend his brother without hesitation.

But when he got home, he would beat him up if he disagreed.

After years of oppression, Daolang once knelt down and begged God for his brother to die. At that time, Daolang never thought that his curse would come true.

When Daolang was 15 years old, because he didn't like the girlfriend brought by his brother, the two brothers fought each other. His mother protected her child and scolded his brother, and his brother ran away in anger.

Unexpectedly, his brother died in a car accident after leaving home. His parents were heartbroken, and Daolang was also heartbroken. He felt that his curse killed his brother.

At the age of 15, Daolang tasted the six sufferings of life for the first time, and it was difficult to resolve, so he began to use music to heal his wounds. A year later, he left a note for his parents and left home to wander.

Tao Lang went to the dance troupe to take the exam, but the teacher thought he was too amateur.

So he decided to make his own way in music.

He went to NJ City and worked as a waiter in a dance hall, busy serving tea and water, and helping the teacher wash clothes. As a result, he met many musicians and also became a disciple of a keyboard player, Mr. He.

Afterwards, Tao Lang persuaded the lead singer of the dance hall, Liao Jian, to form the "Scalpel" band together. The band was unknown and could only earn a few hundred yuan a month.

Although he failed to become a very good singer, Tao Lang ushered in his first love during this period. He fell in love with a dancer named Yang Na, who was seven or eight years older than him and divorced. However, Tao Lang didn't care at all and insisted on marrying her despite his parents' opposition.

But reality gave Tao Lang a slap in the face. After marriage, Yang Na gave birth to a daughter, Luo Tian. When the daughter was 40 days old, his wife suddenly left a note, saying that you can't give me the life I want and left without saying goodbye.

Tao Lang, who was depressed, wrote a song "The Child's Mother" in tears and left the child to his parents. For the dream of music, he wandered again, traveling to Yuzhou, Gaoguan'an, and Qionghai.

In 1992, when Taolang was singing in a bar in Qionghai, he met Zhu Mei, a folk singer from the northwest, and the two fell in love with each other.

Historically, it was not until 1995 that Taolang followed Zhu Mei back to the northwest, because Zhu Mei had to go back to the northwest to take care of her parents. Taolang, who was unwilling to endure the pain of separation, followed Zhu Mei back to the northwest.

The two rented a house near a bus stop called "Eighth Floor" in Urumqi.

At this time, Luo Lin still formed the Earth Son Band with others, and traveled back and forth between bars in Sanya, Qionghai and Haikou to make money.

When business was good, more than 20,000 yuan a month was distributed.

In the early 1990s, it was really not easy to distribute more than 20,000 yuan a month.

However, it was not like that in history. The business of this band was getting worse and worse, and it had to be disbanded in the end.

It is said that the lead singer An Long later recalled that the decision to disband the "Earth Sons" band was made after An Long watched the rehearsal of the Xi'an "Flying" band at that time. Their conditions were very difficult, but they were undeterred by wind and rain. After the rehearsal, An Long invited the "Flying" band's friends to a restaurant. They had ordinary barbecue, and the wine only cost 100 yuan. The band's lead singer Xu Wei told An Long that they had not drunk so much for a long time. In An Long's eyes, they were the real artists. The "Earth Sons" lived in the hotel every day, eating delicious food but not making progress. On the first night, the musicians disagreed and had an unpleasant quarrel.

Over time, they had no choice but to disband.

At this time, Yang Ming did not expect that he would meet Daolang here. It was a little funny to think about it.

"Sir, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I just found a good singer."

Found a good singer?

Yang Ming was able to sign Michael Jackson. In He Chao's opinion, no matter how good a singer is, he is probably not as good as Michael Jackson, right?

Back to the hotel's luxury suite.

He Chao stayed in Yang Ming's room.

Rest for a night.

Early the next morning.

After Yang Ming got up.

After breakfast, he went out to the coconut trees by the sea to blow the sea breeze. His mood really became very good.

He suddenly remembered the band he met in the bar last night, and the keyboard player Luo Lin.

That is Daolang who has not yet become famous.

Now this band will definitely continue for a while, but after a while, this band will definitely not be able to go on.

Why many bands are difficult to maintain regardless of whether they are famous or not, and can only disband in the end, in fact, it is still a problem of interest distribution.

Yang Ming felt that it would be difficult for Daolang to become famous if he stayed in Qionghai. He would still follow Zhu Mei to the northwest, where the great desert would make Daolang a future.

However, before Daolang left Qionghai, Yang Ming felt that he could meet him.

After walking in the coconut grove.

Yang Ming went back upstairs.

He called the bodyguard who followed him out last night.

"Boss, what's the matter?"

"Go and call Luo Lin, the keyboard player of the band in the bar last night, to see me."

"Boss, is he alone?"

"Yes, he is alone."

The other party wrote it down.

After leaving here, he came to the hotel and found Luo Lin who was still resting.

Last night, Luo Lin and other band members did not finish their bar performance until more than three o'clock in the morning and returned to the hotel to rest. Of course, last night's income may also be the highest.

In addition to the boss whose identity is unknown who gave a reward of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, other guests also gave more than 10,000 RMB, which is more than 30,000 yuan, and each person can get a few thousand yuan.

Of course, this is also the night with the highest income for them.

They were looking forward to meeting such a generous boss next time, so that they could drink and eat meat every day without any problem.

"You, you're looking for me?" Luo Lin was still a little unclear.

He came back at around 3 a.m. last night and fell asleep at around 4 a.m., and now it's just over 9 a.m., which means he slept for more than five hours, but he still has to go to the resident singing tonight.

"My boss wants to see you."

The bodyguard said directly.

"What boss? I don't know him."

"Mr. Yang."

The bodyguard said directly.

When the other party heard about Mr. Yang, Luo Lin didn't react at first. When he reacted, he found out that it was Mr. Yang, the chairman of the Empire Group.

During this period, many people knew that Mr. Yang came to Qionghai, but not many people could actually see Mr. Yang.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Yang actually sent someone to find him now.

This surprised Luo Lin.