The two walked out of the mall and found that the weather was not good, and it started drizzling again.

Qiao Yadan took out his cell phone, looked at the forecast, and said, "The typhoon is coming. It will rain heavily at night. Why don't you go back to school first."

Fang Xiao spent many years in Shenzhen in his previous life and knew that there were few typhoons in April. Even if there were, the power was relatively small. He looked at the rainy curtains that were not dense under the neon lights and said, "Anyway, when I go back to the subway, it will be the same as heavy and light rain. I will stay in the bar for a while and get familiar with the working environment first."

"Oh well."

After Qiao Yadan confessed, he ignored Fang Xiao's acceptance or not, without any shyness or embarrassment. He simply took his arm, bought an umbrella at the convenience store on the side of the road, and then walked towards the bar. While walking, he introduced: "The bar opens at 7 o'clock every night and closes at 12 o'clock. If you only act as a musician, you can come later, because the guests are basically white-collar workers working nearby. They usually get off work after 8 o'clock, and the peak passenger flow is only after 9 o'clock."

Fang Xiao nodded and asked, "You are the only waiter in the bar?"

"There is another one, named Chen Su. She also works part-time. She has just given birth to a child and has come to work late recently."

“Where are the bands and singers in the bar?”

"I'll introduce you to you later." Qiao Yadan looked at him and reminded: "They are all very high-level. Don't be too arrogant when you wait."

"Am I like a proud person?"

Qiao Yadan raised his hand and snapped his fingers twice in front of him, saying, "You don't look like you, you are!"

This is yesterday's joke, okay...

"You really know me!"

"I don't understand enough." Qiao Yadan gently rubbed his arm and suggested, "Why don't you go back to school tonight? Let's find a hotel to learn more about it?"

Fang Xiao was surprised when he heard this and looked down at her.

"Daitou goose! Look at your lustful look." Qiao Yadan laughed. She skipped lightly over a cloud of water and said with a smile: "It was you who took off all and let me understand, it wasn't me who took off all and let you understand."

Fang Xiao couldn't resist it and smiled bitterly, "I agreed not to make a call - the drama guy."

"That's what you said, I didn't agree."

Fang Xiao felt that Qiao Yadan's mind was a little out of line, but when she was with her, she felt an indescribable sense of relaxation and freedom, perhaps because of her energetic enthusiasm, perhaps because of her straightforward and unpretentious attitude, or because of the positive energy as bright as the spring sunshine...

The two returned to the bar. It was just half past six and Uncle Shen was gone. Behind the bar was a man in his thirties and wearing a black bar uniform. He was chatting with a guest wearing a small round hat and facing away from the door, but he did not see Uncle Shen.

"Brother Ada." Qiao Yadan raised his hand to the man, then greeted the guest wearing a round hat, and said, "Uncle Bao."

"Dandan, why did you come to work so late today? This is not like your usual style." Uncle Bao is not young, and seems to be over fifty years old. He looked at the arms of the two of them and asked, "Who is this handsome guy?"

"Uncle Shen gave me two hours off." Qiao Yadan let go of Fang Xiao's arm and introduced: "This is my boyfriend, Fang Xiao. This is Uncle Bao, a master of saxophone and jazz drums, this is the bartender, Ada Ge."

"Uncle Bao, Brother Ada."

Ada smiled kindly and nodded to Fang Xiao. His hair was very long and his men's ponytail was very fashionable.

"Dandan has found a boyfriend. It's really good. It's time to have a boyfriend." Uncle Bao was slightly fat, kind-eyed and charming. He looked at Fang Xiao and said with a smile: "Young man is quite handsome. Are you a classmate with Dandan?"

"He and I are in the same academy, and I studied musicology." Qiao Yadan rushed to introduce it, then took the shopping bag with old shoes and said, "Fang Xiao, sit here for a while, and I'll go to the back to change my clothes."

After she left, Fang Xiao asked, "Where is Uncle Chen?"

"Uncle Chen is going home to accompany his daughter." Ada took out a bottle of wine with only one-third of the capacity left from the bar and said, "Fang Xiao, Uncle Chen said that you will come here to work in a few days, and then everyone will be colleagues from now on. I'll treat you to a drink first."

"Oh, Edrador Bourbon barrels have ten years of age." Uncle Bao looked at the amber bottle and his eyes lit up, and he said, "This is a good wine. Ada, if you don't drink anyway, you might as well give me a glass and I'll drink it with Xiao Fang."

Ada smiled, took two glasses, put a few ice cubes, and poured two glasses of wine. His movements were very elegant and his hands were very stable. After a few light clicks, he poured the wine. The capacity of the two glasses was almost the same.

Uncle Bao is a wine lover. Before Ada could hold the bottle, he couldn't wait to bring two glasses of wine over, handed them a glass to Fang Xiao, then held the glass and sniffed it, and said intoxicatedly: "It smells so good! I haven't drunk such a good wine for a long time."

"You can't drink too much of this kind of high-altitude wine." After Ada put away the bottle, he said: "There hasn't been a new colleague in the bar for two or three years. Today I asked you to drink a little for Fang Xiao's sake."

"I know, I know." Uncle Bao waved his hand helplessly, then raised his wine glass, and said to Fang Xiao: "Xiao Fang, I will ask you for your blessing today. Come, come, try it. This is a single malt scotch whiskey, brewed by the smallest distillery in the world. It has a mellow taste and a strong sense of power. It is the finest of whiskey."

Fang Xiao took a sip. He rarely drank and did not know how to taste it. After siping, he only felt hot and spicy, and the degree was higher than that of ordinary foreign wine. Apart from that, he felt nothing...

"Xiao Fang comes here to work, what job does?"

"I'm here to interview for acoustic guitarist." Fang Xiao put down his glass and said, "But after the interview, Uncle Chen didn't tell me what to do, so he asked me to come to work in a few days."

Uncle Bao pulled out his long tone and turned to ask Ada: "Cao Kun is leaving?"

"How could Brother Kun be willing to leave?" Ada supported the bar with both hands and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen said you old guys are too lazy and will make those old songs over and over again, so he asked Fang Xiao to come over and give you some colors."

"Oh!" Uncle Bao looked at Fang Xiao exaggeratedly and said, "So, Xiao Fang, are you very capable? Come on, let's have a good chat and let me see what color you are going to give us old men."

Then he held the wine glass and slowly tasted it while talking about music with Fang Xiao. After only a while, Fang Xiao was sweating coldly - if he talked about guitar or music theory, Fang Xiao could still stammer, but this old man talked about pop music from the 1980s with him...

I know Teresa Teng, I know Zhen Ni, I know Luo Dayou, I know Leslie Cheung, I know Liu Huan...

But there is no in this world...

Bai Xiaoqi, who is that? Li Boran, what has he sung? Chen You, what has he written? What is the influence of the duet of Green Grass?

After Fang Xiao traveled through time, he was busy all the time. He had only had time to check the brief history of pop music in the 1980s and 1990s on the Internet, remembering several well-known kings and queens and their signature songs. The rest were blank. He had never heard of any of the conversations about Uncle Bao. It should be all niche singers and niche songs.

Fortunately, just when he was about to be defeated, Qiao Yadan walked out. She tied her hair up and wore a uniform of the same style as Ada. She was simple and capable, and was different from the pretty beauty just now. Her temperament changed three times a day, so Fang Xiao looked at her side.

When Qiao Yadan saw Fang Xiao staring at her, she smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?"

She changed her clothes for a long time this time, and she had a faint smell of shower gel on her body. She seemed to have taken a shower behind her. Fang Xiao withdrew her gaze, rubbed her nose, and said, "Uncle Bao is testing me, I want to give me a warning."

"What a threat, just a casual chat." Uncle Bao laughed and pointed at Fang Xiao with his finger holding the glass, and said, "Dandan, your boyfriend doesn't seem to like talking much, it's too boring."

"He is just a stupid goose. Uncle Bao, don't bully him."

"I am an old man, how can I bully him? He is almost the same as bullying me." Uncle Bao smiled and joked: "I am really an extrovert. I know how to protect my lover without asking any questions."

Qiao Yadan obviously had a good relationship with Uncle Bao. She stuck out her tongue and made a face. Then she went to the bar door, pressed the switch of the neon sign, and hung the sign "Opening in Business". Ada also turned on the lights of the entire bar. It was an orange light, hazy and warm.

Fang Xiao turned around and looked closely under the lights and found that the bar space was a little larger than the afternoon feeling, and could accommodate about 120 people. The decoration was very simple, with no picture frame walls, no LCD splicing screens, no colorful LED lights, only round tables, square chairs, and a small stage with drums and pianos, and no other decorations. At first glance, it seemed a bit like a small auditorium for students to perform.

However, simplicity does not mean the simplicity and low-end. The bar counters, floors, tables and chairs and other utensils are all made of solid wood. Fang Xiao didn't know what wood they used, but the texture was fine and heavy, and the workmanship was very exquisite. The whole bar had a kind of simple but not simple adjustment.

It is really in line with Uncle Shen’s temperament...

As Qiao Yadan introduced, the business was very deserted at around 7 o'clock, with only two or three people visiting, and they were all regular customers. After asking for a drink, they sat at the bar and chatted. When it was almost eight o'clock, the band's talents arrived one after another. Except for the female singer named Sasha, who was younger, the rest were all old men who were about the same age as Uncle Bao.

No wonder it's called Twilight Bar...

The sunset is red...

Fang Xiao met them one by one, but because there were more and more customers, the performance started immediately after they arrived, without any in-depth discussion.

The band in the bar is jazz-style, but not limited to jazz. It is interspersed with solo instruments or accompaniment alone. As Qiao Yadan introduced, it is very high-level. Everyone is a master of instruments, and they are proficient in more than one kind of proficiency, such as Uncle Bao who played saxophone and beat jazz drums. Brother Kun played the acoustic guitar and then played bass. Li Bo only played the piano, but Ada said he knew four or five kinds of ethnic instruments.

The atmosphere in the bar is very good. Most of the customers are middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, including men and women, some of them alone, some of them paired up, some of them drink beer, some of them drink strong alcohol, some of them concentrate on their playing, some of them chatting in a low voice, and a gentle and polite middle-class atmosphere.

"How is it?" Qiao Yadan finished delivering a glass of wine, held a tray, stood in front of the bar, while enjoying the performance on the stage, and asked Fang Xiao softly: "Isn't it amazing?"

"It's really amazing." Fang Xiao was convinced and asked, "What are their origins?"

"All rich and idle people." Qiao Yadan introduced one by one: "Uncle Bao has two good sons, one in the United States and the other in Australia, giving him tens of thousands of dollars in living expenses every month; Brother Kun formed a band when he was young and posted albums. He is now the boss of an advertising company, but he is no longer in charge of the business; Uncle Li is a landlord and has more than a dozen shops. In addition to them, there are several people in the band, but he didn't come today."

It turned out to be some rich and pursuing old men...

Fang Xiao said oh, he raised his chin and asked, "What does Sister Sasha do?"

"Sister Shasha, you don't know him?" Qiao Yadan looked at him strangely and said, "She is the original singer of "The Lover Who Can't Go Back."

Is this song very famous?

"I said why it sounds so familiar?" Fang Xiao covered up and said, "So it's really her."

At this time, someone raised his hand and called the waiter. Before going to the hospitality, Qiao Yadan reminded him: "It's past ten o'clock, you should go back to school quickly. I'm very busy now and can't send you away."

"Well, I'll leave now."

Fang Xiao said to leave, but he didn't rush to leave, but continued to listen to Sasha singing on the stage - her voice was very special, low and mellow, a bit like Cai Qin, but a little hoarse than Cai Qin.

Those good songs in your mind require a good voice to be able to exert their maximum power...

It’s easy to buy musical instruments, it’s easy to find musicians, and it’s good to have a good voice. You can’t just meet them just by wanting them…

Speaking of which, Qiao Yadan, Xu Xu, and Shi Lilin are all from the music department and have undergone professional vocal training, but they have never heard them sing. I don’t know what their singing voice is?

Fang Xiaoru thought, he greeted Ada, waved to Qiao Yadan who was traveling among the customers, and walked out of the bar.

PS: I saw Orange recommended my book very much, and I am very grateful for his favor and love.

"Industrial Overlord" by Orange University is a book that I like very much. I read it every day back then and learned a lot of knowledge and writing ideas from it, and benefited a lot. I wrote a book and the initial inspiration came from "Industrial Overlord".
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