Zhou Zhi shrugged the big backpack on his back and looked at the map in his hand: "It's not far from the TV hostel here. How about we take a walk? I felt like I ate too much just now."

"good."

Then the two children walked on the streets of the Great Plains city, bearing the image of later generations of climbers carrying large backpacks.

In later generations, there were many people like this in Shudu, and they were one category of travelers - "backpackers".

However, these days, it is rare for two children to look around leisurely while carrying large backpacks. Those who look at the scenery actually let themselves become the scenery.

It took an hour to walk this way. Yang He had never been to such a big city, and Zhou Zhi had never seen what Shu was like when it was just starting to develop. The two of them had their own ambitions, but they both watched it with gusto.

I don’t feel tired from the journey either.

Yang He used the soles of his feet to get a preliminary impression of the metropolis. He used to think that Jiachuan Chengguan Town was already the largest, but now it seems that it is only the length of two streets in Shudu.

Arriving at the front desk of the guest house, Zhou Zhi used the front desk phone to dial Chi Xueli's pager.

The call came back in an instant, and Zhou Zhi picked it up: "Sister Chi, we are back and we are at the guest house."

"Oh, have you eaten?"

"I ate at my classmates from the fire squadron."

"Then hurry up and move in first. My sister is still working overtime. Let me tell you some good news. We have found what you want! She is working overtime to produce this episode of the program."

"Sister Chi, it's so hard, how about we come over to accompany you?"

"No, no, no, you guys have a good rest. I will pick you up tomorrow. I promised you that I will take you around."

"Thank you, Sister Chi."

"Give the phone to the front desk and I'll talk to her."

…

…

Nowadays, the guest house is also a welfare unit. Zhou Zhi and the others stayed in a standard room with two beds, a coffee table, a writing desk, a sofa, and a bathroom.

The floor is covered with off-white carpet, which is actually not much different from the three-star standard rooms of later generations. However, there is no kettle for boiling water, and you have to bring a thermos bottle from the front desk.

There are no toothbrushes and disposable slippers, but the tea provided is good, and beer, drinks and snacks are free.

The showers at home today are really not comparable to those of later generations. The water is too small. The hot water used in the guest house is heated by a boiler. It was here that Zhou Zhi enjoyed a large-flow shower head for the first time.

Zhou Zhi thought it was good, and Yang He even felt like he was in heaven.

After the two of them took a shower, changed their clothes, and watched TV for a while, Yang He asked: "Who plays the TV so loudly?"

Music came from downstairs, Zhou Zhi patted his thigh: "I felt bored just now, let's go and take you to see something fun."

The two came to the second floor of the guest house. At the end of the second floor, there was a glass door with curtains inside. When the door was opened, the music suddenly became louder.

This is a small ballroom, with a dance floor in the middle, a small workshop and a small stage at one end, two small TVs next to the stage, and a large projection cloth on the back wall.

At the other end are some small tables, and around the tables are round sofas.

There were light balls spinning above the dance floor, making the entire dance hall look strange and strange.

There were people sitting on many sofas and tables, in twos and threes, and there were two teams of men and women dancing on the dance floor.

This is a "karaoke" dance hall that is absolutely rare today.

Karaoke is a product that was born along with the digitization of video signals. It can easily cut songs and switch between vocal channels and music channels.

Let alone Jiachuan Manzhou, it is estimated that now even the entire southwest and even Shu would have to be the top-notch cultural and publicity unit to be able to arrange it.

In the small workshop, a young man was shaking his head with headphones on, and from time to time he would put huge discs into a machine. There was a mixer in front of him, which was full of knobs.

"What is that?" Yang He asked looking at the big silver plate.

"That's ld, which translates to laser disc. The laser signal of the video music is engraved on it."

"Elbow, you really know everything."

"Let's go, find a place to sit down first."

A beautiful girl came over, took some orders from several occupied tables, and finally came to Zhou Zhi and Yang He: "Two gentlemen... Huh?"

The lights on the dance floor were dim, and as the little girl got closer, she saw clearly that the person sitting here was not a gentleman, but a young man.

"Hello, sister."

"Ah...what do you want to drink?"

"Sister, do you have Tianfu Coke?"

"have."

"Then let's get two bottles of Coke. We just arrived. Let's write a song first."

He took a pamphlet from the table and wrote a few words with the pen on the table: "This."

"okay."

At this time, the music ended, and the voice of the young man in the small room came from the speaker: "Next, I invite the gentleman at table 2 to present "Ode to Coral" for everyone."

There was a fat middle-aged man with glasses on the second table, running towards the stage in high spirits.

Pictures began to appear on the large projection screen behind.

The little girl came to Zhou Zhi's table amid the rich folk singing of the middle-aged man with glasses, and put down the Coke: "You are not from Taiwan, are you?"

"We are from Jiachuan, which you may not know, a county below Manzhou."

"Really? I thought you were from Tianjin." The young lady speaks Mandarin very well, including the young man in the small DJ room, and has not tarnished the reputation of the TV hostel.

"Then what are you here for? I see you are quite familiar with karaoke bars. Do you often play there?"

"This is not available in Jiachuan yet, but it is available in Hong Kong and Taiwan films."

"Oh." The young lady couldn't remember any Hong Kong and Taiwan movies that had this.

"We are here to visit Sister Chi and ask for her help."

"Sister Chi? Are you talking about Sister Xue Li?"

"Well, she's still working overtime, so she asked us to come over and play." Zhou Zhi took a shot of insurance to avoid being kicked out as a minor.

"What does Sister Xue Li have to do with you?"

"We met through an interview."

"Interviewing you?"

"It's mainly about interviewing my grandma, I just did it by the way."

"I don't believe it. This place is not open to the outside world. If you are allowed to come here to play, it can't be by chance." The young lady is also very smart.

So Zhou Zhi told the story about his interaction with Chi Xueli, letting the young lady know the whole story.

Zhou Zhi and Yang He have now changed their outfits inside and out. TEPCO's labor insurance is quite "fashionable", Yang He is "jacketed", and Zhou Zhi is wearing a denim casual suit, giving him a somewhat "beautiful boy" look.

The young lady was confused at first, but now she listened with great interest, and finally said: "So you are still a writer! No wonder!"

After a conversation, everyone became familiar with each other, and Zhou Zhi asked: "Sister, are you the host? Why do you let the DJ lead the table?"

"If he wants to retaliate, let him do it. It's not a serious job anyway." The young lady even nibbled on the melon seeds on Yang He's table.

"Sister, do you like singing? How about we sing a chorus?"

"No, you have to sing first, and then I'll sing with you after I think it's good."

Drink! You have to be qualified!

A few songs passed during the chat, and then the young man's voice sounded again: "Now, please invite the guests at table 8 to present "Flowers in the Water" to everyone."

"This song is mine!" Zhou Zhi stood up: "Yang and you stay with your sister while I go to sing."

In the upper left corner of the small TV screen, there are three words "PolyGram", which is now the largest record company in Hong Kong.

I sat on a small high leather chair with a microphone in hand, and watched the video as the subtitles came up along with the prelude, but they were in traditional Chinese.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh, it's true that wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The song that the little brother played for himself was indeed "Flowers in the Water", but it was a Cantonese version.

Zhou Zhi doesn't believe that everyone here is not familiar with it. He just watched the Mandarin version of "Flowers in the Water" during the Spring Festival Gala. Most people are not familiar with the Cantonese version. I am just trying to trick people.

He turned around and looked at the young man in the small room. The young man made an OK sign through the glass wall, looking serious.

He sighed and sang along with the music.

"In this late night, I can't sleep peacefully. I lie down looking at the sky and shed tears, letting the cold wind blow..."

Cantonese is an important remnant of the ancient language and was studied by Zhou Zhi in the previous life.

Many of the lyrics of Cantonese songs are relatively quaint and are of great interest to Zhou Zhi.

As for her singing ability, she was influenced by Guan Tingting in her previous life. At that time, Guan Tingting was studying at the Conservatory of Music, and Zhou Zhi was hanging out at the Conservatory of Music. Later, because of Guan Tingting's relationship, she worked as a resident singer in a nightclub for a period of time.

It's all about money.

In those days when music was at its peak, Guan Tingting could earn fifty from playing two shows every night for one song. She could earn two hundred net by playing two shows and four songs every night.

And this is not the main income, the main income is rewards.
To be continued...