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There was no audience around him. Hugo thought for a while and stopped Fujin, who was about to continue drumming, turned around and looked at Pedro with a frustrated look. Hugo originally wanted to say something, but he noticed that the expressions on Neil and Alfonso were obviously not very interested.
Hugo's vision matched Fu Jin. Fu Jin was not a person who was used to leaking emotions, but at this time it could also be seen that he was not satisfied with the situation just now.
Standing there, Hugo couldn't help but think about it. In fact, no one was satisfied with the situation just now, including himself. After all, any performance must be established with the participation and interaction of the audience. Otherwise, what is the difference between standing on the street and performing in his own bathroom?
This is especially true for rock bands. The audience's reaction is the nourishment for the band's growth and the catalyst for the band's performance. There were only three audience members on the scene just now, which was indeed a very frustrating situation and also made people unable to hold on to the performance.
Pedro is very outgoing and is easily influenced by the outside world. This is the case when he was in Los Angeles. If a large number of audiences were cheering and shouting at the scene, then Pedro's performance would be crazy and showed super high standards, and vice versa. Even Fujin had this emotion, let alone Pedro.
Fujin has experienced a new day from being anonymous climb to a well-known circle. According to common sense, Fujin should have enough acceptance of today's situation, but Fujin forgot that this is San Francisco, not Los Angeles. Although San Francisco is also a city with very prosperous street performances, the street performances here are more diverse, and music has never been the only highlight on the street, so even Fujin has never experienced such a situation.
Another point is that after this period of practice and performance through Glory until his death, his hard work and hard work always hoped to be recognized by the audience. They had already received initial recognition in Los Angeles, but after coming to San Francisco, they returned to before liberation overnight, which was indeed frustrating.
In fact, when Hugo saw that there were only three viewers at the scene, he sighed. What’s even more regrettable is that the number three is the data with the largest number of viewers in front of Glory until death in the past half hour.
However, for Hugo, after the Golden Globes incident, his mentality has undergone a huge change, especially the exchange with Catherine Hepburn. The will to "should continue to perform as long as there is one audience member" brought a strong shock to Hugo, which made Hugo reminisce about his career of rocking underground before traveling through time.
In the past decade, Hugo had experienced various performance occasions, and the performances of the three audiences were not a blow. The most terrifying scene was that there were a large group of audiences sitting in the audience, but everyone was talking to themselves, doing their own things, and not enjoying the band performance at all, which was disgusting.
So, when I saw that there were only three audience members on the scene just now, Hugo still controlled his emotions well and did not affect his performance. Among the other members of the band, Pedro was first affected. In the final performance stage, Neil and Alfonso's performance also had a little problem. This is a situation that only when the overall momentum was hit.
Thinking of this, Hugo was brewing for a moment before speaking, "Although there were not many audiences just now, our performance was not a problem, except for the last song "Nothing"." Hugo's joke made Pedro laugh embarrassedly, "I think we will encounter many situations in the future. After all, similar situations are not uncommon in the entire underground rock circle, right?"
Everyone in this circle knows that for rock bands to succeed, strength is only one of the factors, luck and opportunity are indispensable. Many strong bands are always buried in the so-called trend. How many bands with strength can stand on the stage of ten thousand people can only stand in front of less than 30 audiences to sprinkle their sweat freely. Therefore, as Hugo said, it is absolutely not rare to see the rare audience. Even if there are not three audiences, it is possible that only a single-digit audience can stop.
"So, we must recognize this fact. Even if such a situation occurs, we cannot be discouraged. We must be ourselves to win the audience. If there are fluctuations like Pedro just now because there are too few audiences, then the only three audiences will turn around and leave." Hugo's words made everyone chuckled again, and Pedro scratched his head embarrassedly. His performance just now was indeed very amateur, and now he blushed when he thinks about it.
"I heard a great actor tell me that even if there is only one audience member, she will continue to perform until the end." Hugo said this, not only to motivate herself, but also to motivate her friends. Sure enough, after hearing this sentence, Pedro's emotions were immediately lit up, and he looked at Hugo with anticipation.
"This sentence has different meanings to everyone, but for me, I think that as long as there is an audience present, it means that he likes your performance, then you must be responsible to the audience. You cannot ignore him just because there is only one audience, otherwise the audience will also leave. What is the difference between an audience and 10,000 audiences? The size of the call or the size of the stage. I think the difference should be in your inner attitude. If you regard 10,000 audiences as 10,000 "one audience", then there is no difference because you need to be responsible to each audience; but if the numbers of the audience are quantified, resulting in a difference in your performance attitude, then no matter 10,000 audiences or one audience, they will turn around and leave."
Hugo stood on the streets of people coming and going, and at this time no one stopped his own steps for glory to death. Today, the indifference on the street made the band feel the reality. Without the enthusiasm of the audience, nor did Hugo's huge popularity pull, glory to death to death is just an unknown person for more people. No one knows this band, and no one wants to appreciate this band.
"As long as there is still an audience staying, it means that at least one audience stops for us, so we should let this audience cheer for us. So, I will continue to perform until even the last audience turns and leave, then I will say goodbye to the stage, return home, and stand in the bathroom to entertain myself." Hugo breathed a sigh of relief and expressed all the thoughts in his heart.
Standing on the streets of San Francisco and looking at different teammates, Hugo suddenly remembered the excitement when he first stood on stage in his life. Hugo really wanted to be such a performer, and he spent his whole life shining because of the stage. It was not for the nobleness of art, but just to show his talents to the fullest, even if there was only one audience.
Hugo's words caused the four teammates who died of Glory to silence, and each of them was violently shocked, because they were more or less disappointed because they were only three of the audiences.
Fojin was undoubtedly the most shocking one. Although he did not make mistakes like Pedro, nor did he relax at the last moment like Neil and Alfonso, Fojin's inner emotions were the best, which reminded him of the most important thing, "Do you remember why our band chose this road tour?"
Fujin remembered the situation when he was about to start a road tour in a new day, and also thought about the situation when he and Hugo hit it off and decided to let Glory go to death on the road tour. For this reason, Hugo even put the rising actor job aside for the time being, but they were discouraged just in the first city.
"Aren't we just planning to go through various stages, accumulate more experience, and then deal with any situations that may occur in the future and increase our strength?" Fujin is not a person who talks a lot, so it is more shocking to express his inner thoughts at this time. "Why do we know that the future band will be successful? Why do we know that the future band will be crowded with people? Of course no, so a situation like today will definitely appear in the future. What should we do then?"
Fujin did not answer, but became silent. The others also fell silent.
Neil let out a long sigh, and he showed a faint smile, "Don't forget how the five of us came together and why the band was formed."
Music. This is the only reason why glory gathers together until death. As Hugo said, as long as there is an audience member who is willing to appreciate their music, they should do their best to perform and thank this soulmate for their support for their music. This is the essence of performance and the core idea of glory to death.
The name of their band contains this meaning, but today, in front of the three audiences, they did not achieve "glory", but chose "death". The lifeless poor performance simply smashed the band's signature.
Although Neil only said one sentence, he woke everyone up. Did the little achievements made by the performance during Los Angeles make the band lose their direction?
Pedro felt very guilty. He said the first thing he said, "Sorry, it's all my fault, I'm really sorry." Pedro did not explain. He knew the importance of being a bassist in the band, and he was the first to lose the chain, which was a devastating blow to the band. At this moment, he no longer had the intention to joke, but was just reflecting on his inner impetuousness.
"Sorry, I made a mistake in the chord several times just now." Alfonso also put away his smile and officially apologized.
"And I." Neil also apologized, "Sorry, I dragged everyone down just now."
Seeing everyone silent, the band's morale was very low, Hugo couldn't help but smile, "Don't be so disappointed. There were at least three audience members, not one, this is our success, isn't it?"
Chapter completed!