Chapter Thirty: Back to the Subway Station

  Although he had several hundred thousand yen in his hands, Zhou Xiao didn't feel much more at ease. He was very clear that this amount of money would be gone soon if he spent it lavishly, so he still lived in a shabby old house, ate simple meals, and then decided to sing at the subway station every day.

  Today is the first day of starting anew in his singing career, Zhou Xiao didn't leave the house as early as he used to. With food in hand and a calm heart, although he knew that the little money was just a drop in the bucket, at least for a while, Zhou Xiao could focus on doing what he wanted to do. And today's street performance, he wasn't planning on being as desperate as before. If he could sing whatever songs he felt like singing at the subway station and earn some money, that would be the best.

  Zhou Xiaoguang arrived at the subway station with this idea in mind. He didn't start singing right away, but instead casually tuned his guitar.

  Not far from Zhou Xiao, someone was bored and holding a newspaper to read.

  Kawashima Issei is not some unknown person, as an employee of a top-notch company in the industry, even if he's just being used by singers, when facing other ordinary singers and agents, he still has a huge influence, but such a person, has been squatting here for almost a week.

  No way, the one who ordered him to do this thing is almost the biggest sister in the company, although the big sister is gentle and nice to talk to, it's precisely because of this that the big sister is taken care of by the big brothers in the company. It can be said that if the employees in the company offend a big brother, they will only offend one big brother, but if they offend a big sister, it's equivalent to offending all the big brothers in the whole company...

  Kawashima is actually very puzzled, what kind of person can make the big sister head so important? In the past year or two, the company has already begun to decline, no way, who let a person named Komuro Tetsuya appear out of nowhere in '95? For ordinary listeners, it may not have too much intuitive feeling, but for those who play music, they are too clear about how groundbreaking this person and his music are. The group of people playing rock in their own company seem to be old-fashioned in front of him...

  In this situation, the other day, big sister returned to the company in a flurry, Kawashima can guarantee that he has never seen big sister behave like that in his life! Always slow and gentle, beautiful big sister walking down the road was like an office worker who overslept in the morning! The scene even made the big brother in the company open his mouth in surprise!

  The older sister returned to the company and immediately found herself, asking her to bring proof of the company's qualifications back to the subway station, but unfortunately, by then, the young man who was said to have written a very powerful song had already disappeared.

  The elder sister was very unwilling, and brought Kawashima to personally guard here for several days without seeing the young man's shadow. Originally today, the elder sister still wanted to come, but there was an unavoidable task that needed to be done. Before leaving, the elder sister repeatedly instructed and warned, not to miss him, forcing Kawashima to almost make a military oath before reluctantly leaving this place.

  Actually, Kawashima was somewhat disdainful of the song by the young boy. He knew best about the existence of a group of monsters in his own company, and he didn't believe there would be any other genius more formidable than them. So, when it came to searching for the young boy at the subway station, Kawashima himself wasn't enthusiastic about it.

  At the same time, he also hopes that the boy will appear as soon as possible, not for anything else, just to make himself wait a few less days.

  After his sister left, Kawashima bought a few newspapers and started reading them. He wasn't worried that this would delay him from finding the person. It was simple - the young man had come to sing, and since he was singing, he would definitely make a sound. As Kawashima read the newspaper, his ears weren't plugged up, so as long as he kept two ears open to listen, when the young man came, Kawashima would definitely catch him.

  "Ugh... so boring..." As he flipped through the newspaper, Kawashima thought to himself: "According to what my sister said when she came here a few days ago, it seems that if that kid is going to come, he usually comes pretty early every day? If he hasn't come by now, there's basically no hope left... I'll just finish reading this edition and then head back! Sitting here like an idiot every day is really boring..." Kawashima thought with great dissatisfaction.

  Just then, a guitar sound rang out.

  It wasn't that the music started playing immediately, Zhou Xiao was just debugging at this time, and he felt a little rusty after not playing for a few days. He had no choice, as it was already unsuitable to play guitar when he came back last night, because the rental house was obviously drafty on all sides, and playing guitar in the middle of the night would probably get him scolded by others who had worked all day.

  Pedestrians at the subway station were still walking hurriedly, and no one stopped for Zhou Xiao. This was very normal. In her previous street performing career, Zhou Xiao had long been accustomed to such scenes. After tuning her guitar and clearing her throat, Zhou Xiao began today's performance.

  Kawashima, who was sitting in the corner, heard it as soon as the first guitar sound came out, but he didn't come up to find Zhou Xiao at the first time. His doubts about the strength of this teenager who made his sister worry still did not diminish. He wanted to see what kind of strength this young man, praised by his sister, really had.

  In Kawashima's ear, the youth first played a melody full of humor.

  "It's strange, this melody..." Although he was doing ordinary work, Kawashima had actually attended a genuine music university when he was in college. However, his talent for music was lacking, so he could only become an ordinary office worker. Despite that, he still had some musical appreciation and it wasn't difficult for him to distinguish famous melodies from around the world. The melody played by Zhou Xiao on her guitar was one that he clearly recognized as being from somewhere else.

  Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, as a symphony, occasionally has piano adaptations, but Kawashima still heard it for the first time. Someone will play it with guitar. In Zhou Xiao's guitar sound, Beethoven's Seventh became a song full of vitality, happiness and full of childlike innocence. If Zhou Xiao's performance was heard by traditional music critics, he would inevitably be scolded as nonsense. Those critics didn't come up to beat him already gave him face.

  But in Kawashima's eyes, it was different. He was into popular music and could feel the spirit that the boy possessed in this guitar solo!

  "Could it be that Big Sister has really found a good candidate?" Kawashima couldn't help but wonder.

  Can Zhou Xiao turn Beethoven's 7th into a guitar score? His past life had some musical foundation, and he started practicing guitar in high school for almost ten years. Although he didn't play much after work, he never gave up. The Japanese Zhou Xiao also left him with some memories of playing the guitar. Combining these two memories allowed his music skills to improve significantly. However, even so, it's unlikely that he could play something that would change Kawashima's opinion. The real reason why his adaptation of Beethoven's 7th sounds very mature is because in his mind, someone had once adapted Beethoven's 7th into a piano score!

  That person is Noda Mei from the 2006 film "Symphony of Love"! The Beethoven's No.7 that Noda Mei played in episode 4 was actually the true framework and soul of Zhou Xiao's solo, and the real author who made this change is Japan's famous music producer, Hattori Takayuki, who has done music production and scoring for countless singers and TV dramas!

  So, in Kawashima's eyes, Zhou Xiao's solo is actually very strange. On the one hand, this solo occasionally has extremely exquisite and perfect melodies, on the other hand, some adaptations sound like they are joking, making people want to cover their ears. Genius and terribleness coexist, making this music feel like it wasn't made by one person at all.

  When Zhou Xiao's solo ended, Kawashima's eyes finally became serious. He quickly took out his phone and dialed his older sister: "He's here, right now at Gao Yuan Temple subway station."

  "Really? Great! I'll be right there! Don't let him be snatched away by another company!" The big sister's voice on the phone was filled with delight.

  "Don't worry, big sister! I won't let something like this happen!" Kawashima said.

  "Huh? Haven't you been questioning his standards all these days? How come you suddenly changed your tune?"

  "Cough...cough......this..."

  Zhou Xiao didn't know that near his place, Kawashima had already conquered the Horse-tail Goddess of that day. He continued to prepare according to his own pace. The first song he was going to sing was still "Small Love" which he sang a few days ago.

  The woman with a ponytail also hailed a taxi on the other side of Tokyo and rushed over here.