Entertaining Children

Xiao Yao felt the gazes of the audience, and knew that Xiao Wei's words were directed at himself, meaning to urge him to continue to increase the price, so he shrugged at Xiao Wei on the stage, then smiled and spread his hands, using two Pointing in Shi Lingqiang's direction with both palms, the meaning is obvious: "I won't argue with him anymore!"

"Oh~" Once Xiao Yao's action came out, not only Xiao Wei understood it, but all the guests at the scene understood it too. Originally, I thought there would be a tit-for-tat show to watch, but I didn't expect Xiao Yao to retreat so quickly. But think about it, in terms of popularity, Xiao Yao in the entertainment industry is indeed higher, but in terms of financial resources, it seems that Shi Lingqiang, the son of Yanjing's richest man, is better.

"2.5 million for the second time!" After understanding Xiao Yao's meaning, Xiao Wei also started the second offer. Although Xiao Yao did not dispute, this price was already the highest price tonight, and also the first price to reach seven figures, and Xiao Wei was already very happy.

But at this time, Shi Lingqiang was not very happy. Although he achieved his original goal, Xiao Yao was forced to withdraw from the auction. But Xiao Yao's expression was not as resigned or angry as he expected, but with a smile on his face, with a calm expression on his face, as if he didn't care about the competition with him at all, so he didn't care much about it. Feel the thrill of victory and revenge. At this time, when Xiao Wei reported his price for the second time, Shi Lingqiang felt depressed again.

When bidding with Xiao Yao, Shi Lingqiang didn't pay much attention to the meaning of the price figure. He originally added 50,000,200,000 to Xiao Yao's price, but Xiao Yao's offer was directly 500,000. He didn't want to appear stingy when quoting a million in round numbers, so he added a half-hundred and a half million to Xiao Yao's two million, but now that Xiao Yao stopped, Xiao Wei quoted his price twice , Shi Lingqiang suddenly realized that the numerical meaning of his quotation did not seem to be very good.

"Two and a half million, isn't that "two hundred and five"?" Thinking of this, Shi Lingqiang wondered whether Xiao Yao deliberately lured himself to report this number, so as to laugh at himself as "two hundred and five". But the current situation is that unless there are other people on the scene to quote again, otherwise he can no longer increase the price of his own quote. Not to mention whether it is in compliance with the rules, doing so will only remind some people who did not notice the special meaning of this number, and this kind of thing that has already been obtained, I have to pay another 100,000 yuan. It is also very "two hundred and five".

However, the bidding between him and Xiao Yao just now was so fierce that everyone else at the scene basically entered the mode of watching a show, and no one was interested in the auction that far exceeded its own value. If Xiao Yao had an unhappy face or showed an expression of unwillingness, maybe someone would come out to help him fight, but Xiao Yao made a "please" gesture in Shi Lingqiang's direction with a smile on his face, which everyone understands Xiao Yao was very happy to let Shi Lingqiang take the auction, and no one came forward to bid at this time.

"2.5 million for the third time!" Xiao Wei picked up a wooden hammer and knocked on the base of the table, and said with a hammer, "Congratulations to Mr. Shi Lingqiang on No. 38 for bidding Yin Xi at a price of 2.5 million." The Swann diamond necklace donated by Miss."

"Papa papa!" Xiao Yao stood up first,

Chong Shi Lingqiang applauded with a smile on his face.

"This is the first lot sold today with a transaction price of over one million yuan, and it has reached a high price of two and a half million yuan. It is very likely to become our bidder tonight. Let us appreciate Mr. Shi Lingqiang's generous gift to the people in the disaster area." Give some applause of thanks." Seeing Xiao Yao stand up and applaud, Xiao Wei raised the microphone and said, and applauded along with him.

Yin Xi also stood up and applauded along with Xiao Yao, and then many people around stood up and applauded Shi Lingqiang's generosity.

Shi Lingqiang felt that Xiao Yao's applause seemed to be deliberately hitting him in the face, but he couldn't be indifferent to the applause of all the guests at the scene, so he stood up too, and waved his hands reservedly to the guests at the scene.

"Next, we will invite Ms. Yin Xi and Mr. Shi Lingqiang to come up and complete the handover ceremony of this lot on the spot." After the applause fell, all the guests sat back in their seats, and Xiao Wei also showed the old and new of this lot on stage. The host invited to the stage.

After completing the handover ceremony, Yin Xi and Shi Lingqiang walked off the stage and returned to their seats. A model walked onto the stage from behind with the next lot. Lu Ke also took Xiao Wei's class and walked to the middle of the stage. He introduced to everyone: "The next lot is an acoustic guitar donated by Xiao Yao! What needs to be explained to everyone is that this guitar is not a guitar of any musical instrument brand, but made by Xiao Yao himself. of."

"Wow~" There was a burst of exclamation from the audience. All the auction items so far tonight are valuable luxury goods purchased by donors, and Xiao Yao is the first to put things made by himself up for auction.

"But!" Lu Ke changed the subject, stretched out his hand and plucked the strings of the guitar held by the model a few times, deliberately put his head close to the speaker of the guitar, heard the guitar make a few notes, and then continued with a frown. Said, "Except for Xiao Yao, we don't seem to have any professional musicians. We don't seem to be able to judge the sound quality of this guitar."

"Huh?" The guests at the scene showed a little doubt, "Doubt the quality of the things they produced, isn't this a public demolition?"

"So, I have a proposal, that is, invite Xiao Yao to come on stage and play a piece of music for us with this guitar, so that we can feel the tone of this guitar live." Having said that, Lu Ke looked at Xiao Yao, Then he said to the guests in the audience, "I believe that the better Xiao Yao's performance on the spot, the higher the transaction price of this guitar will be, don't you think?"

"Yes!" The guests at the scene understood and shouted with a smile while applauding.

Now that Xiao Yao was invited, the organizer didn't think he would let it go so easily. The reason why Xiao Yao refused the organizer's opening performance was that his voice was not in good condition. But the poor condition of his voice only affects his singing, not his performance. What if Xiao Yao was asked to play the guitar for the opening performance? Firstly, the form was a bit dry, and secondly, the organizer probably guessed that Xiao Yao didn't really want to be a guest performer at the party, so they might still refuse.

But this time is different. Now Xiao Yao is asked to perform on stage to show off his donated works, so that the guitar he donated can fetch a higher price and make more contributions to the disaster area. Moreover, compared to the opening performance, the stage performance in the middle of the auction is more casual and relaxed in form. Coupled with the booing of the guests, Xiao Yao is not likely to refuse if he wants to come.

Indeed, under such circumstances, Xiao Yao was really embarrassed, and did not intend to refuse. So he nodded with a smile, got up from his seat, and walked onto the stage.

Seeing Xiao Yao take over the guitar from the model, Xiao Wei, who was temporarily standing beside the stage, moved an unused chair from the stage and placed it in the middle of the stage.

Xiao Yao thanked Xiao Wei, sat down on the chair, put the guitar on his lap, stretched out his hands and plucked the strings while adjusting the knobs, and began to tune the guitar.

After a while, Xiao Yao finished tuning the guitar. He reached out and swept over the six strings of the guitar, nodded, coughed, and adjusted his sitting posture slightly.

"Are you going to play and sing by yourself?" Lu Ke heard Xiao Yao's clear cough, and asked quickly, sending the microphone in front of Xiao Yao.

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head, "I have been in the disaster area some time ago, and I didn't have a good rest, so my voice is not in good condition, and I am not suitable for singing in the past few days. I came to the stage to show you this guitar. The timbre, singing will also cause some disturbance, so I will play a piece for everyone."

"Then what song are you going to play for us?" Lu Ke said, "I know you have released an album of guitar songs. Although I like the song "A Beautiful Day" in it, it doesn't seem to fit today's theme. .”

"Then what do you want to hear? Come and order." Xiao Yao smiled.

"Then the song "Castle in the Sky". I remember that song in the video where you played the harmonica to the wounded in the medical tent in the disaster area. Let's listen to the guitar version today." Lu Ke said.

"Just "City in the Sky," Xiao Wei also said, "If there really was a city in the sky, this kind of misfortune would not happen."

"Wait a minute!" Shi Lingqiang who was sitting under the stage suddenly said, "I heard that Xiao Yao is a creative genius, and every time he performs in public, he will sing original new songs. Although he doesn't sing today, this is considered a public event , since you have been in the disaster area for so long, you must have deep feelings, how about composing a guitar piece for the people in the disaster area right now? This can better reflect your heart for the people in the disaster area."

"Creating on the spot? Isn't this too difficult for a human being?" There were some discussions below, and Lin Xiaoyi stood up directly and said.

"Of course, he can also play the songs he wrote before, as long as they haven't been released and we haven't heard them. He said they were created on the spot, and we can't refute them." Shi Lingqiang turned around and spread his hands to Lin Xiaoyi.

"How long has it been since Brother Bayi released his guitar music album? He doesn't specialize in composing music. Where can he have it in stock? How about guitar music that happens to be related to today's theme?" Lin Xiao said angrily.

"Can't you?" Shi Lingqiang turned his head to look at Xiao Yao on the stage and said, "Great genius!"

"Sit down!" Lin Shaohua, who was sitting, pulled Lin Xiaoyi, who was standing up.

"Dad, that man is clearly trying to make things difficult for Brother Bayi." Lin Xiaoyi sat down unwillingly, pouted and said.

"I know," Lin Shaohua smiled and pointed to Xiao Yao on the stage, "but when did your brother Bayi need you, a girl, to help him get ahead? Look at his expression yourself."

"Of course." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, "Then I'll play a guitar piece I wrote for the people in the disaster area."

This Shi Lingqiang is also a layman to music. If he asks Xiao Yao to write a song for the people in the disaster area now, Xiao Yao may be a little bit embarrassed, mainly because Xiao Yao may not be able to think of suitable lyrics for a while. But if it's pure music, the range is much wider. As long as it is not a particularly cheerful and intense song, a slightly sad or warmer song, it can be said that it was created for the people in the disaster area.

When Xiao Yao released those three music albums before, he didn't empty out the classic pure music pieces from his previous life. Xiao Yao still has a lot of this kind of sad or warm songs in his mind, and there are quite a few special guitar songs among them. Let alone play one now, he just plays three or five songs that have never appeared in this world and are suitable for today. Songs with the theme of disaster relief in the evening are not a problem.

"Next, I'll give you a guitar song called "Sakura of Desire"." Xiao Yao said as he landed on the microphone that Lu Ke held up in front of him.

What Xiao Yao decided to play was "Wishing Cherry" by the former fingerstyle guitarist GIN. When introducing it, Xiao Yao directly changed the name to a more Chinese one.

"Really there is this?" Shi Lingqiang was a little surprised, and then began to criticize, "Sakura? Why did you use a Japanese flower as the name for the song for us Chinese people?"

"A Japanese flower?" Xiao Yao stopped his preparations to play, looked at Shi Lingqiang in astonishment, and said, "Who said the cherry blossom is a Japanese flower? Is it because it is the national flower of Japan?"

"Isn't it?" Shi Lingqiang asked, poking his neck.

"Of course not." Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head. "Cherry blossoms are native to the Himalayas, and after being artificially cultivated, they gradually spread to China's Yangtze River Basin, Southwest China, and Baodao. At that time, Japan admired Chinese culture and sent a large number of envoys to China to learn from the Tang Dynasty. The cherry blossoms were also brought back by Japanese worshipers at that time. Although cherry blossoms are the national flower of Japan and are now the most famous cherry blossoms in Japan, it does not mean cherry blossoms. It is exclusive to Japan. In terms of history, China has a much longer history of planting cherry blossoms than Japan. The National University of Jiangcheng City, Hubei Province has a cherry blossom festival every year at the end of March and early April. We don’t have to go to Japan to see cherry blossoms. It's something to watch."

"Really?" Shi Lingqiang asked suspiciously.

"Of course, Brother Bayi has won the championship in both the "Ancient Poetry Conference" and "One Stand to the End". He is called the "walking encyclopedia"." Lin Xiaoyi did not stand up this time, but sat on her own Cheering for Xiao Yao from the seat, he said crisply, "He must have read and understood more than you!"

"Cherry blossoms are a symbol of love and hope. We won't talk about love, but in terms of hope, I think it fits our theme tonight." Xiao Yao continued, "We will hold this auction party tonight. Don't you just want to bring hope to the people in the disaster area?"

"I know that when it comes to cherry blossoms, Japan is indeed more famous, and it represents Japan to a certain extent. But so what?" Xiao Yao continued, "I haven't forgotten history, and I don't intend to contribute to that national collective. Whitewashing. I only said that the Wuyou County earthquake, I was at the scene, and I know that the first foreign rescue team to reach the disaster area was the Japanese rescue team. They did a lot of work and saved a lot of people. At least these came to the rescue The Japanese are very worthy of our respect and gratitude. Since Japan also has such a group of people who actually went to the disaster area to help us, I don’t think there is anything wrong with writing a song with the name of Japan’s national flower .”