King of Stage

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Ollie showed the correct posture of rushing to the street in a panic, his limbs were stiff because of the embarrassment, and he kept his original posture as if time stood still, motionless.

one second. two seconds.

Then the pain that hit his face was long overdue, and Ollie curled up into a boiled shrimp, grinning and hugging his knees to cry out in pain, and babbled, "How can you be so direct?" Get out of the way, I just fell down like this, I'm going to be torn apart, you are too disrespectful, what's the matter?"

Pooh.

Originally, Ronan's eyes were full of worry and astonishment, but because of Ollie's words, he couldn't help but chuckled, "I think you seem to be in good condition, nothing is wrong."

At least he still has the energy to talk.

Oli stared at Ronan with wide eyes, showing a pitiful look like a puppy, "Ronan! You've learned badly!"

But the words were not vicious accusations. Immediately afterwards, Oli stood up, looked Ronan up and down, and raised his hand to touch Ronan's forehead.

Ronan reflexively wanted to get out of the way—he was still not used to the approach of strangers, but his brain still controlled the urge to back away, because to Ronan Cooper, Ollie was no stranger, Moreover, Ollie is not malicious now, he needs to get used to it slowly.

Oli didn't notice Ronan's movement slightly back, and felt the temperature of Ronan's forehead with the back of his hand, and the worry in his eyes flowed out, "It's still a little hot, how do you feel now? Are you still dizzy? Do you still want to throw up? Need to find a place to lie down and rest? Otherwise, we're going back to the motel now, that's it for tonight, health is the most important thing."

Ronan didn't answer Ollie's question, but looked Ollie up and down with a weird expression on his face, and that expression of disgust made Ollie's head full of question marks.

"Do you just put that germ-stained palm on my forehead?" Ronan was cursing with his eyes.

Ollie looked down at his dirty hands, as well as his dirty and wet clothes, raised his head, smiled heartlessly and said, "Sorry, sorry", and then squeezed Ronan's After entering the bathroom to wash hands, I completely forgot about the problem I just had.

Ronan changed the topic, "Where are Cliff and Maxim?"

Ollie is worried about Ronan's health and hopes that Ronan can rest well, but the question is, what do the other two members of the band think?

Thinking back carefully, when Ronan fainted just now, Cliff and Maxim did not come forward immediately, but had an argument, so what was the content of the argument? Furthermore, only Ollie appeared at the door of the bathroom at this time, and the other two figures were not seen.

When both hearing and vision degenerate, it does not mean that he loses his perception of the world. On the contrary, when the eyes and ears cannot capture the scene, he can "see and hear" more things.

Sure enough, Ollie's expression was slightly stiff, and he even started to wash his hands in embarrassment.

"Uh..." Ollie turned off the faucet, turned around, and tried to justify a few words, but quickly gave up because of lack of eloquence. Before Ronan could ask further, Ollie had surrendered.

"It's...it's not that they don't care about you. In fact, they are also very worried about you. But the bar owner said that we haven't finished the performance tonight, so we can't count it. Today's dinner and drinks are not free. The two of them are talking with you. The boss fights for..."

Has the band's situation gotten this bad?

Generally speaking, the remuneration for bar music performances is calculated separately, whether it is a dedicated performance or a resident performance in bars and restaurants.

However, there is also a more low-level bar performance, these bars are not high-end venues themselves,

There will be no special performances, just invite some local amateur bands or independent bands to add to the fun, and the remuneration will consist of a small amount of cash and dinner drinks.

Of course, "a small portion of cash" is definitely not a big number, because providing free drinks with dinner is equivalent to offsetting part of the compensation.

Ollie's words conveyed two key messages:

First, the level of performances that the band participated in is so low that the status quo is very bad; second, can the band even afford the cost of drinks for dinner? Or is the bar owner refusing to pay even the "cash reward" for tonight?

No wonder, even though Ronan - Cooper high fever, they still insist on stage performances; no wonder, Cliff and Maxime hand in hand to negotiate with the bar owner. The situation of the band should have fallen to the bottom.

Ronan paused, and raised a reasonable doubt, "Our performance is nearing its end, isn't it? It's basically finished." The chaotic brain still hasn't been able to sort it out, only a vague impression that the performance should be coming to an end Partially, "If the boss is not satisfied, we can come to the encore performance tomorrow as compensation, isn't that okay?"

Ollie shrugged his shoulders high, as if he had put on high shoulder pads, his helpless expression was very funny, "That's what Cliff thinks."

"Let's try to say that today's performance is almost over, you fainted during the last song, our performance is basically completed, of course we should be paid; but you also know, the owners of these small bars... The towering shoulders deliberately paused for a long time before Oli put them down again, his eyes full of helplessness, "If it doesn't work, we will try to make up for it tomorrow, but... the hope is slim."

"Why?" words came to his lips, but Ronan swallowed them anyway.

Maybe the bar owner is just finding fault on purpose and intends to renege on the bill; maybe the bar owner is dissatisfied with their performance and refuses to return tomorrow; maybe the bar owner just finds it troublesome and doesn't want to have more contact with them...

There are really too many possibilities. As the weaker band, it is true that "man is a knife and I am a fish", and there is not much room for resistance.

For this point, Ronan, who tastes the warmth and coldness of the world, understands it very well; moreover, he also understands the difficult situation of independent bands and unknown musicians.

The so-called "dreams" can't feed their stomachs, keep them warm, and shelter them from wind and rain... More often than not, they have no meaning at all. Otherwise, music talent shows such as "American Idol" and "The Voice of America" won't have such a long life force——

There are too many ordinary people who are blocked from doing nothing all their lives because they desire to realize their musical dreams.

All in all, Ronan understood that the bar owner had a thousand and ten thousand reasons to reject them; however, he didn't care.

In the past, even the simplest and most basic normal life was a luxury; but now, he can have the opportunity to stand on the stage to perform, which is already a huge change.

He just wants to cherish this opportunity, enjoy it, and start this adventure. It doesn't matter if it's just a dream.