King of Stage

Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, Ronan forced himself to take a deep breath, and returned to reality, and then you can see Ollie took two big steps forward, the arm muscles of both hands tensed due to anger and excitement, and the slightly hoarse voice Also completely without the usual cheerful.

"So, what about our last song?" Ollie's anger took all his strength to suppress, and his voice squeezed out from the back of his throat.

"Born", this is their pride and their soul. Ollie really likes this song created by Ronan. Although it was only composed two days ago, and although their running-in practice time is too short, he still really thinks this is their best performance. If even that performance couldn't move Scout...

Inexplicably, Ollie shuddered, and couldn't help remembering that Maxim had said the same thing just now: This is the best stage they have ever had. If it still doesn't work, what does it mean?

The answer seemed to be ready, but he didn't dare to think about it further.

"Yes, the last song is good." Scooter gave an unexpected answer, and it was obvious that Ollie, Cliff and Maxim's emotions relaxed for a moment, "If it's the last song If it is, I can sell it, I am serious, and this is your only bright spot."

only?

The only bright spot, then this also means...

Maxim's face turned gray.

Scooter didn't care at all, and continued to smile and say extremely cruel words, "My suggestion? You should continue to work hard along the style of the last song. Maybe you can still have a glimmer of hope, but don't get me wrong. It's just a glimmer of hope."

Although Maxim didn't look back, Ronan could still feel that Maxim's arms, shoulders and neck muscles on the side close to him were all stiff, and it seemed that he was trying his best to control his urge to turn his head and look at Ronan.

Even though Maxim kept telling himself that Scooter had no authority and expertise in music, and he didn't need to care about his ideas, because his opinions were completely layman's finger pointing, but when he encountered such a blow in person, he refuted Words also become weak and powerless under the disparity of status and power.

Maxim buried his head deeply and did not speak.

However, Ronan didn't have time to take care of Maxim's thoughts at this time, because he was too busy to take care of himself. He watched Scooter's expression, and the memories in his mind continued to surge, and the faces of Scooter and Trastan were blurred like this After that, you can see the disdain and contempt hidden under the smiles on the two faces, and you can't tell who is who, whether it is the expression of Scooter or Trastan, the voice in my head is still echoing.

"How many people do you stand on the stage of a bar? Thirty people? Forty people? Then you think you have the world's attention, just like high school football players, always feel that you are standing in the center of the world , Standing on the peak of Mount Everest, but the reality is, they are just a bunch of high school brats!"

Trastan's face was faintly visible in the puffing of cigarettes, and the flickering lights from downstairs in the motel fell on his face, outlining a trace of cold cruelty, as if mocking Ronan's overreaching .

"You too," he said.

"In this world, there are too many talented young people, and the music market is already crowded. How many musicians do you think are talented but can't make it? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Twenty Ten thousand? I don’t know, it’s innumerable, one more of you is not too much, and one less of you is not less, don’t dream anymore, you are not as special and outstanding as you imagined.”

"Don't think you can sing two lines,

can change the world. Wake up, stop dreaming. "

"If you still don't recognize the reality, you'll just stay where you are forever and be trapped here. Don't think that Peter Pan, who won't grow up, has no price. Captain Hook will always be watching from the sidelines."

Those words of Trastan, cold, sharp, cruel, and direct, fell on Ronan's heart so hard, even if he felt those words through memories, he could still feel the pain that went deep into the marrow——

From Trastan in memory to Scooter in reality, he endured a double blow and defeated all Ronan's persistence in an instant, as if he had experienced the pain and despair of being betrayed, abandoned, and abandoned again, and he couldn't tell the difference. It is clear whether it is the soul in my mind that is trembling, or the soul that belongs to me is covered with bruises, but... I can't breathe.

Scooter in front of him was still babbling, and when Ronan saw him, Trastan's face changed into Scooter's again.

"I'm giving some professional advice now, you guys need to have some bright spots, like the last song, so that we can sell."

"That one song, with any luck, could make the Billboard Top 100, but you know, a Billboard Top 100 song isn't enough to make an album unless it's a Billboard Top 10 single , but I don't see any value in your show tonight, you'll never sell to the Billboard Top 10."

Scooter didn't hold back, and he didn't need to hold back in front of the One Day King Band, and such words completely angered Ollie.

Not Cliff, but Ollie.

"Shut up!" Ollie yelled at Scooter angrily, giving it all up. "Can't you see what's going on here? That song, that 'Born With' is our story , we have nothing, we have tried our best, and we have no retreat."

"Tell me, what should we do? Are we not trying hard enough? Isn't it enough? Tell us, where are we headed?"

Ollie's voice was completely tense, with a hint of crying. Usually in front of strangers, Ollie is seldom willing to take the initiative to speak out because of his shyness, but today he lost control because of his strange anger; more importantly, he doesn't like the way Scooter commented on "Innate" and the band. tone.

But in the face of Ollie's anger, Scooter seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't care at all. He was still calm and calm, making the angry Ollie and the tense Cliff look like Like a fool, that sense of powerlessness is humiliating their persistence and struggle.

Like ants, their struggle is just a joke in the eyes of giants. The harder they struggle, the more ferocious they are, the more miserable and pitiful they are.

can't you? Are they really bad? Is all the risk-taking and hard work of the past three days just a joke? Are they still okay after all?

Is this the end? Are they still too greedy after all?