Chapter 282: A Fashion Leader

Chapter 282: A Fashion Leader

The Summer Band's performance brought the evening to a climax.

The young people below were in an uproar.

Aside from seeing singers from the port city on TV, they rarely see such an energetic band performance in the southern part of the city.

They even suspected that this wasn't a local band from Nancheng, but rather one they had brought in from Gangcheng.

Thank you everyone.

After the performance, the four cool young men bowed to the audience to express their gratitude.

They then left the venue.

But the applause and cheers from the audience lingered for a long time.

The female host stepped onto the stage, microphone in hand, her posture elegant, her voice sweet, "Everyone likes them, right?"

"Yes." The young audience members below the stage chorused.

Shen Qian and Gu Xiaoyue, who were sitting next to Bai Zhi, shouted especially loudly.

Bai Zhi was also deeply impressed by their performance.

Such a performance style may not seem like much a few years from now, but in Nancheng at that time, it was truly a trendsetter.

The host was also very helpful, continuing in a loud voice, "Then I'll tell you all, Summer Band has another performance coming up, so please look forward to it."

Next up were other song performances.

After watching the trendy and energetic rock band performance, the subsequent song performances became somewhat boring for young people.

However, the target audience is different; middle-aged and elderly people appreciate traditional and conservative performance styles.

Summer Band reappeared during the penultimate performance, just before the end of the evening.

They were still wearing their extravagant sequined outfits, but this time everyone had taken off their sunglasses.

The guitar music started...

Unlike what the audience expected, they performed a ballad this time.

It was the same piece that Xie Zheng had played on the piano for his grandparents at home.

Because there was no piano at the event, and a piano wasn't suitable for a band performance, Xie Zheng and his teammates decided to adapt the song into a guitar-accompanied version.

It has a unique feel to it.

The Xie family elders had already heard it once at home, but now, at the performance venue with so many audience members and the stage sound effects, the atmosphere was completely different.

Both the lyrics and the melody are deeply moving.

The young people who had initially wanted to create a lively atmosphere all quieted down.

Listen to the music attentively.

Even the elderly who disliked their noisy and unconventional singing were moved by their voices.

At that moment, in the last row of the performance venue, a woman wearing a mask listened to the singing coming from the stage and silently shed tears.

She stood up and left early after the song was finished.

Shen Qian sat next to the Xie family elders, listening to the songs coming from the stage. Looking at the Xie family elders who were moved to tears, she lowered her eyes, unable to see the emotions in them.

.........

Outside the theater, Mu Qin had just stepped out when a deep voice called out to her.

"Aunt Mu, you're here too?"

Mu Qin bumped into Lu Ye, who was dressed in camouflage, at the theater entrance and asked in surprise, "Lu Ye?"

Lu Ye explained, "I just came back from the army. I'm late, so I probably won't be able to get in. I'll wait here for Xiaobai and the others to come out."

Mu Qin put on her mask and replied, "Oh."

"Aunt Mu, are you alright?" Lu Ye noticed her reddened eyes, looked at her with concern, and asked softly.

Mu Qin didn't meet his gaze and walked straight ahead. "I'm fine. I'll go back first. You wait for them. The show should be over soon."

"Aunt Mu, my mom is inside too. Have you seen her? Let's grab something to eat together later..."

"No, I'm not feeling well, I'll go back and rest first."

Lu Ye offered to take Mu Qin home, but she politely declined. So Lu Ye hailed a taxi for her, paid the fare, and told her to go home by herself.

Lu Ye knew that Mu Qin didn't really want to see them.

He was truly surprised that she came to see Xie Zheng's performance today.

Lu Ye watched the taxi drive away and sighed softly.

The day after tomorrow will mark the tenth anniversary of Xiao Wei's death.

........

Lu Ye waited outside for about half an hour until the performance finally ended.

Audience members gradually began to leave.

Lu Ye stood on the steps, gazing at the exit, searching for a familiar figure.

Bai Zhi walked with Lu Shan, followed by his parents, and Shen Qian supporting the two elders of the Xie family.

The team was quite large.

"Xiao Zhi, look."

Following Lu Shan's gaze, Bai Zhi saw that tall and straight figure.

He stood there, attracting many people's attention.

Lu Ye's gaze remained fixed on the approaching figure.

He waved to Bai Zhi, "Little Bai, over here."

Bai Zhi quickened her pace, arriving a few steps ahead of the others in front of Lu Ye. "When did you get back?"

Lu Ye looked at her and replied softly, "I got home at seven. Grandpa said you all came here to see the show, so I came to pick you up."

At this moment, Lu Zheng'an and the others also came over.

Ye Qingbai was overjoyed to see his company commander return.

He had many questions for the company commander—no, he was already the deputy battalion commander now.

Lu Ye said, "Let's go, everyone get in the car first."

"I'll ride my motorcycle back," Lu Shan said, pointing to the parking spot not far away.

Lu Ye looked at the Xie family elders and said, "Grandpa and Grandma, let me see you off first."

Ye Qingbai also arrived by motorcycle. He said he wouldn't take a car and then followed a certain figure, intending to ride motorcycles together.

Bai Zhi said she was going home with Ye Qingbai and asked Lu Ye to take the elders home.

Just as everyone was discussing this, a commotion suddenly broke out at the theater entrance.

They looked up at the sound and saw Xie Zheng and his band members.

As soon as he came out, he was surrounded by the audience at the exit.

Young people surrounded several handsome young men, expressing their admiration for them.

Bai Zhi's expression turned strange upon seeing this scene.

This is not much different from the star-chasing fans of later generations.

Years ago, she saw an interview with a film and television actress on TV. The actress said that when her first TV series became a huge hit, drawing massive crowds, thousands of people would block her way to events in public squares. The crowd didn't know her real name, only her character's name, and treated her entirely as the character from the show…

When she watched the interview, she felt it was a bit exaggerated.

Looking at Xie Zheng's band being surrounded, Bai Zhi suddenly understood what the talented actor had said.

Xie Zheng's performance today was a real debut, and the fact that it attracted so many young people shows just how influential his two songs are.

She remembers that in the 1990s, Summer Band's cassette tapes and CDs were everywhere.

Fans of celebrities have always existed, regardless of the era.

Xie Zheng and his group greeted the young people warmly.

It took a lot of effort to squeeze out of the crowd.

Xie Zheng's phoenix eyes fell on the camouflage green, and after saying something to his team members and two staff members, he walked towards his grandparents.

He hurried over, greeted his grandparents, and then said hello to Lu Zheng'an and the others before walking straight up to Lu Ye.

He looked at Lu Ye with a look of relief in his eyes, and his tone was much gentler than usual, "I didn't expect you to come back too."

Lu Ye, “???”