Chapter 185 There's more to everyone than meets the eye.

The fact that Hao Dongjiu was able to make his karaoke bar the largest in Haikou City shows that he is capable, and it's not surprising that he has something shady going on behind the scenes.

To put it another way, Zhou Anming's Guozhong Dance Hall is one of the four major karaoke bars in Haikou, so it's no wonder it's not a useless place.

Few people probably know what's behind Zhou Anming.

It is often said that since the 1990s, every company has actually been backed by a group of varying sizes, and there is some truth to that.

Those who succeeded back then were all cunning and resourceful.

In such an environment, it's impossible to avoid dealing with these social figures. Liang Liang thought about it and felt relieved. Unless you stay at home all the time, there are some things you can't avoid.

Just face it calmly.

Fear is accompanied by danger, but fearlessness brings safety. Instead of thinking about external things, it's better to do your job well.

But for a wealthy boss like Hao Dongjiu to hire a band from Beijing to compete for an 80,000 yuan prize seems like a pipe dream.

Liang Liang couldn't figure out the reason no matter how hard he tried.

Is he short of 80,000 yuan?

However, when Liang Liang saw the lead singer of the Broken Dreams band, he could roughly guess the reason.

That very evening, he saw the Broken Dreams band.

He saw the Broken Dreams band at 7:30 pm.

At that time, the Blue Shark Band was performing "Find a Word to Replace" on stage, with Liu Yuyong as the lead singer.

The junior high school dance hall was packed tonight, marking the second consecutive day that it has been full.

It's clear that the Blue Shark band still has a huge appeal.

Just as the song was about to end, Liang Liang, who was accompanying the music, saw four people dressed in all black clothes with long, flowing hair walk in.

He looks like a rock musician.

The key point is that the two white characters "Shattered Dream" are printed on their backs without any attempt to conceal their impropriety.

This immediately made Liang Liang realize that they were the Sui Meng Band.

These four people—three men and one woman—perfectly illustrate the story of Beauty and the Beast.

Those three men can be described as a car accident scene, septic tank sludge, or a species that has not yet fully evolved.

Seeing them during the day is invigorating, but seeing them at night only gives me nightmares.

No wonder their band is called Shattered Dreams; anyone who sees them will have their beautiful dreams shattered.

With these three monsters from the Jurassic period as a foil, even a pig would look like a celestial being.

Moreover, the lead singer of the Sleepy Dreams band does indeed have a resemblance to an angel.

The lead singer of the Broken Dreams band is a young woman, probably in her early twenties. She is very tall and has a fair complexion, but her eyes are like floating duckweed on the water, and she likes to look at people with a sideways gaze.

Experience told Liang Liang that women like this were not respectable and might even be promiscuous.

Could this lead singer be having an affair with Hao Dongjiu?

It was because of this relationship that Hao Dongjiu brought them to Haikou to participate in this song competition, allowing them to win the grand prize of 80,000 yuan.

That doesn't make sense either!

If Hao Dongjiu really is having an affair with the lead singer of the Broken Dream band, why not just give her 80,000 yuan? Why bring her all the way to Haikou to suffer like this? Don't you know that three mosquitoes can make a dish here? Aren't you afraid that one mosquito bite will make her lose another two pounds and become skin and bones?

Does this guy not even want to spend his own money to keep a mistress?

That would truly be considered bizarre.

What is Suimeng doing at the Junior High School Dance Hall tonight?

Gathering military intelligence? Or just coming to see the Blue Shark band perform?

This is highly likely. If Hao Dongjiu came to issue a challenge during the day, there's no reason for them not to come and check on him at night.

They just swaggered in wearing their band's stage outfits. Who do they think they are?

The other party must be here to probe, so I won't be foolish enough to reveal all my abilities.

The Blue Shark band had a discussion backstage when they took turns leaving the stage.

The Blue Shark Band's performance that followed was a bit hard to understand. Lead singer Liang Liang barely sang any songs, and anyone who knew the band could tell he wasn't putting in his full effort. Moreover, the songs the band chose to perform weren't their most popular or hottest tracks; they mostly sang songs that had already been sold to other artists.

The Broken Dreams band came to the National Central Song and Dance City tonight to see the Blue Shark band, but they were quite disappointed. They had heard a lot of people talk about this band after they arrived in Haikou, but their level was just so-so. They didn't seem to have anything outstanding. The band's accompaniment was also mediocre. They watched for more than two hours and left around nine o'clock.

Since the other party came to watch their performance, Liang Liang felt that she couldn't just close her eyes and wait it out, so she decided to go to the Hailou Dance Hall the next night to check out the Broken Dream Band's level.

That night, because the Blue Shark band didn't put in their best effort, their income decreased significantly, with song requests and tips dropping by more than six thousand.

Each person received only 1,200 yuan tonight, a full 800 yuan less than yesterday.

But none of the band members complained.

The next morning at eight o'clock, while Liang Liang was still asleep, his pager cautiously went off.

He saw an unfamiliar number.

This is a magnetic card telephone number.

Liang Liang put on his coat, got out of bed, went outside the Yongwang Building, found a phone booth, and dialed the number back.

"Hello! Who's paged me?" Liang Liang yawned.

A timid female voice came through the phone: "Brother...brother...Liang..."

"It's cool on the ground? I know it's cool on the ground, but what do you mean?"

Are you Liang Liang?

"I am Liang Liang."

"I am Jang Ri-won!"

Liang Liang immediately understood what "Ge Di Liang" meant.

Zhang Liyuan didn't know how to address herself. Calling her "brother" seemed inappropriate since she was older than her, but calling her "younger brother" didn't feel quite right either. In the end, she only said her surname before calling her by her first name. Finally, the wine was left to sit on the ground and cool.

"Where are you paged me from?"

"At the Haikou City Bus Station."

"You've come to the city? Your brother didn't come with you?"

“My brother is sick, so I came here by myself. I don’t know where to go.”

Is her paranoid brother sick?

Where in the bus station are you?

"Right here at the phone booth in front of the station."

"You take bus number three... never mind! I'll come pick you up. Remember, don't go with anyone until you see me, or you'll get kidnapped and no one will care."

After hanging up the phone, Liang Liang waved to Han Chui: "Great job! Come with me to the station to pick up the pretty girl."

If Liang Liang hadn't said the last three words, Han Bangbang would definitely have either a stomachache, a legache, or a groinache.

He doesn't feel any pain at all when he says the words "picking up a beautiful woman".

Liang Liang and Han Chui took a bus for six stops, then transferred to bus number 3 and rode for another four stops before getting off at Haikou Bus Station.

As soon as she got off the bus, she saw several phone booths in front of the bus station. Zhang Liyuan was huddled in one of the phone booths, seemingly too afraid to come out.

Because there were two sleazy-looking young men outside the phone booth.