Chapter 35

Overnight, the whole new york city was covered with a layer of green. The emerald green of the streets filled the whole city with a festive atmosphere. In a trance, people had the illusion that the pace of spring was approaching, but in fact, it was only St. Patrick's day.

This festival originated in Ireland, has now become the national day of Ireland, and thanks to Irish descendants all over the world, it has gradually become a festival in many countries. The United States has been celebrating since the beginning of the 18th century. On March 17 of each year, the traditional colors of Ireland will cover the whole city. People will dress up and take part in the St. Patrick's Day celebration parade. They will wear green elves, green top hats, wave the Irish flag and drive floats decorated with green.

This year's New York is no exception. As early as a month ago, people began to prepare. Fifth Avenue is the place for this year's parade. It is said that the number of participants will reach a new high this year. For the first time in history, the number of participants will exceed 100000. The scene is bound to be very lively.

Lanli had been looking forward to this day for a long time. He even came back from Australia. So, after getting up in the morning, he couldn't wait to change into festival clothes. Although he kept away from the green hat, he put on a dark green suit and carried an Irish three color backpack. Looking at his funny clothes in the mirror, Lan Li smiles contentedly.

It's absolutely impossible to put such a costume in China. Except for Cosplay in the animation show, people always have prejudice against the event of masquerade ball and dress up. They always think it's sensationalism. Even if many young people want to try it, it also needs great courage.

However, whether in London or New York, the atmosphere is very strong. Lanli has always actively participated in the carnival, and really joined in the carnival of the festival - not only a big meal, but also gifts or drunkenness. He has deeply experienced the atmosphere of the festival, felt the significance of the festival, understood the culture of the festival, and participated in the activities of the festival, This is the right way to open the festival. Otherwise, Valentine's day or Christmas is just another way for businesses to empty consumers' pockets.

Compared with the colorful and colorful Halloween, the main color of St. Patrick's Day is green. When lanli arrives at Fifth Avenue, the whole world will turn green. The marching band and the noisy crowd make the whole Manhattan into a party rhythm without any effort.

After looking around, lanli saw a group of young college students not far away, wearing green Cape, green shorts with bright yellow T-shirt, waving hairy green hat, following the procession. Without any hesitation, Lan Li quickly joined them and called out, "where's your clover?"

Clover, green dwarves and elves are three indispensable elements of St. Patrick's day.

When they heard Lan Li's words, they didn't speak. They turned around and lifted their Cape. Lan Li immediately laughed. They saw a big clover shape on each of their buttocks. Although it was light yellow, it would be flesh color if they didn't look too carefully. The illusion of sight was really amusing.

The young people turned around in unison, with a smile full of satisfaction, obviously no matter how satisfied they were with the surprise they created, "what about you?"

Lanli didn't say anything. He took the backpack behind him to the front. When they saw the three color backpack, they cheered and surprised. However, Lan Li didn't stop. He opened his backpack and took out a big green ball like algae from it. Then he put it on his chin. It was a green goatee. The effect was amazing. It was not only thick, but also very long, almost to the navel, The sense of fairy tale created by the imbalance of proportion brings a strong visual impact in an instant.

Lanli chose the dwarf in green.

Needless to say, the young people raised their right hands high, and one by one they had to stand in line to celebrate with Lan Li, giving full recognition to Lan Li's dress. Then, lanli joined the carnival of the parade!

After a busy morning, Lan Li left his friends and came to the Pioneer Village, but not for work. Today, Pioneer Village will also hold a party to celebrate St. Patrick's day. They will get together for lunch and then decorate the bar in the afternoon to prepare for the carnival in the evening.

When you enter the bar, you can see that four tables have been put together into a long table with eight freshly baked pizzas on it. Beside them are cheese powder, beer, ketchup, mayonnaise and other matching supplies. At the end of the table are two large basins of salads, obviously considering the choice of female employees.

Neil, dressed up as an elf, the headband of the tentacle on his head is shaking fiercely because of his thumping dance steps. It looks like a kind of delicious joy. Other people nearby are talking and laughing in twos and threes, and the atmosphere is relaxed and freehand.

Langley said hello to some of his friends, and then walked to Stanley, who was sitting beside him. "How about today's parade? Neil is telling an interesting story about the parade. It's said that there is a boy running on the street today Stanley asked with a smile.

"Blue Li" ha "ground chuckled," this is all that he saw? So, if he sees two sexy elves on the street, isn't he going to faint? " The banter made Stanley laugh heartily.

Lanli took his backpack to the table, and Stanley exclaimed, "beautiful! Did you make it yourself? "

"Of course not. Niya in Room 201 did it for me." Niya is a middle-aged black woman living in the Langley building. She is warm-hearted and simple-minded. "Oh, this is a gift for you. Happy St. Patrick's Day!" Langley took a beautiful green card from his backpack and handed it to Stanley.

"Are you Irish? How do I remember you were English? " Stanley took the card with a look of surprise. Generally speaking, there is no gift giving habit on St. Patrick's day. Stanley is making fun of Ireland.

"I don't think it's a Valentine's Day gift, but if you say it's a Christmas gift, I'm willing to accept it," Langley said with a sly shrug

Stanley couldn't help but smile. Then he opened the card with a picture of Polaroid inside. It was the gate of the Pioneer Village. Stanley recognized it at a glance and said, "Oh, thank you!" Take a close look. "You've made a beautiful picture of this door. Wait, are you sure you shot it here?"

Langley knew that Stanley mistook the photo for a gift. He pointed to the photo and said, "are you sure it's all the same?"

Stanley was stunned. Then he took out his reading glasses from his pocket, put them on and looked at them carefully. This bar was built by Stanley himself, and he was familiar with every detail. He soon found the abnormality in the window, but he didn't understand it. He took off his presbyopic glasses and looked at Lan Li again. "What does that mean?"

Lan Li showed a helpless smile, "do you want me to reveal the answer? Then there's no surprise. I think the meaning of gifts lies in the process of discovering the unknown. "

Instead of speaking at once, Stanley thought about it seriously. With a flash in his head, his eyes suddenly lit up. "So, you... You mean, you uploaded Cleopatra?" Even before Lan Li's confirmation, the smile on the corner of his mouth began to rise. The pure and crazy music lover was as transparent and real as crystal.

"Yes." "It took some time, but now it's available in all the major online music stores," he said

The speed of the song Cass is much faster than that of Langley's imagination. After waking up that day, Langley first registered the copyright in the National Library of the United States. Three days later, CASS confirmed the originality of "Cleopatra". Then, it took another three days for the song to be available on the Internet, including iTunes, spotify, Google, etc Amazon and other major online music download sites found a genuine download, 99 cents.

The whole process is really very convenient, and almost no cumbersome procedures, less than a week to complete. Lanli doesn't need to pay any fees for the song card division, because the song Card Division will directly draw a percentage from the income of the single in accordance with the industry rules to realize the income.

More importantly, if Langley signs a contract with a big company as an independent musician, his income will be lower, not only because he doesn't have the support of a big producer behind him, but also because he doesn't have a strong enough agent to fight for it. In short, it tends to be lower than the industry average.

However, through song CASS, the contract signed by lanli is directly the average standard of new singers in the industry. Although there are not many, there are also many. There is no need to negotiate, no need to negotiate, one step in place.

Stanley's eyes sparkled with excitement, but he didn't know what to say. He couldn't help lowering his head and rubbing the photo with his fingertips, as if he were examining his most precious treasure.

For Lan Li, it's just a gift, no special significance; But he could feel that it meant so much to Stanley that he could not help smiling. He knew that he had given the right gift.

"I hope you don't mind if I use the bar facade as the cover. It's better that you don't start thinking about collecting my royalties." Lanli's ridicule broke the short silence. Stanley burst out a big smile, and his hearty laughter was full of air.