Chapter 190

New York has a magnificent beauty in autumn. Langley has always believed that as the world's first capital, New York should be a city that does not choose the season. It will be extremely busy and noisy all the year round, and the city's scene seems to be solidified by the steel forest.

But after living here, I really know that autumn belongs to New York. Lack of vitality in spring, lack of flowers blooming in summer, lack of quiet and serene in winter, here in autumn, the dry air spreads the broad and comfortable sky, loose and lazy sunshine passing through the concrete buildings, bringing a touch of green to the Central Park, giving the broad streets and curved alleys a unique charm.

Such an afternoon is too beautiful to forget.

Langley stayed in Mount Sinai Hospital for a whole day, forgetting the noise of Toronto, the heat of the magnesium lamp, the noise of the surging crowd, and devoted himself to the volunteer work. It wasn't until nightfall that lenley and nurse Anita tunisa hugged and said goodbye, put on the baseball cap again, and disappeared into the gorgeous night of New York.

Back to the Pioneer Village again, it seems that there is not much difference between the gate and before, it has not become more noisy and crowded, it has not become more cold and boring, it seems that this is just another normal Monday. Later, Langley realized that in the interview, no one mentioned the shooting site of the "Cleopatra" tubing video, and the Pioneer Village had not been exposed, so he thought too much.

Push open the dark red wooden door, "welcome." Janice Black's familiar Basso began to ring, and then she saw the blue Li in front of her, and her whole face burst out with joy, "little guy, are you back from Toronto? We also read the times yesterday, but this time you are in the limelight! Now everyone can't wait to get into the cinema! "

The times, for Americans, can be so short for only one newspaper, "the New York Times.". Even in Los Angeles. This shows the strong influence of "New York Times" in American mainstream culture.

"Including Stanley?" Lanli's rhetorical question made Janice laugh heartily.

Stanley Charlson is an old die hard supporter of jazz bars and a strong resister of cinemas. Instead of rejecting movies, he protested that cinema, a commercial form of entertainment, is making people forget the essence of art. If necessary, Stanley would like to go to Broadway to see a play and occasionally glance at a movie in a bar. But he has not been to a cinema for many years.

Janice opened her hands and looked helpless. "We all know what a stubborn old guy Stanley is." Obviously, Langley couldn't get Stanley into the cinema either.

However, Lan Li spread out his hands and showed a helpless expression, "it seems that I need to continue to refuel." It made Janice smile.

It's still early to enter the bar. It's far from the peak time. In addition, it's Monday, so there are fewer guests. Everyone gathered around the bar, chatting and whispering. When they heard the sound of opening the door, they all cast a video line. They were preparing to serve, but they didn't want to see Lan Li's face, All of a sudden, everyone showed a happy expression.

"Come on, come on, lenley, take a picture with me." Neil Tucson ran over with a mobile phone and said, "I was chatting with a friend a few days ago. I showed them that I knew Randy hall, the guy who dated Natalie Portman at the Toronto Film Festival. As a result, they didn't believe me. I must leave evidence now!"

With no face, lanli rolled his eyes and avoided Neil's Tiger flutter. Then he walked to the bar with other waiters talking and laughing. Behind him came Neil's unwilling voice, "Hey, one, lanli, one!" Then he sprinted over and threw himself on lanli's back. He hugged everyone and pushed Neil away with disgust.

I don't know who said, "lanli is expensive now. Take a picture for ten dollars!"

Lan Li gave a scornful look, "am I such a cheap person? Ten dollars to measure our friendship? At least one hundred dollars! "

Everyone pauses and then laughs together.

Stanley came out from the backstage and looked at him. Then he saw blue Li in the crowd, with a bright smile on his face. "When I heard the noise, I knew it must be you back." The faint smile is like the father to see the return of the wanderer in general, not too excited, but filled with a warm.

Stanley stepped forward, gave blue a hug, welcomed, "hard work." The smile on the corner of lanli's mouth rose slightly, patted Stanley on the back, and the words of thanks were all silent. When he let go of his arms, he heard Stanley wave his hands to the group of tails behind him, "go, go to work, lanli will be received by me."

"Stanley!" he wailed as he went on

But Stanley and Langley didn't pay any attention to him at all. They went straight to the next card seat, and Neil became the object of fun again.

After a simple greeting, Stanley asked, "last week, a young man named ed Sheeran came to the bar and said you introduced him?"

Langley patted his head, annoyed at his forgetfulness - he forgot to call Stanley and say it, first the city of sound, then Toronto. In the past two weeks, too many things have happened. "Yes, he was introduced by me. Sorry, I forgot to call you. "

Stanley chuckled. "I know he's not lying. After all, there are not many people who know your name now. Since he can say your name and find the Pioneer Village, that's true. "

Blue Li relieved to show a smile, "the first time the recommender came, I seem too irresponsible."

"I wish you knew." Stanley suddenly pulled down his face and said seriously, but before his serious expression lasted for a second, he burst into laughter. "I gave him a chance to perform for three consecutive nights from Monday to Wednesday, 30 minutes each night, to see what the effect was. I believe in your vision. "

"That means he'll be here tonight?" Lan Li showed a look of surprise. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the casual agreement, ed actually abided by it, "let's wait and see. Who else is on the show tonight? "

"There's another amateur band from the University." A little bit of loneliness flashed between Stanley's eyebrows. "The recent economic situation is not very good. The business of the bar is good and bad. Not long ago, a record company came to me and suggested that I hold some small concerts here. It doesn't need too much. Maybe one concert a month. I'm thinking about it."

Lanli knows that this kind of concert is actually a kind of commercial performance. The record company borrows the signboard of Pioneer Village to gild its independent band, and it can also attract some professional senior fans; The Pioneer Village can not only reap a sum with tickets, but also publicize its name among the general public. It seems to be a win-win situation.

But Stanley has been rejecting this method for so many years because it is too commercialized and will undermine the authority of Pioneer Village in the eyes of senior fans. Imagine a flood of Jonas Brother fanatics in the Pioneer Village? It's a terrible thing. Maybe it's the beginning of the fall of the Pioneer Village.

Now, Stanley is seriously thinking about it, and Langley knows how serious it is.

It's never easy to stick to your dream. Langley admires Stanley's persistence for so many years. But now, Langley is not qualified to ask Stanley to continue to insist. It is not so easy to operate Pioneer Village. Although Stanley has never disclosed it, Langley knows that the operation is always in a difficult state.

Stanley sighed, as if trying to let go of all the troubles between his eyebrows. "What's up? Are you going to perform tonight? "

Lan Li's expression slightly pause, and then jokingly said, "you just foreshadowed so much, shouldn't it be for this last sentence?"

In the face of Langley's straightforward answer, Stanley burst into laughter. "Don't take yourself too seriously. I just value a free labor force." In fact, there are only two groups of singers tonight. Originally, the schedule is relatively empty. I just think that maybe you would like to play on the stage and recreate the scene of street performance with ED

Monday's business is relatively quiet, but there used to be at least three groups of singers.

In his mind, however, a scene of Heather's efforts to sing today came up. If Heather stood on the stage of Pioneer Village, what would it look like? What would Heather look like if he were on the stage of "American Idol"?

"I can't see that I have a reason to refuse." Lan Li spread out his hands, "just in time, I didn't bring my wallet out today, and I haven't had dinner yet." So, play it out to pay for dinner.

"Ha ha." Stanley chuckled. "It looks like I made it."

"Gee," the door of the bar was pushed open again. As there were really no guests in the bar at this time, there were only two tables in total, so the sound was very obvious. Lanli looked around conditionally, and then heard Janice's loud voice shouting, "Stanley, the singer of tonight is here."

"He arrived early." Stanley looked at his watch and said with a smile, "I don't know if it's for the show to come early, or for dinner like someone else?"

The tone of ridicule made Lan Li smile and stand up, "give it to me." With that, Langley walked towards the gate. From a distance, he could see ed Sheeran with a guitar on his back, standing at the entrance at a loss, like a lost lamb.