Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

Chapter 116 Maintaining a Sense of Surprise

After the band finished filming their music video outside and came back, they found that only PA was sitting in the store.

They asked PA to do the post-production work for their music video, and after PA agreed, she picked up the note the two bosses had left her and looked at it for a while. She felt that she couldn't possibly not take two days off.

When Yuzhen and Xingge returned, they were carrying several bags filled with merchandise they had bought, most of which were purchased by Xingge.

"PA, thank you for your hard work. We brought you a gift." Yuma took out a box of game cartridges they had bought as a gift from the bag and handed it to PA. "Hoshika said you'll have a day off tomorrow."

"It's all good if I have a holiday." She took the cassette tape and then lay down on the table. "I can do a live stream of this tomorrow."

"What live stream?" Kita vaguely heard PA muttering to himself.

"No, it's nothing, Kita, you misheard." PA sat up abruptly, denying what Kita had just heard. "I mean... I just happened to watch a live stream about this game."

"By the way, how's the music video shooting going?" Seeing that PA was at risk of being exposed, Yuma quickly diverted Kita's attention. "Can I take a look?"

"Of course you can." Hongxia ran over with her laptop, opened the video that had been filmed but not yet edited, and showed it to Youzhen and Xingge.

"The filming looks really good."

Xingge didn't hold back her praise.

At first, she thought that college students were just wasting their time like she was when she was in college, but now it seems that they do have real skills.

"It's pretty good, the edited version should be quite nice." Yuzhen also carefully watched the video. "Do you guys know how to edit?"

Although Hongxia had edited videos before, the final result was less than satisfactory. Yuzhen wasn't very good at this kind of thing either, so she couldn't help.

"PA-nee has already agreed to make a music video for us tomorrow." Hongxia said, glancing at PA who had just opened the cassette case, took out the cassette, and was about to lick it. "Right, PA-nee?"

"But I have a day off tomorrow." She licked the cassette tape, sticking out her tongue from the bitterness. "How about I cut it for you the day after tomorrow? I have plans for tomorrow."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that Nijika and Kita were looking at her with pitiful expressions. She couldn't stand it and could only agree to them: "I'll cut your hair tomorrow."

"Thank you, PA-nee! PA-nee is the best!" Nijika and Kita's expressions changed instantly, and they high-fived.

"You've really worked hard, PA." Yuzhen looked at PA's miserable appearance and felt sorry for her. "Hoshika, how about giving her another day off? I'll cover her shifts for the next two days. After all, we often trouble PA for help."

"Okay then." Xingge also felt that PA had been working overtime a lot lately, which wasn't good. "Then let's have two days off, tomorrow and the day after."

"Great!"

PA instantly reverted to her usual self. She had already mentally planned to stay up all night.

Two days later, PA's vacation ended, the music video for the band's finale was finished, but PA was clearly exhausted.

She played games and streamed all night, and even took the time to edit a music video. Youzhen and Xingge thought she was a superhero.

The band, along with Fan #1 and Fan #2, were watching their music video, and they were both very satisfied with PA's editing.

"It ended up being a pretty simple video," Yuma watched for a while. "But it's still pretty good."

"After all, they don't need any fancy tricks; the End Band can still exude charm." Fans #1 and #2 were very confident in the End Band.

“But why does Pochi only have shots of her playing music?” Nijika turned to look at PA, who was lying on the table. “Everyone else has shots of them besides playing music.”

“Hmm… it might hurt Pochi’s feelings if I tell you.” PA hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to tell them: “Because Pochi is really not photogenic, I had to cut him out completely.”

Her words did hurt Boqi again, but Boqi had already experienced many similar things during this period of filming the MV, and now her resistance was almost maxed out, and she recovered on her own in no time.

……

Several days have passed since the band finished uploading their video, and their music video has finally surpassed 10,000 views.

"Sister, we're already getting some buzz!" Hongxia pointed at the screen and boasted to Xingge who was passing by behind her.

"That's good then," Xingge replied perfunctorily.

“If we have this wave of popularity, the number of customers will increase next time we perform, right?” Yuma walked over. “In that case, our revenue should also increase.”

"You did a great job." Xingge's expression changed suddenly, and she looked at Hongxia with an approving look. "Keep up the good work, I'm really looking forward to the revenue you bring to the performance hall."

Yuuma sat to one side watching Nijika and Hoshika discuss sales figures, then felt his clothes being tugged from behind. He turned around and saw Ryo and Bochi.

"what happened?"

"Could you turn off the comments section of this video?" Liang pointed to the End Band's music video on the computer. "The comments section is full of people who are currently in a relationship and are now talking about their miserable love experiences after listening to the song."

I don't want my favorite songs to be accompanied by a bunch of weird stories.

Ryo and Boqi almost threw up after seeing these things; the two of them are always on the same side when it comes to these kinds of things.

"Then go talk to Hongxia. She's the leader of your band, isn't she?"

Yuma made it clear that he couldn't make the decision and that people shouldn't ask him about such matters.

The others were still chatting about random things, but Kita was the quietest one at the moment.

Kita was watching a music video on her computer, and she felt that her own singing sounded a bit off.

She didn't know why she felt this way, nor how to resolve it, but she knew that consulting experienced seniors was the most useful approach in such situations.

"What do you think of your singing?" Xingge ignored Hongxia beside her. Anyone with eyes could see that Xiduo's question was more important. "Hmm... It has a lot of potential for audio editing."

She had tried her best to be tactful.

"Doesn't that mean I sing terribly?!" Kita was devastated and collapsed to the ground. "What should I do? Should I practice more?"

“More than that, I think I know what’s wrong with you.” Yuma walked over from the side with Ryo and Bochi, who had quieted down. “I just feel like your singing doesn’t fit into this music video. Do you think it’s enough to just sing the song?”

"Isn't that so?"

“Well…” Yuzhen paused for a moment, organizing her thoughts, “I’ve also occasionally written lyrics and composed music as the lead vocalist, so I know how to sing out what I want to express in a song.”

For example, when I was heartbroken, I wrote my unhappiness into the lyrics, and that's why I was able to sing every word with such emotion when I sang those kinds of songs.

To put it simply, your emotions weren't right when you sang. You should first understand the lyricist's intentions before trying to sing it out.

"Do you understand the lyricist's thoughts?" Kita lowered her head and thought for a moment, then with a determined look in her eyes, she ran to Pochi's side, took her hand, and said, "Ichiri-chan, can I come to your house and stay with you for a day?"

"Eh!?"

Pochi was so startled by her that he couldn't speak, but since she couldn't refuse anyone, Kita ended up going home with Pochi.

"They both left so early today, let's just say they skipped work." Xingge noted this down and deducted wages from Xiduo and Boqi.

“Today…” Yuzhen looked at the date Hoshika had written in her notes, then took out her phone to check and confirmed that today was indeed February 10th.

He remembered the band performance schedule Xingge had arranged on the computer that morning; it seemed to be the band performing on February 14th. So, when Xingge said she had something to do in a few days, was it for Valentine's Day? Was it a surprise she was preparing for him?

Yuzhen quickly shook her head; she couldn't keep guessing. If she guessed the gift she had prepared, there would be no surprise.

Chapter 117 A Look Back on Youth

Two days later, when Yuzhen arrived at the performance hall, she saw the band surrounding PA.

It seems that Kita stayed at Pochi's house for two days and gained a lot of inspiration, which is why he came to PA to re-record the song. However, Yuma always feels that Kita seems to have become a little more distant from Pochi now.

PA found it troublesome and didn't want to record any more songs. But she eventually agreed after Kita's persistent pleading.

"But what was Miss PA's name again?"

Kita wanted to thank PA, but then she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to remember PA's name.

“I don’t know either.” Hongxia shook her head.

The two of them could only turn their attention to Yuzhen, who had just entered the room.

"Don't look at me, I've forgotten too."

"How can even Boss Kenzaki be like this!" PA looked at the group in front of him with dissatisfaction.

Of course, although she was very unhappy about this, she had just promised Kita, so she still helped Kita record the song again.

"It definitely feels better." After listening to the re-recorded song, Kita was very satisfied with her performance this time.

“Very good, it seems your problem is solved.” Yuzhen took the camera that Hongxia returned to him. “By the way, why do I feel like there’s a distance between you and Boqi? What happened between you two? If there’s a conflict, resolve it quickly.”

“This… isn’t a contradiction…” Kita shuddered as he thought of Pochi’s closet covered with band photos.

Nijika gently nudged Kita's shoulder: "Could it be that Kita-chan saw it too?"

"Eh? You've met Ijichi-senpai before?"

"Indeed, it feels a bit scary."

Xingge, holding a box of apple juice, turned her gaze from the computer to the two people whispering beside her.

She asked, "What are they talking about?"

"How would I know?" Yuzhen was too lazy to even try to guess what these teenage girls were thinking.

……

The new song is out, and the four members have already submitted the demo. The next step is to organize more band activities.

This was the first time the band had ever done a street performance, and the girls were quite unsure of themselves.

Although Pochi had performed on the street with Hiroi once before, it wasn't enough for her to overcome her fear.

Yuma saw Boqi crawl into the suitcase that Nijika had prepared, and then he left the performance hall to go to the restaurant upstairs. A staff member said that Hiroi had arrived.

After he saw Hiroi off and came out of the izakaya, he saw Nijika leaving with Kita and Ryo, dragging that familiar suitcase.

'Pochi should have come out of that suitcase, right?'

Yuma saw that Nijika looked relaxed. She couldn't possibly drag the suitcase containing Bochi to the place where they were going to hold a street performance, could she?

Yuma returned to the performance hall, where Hoshika and PA were still there.

"Did Pochi come out of that box?" Yuma asked, sitting next to Hoshika. "I saw Hongxia and the others go out, but I didn't see Pochi."

"What box?" Xingge looked at Youzhen in confusion. "I thought Boqi went straight to the place they agreed to meet."

"No, Boqi just came to the exhibition hall. I saw her crawl into Hongxia's suitcase with my own eyes..."

Yuma suddenly realized something as she said this: "Wait, does that mean Hongxia just carried Boqi out of the performance hall?"

He looked back at the staircase inside the performance hall, not to mention the door and the stairs. Are all drummers that strong?

"Weren't you going to deal with Hiroi's matter?" Hoshika wasn't surprised by Nijika's strength at all. "She came to mooch drinks again? Where did you throw her?"

"Ah, you mean Hiroi? I told her we had a street performance after the band finished, and she just ran off."

"Can Hongxia and the others handle it?" PA looked up. "Aren't you two worried at all?"