In the music series, the male protagonist writes a self-help manual for the inner world

"Because if you think about it, this doesn't seem like a proper band at all."

Chen Xinghua explained, "There's no team name, no uniforms, and even no daily welfare activities for the band members."

...no positive feedback at all.

All that's left is pressure, practice and negative feedback like that.

If a band like this doesn’t become popular, which other band will become popular?

"Ha, when will our band have a benefit event?"

Shiina Riki grasped the key point.

It’s because there are no welfare activities that I think your band will become popular, Chen Xinghua complained in his heart.

Professional bands, which are under a lot of pressure, at least have the positive feedback of making money, which is very good.

And even if it's a professional band, if they don't make enough money and their leader is the kind that puts a lot of pressure on people, sooner or later the band will end up like the girl who jumped from the tram stop - crushed to pieces by the tram.

"You haven't even held your first live show yet, and you're already thinking about doing a benefit event... you idiot."

Shiina Riki stood up from the middle of the drum set.

But her heart, which had been hanging in the air since a while ago, finally settled down.

Toyokawa Shoko would never suggest in front of everyone how to relieve the band's stress without even a live performance in sight.

This guy doesn't look like Toyokawa Shoko at all.

"I think everyone has been practicing for so long, it would be nice to relax a bit."

Nagasaki Suyo stepped in to smooth things over, "But it's also true that the results of our training haven't yet yielded results."

Although Nagasaki Suyo seemed to be trying hard to smooth things over, she had actually secretly sided with the position of Shiina Riki, a former member of "CRYCHIC".

As we all know, the focus of a sentence lies in the part following the keyword "but".

The sentence 'But the results of our practice have not yet borne fruit' means, 'The results of our practice should bear fruit'.

The ways for a band to achieve success are nothing more than the following methods: producing band CDs, holding concerts...

The most likely way to achieve this now is to hold a Live as Shiina Riki mentioned.

So Nagasaki Suyo is standing in on Nozomi, a former "CRYCHIC" member.

"The lights. I think it would be very helpful for a lifetime band if everyone could just get together and relax."

Chen Xinghua did not refute Shiina Riki, but went straight to her point.

Last night, Chen Xinghua had already anticipated that Shiina Riki would refute his proposal.

After all, Shiina Riki seems to be the kind of guy who tries to pressure others to achieve better things and prove that his achievements are no less than his sister's.

But Shiina Riki's personality trait will drag her and the entire band into hell.

Because even if you say it out loud, Deng's band is just a high school band for fun.

As the organizer of this band, Deng just wants to form a band for life. The emphasis is on "lifetime" rather than "band".

To be honest, Chen Xinghua felt that Deng could actually accept forming a lifelong board game club, a lifelong five-man team, and all kinds of strange lifelong combinations.

As long as we can be a lifelong group, that's enough.

As for why Deng chose the form of a lifelong band, it might just be because she made friends through the band, so she wanted to maintain lifelong friendships through this familiar way.

107

Chapter 107 Is it true?

So knowing this, Chen Xinghua made preparations, ready to prevent Shiina Riki from dragging herself and Deng into hell.

"really?"

Deng looked into Chen Xinghua's black pupils, trying to find his own answer from them.

Then she asked for an answer, and it was true.

"Really, don't lie to you."

Chen Xinghua said this.

Dengban is a high school student band that is organized for fun, not a commercial band.

Therefore, the band must provide enough positive feedback, at least to outweigh the negative feedback.

…Otherwise, Aine would have no reason to stay here.

Chen Xinghua tried to think from Aiyin's perspective, and came to a seemingly inevitable conclusion.

If it were me, would I stay in a band where there are no welfare activities, the bassist would quarrel with the drummer before practice, the arranger drummer would change the music score every day, and often put on a stern face to pressure others?

No normal person would do that.

Wouldn't it be nice to quit the band?

If one day Chihaya Aine wants to quit the band, Chen Xinghua will definitely agree with her wholeheartedly.

It’s long past time to quit this stressful band.

From this point of view, Chihaya Aine's goal in joining the band is absolutely in conflict with Shiina Ryuki's goal in joining the band.

Because Chihaya Aine's goal is probably to easily get the spotlight. After all, she doesn't look like the kind of person who would put all her energy, or even half of it, into the band.

This can be seen from her behavior of trying every possible way to get close to him and slack off during practice. Chen Xinghua recalled the memories of his last few practice sessions in this practice room.

Aiyin probably wanted to join a relaxed band like the light music club, where everyone would get together to drink tea, eat cakes, occasionally practice instruments, and perform on stage during campus festivals.

Besides the lights, Shiina Riki's goal in joining the band was probably to prove that she was not her sister's appendage. Chen Xinghua recalled his previous conversation with Shiina Maki about Shiina Riki.

Shiina Riki has been suppressed by her sister since she was a child, and even developed an inferiority complex towards her sister.

That's why she puts so much pressure on herself, staying up all night to produce perfect music scores, and she also puts so much pressure on others to make them play more perfectly.

But if Chihaya Aine withdraws, it will involve a huge chain reaction.

First of all, the lights must have broken down because she wanted to form a band for life.

As for the band members who quit due to pressure, let alone being in the band with Dengzu for life, they might not even continue to maintain a friendship with her.

The fact that he quit the band due to pressure was itself a blow to the friendship.

Once Deng became depressed, the band collapsed as well, because she was the backbone of the entire band.

Then Shiina Riki will collapse as well.

Because now Shiina Riki has lost the opportunity to use the band to prove that she is not an appendage of her sister, and she has also lost the idol she admired.

In the end, everyone happily walked into the mental hospital hand in hand, or it added a little trouble to the office workers' passage.

Of course, this is an extreme case. Generally, there will only be an autistic light and an autistic Shiina Riki.

To a certain extent, Shiina Riki's goal is not only opposite to Deng's goal, but even backstabs her own goal.

So let’s try to improve the band’s atmosphere first.

"Since it's a lamp."

Shiina Riki gritted his teeth, "...I have no objection."

There’s no need to work so hard to create a good atmosphere in the band. Chihaya Aine sighed deeply for Chen Xinghua’s efforts, because no matter what, we are not members of “CRYCHIC”.

So no matter how hard you try, it's all in vain.

Nagasaki Suyo put her palms together and interlocked her fingers.

Does he know that catching Xiaodeng is equivalent to catching Lixi?

"But it's time for us to talk about the next Live."

Shiina Riki said impatiently, is it next month, or next week?

"Do you want to do a Live performance?"

Shiina Riki looked at the light.

Chen Xinghua lowered his head. For the current band, holding a live performance is basically a very risky thing.

It would be fine if it went well, but if the Live failed, it would be like a lit match thrown into oil, completely igniting this band that is filled with all kinds of pressure.

The first live performance of many high school bands is basically associated with the word "mistake".

Even if this band is bound to disband eventually, there is no need to do it in such a tragic way.

Embarrassing oneself in public... Is it really necessary to make it so difficult?

"I think if you want to participate in a live performance, you should prepare thoroughly and participate in the live performance when everything is ready."

Chihaya Aine noticed something hidden behind Chen Xinghua's expression; he was worried about Live.

Are you worried about Live itself, or what's lurking behind Live?

"We are not fully prepared yet."

Deng looked at Chihaya Aine, then at Chen Xinghua, then turned her gaze to Nagasaki Suyo, and finally changed her gaze to Shiina Riki.

In fact, Deng doesn’t care whether to hold a live performance or not, but it is very important for him to form a lifelong band.

Can you form a band for life by performing live shows?

The light doesn't know.

But she could see that Chen Xinghua sincerely felt that getting together to relax would be beneficial to the band's lifelong development.

So Deng firmly stretched out his little hand towards Shiina Riki.

"Well, Lixi, you don't have to participate in the Live for now."

Finally, Deng hammered the final nail into Shiina Riki's coffin.

"I've eaten."

Yao Lenai carefully placed the spoon into the empty bowl of matcha parfait, then took a big step and picked up the old guitar that he had just put aside.

After strumming the strings of the guitar in his hand, Yao Lenai tiptoed to Chen Xinghua and patted his shoulder hard.

"Play guitar with me."

"Lena, candy."

Chihaya Aine took out an opened bag of matcha flavored candy from her pocket, "Matcha flavored."

"Want to eat."

Kaname Rakuna opened her mouth towards Chihaya Aine and waited for her to feed her.

"Little Lenai is really free and easy."

Nagasaki Suyo sighed as she looked at Kaname Rakuna, who was not at all disturbed by what had just happened.

But this is good... Nagasaki Suyo looked at Kaname Rakuna who was pestering Chen Xinghua, Chihaya Aine who took out matcha-flavored candy to feed the wild cat, and Chihaya Aine who moved her body towards Chen Xinghua from time to time.

It would be good if the three of them formed a small circle.

108

Chapter 108 A band is a band, and friends are friends.

“Start practicing.”

Shiina Riki's drumsticks intertwined and collided in mid-air, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

Chen Xinghua opened the tablet computer that had been placed on the stand for a long time and clicked on the music score to be practiced next. He raised his hand and expressed his doubts.

...Why is it a cover song?

"Aren't you going to practice the song you wrote before the lights go on today?"

Hearing Chen Xinghua's voice, Shiina Riki gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"The music hasn't been arranged yet... Let's practice individually first."

Why is it that the music I composed for the lamp is still not worthy of the lamp’s singing? Why.

Isn’t this not even comparable to Xiangzi?