The situation of the band is getting worse and worse, and everyone's enthusiasm is ruined by the cruelty of reality. Yafei was angry with the other three people and asked them to rehearse well, but the numb three people gave Yafei a good beating and the band broke up.
Xiao Hang went to another city, and he wanted to wander. However, on the long-distance bus, he was robbed and all his belongings were not taken away. Because of his strong Beijing accent, he was almost hurt by gangsters. Penniless, he really started a wandering life and made a living by singing in the street. In the street, he met many people who worked hard for their lives. These people are lovely and respectable. Xiao Hang heard his band's song "Orphan in Paradise" outside a video store, but it was someone else's song, and Xiao Hang and the band had sold it to a record company.
Xiao Hang saw Manlong in the street (the woman he liked since childhood, and wrote German on Xiao Hang's sleeve). Manlong is now the boss of a company, driving a Mercedes-Benz and living in a villa. Xiao Hang was surprised, but Manlong didn't tell Xiao Hang anything.
A long journey is good for Xiao Hang, but Xiao Hang always feels empty and misses life in the basement. Xiao Hang was surprised to find something in the dragon house. It turned out that the start-up capital of Dragon Company was obtained by selling the body. Xiao Hang slapped her hard and left her.
Back to his hometown, Xiao Hang met his old father, returned to his alma mater, and went to a neighboring city to watch Ghost Six. Ghost six now sells pork to get married, and she is getting fatter and fatter with a very ordinary rural girl who was as thin as a hemp pole. Xiao Hang was surprised by the change of Ghost Six, but Ghost Six told Xiao Hang about his pain and helplessness in life and reality. Xiao Hang gradually realized how stupid his past behavior was. He cut off his beloved long hair.
A few years later, Xiao Hang became an employee of the company that originally bought their band's songs. She has a successful career and is highly appreciated by her boss. She also has a gentle and beautiful girlfriend. In the company, he met many young people like them and asked the record company to make an album for his band. Now Xiao Hang has been able to calmly and objectively analyze the future of underground rock in China.
Xiao Hang went to the bar where they used to sing. He is wearing a white-collar suit, which is out of tune with the bar environment. He met Yafei. He still plays underground rock with a group of young people in their thirties, but he has cut his hair short and Xiao Hang is full of emotion.
A few days later, Xiao Hang gave up his job and his gentle and virtuous girlfriend. He took his familiar drum and went back to the basement to pursue his rolling dream.
PS: I read this book two years ago and was very moved. Although the plot of the book is somewhat unreasonable, some views are also somewhat extreme. But the story of a group of young people chasing their dreams in reality is really touching.